the white margaret cho

sniffles and sore throats

2007-10-09T20:54:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since my last update.
Okay, a really long while, but I digress.

I'm home, alone, sick, again. I thought I was feeling better and then just about an hour or two ago I began to feel my cold moving into my chest. This is not good. As chest colds bring pain and torture to me.
I took today off work and watched way too many movies, read magazines and books.

My newest book is The Kite Runner. Beautiful book. Discusses Afghanistan before September 11th, 2001 and the troubles it had before then. Love it and am just over halfway through.

Before The Kite Runner was Middlesex. A beautiful book that I have been meaning to read since getting back from July and my trip to Green Lake with my mom. Right now I'm wishing I was back there, on the lake, kyaking or reading quietly in the heat (that was during the one hot week in July.) I missed the heat this summer. I fear that this autumn and winter will be a long one. I am not going to enjoy being inside.

Task:
I need ideas of things that can be done on the weekend regardless of whether it is raining or not.

Thus far:
vancouver art gallery
planetarium
Vancouver Library (if and when the labour dispute ends)
science world
Castlefun Park
CN Imax
I found even more at: http://www.findfamilyfun.com/main.htm

Any other ideas folks?

Now, back to my book and hoping that my clothes are somewhat dry. The BF's, on the other hand, are another story. But perhaps I will look at trips to take next spring. I'm wanting an 8 hour flight somewhere.

we all have secrets

2007-08-14T17:29:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6rTkp1dek4

Check it out.

it's ranting time

2007-04-12T20:17:00.000-07:00

Alright, if this entry at any point offends you, the reader, take a step back and think for a minute or two.

Background info:
I have a Livejournal acct but I haven't updated that thing since last spring, but I log on every day and read entries posted by people on my 'friend' list.
It is amazing how much people complain about things that they cause themselves. Ie: Getting a fine for not paying for a transit pass. Solution: PAY FOR YOUR BLOODY PASS and you won't get a fine. If you can afford to buy new clothes and coffees and other things, you can afford a transit pass. Or, here's a crazy idea: budget!

Argh.

Make the world and your situation the best that you can. Or, as my mom said once, "Fake it to you feel it." Smile and be positive and things will turn out alright.

I'm going to become one of those people soon that complains all the time and can't find anything positive about situations.

Nah, I'm pretty upbeat. For a number of reasons.
1-Roof over my head (though annoying neighbours are, well, annoying)
2-Secure job
3-Fabulous partner (6 months - Friday, April 13th!)
4-Amazing friends that humour me day in and day out.
5-Awesome city with lots to do.
6-Family that has supported me through all my schemes and plans.
7-Slo-pitch season starts soon!
8-So many other reasons that I smile about every day.

And I leave you with this from George Bernard Shaw
"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them."

not a bad word

2007-03-11T01:11:00.000-08:00

Vagina.
It's a work I find that women are terrified to say.

VAGINA. There, I said it.

I love my vagina.

I was rather bothered, yet inspired, by a new article I saw posted on CBC.ca regaring three girls that were suspended for saying vagina in a production of The Vagina Monologues.

You can call your vagina what you want - but don't make it out to be a bad word. 52% of the population has one.

So watch out.

times goes by, so slowly when you're sick

2007-02-08T10:29:00.000-08:00

I am sick. And I am tired of being sick. I don't sit still well. I get figity. I want to go for a walk, get a coffee, read without getting dizzy.
I've gone through more kleenex since monday than is humanly possible. I can't sleep anymore. I'm tired of sleeping.

I have been off work since Monday at noon. Stuff is just going to pile up. I'm not looking forward to when I return which probably won't be until Monday since my ears are still ringing, I can't sleep at night because I keep coughing and I can't seem to hydrate myself enough. My mouth is always dry. Even Jello didn't work :-(
Gingerale, orange juice, water, apple juice, jello, soup and crackers, oranges.
That has been my diet for the past few days.
I want solid foods, pizza, curry (oooooohhhhh, curry).
I think tomorrow I will order pizza. And if I can only down one piece, that's fine by me. It will be worth it.

Mmmmm chocolate

2007-01-31T18:34:00.000-08:00

As much as I am a savoury foods kinda gal. I do love my sweets and chocolates.

I just have to share this with everyone.
Cupcake Blog

A CUPCAKE BLOG!

O.M.G.!

I need to bake. Now.

blog land - a triumphant return? i doubt it

2007-01-18T20:07:00.000-08:00

Nothing triumphant here folks.

I just got a fabulous email from my good friend Schteffi and I had realized that it had been a while since I had posted previously. Plus the last post was just a joke, really. His second love is cheese.
Anways, on to more exciting-type things.
A recap if you will:
~Christmas (though it seems so distant) was fantastic. Full of new and interesting families and celebrations with my own family. Too much turkey, potatoes and such has left me feeling a bit larger than I was prior to those events so I will have to take on the weight-loss/healthy eating position again.....starting next week.
~New Years had tonnes of alcohol, though very little of it was consumed by me. A few weeks prior I was violently ill after a booze-filled night at the Foggy Dew in Coquitlam. My stomach is still healling.
~Work has been incredibly busy and responsibility has been piling up. This week I have not felt very motivated but I have decided that next week (I know, the 'next week' promises continue) this will change. I will seek out more challenges and not be afraid to get things done right away. NO MORE PROCRASTINATING.
~School has started at good olde BCIT. I'm taking a creative copy class. I figured it would be actually writing stuff but it's more advertising, etc. This weeks class was a bit more intriguing and my confidence has gone up. Excitement returns to education. Plus the fact that there was an error in the printing room and we got to leave an hour early from class because the instructor didn't have the handouts for the in-class assignment thing.
~Another roommate has departed from the Rainbow Palace {brief: my suite is called the Rainbow Palace because each room is a different colour. Front room & kitchen: blue, hallway: green, bathroom: yellow, my room: orange, spare room: red.} I am a little sad and somewhat disappointed to see another RP'er leave but sometimes things work out for the best. A new person will share this space (and my bed).
~I went to the Taboo Sex Show last weekend. It was full of the boring, unhealthy sex toys that should really be banned. The highlight of the night was probably when I was 'demo'd on' by a very friendly girl at one of the more women and healthy sex-positive booths. She (the lovely lady with a fabulous corset on and very large breasts demonstrated how to use LIberator on me (with our clothes on!) It's basically a ramp and wedge that help make certain sex positions more comfortable. All I have to say is that I hope she's back next year. It was awesome. Too bad they weren't giving away freebies cuz that thing is EXPENSIVE!
~Dine Out Vancouver starts this weekend (cheap eats and slightly upscale restaurants) and I am treating the BF to a night out. Where you ask: well, that's a secret until Sunday morning. The weekend after, it's the Fairmont Waterfront with dinner.
~The snow has been coming down at rediculous rates and I am beginning to tire of it. Walking in shoes to the skytrain station every morning leaves my feet cold and wet. But at least everyone has something to complain about and common stories.
~This leads me to my frustration with skytrain recently. On Tuesday I was almost stranded at Metrotown after the electrical system went down. Luckily a nice coworker gave me a ride home in his warm car. I will admit, it is on days like these that I wish I had a car.
~I just received a belated Christmas card from my friend in Austria. {Background: I traveled to Austria in grade 10 for 2 weeks as part of a student exchange. Nina (friend in Austria) and myself were among the few that participated that remained in touch. In the spring of 2005 I returned to Austria and visited Nina and her family. Surreal.} I really should write her a letter. I'm thinking of writing one this Saturday and getting a nice card to go along with it. I'd love to visit again or host her here if she is able to return.
~Dinner with the crew tomorrow night! Grish: It better be good.

Nite all! Drive safe in the rain-snow and just think of spring, around the corner.

pulled pork is my bf's second love

2007-01-06T23:56:00.000-08:00

aka - this blog is [meet] related

He loves pulled pork.

Yes, it's been awhile since I have last ventured here, but someone has been keeping me rather busy.

Apparently I have a secret blog life that he is unable to access and read at work......someone blocked the 'blogger' website (shame on you eric'sboi).

We had a lovely dinner at a friend's house today with an enormous amount of meat. For the next week, it is nothing but vegetables and salads. Yes, pulled pork was also on the menu.

The BF is a little worried about the title of this blog. "pulled pork is my bf's second love". but really, whose second love ISN'T pulled pork? Really?
I'd have to say mine is Daniel Craig, by a long shot.

But I have a pair of the booty shorts, and they can be filled quite nicely and the guy that wears the ones in my bedroom does his own stunts and will be killed by my first love should they ever [meat].

fuck yeah

TGP - makeout session at my pad soon. pockey, you're automatically invited.

yeah, right

2006-12-21T19:58:00.000-08:00

You Were Nice This Year!

You're an uber-perfect person who is on the top of Santa's list.
You probably didn't even *think* any naughty thoughts this year.
Unless you're a Mormon, you've probably been a little too good.
Is that extra candy cane worth being a sweetheart for 365 days straight?

Were You Naughty or Nice This Year?

Merry Christmas!

2006-12-20T19:46:00.000-08:00

Well, it's almost that time of year folks. Christmas!
I'm psyched and can't believe it's hear already (don't we say this every year though?)

This year has certainly has it's ups and downs, worries about living situations, income, school, relationships both familial and non. Yet I feel that I have come into my own and am happy with my goals and accomplishments.

So, I'm off to clean house as I am the only person living here that does so. Wish me well and maybe I'll post some baking pictures in the next little while.
I made some fabulous cinnamon buns last night/this morning for a brunch at work. Maybe that can be a New Years Day treat.

Bon soir et joyeux noel!

What Christmas ornament are you?

You Are an Angel

A truly giving soul, you understand the spirit of Christmas.

What Christmas Ornament Are You?

Christmas shopping, continued.....

2006-12-12T20:15:00.000-08:00

I went Christmas shopping last week at Metro-hell (aka Metrotown).
I'm such a masochist. But I got a lot done.
I went again today. I was a wee-bit peckish and decided to hit up Quiznos at the food court - BAD IDEA. The MOST disgusting sandwich. I should have just waited to get home.

Point 1 - I have found recently, that the food I purchase at restaurants and other such establishments has been the shits lately. VERY bad service, food that is not up to standard nor worth purchasing. It's better for me to go to the grocery store, buy the ingredients, and make my own food. Case in point, I made (well, I think so) really good tacos last Monday and they were quite satisfying and filled me up. If I were to go to a local taco joint I would be sorely disappointed and left wanting more.
I was also served a pink hamburger last week and a casual/trendy restaurant and when I pointed it out there was no apology and no offer to take it off the bill and replace it.
I can attribute this to a few things.
a) the labour shortage is forcing businesses to hire unqualified employees that do not take pride nor give a shit about their job.
b) we as a paying society has become so used to paying for our food and not expecting a decent quality.
c) tipping is too common. (now, I know this may irk some as restaurants pay minimum wage because they assume their employees will earn tips but if servers and kitchen staff do a poor job, they should not be rewarded with a tip)

*end restaurant rant*

Point 2 - I hate children and most people. Well, hate is a such a strong word. I despise many, that's it. Case in point. I was at Winners today (I know, smooth move there cranberry, it's Christmas time, don't go to Winners). But there was a person in the line up next to me that was playing with a kid's xylophone, a really annoying one. He was trying to play Deck the Halls but it was poorly done and very irritating. I kept giving him evil stares - and he was at least in his 20s! Please people: stop with the annoying actions! Because the children will soon follow suit (as the kid with him did). I saw an adorable newborn while visiting my cohost at the store he's working in, but that is it.
I pledge to do the following IF I ever have children
i) teach them from the beginning what a headache and migraine is, as a sufferer myself, they will have to learn to be quiet
ii) ban all loud toys from the house or have a separate room at the other side of the house where those toys must stay
iii) hire a babysitter when I go Christmas shopping, or go first thing in the morning when it is less crowded

Point 3 - HIRE MORE CASHIERS AT THE BAY!!!!!! And see letter 'a' under Point 1 regarding unqualified, undeserved employees.

Phew, ranting over.

All I can say is that I am almost done shopping and even have a little something for tomorrow night. (2 months with the BF!

C'est tout!

crazy xmas gifts only i would want

2006-12-06T20:34:00.000-08:00

Here is a short list of items I would love for xmas but know I will never receive as people assume that they are boring gifts.
To me, they're fabulous and I would enjoy them and maybe share the goodies made with some of them.

1 - Kitchen Aid Food Processor

2 - Cheesecake Pan

3 - Popcorn Popper

4 - Slow Cooker

5 - Knife Set (not necessarily this one though)

6 - Silicon kitchen accessory set or something like this

7 - Double Boiler

8 - Planet Simpson

9 - A subscription to BUST magazine

10 - Lord of the Rings DVD set

11 - Or just a good night sleep for a few nights in a row, the floor swept and vacuumed and the dishes done. I'd even do the cooking.

gotta luv those short shorts

2006-11-21T21:30:00.000-08:00

Oh, I saw Casino Royale this weekend.
Dream-y!
I thought I would share....

ps - i want the BF in a pair of those shorts.
Nice ass, lemme tell ya.

ongoings of Cranberry

2006-11-21T20:54:00.001-08:00

brief update:

~still living in Vancouver
~work is going well, very well, i feel comfortable and respected and needed in my role
~Christmas is approaching and I hope to do some baking soon
~If grishisms is to visit while baking she will stay in the living room area like last year, sleeping on the couch
~I'm no longer single
~My BCIT class on public speaking has been going fantastically and I am enjoying in thoroughly. I almost don't want it to end.
~Still doing my radio show every Sunday evening Pants on Fire. All that are interested can tune in every Sunday evening from 8-9pm PST at CJSF.ca.
~My roommate is fabulous and he brings me nice smelling things from LUSH.
~The water is brown in Vancouver and I have boil it to use it. The line ups for water at Safeway are ridiculous and apparently some people have gotten pushy about it in some stores.
~I've had a headache whether dull or really strong for about 4-5 days now. It lets up every now and then and then rears its head.
~This is my second month of bootcamp. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning from 6:30-7:30am. I will be glad when it is over. While the class itself is great, I hate waking at 5:30 or earlier for it, 6:30 is a normal time to wake, thank you very much.
~The squirrels are back. If I have time I will try and load some photos for everyone to see.

obituary?

2006-11-21T20:54:00.000-08:00

'What will your obituary say?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Alphabet of my life...

2006-11-08T20:42:00.000-08:00

[A is for age:] 25. Or 8760 days.

[B is for booze of choice:] Long island iced teas. Doubles, in a tall glass.

[C is for career:] Program administrator - perhaps marketing one day.

[D is for your dog's name:] Monty, now passed away, was fabulous.

[E is for essential items to bring to a party:] See [B]

[F is for favorite song at the moment:] All the same by Sick Puppies

[G is for favorite game:] Softball.

[H is for hometown:] Coquitlam.

[I is for instruments you play:] Piano. Alto saxophone, pink oboe.

[J is for jam or jelly you like:] Strawberry (preferably made by grandma)

[K is for kids?] Maybe.

[L is for last kiss?] Wednesday morning, 6:25am.

[M is for marital status:] In a relationship.

