I Feel Old

I went skating at the Olympic Oval with my cousin on Tuesday. That was a neat experience. I have never skated on such nice ice. She was so worried that I would be skating circles around her. She's over 20 years older than me and I look like someone who is in shape (but sadly am not). She had no reason to worry at all. I had a hard time keeping up to her! After about a half hour after skating at a pretty brisk pace, I had to take a break. I skated for another 10 minutes or so then I had to take a break again. I still wanted to skate but I couldn't keep up with her pace so I had to take it easy. I was only going faster than two people on the ice -- a little boy and a petite Asian woman. I had the impression that both were beginners. How embarrassing. I have been skating almost as long as I could walk but you would have never guessed it. I'm still getting my allergy build up so let's blame it on that. Yeah, let's blame it on fatigue from the allergies.

Sorry that I haven't posted in a couple days, I think Ky broke my blog. Stop it Ky! Your reign of terror has to stop. How can I dole out people's prescribed dose of procrastination without my blog?

It Is About Time

The Habs finally traded Jose Theodore. He has wanted to be traded for months and you can tell. I adore him but you don't want someone who wants to be playing somewhere else.

Great Moments in TV History

How could I forget? Sebastian Bach singing "Hollaback Girl" on Gilmore Girls.

Watch with Kristin agrees:
"Best. TV. Moment. Of. The. Millenium. I nearly died. (And wondered if that's where the SNL writers got their motiviation for this week's bar mitzvah skit.)"

Oscar Time Fun

I remember a time when John Travolta was cool then he wasn't then he was again. Clearly his coolness has dissipated again.


Not even Boom-Boom Washington could save him now.

To loosely quote Dewey, "Bows ate her face!"


Jack Nicholson proves that males, no matter what age they are, never get tired of making farting noises with their mouths.


Heath Ledger chatting up an imaginary girl


Heath kissing an imaginary girl.

I assume it is a girl.


No one's mother should ever wear a dress like that. How is he not screaming in agonizing pain?


Reese Witherspoon shows us why she deserves her supporting actress award.
Sad Reese


Violent Reese


I do admit that I adore Reese Witherspoon and I think she is as cute as a button. I thought this was a pretty neat picture of when it was announced she had won.


Umm, tiny guitar as a formal accessory?


Hilary Swank felt safe knowing that Wyatt Earp is keeping an eye on her.


Words can not describe:

Autistic Basketball Player Scores 20 points

A former university prof sent me this story today about an autistic boy, who normally is an equipment manager, was given the chance to play in a game.

It is really nice to hear about stories like this.

Adventures with Rare Well Done Beef Soup

I didn't manage to get to bed until around 3am and then had church in the morning. I punched my snooze button 3 times. For those of you who know her, my cousin Stephanie had to WAIT FOR ME to go to church. She is the queen of lateness.

For lunch on Sunday, I had my first quasi-successful attempt using chopsticks. The reason I even tried using chopsticks because I was scared people would judge me for not using them. I finished my meal albeit slower than my dinner companions. My shirt was covered with tiny little spots of soup. I had much better teachers than in the past.

As a result of my lack of sleep on Saturday night. I had a huge nap Sunday afternoon. I slept way too long and I could not get to sleep last night until late. On the upside, I'm a 1/3 of the way through the book I started yesterday.

Strange Connections to Warren Beatty

This past week I came across a quote:
"If I can't dance, I don't want your revolution!" - Emma Goldman (there are many variations of this quote floating around)

I thought this was an interesting quote so I looked up Emma Goldman. I found out that she

was a Lithuanian-born anarcho-communist known for her anarchist writings and speeches. Adopted by First-wave feminists, she has been lionized as an iconic 'rebel woman' feminist. Goldman played a pivotal role in the development of anarchism in the US and Europe throughout the first half of the twentieth century.

(Side note: I always find it funny that anarchists are the kind of people that would never survive in the kind of world they strive for.)

This past week I was reading an article in Vanity Fair about the 1981 movie Reds. It a movie co-written, directed and starring Warren Beatty. It is the story of an American journalist in Russia during the Communist Revolution. This movie is based on a true story and Emma Goldman is one of the characters portrayed. Weird, I had never heard about her before in my life and I read about her twice in one week.

On to the next connection:
In said article, the writer states that no one could ever call Warren Beatty a political dilettante since he has been an active member of the Democrat party since the 60s. I was amused since I love the word dilettante and it is not common (at least in the circles I travel in). Low and behold, guess what Dictionary.com's word of the day is?

dilettante \DIL-uh-tont; dil-uh-TONT; dil-uh-TON-tee; -TANT; -TAN-tee\, noun:
1. An amateur or dabbler; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge sporadically, superficially, or for amusement only.
2. An admirer or lover of the fine arts.

adjective:
1. Of or characteristic of a dilettante; amateurish.

So to sum things up:

Dance quote -> Emma Goldman -> Reds -> Warren Beatty
Word of the Day -> dilettante -> not Warren Beatty

Some day I may have to post my theory about why some men don't marry until alter in life. I call it my "Warren Beatty Theory".

I wish this was a joke...

The Official Awesome Website

I'm pretty sure any band named Awesome is probably not.

Your Dreams Have Come True

MC Hammer has a blog. I thought it was a joke at first but it looks 2 legit 2 quit.

bah

I'm surrounded by couples. Why can't they take their coupling ways elsewhere? Let celebrity "life coach" Star Jones lets you answer the question Is He the One? This only further proves my point that once people get married (women in particular) think that they are experts about love. Bah humbug.

Crossover Show

In the great tradition of TV cross overs like Magnum P.I. and Simon & Simon comes the new collaboration between Fox and CBS called 24 Numb3rs

What to say, what to say....

Last night my friend Shannon came over for a visit. She is in the city for work. We were told about this Saskatchewan pub that we wanted to check out. I had high hopes but it was nothing special. Both of us were expecting it to be packed but it was pretty dead. At least we know what it is like now.

My morning began at 2:30am after only 3 hours sleep. Waking at this time was not intentional, I just woke up and couldn't sleep. I didn't get back to sleep until around 4:30am. Other than that it was a pretty humdrum day.

King Kong in Bun-o-vision

Now for your viewing pleasure King Kong in 30 seconds with bunnies

End of a Good Thing

26 February 2006 17:30 MST | Posted by janny

Today the people who I am boarding with are coming home from vacation. Boooo. Don't get me wrong, I am so thankful for somewhere to stay while I try to find my own place. I just need my own space where I don't feel like I'm intruding.

How true, how true.

There were elections called today in Thailand. He dissolved Parliament due to protests when some of his business dealings were revealed. One protester's sign read:
"When money talks, the truth is not heard."

Booyakasha! Respek.

"I was kind of in shock. It was difficult. I was in a good place and I didn't feel nervous, but physically I just couldn't execute when I needed to."
- SASHA COHEN, after coming in second in women's figure skating at the Olympics.

I immediately thought to myself, "Isn't Sasha Cohen the guy who plays Ali G?" I had to check it out. His name is Sacha Baron Cohen. So despite first glance of the name, a 6'3" British man did not compete in women's figure skating.

Wonkified

I finally am set up to have an RN give me my allergy shot. At the walk-in clinic near work has a policy that you have to see a doctor first a couple times before they will let you. Since I have been getting my shots for nearly 6 years and have no fatal allergies, they set me up after 2 visits. This is a huge relief since today I was there for two hours. Now I just have to wait until the RN is available so the longest i would be there is a half hour (they make me wait for 20 minutes to see if I am alright).

I felt wonky after my allergy shot today. In addition to that my back was spasming so I decided to take a bath and have a nap. I did not start working until 4pm. I only worked about 5 hours today so I will make up the rest of the time on Saturday.

What once was lost...

I went to Banff with some friends on Sunday. One of the friends I had not seen for over a year. It was pretty windy so we just stayed in the town of Banff.

I was a "view and run" and didn't even know it. When we first got to town one friend desperately had to go to the bathroom. He happened to park right by a museum. We looked around the gift shop then used the washrooms (we didn't want to seem like we were only there to pee). I decided I wanted to check out the art exhibit; strangely my friends did not come with me. After we left the building my friends told me I was supposed to pay to go in. It was a gallery owned by the government it never occurred to me I would have to pay to go in. I'm used to the ones in Saskatchewan that you make a donation if you like but no admission is charged. Oops. Apparently it was $6 for adults, it was hardly worth $6.

Yesterday, my cell phone was found. I was so sure that I left it in the loaner van I had while my car was being fixed. I called the place and it was loaned out again so I had to wait for the person who had it to contact the auto body shop. They called me back saying it wasn't in the van. I could not figure out where i could have left it. I remember where I left it and then I did not have it after. It left me very confused. Yesterday, they called me back and told me they found it. It was exactly where I left it. My cousin is picking it up tomorrow. I have no idea how it will get to me. I am mostly relieve no one was using it. (I did have service suspended on Thursday but that was after being missing for 4 days).

Today was back to the grind stone after a long weekend. The problem with full time employment, it seriously cuts into my procrastination time.

Lost Parody

Weird Al created a parody of Bohemian Rhapsody about the show Lost called Lost Rhapsody.

I'm back...finally

I finally have Internet for my computer. Last night the tech guy came and made some changes so it would be allowed.

Moving was a bit of a gong show. It felt like I was never going to get out of Saskatoon. Some highlights of the move:

• one of the movers looked like Willem Dafoe


• My car was not ready until 4pm. I had been ready to go at noon so I had to wait. I went over to a friend's house and visited her for awhile.


• After my car was ready, I had to put on the new windshield wipers I had purchased. I couldn't figure how to put them on when I realized that I bought the wrong ones. I could not return since they were out of the package (I also lost the receipt). I bought new ones. I broke one of them trying to put them on in the Canadian Tire parking lot. I had to buy another one. To summarize: I had to buy 5 windshield wiper blades recently.


• I realized around Kindersley that I did not know were my cell phone was. I had so much stuff packed in my car, I was hoping it was somewhere. I had a sneaky feeling that it might be in the loaner vehicle from the auto body shop. I contacted everywhere I was on Monday and I could not track it down. I tried calling the phone, I could check messages but could not find it. I finally had to suspend service on Thursday.

Until I find my own place, I am boarding with the family of my new employer. It just so happens my new employer is my cousin's husband. Currently I have the house to myself since they left on vacation yesterday. My cousin Saryn is another boarder here and she will return on Monday. Enough for now.