Just a quick update....my "date" from 10 days ago decided to call *groan* He left a message i have yet to return it, any thoughts on what i should say? I thought i was off the hook seeing as it's been well over a week since i saw him...Help me !!!!
This email had me reminiscing about so many things from my childhood. Thought i would share:
You know you're a 90's kid if...
You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"
You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air"
You've worn skorts and felt stylish or skids.
You yearned to be part of the Baby-Sitters club.
You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How
Rude!"comes from Stephanie from "Full House."
You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a
Saturday to watch cartoons, the A Team and Wrestling.
You wore a ponytail on the side of your head and had fluffed bangs.
You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in kindergarten.
You remember reading "Goosebumps."
You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off."
You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.
You remember the craze then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.
You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence... Not...
You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates
You ever got injured on a Slip 'n' Slide
You wore socks over leggings scrunched down, the fold roll, or pinned your jeans.
You remember boom boxes vs. cd players.
You knew what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare."
You remember Alf, the little brown alien from Melmac and Vicki the
Robot from "MY Little Wonder."
You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool.
You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved
By The Bell."
You played and or collected "Pogs."
You used to pretend to be a MIGHTY MORPHIN Power Ranger and you owned a Skip It.
You had at least one GigaPet or NanoBaby and brought it everywhere.
You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.
You used to wear those stick on earrings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.
You remember a time before the WB.
You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"
You thought it would be so cool to be Alex Mack.
You know the Macarena by heart.
"Talk to the hand" ... enough said
You thought Brain would finally take over the world.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Thursday, January 26, 2006
5 Weird Habits
Alright so Jennifer was tagged to complete this and i decided to join in for shits and giggles. You are supposed to write down 5 weird habits that you have.
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. Dawn's dad once asked me for a drag of a smoke and I yelled out "what" with a disgusted look on my face. Once Dawn explained my aversion to him, he made a quip about me being able to share air with other people. Which leads me to my next habit...
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. I also always have them cut short. This is going to be a problem in June when i'm a bridesmaid as my friend wants us to get pedicures...i'll have to try and grow them.
4) 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.
5) 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.
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. Dawn's dad once asked me for a drag of a smoke and I yelled out "what" with a disgusted look on my face. Once Dawn explained my aversion to him, he made a quip about me being able to share air with other people. Which leads me to my next habit...
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. I also always have them cut short. This is going to be a problem in June when i'm a bridesmaid as my friend wants us to get pedicures...i'll have to try and grow them.
4) 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.
5) 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.
Sunday, January 22, 2006
The Neurotic Date
So as per my New Years Resolution i'm stepping out of the box and i set up a date with the guy i met in December. Now just from talking on the phone with him to set up a meeting place, he seemed quite eager yet indecisive about where to meet and it was quite bothering me. To the point where i told him if it was going to be this difficult to choose a meeting place we might as well forget it. I told Jennifer i thought he was dumb and i wouldn't be gone for more than an hour. He asked if he could come and see her boyfriends band with me to which i replied no, we could meet up for drinks beforehand. I didn't want to commit to an entire evening if i did not like him or vice versa. So he tells me he will think of a place to meet that is inbetween us and call me back. He calls back and when i ask where he's thought of it's like he has no idea what i'm talking about and is like "ughhh, umm." So anyway we decide to meet at the place i had originally suggested. I tell him to meet me there at 7:30ish. To which he replies "when you say 7:30ish do you mean like between 7:30 and eight or like...." and "ok, well i guess i'll just find you in there or ummm ughhh, ummm" To which i reply "yes it's a bar and it's snowing outside, no need to greet me at the door just go inside and i'll find you" Ughh already my on my nerves.
So we meet up and i'm pleasantly surprised he's tall, has dark hair and i find him attractive. I had a few drinks the first time i met him so wasn't sure what to expect. So we have some drinks, get along well enough, we're both veggies for the same reasons and he's into the environment. I decide to invite him to see the band and hang out with my friends, even though i find him slightly neurotic. For example we both went to the washroom at the same time and he's like "ok, so i guess i'll meet you right back here, like right here" to which i just laughed. As well as the previous 7:30ish conversation and other various things he had said throughout the evening. I started to feel like i was hanging out with Woody Allen or was in the movie A Beautiful Mind.
