I just wanted to say..
Happy birthday to my sweetie. I love you so much!
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January 26, 2005
January 24, 2005
Welcome to the worst day of the year
Well, it's Monday, I'm bloated and have a headache. Happy birthday Bob!
[from CBC News]
WINNIPEG - Jan. 24 is the worst day of the year, with bad weather, debt, fading Christmas memories, failed resolutions and a lack of motivation combining to depress people.
Cliff Arnalls, an instructor at Cardiff University in Wales, came up with a formula to measure the wintertime blues, according to the BBC.
According to Arnalls' equation, misery peaks next Monday, Jan. 24, a month after Christmas.
January Blues Day Formula
1/8W+(D-d) 3/8xTQ MxNA.
Where: W: Weather D: Debt d: Money due in January pay T: Time since Christmas Q: Time since failed quit attempt M: General motivational levels NA: The need to take action
Arnalls calculated the effects of cold, wet – in the case of Britain – and dark January weather after the cosiness of Christmas coupled with extra spending in the sales.
Any energy from the holidays had worn off by the third week of January, he said.
By Monday, most people will have fallen off the wagon or abandoned the nicotine patches as they fail to keep New Year's resolutions.
That compounded a sense of failure and knocked confidence needed to get through January.
The fact that the most depressing day fell on a Monday was not planned, but a coincidence, Arnalls said.
January 21, 2005
Hockey Frashers
CALGARY - A study into why women flashed crowds of Calgary Flames fans during last year's NHL playoffs should shed light on current Canadian attitudes about female nudity, says a Calgary professor.
"There are gender role issues here," said Mary Valentich, of the University of Calgary's Faculty of Social Work.
"These women are doing something unconventional and yet they're using the traditional sexual route to express whatever they're expressing."
:boobies
January 15, 2005
Damn you Pot de Biz!
Damn you for having neon glowing pens for only $2.99 at the cash register!
January 13, 2005
no iPod for me, thank you
I must be the only person on the planet who really doesn't want a free iPod (not gonna link to the site) and am perfectly happy with my 128 mb RCA Lyra + 256 mb memory card.
Why?
1. The iPod is too big. I'd never fit it on my arm when working out and would totally get in the way.
2. I have 3.92 gigs of mp3's. I'll NEVER need 20 gigs. 128 mbs holds just enough music for a 90 minute workout.
No free iPod for me, thanks.
January 10, 2005
Funny kind of day
I'm just full o' funnay today!
^^ package arrived from Amanda!
• Google Blog lays smackdown over polarmabears.
• Spoof of Ashlee Simpson show.
• "I can only speculate as to why Anna Kournikova would be checking out her vagina in public, but it probably has to do with Enrique Iglesias' terribly unsanitary genitalia. I don't want to start any rumors, but I hear he has 13 STD's, never showers, and always walks pantless through the local landfill."
January 08, 2005
TTC buttons
I thought Dupont was the prettiest station as a kid. Now I don't really have a favourite. Remember when transfers used to be on newsprint with the different coloured stripes down the middle? One summer mom and I rode whole subway line and picked up transfers from every station. What's your favourite TTC memory?
January 05, 2005
Good cause
Anders Jacobsen: Webloggers: Give to tsunami victims and I'll give too!
International aid organizations:
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
United Nations' World Food Programme
Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors without Borders (donate!)
CARE International
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
UK/Europe:
Disasters Emergency Comittee (DEC) - comprises a raft of aid agencies, including the below and others
British Red Cross
Oxfam
Save the Children UK
North America:
American Red Cross
Canadian Red Cross
Save The Children
Oxfam America
[originally linked from GTABloggers]
January 02, 2005
Hungry yet?
[stolen from Jenn again]
Things crossed out are what I’ve eaten. How many have you tried? What’s your favorite?
According to the BBC, these are the 50 foods to eat before you die:
1. Fresh fish
2. Lobster
3. Steak
4. Thai food
5. Chinese food
6. Ice cream
7. Pizza (current fave: BBQ chicken pizza from Boston Pizza)
8. Crab
9. Curry (Thai green curry or Japanese curry)
10. Prawns
11. Moreton Bay Bugs
12. Clam chowder
13. Barbecues
14. Pancakes
15. Pasta
16. Mussels
17. Cheesecake
18. Lamb
19. Cream tea
20. Alligator
21. Oysters (I like great big malpeques from Smokeless Joe's in Toronto with a Mort Subite peach lambic beer)
22. Kangaroo
23. Chocolate
24. Sandwiches
25. Greek food (chicken souvlaki & grilled calamari from Astoria)
26. Burgers
27. Mexican food
28. Squid
29. American diner breakfast
30. Salmon
31. Venison
32. Guinea pig
33. Shark
34. Sushi
35. Paella
36. Barramundi
37. Reindeer
38. Kebab
39. Scallops
40. Australian meat pie
41. Mango
42. Durian fruit (certainly not my favourite, but not terrible either)
43. Octopus
44. Ribs
45. Roast beef
46. Tapas
47. Jerk chicken/pork
48. Haggis
49. Caviar
50. Cornish pastry
So this is 2005
My NYE was uneventful, but very nice. Dinner at Baton Rouge finished off with vanilla ice cream topped with a Kahlua shot. Champagne in the hotel room. Nathan Phillips Square for the countdown and kisses at midnight with my sweetie. More champagne. And potato chips. Mmmmh. Happy New Year!
Resolutions:
• practice better oral hygiene
• eat less potato chips
• something about improving self esteem something something mumble snerk