A picture tells a thousand words
Aug. 17th, 2005 08:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tvordljIt's very interesting that overwhelmingly people think the first, black and white passport photo was more likely to get me through customs than the colour one that actually looks more like how i do on a daily basis. I always think that a photo on a document like a passport or driver's license should reflect how you look if someone was to compare it to your face on the spot without saying "put on/take off your glasses/hat/whatever". On the other hand, the unflattering, baggy eyed look of the B&W would probably be closer to how i look upon arrival after an overnight or really long flight ;) My driver's license picture is really bizarre because my hair was really long and curly. It looks very little like me lol I remember that i got my hair all cut off quite short about a week after that was taken. It doesn't expire until early 2007 when i will get a new photo done. No point paying extra to get one done now. It's only hair.
Anyone locally know where you can get the pieces of pictures frames that you can put together? There used to be a craft store in Burnside (before Crafts Canada) that had the pieces in various sizes so you could snap together a wooden frame in a custom size. I made the mistake of buying a canvas to paint that is 9x12 which is an awkward size and you just don't get ready made frames that size. Buying the four sides as separate pieces would be ideal because it makes transporting the painting to the UK much easier than having it in a frame already. I can construct it once i'm over there. I'd prefer to get the frame here as giving someone a painting and then having them have to find a frame is a bit tacky. There aren't as many craft stores around it seems. I will check Loomis Art supplies since i'm already downtown and a lunchtime walk up there is always nice when the weather is good.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
blueberrymoon?
The CAO of HRM is going to be the CEO of the Ambulance services. That's going to be quite a challenge but if anyone can do it, he can. Well done, Mr. MacLellan but their gain is our loss. He's probably the best CAO we've had though Don Murphy ran the City of Halifax really well too.
Elsewhere in the news, the woman that has been appointed the next Governor General of Canada is coming under fire as there are hot rumours that she is or has been in the past a Quebec Separatist. If true, it's not really a good thing to have someone representing the Queen who espouses the breakup of the country (Quebec separatists want the province of Quebec to be it's own sovereign state which would effectively cut the country of Canada in two parts). However it might also be a smear campaign because i can't imagine the Prime Minister not making sure everything was above board with the appointment. I feel bad for the woman, Michaelle Jean, who must be very hurt by it all and it must really take the excitement out of the prestigious job for her. It's a lot of controversy and even if it's not true, i have a bad feeling that they're going to rescind it because of all of the bad publicity.
Anyone locally know where you can get the pieces of pictures frames that you can put together? There used to be a craft store in Burnside (before Crafts Canada) that had the pieces in various sizes so you could snap together a wooden frame in a custom size. I made the mistake of buying a canvas to paint that is 9x12 which is an awkward size and you just don't get ready made frames that size. Buying the four sides as separate pieces would be ideal because it makes transporting the painting to the UK much easier than having it in a frame already. I can construct it once i'm over there. I'd prefer to get the frame here as giving someone a painting and then having them have to find a frame is a bit tacky. There aren't as many craft stores around it seems. I will check Loomis Art supplies since i'm already downtown and a lunchtime walk up there is always nice when the weather is good.
blueberrymoon? The CAO of HRM is going to be the CEO of the Ambulance services. That's going to be quite a challenge but if anyone can do it, he can. Well done, Mr. MacLellan but their gain is our loss. He's probably the best CAO we've had though Don Murphy ran the City of Halifax really well too.
Elsewhere in the news, the woman that has been appointed the next Governor General of Canada is coming under fire as there are hot rumours that she is or has been in the past a Quebec Separatist. If true, it's not really a good thing to have someone representing the Queen who espouses the breakup of the country (Quebec separatists want the province of Quebec to be it's own sovereign state which would effectively cut the country of Canada in two parts). However it might also be a smear campaign because i can't imagine the Prime Minister not making sure everything was above board with the appointment. I feel bad for the woman, Michaelle Jean, who must be very hurt by it all and it must really take the excitement out of the prestigious job for her. It's a lot of controversy and even if it's not true, i have a bad feeling that they're going to rescind it because of all of the bad publicity.