We head to our next destination which is to see Aarons band and meet up with everyone. The neurosis continue on the subway when he points at my wrist and is like "you're beeding, what happened" I look at my wrist and it's the indentation of my watch, no blood, just a mark. His neurosis were also very evident to Jennifer when he was trying to tell her how to work her camera. She said he was like a backseat driver. He even admitted to me that other people have thought he was neurotic and perhaps had some type of OCD...no shit. He went outside and when he returned instead of coming to sit at the table he just stood at the bar so i had to go and hunt him down. Another time, we went to join Jennifer, cousin Phil and a bunch of other people at a table, i sat, he stood behind us. I pulled a chair up and said he could sit so he did. I asked him if he was very anti-social to which he replied no, but he doesn't really know anyone. He then talked about his love of comic books and star trek and various sci-fi things, still not interacting with anyone else but me. As well, he and his ex had bought a house, they broke up and she moved out, but her stuff is still at the house, it's been over 6 months....weird. He asked me if i wanted to go back to his house to which i replied no, my ride was leaving so i shook his hand and told him to call me and i left.
So for starters there is no way i could possibly date someone who is so neurotic about everthing, where to meet, the time, where will he find me when i return from the bathroom etc. As well i'd like to think that i'm a very outgoing person and rather sociable....he is way more of an introvert and certainly not for me. So i gave it a shot...and now i'm not quite sure how to tell him i'm not interested without being mean. Any suggestions?
So we meet up and i'm pleasantly surprised he's tall, has dark hair and i find him attractive. I had a few drinks the first time i met him so wasn't sure what to expect. So we have some drinks, get along well enough, we're both veggies for the same reasons and he's into the environment. I decide to invite him to see the band and hang out with my friends, even though i find him slightly neurotic. For example we both went to the washroom at the same time and he's like "ok, so i guess i'll meet you right back here, like right here" to which i just laughed. As well as the previous 7:30ish conversation and other various things he had said throughout the evening. I started to feel like i was hanging out with Woody Allen or was in the movie A Beautiful Mind.
We head to our next destination which is to see Aarons band and meet up with everyone. The neurosis continue on the subway when he points at my wrist and is like "you're beeding, what happened" I look at my wrist and it's the indentation of my watch, no blood, just a mark. His neurosis were also very evident to Jennifer when he was trying to tell her how to work her camera. She said he was like a backseat driver. He even admitted to me that other people have thought he was neurotic and perhaps had some type of OCD...no shit. He went outside and when he returned instead of coming to sit at the table he just stood at the bar so i had to go and hunt him down. Another time, we went to join Jennifer, cousin Phil and a bunch of other people at a table, i sat, he stood behind us. I pulled a chair up and said he could sit so he did. I asked him if he was very anti-social to which he replied no, but he doesn't really know anyone. He then talked about his love of comic books and star trek and various sci-fi things, still not interacting with anyone else but me. As well, he and his ex had bought a house, they broke up and she moved out, but her stuff is still at the house, it's been over 6 months....weird. He asked me if i wanted to go back to his house to which i replied no, my ride was leaving so i shook his hand and told him to call me and i left.
So for starters there is no way i could possibly date someone who is so neurotic about everthing, where to meet, the time, where will he find me when i return from the bathroom etc. As well i'd like to think that i'm a very outgoing person and rather sociable....he is way more of an introvert and certainly not for me. So i gave it a shot...and now i'm not quite sure how to tell him i'm not interested without being mean. Any suggestions?
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Trapped Mouse thrown into Fire Gets Revenge!!
Not sure if any of you caught this article in the paper last week, but i must give a hand to karmic retribution!! Yay for the mouse!!
Trapped Mouse Thrown into fire Gets Revenge
Fort Sumner, N.M - A mouse got it's revenge against a homeowner who tried to dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves. The blazing creature ran back to the man's house and set it on fire.
Luciano Mares 81, of Fort Sumner said he caught the mouse inside his house and wanted to get rid of it. Village Fire Chief Juan Chavez said the burning mouse ran to just beneath a window, and the flames spread up from there and throughout the house. Noone was hurt inside, but the home and everything in it was destroyed.
