chinese drinking games

good times to be had playing chinese drinking games at the hoolie house. the company was great, and the games were wicked.

we played such favourites as: dice, huxima/buxima wa wa, and 20. apparently there are more where that came from. also made clear by last night: i cheat when i'm drunk. but not at crib, which would be why, despite me not being able to put together a decent hand (and therefore getting skunked by greg) i insisted on counting his points, so he wouldn't miss any. and so ends the winning streak i was on. anghold kicked my ass this morning.

the rest of today has been pretty tame. went to sophie's for lunch. looked around west 4th a bit. came home. fought off a nap. succombed to a nap. chatted on the phone. tame. but nice. extra nice because i don't work tomorrow! and it's snowing!

mall day

yesterday was a mall day. i went to three different malls, with three different people.

mall 1
went to daiso with yvonne, after searching all over richmond for an ihop. we both thought the other person knew where it was. oops. we got some good stuff there. i got a laundry bag for underwear, dish soap, tissues in übercute bags, wicker/bamboo placemats for ian, and a gift for someone else, that reads my blog, so i can't say yet. yvonne got more stuff, but i think we both mostly stuck to things we actually needed, not stuff we decided last minute that we needed. supershopping!

mall 2
hung out with greg, had my CRAC at starbucks. made fun of pointy shoes, and the trash books we've been reading. had a search for a crib board and cards. and then kicked some ass. okay, maybe asskicking is an exaggeration (slightly) but it was superfun!

mall 3
finished packing up the store with paul and pam. felt a great sense of relief and liberation. no more surrey! yahoo! superjob!

i'm almost finished tape c of crime shows. some of them have really become intense. and creepy, like the one where the guy goes on a raping rampage. soooo not the show i should have watched when i couldn't get to sleep that night!

tonight is anghold's chinese drinking games night. i need to pack, and make sure i don't forget my pillow!

sail away

i've been thinking about this song a lot lately. i've been craving to hear it badly. and it's funny cause danielle was talking about it being at her wedding the other day. i think it evokes this lovely image of running away... and since that may be a plan of mine, i guess it's appealing. i mean, i know, whatever it's a love song. but right now, for me, it's a journey song too.

i went to the doctor today. i'm going to see a specialist about what i was told (like 9 years ago) was eczema. because i've got arthritis in my hands, my doctor's concerned it may be psorisis. because i'm also a doctor, i think i'll stick with my original diagnosis which starts with an h and ends in roids. :oD anyway, if this not eczema, then i can eat all the cranberries i like. is it appropriate to give your doctor a gift? she's also my mom's doctor, and she's been really sweet. i certainly give other service providers presents.

this evening i went to save-on. i don't think that i'm in love with the metrotown one. it seems like the cheap one, and by cheap, i mean it looks crappy, but the prices don't reflect the presentation. and ian made the crazy offer to be my life planner. i also burnt my tongue on my CRAC (caramel apple cider). it was the barrista's birthday, but i had nothing in my bag to give her as a present. it would have been wicked if i have a bar of soap with me. maybe i should start to carry some with me. that would be so awesome. a ready present, for gifting emergencies. martha would be proud.

i also bought 2 loaves of cobs bread, and a croissant today. YUM!

new knickers

despite being totally bloated, and having to literally keel over from the sweet sweet pain of cramps, vera and i went shopping today. for new knickers, and for a bag for her. yes, we were at work. but we called pam in for an hour so we could combine our breaks. please lord, don't let anyone from work read this.

maybe this is way too much info for people, but they can skip this section. i don't really understand how silk and satin and la senza exist so close together in the mall. they are almost exactly the same store, and are owed by the same company. but each place was really busy today. WEIRD!!! between us, we each found a pair of pink frillies, a pair of white lacey, and i got a blue lacey pair and she got a black pair of non-lacey, but totally dirty.

(i think the guy upstairs is having crazy sex. either with himself or his girlfriend. there is sooooo much boy grunting i can't even explain it!)

today was also the last day of selling at guildford. and i'm sooo happy. this will free up my weekends, and give me soooo much time that would have otherwise been spent commuting. so now there's just the crazy day of moving on tuesday.

we had our end-of-guildford staff dinner tonight. we went to red robin and had some crazy conversations. oh the innocence of youth. i had to explain what snowballing is. which, despite me being very open, what kinda hard. eek.

yesterday i kicked ian's ass at scrabble. so badly that we weren't even finished the game and he was like, why are we still playing? you obviously won. so i called him a quitter. repeatedly. since i am keeping score, i think that deserves to points. cause he quit.

shut it down

what usually happens in vancouver when it snows? the city practically shuts down. this is day 2 of snow. i think there are supposed to be 4 days. the city roads were way better today, and there wasn't much traffic, but it was still a close the town kinda thing.

i worked for an hour and a half today, and then drove to hope. my mom went back to the hospital today. holy crap. the road from surrey to chilliwack was horrible. there were white-outs, and about 30 overturned vehicles on the side of the road. the wind was brutal. i even saw an suv in the middle ditch with a turned over u-haul trailer. it was nuts. but the way home was easy-sleazy. earlier they were just starting to plow. i'm surprised the highway wasn't closed, but happy it wasn't, so i could see my mom.

i finished the first crime tape from the maruis. the generator is up and running at my house, so there's heat and electricity. yahoo! those things equal food, warmth and entertainment. and not doing dishes by candlelight.

two days left at guildford! (if you don't count packing up. if you do... maybe 4 days left). i will be back to cleaning, cooking and designing after that gig is over... i'm so sick of surrey, and the drive. i'll be so happy to get out of there. okay, so that comment doesn't really follow my "try to be positive" attempts, but it's a work in progress. one can't expect instant results!

snow day

(a title totally stolen from kenji)

i said i wanted snow, and i got it. in fact, i had no idea it had snowed yesterday until i got to the lobby. for warmth, all of my curtains are cold (i face north). anyway, as i was leaving my house for a second time (this time the flat way, cause i couldn't make it up the hill by my house) i thought to myself, you'd better find the scraper, cause if the power's out at your house, you're gonna need it tomorrow morning. well, when i got home, i was able to park in my underground, but that's because the door was left open, what with the power being out and all.

at some point in the wee hours the hydro guy got it back up. which is super good cause my house was soooo cold last night it was hard to get to sleep.

so, today is snow day part two. hopefully my computer will be still on when i get home this evening.

p.s. who knew glass tiger could spark such reactions! i remember listening to them in second year on vinyl. maybe i'll look for a copy of thin red line... maybe lee frew can hook me up with an autographed copy. :o)

don't forget me when i'm gone

so, last night i was telling vera and danielle about glass tiger coming to town. danielle was like, i'll go if the tickets are under 20. vera and i were like, uh, they won't be. but i checked last night, and they are! whoo hooo!!! i'm going to see glass tiger. since we talked about it i've had glass tiger songs in my head. which is not exactly a bad thing. :o)

my wish for today? that i didn't have to work and could sit on my ass all day watching crime shows. maybe i should watch a couple of re-runs of theold law & order as a tribute to jerry orbach. oh, and congrats to the junior team (hockey of course) for winning gold, and crushing russia 6-1.

special delivery

guess what i got in the mail today? law & order, and csi tapes! yahoo!!! kenji and shelley totally f'ing rule. how can i sleep knowing that there are like 18 hrs + of crime shows to be watched? well, i'll watch one and go to bed. :oD just one. besides acceptance, i'm learning control. *lmao*

kudos to stu who once again delivered to my door. i will leave him some gingerfish soap. and a note to tell him he rules. seriously. imagine (since kenji didn't tell me he was sending a tape) the guessing and craziness that would have ensued, had one of those stupid notes been left? AND imagine how pissed i would have been because i wouldn't have been able to pick it up until after 1 pm tomorrow, but i work from 1-9.30! man oh man.

strip class is back. there are like 5 weeks left. today we learned about masturbating our legs. i still don't super like our instructor... instead of talking about the flowers at her wedding, we could have been doing more masturbating. instead, almost all (except danielle, thank god, or i might have had to beat her) of the girls in the class were going on and on about prices of weddings, flowers and all this other sheet. barf. i'm just like, less chit chat, more dirty stuff. but you know me. i'm always like that.

cheese please

as i was telling greg tonight, i think that i ate a lot of cheese, crackers, and chips over the holidays (which are not yet over, i know). tonight, i was going to leave jeff's, but then heidi's g/f was cutting up the cheese she brought, so i was all like, i can't leave yet! i love brie! as the holidays continue, so does the cheese.

i saw so many people that i hadn't seen since my birthday. and some, even longer. like LC. i haven't seen that girl in a loooong time. it was super good to catch up a bit. yahoo. oooh, i was told that i'm very charming this evening. i liked that. maybe i should start a charm school. but i did let the giver of said compliment know that i have a very evil side. there's no need to live a lie. :o)

oh, for jeff's party i brought cookies that seemed to impress, and for a gift, i brought jeff plates, that are kinda like the ones we saw at gay bingo in the summer that he was in love with and some soap (gingerfish, my favourite). he said he likes that i always give him soap. i just feel like it sorta rounds off a present nicely.

i also made tentative plans to go cross-country skiing with dalia and jules. word on the street is, it doesn't involve a lift, this means, i won't fly head first into a pile of snow as soon as i get off the chair. this is a good thing.

holier than thou

today i had my car cleaned. i did clean it last week (myself) but that didn't go over so well. i went to a dyi place, and my hands were so numb i could barely pry my fingers off, and really, depite scrubbing, it looked like crap, i think the "semen" dried on it. anyway, i had it cleaned today, and it looks decent. especially since it got vacuumed too. yahoo.

i also saw spanglish today with d. it was good. i liked it.

brown free-range eggs were obtained from a still empty-ish safeway. it was soooo packed in there. i had four items, and it took at least 15 mins to get through the express lane. oh, and the orange i bought yesterday? gross. possibly rotten.

