AHHHHHH!!! i've wanted to post in sooo long yet i have no time! even now this post is going to be but a short list of the stuff i want to properly write about but have no time to bang out on my computer. in the future i'd like to/will be posting about:
- randomly seeing a dead body (okay, it was under a blanket and it wasn't so random given my environment, but it was still jarring to my senses);
- a story about my grandfather, and why i want to record some of my family history on here;
- a discussion of my life's plan for the next couple of years (gulp)
i also want to get back to writing about my daily observances of all things strange, quirky, boring, sedate, whatever; i feel like this blog has lost its direction (well, if it had any in the first place) and i'd like to steer it back on track. ooo, and can i just say i'm headed back to london in a little over a week's time, and that i'm slightly excited at saying hello to coffee shop hottie again? let's hope he's still working there!
over and out for now,
CET :o)
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
skin? who needs skin?
hello hello!
yes i'm alive, but barely - i was thoroughly battered at my weekly softball game yesterday. stupid, stupid me thought it was a good idea to slide along the gravel into third base while wearing shorts - dumb, dumb, dumb - i ended up with a sizeable chunk of skin missing from my right leg and butt cheek. i also managed to hyper-extend some ligaments in my left ankle somehow, oh, and i got hit in the left shoulder/chest area with the softball. whew, i get tired just typing that! but CET is a trooper and stayed in the game even though her wounds were bleeding - i'm a trooper, RAWR! :o)
did i mention before that i might be getting published? my research project went so well that my supervisors didn't hesitate to ask me to be first author on the first paper to come out of our study - fingers crossed it will be accepted by our journal of choice without any major revisions! i'm excited because all this has been such a surprise, the icing on the cake - totally unexpected but much appreciated.
procreation: my lovely friend mr. bing had a baby boy at the end of june. sooo friggin' cute. huge feet and hands, like his mom. :o) two other friends also gave birth in the month of june, so three babies have been born out of the seven that i know are due this year! babies poppin' everywhere, like an epidemic.
i've also completed three of five weddings, with the fourth happening this weekend. freakin' insane.
i normally read (for pleasure) a lot over the summer - while on the subway, at lunch, etc. - but i haven't picked up a book at all since i've been home. i think it's because i've had to read billions of journal articles for my paper and also at my summer job, that i want to give my brain a break and let it relax. i want to make sure that i leave a bit of each day to just let life sink in a bit, instead of always go, go, go.
walking home today i came across a dead rat in the middle of the sidewalk, UGH. how did it die so randomly like that? my mom thinks people have put traps out and the mice ingest whatever poison is laid out and die a slow, painful death, outside of the house and on the street. hmmm.
so while absent from the blogosphere, life continues unbound. as always i hope to be a more consistent blogger (i'm surprised there are still people that check this site!) but of course i can't promise anything - i'm just glad you're still watching this space. :o)
wherever you are, i hope you're well and having a great summer!
love CET :o)
yes i'm alive, but barely - i was thoroughly battered at my weekly softball game yesterday. stupid, stupid me thought it was a good idea to slide along the gravel into third base while wearing shorts - dumb, dumb, dumb - i ended up with a sizeable chunk of skin missing from my right leg and butt cheek. i also managed to hyper-extend some ligaments in my left ankle somehow, oh, and i got hit in the left shoulder/chest area with the softball. whew, i get tired just typing that! but CET is a trooper and stayed in the game even though her wounds were bleeding - i'm a trooper, RAWR! :o)
did i mention before that i might be getting published? my research project went so well that my supervisors didn't hesitate to ask me to be first author on the first paper to come out of our study - fingers crossed it will be accepted by our journal of choice without any major revisions! i'm excited because all this has been such a surprise, the icing on the cake - totally unexpected but much appreciated.
procreation: my lovely friend mr. bing had a baby boy at the end of june. sooo friggin' cute. huge feet and hands, like his mom. :o) two other friends also gave birth in the month of june, so three babies have been born out of the seven that i know are due this year! babies poppin' everywhere, like an epidemic.
i've also completed three of five weddings, with the fourth happening this weekend. freakin' insane.
i normally read (for pleasure) a lot over the summer - while on the subway, at lunch, etc. - but i haven't picked up a book at all since i've been home. i think it's because i've had to read billions of journal articles for my paper and also at my summer job, that i want to give my brain a break and let it relax. i want to make sure that i leave a bit of each day to just let life sink in a bit, instead of always go, go, go.
