Symbols and Metaphors

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It occurs to me that I am a symbol addict. I had thought I was devoted to metaphors and language... but it really isn't about tropes... it is and has always been about symbols-- things standing for other things.

This is why this time, it's permanent-- useless attachments severed. There is, for the first time, the opportunity to consider the question "what's next?"

I am tempted to say Iceland.
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Severing Attachments

Not much to be done in the city... I went and renewed my driver's license, which expires next month... and then picked up a few pieces of caving gear at MEC. I realise that I have almost no use for the city now.

I met up with Cathy at a climbing gym (the biggest in western Canada, apparently)... and then Sylvia joined us. They climbed to exhaustion, and I climbed till they were exhausted. There were so many easy routes with friendly holds that it was a climbing vacation. We were there till past 10PM, and we'd been there since 5:30. Afterwards, we went across the highway to a Cactus Club, where we were able to get the same food as at the Shelter. We could pretty much have had the same evening in Tofino... except the climbing routes would have been more difficult and the dinner more expensive-- I suppose Tofino has everything I need, if the right people were there.

The dragonfly pendant I've been wearing was also a lapel pin. On the back, this bulky and unnecessary pin has always been in my way-- getting caught on things, coming undone and stabbing me in the neck, &c. The other day, Timothy cut it off for me. He used something like a pair of tin snips to take the pin off, and then filed it down with a diamond file. It's slightly scratched up... but the attachment has been severed-- which makes an excellent landmark for the severing of attachment.

I am now back on the ferry... leaving behind a whole list of missed appointments. I don't feel good about it... but my time is not my own in the city.

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A Kitchen That Works As Good As It Looks

Ikea offers a kitchen that works _good_. Would you would like a kitchen that works _good_? Perhaps you could check out Ikea's kitchens. They not only look good, they work good, too!

I think maybe it's time I move to a country where I don't speak the language. That way, when I read advertising posters in elevators, I'll be struggling to understand the message rather than the gross incompetence that led to their publication.

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A Declaration of Independence

I write this note from the epicentre. I'm done. Seriously. Done. And all this before I hit the 12 year mark.
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Shocked

There were many women in the washroom of the ferry; many were doing their hair. By "doing their hair," I do not mean a cursory glance in the mirror and then repositioning a wayward lock, but rather *doing*... with combs, brushes, flat irons, curling irons, &c. One woman's curls were so set that what would probably be described as the action of "tousling" actually emitted a coppery, scratching noise. I am not in Tofino anymore... and I haven't even made it all the way across the water yet.
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The Best Place on Earth

Life really is like this in Tofino... watch this video. Seriously.

Britons Never, Never, Never Shall Be Slaves

Woke up super early, made breakfast, and drove to Port to get my chipped tooth fixed. Then I came back and saw that it was 7.9ft on 12 seconds with SE winds... so I went for a surf with the Britannia. ULTE2 named it "The Britannia" on the weekend in June when K was out here... I was catching so many waves with the 11' NSP that he felt it "ruled the waves"... the name didn't really stick... but after today... I think I'm going to give it another try.

The Britannia doesn't carve half as well as the Bluepath... but it is super easy to catch waves on... and as long as one is happy riding straight down the line, it's a super awesome board. It's very floaty... so you have to be way up to paddle it... and way back to turn it.... waaaay back. This afternoon, I had forgotten my contacts and arrived at the parking lot with glasses on... I decided to go out blind, because I really didn't have the time or patience to go back home and go back to the beach.

The light was flat and I couldn't see anything... but my god... what a series of awesome rides!

Had an excellent surprise visit from Margo today... I love that her work will bring her here regularly. This might be a bit ambitious... but I hope that by the time she next comes out to Tofino, the t. situation will have been figured out and dissolved. Actually, I'm hoping for it to be vaporized before noon on Sunday.... yes, I'll be in the city this weekend... anyone up for Fassil's?