First I walked from my house to the bus stop (7:25am), and caught the 82 (8:02am). Then I walked from the ferry terminal to Fenwick Towers because I had a brain fart and thought we'd be going up Spring Garden Road. Wrong. Then Katie and I walked to the Lord Nelson. Then we walked to Saint Mary's. Then I walked to NSCAD. Then I walked to Saint Mary's, but only got as far as the Dairy Queen, where I waited for Ryan. Then we walked to Strange Adventures. ("Wanna go to Strange Adventures?" "Sure, we're strange, and I'm looking for adventure." "Shut up.") Ryan bought like a million comic books, then we walked to the McDonald's. Then I walked to the Public Library, then to the B's who live somewhere in the south end. After that I walked to the AFCOOP meeting at the CBC building (on Ryan's advice), saw Mike and
Oh, and then I walked halfway home from the bus stop, where my Mom picked me up, since it was stormy. I didn't really want the ride, but it was kind of cold out (11:00pm).
I made some important non-decisions today. There'll be no blind leaps of faith for me, just cautious, tenative probings in many directions at once. Isn't that what summer is for? So I did register for my summer courses at NSCAD. I mean, they won't kill me.
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I feel ready to go to PEI now. I love having long days in the city, though. I'm also appalled at my social timing - all the coolest stuff is going on this weekend! Well, there'll be more weekends, I suppose.
PS: I also saw Doug Pitcairn today. What a great prof. It had been about a year or so since I'd walked down to his office. Anyway, the chat inspired me to hunt down some Isaac Asimov books at the library, but I ended up coming away with Brian Aldiss' Helliconia Spring.
PPS: An actual exchange:
"Ann! Hi!"
She stops, we smile at each other for a few moments.
"Ann F-----?" I ask. She has her hair color, hair style, freckles, countenance, and everything.
"No, but my first name is Annie!" Huh. Amazing.
We talked about who Ann F----- is, then parted ways. This is her twin. I wonder why they haven't run into each other yet. With only 350,000 people here, it's bound to happen eventually.
Moral of the story: I like strangers! She, and many more, were very very friendly today. Thank you, world! (And the strangers!)