Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Illegitimate Concerns

g made contact this morning.  apparently after reading the blog he was concerned about my emotional well-being.  no, the irony was not lost on me, but i do appreciate the sentiment.  that being said, i am not an emotional disaster.  i really can hold my own and for the most part i just enjoy spinning a yarn, which is why this is the perfect forum for me to write about the stuff that i think about.  and the best part is that sometimes i get quality feedback on my writing.
 
anyway, my current mission is to figure out some way i can jet down to nyc for a weekend to visit my friend patrick.  he works for a secret company on secret assignments and has an office overlooking times square.  i'm pretty sure he either assists on the odd coup d'etat or maybe he hunts down terrorists.  obviously i have no idea.  either way my visit will probably happen in the new year when he is more settled and i finally get my act together.
 
now its time to relax and finish my book (The Polite Revolution: Perfecting the Canadian Dream, by John Ibbitson). 

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Happy Birth-Day!!!

i know, two postings within an hour ... i think its probably some sort of record!
 
but way more importantly i want to welcome my new cousin riley thomas into the world.  a big mazel tov and congratulations to stephen and sarah and i can't wait to see the little guy!
 
 

Free Stuff

two entries ago i spent a fair bit of time analyzing my weird relationship. i have come to a new conclusion: the relationship is totally effed up and i am completely fine with it. in fact, it is almost a non-issue. it adds a whole bizarre element into my life that wouldn't otherwise be there. i'm probably glorifying things right now which i shouldn't do but its the end of the day, i've got 11 minutes to kill, and i feel like being hyperanalytical because sometimes that's fun.

now onto the free stuff. today they were handing out free bottles of flavoured water on the street. i got pink grapefruit-green tea. i don't exactly know how i feel about the flavour but i am certain i will drink it because it came without cost.

i think that is the truest sign that i am a kogon.

Sunday, November 06, 2005

Softy Raymond and the Fantasy Tank


i'm tired, i stink, and i am remarkably content with this. we just got back from genevieve's cottage and i am trying to think of an appropriate entry to mark the occasion. i know that the girls will want me to put up the best quotes from the weekend (and there were many) so i think i will list those at the end.

basically the seven of us (me, taryn, shannon, allie, hanna, melissa and genevieve) trekked up to huntsville in a mini-van for a night of hilarity! the weather wasn't great so we didn't spend too much time outside but we did go for a really nice walk wherein taryn luge-fell and shannon graced us with a delightful view of her crotch. the cottage overlooked the lake and even though it was overcast the scenery was beautiful and serene. although most of us see each other fairly regularly it was a really nice chance to get away from it all and get caught-up properly.

it was one of those trips where it feels like loads of stuff happened but there weren't too many actual incidents to report back on. we didn't really do anything apart from eat obscene amounts of cheese and the occasional costumed dance party. we discussed everything from "the downfall of society due to confused gender lines" to the definition of a "dutchie." we used our fantasy tanks to plan out taryn's next air-recorder competition and we ate cheeseburgers in an old via-rail car. there was a massive thunderstorm that woke us all up except allie, who had to have been in some sort of comatose state, and my skittish ways were clearly demonstrated.

i will leave you all with my favourite quotes from the weekend. i actually made notes so that i wouldn't forget anything hilarious but in retrospect i think you sort of had to be there. regardless, here they are:

"to be honest, i think there is a domestic going on in the cheese aisle"
"you had me at choda"
"when you're the cleaner you don't have to cook"
"i'm looking for a prince on a horse with the bill in his hands"
"you just never hear about the homeless jews"
"i've got a big clit - write that down"
"robin dubonte - back in the homeland"
"what's a dutchie?" "either a joint or a homeless person"
"he slept with a thai prostitute" "that's brave"

and my personal favourite:

"iqualuit: the new whitehorse"

p.s. above you will see allie and i killing ourselves over the lists in the back of the mcsweeney's humour compilation; i know i've read them before but "email addresses that are hard to read over the phone" will always be hilarious.

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