walking home today i came across a dead rat in the middle of the sidewalk, UGH. how did it die so randomly like that? my mom thinks people have put traps out and the mice ingest whatever poison is laid out and die a slow, painful death, outside of the house and on the street. hmmm.
so while absent from the blogosphere, life continues unbound. as always i hope to be a more consistent blogger (i'm surprised there are still people that check this site!) but of course i can't promise anything - i'm just glad you're still watching this space. :o)
wherever you are, i hope you're well and having a great summer!
love CET :o)
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
bloodshot
hello to the few readers that are still out there!
i am REALLY starting to suck at this blogging thing, if i haven't already been sucking at it for a long time. other bloggers are just so much more disciplined about writing regularly, at times multiple posts in a day. and their writing style is definitely to be envied - they have such a distinct voice! - that i wonder whether my blog is just adding to the stinky blog crap out there. some blogs that i think are awesome are bete de jour, the pole affair, the over-educated nympho and the jinius. such different people from different walks of life with insightful, touching stories to share, all written with humour and tremendous wit.
life has been stressful since coming back from my week-long jaunt to londontown. i've had a manuscript to write, a new job to start and two presentations to do, the second one this thursday. i also have my weekly sports - frisbee, softball and beach volleyball - which leaves me pretty much wiped out by the end of the week.
i realized too that i know six people that are having babies this year. SIX! are we experiencing a another baby boom or is it just me?
i'm enjoying life but i also feel like i am just trying to survive it at the moment; my head is just barely above the water line. after this week i am seriously sleeping for three days straight.
this summer is going fly by like a streaker. i know it.
i hope this finds you all well!
CET :o)
i am REALLY starting to suck at this blogging thing, if i haven't already been sucking at it for a long time. other bloggers are just so much more disciplined about writing regularly, at times multiple posts in a day. and their writing style is definitely to be envied - they have such a distinct voice! - that i wonder whether my blog is just adding to the stinky blog crap out there. some blogs that i think are awesome are bete de jour, the pole affair, the over-educated nympho and the jinius. such different people from different walks of life with insightful, touching stories to share, all written with humour and tremendous wit.
life has been stressful since coming back from my week-long jaunt to londontown. i've had a manuscript to write, a new job to start and two presentations to do, the second one this thursday. i also have my weekly sports - frisbee, softball and beach volleyball - which leaves me pretty much wiped out by the end of the week.
i realized too that i know six people that are having babies this year. SIX! are we experiencing a another baby boom or is it just me?
i'm enjoying life but i also feel like i am just trying to survive it at the moment; my head is just barely above the water line. after this week i am seriously sleeping for three days straight.
this summer is going fly by like a streaker. i know it.
i hope this finds you all well!
CET :o)
Saturday, May 31, 2008
high highs and low lows
found out someone i used to work with passed away recently and suddenly. what is UP with this week in london???
CET :oS
CET :oS
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
is the stork following me?
i'm here in london for a week to attend evil hypnotist's wedding. over the past two days visiting with friends, i've found out two of them are pregnant! i am very happy for both women but must say i'm in a bit of a state of shock. i thought i was still in the "friends getting married" phase but apparently i'm running headlong into the "friends having kids" phase as well!
CET :o)
CET :o)
Sunday, May 18, 2008
a story about a cake
Once upon a time in a land far, far away, two women talking deep into the night. Shoe Gal and CET were discussing the heady topic of the number of men they had each slept with.
Upon hearing Shoe Gal's "magic number", CET joked "If you reach number X I will bake you a cake to celebrate!", knowing full well that Shoe Gal wasn't too keen on increasing that number anymore than she had to. The two women laughed and continued chatting until the early hours.
Fast forward to present day - Shoe Gal has met the "Man of her Dreams" and CET couldn't be happier for her, though laments to Shoe Gal that "Now you'll never reach number X so I'll never get to bake you a cake! Oh for shame!" Upon hearing Shoe Gal's account of CET's cry of despair over the lack of baked goods, the knightly Man of Shoe Gal's Dreams decides to take matters into his own hands, unbeknownst to CET.
The day he is to meet CET for the first time (also known as the "Hallowed Meeting of the Friends"), the Knightly Knight hatches his plan. He uses the instrument known as the "World Wide Web", combined with the tool "Canada 411" to look up bakeries in the Toronto area. You must be thinking "Oh how sweet, Knightly Knight is going to buy a cake for CET" but oh no dear readers, he goes one step further: he is going to bake the cake himself, but he needs some help. Knightly Knight may be knightly and all, but he can't bake a cake to save his life.
(phone ringing)
Hippie Bakery Lady: "Hello?"
Knightly Knight: "Hello! I would like you to help me bake a cake."
HBL: "We have plenty of cakes here at our bakery, why don't you pop by and choose one?"
KK: "Oh no, I want to bake the cake myself but I need you to help me."
HBL: "Um sir, we don't allow customers into the kitchen to bake their own cake; I am sorry but I cannot allow it."
KK: "I understand dear Hippie Bakery Lady, but if you listen to me tell my tale and deem it a worthy one, will you relent and allow me to bake a cake with you?"
HBL: "Hmmm, well this story had better be a good one."
Knightly Knight proceeds to weave the tale of Shoe Gal's magic number and how she'll never reach number X now that she's found KK, because he will be her last. "A cake will be lost because of me, so I am determined to make it up to CET," he says. Hippie Bakery Lady is entranced by the tale and deems it a worthy one, so she agrees to allow Knightly Knight into her kitchen where they will bake a cake like no other.
A few hours later the deed is done; a cake emerges from the depths of the bakery - deep, rich chocolate covered in an oozing waterfall of caramel and coconut - the likes of which few have seen and few will ever see. Knightly Knight is pleased.
At the appointed time and place that evening, Shoe Gal brings Knightly Knight to have an audience with CET. Their greeting is warm and friendly; in his hands Knightly Knight is holding a big white box that puzzles both Shoe Gal and CET. With a flourish he presents the box to CET and recounts the events of the day, leading up to this glorious masterpiece. Both Shoe Gal and CET are shocked and overwhelmingly impressed; the cake is an edible aria that delights all the senses. With this simple act Knightly Knight has accomplished three things:
1) He has made an immediately grand and lasting impression on CET, which is of extreme importance in any relationship - the winning over of the significant other's friends;
2) He has gained a multitude of brownie points with Shoe Gal, resulting in lots of hot nooky that Knightly Knight has so richly deserved;
3) He has baked a cake that will go down in history not only for it's unbelieveable taste, but for the story attached to it that will be passed on through the ages.
They all sat down and thoroughly enjoyed the chocolate and caramel dream, and all was well in the Kingdom.
Moral of the story: If you're a dude dating a chick, bake her friends a cake.
THE END
CET :o)
Upon hearing Shoe Gal's "magic number", CET joked "If you reach number X I will bake you a cake to celebrate!", knowing full well that Shoe Gal wasn't too keen on increasing that number anymore than she had to. The two women laughed and continued chatting until the early hours.
Fast forward to present day - Shoe Gal has met the "Man of her Dreams" and CET couldn't be happier for her, though laments to Shoe Gal that "Now you'll never reach number X so I'll never get to bake you a cake! Oh for shame!" Upon hearing Shoe Gal's account of CET's cry of despair over the lack of baked goods, the knightly Man of Shoe Gal's Dreams decides to take matters into his own hands, unbeknownst to CET.
The day he is to meet CET for the first time (also known as the "Hallowed Meeting of the Friends"), the Knightly Knight hatches his plan. He uses the instrument known as the "World Wide Web", combined with the tool "Canada 411" to look up bakeries in the Toronto area. You must be thinking "Oh how sweet, Knightly Knight is going to buy a cake for CET" but oh no dear readers, he goes one step further: he is going to bake the cake himself, but he needs some help. Knightly Knight may be knightly and all, but he can't bake a cake to save his life.
(phone ringing)
Hippie Bakery Lady: "Hello?"
Knightly Knight: "Hello! I would like you to help me bake a cake."
HBL: "We have plenty of cakes here at our bakery, why don't you pop by and choose one?"
KK: "Oh no, I want to bake the cake myself but I need you to help me."
HBL: "Um sir, we don't allow customers into the kitchen to bake their own cake; I am sorry but I cannot allow it."
KK: "I understand dear Hippie Bakery Lady, but if you listen to me tell my tale and deem it a worthy one, will you relent and allow me to bake a cake with you?"
