How was the net geek feeling while fishing by the jetty? Quay-bored!

Life – what a funny ride, really!

So today, I had work from 9am-2pm. Standard, nothing special about that. Straight afterwards, however, I was scheduled to go for a picnic for a friend’s birthday which was to be immediately followed by a nighttime endeavour for another friend’s day of days. Given I’ve also got work tomorrow morning, and not wanting to lug around all my clothes etc, I decided to just take my things for the evening with me at the start of the day.

2pm arrives, I’m in the changeroom – oh good lord! Embarrassment! Have I brought a pair of mismatched shoes? YES! Are they actually for the same foot, so I can’t wear them even if I wanted to? YES! Ah! Fail! Don’t get me wrong, had they been slightly appropriate, this wouldn’t have been an issue, but there was no way i could wear chunky black solid closed-in shoes with a tight and frilly dress. Not happening.

Alas, an emergency pit stop to Wittner, just across the road was required. Thankfully it was pay day today – not that I was intending on this purchase. Just as I stepped outside, however, new soles on the ground, CRASH! BAM! and pouurrrrrrrr….a thunderstorm! Crazy. And so, in brand new shoes, I ended up soaking wet anyway.

Eventually, I trampsed my way to the picnic (not the greatest break-in mind you) where I spent a lovely afternoon celebrating and eating with my posse, if you will.

And then! The day took another turn!

There is debate over whether facebook on one’s mobile is a good thing. Maybe it was a little antisocial, but come 4-5pm ish, I felt a quick check was in order. Well, wasn’t I glad I did?! Because, a congratulatory message had been posted on my wall, because of this:

http://www.mimco.com.au/Blog.aspx?CategoryId1=90&CategoryName1=Blog

Wahoooo!!! Oh man, what excitement! What joy! Brought a big smile to the face

Life is always unpredictable – today, it gave me a few giggles.

Welcome to my world!

I don’t know how many of you know that I am originally from the South. I hail from the great state of Florida, (Go Gators!) from a little area called Pensacola. Its in the panhandle right underneath Mississippi and Alabama.

When most people think of Florida they think of sunshine, warm beaches, bathing suits, Disney World and pristine oceans.

Not me.

I think of front porch sittin’, flea markets, gas station hang outs, dead cars torn to bits in the front yard, ladies in curlers smokin’ a cigarette and homes you can take with you when you decide it’s time for a change of scenery.

That’s right. I come from the trailer park. Surprised? Yeah, I didn’t think so.

I’ve lived in Utah most of my life but there’s a sayin’ that says “You can take the girl out of the honky-tonk but you can’t take the honky-tonk out of the girl.” Well, things rings true not just for this girl, but for her entire family. Now I want you to know that I love my family. I do, Heaven help me. But just because I love them doesn’t mean I can’t make light of the crazy drama they create and decide to share with the world.

Like last night for instance….

Here’s a mini back story to catch you up really quick: My little sister has 2 little girls and has no desire to do anything to better her or her children’s lives. She likes to see how much she can get from people before they get sick of it. Apparently, it’s been my mom’s turn to get pushed for the past, pshhhh….month or so. Mama finally got tired of it and told my sister she needs to start being a mom and blah blah blah.

Now you’re caught up. Anyway, my sister decides that “she’s a good mama and doesn’t need this anymore,” then starts getting all riled up and eggin’ my mama on. And my poor mama, not always knowin’ when to walk away, starts gettin’ riled up herself and  returning the terms of endearment in her own special way. It’s too cold outside durin’ all this or else I’m sure they would have taken this outside to let the neighbors know how much affection they have for each other at this particular moment.

Well, my sister at this time has decided now that the audience is too small and wants a little more testosterone present. She starts telling my mama “why don’t you hit me so I can call the cops and get you arrested.” Then she said something else and mama snapped and punched her in the shoulder. I know. I groaned when I heard that too.

Now Dawn decides to add some salt to the wound and says she’s gonna call the cops and mama will be arrested for domestic violence. Mama, however, preempts Dawn’s threat and calls the cops herself and tells them, “I just got into a fight with my daughter and I hit her in the shoulder. Come and arrest me.” Mama sure showed Dawn! She called ‘em first just to say that Dawn didn’t.

The cops show up and try and find out what happened. From mama’s report, “they sure did look like they were having a hard time keepin’ a straight face.” (I’m just really glad she was telling me this over the phone because I was havin’ a little giggle fit myself.) Well, neither of them file any sort of  official report but the cops said that if they got called out again then mama was gonna have to go to jail. Spooked mama somethin’ fierce. And my poor step-daddy just doesn’t know what to do in all of this. He finally tells Dawn to leave and she gets all up on her high horse and gets all “Oh no you didn’t!” on him and tells him “she ain’t leaving until she’s good and ready.” So mama decides to leave and not tell anyone where she’s goin’. Always a good idea when she’s not exactly in the most happy of places.

Mama ends up going to her sister’s house in SLC and hides out there for a bit. Next day, she’s still fumin’ hot and decides that my step-daddy and my sister are in cahoots together and that she just won’t take that. She got herself an apartment in SLC to show them that she’s an independent woman who don’t need nobody. She can do it all herself! (Just a bit of an over reaction if you ask me.)

Well, now we come to now. Mama and the step-daddy are talkin’ again but the crazy sister is still at the house and no one knows about the secret apartment. (Shhh! Don’t tell her I told you.) I’m sure we’ll get my sister out of the house one of these days. I’m think. They babies are always welcome. She, however, only gets a limited time offer, you know, when she actually leaves. I wonder if mama is ever gonna be able to live in her own house again? I guess that’s what I get for thinkin’, huh?

I’m not lying about this. I’m not clever enough to make anything like this up. This is my family.

Aren’t you glad you know me?

People laugh everyday. I mean, you can’t honestly look back at everything that happened today and say that you didn’t snicker the tiniest bit at something you heard, saw, or even thought about…can you?

Have you ever laughed really hard, so hard you probably did pee a little, and then actually thought about what a true joy it is to be able to laugh? Laughing is a way to express the amusement you find out of something someone said or did. Even the smallest chuckle shows what appreciation you have towards the person or thing that helped take your mind off of other things around you.

So, thank you, to everyone that made me laugh today. I needed it, even if you don’t realize it.

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I just noticed today that I had surpassed 100 posts.

That’s a lot of words.  It would appear that I have a lot to talk about.. Or more likely I’m just longwinded ..a bit of a babbler..

Regardless, I was taking a look at the original reasons that I started this blog… and thought I’d see how much I’d “progressed”.. if at all….

So, to revisit.. Here are what amounts to my New Year’s resolutions.. and thoughts on the same…

one of my many recent adventures.. this was Oktoberfest.. good times!!

• Get a job. Preferably one I love and can utilize my skills – mocking others and my insane knowledge of useless trivial information. I am thinking “game show host”.

I, unfortunately, have not become a game show host. I KNOW! What a waste!  However, I have discovered that my ultimate goal is to be a writer.. well, I’m already a writer… but I mean write and get paid for it… like, huge money.. . You know, be on Oprah and stuff.. … Now, as far as the job dealio is concerned, I haven’t secured a traditional 9-5 thing.. which is great.. because I’m really not a 9-5 type of chick.. One thing I’ve discovered is that I like working from home.. or wherever I happen to be.. and also like to work at weird hours (that’s the bohemian creative thingy there methinks..)  So, I’m doing some consulting work.. which is very, very cool. I like it.

• Move. I love the house I bought. LOVE IT. That’s the biggest bitch about this whole deal. However, I want to live closer to Waterloo where I can see my kids more regularly and be near my friends and people that I love. Do they have any game shows in Waterloo?

I DID move.. to St. Catharines.. to live with my BFF Jodi.  Which is awesome because she rocks.  However, ultimately want to be back in the K-Dub.  I love Kitchener-Waterloo. A LOT.  Big fan.  I am saying aloud that I plan on being back by February.. putting it out into the Universe, so to speak.. gonna make it happen!

• Find me a boyfriend. I like boys. A lot. However, I seem to be somewhat smarter than many of them and this seems to scare them off. Or it’s my insane good looks. Or my lack of ego. Or the fact that I have spent the last month in my rec room and actually don’t meet humans. I am also removing myself from any internet dating crap (more on that another time). Time to put on my big girl pants and meet aforementioned humans.

