29.7.04

where will I be at 77 years old?

Want to live longer? Move to Vancouver...


OTTAWA - People in Vancouver already enjoy warmer winters and better scenery than most of Canada – now they can expect to live longer too, according to a Statistics Canada study.


* FROM MAY 30, 2002: Location plays role in cancer survival: study

Vancouver waterfront

The report released Wednesday, called Health of Canadians Living in Census Metropolitan Areas, found that the range of life expectancy varied greatly across Canada with Vancouverites having an average life expectancy of 81.1 years.

At the other end of the scale, people living in the northern Ontario city of Sudbury have the shortest life expectancy at 76.7 years, about the same as those living in Ireland, Portugal or the U.S.

Researchers used self-reported health data from 25 cities across Canada.

Statistics Canada found that cities with a greater proportion of post-secondary graduates, higher average family household income and a higher share of recent immigrants tended to be healthier.

Heavy smoking, drinking, obesity and high blood pressure rates were linked to lower life expectancy.


Vancouver, Victoria and Toronto had the lowest smoking rates, while more than a third of people aged 12 and over in Sudbury and Trois-Rivières, Que., said they smoked.

Vancouver and Toronto also had the lowest rates of heavy drinking at no more than 12 per cent, compared to the Canadian average of 15 per cent. Chicoutimi-Jonquière, Thunder Bay, St. John's and Sudbury had rates greater than 20 per cent.

People living in Windsor reported the highest rate of unmet health-care needs at 18.7 per cent. The border city also reported one of the lowest rates of family doctors per 100,000.

The study also compared the life expectancy of people in Canada with that of other members of the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development. At 79.4 years, Canadians generally live 2.6 years longer than Americans but 1.8 years behind the front-runner, Japan.

I am going for a walk in the sun now, sorry for the short blog!

28.7.04

pattopia

Are you an information hungry executive?
Yes
No

Are women given equal rights in your workplace?
Yes
No

Do women get treated equally in your office?
Yes
No



Apparently in todays news:
"Researchers are unable to explain why women are apparently turning to drink"

LONDON, England -- Top women executives are taking on their male rivals in the bar as well as the boardroom, according to new research.

A study found that high-flying women were more likely to have a drink problem than their male peers.

Women at the top were three times more likely to be alcohol dependent than those in the lowest-grade jobs.

But men's vulnerability to drinking did not alter as they climbed up the career ladder.

Jenny Head, from University College London, who led the study, said: "We haven't been able to find an explanation for the higher rate of problem drinking in senior female executives.

"One possible reason might be that it's the stress of working against a glass ceiling.

"Maybe also women in higher grades are operating in a bit of a man's world, and perhaps feel they need to adopt some male roles. But this is just speculation."

The findings, reported in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine, are based on questionnaire responses from about 8,000 civil servants working in 20 different departments in London.

Two-thirds of those taking part in the study were men.

Participants were asked about the demands of their job, levels of support at work and at home and the degree to which they could make and influence decisions.

They were questioned about the amount of effort they made and the rewards they received in terms of promotional prospects.

A recognized set of questions relating to attitudes and behavior was used to determine those who had a drink problem.

Between 10 percent and 12 percent of men interviewed were found to be alcohol dependent, no matter what kind of job they did.

Among women, 4 percent of those working in the lowest clerical grades had a drink problem, compared with 14 percent of senior executives.

Surveys have shown a clear increase in the number of British women drinking above "sensible limits" over the past 12 years.

The proportion had risen from 10 percent in the early 1990s to about 17 percent in 2000.

Under Department of Health guidelines, a "sensible" level of drinking for women is no more than two to three units of alcohol a day, equivalent to two or three glasses of wine.




CHEERS!

26.7.04

THE SABBATH

HAPPY 27TH BIRTHDAY TO ME!

AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE MADE MY DAY SO GREAT!