HBL: "Hmmm, well this story had better be a good one."
Knightly Knight proceeds to weave the tale of Shoe Gal's magic number and how she'll never reach number X now that she's found KK, because he will be her last. "A cake will be lost because of me, so I am determined to make it up to CET," he says. Hippie Bakery Lady is entranced by the tale and deems it a worthy one, so she agrees to allow Knightly Knight into her kitchen where they will bake a cake like no other.
A few hours later the deed is done; a cake emerges from the depths of the bakery - deep, rich chocolate covered in an oozing waterfall of caramel and coconut - the likes of which few have seen and few will ever see. Knightly Knight is pleased.
At the appointed time and place that evening, Shoe Gal brings Knightly Knight to have an audience with CET. Their greeting is warm and friendly; in his hands Knightly Knight is holding a big white box that puzzles both Shoe Gal and CET. With a flourish he presents the box to CET and recounts the events of the day, leading up to this glorious masterpiece. Both Shoe Gal and CET are shocked and overwhelmingly impressed; the cake is an edible aria that delights all the senses. With this simple act Knightly Knight has accomplished three things:
1) He has made an immediately grand and lasting impression on CET, which is of extreme importance in any relationship - the winning over of the significant other's friends;
2) He has gained a multitude of brownie points with Shoe Gal, resulting in lots of hot nooky that Knightly Knight has so richly deserved;
3) He has baked a cake that will go down in history not only for it's unbelieveable taste, but for the story attached to it that will be passed on through the ages.
They all sat down and thoroughly enjoyed the chocolate and caramel dream, and all was well in the Kingdom.
Moral of the story: If you're a dude dating a chick, bake her friends a cake.
THE END
CET :o)
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
mmm, brownie...
my mom's friend came by with a plate of brownies...i'm getting distracted by the thought of them downstairs - gooey, rich, chocolatey goodness, mmm - i'm just going to pop down for a bite (make that a mouthful, who am i kidding, several mouthfuls), even though it's past 11pm at night.
one moment please...
*deep, satisfying sigh*
that shit is good.
does anyone who read this blog watch "the hour"? they had a contest on the show to see what the "greatest thing ever" was; the final was between sex and velcro. sex won (OF COURSE) but i swear if sex was pitted against chocolate it would be a totally different outcome. i'm not even kidding.
ANYHOO, much has happened since my last proper post over two weeks ago. nothing juicy or gossipy to report, just the busy-ness of life and random musings in general. in the past two weeks i've:
- joined an ultimate frisbee team, a softball team and a beach volleyball team (yes, i'm crazy);
- had a friend visit from chicago and another one from london (though i ended up not being able to meet up with him);
- spent mother's day planting flowers in the front garden that canuckian and i bought for my mom (hopefully they'll live up to their name of "perennial" and we'll see them next year);
- filled out a survey about blogs that had me thinking about this blog and what it's all about;
- been continually amazed at the great blogs out there and the quality writing that abounds in them...blog envy? perhaps. more like writing envy; and
- bruised my arm from the palm of my hand up to my elbow
oh! and i have a wicked story about a cake (yes a cake, but not just ANY cake, a chocolate cake with caramel and coconut drizzled icing, OH YES) that i want to share with you all. can you tell i'm thinking of nothing but FOOD at the moment???
okay, okay, i will blog about all this but now i'm tired, plus i want more brownie. i swear, how do people find time to blog, let alone compose and edit their posts? sleep beckons, food beckons...
i think sleep wins this round.
CET :o)
p.s. blogger on macs sucks - there are less buttons for all the stuff you want to do. here are the links for "the hour", "greatest thing ever" and the blog survey i filled out:
http://www.cbc.ca/thehour
http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/greatest_wk7.php
http://betedejour.blogspot.com/2008/05/bte-report-truth-about-stats-and-blogs.html
one moment please...
*deep, satisfying sigh*
that shit is good.
does anyone who read this blog watch "the hour"? they had a contest on the show to see what the "greatest thing ever" was; the final was between sex and velcro. sex won (OF COURSE) but i swear if sex was pitted against chocolate it would be a totally different outcome. i'm not even kidding.
