Love it or hate it facebook really is a magical tool. I had somehow managed to change my keyboard to the Canadian Multilingual option and was unable to type a question mark without é popping up. Of course there was a super simple solution but I hadn't a clue what it was; that was where facebook came in handy. I changed my status to explain my conundrum and within seconds I had 2 messages and a phone call telling me how to fix it! Yay for technology!!


I bought a rather large picture the other day and had to maneuver my way through the mall to get to the car while carrying this very cumbersome box. You would think that people would notice such a thing and I don't know maybe move out of the bloody way but of course not. What the fuck is wrong with people? I had one guy get off of the escalator and actually clip the corner of the box as he walked right into me.....another man was walking right towards me and I had to jump out of his way.....two girls cut me off.....it was amazing how fucking rude people were. My friend was beside me the whole time yelling at everyone who got in my way and that made me laugh!! I honestly thought that someone might see how awkward it was to carry the gigantic box and offer to help, instead they just kept knocking into me. I hate people!



A bouquet to my friends for helping me with the facebook question and a brick to the assholes at the mall!

I wasn't able to read blogs this week or do much of anything internet wise as I did not have access during the evening. Clearly I'm super reliant on this bloody thing as it was torture....pure torture for me to go without......sad but true!! I did however get a lot of reading done that I never would have otherwise gotten around to.

Anyway it's late and I'm a bit knackered so I've filled out a meme that I got off of Jlee. I've deleted some of the questions as they're silly so the #'s won't match up. I'm sure no one will care much about my answers to begin with but does anyone really care if I've kissed anyone named Matthew.....or if I can play guitar hero?? No! I didn't think so! Have a great weekend!!


1. What was the last thing you put in your mouth? Oh the things I could say......but I won't!! It was a water bottle people a big silver water bottle!

3. Where was your profile picture taken? Yonge Street outside of a pub, I was searching through my purse looking for my phone and had no idea the photo was being taken.

5. Name someone that made you laugh today: Kelly....I had tears streaming down my face I was laughing so hard!

6. How late did you stay up last night and why? Midnight, I usually try to be in bed between 12am and 1am.

7. If you could move somewhere else, would you? Of course.....somewhere warm....and fun....and exciting.....with hot guys.

10. Do you believe ex's can be friends? Maybe though I've not gone that route, why bother I figure it's over for a reason.

11. How do you feel about Dr Pepper? I feel nothing....

12. When was the last time you cried really hard? Last week....I was obviously feeling a little sorry for myself.

14. What bed did you sleep in last night? Not mine......intrigued?? Nah I didn't think so......

15. What was the last thing someone bought for you? Lunch....dim sum....it was yummy!!

16. Who took your profile picture? Good ole Moe

17. Who was the last person you took a picture of? Do felines count??

18. Was yesterday better than today? YES!!! I was stuck in ridiculous traffic today AND my brakes started making bizzaro grinding noises....

19. Can you live a day without TV? I can but I probably wouldn't like it!

20. Are you mad about anything? YES, my brakes!!! I don't know if it's my driving or what but I seem to go through them like crazy!

22. Do you think relationships are ever really worth it? Maybe....but at the moment I'm not so sure. It just seems like one would take too much effort and energy that could be put to better use.

24. Night out or night in? Night out....I love love love going out! I love listening to music and dancing and laughing with friends and at strangers and playing TYB and eating grease at 4am!

25. What items could you not go without during the day? Lip gloss, water, sunglasses & of course my cell phone.

27. What does the last text message in your inbox say? 307...I actually sent that to myself so that I would remember what page I was on as I didn't have a bookmark when I was reading last night.

36. Name something you have to do tomorrow? Get a massage (my neck is fucking killing me), get my brakes fixed and celebrate J's bday!!

37. Do you think too much or too little? Waaaay too much and lately in the evenings when I'm trying to go to bed. I find sleeping a tad bit difficult lately as my mind seems to be on overdrive.