This is a tricky one. You see.. I haven’t been ENTIRELY truthful when it comes to the “love” section of the blog.. well, I did take myself off all the internet dating stuff.. mind you, I had a relapse and went back on for a bit.. Chatted with a few guys.. but.. really didn’t have any interest in meeting most.. met a couple.. and.. yeah, not so much. And, removed myself again.

So, to be truthful about this.. hmmm… well, I’ve had some “dates”..  and they were fun and all.. a couple of boys that I liked.. but.. y’know.. nothing came of it.. didn’t work out for various reasons.. so there ya go.

And I’ve rethought this actually.. I guess I don’t so much want a “boyfriend” as just a social life.. which I actually have!! I’ve had a lot of fun lately.. meeting new people and doing fun stuff with some great friends. And really.. fun is the operative word.. I mean, I could “have a boyfriend” if I REALLY wanted one.. I get asked out and stuff. . but.. I want the “right” guy.. ..smart and funny.. Should I be cruising the Perimeter Institute? Comedy clubs?

I know there’s a guy out there for me.. the Universe will send him my way when it’s the right time..   So I’m in no rush.. and not worried about it. Obviously whoever he is is just not ready for me yet.  After all, I AM a lot to handle….  I’ll just have fun in the meantime!

• Adopt a healthier lifestyle. i.e. more veggies, less crap, less liquor (unless it’s a special occasion, like, Tuesday..) more exercise. This will be my greatest challenge as you actually have to get off the couch….

This one.. I’ve been.. pretty good with.. I have been eating less crap.. and have been getting more exercise (really should do more crunches though..) I walk dogs for about 60-90 minutes a day (about 5-6K) and all my pants are too big.. so that’s going pretty well. Less liquor?  Well.. ..  let’s put it this way.. if I DIDN’T do all the walking, I’d likely weigh about 300lbs…

So I actually think I’ve done pretty well with them… I’m happy with my progress. But… still working on it and it’s getting better every day…

Is beauty really in the eye of the beholder? Is it all around us, or only where you look for it?
What does beauty look like?  What does it sound like? Feel like?

Well yes,sure beauty does really lie in the eye of the beholder.Anything i find attractive need not be seen in the same way be you….and for good.
Or we would all end up liking the same person if we all found just one person attractive!!
I Remember the time when during graduation,one of my close friend used to often talk with this, well, i can say ‘not so attractive guy’ ( If you know what i mean !).
And we used to ask her if she were in love with that person for any dumb luck of hers and of course to the good luck of the guy…
And the reply was a groan with her eyes rolling suggesting we were completely insane to even ask something like that…
i recieved a call from her recently after years of our Jobs seperating us.And guess what people…The two are getting married next year!
well it really made me think about this guy in question in a whole new perspective and changed my whole thought process..
Different people will find different things beautiful and these differences of opinion don’t matter greatly.
It made me think there is something beautiful about a person that we all cannot see. It appeals to one’s Soul. It makes them complete.That is what makes them beautiful.
Yes, this is what i find so strange about attraction and beauty (inner and outer), feelings and emotions.

[ And it makes me wonder who came up with this quote....And I Guess it was some poor guy with a real ugly girlfriend!(Sorry for that dumb PJ).]

Jokes apart,But i do tend to think if this quote appeals to all five senses? (Taste, Touch, Smell, Sight, Sound).And now i believe it does,
because beauty is combined with pleasure and sorrow as well…Because it is sometimes the unseen which is more beautiful….
it is the silence that is more powerful than words….it is only the vague that you sometimes seem to understand….It is sometimes pain that that eases your soul….
As for me,Beauty looks like the morning rays kissing the lacy seas and the waters glittering in acknowledgment,Beauty sounds like a baby’s laughter.
And Beauty feels like a tight hug from someone you love and the winds circling and dancing around you as if to make that moment special…

But no matter what the saying goes…..women will never be happy about the way they look…
But its ironic that whenever we talk of beauty we somehow tend to relate it to a WOMAN.
I just feel that when GOD created woman he was surely trying to show off !! Ha ha…( Man,I am so glad to be a woman ! )
In some article i read, the observation was made that women tend to see more detail than men .
Tadaa so there lies the culprit ! And there are always moments when we are either feeling superior or inferior,better off or worse off than
compared to others
No doubt the superior moments are elating…but there are just some rare times when you feel EQUAL.
When we think of beauty the thought of we being the BEST or trying to become the BEST creeps and dwells in our mind….
But we need to know that there is no such thing as “BEST” in a world full of individuals…

We are all Beautiful !!

