Facebook Flaw

Yes I have taken some much needed creative

time off from my pblog writings.

Sorry fans.

I know that you are just as busy with facebook as I am.

Its amazing how many old friends I have found on that

crazy new tool of wasting our little spare bit of time.

Its all about curiosity isn't it?

Its all about messing with fate.

I almost don't like it.

Life unfolds a certain way and we are all just supposed

to roll with it.

None of this, "hey lets be friends again

because I never bothered to be yours way back when in

the first place, sorry!"

baloney.

There was a reason why I stopped being your friend

it happened for a reason.

Just because I can use this

new cyber tool doesn't mean

that its right to do so.

Like in that old movie Flatliners

where Kevin Bacon goes back to find that

girl he once teased so much that he ruined her life

and she ended up living in the ghetto.

He went back and fixed things.

Luckily I don't live anywhere near

Jane&Finch,

but my life has turned out alright.

Sure I threw banana's into the crowd in Gr.9 during a talent show

(don't ask),

not because it was funny,

but because my best friend and I didn't like

the "popular" girls that were sitting in the front row

and always insulted us and called us

alternative weirdos.

Sad isn't it, the mind of a 14 year old.

We also wore black dresses to our grad when everyone wore bad

1990's floral prints.

I sent the pics over to my friend last week for a laugh at how cool we were.

Such rebels.

And noticed that I even

wore classic pearls.

Imagine!

I was teased for the way I dressed.

But now I am "friends" with these people? years and years later.

Is the popular girl now me, because I have lots of virtual friends?

no.

I think Kevin Bacon will add me soon enough.

And my life will right itself entirely.

My friend "Taz" in jr. high locked my friend and I

in the basement in the dark of our school once

by accident?

and we never forgave him.

I even smacked him in the face.

And life moved on to grade 10.

Fresh start, new school, new people.

He found me on facebook and we laughed about the incident

yet I am afraid of the dark and small spaces to this day.

Was I supposed to find him again?

Are the creators of facebook indeed playing with fate?

What do you think?

The photo was from Taz, its a "Keytar t-shirt".

I thought it was funny.

He is a Dj in Kelowna now and married.

I suppose we all grow up at some point?

Others just keep wearing bad t-shirts like him.

Sorry if this doesn't make any sense, its been awhile.

WSPA -Anti-Bullfighting Action

There are less than 2 weeks left until the deadline for Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to sign the Written Declaration calling for an EU-wide ban on bullfighting. If you live in the EU please help by emailing your local MEPs, urging them to support the Declaration

“Not only would the Declaration complement the EU’s high standards of animal welfare, but it would also send a strong message to member state countries that support bullfighting that there is no excuse for such cruelty in the twenty-first century.” Leah Garcés, WSPA Director of Campaigns

http://www.wspa-international.org/news.asp?newsID=405&type=0

The anti-bullfight Catalonia campaign continues to grow from strength to strength and continues to draw support from animal welfare enthusiasts and supporters from across the globe.
Support the Anti-Bullfighting Campaign ‘Culture without Cruelty‘ and help WSPA to end the cruel sport of bullfighting.

Bullfighting is a cruel sport that pits a bull against men who wield a variety of lethal weapons.
WSPA is working with Spanish member society, ADDA, to end this cruel ‘sport’ in the region of Catalonia, northern Spain.

Get involved with WSPA. Sign their petition and help end bullfighting now.

Why are bullfights cruel?
Most bullfights last for about 15 minutes, with a series of deliberately vicious stages. The bull is taunted and stabbed with a variety of spears, barbed spikes and daggers. These weapons are designed to inflict intense pain and cause blood loss to weaken the animal.

After this period of suffering, the Matador finally kills the exhausted and dying bull. Many bulls die drowning in their own blood because the Matador’s inaccuracy often pierces their lungs instead of the heart.

Following this, a short dagger, or ‘puntilla’, is used to sever its spinal cord at the neck before the bull is dragged out of the arena, sometimes still alive.

