Tonight I'm going to Value Village to put the last things together on my costume for tomorrow. Also I have a 70's party on Friday night that I need to find some pants for. I have some cool 70's style shirts, but alas, all my bell bottomed pants have been donated to charity or have fallen apart.
Brant and Barb are having a low key halloween potluck. Perfect for me. Darrell's been hinting for me to make a Black Forest Trifle for the potluck, I'll have to go grab some ingredients tonight too.
I've been having some problems running lately. Mainly in the motivation department. Music isn't cutting it like it used to and TV moves too slow for me, almost doubley tortorous, forced to run and watch tv! So I downloaded an audiobook to my iPod. It's called "The 4 Hour Workweek". It claims to be a manual on how to take any job and turn it into a 4 hour workweek, leaving yourself time to actually live your life. It's pretty interesting actually. The main lesson is to not save everything for retirement but to take mini retirements throughout your life. Some of the book does sound like a get rich quick scheme in alot of ways. The author claims to own his own business, makes $40,000 a month, won a kickboxing championship in China, competes in the national tango championship in spain, etc. But it is interesting and gets me through my runs.
I don't really need anything on my outdoor runs, it's the indoor treadmilling that kills me! Once this book is over I think I'll find a german audiobook or french audiobook, may as well learn and refresh my languages while treadmilling. At the same time, I can't listen to these books without doing something else, so I think this might be a good system.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Monday, October 29, 2007
Blue Day
Sunday was a blue day. I don't know why. I have absolutely nothing to be sad about at the moment. Everything is going great, and there's lots of things to look forward to. But for some reason I had my funk on, and I couldn't figure it out.
I went for a run and a swim, still felt blue. Went into work, I had to anyways, but really couldn't shake it or sit still. Then I thought I'd go to my favorite thinking spot and figure it out. It's by the river and feels like you're on the edge of civilization, secluded but not too secluded. And there's a friendly Muskrat there that's entertaining and sets my mind at ease. So I went for a slow walk to my spot and sat there for a while, and still couldn't come up with anything for my funk.
So I left and went and ran some errands and somehow ended up at Darrell's house. I told him about my blue day, and to my surprise, he didn't try to get reasoning out of it, or take it personally. (That's a relationship first for me, exactly why I didn't end up there in the first place) We went for another walk and made some supper and watched some South Park. And indeed, by the end I felt much better, the blue was gone.
It still bugs me that I couldn't figure it out. But it's gone and I'm happy again. Maybe it's the just the time of year creeping up on me, I'm not entirely sure....
I went for a run and a swim, still felt blue. Went into work, I had to anyways, but really couldn't shake it or sit still. Then I thought I'd go to my favorite thinking spot and figure it out. It's by the river and feels like you're on the edge of civilization, secluded but not too secluded. And there's a friendly Muskrat there that's entertaining and sets my mind at ease. So I went for a slow walk to my spot and sat there for a while, and still couldn't come up with anything for my funk.
So I left and went and ran some errands and somehow ended up at Darrell's house. I told him about my blue day, and to my surprise, he didn't try to get reasoning out of it, or take it personally. (That's a relationship first for me, exactly why I didn't end up there in the first place) We went for another walk and made some supper and watched some South Park. And indeed, by the end I felt much better, the blue was gone.
It still bugs me that I couldn't figure it out. But it's gone and I'm happy again. Maybe it's the just the time of year creeping up on me, I'm not entirely sure....
