Pandorah's Box

Well this one's a bit late isn't it? I had a back log of shit to say, what do you want from me? JEEZ!!

So old man Winter tried to snow on Christmas morning...I suppose a light dusting is better than rain or just a gloomy day. So thanks for that! It was a Christmas miracle!

We were excited to wake up on Christmas morning.  So excited in fact, that I pretty much didn't sleep at all the entire night. So the first order of business was to make coffee. With Bailey's in it of course. What else is Christmas for besides being perfectly acceptable to drink at 8:30 in the morning? With some cheesy holiday music thrown in for good cheer.

I can't believe it. The day came and went and I survived. No I am not talking about the apocalypse, I am talking about my 33rd birthday.

So, so happy to be out of those stockings and heels. This is more like it: woolies and leggings...it's like being in pajamas that are acceptable to go outside in!

Hello out there!  I know I said I was going to write all these blog posts in December and try and be a good girl, but sometimes shit happens.  Crazy shit that is more important and needs to be dealt with directly.

Sometimes I have really good ideas.  Like this....BEHOLD. Yogurt in a glass. With a banana and some granola.  I bet I am a pioneer with this invention. Right? I AM A PIONEER *angry face*

I had to dress up for work last week.  Ummmm....I never dress up.  Ever. I hate it.  Sometimes I think that it would be fun, and then I do it when the occasion calls for it and am like "UUGHHHHHHHHH" the whole time I am in said dress and heels #slobforlife.

I love that 5 people voted that they secretly love me and want to marry me.  FIVE!! Well let's do it then guys and gals! We can go to Niagara Falls and have a big fun group wedding! I'm serious now.  

I walked down the 'Christmas street' on my way home last night and felt a little more Christmas-y in spite of not having any snow.  I am just going to have to get over it and accept the fact that we might not get any (again) this Winter.  Such a bummer.  Oh well, as long as it stops going from cold to warm and just stays cold, I will be happy enough with that.  The Weather Network is calling for 15cm of snow on the 21st (the day before my birthday! Weeee!), but I won't hold my breath for it.  I told my mom the other day that if Toronto winters were to continue being this way, I would have to move further North.  I NEED snow in the winter time!!! So tired of everyone whining about the snow in Canada!

I was feeling a bit down today so I bought myself some super cute, extra long leg warmers off of Ebay. These ones actually:

Work has been ok.  Except for that pain between my shoulders that feels a lot like TENSION, things are cool.  I am on vacation in 7 days, praise Jesus hallelujah.  Shit went down hard at work today, in a good way.  Some changes are taking place that are good, and I feel good about it.  So that's all good. I said 'good' a lot there so you would believe me that it's good.

I have lost my emails twice in a week now, all of them gone, poof! Just nowhere to be found.  Believe me, I know all the tricks and they are gone.  And when I ran out of tricks I contacted our IT people and they couldn't figure it out either.  In fact, they told me to do all the tricks that I had already done.  Tell me why I am not a computer nerd again? I could be making the big bucks, working with people who play WOW and Skyrim all day, learning about interesting places that pimples can grow.  Just kidding.  I fucking love nerds.  

I decided that my blog needed a little updating.  What do you guys think?  Do you love it, hate it, hate change?

This past weekend was just what Dave and I needed.  It had been a hard, emotionally exhausting week, and a little shutting out of the world was required. Pjs, video games, and some Bailey's were on the menu, and what a delicious menu it was.

Also, a long walk to Bloor West Village to exchange our modem to a better model. Don't let the sunshine fool you...it was COLD.  But it was beautiful, and brisk, and made me feel alive.

This past weekend was a busy one. Kind of non-stop, which I can either not mind or hate. This time I didn't mind it that much, kept my mind off of other things that are going on right now.

Like Dave's porn 'stache.  It's a good one no? Whenever I see it I just want to rip my clothes off and fling my underwear at him. I don't really, but I don't blame anyone who does.  In fact, I would pay to see that.

Christmas shit coming up. And some crazy faces from yours truly.  So if you don't want to see either, TAKE OFF EH???  But don't really.

