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Oilers heading to the Finals

On April 19, I predicted that the Edmonton Oilers would be the Canadian hockey team that would do the best in the Stanley Cup playoffs. So for all of you nay-sayers (***cough, cough, Derek***), I was right.

Unheralded Oilers Reach Cup Finals

A quick explanation to my reasoning (for sport and non-sport fans alike):
1) The Oilers do not depend on one or a couple high profile players. Their success comes from playing well as a team.
2) If Detroit (in top place in the league) couldn't stop them, no one could.
3) They had to work crazy hard to just make it to the playoffs. This work ethic carried into the playoffs.

I am a proud Montreal Canadiens fan so my analysis was not clouded by loyalty of any kind. I do admit I have been cheering for the Oilers so my prediction would be right. The coolest thing about this whole thing is that I found out that people I know have been talking about my prediction. These were people that I mentioned to in passing over a month ago. I really didn't think they were listening to me.

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Awesome Sandwich

I had roast chicken sandwich with cranberries and melted havarti. I rule.

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Road Trip complete with 13 year olds

This past weekend I drove 3 13 year olds to a church camp in Saskatchewan and back again. The trip there was pretty good with the exception of the girl who would loudly proclaim "I'm bored" the second a conversation ended. the trip home was a different story...
I thought we were doing pretty good for time. We left the camp about 2 hours earlier than I had told the parents we would. There was a huge line of traffic right before the bridge to get to the highway. As we waited about 9 cops cars past us. We figured it was a really bad accident up ahead.
After about a half hour, a police officer directed us to drive on the shoulder to pass. As we approached the bridge we saw that protesters had blocked the road. Later I heard that other people had to wait more than an hour to get past.
My biggest mistake of the trip was letting the boys have two ice cappuccinos. Apparently 13 year olds who are barely 5 feet should not have that much caffeine. Being a teacher, I should have known better.

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Trumpet Blast from the Past

Yesterday, on my way home from work, I was behind 3 buses from Saskatchewan. I thought that was pretty cool. Then I realized that there were high school band and choir students on the buses from my old high school! Bizarre. Every year the band and choir take a trip and leave the Wednesday before the Victoria Day Weekend and return on Saturday night.
Note: For those who do not know me, I live 8 hours away from my hometown. This is why it is so surprising to see buses from my high school.

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Feelin Hot, Hot, Hot

I know I have not updated in awhile but I don't have Internet at home yet.
The last couple days it has been so busy at work, I've only been able to dedicate about a couple hours a night to unpack. I almost have the kitchen unpacked but for the rest of the rooms I still have a long way to go.
This afternoon I had a meeting downtown. The fellow employee I went to the meeting with decided to stay and visit a friend who works downtown. It is 28C right now. I walked to the train from the office building (less than 10 minutes), waited outside for the train to arrive (about 5 minutes), rode the non-air conditioned train (about 20 minutes) and walked back to the office (about 15 minutes). I get all the way back to the office and I realize that my fellow employee has my keys and no one in the office. I am locked outside in hot weather and I had run out of water while I was walking downtown. I won't tell you how but I broke into the building.

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Busy as a Bee Janny

I was relatively productive today but unfortunately little had to do with my job. Found out a bunch of information about everything that I have to change over because I moved to a new province. I found the first things I needed to do was get a phone number and a driver's licence.

It was quite a long process to get my licence. After filling in all of my information the lady had to test my eyes. After testing my eyes, the lady discovered I should have a restriction on my licence saying that I should always wear glasses to drive. So we had to fill the forms out all over again. As I sat and waited for her to process the paperwork it occurred to me "Maybe I should have brushed my hair before I came here." I will never complain my previous photo ID again. I was in such a rush to get my errands done before work it did not occur to me to look halfway decent because I was going to get my picture taken.

The first picture the guy took of me, my eyes were closed and I was in the middle of saying something. It was so bad the guy was doubled over with laughter. He noted that he needs to start a wall of bad licence photos. Wow, every woman's dream is to have a man laugh at how horrible she looks in a picture. The second picture was better but still fit to burn. Nothing I can do about it. I wish my purse never was stolen years ago. I was keeping my old university ID picture because I looked super hot in it. I always wished they could just take and use that picture.

Funny thing over heard while I was filling out my forms at 2:30 pm:
Employee 1 (as she was leaving): See ya
Employee 2: Wouldn't want to be ya
Employee 1: What?
Employee 2: Haven't you ever heard that saying before?
Employee 1: No [awkward silence and then with hesitation] Well I hope you have a good sleep.

(Funny side note: The first time I typed the title I accidentally had "Busty as a Bee Janny". that of course is an entirely different topic.)

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Amanda's Dad's boyfriend quits band

Sum 41 guitarist quits band to focus on new project: reports

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Things are Looking Up

This morning I woke up and my headache was gone. What a relief!

There were two notable ads in the paper for basement suites that appealed to me. The first one is walking distance from work and the C-Train (which I often take to get to meetings downtown). I spoke with the owner on the phone and he was so sweet. Just from our conversation he told me I sounded like the kind of person he wanted as a tenant. This was a positive sign. The place even has a dishwasher. I gave my number and he was going to contact the current tenant to figure out a time the suite could be viewed and call me back.

The second place is in a very nice neighbourhood. I could barely understand the man due to a thick French accent. He didn't tell me much about the place. The suite is a little farther away but I could still walk to work. He told me to come over at 7:30 PM to look at the place.

It was getting to be later in the afternoon and I still had not heard back from the first man. I was getting antsy. I did not want to miss this opportunity. I waited until after 5 PM and then called back. I left a message. He called me back a couple minutes later and the only time they had available was 7:30! I decided I was just not going to go to the other place.

I arrived at the apartment and the owners were so nice. The place was in excellent condition but so small. When I was there I thought I could fit all of my stuff in there. I traveled home a pit in my stomach started to grow. What was I going to do with all of my teaching stuff? I don't have a classroom yet. What do I do with it in the meantime?

I had not even see the other place and I had missed my other appointment. I wasn't at the first place for very long so I thought I could arrive late to the other place. I looked at the map and the street it was on was in about 4 parts. I could not figure out what part it was on so I went home.

I told my cousin about how small the suite is. She encouraged me to keep on looking. I told her I skipped out on my other appointment. She encourage me to call them back and see if I could still come. I called and sure enough they said it was ok. I was really hoping that it would not count against me.

The place is so cute and it is ready to move into now! The living room and kitchen have laminate flooring. All the walls have ledges to put pictures or knickknacks on. It was bigger than most of the places I had looked at recently. I asked if I could fill out an application. They didn't want me to fill out an application, they want to talk with me. We visited for about 20 minutes. I left with a very good feeling about the apartment and the owners.

Later that evening, the owners of the second place called to tell me that I could have the place if I was still interested. I went over this evening and filled out the papers, gave my damage deposit and got a key. My cousin and some friends came over with me to check out the place. They were planning how I was supposed to arrange my furniture.

Originally the movers were supposed to bring my stuff to Calgary this weekend. I had to call them back to tell them about my change of plans. I'll call them tomorrow to see if I can still get it sent this weekend.

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The Headache that would NEVER End

Last Thursday evening I started to get a bad headache. I was supposed to work but I was too ill. It continued into Friday and I only worked a couple hours. I was feeling better by Friday evening. I was fine on Saturday but then I had another headache on Sunday evening. I have had this headache ever since.

The medical term for what I have is migraine with aura. Apparently the numbness in my fingertips and pain on one side of my face is not unusual. I was just a little freaked out since I have different symptoms than in the past. What used to work in the past has not been working now. At best, my headache gets better but is never gone.

I have not worked much this past week. I try to work but it is useless. The lights are too bright, every noise is too loud, etc. It is generally agonizing to be anywhere but in my room with the lights off.

In unrelated disappointing news, I was at work this evening when a friend who lives over seas came online. He was only able to chat for a minute. He was on long enough to say hi and say he had to go.

I need something good to happen in my life.

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What Age Do You Act?

You Are 13 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

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Please Forgive the Mess... I Just Moved In

I'm still getting used to Blogger so there will be many changes in the coming weeks. I want to edit the template and organize the links.

Welcome to the Dark Side

I have given into to peer pressure.  I will be posting to a new blog http://jannymarie.blogspot.com in addition to http://www.angelfire.com/sk3/janny/blog

I got this new program that allows me to post to multiple blogs.

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Homeless

I looked at two apartments yesterday. One place was great and the other a disaster. Later in the day I got a call that the first place was taken. The management company told me that my application was not rejected, rather it came down to the other guy called about the place first.
I was so stressed out I got another headache. This is 4 out of 5 days having a headache. This one is one is making me feel nauseated.

Rental Dysfunction

Words really cannot describe how upset I am right now. This morning I got the key for my new place. This evening I was told that the rent agreement had to be changed. Now the amount we agreed on before would only be temporary until some needed improvements are made. After that time the rent would be way more than I could afford by myself. The movers are scheduled to come in a week. There is no way I can move to this place by myself, there is no guarantee that I will find a roommate. I feel so betrayed, these people are supposed to be my friends. I already had a stressful enough week ahead of me because of work now I have this to deal with.

Alternative Management Theories

Do you work in an office? Do you have a boss? Do you have a sense of humour? Check out Addressing Complaints from the people who brought you Demotivators.

Idle Hands are Sloan's Playground

The boys from Sloan were goofing around on a day off last summer and this video was the result:
The Search for Jay

The Ultimate Internet Mind Virus

One of my greatest pet peeves in life is what is referred to as mind viruses.
"These messages all have one thing in common: they contain compelling messages, or memes, that grab our attention and persuade us to pass them on. These memes play on our fear of loss, or embarrassment, or appeal to us with promises of sex or money or good luck. Some of messages make us feel good about ourselves because we believe that by passing on a plea for help or signing a petition, we're doing a good deed."

Here is what you can send to people if they send you one of these forwards:

The Ultimate Internet Mind Virus
I know this guy whose neighbor, a young man, was home recovering from having been served a rat in his bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken. So anyway, one day he went to sleep and when he awoke he was in his bathtub and it was full of ice and he was sore all over. When he got out of the tub he realized that HIS KIDNEY HAD BEEN STOLEN and he saw a note on his mirror that said "Call 911!" but he was afraid to use his phone because it was connected to his computer, and there was a virus on his computer that would destroy his hard drive if he opened an email entitled "Join the crew!"

He knew it wasn't a hoax because he himself was a computer programmer who was working on software to save us from Armageddon when the year 2000 rolls around. His program will prevent a global disaster in which all the computers get together and distribute the $600 Nieman-Marcus cookie recipe under the leadership of Bill Gates (It's true--I read it all last week in a mass email from BILL GATES HIMSELF, who was also promising me a free Disneyworld Vacation and $5,000 if I would forward the email to everyone I know).

The poor man then tried to call 911 from a pay phone to report his missing kidney, but reaching into the coin-return slot he got jabbed with an HIV-infected needle around which was wrapped a note that said "Welcome to the world of AIDS."

Luckily he was only a few blocks from the hospital--the very one where that little boy who is dying of cancer is, the one whose last wish is for everyone in the world to send him an email and the American Cancer Society has agreed to pay him a nickel for every email he receives. I sent him two emails and one of them was a bunch of X's and O's in the shape of an angel (if you get it and forward it to twenty people you will have good luck but ten people only will give you OK luck and if you send it to less than ten people you will have bad luck FOR SEVEN YEARS!)

So anyway the poor guy tried to drive himself to the hospital, but on the way he noticed another car driving along without its lights on. To be helpful, he flashed his lights and was promptly shot as part of a gang initiation.

And it's a little-known fact that the Y1K problem caused the Dark Ages.

(author unknown)

Stories from the week

I am so proud of myself. This week I went out for sushi with friends and I did not feel like a fraud. I can use chopsticks well enough that I had no problems at all. Yeah me! I ate so much. It was all you can eat and for the price you better believe I was going to eat all I could.

I've had a headache since yesterday before supper. I was at a conference all day yesterday and it started right after it finished. I have been pretty useless. I only worked about half a day. The headache is not gone but at least it has improved to the point I can be functional.

Moving Blues

I made the arrangements to have my stuff moved out of storage. Reality is setting in about how expensive it is to live in Calgary. I feel on the verge of being physically ill just thinking about it. I am 28 years old and am in a situation where I can do nothing about saving or investing in the future. It really sucks. I feel immature beyond my years. How is it that I felt more like a grown up 4 years ago?

I don't feel like going to sleep. It is almost like I am rebelling against responsibility.

NHL Darkhorse

So far my darkhorse prediction about the Edmonton Oilers is coming true. Last night Edmonton advanced to the semi-finals and they were playing the top team in the league.

Music Shuffle Meme

This is very similar to a game Krissie and I would play on road trips. Some times it works and some times it doesn't.


Put your music player on shuffle. Press forward for each question. Use the song title as the answer to the question. Post on your blog. Comment back if you post it on your site.

Will I get far in life?
Blue Spanish Sky – Chris Isaak

How do my friends see me?
Think for Yourself – George Harrison

Where will I get married?
Solid - The Dandy Warhols

What is my best friend’s theme song?
I Am Sound – The Dandy Warhols

What is the story of my life?
Breathe and Stop – Q-Tip (Funny if you don’t know the song; troubling if you do)

What was high school like?
All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down – The Mavericks

How can I get ahead in life?
Revolution 1 – The Beatles

What is the best thing about me?
Hypnotize the Moon – Clay Walker

How is today going to be?
The Native Eye – Xavier Rudd

What is in store for this weekend?
Murder on Music Row – Alan Jackson & George Strait

What song describes my parents?
Star – David Bowie

My grandparents?
Radar Love – Golden Earring

How is my life going?
Leech - Incubus

What song will they play at my funeral?
Another Girl – The Beatles

How does the world see me?
Side of the Road - Beck

Will I have a happy life?
When I Fall in love – Nat King Cole

What do my friends really think of me?
More than You Deserve – Brian Sklar and the Tex Pistols

Do people secretly lust after me?
Left of Centre - Sloan

How can I make myself happy?
No Milk Today – Herman’s Hermit (Apparently, it knows I have milk allergies)

What should I do with my life?
Focus on Sight – Thievery Corporation

Will I ever have children?
Lullaby – Ben Folds Five

What is some good advice?
Skin Deep – The Stranglers

What is my signature dancing song?
King of New York – Newies (I knew it! Hope you're jealous Mary)

What do I think my current theme song is?
The Wedding Present – Interstate 5

What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
Big Indian – The Dandy Warhols

What type of men/women do I like?
How Deep is the Ocean? – Billy Holiday

Almost Not a Nomad

It is official, I have found a place to live. I have known about it for awhile but it was not finalized until today. I will be living in a basement suite. I know the couple who just bought a house and they asked if I would like to board with them. They take possession on Wednesday. I found out today I can move in at anytime. Tomorrow I will call the moving company to set up a time for them to move my stuff out of storage.

In other Janny news:
I think I'm coming down with a cold. I'm tired, achy and my throat hurts. I'm trying to take it easy this evening.
The Habs are breaking my heart. I think I am only capable of loving teams that get you hopes up then rips out your heart and stomps on it.
I have been reviewing old episodes of Veronica Mars for two purposes. First, I am writing down where the commercials are so I can put chapter breaks when I record them to DVD. Second, I am looking for clues that I might have missed before the season finale.