January 2011
18 posts
Religious experiences
I was walking home late one night after a concert, some time around 1am, and it was dark. I didn’t live in the worst area, but it was bad enough that I would take my earphones out for the ten minute walk from the bus stop. About a week earlier there was a stabbing at a nearby restaurant, Ara Hova—a jealous boyfriend ended up killing his ex-girlfriend after a fight, and it was all over the...
Doctor: do you have a history of rheumatism or lupus?
Me: haha, it's *never* lupus!
Doctor: [blank stare]
Me: sorry... I really like House
no, no I don't
RIP Vegetarianism
In the middle of 2010, I ended 15 years of vegetarianism and bought a fillet of salmon. The final catalyst was getting really sick earlier in the year (I’m talking ended up in the hospital and got to see inside my organs sick—the heart is awesome), but it was something I’d been thinking about for a few years. I’d spent 15 years in a lifestyle that was decided by a 14 year old,...
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The most ridiculous diagnosis
I’m currently fighting a cold that has increased the amount of fluid in my eyes, improving my vision. Unfortunately, this means my glasses are too strong, make me dizzy, and give me headaches. So I have to wait to get better, so my eyes can get worse, and I can wear my glasses again.
I’ve spent the past two weeks sans lunettes, with about 3 feet of visibility, and neurotic that...
Don't be like Steve
Around this time last year, I participated in a couple of panel discussion for my alma mater. The theme for both was what you can do with an Arts career, and I was selected because a) I have an Arts degree, b) I have a job, c) and I said yes.
The first one didn’t go so great. I started getting sick about five minutes beforehand, and spent the next hour feeling increasingly uncomfortable....
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"You're a smart guy, Matthew. You stay in school."
I used to work at the Blenz Coffee on Broadway at Granville. The day after moving to Vancouver, I was looking for a part-time job and dropping generic resumés at various places around the city. I’d always wanted to work at a café, and even though my service experience consisted only of a 3-month busboy stint at Homard Plus (loosely translated to “Lots o’ Lobster!”), I...
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Eliza Doolittle - “Skinny Genes”
I...
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