With Every Heartbeat
Hurts with Every Heartbeat
BY: Robyn
Maybe we could make it all right
We could make it better sometime
Maybe we could make it happen baby
We could keep trying
but things will never change
So I don’t look back
Still I’m dying with every step I take
But I don’t look back
Just a little, little bit better
Good enough to waste some time
Tell me would it make you happy baby
We could keep trying
but things will never change
So I don’t look back
Still I’m dying with every step I take
But I don’t look back
We could keep trying
but things will never change
So I don’t look back
Still I’m dying with every step I take
But I don’t look back
And it hurts with every heartbeat
BY: Robyn
Maybe we could make it all right
We could make it better sometime
Maybe we could make it happen baby
We could keep trying
but things will never change
So I don’t look back
Still I’m dying with every step I take
But I don’t look back
Just a little, little bit better
Good enough to waste some time
Tell me would it make you happy baby
We could keep trying
but things will never change
So I don’t look back
Still I’m dying with every step I take
But I don’t look back
We could keep trying
but things will never change
So I don’t look back
Still I’m dying with every step I take
But I don’t look back
And it hurts with every heartbeat
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Beauty and the Geeks
So my office is moving downtown in the next couple weeks. We've all been picking out our cubes and organizing the move. I'm particularily looking forward to this, because work will be less than a block away from where I live. I really lucked out in that perpective. The downside is, that I can see work from my home, and work can see me. Also, for the last year and a bit,(I can't believe I've been a home owner for over a year!), I've been too cheap to buy blinds. I live on the 15th floor, there's not a big chance people can see in. But I think that luxury is over. The guys at work have been teasing that they've figured out the exact angles to see into my place. I'm going to have to break down and buy some blinds to keep my peace of mind. Paulthought he was really funny and sent me this:
I took a look at the optical properties of my new cube.
See attached results:
Funny, yes. But it's not even the right building he's looking at, which is good. I'll laugh when he gets a scope of a naked 90 year old in the old person building. Other's have offered to set up the Candy Cam and get a website going. I will have to think of something good to retaliate all this teasing with. It will come and people will be embarrassed, and it will be awesome, just you wait. Also if they intend on watching for me, they have about a 75% chance of seeing Darrell. That would be pretty funny. He's not a big fan of wearing clothes around the house either. Just ask Dave. Or that guy who reads the paper naked on the 10th floor in the old folks home, I think they've surprised each other.
Anyhoo, blind shopping is in full effect this weekend.
I took a look at the optical properties of my new cube.
See attached results:
Funny, yes. But it's not even the right building he's looking at, which is good. I'll laugh when he gets a scope of a naked 90 year old in the old person building. Other's have offered to set up the Candy Cam and get a website going. I will have to think of something good to retaliate all this teasing with. It will come and people will be embarrassed, and it will be awesome, just you wait. Also if they intend on watching for me, they have about a 75% chance of seeing Darrell. That would be pretty funny. He's not a big fan of wearing clothes around the house either. Just ask Dave. Or that guy who reads the paper naked on the 10th floor in the old folks home, I think they've surprised each other.
Anyhoo, blind shopping is in full effect this weekend.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Llamas! One step closer....
Another weekend gone. I'm not looking forward to work tomorrow, no fun.
Saturday was the pet expo! It wasn't a very big expo and frankly I was a little disappointed. But it delivered one thing, llamas! There were all sorts, probably about 20 of them. They were cute. I learned about the many things to do with a llama. Apparently you can get them to carry stuff on hikes, they don't mind. You can teach them to pull things, like a sled and apparently you can teach them to do tricks, like fetch and lie down. I learned how to care for a llama, and what they need etc. Too bad llamas don't fit in condos. One day I'll have room for one, but at least now, I'm one step closer.
I said apparently they like to do tricks because we sat and watched a llama relay race and the llamas didn't look too impressed going through an obstacle course. One didn't seem to care but the other 6 didn't really want to be doing it.
Darrell and I went shopping on the weekend as well. I'm to the bottom of the barrel on my sports equiptment. I've needed new running shoes for over a year. The last ones I bought I threw out, since they rubbed against my right big toe nail and it ended up falling off. It grew back, but yeah, totally gross. And only the one foot for some reason. I found some new Nike ones this weekend and wore them all over today, to break em in before I take em running, and I noticed they rub a little too. So I cut that toe nail as short as I can and see if that makes a difference. But it's so weird, any runners out there know why this happens, on only one foot? I bought roomy sneakers this time and everything!