Achievements to date
Barcelona City Council declares its ‘anti-bullfight’ stance in April 2004
Over 500,000 petitions collected in support of a ban on bullfighting in Catalonia
Bill to ban bullfighting proposed in Catalan Parliament in April 2005

The future for bullfights in Catalonia
The next and crucial stage of this campaign is securing a ban on bullfighting in the entire region of Catalonia. Such a ban would be a landmark victory for the entire anti-bullfight movement and would relegate this cruel ‘sport’ to the past once and for all.


Sign their petition and help end bullfighting now...

http://www.wspa-international.org/pet_bullfighting_eprotest.asp

bridal boutique #1, Location: Queen Street garment district

My aunt and I thought I should just get all girly and go try on some
frilly glitzy cupcake dresses in the tacky bridal section on Queen street.

We got in a lot of trouble for snapping this photo!
We were pretty much kicked out of the store before I tried on anything!

But instead to try to make a sale, the girl handed me 2 cupcake Cinderella's

and hovered over me like a mosquito while I was just in my undies!

Also, I cannot believe how difficult it was to get on the pumpkin dress,

I had to "jump" into the dress --believe me it was tough to do even with my long legs!

The bridal assistant was terrified that I had another camera hiding

with me inside the change room!

"no photos, no photos please!"

Like we were headin for the hills with these rare made in china designs!

The flourescent tube lighting was TOTALLY flattering as well!

Anyway it was a success to see what silhouettes I look good in at least...

That was my mission.

And it was amazing to find out that for $1900 you can get a big pile of crap!
I think it will take me a long time to find

"the one"

Seen anything on EBAY? let me know.

king kong arrives at the CN Tower

Thought we were being funny or something.

I haven't been to the tower in over ten years and at that time it was a whopping $12!

This time it was $27!

Plus $9 to go to the sky-pod.

I couldn't believe all of the security checks we went through to get up there.

Thanks 911!

We then thought about the airport being somewhat inadequate for not having the same nifty machine that blew air on us checking for bombs etc but they do have a designated swab lady.

They also casually took our photo prior to entering against a green screen

--yet it was totally for security purposes.

They then turned our candid mug shot over to a photoshop expert

who puts in a slick CN Tower background

for a cool $25 upon exit.

At least the sidewalk sausages don't cost $27!

Did you know that there is enough cement used in the CN Tower to build a sidewalk stretching from Toronto to Kingston?

Man is quite stupid in my books.

But not as stupid as the guy that holds a world record for hauling misc appliances

up the stairs!

Or the stunt man that threw himself down the stairs

"on purpose"

got cbc?

I had a great time hanging out and taking my Aunt Kelly and my handsome cousin Chris around Toronto this past week.

We saw most of the great sights that Toronto has to offer including the CBC of course!
Chris was sure he was going to find someone famous within the buildings interior courtyard.

He left Kelly and I at the CBC gift shop and took off to buy a bottle of pop.

I looked high and low for my beloved Evan Solomon, but nothing.

All I got were some giant sized photos of my fav hosts outside.

And there were far too many coronation street items.

I have posted some pictures on Flickr already, but will post some more photos here on the blog too as some require a giant description vs others

such as this one.

What the Quiznos fan said...

Don Cherry On The Offensive With Stephen Colbert

by Ryan Porter msn.ca 21/03/2007 8:54:00

Don Cherry was in a fighting mood as the guest speaker on Stephen Colbert Day in Oshawa, Ontario, on Tuesday, March 20.

"I didn't know if he was left wing, but somebody told me this afternoon he's a left-wing pinko, and you'd expect a left-wing pinko not to show up and face the music after starting something," the Quiznos fan said of The Colbert Report host.

As if that wasn't insulting enough, Don spit out, "He wears a visor too, I think." We don't know what that means, but it sounds pretty humiliating.

Stephen was given his own day after the OHL team, the Oshawa Generals, lost a bet to the Saginaw Spirit, whose mascot, Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle, had caught Stephen's attention.