now that i have eggs, i will make martha cookies tomorrow.

i made ian a scarf this evening. i went to the yarn shop on 4th, cause despite liking the selection at urban yarn, i don't really like the people. i'm looking for a good/fun yarn shop in vancity. let me know. the yarn is green and bumpy and has bits of brown and reddishness to it. it looks decent. i had to make him something, i was feeling bad. we've been arguing/being crabby etc. lately. i think i feel better now. it's cause when you're crocheting (probably knitting too, but i wouldn't know) you have a lot of time to think. and analyze. which is what i did. usually i just make things with love, today i made with more.

one of my aunts emailed me today to say that she and her husband are going to come and visit in february. she's my favourite aunt, rhonda. it'll be good to see her. and it'll be nice for my mom to see her.

as for my foot, i can now easily feel the hemorrhoid (or bump, if you will) because i think the swelling's gone down. the pain certainly has, so hopefully this trend will continue and soon the entire bump will be gone.

in case anyone's wondering, the furla (which remains unamed to date) is doing very well fitting in, despite lola's comments that "shabby chic" should not include wearing my star sweater from nepal that has holes in it. danielle will agree with her, since she recently "mentioned" her feelings about the number of holes in my t-shirts and my not wearing a complete set of pyjammas ever, only mismatched stuff. i really do like wearing my old grubby t-shirts. they're comfy. but tomorrow, i will toss/cut up all t-shirts with holes. "all" may or may not include my dave mathews t-shirt that i've had for 10 years (it's so thin, the repairs haven't held out) but will include the shirt that i had to cut the arms off of because the holes got so big that they were basically decorations that attached to the neck.

all this and cookies? hole-d me back.

rationing kitsilano

two things happened today of note.

i went to the grocery store to get some stuff cause i have the next two days off, and want to make cookies before all of the chocolate gets eaten. i don't have any eggs. and apparently neither does the safeway. and they're out of a million vegetables. it was crazy. no lucerne white cheddar. no nacho chips. what i did get: light cream cheese, an orange, yellow cheddar, and some ice cream.

i also went to seigel's to get some bagels. and (i had just gotten out of the shower, and hadn't expected to leave the house) the girl there told me she loved my hair. and that it was so beautiful. what do i say to that? screw "the rules" you don't have to look your best at every moment in order to get picked up. oh wait, maybe you do. but not to get a compliment!

in case i don't come back

that is totally the best line from delicatessen. i have only seen that film once before, and that was many moons ago; we saw it the night before a french final for my roommate, sarah. it *is* french, so it counts. :o)

today was work. and the first day of the new year. (happy new year). which was kinda nice, i guess. it is also jc's birthday, so happy birthday jc! after work, i did some work and watched jeopardy! and then went to jc's birthday pj party. where we watched delicatessen and almost had toast (to be read as, we almost had a moment. afterall, sharing toast isn't a casual kind of thing).

i also got to show off my second new bag in three days. this new bag is pink with red decals applied by lola, and it was my christmas present from her. all done very covertly. i am sooooo happy about it, i especially love the unicorn on the inside. you rule. i have no qualms about carrying it and the furla bag together. i think they were meant to be. especially since pink and green are so adorable together.

last night i went for dinner with gord and vera and had a couple of drinks. was home by 10, and in bed by 11. i was asleep by 1 (after the very nice phone calls, thank you). it was pretty much exactly what i wanted. a quiet, relaxing, non-eventful new year. nevermind the fireworks and singing/cheering going on outside. even that didn't last long.

tomorrow may be my last day of work at guildford. no one knows at this point. but if we close on tuesday, then i will no longer work there. thank god. but i guess there will be the packing up of the store, so there may still be one or two days there. not real working days though.

oh, and re: foot. still hurts, but not as crazy bad as before. so maybe i'm on the mend.

waste-o

yesterday, after shopping, d and i had sophie's and then committed to waste-o. this involved tetris, movies, magazines and food (including toast).

today, i go to work. oh, there goes my alarm. guess i should get up now. i have been sleeping like crap lately because of my foot, but i'm going to make an appointment for monday. *calls dr.'s office* turns out dr. vera's on vacation until the 10th and dr. ursula's filling in for her. i made an appointment for the 10th. really, dr. ursula is CRAZY, so i may have to go to a walk-in. sheet, i don't have a very good record with walk-ins. if anyone knows of a doctor in vancouver that is somewhat close to normal, please let me know... or if they've heard of someone who will actually take a look at what's wrong before making a guess to what i have.

i only watched the first dvd of angels in america last night. i won't have time to watch the rest, but maybe i'll do that on the weekend. so far so good. i'm expecting great things for the ending.

shop 'til you drop

have i mentioned that i hurt my foot? well, today i almost shopped 'til i dropped. literally. by the almost end of it, my foot was hurting, a lot. and now (i was getting up the wrong way) and caused such extreme pain (it's still throbbing) that i almost starting crying, and danielle suggested we go to the hospital.

shopping was extremely successful. i didn't get any shoes, despite my determination. i'm not overly distraught, just because of current foot pain... a girl shouldn't break in new shoes if she breaks her foot. but i did get: clinique clarifying lotion (holt's), a green FURLA bag (holt's), a scarf to wear like a belt, sunglasses (both green and from aldo accessories), brown and beige hair elastics which are to be worn as head bands, toilet paper and a magazine (all from london drugs).

okay, now let's get back to the bag. i usually resist going in to the holt renfrew bag and shoe sections because i really do adore both accessories. if i could live on shoes and bags, i would. so, clearly, i shouldn't have spent so much on a bag. BUT danielle was with me, and she's a bad influence, and the bag is adorable. also, it was on sale. and it's green, my most favourite colour ever. have i mentioned how adorable it is? it even has little feet to rest on. little cute shiny metal feet. so fabulous.

so, if you're looking to go out for dinner, i will wear shoes that kill my foot, just so me and my furla can look good! vain? well, we all have our weaknesses, and i'm more than willing to admit to my bag/shoe disease.

life ÷ 24

that was actually part of the logo for the SIFF one year. and by one year i mean, like 10 years ago.

the past week i've seen lots of movies.

i, robot: not amazing, but decent. like a newer terminator sorta
the stepford wives: a fun remake
meet the fockers: overall funny, had a few total gems of hilarity
lemony snicket: i actually really really liked this, it was fantastical, cute and morbid.
king arthur: kinda neutral about this one. i did really really want to see it, but i did think it would be better

still on the menu is angels in america.

danielle's coming over for shoe shopping and sophie's eating. and clinque tempting. i DO want to buy shoes (i just trimmed and filed my toenails) but the way my foot hurts, i'm not sure what i'll be able to do about it.

game on!

how exciting! there was hockey yesterday that i got to listen to, and watch a tiny bit of. whoo hoo! so far, canada's 2-0 and they play germany later today who lost their first game brutally. so i'm predicting a win for canada today. germany will be crushed.

i wish the canucks were still playing.

back to hope, back to reality

so, i'm posting before i leave for hope. i'm supposed to bring my mom a burger for dinner. and i think she said she wasn't going to take a sleeping pill before bed last night, so that she can be awake when i see her today.

i made banana muffins this morning. some for my mom, some for ian. but i didn't do any house work. really, since plans have changed, and d's not staying here, and we're not going to spend an obscene amount of time shoe shopping, i figure i've got tomorrow to clean around. :o)

it's super sunny here, i'd better not forget my sunglasses.

soooo full part two

oy! today started with danielle's mom making us pancakes for breakkie, then finished with dinner at her grandma's! her grandma even made the same marshmallow and peanut butter squares things that i made for ang's space night. right on!!!

so, it was another day of drink and food.

earlier in the day i kicked my mom's ass at a game of crib, and then mercifully put her in bed so that she could rest (she started to fall asleep at the end of the game). instead she sorted out some old jewelry that had been in the safety deposit box. each of us girls got our charm bracelets from when we were little kids. and get this: one of the charms on my bracelet was a die. can you believe it? i don't know if i picked my own out, or if they were picked out for us... but i guess there's a lot to be said for the nature/nurture theories in this instance.

tomorrow i make breakkie for my mom and hopefully get to play some games with her, and then head to the stewart house.

soooooo full!

ohmygod. this truly is the christmas season. after only being at the carey residence for a few hours, i have stuffed myself on food and treats. thank you, mrs. carey! :o)

tomorrow (after more visiting with my mom) i think we're going to her grandma's house, which will certainly involve more eating) and then the next day, it's off to the stewart house. i guess it really doesn't matter that my mom can't make turkeys anymore, cause it's not like i'm not getting it other places!!!

i also got spoiled in the presents department (from danielle). totally got cute slippies (they're pink and say sassy! how perfect!) chocolates, from purdy's, an eye relaxation/care kit that even has these new spiffy tweezers, bed sheets (an adorable green, that will look perfect with the tapestry rach brought me back from india) and martha stewart face clothes (in white, as required).

and i got to give vera and lola their presents. vera got her scarf, and seemed to like it, and lola got the magnet she wouldn't stop talking about (frugal is such and ugly word) and the white slap watch that she adored but i told i had sold.

i got a present from lisa today, which was very nice, and she seemed to like the scarf i made for her too (it's hard to buy for people that own/work at a gift store. it's not like they don't have access to great gifts).

no work til boxing day!

well, maybe that's not a complete truth. i have a tonne of shit to do in hope, and a site to update, that i just haven't gotten to. but maybe i can do that before i leave for hope.

i have a lot of packing to do. i don't know where my time has gone. *and* sleeping is totally dangerous right now, because when i finally get to sleep, i can't seem to get up until i absolutely have to. which kinda sucks, cause i plan to get up and get stuff done before that and it hasn't seemed to work out lately.

yesterday at work, a woman came in asking about all of these things that had already been sold. i think it was the same woman that was looking at jewelry for her daughter and decided that $25 is too much to spend on her. that's the same woman who smelled like a bar. the craziest thing, i mean she obviously had been drinking a lot (again) but she wasn't tripping over her words, she wasn't loopy at all. she did keep listing things that we only had one or two of that were gone and was very disappointed. you snooze, you lose, suckah.

today i'm wearing my favourite shirt in the world. my pink "what a croc" shirt. i wish i had at least 7 of them. okay, i've got to get to sophie's... meeting with aaron and rach.

christmas cards

on friday i got a christmas card from my friend jean. she used to be my prof. now she's teaching in toronto. i am sooooo happy to hear from her. oh belly bean! please keep in touch.

also, this year i did not buy new or bother to find old christmas cards. so, no one will be receiving one from me. don't look for it, don't expect it. it's not coming.

to cover my bases:

merry christmas, i miss you.

love, ursula

it's beginning to look...

on his blog, kenji said it's *still* snowing in arkona. i wish it would just start here. that would be wicked. i hate the snow, but a couple of days of it, right about now would do the trick.

i made banana muffins this morning, before work. i had some black bananas that i had been cultivating. and ian gave me some (which, embarassingly are still in my car cause i can't see them (being black) in the trunk so i keep forgetting to take them out). i really hope that they're doing okay and that nothing is laying on top, squishing banana juices all over the place. yukky!

there are a lot of stupid movies that i want to see. maybe d and i will have a movie extravaganza while in hope. that would be wicked. i'll have to remember the popcorn and twizzlers. things i want to see include: excaliber, dodgeball and the rest i can't remember. but i'm tired, so forgive me.