I loved this article, it reminded me of various stories i've read about hunters getting shot.
Trapped Mouse Thrown into fire Gets Revenge
Fort Sumner, N.M - A mouse got it's revenge against a homeowner who tried to dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves. The blazing creature ran back to the man's house and set it on fire.
Luciano Mares 81, of Fort Sumner said he caught the mouse inside his house and wanted to get rid of it. Village Fire Chief Juan Chavez said the burning mouse ran to just beneath a window, and the flames spread up from there and throughout the house. Noone was hurt inside, but the home and everything in it was destroyed.
I loved this article, it reminded me of various stories i've read about hunters getting shot.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Weight-loss Challenge
So i've been terribly busy and neglectful on this blog and for that i appologize. My work is a 45 min commute from my house and on Tuesday evenings i sometimes work from 9-8pm. When i do that i stay in the city at a friends place, which i did last night. It was great, we watched tv ( Law and Order ) which i enjoy but only seem to watch when i'm with him and Scrubs which i had never seen but found quite funny. I was also able to relax and start to read TommyLand finally which was great. I have books upon books that i've borrowed or purchased and i never seem to get around to reading them. It seems when i'm at home i'm either on the computer, at the gym, running errands or doing whatever, i'm always on the go. It's difficult when i get home at 6pm after working all day. By the time i have dinner and hit the gym it's almost 10pm which leaves little time to get in the pleasures of reading. Lately when i get home i'm planning and cooking healthy meals to take to work. It seems i'm up till midnight cooking when i'd rather be reading :)
Jennifer and myself and now Yraucta have a new blog for our challenge to one another check it out at
jenniferandashley.blogspot.com
It stemmed from a conversation a few of us were having post new years over fried mars bars and ice cream :) Each of us has a different reason as to why we would like to slim down. My motivation is a wedding in which i will be a bridesmaid in June. The bride is a size 0 and the rest of the wedding party not much bigger. I'd rather not stand out as a big fat cow up there so that's my motivation for this challenge. As for the others you will have to ask them though i believe Jennifer's is a cute green dress. Anyway, check us out on there and heckle us if you must....we enjoy it!!
Jennifer and myself and now Yraucta have a new blog for our challenge to one another check it out at
jenniferandashley.blogspot.com
It stemmed from a conversation a few of us were having post new years over fried mars bars and ice cream :) Each of us has a different reason as to why we would like to slim down. My motivation is a wedding in which i will be a bridesmaid in June. The bride is a size 0 and the rest of the wedding party not much bigger. I'd rather not stand out as a big fat cow up there so that's my motivation for this challenge. As for the others you will have to ask them though i believe Jennifer's is a cute green dress. Anyway, check us out on there and heckle us if you must....we enjoy it!!
Thursday, January 05, 2006
New Years and Stepping out of the box
Alright so welcome 2006!!! I attended a house party for New Year's which was good times. We strolled into Jennifer's apartment around 5:30am and slept well past noon. At lunch the next day i was supposed to order something i had not tried before. See, my New Year's Resolution was to step outside the box, get out of my comfort zone and try new things. So i did just that, however the bar did not have the ingredients for my order and i went back to my old failsafe the veggie burger. However, i ordered Cajun fries which was new for me and i snuck off to call the fellow i met the week before which i consider stepping out of the box, for me anyway. I arrived back at the table to announce what i had done, see i could not have told my friends ahead of time as they would have taunted me and listened in had i called him at the apartment.
