arbor daze

I like that Tim Allen has a sense of humour about his movies and television shows. They suck big time, in my opinion anyway. enjoy!

Arbor Daze with Tim Allen from Tim Allen

sadly, not glenn beck

it's funny and sad, all at the same time.


Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck

never miss the water

hey!

this has been a busy week and a particularly crazy day is going on right now.

I'm working at getting everything cleared off my desk because I start my vacation this afternoon. When I arrived at work this morning, we couldn't access our network files - not good.

Fortunately, it was resolved mid-morning so I'm now just in the home stretch of my last-day scramble. Should be able to leave on time so it's not totally horrible.

In lieu of a proper post, I'm going to leave you with a live version of one of my favourite Chaka songs, enjoy!

how I spent my summer vacation - part 1

This isn't going to be a multi-part post but I have just completed part 1 of my summer vacation. I went back to work this morning after a week's holiday. Technically, because of Canada Day, I only needed to book off 4 days. I'm taking two weeks at the beginning of August (hence the part one of two).

Last week, we got a tonne of stuff done around the house. I have had a list of stuff that I've wanted to do for ages which I'm now slowly getting through. Mark has a similar list and he's just plowing through his. Amongst other stuff, we were able to:

. get my tooth filled (well the dentist did it but...)
. replace the front steps to our house (Mark and Andy did a kick-ass job on them)
. totally re-organize our front closet (you can actually see the floor in there)
. packed away our winter coats for the season (yeah, I'm late on this)
. finally wash all of the hats, scarves and mitts we wore last winter and put them away
. de-clutter our two spare bedrooms (I sent a van load of stuff to the charity/thrift store and another load of broken junk to the dump)
. move all of the boxes (which have been on the floor for 3 years) out of my office and into the basement (my long term project will be, next winter, to go through 2 boxes every weekend until everything is sorted or chucked or donated)

I was also able to get lots of much needed cleaning done around the house. It was super nice around here on the weekend and I was actually able to open the house up (and turn off the A/C) and air it out. The dogs have been having a great time playing in the newly de-cluttered bedrooms. Every time I see one of them running out of one of these rooms, they are doing that double-time tail wag which means that they think they are getting away with something.

Last week, I did not spend much time in front of my computer so I wasn't always keeping as up to date on news stories as I would normally be. I did, however, celebrate the victory (finally) of Al Franken in his senate race in Minnesota. He's such an amazing guy, I'm really happy for him, his family, and the people of Minnesota!

doggy bounce

It's finally starting to feel actually summery here. Did I say "finally" cuz it's been a long time coming!! Don't think that I'm a huge fan of really hot steamy weather but I like it to be at least warm enough to be able to wear sandals to work. And not having to turn the office furnace, in mid-June, is also nice.

Convocation has been happening for the past couple of weeks and it's a lot of fun to watch the proud parents and happy grads taking photos. Unfortunately, some of the folks taking photos have almost been hit by vehicles, at least almost hit by us, the last couple of days. See, Convocation empties out onto University Avenue. Everyone sort of congregates outside of Grant Hall, trying to get photos of their grad with the Clock Tower, or the with the Chancellor, etc. I have, more than once this week, watched parents backing up, into traffic, with a camera clutched to their faces. It's scary. I think next year, they should consider closing the street because I worry that someone is going to get plowed over by a bus.

We got to the dog park last night (we hadn't been since the weekend) and it was pretty busy, which is nice for the dogs. Our dog park is not a dedicated strictly to dog park activities. The area we can use is inside a running track. Also inside the track are four baseball diamonds. We often walk the length of the park, between the ball diamonds because the dogs will run back and forth between us, trying to herd us. Anyway, last night, I had to laugh. There was a young girl sitting on the bleachers, wrapped around her boyfriend (I think they were in high school). They had a little mop top of a dog with them but she was paying more attention to the boy than to the dog. The dog was pretty friendly and Sam and Gracie were playing with it but I couldn't help but chuckle thinking, her parents probably asked her to walk the dog so she plunked it at the park while she was fooling around with this guy. She wasn't exactly following the rules of supervising and being in control of your dog at all times!

In any event, now that we're talking about dogs, why not do the doggy bounce?

only you can prevent forest fires

Last night, for some reason, we were talking about Kukla, Fran and Ollie. I'm old, you may not be. I remember them, you may not. In any case, it's camping season so here's a good message from your pals Kukla & Ollie.

huh?

I'm feeling a little bit all over the place today.

This week, I'm taking Friday off, in lieu for working over the weekend. Subsequently, it's been a busy week so far as I try to get stuff done in a four day week. Also been working harder than normal in the evenings at home. I'd really love to not have any housework to do over the weekend. Wouldn't that be nice? I did three loads of laundry last night and a bunch of cleaning. The house is starting to look like you could almost let people live there.

We plan to go to Montreal for the day on Friday. It's sort of a belated birthday gift for Mark. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has an exhibit on now, celebrating the 40th Anniversary of John & Yoko's bed in and we're going to at least see that and make a side trip to Schwartz's (cuz you can't go to Montreal and not visit Schwartz's).

To make up for a less than coherent post, here's a fun Joel Plaskett video to get you through hump day. Enjoy!

clouded over

I'm not overly thrilled by the clouds which have gathered and are currently hanging out over my office right now. I'm working at some events this afternoon / evening and tomorrow and I really had hoped for sunny and warm. If we're lucky, it'll clear up!

I can not get over how quickly the week has gone by. The whole month of May actually. I knew, because of what we had going on at work, that the month would zing by but even still, it feels like I'd be hard pressed to remember May at all, in a couple of months.

What with the working and all, I suspect the weekend will fly by too. This week, we managed to get the bins of summer clothes upstairs (they hide out in the basement during the winter). I haven't unpacked everything (and then packed up the winter stuff) yet but it's upstairs, so that's a good start. Everything that will be packed away is clean so I just really need a couple of hours to sort stuff out, do ironing, that kind of thing. I'm the world's laziest iron-er and love the winter because I don't really have to iron anything. My only genuine complaint about summer is the ironing. I'm a whiney baby and hate to do it.

This morning, I would have paid cash money (up to and including $10 CAD) to stay home with the dogs instead of going into work. They are so awesome and cute and, did I mention, Awesome?!

Here's a video of them wrestling on the deck on Sunday. We were waiting for Mark and Andy to get back from the lumber store and this a rather low-key version of what they usually do. Enjoy!!

