Bullying

Written Inc.
I know it has been a long time and this is far from a blog entry but this is an issue that really hits home. So many of the people I know and love fall into this category... as Carmi so elequently puts it... 1 time is too many.

Are you a bully, or were you on the other end of it?

Coming soon...

Stay tuned for pics from the new digs...

A fat cat sits in the corner of a new apartment, while the snow falls gently.

I know it has been a while since I blogged. Sorry I have been busy... looking for an apartment and all.
Great News!! We got an apartment:) Woo Hoo the quest is over!
2 bedrooms, 2 FULL bathrooms, 10 foot Ceilings... no shared walls, floors or ceilings with adjoining apartments, full covered front porch, Windows, Windows, Windows and above ground! The best part is 750 all inclusive.
I am so excited I can hardly wait.

My sister's birthday was yesterday... she is 28 now!
I know I am late with the greeting but I don't think she reads my blog anyway. She has just recently began her quest along the information super highway. MSN Messenger and basic internet searches are the extent of her computer literacy. Her most recent addition is a really sweet new colour cell phone.

Isn't it strange how two individuals who were created from identical strands of DNA can be so polar opposite in so many situations. You look around my house and it's not hard to tell that a couple of tech junkies live here. Computers, PDA's MP3, digi cams (speaking of check out the 2 new photos... a new Mr. Burns and the snow out there right now!), etc, etc, etc,

Sorry so short, I am exausted! Need to hit the hay.
So like I said earlier...
A fat cat sits in the corner of a new apartment, while the snow falls gently.

Night all.
L


Mr. Burns in his most becoming pose of all time. He looks more like Homer in this position. :-)

9pm EST London, Ontario Canada!

I found this entry in draft format, I must of got taken away from the computer...

Fish Sticks & Fries and Grilled Cheese with Tomato Soup... I'm 8 again!

Mmmmm, do you remember all the great meals you had as a kid. The easy ones that Mom made. For me it was Fish Sticks & Fries and Grilled Cheese with Tomato Soup...
What was Yours?

Either way, I have had both of these favs today... and it reminded me of how simple all your meals were when you were a kid.

Look at the menus we are presented with every day...

We can open any phone book turn to the yellow pages and have an abundance of gourmet foods at you finger tips (faster yet google local take out food + your city). Yet we still fall back on the staples of our youth to remind us of how simple it was to be a kid.

Happy Halloween

Well here are the photos that I captured on my camera from the Halloween party last night. I will post more when I start getting them from everyone else. The party was amazing... the house looked awesome and so did everyone at it. a 10 out of 10 I say!

Bet you wish you were there.
Maybe Next year!

Happy Haunting!


The night was blessed by the DJ stylings of Bell's CHicken Choakers circa 1976 

A pregnant male nun and a drunk school girl. Sounds like an everyday occurance. lol 

Ah a good Catholic Couple 

Naughty Nurse and the Innocent School Girl, hmmm an unlikely combo. 

The first photo of the evening. 

Martini anyone? 

All me! 

Caught in the Kitchen. 

Cuz Pimpin ain't easy! 

The crew of criminals. 

The Dirty Butcher, the Naughty Nurse and The Ravishing Marylin 

The Dirty Nurses 

Wonder Woman and the Fairy Princess 

Seriously Misunderstood part 2!

Seriously Misunderstood part 2!

Well here is a little photo gallery of my gorgeous godson Caelan.

Enjoy your cruise Aimee and Bill... As soon as I have the chance I will post more for you so you don't have to be so far away from him.

Enjoy the ocean :)

Caelan at StoryBook Gardens 

A country boy at heart! 

Peek a Boo I see you :) 

The happiest kid I know I knoe... the happiest kid I know! 

Caelan loving up the front lawn at the winery in St. Thomas 

Even Jeeps need a nap every now and then.


If you wanna see more from another top notch camera check em out here on his yahoo photoblog.. All in all the day was awesome and muddy.

Can you say Stuck? 

We went Jeepn this weekend and of course the digicam was on hand. I caught this amazing perspective on fall north east of Kintore. 

