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This is both a catch up entry, and a test of Dreamwidth's cross-posting feature. I'm not giving up on Livejournal, but its never a bad idea to have a backup, right?
I still have the Mazda3, and after some 16,000 km, it's only asked for (and gotten) a rear brake caliper and a new battery.
I finished a 6 course photography certificate at Niagara College. There were 7 courses (you needed 6, and could choose between portraiture and advanced Photoshop), but I ended up taking the advanced Photoshop anyway. I retained so much more the second time around, it was worthwhile, even if I didn't really need it. I'm still not a huge fan of photographing people though.
For New Year's Day, for the second time, we went to a pig roast held by the family of a cabinet installer that I met at a job over a year ago. In my early working days, we had worked for his grandparents.
This past fall, we did a complicated job at the Welland Canal, painting huge (8 by 20') steel doors with all sorts of industrial materials I had no experience with, and had no idea what they cost. I did allow for a lot of lost time and hassles (security along the canal has intensified since 9/11, almost to the level of an international border), and the job actually went very well. We were able to do the majority of the work in a disused factory, and just do remedial work after the installation.
We're going to see Roger Waters in October.
I still have the Mazda3, and after some 16,000 km, it's only asked for (and gotten) a rear brake caliper and a new battery.
I finished a 6 course photography certificate at Niagara College. There were 7 courses (you needed 6, and could choose between portraiture and advanced Photoshop), but I ended up taking the advanced Photoshop anyway. I retained so much more the second time around, it was worthwhile, even if I didn't really need it. I'm still not a huge fan of photographing people though.
For New Year's Day, for the second time, we went to a pig roast held by the family of a cabinet installer that I met at a job over a year ago. In my early working days, we had worked for his grandparents.
This past fall, we did a complicated job at the Welland Canal, painting huge (8 by 20') steel doors with all sorts of industrial materials I had no experience with, and had no idea what they cost. I did allow for a lot of lost time and hassles (security along the canal has intensified since 9/11, almost to the level of an international border), and the job actually went very well. We were able to do the majority of the work in a disused factory, and just do remedial work after the installation.
We're going to see Roger Waters in October.