I feel fine

the polyphonic spree always make me smile and they have, on occasion, made me feel happier than a band should probably be allowed to do. It's hard to explain how awesome they are when you experience them in a live environment to someone who is unfamiliar with the wonderfulness that is the spree. It's even more difficult to explain to a dog. Band leader Tim tries, valiantly. I don't know if the dog gets it or not or just doesn't care. Either way, music video + dog = super cute fun!!

movie star

We had a great weekend, really nice. We had time to chill out, time to play and time to do chores and errands. I came back to work this morning feeling really good. The house is in good shape as far as it's cleanliness level goes, which is something considering how bad I let it get while I was a sick a couple of weeks ago. The yard could use some TLC but it was either rainy or really cold over the weekend. For now, the front lawn is really too long and the back lawn needs some seed or sod but while the deck construction continues, there is no sense in doing that. We'll get it all neat and tidy looking soon, it's still early, right?

Yesterday, I was changing the batteries in my camera while sitting at the kitchen table. The dogs were wandering around and I took the following little video of Gracie. She was interested in the camera but was also watching Sam out of the corner of her eye.

have a nice day

You would have to have a heart made out of dirt or stone or something very hard and cold to not enjoy this video.

Imagine how cool it would have been to have witnessed this in the middle of a travel day. I don't really care that it was a publicity stunt for a tv show, it still made me smile and it will probably make you smile too!

friday fun

It's raining here. Actually, I think it might stop soon but it was totally pouring earlier, which kind of sucks because it makes for big muddy wet areas at the dog park.

I'm having a busy day at work, things are going well, getting lots done. Thought I'd share a video with you all which never fails to make me smile (I just love this song!). I may have shared this before and I did, I refuse to apologize because I like it that much!

Enjoy & happy weekend kiddies!!

let's shake!

I'm having a really good day so far today. The to do list I thought I'd tackle isn't really moving much but I'm getting other things done so that's okay.

The weather here is warm but cloudy. The best thing though is that it's not raining, and it was supposed to. This means that the doggies at home can play outside without getting soaked to the skin (not that the rain slows them down at all) all day long.

Not sure what we're doing this weekend. I want to try to not do too much and rest up from my cold/back spell but I do have a few little things I'd like to accomplish around the house so we'll see how that goes.

Right now though, life is good and I can't really complain about anything at all. Cool huh?

How about a little bit of jazzed up Dave Rave to get the weekend off to an excellent start!?

seven and the ragged alligator

how goes your hump day?

my day is trucking along nicely although I'm a little worried about Mark. He got slammed with another migraine this morning - it's not shaping up to be a great week for him. I can't get over how quickly my time has flown today. I think it's because I've had to spend a lot more time on the phone than I normally do.

to help count down the time, I thought I'd share a little video with you. A blast from the past - I hope you don't mind the dents.

stray dogs being killed in Baghdad

If I was smarter, I wouldn't watch this stuff. Unfortunately, I did watch it and it made me so sad and angry. It really makes me appreciate how lucky we (and our dogs) are to live in this part of the world. I'm sure that the folks who are responsible for this aren't any happier about it than we are but there must be a better way to deal with this problem.

bad case of the drips

The temperature is hovering around zero today and everything is melting. We have gigantic, scary looking icicles hanging on our little cottage office. When you look out the window, it feels a little like you are standing on the tongue of a big monster, peeking through his teeth. The icicles drip constantly so it's also as if he's drooling before he starts chewing on you and swallowing you. yuck.

We're supposed to see a return to frosty-ness tomorrow though so all of this melting will make for many frozen icy surfaces in the morning. ick.

Because it's Friday, I thought it would be appropriate to have a musical interlude. Now, I don't only listen to music on Fridays, I listen to music every day. I'm not a very good video watcher though. I would say that I'm a mid-sized fan of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Today, I saw an article about them "taking a break, not breaking up" and there was a link to a video for "Is This Love?" (not to be confused with Alison Moyet's "Is this love?"). I love the song but had never seen the video. I now love the video too. It's cute and clever and colourful and parts of it literally suck.

Enjoy!

lazy friday

So I had a day off today. Originally, I'd planned that today would be my last day in the office before the holidays but I need to be in the office on Monday and Tuesday next week so I took today off and will start my vacation on Tuesday afternoon instead. It's really quite okay. On Tuesday afternoon, I'll be having a festivus gathering with my office teammates. If I had stayed around for the whole week, I could also attend separate office type parties on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Today I'd intended to do some baking. Last night, Mark and I did a couple of errands so I didn't need to go anywhere today. When I got up with Mark this morning, I felt a little woozy so I took some drugs and hung out under the covers until they kicked in. When I started feeling okay, I got up and started some prep work for a couple of the baking projects I do (they involve peeling hershey kisses). That took me 2 hours if you can believe it. I never did get around to baking though because after lunch, the puppies and I had a nap for over 2 hours. I feel better now, very well rested but not really accomplished. I'd hoped to feel accomplished tonight.

Oh well, there's always tomorrow, right? In the meantime, here's another nugget of silly genius from Andy Samberg & co. Enjoy!

Prop 8 - The Musical

Partially, I blame being sick for basically the entire month of October, and then spending November recovering, for the way the time feels like it's just slipped away from me. Our neighbourhood had exploded in the past few days with all sort of holiday illumination. I like to have ours up by now but I've not gotten around to it yet. With the three dogs and me still feeling a little wonky, it's just not something I've been able to accomplish. Hopefully, by this time next week, I'll have some of it started and will feel a little more like I'm actually a part of the holiday season this year.

Of course, what would the holidays be without a little lovely music. Saw this over at Margaret Cho's blog and had to share!

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

crying over you

Actually, I'm not crying but I can't help but think about a former colleague named Karen. She loved herself some Platinum Blonde. We worked together in a grocery store during high school and Platinum Blonde were BIG at that time. I'm sure that Karen was a little sad to hear about the passing of Kenny MacLean. Sounds like it was quite unexpected and, I'm sure, a huge shock to some.

In honour of Kenny, here's a little bit of Platinum Blonde for you. Remember, if you can't cry, go dance behind a back-lit screen!

bad girl

For some reason which I cannot figure out, I started digging out my old Madonna discs last week. Something inside of me must have been craving cheese I guess. Madonna is definitely on my list of guilty pleasures. It's a long list, much to Mark's chagrin. He's a pretty good sport to put up with some of the shit I like to pull out of the vault every once in a while. The long list includes some things which I know really grate on him but he never complains.

