flaneur

I finally had my first surreal "small world" moment since arriving in London.

Last night I went to see The Dears play at a club night at the Mean Fiddler in Soho...great show, despite it being a little half-hour set (their 'real' gig is tonight at ICA and has been sold out for awhile). My British friends were all fireworked out and tired, so I...
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"The street becomes a dwelling for the flneur; he is as much at home among the facades of houses as a citizen is in his four walls. To him the shiny, enamelled signs of businesses are at least as good a wall ornament as an oil painting is to the bourgeois in his salon. The walls are the desk against which he presses his notebooks;...
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Dateline: LONDON!

Made the big move after a fantastic time on my way out of Canada with friends in Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa. Now looking at flats (loving Gumtree), using my umbrella, and trying to find a footing with work.

So. London. Yes. They tell me I've moved here.

Tomorrow I'm going exploring.

I've applied for my work visa and I'm buying my ticket next week, so I think it's official: I'm off to London, England. I'll be leaving Edmonton in September and hitting the Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal axis on my way out of the country.

Cool.

Except that I don't really, er, like England, I just couldn't refuse the job offer. Well, no time to learn like the present...

Saw Bubba Ho-Tep over the weekend, which only fueled my desire to see more frivolous movies which involve fighting the undead. (Dawn of the Dead, I'm lookin' at you. Sarah Polley will be mine!)

Meanwhile, school/work/intarweb/life continues to be a crazy headtrip, though lately it's crazy-good. Which is nice.

How are you?

I suddenly seem to have some really cool re-location opportunities coming up. So:

London versus New York City. Discuss?

Hey, I remember this place! Neato.

SG journal in full effect! Cool. Time to get my procrastination on...