Biron.
That is all.
2024 Book Club Notes
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Saturday, December 31, 2005
Friday, December 30, 2005
And So Another Year Ends.
Well, I guess there is technically one more day left, but for all intensive purposes, 2005 is over. Without a doubt 2005 has been the most exciting year of my life, thus far. The biggest reason for that is I got married. I also started a job in my field, even though I am starting to have second thoughts about it. But I won't go there right now. I saw my family from England for the first time in ten years. I finally met someone from Colin's mum's side of the family, which was extremely important and special to me. And, after all these years of wanting to to return to Aloha paradise, I honeymooned in Hawaii.
2006 should be an interesting year since I have my 10-year high school reunion. I can't believe I graduated from Crofton 10 years ago! And I graduated from UBC five years ago. And this year I am really on the downslide to thirty...
The past few days have been lots of fun. We finally bought our big screen TV. We upgraded from a 21-inch screen to a 46-inch HDTV compatible TV. It make sense for a couple like Colin and me to have such a gargantuan TV: we love our movies and our hockey. I am looking forward to watching the Canucks-Wild game tomorrow on our new TV.
Colin and I decided last minute to through a small New Year's Eve get together. Ringing in the New Year with close friends is always fun.
Goodbye 2005 and hello 2006!
Oh yeah, if you ever need to buy anchovies, they aren't with the other canned fish, they are in the refrigeratedsection at the back of the grocery store, with the cheese.
This is not some random comment, I spent a good 20 minutes walking around Safeways tonight looking for anchovies.
2006 should be an interesting year since I have my 10-year high school reunion. I can't believe I graduated from Crofton 10 years ago! And I graduated from UBC five years ago. And this year I am really on the downslide to thirty...
The past few days have been lots of fun. We finally bought our big screen TV. We upgraded from a 21-inch screen to a 46-inch HDTV compatible TV. It make sense for a couple like Colin and me to have such a gargantuan TV: we love our movies and our hockey. I am looking forward to watching the Canucks-Wild game tomorrow on our new TV.
Colin and I decided last minute to through a small New Year's Eve get together. Ringing in the New Year with close friends is always fun.
Goodbye 2005 and hello 2006!
Oh yeah, if you ever need to buy anchovies, they aren't with the other canned fish, they are in the refrigeratedsection at the back of the grocery store, with the cheese.
This is not some random comment, I spent a good 20 minutes walking around Safeways tonight looking for anchovies.
Thursday, December 22, 2005
White Christmas
While most Vancouverites will be enjoying a warmish, wet, green Christmas I am guaranteed a White Christmas. No I did not rent/invest in a snowmaker, I am heading to Whistler. I have never spent Christmas in Whistler before so I am really looking forward to it. Plus I really just need to get the heck out of Vancouver right now.
Work has been brutal the last few weeks. To put it in a nutshell the Marketing Manager has been indisposed and with no warning I was left to run the entire marketing department. It was tough at first, especially since I hate chaos and uncertainty, but once things were organized I felt a lot better.
But I am thankful just to get away for a few days and have a few days off! It's not my usual minimum 2-week Christmas holiday that I have become accustomed to, but it could be worse. I am taking tomorrow off, and the office is closed till December 28th. Then it's back for two days and then off for New Years. I don't really understand why I have to go in for two days next week, but I have pretty much used up all my vacation time, so I will have to keep that in mind next Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
Work has been brutal the last few weeks. To put it in a nutshell the Marketing Manager has been indisposed and with no warning I was left to run the entire marketing department. It was tough at first, especially since I hate chaos and uncertainty, but once things were organized I felt a lot better.
But I am thankful just to get away for a few days and have a few days off! It's not my usual minimum 2-week Christmas holiday that I have become accustomed to, but it could be worse. I am taking tomorrow off, and the office is closed till December 28th. Then it's back for two days and then off for New Years. I don't really understand why I have to go in for two days next week, but I have pretty much used up all my vacation time, so I will have to keep that in mind next Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
David Letterman Stalks New Mexican Woman...
Just when you thought there couldn't possibly be anymore room on this planet for crazy people another one pops up. This time it is a woman from New Mexico who has created such a fantasy world for herself that she actually belives David Letterman is stalking her via his Late Show monologues.