39. Who was your last missed call on your Mobile phone? PP, I had my phone on silent.

40. Is there something you always wear? Yes the colour black! To be more specific my black shirt with the buttons......those who are sick of it will be happy.....I discovered that one of my buttons is gone *sniff*

41. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? Driving, I was enjoying myself, sunroof open singing along to my CD until I turned the music low. Then I was cringing while I listened to this horrific grinding sound coming from my car. It's probably been doing this for weeks.....I always have my music on and of course rather loud.

42. Did you have an exciting last weekend? Exciting no, relaxing yes!

43. Have you ever crawled through a window? Yes as a kid I would sometimes forget my keys and have to crawl through the kitchen window which I might add was not low to the ground.

47. What's something that can always make you feel better? Curling up in my bed listening to Trent belt out a few tunes and having a good cry!

48. Will this weekend be a good one? I anticipate a gong show, lots of laughs and drinks and great company!

Just in case there was any question as to how much of a loser I am......this might help to remind you.....I spent Saturday night curled up in my bed alone watching Fiddler on the Roof!!! I seriously wanted to jump up and start dancing when Tevye started shaking his shoulders and singing away; it was wonderful!! It's been ages since I've seen the movie and I loved every second of it! I also Tivo'd West Side Story though have yet to watch it. I must be in a musical sort of mood!






I also watched Sleepy Hollow and of course Johnny Depp made me laugh in his portrayal of Ichabod Crane. He always plays these bizarre, quirky characters (Edward Scissorhands, Willy Wonka, Sweeny Todd) and never ceases to amaze me. I am super excited for his Alice In Wonderland debut in March as A) I think he will make a fantastic Mad Hatter and B) I freaking love love love Tim Burton films!! Ah something to look forward to......







Friday I spent the evening sitting by a fire with some high school pals. We all brought munchies (grown up munchies brie cheese with pepper jelly, baguettes with oil and basil...fancy stuff) and made some interesting drinks that involved Chambourd (yum). The one girl I've been terrible at keeping in touch with, another I see periodically though we're good friends and the last one I talk to quite regularly. You know how some friendships don't need constant attention....you don't talk for months and then get right back to where you left off with ease; it was like that.

It felt good to just chill out around the fire with great company, no loud music or drunk people bumping into you, no need to get all dressed up or worry about catching a cab home......I need to spend more evenings like this!!

I was walking one of my clients up the stairs to my office recently when I felt my foot get caught on something. I pulled it forward (dumbest idea ever) and heard this horrific ripping sound. "Oh fuck" I screamed out, then made an oops face and covered my mouth. I didn't want to look down as I knew what had happened but I forced myself to anyway. There crumbled around my feet were my favorite pairs of shoes.....strap dangling....completely irreparable.

I put on a happy face for my client, pretended it was no big deal and got down to business; meanwhile inside I was seething! As soon as he left I found the designers website and emailed the folks there to find out if the strap could be replaced (I doubt it but wishful thinking). Then I called the store where I purchased the bloody things and low and behold they had my size in the same pair and they were on sale!!! *Squeal*

I was extremely thankful that I was able to at least replace the shoes regardless of the fact that the original pair were fairly new. The bleh news is that this little incident is sort of reminiscent of the direction my week has been going. I haven't had much sleep in the past four days (like 4 hours a night if I'm lucky) and for whatever reason people have been driving me absolutely bonkers. I know that I'm losing my patience when I get really really stern with clients and even yell at them as I'm a pretty easy going gal. I mean can you blame me; one guy asked how he was going to find a place after I had SHOWED him on mapquest and GAVE him the address AND directions. There was really nothing else I could do asides from driving him down there myself which I wasn't about to do.

Let's just say I've uttered "you've got to be fucking kidding me" to myself at least 10 times this week as people I've been trying to contact for over a year are finally coming out of the woodwork expecting me to work magic in less than a week for them. It's exhausting!

I also found a great big spider IN my bed and had to sit through a nasty lightning storm this evening (you all know how much I love those) but I can't complain as other places quite close by had possible tornadoes, blackouts, downed trees & streetlights. I say possible tornadoes as Environment Canada has to make that judgement however I saw videos of funnel clouds and more than one house missing a roof so I'm pretty sure of what their conclusion will be.

