Way Downtown

So I've been in the new place for about a week and a half now. I love living downtown so far; it's neat when I forget where I live now, then remember and realize I can go outside and be downtown right away. I'm not sure if all of you will really know what I'm talking about, but I've always found downtown therapeutic. The cool thing about the city is, even though you're surrounded by crowds of people, you can be by yourself as much as you want, which is great for an antisocial hermit like me. There's so much going on here, but because nobody knows me, I can feel detached from the insanity, while still being entertained by it. Well that, and I'm a quick walk to the c-train, 3 blocks away from 17th ave. That's pretty sweet.

The only thing tainting my bliss is the massive amount of debt in which I'm mired. It seems I had everything happen at once in my life, at the same time I moved. It's great to be able to walk around in the city centre and not be able to spend anything. Heh, right. But I know that will pass, eventually. My roommate and I have now been downstairs to the weight room a grand total of... wait, let me add this up.. ok, twice now. But I figure going more than once establishes a pattern. We'll see how that goes. I'd like to do it at least 3 times a week. The difference between now and when other people have told me to get off my lazy ass and exercise is that I'm doing this because I want to. Keep that in mind next time you need to tell me how to improve my life; I don't respond well to being pushed too much, unless I ask for it. And I haven't been down to the pool yet. I'm not sure how worthwhile it would be as far as exercise goes, considering the way I swim. I swim, and people think I'm drowning and try to rescue me. "No really, that's just how it looks when I do it! Let go of me!" *sigh*

Let's see, what else.. Work is pretty good. I'm still easily entertained by big corporation culture and politics. So far, the fascination is enough to outweigh my disgust caused by backstabbing, gossiping, infighting and other weird rituals I've been sheltered from until now. At least I've been sheltered from those things being done on such a large scale. Very strange.

I don't usually think movies are significant enough to mention here, but I watched Shaun of the Dead last night on dvd, and let me tell you, it's painfully funny. If you like British humour and haven't seen it already, you need to go rent it right now. Best line in the movie:

Shaun: Kill the Queen!
David: What?!?
Shaun: The jukebox!

I guess you need to know the context to get it. Trust me, though.