If they'd won, Stephen would have worn an Oshawa Generals jersey on-air. But that didn't happen, so instead the mayor's birthday was declared Stephen Colbert Day.

Three thousand people attended the party at the General Motors Centre. In a taped message, Stephen continued to taunt the city. "Bold, innovative, vibrant: none of these words have been applied to the city of Oshawa," he said. "But how about these words: beaver pelt."

Ouch! You know Don Cherry is going to be lurking on a dark side street with a broken bottle of Molson Canadian with Stephen's name on it after that.

Oshawa's 'Stephen Colbert Day'

TORONTO (CP) - Ever since his satirical news program took to the airwaves in late 2005, American comic Stephen Colbert has revelled in taunting Canada.

He welcomed Canadian viewers to "The Colbert Report" - pronounced "ra-PORE" - when it launched on The Comedy Network in November '05 by telling them: "I am Stephen Colbert. I have balls. If you're lucky, they might just rub off on you."
When the Conservatives booted the Liberals out of power in last year's federal election, Colbert was quick to take credit, crowing: "I fixed Canada in 77 days!"
Now Canada, it appears, is ready to thank Colbert for his repair work by holding a "Stephen Colbert Day" celebration, featuring none other than Don Cherry himself, the type of no-nonsense straight-shooter who would be well and truly adored by Colbert's faux right-wing pundit.

A night of festivities, including a Colbert lookalike contest, is being held Tuesday in Oshawa, an industrial city east of Toronto better-known for its GM plant than its tendency to whoop it up.
"The only cool thing that has ever happened to Oshawa," commented one blogger on her blog It's Gonna Be a Blue Moon Rising.

Shannon McFadyen, a spokeswoman for the city of Oshawa, said Sunday that Colbert himself is not appearing at the event, but added "The Colbert Report" may send a field producer for a future segment on the show.
Nonetheless, more than 1,500 people are expected to turn out at the General Motors Centre, a gleaming new venue in downtown Oshawa that opened in November and seats 6,000, McFadyen said.

"We're getting a really interesting mix of people who are coming," McFadyen said. "There are hockey fans, Don Cherry fans and then sort of younger university students who are really into the Colbert show. We have a group of kids coming up from New York University, for example, and some interest from Newfoundland. It's a real blend of people because the themes are hockey and comedy."

It all started when about two million Colbert fans inundated an online contest to name the mascot of the Saginaw Spirit, a Michigan OHL team. Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle was born as a tribute to the comedian.
Colbert soon threw his support behind the squad and began trash-talking its OHL rivals, especially the Oshawa Generals.

After a public volley of taunts and counter-taunts, Oshawa Mayor John Gray issued a challenge to Colbert on the eve of a recent showdown between the two teams: if the Generals won, Colbert would have had to wear a Generals jersey for an entire show. If the Spirit won, Gray had to declare Colbert's birthday "Stephen Colbert Day" in Oshawa.
Colbert, whose pundit was inspired by Fox News's belligerent Bill O'Reilly, accepted the challenge but had a more humiliating suggestion: he wanted "Stephen Colbert Day" to be declared not on his own birthday, but on Gray's - March 20. And so it was.
"How old are you going to be?" Colbert asked Gray in a recent interview on his show. "Old enough to know better than to take on Stephen Colbert?"
"Hopefully, in the future, yes," Gray, who turns 48 on Tuesday, admitted sheepishly.

One of the highlights of the night's festivities promises to be the selection of the winning Colbert lookalike.
Five semi-finalists have been chosen from across Canada and the winner will be determined by the competitor who gets the loudest cheers from the audience on Tuesday night. The victor wins a trip to New York City, where he'll attend a taping of the "The Colbert Report," a spawn of Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show."

There will also be a hockey challenge featuring a showdown between the team's mascots: the Generals' Shooter and the Spirit's aforementioned Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle.
For the $5 cost of admission, there will also be free cake and Dr. Pepper - Colbert's favourite soft drink.
For McFadyen, the entire Stephen Colbert event signifies that the city of Oshawa, which has long lived in Toronto's shadow, has a sense of fun all its own.
"It's just one of the things we are doing to say Oshawa has a lot to offer. It's an exciting place to be."

the butcher the baker AND the candlestick maker?

