are transit shelter advertisements for programs to help the illiterate hilarious, or cruel?
i have yet to decide on the matter.
Jul 24, 2007
Jul 23, 2007
new york run by the swiss
Toronto sucks.
now, i'm not saying i don't love it here. i do. i absolutely adore all that our city has to offer, and i wish upon wishes that we can continue to improve towards being a truly international city that the world can view as a leader culturally, economically, socially as well as architecturally.
that said, we as citizens just don't care enough.
you know the reason New York is such a successful city? because people love it. it even says so on their tshirts.
the general feeling amongst Torontonians i find, is not so much love, as it is a general fondness. and man, that just isn't enough.
it would be awesome if we had a waterfront. if we had better mass transit. if we have beautification and leading edge design as part of our civic mandate.
but these things don't just happen on the will of a few politicos and a general public that nods and says "yea, that would be nice", then goes back to pimping their facebook pages.
and i say this not so much as a call to arms, but merely as an observation. Toronto will probably not achieve the status of New York, or even a Chicago, because in Canada, we're alright with being mediocre.
in business, in sports, in life -- if we're ok, we're good enough. Canadians don't seek to be the best. to be able to gloat from the top of the mountain.
all this potential in this country, and this city. seemingly squandered.
now, i'm not saying i don't love it here. i do. i absolutely adore all that our city has to offer, and i wish upon wishes that we can continue to improve towards being a truly international city that the world can view as a leader culturally, economically, socially as well as architecturally.
that said, we as citizens just don't care enough.
you know the reason New York is such a successful city? because people love it. it even says so on their tshirts.
the general feeling amongst Torontonians i find, is not so much love, as it is a general fondness. and man, that just isn't enough.
it would be awesome if we had a waterfront. if we had better mass transit. if we have beautification and leading edge design as part of our civic mandate.
but these things don't just happen on the will of a few politicos and a general public that nods and says "yea, that would be nice", then goes back to pimping their facebook pages.
and i say this not so much as a call to arms, but merely as an observation. Toronto will probably not achieve the status of New York, or even a Chicago, because in Canada, we're alright with being mediocre.
in business, in sports, in life -- if we're ok, we're good enough. Canadians don't seek to be the best. to be able to gloat from the top of the mountain.
all this potential in this country, and this city. seemingly squandered.
Jul 18, 2007
the more things change...
forty-two days later.
why is it that whenever you're in school, the summer months always seems so formative and life changing, whereas when you're an unemployed hobo, it's the winter months that really get you thinking?
curious.
anyways, people probably knew i'd be back, so here it is if anyone bothers to come 'round these parts anymore. blog readers are of but two catagories: the fickle, and the bored.
i suspect the fickle won't find this for a while, while the bored will be here ... by morning.
what i've realized in my short time as a honda prelude owner: there are a lot of us out there.
back when i drove a VW, i felt like i was part of a subculture that was just slightly askew of the mainstream, despite the fact that....well....there are a crapload of VW's out there.
but there aren't NEARLY as many '98 passat's out there as there are '98 preludes. i mean, goodness. i see my exact car driving beside me at least once a day. it's kind of like buying a tshirt, then going to school and realizing everybody is rocking the same shirt as you. uncool dude. uncool.
when i get a real job, i am so buying a motorcycle.
with streamers on the handlebars.
why is it that whenever you're in school, the summer months always seems so formative and life changing, whereas when you're an unemployed hobo, it's the winter months that really get you thinking?
curious.
anyways, people probably knew i'd be back, so here it is if anyone bothers to come 'round these parts anymore. blog readers are of but two catagories: the fickle, and the bored.
i suspect the fickle won't find this for a while, while the bored will be here ... by morning.
what i've realized in my short time as a honda prelude owner: there are a lot of us out there.
back when i drove a VW, i felt like i was part of a subculture that was just slightly askew of the mainstream, despite the fact that....well....there are a crapload of VW's out there.
but there aren't NEARLY as many '98 passat's out there as there are '98 preludes. i mean, goodness. i see my exact car driving beside me at least once a day. it's kind of like buying a tshirt, then going to school and realizing everybody is rocking the same shirt as you. uncool dude. uncool.
when i get a real job, i am so buying a motorcycle.
with streamers on the handlebars.
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