Occasional musings from a Left-coast Canadian ExPat in Oxford.
November hair Originally uploaded by peechie. In lieu of actual content, I bring you my latest and greatest hair creation. Well, not my creation – I pay someone else exhorbitant amounts to create my coif. Still, I’m diggin on it. Also, my stylist (Lisa @ AXIS) keeps handing me cards for 50% off a cut … Continue reading Haircut Entry
I woke up a couple days ago with a headache that would. not. leave. I figured it was just because I’d dehydrated myself partying a little too hard or something – what with the hockey games and concerts and work and rowing and bad weather and not going outside and yadda yadda yadda. I figured … Continue reading Pre-View
Vern is going out to do something truly remarkable – read on, and I hope it will inspire your generosity! I know about 400 of you read this drivel every day, and while few of you comment, I hope you’ll be a little more forthcoming with your wallets than your words… ———————————————- Starts: November 03, … Continue reading Look up… waaaaaaaay up!
What on earth will I ever do!?! The talented and charming Tony Pierce will be gracing our fine, fine city this weekend. He’s also been gracious enough to invite one and all to join him at the Granville Room this evening for a blogger/buzznetter meetup. On one side of the coin, I’m so excited that … Continue reading Dilemma
Today is a very important day. It marks the first evening I’ve spent at home in more than a week! Despite the fact that in mid-September I was assuring myself that finally October would be a time to relax it’s now November and uh.. where did October go? Oy. At least I don’t have any … Continue reading Holy Thursday
Instead of revelling with the Halloween merry makers and hell raisers, I chose a different tactic entirely. I completely avoided the costumes and crowds, and went for dinner last night at Lucy Mae Brown instead. Hot damn was that a good decision! Fifty years ago, an American widow named Lucy Mae Brown ran a bordello … Continue reading Restaurant Review: Lucy Mae Brown
Happy Halloween! The only thing better than halloween is the day after, when all the candy will be half off at the stores. My weekend was insane. Thanks to Clamb & Heidi for having us over, and thanks to my body for staying vertical after rowing 8.5kms long enough to make it home and into … Continue reading Things
tivos are good for licking Originally uploaded by hessiebell. That’s right my babies.. IT’S MINE! I’m just shy of freakin’ exhausted, and considering the time setup takes, I may not get it fully operational until after I return from a weekend away. But my Pay Per View parties will now include custom instant replays, and … Continue reading tivos are good for licking
I am a morning person. Sortof. I do love being up early, making coffee, watching the world start to wake up around me. In fact, I strongly believe that a road trip isn’t a road trip unless it begins before sunrise. I only wish I could actually FUNCTION in the mornings I love so much. … Continue reading With Room
I have just discovered something very, VERY upsetting. Having not used Windows 2000 for a number of years, it took a bit of getting used to at this job. But no matter. I keep plugging along on the inferior OS because I’m stoic like that. But I just came to a startling realization: Windows 2000 … Continue reading Discovery
It seems that Ray is planning for an end of December move – all of his own accord! Of course, that means I am still priveleged to another 10 -ish weeks of gems like these: Ray: H-h-h-hey Jen? Me: What’s up Ray? Ray: Are you Earthquake Ready? Me: Uh? No. I don’t tend to think … Continue reading Shake Shake Shake
There’s a documentary airing on CBC Newsworld tomorrow night regarding the use of Crystal Meth in a small Canadian town. It’s the town I went to high school in – Hope BC. I know all three families that are portrayed in the show. I’m not sure how accurate a portrayal of small town life it … Continue reading Docu-Drama
This, my friends, is the way things should be. Sitting in a nice, quiet apartment with laundry going, a glass of wine in hand (and about half the bottle on the counter waiting to be consumed), tapping on the laptop in front of the TV. In my underwear. ALONE. (except for that crazy cat of … Continue reading The Way of Things
My blog is still broken. You’ll notice that trying to leave a comment gives you very strange error messages. As far as I can tell, something is borked in the MySQL database. Offers of help may garner you dinner, or drinks, or a hockey ticket – so step on up my geeky peeps! Update: Fixinated! … Continue reading Friday Morning Musings
It appears my website broke itself. I promise I didn’t touch anything – I blame elves. Hooray for the people at site5.com (my superfantastic host) for fixing it for me within about 15 minutes! My admin page is still all borked, so if anyone wants to get together and fix it with me, I’d be … Continue reading Oops.