Anyway, here's to hoping that the weekend brings me a little happiness and cheer and of course a much needed break from the daily grind! Happy Friday!!

Are you all familiar with the Simpsons episode where Sara Gilbert plays the neighbour Laura?? I'm sure many of you are. Anyway it reminds me every once in a while of my life.......probably a terrible analogy but whatever it's mine and I think of that episode often. Usually when someone of the opposite sex makes me feel like an asshole. Perhaps I'm being overly dramatic (most likely) but I get this vision of the person ripping out my heart and stomping on it (not like the episode where she mearly throws Bart's heart against the wall) but full on stomping!!! That's what I envision happening to me!!

My friends that read this will surely be saying WTF, who is she talking about, what's going on??? Believe me (belief) I'm fine, but for whatever reason anytime that anything goes even remotely awry.....that's what I picture and I can't help it!! Kinda funny, bit bizarre but seriously that's what I think of! Don't worry ladies and gents nothing like that his happening at the moment, just thought I'd share with you one of my oddities...is that a word ???? Miss Ash getting personal since 2009!!

It was another busy weekend away with friends. I've posted some photos of the jail we took a tour of:


(Main area)



(Escape attempt)

(Where the hangings would take place. The open brick area is where the trap door used to lay and the people would fall down below)



(Cells)

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We went out for dinner and drinks afterwards and stayed at the Duke for a good 8 hours enjoying the sun and each others company. I also really enjoyed this deep fried mars bar (I took the photo a few bites in I just couldn't help myself) so delightfully yummy!! Apparently so was the beer as I managed to drink my fair share over those 8 hours and have a few apologies to make.....oops!!

The next day I got a little tour of the area where PP has her apartment as we had to grab a few items before heading out. It's super cute and full of life, little boutiques, my fav quick yummy Asian restaurant, the kind of place you could spend a leisurely afternoon window shopping and eating ice cream. We then went to a BBQ at a friends house who I haven't seen in quite some time. There was some karaoke, poker and catching up with one another. Another friend also showed up whom I haven't seen in a good year so it was great to be able to hang out with him as well. We dropped him off downtown and then headed home in the wee hours of the morning arriving close to 2am. I actually thought the drive would be much longer due to construction and well my luck but surprisingly traffic was flowing in our favour.

On Sunday I went swimming at a friends place and sure enough another friend that I haven't seen in a very long time came by for a visit with her new baby girl. We made plans for a girls night this weekend as we have much more catching up to do. Apparently I'm terrible with keeping in touch and seeing some of my friends but I sure as hell made up for it this weekend!

I freaking loved being able to lounge by the pool enjoying the sun and just being able to relax in the city. I've been sort of here there and everywhere lately either on mini road trips or visiting friends out of town that it's rare to find me actually situated near home hanging out, it felt great!

Of course the next few weekends are full as well ( I anticipate being away for the next four as there birthdays galore out of town and a long weekend) but I really can't complain, once mid September hits I'll surely be craving the sun and some fun as things tend slow down around that time. I've been SLACKING on my goal list like you wouldn't believe and hope to get back to working on my list once the summer has ended granted I have a lot of items that need to be completed in the summer. Bah!! Hope you all had a great weekend as well!!!

Wiwille mentioned Bel Biv Devoe in his latest post and it reminded me of a time many moons ago. I was on vacation with my family in Myrtle Beach, probably around age 12 or so. I never had cable growing up and spent a good part of my vacation in the evening watching MTV so I could see all of the latest videos. It was heaven for me!! I was also a HUGE New Kids on the Block fan (shut it!) and saw a commercial where they were performing live on the tube and I desperately wanted to tape it, only hotels didn't really have VCR's or anything for guests to use. (Please note I taped fucking everything back then....seriously I had over 100 VHS tapes full of crap).

