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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
8:47 am	2009 Year in Review Since I didn't do this last year, here we go...:) What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before? Full-time pseudo-mommy to two kids. Ran a radio station. >Did you keep your new years' resolutions and will you make more for next year? I don't actually recall last year's resolutions, if there were any. I think this time last year I had to pretty much take everything one day at a time. >Did anyone close to you give birth? Not that I recall, although there are births coming up in the spring. >Did anyone close to you die? Not close, but one of the CKMS "family." Peace, Mr. Green. >What countries did you visit? None >What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009? Peace and quiet and time for myself. I never realized how much of it I had before. >What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? This year went really fast, but the last two weeks of November/first week of December were probably the most difficult, and complicated. >What was your biggest achievement of the year? Surviving. It's a talent. >What was your biggest failure? Referendum 2009, but I was reduced to a mostly-helpless observer at that point. >Did you suffer illness or injury? Lots of colds. Fell down the stairs a couple of times, the worst about three weeks ago. Scary. Also went to the sleep clinic with "severe sleep apnea," which runs me down in ways you can't imagine if you sleep well. >What was the best thing you bought? Xmas presents for a darling little boy who tore through all the wrapping paper and went on to the next one. I forgot how exciting the holidays are for kids. :) >Where did most of your money go? Kids. Good lord, just feeding them is expensive, never mind things like school pictures and pizza days and extras like swimming lessons! >What did you get really, really, really excited about? I've been too overwhelmed on a daily basis. It numbs you after a while. >What song will always remind you of 2007? "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac. >Compared to this time last year, are you: a. happier or sadder? Much sadder. b. thinner or fatter? About the same. c. richer or poorer? Poorer, but at least with a reason. >What do you wish you'd done more of? Spending time instead of money on the kids. It does make a difference. And Fundraising/Grant writing for the station. Also I wish I had more time to take the dog out. The kids are home so it's easy to overlook taking him to the park. >What do you wish you'd done less of? Worrying. >How did you spend Christmas? It was busy. Worked over night Xmas Eve and 3-11 Xmas day (without sleeping between shifts). I spent the next two days in my room reading. And trying not to get in fights with my family. Two adults, a teenager, a kid, a dog, and a cat are really too many bodies in one small two-bedroom apartment. >Did you fall in love in 2009? Nope. >How many one-night stands? None. I'm thinking that part of my existence has officially shrivelled up, and good riddance. >What was your favorite TV program? The Office. My Name is Earl is a close second. >Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Yes. >What was the best book you read? I read a lot of writing books this year, and lots of Stephen King short stories. >What was your greatest musical discovery of 2009? Having a teenager in the house, arguing that Wolf Mother does NOT sound like Black Sabbath! :) >What did you want and get? Nothing that I can think of, but that may just be my memory failing me. >What did you want and not get? Survival for the radio station. We have a plan, but it's a tremendous leap of faith, and the pessimist in me is settling in for a lot of fruitless work. It's sad, because there are a lot of good people here that are losing something they love. Also the second job I interviewed for (and they're hiring again! Grr!). I tell myself it's because I'm hard to reach by phone. Maybe they called and I just didn't get the call...yeah, that's it. But it would have killed me to work another thirty hours, on top of everything else. >What was your favorite film of this year? So far, Star Trek, but I haven't seen all the movies released, nor the Oscar run. >What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? 35, the magic "adult" number, apparently. Feeling every second of it. Had dinner with Space Amoeba and Sumaarsita, otherwise not too much. >What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Less politics and infighting. It's really exhausting. >How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007? Slovenly.--as every other year. I'll add hopeless. >What kept you sane? Too busy to breathe. I can't breathe or sleep anyway, so I might as well keep working. >Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Melora Hardin. >What political issue stirred you the most? The short-sightedness of the University of Waterloo's students. >Who did you miss? Random Green Dots. Although a radio show, not a person, I'm still a little wistful that it's gone. >Who was the best new person you met? More radio people, mostly trainees. I've brought in lots of new people this year. >Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009: I never thought it would be so sad to watch other people get kicked around. Current Mood: numb (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
4:14 pm	Referendum 2009 Well...We lost. As of this moment, CKMS, Radio Waterloo, Sound-FM 100.3, has no sustainable funding and is, most likely, in its death throes. All good things...There is an outside glimmer of hope, but it will require a rallying of radio supporters that is...well, Sisyphean in scope, and probably in success. le sigh. I have more to say, but need time to get my thoughts together. (Comment on this)
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
8:17 am	Thursday other stuff I'm tired of a certain politic wherein there are only four voices that matter and the rest of us are slave labour. That's enough on that topic, too. :) Reviews: I've been watching movies based on Jack Ketchum novels, and he is one twisted puppy! I've been having nightmares (well, I'm awake, but what's the opposite of a daydream? Daymares, I guess) about the "soda-can teeth" scene. *shudder* That's from Offspring, by the way. I enjoyed the Lost a lot more... What I can't figure out about Jack Ketchum is why he's supposed to be so great. I mean, he's lurid, and writing-wise, the stories are solid but only because they're based on "real life." He takes stories that are going on in the news (and people are also all twisted puppies, you wonder why I hate most people on general principle). Then he develops a main character or two and fictionalizes the stories. The writing's no great shakes...I can write just about the same quality...But I bet I wouldn't be nearly as famous for it. The curse of anyone who's not a white male. le sigh. But anyway, the Lost had lots of gratuitous nudity from sweet young (barely legal) girls, so what else can be said? :) And the actor who played Ray Pye was suitably creepy, alternately charismatic and disgusting. C+ Offspring...Whew. I got through it, that's saying something. I think it's one of a LOT of stories that are better left in a horror novel. Filmed horror is a very different beast, and the tension requires a certain buildup of suspense, which this movie didn't have. Note to potential horror makers: Blood is a lot scarier when it doesn't look like ketchup. Meh. But good job on the teeth...yuck. C- And I just finished reading Drop Dead Beautiful by Jackie Collins. It's a guilty pleasure, the narrative equivalent of a glossy celeb tabloid, so I can't help myself sometimes. :) Yet another example of something I can write. I mean, take a bunch of beautiful rich people, a handful of sex scenes, some gratuitous violence. We get some back story. More sex. Someone gets kidnapped (twice in this case, guess one kidnapping isn't enough after 25 go-rounds) or held hostage. There's an explosion, someone dies. Everyone who's going on to the next book is explained in the last two pages, with enough potential for another story line, either a marriage or a birth. Tell me I can't do it...And the whole celebrity thing is a fantasy anyway, so it's not like I'd have to know LA or anything. Shit, have you seen some of the $4M McMansions in freakin' Oakville? Anyway, it passes the time. C (Comment on this)
8:01 am	Referendum campaign is on!! Any UW Students, DON'T FORGET TO VOTE! That's all I have to say on that subject. :) (Comment on this)
Monday, October 12th, 2009
8:24 am	thanksgiving Not a lot to say...The current novel is at 25,000 words, and each one has been SOOO MUCH FUN TO WRITE! Whee...It's the only joy I seem to get lately. Too many politics at the station. le sigh. The big problem is I'm not sleeping well and I ran out of meds, so I'm not feeling well all over. I go to the station and get in huge arguments with people, then go home and I'm really grouchy to the kids. It's not fair. le sigh. I'd quit, but it's like giving up breathing at this point. blah. What I'm grateful for? The few minutes of solitude in a day. Most of it happens at the station, so I guess that's why I don't quit. That and my Internet's not working at home, hasn't been for months now. Current Mood: grumpy (Comment on this)
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
