"promise not to stop when i say when"

hello readers!

long time no post. no one particular reason really...writer's block? void of thought? hibernation mode? busy but lazy at the same time? take your pick really.

highlights:

a classic girls' night out with sue, vij, canuckian and i: we had a yummy dinner full of good food and long-awaited gossip/catch-up, followed by glamming ourselves up and then heading out for some drinking and dancing. even if the club we ultimately found ourselves in was a bit on the slow side (where was everyone that saturday evening? obviously we didn't know where the "hip" spots were) we had a marvelous time. we shook our respective booties to the beat and i dropped some cheesy 80's dance moves (think "the butterfly") into the mix for some laughs. i chuckle to myself when i think that no matter how glammed up i get, no matter how hot i look in my backless top, when i'm on the dance floor with friends the goofy moves inevitably make an appearance. nothing screams "hot stuff" like doing the running man. :o)

FOO FIGHTERS CONCERT: OH MY GOD CANUCKIAN AND I WENT TO SEE THE FOO FIGHTERS ON SATURDAY AND IT EFFIN' ROCKED SO BIG TIME THAT I'M TYPING THIS ALL IN CAPITALS TO CONVEY HOW EFFIN' AWESOME IT WAS!!! I AM IN SOME SERIOUS LOVE WITH THAT DAVE GROHL - HE IS JUST PURE MAGIC - MUSICALLY TALENTED, FRIGGIN' HILARIOUS, CAN ROCK OUT WITH THE BEST OF THEM - THAT IS WHAT I WANT IN A MAN! OH, AND RUSH MADE AN APPEARANCE, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT??? WHAT A TREAT. RUSH AND THE FOO FIGHTERS ON THE SAME STAGE. EFFIN' ACE. HERE ARE SOME CRAPPY PICS FROM MY CAMERA:





i am still on my foo fighters high. mmm...

canuckian's in new orleans (i.e. n'awlins) at the moment for a conference. lucky bum gets to experience some lovely weather. i told her to buy me stuff. hopefully she will.

my research is going i suppose, the data i need from a certain department is finally coming in in drips and drabs...i don't want to get into it too much as it'll consist of me bitchin' and moanin' about office politics and whatnot...i get bored just thinking about it, let alone typing it all out for you to read it and get bored reading it...MOVIN' ON...

chili doesn't know it but i've arranged a playdate with him and two of my friends' dogs next saturday, two lovely bulldogs named aiko and norm! it'll be the first time they meet so i really do hope they get along. chili loves just about everyone (man or beast) but sometimes they don't love him back - may this not be the case with aiko and norm!

musings:

no musings to report really...like many people i have thoughts and opinions on many things constantly swirling in my head...none of these thoughts settle for long enough to crystallize into anything significant, at least not as of late. oh well, no worries...one can't be so introspective all the time!

gossip:

talk about a cyber-soap opera: i've been reading bete de jour (an ugly man's guide to life, love and happiness) and apparently bete has slept with his best friend's ex, right after they broke up! OH, and his best friend might have multiple sclerosis! sordid shit fo sho. check out their blogs, not only for the drama but for some pretty awesome writing too (well, bete's mainly, his best friend is very angry right now - totally understandable - and just swears a lot).

okay, i think that's about it.

CET :o)

another perspective

found this and thought it was an interesting post on being single. kind of relates (in a way) to my post from yesterday.

CET :o)

floundering in the snow

yet another snowstorm to hit toronto is right on top of us at the moment...have already been outside twice to shovel the snow (thank god for snowblowers)...this weather event has resulted in CET, along with most people in the city, being shut up in their homes hibernating/willing the snow to go away. i actually don't mind all the snow, i just hate being stuck at home on the weekend!

research project: a bit slow-going but it's getting there, just waiting on some data to come in. the supervisor who i'm in awe of is actually based in the states so i won't have too much contact with him...it's all good now as he doesn't intimidate me as much anymore, not after i had to tell him who justin timberlake was...funny story that. anyhoo, i'm deep in the middle of research for my literature review and i must say, lit reviews are not a favourite of mine.

musing: this past week and a half has seen me meet up with two friends of mine (separately), each with the news that they have found "the one". i am in awe of this because these two women are not the "typical" women who believe in the one and actively seek him out - if anything they don't believe in the one at all - but BAM! it happened, when they never expected it to.

i don't believe in "the one" or "your soulmate". why can't your soulmate be your twin, your friend, a family member? why can't you have more than one soulmate? why is there always such an emphasis on romantic love and not familial love or friendship love? and how come people always conveniently seem to find their soulmate at a time when they (according to society) should get married? i'm not saying it's not genuine for my two friends (and i am sooo happy for them both); yes i'm cynical but perhaps i'm also feeling the societal pressure of finding "my match", especially when i see it happening to people around me. a friend of mine said we need to "get our crap together, hurry up and track down our guys". i don't know about that.

i guess i'm somewhat conflicted because on one hand i find you always meet someone when you least expect it (i know i have), so a part of me thinks i should just do my thing and it'll happen when it happens. another part of me though knows you can't sit around waiting for that person to come along, you have to be pro-active about it, so putting yourself out there, whether it be joining an online dating site or just being more forward in approaching people (i.e. do whatever works for you), is definitely a good thing.

so which is it? one or the other or a little of both? if it does happen when you least expect it, then actively seeking people out will mean you DO expect it, so then perhaps it won't happen? who the fuck knows.

anyhoo, that's my musing for the day. thoughts and comments always welcome. i think i'm experiencing a bit of cabin fever.

word up!

CET :o)

quick note

i have a bit to blog about but need time to construct it and put it together. this is not helped by the fact that the internet connection's in canuckian's room and she's being a stroppy biatch at the moment. hahaha, i know she'll read this and say "SHUT UP COW!" ahhh, gotta love it.

yes we do have wireless but the hub is in her room, attached to her computer, which needs to be on in order for the wireless to work. her computer hums (as all computers do), thus resulting in canuckian's biatchiness because although it's not even 10pm, she needs her BEAUTY SLEEP.

as she would say "whatevs."

i think "the hills" is the worst thing to hit TV.

will blog more when i can!

CET :o)