Anyway, Madonna. I've seen some recent photos of her out and about with hubby and she's looking sort of strange to me. She's in amazing physical condition, no arguing on that score, but she looks weirdly plastic. I swear that she's turning into a Bratz doll. I was farting around on You Tube looking for her videos and found one that I hadn't seen probably since it came out, Bad Girl. I like this one because Christopher Walken is in it. Anyway, I know it's 15 years old but she looks so pretty. She used to be pretty. What the heck happened!?? Don't tell me that it is about aging because Lauren Bacall is a lot older then Madonna and she still looks pretty. It's weird all the same.

So yeah, here's the video. You judge for yourself.

back at it

Mark and I both went back to work today. It's funny how quickly you can get your routine turned around with an extra day off.

Work was really busy for me today, Mark's day was not so much. As crazy as a busy day can be, I'd rather be busy and have the day fly by than to be waiting around or looking for work. It makes for a really long day.

In today's Sam news, I may not have mentioned this before (or I may have) but Sam loves to chew on serviettes and tissues. He particularly likes snotty tissues which is sort of gross. Anyway, he used to take them out of the garbage can but he doesn't do that anymore. We've pretty much eliminated any easy access for him to these things.

Just a moment ago though, I caught him at a new thing. He had gone into our smaller bathroom (which is near the front of the house) and had been pulling the toilet paper off of the roll to chew on. Fortunately, the roll was almost empty but I have to give him some credit. Sam knows what he likes and he'll find a way to get it no matter what.

On that note, in honour of flea and tick season, here's a little video about bugs. It's an oldish cover of an old favourite tune. enjoy!

on thursday

Ugh.

I can't stop coughing. So much for "yay, my cold is going away." Rather, it's developed into an annoying cough.

Oh well, I'll just have to dig out the fisherman's friends at work this morning. Should make being on the phone interesting, this coughing thing.

If I'm lucky, the steam from the shower will make it go away. Gotta be positive right?

Anyway, here's a little blast from the past for a gloomy thursday morning.

rock lobster

I love rock music.

I love lobster.

I love the song rock lobster.

When I was in high school and they would play at a dance, folks would get on the floor and shake around when it got to the part of the song that went "rock lobster! down! down!"

The other day, we were at the home of a friend's daughter. She commented that neither she nor her husband realized that it was a real song when they saw Peter sing it to Cleveland on the Family Guy. Sad, sad, sad I tell you. Particularly sad because I have known this girl since she was 3 and I know I used to play it for her (and Planet Claire!). Oh well, in honour of them not knowing that it was a "real" song or who the B-52's were, here it is, enjoy:

I see you crying and I want to kill your friends

I'm a little jealous of all of the folks who got to go to SXSW, computer geeks and music nerds alike. I hated all of the delicious twitters and blog posts about every fun moment of it. Secretly though, it was awesome to read about it from so many different perspectives.

This week though, I'm hearing about so many folks who have returned to the real work with the requisite "hey I didn't get enough sleep and I ate crap for a week and then I was on a plane" cold / flu. Amongst those of the afflicted is poor Ralph. I hope he's feeling better soon and thank him muchly for posting this little gem from the mid-90's:

demented and sad, but social

I thought that this video was cute, it sort of reminded me of "the office." I particularly liked her line, "bumming a cigarette is a great way to meet someone - even if you don't smoke"

memories

wow, I love the stuff you can find on you tube when you are just farting around and don't expect to find anything.

I bought this record during my first ever trip to New York City. Can't remember the name of the store exactly but it was on a trip to the east village with some friends. we were in and out of lots of stores. heavenly. oh actually, it's not heavenly, it's slant 6, enjoy.

in my head

For some reason which I cannot quite figure out, I can't get this song out of my head. I also need to be listening to it a lot lately. It's weird. Maybe I secretly wish that really large, silver shoulder pads would come back in style. Whatever it is, I think that it is absolutely impossible to frown while listening to Earth Wind and Fire.

If it's in my head, it should probably be in yours. It's a better thing to have stuck than other songs I could mention, but won't, cuz then they will be sickly stuck in my noggin'

McLovin' sings!

A few weeks ago, I posted a link to a very funny Sarah Silverman video.

Seems like Jimmy got his own back. Again it's all censored but it's funny all the same. I actually laughed out loud a couple of times and I thought it was nice to see that "McLovin'" dude from Superbad in the crowd. Bleeps and all, it's a good Monday chuckle.

happy love day

I've written on these here pages before how we don't really celebrate the big "V-Day" in our house cuz. I joke that it's because "every day is valentine's day in our house" but that's probably right. I don't think you need to have a special holiday to inspire you to show affection to the folks you care about. It just should be an everyday thing. Also, it seems like this whole holiday is a set up to make single folks feel bad.

Having said that, I love this song. Mark and I listened to this a lot during the summer we met. Our second "date" was a trip to a Fred Picnic and we spent a lot of hours in the car that summer, listening to Fred. This song in particular speaks to me and I love Fred's stories about Dar Williams' cover it. This little video is pretty cool. The fellow who made it did a really nice job on it I think.

So, yeah, happy February 14th everyone.

one for the kids

Wow, this is a blast from the past. I can't remember when I saw this last, probably 30 years? Yikes saying that makes me feel really old. Not as old as the Bear but old nonetheless.

something about this corner

something about this corner
Originally uploaded by Julep67

did you have a good snowday?

I went out and shoveled twice but it was just the porch, steps and walkway out front and the deck out back. Normally, I don't worry about the deck but we're in an out of there right now, with the dog so it needed some attention or it would have literally frozen closed today. the snow was up over the bottom part of the door when I cleared it up. This afternoon we have been experiencing some freezing rain action so it definitely would been impossible to get outside.

As it is, we cannot see out of the windows that are located on the northern and eastern sides of the house. It's sort of interesting. Our fabutastic neighbour Tommy plowed out the driveway so we're in pretty good shape.

As snowdays go, this was a good one. We did very little, watched some tv, vegged out mostly. It was nice. I also didn't do one thing that was on my weekend "to do" list but I still have 2 more days of weekend left to worry about that.

I really wish that they didn't have to bleep this (cuz it's just weird watching Sarah and hearing the bleeps - oh, and I because I think that censorship sucks) but it's still pretty funny.

on and on and on

I feel really terrible for the poor WGA Members who are still on strike. I also feel pretty bad for me because I really need a new episode of "the office."

I don't know if this a good thing or not but I'm finding all kinds of stuff on you tube these days. For some reason, I went looking for Betty White stuff (cuz she's the best) tonight and found this clip. I have Donny and Marie barbie dolls but don't have a Betty White doll. that's a little sad I think.

gotta sort the good fruit from the bad fruit

I found this today. I hadn't seen in a long time and really, it's probably my favourite Hefner video. It's simple. The song is lovely and so is the video.



This article amused me a lot. Suck it kids. Some of us "old folks" are probably using some of this before you are and some of us have been "online" since before you were born.

Youth Vs. Adults in Gadget Wars

CHICAGO (AP) — Scott Seigal was awakened one recent early morning by a cell phone text message. It was from his girlfriend's mother.

His friends' parents have posted greetings on his MySpace page for all the world to see. And his 72-year-old grandmother sends him online instant messages every day so they can better stay in touch while he's at college.

"It's nice that adults know SOME things," says Seigal, an 18-year-old freshman at Binghamton University in New York. He especially likes IMing with his grandma because he's "not a huge talker on the phone."

Increasingly, however, he and other young people are feeling uncomfortable about their elders encroaching on what many young adults and teens consider their technological turf.

Long gone are the days when the average, middle-aged adult did well to simply work a computer. Now those same adults have Gmail, upload videos on YouTube, and sport the latest high-tech gadgets.

Young people have responded, as they always have, by searching out the latest way to stay ahead in the race for technological know-how and cool. They use Twitter, which allows blogging from one's mobile phone or BlackBerry, or Hulu.com, a site where they can download videos and TV programs.

They customize their cell phones with various faceplates and ringtones. And, sometimes, they find ways to exclude adults — using high-frequency ringtones that teens can hear but most adults can't, for instance.

Nowhere are the technological turf wars more apparent than on social networking sites, such as MySpace and Facebook, which went from being student-oriented to allowing adults outside the college ranks to join.

Gary Rudman, a California-based youth market researcher, has heard the complaints. He regularly interviews young people who think it's "creepy" when an older person — we're talking someone they know — asks to join their social network as a "friend." It means, among other things, that they can view each others' profiles and what they and their friends post.

"It would be like a 40-year-old attending the prom or a frat party," Rudman says. "It just doesn't work."

It's a particular quandary for image-conscious teens, says Eric Kuhn, a junior at Hamilton College in upstate New York, who's blogged about the etiquette of social networking.

He accepted his mom's invitation to be Facebook friends and has, in turn, become online friends with other adults she knows. But so far, he says, his 16-year-old sister has declined to add their mom "because she thinks it is not cool."

Lakeshia Poole, a 24-year-old from Atlanta, says "my Facebook self has become a watered down version of me." Worried about older adults snooping around, she's now more careful about what she posts and has also made her profile private, so only her online friends can see it.

"It's somewhat a Catch-22, because now I'm hidden from the people I would really like to connect with," she says.

Lauren Auster-Gussman, a freshman at Juniata College in Pennsylvania, says it's particularly awkward when one of her parents' friends asks to join her social network. She thinks Facebook should only be used by people younger than, say, 40.

"I mean, I'm in college," she says. "There are bound to be at least a few drunken pictures of me on Facebook, and I don't need my parents' friends seeing them."

There are ways around the problem.

It's possible on some sites, for instance, to limit what someone can see on your profile, though some users think it's a pain to have to deal with that.

"That is the beauty of Facebook and other online social networks. If you want to only interact with your peers, then you can adjust the settings to only allow that," says Katie Jones, a senior at Ohio Wesleyan University, who's studied ways prospective students use Facebook to contact students at colleges and universities they're interested in attending.

It's also possible to simply decline or ignore an adult's request to be an online friend. Or adults could back off and only use social networking to contact their own peers.

But it's not always so easy to relinquish that control, especially for parents of teens, says Kathryn Montgomery, the author of "Generation Digital: Politics, Commerce and Childhood in the Age of the Internet" and mother of a 14-year-old.

"As parents, we have to figure out where to draw the line between encouraging and allowing our teens to have autonomy, to experience their separate culture, and when we need to monitor their use of media," says Montgomery, a professor of communication at American University.

She says it's especially important to help young people understand that social networking is often more public than they think. Sometimes monitoring them is the best way to do that.

Sue Frownfelter, a 46-year-old mom in Flint, Mich., thinks it's less of an issue for parents who discover technology with — or even before — their children. Among other things, she has a blog, uses Twitter and has a Chumby, a personal Internet device that displays anything from news and weather to photos and eBay auctions.

Her children, ages 9 and 11, begged her to allow them to have a MySpace page, because she does. Instead, she suggested Imbee.com, a social networking site for kids that allows parental monitoring.

"I can't imagine my life without technology! It has truly become an extension of who I am and who my family will likely be," says Frownfelter, who works at a community college.

Still, in today's world, parents are finding that the urge to stake out technological turf is starting at a very young age.

Jennifer Abelson, a mom in New York, says her 2-year-old daughter asks every day if she can play on the "'puter" on such kid-oriented sites as Noggin.com and Nickjr.com.

"She's constantly telling us 'I will do it!' and 'Go away!' if we try to interfere with her 'working,'" Abelson says.

"It's pretty amazing to see technology ingrained at such a young age. But I know she's learned so much from being able to use technology on her own."

Martha Irvine is an AP national writer. She can be reached at mirvine(at)ap.org or via http://myspace.com/irvineap

we crawl part II

ooh...TVT uploaded it onto youtoob which is easier to use than the other place that they had this posted.

yay!

The polyphonic spree, we crawl.... I just love this song and think it's so nifty that they did a video for it and that the video is so cute and warm and fuzzy... just like the spree...

'night all

under pressure

Something weird was happening around here today.

When Mark picked me up this morning, he had a bit of a headache. He took a couple of tylenol and we got in the car and headed toward my office. About 1/2 way to work, he sort of yelped (we were stopped at a light at the time). A full blown migraine had kicked in at that moment.

He parked the cab after he dropped me off and went home to bed. When I phoned him at 2 p.m., he was really groggy. Apparently, he'd taken his migraine meds when he got home. He slept for a couple of hours and woke up feeling much better. Ginger Ale and toast called his name so he got out of bed and ate something. Out of nowhere, he got pounded with a second headache. He was in the middle of a drug hazed second nap when I called. By the time I finished work he was sort of functioning again but only enough to pick me up and drive home.

I ran out for soup and more ginger ale after work. He had some soup and more toast and his stomach and head are settled at the moment. Tomorrow he'll have the migraine meds hangover but hopefully that'll be all he'll have. The weather report looks sort of sketchy so I hope he doesn't get slammed with another one tomorrow. We really spoke too soon I guess. Just last week Mark and I were talking about how he hadn't had one in several weeks. It was too much to hope that they were gone I guess. They are really rotten and I wouldn't wish them on anyone.

sad tomorrow

I might not be sad tomorrow but I may be sad on Friday.