My mother and I went on a mad search for a recording device when this lovely hotel employee offered to tape the show for me at his house if I brought him a tape. So off we went to the local drugstore and purchased a tape. The employee kept to his word and brought me the recording the very next morning. There were a lot of other videos as well as the guy seemed to let the tape run and run. I remember Bel Biv Devoes "Poison" being on the tape:


Hearts "All I want to do (is make love to you)" as well:



I was also a huge fan of Roxettes Joyride CD, Paula Abduls Cold Hearted video and Poison cira the Unskinny Bop days! Don't completely judge me.....I had good taste back then as well, I did go to a Cure concert when I was 13 after all!!!

Anyway I can't believe that I was so addicted to taping everything that I had an employee tape my bloody show and for NKOTB to boot!!! Such a nerd...... I probably still have that tape somewhere.........and really what the hell am I talking about (WAS so addicted??) I bought a Tivo last year so that I could tape two shows at once! At least I don't save all that shit anymore I just watch and delete!!

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The weekend once again is booked up as there's never a dull moment in the summer. On the agenda: a tour of a jail, dinner and drinks with my gals (hopefully at this bar where we always seem to meet/sit with ridiculously entertaining people lest we forget Leslie the homophobic conservative who liked to invade personal space....he was a treat) and then off to a BBQ the next day where I plan to work on my wrinkles errr tan! Have a great weekend everyone!

Oh Jennifer you would have been so proud of me today, I saw the hottest man ever standing on the street while I was waiting to turn from a parking lot. He was nice and tall, dark hair, muscles and a great tan. He had on a tank top but was putting on a t-shirt over it. I literally sat and stared at him while he did this and felt like it was happening in slow motion. I wouldn't have moved however some biatch was trying to get into the parking place and I was in her way so I had to go. Anyway I continued to stare as I drove by and then I smiled at him (people I'm the worst flirt EVER and not that smiling is flirting but you know what I mean, normally I would have gawked from a far and drove off, which I kinda did but at least I smiled). Of course he gave me a nice big grin back *sigh* so yummy!!! (Please note: Jennifer will not be impressed at all by this story as I didn't wind my window down and whistle or throw my business card at him)

(pic by C. Dennis of Sunday evenings storm.....look at that menacing cloud)

Severe thunder storms imminent, wind gusts up to 110 Km/h, large hail and torrential downpours. Remember some severe thunderstorms produce tornadoes.

That is what I saw staring back at me last night on the weather network website, oh fuck!

I'm sure some of you remember that I am horribly afraid of thunderstorms, I'll take the wind and hail........even the tornado.......but please please please leave out the thunder and lightning. To make matters worse I was watching a friends dog and went over to her place just before the storm hit. She has two large glass doors with no curtains in her kitchen and sheer curtains in her living room. I lasted all of 5 minutes upstairs before the booming/light show became too much for me to handle. Seriously it sounded like it was right above her house taunting me, rattling the windows and some glasses on the table, it was so strong the house shook. It was unbelievable from what I'm told, flashes every few seconds for over an hour. I wouldn't have a clue, I perched myself on her basement steps with a flashlight in one hand and cellphone in the other. I eventually grabbed a magazine to help pass the time but it was hard to concentrate as my heart was pounding and my hands shaking. It lasted a good hour or more but felt like 10. Apparently the storm did a little damage as trees were knocked down, rooftops were ripped off and many people were still left without power on Monday morning.

I got very little sleep that night as the storm ended close to 1am. I checked the local newspaper on the web this afternoon and what do I see but a "severe thunderstorm" warning AGAIN. UGH!!! I left work an hour early as the sky was getting black and I was lucky enough to only hit the tale end of the storm.

(Pic of the nasty sky from my cell on the way home, it's like sunny to the right and gloomy in front)


I'm happy to report it was less lightning and more rain though the highway was completely flooded, people were driving like 2 km/h and a transport truck totally cut me off on a bridge. I had to slam on my brakes (we were actually moving at a good pace at that point) and try to swerve out of his way while laying on my horn and cursing the son of a bitch.

I've never been embarrassed per se about my fear as I don't think it's completely out of the norm. It's other peoples reaction to my phobia that makes me feel embarrassed......like they think it's completely irrational. Either way I really don't care what they think though I have toyed with the idea of getting some type of help for this issue of mine. I don't think I'd consider CBT as they would most likely make me stand out in a storm to face my fear....maybe some type of hypnotherapy. Suggestions anyone, anyone??

