Cold But Clear

15 January - A late start to the day due to previous evening's festivities not helped by the fact that it appears that I may be coming down with a mild strain of influenza, hoping it's just cold but at least work seems to be out of the way for the moment. Wandered up to Main to meet Dimitri for a late breakfast at Slickety Jims, a reasonably decent café with a moderately amusing menu (the freshly slaughtered vegetables comment drew a chuckle) before wandering around a few used book stores (an overpriced ian mcewen and irvine welsh caught my eye) and had a walk around False Creek before the cold got to us. No rain today but the lack of clouds meant there was nothing to hold what little heat the sun brought and the dark clouds over the mountains didn't forbode well for the morrow. Once again, at least it looks lke work is still out of the question. Had a bit of a Transporter marathon after I got home. The first one was absolutely awful - so many plot holes I almost gagged. At least there was an icy-cold angel of death nemesis to give it some oomf. The second was so completely over the top and so ridiculous that one couldn't even take it seriously, so it was actually pretty entertaining even though it ripped off everything from Ransom to James Bond. It also appears that we have a new housemate as of today, a friend of Chad's, and a goofy newfy to boot, which may not bode well, but at our brief meeting before he crashed out he seems nice enough. We're now back to the full contingent of six people although Aaron, the other Aussie, moves out at the end of the month (i'm still wondering which one of us drove him out) which will have us back to five again (a much more preferable number but it won't last).