I've been keeping a really close eye on the forecast because if the weather cooperates, we'd like to go see Shanker + Romps on Friday evening.

It might just be nice, if I can keep my fingers crossed between now, and then.

baby check this out

Mark gives me a call each night after he's dropped the cab off. Once he's in our van, he calls me to let me know that he's en route to pick me up. He does this so I'm not waiting outside in shitty weather (if the weather is shitty - which it was a little today). Tonight when he called, I'd stepped away from my desk and he got my voice mail. In his message, he commented on how much happier I sounded in my outgoing message at nouveau job than I did at my old job. I was a bit surprised because I thought I sounded the same but then, I'm hearing it in my head and not in someone else's so what do I know. I think he's right though, I'm much happier now.

Of course, happiness can be sucked right out of you by the air in the mall. What is up with that? Tonight we finally went shopping for some new shoes for Mark. He noticed that one of the large department stores had their shoes on sale (from a flyer in the paper on the weekend). When we got to said store, the shelves were literally empty. We decided to check out a sporting good store which was in the same mall. I didn't expect to find much there because I thought it was one of those overpriced stores. Boy was I wrong!! Mark got two pairs of really nice, New Balance shoes for less than one pair at the department store.

The only down side of the whole thing was the air quality in the mall. We both felt oxygen deprived and a little nauseous. I still feel weird right now, itchy and off. Not a great description I know but that's what it feels like.

Thank goodness for TMBG. They are helping me screw my head back on straight.

back

After 3 weeks of vacation it felt a little bit strange going back to work this morning. It also felt a little weird going into a new building. Good, but weird.

The building I'm in now is lovely. It's really a cottage and it's very bright (even though today was rainy it was still bright!) with lots of windows and plants everywhere. My office is really airy and the space is open so there is (again) lots of light because I have 3 big windows. It's very pretty and once I get settled, I know that I'll love it.

The day flew by really quickly (as first days usually do). There's a lot to absorb but I really like the stuff I've been working on so far. The best thing about this job is that it's really self directed. There are certain things which need to be done each week or each month but for most the part, whoever is in this job can figure out a schedule for themselves. I like that.

Anyway, I'd write more but I'm completely braindead at the moment. I'm off to bed.

Oh, btw, did you see, Monsieur Crocker is back!

you are what you eat

I have been to a breakfast and two holiday luncheon's this week. If it is true that you are what you eat then I am a combination of bad coffee and slices of turkey with a smidgen too much chocolate thrown in for good measure.

What's not to love about the holiday season huh?

a little time

This afternoon, we our unit holiday luncheon thingy. It was also my "so long and thanks for all the fish" luncheon. I really don't like having a fuss made about me so I would have liked it to have been all about the holiday and not at all about me but, you don't usually get what you want in situations like this.

I was allowed to choose the restaurant and I picked a really nice, newish, Chinese buffet place near my house. I picked it for a few reasons 1 - there would literally be something for everyone 2 - it was inexpensive (we were picking up our own tabs) 3 - they had lots of parking and 4 - it was central to everything. The plan was that we had the rest of the day off to shop of whatever. I opted to whatever. A generous coworker dropped me off at home and I proceeded to get three loads of laundry done, some christmas gifts wrapped, a birthday gift assembled and 4 christmas gifts started (things I'm making). Not bad for just 2 extra hours huh?

Right now though, I'm dragging a bit. I have a nagging cough all day and I've been sneezing a little more than I would care to. I will not get sick though. I am not going to be sick this holiday season. no way, no how, not this girl!

all glory to hypnotoad

hypnotoad
Originally uploaded by Julep67

As luck would have it, we stayed home again today.

It was so very nice. Hibernation is fun. We stayed up quite late (for us) last night watching the retro music video channels. My but how the time can fly when you are cracking wise at video fluff. At one point, the Northern Lights For Africa video for "Tears Are Not Enough" came on and we both nearly peed from laughing so hard. Mostly we laughed at the brief segment where Zappacosta and Dalbello where paired off together. It was pretty hilarious and we both were left scratching our heads wondering where the heck those two one-named wonders ended up.

This morning, we slept in a bit but actually got down to our chores pretty early in the day. It was a good thing too because it took us the better part of the day to get through our respective "to do" lists. It wasn't all work though.

At lunchtime, we took a break and watched Mark's brand new (carbon neutral) DVD of Bender's Big Score. Quite frankly, it's awesome. One of the special features was a full length (22 minutes - we timed it) episode of "Everybody Loves Hypnotoad." It was awesome to see new Futurama stuff, particularly a movie which is Bender heavy and Zapp Brannigan lite.

Right now, for the first time in a very long time, I feel pretty much rested and recharged. I almost forgot how nice that can be.

sliding through saturday

how's your weekend going?

I haven't seen this in ages but it appeared on the retro video channel earlier today:



Funnily enough, so did "500 Up" by sloan.

That made me feel really really old.

hazy friday

A huge pile of top soil sits on the street in front of our neighbour's house. Tonight we saw four young lads picking out huge mud balls from the pile and proceed to hurl them at each other. There is now dirt everywhere. Clumps of dirt pollute the street and the new sidewalks. Fun times in the construction zone.

This week has felt particularly long. My cold is almost gone. At night, right around this time of day actually, I get a little bit stuffed up and I start to cough a smidgen. At the moment, some diet root beer is soothing my throat. Must be the roots.

I'm really glad that the weekend is here. We have a list of projects we're going to attempt. I like lists. I like how good it feels to cross stuff off of my lists. I'm hoping to feel very good about crossing stuff off, all weekend long.

shitty or surreal

today was a bit of a weird day.

I wish I could talk about it but I don't really feel like I could find the words to describe it so I think I'll not bother. Some things are better left unsaid, right?

I'm just glad that the day is now winding down and I'll soon be sleeping. Just for once, it would be nice to have a regular, boring, normal day. I'm not sure what that would look like but it would be interesting to see all the same.

impractical joke

This is the first time in several hours that I've felt even part way normal. The tired feeling I had yesterday (with the not mentioned before pressure in my ears and watery eyes) was the start of a cold I've been fighting. I didn't sleep much last night but managed to get some naps in this morning.

Between tea and water and soup, I've been either running to the loo or snoozing all day. I just dragged my butt into the shower and that has definitely perked me up. Thank goodness. I didn't go to work today and I feel really badly about that. Stuff's busy right now and the last thing I needed was to miss a day this week but sometimes you just have to. I'm sure my office mates (I share an office with 3 other people) will be happy that I kept my germs to myself today.

pretty pretty pretty good

does everyone love Larry David or are we the only ones?

today went very well. I'm tired right now but a little wired too. One more day of crazy work stuff and this whole thing will be wrapped up for another year. Well, a little less than a year I suppose.

