Apparently, the gods themselves have seen fit to honor my efforts to drink tap water by contributing huge quantities of white flakes of ice from the sky.
Because it’s so light and fluffy and easy to blow around, I think I’ll call it “blow.”
There’s a lot of blow in Vancouver. It’s all anyone can talk about. On the weekend, it’s fun to have blow to play with, build snowmen out of, roll around in.
But on Monday, if there’s still a lot of blow lying around, I bet there’ll be a lot of people who can’t make it into work. There might even be some businesses shut down. Schools will be canceled because of too much blow and the danger of driving with blow everywhere.
I went out late last night and took a bunch of pictures of all the blow. They turned out rather nice.
Oh, and I’m still drinking the tap water and I’m still just fine. It’s basically cleared up, but the city hasn’t called off the advisory yet. Tonight, when I checked the turbidity report, the montiro was broken. Maybe the person who’s supposed to be monitoring it, slipped and fell into a big pile of blow.
“Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.”
“When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we’re still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on—series polygamy—until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.”
I just got an email at work that the water advisory's been lifted: "Water may continue to appear cloudy or discoloured for some time. While increased turbidity can be associated with increased risk of gastrointestinal illness, our extensive monitoring and testing leads Medical Health Officers to believe the water in the above areas is now safe to drink."
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