(As of May + June 2025)
Writing
- Percolations – Yep. On schedule, as always. Even if it gets wacky once in a while.
- Blog posts – …Just managed one, as opposed to the seven I had planned.
Learning
- End-of-Life Doula training (Laurentian College) – Program completed. Next steps…on hold for now.
- Film Noir – Attended one talk, but didn’t find time to watch movies and learn more. Maybe in the winter…
Creating
- A folk song album on a handful of childhood memories (codenamed “6521 SB” for now – IYKYK.) – No progress besides having a little more of my own songs memorized. (A backwards flex, if anything…)
- A skateboard for my turtle Dienekes – Found some wheels and a board, but didn’t get further than that.
- An architecture portfolio (applying to the RAIC program in on June 15 – wish me luck!) – Completed and applied. Yippee! Now to wait.
“Just Because”-ing
- Trail hikes and bike rides – Hikes? Yes. Biking? No. Sadness.
- Gardening – I miss my own garden, but my clients have some pretty ones…
- Longboarding – A tiny bit – hardly enough to make any progress.
Teaching
- A “Writing the Sentence” workshop – Went well!
Travelling
- Florida (a weekend, for a friend’s wedding) – Fun, too short.
- Hong Kong (for 5 days (crazy, I know)) – AMAZING. Also too short. I miss HK.
- Visits to downtown Toronto – Once, on the very last weekend.
Studying
- Natural dental + vision restoration – A bit. Not enough to help myself.
- Ants – I’m a sluggard, apparently…
Watching
- Undercover High School (2025) – Didn’t make it.
- Crash Landing on You (2019) – Not this either.
- A bunch of noir films – …and not this either.
- And a whole lot more… – Flights do this to you. Maybe one day I’d bother to write them all down here.
Pondering
- Limerence – Talk about healing old wounds, ha!
- What validates/legitimises the existence of an object/tool – Still pondering.
- What makes something worth buying/selling in life – A good one to ponder, so I’m extending the think.
Thanksgiving
- Index cards – YES