Anyway, I found this video today. I have loved this song for a really long time but had never seen this clip before. the early 90's were fun, weren't they?

humpday

I am having a very busy week.

This is probably the worst week of the year for me, work load wise anyway.

Thank goodness I have muppets to help me cope and make me smile when I need it.

how's your week going?

on things I dislike

do you dislike nickleback?

do you dislike manufacture pop starlets who are more famous for their shenanigans than for their songs?

me, I dislike nickleback. I feel like I'm not alone in this.

me, I also dislike little pop tartlettes. again, I feel like I'm not alone in this.

you, reading this, probably don't like these things either. I would imagine then, that you may have amused by this, I sure was.

go bryce go!

bryce drumin', fancy tuxedos, Grant makin' Elvis faces, dancing girls and a big finish!!

I wish my Tuesday was this exciting but sadly, it was not.

Once again, I must try to live vicariously through the smugglers.

When everything else seems to be in the shits, some fun rock'n'roll can always shake it out of you.

a little friday treat

I've been enjoying all of the sesame street clips on you tube this week.

I found this one today and it just made me smile. How can furry happy monsters not make you happy? These monsters are so dramatic when they get sad but boy, those happy monsters can dance!!

Don't be glum kids, dance along with the furry happy monsters!!

more better

today was definitely more better than yesterday.

I feel drained though, tired. I think it's leftover from yesterday and I'm sure it'll pass. Work should be full out nutso busy for at least the next 6 weeks. Pacing is important, this is a long distance thing, not a sprint.

Because I think that Ms Winehouse is so very talented, I keep an eye out for news about her. So far, she's not become another cliched pop music casualty. I found this clip of her performing at the MOBO Awards last night. The Sun didn't have much good to say about her performance and, I'll admit that it was shakey in parts. Even still, a shakey Amy is so much better than all of the inter-changeable, high-gloss, over produced, cookie cutter pop starlettes around today. At least I think so anyway.

violated

Today was a very long day.

I worked at an event this morning and I had to be on site at 6:30 a.m. I was there around 6:20 a.m. but had been awake since around 4 a.m.

Long day indeed.

When we got back to the office, post-event, it was busy. Very busy, exhaustingly busy but the good kind of busy. I actually don't mind the pace but I do find that by the end of days like these, I feel rather drained.

I went looking on you tube for a version of John Lennon's God, performed by him but I couldn't find anything I liked. Both Mark and I like this cover of God which was recorded for the "Darfur" album - buy a copy if you haven't already, the good stuff out numbers the shit and it's for a good cause. I wanted to hear it and share it here because I had to quote a line from it in an email I just finished writing.

Today, on two separate occasions, I felt violated by the beliefs of others. I am sometimes made to feel uncomfortable stating mine so I don't. I can only imagine that this would be a thousand times worse if I were living in the states. It doesn't happen very often and for it to happen twice in one day is not normal. Right now, I don't have to just suck it up so I won't, I'll just share this with you all.

yip yip yip yip

my phone did not stop ringing today. well not much anyway.

at least it seemed that way. when I was talking on the phone, it didn't ring. sometimes though, that little red message light would start blinking while I was on the phone.

I'm popular, I suppose.



Had a busy day, that kind of busy where you don't realize that it's lunch until your rumbling stomach tells you. It was a good kind of busy though, the kind of busy I actually like. Accomplishing stuff is what I did, some stuff anyway, and that felt good.

On the way home tonight, I noticed lots of folks standing on the sidewalk along Division Street, outside of Beamish-Munro Hall, watching a giant mechanical pair of scissors eat away at the remains of the Jock Harty Arena. It was very a very "Scarfe" moment. Dusty too, not Springfield but the construction variety. Progress in motion.

One more thing, before I go, there are many many reasons why I don't generally watch Awards shows (I will sometimes make an exception to this rule for the Oscars but only if I've seen over 75% of the nominated films in the major categories). I woke up this morning to news that just reinforced why I care so little about awards shows: 30 Rock beat the Office for best comedy?! All I could think was, wft!?

blast from the past

For years now, I've been trying to find copies of "wait 'til your father gets home." My brother and I used to watch it when we were kids and I'd love to see how it holds up now.



Today has been busy and not. Both of us have been puttering around the house. Mark was far more ambitious than I. He started the tearing down of the pool project. It's a big muddy job and I'm really grateful that he does it cuz I would if I had to but if I don't, I'm just as pleased as punch.

The fair is on, just down the street and while the barker shouting "Do you wanna go faster?" are tempting, so far we've avoided going. We must be getting old I guess.

friday night dinner?

sound good? if they are lucky, maybe they can sit on the towel and watch tv while they eat it!

snoozing fish

snoozing fish
Originally uploaded by Julep67

When I was a kid, I used to really like "octopus's garden." I remember singing it a lot, at the time though, I have a feeling that the inspiration came more from sesame street and less from the beatles.

Sometimes, when I watch our fish, I hum the tune and sing along in my head (don't want to scare them cute fishies with my horrible singing now). They are cute and while they live in a tank and not "under the sea" I sing the tune anyway. Of course, I always think that fish live in the sea, rather than under the sea, cuz under the sea is all mucky and rocky and it's not easy to swim in rocks and muck.

However, to argue with Ringo would be not be a good thing, especially when he is the only cool beatle left!

who the hollyoaks omnibus is that?

hump day deserves a little vicky to lighten things up.

enjoy (I sure did)!!

busy but boring

Today was rather uneventful for us. The day was busy, we kept busy doing errands and projects and catching up on all of that stuff that you neglect during the working week.

Fortunately, Mark's knee is much better today. He is taking it a little slow and is noticing that if he moves in certain way, it gives him some problems but it's much much better than last night.

For some reason, it was hotter than stink here today. Really hot, muggy too. Not as muggy as Friday but the sun was intense. I think that all of the running around in the hot that I did today wore me out because honestly, I'm ready for bed now.

Thought I'd share this though cuz I thought it was really cool. enjoy!

isn't she lovely?

Despite everything she's been going through lately, she looks and sounds remarkable. I hope she's on the other side of whatever it is that has been haunting her.

so I suppose you want me to paint your chair

My nerves were completely rattled by the construction tonight. Every night it seems like they stay a little later and little later. Tonight it was almost 5:45 p.m. before they stopped.