So as most of you know I am a very drama free gal! I don't go there nor do I care to. Things have been happening lately that make me wonder WTF is going on??? Mostly man issues of course but I wouldn't even call them issues, just the regular goings on of life I suppose. I'm getting bizzaro texts from a friend "What are you doing right now" hmmm well it's 3am I'm sleeping!! Another one is being inappropriate/initiating things that he shouldn't be and then lecturing me about "just being friends" and of course I have a suitor that I met after the Mode concert and I'm not sure what to do with him. He's short and bald I like tall and well......dark hair though I do dig a bald head.....he's suggested meeting for a drink and I just may or may not do it....he seems cool enough so I might.

I am rather sick of trying and to be honest would much rather be alone than deal with any of it. I'm 31.....I should have some type of stability by now....only I do not....and it's killing me. I have friends who have been in relationships and they haven't worked out, others are married and loving it, some are married and/or common law and are having issues. We all have our own "things" to deal with but I'm sick of it already. I clearly need to grow up and make better decisions because the ones I am making are getting me nowhere. I'm a bit tired and bitchy and have had few cocktails (can you tell) and I really don't know what else to say other than I'm tired of this up and down, back and forth, crapola that keeps coming my way. Sorry for the rant, but it was much needed and rather cathartic!!

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Oh jeez, that's what you get after a few cocktails at 3am. Clearly someone should take away my computer when I've been drinking, much like LD threatened to take away my cell phone last night lol!!!

I was having dinner recently with PP when I kept noticing this awful BO smell waft by every so often. It finally dawned on me that it was one of the waiters in our area. I wanted to vomit every time he walked by (which he did like every 5 seconds) and tried to hold my breath whenever I saw him heading our way. He kept coming over to clear plates, asking if we wanted more drinks and we were like "NO" hoping he would stay away. Next thing we know he's at our table with a drink....WTF?? It's like he secretly wanted to torture us!

Come to think of it I had a waitress at the same restaurant years and years ago totally let out a fart while standing next to our table. It HAD to have been her as she was the only one around and her ass was relatively level with our heads. Gross!!

It's not like I'm a bad patron, if I was then I would deserve such things but I'm not. I smile, I'm polite, I say yes please and no thank you.

Perhaps the waiter hates his job or has had shitty customers in the past and this is his only way to seek revenge. So he decides to go to work sans shower, rolls around in horseshit, rubs fish guts all over his body and then hits the tanning salon to bake it all in. Mmmm delish!!

As for the waitress.....perhaps she just ate a little broccoli before starting her shift, fair enough but seriously get the fuck out of the way if you're going to shit your pants while taking someones order.

Clearly I need to find a classier place to eat!

Finally we had a lovely weekend weather wise, it was bloody gorgeous out! I took advantage of this and went boating for the 1st time in years and years. Unfortunately my two hour drive took four hours (I'm beginning to see a pattern here) through no fault of my own, long weekend traffic is a bitch and I was quite late and had everyone waiting for me.....oops! This meant that the prime sun time was spent in the car cursing everyone around me for going up north as well. Not only did I spend 4 long hours in the car but once I arrived at my friends house it was another hour long ride to his friends place who had the boat. I should really look into buying an RV or getting a personal driver, anything to make these long hauls more enjoyable. I did love the drive up to the 2nd destination as we took my friends jeep, top down, sun shining, it was fabulous.


We did eventually get out onto the water and spent most of our time at the marina with a bunch of other boaters sitting around a fire, drinking and having a few laughs. We went back to his friends place around midnight and spent the rest of the evening hanging out in the hot tub. I could get used to this sort of thing!



I was hoping to spend my extra day off relaxing as it's been go go go lately and I'd love to just veg in front of the TV in my jammies. Apparently that is not going to happen, it's supposed to be 27 degrees tomorrow ( nice and hot people) and I've been invited to a small get together with friends......swimming and a BBQ, how could I turn that down when the weather is going to be so beautiful??? Hope you all had a great weekend as well!