we had a good run, milk.

chris goertz ruined milk for me! we had a discussion last week about milk that scared me straight to soy.

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2 reasons why i have no money saved:


my boots & my BRAND new board!

ugh, NOW i'm gonna really start saving.

the beats, they were coming out the speakers and rewinding up, straight in your sneakers

i AM a library lover

just when i think i've tapped out all the good stuff at the library, they blow my mind! i got a great haul from the library today, all stuff i JUST put on hold yesterday! check it:

the rapture - pieces of people we love
out hud - let us never speak of it again
p:ano - brigadoon
fiery furnaces - rehearsing my choir
fiery furnaces - blueberry boat
the klaxons - myths of the near future
final fantasy - he poos clouds
the shout out louds - our ill wills

plus stuff coming by the go team, the eels, times new viking, !!!, vampire weekend, the great lake swimmers, m. ward, les savy fav, black mountain, kate nash, st. vincent, hot chip... i could go on! seriously, when did the library get SO hip? i'll just keep dropping more names of great stuff i've gotten: devendra banhart, the yeah yeah yeahs, the jackson 5, corb lund, lcd soundsystem, caribou....

no, the library doesn't pay me to talk about them constantly... convincing people to get library cards is its own reward... i wish somebody would get one already.

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i had the day off from job #1 today so i spent it walking around 17th, trying not to spend money. but i did buy jane vain & the dark matter's cd (i don't JUST steal music).

"what are you guys talking about?" "nothing"

attention everyone,
i am going to be doing 10 km in the Walk for MS this summer and i need some pledges!
$$ click here $$ apparently it's really easy to make pledges online, but if you would rather gimme some cash in person that's cool.
i don't usually get into stuff like this, but i don't know, the brochure was speaking to me.... for example, canada has one of the highest rates of MS in the world.
oh, and if you wanna sign up and do the walk too that would be rad.

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i'm feeling a bit off lately. earlier in the week, i discovered this program in edmonton provides trades training and employment support for women and was feeling such relief, like THIS is what i've been waiting for. work has been increasingly impossible. my brain won't focus, i can't get through any work and i feel like a fraud.
so in my excitement i started telling people about the program and how i've been considering trades for quite a while now. ugh, can you say social stigma! its 2008 people, i'm not automatically a lesbo for wanting to try welding or work with my hands for a living. guh, so anyways, i'm still going to a "information session" for the program in a few weeks, and we'll see what happens.

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attention everyone (again): video podcasts ARE the shit! i can watch the nightly news on the train! i'm getting pretty into these national geographic podcasts, as well as stand-up comedy ones.

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sighhhhh, i just gotta make it to amsterdam.

what does this city have to offer me? i just can't see.

i have a good post coming up, but i'm at work and the internet is just tooo slow, so i might just post this manatee family for now:






also, here is my transiting playlist for today:

Black Cab - Jens Lekman
Down At The Sea - Beat Happening
Postcards from Italy - Beirut
Cats On the F.M. - Boat
The L Train Is A Swell Train And I Don't Want To Hear You Indies Complain - out hud
The Bike, Sir - Oh No Oh My
You're Crazy For Taking The Bus - Jonathan Richman
Rent a Wreck - Suburban Kids With Biblical Names
my, my metrocard - Le Tigre
jogging gorgeous summer - Islands
Chickadee - doug hoyer (hah, i know...)
3 Speed - Eels
Straight Street - The Fiery Furnaces
streets of fire - The New Pornographers
Dirty Town - Mother Mother
Walk A Mile (In My Shoes) - Holly Golightly
I'm On Standby - Grandaddy
Let's get out of this country - Camera Obscura
How Will I Ever Find My Way Home? - British Sea Power
Do The Whirlwind - Architecture in Helsinki
Hop A Plane - Tegan & Sara

something grand about being nothing, something lame about being grand

bought a ticket for nofx! awesssssome.

you just stay at home and play synthesizers

dan and i were recounting our crazy tile rummy game and i said "yea, that was a crazy game, i even blogged about it". i didn't want to actually tell him the address or name of my blog, and he joked he would google me or search my history to find it. so just in case he DID go to those lengths to track down my bloggy blog, i thought i'd send him a little shout out, so here goes:

FUCK YOU, CREEPY!