Caelan in Daddy's Saab! 

F D @ :o)

Work is stressful right now.
Nuff said...
New Topic

SO I came home from work tonight with a mean hunger on... Wanted something a little different.

So I had breakfast for dinner!
A skillet baked omlette to be specific. aka Frittata...

I find cooking to be therapeutic... cathartic as a friend would say.
This is the process that I followed.

• fried in a medium size cast iron skillet

1. 1 chicken breast cut into big chuncks
   
2. 4 or 5 white mushrooms chopped up
   
3. equal amount of red pepper chopped up
   
4. some canola oil
5. fresh garlic

• once the chicken was warm(i had previously cooked it) I added the veggies and cooked them for a few minutes till they were firm but no fully cooked
• then I poured on the egg and spice mixture

1. 2 xl eggs + 1 egg white
2. S&P
3. Worschecshire sauce to taste
4. a shake or two of powdered cheese(i used romano)
   
5. about a tbsp of 1% moo

• let it cook on the stove for a few minutes 5 or so I guess, on a medium heat
• swirl the pan around so the egg gets evenly distributed
• remove from heat
• sprinkle on top the following
  

1. 3/4 cup mixed cheese (i used chedder and marble)
2. romano cheese (the dry stuff like paramesean)
3. S&P
   

• then stick it in the oven on 350 F for 5 mins
  
• broil it for 2 more minutes or so to puff up the top and melt the cheese

I ate it with a bit of mild salsa on the top.

It was Yummmmmmy!
F D & :o)

On a scale of 1 to 10 I give this meal a solid 9.5

It was...

• Fast(3.5)
• Nutritious(3)
• Tasty(2)
• Creative(1)

The only thing that would have made it perfect would have been if someone made it for me and it would have been waiting when I came home...lol

What did you have for dinner?

How did you rate it?

Well that is it for tonight.
Enjoy the meal if you make it.

Cheers
L

btw
F D @ :o)
~Fat
~Dumb
and
~Happy :o)

I hear the phrase all the time... it is common in Chris's family. After a really good meal, envision Homer Simpson crashing on his couch after a huge buffet.
I guess it has knitted it's way into my vocabulary, but that is how I felt when i was done dinner.

Happy Day after your Birthday! DJ Biz <:oP
1 day closer to a new decade!

My Sis Incognito! 

Pro's and Con's of Living Through a House Sale... The Renter's View

So for the second time in just over a year I have found myself smack dab in the middle of a sale of the house that I am currently renting.

Boo I say!

The first time it happened I had the most amazing apartment with an even a more amazing landlord! A gorgeous 2 bedroom, with hardwood and ceramic through out. The upper level of a yellow brick house on the cusp of Wortley Village and downtown, here in London. It's huge windows, and tall ceilings flooded the apartment with joyous daylight all day long. It was a gorgeous house, a totally positive experience and the one that got away, so to speak! How you ask? All due to a horrible experience with the new owners and the real estate agents!! A full 5 star performance so to speak. The new owners wanted to move their daughter into our apartment and we had to evacuate the premise within 60 days.

After a very stressful moving experience we found our current residence. Not my first choice since we now have 2/3rds the space, 1/10th the character and a garage at our disposal for storage off the things that used to fill the character of our beautiful, sadly missed, spacious apartment. Pro... 100 bucks less in rent. Con... moving in a hurry when it's not on your terms

Now this smaller albeit more convenient ( situated smack dab in the middle of downtown's gorgeous old house district) has been put up for sale as well!

Joy, Bliss, and Happiness!!

So being proactive(aka jumping the gun) we give our 60 days notice in order to circumvent the presumed rocky road ahead. To my surprise the experience has been somewhat easier to live with. Even though my perception of real estate agents has only mildly improved. The biggest advantage is that now that the house is being sold it has to be inspected and brought up to various regulation standards. So in the past 8 days we have had the fix it guy, the electrician, the fire marshal and the rental agency here 4 or 5 times. Pro... everything is getting fixed! Con... Coming home from an 9 hour day and having a "guest"!

