personal

Dear diary….

Last week, I was biking from downtown up to the university. At one intersection, I saw someone I know driving and gave a wave. I passed someone else waiting at a bus stop, and had a brief chat. Then in the parking lot of the university, a third acquaintance and another brief exchange. The last […]

Posted on 26 July 2011 and filed under ideas, personal

I want a new personal business card. Here’s my first draft:

Posted on 20 July 2011 and filed under personal

I am not a writer. Which is odd, since I spend a good portion of my time being paid for my writing. But the type of writing I do for radio is “get in, get out, and let the guest tell the story.” There is a skill to it, and there are people who do […]

Posted on 30 June 2011 and filed under articles, personal

I have been blogging off and on since 2007. It started as many blogs do– an unfocused, sporadic journal about my own life and subjects– mostly music– that caught my fancy. I blogged regularly while living in China, mostly as a means to vent (it can be a tough country to adjust to). Upon returning […]

Posted on 22 June 2011 and filed under articles, comments, meta, personal

I am not a hockey fan. There. I said it.

Posted on 2 June 2011 and filed under articles, Best Of, Canada, main, personal

Once you wean yourself off cars, you realize how unnecessary they are for day-to-day life.

Posted on 30 May 2011 and filed under articles, Best Of, bikes, main, personal

Over the weekend, we visited Dawson Creek to see some of my family. While there, we took a hike out the Bear Mountain Windpark, a semi-controversial project that put a bunch of windmills up beside a hiking trail. While they are certainly quieter than a lot of other power projects, they have a kind of […]

Posted on 26 May 2011 and filed under British Columbia, comments, personal

It’s easy to get sucked into familiar paths.

Posted on 19 April 2011 and filed under articles, Best Of, main, personal

“Andrew loves music and the outdoors, plays dodgeball and road hockey, and has way too many pets.” – Daybreak Team The above is the last line from my biography. More specifically, my biography on the website for Daybreak North. And it’s once again got me thinking about how I present myself to the world. Thanks […]

Posted on 23 March 2011 and filed under meta, personal, writing

Iceclimbing – Daybreak Edition “Please don’t mess this up.” That thought kept jumping into my head as I stood on the outskirts of the city, in a complete strangers’ front yard, against the backdrop of a completely frozen tree being used for iceclimbing. That’s right. Iceclimbing. On a tree. I first got wind of this […]

Posted on 24 February 2011 and filed under articles, CBC, journalism, personal, Prince George, radio

Ah, what a great weekend. Yesterday, for what could well be the first time of 2011, I had nowhere to go. Coldsnap is done. No out of town trips (which are fun, but not always relaxing). No Ferret Information days or anything, either. And today, not a ton on the hopper. Which means I can […]

Posted on 20 February 2011 and filed under personal

There’s been a complicated history of arts publications, both on and offline, in Prince George over the last decade. The latest (and best funded) venture into this landscape is The Scene PG. Published by the daily newspaper Prince George Citizen, it currently functions as an online band directory/coming events calendar and a biannual glossy distributed […]

Posted on 26 January 2011 and filed under music, personal, Prince George, reviews

So, I’m now a researcher at CBC Radio. I’ve even taken some training. And as time goes on, I’m starting to feel more and more like I might actually know what I’m doing around there. But over the last couple of weeks, I’ve had to do something I wasn’t sure I was ready for: go […]

Posted on 15 January 2011 and filed under CBC, journalism, personal, radio

Merry Christmas from our house.

Posted on 25 December 2010 and filed under personal, pets

Left Prince George… Arrived in Vancouver (no rain yet)… Tried out the Millennium Line (it’s pretty great– in at 8, downtown by 9)… Found the CBC… Got a little meta with my t-shirt… Found the dungeon leading to our workspace (it’s actually a nice big studio, but the entrance is a bit ominous)… Had a ridiculous burger […]

Posted on 13 December 2010 and filed under CBC, comments, personal