ANYHOO, much has happened since my last proper post over two weeks ago. nothing juicy or gossipy to report, just the busy-ness of life and random musings in general. in the past two weeks i've:
- joined an ultimate frisbee team, a softball team and a beach volleyball team (yes, i'm crazy);
- had a friend visit from chicago and another one from london (though i ended up not being able to meet up with him);
- spent mother's day planting flowers in the front garden that canuckian and i bought for my mom (hopefully they'll live up to their name of "perennial" and we'll see them next year);
- filled out a survey about blogs that had me thinking about this blog and what it's all about;
- been continually amazed at the great blogs out there and the quality writing that abounds in them...blog envy? perhaps. more like writing envy; and
- bruised my arm from the palm of my hand up to my elbow
oh! and i have a wicked story about a cake (yes a cake, but not just ANY cake, a chocolate cake with caramel and coconut drizzled icing, OH YES) that i want to share with you all. can you tell i'm thinking of nothing but FOOD at the moment???
okay, okay, i will blog about all this but now i'm tired, plus i want more brownie. i swear, how do people find time to blog, let alone compose and edit their posts? sleep beckons, food beckons...
i think sleep wins this round.
CET :o)
p.s. blogger on macs sucks - there are less buttons for all the stuff you want to do. here are the links for "the hour", "greatest thing ever" and the blog survey i filled out:
http://www.cbc.ca/thehour
http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/greatest_wk7.php
http://betedejour.blogspot.com/2008/05/bte-report-truth-about-stats-and-blogs.html
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
sorry sorry sorry!
been really busy with stuff but my head's (somewhat) full of stuff to blog...just need enough time to sit down uninterrupted! hope everyone's well - will be back to blogging soon!
CET :o)
CET :o)
Friday, April 25, 2008
i just found myself on youtube
no, no, no, it's not porn (just in case you were wondering)...i was an actor in a trailer for a film a good friend of mine shot many years ago, i didn't realize he had uploaded it onto youtube! eek! you could click on the link and then click on the you tube link from his webpage, but i won't be telling you which video clip in particular features moi. judging by my low reader numbers however, i'm pretty sure most of you that read this are my friends and will figure out which clip i'm in. enjoy!
CET :o)
CET :o)
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
shoo flu shoo, don't bug me!
two different viruses in two weeks! ugh, what an existence as of late.
glad to report that all that remains (knock on wood) is an itchy throat, runny nose and moments of phlegm. you needed to know that of course.
while i'm home in toronto i want to post pics and talk about it the way i do about london when i'm there. i've already noticed lots of things around my work that i want to photograph...just been waiting for the snow to melt and the sun to come out. now that it has i must remember to carry my camera...
creepy white guy/asian fetish: it's funny how there's so many blogs/articles/books/opinions out there about this topic that i can do a blogroll on it alone - box of jack - stuff white people like - how not to attract an asian woman - okay, so a blogroll of three so far but you get what i mean. everyone has an opinion!
CET :o)
glad to report that all that remains (knock on wood) is an itchy throat, runny nose and moments of phlegm. you needed to know that of course.
while i'm home in toronto i want to post pics and talk about it the way i do about london when i'm there. i've already noticed lots of things around my work that i want to photograph...just been waiting for the snow to melt and the sun to come out. now that it has i must remember to carry my camera...
creepy white guy/asian fetish: it's funny how there's so many blogs/articles/books/opinions out there about this topic that i can do a blogroll on it alone - box of jack - stuff white people like - how not to attract an asian woman - okay, so a blogroll of three so far but you get what i mean. everyone has an opinion!
CET :o)
Friday, April 11, 2008
i feel influenza
CET has missed work this week because of the flu. it hit her like a mac truck on monday morning and raged within her until wednesday evening, when it was replaced by influenza's good friend the HEAD COLD FROM HELL. can sinuses hurt anymore than this? i don't think so.
you know the video to feist's song "i feel it all?" it makes me emotional. it's weird, i know - the video's just of leslie feist running around oil drums giving off fireworks - but the combination of visual and aural, of bursts of light in time with her wonderful music and voice, makes me teary and red-eyed. perhaps it just my sinuses doing their inflamed thing but i don't think so. i love it. i love that music does that to me.
CET :oS
you know the video to feist's song "i feel it all?" it makes me emotional. it's weird, i know - the video's just of leslie feist running around oil drums giving off fireworks - but the combination of visual and aural, of bursts of light in time with her wonderful music and voice, makes me teary and red-eyed. perhaps it just my sinuses doing their inflamed thing but i don't think so. i love it. i love that music does that to me.