I also got a new racing swimsuit. It's time to go back to the pool. I was disappointed at the selection of racing swimsuits in town, it was truly dismal. I found one, but it's not very exciting, black with the a blue strip and racing back. Oh well, it suits my purposes and is not see through, it has everything I was looking for.
Today we did some midtown wandering, to break in the new shoes ;) I found my new favorite top, a short sleeved turtlenecked brown sweater dress. So cute and comfy and warm. It goes nice with my skinny jeans, which I'm still not used of wearing. It takes a while to get used of them after wearing over 10 years of flares and bell bottoms.
Tonight Darrell made me supper and I relaxed all my sore muscles in the hot tub. So relaxing, and so nice not to cook.
Saturday was the pet expo! It wasn't a very big expo and frankly I was a little disappointed. But it delivered one thing, llamas! There were all sorts, probably about 20 of them. They were cute. I learned about the many things to do with a llama. Apparently you can get them to carry stuff on hikes, they don't mind. You can teach them to pull things, like a sled and apparently you can teach them to do tricks, like fetch and lie down. I learned how to care for a llama, and what they need etc. Too bad llamas don't fit in condos. One day I'll have room for one, but at least now, I'm one step closer.
I said apparently they like to do tricks because we sat and watched a llama relay race and the llamas didn't look too impressed going through an obstacle course. One didn't seem to care but the other 6 didn't really want to be doing it.
Darrell and I went shopping on the weekend as well. I'm to the bottom of the barrel on my sports equiptment. I've needed new running shoes for over a year. The last ones I bought I threw out, since they rubbed against my right big toe nail and it ended up falling off. It grew back, but yeah, totally gross. And only the one foot for some reason. I found some new Nike ones this weekend and wore them all over today, to break em in before I take em running, and I noticed they rub a little too. So I cut that toe nail as short as I can and see if that makes a difference. But it's so weird, any runners out there know why this happens, on only one foot? I bought roomy sneakers this time and everything!
I also got a new racing swimsuit. It's time to go back to the pool. I was disappointed at the selection of racing swimsuits in town, it was truly dismal. I found one, but it's not very exciting, black with the a blue strip and racing back. Oh well, it suits my purposes and is not see through, it has everything I was looking for.
Today we did some midtown wandering, to break in the new shoes ;) I found my new favorite top, a short sleeved turtlenecked brown sweater dress. So cute and comfy and warm. It goes nice with my skinny jeans, which I'm still not used of wearing. It takes a while to get used of them after wearing over 10 years of flares and bell bottoms.
Tonight Darrell made me supper and I relaxed all my sore muscles in the hot tub. So relaxing, and so nice not to cook.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Vote!
If you're reading this you better be voting on Nov 7th. Of course, unless you don't live in Saskatchewan, then you can ignore this message.
It's funny, I was never really that interested in politics in high school. I just didn't understand. Then I think in either my 1st or 2nd years in university, there was an election with issues that directly affected me, and all of a sudden I was involved. That year there were debates on minimum wage (I worked at Superstore at the time) and promise of a new lab building at the UofR, and privitization of crown corporations, which I've worked for a few and my family works for. That year I voted. I didn't understand the history or what I was doing or left or right parties, but it started something.
The next semester I needed an elective and it had to be a night class. The only one that fit was Political Science. I loathed taking that class, as mentioned above, I didn't know a thing about politics and thought I didn't care. But actually that class was one of the most interesting in my university carreer. I learned so much about our government and the history of the political parties and the political spectrum. And now I'm involved, and make sure I follow the issues on the news.
Saskatchewan is also one of these weird provinces where we don't seem to vote on the government we want but rather against the government we don't want. This election making a distinguished vote for NDP or Sask Party is hard, their promises and platforms seem the same. There's nothing that really makes one stand out from the other besides history and their perspective places in the political spectrum. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.
