Yay Canada Day! This means that it has been exactly one year since I met Christopher. They're having fireworks to celebrate it! ;)

Some college certificates I'm looking at:
Seneca - Technical Communication Program
George Brown - Editing Certificate

There are some other technical writing programs around town too, but I would lean towards the one at Seneca because it has a co-op semester. Right now the thought of being done school in two years (rather than the 8 I would be looking at with a PhD) and having an ever-increasing job market sounds pretty good.

I do wish that gay marriage would have gone through BEFORE the Pride Parade rather than a few days AFTER (would have made it that much more exuberant), but yay! and here are some photos:

Two-spirited people of the First Nations:

In First Nations culture, two-spirited people are those who have a female spirit and a male spirit. They are treated with much respect and honour and are thought to carry extra wisdom because of the two spirits.

National Defence Minister Bill Graham:


The MCC float was about 300 people long, with at least 15 different churches represented:


PFLAG: