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Carrie In The City
http://carieinthecity.wordpress.com
The semi-distorted, somewhat twisted, slightly neurotic life of a twenty-something girl in Ottawa, Canada.
Recent Posts
The Truth About…
As my previous post eluded to, yours truly was on a slight bender recently for many a reasons. Corporate’s been doing the work of his and his boss for the past 2 weeks, which would have been fine had I not heard ‘next week will be better babyâ€...
Ottawa Nights
I sit here yawning at work, not because I have nothing to do, but because for the past 6 nights (yes, 6, in a row) I have been experiencing what many of my fellow 20 something citizens of this lovely town called Ottawa refuse to believe exists: a nig...
5$ Shawarma & Other Ways To Sell Your Soul
Last night (I am well aware that last night was Monday) my voice teacher, let’s call her Elizabeth, and I went down to Zaphods to watch local rock bands play to an intimate and interesting crowd. Let’s face it; anyone who goes out drinking on a...
The Sound of (My) Music
If there is one thing, and only one, that I truly cannot live without, that one thing would be music. At work I’ve managed to have a constant stream of classical music through Live 365 . com. It used to be my iPod until I had a co-worker asked ...
to whom it may concern;
I don’t know if my non-Canadian blog friends (HI EVERYONE, BY THE WAY) have heard about Nadia Kajouji, an 18-year old university student here in the city, who died as a result of drowning in April. It wasn’t an accident; there was no fo...
when all else fails, just have a beer
It’s 2:48 am. Â I have an exam at 9:30 am in Community Health Nursing, the bane of my existence for the past 8 months. Â And I. CAN’T. SLEEP. Am I freaking out because of this exam? Â Not really… I should be, but I’m not. Â I ...

