Everybody was exhausted from a long day of phonology, so my 30th birthday gathering fit twice the uninhibition (?) in half the time. Thanks!
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Saturday, February 13, 2010
Moral Support
Everybody was exhausted from a long day of phonology, so my 30th birthday gathering fit twice the uninhibition (?) in half the time. Thanks!
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Happy Birthday
For her birthday, Wonderland got a fancy-hotel live-jazz all-you-can-eat-chocolate buffet, and she celebrated by making offensive gestures for the camera.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
It was worth it
I think the 5 of us took Sally's call for a no-talent show a little more seriously than the rest of the department.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Sabzy
Fari took us to Edmonton's new Persian restaurant, Sabzy. Good times: She and Irina were like sisters who hadn't met, and Alessandra's Russsian is fantastic: 
... And I heartily recommend the place, if not for the hookah then at least for the desserts.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
The Great Salt Lake
We started our last day in the city sitting upstairs and listening to a politician on television treat a complicated issue like a complicated issue:
While saying goodbye to the dogs:
On our way to the airport, we stopped of for a while at the Great Salt Lake itself:
To fit in with the rest of Utah, this lake is totally bizarre. First of all, the lake bed has a strange colour, and makes for even stranger looking footprints:
I wasn't the only one interested:
Second of all, for all the lake there is in this lake, there's a whole lot of not lake in it too:
Have a closer look at this view:
See that giant, vaguely Eastern-looking palace in the background? Here's what it looks like from the front:
The story we got is that it was built some time long ago at the edge of the lake, but eventually fell into disuse and disrepair:
The problem was that it the edge of the lake didn't want to stay where it was, so what started as a beach-front palace became a massive building a fair walk through a wet desert away from the lake:
I think it's better this way. We need surreal spaces more than tourist traps anyway.
While saying goodbye to the dogs:
On our way to the airport, we stopped of for a while at the Great Salt Lake itself:
To fit in with the rest of Utah, this lake is totally bizarre. First of all, the lake bed has a strange colour, and makes for even stranger looking footprints:
I wasn't the only one interested:
Second of all, for all the lake there is in this lake, there's a whole lot of not lake in it too:
Have a closer look at this view:
See that giant, vaguely Eastern-looking palace in the background? Here's what it looks like from the front:
The story we got is that it was built some time long ago at the edge of the lake, but eventually fell into disuse and disrepair:
The problem was that it the edge of the lake didn't want to stay where it was, so what started as a beach-front palace became a massive building a fair walk through a wet desert away from the lake:
I think it's better this way. We need surreal spaces more than tourist traps anyway.
Monday, March 17, 2008
SLC Day 2
After a prodigious sleep-in, we spent our first SLC morning visiting a couple of very Western used book stores:
Then it was on to one of our main attractions: Tamrika and John's diner, the Blue Plate:
We took the opportunity to give Tanya an early birthday present
While the rest of us enjoyed hearty lunches. I loved my buttermilk biscuits with vegetarian gravy, but Toma declared Chris the winner with his choice of mexican benedicts: 
They're not short on awards themselves:
Even the graffiti is complementary. This is the only award they had posted outside, but they had about 6 others inside - three best breakfast and three best on the cheap, if I recall correctly. I think if I had a business, I'd be most psyched about this award though:
An original work Bob Moss made just for them, hand of God and all.
After lunch we went to see the University. We went to CAIL first, because Chris seemed so excited about it. We could see why when we got there - Sweet building:
Sweeter language family maps:
and an outrageously delicious library:
*whew*. We gotta get us one of those.
Later on we made it up to Park City, home of most of the Sundance Film Festival. It turns out the theatres are used for.... um... theatre during the off-season:
Overall, Park City feels a lot like Banff or Jasper, with one main drag jam packed with tourists and boutique stores catering to tourists. The only major difference was how steep that main drag was. Oh, and I guess the Mormons have left their subtle mark here:
At the end of the day we went up to see the half of the house, where Tamrika lives. Like you might expect, it was pretty sweet: 
And, like you might not expect, full of tiny dogs making people happy:
Then it was on to one of our main attractions: Tamrika and John's diner, the Blue Plate:
We took the opportunity to give Tanya an early birthday present
While the rest of us enjoyed hearty lunches. I loved my buttermilk biscuits with vegetarian gravy, but Toma declared Chris the winner with his choice of mexican benedicts: 
They're not short on awards themselves:
Even the graffiti is complementary. This is the only award they had posted outside, but they had about 6 others inside - three best breakfast and three best on the cheap, if I recall correctly. I think if I had a business, I'd be most psyched about this award though:
An original work Bob Moss made just for them, hand of God and all.After lunch we went to see the University. We went to CAIL first, because Chris seemed so excited about it. We could see why when we got there - Sweet building:
Sweeter language family maps:
and an outrageously delicious library:
*whew*. We gotta get us one of those.Later on we made it up to Park City, home of most of the Sundance Film Festival. It turns out the theatres are used for.... um... theatre during the off-season:
Overall, Park City feels a lot like Banff or Jasper, with one main drag jam packed with tourists and boutique stores catering to tourists. The only major difference was how steep that main drag was. Oh, and I guess the Mormons have left their subtle mark here:
At the end of the day we went up to see the half of the house, where Tamrika lives. Like you might expect, it was pretty sweet: 
And, like you might not expect, full of tiny dogs making people happy:
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Two Temples
We had a thorough and thoroughly satisfying conference, so we gave ourselves a few days off to vacation in Salt Lake City. After evading the robotic cops at the airport:
We took in two of the cities holiest sites. First, Temple Square:
We couldn't get in to the temple itself, but we went into the world-famous tabernacle.