Jennifer and i also decided that we're fatsos and need to lose some chub. We've decided to have our own Biggest Loser contest. We measured each other and hopped on the scale to get ourselves started...i've been to the gym 3 days in a row now Jennifer :) Anyway, see for those that know us, i'm sure you've heard one of us call the other fatass or fatty or some other such name. Jennifer and i decided a few years back that these two guys on the Amazing Race were hilarious. They referred to one another in ways one would not normally talk to a friend. I recall an episode while one was repelling the other was trying to motivate him by yelling "swing you fat bastard, swing." So Jennifer and I decided to join in on the fun. Now i just received an email from Miss Jennifer saying we should start a two-way biggest loser blog to help movtivate ourselves and for you to all amuse yourselves with our struggles. Yup sounds like a great idea fatty let's get on that :)
Jennifer and i also decided that we're fatsos and need to lose some chub. We've decided to have our own Biggest Loser contest. We measured each other and hopped on the scale to get ourselves started...i've been to the gym 3 days in a row now Jennifer :) Anyway, see for those that know us, i'm sure you've heard one of us call the other fatass or fatty or some other such name. Jennifer and i decided a few years back that these two guys on the Amazing Race were hilarious. They referred to one another in ways one would not normally talk to a friend. I recall an episode while one was repelling the other was trying to motivate him by yelling "swing you fat bastard, swing." So Jennifer and I decided to join in on the fun. Now i just received an email from Miss Jennifer saying we should start a two-way biggest loser blog to help movtivate ourselves and for you to all amuse yourselves with our struggles. Yup sounds like a great idea fatty let's get on that :)
Friday, December 30, 2005
Busy Busy Busy
I'm so neglectful sometimes, my appologies. One would think having 10 days off for holidays would make for plenty of time to laze around and relax. Not so i'm afraid. I have a few friends home for the holidays that i do not get to see very often so i've been trying to spend quality time with each of them...which has not really worked out haha but i digress. Howard arrived home on the 15th and i have yet to see him and Jen was down for a few days and i also missed her. As well an old coworker is back in town from the Yukon for a few days and yup you guessed it...didn't get a chance to see her either. Mind you she called when i was out of town and i did call her back and left a message hoping to catch her on her last night here.
I went to a Christmas pubcrawl dressed up as Jack Skellington (see above pic) which is always good times. There were lots of funny costumes....Mary with the tummy and all, the really ugly bad christmas sweater, elves, reindeer, santa...you get the picture. We managed to make it to 7 bars which is not so bad, though the pubcrawl is called the 12 Bars of Christmas, so i guess we were slacking a bit or enjoying ourselves too much with the booze!!
On boxing day i was up at 6:30am and drove with my mom and sister to a mall about an hour away. We shopped till 5pm and yes we got some deals and i finally bought a digital camera yay for me!!! A few minutes later i get a call from Dawn asking about Gavin's open house that night.....i had completely forgot about it and was exhausted but we went and had a good time as all our old buddies were there.
Yesterday a bunch of us went up to TO. Now Moe a friend of mine is down from Dubai for the holidays. He asks me if he needs to bring anything. I suggest pj's a toothbrush stuff like that for the night. He brings nothing and makes us stop at a store so he can get a toothbrush and some deoderant but only because we were disgusted that he didn't bring anything. A few friends stayed in the hotel room and drank while Moe and i went to the Raptors game. We had great seats and ended up meeting Jennifer and Sly for some beverages as well as the hotel crowd. We danced and drank and i ended up chatting with a fellow at the bar and for some reason i took a picture of him LOL. Turns out he also does not eat meat and i got his digits, but we'll see, not sure he's quite my type. We return to the hotel where it's mayhem as we've had far too much to drink and we're all rather silly. In the morning I discover rugburn on my elbow ... curious... and i drag everyone to the Red Room for Pad Thai. Jennifer you will be happy to know that my New Year's resolution will be to step outside the box and try new things....get out of my comfort zone.
As for the next few days...well New Years is creeping up on us and i'm so indecisive. Happy New Years to everyone though !!!
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
The New/Old Job
So i'm back at my old job from a few years ago and i love every minute of it...well most of the time. Right now i'm concentrating on getting my client's files in order and figuring out all the fuck ups our two students have made but don't even get me started on them ughh. Anyway so i meet with people on probation and find them places to do their Community Service Hours. I probably have around 200 clients that i must see every month. Two of my favorite came in today.
The first gentleman i had the pleasure of hearing on the phone the other day while his probation officer and myself were disscussing an appointment for him to come and see me. She assured me he's really a big teddy bear deep down inside and laughed. He strolls into my office today 30 minutes late asking when i'm going to hurry up and see him cause he doesn't have all day. I start laughing immediately before i've even turned the corner to meet him. He's got some spunk that's for sure. I don't bother to reschedule his appointment as i'm surprised he came down at all to see me. In my office he proceeds to tell me that he's not going back to his placement cause he got bugs there....whatever that means....so i'm going through our database trying to find one for him. He complains about all the ones i choose, he's loud, crass and has absolutely no people skills whatsoever....I ask him if he has computer skills and he laughs and tells me that he can't even read or write...throughout all this though he puts a smile on my face and i am able to joke around with him even though he's a crotchity old bastard and i get a smile from him back.
