snow
i've been thinking "this'll likely be my last rollerblading for the year" for the last two months. well, this week we had our first taste of powder. it was a nice yawny-stretching-oh-OOH-yip! experience. and then it melted by 10am.

i'm still rollerblading.

things to do!
it may be getting colder, but events are not dwindling. as a matter of fact, on any given day of the week there are two or even three overlapping invitations. i've found that in canada, more than any other place i've lived, treacherous weather equates increasing activity. i mean, why sit in your lonely, cold house (except in my case- salome seems to think a 70 degree winter house is perfectly acceptable. i personally don't think i should be wearing tank tops in december.) when you could be out at a cozy social event?

i just signed up for the grad intramural innertube ultimate frisbee team for the spring semester (actually, here the terms are 'fall' and 'winter', probably because spring doesn't arrive until after school's out...). i'm not exactly sure what it entails, but it sounds tremendous.

dead birds
i remembered last night that i have birds waiting for me in virginia! i do have two shoved in my tiny freezer here, but for some reason having some stowed in nana's freezer makes me happier.

hey kevin, wanna learn how to stuff birds over break? :)

spanish
i met two new spanish-speaking friends this week, and it made me terribly melancholy. i really think i need to live in central or south america for a bit. at least long enough to nail down my spanish;
i just wildly adore it.