Freewheeling

We've almost got everything together for the application, just some minor details missing, and I think we'll be able to send it off early next week. We're heading to Stratford for the weekend, which will be awesome. Great to get out of Toronto for a little while, even if it means we'll be missing the biggest art festival of the year, nuit blanche.. It's 12 hours of art madness, but I guess I'll get to experience it next year!

So here's a funny story for you: I bought a bike on Sunday, a nice and functional mountain bike for 85 dollars. I kept it in the apartment for a couple of nights and then I bought a bike lock and left it outside the building for the night. The next morning my front wheel is gone and I am pissed off. I imagine beating the thief over the head with a wrench. Today I got a new tire and it's more expensive than the damn bike was - 98 dollars for tire, tube and wheel! More than my bike itself that is. At least the people at the bike shop were nice enough not to charge for the service cause it was stolen. Toronto's awful for bikes, Chris' bike was stolen while we were in Vancouver, and I'm for sure never leaving mine out again. It gets to block our very narrow hallway instead. It pays to have a bike though cause they're hiking up the TTC prices again, to 105 $ a month. So the wheel will have been worth it in about a month..

In other news, check out this roadblock organized by the cab drivers on strike. A lot of honking and pissed off people going north-south, but I guess it gives the cops something to do...