5 sleeps 'til christmas

it totally doesn't feel like christmas to me. i even watched love actually to get me in the mood. it feels soooooo weird to be saying merry christmas to people. i think i'm currently trapped in my own bubble of displeasure.

yesterday i met up with rachel and we went to hope to visit my mom. caleb and allison met us at the hospital. we watched love actually. my mom sorta drifted in and out of sleep. we tried to play crib but she literally was falling alseep between plays. not even between deals, i mean between her turns!

we had indian in abbotsford. we stopped at this indian strip mall and asked where to eat, and the guy said just at the corner. i was like, is it really good, or do you think we won't know the difference because we're white? he assured us that it was good.

i did some dishes and tidying when i got home, but mostly talked to danielle on the phone. for forever! which was nice. sucky that we have these good talks when it's long-distance, but don't have time to chat when it's not. but it was still nice.

cuttin' class

so, i'm not going to work today, and probably tomorrow. i should try to make up some of the hours, i guess. anyway, i'm off to hope today. i'm going to visit my mom with rachel, and ally and caleb are coming to town too. oh, and i'm bringing ian's mom some fish (for her tank, not to eat).

speaking of ian, he has a girlfriend now. i've only met her for brief seconds, but the very fact that i *have* met her, means that she's a serious one. also, it was clear that she was trying to be nice to me. this, of course, makes me skeptical.

there are so few singletons out there. or rather, out here. boo urns.

one down, six to go

i am finished my first day of seven in a row. whoo hoo.

today, i was leaving the scurve and couldn't help but be ecstatic that in a month, i won't have to work there any more. it may sound like kits snobbery but whatever! surrey sucks! there you go yvonne: i'd move to toronto, but not to surrey!

oh, and my pecs totally hurt today! we did push-ups in my class last night. since i haven't been doing downward dog at yoga, and therefore have zero strength, i am currently paying the price! rachel did this weird naturopathic (witch doctor) accupressure thing that she said would help me, but it may have bruised me more. maybe i just need more drugs.

should be working

i always have these big plans for my days off, but somehow mostly need to squish them all into one day. the good news is that all of the presents that i have are wrapped now. oh, and i got my first christmas present yesterday. thanks yvonne and ang.

so today i need to update a website, price jewelry as well as clean and bake, and finish crocheting a scarf. i also have my ummm... "dance class" tonight, but forgot about that, and made plans to hang out with someone. hmm. i feel a little overbooked. oops. i wonder if anyone wants to go to lunch.

making the cut

clearly hockey won't be back before christmas. boo urns. tonight was the last night for making the cut. it was a pretty good show, because they had the skill tests tonight. but i feel so bad for the 12 guys that didn't get picked for the NHL. it was so sad. maybe they will get picked, now that the show's over, and once hockey's back.

in other news, i finished up that ice, and the bellinis were decent. and i finished the ball of yarn, that the girl at the store said would be enough to make a scarf with, which was why i was willing to spend 16 bucks on one ball. now i have to go back tomorrow and get another ball! i'm pissed, i mean, it'll make a nice gift and all, but don't tell me i only need one ball when one ball only gives me a 2.5 foot scarf! the scarf does look great though. very even stitches. one might even say perfect stitches. and by one, i mean me.

knit wit

that's completely a lie. i don't knit. and today wasn't especially witty. instead i went for breakkie with yvonne, and it was delicious. no, it wasn't sophie's. and then we went to superstore, to buy stuff for baking. baking for no one in particular. which is weird. i guess i'll have to give some stuff away once i actually bake something. we got t-shirts for yvonne's silkscreening fun. and then we got some yarn for vera's scarf (not frizzy, so i can actually see what i'm doing). oh, and on our way to yarn, saw this old lady in a gold jag try to park in this tiny spot. she backed into the car so much it actually moved. we left a note. it was my first good deed and yvonne's second. her first being that she didn't kick this guy's ass earlier.

so while yvonne worked on prints, i worked on crocheting and making ice. ice disappears in my freezer. seriously. since i'm the only one that lives here, i know i fill up the ice containers before putting them back in. and it's not the first time that there has been only bits of ice left in the bottom of the containers. i was going to have a bellini when i got home, but now i'll have to have it while watching jeopardy... maybe wheel, but not the simpsons.

boxes

okay, anyone who *really* knows me, knows that i have a problem with boxes. i keep them. often. just in case. it's because when you move, you're always like, oh, if only i had the box that these pots and pans originally came in, and then they could fit perfectly back in and to top it off, i wouldn't even have to mark the box, because the pictures tell you what's inside. i've been teased about this habit and always defended myself.

this evening, when i went to put my air conditioner into storage (in its original box, which, if i might add, made it much easier to transport) there really wasn't much space to store the airconditioner. i had been meaning to collapse some of the remaining boxes, but out of sight, out of mind. tonight, i recycled some of them.

i blame the skil saw i had to get for my floors. it's in a box too. i wish ian hadn't recyled its orginal box, because now i always forget what's in this plain brown box.

oh, and someone in my building is blocking my storage locker with a big tv box. i think it's a plasma. i'd want to keep the box for that too... but not if it interfered with someone else's space.

in other exciting news: i had two pieces of toast today, and zero smoothies, my hair looked HOT today, but i still don't have a date for friday night. and i've been spending a lot of time looking at houses and jobs online. if anyone knows of somewhere cool to live where it would be easy-ish to get a job let me know. i'm bored, and a change like that could be fun.

busted

today i did some christmas shopping, got a speeding ticket, visited my mom, and had dinner at the stewart house.

no games for you!

today was going to involve some game playing, but when i talked to caleb last night he said that they had to bail. allison has choir practice. so, i'm adapting.

i'll go to hope today and then have three gorgeous days at home, in a row. whoo hoo. i think i'll finish up christmas shopping today too. starting thursday, i have to work 7 days in a row (ten-hour days... at guildford, no less). so i'm going to prepare clothing and lunches and dinners for the stretch. i think i'll make lasagna, some banana items (i have am cultivating them right now), and i guess i'll buy some bread, and fun toppings for sandwiches. there's no microwave at work, so it will suck to have to heat stuff up.

other things i would like to make include lots of smoothies, cookies and love.

breakkie and sleep overs

i would like to have breakkie at sophie's on monday or tuesday morning. if you are interested, please let me know.

tonight i went to the olive garden to celebrate danielle getting a job related to the field that she went to school for. as usual, the garden was good and evil. food = good. danielle and ian together = evil. i could probably go into detail without either knowing about it, but i will simply say, i think that danielle and ian must never be together in my presence again. they tease me too much, together. so i'm out-numbered. i need someone to remind me of this.

one day of work left, and then i get to go home, relax and have some toast. oh sweet toast, it's been too long. (she says, despite being full from olive garden mere hours before).

days like these

it wasn't a good day. it wasn't a bad day. lunch was boring though. or rather, dinner was boring. i just had a sandwich. should have had popcorn!!! :o)

i'm not at home, so don't bother calling me there. i won't be home 'til saturday, saturday night-alright.

i feel like toast and mandarin oranges... yum.

city of blinding lights

i am so in lurrrv with this song on how to dismantle an atomic bomb. in fact, i'm really into this album. a lot.

today i went to sophie's (again) but this time with yvonne, and this time for breakkie. and then instead of going shopping for a pepper grinder, and then buying a shirt at mantique, we went to spaethos, and then to my house, where yvonne knit and i cleaned. until i left for hope.

i brought my mom a buffal0 burger and fries (as per her request) which is good, because it means she had an appetite today. yahoo! and then i had the meeting with her doctor, and then headed back for the citay.

dinner was with vera and ian at the living room bistro. my dinner was very good. vera's was great. and ian's was alright. there was no much talked about hot hot waiter. disappointing. but the wine was also good. yahoo! i wish i didn't work tomorrow at 8, cause we could have justified a bottle of wine, instead of a 1/2 litre.

no idiots, women or other incompetents

sometimes it's crazy to think that women used to be clumped into a universal category as idiots and incompetents, and therefore weren't allowed to vote. seeing the stats about the abuse of women at any given time makes it very clear that we really haven't moved much further from that.

i was reading an article today on canada.com that talked about the montreal massacre, and how people don't recognise how much the feminist movement has literally moved us. i wish there was no need for feminism, but even if we had reached some state of true equality, there would still be a need for the recognition of what has been done for us, by our feminist fore-mothers.

it's obvious not everyone gets this:

Ignoring the reality that feminists have succeeded in developing laws biased in favor of women, while usurping the right of due process for accused men.

