Volleyball Tourney

Yesterday i was up at an obscene hour to register for a volleyball tournament. It was a fundraiser for a woman with cancer, so all the money went to a really great cause.

The turnout was fantastic 20 or so teams, they had 4 courts set up on the beach, 3 bands played, it was a great day. Unfortunately it was quite overcast for most of the day, but the sun did come out later on. I taped up my finger as it is still recovering from my July 1st injury, and the first volley i did shot a stabbing pain into my joint, i tried to bump as much as possible after that. My team started out doing great, we won the first 4 games we played. However, as the afternoon wore on more drinks were consumed and we went downhill from there. Most of the people on my team were staying at the cottage so they didn't have to worry about driving and started drinking at 9am.....we played until 5pm.




I offered to go with one of their friends on a beer run in the morning. Terrible idea. His driving was so awful, he almost killed us like 3 times, and he had not even been drinking. Then we get to the beer store and find out it opens later than most and we have 45 mins to kill. We went to get some takeout, he spent 15 mins in the bathroom and when he returned to the car declared "sorry, i went number 2." Ewe!!Didn't need to know that. Other than that 45 mins, it was a great day playing on the beach and listening to some tunes.

I woke up today and my body felt as though it had been run over by a MACK truck LOL granted, i had not played vball since last summer. Perhaps i exerted myself a little more than i thought i did, that or i'm completely out of shape :)


This silly guy got his car stuck in the water.....


The evening turned out lovely....

I am not a Homewrecker!!!

LD was talking to Gavin this evening and for those interested parties, the gentleman from last night was NOT the gentleman that i had made out with. In other words, i did NOT kiss a married man horrah!!!!

Our evening ensued, random strangers were taking our pictures on their cellphone cameras. I asked LD if there were hot girls standing behind us and she said no. Then we got some eyebrows raised in our direction, and as we walked home "Nester" chatted us up. We then tried to flag a cab as we had been for sometime and a group of fellows offered us some pot. We crossed the street, uncomfortable and declined their offer. We made it home safe. Yay for us!!! Hope your weekends were grand.

Tell me a Joke

I haven't written a serious post in a while....and i'm not going to start today :) I've been thinking about the needle exhange programs, the safer injection sites in Vancouver and why the Prime Minister is not at the AIDS Conference. However, i've had a lot of heavy stuff relayed to me this week and i just need a good laugh.

I was with a young girl the other day who found out her partner had AIDS. She was on her way to get tested but called her parents first to tell them. Rather than being supportive it was apparent that they were being accusatory and awful by the way she was responding to them. I can't even imagine.....

Another woman told me a story about how she was raped at 8 years old by a family member, and then was beaten inbetween her legs by another for being dirty. Again, i can't even imagine.....

So needless to say, i am in need of a good laugh. I did get one last night though. I went out with some friends and i'm not sure if you'll recall but from a previous post a while back i had made out with a friends friend in a drunken stupor and it was awful. He molested my mouth with his tongue for a few seconds and then it was over. Anyway, i think he was there last night, i'm not 100% sure. He had his arm around a girl and we were joking that she must like choking while kissing. Then LD pointed and yelled "he's married" to which PP and I are like "WHAT?" Sure enough there was a wedding ring on his hand and her hand. Again, i'm not sure if this was even the same person but we all burst out laughing in sheer horror, i shook my head and asked "how is this my life?"

So my bloggy friends, please tell me some funny stories or jokes to brighten the weekend :)

Croquet & Guesture Games

First off, my sincerest appologies for the Word Verification. I have recently linked my comments to my email and have been getting an obscene amount of spam comments that are rather annoying and take up too much room. Sorry!!

This past weekend was a lot of fun. PP and I went up to TO to visit Jennifer and hit up a BBQ on the Island. Saturday PP and I arrived early afternoon and spent the day shopping. We saw a movie being filmed in the street and took that route to our shopping extravenganza. I was busy being cautious trying to make sure i didn't trip on any wires and lights that were all over the place, PP on the other hand was staring at the actors and swore she saw Stifler. We ended up walking all over the city it seemed and somehow ended up in Chinatown for their yearly festival. It was chaos and we had to endure this horrid Asian Three Days Grace coverband while we weaved in and out of the people trying to get to a restaurant. I did however find the cutest pair of John Fluevog shoes which were on sale $100 off WOO HOO!!






In the evening, Jennifer headed off to some Potato Festival and PP and I went to a pub for some drinks. Nothing too exciting we were home by 1am.

