- I started reading Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance yesterday and I am about 1/3 through; this is a testament to Obama's compelling prose as opposed to my reading prowess. The book was published in 1995 but already, the characteristics that make Obama such a force to be reckoned are revealed: his thoughtful yet unflinching reflections on racial identity, and the unswerving confidence in the face of ignorance or even outright hostility demonstrated by his father and assumed by Obama in turn.
- I traded in my Air Tracks snowboard, which seemed too flexible and unresponsive, for the 2008 Flow Venus. I have not had a chance to test my new board as Mother Nature has not been on my side, choosing to please just about everyone else with milder weather. Never before have I prayed so fervently for cold weather and heavy snowfall.
- The downturn in the economy has apparently produced a bumper crop of eager police recruits thus pushing any chance of me taking the York Regional Police written and physical test to 2010! I also failed to submit an exhibition proposal for Luminato due to a lack of motivation. Presently, all my hopes rest on my Nuit Blanche 2009 application - decisions are promised for the end of March. In the meantime, I am open to suggestions on what to tackle next.
Monday, March 09, 2009
In progress
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Suggestions: write a book, sculpting, knit a tea cozy (for me), take up a warm weather pursuit, like bass fishing. If all else fails, MMA!
Ooo, better yet...join us in our recent bid to show gourmet prowess. Between the beef wellington, homemade yorkshire puddings and homebaked breads, certain individuals are one-upping each other in a bid for culinary supremacy. Care to join us? :)
Everything you suggest is very respectable (read: boring) except maybe for MMA. The only way I would take up cooking as a pasttime is if I could somehow pervert it into a cooking competition a la This is why you're fat.
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