i shouldn't have got suckered in to reading these comments, but my justification was fore-warned is fore-armed. cause it only got worse. but it was a great reminder that although i surround myself with women loving people there are too many potential "marc lepines" out there, even if they don't realise it. and they are just as dangerous.

revisit

during my two days off i will do some fun things:

•go to sophie's
•make vera a scarf for christmas (she doesn't read my blog)
•go to a wholesaler's open house
•get my boss's driver's license with her
•go to hope
•go out for dinner
•clean the floors in my apartment

yesterday was a very very long day. during my break, instead of eating lunch, i had an orange and a banana and got semi-permanent eyelashes put on. holy f. if you ever get this done, be prepared. i cried and cried. it's not just like putting on fake eyelashes. anyway, it looks like i have huge lashes and like i'm perpetually wearing mascara.

we also had a staff meeting last night. but i was soooo hungry and tired and had a headache (cause we didn't have time to stop for dinner) that i was not in a good mood.

but i feel good now, and am ready to get rolling. if anyone's interested in doing some knitting/crocheting and watching a movie or something like that tonight, let me know. i've got to put my nose to the grindstone on crafts.

you bring the fruit

and i'll make the SmooThies. you bring the fruit and i'll...

yahoo! i am the proud owner of a new KitchenAid blender! actually, i'm happy that i just have a blender, that i got a KitchenAid on sale at the bay is icing. it's white, but i said if i got it on sale, that would do. besides, it matches the food processor, and now i have a bunch of airmiles that i can use for something else. like movie passes. or somethin'.

that was the exciting part of my day. oh, and that i didn't have to make dinner for the second night in a row. saweet.

i have bananas to freeze, tv to watch and hair to flatten (thanks to lola)!

it's not right, but it's okay

yay! i spent this morning listening to sam roberts on vinyl and doing some cleaning. yahoo. this is probably my first day since i got sick in october that i've been able to focus like this. it's not perfect. but at least there's space on my couch (it's currently *not* covered in jewelry and bedding) and the dishes are done and the floor has been swept!

other things i've done this morning:
•priced jewelry
•watched the view
•laundry
•put clothes away
•paid my telus bill

things to do:
•more banking
•put away my a/c into storage
•put away my flower lights
•pick up stuff from the store
•my hair (some things are bigger than others)

just so everyone knows: since i've made the decision to not go to hope today, so that i can get stuff done here, it's been *very very very* hard not to crawl back to bed. it's a gross day out, and a warm bed with a flannel duvet cover is a siren trying to lure me in.

also, christmas shopping is coming along really well. i'm going to make a few presents... so i have to get some stuff to tide me over until i go to hope. ideally i'll be fast, cause i don't have heaps of time.

oh, and p.s. i fired the girl that i was talking about in the "oh boy" blog. that happened wednesday. it had to happen. before anyone asks, i was really nice about it.

ice cream!

as i was driving home (just now) from work this evening...so 9.45 ish there was a bunch of people crossing the street. they weren't a together group... just a bunch of individuals... and a few couples. *but* 4 out of 7 people were eating icecream. and only two of the people were together. how fun! it's not hot out either... in case anyone's wondering.

who won the race?

charlie horse!

holy crap! this morning i woke up to the sweet sweet pain of a charlie horse in my right leg... i think it might have been an excess of "getting up sexy the hard way" in my class and then not enough stretching afterwards. in any case... ow.

back in the saddle

last week i didn't go to my lap dancing class. so i didn't know one section of the routine for tonight. BUT that doesn't totally matter, because i am the least successful girl in the class. i say it's because there's no one at home to encourage me. :o) i guess i'm looking for volunteers. anyway, the class went well today, and we did some extra stretching which was nice, because i haven't exactly been going to yoga. well, i guess i've been doing the opposite of going to yoga. not going.

oh, last night i had some stuff on the passenger's side of my car, but because i'm parked on a slope, the door falls closed. so as i reached in, the door closed and poked me in the side of the neck. i'm going to *not* recommend this activity. it still hurts, and is bruised. ouch. yes, ouch.

i fired that girl today. she called after she was supposed to be at work and said she would be late because she was waiting for a ride, was that okay? and i said, uh... i guess, since you're already late. but we're going to have to talk when you get here. firing is my second leat favourite part of my job. the first being the "talking to" part. i think i would rather fire someone than have the shape-up/ship-out conversation.

i saw ian's terra cotta living room today. the colour is much better than it was on the sample. but i have yet to see it in the daytime. perhaps on friday i will have a different opinion. we shall see. i hope i do, cause i really didn't like that colour...

oh and i bought cobs bread yesterday. and had two delicious pieces of love (aka butter, peanut butter and homemade raspberry jam... oh love, how i love thee). speaking of which, despite having had two sandwiches today, i think BPBJ is calling my name.

goodbye ken

wow. first speedle, now ken (aka jeopardy guy, JG, that guy on jeopardy). my permanent boys are leaving me.

i did feel like there was some foreshadowing... ken was a bit off his game yesterday, and really, today he didn't get either double jeopardy. unusual... maybe they bought him off. conspiracy? dah dah dah!!!

and i'm still looking for a cutie to make out with... now that speedle doesn't have a job, maybe he's free.

cliff hanger

okay, so speedle *really* is dead. and that's fine. well, still surprising, despite jeffy's hints two months ago. they did show that super hot guy in the lab, the one that said he expects speedle to walk in at any moment. so maybe he'll have a bigger role now.

also exciting, and happening yesterday: i got my hair did (cut and colour). which *obviously* is very exciting for me. it took hours, and cost too much (as hair things tend to). but it's a bolder, blonder, redder ursula. i would have taken a picture to upload, but i can't upload from my computer, and i don't have a digital camera with which to take the picture. you'll just have to trust me.

it was sooo f'ing cold here last night. after i got my hair done (couldn't get it flattened, because it was raining and would just pouff) i was taking the bus home and my teeth were chattering. i totally crashed when i got home. i couldn't even finish wheel of fortune. i went to bed and slept. a lot.

i took down my flower lights today. my letter said i had until today to do so. i wanted to wait until the last minute. now i have to figure out some way to hang them that doesn't violate strata but are still visible. you know, to piss the one woman that complained off. :o)

OMG

speedle died! i can't believe. this is waaaaay more of a shock than sirius. well, the episode's not over yet. more later.

p.s. kenji, you didn't hint at anything!!!

oh boy...

yesterday, at work, a customer told the person at the cash register that she got a discount because she bought a lot of stuff (fyi, it was only like $100). so the girl gave her a discount. i was so pissed. i almost asked her if she was stupid, since it was the same girl that i had just told to ask me as many questions as needed. instead, i held it together and told her that that's one of the times she should have asked me what was going on.

i may have some firing to do.

toenail dream

not last night, but the night before...

i had a dream that i was making out with a boy and that he saw my toenails and was like: ew! your toenails are sick! they are sooooo long. and he was super grossed out.

it may have something to do with me meaning to cut my toenails for the past few days. it's not like they *were* super long, they just needed a trimming. especially since i prefer to keep them supershort... with almost no white showing. yesterday (which would be the evening after this dream) i cut my toenails.

now i should find this OPI nail polish colour so that i can do some "touch ups".

meow

le tigre show yesterday was fun. i'm sure that is was. thank you to yvonne who convinced me to go despite having yet another crappy feeling day. also, thank you to yvonne for drink number two and for bringing your friend who gladly drank most of my last drink when i was too drunk to keep drinking...but may have done so.

sober urs:
we went to jeff and heidi's where everyone sang happy birthday to me. there was a pre-le tigre dance party and toast talk. then we took the bus downtown... i got a free ride. whoo hoo!
the we walked to the commodore after jeff and others peed in an alley that jeff referred to as "a great place to pee".

we got to the commodore, got drinks, checked jackets/hoodies etc. and got drinks. we were right close for most of it.

drunk urs:
very soon into my first drink, i was buzzed. and realised that i should have eaten dinner. (yeah, if i had wanted to spend tonnes of $$ on drinks!) anyway, the first act was wicked. i have no idea what their name is. but they were from san fran. i totally remember that.

*drinking, dancing*

this girl asks me how she knows me. i have no idea. so then we figure out it's from sophie's my diner up the street. which is wicked. now i'll be friends with all of the waitresses there. she was generous and offered me pot.

i peed like a million times. anyway. everyone was dancing. and it was fun. also! one of the glow in the dark sticks from lesbians on ecstacy got tossed to someone in front of dalia who passed it to dalia who gave it to me. that was sooo wicked. thanks dal.

and then i had to pee in the boys washroom. cause i really had to go. i remember i had to sit on the seat because otherwise i would have fallen over. but i totally wiped it first. and everyone was wishing me happy birthday. janet was with me. thanks janet. also, thanks for letting me lean against your leg, and protecting me from the bouncer who asked if i was alright, cause i was passing out on the lobby floor, against said leg.

fries at fritz are good, but would be better with fried onions, not fresh.

oh, and i remember waiting for the bus for forever, and totally being scared that i was going to get a lung infection/pneumonia again. it was soooo cold and wet. and this guy who was 20 was chatting me up, and i was like, uh, i think i'm too old for you! and then i had to take a cab cause it was too cold. but i got a good deal. $7.

if you know of other things that happened, feel free to add in the comments section!

yay le tigre! meow.

and please check out kenji's blog! i'm going to put effort into supin' up my blog soon. and then i will have a friends list like everyone else.

also, i cleaned my bathroom yesterday, did dishes, did some general tidying and had my laundry done for me on monday. things are starting to get more civilised around here. and my civilised, i mean clean.

uh oh

yvonne has my mobuile. and i am in no ocndition to get it back. also i sprained my ankle. ouch.

it's my birthday!

yay!

so far i've been watching crime shows, and doing laundry. i'm going to eat some mac and cheese for lunch and then do some more cleaning. this may *not* sound like fun birthday stuff, but i'm already feeling better about getting things cleaner.