On Sunday we went to the TO Islands for Danboys' BBQ. The three of us were fashionably late which he was none to impressed with. Then something hilarious happened. There were 9 of us altogether, Dan at the front of our group surrounded by a hundred or so people. All these people are boarding and Dan tells us all to push through or we're not going to get on. As he goes through the gates to board the ferry, they slam the gates shut after him so noone else can board. So not only did he have to wait 45 mins for us to arrive, he now had to take the ferry alone and wait on the Island for another 20 mins until the rest of us hopped on the next ferry. It was priceless.

We ended up having a gourmet feast, fresh spring rolls, these amazing marinated shrimp on the BBQ, mouth watering brownies and for some burgers and sausages as well. Somehow a croquet set got busted out and we formed teams. S & I who had never played before were ahead in the game. That was until Jennifer and her partner started to play dirty and kicked our ball way off of the course because apparently they were afraid we would beat them. There was a bit of rivalry between our 2 teams and when i got the chance i hit their ball way off course as well. Only problem, when i did it, i took my shoes off and put my barefoot on the ball to steady it. I ended up wacking my foot as well.....it was quite painful.

On the way back to land we played this charade type game. S had this electronic gesture game that would tell you what to act out such as a pinprick or a bedspread and the rest of the group would have to guess what it was. It was hilarious and we had other people on the ferry joining in as well.

It was a great weekend, beautiful weather and good times. Tomorrow after work i get to play some volleyball finally this year. I'm looking forward to it.

Silly Quiz

Well unfortunately my computer at home will be on the fritz for a few days. Some virus bullshit that is getting worked out right now Yay for Norton. Anyway, i'm at work and i'm going to post a silly quiz. Sorry it sucks but oh well.


5 Things in my Wallet
*licence
*health card
*organ donor card
*money....sometimes LOL
*my favorite quotes

5 Things in my Fridge
*greens plus multi vitamin powder
*assorted veggie stuff such as TVP, Veggie Burgers, Tofu
*Yogurt
*Various fruit, pineapple, kiwi, strawberries at the moment
*Egg Whites

5 Things in my Closet
*old purses
*my juicer
*halloween stuff, wigs
*lots and lots of shoes
*clothes of course

5 Things in my Car
*gym bag with runners, mp3 player, extra clothes so i have no excuses
*CD holder
*umbrella
*jumper cables
*extra windshield washer fluid ... apparently i'm boring but practical

5 Most Recent DVD Purchases
I rarely ever buy DVD's so these are 5 that i own
*Almost Famous
*Closer
*Pulp Fiction
*American Beauty
*Clue

5 Books that i enjoy
*She's come Undone by Wally Lamb
*The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
*Anything by Douglas Coupland
*Tuesday's with Morrie by Mitch Albom
*The Mole People bye Jennifer Toth, i read that years ago but recall enjoying it. Here's a quick review from www.allreaders.com/Topics/info_30873.asp
"It's about people living in NY's abandoned subway tunnels. At times Ms. Toth's account of homelessness in the dark, dangerous warrens beneath NYC can be frightening, heartbreaking, and infuriating all in the space on one paragraph. She interviews many of those who have temporarily or permanently dropped out of society to live underground. Their reasons are usually due to serious addictions to drugs or alcohol, mental health issues, evasion from law enforcement, or extreme destitution.
It is a world of death, disease, poverty, and fear where the author sometimes finds children, married couples, and intellectuals amongst the citizenry of the tunnels."



5 Items on my Desk
*Water & lipbaum
*My appointment book
*New Computer yay!!
*YCJA Info
*Ikea Catologue

Bad After School Special

A bunch of us were either off on Friday or got off of work early and decided to hit up the beach where we came across all kinds of characters:

1st there was a kid with a metal dector walking along looking for buried treasure....we wanted to throw quarters at him or at least infront of him but refrained.

2nd were these two pre teens who insisted on running into the water then running onto the sand and rolling like logs and laughing, all the while getting covered in what some would argue is a giant litter box. I suppose it would be a cheap way to exfoliate. They did this repeatedly.

3rd was yet another child who was trying to catch seagulls with a fishing net. Once he got bored of that he proceeded to smash a shovel into the sand in a rather violent manner. The next Jeff Dahmer perhaps....




4th was this rather large cricket, I will call him Norman. Norman landed on our friend N's shorts. N thought it would be really funny to flick Norman at me. Well he did and Norman hit my mouth and landed on my shoulder. I was still trying to recover from the attack on my lips when i looked down and saw Norman perched on my shoulder. I'm yelling at N to help me and get Norman off and he appears to be helping, when i realize no he's not. He's waiting for PP to take a picture of this and holding my hand so i can't smack Norman off of me. Norman somehow landed next in my hair, more pictures ensued along with no help from N. It was awful.