The 2nd fav of the day is a girl who calls me in the morning and tells me she didn't fucking wake up in time for our fucking appointment and she needs to fucking reschedule it. Classy gal i can see. So we reschedule it for later in the day and she shows up 45 mins early and then appears rather angry in the waiting room that i'm busy when she's arrived and cannot take her right away. I did mangage to see her 30 mins before her scheduled time.....
Ah now i remember why i missed this job so much. You don't run into people like this everyday and as much as some of them will be a big pain in my ass, they keep me on my toes and make me laugh.
The first gentleman i had the pleasure of hearing on the phone the other day while his probation officer and myself were disscussing an appointment for him to come and see me. She assured me he's really a big teddy bear deep down inside and laughed. He strolls into my office today 30 minutes late asking when i'm going to hurry up and see him cause he doesn't have all day. I start laughing immediately before i've even turned the corner to meet him. He's got some spunk that's for sure. I don't bother to reschedule his appointment as i'm surprised he came down at all to see me. In my office he proceeds to tell me that he's not going back to his placement cause he got bugs there....whatever that means....so i'm going through our database trying to find one for him. He complains about all the ones i choose, he's loud, crass and has absolutely no people skills whatsoever....I ask him if he has computer skills and he laughs and tells me that he can't even read or write...throughout all this though he puts a smile on my face and i am able to joke around with him even though he's a crotchity old bastard and i get a smile from him back.
The 2nd fav of the day is a girl who calls me in the morning and tells me she didn't fucking wake up in time for our fucking appointment and she needs to fucking reschedule it. Classy gal i can see. So we reschedule it for later in the day and she shows up 45 mins early and then appears rather angry in the waiting room that i'm busy when she's arrived and cannot take her right away. I did mangage to see her 30 mins before her scheduled time.....
Ah now i remember why i missed this job so much. You don't run into people like this everyday and as much as some of them will be a big pain in my ass, they keep me on my toes and make me laugh.
Saturday, December 17, 2005
The Kingdom
So there is this bar that is about a 40 min drive from my house called The Kingdom. When my friends and i were in our late teens we would go religiously every friday and continued to do so until our mid 20's. It did not matter if the weather was shit, we were hardcore and went in blizzards, i remember driving behind plows and salt trucks all the way home once, it took us 3 hours LOL. I guess the reason we loved it so much there is that it was very big and they played fantastic alternative music 102.1 The Edge live to air. So as we grew older we did not go as much. A few of us went about a year and a half ago and had a great time as usual. Now i recall being horrifically embarassed as we had not been in almost a year at that point and the bartender looked at me and handed me a Canadian ... the beer i always drank there and he just smiled.
So skip ahead another year and a half later to last night. Dawn, Dave and I decide to make the trek up there and party like we're 19 again. Well actually Dave bailed but he's forgiven, we're going to the Mandarin next week :) So Dawn and I made the trek up there. We arrived fairly early because parking was always a terrible issue. We grabbed a couple of beers and sat down at a table. We then proceeded to laugh and smile and sing along both very excited to be back in our element. It felt great. We continued on the evening pointing out TYB's and i must say mine was quite the dancer. Larger fellow but man could he move and i'm being serious i loved the way he just let go on the dance floor it was great he reminded us of the Cosmic Dancer but better...anyone in our Gord's days will get that reference. Yes of course there were younger kids there, but i didn't feel exceptionally old or anything, though a lot of the guys were really quite tiny and short. It also occured to us that in the past year and a half it has turned into a big make-out bar...everywhere we turned people were getting down and dirty which i don't recall seeing in my previous years there.
We had a fantastic time and danced the night away. I'm sure we will be making the trek up there again sometime soon. And guess who i saw there....yes indeed....the same bartender i've been seeing there for years....and yes he smiled and asked me how i was doing and handed me a canadian, shameful i am.