things to do today include:
scrubbing my tile floors
cleaning the bathroom
getting rid of the jewelry mess that is controlling my house
cleaning my desk
recycling

then i will go to the le tigre concert. whoo hoo!

blogged

so i totally had a decent blog written for today already, but stupid blogger erased it. sucky!

basically it said thanks to everyone that came out last night. and talked about my groovy presents, despite it not being my real real birthday. i'm sure it said more... cause it WAS longer, but i guess the recap is for the time-challenged. oh! fuck that! here goes: sala thai was delish! yum yum! curry and pad thai... yeah! and then dancing was fun. it was cold waiting in line, so i promise to do the guest list for forever now. the music was sucky BUT it was good times... probably because i was drunk, but that's neither here nor there. so far, i've received a massage, some crime tapes, a toque (that fits, and has an orange star on it), an NES game (lolo), six vintage mugs (one of which says YOURS YOURS YOURS YOURS or YO URS YO URS YO URS YO URS that i think is the greatest, and don't think others should be allowed to use), some baileys, hot chocolate, a rolly cart and a new garbage can (the old one to be thrown away tomorrow).

now all i need is for my amazon order to get delivered on tuesday, and for stu to *need* a glass of water, and have to come in! ha ha! i didn't order any pizza!

today i went to hope. it was a hard visit because my mom's losing her optimism. we talked about the doctor's most recent comments... and then i pretended like i really think that everything will work out fine. when she first went in, a few weeks ago, the cancer had spread to her other hip and to her first vertibrae. now it's spreading through her spine. if you touch her back, you can feel the lumps. so, on wednesday, she's going to get radiation which is supposed to also help with the pain, and then start a chemo program that will be a combination of two treatments that she has tried before. on friday, the doctor officially said that this is probably her last christmas. in which case, i think i should stop feeling bad about sneaking her in dq vanilla (without the sauce!) milkshakes. next time i'm going to get the biggest one!

tomorrow i'm going out for lunch and martinis with my boss, and then for dinner with ian. it's been a while since i drank at lunch, but it *is* my birthday fortnight. :oD tuesday is le tigre. yay!

shop lifting

oh, and by the way, i shoplifted today. or rather this evening. i hope my pic doesn't go up on security cameras all over the store.

d and i were looking for a red kitchAid blender. there were only white and black, so then we went to the bay. and i molested some kitchen products, which was fun. and then i saw those big lifesavers and thought they'd be great at the store, cause i always have bad breath after lunch... and it's soooo dry in there. so i grabbed some. and we were still looking around and then an announcement came on that only certain exits would be open after 9.30 so we decided to take off. the woman let us out. when we got outside, i was looking for my keys and remembered them, so i went back in, but the bay door was locked. i held up the lifesavers and shouted: i STOLE these! the woman at the MAC counter did not care. she didn't know how to open the door, and couldn't be bothered to, so she said, whatever.... just take them.

so i did. i will try to remember to pay for them tomorrow. and if i forget, then it will be one more thing i got for free.

one last sleep

'til party time. be there or be square.

i'll be at work until at least 5.30. but i am going to try to duck out a bit early... don't tell anyone.

i'm so tired right now, i should just go to bed. thanks to d for retail therapy and the spa day....ooooh massage!!! and thanks to toren for hooking up adventures of lolo. my mom was thrilled.

decent

today was alright.

the store was fairly busy, but i still got other stuff done.

my lap dance class was fun... although to get technical, i'm going to stop calling it a lap dancing class, because i don't think that that is very accurate. we were humping the floor tonight, to be clear, there was no one under us, on the floor.

and i picked up lolo 1 from toren, which is wicked, thank you. my mom's gonna be super-stoked. whoo hoo.

now i'm going to have a shower and then chillax and watch some law and order while eating popcorn. super saweet.

not decent, is the amount of laundry i have left to do. i think i may drop off some off the towels and bedding at the laundry mat. just so i can stop thinking about it. huh... now there's an idea!

also decent is that i got paid for the computer work at hope unlimited and that means i can shop for a new kitchenAid blender. that is soooo f'ing exciting. i'm TOTALLY going to get one on friday... or on my day off. i wonder if sears is having a sale? because then i could get red!!!

oh! and i totally forgot to mention that i got hit on at the store last night. and v. importantly: 3 sleeps til party time. whoo hoooooooo!

stu's back!

and in FINE form!

imagine my delight when i got home from work this evening and there was a package waiting for me at my door! i was soooo excited.

1. because i choose to consider this a wicked birthday present. although kenji tapes and sends all of the law & order and CSI shows to me throughout the year (and i adore them even more for it!) this package has come during my birthday week, so i am extra excited for it. thank you thank you thank you.

2. because this means that stu, my favourite mailman, is still delivering to my door. i HATE going to the postoffice... cause i always miss it, and you have to wait at least one more day to get your package, the whole time you have this slip of paper that's a total teaser... your package is probably here, but you can't get it until 5pm tomorrow. suckah! well, that's been solved thanks to stu. whoo hoo! excellent delivery etiquette.

also newsworthy:

1. today we decided the "joy" soap at work is hot guy smell. it smells like tree. vera thinks that it smells like hot nelson boys. i think i should move! maybe i'll pass a bar on to stu.

2. the latest addiction/obsession is holding strong. triple berry smoothies from orange julius. ooooh baby. i think if i start packing a lunch i won't feel guilty about having one almost every day. but if i don't i should really reconsider this one. lap dancing class or not.

flowers for zoe

so, i'm totally trying to save up airmiles to buy stuff. so i took a quick look around myshops.ca to see what was going down. i bought a couple of books and then was easily drawn into the marthastewart site. ooooh how dangerous. at first i was going to drool over the bedding. instead i was lured into the flowers section. i've always been tempted (but prevented by price) by these beautiful arrangements. sooo lovely. and you can get one every month. which is exciting in itself. a consistent delivery of flowers for up to 1 year. also, if i see what's going on then i can create my own at a fraction of the cost.

anyway, because i was looking at this stuff at the time she called, i told yvonne about it. she suggested matt send them to me at work. at first i thought she meant stu, and i was confused, because his name is stu, not matt and stu delivers the mail not flowers. but yvonne meant my fake boyfriend. the one i use to get out of going to work on my days off. or for allowing myself an hour to get to work if i get called in to cover for someone and i'm still in bed. i adore matt, but he lives out of the city, so it takes a while to get to work. since i'm working fulltime now at guildford, i haven't used matt in a while. in fact, i'm worried lisa may be joining the ranks of: isn't ian your boyfriend? and: matt who? in any case, i think matt should send me martha flowers for a year. if only matt had a better job. until then, maybe the three month series will do. afterall, who knows how long this relationship will last...

not so egg-zellent

seriously. where have all of the free range eggs gone? i went to buy eggs for banana bread the other day, but there were only eggs born in captivity. and then today, in a totally different city, 150km away... different chain of super markets... still no free range. the guy said there hadn't been any in weeks. i guess i need to find a farm or something... something being not eat eggs. does this mean i should stop wearing my egg-zellent shirt? what is proper protocol? i need to work on a toast shirt. cobs always has bread. well, except for that one time that they only had the sesame seeds on the white block. hmmmm... i don't know about you, but i do NOT like where this is going.

what's troubling gus

tonight the hip are in vancity. tickets are $$$, and the concert's at gm place. so, ian and i are happy that we went in seattle. yay!

as i've mentioned a million times before, i'm having a rough month; normally november is a wick-ed month. for obvious reasons :o). everyone's gearing up for christmas and the stores look nice, and shopping is fun, and people are being nice (cause the pressure's not on yet). anyway, november this year has been kinda crap. today was a good day to add to the crap pile.

i decided to finally call my "friend" back today. she called me for the first time in months earlier last week, and i finally got a few minutes to see what she wanted. she asked me how i'm doing and what's been going on. so i filled her in on my work, having been sick, and my mom (cause she met her, and knew she was sick). i also mentioned that i was about to leave to see her in hope. it took me about 30 seconds. then i asked how she was, and how her internet boy was, etc. she then spent the next 1/2 hour (actually more) talking about how they have broken up, and whatever. and then she had to go to the washroom, so she called me back and kept going. then wanted to know about me doing a site for her and bringing in her stuff to the store. sooo annoying.

blah blah blah, then when i was at the hospital, getting ready to leave, cause i still had to meet up with my brother, my sister, heidi said: you know, you're really going to have to spend more time with mom. this made me both mad and sad. sad because i wish i could, and mad because i try to go to hope 3 times a week. my sister does not work and lives 10 mins away. i work cities away and live (during the speediest times) 1.5 hrs away. so i told her that i'm doing what i can and to fuck off. and left. to see my brother. blah blah blah. he got mad at me because i couldn't write him a cheque, and kicked my car, and then threw a stick at it.

ugh. is what i say to today... except for going to anton's with ian. it was my first time...and my second and third. the portions are huge, i'll have it for days! and except for my talk with yvonne... i promise, one time that we talk on the phone, i will not be complaining and crying.

oh, and last night was tonnes of fun for me. which was really nice. james, yvonne and i had a LATE dinner at wild garlic... then did some photo booth pics at the train station (which i used on my birthday invitations) and then had a wicked massage, so totally needed, thanks again! and sat around shooting it. a good evening. a late evening, but good.

ursula h: the edge of reason

just so you know. i give bridget jones 5 out of 5 stars. yay! so funny. we were totally talking at the movie, and clapping etc. good times to be had.

the art of selling

yesterday at work, our sales were sucking. it was brutal. but by the time we closed we were almost at stretch. i was feeling soooo bad about our sales, it was crazy. but you know how when one thing is crap, then everything feels really crap, and it just builds... well, that's what was going on with me. today, we were doing alright. then, for the last hour, i was left alone. and a woman came in and bought over $600 of jewelry. it was awesome. yahoo! she was decent to shop with too, so that was nice.