You know how I'm voting. NDP. I don't think I could live with myself by crossing into the blue, it doesn't represent my values.....
But all, get educated and vote for who you want! Don't let others dictate how this province is run, you have a choice too!
It's funny, I was never really that interested in politics in high school. I just didn't understand. Then I think in either my 1st or 2nd years in university, there was an election with issues that directly affected me, and all of a sudden I was involved. That year there were debates on minimum wage (I worked at Superstore at the time) and promise of a new lab building at the UofR, and privitization of crown corporations, which I've worked for a few and my family works for. That year I voted. I didn't understand the history or what I was doing or left or right parties, but it started something.
The next semester I needed an elective and it had to be a night class. The only one that fit was Political Science. I loathed taking that class, as mentioned above, I didn't know a thing about politics and thought I didn't care. But actually that class was one of the most interesting in my university carreer. I learned so much about our government and the history of the political parties and the political spectrum. And now I'm involved, and make sure I follow the issues on the news.
Saskatchewan is also one of these weird provinces where we don't seem to vote on the government we want but rather against the government we don't want. This election making a distinguished vote for NDP or Sask Party is hard, their promises and platforms seem the same. There's nothing that really makes one stand out from the other besides history and their perspective places in the political spectrum. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.
You know how I'm voting. NDP. I don't think I could live with myself by crossing into the blue, it doesn't represent my values.....
But all, get educated and vote for who you want! Don't let others dictate how this province is run, you have a choice too!
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Existential Moods
It's so amazing the difference a year makes.
Some days I feel like I've been through a war, an absolutely terrifying war, that I battled long and hard through. There were victories and injuries, trojan horses, and everything in between. But I survived. I have injuries, but I survived.
Before, I've complained on this blog that I don't have any goals, and I'm restless when I don't have goals. But within the last couple weeks, I noticed I'm working towards goals, even though I haven't formally stated them. It's not in list form, like the one I made right after high school, but life directional anyways.
And I kinda feel like I'm in limbo right now. Just waiting out the storm to regain strength and be off again. I shouldn't say storm per se, but just waiting, regenerating, observing.
Why is this all coming up you say? I dunno. I was just thinking about the Novemberance Eve party and last year I missed it. Because I was too sad to go. Then I'm talking about planning a trip to Morrocco, with people. Yes people. I always said I wanted to go on a big trip by myself, but that need isn't there for me anymore. I no longer want to do that. I think the big trip to Italy by myself was a way to figure out who I was, while being 100% in control of something, anything! My life was going in directions that I wasn't sure of at that time. I needed something to bring control. But through this so called war that I've gone through, there's no need for that, I did it. I have control of where I'm going and I know who I am and what I'm capable of and know when to ask for assistance! I also think I'm just happier and easier to get along with in general.
I really can't believe the difference a year makes....
Some days I feel like I've been through a war, an absolutely terrifying war, that I battled long and hard through. There were victories and injuries, trojan horses, and everything in between. But I survived. I have injuries, but I survived.
Before, I've complained on this blog that I don't have any goals, and I'm restless when I don't have goals. But within the last couple weeks, I noticed I'm working towards goals, even though I haven't formally stated them. It's not in list form, like the one I made right after high school, but life directional anyways.
And I kinda feel like I'm in limbo right now. Just waiting out the storm to regain strength and be off again. I shouldn't say storm per se, but just waiting, regenerating, observing.
Why is this all coming up you say? I dunno. I was just thinking about the Novemberance Eve party and last year I missed it. Because I was too sad to go. Then I'm talking about planning a trip to Morrocco, with people. Yes people. I always said I wanted to go on a big trip by myself, but that need isn't there for me anymore. I no longer want to do that. I think the big trip to Italy by myself was a way to figure out who I was, while being 100% in control of something, anything! My life was going in directions that I wasn't sure of at that time. I needed something to bring control. But through this so called war that I've gone through, there's no need for that, I did it. I have control of where I'm going and I know who I am and what I'm capable of and know when to ask for assistance! I also think I'm just happier and easier to get along with in general.