By the way i purchased the school supplies for a child in Laos as my gift :)
So skip ahead another year and a half later to last night. Dawn, Dave and I decide to make the trek up there and party like we're 19 again. Well actually Dave bailed but he's forgiven, we're going to the Mandarin next week :) So Dawn and I made the trek up there. We arrived fairly early because parking was always a terrible issue. We grabbed a couple of beers and sat down at a table. We then proceeded to laugh and smile and sing along both very excited to be back in our element. It felt great. We continued on the evening pointing out TYB's and i must say mine was quite the dancer. Larger fellow but man could he move and i'm being serious i loved the way he just let go on the dance floor it was great he reminded us of the Cosmic Dancer but better...anyone in our Gord's days will get that reference. Yes of course there were younger kids there, but i didn't feel exceptionally old or anything, though a lot of the guys were really quite tiny and short. It also occured to us that in the past year and a half it has turned into a big make-out bar...everywhere we turned people were getting down and dirty which i don't recall seeing in my previous years there.
We had a fantastic time and danced the night away. I'm sure we will be making the trek up there again sometime soon. And guess who i saw there....yes indeed....the same bartender i've been seeing there for years....and yes he smiled and asked me how i was doing and handed me a canadian, shameful i am.
By the way i purchased the school supplies for a child in Laos as my gift :)
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Editorials in the Paper
I was reading the newspaper last week and came across what i found to be a funny
response to an editorial. It was titled: Killing is a funny way to show love for animals. So this woman responds to another woman's editorial by saying : "So and so mentions that she is an avid animal lover and almost in the same breath mentions that hunters are animal and nature lovers too. I have never understood how hunters can use that phrase. When you love something you don't murder it. You don't watch your beloved in all it's beauty and then blow it away with your gun or bow. I'm glad she doesn't love me or my children."
The letter continues on about how humans should respect the planet and other earthlings on it, but i just started to laugh when i read that last sentence, i thought good for her it put a smile on my face. Granted it was one of those "she didn't just write that" type of laughs. Of course since then there have been many editorials in response to this woman's about the definition of murder blah blah.
As for my weekend i went out for a lovely dinner with a few of my fellow volleyball players and some friends. Dinner was great ... as were the many drinks that followed. I must say i have never in my life consumed so many martini's and cosmos at one time. I payed for it dearly the next day as i could not even get out of bed until 2pm and then only managed to make it onto the couch for a few more hours of rest. I suppose this is what i get for staying in the past few weekends a big kick in the ass from the booze. I am never going out again :S
P.S Jennifer your boyfriend was there in his cowoboy boots and white button down shirt with Wrangler embroidered down both sleeves :)
response to an editorial. It was titled: Killing is a funny way to show love for animals. So this woman responds to another woman's editorial by saying : "So and so mentions that she is an avid animal lover and almost in the same breath mentions that hunters are animal and nature lovers too. I have never understood how hunters can use that phrase. When you love something you don't murder it. You don't watch your beloved in all it's beauty and then blow it away with your gun or bow. I'm glad she doesn't love me or my children."
The letter continues on about how humans should respect the planet and other earthlings on it, but i just started to laugh when i read that last sentence, i thought good for her it put a smile on my face. Granted it was one of those "she didn't just write that" type of laughs. Of course since then there have been many editorials in response to this woman's about the definition of murder blah blah.
As for my weekend i went out for a lovely dinner with a few of my fellow volleyball players and some friends. Dinner was great ... as were the many drinks that followed. I must say i have never in my life consumed so many martini's and cosmos at one time. I payed for it dearly the next day as i could not even get out of bed until 2pm and then only managed to make it onto the couch for a few more hours of rest. I suppose this is what i get for staying in the past few weekends a big kick in the ass from the booze. I am never going out again :S
P.S Jennifer your boyfriend was there in his cowoboy boots and white button down shirt with Wrangler embroidered down both sleeves :)
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Ten Thousand Villages
So i came across an article in the paper last week that got me thinking about Christmas and gifts. The following is a rundown of the article.