5:28 pm	Saturday I'm sitting here contemplating the ifs, I guess you could call it. If I get a second job, I'll have zero time for family, dog, or volunteer work. If I don't get a second job, I'll have to stay in my apartment. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE LOVE LOVE where I live, and the whole arrangement...but it's SOOOO cramped with four people, a dog, and a cat. I don't know how long I can live like this. In fact, I spend as much time as possible at the radio station, just to get away from my family. Is that as horrible as it looks in print? If I resign from CKMS after the show goes (and there are people already slobbering for the time slot. le sigh), I'll have at least ten more hours a week...But see, here's the hard part. I'm a very minor player, even in my own life. I have a job requiring very little skill, and the most boring working existence you can imagine. While I like that my job affords me time to write and watch DVDs, I don't feel like I'm accomplishing much at work. When I'm at the station, while I'm not respected, per se, at least people ask me questions because I know where things are, and I have a hand in decision-making and in keeping the damn place running. I am key-keeper, schedule-maker, volunteer-trainer, cheque-signer. I do a lot of things there, and I like having that authority, which I wouldn't have anywhere else. meh....Trouble is, the tax on my reserves almost cancels out the positive. If I resign from my grant-writing volunteer positions, I'll have more time, but might be denying myself the possibility of building valuable skills and contacts for the future. Too many fingers in too many pots...It's no wonder I'm not sleeping. Current Mood: anxious (Comment on this)
Friday, July 31st, 2009
11:18 am	friday At the station. Bored. Tired. Wishing I had the concentration to do some writing...This novel's really gotten hold of me, plus it's damned fun to write. Yay! Then again, writing a novel takes a LOT of time away from other work I should be doing. heh.... Review: My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Hm...Part of the trouble I have with a lot of women's writing is the tendency to focus on Issues. I hate Issues because they come with a built-in emotional response. I mean, what kind of person are you if, for example, you DON'T find abortion, or teen pregnancy an emotional challenge, whatever your personal politics are? And unfortunately, SOOOOO much of women's writing is really Issue writing at the centre. Maybe it's because women are faced with Issues or because women tend towards wanting an emotional response, or maybe it's a genuine interest, I haven't been able to put my finger on it... So anyway, the Issue here is medical ethics. Because it's an Issue and not a story, unfortunately the characters aren't fleshed out enough to really give any of them, even the main characters (Anna and the two legal representatives) much of a narrative arc. The rest of the characters, also unfortunately, become a face for each side of the Issue rather than a complicated, human character. There are things I liked about it. Anna is a sweet character, and there are moments of writing that are joyous and fluid. I didn't care much for the ending, and I sincerely wish the writer would have kept herself out of it more, because there were way too many times when I found myself questioning what the character was saying, like "would a 13 year old, even a precocious one, REALLY talk like that??" Not bad, and it whiled away an evening or two, but not great. 2/5. Review: Bolt. Hee hee...Everyone knows I'm a big Disney fan (Pixar as much as Disney). Here are just a few reasons: 1) The visual details are jaw-dropping. 2) John Lasseter, Brad Bird, and the rest of the directors are fucking geniuses. 3) They understand certain things about the human condition, and use it to tell the story brilliantly. 4) The plots are damn-near perfect. 5) FINALLY! Someone else understands why a hamster in a ball is FUNNY! But remind me not to watch any more Disney movies featuring dogs. I end up crying, fucking CRYING all the time! It's embarrassing. Fuckin' dogs. :) Current Mood: bored (Comment on this)
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
2:48 pm	Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince FUCKING. AWESOME. Current Mood: enthralled (Comment on this)
Monday, July 6th, 2009
12:28 pm	Monday I forewent (is that a word?) sleep for a meeting that didn't happen. grrr! I want to think that if I quit the whole place would collapse, but that shit ain't the truth...It's likely no one would even notice. At this point it's sheer stubbornness that's keeping me here, and a sense of fulfilling my duty. I made a commitment, I'm going to honour it, although I do occasionally feel that the under-25s wouldn't mind seeing the back of me...But little do they know that it's hurting themselves more than it hurts me. Licensing agreements, and whatnot...ha. And yes, I'm just venting. Review time: The Writing Class by Jincy Willett. (I'm not sure I spelled that right, it's an unusual name)... This book was perfect for whiling away a summer afternoon in my sister's backyard. Willett is a clever storyteller and bends genres until they're ready to snap. This is a comedy, a whodunit, and a character sketch all at once. I picked it up at my mom's house, expecting fluffy but amusing chick-lit, and got a very pleasant surprise. Plotwise, it's pretty simple. Amy Gallup, an aging, bitter writer whose success is long behind her, teaches a writing class full of the usual wannabes. Anyone who's taken a writing class will recognize each character, but Willett is never mean in her descriptions, just accurate. As the class progresses, someone starts sending mean comments designed to terrorize the students, and the class gets cancelled but they carry on privately. And someone dies. Actually more than one. The fun part is trying to figure out who's behind it and why, and it's the first time I've read that not being good enough to get your work published is cause to come unhinged...Imagine if every frustrated writer did the same!! Willett uses plot devices such as a change of POV and the construction of each class in a manner so deft you almost don't notice them, and there are some fun writing tips. So next time you're contemplating taking a writing class, save yourself some cash and read the Writing Class instead. You'll be glad you did. (Comment on this)