[N is for name of your crush:] He's the ultimate

[O is for overnight hospital stays:] When I was fresh out of the oven, that's it!

[P is for phobias:] Birds, birds and more birds.

[Q is for quotes you like:] "Tastes like burning."

[R is for relationship that lasted the longest]: 2 months less a day.

[S is for sexuality:] Sexy.

[T is for time you wake up:] MWF: 5:20ish or earlier, Tuesday & Thursday: 6:30ish, weekend: as late as possible.

[U is for underwear:] cotton on a normal day, something fancy on others

[V is for vegetable you love] Ummm....potatoes? Ok, maybe red, yellow & orange peppers.

[W is for worst habit:] Interupting people.

[X is for x-rays you've had:] Just at the dentist.

[Y is for yummy food you make:] Vindaloo - curry. Mmmmmm.

[Z is for zodiac sign:] Gemini

there, i posted!

2006-10-15T12:32:00.000-07:00

[1] What is your middle name?
Anne

[2] What color is your mailbox?
Black. Hard. Black.

[3] Are you available?
Ummm, sorta?

[4] Have you ever hit a deer?
Nope.

[5] Do you have to drive over a bridge to get home?
I don't have a car, I take the skytrain and no bridge is involved.

[6] Do you enjoy fighting with people?
I'll be honest, sometimes.

[7] Is your hair naturally straight or curly?
It's more wavey than anything else.

[8] Who was your kindergarten teacher?
Damn, I don't remember.

[9] What is your biggest pet peeve?
Lazy people that complain about things but don't try and change anything.

[10] Does anything hurt on your body right now?
My legs - I've been doing a lot of fitness classes.

[11] How many years older than you are you willing to date?
8-10.

[12] Do you have any mean friends?
They just pretend to be mean and bitchy.

[13] What is the ugliest colour in your opinion?
Undecided.

[14] What is the closest green object?
My $5 USA gap shirt.

[15] What is on your feet?
They are bare.

[16] Are you wearing makeup?
Last night's mascara - eeps!

[17] Do you have a tattoo?
Nada.

[18] Do you have any piercings, and where?
One in each ear.

[19] Do you know where your family name originated from?
I think it's English.

[20] Last time you cried?
Last Wednesday, but details are not yet released.

I'm watching you TGP

2006-07-28T20:21:00.000-07:00

TGP has promised to pimp me out.
We'll take photos on Saturday evening with decandent boys and lucious girls.
I need out of the house - it's 8:18pm and I have nothing planned for the night (maybe make some cookies for the party tomorrow?)

This is one of my latest photos. I love my glasses.

berries' den

2006-07-05T22:41:00.000-07:00

Relax all!
I'm staying in the rainbow palace.

Party to come soon.

Stay tuned.

-the cranberry

need a new place to live folks!

2006-05-30T22:49:00.000-07:00

So it turns out that life has thrown me another curve ball of sorts.

I need a place to live folks! I'm hoping for July or August 1st of this year.

Where: 'around' the commercial drive area

What: Looking for a 1 bedroom apartment or suite, preferably under $700 or $750, some utilities included is a bonus.

So - please let me know if you have any friends, family, neighbours or someone that is renting or leaving. I'm employed! Quiet! Clean!

Honestly - I'm a nice girl!

The best e-mail is evolution75@hotmail.com

Thanks in advance!!!!

monster omlette

2006-05-21T19:00:00.000-07:00

Omg - I had the best omlette this morning.

My parents picked me up at my friend's house in DT Vancouver as I had been housesitting there for 2 weeks and had tonnes of stuff to bring back home to the Rainbow Palace. They drove over around 10am and then we went for a fabulous breakfast at Fets on Commercial Drive. I got the Spicey Omlette with jalepenos and tomatoes and cheese in it. Sooooo good. I loved it, seriously. Heaven. I haven't had brunch in a long time actually so the blending of meals with my parents was nice.

I love Commercial Drive. It's my own hood now and I quite enjoy a stroll along the Drive with no specific purpose.

This past fall I gave my car back to my parents but they've been pretty good at letting me borrow it when I'm going out of town. Next weekend I get to go to Harrison Hot Springs for my friend's birthday! So stoked. Now I just have to figure out how to get there since I haven't been since I was quite young. Yay - a weekend away from the city and drinking!

I've got my radio show this evening, in about 55 mins on CJSF 90.1 FM from 8-9pm. My co-host called and I think we're going to be discussing role-playing and fantasies. That should be fun! I think I want to take the dom role.

On other news I 'talked' to my roommate today. I'm not necessarily angry with him but being at his gf's house 6 or 7 nights a week and when he is at the Rainbow Palace, she's over. Needless to say it gets a bit frustrating. I asked if he was planning on moving out with his gf in the fall. They're always together and he keeps applying for jobs in North and West Vancouver (we live in East Vancouver) and she lives out there so what am I to think? Whatev for now. I'll tough it out until the fall when our one year term is up. For now I am happy to be living in Vancouver, closer to the beach and life!

Wow - that's a pretty lengthy entry. The weekend after next is apparently going to be full of teasing and tormenting a 22 year old - wish me, TGP and Pockey luck!

brief visit in the wg

2006-05-08T21:11:00.000-07:00

I'm currently in Walnut Grove (hometown) but I'm not able to visit anyone (sorry kids).
When I logged into the dear old blogspot website I realized that I hadn't posted anything since April 17th or something - what the h?
Just a quick update as I'm not feeling too well and for some reason my breasts are hurting - it feels like I need to milk them (ok, that was probably waaaaay too much information but they've never felt like that before).
-still at bcit for my marketing course and am quite enjoying it
-working still and enjoying it for the most part
-wanting to travel. my sister is on a train or has already arrived in Barcelona and I a quite jealous. as well, my dear friend g-ho is going to england and germany for about 2 weeks - argh.
-me, i am saving and hoping to buy a place when i get a little more job security and a bit more savings.
-my cat is currently sleeping next to me and snoring. it is amuzing.
-i'm house sitting in downtown vancouver for the next 2 weeks as my friend Trevor is in Europe
(WTF people - I want to go back to europe!!!)

Ok, I'm not feeling too well and I'm procrastinating doing my homework assignment.

Bon soir for now. I will return when I feel a bit better.

PS - I love comments!

quick update/tease

2006-04-17T16:00:00.000-07:00

Yes, I'm still alive. Don't worry your little head.
It's Easter/Chocolate Weekend so I'm spending the time at my parents' house in the good old Walnut Grove.

My neighbour is still crazy and stomping around while pumping the heat up to a rediculous level but I have been amusing myself with baking and reading for my class (which I must get to soon as I have to read a chapter for tomorrow's class).

Hmmm, other news. Grish is back in town and she joined me at Trev's place for a fabulous spaghetti dinner with over 200 photos taken with his smashing new Mac laptop (Mac's unite!). Class is going well, the introduction class was rather slow but it's what I expected and I can't wait for more.

That's all for now - back to the chocolate I go.

PS - I'm in need of some suggestions for a topic for my radio show (Pants on Fire on CJSF 90.1 FM www.cjsf.ca) for next Sunday evening. Anything related to relationships, sex, sexuality, gender, social issues. Drop me a note and I'll see what I can do!

from monday

2006-04-11T22:19:00.000-07:00

Urgh.
I’m tired and pms-y today. TMI, I know. But there is more. I had my radio show last night (Pants on Fire, CJSF 90.1FM www.cjsf.ca) and got home at the usual 10pm. I probably crawled into bed around 11:20/11:30 as I was chatting with some friends afterwards and having a bite to eat. Just as I’m dozing off I hear a terrible sound – the vacuum! What the H-E-L-L!?!?!?! I just don’t understand. No, it wasn’t my roommate (who I haven’t seen since Thursday evening) but rather the people who live upstairs in the house. I don’t get it. It started at about 11:50 and went until after midnight. And it wasn’t just the vacuuming but the stomping and moving of items.
Now, I consider myself a fairly reasonable person. If there was something spilled or a small thing on the floor that needed to be cleaned right away to avoid stainage, I could understand. But the person upstairs wasn’t doing that. She went to the different rooms and vacuumed. I simply do not understand this. So, today. I’m going to call her. At one point I thought the vacuuming had stopped, but no. It started up again and I banged on the wall and ceiling – argh!!!!!!!

Other than that I had an alright weekend. Friday night I studied for the electrical lighting class that I finished up on Saturday and also had my exam on Saturday afternoon. Since I was taking the course with a few co-workers we went for drinks and appys at Milestone’s afterwards. They have some of the BEST mojitos! Mmmmmmm.
Early to bed Saturday evening and then on Sunday morning at 9am I met G-Ho and Trev at Waterfront station and went for a trek in the suburbia that is the North Shore. We had some delicious food – Mmmmmmm. Then while we were waiting for G-Ho bf we went to Winners. I normally despise this store however I took my time and found some things that actually fit and were a good deal. I bought 3 cookbooks and a pair of Nine West shoes! They were only $34, regular $100!!!! What’s really funny is that I had tried these shoes on earlier this year and decided not to get them for full price. Yay me!

I’m tired now and at work. I want food, lots of food. No healthy stuff either. I think I might call my grandmother and see if she wants dinner tonight.

Tomorrow I start class at BCIT!!! Yay!

Update (tuesday-style)
The person (aka BITCH) upstairs was actually shredding papers. WHAT THE FUCK? Whatever, she appologized and apparently didn't realize what time it was - MIDNIGHT!!!
Class was fabulous. I think I may enjoy this, apart from the crazy lady with the tag sticking out.

time goes by, so slowly

2006-04-07T15:27:00.000-07:00

So today I sit rather bored at work.
I recently moved into a new position at work, something a little more challenging yet it’s Friday afternoon and I’m bored.
Really bored.
I’ve called everyone that I can. I have no one sitting near me to even chat with. My manager and supervisor are gone.
Seriously. It’s painful. I’m making the decision to leave in about 25 mins. I almost said 30 but changed my mind. I worked an extra hour last Friday.
I want a drink. I went to the liquor store at lunch and bought a 4 pack of Schmirnoff Green Apple coolers. Soooo good. I also bought a mikey of rum. It’s gonna be a fun Friday night studying. You see, tomorrow morning I’m getting picked up at 7:30 to attend a class on electrical lighting. I’m none too pleased. My plans for tonight, if I didn’t have class tomorrow, would be to drink myself silly and maybe do some shopping. Though the drinking would probably come after the shopping. Don’t want any stains on the clothes.
Next Tuesday I start part time classes at BCIT. I’m quite excited.
Ummm, let’s see, what else. I want to buy my own place (apartment, condo, flat, etc) in at least two years. What this means is start July 1st I’ll have to start really saving and sticking to a plan. Why July 1st? Well, my term is until June 30th and hopefully I’ll get extended. Then I can really plan financially.
I think that’s all from the world of Cranberry. Wish me luck on my exam tomorrow. Hopefully I won’t be too tired or hung over.

blue today, red tomorrow

2006-04-05T20:41:00.000-07:00

Since I have some VERY dirty friends. I thought this would go well.

Your Lucky Underwear Is Red

You're confident and bold, and your lucky red underwear will only make you more sure of yourself.
You have a great zest for life, and you tend to take on impossible goals - and succeed.

When it comes to love, it's hard for you to take the time to open up. You're too busy conquering the world.
So if you're looking for a little more romance, put on your red underpants. And see where their passion takes you!

What Color Is Your Lucky Underwear?

online pregnancy test?? you gotta try this.

2006-04-01T11:26:00.000-08:00

Ok, so i'm a maniac for postings today.
Check this out: Online Pregnancy Test

I was laughing soooo much.

Who's your baby's daddy?

i'm a cuckoo, err, cookies

2006-04-01T11:23:00.000-08:00

You Are a Chocolate Chip Cookie

Traditional and conservative, most people find you comforting.
You're friendly and easy to get to know. This makes you very popular - without even trying!

What Kind of Cookie Are You?

Mmmmm - cookies. Maybe I'll make some today if I can get certain people out of the house.

fox in the snow, where did you go?

2006-04-01T10:41:00.000-08:00

Ok. Breathe.
The past two weeks have been incredibly busy. I've barely had a chance to sit down. But I think things are slowing down.
What complicates it even more is that I've been doing training for my job so that's a bit mentally draining as I'm attempting to absorb everything i possibly can before my predecessor moves onto her new job. Plus, oh, plus, it's the Fiscal year end at work so of course everyone is running around trying to get all their numbers in and get invoices processed by Accounts Payable. It's certainly a mad house.
Anyways, basically I've been hella busy.
So I think I'm going to start fresh.

Last night I went to the Metric
and it was quite fun. Being extremely tired and on the verge of exhaustion didn't help with the enjoyment of the show. But overall I'm glad I went.
Getting home last night was an adventure of sorts. I quickly grabbed a bus across the Granville Street bridge, hoping to catch at Number 9 or 99 down Broadway to my house. They usually arrive quite frequently but yay I had to wait a rediculous amount of time in the cold with really sore feet for the bus. Blah!!
I arrive at Commercial Drive and Broadway, grab some pizza and then see the other bus I can take home coming up the street. I think to myself, YAY! But no. After watching several cycles of the street lights go I realize that this bus has broken down or something. Just my luck. So fuck that, I'm walking the final few blocks home. Two gross guys hit on my and call me baby or something like that and I get home before the bus (that broke down) goes past my street.
Final decision: We need a public transit system that gives equivalent service at night as it does during the day.

I had a very strange dream last night. It was almost a nightmare but I hesitate to call it that.
What I remember is sitting on a houseboat-like tour boat. Just when we were pushing away from the dock it tipped over and began to sink. I was sitting right beside a window but I was able to get out and in addition to this, save quite a few people. It was really strange. I'm wondering if it had anything to do with the recent sinking of a BC Ferry
. Who really knows.

Anyways, things to look foward to on the blog in the next while:
-Finally naming that squirrel! I will compile names soon and post them for people to give feedback on. If you have anymore please leave a comment.
-Descriptions of the strange people I run into every day on my commute from the Rainbow Palace to my place of employment.

Cheers all. Time to enjoy some rain.

there is/are reasons / thank you for continuing to read

2006-03-26T18:18:00.000-08:00

Ok, really briefly, reasons why I have not been able to post:
-sister's car being stolen (more to come later)
-dad having surgery for a hernia
-concert-mania!!! (Hot Hot Heat on Tuesday)
-driving to and from seattle (about 2.5 hrs away) in one day to see a concert (Belle & Sebastian)
-new job and job-related tasks
-taking a lighting course that is pure evil
-friend in town from Ireland that has been traveling around the world for a year (we met in Poland last spring-2005)
-lacking in sleep
-cleaning my house
-friends' birthdays.

Blah - I will be back soon enough.

PS - CJSF has its new website up and it looks fabulous and should work on your computer now. Check out CJSF
. My show is on from 8-9pm (PST), Pants on Fire!

Laterz all!

pet blogging....wednesday?

2006-03-15T20:18:00.000-08:00

Hey - at least I'm posting.
I wanted to crawl into bed and eat some lovely pesto chicken with sun-dried tomatoes and rice. It was soooo good.
Anyways. Here is the latest photo of the black squirrel.

We still need a name for this character.

i guess that's why they call it the luck of the Irish

2006-03-15T20:11:00.000-08:00

I received this in my e-mail box the other day. I wonder if Gareth
had anything to do with it.

The Irish Lottery
P O Box 1010
11 G Lower Dorset Street,
Dublin 1, Ireland
(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#1004) of the IRISH LOTTERY online Sweepstakes International program held on wednesday 8th of March, 2006. It is now available for claims and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:08, 20, 21, 24, 28, 40, (bonus no.39), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e match 5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1.35 Million(One million, three hundred and fifty thousand, pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £4,419,864 shared amongst the(2)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 6 plus bonus.All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £1.35 Million(One million, three hundred and fifty thousand, pounds sterling) will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned!!!

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

MR. WILLIAMS SPENCERPhone: +44-702-407-3084 :+44-702-407-3072 Email: irishlotteryclaimsdept@luckywinners.net
Endeavour to email him the informations below:
Full names........
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Winning numbers.........
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You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-

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Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE IRISH LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
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Online coordinator for THE IRISH LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

Confidentiality Notice:
Please note that this email, and any files that may be attached to it,is/are confidential and is/are intended for the sole use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) to which it/they is/are addressed. Any use,distribution,copying or disclosure by any other person or entity is strictly prohibited under applicable law(s). If you received this email in error,please notify the sender by return email and delete the original message (making sure it is also deleted from the Deleted Items folder of your mail client).

Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to official business of IRISH LOTTERY and insurance shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by IRISH LOTTERY finance and insurance when addressed to comet finance and insurance clients; and any information contained in this email is subject to the terms and conditions of the governing client's contract(s).

BTW - Don't do this.

i don't know if i should be flattered or scared for my life

2006-03-14T21:18:00.000-08:00

Ok, I'm bad. I admit it. The blog has suffered the wrath of busy work schedules, a hectic social life, hangovers, friends' birthdays and a waxing session. I appologize.
I am currently sitting at my friend's house while he finishes making his hair all fabulous so I can't post anything big right now.

What I can say is that tomorrow, if I am not too hung over, a post will appear with our favourite black rodent, this time in the FRONT YARD!

The weather on the weekend was absolutely gorgeous so I didn't want to waste the sun as we found out this morning, rain was coming.

TGP - I am sorry. Please forgive me.
Pockey - Ummm, and you're one to talk hun! So what are the plans for St. Paddy's Day?

C'est tout.

the ultimate card - no one can compete

2006-03-07T13:06:00.000-08:00

It was my sister's 21st birthday on Sunday. Yes, The Sister is an old cougar now. Watch out boys!
We had a really tasty dinner with good food and red meat (as mentioned previously). What I deglected to mention before was that the sister was just wasted after a highball of rum and coke. Plastered I tell you! She was right off her rocker. What a lightweight!'
I bought my sister a t-shirt, a book, and the best card ever! (TGP can attest to this).
It has a photo of a woman on her bed with her face whited out. Where her face is it says, 'insert your photo here'. Inside the card the caption reads, sleeps well with others. Bloody brilliant I tell you.
Anyways, I'm late for BPM, I know this. Yesterday was a slow day back in the Rainbow Palace and I have no food in the house. G-Ho is coming over for dinner tonight (at least I hope he still is) so we'll have to spend the first part of our evening grocery shopping.

So - the question is. What's the best greeting card you've ever sent or received?

a graceful brief return

2006-03-05T12:28:00.000-08:00

So this weekend I returned home to the every growing WG. It's been a nice weekend. I need a break from the Rainbow Palace and I think the Rainbow Palace needed a break from me.

Friday night brought a fabulous coffee hook-up with TGP. We went to the illustreous Wendel's Bookstore and Cafe in Fort Langley. Yummy tea and caramel machiattos were splurged on. Afterwards Hans and TGP dropped me off and I watched a really interesting show on TLC. It's called Log in for Love about internet dating. Considering my status as a fag hag and lack of meeting of single, straight, available men - where do I snag someone? Oh well. Living on Commercial Drive doesn't really help, c'est la vie.

Saturday was kinda boring (during the day). I went to the mall and got a t-shirt for my sister and bought about 8 cook books for $9.50 all together at this used book sale in the mall. I'm soooo excited because I love cooking and this will give me more ideas. My parents, sister and I went out for dinner at the restaurant my brother works at and I got RED MEAT in the form of a delicious steak - oohhhmmm. (I only type this here cuz The Future is pulling a Lent-style self-denial of RED MEAT. I just hope he doesn't get a craving one night and eat Nanook. That would just be terrible and sad.

And that leads us to today (Sunday). Today was my second morning that I woke up with a really sore back. My mom bought a futon to go in my old bedroom and the bar in the middle is pure torture. Nonetheless I awoke and met the amazing Theresa and went to (you guessed it) Wendel's. We saw a few people from our high school days and we refused to go say hi. Hahahaha. We laugh.

That's all for now. No photos at the moment but I'm sure I can get some going for PBM.

Peace out from this cranberry. Oh, and no cranberry on Pants on Fire this Sunday evening. I needed a break and I have lost my voice so give me a week to find it. Laterz.

pet blogging...you all love it

2006-02-28T18:33:00.000-08:00

I went to Stanley Park on Friday with my lovely friend (from Thunder Bay).
Here are a few animal blogging photos.
This is one of the THREE raccoons we saw eating cat or dog food

I thought this was cute cuz it's a duck AND a BLACK squirrel

Chuck Norris gave Mona Lisa that smile.

2006-02-28T18:12:00.000-08:00

I stayed home from work today. I came home yesterday and was not feeling too well and I called in sick this morning. If I'm not feeling 100% tomorrow I will as well - blah.
However, I did set my alarm clock to the usual time this morning and woke up to CFOX
. And, who, you may ask was their guest? Why the famous Chuck Norris. Did anyone else catch this?

I thought this was TOO funny.
I also thought I would pass this along for anyone needing a good laugh. I found this website, which I'm sure some of you have already seen. Oh well - CHUCK NORRIS FACTS
.

It made me forget my flu-ish conditions for a bit.

a brief recap from the poor sick cranberry

2006-02-27T20:22:00.000-08:00

So operation make-out 2.0 was a partial success. I'm wondering if perhaps I was caught in the cross fire because my throat is sore and my body aches and it looks like a cold is brewin'! Blah. This morning I awoke to the bloody heat roaring. You see, at the rainbow palace, we are at the mercy of the neighbours upstairs as they control the heat. The really bad part of that is we must pay for the gas heating that they so greatly use. Fuckers.

My throat was dry and my joints were killing me but I crawled out of bed nonetheless and got my ass to work.

This weekend was a blur. On Thursday evening I went to this strange Korean restaurant downtown (Vancouver) and ate some dish that was recommended. Accompanying me was Grish (who is now in Indonesia for another month - biatch), Trev and the remarkable G-Ho. We sampled the lovely delights of True Confections afterwards and swiftly speed-walked up the Robson hill to the car and returned home.
I had Friday off work so I decided to have an adventure. Joined by my lovely friend from Thunder Bay, I walked a bit of the sea wall and basked in the glory that is the sun. Tens of photos were taken and I will post those shortly, trust me. The sad part was that my jeans tore. How you ask? Going on the swings!! You know what I'm talking about, pumping hard, going faster and higher, then taking that final leap! Well, my jeans got caught in the chain and a hole was torn. I was quite sad, I still am actually.
Later on Friday evening my roommate and I went to see the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. It was fabulous. Ooohhhh, Turkish Delight. It was supposed to be 'roommate' night but my roomie got a call from the gf so I was left to amuse myself. Thank goodness I am a fag hag and have the boys to rely on so it was a trip to the Odyssey for us. Yay for lame music and strippers. [For those not in Vancouver or those that have never been to the Odyssey, it is a gay bar in town and on Fridays and some other days they sometimes have strippers. They're not that great but it's amusing. I usually just dance looking the other way as I don't always want to be staring at a huge cock while dancing.]
I think I was in bed by 3am.
On Saturday I took and trip downtown and helped some friends do some shopping. I managed to piss the store clerk off by asking for his tape measure after he made eye contact with my friends as they approached him for help and turned the opposite direction. I am a customer service snob. Years of front line work has accustomed me to knowing what is good and poor service. If I am treated poorly I will make it obvious that I am not pleased. And if you stare at me, you'll get Mrs. Leitch's grand-daughter's stare right back at you BASTARD!!!! Hahahaha. [Mrs. Leitch was my Nana and she would straight out tell you what she wanted and if you didn't please her she would be her own self. There's really no other way to describe that attitude other than Mrs. Leitch's way.]

As many of you have read on my friends' blogs. This Saturday evening was the 'Meeting of the Bloggers'. Originally it was to be held at the Bourbon but the location was quickly shifted to the Blarney Stone. Oh, Blarney. Your bathrooms will forever be the bane of my existence (along with the #20). TGP
, Pockey
, Mikeh
, notjoecheese
and Shippy
were there in full force with friends and companions. I won't go into the highlights too much but rather link up with TGP's summary
. I would personally like to thank the academy for their tremendous support and their nomination and voting for best cleavage. Without you, I would be nothing. It was lovely to see TGP, Pockey and Mikeh again. Oh how I have missed you all.
Seeing the fridge that is notjoecheese was humbling and fabulous (I want a blowjob from you). And Ms. Shippy - your lovely red lips are just so daring! (Sassy)!!

Sunday was much quieter as I did a little grocery shopping and baked cookies and banana loaf, ending with my usual routine of Pants on Fire on CJSF
90.1 FM from 8-9pm. And kudos for TGP for listening. It is truly appreciated.

Now it is time to return to this thing I call work.
If I feel well enough this evening I will post some crazy photos from Friday's Stanley Park adventures.

things learned.....operation 2.0.....photomania

2006-02-26T02:19:00.000-08:00

So, I'll make this quick cuz I'm feeling the liquor and tiredness set in.

Things learned this evening:
-
i'm too tired to think actually.

g'nite all.

fucking pants are torn - booo-urns

2006-02-24T17:16:00.000-08:00

TEN FIRSTS (I only counted 9)

First Best Friend(s): shannon _____ (name is blank cuz her dad's a cop)
First Screen Name: gemini
First Pet: cubby, max & monty (2 cats and dog)
First Piercing: ears
First Crush: damn, i had a lot of 'boyfriends' when i was a little kid. i think one was named 'sean'
First CD: the refreshments
First Car: 1986 chevrolet celebrity
First Love: yet to happen
First Stuffed Animal: i think i had a huge white/cream coloured bear

NINE LASTS (I only counted 6)

Last Alcoholic Beverage: long island iced tea
Last Car Ride: grish drove me home last night - thanks grish!
Last Movie Seen: ummm,
Last Phone Call: roommate
Last CD Played: (more like mp3 song: The Ring Song by the Bravery)
Last Bubble Bath: months ago. i hate sitting down, i like to keep moving.

EIGHT HAVE YOU EVERS (I only counted 7)

Have you ever dated one of your best friends: no, they don't like girl parts
Have you ever been arrested: no
Have you ever skinny dipped: umm, no, but doesn't mean i won't
Have you ever been on TV: i think i was in the background at a union meeting
Have you ever cheated on someone: no
Have you ever skipped school: university, yes. high school, no. i was a VERY good student in high school
Have you ever done something illegal?: probably

SEVEN THINGS YOU'RE WEARING

1. funky glasses
2. pink underwear
3. red bra
4. army green/grey t-shirt
5. white socks
6. silver hoop earings
7. my graduation necklace

SIX THINGS YOU'VE DONE TODAY

1. taken the bus
2. had a BLACK squirrel come within a foot of me
3. took pictures of raccoons in stanley park
4. went on the swings at stanley park
5. subsequently ripped my lovely jeans on the swings - FUCK!!
6. chatted with my friend from Ireland that I met in Poland that is coming to Vancouver on March 25th!!!!

FIVE FAVORITE THINGS IN NO ORDER

1. food
2. sex
3. kissing
4. dancing
5. walking

THREE PEOPLE YOU CAN TELL [ALMOST] ANYTHING TO

1. grish
2. trevor
3. TGP

THREE CHOICES

1. Black or White: Black
2. Hot or Cold: Cold
3. Chocolate or Vanilla: generally chocolate, unless it is cake

TWO THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE

1. write, write, write
2. make a difference in a child's life

ONE THING YOU REGRET

1. this is the most difficult question, i would have to say not writing to friends or calling them more often.

well, it made me smile

2006-02-23T00:32:00.000-08:00

I thought this comic was really cute. I love For Better or For Worse. It is one of my favourite comic strips.

Grish leaves on Saturday. Grish - bring me back something nice!
I'm up way too late and need to go to sleep.

Bon soir.

Current music: If you find yourself caught in love - (The lovely) Belle and Sebastian.

suprises, surprises...things might be looking up

2006-02-21T19:24:00.000-08:00

Today was a pretty good day.

Yesterday, I waited patiently for the bus that goes by my house. The number 20 is the bane of my existence. This is the only bus that I know comes by at a specific time. I leave my house by 7:11 or 7:12 in the morning and I can catch the bus. On monday morning it was especially cold, there were about 6 or 7 of us waiting at the bus stop and the bus drove right by. It was full. I could have stood around and waited for the next one but it takes about 1 minute longer to walk to the skytrain. So I walked it. I figure I probably stayed warm and burned a few calories while I was at it.

Today, however, the bus had lots of room (same bus time, same bus driver). I just don't understand.

I have some lovely news though. As most of you know I am on a temporary status at my job. My job continues to get extended (thank goodness) and I found out today that I have been given another extension with excellent possibilities for a longer term! Yay! Plus, it's a more challenging job. I am sad to leave what I'm doing right now because I really like my supervisor but I'm still in the same office, only a few desks away and he knows that this is a really good opportunity for me.

So I left work with a smile today. Yay for a little more job security and outlook.

Oh, and I almost forgot.
I'm going back to school. Well, part time. Just one course to start.
I have registered in an introduction to marketing course at BCIT
. I will be joined by the lovely G-Ho in class every Tuesday evening. Tres excited!

That's all for now. I'll try and find some pictures to post as that's always fun.

because pictures are fun

2006-02-20T21:15:00.000-08:00

I'm sorta of out of things to say today. Or maybe I'm just lazy.
This weekend was, well, crazy. And I'd do it again in a heart beat.

Here's a photo of a neighbourhood cat. I saw it on the way to the bus stop on Knight Street.
Now I want a cat - meow!

Grish leaves for Asia again. Grish - you didn't call me on Sunday. No cookies for you.

you can't always get what you want....

2006-02-16T09:12:00.000-08:00

I am not, what many would call, a 'high maintenance' kind of girl. I'm independent, outgoing, I like meeting new people. I take care of my own finances and I can cook, clean and run my own house. Therefore I figure I'm a lot better off than some girls that I know. There are girlfriends and partners of my friends that don't know how to cook, that can't go a day without talking to their boyfriends or significant others and can not make a decision on their own. They require attention and assertion that they are fabulous every. single. day. This, my friends, annoys me. I went through high school with friends that always had a boyfriend. They demanded that they buy them stuff, that they do all of the Valentine's Day organizing shit, that the boy buy the girl presents and would then get jealous if he wanted a night out with the boys or some other friends.