No Kidding Give a Goat for Christmas
For that dreaded impossible to buy for person on your Christmas list, how about a goat? The $31 goat you buy from Ten Thousand Villages goes straight to Rwanda. The article goes on to say that in our country so many of us have more then we can shake a stick at and giving someone a living gift, as they call them makes sense.
For $40, 100 kilograms of corn will feed a farming family in Burkina Faso in West Africa, where crops have been devastated in recent years by locusts and drought.
$25 will buy school supplies for children in the impoverished Southeast Asian country of Laos.
$10 will buy 10 chickens that will give a new start to Croatian families returning to their farms after years of civil war.
I think this is brillant and would love to send something however i am having a bit of a struggle deciding what to send. I do not eat meat and cannot imagine sending chickens or goats but at the same time am not sure i have an extra $40 lying around to purchase corn....well i suppose if i'm being honest i technically would if i missed a night out. As well it got me thinking, i don't generally push my views on others and if chickens or a goat could really help these people out why am i so hesitent to send such a gift? Perhaps the school supplies would be the best way for me to go, not too pricey and i believe that education is everything. Unless someone would like to split on the corn with me ......... ahhh i'm such an indecisive person, thoughts anyone? I also struggle with the fact that there are alot of needy people in my own backyard...should i instead find an organization here in Canada and donate to them? Help me decide........
Just to give a bit of a background on Ten Thousand Villages they provide vital, fair income to Third World people by marketing their handicrafts and telling their stories in North America.
Ten Thousand Villages works with artisans who would otherwise be unemployed or underemployed, providing sustainable income through fair trade. This income helps pay for food, education, health care and housing. Thousands of volunteers in Canada and the United States work with Ten Thousand Villages in their home communities.
For more information about these living gifts and possible locations near you visit:
http://www.tenthousandvillages.ca/
No Kidding Give a Goat for Christmas
For that dreaded impossible to buy for person on your Christmas list, how about a goat? The $31 goat you buy from Ten Thousand Villages goes straight to Rwanda. The article goes on to say that in our country so many of us have more then we can shake a stick at and giving someone a living gift, as they call them makes sense.
For $40, 100 kilograms of corn will feed a farming family in Burkina Faso in West Africa, where crops have been devastated in recent years by locusts and drought.
$25 will buy school supplies for children in the impoverished Southeast Asian country of Laos.
$10 will buy 10 chickens that will give a new start to Croatian families returning to their farms after years of civil war.
I think this is brillant and would love to send something however i am having a bit of a struggle deciding what to send. I do not eat meat and cannot imagine sending chickens or goats but at the same time am not sure i have an extra $40 lying around to purchase corn....well i suppose if i'm being honest i technically would if i missed a night out. As well it got me thinking, i don't generally push my views on others and if chickens or a goat could really help these people out why am i so hesitent to send such a gift? Perhaps the school supplies would be the best way for me to go, not too pricey and i believe that education is everything. Unless someone would like to split on the corn with me ......... ahhh i'm such an indecisive person, thoughts anyone? I also struggle with the fact that there are alot of needy people in my own backyard...should i instead find an organization here in Canada and donate to them? Help me decide........
Just to give a bit of a background on Ten Thousand Villages they provide vital, fair income to Third World people by marketing their handicrafts and telling their stories in North America.
Ten Thousand Villages works with artisans who would otherwise be unemployed or underemployed, providing sustainable income through fair trade. This income helps pay for food, education, health care and housing. Thousands of volunteers in Canada and the United States work with Ten Thousand Villages in their home communities.
For more information about these living gifts and possible locations near you visit:
http://www.tenthousandvillages.ca/
Monday, December 05, 2005
Ah Mode comes through yet again :)
Apparently i have no idea how to incorporate my pics throughout the blog at the appropriate places so just enjoy them as they are.
So Sly and I and a few of her friends went to see the Depeche Mode concert on the 1st and as expected it was absolutely phenomenal. We were right in the action eighth row to be exact, which does make all the difference in the world. The Ravonette's opened up for them and as Sly began dancing in the aisle one of the men in suits came up and told her no dancing LOL and ushered her back into the seated area....whatever was she thinking dancing in the aisle at a concert...tsk tsk :P
The Ravonette's finish their set which we all enjoyed and Sly and myself bugger off for a bit the usual pee break, check out the goods sort of thing.
