Archive for July, 2008
Ike-aaahhhhhhhh
Last night, our bed broke. We had both gone to bed early – before 10 – and Adam was starting to fall asleep. I was still up, engrossed in my current book, Wizard’s First Rule by Terry Goodkind. We had noticed before bed that one of the metal pieces under the bed had come undone, […]
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Rest in Peace, Randy.
Randy Pausch passed away on Friday, at home with his family. May he rest in peace, and may his family be surrounded by love and strength as they grieve. 😦
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People suck
The mayor of Port Coquitlam makes me really angry. This man has plead guilty to assaulting his ex-girlfriend and her partner, but has refused to step down as mayor. This is bad enough on its own, but made worse because he claims to be a proponent of safer communities. My vision of safer communities is […]
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When reality TV hits a sore spot
I used to be a dancer. For the better part of 12 years, I spent 3-5 days a week at the dance studio. I loved it, partly because I felt more alive when I was dancing than anywhere else. I was never the best, but I was alright, and I got so much joy out […]
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Wii Like It
For my birthday, Adam tried to get me Wii Fit. He had us on a pre-order list and everything, but the store he had ordered through let too many people pre-order, and we were out of luck. Since the Wii Fit was released in late May, he’s been trying hard to find us a copy. […]
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Change of Mind
After skipping aquafit last weekend in favour of going to the walk-in clinic, I was working myself into a serious snit. I was grumpy about missing something I enjoy, about getting sick, about being without insurance. I was getting whiney, and generally unpleasant to be around. Happily, the rest of the week has been a […]
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Baffled
How is this New Yorker cover acceptable? I really wish I could have been a fly on the wall when the cartoonist decided that this was a good image to pen or when the editorial staff decided that this was the best image for their cover. What. The. Fuck.
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High and Low
Even though I’ve been looking forward to aquafit all week, I won’t be going tomorrow morning. I’ve had a sore throat for a few days now, and it’s stuck around long enough and annoyingly enough that I’ll spend my morning at the walk-in clinic instead. Figures that I was quite healthy the last few months, […]
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Aqua-ouch.
I went to aquacize yesterday, and it was AWESOME. I had a ton of fun, and the class was a nice workout. I’ve only ever done deep water aquacize before, with a float belt, so doing it in shallow water was a completely different experience. The pool is the longest one in Canada (137m!) and […]
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I like to move it, move it.
Picture the lemur king from Madagascar singing that post title. Here’s the thing – I do enjoy many forms of exercise! Shocker, I know. I grew up dancing and playing softball (both for 12ish years), spent much of high school playing basketball, and I’ve occasionally played recreational or intermural volleyball, slo-pitch, and indoor and outdoor […]
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Practice Living 