While there, I couldn't help but notice how much the organ:
reminded me of a somewhat different temple I visited in Japan.
This guy, on the other hand, reminded me of nothing at all:
He was in the northern visitor's centre, sooth-saying for Nebuchadnezzar along with other biblical figures like Noah:
None of them, however, were fit to kiss the sandals of the 11-foot marble talking Jesus:
If you look carefully, you'll see that he's floating in space. Don't let it fool you: he's not too far out of reach of those of us stuck in the terrestrial kingdom:
When we'd had our fill, we moved on to Tamrika's temple to awesomeness:
This is the main floor of a former Antiques store that Tamrika and John have lovingly restored JUST FOR GUESTS LIKE US. Tanya (and, if you zoom in, Chris) express how amazed we were that we got to stay here. The place was outstanding. Rooms and rooms of interesting books:
Original Deseret art pieces by local heroes:
And so forth.
We spent the night in, all of us being tired, and the entertainment at home being more than exciting enough for us. Tamrika and John played Centipede:
The girls played pinball:
And Chris and I stuck to Gorf:
Gorf.
We took in two of the cities holiest sites. First, Temple Square:
We couldn't get in to the temple itself, but we went into the world-famous tabernacle.
While there, I couldn't help but notice how much the organ:
reminded me of a somewhat different temple I visited in Japan.This guy, on the other hand, reminded me of nothing at all:
He was in the northern visitor's centre, sooth-saying for Nebuchadnezzar along with other biblical figures like Noah:
None of them, however, were fit to kiss the sandals of the 11-foot marble talking Jesus:
If you look carefully, you'll see that he's floating in space. Don't let it fool you: he's not too far out of reach of those of us stuck in the terrestrial kingdom:
When we'd had our fill, we moved on to Tamrika's temple to awesomeness:
This is the main floor of a former Antiques store that Tamrika and John have lovingly restored JUST FOR GUESTS LIKE US. Tanya (and, if you zoom in, Chris) express how amazed we were that we got to stay here. The place was outstanding. Rooms and rooms of interesting books:
Original Deseret art pieces by local heroes:
And so forth. We spent the night in, all of us being tired, and the entertainment at home being more than exciting enough for us. Tamrika and John played Centipede:
The girls played pinball:
And Chris and I stuck to Gorf:
Gorf.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Sin
The conference continued today, and you can tell how excited Team Alberta was. 
Well, I don't look that excited, but maybe being on planet BYU was getting me down. Everybody felt a little restrained, let's say, so we decided to take the night off to go downtown. At first, downtown didn't seem that much better, what with its blatant racism:
Like, whatever. I'm not so crazzy. I don't even drink five alive any more. Nor do I have a stuffed duck:
Then I saw something that did remind me of home:
When I saw her sultry lips and bulbous bouffant, I felt like I was back on earth. A place where people actually sin. That inspired most of us to take part in the sin of boutique shopping:
A sin in which Simon would have no part:
Finally, we stopped by a grocery store for some beer. Much to our surprise, even beer is a sin since, it seems, it may actually have, if you can imagine, some alcohol in it!
That didn't stop us, though:
Oh, and you can't see it from here, but that's a Polygamy Porter. [Motto: Why have Just One?]. Polygamy, incidentally, not a sin, though it will get you excommunicated from the regular LDS church.
Well, I don't look that excited, but maybe being on planet BYU was getting me down. Everybody felt a little restrained, let's say, so we decided to take the night off to go downtown. At first, downtown didn't seem that much better, what with its blatant racism:
Like, whatever. I'm not so crazzy. I don't even drink five alive any more. Nor do I have a stuffed duck:
Then I saw something that did remind me of home:
When I saw her sultry lips and bulbous bouffant, I felt like I was back on earth. A place where people actually sin. That inspired most of us to take part in the sin of boutique shopping:
A sin in which Simon would have no part:
Finally, we stopped by a grocery store for some beer. Much to our surprise, even beer is a sin since, it seems, it may actually have, if you can imagine, some alcohol in it!
That didn't stop us, though:
Oh, and you can't see it from here, but that's a Polygamy Porter. [Motto: Why have Just One?]. Polygamy, incidentally, not a sin, though it will get you excommunicated from the regular LDS church.
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