We return to our seats, a gentleman in the front row raises his beer and shouts out a toast to Mode and we all cheer. The lights go low and oh yes it is time !!!! Everyone is screaming and yelling and the excitment is growing. Be still my heart there they are ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
Let me describe everything before i go any further. First of all there is a giant silver sphere with a window on stage with words that light up according to the song as well as these UFO type of keyboard stands. Dave Gahan is looking sexy as usual in his black pants and a vest which he strips off at some point....showing off his sweaty tattooed body...and he struts and moves his hips gyrating and i'm damn sure this is what heaven feels like :) And of course the lovely Martin Gore looks spectacular in his fallen angel get-up. He has on all black of course as well as a kilt, feathered wings and a fuzzy mohawkish hat and sparkles on his face. He whips out a star shaped guitar for a few songs and i know i'm in love ... he makes me tingly :) The set list was phenonmenal as you can see up above....my favorites being Never Let Me Down Again & Somebody & Everything Counts & Home &....oh fuck who am i kidding i love them all :) I must say though the way that Martin sang Somebody was hauntingly beautiful it sent shivers throughout my entire body and brought Sly to tears....it's such a heartfelt and honest song.
We screamed and clapped and danced and had our arms in the air the whole time and i had not a care in the world. It was like we were five again and it was Christmas day. My whole mind body and spirit were there in that moment, which is rare. Usually i'm trying to do 10 things at once and my mind is wandering around....but for those 2 hours i was there, really there enjoying every second of it with my good friend and our boys serenading us hehe.
I have this ridiculous grin on my face even thinking about it .... the singing was spot on, the setlist amazing, the band was sexy and gorgeous as usual and the crowd had a great energy about them...it was perfect!!! Thanks go out to Sly for holding a Lottery :) We've been going to concerts together for years now .. back to like 1992 when we went to see The Cure's Wish tour...we're old pros at this and the times just get better and better :)
Thursday, December 01, 2005
HNT, Mode and a new job
Alright so this week has turned out to be surprisingly swell. I found out Sly had an extra Depeche Mode ticket ... 8th row i must add ... and i shall be right there with her. It's very nostalgic for us as we have attended a few Mode concerts together dating back to 1993 & 1994 good times always.
As well i have been offered a position at my old place of employment which i accepted. For the time being it is a contract but just getting my foot back in the door is great. My old supervisor/co-worker is the head honcho now and told me if noone applied internally she already told the board it was my position and alas noone did so yay for me :)
It was funny though when i told my current employer of my plans i mentioned that i would have friday's off ... which i was very excited about a long weekend every week. She then suckered me into staying in my current postion just on fridays LOL, it's good to feel wanted. I actually felt validated today i must say like i've actually been doing something right for them to all want a piece of me :)
I also watched Bridget Jones to refresh my memory before i viewed the 2nd one and oh my i think i'm her LOL the resemblance is uncanny really... they granny underpants the few extra pounds her lack of tact...on and on the list goes.
As for my picture it is one of my ears as you can see. I do enjoy earings/piercings and have 9 altogether in various places. It is however getting late and i must get my beauty sleep ... i do have to be in top form for my darling Martin Gore tomorrow evening :)
Monday, November 28, 2005
Low pile carpeting vs disco bush.....
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 told my friend a funny story the other day about my at the time disco bush 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?
I told my friend a funny story the other day about my at the time disco bush 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?
Thursday, November 24, 2005
HNT
My appologies, i've been terribly busy and and it's so fucking cold outside *sigh* i hate the snow and i'm just on my way to volunteer but wanted to put up a quick HNT picture. Those are my eyes :)
I will copy one of the comments in my Embarassing Moments section though courtesy of Melissa that she just left me....it's good for a giggle.
She wrote:
I'm not quite sure if this would classify as an embarrassing moment to you at the time. but it was when you were drunk and were with Luca and I (a nice friend) allowed you to stay at my house. After your evening you came back to my house and had a lil trouble with my door locks and you had to pee and couldn't wait so you peed where my dog goes to the bathroom infront of the man you were dating for a short while....and the next morning my lovely dog smelled it and rolled all over in it!!!
