happy almost-summer too!

hurray!!!! spring training is here! hells yeah!

hope for eddie?

well, I was talking over the eddie dilemma with Pat when I visited her in mississauga. remember, she is a vet tech so I thought she might have some sage advice but mainly she just sounded worried that I could have a cat for like four months and still be thinking about giving him away. she was like, "um, you're not bonding with him?"

bonding. nope, he was just getting on my nerves. (but remember, I've been sick-ish and thus irritable for 2 months) however in the last day or two, suddenly I'm beginning to see, like, little things about him that I like.....

here's one: when he's listening/trying to figure something out, he puts his head to the side like a dog. that's so cute!

however he still acts like I am abusing him terribly when I make him sit next to me instead of on top of me. he cringes and ducks under my hand, slowly but steadily trying sneak back on top of me (I guess he heard about the tortoise). that's pathetic but also annoying especially after the 50,000th time.

Lord, give me strength (to love this kitty.)

crazy friday weird/high point

I just talked to our state governor! (she was very nice. duh. she knows I can vote.)

give it up to tha lorider! I have friends and influence people !!... or at least.... I talked to the gov!

*snicker*

okay, only three (possibly 4, no 5) of you will find this amusing, but enjoyz!!! specially you girl! enjoy your secret life!!

hahahahahahaha!

fo' rizzle

okay, okay, don't send out the fire brigade... here I am, (slightly) nauseous like a hurricane.

(erp) ready to blog....

and ps there won't be any ending to the cheese sandwich story! clearly, nothing could ever match a beginning of that magnitude.... PEOPLE! obviously, I was pre-stomach bug on mon to even have the idea of a story about a living cheese sandwich - could you peeple please please warn me next time I start rambling...... "lorider, don't blog right now, or operate heavy machinery, or go to a hospital where there are all kinds of germs waiting to infect you...."

thanks in advance....

planned communities:

no

yes!

phew!

hi peeples-

I been quiet while waiting to hear more about my mom - they admitted her to the hospital because her heart was playing an a-rhythmic-funk/jam/fest. but they aren't going to do an invasive test, after all, and she finally got a room, too... and she'll go home tomorrow... so she's happy and I'm happy. my hospital visit gets to be the relaxed, its-all-over-now sort....

heroine: "I'll take my brothers to get dinner, okay Ma?"
heroine: "do you have any cash, btw?"
heroine: "glad you're feeling better, Ma."

(ps-can you believe they gave her a salt-shaker!!!!!!! to keep with her!!!!! she is so persuasive. but she does work at that hospital.....)

the magical cheese sandwich

okay boys and girls, it's story time again. once again, this story will come in two segments, and you get to guess the ending if you like:

once upon a time, a cheese sandwich lived on the planet Mancreion. he had heard many rumors about the planet "Earth," but the idea that beings of higher intelligence would eat a fellow cheese sandwich seemed ludicrous. surely this was just an old rind's tale.

one day, he had the chance to go to Earth though, so he went. he got up early on a fryday, walked to the station, and paid the 17 cucumber fee. after a short wait in line, the sandwich climbed aboard the ship and prepared for suspended animation.....

found!

I was leaned over to pick up a post-it off the floor and I spotted a pack of hard candies behind my computer moniter.

so that should give me something to do for the next… CRAP!... 31 minutes.

hopefully they will outlaw karaoke next!

link

snowboard cross

who else saw the snowboard cross on the olympics yesterday? wasn't that crazy? seriously, who thought of that crazy shit?

I wish they would have spent some more time explaining the sport and introducing the athletes - they did that, but it was very quick. it was like they knew they had to show it, cause snowboarding is "in," but couldn't be bothered to give that bit more time to properly introduce us to it.

maybe I should invent a new sport! like cheese-sandwich-making or something! while on a snowboard! rad!

must bring own cheese

duh, my sandwich fetish is so important I must post at length about every detail........

PS!!! I have to find a new roommate!!

I talked to Liliana last night and she has figured out that.... hello! she never comes over to the apartment she's paying rent on.... I mean NEVER! she will keep paying rent till I find another roommate.