Decided to let those in Ottawa know that we will be up for Easter

to chase the Easter bunny, color some eggs and go to church of course!

(don't worry the cathedral is booked!)

We have to go check out some wedding reception sites (again).

Its hard to find the *perfect* place for our winter wedding day.

We have a few more places in mind

(all of which are now top secret)

Also, we found and reserved our creative gang of wild photographers

and found a fantastic florist!

Now I gotta track down a cake maker unless I try to construct

our giant

foam

tower

of

decorated

fondant

myself???

At least I designed it.

Hmm, *tiny little ants* ate my

Bonnie Gordon blue fake-cake by the way!

I am hesitant to construct another at home for fun.

Its also pretty difficult to roll fondant onto foam

in a tiny condo

with

3 furry pets!

sounds appetizing huh?

Otherwise, all else is on track...

well except for our lotto 649 ticket that is...

Get your Easter baskets out, the bunny's coming soon!
We stumbled across Mister Munchy, he is no longer the plain 1980's-esque

old fluorescent pink boxed up

Mister Munchy,

he got a whole new look! go see for yourself!

--its about time ya think?

Also my Aunt Kelly and her hockey obsessed son Chris

will be here this Saturday for a week

from good old Edmonton!

Wish we didn't have such a crappy hockey team

Umm...lets see who is left to cheer for...

with some glimmer of hope...

Go habs Go!

Happy Saint Patti's by the way...

We had a super Saturday full of laughs, super good hair, guinness and green beer.
We met at JC Salons in bloor west village at high noon

and then headed off to the Swan & Firkin
for suds, cheer, glittery green derbys and loads of nachos!
We sure missed those that couldn't join us, but they were there in spirit(s)

International Women’s Day

Beginning on March 8, as part of International Women’s Day, Amnesty International supporters are calling on various governments, including Afghanistan, Nigeria and Belarus, to ensure that the police and security forces, and other actors in the criminal justice system receive specific training on how to protect women and properly investigate reports of violence against women.

Violence against women is prevalent in every society in the world and cuts across boundaries of wealth, race and culture. The experience or threat of violence inhibits women everywhere from fully exercising and enjoying their human rights. For that reason, Amnesty International is joining women throughout the world to expose and counter violence against women.

TAKE THE QUIZ NOW!

http://www.amnesty.ca/quiz/seeithearit/seeithearit.htm

TAKE 20 SECONDS TO SEND AN E-CARD TO FOREIGN MINISTER PETER MACKAY!

http://www.amnesty.ca/quiz/seeithearit/afghanistanaction.htm

old vineyard

It would be amazing if Vincent painted somethng more wintery

I wonder how he would paint a blizzard in oil

and how he would represent the colors outside my window today.

And I am sure that this woman would be wearing snowpants as well!

snowglobe glitter

I am stuck in a snowglobe right now!

Time to welcome March with a blast of snow!

Its a weird view from up in our tower right now

you can't see anything

just racing white stuff.

And the trees down below look chilly too.

Nothing like a blast of snow to get me in the right mood

for planning our winter wedding next year though!

Its a "good thing" too that I have saved every

Martha Stewart magazine too

including her winter issues...

look at all that Christmas shortbread...

a wreath made out of gumdrops how elegant

and peppermint hot fudge sundaes...wow

its a good time to be inside after all!

Apple strudel and fruitcake and montebianco oh my.

Now if only we had a fireplace to cozy up to!

and god created...Lola

Lola took over our computer today and made this post

She told me that she wanted her thoughts written our here in full text:

This post is dedicated to my pet-parents,

thank you for loving me as much as you would a less-furry child.

And for finally becoming engaged.

You will be my *official* pet-parents
very soon.

love always Lola xoxoxoxo

PS, there's poop in the hallway ;)

Sneaky lass!