CET :oS
Friday, March 28, 2008
"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:
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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)
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:
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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)
Sunday, March 09, 2008
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)
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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)
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)
Thursday, March 06, 2008
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)
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)
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
holy mutha
it's fair to say that i'm overwhelmed.
today was my first day at the centre where i'm doing my research project. met with most of my supervisors and fleshed out what's going to happen/what needs to happen in the next three months i'm there. all of my supervisors are bloody brilliant (i.e. friggin' smart), but one in particular left me slightly quaking by his genius. actually, it was watching the speed at which his mind works added to all the tech-speak pouring out of his mouth, directed at me, that left me feeling exhausted just listening to him.
i need my shower and i need my bed. my brain is fried.
eek.
CET :oS
today was my first day at the centre where i'm doing my research project. met with most of my supervisors and fleshed out what's going to happen/what needs to happen in the next three months i'm there. all of my supervisors are bloody brilliant (i.e. friggin' smart), but one in particular left me slightly quaking by his genius. actually, it was watching the speed at which his mind works added to all the tech-speak pouring out of his mouth, directed at me, that left me feeling exhausted just listening to him.
i need my shower and i need my bed. my brain is fried.
eek.
CET :oS
Saturday, February 23, 2008
hot pot
well it's been three days since i got home...it's funny how my life is so different here than in london, primarily because i live with the parental unit while in toronto. there is always this "lull" when i first get home, settling in and whatnot, before my life picks up again. i have a feeling my time here will be busy.
i LOVE it when the plane isn't full and i get two seats to myself, ahhh...it's time like these that i curse not choosing the middle aisle, thereby getting a whole FOUR seats to myself!
i finally finished reading "the amber spyglass" by philip pullman, the last book in "his dark materials" trilogy, while on the plane home. i'm always kind of sad when i finish such a great book - i want to stay immersed in their world a little while longer - and you never have another chance to read the book for the first time. i would LOVE a daemon, though perhaps i already have one but just can't see him?
here are a few more pics of london (while walking along the southbank) the sunday before i left:
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browsing for books
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some guy on the edge of the thames at low tide creating a sand sculpture of a sea turtle
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i liked the line of trees
CET :o)
i LOVE it when the plane isn't full and i get two seats to myself, ahhh...it's time like these that i curse not choosing the middle aisle, thereby getting a whole FOUR seats to myself!
i finally finished reading "the amber spyglass" by philip pullman, the last book in "his dark materials" trilogy, while on the plane home. i'm always kind of sad when i finish such a great book - i want to stay immersed in their world a little while longer - and you never have another chance to read the book for the first time. i would LOVE a daemon, though perhaps i already have one but just can't see him?
here are a few more pics of london (while walking along the southbank) the sunday before i left:
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browsing for books
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some guy on the edge of the thames at low tide creating a sand sculpture of a sea turtle
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i liked the line of trees
CET :o)
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
change
i'm leaving london for toronto today. i'm starting a research project back home, although it will count towards my degree here. just finished packing my life up (how did i acquire so much?). my bed beckons.
whether i leave toronto for london or london for toronto, every single time i feel like i'm leaving just when things are good. like michael buble's song, "home", "it's like i stepped outside, when everything was going right."
don't get me wrong, i love going home, but i will definitely miss my londontown. here are some pics from the last few days:
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Brockwell Park
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View of the London Skyline from the Southbank
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Christchurch in my beloved Spitalfields
goodbye london! hello toronto!
CET :o)
whether i leave toronto for london or london for toronto, every single time i feel like i'm leaving just when things are good. like michael buble's song, "home", "it's like i stepped outside, when everything was going right."
don't get me wrong, i love going home, but i will definitely miss my londontown. here are some pics from the last few days:
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Brockwell Park
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View of the London Skyline from the Southbank
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Christchurch in my beloved Spitalfields
goodbye london! hello toronto!
CET :o)
Sunday, February 10, 2008
beautiful things
EXAMS ARE DONE, WOOHOO! and that's all i'm going to say about that. :o)
i came across this blog where the author chronicles three beautiful things that happen in her life each day. i have a week to bring you up to date on, and i can't keep it to just three, but i will pinch the format for today's post:
Beautiful Things In the Past Week:
1. sitting on the side of the bathtub with nunuk at 3am after a night of dancing after my last exam; we were soaking our aching, dance-worn feet while munching on fried chicken and chips.