Honestly, if I were at home all day, I think I would go insane. I feel a little nuts right now and they've been gone almost 2 hours.

Oh well, I'm not whining anymore. Let the whining be replaced with laughter. This has always been my favourite "Gavin" sketch. enjoy!

mellow monday

I had a really hard time this morning. I didn't want to get going, I couldn't face the fact that it was Monday again.

ugh.

We had a nice weekend, a little bit busy, a little bit lazy. A good combination actually. I felt rested this morning and I hadn't felt that way on a Monday in a long time.

Anyway, in honour of mellowness and the fact that it's Monday again, here's something mellow and very beautiful.

I just realized that it's thursday

Seriously.

For some reason, I got it into my head that it was Wednesday night. It's not. It's Thursday, almost the weekend. Wow.

Now, I don't like to wish the week away. I say that all of the time. But some weeks, working weeks I mean, are better than others. This particular week has not been particularly marvelous.

Having said that, I'm loving my red purse. I took it to work today and it held all of my stuff just perfectly. A friend of mine has made me promise that "should I go before her" she can have it. So there ya go, somebody make note: if I die (ooh, almost typed dye - should I colour my hair?) before Kirsty, the red Coach bag is hers!!

A while ago, I found a copy of a live performance of Ms Winehouse. It was taped in February, at the Paradiso in Amsterdam. She performed a cover of a Zutons song, Valerie. I instantly loved the song and eventually found some Zutons tunes and enjoyed them too. When stuff like that happens, musical dominoes, I'm happy. Thinking about all of the news about Amy lately though, makes me not so happy.

To me, her voice is so beautiful that it literally makes me well up when I think about what's doing to herself. Hopefully, she'll change direction and not head down an all too familiar road to ruin. I know she's pretty fucked up but I can't help but love her.

sweet sixteen not m16s

sexy lady bits and sexy man bits too...even you must be into you...if you're sick of me posting flight of the conchords...well, suck it!

sick in the head

Poor Mark.

This weather we're having is killing him. He had a migraine yesterday and today. This morning he went to work but I had to go pick him up after a couple of hours because he was so sick.

All afternoon there was a thunderstorm warning in effect but I don't think we'll be seeing any rain today. The pressure is there, outside I mean, but it doesn't want to break. Poor guy, he's sick sick sick right now.

Anyway, because I've been distracted with poor Mark, I leave you with this. Another little nugget of memories from my high school days. enjoy!

cheesey friday

For some reason, I can't get this fotc line out of my head: "will someone please remove these cutleries from my knees"

Everytime we watch their HBO show, or anything else with them in it, Mark and I find ourselves in tears because we are laughing so hard. I love when that happens!

Mark is working a half day today. He worked until noon and then was taking the cab for a wash and then an oil change. The plan is for him to be home in an hour or so. While he's been working, I've been puttering around the house. I got the laundry done yesterday and today I've been doing some dusting. I'm a little disgusted by how much dust has accumulated in the house. I have a pretty high dust threshold too, it has to be pretty bad for it to really bother me. The stirring up of the dust is making me sneeze a tonne too.

Our plan for the weekend is to do very little. The weather is supposed to be gorgeous, just like last weekend, so I'm thinking we'll be out on the deck or in the pool a lot. Speaking of that, I think I'm going to head outside right now.

I'll leave you with a little cheesey Friday fun:

dog day of august

I think that today turned out to be one of those "dog days of august" that we hear about.

I say this because I ended up having a big huge nap this afternoon and it seemed to be very dog-like behaviour.

This morning, I was up early and took Mark to work. Later on, I went out and did errands while it was still all cloudy. Despite the clouds, the humidity was insane and I kept thinking that everything I bought, even stuff which didn't need refrigeration, was going to melt before I got it home.

Eventually, the sun came out and the heat was oppressive. Mark quit work early and we went out for lunch. On the way home from the restaurant, we talked about getting into the pool for a while. What we ended up doing was crashing out for 2.5 hours. I'm so glad we did. Neither of us slept well last night for no apparent reason. Right now though, I'm feeling chilled out, rested and relaxed.

yay for naps!

psb state of mind

I am so very happy to be home again.

Honestly, this weather is great. It's sunny and hot and lovely and everything that you hope summer will be.

Unfortunately, in my opinion, this is only good for me when I don't have to be at work. I so hope that it's nice like this next week because I would love to be able to enjoy the hot weather instead of just running from air conditioned room to air conditioned room, getting a headache when I have to walk down a stuffy, non a/c hallway at work.

Oh well, thank goodness for the pet shop boys. I love this video. always have, probably always will.

I'll follow the sun

grapes are good. they make a very nice snack.

How is your Thursday going? So far mine is going very well. It's hot and sunny here and I'm enjoying it a lot. Last night, after work, we went home and almost immediately headed for the pool. Honestly, if I could have figured out a way for to make and eat dinner in the pool, I think I would have done that.

I've got tomorrow booked off and it's supposed to be hot and sunny again. 'bout time huh?? We won't be spending a tonne of time in the pool though, we have plans. Our plans involve a shopping trip to Syracuse and then seeing the Simpsons movie either in Syracuse or Watertown. Tomorrow night, we're going to go to the drive-in here in town and see it again.

Should be fun. We've had July 27th booked off since Christmas anyway. I'm looking forward to seeing the movie and it's been a while since we've been down to the states so I have a quite a long shopping list.

Anyway, in honour of this lovely sunny day, I leave you with this little sunny treat:

marmalade forest

It's getting dangerously close to being the weekend again.

My hope for the weekend is that we have sunshine and warm temperatures. It's been raining and gross here all day today. The rain broke long enough for us to get home tonight and then it started up again, with a weird kind of vengeance. What's up witha that oddly cruel rain?

For some reason that I am unable to put my finger on, I had this song in my head all day today at work. let me know if you get it into your head tomorrow:

hot tuesday

it got warm again today and for some reason, I think, the barometric pressure changes have given me a headache. I also have the hiccups but I don't think I can blame that on the weather. I can try but I don't think I will.

As you can see by my recent posts, I've been farting around on you tube a fair bit recently. I'm often pleasantly surprised by things I find there. Today, for example, I found this:



For many many years, I thought that Johnny McBean was a totally made up guy. I heard stories about him from the guys in the Stand GT but never imagined that Johnny actually existed. When I finally met him, I was a little surprised but it was a good thing. He was real, the stories were true and he was a nice guy to boot. So, yeah, yay for Johnny McBean. Oh, and yay for the Stand GT and yay for chicken coops.

rock!

crawling

For some reason which I cannot put my finger on, really, the days I spend at work are very very long. Perhaps it's because the weather has been really shitty on the weekends and it gets really nice once we go back to work on Monday. Maybe it's something else. Either way, it's not the best feeling in the world, that time is actually crawling along. Not good at all.

