Jessica Valenti, author of The Purity Myth, wrote about why everyone should have premarital sex on Feministing yesterday. Let’s face it – if you’re going to commit yourself to someone for (presumably) the rest of your life, it’s probably best if you know that you’re sexually compatible. I don’t think […]
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On Friday, my family brought a new puppy home (our dog, Sydney, passed away in the fall). I uploaded some photos and video clips yesterday (warning: extremely cute).
Yesterday, I graduated from the University of Toronto, officially completing my Bachelors in Science. I took a computer science major, and English and philosophy minors. My family was on hand and they took a lot of great photos, so I thought I’d share them here.
The chamber strings pops concert was an amazing success. During my set, I played a new song I wrote for Heather as a surprise and proposed to her during the bridge. This… plus this… equals engaged:
If I’ve been MIA over the past month, it’s because of a huge concert I have coming up next weekend. I play double bass with the Hart House Chamber Strings (HHCS) and for the past three years, we’ve done a pops concert in March with independent songwriters. The concert was […]
I was introduced to LastGraph recently, a Last.fm application that lets you explore your listening history. The coolest feature is the LastGraph poster, which provides you with a visualization of your listening habits over a given time span. Here’s a poster detailing my listening habits over the last year. Very […]
On Friday evening, I watched my dog have two seizures. It was a fluke that anyone was home when it happened. My mom had come home early and I was sick at home, reading upstairs. She didn’t know I was there, so I decided to come down to say hi […]
Over the next few months, I hope to start writing a bit more on a wider variety of subjects. This is just a heads up for anyone subscribed via RSS, in case you don’t care about the Theology of the Body or the latest Ubuntu release, that separate feeds are […]
Last week, a friend of mine asked me where I derive my self-worth from. Is it from things like academic success? Apparently, I paused for a moment before responding, “from my relationships with other people.” She went away thinking about my answer. I went away thinking about her question. What […]