2. chatting with coffee shop hottie and finding out he was born in the year of the monkey (making him 27).
3. having the time to wander around my favourite haunts (coffee shop, spitalfields, brick lane) without a care in the world.
4. going to bluewater with some friends and buying a sexy, very scandalous top.
5. finally starting philip pullman's "the amber spyglass" and being totally engrossed in it, so much so that i got in trouble at the pharmacy by my boss (but i didn't care). I LOVE IOREK.
6. celebrating the year of the rat with family, friends, parades, fireworks and GOOD FOOD.
7. a beautiful weekend of weather here in londontown.
8. youngin' telling me in his indirect, boyish but sincere way that he doesn't want to see me leave england. it made me smile.
number 8 happened at the school bar on friday; i was working and he showed up, buying me G&Ts (a job where you can drink on the job!) and chatting with me for a few hours before heading out with his mates for a boys' night on the town. he asked me what my plans were after graduation (i still have over a year left); i told him most likely i'll be going home to canada, though i have had thoughts lately about qualifying here in england first. he then proceeds to tell me that england needs more people like me, that i'm unique (although he used the word "obscure" i think, hahaha) and that he'll be sad to see me go. he then leaned over the bar and gave me a quick kiss on the cheek before dashing off.
before you get any negative thoughts in your head don't worry, nothing happened or will happen; i just think we share a mutual fondness for each other and that was his way of telling me he'll miss me. his speech reminds me of the scene from "bridget jones' diary" where bridget makes an ass of herself in front of everyone at the darcy's anniversary party when it's announced that mark darcy is moving to new york; she gives a speech about england losing its "top person" and "legal brain" and when youngin' gave his little schpiel to me, that scene came to mind.
i got this off of youtube (of course); it's a little long and i think it downloads a bit slow, but the scene's somewhere in the middle and it still cracks me up:
CET :o)
i came across this blog where the author chronicles three beautiful things that happen in her life each day. i have a week to bring you up to date on, and i can't keep it to just three, but i will pinch the format for today's post:
Beautiful Things In the Past Week:
1. sitting on the side of the bathtub with nunuk at 3am after a night of dancing after my last exam; we were soaking our aching, dance-worn feet while munching on fried chicken and chips.
2. chatting with coffee shop hottie and finding out he was born in the year of the monkey (making him 27).
3. having the time to wander around my favourite haunts (coffee shop, spitalfields, brick lane) without a care in the world.
4. going to bluewater with some friends and buying a sexy, very scandalous top.
5. finally starting philip pullman's "the amber spyglass" and being totally engrossed in it, so much so that i got in trouble at the pharmacy by my boss (but i didn't care). I LOVE IOREK.
6. celebrating the year of the rat with family, friends, parades, fireworks and GOOD FOOD.
7. a beautiful weekend of weather here in londontown.
8. youngin' telling me in his indirect, boyish but sincere way that he doesn't want to see me leave england. it made me smile.
number 8 happened at the school bar on friday; i was working and he showed up, buying me G&Ts (a job where you can drink on the job!) and chatting with me for a few hours before heading out with his mates for a boys' night on the town. he asked me what my plans were after graduation (i still have over a year left); i told him most likely i'll be going home to canada, though i have had thoughts lately about qualifying here in england first. he then proceeds to tell me that england needs more people like me, that i'm unique (although he used the word "obscure" i think, hahaha) and that he'll be sad to see me go. he then leaned over the bar and gave me a quick kiss on the cheek before dashing off.
before you get any negative thoughts in your head don't worry, nothing happened or will happen; i just think we share a mutual fondness for each other and that was his way of telling me he'll miss me. his speech reminds me of the scene from "bridget jones' diary" where bridget makes an ass of herself in front of everyone at the darcy's anniversary party when it's announced that mark darcy is moving to new york; she gives a speech about england losing its "top person" and "legal brain" and when youngin' gave his little schpiel to me, that scene came to mind.
i got this off of youtube (of course); it's a little long and i think it downloads a bit slow, but the scene's somewhere in the middle and it still cracks me up:
CET :o)
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