Friday, June 26th, 2009
9:32 am	well.... So, uh...Why am I the only one who's not REALLY all that surprised by Michael Jackson's death? Except for this here... http://blog.inmusic.ca/inmusic/2009/06/a-look-back-at-michael-jacksons-music-career.html Truthfully, at $400 million in debt (and counting), I'm surprised he didn't die years ago. Plus, let's look at the evidence. He's been a pillhead for years. He's been borderline anorexic for decades. And there's been mysterious "health problems" for the last half decade or so. Not to speak ill of the dead, but I'm only surprised he's lasted this long. Too bad the last fifteen years were so bad for him. I hope his death is less of an embarrassment. Whatever else you can say, he was tremendously popular, and one of the great innovators in dance/pop music and he pretty much invented the video genre. Plus, as much as he seemed to forget he was Black once (or destroy that part of himself), he was also the most consistently popular African-American artists of all time, and he opened doors for others. Most of us can only dream of such a life. Current Mood: listless (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
9:00 pm	something new--Caitlin R Kiernan So I think I'll go back to doing reviews here, not because anyone cares all that much about my ramblings, but just because I intend to be doing more writing in the coming months and want the practice. Currently reading Man on Fire. I saw the movie, but the book is set in Italy, and came out many years before the movie (the old "development hell" story, I suppose). More when I'm done. Just finished Caitlin R. Kiernan's Murder of Angels. I read its predecessor, Silk, almost a decade ago--picked it up at random during a library purge sale. I enjoyed Silk's hints of Gnosticism and of course, a good rock'n'roll novel is always welcome. But it was the hints of something bigger that intrigued me, and I was frustrated with the ending because I'm not quite sure I got it. That didn't stop me from recommending it to pretty much everyone I knew after that...And Murder of Angels was another random find, since my niece picked it up at the library and didn't even realize it was a sequel until I told her. I'll admit, I like to read "horror" novels purely as entertainment. I like my action fast, my monsters gruesome, my fear of death pervasive, and my heroes...well, pretty damned heroic. Murder of Angels is not the novel for someone with this sort of taste. I think Kiernan's work is classified as horror simply for lack of a better title. Kiernan is an author who doesn't let her audience rest. There's little real action in Murder of Angels, and it's sometimes hard to tell what's going on inside the characters' heads and what's not, but that's the point. The review on the cover called it "a convincing portrayal of schizophrenia and addiction," (or something like that) but I've often felt that many people who suffer from this sort of illness might just be aware of something we pragmatists aren't, and the split from reality is the only "sane" way of dealing with it so you can find your way back. More or less, Murder of Angels is a big riff on the idea of the psychotic drowning and the mystic swimming. (I think the actual quote is something like "The psychotic drowns in what the mystic swims in," but that ends with a preposition and might be a misquote!)...Literally, in a couple of circumstances. But it's a lovely ride. Caitlin R. Kiernan's writing is brainy, sensual and poetic, and rather than just offering vague hints at the things she's describing (which this kind of writing usually does), the descriptions actually move the plot along. She gives you a taste of the WHOLE BIG UNIVERSE, and you get the feeling that each character is a fantasy novel in itself. This, unfortunately, places a limitation on the plot because it's hard to get all of the underlying mythology in the short amount of time the reader is allowed to spend with each of the minor characters. The other side of that, of course, is the dizzying feeling of being swept along by bigger forces you're not allowed to understand--also the point. Kiernan's universe is complex, scary, and layered, and nothing is what it seems. Many authors attempt this, but very few accomplish it quite so successfuly. Oh, and if you were wondering...A couple of people have weird things happen, not sure if they're crazy or what. There's a bigger picture and HUGE THINGS AT STAKE. Some people get together and fight a battle. There are casualties. Peace is restored. Yup, plot-wise I think that's every fantasy/horror novel ever written. Kiernan's take on it is a whole lot more complex and satisfying. :) (Comment on this)
