Haven't written much here lately. Why, you may ask? I too have entered the vortex that is Facebook last month, and since then, have been writing friends, lost contacts, potential clients, you name it, over at that end of the e-way. This Facebook is certainly growing by leaps and bounds, and the Vancouver network is already up to over 386,000 members as I write this.
Pretty basic, the younger you are, the more online friends you'll probably have. A high percentage of my online buds are under 35. The over-40 crowd is seemingly either busy with family/career, or just not hooked up as of yet. It's quite the time-filler, heading over in the morning and seeing what everyone's up to in their own way (video, Wall, photo albums, status). I'd heard rumours that the company was facing being shut down due to an ownership issue of the actual product, but that was already a few weeks past.
As for Vancouver news, well, the BIG STRIKE of 07 is still glaring us right in the face. Garbage keeps piling up in the alleyways, the gorgeous outdoor pool here in Kits sits closed and filled with seagulls (such a shame on a day like today, with a mild breeze and temperatures around 25C). The library book that I'd reserved is in eternal transit hell, as the strike started one day prior to the book being ready at Kits Library. Wondering if I'll see that book at all this season! More importantly, when will the madness end??!?
Greetings from a sunny Kitsilano balcony,
Ariane C
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- I moved to Kitsilano from The Netherlands in June 2005. Couldn't imagine any two more different cultural opposites in the world.
2 comments:
When I think about it, Facebook is kinda scary. People I haven't seen from ages kept adding me. In a way it's kinda good to get in touch with some of the old faces.
I fail to see how garbage collection isn't an essential service. These union leaders piss me off.
It's a vortex, I tell ya. It's gotten that I feel the 'need' to check in at least once a day just to see what's up. On the other hand, is sending email to someone that difficult? I guess that the voyeuristic quality of the interface is what gets people hooked! RE the garbage collection: last night's 5 pm news: showing maggots writhing about in a heap of garbage does not make for a happy sandwich in Ariane C's mouth at the time. Yeesh. All these services being bagged (pardon the pun) into one City-wide strike is just insane. Now it's a health issue and I'm wondering how the union leaders will see fit to work an agreement if there can't be more than three years into a potential contract. In other Lower Mainland areas, I understand that there's been a five year contract negotiated. I can see why the workers are fearful that after the Olympics the City will be broke and they'll find themselves on the short end of the stick once again. One more month of this though???!!
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