Dollar store umbrellas!

Last week my friend Andrew went out of his way to buy me an umbrella at the dollar store. I had no idea that dollar stores sell umbrellas but thanks to the magic of one generous friend I will stay dry...

Nathaniel Christopher / 15 April 2012 / 1 Comment

Hastings-Sunrise is no East Village

I spend a lot of time with my friends in the East Vancouver neighbourhood Hastings-Sunrise. While so much of the city has been been swallowed up by condo developments Hastings-Sunrise still retains a ...

Nathaniel Christopher / 14 April 2012 / 34 Comments

Falun Gong is homophobic

Earlier this week I went out for fish and chips with my friend Andrew, his husband Alex, and our buddy Margaret. We’d heard good things about Dundas Fish & Chips located at 2077 Dundas St. in East...

Nathaniel Christopher / 11 April 2012 / 4 Comments

Post apocalyptic ice cream

Call me old fashioned, but when I buy ice cream I like to be sure it’s actually ice cream and not that vile concoction “frozen dessert” that many companies like to pass off as ice cream. It can be har...

Khan

Nathaniel Christopher / 9 April 2012 / 8 Comments

A drug addict’s dream come true!

For those of you who don’t know my cat is diabetic. I have to supply him with diabetic cat food, blood-glucose tests, insulin and insulin needles. After I inject him with his insulin I deposit the ne...

Culture and Politics

Nathaniel Christopher / 4 April 2012 / 4 Comments

Satanic beverages‽

In case you don’t know Housemate and I drink a LOT of beverages which is his euphuism for pop. It’s hard to say how much we drink – I try not to count. But whenever I start to run out of space to stor...

Culture and Politics

Nathaniel Christopher / 13 March 2012 / 5 Comments

I saw my dinner plate on Hoarders!

This post is lovingly dedicated to my friend Yvonne in honour of her recent dish-shopping excursion. When I was watching Hoarders a few weeks ago I noticed something quite familiar: My dinner plate! I...

Khan

Nathaniel Christopher / 1 March 2012

My cat is an extreme couponer!

Whenever I’m eating something like fish, chicken, ice cream, or a pastry I can be sure that Khan will plonk himself as close to me as he can get to let me know that he wants what I’m eatin...

Nathaniel Christopher / 26 February 2012 / 2 Comments

Whitney Houston’s impact on my life [video]

I think I first heard the song “Greatest Love of All” when I needed that love most. It was 1992 and I was in foster care. The love, support, and stability I needed came to an abrupt end every time the...

Personal

Nathaniel Christopher / 20 December 2011 / 1 Comment

Kim Jong Il and Nathaniel – separated at birth?

Well, I guess now is a good a time as any to pull this photo out of the archives. It was taken in about 1983. I think I look like Kim Jong Il… Housemate says I don’t. “Firstly, your ...