Cheers

♣Nairobi

1.  A politician went to God. “You’ve been unfair,” he told God, “I didn’t have any control over my death.” 

“Think of the people in your canton, thanks to you they didn’t even have control over their lives” God shot back.

“But I promised them heaven” 

“And you delivered. Welcome-All your friends are right here.” 

“No. Please let me go to hell,” shouted the politician

2.       What do you call a chicken with two heads? ‘Chickenheads’ 

3.      Why did Humpty sit on the wall and Mary’s lamb go to school? To torture nursery school kids. 

4.       Why are dogs faithful? Their ancestors went to church, so. 

5.      The math teacher shouted in her class, “What is Pythagoras theorem?” 

  “A theory on the lifecycle of pythons,’ replied a student. 

6.      “I am a famous industrialist,” boasted a man. “I have 21 industries and twenty politicians in my hand”

        “Thank God. At least you’ll have one factory left,” his friend couldn’t help but comment.

WELL WE HAD A BUSY WEEKEND. FRIDAY I WENT TO THE NEW MOVIE “NEW MOON” LOVED IT! I WAS SO EXCITED FOR THIS MOVIE. MY SISTER GOT MY MOM AND I TICKETS SO THE THREE OF US WENT TO THE MOVIE AND HAD A BLAST! I NEED TO FINISH READING THE SERIES. I LOVE VAMPIRES.

SATURDAY MORNING WE GOT UP EARLY AND RAN ERRANDS OH SO MUCH FUN… NOT. WELL IT IS FUN JUST BECAUSE WE ARE ABLE TO SPEND GOOD TIME TOGETHER. THEN WE HEADED TO HORSESHOE BEND FOR A DRIVE. I NEEDED TO GET OUT OF TOWN AND BREATH SO WE WENT FOR A DRIVE. THERE IS THIS LITTLE STORE THERE I LOVE TO GO INTO. WE BUY THESE CANDLES THERE AND THEY SMELL UP YOUR HOUSE JUST BY TAKING THE LID OFF! SATURDAY NIGHT WE WENT OVER TO OUR FRIENDS HOUSE FOR DINNER AND HAD SO MUCH FUN. WE GOT TO MEET THE FAMILY THAT MY GOOD FRIEND WAS A SURRAGATE FOR! THEY WERE AMAZING.

SUNDAY MORINGIN WE WOKE UP AND CLEANED THE HOUSE A LITTLE THEN IT WAS OFF TO MY BABY SHOWER! I HAD TWO SPECIAL FRIENDS THROW ME A BABY SHOWER AND IT TURNED OUT GREAT. I PLAN ON HAVING 2 BABY SHOWERS FOR THE FACT THAT I HAVE A HUGE FAMILY AND TONS OF FRIENCS. TOO MANY TO DO IN ONE SITTING! SO I HAD MOST OF MY WORK FRIENDS COME TO THE FIRST ONE AND BOY WERE WE SPOILED! HERE ARE SOME PICTURES FOR YA!

OK SO MY BEST FRIEND (SISTER) IN THE WHOLE WORLD MADE THIS PHOTO FRAME FOR ME. I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH HER!

MY REALLY GOOD FRIEND KARINE HAND MADE ALL OF THESE FOR US. SHE KNEW WE WERE DOING LADYBUGS! LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE.

MY BOSS AND HIS WIFE BOUGHT ME THIS CUTE LITTLE OUTFIT!

THIS IS TAMI AND LACIE MY REALLY GOOD FRIENDS THAT WERE SO KIND TO THROW ME THIS AMAZING BABY SHOWER.