In the evening LD and I went with some friends to our old stomping ground. J told us her male friends had asked if we were single, hot and easy. We said that depended :P We danced and drank and eventually decided to go to J's friends place for an after party. We get some booze from the one guys apartment and move onto someone else's. This new guy decides he wants to get high and asks who wants to order some blow he'll call his dealer. I'm mortified as i'm waiting for the dealer to be one of my clients or something as we were partying in the city i work in. LD whispers to me that she feels as though we are in a bad after school special. Needless to say, the goods came but we did not partake. I just enjoyed my very lovely beer. We didn't get home until 4:30am and let me tell you, today was rather rough.

For the record, i'm single and hot but not easy :)

Bit of a Rant

This week thus far has been both good and bad. I was cat sitting for some friends and so i was able to catch up on my reading and relax which was good for a change. I went to visit a coworker at her new apartment as well. Sometime hopefully in the near future i will be moving to the city in which i work, i wanted to check out her neighbourhood and see what it was like. Not too bad for downtown i must say, though knowing me i'd be much more comfortable on the mountain away from the riff raff.

Work has been fine, in fact today i barely worked at all. I went to get my RCMP clearance, then had some chinese food for lunch, when i tried to get back to work my boss patted the couch and told me to hang out for another 10 mins and chat. None of us were working we sat in the group room for an hour talking away.

Now, where i park is starting to get a bit to me. I walked to my car, got in, looked up and noticed a man all of a sudden lying in the middle of the road where i had just walked past. I waited, he didn't move. I drove up, got out, by then the shelter workers were outside giving him first aid, i made sure they called the ambulance as he was gushing blood from his head. They said it was an assault, how could i have missed that? He was 20 feet away from me. It made me really sad and i actually cried, i felt terrible for him. I feel terrible for all of the people out there, sleeping on the grass, so dirty. The city has cut down a lot of the trees around the area so there is limited shade for the homeless to at least seek some solace from this terrible heat. As well, the city has decided not to issue extreme heat alerts or to have cooling stations available for those less fortunate. I think that's bullshit.

This evening we had a crazy crazy lightning storm.....i'll share a secret with those that don't know me, i'm terrified of lightning, truly afraid of it. I took a gravol and put my sleep mask on so i couldn't see it. I used to put my running shoes on and stay in the basement .... don't ask!! I was essentially trapped and my mother got a hold of me. My sister made some quip about me having a lot of time on my hands because i took photos of the kitties i was watching. My mother then joined in. She likes to do this to me every now and again. I call it the pissing contest to see who has the most to do or who is more overworked. I told my sister i leave for work at 7:30am and drive for 45mins, work till 5pm and do the 45 min commute back home. Generally after that i hit the gym and don't get home until 7:15pm or so. Depends if i have more to do such as volunteer or run errands. So no i don't seem to have an excessive amount of free time on my hands. Mother chimes in "well i got home at 8 tonight" and goes on and on about how when she got home she vacuumed blah blah. I told her i was not going to engage in her pissing contest...I'm now thinking that i should go and look at an apartment tomorrow, perhaps right in the downtown core with all the addicts and sex trade workers. Anything is looking better than this at the moment.

Almost Famous

I remember the 1st time i saw this movie I felt a strange connection to Kate Hudson's character Penny Lane. I'm certainly not a groupie or Band Aid as she referred to herself (unless you count my small obsession with Jeff Martin) however I saw myself in her.

In the beginning Penny Lane appeared to be a fun loving happy go lucky kind of gal. However as the movie progresses there is such a sadness behind her, she seems lost and vulnerable. The hurt and pain in her eyes when she asks "Why doesn't he love me" always gets to me. It's a way i'm sure we've all felt at one time or another.

Penny Lane is the one movie character that i closely identify with for some strange reason. What movie character do you see yourself in?

View from the Inside

Last weekend was a lot of fun. We had a surprise going away party for a friend that started at 4pm and ended at 2am at a bar. Here is a peak at our evening.

These are the buckets of beer that seemed to never go dry. There were so many of us, that we all took turns buying them and voila.....always a drink to be had.



G walked in with this shirt....Hilarious!!!



The highlight of the evening was this drunken man at the bar. At this point we had been drinking for about 7 hours......when the hell did this guy start LOL.

Enjoy:

5 Date Challenge

Sly, i found the link from Flare magazine regarding the Five Date Challenge. Here it is for anyone interested in reading it. This explains the end of my last post :)

5 Date Challenge

George & Steve

I thought this was hilarious. Apparently Bush referred to Stephen Harper as "Steve" and this picture soon followed in the newspaper.