I really can't believe the difference a year makes....
Monday, October 15, 2007
contented sigh....
Another while without blogging. Where do I start?
Last weekend was Barbara and Brant's wedding. It was lots of fun, lots of dancing and drinking and visiting with old friends. It was also the only wedding I've seen that ran exactly on schedule, although I should really expect that from a wedding that is run by Barbara. Everyone looked great in the their dresses and the guys looked awesome in their suits. There was drama, fun and disappearing groomsman, the perfect recipe for any wedding.
I caught the flu sometime on thanksgiving weekend. That was not much fun. I didn't get back to work until Thursday last week. No fun. This past weekend I was just so happy to be spending a weekend at home in Saskatoon. I didn't really do much of anything, and it was fantastic. Friday we helped Marshall celebrate his bday at The Samurai. I had some delicious scallops. Saturday I cleaned like a mad woman. My place was such a mess. Now it's clean and I can find everything again. I even cleaned out the china cabinet, it looks much classier now.
Darrell finally bought a car, a used BMW 540i. It's a really nice car, it has many buttons that aren't very intuitive. To access the onboard computer you press the BC buttons, so I decided that the computer's name must be Burton Cummings. So there'll be lots of fun figuring out what everything does. Also, I'm predicting Darrell's first speeding ticket in less than a week. It has a V8.
Yesterday Darrell and I went for breakfast at Moxie's. We tried going to Grainfield's but couldn't get in. I had some smoked salmon eggs benedicts, which were very tasty. In the afternoon, I went for a run and took my bike out for a couple hours. May as well get all the outside stuff in while I can. It was so nice out yesterday and no wind, it was very pleasant. I made some Chicken Pot Pie yesterday too. It turned out really good. I expected to have some left overs for lunches this week, but didn't get too much out of it, Darrell ate most of it last night. But I will definitely make that recipe again.
Not too much going on for this week. Again, this is a good thing, hooray for not being insanely busy anymore.
Last weekend was Barbara and Brant's wedding. It was lots of fun, lots of dancing and drinking and visiting with old friends. It was also the only wedding I've seen that ran exactly on schedule, although I should really expect that from a wedding that is run by Barbara. Everyone looked great in the their dresses and the guys looked awesome in their suits. There was drama, fun and disappearing groomsman, the perfect recipe for any wedding.
I caught the flu sometime on thanksgiving weekend. That was not much fun. I didn't get back to work until Thursday last week. No fun. This past weekend I was just so happy to be spending a weekend at home in Saskatoon. I didn't really do much of anything, and it was fantastic. Friday we helped Marshall celebrate his bday at The Samurai. I had some delicious scallops. Saturday I cleaned like a mad woman. My place was such a mess. Now it's clean and I can find everything again. I even cleaned out the china cabinet, it looks much classier now.
Darrell finally bought a car, a used BMW 540i. It's a really nice car, it has many buttons that aren't very intuitive. To access the onboard computer you press the BC buttons, so I decided that the computer's name must be Burton Cummings. So there'll be lots of fun figuring out what everything does. Also, I'm predicting Darrell's first speeding ticket in less than a week. It has a V8.
Yesterday Darrell and I went for breakfast at Moxie's. We tried going to Grainfield's but couldn't get in. I had some smoked salmon eggs benedicts, which were very tasty. In the afternoon, I went for a run and took my bike out for a couple hours. May as well get all the outside stuff in while I can. It was so nice out yesterday and no wind, it was very pleasant. I made some Chicken Pot Pie yesterday too. It turned out really good. I expected to have some left overs for lunches this week, but didn't get too much out of it, Darrell ate most of it last night. But I will definitely make that recipe again.
Not too much going on for this week. Again, this is a good thing, hooray for not being insanely busy anymore.
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