day of the biznitches

bad day at work. lots of cranky people, including a woman who accused me of hanging up on her on purpose. kiss my arse. anyway.

i had a good weekend, although it seemed very short. friday was my friend chris's 33rd birthday. we went out for dinner (i had potato and chickpea roti, mmmmm yummy) and strawberry daquiris. afterwards, we went to a newish bar called the alex p. keaton. it seemed tres minimalist chic for london: bare concrete floors, white walls with overpriced postcard art in big black frames. the owner was walking around looking like a member of the english beat. "play 'mirror in the bathroom'!" the 'band' that was actually playing there was pretty shitty. just a guy who wailed emphatically with his acoustic guitar. yeah, go emo-rocker wannabe.

saturday went shopping. it cheered me up immensely. watched escape from new york, which i hadn't seen before, but it was hella better than escape from l.a.

sunday, i watched i, robot with will smith. i wasn't with him, but he came with the movie. i thought it was pretty good, but it was perfectly suited to my mood, so who knows. i liked the special effects, and i was laughing like an idiot at the stupid jokes.

i really hope tomorrow is a happier day than today. keep it real, yo.

current mood: wind down mode
current music: interpol, antics

arctic pearls in my hair

just one more day till the weekend! i always look forward to the tgif emails from my friend kristen. i look forward to wearing jeans and the workflow easing up.

another bloody cold day. i keep saying it, because it keeps being true. today when i walked to work, my breath was freezing and creating ice crystals in my scarf and little frozen beads in my hair. it was totally like i was in 'the day after tomorrow' and jake gyllenhaal is like my really cute boyfriend who adores me. sigh...

one thing i did notice is that the days are getting longer. i actually had some light when i was walking home from work. the end of the tunnel it seems.

oooh, i sound a wee bit pensive, ne? i should go kill that off with some 'terminator'. i keep typing things and deleting them, and i'm not sure why. things i almost talked about:

1. unapologetically pink valentine party
2. florida via south carolina
   
3. indian food
4. cable love
5. suspense
6. regular love

anyway, like i said about the 'terminator'. arnie awaits.

1/8W+(D-d) 3/8xTQ MxNA

yep, the formula that resulted in january 24th being crowned the worst day of the year. mathemagicians like to keep busy too. it's the new math! and i'm getting it!

i'm really proud of my dad! he won the stompin' tom connors award at the ecmas (east coast music awards). the award recognises people who have been playing music for a long time, but not always for money -- more for contributing to the music community. my dad has been playing music for over 40 years, he makes his own instruments, has a radio show, plays for benefits every time he's asked and has his own recording studio. Here's some info on the award from 2004, my dad will be up there soon. it's too bad he and my mum are going to florida for 2 months, and he won't even be around to accept the award. i wonder if i can bribe them to fly me down to accept on his behalf! just kidding, but i do like cape breton. i'll have to watch the award ceremony to see if they mention him.

ok, gush, gush. i'm a proud daughter.

i got a space heater for this back room, so i don't have to die a little everytime i'm on the computer. it's huge and conical, and i can't feel the heat unless i have it parked right next to me. crap. i'll have to return it. oh well, what can you do?

one of the older women at work (a total blue hair close to retirement) threw a hissy on me today. she sent a comment to me and the entire department that i didn't think was appropriate and i asked her if, in the future, she would send those comments to me rather than everyone. well, she printed that sucker off and took it right to the manager. this woman complains if you look at her sideways, so i'm not worried, it just makes me laugh that she's in her 60s and she acts like she's still in junior high. she's a nice enough lady, and she knows her job, just don't cross her.

current mood: calm
current music: the concretes

slow down, i'll jump out

it's still really cold here. i wish that i could go into a fairy-tale style sleep from december 27 to april 2. maybe wake up for a few drinks on march 17. this is the worst time of year to me. it's cold and nasty and hard to find a reason to wake up in the morning. chris is shovelling us out from yesterday's snow. i think we got 30cm by the end of it.