GENTLEMAN! Get a spine!
Sorry, I needed to get that off my chest. It was Valentine's Day this week and the grosteque amount of shitty flowers including carnations being sold at grocery stores was dumbfounding. I began to wonder if I was high maintenance. Do I judge other people's flowers. Am I now a Charlotte as opposed to a Miranda or Samantha? (There was an episode where Charlotte received a bad choice of flowers and flipped out about it).

Anyways, I have digressed so I must return to my chain of thought. A good friend of mine recently said that I have not been appreciated by gentlemanly callers. I even had a friend on the Island ask why I was single. I'm smart, well-spoken, well-read, I think I'm cute and I have (semi) natural blonde hair - hellooooo. And then this morning I realized. Maybe guys (I'm picking on guys today, sorry boys) want to have this little creature that clings to them, that makes them feel wanted and desired and useful. Perhaps it is their low-self esteem and therefore their craving for attention, good or bad or obsessive, that draws them to these vile annoying stick bugs that don't know how to cook and couldn't plan their own romantic evening if their lives depended on it.

This entry started out as a rant on flowers because someone I know received carnations and babysbreath in a small bouquet for Valentine's Day and I realized after poking fun at it that I'm high maintenance with flowers. Trashy, poor quality roses from the local mega-grocer doesn't do it for me. Or at least get a unique arrangement. Go to the small flourist that is much cheaper, friendly and better quality.
For all of you buying flowers for someone, that is my honest advice. Ironically, the first flower I was ever given was a yellow rose from a gay male friend of mine. There's your fag hag content for the week.

PBM - on time this week!

2006-02-13T20:11:00.000-08:00

Once again, thanks to The Future
, it's pet blogging Mondays again.

This is the ever popular black squirrel that visits the rainbow palace on special occasions (like Sunday). As you can tell, he enjoys trees. Trees rule folks - remember that Valentine's Day is a conspiracy to create paper products and kill the trees.

And, because I don't have any pets of my own. Here is Trev's fish, 'Notch'. Apparently he had a notch in his fin and you're not supposed to buy damaged fish. But he's a 'sweetie'.

Ok, I'm going to bed. I have ANOTHER headache. F&ck. This time I think it's jaw related. Damn.

because cheap concerts are for you!

2006-02-12T10:11:00.000-08:00

Tell everyone folks!
CJSF is celebrating three years of FM-style broadcasting - and you're invited!

This Friday, February 17th CJSF
is having a party at the ANZA club. Cheap tickets ($6 at the door) and cheap drinks! There will probably be other cheap things there but I'm not going to comment on that.

Bring yourself, bring a friend. It is a licenced facility so probably just those 19 years plus.

Details:
CJSF 90.1FM
3rd Annual FM Party
Friday, February 17
at the Anza Club
3 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver

Featuring:

Ndidi Cascade & Max Ulis (Shine Grime Sessions)
My Project: Blue
Ivan Hrvatska

CJSF DJs
Baroque Trash - Life at 140 BPM - Pirates of the Carribean

Cheap Drinks

Tickets are $6 at the door.
Doors at 8pm

it returns, play safe!

2006-02-12T09:40:00.000-08:00

I moved into the rainbow palace in November and since then there has been this condom wrapper on the sidewalk about half a block away. It has flipped over once to show that it is a Durex
brand condom.

The other day I was walking and I noticed that the wrapper had left its post from the sidewalk. Where was it? I couldn't find it at first. It had also been dark out when I noticed its disappearace from its post. Then, the other day I found it! It was in the grass & weeds close by. Hooray!

Weird? Yes. But at least we know that someone in the east-side ghetto plays safe.

Goals for today:
-do a load of dark laundry
-go for a walk around trout lake
-clean bathroom
-finish book On Shopping, Which Gladdens the Heart
by India Knight.
-radio show! Pants on Fire
on CJSF 90.1 FM, tonight from 8-9pm

I have more photos for tomorrow - Pet Blogging Monday!!! Future, we need some Nanook to brighten the day/week.

this is fun

2006-02-11T22:35:00.000-08:00

fun for the whole family!

http://kevan.org/johari?name=cranberry

I'll post something more later.

so much to do, so much pain

2006-02-09T19:52:00.000-08:00

I'm in pain and I just want to sleep for two days.
I have a terrible headache, again. I think they're returning.
I don't like this at all.
I want to crawl into bed and sleep, for a very long time.
Headache meds never work.

on a late walk from the bus stop

2006-02-06T20:45:00.000-08:00

Here's a little addition to pet blogging mondays......
you may not be able to see the body, but the eyes are there.

I've got a headache and am feeling a little ill after seeing THIS
. I mean, I went to high school with this guy.

Oh - here's the pet photo.
Peace.

what is that strange yellow ball in the sky?

2006-02-05T23:00:00.000-08:00

So today was not overly exciting for me. It was actually kinda boring, but that's alright. I've had enough excitement in my life during some weekends that it's alright to have a slower one.
Today was the first day (I'm sure) that it hasn't rained a drop in forever.

I had originally planned to be up by 8 or 8:30, because I knew that it would be a nice day (yay for weather reports).
But no. I instead hit my snooze button for almost 3 hours. Gross. Essentially, this meant that I did not feel rested.

But I was very proud of myself and I went for a walk at Trout Lake Park (2 blocks from my house) and enjoyed the sun and fresh air. Ahhhhh.

Here are a few photos of my fabulous neighbourhood....enjoy! (I know everyone loves photos).
This is the 'lake'.

This is what is in the 'lake':

This is what people use when they get close to the water:

I guess always use protection applies to activities in the water as well.

G'nite all!

yes grish, ducks can fly

2006-02-03T14:18:00.000-08:00

I decided that I needed a day off of work to chill out so I took today off.

Last night Grish
stayed over and we watched Hitch, at too much junk food and slept.
We woke up, had a pillow fight (oh boys, not the kind you're thinking of).
After persuading Grish to have a shower and get ready we were off to Granville
. With Grish behind the wheel I was mildly terrified of making it there alive but thank gawd we did. Parking at the secret parking lot that is free for two hours we headed to the path that leads to the Market that is Granville.
Our goal: photos of pets for blogging.
There were tonnes of photos taken, mostly of birds (evil creatures that should be eaten).

Before our departure to the Isle I had peeked out my window while closing it and noticed a cat in the back yard.

and another black squirrel (or the same one)

I've been lacking it pet blogging recently. Essentially because I don't have a pet of my own in my house so I've had to make substitutions. According to The Future
I can have these.

So here we go. A little late for Pet Blogging Monday so it's for Friday instead.
The crazy crow on our walk to the market:

I have no idea what kind of bird this is....Grish and I were confused.

Grish getting a bit too close to the ducks....remember, they can fly.

Finally, a picture of me. I have tried to limit photos of myself but I really like this so here goes....

you got the magick stick

2006-02-01T10:15:00.000-08:00

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey

Name: Cranberry/Carly
Birthday: June 8, 1982
Birthplace: Burnaby, BC CANADA
Current Location: well, right now at work I'm in Burnaby but I live in Vancouver
Right Handed or Left Handed: depends on the activity
Your Heritage: very white: English, French, German
The Shoes You Wore Today: my lovely Nine West turquoise green pointed shoes
Your Weakness: can I say cock on here? ok, and maybe french fries
Your Fears: not living up to my potential
Your Perfect Pizza: fajita pizza with jalapenos and hot peppers from a pizza joint in Fort Langley
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Go back to school
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: hahaha (i rarely use LOL)
Thoughts First Waking Up: Fuck! Turn the goddamn hallway light off!!
Your Best Physical Feature: tits, even gay boys like 'em (my lovely lady lumps)
Your Bedtime: between 11 and 11:30pmYour Most Missed Memory: while i can't narrow it down, one of the most recent was cuddling with Diandra
Pepsi or Coke: pepsi (with fresh lime if possible, no lemon shit)
MacDonalds or Burger King: neither, I like my Wendy's
Single or Group Dates: Single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: bleh
Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: Mocha or Machiatto (the expensive shit)
Do you Smoke: nope, never have and never will
Do you Swear: stupid, dumb, shit, goddamn, mothafucka
Do you Sing: usually in my head walking back to my house
Do you Shower Daily: yup
Have you Been in Love: no
Do you want to go to College: yes, finished my BA at SFU
Do you want to get Married: maybe, but life long partnership is good to
Do you belive in yourself: I try to
Do you get Motion Sickness: rarely
Do you think you are Attractive: depends on my mood
Are you a Health Freak: nope, just a baking freak
Do you get along with your Parents: most of the time
Do you like Thunderstorms: Yes, i trust my power company to restore electricity asap, plus it's just to hunker down and cuddle in a blanket. cuddling should be part of all thunderstorms.
Do you play an Instrument: the pink oboe - shocking!
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Yes
In the past month have you Smoked: No
In the past month have you been on Drugs: No
In the past month have you gone on a Date: well, sorta
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: ummm, i can't remember. i rarely go to malls anymore, i walk through one to get to work - does that count?
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: nope - they're bad for your teeth (http://fairy.mahdzan.com/story/189.asp)
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: ewwww - i only like teryaki and yam tempura
In the past month have you been on Stage: no
In the past month have you been Dumped: fucking French cop - bastard!
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: no, no and no
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No
Ever been Drunk: Yes - the past weekend was terrible for that, oh gawd - Blarney Stone.
Ever been called a Tease: Yes, several times in the past month actually
Ever been Beaten up: nah, my bro and i would just fight
Ever Shoplifted: no
How do you want to Die: probably in my sleep, confident that i enjoyed my life.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: shit, damn you Future! mean questions
What country would you most like to Visit: hmmm, i want to go visit Turkey and see Schteffi
In a Boy/Girl..Favourite Eye Color: doesn't matter
Favourite Hair Color: i usually go for darker haired
Short or Long Hair: short
Height: doesn't matter, most people are rarely shorter than me (I'm 5'2")
Weight: huh? SWB - 'nuff said
Best Clothing Style: fun
Number of Drugs I have taken: i've only done legal drugs, i'm a good girl :-p
Number of CDs I own: approx 30-40, but my iTunes collection is huge!Number of Piercings: one in each ear, i was thinking of getting my nipple pierced but it requires further contemplation
Number of Tattoos: 0, I don't really have anything of significance that I want on my body for the rest of my life
Number of things in my Past I Regret: "absolutely, no, regrets"
I tag Grish only cuz she's lazy and i haven't talked to her for a bit and this is really easy to complete.

since you've been gone, we want your soul

2006-01-31T10:17:00.000-08:00

Mmmmmm - baking.
I was asked the other day what keeps me sane and what I do to chill out and relax. Well, recently it's been baking and cooking.
Here is a short list of foods I have used my kitchen cooking:
-butter chicken
-chicken vindaloo
-masala chicken
-Indian chicken curry
-glico curry (japanese one)
-spaghetti (made for the first time since moving in, last week)
-molasses/gingersnap cookies
-chocolate chip cookies
-banana bread (made two loaves last night)
-raisin scones

I mean, I've made other meals and such but these are rather new items on my menu. Having my own kitchen (though shared with a roommate that appears quite content with consuming my baked goods) is pretty nice. I try to limit going out and instead cook my own meals
Anyways, that's my latest thought.

In addition to this I received a terrible phone call last night. The alumni association of SFU decided I'd been out of school for 7 months so I was fair game to hit up for money. Now, I probably will donate at some point but 7 months?!?!? That's just rediculous. This should simply not be allowed. What was even more frustrating is that when the person called she only said she was calling from SFU, not necessarily from the alumni association. Plus, it was totally scripted. Now I know many people that have gone through university and have had to succumb to working at the donations office and I respect them. But I had to tell the girl on the other line that I was hanging up, and I did.

I also told them to stop sending me http://www.sfu.ca/aq I can't stand the thing. Waste of my time reading. Argh. Now I'm a little upset and I shouldn't be.

Je suis tres fatigue. I wish I could crawl under my desk and go to sleep.....oohhmmm sleep......

from friday...missing entry

2006-01-30T12:00:00.000-08:00

This is my complaining at work.

Just a short note....my sugar high has crashed

Ugh. I'm soooo tired. I hit the wall at about 11:30/12:00 today.
I had an terrible interview. Things were great with the guy but they were looking for someone with more technical skills and experience. FUCK.
Oh well, maybe my temp position will be extended again.

Just before I went for lunch today I checked my cell phone to see if anyone had called/texted me. It turns out that someone did. Now, if any of you had read my blog when I was in Europe (http://carlyineurope.blogspot.com ) you may remember the entry about the Black French guy that hit on my in Covent Garden. Anyways, he called my cell phone a few times when I was still on my trip and my sister checked the messages. Apparently, they were pretty damn strange. They automatically get deleted after 5 or 7 days so I never ended up hearing any of them. Well, he called me this morning and left me a message, that's for damn sure.
His message is basically him giving me his number and asking if I remember him. He sorta sounded tired, drunk or desparate.

Bottom line: I'm not calling him.

this is my hood

2006-01-25T22:45:00.000-08:00

my next door neighbours are currently having a bonfire in the back yard.

it's currently 10:46 PM.

i am full of curry goodness.

had 3 (gay) boys over for dinner tonight.

the highlights included:
-club soda being sprayed on me
-exposing too much of my secret life to the boys
-a 'numbers' competition
-telling them to shut up when it was 9pm. for that is when i watch Lost
-hot air, i won't say any more

there are others, but i am tired and need to sleep.
i'm staying in langle tomorrow evening - bleh.

you only won because of your hair

2006-01-24T15:27:00.000-08:00

Physically, I woke up this morning fine. I'd had a great nap after work yesterday, then chilled with the roomie in the evening and got to bed at a decent time.
Mentally, however, it was a painful morning.
Most people that read this blog are in Canada so you should all be aware that there was a federal election yesterday. I won't hide it, I'm sick to my stomach. Yesterday, I feel, Canada voted in the wrong direction. We were all frustrated with a national political party that moved too slow and botched its chances. Yes, there were decent candidates and some key changes in social policy (ie - helloooo gay marriage!! yay!) but overall, yeah, there was frustration. The only alternative that people saw was to vote for a party that would not guarantee a woman's right to choose, that wants to be best friends with George W. and who wants to shove human rights of thousands of people back in the closet.
So, yeah, I awoke a little fuzzy this morning.

I was however, very impressed with an article I found on the good 'old CBC while I was avoiding my tedious work tasks.
Georgie Binks wrote an opinion piece writer said that her hope with the current government is that it will encourage the progressive people of Canada (primarily women as that is the focus of her articles) to realize just how fragile the rights and freedoms that we casually exercise on a daily basis can be easily taken away.

So here we go....
Women that I speak to today are terrified of using the word feminism to describe who they are and their beliefs. A simple definition of feminism that I have had attached to my university e-mail for years is:
~*~feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings.~*~

If I have learned one thing in my 4.5 years as a student at SFU, much of that time as a women's studies student, is that there are a multitude of definitions and personal ideas about feminism. That it is okay not to have the same views on everything about feminism.