So what wisdom do I have to share with other renters? Well my top 5 things would be...

1. When renting from a rental agency and it is in the off season from the student housing rushes in early spring and at the very early fall you can really negotiate a price for rent. We got our apartment for $300 less than the previous tenants paid!
2. Don't Jump the gun and give notice, you may regret it when you find that your living accommodations become improved with the sale.
3. Be proactive and set guidelines with the realestate agents for viewing times, in accordance with the landlord and tenant act in you city. There are very specific guidelines that licensed real estate agents and landlords/property managers must adhere to. Contrary to what several of the agents that I have dealt with so rudely ignored.
4. Appreciate what you have while you have it, before you know it your gorgeous sunlight kissed surroundings may rudely be replaced with a dungenous shade stricken substitute.
5. When a house is being sold it is usually conditional to house inspections from various compliance industries, electrical, fire, by law, etc... use this as you opportunity to get lagging repairs completed by your landlord!
   

So from this point on, you can choose to use this advise to your advantage or so choose to forget it as soon as you are done reading it. The choice is yours. But... all I ask is,
~If you ever think about becoming a real estate agent, or you are currently a licensed member of this lucrative profession, take a holistic approach to the sale of you rental properties... Don't forget about the tenants. Sure we may not be contributing to your next BMW payment, but we are human beings and we can make the property that you want to sell a less than positive experience! Don't forget that we live there 24/7 and that is a ridiculous amount of time to create a really disgusting environment for potential buyers to unknowingly walk into!
Would you want to purchase a house that looks like an excerpt from the movie Seven?

Nuff said.

L

... And her viewers gasped in surprise when they clicked in and out of her site to see if she had blogged...
Lets get to the bottom line... skip the mindless banter, I have been crazy busy at work... and the blog to a back burner.
:o( Sorry :o(
I can't promise that I will blog daily but I will try to get here at least once a week.
So.... I want to introduce you all to the world according to Carmi :) I recommending bookmarking it! Had I known it was here before today I would have been reading it long ago!

So work is, as always, the ever exciting & adrenaline filled rush that it always promises to be!
Every day I am amazed by the rollercoaster flux of adrenaline that I am constantly riding on.
It can be totally exhausting by the end of the day! or exhilarating!!
But I love it! & it gets me there every day, well...the free cafe mochas help ;o)

Soooo 16 days till the Halloween Party!!!
Come one come all costume required...
Great Location!
A DJ with some sweet beats...
all in a dirty haunted house and spooky treats for all!

... stay tuned for more details!

I suspect Superman will be a popular costume to be on the look out for this year on the eve of the ghosts and the goblins!

So what R U gonna be?

I am recruiting the services of a talented individual to custom make mine :)

... stay tuned for details

mkuiack

mkuiack
I love your writing Mr. Kuiak. I wished you wrote more frequently!

2nd Edition...Did you learn anything new today?

Grrrr IE GRRRRR!

Sooo I had this fabulous post that was all about the top 5 things I learned today...... and.. THEN.. IE CRASHED! I usually use only Mozilla, except what I want to do a post cuz for some strange reason Mozilla will not let me log into blogger. It's really weird. Any one got any suggestions? Drop me a comment...

Any way as the original went...

5 things I learned today...

The mind is the more powerful that a larger number of the population give theirs credit for.

1. Attitude is everything!
2. My sister is coming for a visit :) She will be here Saturday!
3. More XP SP2 info.
4. The mind is more powerful than we give it credit for.
5. 2-3 inch heels + 8 hours x 2 days = really really sore feet.... I need new Shoes!

There was more but, meh... I can't remember.

I hope everyone learned at least one new thing today...

Chatatchya l8r

~L

Oh ya have you heard about ... MIMO?

What's new...

The pilot is finished! I too am happy :O)

We went to Chris's Uncle's wedding this past weekend. It was a blast. We really had a great time, twoonie beverages, the chance to see some people that we haven't seen in over a year, and the chance to get away from home for a while. The perfect combination to result is some funny photos!