8:58 pm	Writer's Block: Department of Burning Questions In your opinion, what is the cutest animal baby? View 500 Answers So, yeah, it seems that livejournal thinks asking stupid questions like "what is the cutest animal baby" might SOMEHOW "unblock" the obstruction that all writers undergo at some time. hoo boy. I'll say baby raccoons and be done with it. meh. Current Mood: cranky (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
9:46 pm	ok, so february was jumping the gun Erm, yeah...I finally have an Internet connection at home. I thought it was because I couldn't live without my Internet. However, after I check my email, there just doesn't seem to be much that's all that interesting. Meh. Pongo is well. He has an allergy to something or other and chews his feet and rubs his face a lot. le sigh...And it's too damned cold to take him to the park. I take him out, and he plays for five minutes, then lays down in a snowbank and chews on his hockey ball...If all he wanted was to do that, I wouldn't have to freeze my arse off. Fuckin' dog... Things are pretty intense at the radio station. I always feel like there's an unspoken accusation that I'm not putting in enough work, despite the sleep I lose over it. The Children's Lit course is stalling in the water. I wrote a perfectly fine article for my fourth assignment, and the teacher sent it back and told me to write something else. That was two months ago and I have no idea what to write about. But since I paid for it, I have to finish it, I suppose. Having trouble breathing lately. It's usually within an hour or so after I wake up, and I'm tired. So I go back to bed for a little while, but because I feel like I'm being smothered, I can't sleep. I'd go to a doctor but they'd say the same fucking thing they always say. Current Mood: bored (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
3:05 pm	i should be sleeping Alright, so I suppose no one missed me much...Things have been complicated, and busy, and anti-social. Still working on scraping together the cash for a Net connection at home. August maybe... The dog took a header down the stairs yesterday. He seems fine, but I wonder how a creature with four legs AND a tail can be so damned klutzy. CKMS...check out the website. Part of the reason for my preoccupation and non-blogging is simply we are all working at burnout levels preparing for the new direction. I am both hopeful and worried. le sigh. What IS the most positive about the new direction is simply how amazing the dedication of various volunteers has been. It is a fact that 20 per cent of the members of any organization will be doing 80 per cent of the work...but that core 20 per cent has been astounding thus far. Writing has been up and down. The instructor seems to like my writing a lot more than I do. I think that is all the news for today. :) (Comment on this)
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
1:19 am	oh, pish posh! http://movies.msn.com/movies/PMG/teenidols?GT1=7701 I've never understood all the pop-culture handwringing...Doesn't ANYONE remember that Shakespeare was also considered "low class" in his day? Instead of saying "Parents should..." while I'll bet this woman doesn't even HAVE kids, I'd like to see a compromise. Say, yeah you can watch Hannah Montana but you have to go to soccer practice afterwards. Or whatever. Balance, balance...there's nothing wrong with an hour of TV (or a chicken nugget) if it's countered with something "good for you." Certainly, I'm all for teaching kids to play instruments or do stuff themselves, but I don't think there's anything wrong with watching and living vicariously through fantasies. I tried to learn how to play the guitar when I was 14 (and again at 22), and I found it incredibly discouraging--not to mention the four years of saxophone in high school. When I got to the Senior Band, which at my school was some kind of crowning achievement, the bandleader was a fucking slave driver who actually said to me that he expected his band members to be "professionals." I didn't touch an instrument again with any real heart or commitment. It's only now that I realize what a complicated way that was to set me up for failure, and what an awful thing it was to say to a kid. Yeesh. Kids have enough pressure on the things they enjoy. Hey parents, ever tried backing off and letting your kids make choices? Or even tried talking to them about what's good and bad about the whole "teen" thing? You might be surprised at what young people have to say about the Britneys of the world. My guess is they find her and the other trainwrecks just as embarrassing (i.e. NOT role models) as the rest of us do. In fact, most people who work with kids will say that their role models tend to be the people around them, who they observe every day--their parents, their teachers, their parents' professional friends, and they have enough perspective to know that what's in magazines and on TV isn't real or any kind of choice to live by... How about setting a good example in your own life and letting fantasy sort itself out? Current Mood: annoyed (Comment on this)
