but links about things I like/or find funny.

Totally love Joshua Jackson thanks to his awesome character in Fringe! He's in a movie called "One Week" and it's pretty much an all Canadian movie! I want to see it and apparently it's playing this weekend and next week at the Princess Twin in Uptown.


Last night's LOST episode recap: 'Lost': Flower to the people, no delay!
Seriously the funniest recap so far this season. This writer is hilarious.

I totally forgot about this website I used to read all the time - Reverend Fun - it's basically comics based on the church and biblical stuff in good fun. I'm not sure if I find this funny or sad since I've worked in the Christian book market:
http://www.reverendfun.com/index.php?date=20081208

Most Improved Schools Are In The Poorest Neighbourhoods: Study
Grey Central in Ethel - my elementary school in on the list - interesting!

Motorist Pulled Over For Allegedly Driving At 250 km/h This is absolutely insane. Apparently the type of car the guy was driving would have capped off at this speed. Oh and all he said was "I'm sorry". Have fun paying the price for being ridiculous!

Three Ontario Residents In Running For "Best Job In The World"
You should click on the link and check out the 3 videos - love the guy from Guelph singing a musical in the streets.

Top Ten Tools for your Blog
I want to pass this on to my sister - information she may need to get the word out about her website.

Random LOST items:

Ace of Cakes on LOST
Duff and his crew created a cake for the 100th episode of LOST. Awesome! Episode airs May 9th I think.

Red Shirt Theory
I didn't realize that "red shirt" characters always die on shows/characters have short life spans. Totally is true on LOST!


Websites I found while webcrawling:

MentalFloss - a lot of useless information and articles to read
Cake Wrecks - funniest website I've read in a while plus it's all about cakes which I love

"For, much of the time, low-fat foods have just as many calories as their higher-fat versions, and often they have even more sugar."

Another Transformers 2 trailer:
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/02/12/video-gm-unveils-new-footage-of-transformers-2/

Interesting Facebook Stats:
Women Over 55 Take Facebook by Storm

Lately I've been addicted to watch "The Hour" while I work - I heart George Stroumboulopoulos!
His cool "One Million Acts of Green"

Best Radio Station in Town
91.5 The Beat

Apparently it is currently -26C right now. *shudder* It was freaking cold at midnight when I came into work, so didn't see that coming. The snow in the afternoon yesterday threw me off! (It was oddly awesome yesterday when it was sunny and snowing)

I've found a bunch of interesting things on the web so far this week that I would like to share.

I've decided to go on a diet! It's called the R.A.B. diet and never has 3 food items tasted so delicious.

NOT. I think I caught a bit of the flu bug while I was at someone's house (who came down with the flu two days after I was there) and it's not fun. I have no choice but to go on the R.A.B. (rice, apple/sauce and bananas) diet because a certain pink over the counter medicine isn't working. I know, TMI. And I need to work especially since I was sick already once last week. (I think this is one downfall of working nights, lower immune system). No worries, I'm washing my hands a lot and not sharing anything! I do not want to pass this on to anyone....it's so draining! Oh and one thing I've added to this "diet" is...peppermint tea. ICK! But I know it helps settle my insides a bit.

Anyways, this is where I am at today....er, this morning at 4:16am! :)

Apparently I'm a magician recently and am to disappear for a week at a time! :P

Life has a way of getting away with me lately and in a good way! I'm pretty much busy all weekend long and during the week I spend majority of my time sleeping and working. Although this long weekend has thrown me for quite the loop!

I don't have much to post at the moment but I leave you with a fun note I did on fbook the other day:

25 Random things about me:

1. My initials spell MAD.

2. I ate Arm&Hammer laundry detergent when I was one - delicious and could explain a few things

3. When I was really young, people used to call me a boy (I had super short curly hair)

4. I was going to be named Melissa if my mom's sister picked Michelle

5. My 2003 Echo is my first car

6. I was a Lego-maniac for many years and proud of it!

7. I love the original star wars movies!

8. Princess Bride is my all time favourite movie and can pretty much quote the whole thing

9. I (used) to play the clarinet

10. I'm dutch but I hate salt droppies

11. I have eaten horse meat and I like it (it's a dutch thing okay?)

12. The only fast food restaurant I can tolerate is Wendy's because their beef is not frozen

13. My sister broke my left arm when I was 4 and she pulled the cast off before it was supposed to come off too!

14. I have 3 other sisters and we all live in K/W

15. I've been to Disney World at age 23 and LOVED it

16. At Fanshawe College I was the Information Technology Student Council Representative during my first year

17. I hate accounting. Got a "C" in every class.

18. I'm afraid of clowns

19. Has discovered the "Sunsilk" hairproducts do not work for my curly hair...grr for bad hair day today!

20. I was a 4-Her for 6 years

21. I grew up in the same house for my whole life minus one year

22. Skiing downhill terrifies me. Oh the speed and possibility of DYING

23. Rollercoasters are awesome except if they go backwards, then I hurl

24. Seeing blood (in person) or getting needles makes me pass out

25. Snowtubing (at Chicopee) is my new favourite sport.

Laurence Fishburne had never seen 'CSI' before landing lead role

This forecast makes me happy:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/caon0728

