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today i met up with 2 friends, and got lots done. here are the details.

this morning i started to work right away. did a poster/collage thingy in good time. and sent it off.

then i went to the gym. i was so close to not going, but knowing that i was going to meet kirsten at the cinnamon bun place on alma was incentive enough. and i went up two levels on the bike. okay, embarrassingly, i thought there were only 10 levels on the bike when i started, not 20. that's all i'm going to say.

it was so much fun to see her. she is such a riot. she has this naive innocence that is great for someone as sceptical as me to be around. so sweet. we talked about her trip to europe, her art, her work, her now getting married, and me moving and then leaving for europe. all very exciting. she also insisted that i have my now traditional barbeque for the fireworks if i'm still here when they're on in july.

how appropriate will that be? it was my first real party here, the year i moved in, i still don't know how i fit that many people in my house, and for a barbeque, no less. and then losing my keys on the beach, and magically finding them by digging through the sand. sometimes i have good luck...well bad luck to lose them, good luck to find them... it's all about perspective.

yeah, it was really awesome to see her again. i'm glad she's moved back here from the island. much better this way!

then ian came over and we sat around while he ate his cinnamon bun, and i watched oprah while he showered (nicole kidman and will farell, fun show). then we went downtown to return my modem to the telus store, and go to holt's. i *tried* to get him to go to the furla store, and even bothered to lie and say they have men's stuff there. he was having none of it, so instead we went to the bose store and then to chapters. oh, and then to find a basket for my bike. i wasn't super impressed with a basket costing $19.99, mostly because it was wicker. although wicker on a bike is much much much cuter than wicker in one's house.

we went to another bike store, and the baskets cost more there. that's when i decided that having the book rack on the back would be enough, and i could just bungy my own basket to the back. cause the price is right. :o) free.

then we went to wild garlic for dinner. it was pretty yum. usually the mashed taters are better, but there was garlic all around... always a good thing. then, at ian's suggestion, we DQ'd something different. and then i got my ass kicked at scrabble. i can't find our score card, so once i move we're going to have to start again. maybe then i won't have to cheat by using GA. i really thought it was okay. we also talked about boys and girls. and some confessions were made. which can be fun... when i don't have to be the one making them.

also discussed, paint colours, flooring, vaginas being the place to be, and how hot accents are. oh, and my period. that was discussed in some detail.

all in all, a good day. but i think tomorrow i will have rice and veggies. my body will thank me for it. i'm totally garlic/dairy/breaded out.