Ok, i just got sick of seeing my bitchfest that was the last journal.

First, I just want to pass on a "thanks" to everyone who's faved my shots recently. The "Earth Hour" shots I took of Toronto's skyline seem to be getting a fair number of hits; I have a few more that I might post so keep watching. I'm slowly working through all my messages, notes, etc...


Just saw the first robin of spring about an hour ago when I got dropped off at home. Its about time to say that we've passed a corner on winter, i guess. I won't be sure that its actually done until, say, JUNE, but I think we can be pretty confident that we're not going to be looking at many more multi-inch blows of the white stuff.

(maybe i should check a forecast before i say that....?)

Edit: 2008-04-12 - Yep. I should have..... six inches of white stuff last night...


So, the travelling thing has been severely extensive still of late. I'm in the midst of weekly Toronto trips due to the project I'm on; in fact I just got back from another one ( hence the earlier "got dropped off" comment). There is a light in the tunnel. Whether its the end of the tunnel or just a train, I'm not entirely sure, but we are making progress in narrowing down the options and getting promising results.

And for those who are counting, my winter travel saga (see last journal [link]) is up to four lost-bag incidents and seven cancelled or extremely delayed flights. And now I see that Air Canada is adding a $25 "service fee" if your flight gets cancelled so that you can rebook it. I shake my head in disbelief and wonder......

Ed 2008-04-12 - I eventually got all the bags/boxes etc... let's see if my checked bag today continues the trend...?

Feeling much better today... the last few days i've had a nice little flu that's been going around (so i hear). Yesterday was just ugly... if i'd have been in Sault I would have just stayed at home, but since I was in Mississauga I kinda had to show up at the customer for my experimental material trial.


April 1 was the seventh date for me to officially change departments and become a member of the "product design" group at work. No surprise, that date is pushed back again, and is officially indeterminate. "When I'm done with ___(insert name of customer)____ and they have a repeatable process" is the curent date, as I was told a few days ago. Considering that its taken two months to get three working coils to the stage the customer can run them, and they won't be done THAT material for another month before we can start on the next phase... that'll be a while. *shrug*


On the bright side, I've been doing some wandering around the city and taking pics, as you may notice in my recent postings. Getting the hang of the K10D, that's for sure. Also, its rekindling my kind-of boredom with the city - I hadn't gone for a good explore in a new area for a while. Its nice to get that feeling of "I want to go there" again.


Well that's it for now. I'm going to go set up to watch the new season for Battlestar Galactica tonight... I was so impressed with the way they ended Season 3, it'll be interesting to see how they're going to lay out the cards they dealt in that last episode....


Later,
B.


New addition 2008-04-12

Well, I did it. I've been mulling it over for a while now, and a couple days ago I finally got up the moxy to do it.

At the cost of 65,000 credit card points and $450 in fees, I'm going overseas for two weeks at the beginning of May to watch the coronation parades for the new Tsa.... er, the Victory Day parades on May 7th that is.

That's right. Russia, here I come. Again.

Exact plans are in flux, all I know for sure is that I'm across the pond for two weeks. What I do know is: I will spend a couple days in the Hermitage. I will shoot the military parades on the 7th. And beyond that.... its an open book.

The only problem is: how many cameras to take?

Anyone in SPB who reads this, I'm open to any get togethers or ideas for places to shoot... and Moscow too, might spend a couple days there but not sure yet.

Until next update....

B.