It's summer. Summer means Folkfest and Folkfest means music and beers. It's the best four days of the year.
A few years ago I saw Martha Wainwright for the first time on one of the small Folkfest stages. She was wearing a cute white mini-skirt, a white jacket, white knee-high boots, and a mint green scarf. I managed to snag a copy of her CD and have her autograph it that day.
She's coming back to folkfest this year and I'm looking forward to it. If you aren't familiar with her music watch this video. It's fantastic, and so is she.
June 26, 2008
Spiceallo
Spiceallo
Adj. Spice-al-lo
Etymology: A port-manteau of spicy and buffalo, spiceallo hails from the late-night Denny's crowd.
1. Having the flavour aroma, or quality of spicy buffalo
You should totally order the spiceallo wings
Adj. Spice-al-lo
Etymology: A port-manteau of spicy and buffalo, spiceallo hails from the late-night Denny's crowd.
1. Having the flavour aroma, or quality of spicy buffalo
You should totally order the spiceallo wings
June 25, 2008
In response:
Gary posted his favorite Ikea commercial on his blog earlier today. I do agree with him that the "start the car" lady is fantastic, but my favorite ikea commercial is this one from a few years ago.
I love their commercials - I just wish their stuff wasn't so crappy.
I love their commercials - I just wish their stuff wasn't so crappy.
June 24, 2008
I'm Ridiculous
I spend money on the stupidest things.
Generally, I like what I'm spending my money on. But I tend to get excited about things and then over do it in a short period of time. For example, last year I revived my old Nintendo and wound up buying a bunch of games for it on eBay. I love my Nintendo. I love the games. I have no regrets. But I always wind up going really gung-ho for a week or two until I'm distracted by my next new hobby.
This week's hobby is stamping supplies. I'm not a "crafty" person. I don't scrapbook. I don't make ugly hand-made cards (I make nice-understated ones.) But holy-hell is it ever easy to spend a crap-load of money on it. I looked through my banking info for the past week and I have spent more money on supplies than I care to admit.
All this means is that if you do anything for me - you're getting a card. If it's your birthday - you're getting a card. If you die - you're getting a card.
Just know that along with the massive amount of time I invest into making it, I also spent a hell of a lot more money buying the supplies to make the card than I would have if I just bought a stupid card from Chicken Scratch.
My goal is to change my obsessive consumer habits by the end of the month. I will adhere to this goal buy deciding on big ticket items I want to purchase and then saving the money I would otherwise squander for said item. It's funny how consumption is how I plant to reduce my consumption. God I hate that part of myself.
Generally, I like what I'm spending my money on. But I tend to get excited about things and then over do it in a short period of time. For example, last year I revived my old Nintendo and wound up buying a bunch of games for it on eBay. I love my Nintendo. I love the games. I have no regrets. But I always wind up going really gung-ho for a week or two until I'm distracted by my next new hobby.
This week's hobby is stamping supplies. I'm not a "crafty" person. I don't scrapbook. I don't make ugly hand-made cards (I make nice-understated ones.) But holy-hell is it ever easy to spend a crap-load of money on it. I looked through my banking info for the past week and I have spent more money on supplies than I care to admit.
All this means is that if you do anything for me - you're getting a card. If it's your birthday - you're getting a card. If you die - you're getting a card.
Just know that along with the massive amount of time I invest into making it, I also spent a hell of a lot more money buying the supplies to make the card than I would have if I just bought a stupid card from Chicken Scratch.
My goal is to change my obsessive consumer habits by the end of the month. I will adhere to this goal buy deciding on big ticket items I want to purchase and then saving the money I would otherwise squander for said item. It's funny how consumption is how I plant to reduce my consumption. God I hate that part of myself.
June 21, 2008
What a nice Saturday...
Today was beautiful.
I started my new job at Prana Holistic. I was able to leave early, come home, and meet my cousin for a drink. She came by to hang out with me and Bobby before we all shuffled off to The Druid where we each had a pint and closed our afternoon.
Bobby and I then came home and watched a little bit of the E True Hollywood Story on Who's the Boss before making dinner. Our dinner was delicious and now we're sitting on our patio, listening to schmultzy bossa nova music, pounding back a bottle of cheap wine. It's great.
I had to write this post to inform you all that bobby has resorted to lighting dried flowers on fire with our barbecue starter. He's a little drunk and really bored.