Here is one of many articles on the story - this is from the Mail & Guardian Online
http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/other_news/&articleid=259765
Man that woman is crazy... It is scary to think though the people like this actually do exist!
Here is one of many articles on the story - this is from the Mail & Guardian Online
http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/other_news/&articleid=259765
'Letterman must not think of me'
Santa Fe, New Mexico
22 December 2005 12:34
Lawyers for David Letterman want a judge to quash a restraining order granted to a Santa Fe woman who contends the CBS late-night television host used code words to show he wanted to marry her and train her as his co-host.A state judge granted a temporary restraining order to Colleen Nestler, who alleged in a request filed last Thursday that Letterman has forced her to go bankrupt and caused her "mental cruelty" and "sleep deprivation" since May 1994.Nestler requested that Letterman, who tapes his show in New York, stay at least three yards (2,7m) away and not "think of me, and release me from his mental harassment and hammering".Lawyers for Letterman, in a motion filed on Tuesday, contend the order is without merit and asked state District Judge Daniel Sanchez to quash it.Letterman's long-time Los Angeles lawyer, Jim Jackoway, said Nestler's claims are "obviously absurd and frivolous".Nestler's application for a restraining order was accompanied by a six-page typed letter in which she said Letterman used code words, gestures and "eye expressions" to convey his desires for her.She wrote that she began sending Letterman "thoughts of love" after his Late Show began in 1993, and that he responded in code words and gestures, asking her to come East.The motion to quash the order contends the court lacks jurisdiction over Letterman, that Nestler never served him with restraining order papers, and that she didn't meet other procedural requirements. -- Sapa-AP
Santa Fe, New Mexico
22 December 2005 12:34
Lawyers for David Letterman want a judge to quash a restraining order granted to a Santa Fe woman who contends the CBS late-night television host used code words to show he wanted to marry her and train her as his co-host.A state judge granted a temporary restraining order to Colleen Nestler, who alleged in a request filed last Thursday that Letterman has forced her to go bankrupt and caused her "mental cruelty" and "sleep deprivation" since May 1994.Nestler requested that Letterman, who tapes his show in New York, stay at least three yards (2,7m) away and not "think of me, and release me from his mental harassment and hammering".Lawyers for Letterman, in a motion filed on Tuesday, contend the order is without merit and asked state District Judge Daniel Sanchez to quash it.Letterman's long-time Los Angeles lawyer, Jim Jackoway, said Nestler's claims are "obviously absurd and frivolous".Nestler's application for a restraining order was accompanied by a six-page typed letter in which she said Letterman used code words, gestures and "eye expressions" to convey his desires for her.She wrote that she began sending Letterman "thoughts of love" after his Late Show began in 1993, and that he responded in code words and gestures, asking her to come East.The motion to quash the order contends the court lacks jurisdiction over Letterman, that Nestler never served him with restraining order papers, and that she didn't meet other procedural requirements. -- Sapa-AP
Man that woman is crazy... It is scary to think though the people like this actually do exist!
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Elexmas
You know it had to happen sooner or later... no, not the election. Me, writing a blog entry about it.
Of all the times of year to hold an election, what a stupid time. Christmas! It's not like we have anything going on in our lives. Way to go Harper! You couldn't wait till the new year... nope, you couldn't.
I, like many Canadians, have decided to ignore the election for now. I will begin paying attention January 3rd, after the Christmas holidays, when I go back to work, when the election should have been called.
Christmas, as fun as it is, is also a very insane time of year and the last thing Canadians need right now is to turn their already frazzled minds to four, crazy politicians.
Maybe I'm lucky. I know a lot about Canadian politics, at least that's what my university transcript says. I know what the parties stand for, and 20 days should be suffice enough for me to rummage through their election promises to figure out who best run this country.
Actually, I already know how I'm voting - Liberal. Many of you will agree with this choice, while many of you may think I'm insane. How can I support a party that is so corrupt.
Law of deduction...
I wouldn't vote for a party whose sole purpose is to break up this great nation. Besides, I don't live in Quebec, so I can't vote for the Bloc anyways.
