Occasional musings from a Left-coast Canadian ExPat in Oxford.
I hate that time of day when your brain suddenly decides it’s going to stop working, and you just sit like a lump, staring at nothing, waiting for it to turn back on. My monitor here is making a horrible high pitched noise, despite turning it off (and leaving it for a few minutes) then … Continue reading Boring, Pointless Observations on a Tueseday
Some people seem to thrive on drama. I wonder if it’s a coincidence that those same people rarely realize that cubicles are not soundproof. Continue reading Coincidence…. ?
I’ve got a fundraising hot-dog sale going on for the Weekend to End Breast Cancer on Sunday, August 1st. I’m looking for a couple friends who have that afternoon open to come by and help me slag dogs for a few hours. It’ll be in New West, and should last until about 3:30pm at the … Continue reading Wanted: Weiner Handlers
Better Personality Quiz You are an SRDF–Sober Rational Destructive Follower. This makes you a font of knowledge. You are cool, analytical, intelligent and completely unfunny. Sometimes you slice through conversation with a cutting observation that causes silence and sidelong glances. You make a strong and lasting impression on everyone you meet, the quality of which … Continue reading Everything’s better with Butter
So, enough of the angry and bitter Jen. Now that the hangover has subsided, I’ll share my pictures of MEATfest 2004.
The night was super-fun, thanks again to the gracious hostess, and I managed to take down my G&T a bit too fast and be “designated drunken asshole” – oops.
I also “left a little piece of me” at the party, when my earlier cooking wound (don’t look away while slicing an onion) re-opened, and I managed to bleed all over most of the cards in the Pit deck (which is the best game, ever, in case you needed to know).
But, enough of my rambling… on with the pictures!
Continue reading “MMmmmm MEAT!”
This whole Luna the whale thing has me really worried. Not only for the poor whale, but for the people who need to be on the water in that area. I really hope that nobody gets hurt this summer because of the misdirected playfulness of a misplaced whale. I also hope they don’t end up … Continue reading La Luna
Happy Canada Day everyone! Continue reading Happy Canadia Day!