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So is it possible to blog this quickly? I sure hope so... time runs out quickly when you're writing from an internet cafe! I've arrived! I've made sure not to write to anyone yet so as to properly capture all these impressions without tiring myself out by telling others first!

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Well It's all good because I have another ticket for 20minutes clenched tightly between my teeth to make sure I don't lose it!

Back on now with but 9mins to keep me!

Arrived on standby flight on Friday morning. I was so happy to finally be here! Barbara and Steel came to get me at the airport. Drove home, freshened up, ate some lunch and then headed off down town for my interview at syszgy. It was a really cool studio with lots of light. Cool friendly people. It's right in the heart of the city. I'm sure I wasn't at my best after having been awake for 24h+ straight! Insanity! regardless it's always the interviews that you don't feel great about that end up being the ones that you end up getting!

Came back home on the Tube with Barbara and ate supper and then passed out. I slept tilk 7h30 this morning. There is just no sleep like the first one once you arrive overseas. The time change can invoke serious deleriousness!

this crazy machine is telling me that it's all over time wise but i clearly still have 4min 15 sec! geesh!

it's so beautiful and hot here. went for a 8mile walk this morning with my cousins. It's good because it will be a good long while until I will be able to affort a gym membership!

Been trying to arrange to get a mobile phone... whoa, it's not easy, there are so many plans and because i have no credit here I can only do pay as you go! grr. imagine, the basic phone cost 70£ (he he they have the £ key on the keyboard here!) you usually have to search all over the place to find one! he he

life is so good, but it's so big! funny how quickly you can go from feeling really trapped where you are to feeling totally free and new! Goodness abounds.

more tomorrow!

The Wait.

So it's been utter madness. Running around non stop for the past two days. Man my sister sure can hustle it! We've been to the moon and back twice I think! We're sure been to Pearson 100 times. I'm almost airported out.... Didn't manage to catch the standby flight last night. Pretty dissapointing, but in a way it's kind of good. It was routed through Montreal, which makes the trip even longer!

Heading out again tonight. Hopefuly this will be a go. Strangely arranged a job interivew for tomorrow PM. They know I'm going to be jet lagged but they need to meet me right away. man oh man.

More later...

Arrivals!

After spending an hour at the arrivals gate last night waiting for my sister to return from Greece, I left with a warm fuzzy feeling. It's incredible the amout of joy and emotion that pours out of that waiting area. It's kind of like a game show for the masses. The big opaque door opens and the mass of people waiting and hoping, hold their breaths to see if they are the lucky receipients of the passenger comming through the other side. But the best thing about the whole deal is that eventually everyone gets their turn. Joy, laughter and tears all constantly re-surfacing. It was so refreshing. I mean if you're ever down in the dumps someday and you're just jonesing for some happiness, just hang out at the arrivals gate at your local airport! I'm hoping to catch the wake of some of that joy, as I will be spending a fair bit of time in the next few days in airports. I'm really kind of anxious to see my game show participent when I arrive in Ottawa this evening. Should be fun!

It's raining today so it looks like KJ's BBQ plans might be foiled. Too bad really, but perhaps we'll just get all the girls together and we can go out for brunch... who knows. I am however thankful for the rain today.