lots of thoughts floating around my head today...
1) the exam was fine, EXACTLY what i was expecting. i don't want to toot my own horn, but i think i kicked some butt, yeah! well, i looked up the answers in my notes afterwards (i hate doing that but it's hard to resist) and found i had made a few mistakes, but for the most part i did fine. i went to get some food with a few people from my class afterwards...it's funny how you can hang out with a bunch of people but hardly know them...the ones you do want to get to know are hard to reach, because they're surrounded by the ones you don't really care about, because they're all about themselves...
2) came home and my brain had completely shut down. spent the rest of the night watching tv. i have converted flatmate S to the ways of "america's next top model"...i think it'll be our "girls' night" tv viewing time from now on. bring on the cat fights, MEOW!
3) i know i've bitched about my flatties, but i think they are okay. they have done really nice things for me, the most recent being trekking back to the bakery in chinatown to buy me a sweet coconut bun for chinese new year. beforehand, flatmate J texted me to see what they could do to make new year's special for me, seeing as i am away from home. yes they do have weird neuroses and yes, they are a bit petty and anal at times, but i guess we are all hard to live with at some point or another. i will give them a chance.
4) i'm really sleepy but have been "blogsurfing" for the last little while. have read some pretty cool blogs. makes me wonder if my blog is any good (and no, i'm not fishing for compliments). does my blog offer any insight, or is it just a narcissistic public diary? is the point of the blog to offer insight? what if you really have nothing original to say? people like to think they're original but they're not. even that statement is unoriginal!
5) i think i am scared of love. i know i want it but when it smacks me in the face i run away. why is it so hard for me to face up to something so obvious? what is holding me back? half the time i think i know, the other half of the time i don't have a clue. there are so many paths i can take, but i think i know what's already at the end of each path and i'm not sure i like it or can handle it.
okay, enough cryptic writing, i think i need to let my brain sleep.
i wish the skull was still in the creek. its presence added to my day.
CET :o)
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Monday, January 30, 2006
day of reckoning...
in biochemistry that is!
i have my biochem exam in two and a half hours...
it should be okay, i'm just glad it's finally here because that means NO MORE STUDYING! well, until wednesday when i have my chem exam, and then thursday when i have my pharmacology/physiology exam.
get this: apparently there were rumours floating around that people were going to cheat by going to the bathroom to look at their notes...the registrar caught wind of it and now we're not allowed to use the bathroom during the exam! if it is an emergency, an invigilator (or proctor) must accompany you to the bathroom, but you have to LEAVE THE DOOR open so they can see you at all times!!! like i really want someone watching me take a piss, right...
yesterday ex T came by and surprised me with a lucky envelope for chinese new year...they're normally red but he didn't have one, so it's a normal envelope that he wrote in red marker and drew pictures on. he even printed off "happy new year" in chinese characters and taped it on the envelope. he is just so sweet. it's moments like these that throw my emotions into a tizzy...
okay, last minute cramming, i mean, review, must commence!
CET
i have my biochem exam in two and a half hours...
it should be okay, i'm just glad it's finally here because that means NO MORE STUDYING! well, until wednesday when i have my chem exam, and then thursday when i have my pharmacology/physiology exam.
get this: apparently there were rumours floating around that people were going to cheat by going to the bathroom to look at their notes...the registrar caught wind of it and now we're not allowed to use the bathroom during the exam! if it is an emergency, an invigilator (or proctor) must accompany you to the bathroom, but you have to LEAVE THE DOOR open so they can see you at all times!!! like i really want someone watching me take a piss, right...
yesterday ex T came by and surprised me with a lucky envelope for chinese new year...they're normally red but he didn't have one, so it's a normal envelope that he wrote in red marker and drew pictures on. he even printed off "happy new year" in chinese characters and taped it on the envelope. he is just so sweet. it's moments like these that throw my emotions into a tizzy...
okay, last minute cramming, i mean, review, must commence!
CET
Sunday, January 29, 2006
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
GONG HAY FAT CHOI!!!
CHUC MUNG NAM MOI!!!
SAEHAE BOK MANI PADUSEYO!!!
that's "happy new year" in cantonese, vietnamese and korean (thanks miss ruckus!).
woke up feeling EXCITED today, like a kid. i LOVE new year's. got to trafalgar square early for the new year parade; there were lots of stalls selling kitchy chinese items, so of course i had to buy one - a little paper mache dragon head lined with fake red fur and painted in bright colours.
my mom will be proud of me when i tell her the following:
a) i wore a new top today (you're suppose to wear something new for the new year);
b) my "lucky charm" this year is the monkey, so i was wearing my monkey socks;
c) the first day of the new year is traditionally a veggie day (i don't know if that's a buddhist thing or a cultural thing) and I DID IT! i ate veggie. believe me it was HARD, when you're having dim sum, drooling over the siu mai but eating choy instead. i am proud of myself.
the parade itself was alright, a bit disorganised but fun nonetheless. they had a town crier start the proceedings, which i thought was "quite british". the worst part was the truck with the two karaoke singers belting out new year's tunes down the parade route, eek! they had the "god of fortune" walking down the side of the route handing out candy and he gave one to me! i also got knocked in the head by one of the dragons dancing by, so i consider both those instances to be signs of good luck! yeah!
now i'm back at the flat and about to start studying. poo! i wish i had more time to check out the festivities and to gorge myself on sweets.
actually, it's time to call the parentals!
HAPPY NEW YEAR ONCE AGAIN! may this year be filled with love, health and happiness for EVERYONE!
CET :o)
CHUC MUNG NAM MOI!!!
SAEHAE BOK MANI PADUSEYO!!!
that's "happy new year" in cantonese, vietnamese and korean (thanks miss ruckus!).
woke up feeling EXCITED today, like a kid. i LOVE new year's. got to trafalgar square early for the new year parade; there were lots of stalls selling kitchy chinese items, so of course i had to buy one - a little paper mache dragon head lined with fake red fur and painted in bright colours.
my mom will be proud of me when i tell her the following:
a) i wore a new top today (you're suppose to wear something new for the new year);
b) my "lucky charm" this year is the monkey, so i was wearing my monkey socks;
c) the first day of the new year is traditionally a veggie day (i don't know if that's a buddhist thing or a cultural thing) and I DID IT! i ate veggie. believe me it was HARD, when you're having dim sum, drooling over the siu mai but eating choy instead. i am proud of myself.
the parade itself was alright, a bit disorganised but fun nonetheless. they had a town crier start the proceedings, which i thought was "quite british". the worst part was the truck with the two karaoke singers belting out new year's tunes down the parade route, eek! they had the "god of fortune" walking down the side of the route handing out candy and he gave one to me! i also got knocked in the head by one of the dragons dancing by, so i consider both those instances to be signs of good luck! yeah!
now i'm back at the flat and about to start studying. poo! i wish i had more time to check out the festivities and to gorge myself on sweets.
actually, it's time to call the parentals!
HAPPY NEW YEAR ONCE AGAIN! may this year be filled with love, health and happiness for EVERYONE!
CET :o)
Friday, January 27, 2006
an important piece of canada...
is now owned by an american :o(
the oldest of all canadian companies (founded in 1670 - we're talking fur trading with the natives back in the day), Hudson's Bay Company, is now in the hands of south carolina billionaire Jerry Zucker. you can read the rest of it here.
Hudson's Bay Company owned by an american, stephen harper is now prime minister, what's next? i'm afraid...
in other news, i stayed over at classmate T's flat last night. didn't get much studying done because our timetable for next term came out and we were pouring over the details. we walked to liverpool street to see where our exam building was; the highlight of my day was buying a bunch of soft, chewy cookies, mmm...my inner food beast thanked me.
we were having a discussion last night based on this random thought from kiwigirl:
"In other random thoughts, its often funny when you consider how different people are or could be in 'real life' to what they are on their blogs."
she said her own blog is pretty much her personality, and i wonder if that's the case with mine. i think so, as my sister and most of my friends tell me i write like the way i talk, so when they read my blog it's like i'm actually speaking to them. so overall i think my blog reflects my personality too. but then i wonder what a stranger makes of me when they come across my blog...what do they perceive of me, based on the words that make up this blog? i wonder what adjectives they'd use to describe me...
off to school today to do some studying - yet another change of scene that i think will be helpful to my studies!
have a great day,
CET
the oldest of all canadian companies (founded in 1670 - we're talking fur trading with the natives back in the day), Hudson's Bay Company, is now in the hands of south carolina billionaire Jerry Zucker. you can read the rest of it here.
Hudson's Bay Company owned by an american, stephen harper is now prime minister, what's next? i'm afraid...
in other news, i stayed over at classmate T's flat last night. didn't get much studying done because our timetable for next term came out and we were pouring over the details. we walked to liverpool street to see where our exam building was; the highlight of my day was buying a bunch of soft, chewy cookies, mmm...my inner food beast thanked me.
we were having a discussion last night based on this random thought from kiwigirl:
"In other random thoughts, its often funny when you consider how different people are or could be in 'real life' to what they are on their blogs."
she said her own blog is pretty much her personality, and i wonder if that's the case with mine. i think so, as my sister and most of my friends tell me i write like the way i talk, so when they read my blog it's like i'm actually speaking to them. so overall i think my blog reflects my personality too. but then i wonder what a stranger makes of me when they come across my blog...what do they perceive of me, based on the words that make up this blog? i wonder what adjectives they'd use to describe me...
off to school today to do some studying - yet another change of scene that i think will be helpful to my studies!
have a great day,
CET
Thursday, January 26, 2006
out of the flat today...
before i go completely mental!
i'm heading over to classmate T's place to study with her today. i desperately NEED a change of scene, before my head implodes.
the only time i left the flat yesterday was to take two steps outside to set the recycling bin down. how sad is that?
other than that not much to report. i watched "america's next top model" followed by "the biggest loser" - i think it's quite ironic that they're both on the same channel, one after the other.
oh, and did anyone read the article i posted about yesterday? if you click on the word "article" in yesterday's post it'll take you to it.
have a great day everyone!
CET
i'm heading over to classmate T's place to study with her today. i desperately NEED a change of scene, before my head implodes.
the only time i left the flat yesterday was to take two steps outside to set the recycling bin down. how sad is that?
other than that not much to report. i watched "america's next top model" followed by "the biggest loser" - i think it's quite ironic that they're both on the same channel, one after the other.
oh, and did anyone read the article i posted about yesterday? if you click on the word "article" in yesterday's post it'll take you to it.
have a great day everyone!
CET
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
the love of friends
so, as usual, my "study" routine consists of me getting up around 10:30am, checking e-mail, news, etc., having breakfast, and generally puttering around until the afternoon, when my mind has fully woken to tackle the topics of chemistry and biochemistry.
today i watched a biography on anita roddick, founder of the body shop. she is one remarkable woman. i checked out her website after and came across this article; it doesn't read very well, but i like the two lines at the end.
i love my friends!
CET
today i watched a biography on anita roddick, founder of the body shop. she is one remarkable woman. i checked out her website after and came across this article; it doesn't read very well, but i like the two lines at the end.
i love my friends!
CET
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
hypnotic globs of wax
so today's been a low-key study day. more biochem today; at the moment i'm reading about the citric acid cycle and glycolysis, ooo...exciting stuff i know...
evil hypnotist gave me a lava lamp for my birthday last december, and i finally took it out of its box this week and plugged it in. the blobs really ARE hypnotic; when i want a break from reading i turn my head towards the lava lamp and stare at it for a few minutes, no joke. blobs of wax are keeping me from complete mental breakdown.
is it really wax in there though? that's what someone told me a long time ago.
made a trip to the grocery store (to get out of the flat), and bought the ingredients for a chili, mmm...i'm looking foward to the cooking tonight, another device i use to keep me from studying!
oh, and BOO to stephen harper and the PCs for winning a minority government, BOO HISS BOO!!! and alberta went 100% conservative...i don't want to say it, but it looks like they're on their way to becoming either the 51st state, or their own sovereign country (they'll beat quebec to it i'll bet!).
heaven help us!
CET
evil hypnotist gave me a lava lamp for my birthday last december, and i finally took it out of its box this week and plugged it in. the blobs really ARE hypnotic; when i want a break from reading i turn my head towards the lava lamp and stare at it for a few minutes, no joke. blobs of wax are keeping me from complete mental breakdown.
is it really wax in there though? that's what someone told me a long time ago.
made a trip to the grocery store (to get out of the flat), and bought the ingredients for a chili, mmm...i'm looking foward to the cooking tonight, another device i use to keep me from studying!
oh, and BOO to stephen harper and the PCs for winning a minority government, BOO HISS BOO!!! and alberta went 100% conservative...i don't want to say it, but it looks like they're on their way to becoming either the 51st state, or their own sovereign country (they'll beat quebec to it i'll bet!).
heaven help us!
CET
tonya harding, bring it on!
so today's studying was shot to hell when i broke for lunch at 2ish, watched a documentary about using science to dispell conspiracy theories on diana's death, then headed out the door for some SKATING!!!
WWWHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...
kiwigirl's workplace had an extra ticket so i jumped at the opportunity. IT WAS GREAT! we skated at somerset house, the first of the museums to put an ice rink together for public skates.
i was itching to hit the ice and when i did it felt like home. the rink was small and there were too many people on it, so i had to weave in and out of the crowd; despite that, skating made me just sooo happy - i felt like a kid again! funny how the simple act of skating on thin, man-made ice in a clockwise fashion can fill me with such joy.
the air was nice and crisp too, courtesy of a cold front moving in from germany. i was glad for the chill; the sharpness of the cold seems to bring the world more into focus.
it was funny watching the non-skaters try to skate, because they consisted of mostly grown men, who, if we were in canada, would normally be the best skaters on the ice! watching them fall was hilarious. and yes, i am mean because when they fell i laughed out loud.
the zamboni was driving around when i went to return my skates; i overheard two ladies talking about "that machine that fills the grooves in the ice with water, blah blah blah" and i'm thinking "would this conversation EVER exist in canada? it's called a ZAMBONI!!!"
it was a very happy day.
CET
WWWHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...
kiwigirl's workplace had an extra ticket so i jumped at the opportunity. IT WAS GREAT! we skated at somerset house, the first of the museums to put an ice rink together for public skates.
i was itching to hit the ice and when i did it felt like home. the rink was small and there were too many people on it, so i had to weave in and out of the crowd; despite that, skating made me just sooo happy - i felt like a kid again! funny how the simple act of skating on thin, man-made ice in a clockwise fashion can fill me with such joy.
the air was nice and crisp too, courtesy of a cold front moving in from germany. i was glad for the chill; the sharpness of the cold seems to bring the world more into focus.
it was funny watching the non-skaters try to skate, because they consisted of mostly grown men, who, if we were in canada, would normally be the best skaters on the ice! watching them fall was hilarious. and yes, i am mean because when they fell i laughed out loud.
the zamboni was driving around when i went to return my skates; i overheard two ladies talking about "that machine that fills the grooves in the ice with water, blah blah blah" and i'm thinking "would this conversation EVER exist in canada? it's called a ZAMBONI!!!"
it was a very happy day.
CET
Sunday, January 22, 2006
got one thing accomplished!
so it's been a dull and yet slightly strange weekend, ending off on a happy note!
dull: need i even say the word? studying! my ass has been glued to my chair, in front of the desk, since saturday afternoon when i finally started studying. tackled some biochem, then breaked for the rest of the evening by having dinner at kiwigirl's flat (yummy dinner kl and luce, thank you!) and then going to see a movie. we were suppose to see "memoirs of a geisha" but it was all sold out; ended up watching "just friends", i.e. rom-com crap. i liked the siblings fighting though, reminded me of canuckian and i! ahhh, memories...
strange: today it was me and the computer, not the textbooks, as i have a group project due tuesday of which i am the leader. collating everyone's contribution, stuff like that. i was about to go completely insane after sitting for hours in my room, chained to my computer, when my ex from university, MD, msned and we chatted for a while. i've been in a bit of a "funk" today for many reasons, and upon admitting them to MD, started crying. i think what made me cry was that i admitted that i am lonely. don't get me wrong, i have friends here and i'm fine with being single, but i don't know, sometimes i feel lonely. anyhoo, felt a little bit better after letting some tears out.
happy: spoke to the family today, my sweet chili included. god i miss him! before speaking to them i got the biggest surprise of them all - my close friend, "muslim goddess", called me!!! it was such a shock! she NEVER calls - evidenced by the fact that she used the calling card she bought THREE YEARS AGO when canuckian and i were living in london! this was the first time she used it! after that my other close friend, "crazy chicken" (or "mr. bing"), and i msned for a bit - another person i haven't been in touch with since christmas! laughing with them made me so happy.
off to bed now. glad to get out of this chair.
have a great week everybody!
CET
dull: need i even say the word? studying! my ass has been glued to my chair, in front of the desk, since saturday afternoon when i finally started studying. tackled some biochem, then breaked for the rest of the evening by having dinner at kiwigirl's flat (yummy dinner kl and luce, thank you!) and then going to see a movie. we were suppose to see "memoirs of a geisha" but it was all sold out; ended up watching "just friends", i.e. rom-com crap. i liked the siblings fighting though, reminded me of canuckian and i! ahhh, memories...
strange: today it was me and the computer, not the textbooks, as i have a group project due tuesday of which i am the leader. collating everyone's contribution, stuff like that. i was about to go completely insane after sitting for hours in my room, chained to my computer, when my ex from university, MD, msned and we chatted for a while. i've been in a bit of a "funk" today for many reasons, and upon admitting them to MD, started crying. i think what made me cry was that i admitted that i am lonely. don't get me wrong, i have friends here and i'm fine with being single, but i don't know, sometimes i feel lonely. anyhoo, felt a little bit better after letting some tears out.
happy: spoke to the family today, my sweet chili included. god i miss him! before speaking to them i got the biggest surprise of them all - my close friend, "muslim goddess", called me!!! it was such a shock! she NEVER calls - evidenced by the fact that she used the calling card she bought THREE YEARS AGO when canuckian and i were living in london! this was the first time she used it! after that my other close friend, "crazy chicken" (or "mr. bing"), and i msned for a bit - another person i haven't been in touch with since christmas! laughing with them made me so happy.
off to bed now. glad to get out of this chair.
have a great week everybody!
CET
Friday, January 20, 2006
studying is non-existent
i cracked open my biochem binder, but just then our wireless internet connection FINALLY started working, so now i'm screwed...
i can blog from my flat now, so this might be the beginning of multiple posts per day, uh oh...
i'll try to control myself, not go blog-crazy or anything...you'll get tired of reading my blog!
okay, back to msning mutton face...
CET
i can blog from my flat now, so this might be the beginning of multiple posts per day, uh oh...
i'll try to control myself, not go blog-crazy or anything...you'll get tired of reading my blog!
okay, back to msning mutton face...
CET
ahhh, the weekend...
...studying, studying, and more studying, WOOHOO!
i guess i should really get a move on hitting the books, eh? for someone who's spending A LOT of moola and living so far away, all just for school, i had better crack open a textbook soon!
no plans for the weekend except to study, which is necessary but sucks the chunk monkey like you would not believe. especially studying at home with the flatmates that i have, speaking of which...
i didn't even bother to turn on the tv this morning, but i guess i'll find out soon enough when i get home whether or not they've "unlocked" the channels. honestly, it's so childish and petty, blah!
oh, forgot to mention yesterday that i saw a woman sitting at a bus stop wearing boots made of long blonde fur (like dyed yak hair or something) that matched the colour and texture of her own hair. trust me, it was noticeable not because it looked pretty...and why the heck does someone living in london need boots made of yak hair? i don't want to see boots like that on ANYONE, unless they live in the artic!
CET
i guess i should really get a move on hitting the books, eh? for someone who's spending A LOT of moola and living so far away, all just for school, i had better crack open a textbook soon!
no plans for the weekend except to study, which is necessary but sucks the chunk monkey like you would not believe. especially studying at home with the flatmates that i have, speaking of which...
i didn't even bother to turn on the tv this morning, but i guess i'll find out soon enough when i get home whether or not they've "unlocked" the channels. honestly, it's so childish and petty, blah!
oh, forgot to mention yesterday that i saw a woman sitting at a bus stop wearing boots made of long blonde fur (like dyed yak hair or something) that matched the colour and texture of her own hair. trust me, it was noticeable not because it looked pretty...and why the heck does someone living in london need boots made of yak hair? i don't want to see boots like that on ANYONE, unless they live in the artic!
CET
Thursday, January 19, 2006
proof that i live with freaks
setting: living room of flat
scene: CET comes home for lunch after a morning of classes. she sits down with her winter vegetable soup and toast and reaches for the remote control. flipping through the channels she realises that other than the free channels that you don't have to pay for, all the other channels have been LOCKED by the flatmates, and requires a PIN number! it sure wasn't like this yesterday!
reason: this all started because i e-mailed flatmate S about the bills...one of the items listed was the cost of the cable box. now, i will pay the monthly bill for cable if i use it, but because i wasn't consulted AT ALL about getting cable in the first place, i felt i shouldn't have to pay for the box. it's only fair, isn't it? besides, when she quoted me the price she DID NOT mention any cost for the box, so i'm only finding out about this now.
the way i see it, it's like if i bought a brand-new leather sofa for the flat one day and expected the others to pay for a portion of it. we don't need a new sofa, and a leather one at that, but because i just felt like i "needed" it i decided to go ahead and get it anyway, without consulting the others. do you get where i'm coming from?
anyhoo, this is definitive proof that i live with freaks. paranoid, standing-water-in-a-pot-in-the-sink-phobic, too-many-neuroses-to-count, anal-retentive freaks.
CET
p.s. NOW she e-mails me to tell me it's okay, she's decided she will cover the cost of the box because she'll be taking it when she moves. again i stress, freak. here is her e-mail:
"(Flatmate J) just nicely informed me that the box is mine therefore travels with me when I move. In which case, don't worry about the price of the box.
He did however think it unjust that I pay for the tv tax on my own. It's currently up for renewal."
i love how she couldn't figure that one out for herself, and needs her whipped boyfriend to tell her, and to back her up too. and yeah, i think it's unjust too that she pay for the tv tax (i.e. tv licence - yes, you need a licence here just to watch tv) herself, but she DIDN'T TELL ME IT WAS UP FOR RENEWAL, so how the fuck was i suppose to know???
freaks.
scene: CET comes home for lunch after a morning of classes. she sits down with her winter vegetable soup and toast and reaches for the remote control. flipping through the channels she realises that other than the free channels that you don't have to pay for, all the other channels have been LOCKED by the flatmates, and requires a PIN number! it sure wasn't like this yesterday!
reason: this all started because i e-mailed flatmate S about the bills...one of the items listed was the cost of the cable box. now, i will pay the monthly bill for cable if i use it, but because i wasn't consulted AT ALL about getting cable in the first place, i felt i shouldn't have to pay for the box. it's only fair, isn't it? besides, when she quoted me the price she DID NOT mention any cost for the box, so i'm only finding out about this now.
the way i see it, it's like if i bought a brand-new leather sofa for the flat one day and expected the others to pay for a portion of it. we don't need a new sofa, and a leather one at that, but because i just felt like i "needed" it i decided to go ahead and get it anyway, without consulting the others. do you get where i'm coming from?
anyhoo, this is definitive proof that i live with freaks. paranoid, standing-water-in-a-pot-in-the-sink-phobic, too-many-neuroses-to-count, anal-retentive freaks.
CET
p.s. NOW she e-mails me to tell me it's okay, she's decided she will cover the cost of the box because she'll be taking it when she moves. again i stress, freak. here is her e-mail:
"(Flatmate J) just nicely informed me that the box is mine therefore travels with me when I move. In which case, don't worry about the price of the box.
He did however think it unjust that I pay for the tv tax on my own. It's currently up for renewal."
i love how she couldn't figure that one out for herself, and needs her whipped boyfriend to tell her, and to back her up too. and yeah, i think it's unjust too that she pay for the tv tax (i.e. tv licence - yes, you need a licence here just to watch tv) herself, but she DIDN'T TELL ME IT WAS UP FOR RENEWAL, so how the fuck was i suppose to know???
freaks.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
i'd like an order of sunshine please...
seriously, what is with this british weather? it's been nothing but grey and cloudy since i got back. it's not like i'm surprised at this because i'm not, but it's just so depressing! i'd trade this weather in for 30 inches of snow on the ground and a wind chill of -30 degrees celsius ANY DAY...
i had my biochem lab test today, nothing too stressful. found out later that i made two small errors (which annoy me more than anything), but other than that it was fine.
i don't really feel like studying at all at the moment; might pop down to spitalfields market to pick up a new diary for 2006.
flatmate s e-mailed me about the bills...i hate bills...
watched a repeat of the golden globes on tv last night - they cut out a bunch of speeches and condensed the show from 3 hours to 1.5! i guess the network cut out the bits that they thought wouldn't appeal/didn't matter to the british. i obviously watched for the dresses and the funny things that would happen. too bad there's no "cher" anymore - someone who dares to wear something different.
anyhoo, i'm yammering on about crap, so have a nice day!
CET
p.s. way to go sandra oh for winning best supporting actress in a tv drama, yeah!
i had my biochem lab test today, nothing too stressful. found out later that i made two small errors (which annoy me more than anything), but other than that it was fine.
i don't really feel like studying at all at the moment; might pop down to spitalfields market to pick up a new diary for 2006.
flatmate s e-mailed me about the bills...i hate bills...
watched a repeat of the golden globes on tv last night - they cut out a bunch of speeches and condensed the show from 3 hours to 1.5! i guess the network cut out the bits that they thought wouldn't appeal/didn't matter to the british. i obviously watched for the dresses and the funny things that would happen. too bad there's no "cher" anymore - someone who dares to wear something different.
anyhoo, i'm yammering on about crap, so have a nice day!
CET
p.s. way to go sandra oh for winning best supporting actress in a tv drama, yeah!
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
small victories
i slept the entire night last night without waking up once! it's the first time since i've been back in londontown.
still knackered though, so took a two-hour nap when i got home. as usual it was suppose to be a one-hour nap, but at least it wasn't the four hours like last time!
i have a practical theory test tomorrow in biochem, hmmm. of course it's important, but i am so calm about it it's ridiculous. i did my undergrad at UW (aka waterpoo) in canada, so i feel like if i can survive UW then i can survive anything!
my academic tutor ended up seeing me and my bad hair yesterday, but only for a brief moment. we ran into each other in the stairwell - him going up, me going down - and we just exchanged pleasantries before going our separate ways. nothing exciting at all. and business woman, we DEFINITELY have different tastes in men because i personally would not use the word "handsome" to describe your geriatric! :o)
i'll hold off on all this "jump him now!" business until after exams, when i can ponder my course of action at leisure...
more studying awaits me, WOOHOO!
CET
still knackered though, so took a two-hour nap when i got home. as usual it was suppose to be a one-hour nap, but at least it wasn't the four hours like last time!
i have a practical theory test tomorrow in biochem, hmmm. of course it's important, but i am so calm about it it's ridiculous. i did my undergrad at UW (aka waterpoo) in canada, so i feel like if i can survive UW then i can survive anything!
my academic tutor ended up seeing me and my bad hair yesterday, but only for a brief moment. we ran into each other in the stairwell - him going up, me going down - and we just exchanged pleasantries before going our separate ways. nothing exciting at all. and business woman, we DEFINITELY have different tastes in men because i personally would not use the word "handsome" to describe your geriatric! :o)
i'll hold off on all this "jump him now!" business until after exams, when i can ponder my course of action at leisure...
more studying awaits me, WOOHOO!
CET
Monday, January 16, 2006
miserable monday
you know today's going to be a bad day when:
a) it's monday
b) it's miserable outside
c) your hair dryer blows up when you're about to style your hair, hence leaving you with an automatic bad hair day (can we say "unwanted afro"?)
d) your academic tutor cancels the meeting you had with him today
e) your throat's slightly sore and phlegmy and you know it's a sign of illness to come
need i say more?
i suppose not meeting prof b today was okay, as he would've seen my bad hair, and of course i don't want him to see me like that! speaking of prof b:
thanks for all the comments! wow, i love it when i spark a conversation on my blog. suffice it to say, i may hold off on jumping him for now because i won't see him until february, after exams. it might also be tricky in terms of timing because while he's not my teacher until second year, as my academic tutor he's responsible for writing me a reference if i ever need one. i don't want to jeopardize that by having "relations" with him, though he would have EXTRA good things to say about me, that's for sure, hehehe...
besides, i think i'm talking a lot of talk and not necessarily walking the walk...i think i'm just verbalizing my fantasy more than actually going through with it. time will tell i suppose...
and yes, i believe business woman when she says older men know their stuff - she dated quite the geriatric, ha!
CET
a) it's monday
b) it's miserable outside
c) your hair dryer blows up when you're about to style your hair, hence leaving you with an automatic bad hair day (can we say "unwanted afro"?)
d) your academic tutor cancels the meeting you had with him today
e) your throat's slightly sore and phlegmy and you know it's a sign of illness to come
need i say more?
i suppose not meeting prof b today was okay, as he would've seen my bad hair, and of course i don't want him to see me like that! speaking of prof b:
thanks for all the comments! wow, i love it when i spark a conversation on my blog. suffice it to say, i may hold off on jumping him for now because i won't see him until february, after exams. it might also be tricky in terms of timing because while he's not my teacher until second year, as my academic tutor he's responsible for writing me a reference if i ever need one. i don't want to jeopardize that by having "relations" with him, though he would have EXTRA good things to say about me, that's for sure, hehehe...
besides, i think i'm talking a lot of talk and not necessarily walking the walk...i think i'm just verbalizing my fantasy more than actually going through with it. time will tell i suppose...
and yes, i believe business woman when she says older men know their stuff - she dated quite the geriatric, ha!
CET
Saturday, January 14, 2006
to seduce or not to seduce?
so, i've been having A LOT of thoughts of prof. b lately.
i think it's because there's absolutely NO action in my life that i'm starting to fixate on him. him most of the time, and a little bit of model boy thrown in once in a while!
i mean, even though we have a "teacher/student" relationship, he's 45 and i'm 28 - if we're two consenting adults (if he ever consented of course) then what's the problem?
when does "sleeping with teacher" go from absolutely wrong to okay?
on another topic, i had an e-mail exchange with me! and she definitely ROCKS in the seduction department! way to go girl!
she was told by the guy she seduced that she seemed like the "innocent type", and i admit i get that ALL the time! it frustrates me a bit. i mean, do i have to dress up like a whore before people see that i'm not so innocent, and quite capable of very not-so-innocent things? g said last night after dinner that my new haircut definitely makes me look older and more stylish, so perhaps that's a start!
i'm having dinner tonight with the evil hypnotist, and then we're going to watch "brokeback mountain". can't wait. maybe i should ask him what he thinks of all this...
CET
i think it's because there's absolutely NO action in my life that i'm starting to fixate on him. him most of the time, and a little bit of model boy thrown in once in a while!
i mean, even though we have a "teacher/student" relationship, he's 45 and i'm 28 - if we're two consenting adults (if he ever consented of course) then what's the problem?
when does "sleeping with teacher" go from absolutely wrong to okay?
on another topic, i had an e-mail exchange with me! and she definitely ROCKS in the seduction department! way to go girl!
she was told by the guy she seduced that she seemed like the "innocent type", and i admit i get that ALL the time! it frustrates me a bit. i mean, do i have to dress up like a whore before people see that i'm not so innocent, and quite capable of very not-so-innocent things? g said last night after dinner that my new haircut definitely makes me look older and more stylish, so perhaps that's a start!
i'm having dinner tonight with the evil hypnotist, and then we're going to watch "brokeback mountain". can't wait. maybe i should ask him what he thinks of all this...
CET
Friday, January 13, 2006
whew! never mind
so the underlined thing i was just blogging about turns out to be specific to the computer i'm using - apparently someone must've signed up for "RX Results" or whatever on this computer, and so this underlining automatically happens on webpages. weird.
if you don't see any underlined words at all and think i'm going crazy, you're 0.01% right!
CET
if you don't see any underlined words at all and think i'm going crazy, you're 0.01% right!
CET
don't click on the underlined words!
what the heck? i check my blog only to see words that are double-underlined, leading to "RX sponsored" searches if you hold your pointer over the words or click on it. i DID NOT do that, so someone/something must have. don't click on these words! i don't know what's going on but i'm going to get to the bottom of this.
CET ;o(
CET ;o(
weblinks
oh, the links don't seem to be working so here they are:
www.kttunstall.com
www.amplifico.net
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www.kttunstall.com
www.amplifico.net
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secret gig!
talk about how your day changes in an instant:
so i was home yesterday afternoon and desperately needed a nap, so i thought if i lay down for 1 hour that should be enough...4 hours later i get out of bed reluctantly, and head to my local library to check e-mail. at 5:55pm i read an email sent from the KT Tunstall website informing me of a secret gig at camden town, starting at 7:00pm! holy cow!
i called g and told her to get her ass to camden town right away. you had to buy the tickets first, either online or over the phone, but i didn't have my debit card or anything with me to buy online. i MAD RUSHED home to call the ticket line and finally got through after about three minutes. bought the tickets and was out the door by 6:20pm! got to the venue by 6:57pm and gabby arrived a minute later, whew! all that rushing was sort of for naught though, as they made us stand outside for another half hour to forty minutes before they started letting us in.
so this secret gig was put on as a fundraiser for the tsunami disaster. four acts came on before KT, and all of them were great in their own way. the first guy was a piano player and looked like an absolute geek, but his songs were so funny and catchy and i think his geekiness added to his performance. there was a girl singer/songwriter (i forget her name), a four-piece band (three guitars and one singer), and then one of the members of a band called amplifico came out and did her own thing. apparently KT's taken her under her wing. anyhoo, all of them did really well and were all very talented. then kt performed...
i was SO close to the stage - only one person seperated me from the front! KT was literally just two feet in front of me. her performance was awesome. she's so petite in person but she's got such a strong and unique voice, and she's so good with the between-song-banter too. very funny. all in all a kick-ass performance.
so that was my day. should've been studying but do you think i felt guilty? HELL NO! i love how life's unexpected like that.
oh, and favourite song lyric of the night (from the girl singer/songwriter): "...the pillow painted with your dreams..." or something like that...
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so i was home yesterday afternoon and desperately needed a nap, so i thought if i lay down for 1 hour that should be enough...4 hours later i get out of bed reluctantly, and head to my local library to check e-mail. at 5:55pm i read an email sent from the KT Tunstall website informing me of a secret gig at camden town, starting at 7:00pm! holy cow!
i called g and told her to get her ass to camden town right away. you had to buy the tickets first, either online or over the phone, but i didn't have my debit card or anything with me to buy online. i MAD RUSHED home to call the ticket line and finally got through after about three minutes. bought the tickets and was out the door by 6:20pm! got to the venue by 6:57pm and gabby arrived a minute later, whew! all that rushing was sort of for naught though, as they made us stand outside for another half hour to forty minutes before they started letting us in.
so this secret gig was put on as a fundraiser for the tsunami disaster. four acts came on before KT, and all of them were great in their own way. the first guy was a piano player and looked like an absolute geek, but his songs were so funny and catchy and i think his geekiness added to his performance. there was a girl singer/songwriter (i forget her name), a four-piece band (three guitars and one singer), and then one of the members of a band called amplifico came out and did her own thing. apparently KT's taken her under her wing. anyhoo, all of them did really well and were all very talented. then kt performed...
i was SO close to the stage - only one person seperated me from the front! KT was literally just two feet in front of me. her performance was awesome. she's so petite in person but she's got such a strong and unique voice, and she's so good with the between-song-banter too. very funny. all in all a kick-ass performance.
so that was my day. should've been studying but do you think i felt guilty? HELL NO! i love how life's unexpected like that.
oh, and favourite song lyric of the night (from the girl singer/songwriter): "...the pillow painted with your dreams..." or something like that...
CET
Thursday, January 12, 2006
here we go...
okay, so i think i need to explain this "numbers game" a little more, at least in the context of how i played it with g.
g had higher numbers, but the quality wasn't that great; i had lower numbers, but compared to g the quality was pretty good. THAT IS NOT TO SAY that you can't have both quality and quantity at the same time - it just so happened that g had one while i had the other. i'm sure MANY people have both quality and quantity and i think that's great. more power to them!
and i want to emphasize that having quantity does NOT make someone a woman/male slut! if anyone knows me they know i don't give a shit about stuff like that - i don't judge, and i live by the words "to each his own." if anything, i wish my numbers were a bit higher!
on the flip side of that coin, someone who has very low/non-existent quality or quantity is NOT a prude - it's just the way life has happened for them. again i stress, to each his own.
kapiche?
CET
g had higher numbers, but the quality wasn't that great; i had lower numbers, but compared to g the quality was pretty good. THAT IS NOT TO SAY that you can't have both quality and quantity at the same time - it just so happened that g had one while i had the other. i'm sure MANY people have both quality and quantity and i think that's great. more power to them!
and i want to emphasize that having quantity does NOT make someone a woman/male slut! if anyone knows me they know i don't give a shit about stuff like that - i don't judge, and i live by the words "to each his own." if anything, i wish my numbers were a bit higher!
on the flip side of that coin, someone who has very low/non-existent quality or quantity is NOT a prude - it's just the way life has happened for them. again i stress, to each his own.
kapiche?
CET
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
hmmm...
i've been missing the act of kissing lately. i feel a good snog session is what i need right now. that feeling was intensified today when i saw my academic tutor teaching a class - grrr! some days he looks really haggard (he's a workaholic), but today he was looking really good and i just wished he wasn't my academic tutor for an afternoon so we could get it ON!
i think i like him because even though he's older, he's got this boyish mischievousness about him. i wonder if it's really obvious to him that i want to jump his bones?
other than that not much to report, spent last night at classmate t's flat studying for exams. we had take out chinese and i ended up staying the night.
jetlag's improved somewhat, got about 6-7 hours of sleep last night so that's good.
as for "me!", were you at the new year's eve dinner at mutton face's house?
CET
i think i like him because even though he's older, he's got this boyish mischievousness about him. i wonder if it's really obvious to him that i want to jump his bones?
other than that not much to report, spent last night at classmate t's flat studying for exams. we had take out chinese and i ended up staying the night.
jetlag's improved somewhat, got about 6-7 hours of sleep last night so that's good.
as for "me!", were you at the new year's eve dinner at mutton face's house?
CET
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
sleepyhead
well, i got a whole five hours sleep last night, an improvement from the 2-3 hours i got on sunday. didn't go to bed until 2am, as i was watching "the matrix" on tv, and doing my biochem lab report at the same time. i am so bad for that, doing homework in front of the tv. i really have to get my act together and start taking this studying business seriously!
"the matrix" is such a good film, whether it's the first time you've seen it or the 31st. even though all the movies nowadays use the same type of computer-generated effects as in "the matrix", it was the first of its kind. for me it parallels "terminator 2" and the memetic poly-alloid (how geeky am i that i still know the name of that robot) - no one had done anything like it before.
so the "numbers" game generated some interest i see! i think it's funny how some people (i.e. kiwigirl) find it amazing that i can still count the number of guys i've kissed! what would you say your "kiss number" would be kiwigirl, if you could estimate? is it in the tens of thousands? hehehe, you know i'm joking...
saw e-mail today briefly, as she stopped over in london for a few hours before continuing her journey back to south africa. we saw each other quite a few times over the holidays, and when we hugged today it was sad because i won't be seeing her for quite some time now. :o(
got an update from my mom regarding chili: monday was his first day without my parents all day, as they went back to work. he cried alot and didn't eat his breakfast at all, poor baby! my grandma ended up hand-feeding him and letting him play in the family room, only for him to piss and crap on the carpet. nice. he had an exciting weekend of walks and a trip to the pet store to meet other dogs. sooooo unbelieveably cute! i'm so sad i'm missing chili growing up. it's funny because canuckian and i call home more now, not to chat with our parents but to get updates on how chili's doing!
anyhoo, best get on with my e-mailing, before heading to classmate t's place to study perhaps.
CET
p.s. if any guys read this, it would be interesting to know what your numbers are!
"the matrix" is such a good film, whether it's the first time you've seen it or the 31st. even though all the movies nowadays use the same type of computer-generated effects as in "the matrix", it was the first of its kind. for me it parallels "terminator 2" and the memetic poly-alloid (how geeky am i that i still know the name of that robot) - no one had done anything like it before.
so the "numbers" game generated some interest i see! i think it's funny how some people (i.e. kiwigirl) find it amazing that i can still count the number of guys i've kissed! what would you say your "kiss number" would be kiwigirl, if you could estimate? is it in the tens of thousands? hehehe, you know i'm joking...
saw e-mail today briefly, as she stopped over in london for a few hours before continuing her journey back to south africa. we saw each other quite a few times over the holidays, and when we hugged today it was sad because i won't be seeing her for quite some time now. :o(
got an update from my mom regarding chili: monday was his first day without my parents all day, as they went back to work. he cried alot and didn't eat his breakfast at all, poor baby! my grandma ended up hand-feeding him and letting him play in the family room, only for him to piss and crap on the carpet. nice. he had an exciting weekend of walks and a trip to the pet store to meet other dogs. sooooo unbelieveably cute! i'm so sad i'm missing chili growing up. it's funny because canuckian and i call home more now, not to chat with our parents but to get updates on how chili's doing!
anyhoo, best get on with my e-mailing, before heading to classmate t's place to study perhaps.
CET
p.s. if any guys read this, it would be interesting to know what your numbers are!
Monday, January 09, 2006
jetlag sucks the chunk monkey
holy crap, i think i'm delerious with lack of sleep. well, too much sleep followed by not enough. i think the 18 hours of sleep on friday was my downfall, as i got maybe three hours of sleep on saturday night, then three hours of sleep last night. went to bed at midnight last night and woke up at 3am, wide awake. went back to bed at 5am only to toss and turn until 7, when i got up to get ready for school. my head feels like a dense fog. let's see if i can post without making any mistakes!
about being on "the hunt": when i say my friends are on the hunt, i don't just mean "looking for mr. right/the father of my babies", i mean everything, from a quick shag/fuck buddy, to steady boyfriend/future husband.
spent saturday night catching up with g, as she arrived back in london from mexico that day. ate burnt pizza and talked and talked and talked until 3am - perhaps another reason for my jetlag. had quite an interesting discussion about our "numbers"; i made up categories, like number of guys you just kissed, number of guys you kissed and fooled around with (but not sex), and the number of guys you had sex with. let's just say one of us had "quality" while the other had "quantity!" why am i writing about this on my blog???
my passport expires in early february and i think i'm slightly screwed. you need a guarantor to sign your passport photo - someone in canada that i've known for two years - but hi, i'm in london. i'll probably end up sending my passport photos express post to someone in canada, and have them express post it back to me. such a hassle!
first day of school today and so far i've gotten nothing but positive comments about my haircut. good sign. the two lectures i had were a joke, especially the organic chem prof - bloody useless is all i can say. i almost wanted to grab the chalk out of his hand, tell him to sit down and shut up, and lecture the class myself!
the flatties get back today, should be interesting. flatmate s went ahead and got cable without consulting me - needless to say i sent an email telling her i wasn't going to pay for it - i mean how rude! she said she wanted cable so she could watch her "dr. who." WHATEVER!!!
time to buy groceries, go home and rest my foggy head.
CET
about being on "the hunt": when i say my friends are on the hunt, i don't just mean "looking for mr. right/the father of my babies", i mean everything, from a quick shag/fuck buddy, to steady boyfriend/future husband.
spent saturday night catching up with g, as she arrived back in london from mexico that day. ate burnt pizza and talked and talked and talked until 3am - perhaps another reason for my jetlag. had quite an interesting discussion about our "numbers"; i made up categories, like number of guys you just kissed, number of guys you kissed and fooled around with (but not sex), and the number of guys you had sex with. let's just say one of us had "quality" while the other had "quantity!" why am i writing about this on my blog???
my passport expires in early february and i think i'm slightly screwed. you need a guarantor to sign your passport photo - someone in canada that i've known for two years - but hi, i'm in london. i'll probably end up sending my passport photos express post to someone in canada, and have them express post it back to me. such a hassle!
first day of school today and so far i've gotten nothing but positive comments about my haircut. good sign. the two lectures i had were a joke, especially the organic chem prof - bloody useless is all i can say. i almost wanted to grab the chalk out of his hand, tell him to sit down and shut up, and lecture the class myself!
the flatties get back today, should be interesting. flatmate s went ahead and got cable without consulting me - needless to say i sent an email telling her i wasn't going to pay for it - i mean how rude! she said she wanted cable so she could watch her "dr. who." WHATEVER!!!
time to buy groceries, go home and rest my foggy head.
CET
Saturday, January 07, 2006
back in foggy londontown
so it's my first full day back in londontown, back to a frickin' cold flat and shite weather, yay!
don't worry, i'm not too negative at being back. Actually, it gets me into "study mode" - a mode i haven't been in for a while! i have three weeks until my exams so it's time to start crackin'!
seriously though, my flat is SO cold, and that's with all the radiators on at full blast! i've been wearing a toque at home!
i slept for 5 hours in the afternoon on friday, and another 13 hours last night to get over my jetlag...i still feel like i could sleep for another 13 more...
my flatmates don't get back until monday, so i have the place to myself. kinda quiet but kinda nice, as i can eat all the fish that i want (flatmate j has a severe fish allergy)! must break into the cans of tuna before monday.
just received word that a couple that i know (the one i mentioned a while ago - the girl's in the states while the guy is in alberta) are engaged. canuckian totally called that one, saying that the guy would probably ask the girl to marry him over christmas. i don't know if they read my blog but if they do, then CONGRATULATIONS!
it's strange because i only know people that are either a) married or engaged, or b) single and still on the "hunt". i don't know anyone in between. i know this is a natural progression as you get older, but it still feels weird to me when i hear of people getting engaged/married. maybe because i won't be at that stage for a LONG, LONG, LONG time, and feel no need to be in that stage either...
anyhoo, batteries running out on my laptop, gotta go!
CET
don't worry, i'm not too negative at being back. Actually, it gets me into "study mode" - a mode i haven't been in for a while! i have three weeks until my exams so it's time to start crackin'!
seriously though, my flat is SO cold, and that's with all the radiators on at full blast! i've been wearing a toque at home!
i slept for 5 hours in the afternoon on friday, and another 13 hours last night to get over my jetlag...i still feel like i could sleep for another 13 more...
my flatmates don't get back until monday, so i have the place to myself. kinda quiet but kinda nice, as i can eat all the fish that i want (flatmate j has a severe fish allergy)! must break into the cans of tuna before monday.
just received word that a couple that i know (the one i mentioned a while ago - the girl's in the states while the guy is in alberta) are engaged. canuckian totally called that one, saying that the guy would probably ask the girl to marry him over christmas. i don't know if they read my blog but if they do, then CONGRATULATIONS!
it's strange because i only know people that are either a) married or engaged, or b) single and still on the "hunt". i don't know anyone in between. i know this is a natural progression as you get older, but it still feels weird to me when i hear of people getting engaged/married. maybe because i won't be at that stage for a LONG, LONG, LONG time, and feel no need to be in that stage either...
anyhoo, batteries running out on my laptop, gotta go!
CET
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
:o( / :o)
tonight's my last night at home before i fly back to london for school.
i don't want to go back! i don't want to have to study. i love staying at home and eating all day. i love seeing all my friends. i love my family. i love my chili.
when you hear from me next i'll be back on the other side of the pond!
miss you already,
CET
i don't want to go back! i don't want to have to study. i love staying at home and eating all day. i love seeing all my friends. i love my family. i love my chili.
when you hear from me next i'll be back on the other side of the pond!
miss you already,
CET
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
first new year's post
holy, i blink and it's already january 3rd!
so, lots to report on. canuckian and i held a "puppy open house" for our friends, whereby they could meet chili and hang with us at the same time. it was great; chili was being nippy at the fingers and toes a bit, but other than that it was wonderful to see everyone again. business woman and her sister were so sweet, they brought a cake that said "welcome chili". there was so much food we actually didn't get around to eating it when everyone was here, so canuckian and i tucked into it afterwards. we're talking rich butter icing, glucose-saturated pound cake, mmm...the kind where you know the sugar will migrate DIRECTLY to your ass and thighs. sooo good.
the day before new year's eve, canuckian and i went to get our hair cut. i won't give too many details, but suffice it to say i came out of the hair salon with a very drastic new do! i'm still getting used to it but so far the comments have been positive. so g and kiwigirl, you'll just have to wait and see!
new year's was pretty good. e-mail and our friend (i shall call her "mutton face") threw a dinner party at mutton face's house - apparently the briscuit/brisket/brisquet was FABULOUS, though i wouldn't know as i don't eat beef! sorry, inside joke, you had to be there. we were supposed to go out dancing afterwards, but due to a slight ticket fiasco, we didn't get tickets to anything, so we ended up dancing in the den when the clock struck midnight! kind of "high-school dance party" - especially since e-mail busted out the old school tracks - but it was great! nothing like a little bel biv devoe to get your groove on.
talk about serendipity: i was suppose to meet sillyhead for drinks late last night. so i was downtown, with no idea where he was going to be except somewhere on henry street. i head to the cafe that i know of at the corner of baldwin and henry, and proceed to wait for him, leaving messages on his girlfriend's american cell phone (they're up visiting from ohio). i wait for forty-five minutes and was going to leave when i thought i'd give him one more chance and called the cell. he picked up finally and guess where he was? in the same cafe but in the other room! talk about weird! and the funny thing is that everytime i called his cell i heard a cell phone go off in the distance, but thought it was just a coincidence.
okay, enough blogging, it's 12:30 and i'm still in my jammies.
CET
so, lots to report on. canuckian and i held a "puppy open house" for our friends, whereby they could meet chili and hang with us at the same time. it was great; chili was being nippy at the fingers and toes a bit, but other than that it was wonderful to see everyone again. business woman and her sister were so sweet, they brought a cake that said "welcome chili". there was so much food we actually didn't get around to eating it when everyone was here, so canuckian and i tucked into it afterwards. we're talking rich butter icing, glucose-saturated pound cake, mmm...the kind where you know the sugar will migrate DIRECTLY to your ass and thighs. sooo good.
the day before new year's eve, canuckian and i went to get our hair cut. i won't give too many details, but suffice it to say i came out of the hair salon with a very drastic new do! i'm still getting used to it but so far the comments have been positive. so g and kiwigirl, you'll just have to wait and see!
new year's was pretty good. e-mail and our friend (i shall call her "mutton face") threw a dinner party at mutton face's house - apparently the briscuit/brisket/brisquet was FABULOUS, though i wouldn't know as i don't eat beef! sorry, inside joke, you had to be there. we were supposed to go out dancing afterwards, but due to a slight ticket fiasco, we didn't get tickets to anything, so we ended up dancing in the den when the clock struck midnight! kind of "high-school dance party" - especially since e-mail busted out the old school tracks - but it was great! nothing like a little bel biv devoe to get your groove on.
talk about serendipity: i was suppose to meet sillyhead for drinks late last night. so i was downtown, with no idea where he was going to be except somewhere on henry street. i head to the cafe that i know of at the corner of baldwin and henry, and proceed to wait for him, leaving messages on his girlfriend's american cell phone (they're up visiting from ohio). i wait for forty-five minutes and was going to leave when i thought i'd give him one more chance and called the cell. he picked up finally and guess where he was? in the same cafe but in the other room! talk about weird! and the funny thing is that everytime i called his cell i heard a cell phone go off in the distance, but thought it was just a coincidence.
okay, enough blogging, it's 12:30 and i'm still in my jammies.
CET
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