Gadgetgrl's Blog

Jason Mraz - I'm Yours

2008-12-27T00:54:00.003-05:00

MISSING

2008-09-18T00:35:00.001-04:00

Missing

Have you seen my gallon of paint? Last seen in my hallway but has been missing for several months now. It’s been gone so long I can’t even remember it’s colour name.
REWARD offered.

2008-08-08T09:55:00.000-04:00

This makes me happy and restores faith in humanity. It's perfect

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=34933748208

2008-08-07T14:25:00.002-04:00

You know it isn't easy to shock me. But the murder of Tim Mclean did that. I met his Dad and his step mother (through a good friend of mine and theirs) I wasn't planning on posting on this subject for this reason. It hits a little too close to home. I am horrified at the media coverage ( especially how the media reported it in the early hours - the family found out through them not through the proper channels) and horrified at the nature of the crime. Now there are other things to be horrified about. Including PETA ( a bunch of freaks - I think they are off the deep end on most subjects - including pet ownership ) and the freaks at westboro baptist church. They both are using this to forward their own agenda. Disturbing.

Members of a notorious U.S. church that's been branded a hate group are coming to Winnipeg to protest at the funeral of Tim McLean Saturday.

A spokeswoman for the Westboro Baptist Church -- which is known for staging protests at funerals of American soldiers who have died in Iraq -- said seven members will picket outside the Westwood Community Church Saturday to let Canadians know that "God hates you, and it's because of your rebellion against his word that this child is dead."

Viriginia-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, otherwise known as PETA, said Thursday the advertisement to run in the Portage Daily Graphic was to highlight the suffering of chickens, pigs, cows and other animals when they're slaughtered for human food. The PETA spokeswoman for the proposed ad, Lindsay Rajt, said the advertisement is shocking but was not meant to dishonour the death of 22-year-old McLean last week.

"We hoped to challenge everyone shocked by this horrible crime," said Rajt. "Animals went through exactly what he went through."

tooth fairy is a sick bitch

2008-07-29T00:48:00.002-04:00

Cora came over today with her 6 yr old.... She took him to the dentist and he had a tooth pulled. bad enough but they gave him a little box with the tooth in it... clear top so you could see the nasty thing all icky with bits of blood on it in it. made me think of the tooth fairy. What a twisted piece of work....

Let's examine the evidence.

She is obsessed with teeth - only children's teeth... seems a fetish or something.She spends all her time obtaining them. What for? Does she eat them? use them in some nefarious way. Is she making an army with them. Making some fort. What possible normal reason would she have for getting all these teeth. I bet her house is like a pack rats.

She breaks into your house. She tiptoes to your sleeping defenseless childs room while they are sleeping and steals a body part from them.

Gives them hush money. Possibly to purchase more candy so they loose more teeth... like a crack dealer I think. Maybe she is grinding and snorting the teeth like a total freak.

Do you really want this in your child's life? don't you think we should hunt her down and stop her..... sick stuff i think.

2008-07-18T15:35:00.002-04:00

God, do you ever have those weeks where you can't stop laughing? I seem to be having one of them. It isn't like it's been a particularly good week. My Grandpa died yesterday. Not usually a source of laughter but surprisingly so. I know when my dad died almost 10 yrs ago.... life was oddly funny. My siblings, mom and I never laughed so hard as then. I suppose without the sour the sweet doesn't taste so sweet. something like that.

My life is going really well... lots of fun in the summer time, lots of friends, family and animals running around my house. Sometimes I wonder what a certain lovable adorable awesome bald guy who is in my life these days take on all the wacky people in my life, calling and popping over all the time. He is so fun and easy going and doesn't even freak when he is pooped on by a cat.
Granted he fits in quite well... he is thinking of going back to school to take nursing, must say he has the go with the flow and sense of humour for that. Most of my friends are nurses and have that warped weird sense of humour which makes life fun and interesting.

Laughing over surreal situations in our personal lives, our work lives and warped horrible dark things. Laughing at the things like orgasming at the gym, catatonic nuns and bearded naked women. I laughed so hard at lunch yesterday I thought I would split my gut. It was surreal going to a meeting about the most difficult patient I have ever met in my life. The nastiest person out there , hands down. There are only a few of us that are still able to go in and see this person. All of us very easy going and go with the flow. So this meeting was odd. But again - I am choosing to surround myself with people who are supportive and funny and amazing people.

People like Nat, who when I told her my gramps passed away - she didn't know what to say without the "s" word ( inside joke for us) I responded that well, he was old and sick for awhile and this was expected. "Well" she said... " then good riddance" I laughed so hard at that. I would love her to come to our work coffee breaks.. she would fit in so well.

Like the co worker that I argue about religion ( we differ vastly) and debate all things and connect emotionally. Like my 2 best buddies at work. We haven't been working all together but when we do - watch out. The three amigos- they protect me, slap me upside the head when i need it, laugh with me, and just make my life wonderful. I have a wonderful bunch of friends through my office friend. She is amazing... she worries too much, I wish she could realize how funny and cool she is, and not worry so much about other people.

what's good enough for chickens is plenty good enough for us.

2008-06-30T15:30:00.002-04:00

joe pesci doesn't fuck around....

2008-06-30T10:35:00.001-04:00

On my way to becoming a crazy cat lady.....

2008-03-05T10:08:00.005-05:00

I now have 2 cats!!! I got a kitten. I named him Rufus. He's a little crazy but he fits in really well in this house. He's 8 weeks old.My sister's co worker was fostering his siblings and him with his mother. The mom was loaned out to an orphan litter of kittens 3 weeks ago. He is pretty needy but so independant at the same time. About 10 minutes after bringing him home in the carrier - Fredo had no signs of aggression so we let him out to explore and sniff.

Big size difference. I've never had a kitten so unafraid at first. We didn't have to separate them yet. The only aggression Fredo seems to have is to bit and nibble him on the neck and then lick furiously. Fredo is very playful now. Finn is pretty fond and very gentle with little Rufus. Wants to lick those ears and bum clean. And Rufus LOVES it. Right now Rufus and the dog are napping next to me in bed about one inch apart (the dog lied almost on top of rufus catwright and he just readjusted and went back to purring.)

Post Secret...

2008-02-28T19:23:00.002-05:00

Courage can be more important than artistic training or technique in creating meaningful and lasting art .

Frank Warren

I just got back from the post secret exhibition at the WAG. It was fabulous. I can't get over how much different it seems in person. I saw a lot of the cards I have seen posted on the blog and others were new. Something about seeing people's handwriting, the actual postcard and both sides in about 1/3 of them.

It is truly amazing to feel connected to so many other people through similar secrets. To smile, then get chocked up in the next instance. Some of the secrets hit me right in the middle of the chest.

I am privileged to have seen this exhibit.

Just amazing.

Back to barking

2008-02-22T22:36:00.002-05:00

Remberance Day

2007-11-11T11:55:00.000-05:00

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved, and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep,

though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.
— John McCrae

Rememberance day to me always makes me think of family members who have passed, most notably my dad and my grandmother.

My grandparents both served in the air force and met during the war while stationed in Gander. Of course that was considered overseas at the time. My grandmother was my grandfathers nurse during an appendectomy one summer. She remembers that she had two patients that summer who had this surgery and one was a jerk and one wasn't.

Christmas came and my grandfather saw her introduced himself and asked her if she would like to cut in line for their supper meal and mail pickup. She did, hoping he wasn't the jerky patients but the nice one. Apparently he was the nice one since she decided to marry him. They ended up being stationed apart after marriage and would meet up for weekends away. It was on one of these weekends that they decided that they should start a family. My grandfather's ulterior motive was that he feared she would be going overseas to nurse on the front lines and he feared for her. My dad arrived approximately 9-10 months later. He was a very big boy. He would always stick out in family portraits. While both my grandparents were of decent heights and my grandmother quite tall for a woman at that time ( I am thinking she was about 5'7 ish , he was 5'10 ish) my dad ended up being 6'4. the 5 other kids my grandparents had were normal heights (no one over 6 ft tall).My dad towered over everyone.