I think I'm more entertaining than that burning flower. He's just a jerk.
P.S. Bobby is not a jerk. He's fantastic - just easily distracted by fire.
I started my new job at Prana Holistic. I was able to leave early, come home, and meet my cousin for a drink. She came by to hang out with me and Bobby before we all shuffled off to The Druid where we each had a pint and closed our afternoon.
Bobby and I then came home and watched a little bit of the E True Hollywood Story on Who's the Boss before making dinner. Our dinner was delicious and now we're sitting on our patio, listening to schmultzy bossa nova music, pounding back a bottle of cheap wine. It's great.
I had to write this post to inform you all that bobby has resorted to lighting dried flowers on fire with our barbecue starter. He's a little drunk and really bored.
I think I'm more entertaining than that burning flower. He's just a jerk.
P.S. Bobby is not a jerk. He's fantastic - just easily distracted by fire.
It's True
So I have to say... The iPhone is fantastic. I know I tend to drone on about many things technology related but seriously the iPhone is incredible. Kudos apple. Kudos.
June 15, 2008
Father's Day
So today is father's day.
I spent the day with my dad and my uncle repairing my defective car. I don't know how dads and uncles know about cars and home repair - maybe because they just teach themselves on account of it being way cheaper. Because of them, what could have been a $300 bill at the auto-shop instead cost $70 for a replacement part that we installed ourselves.
Now Bobby and I get to go home and try and fix our lighting fixture and our faucet.
I feel so grown up.
I spent the day with my dad and my uncle repairing my defective car. I don't know how dads and uncles know about cars and home repair - maybe because they just teach themselves on account of it being way cheaper. Because of them, what could have been a $300 bill at the auto-shop instead cost $70 for a replacement part that we installed ourselves.
Now Bobby and I get to go home and try and fix our lighting fixture and our faucet.
I feel so grown up.
June 14, 2008
When it rains.
This week has been shit.
First, the light in my kitchen stopped working. It's not burned out, it's just dysfunctional.
Second, the faucet in my kitchen exploded and, despite the attempt to repair it, it remains broken. For some reason we're unable to shut the hot water off to replace the broken part.
Third, my iMac is fried. There was an OS update this past week and the day after I installed it, Bobby was watching a video on youtube, the computer crashed, and now it won't restart. It's so far-gone I can't even get it to start from the boot disc.
Fourth, my car broke down. In what were otherwise humorous circumstances, it gave up on Gateway Blvd and Whyte Ave in front of Hudson's. The drunkards sitting on the patio shouted advice at me just as a fire truck pulled into my lane, blocking my only exit, so that Gary, Fallon and I had to push the car up to the fire truck's bumper until it moved.
It's been a shitty week and the weekend has, thus far, been crammed full of the crappy kinds of activities I hate doing (such as home-repair.) And when my shit weekend is over, I start another shit week of work where I close most of the week and will likely deal with perpetual understaffing (as usual.)
Sigh.
At least I get to adopt my new iPhone on Monday. Yay!
First, the light in my kitchen stopped working. It's not burned out, it's just dysfunctional.
Second, the faucet in my kitchen exploded and, despite the attempt to repair it, it remains broken. For some reason we're unable to shut the hot water off to replace the broken part.
Third, my iMac is fried. There was an OS update this past week and the day after I installed it, Bobby was watching a video on youtube, the computer crashed, and now it won't restart. It's so far-gone I can't even get it to start from the boot disc.
Fourth, my car broke down. In what were otherwise humorous circumstances, it gave up on Gateway Blvd and Whyte Ave in front of Hudson's. The drunkards sitting on the patio shouted advice at me just as a fire truck pulled into my lane, blocking my only exit, so that Gary, Fallon and I had to push the car up to the fire truck's bumper until it moved.
It's been a shitty week and the weekend has, thus far, been crammed full of the crappy kinds of activities I hate doing (such as home-repair.) And when my shit weekend is over, I start another shit week of work where I close most of the week and will likely deal with perpetual understaffing (as usual.)
Sigh.
At least I get to adopt my new iPhone on Monday. Yay!
June 11, 2008
iPhone
So Jason, my boss, is a big techno-nerd and has, since the new iPhone 2.0 was announced yesterday, already ordered himself one. That means that his old iPhone is for sale. I'm a chump, and offered to buy it.