Those are such kind words, aww...

such great thought rages through her mind

must have been her Siamese brother and sister

that put her up to this!

(they are all paws and cant type a single word)

despite her being a furry little creature of the highlands

she has some good things to say

big dog small package, that's her motto.

one scott two scott three scott i'm hott

Urban Scotties

Even in the radical Mary Quant stylized '60's a scottie dog

was the perfect dog to have

heck why not wear matching outfits?

and who does not want 1, or 2

but 3!

Our cats wouldn't stand for it, but they are Siamese

what do they know besides being chock full of trouble!

Lola Havana the Uber sex pot

Found these old sketches on ebay for sale a while back...

thought they were pretty sexy for the time they were made

question is though in 2007, are all girls that own scotties

pretty as a pin-up?

Hell ya!

weddingbells website

We thought we should get another website...

only this will be all about our wedding!

Please see the link below!

http://www.weddingbells.ca/wedsite/403013/

I have added a link to the sidebar for future reference!
Enjoy!

& please sign the guestbook!

the password is:

pd2008

if you get logged out

***engaged at last***

Its official...

There is a gorgeous ring!

I woke up Saturday morning and Dave said

"pack your bags because I am taking you to

Niagara Falls this weekend!"

I quickly answered with "really...wow...ok!?!"

We made it there for the afternoon and checked-in

then caught a hotel shuttle bus

to see the horseshoe falls

It was so beautiful to be there in the winter!

Totally amazing.

The photos we took were incredible

(and I will post them on our Flikr account, not here)

we were so cold but wanted to keep snapping pictures!

The mist from the falls also makes it insanely chilly!

"Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!"

Everything was covered in thick crystal clear ice

and it was so unreal to see

it was like an ice storm hit x 1000!

(oh the poor trees must be hurtin inside!)

We then caught the hotel shuttle back to our room

and I had a tiny snooze under the ultra warm blankets

while Dave left the room and secretly called my Dad!

and also made all of the special arrangements

for the special night.

The falls actually had the colored spotlights shining

on them, which we thought they only did during the summer

so it was even more stunning to see the falls this way.

We went to dinner and there was

Moet champagne waiting for us when we got there on ice.

We always wanted to have dinner beside the falls!!!

Apparently the entire place knew what was going on and left

us quietly alone yet were secretly watching David's every move...

As for the rest of the story...you will just have to ask us

at our winter wedding

02-16-08

:) (:

flickr pro!

As a xmas/birthday/engagement gift from our friend Steve in Vancouver,

we now have flickr "PRO"

which will give us a giant-unlimited-posting-capability-upgrade

for our flickr photo account!

Please check it out when you get the chance!

There has always been a link to it on this blog by the way,

and for the record, blogs are for writing,

not just for photo posting!

(I will try to write more in the future)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/peppermintlab/

Pigs on Factory Farms

Finally some good news today!

Just days after Smithfield Foods, the largest pig-flesh producer in the world, announced that it was phasing out the use of cruel gestation crates, Canada’s largest pig-flesh company announced that it will make the same move. Maple Leaf Foods has pledged to phase out these tiny metal-and-cement cages:

http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming_pigs_farms.asp

which mother pigs are confined to for their entire lives.

The cages are too small even for the pigs to turn around.

Smithfield Foods credited McDonald’s with pushing it to make the changes that are now having a wonderful ripple effect—changes that PETA first started pressuring the company to make 10 years ago and has never let up on.

PETA’s efforts are now really paying off for pigs.

Go here http://blog.peta2.com/2007/01/_msnbc_had_to_saypork.html

for all the details on this monumental step forward for the hundreds of millions of pigs killed for food each year.

Thank you for helping us make this exciting victory for animals a reality!

Sincerely,

Marta Holmberg

Senior Street Team Coordinator

mailto:CoordinatorMartaH@peta2.com

P.S. Adopting a vegan diet is the most compassionate thing anyone can do for animals. If you haven't already, click the below to take the Veg Pledge today.

http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/p2vegpledge

The luckiest!

I love you David xoxox