Jump in My Car

For some reason my post previous to this one will not show up without something infront of it. Take a look at the link below and enjoy :)

Jump in my Car LMAO

I heard about this song/video on the morning show that i listen to. Obviously they were making fun of the Hoff. They played and audio clip of it and i thought it was awful. So of course i had to watch the video. Check out this link. It is David Hasselhoff singing a song called Jump in My Car....OH MY!!!!!! ENJOY :)

Star Trek Convention

So after watching the movie Trekkies (you'll have to click on show original post as i have no idea how to just show the post, though note that Gabriel sent me a comment!!)years ago, Melissa and I have always wanted to attend a Star Trek Convention. Our wish came true this past weekend. Jennifer tipped us off that there would be a convention, so while everyone else in the world was watching the World Cup or the Indy, Melissa and I were shmoozing with Trekkies. Unfortunately we could only attend on the Sunday so we missed most of the fun stuff such as Klingon Karaoke and the big fashion show/dance however we had a good time anyway.




We even made our own shirts to wear. Neither of us has really watched an episode of Star Trek and Melissa's co-worker told her that Spock was a Vulcan and Vulcans only have sex once every seven years. She wanted to put something witty under her pic of Spock such as "are my seven years up yet" however we weren't 100% sure if this was true and she didn't want to feel silly if it was not. When we arrived at the convention I was rather embarassed of my "do you want to play with my phasers" shirt however one older woman at a booth thought it was hilarious so i felt better.

It was fun but rather uneventfull as we arrived rather late and it was winding down by the time we got there. We checked out the various booths of merchandise, Melissa bought a Spock mug and i bought this gorgeous bracelet that has nothing to do with Star Trek or any Sci-Fi stuff. She makes a lot of Victorian beaded chokers and chandelier earings. Perhaps next year i'll find some Trekkie swag.

Why i never want to own a house......

So i've always thought of myself as more of a condo/loft type of gal. I've never cut the lawn in my life, i despise dirt so you will never catch me gardening or raking leaves or painting, the list is endless. The past two weeks i have spent house sitting for a friend while her and her hubby have been away on their honeymoon. Let me tell you these past 2 weeks of housesitting have confirmed what i always thought to be true.

The work that goes into her backyard on a daily basis is ridiculous. Her neighbours have these enormous trees that completely hang into and over her yard. Not only did i spend many an hour sweeping up the leaves that had fallen, but they also have a gigantor cherry tree and as you can imagine, the cherries were everywhere. Some where smushed into the deck staining and discolouring it, many were rotting and had flies all over them ewe!!!! So everyday, at least twice a day i was out there sweeping up dirty, rotting cherries full of flies because the neighbours want to enjoy a forest in their backyard.

I had a bit of trouble trying to throw out the bag that i put the rotting cherries into. She told me to just use it for the week to throw out the various remnants that i had swept up and to eventually toss the bag out on garbage day. Well you can only imagine after a few hot hot days of 100 degrees or so the state that the bag was in. Let's just say there were too many fruit flies to count and it was starting to ferment and liquify at the bottom. I actually called my dad to come and throw the bag out for me, but then did it myself *stepping out of the box people.* I did almost vomit though.



Not only did the cherries and leaves fall onto the deck, but they also fell into the pond, which also needed to be cleaned on a daily basis. As well there was clearly a problem with said pond. It had to be filled up every few days with water as the levels would go down. This involved retrieving the hose from the side of the house where the neighbours yappy dog was and dragging the hose across the yard, filling the pond and putting everything back where it belonged every other day. I also had to scoop various things from the pond along with the cherries and leaves including a huge, fat, dead, bloated white earthworm ughhhh. It was revolting.

They also have a pool that needed to be maintained. That was my first time ever vacuuming one and i was surprised that it took as long as it did. Of course i was also skimming the water daily for the leaves and bugs and other various floaters in the water. We had a few windy days which knocked a lot of leaves into the pool and thus the filter basket was constantly needing to be cleared.

So, these past few weeks have reminded me of just why i will choose condo life over owning a home in a heartbeat. I'm not into rotting cherries covered in dirty flies and big bloated dead earthworms.




Oh and a note, because i'm a whiner....i forgot to mention in my last post that in my drunken stupor trying to get into the cab, i somehow jammed my finger and it swelled up to double it's size. Luckily PP came over with a splint for my finger, but it was bloody hard doing all that work with a mangled finger. It's still swollen almost a week later ... yikes!!