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
4:54 am	right round the bend It's 4:55a and I am in an extremely WEIRD head space. First off, you know I'm thinking weird thoughts when I'm surfing the Internet for...get ready... bow ties for my dog. Well, see, I'm going to this wedding in May and my dog's coming to the party, so I want him to look his dapper best. Yeah, I can't justify it as anything but strange. In fact, (alright, I'll admit it, I found instructions on how to make one) I was going to give up the search...until I saw this: http://shopping.canoe.ca/shop/product--catId_1002475__locale_en__productId_2190860.html People actually pay money for stuff like this. The bow tie's cute, but only in my strangest moments would I subject my dog to the little Chippendale cuffs. Then it occurred to me that I can't share the link with anyone, and that's just depressing. le sigh. (Comment on this)
Monday, February 25th, 2008
1:30 am	Oscar night and the disappointment comes from... I'm glad Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor, but STILL think that There Will Be Blood was by far the superior choice for Best Picture. Maybe I just didn't get it--and I'm normally quite a defender of violence. Watch Straw Dogs and maybe you'll understand my dislike of No Country for Old Men...Although Javier quite deserved the Best Supporting trophy--soooooo badass. :) But I keep thinking I should refrain from getting involved in all the pre-Oscar hoopla. It invariably leads to disappointment, because my favourites never seem to win. One could argue that I have poor taste. Or that the Oscar jury really doesn't know anything. I mean, the Coen Bros ARE supposed to be all cutting-edge and shit, right??? *smirk* It always makes me wonder if the Oscars are the super-glitz version of being picked for sports teams. The ones who aren't chosen get to have ice cream and ask "What do they know anyway?" Down to the last 100 pages of A Widow for One Year. I love John Irving (maybe that says something about my taste in narrative?)...I like that he has strange yet mostly ordinary people in strange situations, and no one seems apologetic for it, or at all embarrassed except the audience. I also love that in this novel, each of the main characters is a writer or somehow involved in writing or publishing, and the novel is an ongoing examination of the writing process. In particular, my favourite line is one where Ruth says that fiction isn't what HAS happened--it's what *should have* happened. That's the division between the "real world" and "fiction." If I ever become a famous author (*cough cough*) that will have to be somewhere in my prepared responses about my subject matter. Myself, I can't really make shit up, but the fiction happens in the way that I present it. And I love that Irving justifies this lack of authorial intent. The reporter in me wonders if the various discussions about writing are in response to questions people have asked of him--the reader in me wonders why it matters. Current Mood: content (Comment on this)
Friday, February 8th, 2008
5:49 am	new story OK, so I'm taking this course in writing Children's literature. This is my first assignment, wherein I had to write a story from a picture. The limit was 400-750 words, and the pictures were profoundly uninspiring! But I think I did alright with this one. Just a quick note, I didn't notice that this main character bears the same name as a character in a previous story. Although arguments might be made that it's the same character (strong arguments, now that I think about it), that was entirely unintentional. I simply chose the name Emily because it's currently the most popular female baby name. http://www.myspace.com/synaesthetik2 Current Mood: contemplative (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
5:21 am	hee hee OK, I found this amusing http://www.menshealth.com/cda/article.do?site=MensHealth&channel=sex.relationships&category=better.sex&conitem=602a99edbbbd201099edbbbd2010cfe793cd____&page=1 It's an article about 7 Signs She's Good In Bed I just like that I have several of the traits. :P Although the ice-cream stuff was kind of funny. "Mint chocolate chip lovers are made for each other." I think that's because mint cc is an acquired taste--you either love it or hate it. Ages ago, on my friend Matt's birthday, he came over for dinner and cake&ice cream with me and my mom. I bought mint choc chip because it's my favourite, and he revealed that it was his favourite too. (oh, can it, he and I were never compatible romantically) But he'd always fight with his mom when she went to buy it because she called it "Toothpaste ice cream." Current Mood: silly (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
