Happy Birthday Mom!

I’ve been in Mexico for the past week enjoying a well-deserved break from very-sub-zero temperatures here in Montreal. We stayed in Bucerias, a few miles north of Vallarta. Although the whole area pretty much exists for tourism, nevertheless there remains an inescapable Mexican core – unlike an all-inclusive resort on an island somewhere, you can’t forget the fact that you’re a guest in another country. The highlight of the trip for me were the galleries in Vallarta itself – there were some great pieces on permanent display and some very compelling exhibitions starting while we were there. In particular, a local artist named Brewster Brockmann had an opening, and although we passed on the vernissage, the new pieces were very interesting.

Paper Boy (I covered Gainsborough Ave in Ottawa for the Citizen)
Summer Camp Counsellor (Camp Tawingo, Huntsville ON)
House Painter
Ski instructor/coach
Hotel Front desk clerk (in Banff)
Retail sales clerk (Monod Sports, also in Banff)
Management trainer
Teaching assistant (Concordia, my first semester back in grad school)
Forum moderator, online community
Freelance writer
Assistant Editor (CTHEORY, then based in Montreal)
Book designer
Web designer (I did a bunch of small sites on a freelance basis)
Corporate communications manager
University lecturer
Vice president of a non-profit organization
project manager