Labour Day weekend is almost upon us... already! My sister might be coming for a visit... that is exciting :)

Oh and there is a Party at Pat's new place :) Please pray to the weather gods for me and anyone else who wants to come... bring your tents his backyard is huge!! If you are interested email me for the particulars.

Speaking of Already... how many of you have already made the mistake of not heeding the warnings about SP2! May be this will help...Convince you!

Well that is about it for now.

L8R

Hump Day Eh! Random thoughts from the brain...

• Well summer is almost over... School is almost back in...
• The season and the city are about to be filled with a buzz of colour again.
• I had tea today with a really dear friend that is moving away to Kingston to go back to school for 4 years. Good for her. I am proud of her for taking care of herself... I will miss her. I suspect that there are a few road trips coming up in the future!
• The peach pie was really good! Even the day after, I actually finished the last piece last night.
• Work is stressing me out. Just like all jobs at some point, just need to get off this friggn pilot... grrr.
• Going to a wedding in Oshawa this weekend. Chris's Uncle is getting married. What is an appropriate gift from a group? I a card and a gift certificate is appropriate... Any suggestions?
• Happy Birthday to my Mother today. I am not sure if she reads this but I doubt she would have an issue with me revealing her age... Happy 54th today Mom!
• Looks like we are moving again. I am happy about this! I am really excited for windows :) An absolute requirement... no more basement dungeons! I dread the thought of having to go through all the evil real estate crap again like on Stanley St. so, when this house went up for sale it was clear that it meant... time to move!
• I need to go spend some time with my godson and his parents.
• I am happy to see that the Canadians finally showed up for the Olympics and started winning some medals! Go Canada Go! Visit the Athens Olympics Blog to keep yourself up to date.
• Hostage shooting in Toronto!! Today!!! Are we finally succumbing to the American way?
• I think I want to get a new tattoo. Maybe something the celebrate my 20's? Who knows!
• Just in case you are hungry how about a 6 pound burger?
• The Winnipeg Police are showing streaming video of hookers!
• Finally the non smokers are having an effect on the cancer stick makers.
• Playboy goes CGI!

Well that is it for this moment... gonna go back to my Olympics addiction... Only a few days left.

L8R Eh!

Day in the Life with Peach Pie...

Well I have officially created my first peach pie! Truthfully I actually followed a recipe...lol
It was looking pretty sketchy there for a bit. It was looking A wee bit runny at the beginning, but a fast cook on 425 F for 20 minutes helped create a sweet plump, golden peach pie!

I found this recipe after 20 minutes with Ask Jeeves. All in total I think I invested 30 minutes of prep time plus 30 mins of cooking time. Not bad for a pie that I would rate at an 8 out 10. From what I read the Mean Chef seems to have a bunch of other really easy & tasty sounding recipes.

All in all the weekend was pretty uproductive. I think the highlight was getting new squash balls to try out this week. Got my hair cut too, but other than that we did squat all weekend. I was kinda nice to not not have anywhere to go.

So my car is officially good on gas. I filled up this weekend when started to get nervous and filled up at 540.8 kms on my last tank of gas. Close to 300 hundred of it was highway travel back and forth from club Caleba last weekend, but then I drove around the city and back and forth to work for a week on the remainder! Ahh the joys of owning a little red rice rocket.

Any hoo back to the olympics...

Enjoy the pie :-P

Just in case...

... You feel the need to play god... turn up your volume!
thanks Biz.

Important SP2 Info...

Just read an important article on our current edition at work.

IF you have XP you need to read this!!!

Other than that sorry I haven't written much lately. It is summer and I have been really busy with work.

Have also been glued to the TV now that the Olympics are on. It amazes me some of the physical strengths that these incredible individuals have obtained.

Maybe I grew up a sheltered life... ( this I doubt...LOL) but do you ever remember competing at a world class level when you were say 17 or18? Or how about being able to do a 3 and a half somersault with a couple twists off a diving board, while staying in synch with another diver the whole time? Or possibly you remember swimming 400 meters in just a couple of minutes. Maybe it was the lifting a couple times your body weight over your head in a clean and jerk motion?