There are generational differences, women from the first-wave had different priorities of that of third-wave women. Racial issues are huge, I can't even begin to explain (nor understand as I am a white woman) the frustration held by a multitude of Aboriginal and First Nations women with the women's movement. And how about dis/Ability folks? The priorities of someone that uses a mobility aid are largely different that those of a physically healthy woman that can run 10km a day. What I am attempting to make apparent is that you don't have to be afraid of using feminism as an identity.
Make your personal needs political. It's an old saying, but the personal issues in our lives truly are political. That that government can control your bodily actions is frightening. That they are not willing to draw a line in the sand and state that they fulling support equal rights and availability for all is a frightening thing.

We have sat arround complacent for too long. Men, women, those that refuse to prescribe to a single gender or choose to instead design their own, own your brand of feminism.

Ok, so this entry is a little more politically driven and less frivolous than other entries but it is keeping with the situation (A Christmas Carol quote if you will).

On a positive note, the NDP did increase the number of seats in Parliament which is encouraging. Although the candidate that I voted for did not win, I'm glad I voted. Simply put, people in Canada have risked their lives and freedom to cross that 'X'. If all I have to do is walk down the street, there's nothing I can complain about.

So next time I promise something a little more upbeat. As for today, I'm still shaking my head and gazing upon the horizon. What does this neo-conservative government have in store for us? We will have to see. All I can say is that me and my cohorts will be watching and will be acting. Maybe this was the motivation we needed.
The 51st state we will not become.

Peace out from Cranberry.

that 'stache is hawt

2006-01-23T23:06:00.000-08:00

ok, i'm going to take a breather for a day before i post anything.

i need to calm down and relax about these bloody election results.

ok, g'nite.
i'm really tired.

crazy weekend.

i walk the line.....we been talkin' 'bout jackson

2006-01-18T22:38:00.000-08:00

Ok, quick update as it's getting late.
I saw Walk the Line last night and loved it. I fell in love with Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash. Reese Witherspoon did a fabulous job as well.
I highly recommend seeing it and picking up the soundtrack (thanks di!)

Here's another photo of those crazy black squirrels that are apparently a menace to society.

The east side ghetto is somewhat infested with them. But I've also seen them in the WG. TGP - you can attest to this, right?

because it's so damn long

2006-01-16T20:47:00.000-08:00

continued....

Had any broken bones? nope *knock on wood*
Which shoe goes on first? ummm...i try to tie the right one first. I actually have a bit of OCD with walking, but I'm slowing working on this.

Speaking of shoes, have you ever thrown one at anyone? no....but i know someone that has

Who do you look up to? my parents.

What size bed do you sleep on? my lovely queen size bed. i am a bed hog.
if i were to receive a report card with bed as a subject it would read, "does not sleep well with others." however there are other things that i can do well.

Do you classify yourself as smart, average or dumbass? neither, i'm a princess.
What inspires you? my friends that make me want to wake up in the morning and talk to them, thank you.

Flowers or Candy? flowers with candy to follow.

Love or money? i prefer respect. i don't really care if someone doesn't like me, it's whether they respect me or not because that requires a level of maturity.
Baths or showers? Showers, though a hot tub would be nice every now and then.
Rent a movie? Or go to the movies? because i'm frugal, rent a movie and make my own buttery, cheesy popcorn.
Rock or Country? Rock but i like some pop music and lots of independent artists - Go Lady Sovereign

In the country or in the city? city, with trips to the country.
Outgoing or shy? shy until you get to know me and then i'm just way out there.

Burial or Cremation? cremation, save space. or donate my body to science or at least use me for organ donorations.

How often do you make dinner? about 2-3 times a week, then i eat leftovers or have smaller snacks. come visit and i will make dinner! (since i'musually by myself for dinner)

Is your bed made? yup, i usually can't sleep until it is made.
Sick of this yet? not really, it breaks up my dull day.

Do you ever spit? as opposed to swallowing? yes.
Do you ever swear? Yes
If yes, favorite swear word? bollucks or mon dieux. gotta love multi-cultural and multi-languages

Favorite cartoon character? anything from the simpsons.
Seriously, are you sick of this yet? stop asking already!
What kind of vacuum do you have and are you happy with it? we have a vacuum, i rarely use it as i would prefer to wash bathrooms than vacuum, i'm weird,i know.

Best way to piss off your neighbors? (background info: we share the laundry with the people upstairs) put their wet laundry on their dry and folded laundry. oh, yeah, i got yelled at for that when it was the roommate doing it. i was impressed.

Ever sleep outside under the stars? if i sleep outside it's usually in a tent or on a sunny day i'll just lay out there.

Your Heritage: WASPish, English, German, French, I think Scottish

Your Bedtime: between 11 & midnight.

In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: a lot more than normal because i don't have a car to worry about anymore.

Do you plan on having children? undecided. though i'm hoping that trev will be my donor and we will have hot pan-asian kids.

Any names in mind? something fun, preferably something that will not be shortened. though not too strange that the kid will be picked on.

If you died tomorrow, who would you leave everything to? sell it! give it to a women's or crisis centre.
If ET knocked on your door holding up a peace sign and asked you to use your phone, what would u do? ummm...wtf?
Do you want your friends to write back? hell no - comment as you please and post a few questions & answers on your blog. i'm not taggin' anyone. (oh, btw, this is from Theresa, she e-mailed it to me a month or so back).

where black squirrels run free

2006-01-16T20:24:00.000-08:00

Ok, so here's the situation....

Yes, it's a famous quote made by me. But that was a while ago. Here's a little bit of background information about myself because, well, it's a fun(ny) topic.

time started: 9am on Monday, January 16th
age: 23.5
gender: currently female and happy
height: i'm 5'2" (i wanna dance with you)
education: gradumicated with a BA, Major in Women's Studies from SFU

city of residence: east side ghetto (Vancouver) where the black squirrels run free
electoral riding: Vancouver Kingsway, Ian Wadell
represent!
status: single and enjoying it

Are you sober? yup

Current music: office jabber, "hi, how are you?" "good, yourself?" "good" -why even bother people?

Current taste: cadbury x-mas coloured mini eggs
Current Clothes: pinstripe pants, nice brown shirt and black cardigan (work apparel, my mom is actually wearing a VERY similar outfit and yes, i work in the same office as my mother and even though we live apart we often show up wearing similar outfits)
Current annoyance: personal space and noise issues in the Rainbow Palace

Current Book: Perfume by Richard Süskind
Quote from current book: "There are three other ways, my son: enfleurage à chaud, enfleurage à l'huile, enfleurage à froid. They are superior to distillation in several ways, and they are used for extraction of the finest of all scents: jasmine, rose, and orange blossom." (105)

Would you prefer to be the rescuer or to be rescued? Prefer to be the rescuer
Would you prefer to go for a walk in the park or forest? parks primarily because they tend to be smaller and easier to navigate, forests if i'm with people and prepared. but normally i walk the streets of the east side to my friendly skytrain station, concrete style.

If you could star in one movie, which one would it be? Bridget Jones, cuz seriously, it's my life (see entry from thanksgiving weekend in october) all I need is a Colin Firth - oohhhmmm.

Which would you choose to travel by boat or plane? plane, i took 4 during my travels in europe, they can be fun.

Do you know how to play poker? some would say yes since i won $90 the first time, but i think i'm beginner/average

What was your most difficult age and what do you miss about it? -i'm guessing my most difficult age was when i was 13 or 14 in grade 8. terrible people. i don't miss much about it except that i played softball at the time and i really miss those days. *le sigh*

Do you believe in love at first sight? maybe not sight, more love at first conversation/discussion. your brain is hotter than your ass.

Do you have a crush? maybe.... :-p
Shy to make the first move? a little, but gaining confidence!
Favorite song as a kid? the classic Michael Jackson tunes (Beat It)
Favorite movie as a kid? It's gotta be a tie: The Little Mermaid or Heidi

Best moment in your life so far? I can't really pin this down. My whole life has been interesting, challenging, unique. Maybe climbing up the top of the festung (fortress) in Salzburg and seeing the alps and mountains and wanting to cry because it reminded me of home.

Have you found god yet? yet? this would imply that I am searching for a god. At this time, I am content to live how I am and with my own guidance.

note to my blog friends

2006-01-15T22:36:00.000-08:00

i promise i will try my darndest to post tomorrow.
i have some good entries coming - honest.

luv y'all.

oh, and thanks to Cher
for listening all the way on vancouver island to pants on fire on CJSF

bon soir....i get to listen to the tv through my wall tonight. - argh!!!

pet blogging mondays return....with new photos!!

2006-01-09T17:43:00.000-08:00

Ok, as many of you know I moved out of the WG (Walnut Grove) and to the east side ghetto of Vancouver this November.
I don't have any pets of my own at the Rainbow Palace (the name of our humble abode).
We do, however, have pets in the neighbourhood and I thought I would share some photos of them for you fabulous people.

- These are the 2 black squirrels in my neighbourhood that were running around in the trees.

This is the dog across the fence/yard. You can barely make him out but he barks a lot somedays. Then on other days, he's quiet. C'est la vie.

Be sure to check out The Future & Nanook
for their adventures in Minnesota land.

I will update more on my hectic weekend soon enough!

as promised.....photos!!!

2006-01-04T20:24:00.000-08:00

Here are some interesting photos from the New Years party at the Rainbow Palace as promised folks.

Hawt crotch shot:

Grish
trying to avoid the pesky media hounds. The tabloids couldn't keep their hands off her!

These belong to a cute blonde that was at the party *ahem*.

What can I say? Hawt ass baby! (Thanks for comin' out MJ!)

Happy New Years all! Best of luck in 2006 and thanks for reading and commenting (I love comments, don't we all?)

having trouble sleeping

2006-01-04T10:03:00.000-08:00

Ok - Happy New Year everyone!
Yes, 'tis time for an update in blog world. Though I'm not as bad as The Future and not telling everyone that I'm dropping off the face of the earth for a few weeks (just kidding hun, nothing but love for you).

Hmmm...what is new? Oh yes - New Years party at the Rainbow Palace! Now, for those that are not aware, the Rainbow Palace is my current place of residence. A basement suite in the east side of Vancouver where I live with my roommate, 'Kiwi'. It is a place of shenanigans and lots of Simpsons quotes. Oh, and every room of the suite is a different colour. The front room and kitchen is blue, the hallway is green, bathroom yellow, Kiwi's room is red and guess what? my room is orange. I would not have painted it that colour myself but since I am not a decorator I am going to leave it.
Ok, enough of a summary. New Years was, well, interesting. It was an ecclectic mix of old 'WG' friends and new 'DT West End' friends. But I had a good time. When waking the next morning I was quite surprised that I did not have a hangover. I was tired, but not ill so that was pleasing. G-Ho and his boy brought some fabulous food from the cafe and we all ate our faces off. I still have some in my fridge, perhaps that will be my dinner for this evening. Tis a pity to let it go to waste. The NYE (apparently that is the abbreviation that people are using) was full of crazy dancing, lots of photos, and some dirty acts with bananas and mandarin oranges. Cock-and-balls to that.

Oh sweetie was actually in town visiting and it was fabulous. I want to cuddle with her again!
Now I am back at work and am quite tired. Yesterday (the first day back) was alright, but it just seems to have caught up with me today.
Thanks to T-Dot, G-money, MJ, Crazy Spaghetti Salad Boy, The guy that hates pictures taken of him, G-Ho & partner, Sandra-la, Trev, Oh Sweetie & Brad Pitt for showing up!
Other updates: I made curry last night and it was fabulous! It was made from this strange solid piece called Glico curry. I made it with green peppers, onion, garlic and chicken, all on rice. It was quite tasty and I'm very proud of myself - if any of you are interested in having curry made for them please drop me a line! I like to cook for people. Ummm, yes, the house is now very clean and the Christmas tree has been taken down. This Saturday I get to drag it over to the Trout Lake Community Centre for chipping - yay me. Thank goodness it's a little tree and is quite light.
New Years goals: Extend a helping hand when possible to those around me. Help that lost tourist navigate the skytrain (I've been there before) or help an older person when it looks like they need it.
-Work on body image (it's a consistent theme) and being more positive about myself
-Read more. I've sorta been taking a break from reading but I'm interested in doing more of it. I just started reading Perfume by Patrick Suskind and I quite enjoy it! Yay books!
I will post some photos later for you all to take a gander at.
Back to 'work' I go.

you can do all the things that you like to do.

2005-12-30T22:59:00.000-08:00

I'm on a Stereophonics
kick right now folks. Seriously, it's a little troublesome.
I blame it on Ewan McGreggor and his Long Way Round show which features one of their songs. I therefore proceeded to claw through one of my boxes and find their old cd from like 1999. I saw about five minutes of that show today. I've decided that I need to buy the DVD for it. I think it's the extended version, 10 episodes. I'm psyched.

Updates:
-Work was utterly boring today. I seriously don't think I did anything. While some may believe this is the best thing, I kid you not when I say that I didn't do anything. I e-mailed my sister all day (thanks crazy sweater sister).
-New Years Party this Saturday at the Rainbow Palace - yippee!!!
If you're interested in attending you can e-mail me at evolution75 AT hotmail DOT com and I'll give you the proper address details.

Ummmm....ok, I'm a little boring.

Had a good dinner party at Trev's on Wednesday eve (and I'd say thank you to him if he actually read this blog).
Turns out it was 'let's bug Carly and her recent adventures' evening. Thanks G-Ho for being there and not being nice. And your BF too. Tsk tsk. But I'm glad you're back from Mexico....without a postcard for me.

Ok, y'all. Tomorrow is a busy day as oh sweetie
will be arriving and snuggling with me for two wonderful evenings - yay! Plus I have to shop and make yummy food.

w00t! indeed.

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!!

smoking pudding - yum! (post #2)

2005-12-27T12:51:00.000-08:00

So every year at Christmas my mom makes this pudding and then we pour liquor on it and light it on fire so that it burns the liquor off but you still have some of the lovely taste left.
It's cool so I thought I would show you the final shot of said pudding before it is eaten.

That's all for today folks. I'm off to a Hockey Game

Peace y'all.

post gluttony

2005-12-27T12:08:00.000-08:00

Happy Post-Boxing Day y'all.
Damn.
I'll make this as short as possible. This week is a lazy week.

My cousin and I debuted "The Hand" Vol. 1 - essentially our own remake of the burning yule log. My family loved it.
We had tonnes of food. Lots of chocolate.

Oh! oh! I watched this amazing show on Christmas Day with Ewan McGreggor. It was on The Outdoor Life Network
called Long Way Round
- Soooooo good.

Ok, and because I didn't get to do Pet Blogging Monday here's a picture to make up for it. This Bailey, that 'misunderstood' cat.

Oh, and here is a photo of the stamp that Grish
made Trev put on my forehead at the Christmas table. Je was not impressed.

ummm....sure, cuz i was bored

2005-12-22T22:54:00.000-08:00

You Were Mostly Nice This Year!

Sure, you had your naughty moments... but guess what?
Santa was probably sleeping when you were living it up.
As far as he's concerned, you've been on your best behavior.
So cross your fingers, and you might score good presents.

Were You Naughty or Nice This Year?

You Are Dancer

Carefree and fun, you always find reasons to do a happy dance.

Why You're Naughty: That dark stint you had as Santa's private dancer.