Shared a 5 minute testimony at church on Sunday, check out my post on my other blog:
Contemplations r us

I am making a cake/cupcakes for a bridal shower in April. Below are links to an idea I have:
Bride Cake Idea 1
Bride Cake Idea 2

Phases I am teaching my ESL colleague:
"Fooled with" (in the context of someone changing something that shouldn't have been touched)
"So far so good" (the difference between saying "good" or "so far so good"

Weirdest song remix I've heard in a while:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07edUsAGBE
(Using a Phil Collins song, who would think of that?!?)

I know where I am going on June 6, 2009 - Ontario Place. Why?
GROUP 1 CREW IS IN TORONTO!! We're going Cynthia, right?!?

Seriously I love reading LOST episode recaps. Totally makes my nose bleed...wait, no, those would be the Losties..makes me really think about all the crazy happenigs.

Anyways..found some great comments on Zap2it.com that I want to share:

"Now that we see Locke & Sawyer's Merry Band wondering around the island through time: are they the whispers we have heard in the first four seasons, or was that solely the original Others?"
http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2009/02/lost-flashes-of-brilliance-abound/comments/page/3/#comments
That was totally a HUH! moment reading that. Totally believable explaination!

"Imagine explaining any of what's going on now to a fan back in Season 1, who was blown away by the reveal that there was a ship in the jungle or a hatch in the ground. Season 5 would be so preposterous to them, they'd think you were a crackpot."
http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2009/02/lost-flashes-of-brilliance-abound/comments/page/4/#comments
So freaking true and for all those people who complain about things not being explained or happening in episodes, think of the above.

I heart LOST.

Isn't this the cutest?
They're having a heat wave in South Australia. This little koala walked up onto a house deck in Maude, and thoroughly enjoyed a bucket of water the owner kindly filled to cool him off.

http://therecord.blogs.com/fizz/2009/02/cooling-off-koalastyle.html



Random Search of the day:
Vin Desiel - heard he was gay, not so sure. Has a girlfriend who he had a baby with last year. Also has a fraternal twin brother. This search got me thinking about:

Fast and the Furious (4).


I am so watching this movie as soon as it comes out!! I heart Paul Walker, what can I say? :) I also own Fast and Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious on DVD and I have watched them more than I'm willing to admit.






Other Randoms of the night:

Vector Energy Bar - Tried one tonight as a snack and ick! Good thing I only spent 50cents on the darn thing. It has the texture of a Nutri-grain and the heaviness of a yogurt covered granola bar. Waayyyy to sweet even for me! I've ate protein bars that taste better than this!

Ka-Glom - Totally addicted to this game which I have on my Blackberry. It's like "Collapse" (we will not discuss how much time I wasted during lectures in college playing this) but more fun. So much better at it then Brickbreaker!

BookExpo Canada cancelled due to lack of industry interest, report says
Whoa, not good news for Canadian book retailers.

'Fringe' stars Anna Torv, Mark Valley got hitched over holidays
Weird. That's all I have to say and speaking of which it's on tonight. Getting prepared to be grossed out as per usual.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
DUDE!! Transformers!! Can hardly wait to watch this movie! Loved the first one.

'Chuck,' Dominic Monaghan, and the annoying gimmick
Recap of last night's episode of Chuck 3D guest staring Dominic Monaghan. Apparently he's just so good at acting like a washed up rocker. Love him! Oh, and the episode was great! Nothing like a good dose of Chuck to make the world a bit brighter.

Interview with Dominic Monaghan
Because of my fondness for Dominic, here is an interview with him about being on Chuck

I almost snorted my gum out my nose after watching this:

Roundabout Dance
(click on above title)

Seriously, take a moment to watch this - it's worth a good laugh. I understand the need for education about pedestrian safety but could it be a tad less cheesy?

I feel guilty tonight/morning. My sister wanted to borrow my car overnight and into tomorrow and I said no. I'm not going to go into details but basically I've hit a point where I need to be selfish at times and say no. It is my car and she doesn't live with me anymore which makes things more difficult. I don't need to be the "mom" of chauffeuring people around because it makes their life easier. There are times that I really don't mind going out of my way but not when it becomes frequent and disruptive to my life it takes a toll.

I shouldn't feel guilty and I need to get over it. I'm too emphatic and person pleasing.