It is absolutely outstanding to me, the accomplishments that these young athletes are currently establishing in there sports of expertise. Well done to all of them!

Check in what's going on at this 14 day spectacle of finely tuned biological machines @ 2004 Summer The official 2004 Summer Olympics site.

Well back to reading ITA...
Enjoy

Chat@chya
L

How to waste yourself in A Ferrari

Or how to effectively waste a Ferrari, your call... read on.

That's all for now.  Sad but true.

Hippo Night... Reader Discretion Advised

Well it was a night on the town Friday night and I have to say, it was a great time had by all, from the yummy beverages to the dickhead balloons (lol inside joke had to be there...) and it was not dampened by the heard of thong infested hippos that crossed our paths. Now the definition of hippo is... an unattractive larger member of the female genre that is adorned in generally black bar clothing that is between 3 and 5 sizes to small with a thong peaking from beyond the nether regions and a soon to be bride veil perched upon her far too poofy do! Lets just say that LVR and I counted conservatively about a dozen of these species. Our hopes are that Darwin will get his ass in gear and take care of them before we do!

Went on a crazy 4x4 adventure on Sunday too. Check outour adventures on
this page and this one and this one and finally this one. All in total there were a dozen of us that showed up for the adventure. If you are interested in participating in future adventures check out the forums on Jeep Kings~ Trail Runs! It is a great time with great people.

Adopted a pet who doesn't shed!



Other than that my weekend was too short, like always but packed full of adrenaline :)

L8R

Happy Weekend :o)

Well it is the weekend... Finally!  Chris and I did something this mornign that we haven't done in ages ( boy does that make me sound old...lol).  We slept in!  A novel concept I know, but a rare one.  We both woke up around 8:15 ish or so and then promptly went back to sleep.  He actually got out of bed(and then came back), me on the other hand, I kept sleeping.  We finally dragged our lazy butts out of bed after Lance took stage 19 by 61 seconds.  It was the perfect beginning to a much needed lazy weekend.

Spoke to a dear 2 dear friends last night who I haven't had nearly enough contact with lately.  Actually got to have tea with one of them... by the way sir, you look like you have lost more weight... is this a fact?  Careful you might disappear soon :o)  The other dear friend was strangely enough one of the many conversation topics that occurred over tea.  Needless to say there is a pending evening out with her tonight.  Yeah always a great time  with LVR.

I found a new blog of an old friend... made me happy to see that she is online.  Welcome Sher, great to have ya.  Tell Slumley that I think the kitty is a must keep.

I found some great pics of some pretty cool storms while perusing other blogs.  I am currently using one of the aurora Borealis photos as my wall paper.

If by chance anyone feels compelled to buy me a gift, for whatever reason, I would like this please, and one of these too. Please and thank you, with sugar on top.

Jeopardy Update... 
So Ken Jennings is still winning!  Last night was the final taped episode of the season, repeats until Labour Day.  Last night he won his 38th day in a row, has accumulated well over 1.3 million dollars and now holds another record on the show.  He holds the longest winning streak, the most dollars earned in total and now the most  winnings in a single episode ( last night he took home $75 000 U.S.D).  He beat the previous record by $23 000 for a single episode winnings.  This guy is incredible.  I mean  lets be real here for a second... when was the last time you saw a Jeopardy champion on Letterman and Leno, CNN, Regis and Kelly, and various other information shows.  Not to mention when you google Ken Jennings + Blogs + Jeopardy you get 990 hits and even a Ken Jennings Cult!

New Hair Colour!  So I have been a red head( and various shades of it) for about a year and a half now, thought maybe it was time for a change.  So this is the new shade I am currently sporting.  Otherwise known as #63 or Sparkling Amber.  I have to say it is weird to dye my hair and not have my head look like is is hemorrhaging.  I currently have no opinion of the colour since it is still in the gel stage on m y head as I blog this.

For those of you who refer to me a red, I would prefer to be known as the friend formerly known as red...lol.  Or you can call me Amber now, which is much less appealing and much more pornstarish.  Ah the life of a porn star.  Speaking of porn, we have digital cable and with comes some pretty interesting stuff to watch when you get in to the 200's.  Well there is this series that is on saturday nights, which is basically the life of Seymore Butts . For those of you who do not know who he is he is an adults entertainment director. You would never expect a guy like this to be so normal, but he is! The weirdest part about the show is that you spend a large part of it listening to his mom talk about how her son is a porno director. There is some odd stuff on T.V. now adays, that's all I have to say about that!

One last link for you... cool body art!

Well time to rinse.

L8R

Allo just Bloggin a bit

So I feel like getting back at it now that the computer seems to be back in a much more desirable state.  Ah to be free from the evil adware and spyware and the terrible windows mods that possessed my computer.  How appropriate is the hindsite is 20/20 saying at this point.  Oh well live and learn I suppose.   The moral of the story... USE RESTORE POINTS!!

Again another honourable mention for the google master.  Just finished reading  a couple healthy entries that I have title scanned but not really had the chance to read in the past week. What I found was an interesting link about the new XP SP2.  So being that I work for a company who specializes in doing IT research, I thought I would check out our site for some info on the topic to see what we had to say on the matter.  Well due to the fact that I cannot give out the username and password without receiving my pink slip I will tell you that we did review it on the 21st of June and gave it a thumbs up.  We also linked to this Microsoft article.   Of course I am not slamming another site or another blog, just adding to your reading library... lol.

On a culinary note ...

Rib Fest is next weekend here in London. Mmmmmm, ribs.... yes this is me drooling. I haven't been to it since Chris and I started dating because his family reunion is the same time every summer, but we are not going to the reunion this year and we will actually get to enjoy it. I can honestly say that ribfest is one of those things that make the foundations of my primary memory of London. I remember visiting here when I was a teen and the sweet aroma of BBQ  emanating through out the city atmosphere. It is a mouthwatering scent to wake up to after a tough week of work. Or in my earlier experiences a tough week of partying...lol I mean lets be real this is summer we are talking about and being a teenager.

On a weather note ...

So I am sure by now that we have all heard about the Flood In Peterborough .  It makes me sad.  I really feel bad for the residents, unfortunately I am not surprised.  I lived in Peterborough for 4 years while I was at SSFC completing my education.  The sewer and drainage system  there was always less than what the city needed.  Sub standard so to speak.   It was weird, I was there over Christmas this past year and was astounded by the amount of growth that had happened since I moved to London.  Unfortunately the development was new and not improvements to the existing infrastructure.  It is a beautiful old city with the original liftlocks contained right in the heart of it, too bad the evolution of the economy is finally catching up with it.    Since the flood has reached a disaster status the Red Cross is accepting donations to help with the relief effort.  So if you feel like lending a helping hand you know where to go.

On an intellectual note ...

Okay, I consider myself to be a relatively intelligent individual, no Mensa member by any means, but I am no dolt either.  But, and I mean but in a Big Way, have you heard about Ken Jennings?  This guy hase been on Jeopardy! for 37 days and has accumulate over 1.2 million dollars in winnings!!! This guy is a machine! There is has not even been a contestant that he has faced that has even come close to shaking this guy off his throne. I would be curious to know how much the ratings for Jeopardy have increased since his reign began. He brings a whole new meaning to the term "reality television". This guy totally proves that being a geek pays off.

Well enough blogging for one night.   Time to watch the 10 years of Friends show.
 
L8R

A must read article...

So I read a very disturbing article today.

Quite frankly it scared the crap out of me. I found it on the google masters blog . Generally I would just tell you to go check out his site but instead I am going to link to it.
Terror in the Skies, Again? It is a long article but if you fly, and ever fly through Detroit, MI you need to read this.
It is disturbingto me how as a society we do everthing in our power to create equality, across the gender lines , the ethnic and religious lines as well as the sexual lines. However while trying so desperatly to maintain a cushiony layer of equality we implode the thing that we so deperatly want to protect... peace and freedom. Has our own fears of stepping on proverbial politically correct toes made us cowards? Or has it made us wimps? I think actually it is a little of both. We have become so desensitized to the possibility that not all people are created equal that we start to overlook the one think that makes us human.... our differences! After reading this article I am more of a skeptic that I think I was before that... wow that something I never thought would happen!