I think I'll be able to haggle enough with him to get a fairly sweet deal, but now I need to sell my Sony Ericsson t650i. The Sony Ericsson was the best phone I have ever had and I love it so much. It'll be sad to part with it but tomorrow, I'm posting it for sale on ebay, unless of course someone reading this wants to buy it.
Let me know.
June 10, 2008
June 9, 2008
Customer Voice Survey
Dear Everyone,
Starbucks introduced the Customer Voice Survey a few months ago as a way for us to gather feedback on how we're doing. The problem is that in order to feel motivated enough to do the survey, customers either need to feel really angry or really, really happy. If you are a regular at Starbucks and have been handed one of these surveys, please fill it out to compensate for all the complainers! And while you're at it, mention my name. Cause my distric manager will give me a prize if you do. I don't know what the prize is, but I'm curious. It's the whole "what's in the box" syndrome.
Today Gary gave out one of the surveys to one of our customers, Kate (who works at C'est Sera) and we were harassing her to mention our names in her review of the store. Well, she could tell how eager we were for her to do it and now she's holding her glowing review ransom in exchange for something super secret. Smart girl.
P.S. Devlin's has cheap martinis some nights. Last week, it was Thursday and I got good and bombed for not a lot of money. But be careful of the sugary martinis, they can cause bad judgment and grumpy boyfriends (though I don't really see what the big deal is with going to the McDonald's drive-thru.)
Starbucks introduced the Customer Voice Survey a few months ago as a way for us to gather feedback on how we're doing. The problem is that in order to feel motivated enough to do the survey, customers either need to feel really angry or really, really happy. If you are a regular at Starbucks and have been handed one of these surveys, please fill it out to compensate for all the complainers! And while you're at it, mention my name. Cause my distric manager will give me a prize if you do. I don't know what the prize is, but I'm curious. It's the whole "what's in the box" syndrome.
Today Gary gave out one of the surveys to one of our customers, Kate (who works at C'est Sera) and we were harassing her to mention our names in her review of the store. Well, she could tell how eager we were for her to do it and now she's holding her glowing review ransom in exchange for something super secret. Smart girl.
P.S. Devlin's has cheap martinis some nights. Last week, it was Thursday and I got good and bombed for not a lot of money. But be careful of the sugary martinis, they can cause bad judgment and grumpy boyfriends (though I don't really see what the big deal is with going to the McDonald's drive-thru.)
June 7, 2008
Eco-Clean
While at my parents yesterday, my mom spilled some wine on her countertop and couldn't get the stain out. Then she remembered picking up this eco-cleaner that was being demoed at Costco and decided to try it out. As soon as the the cleaner touched the wine, it was gone. I was so amazed. I went onto the company's website here and was amazed to find that it's Canadian, it's non-toxic, bio-degradable, and organic!
So I rushed off with my mom to the Sherwood Park Costco to pick some up for myself. Now I feel totally vindicated since Bobby and I will be using a locally made, natural, safe cleaner that kicks so much ass.
This is a boring post, I know. But seriously, everyone should use this stuff. They have it at the Sherwood Park Costco until June 15th. If anyone wants to make a day trip out there to buy some I will gladly drive them in exchange for some gas money.
June 4, 2008
June 3, 2008
The Great Outdoors.
Having a patio is the greatest thing ever. My only beef with ours is that it faces east, not west. That means I have to have brunch outside instead of dinner. Oh well.
The east facing patio hasn't stopped me from cooking everything I possibly can outside though. Right now, for example, I'm grilling chicken breasts and cooking an indian vegetable curry to go with them on the side burner of the barbecue. Fantastic.
Who knew my cheap-ass Superstore barbecue would be so awesome?
I'm looking forward to patio brunches though. Even if it's just me. I'll happily sip espresso and be snooty all on my own.
How european.
The east facing patio hasn't stopped me from cooking everything I possibly can outside though. Right now, for example, I'm grilling chicken breasts and cooking an indian vegetable curry to go with them on the side burner of the barbecue. Fantastic.
Who knew my cheap-ass Superstore barbecue would be so awesome?
I'm looking forward to patio brunches though. Even if it's just me. I'll happily sip espresso and be snooty all on my own.
How european.
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