Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * Throughout the work week, I continued working at my summer desk job and it worked out well enough (thank goodness I have a standing desk at home). As for the weekday evenings, I have been working on reading a few books (I should finish a couple
Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * With another week attempting to work from the dreaded desk, I am beginning to develop a few strategies for dealing with this sedentary arrangement. First, regardless of whether I am working from home or the office itself, I need to get a couple bike rides (and
Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * Onward work continued, with a couple days in the office and a couple days at home. Relative to last summer, remote work is easier, but still presents challenges for my restlessness (a morning bike ride is essential). Outside of work, I went for a breakfast with
Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * I had Monday and Tuesday off this week. On Monday, Taylor and I went on a 30 kilometer bike ride along the Bow River Pathway up to Northwest Calgary. We checked out Bowmont Park's gorgeous vista, the Botanical Gardens of Silver Springs, and Dale
Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * With no scheduled workshops for school groups, much of the work week was dedicated to cleaning up the classrooms and doing inventory of our school programs. This was very understimulating. Additionally, our education team went to D6 on Thursday to celebrate the school year. There was
personal
Ten years ago today, I came out as bisexual. Like many millennial queers at the time, I did so through an overly-sentimental Facebook post to my dear friends and family. Whilst I fantasized about it for quite some time, I had, perhaps impulsively, done so on that specific day
Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * Earlier in the week, Calgary (but more specifically Kananaskis) hosted the annual G7 conference and our city was bustling with the general atmosphere one might expect with high-ranking state officials: jet-setting diplomats, busy hotel lobbies, motorcades cruising through our streets with high-levels of
Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * For much of the week, I was sick with a cold with a dry cough, irritated throat, and body aches. Making matters worse was the persistently dreadful air quality issues due to the wildfire smoke. A seasonal cold and very unhealthy AQHI does not contribute to
naturejournal
Where: Nose Hill Park (East Section) When: June 8th 2025 (Mid-to-Late Morning) Highlight: The wonderful orchids found sulking in the shade! Despite the smoke that had blown into the city the day prior, Taylor, Alexis, Krystal, and I joined Nature Calgary for a spring flower walk through the
Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * As we continue the final stretch of the school year, it continues to be very busy at the science centre with end-of-year field trips bringing in numerous schools groups daily. I did not feel very well for a couple days, but I got enough
Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * The weekdays were fairly relaxed with lots of reading and biking, but a few highlights were going for dinner at Tibet Kitchen, visiting Calgary's downtown Hudson's Bay Company building one last time (got a pure linen shirt for 30% off), and having
Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * On Victoria Day, Taylor and I went for a morning bike ride to Kensington to hang out at Higher Ground Cafe. For much of the day beyond that, I read about ocean physics and played Subnautica. * The work week was fairly ordinary. As is the case