Oh Canada! I have never been more thankful for the fact that I don't live in Detroit!

It's been tooooooo long...

Sorry about that I have had some major computer issues and blogging has been on the back burner. Work is grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr8!

Need to let everyone know about this Spidey link, courtesy of DJ Biz! The entertainment value coupled with the thought process makes it worth the view. Enjoy.

I promise to blog more later when the computer is back to it's regular working condition.

An Unproductive Weekend

Well not a lot to post about. I did start the new job last week, so far so good! I also quit GoodLife and for once in quite some time I finally feel like I am living the GoodLife. For a place that preaches the need to be happy and healthy it sure made me miserable and unhealthy!

There was so much I had planned to do this weekend... Go to my godson's 1st birthday party, catch the airshow, clean the apartment, go to the gym, and study for my final exam for the new job. You know random weekend domestic crap. Very little of this actually got accomplished. I started out with a case of scratchy throat and ears late Thursday evening and by Friday after work it was a full blown head cold. Complete with congestion, dry hacking cough, sneezing and a wonderful bought of dizziness! Ah the joys of being back in germ infested call centers! So needless to say I missed the party (didn't want to give Caelan a cold for his gift... that would be cruel!), saw about 20 mins of the airshow from a distance on one of my few random adventures outside. I thought the fresh air would help clear the head... alas it did not, the noise only made it worse!

We did however stop by the LJOC show and Shine in support of Child Can (a children with cancer charity event). It was a short visit since I felt craptastic, we did grab a burger and ginger ale though, in support of the charity and take lots of photos of all the cool jeeps that were there. I will post them on buzznet eventually.

Other than that the rest of the weekend was a bust! Today was filled with Laundry and studying while watching Chris repair my stereo in the car. Which for those of you who don't know shorted out about oh 4 weeks ago and has been in the shop and back into the dash of the car with no success. It is now working though I am pleased to report, and I am back in the land of the musically inclined complete with MP3's and a remote controlled deck.

The whole purpose for this entry was to share a wonderful site with all of you who are verbagely challenged. I was given it at work the other day to help me get up to snuff on all the new IT terms that I am being bombarded with. It is great for all the quirky wordisms you can imagine. If you are not familiar with Webopedia, I suggest you bookmark it!.

On another note, I am now a full fledge Mozilla
user and I recommend it to all. It is a godsend in saving you from the hell the we are all to familiar with known as POP UP ADS! Try it you will love it! I promise

Well that is all, I need to study more and possibly have something to eat.

L8R

Now I am Living the GoodLife

A short entry before I head back to the world of studying my ass off. So I did it, I quit GoodLife today. I am no longer employed by the nazi run cult currently known as GoodLife. I am free, free at last! At this point I am looking a teven revoking my membership. I think I can do without their headache!

That's all at the moment back to the books.

Later

Happy Birthday Chris

Happy Birthday to the love of my life. No I am not talking about my cat, or chocolate, or shoes! I am talking about my gorgeous boyfriend Chris.

Muah to you, sorry I couldn't go out and party with you on your 26th celebratory evening. I will make it up to you... I promise.

I love you.

Happy Birthday :-P

Mr. Potato Head the Adult Version!

Really really busy. No time to check email let alone blog, but had to share this site with ya'll. Mr. Picasso Head!

I am loving the new job but missing the really world. Two jobs is 100% BS and for the birds.

Chatatchya L8R

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Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday To Bill.
Happy Birthday To Bill.
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday To Bill!

Happy 41st Bill :)

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Went back to work today!

So I am officially a Personal Trainer at GoodLife Fitness. The group of people that I will be working with all seem really nice so I am hoping that this go round with GLF will be different than the last experience. We will see right.