The reason my grandfather would say with a mischievous twinkle in his eye would be " Well he is big because we worked on him ALL weekend"

I wish I had pictures on my computer of my grandparents - especially of my grandmother in her nurse's uniform and her dress uniform to share. They are some of my favorite pictures. I remember when I graduated my grandmother was so proud at the ceremony she was crying. I am so proud of my grandmother, she was one of the strongest women I knew. She lived through the war, the depression in Saskatchewan as a child, the death of a child. She had her last baby at the age of 48! she worked into her late 60's. She was so protective of her children she actually strangled a rabid skunk with her bare hands when it was about to attack her child, yet she was so well mannered - you wouldn't believe she was capable of that.

Random Musings

2007-06-29T22:51:00.000-04:00

I've been on an Irish kick these days. First I am strangely addicted to Marian Keyes books. They are perfect summer reading. Nice and fluffy and make you laugh.

On Wednesday, I was really taken by Nuala O'Faolain on CBC radio being interviewed by Eleanor Wachtel on Writers and Company. I thought about running out to get her book, but then I am now thinking of getting it as an audio book since I just loved listening to her speak. She had a really interesting self deprecating manner but brutally honest and funny through that. The fact that I actually am thinking about her work 2 days later is probably a sign that I should read/listen to her more eh?

I am really enjoying the house( just not the what seems like a giant mortgage payment!) I didn't think I would like a backyard as much as I do. I am pulling weeds, whacking them (Thanks to a friend who gave me his old weed whacker) and even mowing the lawn. I will get around to uploading more pictures one of these days. I am doing more grunt work and planning for next year with the garden then actually doing a lot of planting. I loved having fresh garden strawberries to give away( I was avoiding them because of the possible allergy) and wondering what plant was going to open next( Right now my star burst (?) lilies are out- the orange poppies were glorious but they don't last long) Next year I want more of these, more peonies, and more ferns I think. I would like to have my hostas do better too. Is anyone amazed that I am going on about plants like this??

My cat is loving it outside. I try to sit and read and drink my tea outside after supper on some days just to make him so happy. I need to chickenwire the gate off. It is amazing - he is so fat but he can squish through the smallest of spaces. He almost got himself killed yesterday though. Ran out into the front yard and then as I was trying to retrieve him bolted into the street as a car was coming. I screamed his name and the van stopped thank god. He just stopped in the middle of the street. The neighbours think I am nuts I suppose( didn't help that I was wearing green vertical stripped pj bottoms, and a horizontal blue striped t-shirt- I was lounging around the house when I needed to go to the car for some reason.)

Now I feel bad about all those bears I ate....

2007-06-29T22:47:00.000-04:00

Gummi Bear Dropped Into Potassium Chlorate - Watch more free videos

They Scream!!!!!! I'm going to have nightmares forever now. First the lobsters of my childhood and then these. At least they were lobsters and gummi bears and not lambs like Clarice... we don't want Hannibal Lector coming after me. Can you tell I have nothing interesting to say these days?

this facebook addiction

2007-05-28T22:53:00.000-04:00

more facebook

2007-05-27T00:48:00.001-04:00

Facebook addiction

2007-05-27T00:46:00.001-04:00

I get by .....

2007-05-26T20:01:00.000-04:00

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."- Anais Nin

With a lot of help from my friends....

Sometimes I am just so thankful for the wonderful friends I have.

I have been going through a rough time health wise** and it just really makes me really appreciate the friends I have. They could not be more wonderful.

I have people who are watching my back in terms of slipping into old patterns. They make me laugh and make me more social with our lunches and coffees( even if I just can't get into vietnamese), helping me move and offers to call ANYTIME- seriously they expect and get angry if I don't call to talk.

All my friends are amazing. I have had more offers to talk on the phone even in the middle of the night. People talking me through my stupid petty issues. All sorts of stuff. It makes me so touched and weepy and realizing the power of real friendship and surrounding yourself with people who are real friends and who care about me and will call me on my bullshit and drama.

The friends I have made in the last couple of years are just the best. The internet is amazing btw- how many have I actually met indirectly through that or the net has strengthened my relationship with them( omg is facebook addictive or what???)

I am not articulating this well( due to facial edema?) but I really want to express my weepy lovey dovey happiness about my wonderful wonderful friends!

** some sort of allergic reaction to food or meds, hives, benadryl induced panic attacks, house and money induced panic attacks, going off my meds induced panic.

A place to call my own.

2007-05-20T15:37:00.000-04:00

Well big news! I bought a house!

I am so in love with it. It has 2 bedrooms, a bright sunroom- which is going to be my office, a dining room and best of all a gorgeous kitchen which has been reno'ed and is stunning. I have tons of counter space, a bright window, a dishwasher( all white appliances) all white cupboards. The counter is nice and overlaps into the dining room which has a cut out and I can pull a couple of stools up to the counter if i choose. The bathroom is ok- nothing to write home about- a nice deep tub though. Might need a nice pedestal sink at some point and new flooring more to my taste- but nothing that can't wait.

The whole upstairs is hardwood floors which I love and totally wanted in a house. The basement is insulated and partially finished ( like I care- It's only me and it seems like TONS of space to me) I have a cute little yard with a nice flower garden, a detached single garage with an opener. A slate patio and the whole yard is nicely tree'ed. A little birdee hinted that I may be getting a patio set for my housewarming gift( Coworkers and some of my bestest friends I have ever had the pleasure of knowing)

Banks are insane in what they will pre approve you for I must say. Thankfully I didn't need to go as high as they would have given me ( like by a good 50 000 +) I am a little scared at my payments, along with the maintenance of the house. I love the area I bought in. I met some of my neighbours already- I took one of my friends/co workers to the house to snoop around( I don't take possession for another couple of weeks) and one neighbour across the street waved from her house and gave me the thumbs up lol. The other had her cat on a leash and I stopped to pet him. My tabby will be sure to get to know him I think. Plus I am close to my older sister so I can take her puppy when I want( who needs a dog when you have a time share dog who adores me) My other sister has the husband - so who needs a man around the house when I can borrow one. Best of both worlds.

I am so excited( and scared) but I figure I am making decent money- have a full time job with overtime( I hope to pick up some extra shifts to be able to buy some stuff for the house and ease the payments I will have to make) I better buy now before I can't afford to buy here. The market is nuts. I made like 6 offers that were rejected before this. I am so glad in a way that I got this one. It has the perfect layout- not to big not too small( 900 sq feet) actually on the very same street as 3 of the other offers. I am close enough to the north end but not actually having to live there (sometimes scary enough working there without having to live in it.) But the area is like maybe 10 minutes away and is close enough that my coworkers and I plan to come to my place for lunch on a regular basis. Plus the area isn't as suburban as many here. A little funky and fun.

ouch

2007-04-25T17:58:00.000-04:00

Can you imagine being in this resturant? eeeek This is much worse then the Tim Horton's man who masturbated in the drive thru.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6586879.stm?lsf

A man cut off his penis with a knife in a packed London restaurant.

Police were forced to use CS gas to restrain the man when they entered the Zizzi restaurant in The Strand on Sunday evening.
A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said the man was aged between 30 and 40 and that his injuries were self-inflicted.
The man was then taken to hospital in south London where his
condition is stable. It is understood surgeons were unable to reattach his
penis.

Scooby Doo

2007-03-30T23:16:00.000-04:00

Okay - my long held thoughts on Scooby Doo.

Let's see. Lets look at the facts.

A bunch of hippies drive around in the "mystery machine" which is a 60's VW van all painted psychedelic like.

They seem to find ghosts everywhere they go which seems to really be people in masks.

They have a talking dog. who walks on his hind legs.

It is the 60's

So what is my theory? They really haven't found any old haunted houses- they are parked behind the 7-11 and dropping acid. Scooby and Shaggy seem to be having a bad trip. They also have the munchies- perhaps they smoked some pot? Oh and the dog? He isn't talking - it is the wacky tabacky kids!

Pink Martini - Hey Eugene

2007-03-16T10:21:00.001-04:00

Fun song... Very catchy.

Mika Grace Kelly

2007-02-26T17:54:00.001-05:00

This is the coolest video and song ever. I am madly in love with him....mmmmmmmm....

Is this better then looking at the dog suze?

where's the bone?

2007-01-08T21:30:00.000-05:00

are you really happy to see me or is that your leg?

So this is apparently why it has been hard to get the ikea catalogue this year. My sister tells me this picture has stirred up some interesting debate. Now ikea has people pasting the catalogue shut so people won't look at the giant doggie penis porn.

It is in the mainstream media as well . My , I am actually at a loss for words!

SNL - Digital Short - A Special Christmas Box *Uncensored Ve

2006-12-21T22:29:00.001-05:00

This is a freaking riot lol

Trick-Cycling

2006-12-10T08:03:00.000-05:00

A good description of depression vs feeling miserable at Trick Cycling

Depression is both the most godawful, visceral agony, and a numbness so
overwhelming you can't imagine ever feeling real again. It is an inability to
feel or be affected by anything other than your own intense pain. It is
frostbite of the mind. It is that dream where you want to scream but no sound
comes out. Depression is the feeling of walking through glue, both physically
and mentally, which reflects in the effort it takes to open your mouth to speak.
Depression paints the world monochrome and muffles all sounds. Depression strips
away your personality and leaves you two-dimensional. Normal human functioning
diminishes; sleep dwindles to nothing, food becomes an alien notion, weight
falls from your bones in a physical representation of your character and the
person you have forgotten you used to be. Depression is crawling on hands and
knees to get to the bathroom; it is lying in bed and wondering if you would be
able to move if the house was on fire. It is trying to carry out a familiar
activity and not having the first clue what to do.
Things have been going well these days and I am neither miserable nor depressed anymore ( Thankfully! because of the meds!)

Flat Stanley

2006-10-09T23:27:00.000-04:00

Apparently flat Stanley was flattened by a falling bulletin board....

We had a fab week.... with one bad episode.... see I took Stanley out for a walk and it was windy so I tied a string around him.... flat kid + high wind = Kite... Stanley had fun with it though - he soared above the treetops and house

and was rescued by some people on the 4th floor scaffolding. This is why I don't have kids. Can't keep them from blowing away

I was concerned with safety after this.....made sure he was belted in.....

We did have some fun times.... playing in the leaves...... and with his creator my lovely neice
I even took him to my computer class.......

He even met some wild life.....
A fun time all in all.....

2006-09-08T18:39:00.000-04:00

Why do the mini wheat in the vanilla mini wheat ad have shoes but no legs? Why do they wear gloves when they have no arms?

It's so very messed up

Dr Charles

2006-07-20T06:44:00.000-04:00

Good blog post on Bush and stem cell research from - Dr Charles - One of my favorite bloggers. He is such an amazing writer.

Tarot

2006-03-26T01:42:00.000-05:00

You Are The Sun

You represent the best of life - vitality, success, and and truth.You tend to have a strong, centered, balanced personality.Inspiration and discovery are your fortes. You are very mentally strong.A talented mind, you tend to excel at math, philosophy, and music.
Your fortune:
As well as you have done in the past, the future is going to be filled with more success.A new creative project is coming your way. Feed it, and it will grow into something huge.Great riches, recognition, prosperity, or happiness is coming your way.And it's possible that a fantastic vacation, or a new baby, is coming sooner than you think.

What Tarot Card Are You?

BTW Great tarot free site is Lotus tarot www.lotustarot.com

Oscar Predictions

2006-03-05T15:08:00.000-05:00

I usually am really interested in the Oscars this year -I've barely seen anything so I (probably like the voters in the academy) will just go with the politics.

Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain"
George Clooney in "Syriana"
Felicity Huffman in "Transamerica"
Catherine Keener in "Capote" or Michelle Williams - I'll go with Catherine Keener. Michelle Williams might not have paid her dues yet.

"Brokeback Mountain" Ang Lee for both best pic and director.
Crash will get best writing for original and Brokeback for adapted( capote maybe?)

Music should be interesting - will it be "In the Deep" from Crash? "Travelin' Thru" by Dolly Parton from Transamerica? or "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from Hustle and Flow? LOL Should be interesting - I haven't heard any of them - but will go with transamerica. King Kong will win something for the for effects or something ... whatever.

I think the best part of the show this year will be Jon Stewart- He is going to totally be awesome!

This was actually fun....

2006-01-22T12:05:00.000-05:00

Joining Rude Cutcus and Nat and Suze and being a copy cat....

Music Meme

Total number of tracks: 860 songs.... quite pitiful I suppose. I still have lots of cds to rip though...

Sort by Song Title
first song : 'Cause Cheap Is How I Feel, The Cowboy Junkies
Last Song : Your Heart is an Empty Room- Death Cab For Cutie

Sort by time
Shortest Song: okay for some reason bif naked - I love myself today showed up but for some reason it was only part of the song--like a fragment so I don't think that counts... then it is C is For Cookie by the Cookie Monster.... which is a little embarassing. Then after that it is Straight out of Compton by Nina Gordon ( totally fucked up song) and Born Like a Lion at 1:49 which is less embarassing for a childless person to have the cookie monster on itunes - I am just happy the Hillary Duff didn't turn up here(my neice's)

Longest song:Fumbling Towards Ecstasy - Sarah McLaughlan- 9 minutes 47 secondsthis is the longest song - lots of long books and spoken word on here- like 2 hours at a time lol

Sort by album
First: Striptease Hawksley Workman- (Last night we were)the delicious wolves
Last:Yourself or Someone Like You - Matchbox 20-- man do i have alot of limewire stuff too!

Top 10 Most Played Songs

Between the Bars- Elliott Smith 93 plays
Angeles - Elliott Smith 85 plays
Once I Was Mighty--83
Do What You Have To Do - Sarah Mclachlan -72
Colorblind - The Counting Crows 62
Dilate- Ani Difranco 56
Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin 53
Good bye to you - Michelle Branch51
Here Comes the Flood( the old version) Peter Gabriel and
/ Find the River REM both at 41

First five songs that come up on Party Shuffle:
Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchel
Don't Dream It's Over- Crowded House
Easy Way Out -- Elliott Smith
It's Not Happening - The Be Good Tanya's
Oh Canada Girls- Dar Williams

Number of search returns for:
sex: 2 - seems appropriate
love: 35
you: 99
death: 10
hate-1 seems inappropriate....
wish-- 5

Brad and Angelina baby

2006-01-19T23:14:00.000-05:00

from sillyoldbear

BRAD AND ANGELINA’S BABY NAMED SEXIEST FETUS ALIVE
Early Ultrasound Reveals Uber-hot Tot

Shat sells

2006-01-19T22:22:00.000-05:00

omg- what has the world gone to now?

Some how i think he would be high on the arrogance measure of that quiz I took a few days ago.

Next he will be selling his rugs...... all for charity of course.

Trivia about gadgetgrl

2006-01-17T10:59:00.000-05:00

Fun from Suze via Freakazojd's Palace

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Gadgetgrl!

Gadgetgrl cannot swim.
Ninety-six percent of all candles sold are purchased by gadgetgrl!
If the annual Australian gadgetgrl crop was laid end to end, it would stretch around the world seven times.
Gadgetgrl can use only about ten percent of her brain.
Gadgetgrl will often rub up against people to lay her scent and mark her territory.
The Eskimos have over fifty words for gadgetgrl!
Baby swans are called gadgetgrl!
Human beings are the only animals that copulate while facing gadgetgrl!
Two grams of gadgetgrl provide enough energy to power a television for over twenty-three hours!
Over 2000 people have now climbed gadgetgrl, with roughly ten percent dying on the way down!

funny link

2006-01-12T23:11:00.000-05:00

http://www.thingsmygirlfriendandihavearguedabout.com/

His 's result....

2006-01-08T16:26:00.000-05:00

Okay G allowed me to give him one of these tests. He usually hates quizes so this is amazing. He is also making dinner for the both of us all by his lonesome tonight - so today is kinda weird.

Anyway- to put this in perspective he was playing grand theft auto and shooting up people at the time I read him these questions.... So the results are even more freaky... We are exact opposites- it is amazing we managed to stay together for the ( almost) 16 years we did.

Spiteful Loner
You are 85% Rational, 0% Extroverted, 85% Brutal, and 42% Arrogant.

You are the Spiteful Loner, the personality type that is most likely to go on a shooting rampage. You are a rational person and tend to hold emotions in very low-esteem; not only that, but you are also rather introverted, meaning you probably bury any emotions you feel deep inside yourself. Combine these traits with your hatred of others and your brutality, and it seems that you would be quite likely to shoot innocent people in a rampage. Not only that, but you are also a very humble person--not a braggart at all--meaning you could possibly have low-self esteem. This is only yet one more incentive to go on a shooting rampage, because you wouldn't care if you died as a result. Granted, you probably haven't gone on a shooting rampage and probably never will, but all the motivations are there. In conclusion, your personality is defective because you are too introverted, brutal, insecure, and rather unemotional. No wonder no one hangs around you, you morbid, cold-hearted freak!
Compatibility:
Your exact opposite is the Televangelist.

Link: The Personality Defect Test written by saint_gasoline on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Oh My!

2006-01-07T01:41:00.000-05:00

Televangelist
You are 14% Rational, 100% Extroverted, 14% Brutal, and 57% Arrogant.

As the Lord as my witness, I swear upon the good book that you are indeed the TELEVANGELIST! Characterized by extreme arrogance, self-assurance, and extroversion, you would make a very charismatic leader (or a very despotic one). On top of that, you are also more intuitive than rational, predisposing you to a more spiritual or emotional outlook on life. Thus, you are thoroughly irrational. You also tend to be rather gentle and considerate of others' feelings. Clearly, you would make the perfect televangelist. Emotional, extroverted, arrogant, and gentle, you annoy the hell out of people who have to listen to the feel-good, intuitive shit spewing from your mouth. Not only that, but people may look down on you as a self-centered asshat. So while you are gentle and genuinely care about others, it is quite clear that you still care about yourself MORE. Why is your personality flawed? Because you are too damned extroverted, emotional, and arrogant. So preach your irrational message, brotha-man! I assure you, no one will be listening!

To put it less negatively:

1. You are more INTUITIVE than rational.

2. You are more EXTROVERTED than introverted.

3. You are more GENTLE than brutal.

4. You are more ARROGANT than humble.

Compatibility:

Your exact opposite is the Spiteful Loner.

Link: The Personality Defect Test written by saint_gasoline on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

I think I need a nap... off to the gym I go

2006-01-05T13:26:00.000-05:00

My speed of a gym class I think . Naptime Classes.... Very odd.Very intriging in a way.

The lights are dim, there’s trance music wafting. Frankly, I could nod off very happily. And that, apparently, is the desired effect. For the first time in a career of failing to keep up with the rest of an exercise class, it seems that I’m actually doing the moves correctly. If you could call them moves, that is.
This is a “Naptime class”, one of a growing trend of classes now popular in California, where the idea is not to bounce frenetically like a short-circuited Energiser Bunny but to take time out from the fast pace of life and slow things down. Energetic workouts, it seems, may finally be on the wrong side of fashionability.
“Naptime was born as an alternative to the exhausting and hectic pace of city life,” explains Colin Kim, 27, who teaches the hour-long class once a week. “Sometimes intense exercise routines simply add to people’s daily stresses, rather than helping them to unwind. People think: ‘I’ve got to be running, lifting, pushing myself harder.’ Well, those people can burn themselves out pretty fast and that subtracts from their fitness goals.
“This is a kinder, gentler class, with absolutely no element of competition. It’s a treat that people look forward to rather than dread. I believe there is a trend and a need for exercises which slow things down. Just look at how popular yoga has become.” ...........................................

Teen Girl Role Models

2006-01-04T00:07:00.000-05:00

this poll saddens me

Teen girls vote Sienna Miller most inspirational role model.

The full list is:

1. Sienna Miller
2. Gwen Stefani
3. Kerry Katona
4. Kylie Minogue
5. Hilary Duff
6. Charlotte Church
7. Jessica Simpson
8. Paris Hilton
9. Jessica Alba
10. Christine Aguilera

The worst is Paris Hilton???WTF has she ever done besides take up space?

Christina Aguilera?Jessica Simpson? Hillary Duff?? Oh Dear God - we may be doomed.

Definately Not the Opera....

2005-12-11T01:06:00.000-05:00

Okay tonight I turned on Bravo and happened across "Jerry Springer - The Opera". At first I wasn't sure of what exactly I was seeing - thought maybe someone had slipped some LSD in my diet pepsi. Yes a musical version of the Jerry Springer show....I didn't get much of a chance to see the whole thing , since I was heading out to scrapbook at Chantal's- But what I saw was hmmm interesting....

Songs like " Chick with a Dick", Momma Give Me Smack on the A-hole"and "Talk to the Hand" all done in big full musical voices and songs, and like opera light was just surreal. There is something that seems so wrong about hearing "what the fuck" in an operatic type voice. Lots of Swearing.... Stunning actually and I LOVE swearing. Jesus in a diaper, KKK members tapdancing, trailer trash, and transvestites singing/swearing in a type of way that seems more cultured just was so freaky.

Apparently there have been lots of protests against the show -Jesus and Satan get into a fight on the show and Jesus is a character who appears in a diaper and sings a song about how he actually is a bit gay. Says " Talk to the Stigmata" stuff like that.

From what I hear it is coming to Broadway and Kevin Kline or Harvey Keitel are being touted as possible Jerry Springer's for that

What a messed up show-I will never be quite the same.

2005-12-02T20:02:00.000-05:00

You Passed 8th Grade Math

Congratulations, you got 9/10 correct!

Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

warning

2005-12-01T23:39:00.000-05:00

since my life is crumbling around me ... what else is there to do other then take a quiz and post the meaningless results on my neglected blog.

"ACHTUNG!

gadgetgrl may actually be a spider-human hybrid

From Go-Quiz.com

exercise

2005-11-26T09:43:00.000-05:00

Suze wrote a moving piece on exercise here. It is worth a read (well all her stuff is, but this especially so)

!!!!

2005-11-12T21:30:00.000-05:00

Since I really haven't had much to say about what is going on in my life these days I thought I'd slap a quiz on here instead....

Exclamation point
You scored 69% Sociability and 58% Sophistication!

Yes, you are fine around others. Fine. But you wish you could have just a *little* more alone time. Okay, well, a lot more alone time. In fact, you'd be happier if you didn't have to go out nearly as much. You get along very well with the period, who tries mightily to take up as much of the load as he can. But fools will not listen. You want to scream, "Cut it out, for the love of Safire!" But, all of that notwithstanding, you do your duty. And, if sometimes you feel like a Chicago street hooker, you also remember that you really do have an important role to play. Your soul remains pure. Hold your head high!

My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 92% on Sociability

You scored higher than 46% on Sophistication

Link: The Which Punctuation Mark Are You Test written by Gazda on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

i am a sock

2005-11-04T20:50:00.000-05:00

You would have been a trainer sock, and most likely
a plain one. You don't really like socks all
that much, so you would only have been as much
sock as is sometimes necessary.

What type of sock are you?
brought to you by Quizilla

No, I Don't Need a Stir Stick With That....

2005-10-27T22:14:00.000-04:00

Anyway since I seem to still be getting hits for the term masturbation I thought this article would amuse. "There's Always Time For Masturbation...."

WOODSTOCK, Ont. - A man who drove up to a Tim Hortons drive-thru while starknaked and masturbating has pleaded guilty to committing an indecent act,saying "fantasy" got the best of him. A female employee at the restaurant in nearby Thamesford took an order for a large coffee just past midnight on Oct. 3,prosecutor Michael Carnegie told court Tuesday.

When the car pulled up to the window, the employee noticed a man alone in the vehicle,completely nude and masturbating, Carnegie said.

The man handed money to the employee with his unoccupied left hand,
court heard.The employee wrote down the car's licence plate number and called police

When the 38-year-old Woodstock man met with police after the incident, he admitted to
doing "a bad thing" and suggested he did it "for the thrill," court heard.

Joseph Priddle will be sentenced Dec. 6.
CP

Okay..... The funniest line-
"The man handed money to the employee with his unoccupied left hand, court heard." Ewwwww.

My Promise

2005-10-24T21:51:00.000-04:00

Oh Fuck! the 340 million dollar winner in the states " For now,West will keep his day job". I think if you don't quit your job when you win that kind of money someone should be elected to come and slap you in the face.

I hereby promise if I win the 40 million dollars in the 649 draw on Wednesday ( I already have my tickets) I will quit mine- oh wait I don't have a job to quit- I promise instead to not get a job. I think the 649 exsists purely so people can tolerate horrible jobs with the hope that they too might win the lottery and be able to pee on their bosses desks. When a Schmuck like this guy and others don't quit their jobs - It's just insulting.

stats

2005-10-19T18:12:00.000-04:00

I love stat counters...

Some interesting searches on google and other search engines that have led people to this blog in the last couple of weeks.

I had lots of masturbate hits. ;-)

blogspot masturbate him "pee standing" aim, and masturbate and my fave sex libaray- of course the fact I spelled library wrong in my library thing post. The failure link to me made me think google had it out for me until I remembered the post on George Bush lol.

I somehow think that none of these people were looking for my blog- but hey - they dropped by anyway:-) And the best part is I go to their searches and find some really interesting stuff - which I of course will post links to when I get a chance. The best find was The Shining done as a heart warming family story...

My Robot Name

2005-10-18T22:31:00.000-04:00

Dressing up the kids...

2005-10-18T15:45:00.000-04:00

I was shopping at the Value Village with Chantal, and happened to see a "big daddy" costume aka pimp costume.

Now I am not a parent and am pretty liberal but I don't think I would ever let my kids go out as a pimp or a "ho" for halloween. I would put a link to the ho costume but apparently it is sold out. How truly bizarre and twisted.

Now this costume is just plain odd- Who wants to dress up as a toliet??

Toronto

2005-10-14T23:30:00.000-04:00

I'm in Toronto-- I always forget just how HUGE this place is. It takes a day just to cross it ;-)

Julie and I are here for a wedding and having a blast. Julie has a horseshoe up her ass when it comes to Value Village. She always manages to spot the great pieces. I ended up buying a suit like jacket and a dress that will fit really nice in about 15 lbs - it looks great now but is a little tight to be comfortable. I also got a pair of kick ass boots that look like they never have been worn, and 2 cheapy shoes- Hell the selection of good quality shoes were better in my size their then at most of the regular shoe stores.

I dyed my hair tonight - much redder and darker and way less orange. This is the third time I dyed it in the last week. First time was great but then the highlights seemed to make the hair turn orange, so it was more hair dye. Everything seems fine now, but who knows - I am a wee tiny bit buzzed( not bad at all) so.... we'll see in the morning.

The wedding is tomorrow and lots of dancing there- can't wait!

Failure

2005-10-12T10:25:00.000-04:00

Oh this is funny! I had to post the google blog on the ww boards I go to - it was way too much fun and no one really reads my blog ;-) have to share it the rest of the world. Shiminhu suggested I do this:

Go to Google and type in failure and press I'm feeling lucky!

LMAO this morning - try it a nice little laugh.

Smurfs At War

2005-10-09T22:37:00.000-04:00

Unicef bombs the Smurfs as fund raising for ex-child soldiers. I loved the Smurfs growing up. I HAD to wake up early in Saturday mornings to watch it with my sister. I collected the little rubber Smurfs. I loved the show. Now I wonder- something was seriously wrong with that little society. No women? Except one created by Gargamel? And if Gargamel could create a Smurf why was he spending so much time trying to catch these ones? It was never clear to me- One week he needed the Smurfs to make gold or something and then the next week it seemed like they were food... And again with the no women thing.. You'd think that they would do like frogs do and change sexes. Anyway if these questions weren't enough to mess up my warm and fuzzy memories of the Smurfs this would...
From the Telegraph

The short film pulls no punches. It opens with the Smurfs dancing,
hand-in-hand, around a campfire and singing the Smurf song. Bluebirds flutter
past and rabbits gambol around their familiar village of mushroom- shaped houses until, without warning, bombs begin to rain from the sky.

Tiny Smurfs scatter and run in vain from the whistling bombs, before being felled by blast waves and fiery explosions. The final scene shows a scorched and tattered Baby Smurf sobbing inconsolably, surrounded by prone Smurfs. The final
frame bears the message: "Don't let war affect the lives of children."
They add:
"We wanted something that was real war - Smurfs losing arms, or a Smurf losing a head -but they said no."

I wonder if they are looking for Jokey smurf as a "person of interest". He has a suspicious past - sort of like a mini unibomber.

Anyway seems like it could be a very effective campaign for a great cause. Nice and shocking. Even if it is a little "Smurfed Up"

Batmaaaaaaan!!!

2005-10-08T15:32:00.000-04:00

Dolphins learn to sing theme from Batman.

"Gordon Bauer, associate professor of psychology at the New College of Florida who did not work on the studies, says, "This is the first report, to my knowledge, of a nonhuman mammal's ability to discriminate rhythmic patterns."

But Bauer doubts that dolphins realise they are producing what people consider 'music'. "I think music is a human construct," he says. "I doubt that it has pertinence to animals, although the elements of music, such as pitch, time, timbre, rhythm, etc, may be incorporated into animal communication."

And if the Dolphins knew it was a cheesey 60's tv song I think they would be mortified..

Banned Book Meme

2005-10-02T16:29:00.000-04:00

From Suze who saw this meme on danigirl's blog who got it from Phantom Scribbler

This is the list of the 100 most banned and challenged books for the period 1990 through 2000. Copy and paste into your own blog, and bold the ones you have read.

As I kid I read and read... I still read like crazy, typically a couple books a week. The thing I missed most about my concentration span was reading I think.

As a kid I remember a book called the girl who owned a city, the boxcar kids, I loved Judy Blume and remember reading an adult book of hers called Wifey and I was shocked! This was when I was about 16 -17 ish - it wasn't so much the subject matter , but that Judy Blume wrote it lol.

I also loved the paranormal books by Lois Duncan- about things like astral projection and stuff like that. And Chronicles of Narnia- man I remember checking closets for secret passage ways to another world....I even devoured books like the Sweet Valley High series, and the Sweet Dreams books, or even those Mr Men and Little Miss books. Or those books that you decided how it would go.... the list is endless. Books were one of my earliest vices(that and the nail biting) and I still feel anxious if I don't have a good book on the go.

I am happy to say that I read many of these books in school...

1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
2. Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
4. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
7. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
8. Forever by Judy Blume
9. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
10. Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
11. Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
12. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
13. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
14. The Giver by Lois Lowry
15. It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
16. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
17. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
18. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
19. Sex by Madonna
20. Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel
21. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Pate.rson
22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
23. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
24. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
25. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
26. The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
27. The Witches by Roald Dahl .
28. The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
29. Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
30. The Goats by Brock Cole
32. Blubber by Judy Blume
33. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
34. Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
35. We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
36. Final Exit by Derek Humphry
37. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
38. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
39. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
40. What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
41. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
42. Beloved by Toni Morrison
43. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
44. The Pigman by Paul Zindel
45. Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
46. Deenie by Judy Blume
47. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
48. Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
49. The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
50. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
51. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
52. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
53. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
54. Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
55. Cujo by Stephen King
56. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
57. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
58. Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
59. Ordinary People by Judith Guest
60. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
61. What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras
62. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
63. Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
64. Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
65. Fade by Robert Cormier
66. Guess What? by Mem Fox
67. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
68. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
69. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
70. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
71. Native Son by Richard Wright
72. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday
73. Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
74. Jack by A.M. Homes
75. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
76. Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
77. Carrie by Stephen King
78. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume - (this was the reason i got an adult libaray card- basically had to get my parents to sign something saying I could take out any book in the libaray- like they cared ...because of this book and "forever" were considered adult)
79. On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
80. Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
81. Family Secrets by Norma Klein
82. Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
83. The Dead Zone by Stephen King
84. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
85. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
86. Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
87. Private Parts by Howard Stern
88. Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
89. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
91. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
92. Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
93. Sex Education by Jenny Davis
94. The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
95. Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
96. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell -- ( ahhh those scholastic tab books - man I think they gave the joy of reading- I sure didn't get it from my parents!)
97. View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
98. The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
99. The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
100. Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

bush

2005-09-23T00:13:00.000-04:00

I was browsing around blogs tonight - doing weird search strings. I stumbled across this guy who has collected photos of Bush who seems to have a weird habit of rubbing and touching bald men's heads. Hmmm I wonder if he is like me and only does it when he is drunk. At least when I did it all those many times I was the crazy drunk chick with a bald fetish that seems to come out under intoxication, not the president of the freaking states.

I also came across this video linked off of Zach Braff's blog. It's like one I saw on SNL years ago- done in the style of a Hanna Barbera cartoon with Michael Jackson getting glasses so every girl he meets looks like Emmanuel Lewis. So outrageous ,funny and plain wrong.

My Brain

2005-09-22T02:01:00.000-04:00

Your Brain's Pattern

Your brain is always looking for the connections in life.
You always amaze your friends by figuring out things first.
You're also good at connecting people - and often play match maker.
You see the world in fluid, flexible terms. Nothing is black or white.

What Pattern Is Your Brain?

What Colour Should My Blog be?

2005-09-21T10:46:00.000-04:00

Your Blog Should Be Purple

You're an expressive, offbeat blogger who tends to write about anything and everything.
You tend to set blogging trends, and you're the most likely to write your own meme or survey.
You are a bit distant though. Your blog is all about you - not what anyone else has to say.

What Color Should Your Blog or Journal Be?

HAHA - I have been accused of only writing about other people and it seems like lately all it is - dave told me this dave told me that. I do write about anything and everything though...

Arrr

2005-09-19T10:37:00.000-04:00

It's here. I know all you guys have been waiting forever for this day. I would have forgotten had Suze not blogged about it. Thanks. I found Msn alerts- I have been trying to use it for things like dr appointments and birthdays, but I really should do it for important things like this. Here is a english to pirate translator. From the site- my fave....

Top Ten Pickup Lines for the Lady Pirates
By popular demand ...
10. What are YOU doing here?
9. Is that a belayin' pin in yer britches, or are ye ... (this one is never completed) 8. Come show me how ye bury yer treasure, lad!
7. So, tell me, why do they call ye, "Cap'n Feathersword?"
6. That's quite a cutlass ye got thar, what ye need is a good scabbard!
5. Aye, I guarantee ye, I've had a twenty percent decrease in me "lice ratio!"
4. I've crushed seventeen men's skulls between me thighs!
3. C'mon, lad, shiver me timbers!
2. RAMMING SPEED!
...and the number one Female Pirate Pick-up Line:
1. You. Pants Off. Now!

Excuse me Can I Pee?

2005-09-15T14:37:00.000-04:00

I wonder if he needs someone to help him hold it and a cracker in the toliet to aim at?

Bush Needs Bathroom Break

Planned Parenthood

2005-09-14T13:32:00.000-04:00

Reading boingboing again. This is absolutely brillant. I am so impressed with the idea. What a win/win situation. Either fewer picketers or more money for planned parenthood. No matter how you feel on this issue - you have to admire this tactic. Smart thinking.

Picket

"Here's how it works: You decide on the amount you would like to pledge for each protester (minimum 10 cents). When protesters show up on our sidewalks, Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania will count and record their number each day from October 1 through November 30, 2005. We will place a sign outside the health center that tracks pledges and makes protesters fully aware that their actions are benefiting PPSP. At the end of the two-month campaign, we will send you an update on protest activities and a pledge reminder. "

and a joke
Katrina: joke du jour

Q: What's George Bush's position on Roe v. Wade?

A: He really doesn't care how people get out of New Orleans.

from Leo Scanlon! via boingboing

Another interesting read is

AbortionClinicDays

Links

2005-09-10T16:02:00.000-04:00

Ikea is now making houses- scary - do you have to put them together on your own with an allen key? Article

Katrina stupid quotes from the Bush's and others....

OOPS-- Got to love this. Governor Fletcher's Office Gives Out Phone-Sex Telephone Number Instead Of Red Cross Number This Afternoon -- Oops.

Heard of Wikepedia? how about uncyclopedia? Here is a lovely article about Christopher Walken. Like the onion but weirder...

Weird....

2005-09-08T13:59:00.000-04:00

You Are Likely a Third Born

At your darkest moments, you feel vulnerable.
At work and school, you do best when you're comparing things.
When you love someone, you tend to like to please them.

In friendship, you are loyal to one person.
Your ideal careers are: sales, police officer, newspaper reporter, inventor, poet, and animal trainer.
You will leave your mark on the world with inventions, poetry, and inspiration.

The Birth Order Predictor

I shouldn't put too much much weight in this little quiz but it did get the third born right.... Weird.... Well maybe 50% weird ;-)

How Weird Are You?

2005-09-08T13:55:00.000-04:00

You Are 50% Weird

Normal enough to know that you're weird...
But too damn weird to do anything about it!

How Weird Are You?

Bush is evil

2005-09-07T12:31:00.000-04:00

I really think Bush is going to go down in history as evil. I think the Iraq stuff would have been forgotten in time - but I think that Nixon got rid of the watergate stuff easier then Bush will get rid of his evilness. Not that you could even compare the 2- Nixon - sure he was a crook and broke into his competitors office and lied about it. Did anyone die? Bush is coming off as a calloused lazy racist war monger. There is no way the republicans will get in next time. I don't think they really wanted in for 2004- It would have been a hell of a mess to clean up. They are so in for 2008 and probably for awhile unless they mess up.

I love the quote from Margaret Cho about Bush not being Hitler You must read that page!

Thank you for being here and allowing me to be here, despite all of the stupid bullshit that the Repugnant National Committee, or whatever the fuck they're called are saying. They're all angry about how two of these ads were comparing Bush to Hitler. Out of thousands of submissions they find two; they're like fucking looking for Hitler in a haystack. I mean, George Bush is not Hitler. He would be if he fucking applied himself. (laughter & applause) But he just isn't. And where was fucking Grover Norquist when*…where was the Repugnant National Committee when Arnold Schwarzenegger was running for office, and all these quotes came out where he said that Hitler overcame a lot of obstacles to get to where he is or where he was? I mean, you can't give a shout out to Hitler, you just can't. (laughter) He just cannot be your homie, no matter who you are he's not your fucking dawg. He just isn't. And he did nothing for anybody. Hitler was even a shitty artist. Thomas Kincaid could kick his ass. (laughter).

I love Margaret Cho. I love the fact that she is considered a "highly inappropriate person." I love that she doesn't "want to rise above it" she doesn't " want to turn the other cheek." She doesn't want to be the "better person" She Rocks.

the iflea link

2005-09-07T11:59:00.000-04:00

Okay Dave has once again given me a great link. We make a good team- he gives me ideas and I blog about them . He hasn't updated his blog in ages- which I have been nagging both him and Julie to no end. Here is a public nag to both of them now. Not that I expect them to listen to me - as he points out I am not his wife or mother.

A cute and funny video poking fun of the whole ipod culture. I love it - Made me laugh - love the collar.

Wicked

2005-09-07T11:08:00.000-04:00

My apartment overlooks a daycare- winter isn't a big deal - the kids aren't outside much - but summer - OMG- it is so loud- why do kids feel the need to scream at the top of their little but oh so powerful lungs? It's not like they are just being loud and having fun - these are high pitched, shrill kill your eardrums for no real reason kind of screams. Warning Warning a bear is coming to eat me kind of scream. This daycare really is squashing any maternal urges I have. Smashing the batteries right out of my biological clock.

Lately these children have been making me think of Hansel and Gretal. I have always felt sympathy for the witch. I mean here she is sitting around in her house- when some bratty kids come and start eating her house. I mean --How would you feel if some brats started eating your drywall? I'd be awfully tempted to bake them up. G says it is an example of bad design- I mean you make your house edible and someone will come along and eat it. Some would say the witch lured the children by building her house of candy. Who knows? Maybe where the witch is from candy isn't something you eat, but rather a building material.

Dave being the nice guy he is said he would paint it with that stuff you put on your fingernails to make them taste bad- he is such a nice guy- sorry Dave lol- (I have used this- the problem is you don't taste it immediately-you've already taken a bite- the first time I was convinced I had been poisoned- as I walked home from a friends house whose mom had painted my fingers with this stuff-I thought all about when I would collapse and which snowbank I would die in- What can I say? I was a melodramatic child)

I recently ordered the book "Wicked- The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West"- Love the idea- The Wizard of Oz told from the point of view of the witch. I loved The Red Tent and The Other Boleyn Girl - same idea. G has pointed out on many occasions my fondness for villains - I should be cheering the hero on and I find myself drawn to the Darth Vader instead. Villains are more interesting then heros in a lot of cases. Something tells me that Elphaba(wicked witch) is going to be way more interesting then Dorothy

Bread is Evil

2005-09-05T15:16:00.000-04:00

I have an issue with bread. I often say I am allergic to bread.... it makes me break out in fat. White bread especially, I get giddy on white bread with butter. Like a drug. I eat bread I just know that I have to really watch it. I am insulin resistant so that means I lose weight better on a lower carb/higher protein diet. Whole grains vs processed stuff, no sugar etc... I did great physically on Atkins(I modified it -way more veggies) lost 30 lbs - no headaches, so much energy but ultimately it is really tough to maintain. WW is easier and less withdrawal when I "cheat".

Anyway I have always claimed bread is evil. I have the "stats" to prove this

More than 98 percent of serial killers are bread eaters.

Exactly half of all children who grow up in bread - eating households score in the bottom 50% on standardized IQ tests.

In the 19th century, when virtually all bread was baked in the home, the average life expectancy was less than 55 years infant mortality rates were unacceptably high many women died in childbirth; and diseases such as typhoid, scarlet fever, smallpox and influenza ravaged entire nations.

Statistics show that more than 75 % of violent crimes are committed within 24 hours of eating bread !

Bread is made from a substance called "dough." Researchers have proven that as little as one pound of dough can choke a large animal like a horse. The average person eats more bread than that in one month !

Bread is known to be extremely addictive. Subjects deprived of bread and given only water, actually begged for bread after just two days !

Bread is a "gateway" food item, which usually leads to such items as butter, jam, peanut butter and even ... bacon ! mmmm bacon

Bread has been proven to kill. Scientists have now uncovered alarming evidence that 100% of the people who eat bread will eventually die !

Unattended newborn babies can choke on bread !

Bread is baked at temperatures as high as 425 degrees Fahrenheit ! Don't laugh...that kind of heat can kill a full grown adult in less than five minutes.

96 % of cancer victims eventually admit that they've eaten bread

Sadly, Many bread eaters are unable to distinguish between significant scientific fact and meaningless statistical babbling.

Now to add to this - this baker/artist has made these body parts out of bread. Edible heads made of cookie dough. Yumm. He makes an interesting statement on if we are consuming food or if food is consuming us. He says "When people see the bread, they don't want to eat it. But when they taste it, it's just normal bread," he said. "The lesson is 'don't judge just by outer appearances.'"

Something tells me this bread wouldn't make me giddy eating it.

More Random Thoughts

2005-09-05T15:05:00.000-04:00

Thundercat has has made these really neat cutouts of clothes that go over the walk guy. Funky -
found via Boing Boing

more on Katrina...

2005-09-04T01:51:00.000-04:00

Ughhh got to love the racial bias that is coming through the news. It is so much easier to spot it. Read an interesting site. They pointed out an interesting tidbit- see white people borrow and black people loot. Yahoo issued this statement and took the pictures off. Hmmmmm, food for thought- guess it depends on the colour of your skin if it is stolen food or found food.

Katrina

2005-09-03T21:33:00.000-04:00

Well the national guard has finally arrived in New Orleans. How many days has it taken now? I can't even begin understand the magnitude of the issue and difficulties of getting the help in there but read Michael Moore's open letter to President Bush. He makes a very good point by saying "Can you imagine leaving white people on their roofs for five days? Don't make me laugh! Race has nothing -- NOTHING -- to do with this! " Apparently Congress is going to be probing why the guard was ready to be deployed but wasn't.

I am drawn to the stories of the hospitalized and the medical staff. No running water, no electricity, Apparently bodies are being put into stairwells of the hospitals, they are running out of bottled water and food. The stench of death everywhere. There are stories of nurses having to hand pump ventilator dependant patients. Can you imagine how frightening it must be to know that your breathing is dependant on this person pumping air into your lungs- while you lie there unable to speak?

I can't imagine having to make decisions on triaging patients - who will live - having to black tag people and watch them die. Knowing that without the disaster they may have lived with your help. Imagine running low on supplies and deciding who will get what is left. Imagine doing all of this with your safety at risk.

I know of a nurse (through another nursing friend of mine) who worked in an isolated area that had a big crash and they were taking care of the victims in the nursing station and having to decide who would be able to get the little oxgyen or morphine they had on hand. That has got to really affect someone for the rest of their life, I would think.

Random Thoughts

2005-09-02T12:32:00.000-04:00

I have not been in the mood to blog lately. I haven't had anything really to say or maybe more importantly haven't been able to gather my thoughts to put them down here so they are reasonable readable. I make no promises with this entry...

Paris Hilton has a new perfume out. Paris for men. There is an obvious joke in there that I will avoid. Did I mention I HATE Paris Hilton. She is like a car accident I can't turn my eyes away from. She is an insipid little brat, who is famous for being famous- not any sort of talent. I keep thinking the public will get tired of her but she is like telflon. She can make racist comments, change her dog for a smaller one,make sex videos. Here is an interesting picture of her as a teenager compared to her now. Brown eyed too.

Has anyone heard of Beth Stroud? She ROCKS! She is a minister at a methodist church in Germantown. She was defrocked for practicing in beliefs" incompatible with Christian teachings" The practice. Being in a commited lesbian relationship. Her coming out sermon was amazing. I am not a practicing christian. Hell, I don't even believe in God , but WOW - I think everybody should read her writings. To me she is what christianity should be. Everything that is right about it. She even has an interview with a conservative webpage and engages in open dialouge about this issue. She is currently working at the same church as a lay minister until the appeal is over. Read her story and her writings.

Freeganism

2005-08-26T09:56:00.000-04:00

Okay you learn something everyday.... someone posted this link at the ww boards

I wouldn't need WW if I was a freegan. I know people who have dumpster dived for stuff - you know who you are people;-) but I can't imagine the food. ughhhh. And don't the pictures on this website look so appetizing? ughh

I love the upcoming events button- lets all go out and eat garbage together. Note to self , don't eat at a freegan's house.

I am more than hero's geological change big and stron

2005-08-23T14:51:00.000-04:00

My friend Dave sent me this link. Today has been a rough day (will blog some other time)

If I actually felt like I could string together a decent sentence I would comment more but I think it can speak for itself - have a good laugh....

Matthew in Beirut

Cool

2005-08-22T21:55:00.000-04:00

I so LOVE this shirt.... I want one!!
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Amuse Yourself

2005-08-20T11:49:00.000-04:00

This was a fun waste of time today. Ever since G. pointed out Shannon Doherty's one eye is higher then the other one I can't look at her without seeing it . This site has some fun with flipping some celeb's faces so the two sides are the symmetrical. Some frightening results in there.

Amuse yourself

Man dies after marathon internet binge

2005-08-15T22:10:00.000-04:00

This is a really odd story....

Man dies after marathon video game session

"he had recently quit his job to spend more time playing games"

Sounds like my life.... there has got to be more to this.

What a binge...

2005-08-14T12:22:00.000-04:00

My mother in law called today. Her standard Sunday call. They had a break in the other day. They were home and asleep so I suppose it would be considered a robbery. The target - their deep freeze in the porch. The suspect was described as approximatley 500 lbs, black/brown, furry and very hungry. They live in Kenora and the bears have been causing all sorts of problems this year as usual. This bear almost cleaned out her entire freezer. This is what it ate. Keep in mind this is frozen.

2 whole chickens
1 and 1/2 boxes of chicken breasts
a loaf of banana bread
6 lbs of ground beef
12 chicken legs
a pork roast
a package of hot dog buns
5 loaves of bread
a package of stir fry veggies
1/2 box of freezies
leftover homemade m&m cookies
and a loaf of garlic bread.

She said the only thing left was 6 steaks and 1/2 a box of the chicken breasts. Imagine eating frozen roasts and chickens. Incredible! She said the bears can open cans and tins easily now and recognize it as food. She said the one neighbour had a bear open up 12 cans of beer and drink it. Of course I am picturing the bears opening it normally and sitting around drinking it while shooting the shit. But I think I am getting bears mixed up with my inlaws there. I suspect more beer was spilled then consumed - which maybe means I am confusing the bears with my family. Of course with the amount of food they ate I wonder if anyone left their bong going....

I wonder how the bear felt the next morning. Or that night. I doubt bears have regret over binges unlike us people. They just are. I am guilty of assigning human qualties to animals. I suspect the bear had no guilt or shame. Probably just had a good sleep and started the next day again. I should learn that. I heard a great quote once -and I don't remember who it was who described the difference (maybe Geneen Roth or Harriet Lerner) that Guilt was doing and shame is being. That always stuck with me. Love that quote.

Penis Envy

2005-08-13T14:56:00.000-04:00

Well I talked all about poop the other day seems only fair that I talk about pee now. I have to say the only time I ever have penis envy is men's ability to just whip it out and relieve themselves. Other then that - I really have never wanted my own penis.

Some women have a great ability to pee in odd situations. My friend Deb was always able to pee anywhere. And she did. Road trips or bush parties while we were underage. She would just pull down her pants and squat and be done with like that. I had no control over the flow - I would have to actually take off my underwear and pants and still I would end up with pee on my leg. This put a serious crimp in my underage drinking. My 9 year old neice actually can pee standing up and seems to do this in public restrooms all the time. She can actually aim and everything. She hates to take the time to sit down even at home.

Well I have leveled the playing field now. I bought these things called pee mates. Now I don't really spend time going to bush parties anymore or walking around drinking slupees laced with rum, but I have been in way too many icky bathrooms hovering over the toilet trying not to make contact with the seat. It is quite a feat to try to maintain muscle control to hover and still release to actually urinate. I found these at Desjardins pharmacy in the market here in Ottawa, but they sell them online as well. They are $5 for 5 of them. Not cheap but I would gladly pay that when I am faced with a road trip and no bathroom in sight. And the bonus is you don't actually have to undress to do it. Wooo Hooo!

There is also a reusable product called the travel mate. It looks like a medicine spoon with a hole in the end. Seems a little more risky to me with placement positioning and all that.

Anyway this winter I may just be writing my name in the snow. ;-)

Father Neo?

2005-08-13T00:05:00.000-04:00

This is so weird on so many different levels.... I'm not even sure where to start. I know I won't do justice with my comments ,but here goes anyway... Anyway the catholic church is recruiting for the priesthood. Hmmmm I am lapsed catholic and what do I know but this seems an odd way to do it.

Priest Article

I could comment on the fact that many believe the Matrix is based on gnostic themes. With books like Da Vinci Code, Holy Blood, Holy Grail , The Pagan Christ and those schools of thought is that Christianity is a Hodge podge other religions and belief systems anyway. It is a master of taking bits of everything popular to the people to sell it's church. But The Matrix? Bizarre.

But really I can't help focusing on other parts of this part of the article.

Father Meyer said the poster, on which he is featured as the "Matrix"-style priest, had its origins in a skit that he saw during his first year at the North American College, the U.S. seminary in Rome. The skit, put on by a group of older seminarians, was based on the film. In it, a group of priests fought Satan in a series of mock martial-arts confrontation.

I really had no idea of what goes on in the seminary and never really gave it any thought before now. But the idea that older seminarians are putting on plays where they fight Satan with martial arts never ever would have crossed my mind had you asked. Did they replace the exorcism class with the defense against dark arts via martial arts class?
Ok and this...

Father Meyer said it got a huge response. "They were going like hotcakes. Young kids wanted them to hang in their bedrooms, high school students wanted them to hang in their lockers," he said. "That is invaluable. If we can get kids to hang a picture of a priest in their room, we've done something huge for vocations."

If was a parent and my kids starting putting pictures of priests on their walls and lockers, I think this would really really disturb me. I just think that is wrong on so many different levels.

So the catholic church is trying to be hip and happening and relevant I wonder if they should perhaps maybe maybe consider oh say how about women as priests or maybe gays. Or hell , why not allow priests to marry? Seems like too much trouble.... Let's just make this cool pin up poster for the young un's to hang on their walls ...

Nurse/Doctor Animosity

2005-08-12T10:12:00.000-04:00

This is old news now, but I still can't talk about it without getting angry. The University of Alberta medical school put on a Medshow. This is also known as Beer and Skits in other places and schools. Anyway it is always pretty controversial and raunchy but this years? Downright nasty. I sent off a couple of letters as part of this campaign and from what I read now future medshows have been cancelled and a few apologies made.

Those nurses- we just can't take a joke. I can't imagine any other profession getting upset at being "whores" and "bitches" whose "incompetence" threatened to "make patients die." GEE but they did say we were good at filling up their coffeepots and giving good head and they were interested in seeing our boobs. Can't imagine anyone getting upset over that, can you? It's a compliment after all! ughhh. The lyrics to the whole song are here if you are interested.

The animosity between doctors and nurses is growing. No question about it.

I think the part that shocks me the most is not the fact that it happened at all, but the reaction of the people in power. You know that they wish this would all go away, they don't want to punish the students in question, that they are "good kids" The boys will be boys attitude. Granted I believe the medical school is made up of something like 60% female students. doctors will be doctors, I suppose.

Not sure what to feel...

2005-08-11T17:52:00.000-04:00

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Are You Done With That?

2005-08-11T16:21:00.000-04:00

Okay , this is a warning to the many people who read this (NOT!) this is a gross topic.

I have been fascinated with the one ww post on the Canadian message boards for a couple of days now. I have been talking about it to all my friends and family - at odd moments like dinner time - much to their delight. For those who don't have medical friends or family and are unaware of this super power that nurses among other people possess - I will explain.

Nurses can talk about the most disgusting, the most vile things that we experience - and trust me there are many- during almost any moment of their lives. We can plan meals , we can eat food that resembles the bodily fluid we are gleefully talking about. Now get a bunch of nurses together and this power becomes awe inspiring. Very macho, I suppose. You can spot this phenomenon by the animated talkers/eaters surrounded by the non medical people wearing this horrified and nauseous expression. Re- thinking all they have ever heard of nurses as angels. Then the nurse can swoop in at the abandoned goodie the person was eating before the stories started and say "are you done with that?"

For evidence check out this amazing thread on all nurses- be warned it is 74 pages long and will make you feel grossed out and possibly weak from laughing depending on who you are.

Anyway , back to the ww thread. This girl on their had C-difficle, which is a nasty illness in the news for outbreaks in Quebec hospitals. It has been around for a long time. It can cause all kinds of problems - mimicking the symptoms of colitis and all that. It is spread through a fecal/oral route. Most people have this bug in their bowels regularly but when they need to go on antibiotics , they usually kill the healthy bacteria and leave it open for the c-diff to multiply. My Aunt caught it this way - and ended up fighting off the pneumonia but succumbing to the c-diff and died a month or two after getting it.

Well this poster on WW ended up trying all the normal avenues to be cured and she ended up resorting to an alternate form of therapy. A fecal enema. Yes, you read that right. They took her husband's fresh stool and mixed it in the blender (ewww) with some probiotics and gave it to her with an enema. She was told to hold it in for as long as she could- for her it was an hour. Now I had heard of this before (possibly the all nurses thread) but for some reason the mechanics of it never really occurred to me. The blender, the collecting it and holding it in etc.. Never occurred to me. This got me thinking and talking to people about it (you're welcome) I started asking people who they would use as a donor. Most people seem to pick their significant other or if they have kids - that seems to be easy answer.

My sister's reaction was the funniest I thought - her reaction wasn't as much on WHO she would choose but HOW she would go about asking - she said how on earth do you ask someone for that?? She is single so I was more concerned with who she would pick. But still, she was fixated on how one asks. I mean people would know you were sick and if you told them your dilemma I'm sure most people would offer, right? It's not like a kidney or something. And I would think it would be you the recipient who would be picky about whose stool was given to you as an enema...

And it wouldn't be like you would see someone come out of a washroom and say "Are you done with that?"

My Pledge

2005-08-06T17:54:00.000-04:00

I will

Drink at least 4 glasses of water a day this week
I will exercise at least twice this week
I will eat all my veggies and fruit
I will drink at least 2 milk servings a day

These sound like simple things but they are all hard for me at times- so I am setting my pledge low and do- able.