Bellini-induced Brain Freeze

You are now leaving the free-fare zone Sure, you can argue that I only love public transit 'cuz I don't have much choice, but I think it's a wonderful way to liven up one's day. I read in someone else's blog that they thought cars were ugly. She didn't mean they look ugly, she just thought they were a miserable way to get around in life. I would have to agree. Everyday you get in your car and it's just you, or you and some friends or you and your family...anyway, the point is when you're driving in your car it's going to be the same experience (unless your car breaks down or whatever) every single frigging day. Everyone who steps into your car is someone you know, so you never get to meet anybody new. Whereas with public transit, planes, buses, trains, boats even, more likely than not you will be sitting next to someone you don't know. Whether or not it's a pleasant journey between the strangers or it becomes somewhat screwy, it will

You can't hide. Well yesterday was quite a social, see-and-be-seen sort of day. Went to lunch with Civic, ran into an aunt. Saw an uncle from my office window as he was returning to work after lunch. Returned a call from Posie and ended up hanging out with her a bit after work. Then came Daisy for our daily commute home together, and I come across another aunt (who apparently had no idea I was working downtown now). And just when I settle down on the bus stop bench to read my book and listen to the luscious Craig David, a friend from my travel program comes along and so now I have another person to chat with on the commute home. Even had a few emails back and forth with Mijo, who I barely ever get to hear from/talk to anymore. I'm sure I wasted my "potential social energy" yesterday, it was just flowing forth like there was no tomorrow. I should have focussed all my "powers" on having Flamingo or Mr. K, or even Vin Diesel, walk through my agency doo

Let's talk about cars The convenience of having a car is indisputable, somedays I totally wish I could drive. However, the truth remains the same: I WAS NOT BORN TO DRIVE. My best friend, Posie, has just signed up for driving lessons, but she has a really good reason to learn how to drive. I would learn to drive, too, just in case my baby has to go to the hospital for an emergency, or even just to get home to my baby earlier. Lana's an angel, I think all of us here would do anything for that child. Daisy's still practicing for her driver's exam. Me, I've taken my lessons, had my learner's for over 5 years now, I've even had to renew it! My excuses for not driving are running out. Poor Jetta's gone so I don't have to worry about driving standard anymore, and if I were driving then my brother couldn't complain about how he has to drive the Neon when I was the one who got to pick it when I don't even drive. Hm, maybe someday. Someda

This morning I was listening to P.Diddy's "I Need A Girl Pt. II" on the radio, and it hit me how totally brilliant this guy is. Pretty much giving the entire female population a list of qualities he's looking for in a girl, all while making money selling the CD. Absolutely genius. *l* I wonder what would happen if I made a hit single or two about what guys must possess to peak my interest. My songs would never be of the "What A Girl Wants by Christina Aguilera" type crap. I could not believe how trashy she looked on the 2002 MTV VMAs (which makes me feel extremely righteous and justified in hating her. Haha). She made Lil Kim and Foxy Brown look like nuns! It wasn't even sexy trashy, as Britney Spears can be at times. It was like "ho-who-could-not-seduce-a-man-even-if-she -paid-him" sort of trash. Hopefully her upcoming album crashes in a burning failure. Whoo, look how easily I get sidetracked. Anyway, I remember back in jr. high I

This was just a major movie weekend, and I still haven't caught up with all the movies I've wanted to see. My Big Fat Greek Wedding on Friday, and then Saturday me and my sister rented 4 movies. We watched John Q, Donnie Darko, On The Line, and National Lampoon's Van Wilder. It's pretty nice having the weekend off every once in a while! John Q was distressing. Sure, a similar situation hasn't happened yet but I don't think it's that unlikely. It makes me really glad that I live here in Alberta, where our health care is still affordable for the average person. I can't imagine how my family would be if they had had to pay for my radiation treatment and surgeries. Next I watched Donnie Darko, it was really confusing. Maybe that's the whole point of the movie, I don't know. I rented it upon reccommendation from another friend. The guy who suggested it is really great, but it wasn't a movie I'd normally go out and rent. Perhaps it&

Auggh, talk about frustrating! I wrote an entry yesterday and as I was posting it IE decided it didn't like the Blogger site anymore and shut me out! I tried to log in again and it wouldn't acknowledge the site even existed! Anyway, I lost that nice long entry I had written and now I have to start all over again. Friday nite, Daisy, Latina (another friend) and I went to go see My Big Fat Greek Wedding at Paramount Chinook. Loved it! Although it was based on Greek customs and culture, I saw similarities between Toula's situation as well as mine. It kinda scares me that my wedding may be something similar as well! One thing that we had in common dead on was the whole family thing. Everywhere you go there's family family family. They're always there to help you out, even when you don't need it. (Note to self: When preparing for my own wedding day, lock the door and just have mom and Posie in the room with me. Preserve my sanity that morning.) And I can

I am sooooooo happy! The shoe repair man finished my boots off last nite and they are once again fantastic! He is my shoe-saving hero! I wore them today as a treat to myself *s* I'll definitely be bringing more of my poor neglected shoes to his store for reviving. We had a dinner sponsored by the Maui Tourism Bureau to attend last nite. The food was excellent and they had hula dancers and ukelele players and everything. It is one of the best industry dinners I've been to so far! I'm also in love with Hawaii now. I think Lilo and Stitch peaked my interest in the state first. But after seeing all those videos and everything, I'm completely enamored with it all. I'd rather go to Maui than Honolulu, it looks less crowded and more paradise-like. Unfortunately, I didn't win the trip there last nite, but that's ok 'cuz I'll get there someday. I wonder if I could fool anyone by saying I'm Hawaiian. I remember when I was a lil girl my dad us

Hmm, 2 blog entries in one day....I'm definitely showing signs of addiction *s* I realized that my last post might get some of u down (even though I've come to terms with it, death and dying are still fairly depressing topics for most) so I've decided to perk things up a little by talking about one of my lil obsessions: shoes! Along with shopping for clothes, I simply adore going shopping for shoes (and accessories, and purses, and pretty much anything that puts together a great outfit). What makes it even better is when I have enuf "whatever" money to treat myself to brand name stuffs. I'm not as big a label whore as Daisy when it comes to clothes, but I have a an addiction/fetish to brand name shoes and doodads to add on to the ensemble. Someday I'll fork over enuf money to get myself a pair of Manolo Blahniks, the golden goose of shoes! I usually get low profile shoes 'cuz they're a better price and still look cute. But I get a thrill wh

My newest goddaughter (we'll call her Lana) and her mom, my best friend Posie (not real name) came to visit last nite. So cute! Excellent thing there are babies galore around me right now, cuts down my "need" to have my own baby. The past few days have been "mortal days" as I like to call them. Where I realize there are no guarantees to how long I'll be here on Earth so I should plan what I do accordingly. Chinookbug, the lady who led me to discover the joys of blogging, has the same cancer as me. Someone on her blog asked her (they didn't know about her "situation", it was just a random question) about dying and her thoughts on it and all. She replied that it made her life simpler and clearer (don't quote me on that, but that's the general gist I got from her response). I would have to agree with her. It's a rather peaceful feeling, if u ask me. Of course, when I first found out about my diagnosis, I cried and cried and f

Guilt's still somewhat there. Never logged on last nite and so never told Misfit I won't see him anymore. Whatta horrible person I am! Switched CDs for the commute to work today. Today is Groove Armada - Goodbye Country Hello Niteclub. Love Groove Armada. For some reason I always associate them with sex. Ever since I bought the other CD, what's it called? Vertigo. I remember buying that CD for one song; the Fatboy Slim remix of I See You Baby....and ended up loving the rest of the CD more, thinking to myself "these are good tunes to have sex to" Very rarely are their songs non-sexual in my mind since then. There are straight-up freaky fucking songs and then there are the slow discovering-one-another type songs. It works well. Gotta love Groove Armada. Just looked them up on HMV.com and they've got a few CDs where they've redone other people's work. Groove Armada with Barry White??? Must be off-the-hook sexy. Groove Armada with Al Green?

Boy did I feel horrible last nite, Still feel like a jerk. Like I said in my last entry, I just didn't feel like meeting that guy after work. I usually meet Daisy (Miss G...we'll change her nick for easier typing) after work so we can take the train home together, but she's usually about half an hour-45minutes later than when I finish...and that's when Misfit (which we shall dub the guy, since that was a previous topic of discussion) and I were supposed to meet at Second Cup. I didn't want him to arrive downtown and somehow see me wandering around and obviously not show up for our date. So I hid. I skulked around the stores where I knew he wouldn't dare step foot in, waiting for Daisy to arrive downtown. Her and I had figured out since I wanted to get out of the core before he arrived I'd leave at 5:30 with or without her. I felt so guilty that I even hid in the building rather than on the platform right up until the minute the train arrived. Felt a

I'm addicted to all things blog-related now. I love reading them, and I'm soooo tempted to post to my own blog whenever I have the spare time. Practicing self-restraint, though, 'cuz I don't think there's a lotta people who've stumbled onto this blog yet and I don't have anything exciting to report. Not like those NY bloggers. Love New Yorkers! My weekend wasn't too bad, for some reason it was exhausting! I can't figure out why it was so tiring, but I was drifting off during Mass Sunday nite and my brother had to elbow me a coupla times. Friday after work, C, Miss G. (yes, nicknames will be used to protect the innocent) and I went for drinks/Happy Hour at Catch. Martinis were more expensive than at the Cactus Club but they were delicious so u didn't hear much complaint coming from me. I had a Timone and a Mocha Magic....both exquisitely good. Miss G. ordered a Mocha Magic as well and a Sangriatini. That was wonderful, too. C and I ha

Ok, now I can write. So....I figure this'll be how I do web updates from now on. It's a lot faster than building a new page for every month of the year. Plus, hopefully, I'll update u guys more often. Of course, a lotta it will just be day to day babble, but some of u may enjoy that *s* Anyway, last time I updated my site was in June....what's happened since then? Well, my aunt had her wedding and I was a bridesmaid. I, being the attention whore that I am *s*, totally loved it. She had her reception in the Crystal Ballroom of the Palliser! U should've seen her suite, it was the "Golden Suite", totally amazing. I've finished my practicum and have been hired on with Fletcher Travel. It's great here....it's just a small lil agency but from talking with old classmates I've realized I've learned so much more with Fletcher than I would in a big corporate office since they don't let u touch anything for a year as a rookie counsel

Auugh....finally have this up and running, but sooooo outta time to write anything of any real relevance. Go fig.