today i had breakkie in the coq. and i've learned my lesson. do NOT let ian choose the restaurant if he's recently heard an ad for denny's. seriously, we were in the restaurant for a number of minutes, and i hadn't clued in that we were at denny's until i saw the back of a waiter's shirt. i was like: i thought we were at white spot! my toast (like usual) was waaaay too buttered! you'd think that if you order a veggie omlet and multigrain toast, they'd go easy on the butter. but they don't. i had to sop it up with my napkin. then i worked, and bought cute skechers (they're black mary janes with pink insides). i hope they're comfy, cause i want to wear them at work. i just have to figure out what kind of socks i can wear with them. it's my second pair of shoes in a week.

i also had another triple berry smoothie today. they are my crack. and after sushi with gord, vera and ian, i had crac (caramel apple cider). i really only ate one yam roll, and a couple pieces of vegetable roll, but it tasted a bit weird. which TOTALLY sucks, cause i really like that place for sushi. maybe it's because we were there so close to closing. in any case. i was NOT impressed. when we got back to my place after a million detours (all mine, it's true) i made banana muffins. yay!

the plot thickens

so! this may be what is happening on the 20th... i will work. i will try to sneak out early. :oD the manager can do that. i may or may not straighten my hair and then it's party time! well... dinner first. i have no idea where i want to go, but it may be sala thai on burrard. also, i'm kinda thinking the caprice for dancing. for two reasons. i like the top 40 and the last time we went, good times were had.

oh, and today at work, i had to tell someone why they weren't chosen after doing a second interview with them. basically, i tried to lie at first, so i wouldn't hurt her feelings. but then she pushed me... i hope she doesn't hate me. urgh. i'm really not into the telling people bad things part of the job. yukky.

and i picked up my car from chilliwack. ooooh baby, things are sweet. turbo is fixed... and sorry to ian for not remembering the name of the pipe with the ball in it that controls something. the pipe having cracked, and needed replacement. anyway, that thing got fixed, and i've got a sweet ride again! whoo hoo! i kept speeding up on hills, just to make sure!

tomorrow is the first stripping class i signed up for with some ladies i know. i am so pmsy that i have to wait til tomorrow to see if i can go. but if i can, that will be the first lesson towards: one night only! ursula mountainview XXX... well, maybe not, but it could be the first lesson of fun and laughs. i'll keep you posted.

it looks like making banana muffins will have to get postponed. unless i get up super early tomorrow... we'll see.

nov. 8 - 15 days to go!

so, i *totally* forgot to mention something that happened during my fun day with d! when we were getting our nails done a woman came bursting in, and i swear she could have just had an accident and needed a doctor the way she was acting! she had chipped a nail. and clearly, she needed it fixed. it was so crazy. i thought she was going to break down.

yesterday was my day off. and i didn't go to hope. cause i went the night before. and i had to work all day. yes. it's true. we had a staff meeting last night, and i needed to do a lot of prep. i didn't get home until midnight. eek. but the meeting went well. and the jeopardy game i set up went really well... there were lots of great prizes. i got some free jewelry from the artists that presented at the meeting...and that is always nice!

today i dropped off my car to get the turbo fixed. my courtesy car is a jetta, in that awesome dark grey that i love, and it's diesel... which rarely happens in a loaner, has heated seats, so it feels like mine, and leather interior. the only bad thing is that it's automatic.

danielle planned a spa trip for us on friday. i have no idea what i'm getting. she's arranged it for me. i'm really excited... i feel like i should give danielle the money and then just pretend like i won it. now that would be sweet... to have won it... not to have to pretend. :o)

the most important day of the year

to me.

as probably all of you know: my birthday is a really big deal to me. you have been warned. there's been lots of shit going on lately so i wasn't sure what, if anything, i would plan for the *big day*. usually invitations would have already been sent out. i decided today that i want to go dancing, and it was a big thing, cause i can't focus enough to make a decision these days. i know i'm going to le tigre on the actual day of my birthday, but i wouldn't mind an optional dinner and mandatory dancing either the saturday before (20th) or the saturday after (27th). normally i pick a date and make everyone revolve around me (you're allowed to behave like this on *your* birthday) but this year, the countess of cute will listen to the people! :oD

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p.s. if you're a newer friend: i'm not kidding about it being very very important.

finicky

so, this is the first time since i last blogged that i could get blogger to work. weird. i'm going to update and catch you kids up.

tuesday
worked. it wasn't very exciting, except i think that that's the day a girl at work (that i was afraid was going to have to be fired...afraid of me being the one to do it, that is) quite. in the process, she almost made me late for work. anyway, rach's mom came in to cover my break. and it was nice to see her. then i went to hope. saw my mom, and she looked way better than sunday. yay! i only drove back to the burn cause i crashed at ian's place. which, for the the record is 15 mins to the mall. i believe i suggested his dad and he hurry up and finish the renovations so that we can switch houses.

wednesday
worked. watched jeopardy and went to bed, i think. to be honest, i can't really remember what happened wednesday. if you were with me, please let me know. this could be the day my blender kicked it. now i have to buy a new one, but ian said that they are on sale at LD for like $170. cause i really want a kitchenaid one, and i still need like 400 airmiles to get one for free. but maybe if i buy one, then i can use the airmiles for something else... like a digital camera. that could be fun! oh, maybe this was the day i was getting into the shower and my right foot slipped and my left shin slammed against the tub. obviously it bruised. i could barely stand up... but i didn't want to die in the shower. naked.

thursday
worked. went to another torturous strata meeting. dear god, please make the pain end soon. it lasted so f'ing long. and i was soooo beat afterwards, that i could only watch a little bit of survivor (that i have to tape cause they insist on thursday night strata meetings, despite that being yoga night!).

friday
worked. went to holt's to pick up my clinique order and bonus, and james mcb's present. it was hard to pick out, but the guy at the counter did a great job wrapping it. and he picked a sassy bag for the gift. how fun. i got to ms. scarlett at clue, and i won. i think i had an advantage though... i was totally hopped up on chicklets. oh, and if anyone wants to see the rules, ms. scarlett does get to go first. :op oh, and while making a phone call i was taking off my shirt and i scraped my forehead with my nail (which is pretty short). i now have a scrape in the middle of my head. it's scabbing, a good thing, cause it killed to wash.

saturday
got up early for ihop breakkie in the burn. i really do like the pancakes there. and i'm surprised by the number of people that are up so early on a saturday. it's kinda weird. creepy even. but it was nice to have pancakes. cause i love them so much. i want shirts that say toast-ellent and pancakellent. it would really reflect how i feel.

there's more! i worked. but also i got to do two interviews today. one was a second interview, and one was a group interview (i've never been to one before). but it went well. so we're going to do some test-shifts and see how much we like these ladies.

seriously, there's even more. i bought (hopefully)comfy black shoes (yay!) and two bras today. which IS exciting. oh, and the other day i went to old navy and bought a $6.97 hoodie. so cute. and some other good deal stuff. like a 3.97 t-shirt. and i guess i should look for socks soon... i couldn't go shoe shopping yesterday cause i had a hole in my sock. which is sad, cause they're my cute flower socks from england, and that's like the third pair this week that needed chucking.

then i went to hope to visit my mom, and she beat me 2-1 at crib. and she got up from her bed almost by herself. that was exciting.

and now i'm home and it's way past my bed time. night!

funday

today d and i (cause she kept me company last night and called in sick for work! whoo hoo!) got manicures. and then i wrecked two of my nails. anyway, the colour is so cute and *blush* pink *hee hee* that i love to look at it. d's is a more serious colour, but she has a more serious job. now i have cute toes and fingers and more grrlfriends should visit me so we can move on to facials and massages!

danielle kicked my ass at crib, and then ian (who's only played like twice) kicked my ass at crib. but i had mac and cheese (president's choice white cheddar) so i'm mostly over it... cause i had cob's white bread toast with it! whoo hoo!!! and corn chips. ummm... i think i should make a salad for dinner. i don't think those banana muffins count as fruit. :oD

not fair

as many of you know, i am never serious on my blog, this will be one of the rare times.

because i can't talk about it (i just cry) i'm going to blog about it. cause most of my friends read this, and it'll just be more clear and easy.

i went to see my mom today. danielle came with (thanks d). she was still in emerg, because the hope hospital sucks, and although they do have a hospice (for cancer patients) my mom wasn't allowed in. if she's contagious, they don't want people with weak immune systems having contact with her. it makes sense to me. the hope hospital has basically closed down, except for emerg and the hospice and the long-term care houses. the good news is, she got a private room. the bad news is there's no toilet paper in her washroom.

the scoop is, she either has a lung infection, or the cancer has spread to her lungs...we should know more tomorrow. her white blood cells are super low, and instead of cancer in one hip, it's now in both. and she's in so much pain that she is on a fairly steady dose of morphine. right now she can't walk, but the emerg doctor said once she gets used to the morphine and after some radiation it's possible that she will be able to.

seeing my mom so weak and in pain and out of it was horrible. i'm glad her friend carol is there. she is a fierce woman and loves my mom.

my current mood: i don't think it's fair that my dad died when i was in high school, and now i'm pissed that my mom is so sick.

i really really really won't be able to talk about this in person or over the phone. but i know that most of you have met my mom and think she's really cool...the apple doesn't fall far and all that. :o)

as i said, i will know more tomorrow and will probably see her again on tuesday after work. d's with me now. we went to the olive garden with ian for comfort food, and to ignore shit for a while. i've made banana muffins and am back on chocolate.

daze off

so, i was going to enjoy my first relaxing day at home, without a commute and maybe even make banana bread. but i got a phone call this morning saying my mom's gone to the hospital. obviously my plans have changed, and i'm going to hope.

in other news, i had my first:i'm your manager, this is how things should be, talk with an employee yesterday. it was kinda hard, but lisa told me i have to nip it in the butt right away. i agree, but wish it wasn't me having to do it. but i guess i was asserting my authority. yahoo.