I start working for Info Tech on Monday, I am actually pretty stoked about that. Monday to Friday 8:30 to 4:30 with full benefits after 6 months and a pretty decent wage. Hourly base plus commission... Right up my alley. For those of you who don't know the company it is an outbound business to business sales and research advisory group. We deal specifically with IT professionals helping them keep up to date on business and technological education and information. I am excited that I get to put my passion for learning and sales combined in the same job. It will be so nice to get back to working in a environment that is not living in the technological stone age.

I posted a few relatively new pics on buzznet. Various things, a birthday party and such. They are in the People and Mr.Burns & Friends galleries. Enjoy :)

We have a temporary roommate at the moment. Chris's brother's landlord sold the house and he needed a place to crash until he finds a new place. No issue to me, I get to use his much larger computer monitor while he is here! A definite bonus, this is one of those cases that bigger is better :)

Well other than that there really isn't much exciting stuff to chat about. Life is not too interesting when you are not working. My life recently has consisted of working on my tan... And I have done a pretty good job of it, if I do say so myself.

June is a birth month on my calendar, several birthdays to Celebrate.
Happy 24th to Pat
Happy First Birthday to my gorgeous godson Caelan and Happy 41st to his daddy Bill.
But most importantly... Happy 26th Birthday to my sexy boyfriend... Chris... :P

Thought I should get them all in in case I forget to mention it.

L8R

OMG it has been forever! This will be a long one!

Ya I know that it has been way too long since I last made an entry but what can I say other than the fact that it has been HOT in Canada. You see, when summer comes, and homo-sapien hibernation ends, the computer becomes an obsolete piece of equipment. Not to say that I don't still use it everyday for email and such, but to sit down and actually think out stuff and then type it out is not my idea of how to soak up the rays ... LOL

So a lot has happened since the last entry. I have had a few job interviews and have even had 2 offers. I accepted both but won't get into the particulars until after the 11th, I will explain more then. GoodLife has done a great job of increasing my stress level from 1 to 100 in perfect roller coaster fashion since I last blogged. Needless to say I have the upper hand again and we will see where the rest of the battle takes me when it is all over. Sorry for being so cryptic, but the understanding will become clear in the very near future.

Posted a couple new pics of me and Caelan today on Buzznet. I watched him for a few hours and got a chance to use the digi cam again. Damn I love that kid :)

So what else is new, well... I went home for a week, started painting my parents house for them. Boy was I ever putting my foot in my mouth when I volunteered to do that enormous job. Chris and I are going back at the end of this week to finish what I started. We were gonna leave tomorrow but with the pending humidex advisory we decided against it.

Speaking of humidex what is up with a 41 degree celcius humidex during the first week of June? That is unheard of. Ahh good old global warming. Lets take a moment and thank GM, Ford, Honda and Toyota, just to name a few, for helping us help the world become a more smoggerrific place to live! Now I admit I am a contributor to the air pollution problems, but at least I am not driving down the 401 doing 80! and smoking a cigarette while blowing equal amounts of gaseous blue grey smoke out my tail pipe! Can someone please explain to me how people get away with driving these volatile heaps? So much for The MTO!

So I have been keeping up on reading everyone else's blogs while I have been taking this so called blogging sabbatical and have a few points to add from them.

Firstly... Kudos to the google master for his small literary dedication the recently deceased Ronald Reagan.

Secondly... From another blog that I read regularly...

Which Colossal Death Robot Are You?
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Thirdly... From the Princess I got this and even put in her blog that I would post it in mine when I got back to London... I am a woman of my word so here it is... If you visit and read it please answer it in the comments :) Thanks

1. Who are you?
2. Have we ever met?
3. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.
4. Describe me in one word.
5. What reminds you of me?
6. If you could give me anything, what would it be?
7. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?
8. Are you going to put this on your weblog and see what I say about you?
9. What do you love like a fat kid loves cake?

Fourthly... Double A Ron has a blog? . Make sure to check out the picks of his kid... sooooo cute!

Well I am off to watch the rest of the game 7, GO FLAMES GO!!! We all know that I am a Leafs fan but I will take a Canadian cup any day :)

Cheers all more later