I think I will spread the news by word of mouth this time.... I wanna yoga roomy, like my BRITEW!

more sandwich news

I think I must be cheese-deficient. I've eaten a cheese sandwich 5 days in a row now, and all day, all I can think about is the last cheese sandwich I had......

day one: sick and feeling pitiful on Pat's couch in Mississauga. she made me a cold cheese sandwich for the road. by the time I got home, I was all better. coincidence?

recipe-brick cheddar on nut and grain bread with miracle whip. Pat had no sammich veggies, so on a whim I asked her to grate some carrots on. OMG! you must try a cheese sandwich with grated carrots - so yummy! I know, a cold sandwich... in winter ?!? but it was strangely compelling....

day two: driving home from work, salivating over the day one sandwich, I stopped by the store and got flax-seed bread and medium brick cheddar........

recipe- brick cheddar with a slice of baloney on flax-seed bread with safflower mayo and grated carrot. mmmm......

day three: couldn't wait to eat the same sandwich again, so I did.

day four: finally! I'd had enough of the same sandwich for three days... sort of.

recipe-litely toast flaxseed bread, then put back in the toaster oven on the tray with lots of block cheddar over a slice of fennel root. verdict: this is amazing! the fennel gets ever-so-slightly slightly steamed and basted with cheese juice in there. YUM!

day five: I want what I had last night, although I may substitute cucumber for the fennel.

MUST. HAVE. CHEESE.

the ides of blog - feb: pink blogs

oopsles - I forgot to post for the ides yesterday. anyway, I thought the theme this month would be pink, because of valentine's day - awwwwwwwwww!

1. bigpinkcookie.com
2. pinkhairedgirl.com
3. pinklemonadediva.blogspot.com
4. scrumptiouspink.blogspot.com yay an art blog!
5. and of course, pinkisthenewblog.com

I really AM going to hell!

oh god, okay! I mean, I know this is not technically a post, but can I just tell you how much f-ing plasticware I am using?!?

I used to be, like, environmentally aware..... and NOW, I'm starting to ENJOY and PREFER using: plastic spoons and sometimes forks, too, paper cups for coffee and tea, individual servings of pudding and 'fruit cup,' which is probably plastic too!

I just like it better now......

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happy valentines day!

ah, so this is what the poets speak of..............

missisauga redeemed!

well, I had the tired-est, pathetic-ist trip to Toronto this past weekend....

fri night class was great (& I achieved my travel goal which is to arrive in time to have a trip to the bathroom!!!!) but the next morning, I slept in rather than going to yoga, didn't get to the book store because there was a traffic jam, and didn't go to fressen.... and I was invited!!! it was a party!!!

in the end, it turned out pretty good though, because I got to visit my buddy Pat in...... *dramatical shift in musical soundtrack* ...... missisauga!!!!! you may remember from a previous post that me + missisauga + cat = terror. luckily, Pat is not only a nice person but also a vet assistant, so she has three happy (& very fluffy) cats. we got along well.

I spent most of the remainder of the weekend on Pat's couch, watching...ewwww.... canadian tv. I bet they use this to torture american prisoners in the gulags. par example 1: bridget jones' diary. par example 2: the canadian women's team killing the russians 10-0 at the olympics and continuing to show the game. par example 3: this bizarre story on the news. canadians are weird, eh?

after about 24 hours of couch-sitting (+ 20 min walk around the park) I felt fresh and new again, kind of like the feminine product that was shown in a canadian commercial I saw.....

set-up: many "unfresh" things were shown.... like muddy footprints on a floor (I swear to god I'm not making this up). the reveal: these handy feminine wipes, packaged to go, eh!

detroit: city of the future

wow, according to this article, detroit is actually a ray bradbury-esque city of the future. or at least, a .5 mile loop of the downtown is futuristic....... (via boingboing)

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funny, I've never felt very futuristic while living here......
on the other hand, my little brothers adored riding on the 'pe-bo muber' when they were toddlers.... kids really are our future.......


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more about high school

apropos my recent dream post, a tidbit from my high school days:

a yearbook signature from my 10th grade math teacher referred to me as "the human lunch box."



so! what were YOU called in high school?

snow grumble grumble

1 inch of snow.

1 hour and 25 minutes to do a 20 min commute.

wtf?????? we're not southerners or something......?

nerds rule baby!

congrats to Bill Nye the Science Guy on his wedding!!!!!!!!!!!

eddie dilemma

sorry to say it, but the bloom is off the rose with eddie the cat. we've definitely passed through the honeymoon period and now we're well into the 'I don't know if really I like you in that way' period.... or at least I am. (he is still strenously enamoured of me. like all males ha ha aha aha)

actually, that's the problem - the dang cat is so dratted needy!!!!! he wants to spend 4 out of every 5 seconds plastered against my torso, and I am not into that. I took him in as a companion for maria, but he wants to be my sidekick!

