If I stop posting

it'll probably be because the house has collapsed into the giant hole next door. I wouldn't mind so much if my room wasn't right over the excavations and if they hadn't woken me up at 9 this morning with what sounded like a coffee grinder right next to my ear. And this in turn would be an OK time to wake up if I hadn't gone to see the 11:20 showing of The Two Towers with Kate and Dan last night.

( Spoilers follow. Don't comment on this post unless you want to be contaminated. )

Anyway it was a good day all around. Had coffee with Dan and got all caught up, then distracted Mummy while she packed to go up north (have to be more careful what I admire, she just gave me a kisii stone chess set -- v. cool), ate lunch, sat around, updated this journal, went to meet Kate at HMV (the Parking Goddess smiled on me but only after quite a bit of driving around, so I was late), then dinner at Sonia and Dennis's. (Rotisserie chicken and chips, yum -- I always get so much protein when I come home for the holidays.) Got a bit caught up with Jo which was nice. Wasn't going to go to the movie but then we started chatting about it and I changed my mind.

Sunday also an excellent day: shiatsu massage, then the '50s couture fashion exhibit at the ROM with Jen (I also hit the James Ossuary exhibit because dammit I was going to get my money's worth out of the exorbitant admission price -- should've snurched the parents' membership card), lunch, shopping (bought exercise clothes in the hope that they will provide more of an incentive to go to the gym than my ratty 10-year-old leggings and giant T-shirts), then 5 hours of Pride and Prejudice and Thai food. Yippee! and likewise Yum!

Anyway, going to post a shameless materialism list and some New Year's resolutions (to be continued), then shower and go find munchies.

Just friended a couple of random people

well, some mutual interests (Kenya and Kirsty, respectively). My this thing is a timesuck.

So far 2 out of 2 new CD's I've put on skip. Grrrr. Let's hope it's just the machine else I'm gonna have to go back to HMV and argue with them.

www.googlism.com (edited):
robin is the one
robin is wonderful
robin is the future
robin is a jedi
robin is available for adoption
robin is a common spring flower
robin is
robin is the half
robin is having fun
robin is officially over the hill
robin is so fine
robin is batman's sidekick
robin is doing good business
robin is doing well
robin is the one?
robin is there
robin is dead
robin is saying his prayers
robin is good
robin is back
robin is a brown bird
robin is back in the hospital
robin is teaching beginning and intermediate bryce courses online at the eclectic academy
robin is a member of the bluebird and thrush family
robin is impatient; onemig is cool
robin is a channel protection script written for ircii clients
robin is still there
robin is back after serving a prison term
robin is a prolific composer
robin is a common breeding and migratory bird in estonia
robin is a gabriel
robin is a progressive group project
robin is a law unto himself
robin is flexible and will turn to whichever food is most readily accessible
robin is to the greenwood gone
robin is good but not so
robin is having fun june 2001
robin is very much the hunt down and capture the monsters substituting witches for vampires
robin is one of the finest works of art to emanate from david fryer's studios
robin is also a radio regular
robin is an idiot
robin is founder of the purple heart foundation
robin is migratory
robin is a development dimensions international
robin is a welcome sign that spring is here or at least very near
robin is an exception to the ordinary and so are his doors
robin is a frequent speaker at conferences and has conducted several onsite search engine
robin is technically a chat thrush
robin is just too familiar
robin is a new tonearm from graham engineering
robin is not extinct
robin is now doing quite well
robin is batman's sidekick 10
robin is on good terms with the queen and becomes accepted by the king
robin is a cartoon
robin is yellow with a black tip and the throat streaked with black and white
robin is pretty much the opposite of what is probably the best recent superhero movie
robin is billy?s personal goldsmith & is responsible for designing
robin is set to look on completion pictured left
robin is really sir ruthven
robin is restricted to rainforests of the wet tropics region
robin is equally at home on both the atlantic and pacific coasts
robin is captured
robin is also an experienced orchestral bassist
robin is part of the mrp birel racing team in 2002
robin is president of the star centre library
robin is a total sweetheart
robin is most known for her working in the area of water conservation
robin is a strong believer in destiny himself
robin is not one of our most charming songsters
robin is a fully functional spinning wheel
robin is found throughout north america
robin is framed for murder
robin is a bird
robin is devoted to helping dogs and their people

cool!

Shameless materialism

although it'll also be helpful for Christmas and birthdays:

( Grrr. HTML screws up in the regular view. )

New Year's resolutions

OK, this is the big one! May have to come back & edit a bit. I'm working out of my head here and I may be forgetting stuff.

In 2003 I will:

• Get to work by 9


• Leave work at a reasonable hour, say 6:30 at the latest, unless there's some real emergency


• Cook at least 4 times a week


• Bring my lunch to work at least 4 times a week


• Go to the gym or otherwise exercise at least 3 times a week


• Stringently limit the time I spend screwing around on the web, say 1 hour a day max


• Call or otherwise communicate with my friends and family at least once a month


• Check my voicemail every day, and answer messages immediately


• Shed those opinions of myself and others that I cling to from habit rather than conviction


• Take a pottery course or other creative outlet that doesn't have anything to do with words


• Honour my commitments


• Face my irrational fears


• Talk to strangers


• Find somewhere to volunteer, and do it


• Spend money only on things I truly want


• Tell people I love them more often


• Go to Scotland


• Visit Heidi & Rock (March?), Zac & Christine, Siobhain & James


• Look for a job that lets me contribute something more important to the world than just helping multinational pharmacos make more money


• Do The Artist's Way with Kate


• Start an online book club with Kate, Joanna, others? (OK this doesn't square well with the fewer-words resolution, but contradiction is so delicious)


• Keep my apartment clean


• Give a party


• Go to the tam-tam

OK, it's a start. Next step is actually to take these and write down WHY I want to do each one. Will be helpful.

and finally...

Save Farscape banner of the day:



Going to buy booze and President's Choice goodies now...

final entry of the year...

1. Baby!


Find out which Discworld girl you are.

2. Beauty
Drove over to the Loblaw's on Broadview and the sky was so beautiful -- overcast except for some pale, pale blue sky at the edges, with red-gold sunlight lighting up the west and reflecting off the wet streets -- I parked and walked to Riverdale Park and just stood for a while, watching the reflected sun through the skeletal trees and the clouds and listening to the traffic on the DVP, which strangely enough made it all more lovely not less. Last sun of the year.

3. Bitchy moment
Had an encounter at a 4-way stop with someone who (a) was on my right and (b) arrived at the intersection first, but who nevertheless kept waving me through. Look, it's nice of you, but you HAVE the right of way, TAKE it. Otherwise it just messes people up. (And don't wave me on, then change your mind and roll forward, then stop and wave me on again, because it freaks me out.)

However, my rage was definitely all out of proportion. There's another resolution: I will keep working at not flipping out over ridiculous small things.

Happy new year, everyone. I love you.