Happy New Year!!

I've had an especially great week. I met a delightful behavioural psychologist for children on Friday evening ( I will call him in the New Year) and last night the girls and I had a great night on the town. We went to the casino to see Philp Gagnon. He's an impressionist and sang everyone from Barry White to Mick Jagger spot on. He was also extremely humourous and we were all laughing so hard our cheeks hurt.

We then went for martini's and beer (nice combo i know) to this cozy little bar. We had some more laughs....however the biggest one came at the end of the evening. This guy sits down beside me and starts asking what we are celebrating and what not. Turns out he went to our highschool, but he's older and does not recognize any of us. We however know exactly who he is (once he told me his name). You see in highschool this guy was like the hottest thing around, the Brad Pitt if you will, we all had grade 9 crushes on him. Turns out the years have not been so kind to him, he's now more like George Castanza. When i turned to the girls and introduced him "Hey ladies do you remember so and so" the jaws dropped, someone pointed and was like "you're so and so?" in disbelief. Shock and awe people, shock and awe.

So i will leave you with my New Year's Resolution for 2007.
2007 is the year of taking action. I often say that I am interested in doing something but never actually follow through. I haven't been skiing since i was 14 but every winter the words "i'd love to go skiing this year" leave my mouth....and i still have yet to go. I've been wanting to take a French course .....for years.......still have not. You get the idea, so my friends 2007 is the year of taking action, being a doer, not a talker. Happy New Year kittens!!!!!!!

P.S (we made the Christmas lightmare video, however it's 196 MB and youtube will only let me post 100 MB, does anyone know how to zip the video or to compact it?)

Loving the Time off

So I hope that everyone had a good holiday. I'm not a big fan of Christmas myself, infact my sister commented that i was on TV...when i looked this was on


Glad the hustle and bustle is over, though i've had a fantastic time seeing all of my friends. That's what i enjoy about the holidays, everyone makes time for one another, people fly in from afar and good times ensue with lots of laughter!!

I've also rediscovered my love for Starbucks....groan Jennifer groan if you must but i do love it. I really enjoy the Green Tea Frappucino

and the pumpkin spice latte. It's like heaven in a cup.

I still have another 6 days off of work which is lovely. I imagine i will spend the remainder of time catching up on some reading (i bought a book at the Book Depot i've been wanting to read it for years and it was $3 so i couldn't resist "Black and Blue" by Anna Quindlen), spending more time with friends and just relaxing.

I'm also looking forward to a girls night out on the 30th. We're going to see Philip Gagnon an impressionist at the casino who apparently is amazing. Oh and i bought my ticket to go and visit Sly in England in February .... Life is Great!!!

6 Weird Habits.....

First off i am absolutely loving Esthero's song "Wikked Lil Girls" check it out. As well i've been playing Ryan Adams "Come pick me up" lately.




A few years ago PP and i made a video called "A Christmas Lightmare." It showcased all of the houses we could find that made Clarke Grizwalds' house pale in comparison. Hopefully we will get a chance to do that again soon and will post our masterpiece before the end of the year. Now onto:


6 Weird Habits: Bit of a repost but deal with it :)

1) It horrifies me when others drink out of my glass or bottle or whatever it is i am drinking out of. I think it is terribly unsanitary and at the very least if they want to try my drink, i will turn the glass around so our lip marks do not touch. I don't need someone elses' saliva and food bits in my glass. Same goes for anything else i would put up to my lips.

2) Whenever i am out in public walking past someone and they sneeze, i hold my breath until i pass the area that they were in. This also applies when people cough. Perhaps i have some weird issue with getting sick that i am unaware of, but i certainly do not want their icky germs in my body.

3)I have this obsessive habit of picking at my toenails. I'm not sure why but anyone that knows me has seen me at some time or another whip off my socks and fondle my toenails. Kinda gross....

4)I like to count things. I could be sitting in a room with a bunch of people and i will count how many are there quietly to myself. This accomplishes absolutely nothing but i continuously do it.

5) Whenever I see a dead animal on the side of the road i bless it. My friend Lisa does this and i thought she was a big weirdo the 1st time i saw her do it and now i do it as well.

6) Years and years ago a friend told us while we were out drinking one evening that if you blow into the beer bottle when it is opened, you will not get a hangover. Usually a bit of mist comes out and if you get rid of it you will not feel the pangs of death the next day. Silly and very untrue, but i still do it to this day.

Does anyone really care??

I borrowed this from Jennifer, who borrowed it from Tokyo Tintin

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE ME
1. Insects, mainly spiders and gagillepedes
2. Global Warming now that i've watched An Inconvenient Truth
3. Cancer

THREE THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND
1. How this one horn-like hair follicle inbetween my eyes refuses to die. No amount of Electrolysis will get rid of this sucker
2. How racism can run so rampant in the year 2006
3. Math...

THREE THINGS I'D LIKE TO LEARN
1. I would like to be fluent in French
2. How to Salsa ...it looks like so much fun
3. Even though Dan said he felt like a lame-o-dinosaur with his skis, i would like to get back at it and learn to whiz down the hills effortlessly

THREE THINGS I'M WEARING RIGHT NOW
1. Fabulous new calf boots
2. White Blouse
3. Black and Gray striped pants just below my knees

THREE THINGS ON MY DESK
1. Lucky Bamboo...i just bought it, i'll let you know how that goes
2. Papyarazzi Body Lotion
3. Picture of our Vegas trip...and one of bunny!!

THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE
1. Climb Mount Kilimanjaro
2. Travel around the world...I want to see as much as i possibly can
3. Make a difference to someone somewhere

THREE GOOD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY
1. I'm a very easy going person
2. I'm quite punctual
3. I have a killer sense of humour and love to laugh

THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY
1. I am a terribly selfish person...i know this and am working on it
2. I'm not a very confident person and do not give myself enough credit
3. I see things as Black or White, there is not much of a gray area

THREE PARTS OF MY HERITAGE
1. Romanian
2. German
3. American...ahhhh

THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY BODY
1. My very straight teeth (thanks for the braces)
2. As much as i'd like stick straight hair, i'll admit i like the option of having it curly as well (it's naturally curly)
3. That's about it, can't think of a 3rd

THREE THINGS I DON'T LIKE ABOUT MY BODY
1. My weight
2. The wrinkles that are beginning to peak out from all the years of tanning
3. I'm also not greatly fond of my nose

THREE THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME
1. I am a rather melancholy soul but hide it well
2. I saw the Easter bunny when i was quite young hopping outside, no joke
3. When i was a kidlet i used to pick up cigarette butts in the park and pretend to smoke them...EWE

THREE THINGS I SAY THE MOST
1. Oh please
2. Whatever
3. Good Lord or Oh Lord

THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO




1. Galapagos Islands


2. Bali, Indonesia



3. Middle East, Egypt, South America...everywhere :)

Low Pile Carpeting VS Disco Bush

Alright i posted about this a long long time ago when i had like 3 readers. So i'm reposting with a few add ins to see what the consensus is this time around. I'm sure it will be the same LOL.

So there has been a lot of discussion lately between a few friends and myself regarding women and their sense of tidiness down there. I will admit that i have let the "carpeting" as Jennifer calls it, get a little untidy now and again. Unfortunately it is at the most inopportune times but i digress. Generally i like to keep in under control. Once i even went as far as to get one of those Brazilian/LA waxes....hmmmm you have no idea the level of pain that accompanied that experience. I think the woman doing it had finished like 2 strips when i tried to get up and say that was fine it was enough i didn't want anymore done to me....afterall why was i paying for the torture? Alas she finished the job and i felt much like i'd imagine a pornstar would feel with my little "landing strip" as they are called. I didn't want to go completely bare or else i'd feel like a 6 year old. It was an interesting albeit painful experience that involved a stranger near my genitals and popsicle sticks....Good times LOL. I also had to slather lotion all over my nether region while she stood and watched.

I told my friend the other day about my unfortunate disco bush story and she told me she has an appointment to get a brazilian. She sent me this in my email and said i should take their advice:

"Sexual intercourse itself doesn't feel any better or worse with a brazilian, but your new-found adoration of your pruned privet heightens your sexual confidence.
As well as sexier, you feel cleaner too. However scarce our English summers, when it is hot outside, you can be sure that you'll feel breezy, cool and fresh inside. So, now that you look neater, feel cleaner and more sexually rampant, why would you ever go back to a steamy, unkempt, full bush?"

Now i know what Jennifer says "low pile carpeting means high traffic area" ....

What does everyone else think....neat and tidy is better or let it grow au natural? And what about the men? Should they go completely bare as well? Funny enough, most of the ones i've seen have been hairless....if we go by Jennifer's theory than i've shagged a bunch of slutty men :P

Is this for Real???

(Click on the photo to enlarge it)

I figured it was time to share a part of me with you, my fellow bloggers. Do you like my house??? We're trying to see if the garbage will touch the roof, a silly game we've been playing since i was quite young...it's almost there, few more years i reckon.

Seriously though, this house has apparently been in my region since i was a kidlet, only i just found out it existed a few weeks ago. I was absolutely flabbergasted when my eyes settled in on the yard. WHO lives like this??? There must be some SERIOUS mental health issues....and why has he/she been allowed to pile so much garbage (treasures) in the yard like that? Take note of the pile behind the blue truck, it's almost as tall as the roof. Apparently the neighbours have been trying to get the place cleaned up for years to no avail. I wanted to knock on the door and pretend i was selling something just to get a better look, however i was unable to locate the door and didn't realize i would need to repel down a pile of garbage in search of one. As well that sign outside was a bit daunting so i snapped the photo from my car and drove off. This place seriously leaves me speechless!!!

Oh My

So apparently there are only a few people out there that care about helping others and World AIDS Day...good to know.

So while i've been out and about i have noticed some rather strange people around lately. The 1st one i did not witness myself but i was with PP when she saw the man. We were at the grocery store in line waiting to pay when PP burst into uncontrollable laughter, so much so that she had tears streaming down her face. Finally outside she composed herself and reinacted what she had seen. Apparently some man in line felt the need to adjust himself, but not at all in a subtle way. He was in a squat like position, knees out to the side, gyrating his hips and digging like he was looking for lost gold at his balls in the middle of the grocery store for all to see. Classy....

Yesterday we were at Costco waiting for someone. PP was telling a story and i drifted off in the middle of it to stare at this woman. She was trying to exit the building through the sliding electric doors at the entrance (They only have a sensor on the outside and open when someone is entering the building). She managed to get her hands inbetween the two doors and was trying to pry them open like superman. Eventually someone came in the entrance and she was able to get out. I was very perplexed by this whole thing as the sliding exit doors are directly beside the entrance......What the fuck was she doing???

Lastly, we went to dinner and PP pointed out this grandmother eating with her family and grandchildren. She must have been about 70 or so with white hair and a pink sweatshirt that read SEXUAL on the front of it...Good times!!!

Has anyone else seen strange goings on out there?

As an addendum i tried fruit cake for the 1st time ever last night. I got a small piece with cherries and raisons and who knows what else, just so i could have the full experience. It was so horrible i spit it into my napkin and gagged. WHO eats this stuff???? Must be the same people that eat Spam...I don't get it at all.