THANK YOU ALSO TO MY FRIENDS IN TORONTO THAT GAVE ME THE BEST
BIRTHDAY WEEKEND THAT I CAN REMEMBER!
*AND THANK YOU DAVID FOR YOUR PRECIOUS GIFT*

ITS NICE AND SUNNY IN MONTREAL, GOOD LUNCH WITH MY COWORKERS TODAY, FREE
CAKE IS ALWAYS A PLUS.

I HAVE CLASS TONIGHT, YES I KNOW. LAME. BUT I AM OLD NOW,
NO MORE FUN AND GAMES.


THATS WHAT YOU THINK.

23.7.04

BETTER your W.O.M.D.'s for free!

OK. so today I have a serious problem accepting this topic:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5487712/?GT1=4244

Please go check this link.
OR, If you dont have the time: the US gov't is allowing *free* plastic surgery to its military!


Ok Ok Ok, so I may not be the greatest piece-of-ass around, I may indeed be FABULOUS, but Bloggers, if I you know me on a first-hand basis, I wasn't the last in line when god created STUNNING women. I was an ugly duck at one sour point in my life, I am sure you cant believe this, but its true. For those that have seen the pics or knew me, heaven forbid!

They say that as you age, your either get better or worse. Which are you?

Ok. So first of all, I didnt quite make it too the front of the
huge breasts-for-you-'r-us line, but hey, I was first for that whole height thing and hair thing too I suppose and eyes, and modesty....and and and...

But clearly I just hadnt had the sudden urge to spend $6k to please my many blog followers.

BETTER your *W.O.M.D's for free!
*weapons of mass destruction

I suppose that at 27, I have accepted my looks, and what I was given. All I can say is that it takes a lot of work. Anyone that knows my family has spent tireless hour(s) waiting, reading papers/magazines, watching movies...etc.
to pass this time of MASS prepping.

HOWEVER, Dave tells me that I am well worth the wait! and that the end results of all of this time-well-spent is certainly just FABULOUS. I love Dave, he is the first man to ever say this to me. Wait until he meets my family in October.

So if you're lacking like me in a few areas, come along and join me as I
have an IDEA for you, that is IF you need to become a better happier you:



Move south and join the army!


Clearly, I am SO there within the next few months.
I just have to wait for my selfesteem to plumet entirely to GROUND ZERO.
But those makeover shows are helping!


I can get my body looking like one fucking killing machine!


Maybe I will look as deadly as a glossy picture of a new tank!
Muscle shirts will be worn by greased up men with pec implants and necessary lipo,

Fantastic.

So I now wonder if those reality shows re: amazing makeovers are funded by the U.S. Gov't to make you run down and sign up!?

Possible.



So here I have a new formula for you to ponder, if that:

1 reality makeover show
+
1 set impossibly high standards of nver attaining stardom/fame/good looks
+
1 impossibly low selfesteem created
------------------------------
=Join the military with me you ugly bastard!




ok, so maybe that is my weakest formula. I was never and or AM never going to be good at math.


I am off to TORONTO this weekend. COOL.

22.7.04

AMISH in the city

BRILLIANT!
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/214037p-184318c.html
As I sat and ate my lunch today, pondering how confused our society has become, I realized at this point in the passing game of 2004: GO SOAK IT UP.
Maybe I am just getting old and ignorant.


Ok so here is the formula if I remember correctly:

take:
1 gay man
+
1 vegan
+
1 innercity
+
1 amish
--------------------
= $ brilliant tv show


Why is there a show created such as this?
Ask yourself carefully. Look at who you have become.
And who you want to be. I ask you:

1) who are you hero's and why?
2) when was the last time you went out alone and discovered your city?
3) what is your greatest accomplishment?
4) how many species of tree's can you name vs corporate logo's?
5) when was the last time that you baked something in your oven?
6) when was the last time you thought about the consequences of being from north america vs the rest of the planet?
7) what were your ambitions as a child?
8) how many (insert favorite toy name) did you own? and why?
9) how many times have you ever given to a charitable organization and why?
10) are you where you want to be in life? if not why not? if yes, good for you!


Most of you know that I dont watch a lot of television, I just dont like the idea of watching someone else's life flicker across to me while I waste mine.

I watch CBC, thats about it. I like real tv issues such as the news.
But it can be negative if that IS all that you ever would watch such as me.

Matt good said, what if you woke up one day and there was only the weather on the news? that would be nice to sleep at night.

email me at:

pitterPATter@turnoffyourtv.fu




21.7.04

the list

So to kick myself in the ass over making a list for you to see what kind of a weekend I would plan if I were allowed to actually make ALL of the decisions for myself, (how selfish of me that would be)
I would have to say:

(in no order mind you of course)

a) slushes and plenty! as Quebec does not offer them
-the horror yes I know feel my pain will you.
b) a walk in High Park
c) feeding the animals at the zoo (located in the same park apparently)
d) chasing the buffalo that are located ALSO in this zoo
e) feeding the buffalo candyfloss
-as we will be buddies afterwards because they like to be fed bottles o Guinness.
f) cn tower
-throwing parachute men off.
g) pre-birthday dinner at the KEG MANSION
-steak a plenty.
h) riding 27 floors at super rapid speed
-'occupied' while doing so.
i) the hocky hall of fame.
-it is in dave's office building, sadly on the first floor, so no occupying my time.
j) shopping for puma's
-because i could be pumalicious like matt good.
k) seeing rosy
-me pointing and laughing at her under the table passed out
l) VIA 1 baby.
-yes first class all the way for my birthday weekend getaway.
m) ipod in tow during the train ride.
-up and running at last.
n) saphire gin anyone?
o) guinness anyone?
p) patti patti patti
q) queen of queen street to shop along
-i am not the king of kensington ok!
r) wrestle with the idea of a speakers corner lapdance-esque stunt
s) slushes
t) smartfood popcorn
u) streetvendor polish sausages
-the food, jackass.
v) peter nicol, it is his birthday on the 25th.
-that would equal trouble and him pointing at me under the table.
w) rehab 101
-to pick up mister kuddles
x) xxx
-its my birthday! no strippers though please.
y) YYZ thats me.
-Rush is can-rock at its finest. And then god created MGB.
z) resting comfortably
-in the safest embrace I know.


aa) yes, AA would be a good idea.
bb) bb gun to mister kuddles head, possibly in the works
cc) coco chanel, my hero
dd) my cousins bra size
ee) i am stumped at this point.
ff) fuckity fun

-Again, my mom hates it when I turn perfectly good sentences into perfectly horrible ones using profanity.

if you have anything to add to the above list(s)
please email me at:

plc@T-dot_27.fu

20.7.04

say CHEEZE

So I hope my Mom had a great birthday, you do know what that means dont you? That means that my 27th birthday is right around the corner!

YES 27.

Good, bad, lucky? hence the '7'.
I feel that after my birthday strikes, I will be blessed with good fortune! its been a long time since a '7' has appeared. My 17th was a hit with a DQ Westbeach logo cake and all.

I am spending the weekend in Toronto. David has given me a first class train ticket "because they have free truffles and wine" -he says.
I am looking forward to the weekend. Tomorrow I will come up with a list of what to do.

FYI: heads-up!
Not to worry bloggers, mister kuddles is still in rehab, but doing fairly well. He should be out just in time for the party.

I told David to get me a DQ cake, this way we can eat it all weekend from the freezer in that hot muggy place called T-dot.



Mike a great write up for you regarding digital imaging:

http://photos.msn.ca/resources/targeted/en-ca/editorial/DigitalImageEditing101_p.htm



Life is short, stop to enjoy the "sunshine" once in a while,
it is truly FABULOUS!



19.7.04

Happy Birthday MOM!

To my wonderful Mom on her birthday: I love you!



SO. Like I said before, sometimes LUCK comes running into you like a
18-wheeler and plows you down like it would a giant Moose in Kananaskis country. Sometimes it also comes and kicks you in the ass like a bottle of Saphire could on any given night. Sometimes messy, sometimes clean and euphoric! SO. Lately, (and I can be blatant, heck its *my* PBLOG isnt it?)

Things are racing by and I thank David for giving me so much happiness.

Not to worry, dedicated bloggers! for being so loyal to the PBLOG, I will announce that you will meet him sometime before xmas.



In other news that I think David will find TOTALLY funny,

via cbc:


Lovestruck litigant dares not approach the bench
Last Updated Fri, 16 Jul 2004 09:21:45 EDT

BUCHAREST - A man in Romania has gone public with a secret crush that led him to launch dozens of lawsuits over the past four years in order to see a female judge.

Sandhu Gurguiatu first encountered Judge Elena Lala four years ago, when he sued his company for wrongful dismissal in Focsani, about 200 kilometres northeast of the capital Bucharest.

"I fell madly in love with her, and when I found out she was married, I didn't know how I would manage to see her," the daily newspaper Libertatea quoted Gurguiatu as saying in Thursday's edition. "The only way was to see her in the courtroom, so I looked in the law book and came up with all kinds of excuses."

He never talked to her except about legal matters, he told the newspaper.

Gurguiatu won some of the suits, including one quest for extra towels and soap to clean himself up at his workplace.

He went public for unknown reasons after his infatuation faded.

Lala said she was "stunned" to hear about Gurguiatu's motivation, and only vaguely recalls handling his cases.



So was that a good one JUDGIE WUDGIE? and yes I made him sit through:
DISORDER IN THE COURT too. I think he will enjoy the family. We are a riot!

16.7.04

the angry mister kuddles

Now many of you have questioned yesterdays blog, while in fact it was
merely just an outline, and or an idea of how to help the tiny, yet fragile mister kuddles the angry dog get out of rehab for alcohol abuse.
He is addicted to Saphire Gin.

Ok ok ok, I had to remove him from the circus frontlines due to his enormously gassy burps and misc hiccups. It was sad to do so, but yesterday I thought about this for a long while, and as I thought about it, I was bombarded by people questioning my every move. I am not one for gossip, but sometimes you have to do what you just gotta do right? good or bad at times.

It costs a lot to keep a tiny showdog in rehab facilities. Trust me, it aint all ROSES and LICORICE in there either man.

He is due for release this Thanksgiving, and if all goes as planned I will be taking him on tour with me and MAC "the RINGleader" for a crosscountry circus fullswing tour. What will the show be called?
Well my friends it will be called:

The FABULOUS and UNTHINKABLE: angry dog tour.

(insert insane yet angry crowd applause)


He should be alright by then. Not to worry.
So if you get to see him in one of his "ANGRY" shows, then you will know that we all pulled it off.


He calls daily and tells me that he enjoys the spongebaths by the girls at The Centre and also enjoys the hot meals with BLUE jell-o for dessert.

He is angry that he is reminded of the SAPHIRE GIN through association of BLUE jell-o. He thinks that The Centre is pissed off at him and only does this as they werent on his former guest-lists.
Those asses, how could they do this to him, wow I can feel the anger in his voice rising.

Oh wait.
Did I forget to metion that he speaks human english!
well heck folks!
of course he does!
thats why he is SO angry!

He will be out soon, dont worry. I will get him back into shape.
You will enjoy him and his angry work. And the tour! yes The ANGRY Tour folks!


maybe if you are in the loop, you will be on the guest-list.

15.7.04

manifesting this so-called destiny

So hot damn. I have a plan. Lucky me.
Dont worry, its all spread out for the next year.
And I have only shared it with one person thus far.
And of course its a secret for now.
If this whole plan wasnt a secret, you would know what I was up to by now jackass.

ok ok ok.
It involves:
1) Gorran the ex-pat circus clown
2) mr. kuddles the white angry dog
3) a full bottle of saphire gin
4) some good eggnog
5) a xmas tree with the lights turned off
6) a rental SUV (because why the fuck not! mom always said, go big or go home! mom also doesnt like it when I swear)
7) a fresh bag of peak freeeens
8) ice skates (not that I can skate)
9) a teeny weeny polka-dot bikini
10) breaking leases in two cities
11) listening to SHE-BOP!
12) sempai status
13) learning to play the piano (ah, music to my ears...)
14) visiting Kennedy for valentines day (because I love her)

So if any of the above confuses you, well then obviously you arent in
'the loop'!
Please do not send gifts, just cash to fund my above circus.

Please note that donations can be made to the following e-mail address below:

plc_dmc@007_diamonds_r_4_ever.FU


Buddah said:
"a child without courage is like a night without stars..."
Or was it Punjab on ANNIE?

14.7.04

run - DMC - run - DMC - run - DMC

Today I announce to all of my PBLOG readers:
#1) I *love* DMC.
#2) And also, for the record: I will be spending Christmas in Ottawa.

YES, no doubt, support and understand this, as for once I have never been this happy "full-circle". And lately, I must do what I feel is right for ME and for MY life.

I have made the above #1) & #2) decisions with MUCH thought and with MUCH regard taken into account for my overall happiness.

e-mail me at:

plc@bliss_smile/dmc/xmas.fu

Come and get me U dirty SUV

Nothing like drinking a good old American SODA and having a team bombard you via GPS with an SUV and or such nonsensical items.
That just spells WICKED COOL DUDE this summer doesnt it?

Well shit, I can admit as a Fashion Marketing grad, This is quite the unique marketing campaign even if it IS by an evil Giant such as COKE:

http://netscape.fool.com/News/mft/2004/mft04070614.htm?logvisit=y&npu=y&source=eptnetlnk308100

CONTEST GPS tracking you know would all be much better and far more interesting lets say, if:

a) you were in an outhouse camping.
b) making love to your mate in a forest
c) skydiving
d) milking cows in Alberta on Uncle Norman's farm.
e) mining for diamonds up in N.W.T.
f) in a bathtub
g) xxx shop
h) SWINGERS NIGHT
i) giving birth
j) swimming
k) rafting
l) polarbear clubbing
m) beside bin laden in a cave
n) an airplane ride over the rockies
o) baptisms are also fun
P) p, well I got to p, are you this creative today?
if you are please e-mail me at:
pat_drks_wtr_only@gpsBS.fu








12.7.04

dude where's my...

The weekend was good. No shit.
Saphire Gin and Wine, certainly a fine combination, that too mixed with great company. What else can get any better than that?
Walking on the moon, swingin on a star?

Also, The Cure just put out a new cd, so much to my horror I found it quite dull compared to their past twenty years of happy-go-lucky vs happy-go-sad melodies.
I cant believe they are touring again. I guess they are following the likes of Celine Dion and her marketing strategies of "LAST TOUR EVER" events held a few years back, selling out 5 back to back montreal concerts. Wallets are gullable.


I also bought a brightly colored orange Talking Wrist-Watch,
I press the button and it tells ME the time, gone are the days when looking at your watch seemed like a chore. Designed in Japan, made in china= $25. Money well spent indeed.

I wish my grandpa a happy 70th birthday today along with my parents' 30th wedding anniversary. WOW Who would've thought?
Congrats!


I also found it quite funny today on the morning news:
"PART OF THE WEST EDMONTON MALL'S ROOF HAS COLLAPSED DUE TO SEVERE RAIN/HAIL!" Funny how famous that eyesore really is across Canada and in Quebec. Who cares about the people such as my grandparents that were flooded out, but dang! that mall sure is somethin of concern y'all shoppers!

Provincial media is funny at times:
I mean, my dad tells me about how scary the Hells Angels must be all over town/province and that I should be on the lookout for anything crazy or violent! I havent heard a thing here. Thats the good ole media for ya. Yet all I hear about is a honky stampede.

enjoy the flapjacks!