Why You're Nice: You're friendly. Very friendly.

Which of Santa's Reindeer Are You?

gather 'round the burning log

2005-12-22T09:53:00.000-08:00

OMG - I want to cry people.
Blogging is the only thing keeping me alive. Please post comments to keep me amused - anything!
I am currently at work and for those that know where I work, you must understand that Christmas is a very slow time as many of our clients are taking time off work, therefore my job becomes a tremendous bore.
My work leader has called in sick today which means, well, most of the tasks that are assigned to me, that keep me busy, they don't exist today. I want to cry, seriously.
But I have good news on the Christmas-front. My cousin and I are making the best present ever.
Some background info:
Every year on Christmas Eve my mom, dad, brother, sister and I drive to our aunt, uncle and cousins' place and chill there for a few hours. We eat, and in recent years, have drank. It has become a habit for us to turn on a television channel with the Burning Yule Log and occassionally watch the video, gathering around when the time comes for the hand with the man ring to put another log on.
Well, this year my artsy cousin and I have decided to make our own video for the family. Oh dear go - it's gonna be great! I'm sooooo excited. We have hockey gloves, baseball gloves, even a Michael Jackson glove.
We are just gonna crack up, I can tell.
I'm heading there tomorrow after work (which finishes at noon) and we're going to make it all up.
Wish us luck folks - we be having crazy fun with fire this Friday eve!
-Cranberry
PS - Gareth - I love that you're on my MSN list now! Yippee! If anyone else wants to add me you can do so. My MSN address is: evolution75 AT hotmail DOT com

much pleasure doth thou bring me

2005-12-21T17:49:00.000-08:00

As per Cher's request, here is a photo of my humble x-mas tree.
We got it home in one piece from the tree farm, we are happy people.

Comment as you may.

okay, so apparently i can't seem to get my photos straight up. grrrrr.
just tilt your head folks.

pet blogging mondays

2005-12-20T19:28:00.000-08:00

Thanks to The Future Monday is officially Pet Blogging Monday.

Here is a picture of Bailey, one of my two evil cats that still live with my parents. I do not wish for them to live with anyone else. They are evil. But I still love them. The other cat (that I don't have a picture of) is named Barney.

Evil Bailey:

I will write more later as I have apparently been tagged by The Future again. Note to self: The rules for this tagging business need to be sorted out more. Shame on me.

take this pink ribbon off my eyes

2005-12-20T19:03:00.000-08:00

Alrighty, so it's Tuesday. I am sooooo tired. I haven't gotten a lot of sleep in the past few days. But here's a recap for y'all.
Friday: went to a former co-worker's house and played poker (did not win $90 this time) but had fun nonetheless. Got free liquor and was pleased, though I only had a little bit which was probably very wise on my part.

Saturday: yummy dinner at the Banana Leaf Restaurant on Denman with Trev. We stuffed our faces with Malaysian food - oh dear gawd it was good! Watched Mr. & Mrs. Smith (two of the hottest people were in the film, oh my!) and overall I would have to give it a B, maybe B-, as the first half was dreadfully boring.

Sunday: got a new digital camera as my old one broke back in August/September. I survived going to a shopping centre the weekend before Christmas - I will never do that again. My dad and sister made bread (homemade, no breadmaker machine for this family) and I indulged in a 'few' slices of that. Then, the Walnut Grove tradition. Riding around on the back of a flatbed truck with 50 or so other people singing Christmas carols, accompanied with 3 fire trucks and Santa. It was awesome. I love blocking traffic. This has been going on for years in the WG. It was odd to see some of the people I knew from high school and my life there, but good at the same time.

Because I stayed at my parents' house and there is no bed there for me (I took my couch and bed when I moved) I had to sleep on an air matress. Ugh - not looking forward to Christmas Eve when I have to do that again.

Monday - It is supposed to be pet blogging Monday but I haven't figured out how to scale down my photos to jpegs on an iMac. If anyone knows how please send me directions! I will try and get them up asap (Thanks to The Future for starting this trend BTW, oh, and for adding me to his links.
You will be on mine soon, just need to update).
Did the usual 'waxing' activities in the evening. Damn I was spent.

Tuesday (today) - I am at work and want to go home and sleep. Not feeling 100% today and I really just want to crawl into bed. If I had a cuddly cat or a nice dog I would love to have them jump up on my bed and cuddle. Ok, or maybe a boy.

Anyways, look forward to a delayed pet post. Plus I have a picture of my decorated Christmas tree(s). w00t! Cher will be pleased.

ewww.....gross

2005-12-17T10:47:00.000-08:00

You Are a Fruitcake!

You taste like nothing else in this world.
And get ready, you're about to get tossed!

What Crappy Christmas Gift Are You?

10 nice things, errr, 5 random things

2005-12-15T22:43:00.000-08:00

If you ever had a certain Math teacher at WGSS you will understand the above title.

Anyways, thanks TGP & Cher honeys.

1. I hate birds. I loath the motha-fuckers. This hatered/fear of birds probably stems from an incident with a peacock in England during the summer of 2000.

2. Skinny white boys belong to me. Grish can attest to the obsession I have, it's quite frightening because that's what/who I always seem to go for.

3. I host a radio show on Sunday evenings between 8&9pm, PST on CJSF 90.1 FM, http://www.cjsf.ca . It is called Pants on Fire and is an honest and frank discussion about sex and sexuality.

4. Similar to TGP and her obsession with the 'last song' before turning off the computer. When I drive I almost always have to switch the station around to get a good song before I get out of the car. The buttons on my radio were actually wearing out.

5. I also kept a blog while I was in Europe this past spring for 6 weeks: http://carlyineurope.blogspot.com Read about my adventures in Poland, Austria, Paris and many other fancy places.

Ok, I'm tired. Since most people have been tagged, if you read this you have been tagged:
-The Future (and Nanook too)
-Grish
-Gareth

Bon soir mes amis!

get the biggest aluminium tree you can find, or my future as a lumberjack

2005-12-15T14:08:00.000-08:00

The incredible journey, or picking out a christmas tree rainbow palace style.

I was supposed to be picked up from work by my roommate at 11:30am on Tuesday to go to a Christmas tree farm and cut down a tree. We were to swing by a friend of ours, pick her up, and take her out to the good old Fort Langley. A reasonable time to be back in Vancouver would have been, say 2:00 or 2:30pm.
But no, that would just not be possible.

First, my roommate was a little late picking me up from work, ok. No big deal.
Then we picked up our dear friend in New West (we'll call her Sticks - cuz she's on crutches). Langley next right? Wrong. We had to get the car washed first. Oh dear - who thinks of washing a car BEFORE you get a tree.

Anyways, done and done. By this time we're getting hungry. So upon reaching Langley we visit a local Wendy's and enjoy a tasty burger, beverage and fries. Grish calls and says that she still wants to come to get a tree with us (her never having done this sort of outdoors stuff before). She shows up in black leather boots, nice jeans, hair done up all nice and a black leather jacket. OMG, time for a BF (bitch fit - White Chicks style).

Nevermind though, the lending of an old WG grad sweatshirt quickly remedied the situation.
On the way to the tree farm Grish and I took one car while my roommate and 'Sticks' took another. You would think that following a person is a simple task, not so for our crew. Breaking out into hysterical boughts of laughter Grish and I watched as Andrew drove right by us and almost to the Fort of Langley itself.
Quickly turning around he followed us to the shadiest of shady tree farms where two lovely dogs greeted us and a country-bumpkin lady. The usual tree farm we go to was apparently sold out of Christmas trees. Which suchs because you can get candy canes and hot chocolate and hot dogs there.

Deciding on a tree was actually quite simple, though for the roommate apparently parking is a little more difficult. Sticks wanted to watch the 3 of us hunting for a tree so my roommate said he would park his car facing the lot. A three point turn is a simple manuveur you should learn while in the beginning stages of your driving days. Apparently it wasn't for this boy.
The country-bumpkin farm lady was like - WTF?

Ok, so the tree was purchased and cut down (by yours truly - maybe I have a career as a lumberjack!). Deciding on how to take the tree back was another thing. I suggested stuffing it in the trunk (which was in fact the final decision that we made) even though we were originally going to strap it to the trunk and drive it home on the freeway at 100 km/h. Oh my.

That essentially wrapped up the day of tree hunting, minus one wrong turn by the roommate and Sticks. I was in tears laughing because the street they turned down said - no exit. We stopped at my parents' house on the way back, hosed off the car and then were on the road again.
After dropping Sticks off in New Westminster and making a TimBits stop at TimmyHo's, I think we got home around 5pm.

Five-and-a-half hours to get a tree. Next year, I'm going to the grocery store and buying one from a lot. That would be A LOT simpler and A LOT faster.

A typical Christmas tree adventure in my family.

GRISH - Have fun in SFO! See you at Christmas for the family dinner and reunion of InChinCan yet again!

a li drink, therefore i am canadian

2005-12-15T08:03:00.000-08:00

Ok.
I have a long post coming but I had to post this....

BEER NOT KIDS

It's just too funny. Thank you Rick Mercer, you making politics in Canada exciting!

Read about my x-mas tree hunting adventure shortly.

dental plan, Lisa needs braces

2005-12-11T14:29:00.000-08:00

Ever see a show or commercial that is essentially drilled into your head because you have seen it so much and it just won't leave.
Well, I was watching a bit of Legally Blonde on TBS (oh dear god why do i do this to myself?!?) and on EVERY SINGLE COMMERCIAL BREAK there was an advertisement for this Gutter Guard Solution thing. The most annoying guy that looks like Casey Kasem (you know, the guy from Saved By the Bell that hosts the radio thing or dance competition)

Anyways, this commercial is annoying. I decided to check the product out and found a quick review of it and its
flaws They try and get 100 people in the Atlanta area to sign up and receive an amazing deal, just don't tell anyone what you paid and let us put this hideous sign on your front lawn for people to gawk at.

Ok, enough ranting. From now on I have to decrease the amount of movies I watch on TV, it just gets too annoying.

So on Friday we had the roomie's birthday dinner and then GRISH slept over. On Saturday morning 'we' started baking. And by 'we' I mean me. Grish slept for the entire time until my mom stopped by with my sister and then drove Grish home. But thank you G-Ho for making it out to the East Side Ghetto and 'helping me bake'. I have to admit that spending a good 25-30 minutes cleaning up a broken glass was a great way to start the day's events. But no hard feelings. I would have rolled on the floor giggling if I wouldn't have bled to death doing so.
One of the cookies (out of 3) worked out. They are now in the freezer until giving time. The peanut butter balls totally didn't work out that well but i made something else with them so hopefully that works out.

Today I was a domestic diva, not a diva like Mooriah but I cleaned, Swiffered the floor like there's no tomorrow and hopefully all of the glass is gone.

I also cleaned all the towels and my sheets. I realized a lot of people have been sleeping in my bed recently. Dirty, dirty.

Ok, time to actually step outside my door.

Last words:
Crazy spaghetti salad boy - thanks for stopping by yesterday evening. Take me for a walk around Trout Lake next time!
TGP : See your comments section for advice on your letter of resignation.
MikeH : You bring me to tears sometimes.
Grish : Your cookies are with the courier service.

it's beginning to look a lot....

2005-12-08T09:56:00.000-08:00

Christmas traditions....

Alrighty folks. I'm totally getting excited about Christmas this year. My roommate and I are supposed to go get a tree next week (if I can get time off work) and then decorate it - yay! And on Saturday, I am going to be a domestic diva and bake up a storm.
So to get things warmed up I thought I would invite all of you readers to post about your own family/friends traditions for the holidays. Whether it's Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Boxing Day, etc. What are some of the crazy things you?

Here's the rundown for myself:
Essentially, my family and I stuff ourselves silly from Christmas Eve/afternoon until Christmas night. Thousands of calories are consumed but it's amnesty in the house because of the holidays so none of that really counts.
On Christmas Eve around 4 or 5 pm we usually head to my Aunt and Uncle's (and cousin's) place in Coquitlam where we actually get to hang out with each other. We don't live very far apart but rarely do we actually get to see each other. My Aunt (Uncle's wife) makes tonnes of appetizers and finger foods and her delicious spinach dip. Ooohhhmmmm. We eat there, sit by the fire and hear old stories about my nana and papa and their kids (my mom, uncle and other Aunt). A new addition to the evening has been watching the Burning Yule Log on television. You all know that. Infomercials sell it. But we don't just watch the fire, we watch the hand that comes out every 40 minutes or so and puts a new log on the fire. See, this 'hand' has a HUGE ring on it. We are crazy people and with a little bit of liquor it is quite amusing.

After visiting with my Aunt and Uncle and cousins we procede on to our next step, our old neighbour's house in Coquitlam. We lived for a few years in this fabulous neighbourhood in Coquitlam when I was really young and we still remain friends with the neighbours there. One family in particular (who draws us there in the summer with their marvelous pool) hosts everyone and we eat their wonderful 'company potatoes' soooooo good and cheesey. As well, the wife of the house's birthday is December 24th so we are there for that as well. The family has 3 kids who are in their late 20s (one is now 30) and two of the kids have children. So we visit, catch up with each other and eat. The oldest kid in the family used to actually babysit me and then I wound up working with her for 4.5 years in courier hell.

We return home with my Aunt (mom's sister), stuffed and then force ourselves to eat more food as we watch 'A Christmas Carol' - the good one with Allister Sim, in black and white. It is eerily creepy everytime and the whole family basically says all the lines through the whole thing.

We get to bed around midnight or 1am, sometimes a bit later.

Christmas Day
The time that we rise at is generally dependant on how long my brother can wait before he opens his gifts. This is normally 8am however we've had to get up at 6am in previous years.

After everyone is downstairs we start with opening our stockings (seriously, the best part) and then we open the rest of our presents. My dad then cooks up an awesome breakfast of his homemade bread (well, toasted), free-range eggs, bacon (drool) and then maybe hot chocolate or something else. There is never enough bacon and the eggs are sooo greasy but it is thoroughly enjoyable. OMG - It's incredible.

Though things are changing this year due to a fire that my grandparents had in their townhouse this past Easter, in previous years we usually head over to their house where we open gifts and then eat more food. My grandmother mixes up the menu every year. Sometimes it's strange meat and complicated food, other times (upon my suggestion) she made waffles.

In the afternoon we rest for a while, eating our chocolate of course, and then the Christmas dinner is ready. My mom generally hosts Christmas dinner as we have the biggest space for it. It's the usual turkey, mashed potatoes, etc. The best part, however, is the Christmas pudding. You ain't seen nothing yet 'til you've seen a Christmas pudding on fire. This is not your normal chocolate/vanilla/etc pudding it is a cake-type pudding, English style. It is steamed the hell out of and is soooo good. A really strong, sweet, liquor is poured on top of it and then it is lit on fire and from it emerges a blue flame. The alcohol part is mostly burned off but the taste is still there and then custard pudding is poured on top. OMG, it is sooo good.
I am sometimes so happy that my sister doesn't like it.

Christmas to my family is not really a religious time. We don't prescribe to a specific faith-tradition. Mostly, it's about seeing family and friends, reminiscing of old times and eating, eating, eating.

And now that I have been writing about food for a good 30 minutes, I am starving and my stomach is growling - grrrrrr.

So....what are your crazy holiday traditions? Small ones? Big ones? Do tell!

Oh, and Mike H, if your Christmas involves the Cheat, or action figures (and I know it does), I want to hear all about the kicking and screaming that it involves.

OMG - Grish gets back in 3 hours!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhh.

just for clarification: they are dumb blondes, i am a smart blonde

2005-12-07T22:27:00.000-08:00

Tonight's Vancouver Giant's game was fantastically fun.
Lesson's learned this evening:
-MikeH is very tall.
-The Pacific Coliseum, damn, I can't believe the Canucks used to play there.
-The girl behind us, her boyfriend is totally gonna cheat on her.
-Little kids on ice will bring bigger cheers than the big kids on ice.
-Mike H listens to cool music and he drives a standard tranmission - you rule.
-I will never win the 50/50 draw, ever.
-Driving from Maple Ridge takes a long time, the longest part being getting out of the damn city.
-I have a really bad memory. Damn this blondeness.

This evening was cool. yay for new friends.
Never, ever, sit in front of a gaggle of four girls that just got out of high school. Apparently, their memories will last forever. One girl swore that she didn't make out with some guy at a fuckfest, but honestly, there are so many rumours about her, I'd have to believe what the others said.

The Vancouver Giants lost but all in all, I had a good time.

Oh, and TGP - MikeH has seen the Rainbow Palace - you're next hun.

And just for fun, because pictures bring the crowds in....

the 'h' is for hockey

2005-12-07T07:54:00.000-08:00

So I won free Vancouver Giants tickets from work on Monday - yay me. Little did I know how difficult it would be to find someone to come with me.
Alas - MikeH showed his true side and will be my companion this evening. - The H is totally for Hockey.

My dear boy Noel came over last night and be made dinner (bagel sandwiches and salad - we rock) and then watched Madagascar. The film was alright but yay for chilling with Noel.

I'm at work right now and I don't want to be here - ahhhh. But at least it's a job. Ugh.
Bake sale today - I think someone made her fabulous peanut butter chocolate ball. YUM.

Cookie making on Saturday - let me know if you're interested.

Grish comes home tomorrow! yay!

tempting.....

2005-12-05T23:11:00.000-08:00

This was just too good to pass up:

I'd almost be willing to convert for a piece of that action

Not much to report today. I watched War of the Worlds this evening with the roommate. I actually enjoyed it. Not the Tom Cruise part, but the film itself. I must admit that images of Dakota Fanning being found all coked up at the age of 12 entered my head but good work on her part.

Time for sleep.

Oh! Oh! I got free tickets to the Vancouver Giants for this Wednesday - yay me!

Nite all.

grish, it's snowing

2005-12-04T17:22:00.000-08:00

Ok, for those of you not in Vancouver right now, it's snowing.
There is an 11% chance of snow on X-mas day.
Here's an article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20051204/ca_pr_on_na/wea_winter_predictions

If you want to know what SFU looks like with snow there are 2 webcams:
http://www.sfu.ca/ots/cameras/topview18970.html
&
http://www.sfu.ca/ots/cameras/topview13726.html

That's about all I have to say right now. I went to Granville Island with Trev and had a good time walking quickly through the cold, cold snow/slush.

Everyone: I need a gift idea for my dad, and for my mom. Please help!
Suggestions and comments are gladly accepted.
-cran out and on her way to SFU.
www.cjsf.ca Pants on Fire, Sundays from 8-9pm, 90.1FM

self-care saturday

2005-12-03T20:13:00.000-08:00

I spent the entire day by myself. I'm not 100% sure if that's a great thing but at the same time, I really enjoyed myself.

Details of my day:
-Woke up before 9am (with out an alarm, though it was set for 9am).
-Slowly got ready for the day, heard seagulls near the house and ignored it.
-Realized I shouldn't have ignored the seagulls when I left the house and found a garbage bag (ours) pecked to death and pieces all over the end of the driveway.
-Cleaned up said garbage and solidified my reasons for hating birds.
-Took the first two buses of the day (using my wonderful monthly bus pass-w00t!) to King Edward and Main and checked out Bodacious and bought a bagel and cinnamon bun - yum!
-Walked from Main and 28th to Broadway. Along the way buying several X-mas Gifts and a birthday gift for the roommate.
-Suppressed the urge to buy something grande for myself, but I will be back!
-Took the bus from Main and Broadway to Granville, made my way to West 4th Avenue.
-Cut across 7th Avenue and made a stop at 'Le Centre Culturel Francophone de Vancouver' where there was a Christmas fair going on. Bought a photo from France for my aunt for x-mas (done!)
-Walked along West 4th and bought more presents and a scarf for myself (I know, I know, but it was only $5), ended up walking all the way to the Safeway/Capers) then walked all the way back down West 4th to Burrard and up Burrard to Broadway).
-Took the bus to Broadway Station and then walked home.
-Drank some coke and Crown Royal - does anyone know what else to drink Crown with?
-Am now going to eat cinnamon bun from Solly's - YUMMY!

It was sorta cool poking around stores by myself but I'm still feeling a bit lonely. I got to go exactly where I wanted to go and didn't go where I didn't want to go.

This is totally last minute but is anyone interested in going to Granville Island on Sunday, say around 11am? It's been forever since I took a stroll around the Island. You can e-mail me at evolution75 AT hotmail DOT com

though i'm sure i'm more like bridget jones

2005-12-03T19:42:00.000-08:00

The Movie Of Your Life Is An Indie Flick

You do things your own way - and it's made for colorful times.
Your life hasn't turned out how anyone expected, thank goodness!

Your best movie matches: Clerks, Garden State, Napoleon Dynamite

If Your Life Was a Movie, What Genre Would It Be?

times 2 i tell you!

2005-12-01T21:13:00.000-08:00

So, thanks to TGP, oops, I mean NotJoeCheese, I have been tagged with this googlism thing. It must be a new religion or something. I'm totally on that bandwagon!

Here are my results and I did double because suprise, surprise, my real name is not Cranberry
cranberry is flavour of the month in japan
cranberry is influenced by cultivar and storage temperature
cranberry is flavour of the month in japan 14 aug 2000 source
cranberry is looking forward to the 9th annual cranberry harvest festival
cranberry is a medicinal herb that some people take as a preventative and treatment for urinary tract infections
cranberry is one of three native north american fruits of significant commercial value
cranberry is one of a handful of fruits native to north america
cranberry is a very small
cranberry is a straggling to erect deciduous shrub that reaches heights ranging from 2 to 12 feet
cranberry is a member of the honeysuckle family or the caprifoliaceae
cranberry is a small evergreen prostrate shrub with bright pink flowers
cranberry is good for something
cranberry is nothing more than a washed out beverage that uses flavors that taste anything but like fruit
cranberry is a good source of iodine
cranberry is a native shrub of easy culture which combines the advantages of edible fruit with year
cranberry is one of only a handful of fruits native to north america
cranberry is damaged or spoiled
cranberry is what i call the deep
cranberry is a member of the ericaceae or heath family
cranberry is the red acidic fruit of the shrubby viburnum of north america and europe
cranberry is fructose; the other is not so easily identified
cranberry is one of the most useful herbs for the prevention and treatment of urinary tract infections and prostate
cranberry is
cranberry is elevated to the status of a fruit celebrity
cranberry is one of only three fruits first found in north america
cranberry is a deciduous shrub belonging to the caprifoliaceae family with an open spreading habit and a height ranging from 6
cranberry is an evergreen shrub that is botanically related to blueberry
cranberry is familiar to all
cranberry is a bitter red berry derived from a low
cranberry is based on traditional cleansing teas that combine fennel seed and hibiscus flower indicated for stimulation of metabolism & kidney
cranberry is an erect to straggly shrub that grows to 8' and is native
cranberry is one of our favourite all year performers
cranberry is certainly one of the east's greatest wilderness areas
cranberry is a small evergreen shrub containing dark pink flowers and
cranberry is a member of the same family as bilberry
cranberry is a strong anti
cranberry is not a true cranberry
cranberry is a gathering of musicians who come together to share the joy of making music
cranberry is grown in peat swamps or marshes where the soil has an acidic nature and there is an abundant
cranberry is a woody
cranberry is ovaal van vorm en dieprood van kleur
cranberry is a small evergreen plant; grows from a creeping rootstock to a height of 4
cranberry is as american as stars and stripes
cranberry is a georgia apple described by elliott
cranberry is among the latest
cranberry is located at the crossroads of care
cranberry is a short
cranberry is an evergreen shrub that is related to blueberry
cranberry is native to many parts of canada
cranberry is a member of the section vitis
cranberry is a seed banking species
cranberry is used to fight candida
cranberry is a new corporation formed by several wisconsin cranberry growers
cranberry is a low
cranberry is a newsletter
cranberry is known by local paddlers as the middle cranberry
cranberry is a herbal supplement that helps to maintain urinary tract health
cranberry is a perennial crop
cranberry is conveniently located off exit 28 of the pennslyvania turnpike 20 miles north of downtown pittsburgh
cranberry is widely used today to prevent bladder infections
cranberry is one of north america?s three native fruits that are commercially harvested
cranberry is a bold
cranberry is a member of the same family as bilberry and blueberry
cranberry is a north american berry introduced to the west by native americans through the pilgrims
cranberry is effective for younger as well older women
cranberry is one of the best bases to mix
cranberry is that it produces a substance that interferes with the bacteria being able to bind to the bladder and cause an infection
cranberry is used as a officinal plant
cranberry is carefully selected for size
cranberry is a popular alternative treatment to prevent bladder infections
cranberry is smaller
cranberry is truly the land of the lost as far as the general look of the forest
cranberry is native
cranberry is not on the regular label
cranberry is cultivated in modified wetlands where frost occurs throughout the summer growing season
cranberry is governed by an elected body organized under the second class township code of the commonwealth of pennsylvania
cranberry is experiencing such growth and change as to make that expected
cranberry is not helpful for treating urinary tract infections once they have already started
cranberry is a modification of the colonial name "crane berry
cranberry is known as a mouth
cranberry is a small
cranberry is a little piece of country in the middle of the big city
cranberry is an unsuspecting victim
cranberry is wisconsin's number one fruit crop
cranberry is one of nature's best weapons against cystitis and urinary tract infections
cranberry is negligible
cranberry is in its juvenile state
cranberry is king
cranberry is very nutritious
cranberry is a low calorie
cranberry is a relatively unique fruit as it may provide two different pathways to health

carly is having a baby"
carly is here
carly is running on fumes it seemed only a matter of time before the fenders and wheels would start popping off the bolted
carly is running on fumes
carly is running
carly is featured in
carly is a beautiful character and an excellently done texture set
carly is nominated for song of the year
carly is included in a feature about the "potluck at midnight farm" cookbook to air the morning of june 18 on "good morning america
carly is greeted by her easi personal assistant who asks for carly to either enter or speak her educational account number and pin into the telephone
carly is hot
carly is the "will rogers" of dogdom
carly is receiving a modified ewings sarcoma protocol
carly is home
carly is the almighty
carly is such a sweet thang
carly is an amazingly talented and beautiful gymnast
carly is the 2002 junior national all
carly is allowed to
carly is dressed in a fashion that would be the envy of any courtesan
carly is one of the premier singers of our time
carly is a horrible mother
carly is rescued
carly is president
carly is just like the perfect girl
carly is just keeping the secret for her own selfish game
carly is pregnant
carly is having a baby"
carly is a thorough tearaway
carly is that nice
carly is the ultimate and this video transports you into her world
carly is beutifull/sexy
carly is in remission from the disease
carly is so sweet
carly is wonderful around children
carly is sleeping beauty
carly is a third grader of superior cognitive potential who is struggling with a moderate attention disorder that is characterized by predominately
carly is going through hell
carly is worried that ben might have been involved in the car accident since he have been gone for some time now since he got so upset earlier
carly is nog erg wild
carly is busy getting the march newsletter and
carly is busy getting the march newsletter and cd
carly is a 2 year old american field pointer
carly is not doing this to score points with sonny
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carly is starting to fit her role alot better
carly is busy writing
carly is the best friend we have ever had
carly is his number one priority
carly is shocked at the identity of her counsellor and bobby and frank are aware of someone
carly is 10 weeks today
carly is set to star in a movie with adrian paul
carly is a guy
carly is trouble
carly is stunned to find herself attracted to andrew
carly is brave and fearless
carly is going to music and art with the kindergarten
carly is overjoyed when michael returns home with leticia
carly is a good friend for roy's current needs
carly is thrilled when sonny finally opens his eyes
carly is undeterred and insists that gia is perfect for the job
carly is his future
carly is back on the set
carly is going to be in the hospital
carly is one of the best written characters ever
carly is the rightful owner of the 'most popular botw ever' title
carly is not really dead
carly is alive
carly is a fraternal twin born prematurely on 5/23/00
carly is shopping
carly is being blamed for the current state of
carly is always sweet as pie to me
carly is forceful
carly is then cruely whipped and flogged until red welts are raised along her lithe body
carly is at the top of
carly is attracted to zeke
carly is digital imaging
carly is the office manager at soundtrax
carly is a regular on the road to romance
carly is away in her balance beam routine
carly is doing great and is 4 ½ years old now
carly is also scheduled for another upcoming film entitled "orange county" later on
carly is major pointed in the us and is two points away from her canadian championship
carly is a pom by origin but has been in perth for the last 15 years so is almost qualified
carly is
carly is the
carly is excited to be chosen to lead the air force investigation
carly is in a bubble and hopes one day to get out and see what the world has to offer
carly is looking forward to a career in fashion design and modeling
carly is learning
carly is single
carly is assigned to interview dustin

and YES i am single, no i am not having a baby.

Grish, Luv and ohsweetie (w00t!) you're it kids.

the devil made me do it

2005-12-01T10:17:00.000-08:00

You scored as Tongue Piercing. You're a naughty person aren't you? Being with you is probably lots and lots of fun. You're probably totally pimpin' too. Good for you, good for you.

Dirty Piercings

80%

Cartilage Piercing

80%

Tongue Piercing

80%

Earlobe Piercing

80%

Nipples

80%

Belly Button Piercing

60%

Nose Piercing

60%

Labret Piercing

50%

Lip Piercing

40%

What Piercing Are You?
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hey baby it's cold outside

2005-12-01T10:13:00.000-08:00

You scored as Exciting. You are exciting, people want to fuck your brains out and you know it. Whether it's in an airplane or on the back of the bus, sex with you is always exciting.

Exciting

81%

Hot

75%

Wet

75%

Soft

63%

Sweet

63%

Shy

50%

Awkward

44%

Violent

44%

What is your sexual style?
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It's beginning to look a lot like.....

2005-12-01T09:19:00.000-08:00

Ah, the first crappy advent calendar chocolate of the month. Damn it! I've only purchased one gift thus far for Christmas and it's not even for someone in my family. Tsk tsk. I should get cracking.
heehee - crack.
Apparently there is a guy that I met at a poker game a while back that "would like to take a crack at me" hahaha. I think not. I have my eyes on another young lad. We'll see were this leads. Details are minimal at the moment.

So, yesterday I posted on this chick's blog because it was suggested by Jamwall that we all do it as she is overseas. Well, I check her blog this morning and she friggin' deleted all the comments and made it 'team member' posts only - boo!!!!! And I'm not saying boo-urns. This is full out boo.
My roommie and I watched a few episodes of The Simpson, Season 6. You know you have an addiction when between the two of you 80% of the lines are quoted in time. I also bought each of us a Simpsons Advent Calendar (plus my mom bought me one but I'll keep it at work).

Right now I am at work and am very tired. I think I got to sleep a bit before midnight and last night the house was like a freakin' sauna. I had to leave my window open to get some air in, but when I woke up this morning I was freezing. Damn it Janet! The people upstairs need to turn that damn heat down. Save on your energy bill!

cuteness

2005-11-29T22:47:00.000-08:00

You scored as Athletic Tomboy.

Athletic Tomboy

94%

Nerdy Girl

75%

Slut

63%

Popular Bitch

63%

Hippy

56%

Preppy Girl

31%

Goth

19%

Loser

13%

What type of girl are you?!!
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non-consumer x-mas get-together

2005-11-28T19:56:00.000-08:00

So, I was speaking to Mikelberry yesterday evening after our radio show, Pants on Fire on CJSF 90.1FM, www.cjsf.ca, every Sunday evening from 8-9 pm and he mentioned that last Friday was Buy Nothing Day and that the holiday season was approaching very quickly.

So, we had an idea. (I'm pretty sure it was a shared thought anyways).

How about everyone coming over one Saturday evening. No gifts allowed, just be sure to bring a dish of food for a real meal. I'm talking a meat-ish dish, a non-meat/veggie-friendly alternative, some potatoes, yam stuff (thanks for the yam addiction oh sweetie), carrots, peas, brocoli, salad, bread and of course desserts. It would essentially be a dinner party but very casual, self-care oriented. And because nearly everyone I know is in saving/thrift mode we would not be able to bring gifts because then there would be no pressure to buy stuff.

Ok - I'm willing to host and bake up a fucking storm - anyone else? This isn't really a party-type event. It's a gathering of fun people for good food.

There, I've caught up on posts. Time to rest.

Leave your usual comments. And be sure to drink cranberry juice (it's good with apple juice by-the-way).

bon soir!

whatcha been doin'???

2005-11-28T19:53:00.000-08:00

so yes people, cranberry has not taken the time to write in her blog but i figured a more than week long span was enough.
i have been commenting on many blogs but haven't really taken the time to write in my own.

first of all, thank you devo boi/secret commentor from last week. but i have sleuthed out your true identity. east van solidarity!

this weekend has been busy but a little quiet at the same time.

let's recap:
sunday previous was the recovery day after the rainbow palace housewarming. my roommate (kiwi) and i took a long stroll down commercial drive that afternoon and checked out some shops. very lovely things indeed.....

monday: i had an interview that went quite well but since i got an 5 week extension/transfer to a different department i had to say no to the 'temp agency' but they said to keep in touch and let them know at the end of my 5 weeks.
the rest of the week was a bit of a blur.
thursday i had French class. i will miss certain aspects of it. definitely.
here is a little peak at our work:
"J'ai travaillé sur la rue depuis cinq ans."
"Ma mere a vendu les champignon et l'herbe pour six ans."
"J'ai fumé les autos depuis deux ans."

I'll leave it up to y'all to translate.

Friday morning I was greeted with breakfast bought by my manager. She brought in these doughnuts that were pure heaven. Apparently they're from this establishment called Honey Doughnuts and Goodies. Mon dieux! I ate soooo much. I almost had to roll home after work cuz I was so full.
Friday evening: drinks with roommate and good friend's ex-boyfriend (see entry from Kelowna the last week in August)
Saturday: I was visited by many, many people.....
Theresa (who just returned from a nearly six month long trek to Taiwan, G-Ho, my mom and my uncle. It was a very busy day at the rainbow palace.

On Saturday I started to feel really lonely and realized I was starting to get homesick. I know, I know. The East Side Ghetto isn't really all that far from the WG but I enjoyed living at home, unlike so many other people that I know. The primary reason I moved out is because I was far away from many of my friends. And I'd prefer to be in the city. Problem: now that I'm closer to the city (meaning downtown) visiting me or me visiting isn't a big deal anymore. And those that were sorta my friends before that I thought I'd see more of, haven't really pulled through. Mind you, it is a busy time of year and semester.

Alas - continuing: G-Ho and I made delicious cookies on Saturday afternoon and watched one of Hollywood's greatest films: MEAN GIRL fab-u-lous! Aftewards I ended up going to Trev's to hang out on Saturday eve then ate a greasy breakfast then walked through the West End. It is damn quiet on Sunday mornings. All the gay bois were probably still sleeping.
Sunday was pretty damn boring though Pants on Fire on CJSF 90.1 fm www.cjsf.ca is always a booster for Sundays.
On the bus ride home this guy chatted me up. It was cool, I was impressed.

And now it is Monday. I had a lovely send off this morning when I left for work. Sounds that, well, let's just not go there. I promptly grabbed my lunch, purse and shoes and locked the door behind me.
I had a 2.5 hour long meeting this morning that was, honestly, one of the most boring, repetitive meetings I've ever been to. And I've been to a lot of meetings since getting my new job. But there was a free breakfast, that was truly the saving grace and luckily the rest of the day went by very quickly.

Reflections: I think I need more people visiting, calling or writing to me but I know that I need to do the same.
As well, MikeH - thanks for the letter dude. I got it like a day after you got my postcard. I must appologize for my delay in thankfulness.

And finally, before your eyes go completely blurry I would like to thank the unique boy that brought the strange spaghetti salad fruit concoction to my housewarming party last week.
I was chatting with him and he spoke pure gold to me:
"women-focused is about time. I'm tired of the straight white male world we live in."
and I asked him to marry me. though, as many may already know, my womb is owned by another man in the city.
This 'unique boy' (you'll have to let me know what you want your online name to be) created this advertisment for me:

HEART OF THE CITY ---and hearth of life. Create yours now with 12 easy installments of $10,000. East Side woman seeks lease of womb close to shopping, cultural centres and Trout Lake. Will mail for extra fee.

Thanks for being patient y'all. Hsirg - this is for you cuz you prodded me so.

czesc.

patient my pets

2005-11-27T23:09:00.000-08:00

it's coming, it's coming.
i'm compiling some stuff.
a new post should appear tomorrow evening, PST.
right now, i um, am going to be a little busy.

uncontrived without fruit

2005-11-20T01:40:00.000-08:00

i want cantelope, i'm craving it.
it's been at every fruit stand in the past few days and now i really want it.
damn this alcohol.

contrived with liquor

2005-11-20T01:15:00.000-08:00

So
Just finished the party folks.
It was pretty damn fun. It was fabulous to see so many faces. It's definitely been a while for many. Too long to be exact.
So I'm sitting at my computer now and I am going to bed alone. And unfortunately the only one in my house that is in bed alone. Damn.
Alas, perhaps soon enough my prince will ride in and rescue me. One can only hope.

Thanks to everyone that came out!!! Hugs and kisses to y'all. My Langley friend(s) loved all my Vancouver/Burnaby/New West people.
For those that said they would come visit and didn't, well, I have no words for you. I don't really want to care about excuses. I'll take them, but whatev. Is it a bad thing that I'm used to this sort of thing? No e-mail/blogspot message/phone call? Meh, c'est moi.

My sister came out to Langley this morning and we went to see Harry Potter and saw some friends at the great big coffee shop. The movie was pretty cool. The thing that usually spoils films for me is the fact that I have to pee at least 1-2 times per film. It doesn't matter if I have a drink or not. It always happens, so I end up missing a part or two. Damn.
I'm not really a film critic but I must say that I enjoyed the movie. Not as much as the previous film but I had a great time with my sister and she stayed for a good part of the housewarming. I think she was slightly shocked me and my friends but she enjoyed herself.

I had quite a bit to drink and to eat for that matter. I'm worried about tomorrow morning. I don't want a hangover. Maybe I'll stay up all night and just never get a hangover. This morning at 9am I woke up with a headache for no reason and it didn't end until about 5pm. It was terrible.

Ok, I think this is enough. I don't want to say too much more.

Tomorrow I want fruit and veg. I haven't eaten enough. Bon soir.

Good material to dream/wank with:

next time i'll take the 72 cent pudding, thanks

2005-11-15T10:55:00.000-08:00

Ok, so an update for all of you that cling to this blog as a life support mechanism.

Anyways, this week has not been so great. As many of you know I currently have a temporary position at a major company in BC. The project has essentially been delayed indefinitely and we have been getting very little work. I was supposed to be here until December 16th, but alas, I got my notice yesterday morning that my last day will be Friday. Yay me.

It’s sad, yes, but it is inevitable. Luckily there are some options for me but for now, I struggle with the question that everyone is always asked: What do you want to do with your life? Any perhaps that is my problem in indifference with the news. I’m okay for money for the moment, so no departure from the Rainbow Palace and its dens of sex.

Really though, my parents have been great. My mom has helped me find some job postings then she took me for lunch yesterday. My dad called me this morning and said he would take me out on Friday evening.
They’re great.
Last night though, will put an end to weeknight drinking. I bought a bottle of raspberry vodka and a 2L of gingerale on the way home and had a few glasses of that when I got home.
Kiwi (my roomate) made dinner and afterwards we made a 68 cent box of chocolate pudding from Stupidstore. My oh my, what a Monday night.
I hope I go see Jarhead tonight. Pockey mentioned it’s not the best film but it’s got Jake in it and I wanna see some deliciousness.

In conclusion: thanks for the text messages mes amis and Grish – hope all is well in China. Miss y’all tonnes.

Housewarming this weekend.

E-mail me at evolution75 at hotmail dot com if you're interested. I'm in East Van.

i hope my paris is doing well (the city, not the stick)

2005-11-08T15:45:00.000-08:00

Well, it’s been nearly a week. I guess it is updating time.

So. I have moved into my new abode and things are going quite well.
First, the complaints:
-the person/people upstairs walk around really loudly and they never stop
-the exhaust for the oven fan does not work
-there is no storage closet for linens, etc (but that’s really just an observation)
-my bedroom floor is sorta wooden and my bed moves around (not good)

Yeah, that’s about it for bad things.

My room is orange which alright. I’m just not used to the coloured walls. I’ve always had white walls.
Our house is called the rainbow palace and each of us sleeps in our own den of sex. Interesting, I know. This was named by DJ British Cheese (not myself).

The moving part was okay. When we loaded up the truck in Langley it wasn’t raining but by the time we got to my new house it was. Yuck. DJ British Cheese slept over the first night which made for a difficult sleep. As many of you know, I do not sleep well with others (sound like a report card comment to me). Honestly, I can’t sleep in the same bed as someone. It drives me crazy! (sing it britney)

Almost everything is set up at the house. My room is still in boxes. But that’s fine and dandy with me. I’m not in a hurry. Actually, if anyone knows of an upright set of dresser drawers (used is fine) and is willing to part with it please let me know. I can essentially afford $40-50. I don’t care about the colour (although orange might be a difficult bargain).

I’ll try and write again soon. I’m not in a great mood today. Not sure why. Maybe it’s hormones.
Czesc!

when the night feels my song

2005-11-02T19:31:00.000-08:00

Damn - that was one hella loud thunder clap.
Aw, how I do love living in Vancouver.
I can only hope it doesn't rain on Saturday. What am I saying, of course it will.
rainy weekend-blah

If you want to help me move - let me know folks!

and for those that are just interested in current events....

The Dodgy Story of Walmart

magic's in the makeup

2005-11-02T18:48:00.000-08:00

As my good friend Gareth kindly reminded me, it's time for an update.

Soo....what's new.....

Work has been, well, work. Today was frustrating at parts but I actually had stuff to do which was nice.
G-Ho made a triumphant return after taking yesterday off. Yay - G-Ho!

This is me as Britney Spears and G-Ho as Kevin Federline = Together we are Spederline.

Hallowe'en was super fun at work. I only worked half a day and showed up to free pizza, trivia games and WAY TOO MUCH CANDY. I didn't do too much else afterwards either.
I got to drive home in terrible traffic which is always fun, especially once it gets darker earlier it's a bitch, 'nuff said. I basically stayed home, had my new roomie over, and gave out candy and watched shit for tv. But all and all it was good.
I had crazy dreams about moving into new houses and what they look like. I blame it on the candy..........................

AND THE FACT THAT I GET TO MOVE INTO MY NEW HOUSE ON SATURDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is really my exciting news.

I am moving to the city of Vancouver - finally.

So - for all of you that eagerly await for new posts by me I will be without a computer with internet access from Saturday morning until Monday sometime between 8am and noon (at least that's when the cable & internet folks said they'd be by).

Ah, what else. Oh! I went to the see the Metric on Sunday evening at the Commodore. It was a great show. I was sorta drunk, ok, I was drunk. Only because G-Ho made me and Trev dinner. Soooooo good btw! And I had three coolers on a fairly empty stomach.
We also listened to my (taped) radio show. We featured two of Vancouver's newest porn stars: Mistress Nicole and Cookies and Scream. They have a fabulous and tasteful website with samples/clips of their work.
WARNING: PLEASE DON'T OPEN THE LINK AT WORK. But please do check them out at some point. They were awesome to interview and it went superbly.
CREAM PRODUCTIONS

Tomorrow I return to my French class. Last week was much better, class was smaller and I had way more patience than normal.

I think that's about it.

If any of my loyal readers have MSN or a chat program of some sort go ahead and add me at: evolution75 AT hotmail DOT com.

There ya go!

Peace out all. It's back to packing for me. Oh! Thanks to TGP for the boxes hun!
THAT GIRL POSSESSED

"all in on 2s and 3s"

2005-10-29T10:16:00.000-07:00

So I'm going to try and make this short. I have to go to Richmond this afternoon.

Last night I hung out with a bunch of people from where I used to work. It was great. I had an awesome time and not only because of the following.....

My old assistant manager and an old-worker are now roomates - platonic, no business going on. They had a little get together for some of the old crew. Well, my assistant manager, let's call him, 'Nipple', likes the cards and chips so we played poker, Texas Hold 'Em style. For the first bit there were 11 people playing, 2 tables and it was tournament style. It was only a dollar to play so it wasn' big money, made everyone relax a little. And I just kept going. I played down people that had been playing for a long while, in fact, this was my first time ever actually playing poker with chips and money. I'm not a gambler, honest.
So, yeah, I won the tournament and walked away with $11!

Pretty sweet, right? That's not all.

Then the boys wanted to play 'real poker' and we played for money. Everyone pretty much put in $20 and we played. It went on and on. I kept getting really good cards and 'poker-faced' 'em down. I got a little bit of help from 'Bubbles' - one of the guys there - but held my own during the big game.
I originally said I would leave by 1am - I don't think I left until 2am.

I walked away with $90. I'm feeling pretty damn lucky today. SCORE!

But on a side note, I don't even like gambling. Playing made me feel out of control and a major high that I realize can be addictive. I'm not saying that this will be the last time playing, I'm just saying I'll have to watch how things go and be wise about it all.

Laterz all.