week one done

Second term is off to a decent start! I was a bit shocked to find out there are PhD students FROM FRANCE in the graduate french lit seminar I’m enrolled in…which makes me nervous and somewhat incompetent as I’m the only student from outside the French department and clearly not a francophone. I will stick […]

ginger x3

I am getting loopy from endless paper-writing…three down, one to go! Thankfully I chose a reasonably agreeable topic to research for this last one – regional transportation planning in Portland, OR – which makes the process more bearable. Just four pages a day, I can do this! (Whether or not it makes sense in the […]

hey good cooking

There used to be a restaurant around the corner from where I live in Toronto called “Hey Good Cooking” and I’ve only just realized it was a play on “Hey Good Looking”. Wow, I’m smart. Anyway, if I ever open a cafe it will be sure to have an extraordinarily punny name. Ideas? So I’m […]