9.7.04

Hello my name is: rehab

GUESS WHAT: I am excited for the weekend.
Time to get out the Saphire Gin and the Guinness...and the Sangria. Yes this is all I do, I live in the middle of a Party town! The bars are open until 3am, and that doesnt include all of the afterhour bars that roll on into the wee hours of the morning. I always see those E types on the metro in the morning, and it pisses me off as they are just getting home.

I guess I am bitter as I am old now and highschool is just a chilling memory of fashion design, painting, track, partying and minor drug experimentation. I dont think anyone should turn a blind eye to their children. It is now a phase in our pressured society and as long as there are decent/proper rules in place, children will not become too caught up with trying to be 'cool'. Whatever that 'cool' may be. Remember when NKOTB were cool?

However, I have thought a bit about the current state of my addictions due to my recent conversations with my brother regarding drug and alcohol problems within society/families.

I mean why is it legal to drink anyway? because the government has found a way to profit. In the early years it was illegal to drink. But now it isnt. The Seagram family lend their fortune to prohibition. Besides, I can drink all week, and double my dosage on the weekends if I please, and no one will acuse me of being lawless. Thankfully I am in Quebec, and am glad that I dont have an alcoholic Premier that hates the homeless because they smell bad. But I can at least drink on the metro or any place I need to, just as long as I tote my spirits in a brown-paper-bag.

1) Denial vs rehab: what problem?
2) rules vs no rules: let it rain money and cheese whizz I am a north american!
3) apathy: huh?
4) sports/church: distractions from reality
5) history: repeats itself in many altered forms that including Ernest sequals ie: Ernest goes to jail
6) hi my name is: REHAB

what do you think of that? email me at:

pattatista@open_your_mind.fu


At times, I also love the REAL convienient American truth:
http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?flok=FF-RTO-rontz&idq=/ff/story/0002%2F20040709%2F0645031861.htm&sc=rontz&photoid=20040707MISW108

Sorry for the bitterness, I am really sick of people without guts or ambition. Or should I am sick of people without balls, but i'm a woman so I cant be proud of that statement either.


CHEERS!

7.7.04

07/07

Look at that, 07/07.
A good date, lucky even.

But what is luck anyway: (in no order mind you)

1) finding a penny on the curb dated your year: 1977 (look more 7's)
2) getting to know someone that turns out to be incredible not sour
3) watching the sunrise due to the lucky effects of Saphire Gin
4) getting lucky (of course!)
5) living in North America
6) being allowed to vote, no tanks involved.
7) supporting a good charity (they are the lucky ones)
8) finding peppermint patty the pez dispenser after 13 pez collecting years
9) a good hairdresser
10) having great siblings
11) catching a fly with chopsticks
12) waiting 7 years to discover someone all over again


I speak of luck, as this is what the polar bears need to survive on into the next century. I read this today:

http://sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/story/news/national/2004/07/06/polar_bears040607.html

So go support WWF, and the fight to conserve wildlife, no not wildlife of the sweaty wrestling sort, but the animals. But I felt alright as I have helped. No not in the destruction, but in the conservation. I had adopted a Polar Bear and a Tiger for my sister for xmas. Adopt an animal? Yes you can do this, hell you can even buy a whale if you have room for one!

I am sad to hear of such destruction and loss of animal life, let alone human life in this world. But most people choose to do nothing about any issue. Apathy is a difficult thing for me to understand. They say one person cant change the world, but look how annoying one mosquito is in your tent!

I think about who Jalen and Kennedy will become now that they are born into this world. I think about how different life will be when they are my age. I wonder where they will be and where their dreams will take them.
I spoke to my brother last night and he seemed so positive despite all of
the shit that hits his family on a regular basis. I think he is really strong, has a good value system and knows what it is REALLY like to be in LOVE. At times, I envy him for what he has, but dont get me wrong! I am proud of where I am in this world, and it has been hard for me to make it this far; and also on my own. I shouldnt be called a
materialistic bitch for my level of ambition should I? didnt think so.