12:33 am	time wasting 1. What bill do you hate paying the most? All of them, but anything to do with debts. 2. Where's the best place to eat a romantic dinner? Probably my own kitchen. 3. Last time you puked from drinking? Gawd...My birthday, 2001. I vaguely remember my friends putting in "Enter Sandman" for me (we were at karaoke) and D calling "Come and have cake" while I was hanging off the bed. 4. when is the last time you danced on a bar? Never. 5. Name of your first grade teacher? Mrs. Patterson. 6. What do you really want to be doing right now? Smoking pot and watching porn. 7. What did you want to be when you were growing up? A writer. 8. How many colleges did you attend? WLU and Lambton 9. Why did you wear the shirt that you have on right now? I slept in it. *sheepish grin* 10. GAS PRICES First thought? Was it good for you? *snort* 11. If you could move anywhere and take someone with you? East Coast (New Brunswick) with my dog. 12. First thought when the alarm went off this morning? I don't remember but it related to my dog's paw, i'm sure. 13. Last thought before going to sleep last night? Also related to the paw. 15. Favorite style of underwear for the opposite sex? Long briefs. It's a thing...pffft. 16. What errand/chore do you despise? All of them. --ditto 17. If you didn't have to work, would you volunteer at an art gallery? No. Now, community theatre or live music, I'm all over it... 18. Get up early or sleep in? Sleep in, of course. 19. What was your favorite cartoon character Hm...tough to pick just one. The crazy biker bunny in Fritz the Cat. Or Sideshow Bob from the Simpsons. 20. Favorite NON sexual thing to do at night with someone of the opposite sex? Talk. 21. A secret that you wouldn't mind everyone knowing? Secrets are secrets. 22. Are you planning on remaining in your current Job? I hope not. 23. Do you see yourself married in the next five years? No. 24. Your favorite lunch meat? Low-fat turkey. 25. What do you get every time you go into Asda? What is Asda? 26. Beach or lake? lake 27. Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual that was invented by people who died at 20? No, but it's not for everyone, and too much emphasis is placed on the gift grab and not enough on the spirituality. Also, the whole commodity-fetishism of it, like there's something wrong with you if you're not doing it. 28. TV show you miss? Oz and Carnivale. 29. Favorite guilty pleasure? Cheesy 80s teen movies. Oh, and John Denver songs. 30. Favorite movie you wouldn't want anyone to find out about? Dirty Dancing. 31. What's your drink? Rye and ginger ale. 32. Cowboys or Indians? Don't think my great grandma'd like if I picked cowboys!--since I grabbed this from my cousin's page, ditto. Unless they're gay cowboys...Jake Gyllenhaal in Fudgepack Mountain, whoot! :) 33. Cops or Robbers? Meh 34. Do you cheer for the bad guy in a movie? Only if it's Steve Buscemi or Samuel L. Jackson 35. What Hollywood star do you think resembles you best? None of them. 36. If you had to pick one, which cast member of Lost would you be? The ocean. 37. What do you want when you are sick? Sleep 38. Who from school would you like to run into? Mattie maybe. 39. What radio station is your car radio tuned to right now? Dave-FM WHY HASN'T ANYONE NOTICED THAT THERE'S 3 QUESTIONS MISSING?!?! 43. Raskolnikov (Crime & Punishment) or Leo Myshkin (the Idiot)? Since I've read neither, can I vote for Humbert Humbert? 44. Worst relationship mistake that you wish you could take back? Gawd, do you have all night? 45. Do you like the person who's directly across/beside from you at work? I work alone, so ...yeah. 46. If you could get away with it, whom would you kill? No one, since it doesn't solve anything. 47. What famous person would you like to have dinner with? Oprah. 48. What famous person would you like to sleep with? Scarlett Johanssen, as long as she's not talking. 49. Have you ever had to use a firearm? Nope. 50. Last book you read? Working on Love in the Time of Cholera and A Widow For One Year. 51. Do you have a teddy bear? Yeah, but he sits on the dresser. My dog takes care of any "cuddling" I want to get out of my system. 52. Strangest place you have ever brushed your teeth? Since they're not detachable, I'll say the New York City bus terminal. 53. Somewhere in California you've never been and would like to go? Someplace with mountains and crashing surf. 54. Number of texts in a day? None. 55. At this point in your life would you rather start a new career or relationship? Either would probably be welcome, to alleviate the boredom. 56. Favorite Winter Olympic Sport? Right now, keeping the baggie on the paw. 57. Pencil or pen? Don't care. 58. Ancient Egyptians or Mayans? Mayans. I'm obsessed with Mesoamerica in the 1000-1500 period. 59. How many jobs have you had? too many. 60. Are you where you thought you would be at this age? Ye gawds, no. I thought I'd be writing for Rolling Stone by now. le sigh. Current Mood: bored (Comment on this)