Talk Without Speaking

It’s *freezing* cold tonight but, in a very un-Vancouverlike way, it is crisp and clear. In fact it is far more like an Ottawa early winter night. This, of course, compounds that I feel homesick today thinking about the Halloween party (even though David is running the show this year and he is having it tomorrow night). I won’t be there tomorrow night either so I’m sure it’s ok if I feel homesick about it tonight.

As I dervishly rode my bike home tonight I failed to run over any of the millions of trick or treaters who were milling around the residences of UBC (the family residences, that is). Catherine mentioned that Jack and Evan dropped by earlier and, for the first time, are running their firework show tonight with no parental supervision - I’m sure they must be super excited.

This was part of my day today:

MacDisser: Macs suck
Me: Why do you say that?
MacDisser: I dunno
Me: Have you ever used one?
MacDisser: No, of course not

So, of course you see where this is going. Anyway, I try not to let this get under my skin but from time to time I fail miserably and it really does. Sometimes being the underdog is fun and cool, othertimes it’s frustrating and tiring to swim against. It wouldn’ be so bad except that everyone comments on how *easy* things are on the Mac when they actually deign to come and take a look OR they comment on how cool the transparency or graphics this and that are. Argh - why do I bother caring?