I live in BC. I won't vote NDP.
That leaves the Greens, the Conservatives and the Liberals.
I don't really have a concrete reason for not voting for the Greens, I guess I am just too mainstream, and can't look outside/am not ready to look outside the box.
I would vote Conservative if Mackay were in charge, and the party had a more PC flavour. Progressive Conservative that is. I used to vote PC. Then came the wolf in sheep's clothing. The uniting of the right: a blend of Alliance and Progressive Conservative. Hmmmm.... What ever happened to the PC component of that equation. As long as crazy people from Alberta like Harper (and his predecessor, Day) are in charge of that party, forget it.
Leave abortion alone. Leave gay marriage alone. Last time I checked Canada was a progressive nation, always moving forward. Oh, that's right, I forgot, the Progressive was dropped from the Conservatives.
Which, by logical deduction, leaves the Liberal party.
Every time one of the four Prime ministerial hopefuls show up on TV (most often the news), I change the channel. From now, until January 3rd, the only election coverage I'm watching is on Air Farce, the Rick Mercer Report and This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
You can learn a lot about the current campaign from these shows: for instance, I learned from the Rick Mercer report today that Harper's 5% GST won't kick in till 2011. Do the math on that one: even if a majority is elected January 23, and stays in term for the full five years, which never ever happens, an election will have to be called before the GST reduction comes into effect.
There's something to chew on.
Merry Elexmas.
Of all the times of year to hold an election, what a stupid time. Christmas! It's not like we have anything going on in our lives. Way to go Harper! You couldn't wait till the new year... nope, you couldn't.
I, like many Canadians, have decided to ignore the election for now. I will begin paying attention January 3rd, after the Christmas holidays, when I go back to work, when the election should have been called.
Christmas, as fun as it is, is also a very insane time of year and the last thing Canadians need right now is to turn their already frazzled minds to four, crazy politicians.
Maybe I'm lucky. I know a lot about Canadian politics, at least that's what my university transcript says. I know what the parties stand for, and 20 days should be suffice enough for me to rummage through their election promises to figure out who best run this country.
Actually, I already know how I'm voting - Liberal. Many of you will agree with this choice, while many of you may think I'm insane. How can I support a party that is so corrupt.
Law of deduction...
I wouldn't vote for a party whose sole purpose is to break up this great nation. Besides, I don't live in Quebec, so I can't vote for the Bloc anyways.
I live in BC. I won't vote NDP.
That leaves the Greens, the Conservatives and the Liberals.
I don't really have a concrete reason for not voting for the Greens, I guess I am just too mainstream, and can't look outside/am not ready to look outside the box.
I would vote Conservative if Mackay were in charge, and the party had a more PC flavour. Progressive Conservative that is. I used to vote PC. Then came the wolf in sheep's clothing. The uniting of the right: a blend of Alliance and Progressive Conservative. Hmmmm.... What ever happened to the PC component of that equation. As long as crazy people from Alberta like Harper (and his predecessor, Day) are in charge of that party, forget it.
Leave abortion alone. Leave gay marriage alone. Last time I checked Canada was a progressive nation, always moving forward. Oh, that's right, I forgot, the Progressive was dropped from the Conservatives.
Which, by logical deduction, leaves the Liberal party.
Every time one of the four Prime ministerial hopefuls show up on TV (most often the news), I change the channel. From now, until January 3rd, the only election coverage I'm watching is on Air Farce, the Rick Mercer Report and This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
You can learn a lot about the current campaign from these shows: for instance, I learned from the Rick Mercer report today that Harper's 5% GST won't kick in till 2011. Do the math on that one: even if a majority is elected January 23, and stays in term for the full five years, which never ever happens, an election will have to be called before the GST reduction comes into effect.
There's something to chew on.
Merry Elexmas.
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
This past weekend I went on a hunt through my parents' house for my copy of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. It was tucked away in a box, which was one of many boxes filled my (and Andrew's) old toys and books. Of course, it was in the very last box.
