Down at the Coast

I'm in Vancouver this week for some super duper exciting Microsoft SQL Server 2005 training. I know, it really is as thrilling as it sounds. **eye roll** When I arrived Monday night, the Canucks had only 10 minutes left in Game 7, and I have to say, Robson Street was insane. Cars and people everywhere, fireworks, drinking, yelling, honking, etc. I can't even imagine what it would have been like if they had lost.

It is always weird coming back to "the coast" when I have so many memories of living here. Just driving down the Lougheed Highway the other day, pulling into the Superstore for some munchies - I used to do all my grocery shopping at this store on a regular basis back in the day. I get stressed out driving down Hastings and I remember when I used to do that on at least a monthly basis, and it was no big deal. The crowds annoy me, the traffic is completely ridiculous, and I catch myself wondering why on earth someone would want to live here. Then I remember that I did.

If you like reading at all, you have to read the book called "Stumbling on Happiness" by Daniel Gilbert. Yes, it is a non-fiction work by a pyschology professor, but it is not a self-help book. What it is is a fun and interesting read about how the human mind works, and how we interpret the feeling we call "happiness". It is the best book that I have read in recent memory, and I laughed at loud at several points. It won't tell you how to "find" happiness, or make yourself happy, but it will give you is an interesting understanding of how the brain tricks us on a daily basis. :) Read it!