But words do hurt.

And I choose to stay in Montreal for Christmas as this truly is MY real life. 8 years seems like a long time to be shelling out 1K a year for a family that doesnt care to make a .10 phonecall all year to see whats goin on in my SUPERIOR life over here. So why do I have to justify this?
I just want to be with my friends that LOVE me and KNOW me. I will be 27. If you can, ask yourself: where were you at 27? then get back to me.
I also dont like being used as an xmas boycotting PATSI by other xmas fleeting family members, despite that being my name.

I dont want to upset anyone, but you will have to think of the upset I feel each and every day that I dont hear from anyone except my friends.


So as for my brother, I wish him all the luck in the world with his family and I am proud to be his sister.



I really want to see where I will be on:
Saturday, 07/07/07
Somewhere I can smile peacefully: this is my lucky wish.

6.7.04

and on the seventh year and seventh day G'*'D created...

Luck sometimes comes along and kicks you right in the ass.
Such is the case with me lately.
I pulled it off that whole trip to Toronto thing, just about finished my list of 'to-do's', but no lotto winnings to report home about. I did however win my sanity back in case you cared to ask. And I did find my smile there too, but that was down in the Horseshoe Falls and not dirty Toronto.

So I suppose things are goin
pretty swell. Life is grand and I am happier than ever. EVER? well no. But pretty close.
Its been a while since I have felt this good on all levels in regards to things such as:
1) life
2) love
3) friendships
4) work
5) getting a watermelon SLUSH at 7-11
6) training the 4 henchmen in my circus act
7) school
8) humanitarian hobbies

Anyway, my trip to Toronto was good to me.
I got to do most of the things on my aforementioned 'wish-list'
Except of course, the magic tricks as I dont seem to know any.
And while away, as mentioned above, we all went to Niagara Falls. It was super crazy as this time I went on THE-MAID-OF-THE-MIST which travels right down into the belly of the CANADIAN horseshoe falls. Quite scary, no not the ride, but the price: $13.
I drove all the way back, in a record of 5 hours. NICE.
And I came home and saw that my cats looked neglected.
I have been trying to get them to figure out how to feed themseleves from the bag of food with its plastic measuring scoop, but they are all paws.


After work on my way to my Graphics Class, I got caught in the rain, but it just didnt quite compare to being blasted with THAT Niagara Falls water. I was also caught in the rain without my blue plastic raincoat! NO! I didnt keep that thing either in case you were wondering!


The rainstorm was nothing, it was kind of the same feeling that I got AFTER I had to endure Montreal's freezing winter, AFTER the POLARBEAR CLUB/STINT in the Fall. I went THREE TIMES before winter so I was ready for anything Quebec had to offer me.
And YES these stupid hobbies of mine really prepare you for the worst of the elements.

Things are cool I wish Rosy luck at her new job and I thank Dave and her both for being amazing friends (what else is new!)


and really, G'*'D cant stop me.

2.7.04

minus the hookers

Happy Canada Day!
I had a nice day off cleaning and watching movies.
And watering my flowers.
I heard from Cara, but she cancelled on me for coffee.

As for today, its time to finish up work and take off to Toronto!
If you hear from me again, you will know that I was able to pull off driving with a hangover...

Anyway a preview:
1) Going to see Peter in his Fringe comedy play.
2) Going to see Dave to go shopping..."etc"
3) Going to help Rosy get aquainted to the lower priced $5 pints.
4) Going to get a new magnet for my fridge.
5) Going to 7-11 for a SLUSH.
6) Going to TACO-BELL for cinnamon sticks and a steak-soft-taco.
7) Going to get a Street-Vendor-Hot-Dog.
8) Going to Much Music to request Matt Good to come back to Montreal
9) Going to READ all English signage
10) Going to do magic tricks in Dave's apartment while I wear his Court Robe, just like Harry from night court...minus the hookers.



Enjoy the sun.