I'll give you weird.

TOMATO SOUP cake.

Enough said..

until it comes out of the oven.

Wish my taste buds luck.

I'm gonna be the next Nashville star!! Check it out:

Here.

TOP TEN things to say when caught sleeping at your desk!**

10. "They told me at the Blood Bank this might happen..."

9. "This is just a 15 minute power nap they raved about in the time-management course you sent me to!"

8. "Whew! Guess I left the top off the Whiteout. You probably got here just in time."

7. "I wasn't sleeping! I was meditating on the mission statement and envisioning a new business strategy."

6. "I was testing my keyboard for drool resistance."

5. "I was doing a highly specific Yoga exercise to relieve work-related stress. Are you discriminatory toward people who practice Yoga?"

4. "Darn! Why did you interrupt me? I had almost figured out how to handle that big accounting problem."

3. "Did you ever notice sound coming out of these keyboards when you put your ear down real close?"

2. "Who put decaf in the wrong pot?!?

AND THE #1 best thing to say if you get caught sleeping at your desk...

1. Raise your head slowly and say, "...in Jesus name, Amen."

**Uh, thankfully for me I never had to use these lines at work despite the nodding off numerous times...:D

I am tired of the drama
I am tired of the calls
I am tired of the tears
I am tired of the false personna
I am tired of the immaturity
I am tired of the disrespectful
I am tired of pretending everything is alright when inside I just want to scream.

I can only stay silent for so long,
I will crack like the whip on a horses' fleshy body.

We are all replaceable,
do you think you aren't part of this equation?

You claim to do no wrong,
yet the evidence is very clear.
We are not blind nor do conversations fall on deaf ears.

Sometimes things don't need to be said,
or shared at this time,
just put yourself in everyone else's shoes.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T
is all I ask for.

New layout almost complete! Links need to be restored and profile pic updated to match colour scheme.

Thanks to the Original Cyn for your mad skillz in creating my header!

Any comments on my new blog digs?

How sad that this is true.







Click on image for a bigger size.
Source: here

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It makes me laugh and smile when people think of me when they catalogue their books....:D You are the best Emily!

Seriously...what is next?

"...developing a wireless system so some Nike shoes embedded with a sensor can communicate with Apple's iPod Nano music player to track a runner's performance and help choreograph songs to the moment."

Maybe someday I'll own an iPod but presently due to my past ear trama I can't listen to headphones for very long periods of time...wouldn't be worth spend'n the dough on it, sadly.

Thumbs Up
- Dinner and movies with my Steph! Not near enough time to catch up on the past uh, 8 months that has past since our last visit.
- Shopping (for shoes) with my sis.
- Da Vinci Code movie with Dee, Elisha and Jason. I think the movie was well done but since I've read the book there wasn't any suprises. It was really cool how they incorporated the history into the actual picture....mirages type of effect.
- Awesome Alias finale
- Picked up "Last Holiday"...a funny chickflick.

Thumbs Down
- Just My Luck, horribly cheesy movie. Don't waste your money.
- Horrible, horrible headache most of Sunday. Can't remember how I made it home after church.

Pam is the best.

"... aye, twas a bonnie day indeed, and yes lassie, t'ats a wee bit o' Irish ye've thrown in there.. but that's a'right, because you just so happen to be talkin' to a wee Irish lass indeed"

"...good-nite me wee lassie, and may your days be as bonnie as the memories of our far fair shores of Ireland til we meet again. Ye'll be in me thoughts always.



















Anyone feel an urge to hit up the pub for a pint?

This comment was left on my flickr site under my new blog photo:

¡Hermosa mirada, maravillosa sonrisa!

translation...

Beautiful glance, wonderful smile!

Either this person is blind or being very kind.

F: "I've eaten more calories than a small country!"

My alter-ego "Nanny" pic is now gone!

Any more comments about my photo? Considered them ignored.

You don't mess with Uptown Girl.

The David Crowder Band reportly has another album dropping click here to read about it. It's about time! Well more and less I'm just happy to hear they are finally promoting B Collision of which I heard about months ago yet their website has no mention of it.














Can't wait to hear another fantastic album - I'm sure I won't be disappointed.

So this morning at the counter at starbucks, I asked for a Grande non-fat Tae Chee (sp) um, yeah...that's special. Chai Tea latte Michelle, chai tea.
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Oh I need to clear something up for Jerkwad:

I can come into work "late" with a cup of Starbucks. Why? Let me give you the rundown. I only have 2 options of when I can catch the #9 bus that runs from King and Uni to work- 8:10, 8:25.