Lottery Kiosks Closing
http://news.therecord.com/News/CanadaWorld/article/477729
"Local kiosks also sold about $100,000 a month worth of bus tickets and passes for Grand River Transit. Affected locally are kiosks at Market Square and Fairview Park malls in Kitchener, Conestoga Mall in Waterloo."
That really bites for bus riders - the lottery ticket booth is the only place in Conestoga Mall to buy bus tickets. I really hope some other store steps up to the plate or GRT takes care of this.

Landmark Waterloo Hotel sold to local developer
http://news.therecord.com/Business/article/477705
Hopefully this doesn't ever affect the Symposium Cafe.

How about some controversy right off the bat?

I was surfing through Relevant Magazine and came across this article

Role of Women
http://relevantmagazine.com/releblog/editorsblog/the-role-of-women/
The blog posting itself is fine and outlines the basic questions about women's roles in the church. No big deal. It's the comments that irk me:

Eg. "I think Biblically we can expect women to use their spiritual gifts (which could be teaching), but I think any ministry done by a woman should be done under the leadership of a male." Matt

Geesh. This guy would fall out of his chair if I told him as a 24 year old female I'm an Elder in my church! Talk about breaking the stereotypical role eh? I know not everyone sees this as okay but I love being such a huge part of my church! I'm gaining so much being in this position. It's not as if I sought out this role - I consented to being nominated and the congregation voted me in. I love belonging to a church that doesn't stick so much to traditions! :)

Anyways, there is my blurt for the day. Time to go home and SLEEP.

Eep! Another week is here! My weekend was fairly packed with dinner plans on Friday with my friend Heather, orientation at Goodlife (post for that coming soon...so not impressed), Snow Tubing and grocery shopping on Sunday. It was nice to hang out with people this wkend...it has been a while!


GRT Pilot Bus Route to Elmira starting in May

Also, my co-worker I work with a night brought me dinner (well his wife made it but that's beyond the point)! It's the Chinese New Year and they wanted to let me in on a bit of the traditions. It was delicious! :)

My church is doing something different during our services this year and that is someone shares their life story** in a 5 minute review.  It's amazing the feedback you get from people when they are honest about themselves.  One guy in my church last Sunday mentioned to the effect that when you are doing through rough times in life sometimes you honestly don't give a crap about other people.  This got me thinking and nodding in agreement.

First off, I've drank one too many caffeinated drinks this shift but yet I'm still sluggish. Hmm, I think this wonderful developing cold has so much to do with it. Should have knocked on real wood the other day when I told someone I was very fortunate to not be sick. BOO. Hopefully this is short lived.

Secondly, thanks to my friend Dee for sending me a review of LOST season 5 premier:
http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2009/01/lost-does-the-time-warp-againand-again.html
Seriously some people have too much time to think about said show. So freaking fascinating though. If you find the review too wordy, just read the comments as they are almost more interesting.

Lastly, going snow tubing for the first time tomorrow night at Chicopee Tube Park . I'm hoping it's as fun as being a kid whipping down Haden's hill on krazy karpets.

Other tidbits from web surfing:

Obama keeps his BlackBerry
http://news.therecord.com/News/CanadaWorld/article/475830

LOST Addicts Blog
http://www.lostaddictsblog.com/

LOST Season 5 started last night and all I can say is AWESOME. So excited!! (This included chills during some moments!)










(Courtesy of ABC.com)
Wish I could find this photo in high rez. I wants it!

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Read this during my web surfing this morning.
Wescast announces Wingham foundry closure










http://www.wingham.com/index.php?article=313

This is just brutal for this community. There are two Wescast plants in Wingham but even with just one closing this is such a blow economically for the town. 140 jobs lost out of a population 2,885? Wescast supports so much of the town...sad. I, myself even worked for Wescast for a time in grade 12 as a co-op student. I hope at least the one plant stays!

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A friend of mine got engaged recently and I'm slightly left in shock. Again this shows me how "absent" I was last year. Here but not here. So focused on my own situation I wasn't making an effort to keep in touch with some friends. Ouch. Well here's to catching up in 2009 my friends!

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Praying for travelling mercies and safety while a group from my church are in Mexico on a missions trip. I hope they bring me back a tan!

Heinz Ketchup Makes 'Major' Change To Product After More Than A Century
Heinz Ltd. has confirmed it's doing away with the little green pickle that's been on the label of the world's best selling ketchup (top left) since the 1890s.
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_31128.aspx
Awe, bye bye green little pickle.

City of Waterloo reaches agreement with its outside workers
http://www.swo.ctv.ca/news.php?id=3726&PHPSESSID=69631599953cb0ba9aba16ca73f3585c
THANK GOODNESS is all I can say.

Ewan McGregor













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