also, last night, i had pizza from pizza hut (i ussually order from panago). holy. it was good pizza. i think it may be more expensive -i wanted to treat myself. but DAY-AMN was it worth it.

i don't know if my lung infection is totally cleared up. when i'm in bed sometimes i'm like, what's that sound, and it's me. wheezing from my chest.

ian and i watched mystic river last night. no, this is wrong on many levels. i watched mystic river, ian slept and made me fill him in ever 20 mins and it was this morning that we watched it, cause we got to the video store at 11.55 pm. i felt bad about getting there so late, but the girl was nice about it...i think she was supposed to be dressed as an 80's chick. or as garth from wayne's world. but the guy who was totally starsky and hutch wasn't impressed. anyway, mystic river:good.

okay. i'm off.

open sesame

so, the christmas mall store is ready to be opened. and open it will be, tomorrow! luckily i have my health. whoo hoo. it looks really great, and christmasy. and yes, i know it's not even november, but whatever. i do actually have strong feelings about celebrating and when you can start, and all that stuff, but i have no control over when the store gets opened.

the last few days we've been setting up the store. tomorrow we do training and the big open. i am not very familiar with the cash register, so it's gonna be a tricky one. :o)

totally unrelated note:
i don't think that my friends usually have hallowe'en parties. but they've started to. or maybe something else has changed. everyone wants to know what's going on for hallowe'en and people are having parties, and dressing up, etc. craziness i tell you.

anyway, i have to be in the scurve at 9am. i'm gonna go to bed. visit me at the store!!!

must be getting better

today i ate some of the yummy purdy's chocolates left by sarah and chris. i MUST be feeling better. i wouldn't have eaten those at any time during the past three weeks. things are looking up.

karaoke, chris, sarah, yvonne, me...

today i went to a REAL doctor. i had to go to hope for it, but man, it was worth it. he actually listened to my lungs, and was like: oh, it's right there... as in, the infection is right there. SO i'm taking stronger antibiotics, and i only have to take them once a day. which is good, because i'm not so good with pills. he also gave me a script for a cough syrup with codeine, but as we all know, i already got some of that from behind the counter.

i am going to make the prediction that within a week i will be cured. and therefore i am currently on the road to wellville. whoo frickin hoo. i will be working like a DAWG starting...ummm i guess thursday or friday, so the frequency that i am seen will probably not drastically increase until i am cured, and have a proper schedule. but i am taking bookings now...

okay, so after the doctor i went to the vee dub dealership, and found out that something's wrong with the turbo in my tdi. i think it's sympathy pain. so i'm not mad. but it is frustrating because i totally need my car right now for work. i think it'll be fine. i just need to be careful until i can get an appointment to have it fixed that works with my schedule.

i worked a few hours today at the guildford store (it was on my way) and will work for a few hours tomorrow morning. i don't want to push myself while i'm still getting well.

after work, i met up with chris, sarah and yvonne (it was like old times cause we drove in the car, which like the one we roadtripped in, is black). we had japanese and then... yes, it's true. 100% we went to a private karaoke room. and that was fun! i even sang a couple songs. and by a couple i do mean two. i could have totally got into it, but as you may know, i haven't been feeling well lately. it was fun, and holy crap! sarah and chris f'ing rock. they were really good, it's crazy. i would karaoke with them almost anytime.

then sarah discovered her scarf and hat were missing, so we went back to the restaurant and she couldn't find it, but i did find her hat on the parking meter. which is good news, but not as good as the second grey scarf being gone. i compared it to the cat on the simpsons.

anyway, we then came back to my house and priced jewelry and then i dropped yvonne off...it was a big night.

and now it's bed time. i'm soooo tired and need to keep trying to get through days without napping. this means more sleeping at night.

special shout out to james who (from calgary) asked if there was anything he could do to help me in my time of disease. i still think they should move out here so karen can be my doctor... and actually the doctor of lots of people who are looking for one in vancity. barring that, a visit would do nicely. be careful, there's lots of snow on the coquihalla already.

eat, me

so, these days i'm controlled by food and my health.

i never feel well, and i can't really seem to shake the cold part of my disease. after i eat anything i feel like the kinder thing to do would be barfing it up and just getting on with my day.

so, i called my sister to make me a dotor's appointment. and i got one for monday. unbelievable. so quick! word on the street is there's a tricky virus going around, so the receptionist got me in quick. another nice thing about small towns.

anyway, wish me luck. i'll see some of you kids later. i need to lay down.

wurrd

so, word on the street is that i have a lot of blogging to do because i have been sick and now i have to make up for what has been lacking.

today, despite being sick, i worked a million hours. and towards the end of my shift (but not my work day) i almost died. i am too sick to be working. that's not right. i bet there are tonnes of people who should have had today off but had to work. and that. stinks.

thanks to everyone that came over for pricing jewelry. there's more where that came from. seriously. see you here tomorrow. i'll try to be more organised.

i think i want to take a photography course. just puttin it out there. i miss my love of pictures. no, i miss my love of anything other than sleep. and not being sick. i feel like i don't do anything exciting anymore...but i guess that's where The Trip comes in. whatev. it's bed time.

goodnews

yay! although i am not 100% me, i am not the super-sick-stoned girl who lived here last week.

i AM still groggy from too much codeine mixed with neo citran. but hopefully i'll have a busy enough day today that i will just fall asleep magically tonight. and by magically, i mean without the aid of magic drugs.

today, in preparation for guests (sarah and chris) on thursday, i have to do laundry, work on cleaning my house, and pick up my car in chilliwack. i don't know how far i'll get but i'd rather not be pushing myself on thursday before i pick them up. luckily doing dishes from this past week involves washing a couple cups, some glasses and 10 spoons.

shower time.

update from the kitsilano centre for disease

so, i am on the mend. no, i'm not healthy again, but there has been an improvment since yesterday. and at this point, anything is good.

i'm actually a little shaky. i think from too much cough syrup and not enough food. the last couple of days (in my quest for non-coughing sleep) i may have been drinking the stuff like it's going out of style.

thank you to lola who brushed and straightened my hair on saturday, as well as brought me kleenex and cough syrup. and the d who brought me to surrey and home again, and took me shopping for juice and cough syrup with codeine.

my neighbour, helen, gave me a ride to a different walk-in clinic (i need someone to recommend a dr. in vancity) and the dr. barely touched me. oh wait, is it touching you if the listen to your breathing over your shirt? anyway, he gave me anti-biotics, and i'm taking them.

that's the update, i'm going back to bed.

sick as a dog

that's not true. i don't think dog's get this sick. let me know if you want to come over and make me soup or brush my hair.

getting off nyquil

this will not be my last comment like this.

last night was my first night in a week of going to sleep without nyquil. i managed to sleep. normally, yes i get addicted. maybe it was because i was so tired, but things turned out alright. i'm off nyquil for now. it's proven easier to get off than neo citron. wurd.

canadians in seattle

first of all: i had a wicked-awesome time in seattle with ian. we had too-hot indian food, slept (sorta) in a too loud motel called the kings inn (no apostrophes), drank lower % alcohol, and partied with an 80-90% canadian crowd at the hip/sam roberts concert. it was sooooo much fun. there were mostly boys there, so that was fun. we almost saw this one guy get into a fight a minimum of 3 times... probably more, we sweat so bad! but gordy had sweat dripping off his elbow and his shirt was soaked even more than mine (and i had beer all over mine). i bought a $10 double album (sam roberts) cause i felt it was a sweet deal since i adore vinyl. ian's wallet got lost (this morning, no less) and we had denny's. it was a pretty full trip!

at the indian restaurant there were only two other people there, and the guy had a TML jersey on, so i bet ian $1 that they were going to the hip concert. and then he (totally out of character) asked! we decided it was the american ian. he later wondered (after i won the bet) why he bet me, when he also thought they were going to see the hip. ha ha!

in the line-up there was a couple in front of us and they were like, are you american? cause everyone was wearing jerseys or canadian shirts or hats etc. the guy was from buffalo so he said that he knew the hip from them playing out east. they were really friendly. in fact, everyone was, even the guy who was an ass and got kicked out cause everyone was mad at him for trying to start fights was kinda nice. one guy near me had a glass of ice (did i mention how hot it was?) and i wanted some soooo bad, he was so nice about it, but i only took one piece, and then i was going to share it with ian (i bit it in half) but the guy totally offered some to ian! i almost fell to my death at least twice. there were a couple of crowd serges when people were surfing, i guess canadians generally behave well to each other when in other countries. a few bruises (mostly from punch/poke buggies i'd guess, cause ian's finger hurt today... dr.ursula says he sprained it trying to poke me) and a sore shoulder are the extent of the damage i took.

i totally want to see more canadian bands at showbox. despite it being so f'ing hot, it was wicked to sing o canada! in the states and to see bands that can play at bigger venues in canada at such a small place (ian and i discussed it and agree that it is smaller than the commodore). i had sooo much fun. and it was great to have a mini-vacation with ian, i'll say because i think he's rad and fun to hang out with, anghold and yvonne can say whatever they want.

today we stopped at the stewart house and had homemade pumpkin pie, and i got to angela, alicia and chosey (as in, the chosen one). it was fun cause i adore angela (rachel's mom) and i got to see hoolie at ang's house tonight when yvonne and i went over to eat mac and cheese and play poker. hmmm... i got to see mr. morris today too. weird. it was like parent-ursula meetings today!

when i got home i plucked my eyebrows (eek!) and now i'm doing a mask. i totally did not drink enough water yesterday, so my skin looked like crap. there wasn't any water in the drink machine at the hotel, and nothing was open when we walked back, so ian brought up some ice and i sucked ice cubes (which is not nearly as effective as drinking a glass of water, in case you were wondering).

ooooh, that gets my goat!