So in the morning on my street I can catch the following #7 buses: 7:52, 8:02, 8:07.
In order for me to catch the early #9 bus I have to leave my house at 7:45 so I can get the 7:52 #7bus (and sometimes the 8:02 matches up with the early #9) that gets me at King and Uni to grab the 8:10 #9. BUT this gets me to work at 8:20.

If I catch the 8:07 #7 bus I get to King and Uni at 8:15 giving me 10min to wait for the 8:25 #9. this gets me to work at 8:40. This is the timeline I've been taking since the winter altho I plan on changing that soon. The thing is - regardless that I saunter in at 8:40, I don't leave work until 4:40. ALTHO, at the same time I have to wait that long because I can't catch the 4:30 #9 home because I'd have to leave work early.

Confused yet? Welcome to my world where my life is ruled by the bus system and the instability of it sometimes...

...pass the tea, bag!












Either my taste buds are sorely off or someone has pulled an ole switchero with my tea. I like orange pekoe and all but was really looking forward to a cup of Chai. :(

(I will find you pranster!)

Don't have time/too lazy to read the Da Vinci Code? Or want a short version of "decoding" the book - check out the videos on this link:

http://www.beliefnet.com/templechurch/

I recommend going thru all the video clips led by the Master of the Temple Church (which is a church in part of the book).

I have a hard time fathoming what an impact this book is having on the society and culture of today - tourism, art, artist, Church, history, religion, book sales.....makes you wonder how long this "craze" will last and what the lasting impact will be. Especially with the movie coming out in just a few weeks time. (Besides the fact that Dan Brown is making a pot load of cash in benefits.)

WOW.

Dear "Anonymous" commenter:

Thank you for that delightful comment - "you look like a nanny". I'm assuming you are refering to my blog profile picture of which I've been planning to change since this is not the first time I've been told this. Or maybe I moonlight as a Nanny and u just let out my secret! :)
Sincerely,

Michelle

There are some people that wave and others who shout. I prefer the friendly wave.
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>>>Didn't your mother teach you that if you have nothing good to say, to say nothing at all?
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But I guess that would make you a mute.

Reasons for brain going into overload last nite:

The 3 interesting convos:
1. friends relationship issues and definition of being "in love"
2. a friends upcoming wedding and honeymoon
3. debating the new role I now have a church - is there a need or is it forced?

House:
- what's going to happen to Foreman? Will he die like the first patient?

Gym:
- trying to watch House with 3 other tvs tuned to different stations and working up a sweat.

Da Vinci Code:
- only 70 + pages to go, it's 12:30 AM and my eye balls are burning.

Having 3 very diverse conversations with people between phone calls and editing a write-up, watching House, working out and reading the Da Vinci code until 12:30AM - has made for me too much to think about.

I think tonite with 3 shows to watch, my brain will return to it's normal mushy-ness.

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Random overheard line:
"....drive-by ignorance"

I wasn't going to post about this since it's already a huge story back home and across the region. Last week 4 Canadian soldiers died and one of the men (Cpl. Matthew Dinning) was from the town of Wingham (of which I went to the local high school for 4 years). I am just astounded at the amount of support from the community that has been non-stop from purple ribbons adorning trees and poles, to 2,300 people showing up for the funeral this weekend. I guess that's what tragedy does.

CBC coverage, click here for video.
CTV coverage, click here and here for video.

2,300 attend funeral for fallen Canadian soldier
Updated Sat. Apr. 29 2006 11:30 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
An estimated 2,300 people gathered in Wingham, Ont. to remember Cpl. Matthew Dinning, a Canadian soldier who lost his life in Afghanistan one week ago.
Dinning and three other soldiers died on April 22 when a roadside bomb destroyed the G-Wagon jeep carrying them as they travelled from Gumbad to their home base in Kandahar.
People streamed into a hockey arena in the town of 3,000 people about 150 kilometres west of Toronto to attend the funeral for the 23-year-old who was born in Richmond Hill, Ont.
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Ontario Provincial Police attended, wearing formal dress uniforms.
Purple ribbons adorned trees and storefronts through town, placed in memory of the fallen soldier.
Those at the service got to watch Dinning's life unfold on a giant video screen as his father Lincoln showed home movies of Matt singing O Canada as a young boy, appearing as Robin Hood in a school play and speaking at a wedding.
(partial article)

"Thank you for loving me. Thank you for hearing me." David Crowder (All I can Say)
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What a great way to spend a Sunday:

• lunch with some friends
• refreshing and honest talk with someone I hardly know
• napping in a stream of sunlight
• reading
• doing some devos with my sis
• ordering in pizza
• veg fest in front of tv

(Click here for more pics)