I've been sick-ish and thus irritable all January, so I'm not ready to make any decision..... but I'm starting to wonder if eddie is just not suited for our house, and maybe would be a lot happier with somebody else. or maybe I haven't trained him enough yet?

I guess I'll keep waiting to make a final decision, but he is getting on my nerves!

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& I've been stuck at home being sick-ish so much this month that I have to give an extra shout-out to everyone who celebrated my b-day with me - I couldn't have gotten through January without ya!

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nightmare on lorider st.

yikes! my one recurring dream has shown up again:

I have to go back and finish high school.

yes, umm..... that's right, tha lorider is a high school drop out. you got a problem with it? for the record, I am not advocating dropping out of high school, but I must say it worked out fine for me (I just did not pass go and went straight to college)........ except for the nightmares:

rather than being here, I'm in a building that I don't recognize, but it's huge and I know it's "my high school." I know I have to finish two years of curriculum, and it will be as difficult for me now as it would have been for me then, except I've had years in which to forget how to be a student. TALK ABOUT FREAKING ME OUT!

seriously, I've been out of high school for 16 years now - I don't want to spend the rest of my life thinking or dreaming about high school.

so how can I get rid of this dream?

holla!

I read in the local paper (luckily seeing the headline as I threw it out) that my town will be fully wirelessed by next month!!! we are one of six towns who get to try it out before our whole county is covered in 2007.

I'm so psyched!!! FREE ACCESS! and it's supposed to be fairly (?) fast (enough).

this reminds me of something I heard about how local government affects your quality of life much more than the feds (unless you're a druglord), so you should vote in your local elections, people! apparently the same is true for newspapers, but now I'll just use my new access to read the bbc and defamer from home. yay!


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(and it'll be so much more moral than stealing it from my neighbors - NOT Chuck!)


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hurray!!!..... and crap!!!.....

wow: in our materially overloaded culture, someone has actually invented something New that is Perfect for Me!

I can't even think of the last time I've seen a product where I thought - gee, I could really use that! here it is, the my beating heart pillow ! it's a pillow that has a natural heartbeat. I was always huge on the heartbeat when I was a babe, and I've been waking up pretty tense recently, so this is awesome!

except it costs $120!!!! cha!

mebbe Target will come out with one soon........

ps - but this one is made by BANANA DESIGN LAB.....
I dunno, I just find that name funny!

I know I'm not much of a sports fan anymore but....

jeez, I can't believe I'd rather watch repeats of Beauty and the Geek 2 than the superbowl! I'm really starting to question myself!

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yeah steelers!!!! man, I should have betted!
congrats anon!

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"We gonna take you to the pen, Wrinkles!"

sometime last year, I read this cease and desist letter about a l33t starwars hax, but I never saw the actual hack. LMAO!!

go see it now, mr brown has it on his site this week. nope, no link for you, just go from my sidebar and scroll down through some other choice mb material!

laterz, playas!

hurray superbowl bagels!

this is how we celebrate when a huge national event comes to our fair city.... a free bagel breakfast for everyone at work!

PLUS we get superbowl 40 plates AND superbowl 40 napkins to eat our bagels with!!!!!!!!!!!

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hurray superbowl! go steelers!


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go Steelers!

yeah!

I just found out we can wear jeans and our 'colors' of choice to work tomorrow in honor of the superbowl! anonymous, because you are somewhat of a friend aquaintance of mine and I know you like the Steelers, I will wear black n' white n' gold (or yellow)! now that I can wear my applebottoms to work, I care about the superbowl!

hurray for celebrating!

my friend, susan-the-art-teacher, is the greatest elementary art teacher in the world!!! I could regale you with many amazing stories of the fun I've had subbing for her and the awesome lessons she left for me, but I don't have time right now. just check out this cool trading card project she has her kids working on now. kids LOVE trading cards - this is brilliant! maybe I should do it!

happy groundshog day!

I forgot it's groundshog day today until I came into work: the lady at the desk across from me has put up a little display of photos of punxy with an embroidered sweatshirt - I'd forgotten she was born in punxy!

how cute! I wish we decorated more here at the office. probably the only redeeming quality of a cubicle is its decoratability....


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ps - the verdict is more winter - surprise!!


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