i went in for some overtime at work yesterday morning, and after 3 hours the boss called it so we could get home before the weather got worse. she offered me a ride home, because usually i just walk it. she was going on about how with her car, she's never sure if it'll get going again after it's stopped. i jokingly said "well, you can just slow down at the corner, and i'll jump out." we laughed. and then when i went to open the door, she said, "i'll just take this corner if you want to get out here." i look down and the car's still moving. i mean, i was just kidding about the slow down and jump out. ahhh, good times.

out neighbour was being an idiot again last night. whenever she comes home, she's always talking to herself, then she stomps her way up the stairs and blasts the shittiest music i've heard since my sister was in junior high school. last night she had a party with all her blonde buddies who were talking about how tim is cute, but danny's tall, and therefore cuter. it was all very interesting. grrrrrr.

current music: comets on fire, blue cathedral (though i feel like i'm on the acid trip i never took)

me, relatively recent and probably drunk

cute boy voices on the phone

so, i'm at work, and an employee calls in for help with his payroll. he has the cutest accent, and when i ask he tells me he's from newcastle, england. sigh. so we flirt shamelessly. he emails me to tell me that we should be on a beach rather than in this bitch of a climate. and i'm madly in love with a voice now. figures. it's like listening to jude law in alfie. hmmmmm. so today was not a bad day at all. long day, more overtime, cranky people. but perhaps the work dreams will have just a scooch of the sexy now. fingers crossed.

i'm not the only woman who loves a good accent, right? i could listen to him read the phone book or a transcript from the house of commons. i've gotta get me an english boy.


Jude, My Love

-22 and counting

i'm just awaiting the delivery of a large pepperoni pizza from pizza hut. thought i would drop a few lines of my mad scientifix. ha ha ha.

so this morning, the alarm goes off and the first thing i hear is "-22 degrees." as if it isn't hard enough to wake up on a winter morning. blah. anyway. it was a long day at work. 10.5 hours of staring at a computer screen and talking to people who are not in the best of moods themselves. bless overtime. the job isn't bad, but it is seeping its way into my dreams. and not in a sexy way unfortunately.

thanks for the comments anonymous. this bloggy business is kind of addictive. so tempted to write all the boring little details of my days.

current mood: sleepy
current music: fiery furnaces, blueberry boat

hark, the pizza delivery boy.

very giggly

it surprises me how often people still ask me about japan. and everytime someone asks me what it was like, i tell them it was amazing and absolutely crazy. that's why i loved it and that's why i left. i met some of the greatest people i know while i was there, and i saw some beautiful buildings that were older than i could imagine. when i went to nyc last spring, my friend took me to times square to see the lights and all the people, and it wasn't even close to the dotombori glica man, gigantic automated crab or the christmas luminaria in kobe.

many of the japanese people i met were very kind and helpful and giggly. but then i'll never forget the cherry blossom festival i went to at osaka-jo where i and a couple of my girlfriends were told in a few english words and a few more japanese words to leave the country.

that and the winters were awesome in osaka. it hardly ever went below zero. right now it's -9, but it might as well be -30. i've got a hairdryer propped up between my knees to keep my mouse hand from turning black and falling off. christ.

current mood: it's too effing cold here to feel my toes, nevermind a mood
current music: the arcade fire, funeral (#1 on pitchfork's top 50 albums of 2004)

mr. darcy

here's a picture of my kitty cat darcy. doesn't he look evil. i swear it's the only cat picture i'll post. had to get it in there. he's so shiny.

to steal from my friend sib's blog:
current mood: mellow
current music: bloc party bloc party bloc party!!!!

dayboo

the very first posting of a bloggy type. let's just test this thing out...
my friend K just called and i told her that i didn't know what to write. she suggested that i get over that and just write. ok.

ok, so i'm a very lazy person, and I have begun to suck at email. so, how do i stay in touch with my friends travelling in other more exciting places than here? i do what everyone else is doing and go blog. i guess that's my mission statement.