This guy is taking part in Movember.  What hipster isn't?

I think it might snow soon. I know I know, by putting it out there I am asking the universe to make it snow. That's the point. I love snow. Dave and I went grocery shopping on Friday night and it was spitting when we started out.  But THEN...when we were driving towards the grocery store it started snowing! For real snow for a full 10 seconds!! I didn't have anything on me to film it, plus I wouldn't have been fast enough, but Snow Watch 2012 is ON!!  My eye is on the sky people!

Well, we weathered the storm.  Toronto did not get anywhere near the damage that parts of the States did, but there was a casualty...right down the street from where I live.  A woman got hit by a Staples sign and died. So awful. 

Other than that horrible news, Toronto suffered some minor damage: huge trees blew over, some flooding of streets, a few crushed cars and what seemed like a whole lot of fires breaking out as a result of Hurricane Sandy.  In my neighborhood tons of people are without power (thankfully not us) and they may not get it back until Thursday.  

Hey there friends and neighbors! Mother Nature has her period today didn't you know?  

What with all the crazy weather going on in the world these past few days, how are are we all supposed to function?  Barometric pressures rising and falling, rain rain and maybe a little snow (not for Toronto yet! Snow Watch 2012 is not officially on!), and now the crazy ass wind that is coming our way.  It's enough to make you want to put on your best hurricane gear and hide under the bed.

Ok so where were we? Ah yes. I decided to go back to my roots and dress how I did when I was 15. You know, like a boy. Why not right? You only live once. Or in this case, twice. 

This past weekend I took my sister to London, Ontario to party at one of our favorite bars for her birthday.  The bar is called Downtown Kathy Brown's and it's such a strange mix of people...which makes for a crazy time when we go.

Since it was her big day, I wanted her to have a lot of fun.  You only turn 20-17 once and I wanted to make it a good one! So I got us a hotel room and peaced out of Toronto for the night.  So I dressed in my favorite Kristen Stewart outfit (for the record, I was here first and have dressed this way forever) and we set sail for London town.

I am taking my sister to London this weekend to party for her birthday, but in the meantime, I leave you  with these two amazing videos.

If you really enjoy time lapse photography and watching a city wake up and go to sleep, then you will enjoy this one from Tom Ryaboi.  So good.

It's a rainy day here today.  Which I don't mind, as it happens to match my mood.  And I wear my moods like an accessory. An accessory to murder.  Just kidding.  I don't even know what I am saying anymore.

Two weekends ago was Thanksgiving here in old Canada.  Which means, food!  Just kidding.  I know we all remember why the Thanksgiving tradition came about and all those ummm....Indians and land and turkey?  *crickets*

Dave and I pulled our asses out of bed to attend my family's tradition of gorging on meat and cheesecake.  Come on, you all know that's what Thanksgiving is to you these days, don't try to lie!  It was a very beautiful and overcast Fall day out there, which I did give thanks for because...I like days like that.

Ok, just one baby. And contrary to the picture below, it's not MY baby.

I love the Fall.  Almost as much as I love Winter. There are just so many nice things about it, like:

I was going to write a post about how I have taken up running (I have only run twice, for like, 4 minutes at a time) but then I thought, that is so fucking boring. So I figured I would just write and see what comes out of this fortress of awesome that is me (I've also had three beers and no dinner so...).

I present to you a bit of a photo dump. None of this will have any coherence whatsoever, so you know, you have been warned.

Also, I keep seeing bugs crawling on me out of the corner of my eye today.  Tired, or an acid flashback?  Probably the latter....hopefully my skin won't start melting.

So yeah, where were we?  Two weekends ago, my mom and sister and mom's friend crossed the border into good old Niagara Falls, NY AKA my favorite place to be for shopping extravaganzas!  TARGET!  We were just passing Niagara Falls at this time, and it was super pretty.  It reminded me of 6 years ago (or so) when Dave and I went on a fun trip to Niagara Falls and played arcade games the whole time and ate fancy food and walked under the Falls.  We had a blast! We need to do that again...