so, why in the world am i still awake? i should be asleep, dreaming of sam and gord! instead, i spent the the last +2 hrs searching for my passport. meanwhile, i should have looked a lot closer when i was going through the box that i normally keep it in, but couldn't figure out why i wouldn't have put it back there. i seriously looked everywhere in my house... in books (because i accidently brought my passport to mudge, and i brought a book too). i looked behind/under my shoe rack. i looked behind the fridge... and swept both. holy dust. when i get back i will scrub all of my floors. in the end, it WAS in the box, sandwiched between two other important papers... you know, so it will be easy to find when i look for it! all this, after yvonne, james and i talked about how you should keep your birth certificate in a separate place from your passport. i said i keep them together and it's worked out for me so far. well, i guess technically it has... but i was started to worry! geesh. you know, i easily found my expired canadian and german passports. anyway, now i can sleep. well, after some nyquil.

earlier tonight i took the 22 and the 3 to james's house and gave my opinion on yvonne's clothes to be worn tomorrow night at the volunteer dinner for the VIFF. we also played puerto rico; i liked it. i was second, but i still liked it. the company was good. becky and friend...i'm so tired i can't remember her name... were very nice and there were good times, crazy cookies, tasty popcorn and caramels to be had.

i think my sickness had a relapse today. while having a meeting with a client (design stuff, not hope stuff) i had a coughing fit. it was a combo of not enough moisture in my throat and too much talking... i guess the one leads to the other, but whatever. anyway, it was soooo crazy, it probably looked like i was choking. so went to the bathroom, and i was so desperate... brace yourselves... i drank out of the sink. seriously. i almost starting barfing, but i really didn't need another problem in the middle of a meeting. at least she was a naturopath. and she knew that i was sick earlier this week. so, i HAD to get more riccola and i needed to get US money from my bank. so i walked in the pouring rain (it wasn't raining when i left, and i don't own an umbrella) up to the big TD downtown. it was closed (i had already gone to london drugs and ripped open a package of cough drops while looking for more cough drops). so i took the bus up to the west 12th/granville TD and i missed them by like 3 mins. what totally pissed me off was that walking back to 4th to catch the bus home, i saw that the BOM was open til 4 today. seriously, that's the most annoying bank, and they're open longer today! it wasn't a huge deal to get the money, because i still have a T.C. from when i went to Utah in the summer. and i found over $80US while looking for my passport. but it was überannoying because i am sick!!! damn the bank!

i'm not even packed... but i know what i want to wear so it should be fine. our next challenge: finding a hotel near the concert that's a decent price.

no boys til bedtime

after work today, ian came over to install my light (part three). instead, cause he still had the wrong screws, i made smoothies and i taught him how to play crib. now i have another victim. that's a cool thing about getting old. there are all of these fun things to do, like play crib and euchre and hmmmm... well those other fun things that old people do. i'm just getting ready.

tonight was jeff's no boys allowed party which (somehow without me knowing) had turned into a not-crafting, and boy friendly thing. despite the boys being there (props to JC, you know, like the big guy upstairs) and angholdmetighter not being there, it was fun. there was awesome toast talk which included the butter under peanut butter debate, and talk of toast t-shirts.

okay, that does not do the conversation justice. seriously, we talked about toast soooooo much; it might have been the high i was on from my toast-for-lunch binge, but it's quite nice to know that others share my love of toast. now that i think about it, i think i'm going to have a toast party. i will have lots of different breads, but mostly THE BREAD and maybe i will get the dutch toasties and probably also some bagels. or something like that... oh, cinnamon toast cereal? nah! i believe i was called a purist earlier. and i will make sure there is lots of butter and peanut butter, homemade jam, maybe some sour cream, and cottage cheese... etc. maybe it will be potluck...bring some bread and bring a topping. hmmmm... i'm liking the sounds of this. and everyone could get a toast t-shirt! now, this is doing the toast talk justice!

later, i came home, and yvonne came with. i had a shower, and priced jewelry and yvonne knitted. we watched without a trace, and james came over with cheesies and we drank tea, and had sex talk after he talked to ang on msn. that was fun. and then we talked about a movie that i adore: way down town. i really love the obsessiveness of that movie. i guess i can relate. how so? think: toast.

three more sleeps til the hip and sam in seattle. soooo stoked. i saw the hip with dan ackroyd in k-town (have i mentioned this on my blog before?) but i was supposed to see them in the summer of my third year. but there was ummm... miscommunication. anyway, i didn't see them, despite having a ticket, and i believe that became a lead-in (one of many) to what ian calls the "dark years" (this is when ian and i didn't really talk until i moved back from ontario after my 5th year). interesting. maybe this can be a celebration of the light years. whoo hoo. actually maybe that sounds cheesey, and i just want to rock out with sam and gord. SAWEEEEEEEET!!!!!

crash bang boom

i was over at james's place today. i know. he bribed me. also, since yvonne's i have been making a huge effort to go to people's places. anyway... i got a present! i got hats off! which is a wicked game. so fun. we were going to play carcassonne, but i almost crashed out on his couch, despite ali g being so funny!!! high five!

today i worked at the store on w 10th. i've been sick all week. it super sucks to be in the midst of disease and trying to sell people stuff while you're sneezing all over them. so tomorrow i'm only going to work for 4-6 hrs. so hopefully i'll be up for girls gone wild tomorrow night at jeff's. if not, i'll stay home and work.

the good news is that i got to hang out with james, talk to yvonne and ian tonight. whoo hoo!

hard to say

so i don't know if i do feel worse today. but i think i do. which equals nyquil and bed.

today i feel like krap

krap is the cheaper, american version of crap.

i got to leave work early. and i get to have a guilt-free nap. but i wouldn't mind not having a pink nose. i didn't get much done at work today. but i did see this old man backing up his truck, trying to park, and hit a girl's SUV. she was totally freaking out, which is what got my attention. i'm on her side though, he just kept backing up. i actually thought (and i guess so did the girl) that he was going to hit it like 5 other times.

hotties

so, either there are sooo many more hotties right now... maybe it's that back-to-school time, OR my hormones are wanting to be whore-moans. seriously. i don't even care what the reason is... the end truly justifies the means.

today ian and i went for brunch. i got to see his new place, which has a wicked balcony and a decent layout; it's surrounded by trees, so it's actually in a nice area, not a lot of cement. yay ian! and yay angela for being his realtor. i don't 100% agree with one of the paint colours he picked, but it's only 1 gallon, so it can be painted over. after we got back from the fort winery (met up with ally and caleb. and then took the scenic route to the mall, where caleb gave me a witch doctor shot in the back seat of my vw in the parking lot) we decided which paint should go where in ian's house. it was fun. i like to decide that kind of stuff. it's just for myself that sometimes i have trouble, because i want it to be perfect and right, the first time.

good times to be had.

p.s. sometimes ian impresses me. today was one of those times.

when i got home i decided to work on the trip. i wanted to find out what the name is of the southern-most city in argentina. and it is rio grande. i think i can remember that. and i wanted to check out some roads to get there on map quest and stuff. i think i'm going to order some maps from vw this week. you know, to check out the situation. and to see if it's possible to drive all the way to rio grande. detours will be fine. exciting even. as long as it doesn't end up taking us 3 months just to get there.

on a more immediate and closer-to-home note, i also needed to find out where showbox is in seattle for next sunday. while searching their site, i discovered some blonde redhead pics... i mention this because, in case you don't read yvonne's blog, i didn't know that blonde redhead was a band while i was reading her blog, and there were all of these comments about how people are interested in blonde redhead as long as it wouldn't cost too much. i thought everyone wanted to "go" blonde/redhead. i DID clue in after a few comments. but it was kinda funny. on the site i also confirmed suspicions that sam roberts (who was sooooo much fun to see last year) are opening for the hip. how wicked is that? so wicked. first of all they are both great bands (i don't care that the music snobs are rolling your eyes) and sam roberts is sofa king hot. which brings us back to the hot-hotties topic... see, i was going somewhere with that.

on tv: that show with jason bateman. it's pretty funny. especially for sunday night. and LOTR 1.

oh, i have a cold. my throat hurts, i'm coughing and i have headaches. but i'm committed to going to yoga on tuesday. if not tuesday, i'm gonna be pissed at myself cause i can't go thursday. i guess i could ride the bike for a while...at least i wouldn't be coughing through the meditation part. that would annoy everyone. including me.

drive in drive out

thursday was crainess for driving. my mom and i left here at 6.30 am to go to the cancer clinic in the scurve. and then we came back here. had naps (well, tried to the phone rang 16 times while i was trying to sleep) and then we left for chilliwack... via the mall. i needed a pink shirt for yesterday, so we stopped at old navy and i got a cute pink shirt that has an outline drawing of a crocodile and says "what a croc". ha ha! i love it. i had a pink sweater once, but this is my first time since i was a kid with a pink t-shirt. then we went to chilliwack, there was a big accident, so it took for ever.

i rushed back to the couv, to my always exciting strata meeting that i 15 mins late for. at least i got to read the letters. and one in particular. this woman who was a teacher, who now admits that she doesn't know what to do with her time, wrote a letter about all of the bylaws being broken on balconies right now. this means that she had to walk around the building, figure out which apartment is which and look at everything on their decks. clearly the point of this story is that my flower lights were once again mentioned. i thought it was hilarious, because the woman herself has broken bylaws by drying clothing on her balcony. oy! she needs a hobby that's not called snooping.

anyway, i left the meeting early and drove to new west to drop off some treats for ian and his family who were still moving his stuff. and cleaning. oh wait, they were also still packing!

yesterday was the first day of the bake sale for the canadian breast cancer society. thanks to my pre-collecting the day was a big success at west 10th! thanks!

and then i priced jewelry at home. and lots of it. and watched shaun of the dead, thanks chris! it was really good! and met up with rachel's mom and sister for CAC, caramel apple cider, at starbucks. it was good to see her, it's been so long!

today i'm going to take it easy. drop off some priced jewelry. maybe watch a movie tonight. i'd maybe be interested in going to granville island...hint hint