OVER ALL WE WERE SO SPOILED BY OUR BABY SHOWER. I CAN NOT BELIEVE HOW MANY PEOPLE CARE SO MUCH AND ARE SO EXCITED TO CELEBRATE WITH US IN BRINGING HOME OUR MIRACLE. THANK YOU ALL FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AND ALL THAT WAS GIVEN TO US. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.

TODAY IS OUR LITTLE GIRL’S DUE DATE. SO FAR WE HAVE NO UPDATES BUT WE ARE ALL HOPING AND PRAYING FOR OUR BIRTHPARENTS AND HOPING TO HAVE OUR LITTLE GIRL HOME SOON FOR THE HOLIDAYS. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO FINALLY HAVE OUR FAMILY COMPLETE.

Sometimes you just have to smile at the small things in life that tickle you… admist the oblique and harrowing times that small slice of light that is offered to you. Im thankful for the people I happen to chance upon who manage this. Producing proper belly-tingling chuckles, sometimes even without the slightest intention of being funny. And in my less generous moments, that ability to be dense that manages to momentarily startle you, and you’re aware you’re treading a fine line between laughing with them…. and well, you fill in the rest.

  I was speaking to a good friend yesterday, bemoaning the joys of the male species and one particular specimen, questioning what on earth we had in common, to which she looked at me deadpan and without missing a beat replied: “Well, you are both human”… and for this, I have to applaud her.

The ability to simplify the most complex and puzzling down to its more organic matter… little wonder that she’s a scientist perhaps. More relevant and impressive though, was the fact that she managed to interrupt my slightly-over-dramatic-rantings (yes, occasionally they do exist and utterances get delivered in a less than an eloquent repose, who’d have thought?!) and stop me in my tracks for a good minute. I hope everyone has someone in their daily lives that manages to bring a little bit of asininence and undiluted daftness to their preceedings.

Because sometimes life can just get just a little bit too serious and you get just that little bit too focused and fraught in spinning plates and juggling, you feel like you might forget the ‘enjoyment’ bit that should be centre field. And in those times I wish I had a pocketfull of that mirth to help keep me in the right direction and break it down to what it should all be about.

And in the words of Winnie the Pooh…

“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like “What about lunch?””

“Creative companies have fashioned “Drink Responsibly” messages that both sell and warn about the product. A recent TV spot from Diageo’s Captain Morgan rum, for example, showed two guys coming out of a sports bar, walking into a pizza place and ordering a pie. The counterman asks, “For here or to go?” “Delivery,” they reply, followed by a scene in which the pizza man drives them and their pie home, with the message, “Always designate a driver. Drink responsibly.”

Ever since
I started this blog
All I have done
Is slog and slog…

This is too choice! In the safest city in the world, the US Embassy is now warning Americans to stay away from Roppongi. This story was circulating widely on Twitter yesterday, and I laughed out loud. Based on the photo above, I guess the warning only applies to Americans (^_-)

From Kosins Attorney at Foreign Law blog, I must quote the entire post:

The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo reissued its July 10, 2009 warning advising American citizens from frequenting bars and clubs in the Roppongi area of Tokyo due to drink-spiking incidents. As stated in the American Citizenship Services (ACS) Newsletter, the U.S. Embassy “continues to receive reliable reports of U.S. citizens being drugged in Roppongi-area bars.”

The U.S. Embassy continues to receive reliable reports of U.S. citizens being drugged in Roppongi-area bars. Most reports indicate that the victim unknowingly drinks a beverage that has been secretly mixed with a drug that renders the victim unconscious or stuporous for several hours, during which time large charges are fraudulently billed to the victim, sums of money are charged to the victim’s credit card, or the card is stolen. Victims sometimes regain consciousness in the bar or club, while at other times the victim awakens on the street. Assaults on Americans have also been reported in connection with drink-spiking.

U.S. citizens are strongly encouraged to maintain a high level of vigilance, be aware of local events, and take the appropriate steps to bolster their personal security.

I have been invited to talk at a well-known cultural space/bar next week in Roppongi. Do you think I should only invite Japanese and Europeans?

At home I am the gourmet chef
I always make a big deal
Of the breakfast that I prepare
Including the humble oatmeal!

A man’ s home is his castle
He will protect it with fervour
The same applies to our computer room
That houses the office server…