I found this video on You Tube today. It's from an album I spent way too much time listening to in the early 90's. I'd never seen the video before and it's rather silly but the tune is still fun and honestly, I needed a little silly today.

on the road

Mark just left. He's gone to Toronto to see Roger Waters at the Skydome. He's going to the show with his buddy Jack. I'm sure that they'll have an excellent time, he got pretty good tickets for this show. They aren't exactly as good as we were promised (his cousin helped us get these ones) but they're not bad. He's staying over in Toronto tonight and will be back sometime tomorrow.

This is the first time I'll be sending the night alone in this house. I mean, the fish are here so I'm not completely alone but you know what I mean, right?

We had a busy morning, getting him ready to get out the door. He's planning to visit with some other friends when he gets into TO today. Hopefully that'll all work out, sometimes the best laid plans can fall apart.

I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do with the rest of my day. It's clouding over right now (of course)so I suspect that whatever I do will involve some sort of combination of watching movies and cleaning. mmm...maybe I'll squeeze a nap in too at some point. Yeah, cleaning and a nap, that sounds like a good start.

weekend = yay!

the weekend has finally arrived.

yay!

We went out after work tonight and did a couple of errands. Mark is going to Toronto tomorrow so I will be sans wheels until he gets back. We basically picked up some groceries and other essentials of life.

I really hope that the sun shines on me. If I have to be home alone, I at least hope that it'll be nice and I can be outside instead of watching the rain hit the puddles.

*fingers crossed*

tgit

Is it Friday yet?

no?

Soon??

team building exercise '99

Is it hot in your part of the world? I'm not talking about hot like attractive or sexy but hot like, the air quality is crappy and the sky is brown?

It's a little like that around here. It got quite bad last night. I think it actually got warmer as the evening progressed. Our house has central air but I couldn't get to sleep. We went to bed around 8:30 or so and I got up at 11 p.m. because I was afraid I'd wake Mark up with my tossing and turning. Eventually, I was able to fall asleep sometime around midnight. When you're up at 4:30 a.m. though, that's not really good.

Tonight we were able to get into the pool. It felt great. We hadn't been in the pool for almost 2 weeks. The weather while we were on holidays was cool and rainy. It wasn't like that this afternoon though. We stayed in for about 90 minutes so we were pretty shriveled when we got out.

Last week, while we were on vacation, we bumped into Flight of the Conchords. Have you seen this HBO show yet? The Movie Network is showing it here in Canada. It's brilliant. Well I think it's brilliant anyway. FOTC are a parody folk duo and HBO have given them a 30 minute comedy show. It's funny, we've seen 3 episodes plus their HBO special so far. The episodes usually feature a couple of songs. They are actually pretty good musicians and I like their voices. The best part is that it's hilarious. They write really funny lyrics and have a very laid back approach to things. It's very deadpan and dry and I am looking forward to seeing more of them over the summer. It doesn't quite make up for Lucky Louie getting canceled but it's close.

classic monday

good monday to you all!!

I cannot believe it but I actually had to go back to work this morning. I'm sooo looking forward to my next break. Unfortunately, I have to wait about 3 and a bit weeks for that to happen.

On a totally unrelated note, I found this today and it made me laugh. I generally don't have any respect for David Gilmour but if Spinal tap let him play with them, he can't be all bad.

Enjoy.

baby baby baby baby oh baby

Rainy days and Mondays don't really get me down but a foggy Friday might.

It's looking kind of dreary outside right now. I know that it's early though, it could change. The sun could burn off the fog, it could get nice and warm and I could spend the biggest chunk of this afternoon on the deck.

Overall, I haven't minded that the weather has been sort of poopy for mini-holiday. We've been out doing stuff that hasn't really required nice weather. We had some sunshine and niceness in Montreal earlier this week so I can't really ask for more than that. Well, actually, I can always ask but I don't expect more than that.

Last night, Mark and I stumbled upon a really good documentary on IFC. It was called I, Curmudgeon and we really enjoyed it. I think we enjoyed it so much because the folks being interviewed in the film were saying things that we say all the time. We both identified a lot with these people who I guess are considered curmudgeonly but to me, just sounded smart and realistic. If you happen to see it pop up in your tv listings, it's definitely worth stopping for.

Anyway, I have a friend coming over for coffee in a while and the house is a bit of a disaster so I think I'll go and tidy up a bit. Here's a lovely video for a Friday morning. It took me right back to the early 90's again. Aaah...memories...

running away

yay!

We're running away to Montreal tonight to see the Spree....whee!

who can turn the world on with her smile?

I love that I live in Canada and not in the United States.

I love that Canadians will vote for someone who is as awesome and magical and cool as Montana is.

How can you not just love her?

weird

I think I'm having a weird week so far. It's not necessarily a good weird week. I don't actually feel much like talking about it because it'll probably not make me feel better about stuff.

Anyway, this did cheer me up. thank you gods and goddesses of you tube for posting these clips. they really help keep me sane.

I'd kiss the city of New York

yet another stepping stone in the path down memory lane...enjoy

blast from the past

I will always prefer Kirsty's version of the song but you can't beat Tracy's video for "they don't know"

now with more cowbell

Here's another early 90's flashback to share...

happy saturday

aah...were we ever really this young?

when pigs fly

I posted my very first video to you tube today. I shot it on Wednesday evening at the Roger Waters concert. It's really short but I think it gives a good perspective of the flying pig. Roger and the band were playing "Sheep" from "Animals" while the pig roamed around the arena. I've got a longer post started about the whole show which I will probably finish and publish over the weekend. In the meantime, I just wanted to share this with you.

happy hump day

may I offer you a cup full of childhood memories?

When I was really little (like from age 3 to 8) our next-door neighbour was an old hippie who introduced me to Harry Nilsson at an early age. Thinking about it now, this was the early 70's so he wasn't really that old...anyway...this was a particular favourite:

day at the beach

happy Tuesday!

I can't go to the beach today (because I have to go to work) but this almost makes up for it!

how can you not totally heart sanjaya?

coping with hump day

The short work weeks seem to just drag on for some reason. I guess it's partly because you have a lot of stuff to cram into four days but really, a huge chunk of the problem is that the weather is so nice outside.

Alas, I can't really play hooky but here's a nice diversion for a sunny afternoon: