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November, 2007

  1. Mmmm, phleghm.

    November 21, 2007 by Louise

    O People, I have the Plague.
    Maybe not. But I have had this low-grade fever, snotty, coughy, etc. etc. thing for days now (if you’re thinking of sending an arrangement, wholesale flowers are the way to go). All week it’s been like talking through cotton wool, thinking through fog. My lungs are just full of crud and whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I’m a baby about it.

    Now. I knew I had an inservice for Thursday and Friday of the week, so I thought I could make it for three days, and then just take it really slow and be really quiet and just not think too much during the inservice days. Good plan. But last night I was just. So. Miserable. that I made an executive decision that I would be staying home today.

    If you know me you know that I really hate staying home from work because it involves more work for me (getting things ready for a sub) than just going in and toughing it out. I went in to work at 7 this morning to make photocopies for my sub. It took, like, an hour. Anyway. Then, on my way out the door, I passed the guidance counsellor. “Oh, hi Louise. Are you on your way to the inservice?” “Yeah– uhm wait, no. That’s tomorrow and Friday, isn’t it?” “No, it’s today and tomorrow”. “Oh crap.”

    So I missed the first half of the inservice (yes I could have gone and sat there but at that point it was 20 min. til the inservice was starting, I was all sweaty and coughy and unbathed and wearing my old sweatpants, and I hadn’t really slept much last night) and tomorrow I’ll be there and then since I’ve already booked a sub for Friday, well, I stay home again. Suck, suck suck.

    Uhm, this has not been an interesting post. Sorry. Basically if you read this far you know that the main components were:
    1. Complain complain complain
    2. Talk about how I frucked up my schedule
    3. Complain complain complain.

    If you only skimmed, well, there be the Coles Notes for you.

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  2. Hey you!

    November 20, 2007 by Louise

    I just realized that I’ve been linked by Miles, the artist behind one of my favourite webcomics, Thinkin Lincoln. So to any Thinkin’ Lincoln readers who’ve wandered over here, I say welcome. Welcome and uh… I hope you weren’t offended by the Art Garfunkel Blowjay Extravaganza. I know I wasn’t.

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  3. Danger: Dreams!

    November 18, 2007 by Louise

    I am very easily influenced, it seems, by media. If I read a book, I will be thinking about that book for the next two weeks. If I watch a TV show or a movie, chances are that it will somehow invade my dreams.

    Case in point: Yesterday I watched Superbad (“McLovin! WHYYYYY, McLOVIN?!”). Sure, it’s a teenager movie, maybe, but it’s hilarious. HILARIOUS. Although maybe a little vulgar (I don’t care. I mean dude. Teenagers say the f-word and try to have sex. Really? That’s a surprise?). There’s one part where someone is talking about a “Blowjay”. Okay. Thats all you need to know about that.
    Later on, I watched the concert video from Simon and Garfunkel’s Old Friends (2004) tour. Anyone who knows me knows of my minor obsession with Art Garfunkel. He always looks so very… happy… to be wherever he is. Also I often theorize as to what he might be hiding in his ‘fro. Anyway.

    Last night, I was sweetly slumbering, and I had a very, very bizarre dream. In this dream, I was back at my hotel job, working the front desk. Apparently Artie was staying at the hotel. He called down once for me to send up some towels — fine. He was very polite about it. I sent up the towels. Next he called because there was a pigeon making noises outside his window. I went up to his room to scare away the pigeon, and there wasn’t a pigeon there. Art was there, looking happy, trying to sing along with the evening news on TV (he did the high parts). He thanked me for scaring the pigeon away. And then!!! “Miss,” said Art Garfunkel. “Would you please, when you get back downstairs, find someone to come up here and give me a blowjay? That would be fantastic. Thanks.”

    I woke up right there from the shock. There was no way I could allow that dream to continue.

    I now know that I must begin to censor my tv-watching before sleeping.

    (not many ‘artistes’ would dress up as turkeys, no matter how much it padded their checking accounts, so we’ve gotta applaud old Paul for that one).

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  4. Open Letter

    November 16, 2007 by Louise

    Dear Curvation,

    I bought a pair of your tights because you are Inspired by Queen Latifah! That means you’re gorgeous, tough, big, a good rhymer, and possibly gay! (okay so that last part is just a rumour).

    How come after wearing said pair of tights ($8.97, by the way) for four hours, there are 2 huge runs in them and now they are garbage? Wanna tell me that? My activities, while wearing the tights, by the way, were limited to sitting at a desk and talking. I wasn’t talking through my legs, either.

    PS- your ‘tummy control panel’ didn’t really control anything. Not that I mind, because my tummy is notoriously uncontrollable.

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  5. A touch of Danger

    November 12, 2007 by Louise

    Problems That Have Been Troubling My Life:

    When: Yesterday
    Where: My parents’
    What: Took their Little Dog outside for her afternoon constitutional.
    The Little Dog decided to run around my legs. Wrapped my legs up with her leash. It made my right leg get a leash burn.

    When: Yesterday (still)
    Where: My parents’ (still)
    What: As I walked through the livingroom I stubbed my toe on the coffee table (my parents have recently rearranged their livingroom), and my toenail split right down the middle. Blood everywhere. Gross.

    When: Today
    Where: Our livingroom
    What: As I walked toward the sofa, my left big toe got caught in my right pajama pant leg. I totally fell over, smacking my ribs against the wooden couch arm.

    Conclusion: Walking is not one of my stronger suits.

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  6. TV, because I have come full circle.

    by Louise

    When I was in university, for the last 2 years, I didn’t have a TV, so I got out of the ‘habit’ of watching. Then, for many years, I just… didn’t watch. Maybe an hour a week, if that. Sure I’d rent movies and such but that was that. But then… TV started getting better. Not that The Nanny wasn’t a great chapter of television history… but Veronica Mars? Deadwood? Rome Jekyll? All just that much better.

    Thing is, I still don’t watch TV when the shows are on. I don’t like commercials. We are lucky enough to have a PVR, so anything I want to watch, I can watch without commercials. I also have a husband who can download TV shows (I’m not sure about how legal that is so umm… shhhhhhhhh!). Thus this weekend has been dedicated to the viewing of 30 Rock. I’m a little late to the party, but oh my God is it good. And funny. I’ve spent the weekend watching the entire first season, and knitting. Knitting, because I am challenging myself to finish a scarf (that I started yesterday) by tonight. That’s not happening, because I keep stopping to laugh.

    Also, speaking of The Nanny and TV in general? Go read this post at Rob’s blog. Because I am still. Seriously. Skeeved.

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  7. update

    November 11, 2007 by Louise

    The weird stuff that was/is happening (see the post before last) is still happening. I’m still alternating between furious and terribly sad.

    That is all.

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  8. Carbon-ated

    by Louise

    Rob and I try to be as earth-friendly as we possibly can. We drive as little as possible (which, where we live, is difficult given the lack of public transit and the… spread-outedness – I made a new word!- of everything), we make sure to separate our garbage (actually it’s the law here- we have bins for recycling, waste, and compost and God forbid you accidentally put a banana peel in the waste bin because they will hunt you down and fine you!). When we have kids, they are going to be wearing the cloth diapers. We donate to kiva.org although that’s not actually a donation since you get your money back eventually. When I start feeling guilty about all the driving I go donate to carbonfund.org, to help offset our carbon footprint (for this one? I like to imagine Al Gore eating the carbon that we produce. I know, I know). I’m mental about turning off the lights/tv/computer etc. if we’re not using them. Occasionally I will make my husband go 100% crazy with this trait; he’ll leave the room to go get a drink and when he comes back 12 seconds later everything is off.

    Christmas is coming, and this year I’ve been researching eco friendly products for gift giving. Unfortunately the stores we have around here (walmart and zellers) aren’t super-environmentally-friendly, to say the least. That’s where the GreenAndMore.com website comes in.

    live greener products

    I’ve searched through the different categories on their site, and they seem to have hundreds of really great gift ideas, and just basically good ideas for things to have around the house. Also, clicking around, I’ve discovered that the company lives their mission and follows green practices on-site (no plasticware, recycled office supplies and kitchen goods, 100% recycled cardboard boxes, etc). They offer education and information from their learning centre. On their blog, staff of the site talk about how they have made changes in their lives to be a bit nicer to the Earth, and give tips and information that would help the general public on their way. So that’s a good site.

    Now if only Al Gore was working there, eating carbon. That would make it super-cool.

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  9. Protected: email me for the password…

    November 8, 2007 by Louise

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  10. I’m a prolific writer today, huh?

    November 6, 2007 by Louise

    After the whole being ripped off debacle this summer, I have decided that I actually will buy a new wig sometime this year. The fancy kind. The kind that I wanted. The kind that looks like it’s actually hair growing out of your head, instead of some kind of hairy hat. BUT, I have decided that instead of eBay, where I have no guarantee that I will get what I want, I am going to go through a reputable wig seller.

    Until then, though, well, my current wig is getting kind of… bad. The hair is getting all dry and split-endy, and is taking too much time to beat into submission in the mornings (hey, it was cheap, what can I say? you get what you pay for in this case). Until I can save up the $700+ for the fancy wig, I can’t actually go around with my bald head out. I could, but I’d get cold. So, I’m going to be getting another synthetic (I know, I had said I would never do that again! But as a temporary measure, it’s all good), and hoping for the best. This is the one I’ve got on order. Hopefully I don’t look like complete ass in it. What do you think? Do you like it? No? I realize it’s just hair on a model at the moment but that’s all I have to go by.

    Okay I think that’s about it for tonight! Good night people!

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