snapshots from vancouver

Epic battles on the dining table.







































The aftermath.













Coffee, books, and newspapers.













The Jem Gallery on East Cordova Street.
















































Lunch with my mother.

daily rituals

Every morning after breakfast, I sit down at my desk and check my email on my laptop. Then, I load my news for the day on my iPod touch. It struck me that before coming to Vancouver, reading mobile news was never a part of my daily life. The big difference between my lifestyle in Montreal and here is the amount of time I spend on public transit- namely, the bus. During the 20 minute commute to the UBC campus, I find myself no longer listening mindlessly to music, as I did in the first few days of classes. Instead, I read about wars in distant places, housing problems in Canada, and North Korea's latest provocation- all on a screen the size of my hand.

I can't say that I am completely seduced by this paperless trend, though. The evidence: a pile of books on my desk, lined up and ready to be read:













I've only begun to read Anthony Lane's Nobody's Perfect. Lane has been a film reviewer for the New Yorker since 1993, and the book is a collection of his reviews. While that may sound rather unappealing to read, Lane's wit and sincere (for lack of a better term) approach to writing about films continues to pull me through this book.

What's on your bookshelf?