I vaguely remember reading this book. I think I was in Grade 5, maybe Grade 4. Up to that point only four versions had been published: the original, published in 1950, a second version published in 1980, and mine: the television tie-in special edition, published in 1988, and another version published in 1988. I am sure, however, many more have been published since then.
As I mentioned, I have the TV tie-in edition. This particular edition accompanied the then made-for-TV BBC Mini series.
And now, seventeen years later, the motion picture version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is about to be released... which is why I was tearing apart my parents' house looking for my copy of this timeless book. You see, I don't remember the story, at all. All I do remember is that there is a lion, a witch, and a wardrobe which leads to Narnia. And the only other thing I remember is that one of the children had a thing for turkish delight.
I tried turkish delight for the first time when I first read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I remember thinking it was magical and mystical, because you could get all the turkish delight you wanted in Narnia. Of course now all I have to do is go to Purdy's to pick some up...
I vaguely remember reading this book. I think I was in Grade 5, maybe Grade 4. Up to that point only four versions had been published: the original, published in 1950, a second version published in 1980, and mine: the television tie-in special edition, published in 1988, and another version published in 1988. I am sure, however, many more have been published since then.
As I mentioned, I have the TV tie-in edition. This particular edition accompanied the then made-for-TV BBC Mini series.
And now, seventeen years later, the motion picture version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is about to be released... which is why I was tearing apart my parents' house looking for my copy of this timeless book. You see, I don't remember the story, at all. All I do remember is that there is a lion, a witch, and a wardrobe which leads to Narnia. And the only other thing I remember is that one of the children had a thing for turkish delight.
I tried turkish delight for the first time when I first read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I remember thinking it was magical and mystical, because you could get all the turkish delight you wanted in Narnia. Of course now all I have to do is go to Purdy's to pick some up...
Friday, December 02, 2005
Separated at Birth?
For those you who watch SportsNet Pacific and the Daily Show have you ever wondered if Don Taylor and John Stewart are related?
Their looks, their mannerisms, their idiosycrasies are so eerily similar that you really do have to wonder if they were separated at birth...
So pay close attention the next time you watch your Canucks news and then tune in later for the Daily Show...
Their looks, their mannerisms, their idiosycrasies are so eerily similar that you really do have to wonder if they were separated at birth...
So pay close attention the next time you watch your Canucks news and then tune in later for the Daily Show...
Hawaii the Blog
Hawaii the Blog has now been posted - check out the October archives and look for October 19th! Warning: this is a very long blog entry!!
I've Lost the Will to Blog...
I don't know what's up with me, but I haven't felt like blogging much lately. I've been super busy and haven't had anything creative to type. Heck, I haven't even posted my Hawaii blog yet and I've been back in town for 6 weeks now.
The last month at work has been extremely busy, and December is showing no signs of letting up. Then there's my 3 volunteer positions with my sorority, plus I am now a class rep for CHS and trying to organize a 10-year reunion; and I have to start planning for Christmas.
Ah well, next week kicks off the party season, with three Christmas parties in less than a week, so it's all good.
I've been watching that How Clean is Your House show on the Women's network. I think it has inspired me somehow: I cleaned my apartment from top to bottom today - I can't get over how clean my oven is, I keep staring at it - which, when you think about, is really quite sad.
I found out this week there is going to be a Canadian version of America's Next Top Model: Canada's Next Top Model. I absolutely love ANTM. In fact it is the only reality show I watch, besides the Amazing Race, so I am looking foward to the Canadian version.
The last month at work has been extremely busy, and December is showing no signs of letting up. Then there's my 3 volunteer positions with my sorority, plus I am now a class rep for CHS and trying to organize a 10-year reunion; and I have to start planning for Christmas.
Ah well, next week kicks off the party season, with three Christmas parties in less than a week, so it's all good.
I've been watching that How Clean is Your House show on the Women's network. I think it has inspired me somehow: I cleaned my apartment from top to bottom today - I can't get over how clean my oven is, I keep staring at it - which, when you think about, is really quite sad.
I found out this week there is going to be a Canadian version of America's Next Top Model: Canada's Next Top Model. I absolutely love ANTM. In fact it is the only reality show I watch, besides the Amazing Race, so I am looking foward to the Canadian version.
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