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i thought about my "career" a lot today. i realized i am ok not having a career. i just want a job. and i want a job where i can make something. with my hands even! this was kind of a breakthrough, but i still feel stuck. i need a plan. apparently the city of calgary categorizes me as a youth still, so i am going to see what career counseling is all about sometime next week. stay tuned!

simple minds do simple things

today was nice.

after work i picked up my car, and parked it. hopefully it'll be parked for a while.
i talked to bod on the phone a bit, and then rode my bike to chris' house. on the way i got my tires filled with air, and then went to burger inn with chris, ryan, and mat [what a crew of ordinary-named guys]. i got the harvest gold burger & a root beer. rode my bike home.
then dan came over and we played the most epic game of tile rummy ever.

good day.

time for bed.

i like you

i like you - amy sedaris

you can view some sample pages here

it's a really good book. and i am now in love with her.

three thoughts - cars.internet.money

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yesterday when i was leaving work [on my way to 2nd work] somebody (MAT!!) wanted to make a pointless, UNfunny, UNuseful comment to me as i was about to pull out of the parking lot, so i rolled down my window. he made his comment, i rolled my eyes and then went to put the window back up... of COURSE my window wouldn't go back up. gahhh. i'm so MONSTERFUCKING sick of this!

i made a deal with myself - if i can get around without driving it in the next 32 days, i'm getting rid of it. i'm done with putting all this upkeep into this pollution machine because some people (ma&pa) can't comprehend life without a car. i'm an grown-up, and i'll own a car if i feel like it... and i don't... so eff you.

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sometimes the internet is simply the best. today dan decided to try and track down somewhere that sells walkmen (walkmans?.. um.. portable cassette tape players). i posted "wanted: tape playin' walkman" on kijiji and within an hour - a reply!

does anyone remember "baby jessica" who got rescued from the pipe? i was only 2 when that happened, so it's weird that i remember but i decided to look her up today. that chick is cursed i think!

quotes from wikipedia & msnbc article:

McClure's rescue was mostly credited to Robert O'Donnell and William Andrew Glasscock Jr.. In 1995, O'Donnell shot himself after suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Former officer Glasscock is currently serving a 35-year sentence on charges of sexual exploitation of a child, sexual assault, and improper storage of explosives

whoa. curse!

She married Daniel Morales, 13 years her senior, in January 2006. Morales was convicted in 2002 of impersonating a federal marshal to steal money and drugs from drug dealers.

yup, curse.

But she’s still called “Baby Jessica.” That doesn’t bother her, she told Lauer, and referred to a character in a children’s book to explain why.

“Like they told Lil’ Bow Wow, you’ll never get rid of the ‘little’ part,” she said. “Cause you’ll always be what you are remembered as.”

what?? children's book?! who wrote this article? curs-ed.

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i "commissioned" a pair of boots from this guy at the farmer's market. they are going to be totally custom - having the guy TRACE and measure my feet was such a good feeling! i am so excited to have shoes made for me, not off an assembly line in taiwan. it's really exciting. but i'm kind of broke now, so i reaaaaally hope they turn out.

the go in the go-for-it

phewf, what a week.

• started my job at the drug store - apparently doodling is NOT allowed

• had my first class of screen printing, which was so fun i said "this is FUN!" during the first project. a guy in my group, james agreed, and at the end he and our other group member, doug, high fived. but, there are no crush prospects in the class.

• made lunch every day for work (except for my trade day - mat made pizza subs mmm)

• i haven't been running - no time, too cold.

• finally went to broken city

• i bought a bus pass for february, but i can't find it now. guh-reat.


plus, the weekend.

• had caylie over and told her about zodiac signs and the science of sweating.

• bought the best socks ever




EDIT: here are some photos, weekend aftermath. my camera blows and i didn't get a good picture of all the embroidery hoop crafts we made, so take my word for it, they look super cute as a set. there's also some buttons i spilled after caylie left, our piles of sculpey crap, wonderful tea, and my amazing socks (me and the socks had a total photo shoot, i love them so much!).