My Public Service Announcement (Does this Count as Community Service?)

Before the weekend hits and everyone runs home...

i just want to remind you all that Earth Hour is tomorrow at 8pm your LOCAL TIME. What is Earth Hour you ask? check out this site!

the basic idea is this:
Tomorrow night from 8 to 9 pm, your local time.... turn off EVERYTHING electronic where you are. At home, at work, with friends. There's lots of fun things to do with out electricity! When the whole world does it, it will make an impact on the earth and it will really show us how much energy the world uses in an hour. Let's give the Earth a breather!

So, turn off the lights, the computers, the tvs the games...turn it all off. Read a book by candle light, or get busy with someone...or yourself! hey, you've got an hour, you could probably do a few of those things.

:D

catch up

Hi there internets!

Behold, i am not dead. i am, in fact, very much alive!!

after the craziness of last week - work, and life, and Easter, and company, and my mom's surprise 50th birthday party - my body decided to put a stop to this much stress, and threw me into 3 days of stuffed head, achy body, chills, sweats, and fever. So, while i was secretly lurking in all your internets, reading your blogs, keeping myself entertained, i wasn't commenting or writing.

i'm sorry.

i feel that for the past 2 months i've been just getting through each day. and getting through those days were miraculous - sometimes. February was awful. just godforsakenly awful. the weather was miserable, i was just barely pregnant and tired, then sick, then so busy that that month swirled right by me in a haze of evening plans.

March started out with a bang - My mom turned 50 in the beginning of the month, and my siblings and dad and i planned to throw her this big surprise party - but to throw her off the track, we threw her a decoy party on her ACTUAL birthday.

She was great. After the decoy party she went about telling all her friends (who eventually told me) that she thought the party was nice, but she had always hoped that someone (read: Laura) would have thrown her a big party with all her friends. She didn't try too hard to conceal her disappointment, which was kinda what i was hoping for.

Keeping this a secret was hard, but fun. Dad was fall guy. He took all the blame for throwing a poor party. Finally, the long weekend came and my S.i.L. and i were practically running around like chickens with our heads cut off getting food and supplies and decorations.

The big day came - and we knocked her socks off. All of this planning and scheming was totally worth it to see the look on her face when she walked in that door to see her church gym decorated and a room filled with her friends and family and even her mom flew in from B.C. and her Brother and his wife from Cowtown.

That was saturday - and we still had the weekend to go... Easter Feaster.

B-rad's mom was a little upset that we didn't want to come to church, but we're not the church-going-type....we did go out there before supper to visit. it was fun.

Then off to my mom and dad's for Easter. My Bro was in town for easter and the party, and he brought his new(ish) girlfriend.... and it was so great. She makes him the Patrick i used to know. He's so natural and at ease, and totally himself around her. We like her.

As a result of the party being over, Patrick and his G.F. in town, and everyone generally in a good mood - we laughed. My family laughed and laughed and laughed. Usually my mom and i will be the ones laughing until we cry, but the entire table (10 adults) were laughing so hard i thought that someone would pass out, likely me. And Willy Billy made some comment about my laughing so hard being considered "shaken baby" and of course this led to more laughter with him screaming; "STOP LAUGHING!! THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!"

sigh.

good times.

and the good times ended there, cuz the very next day my body just decided it had had enough. The past 2 months, but especially the last week being so stupidly stressed at work and the party.... it started to shut down. And for the next 3 days i could barely lift my head off the pillow, my head was clogged with sinusy type gunk, i had a fever, chills, sweats, i couldn't even think straight.

So i stayed home sick and watched several movies on the movie network....

Disturbia - meh, it was okay. i watched it in the daytime cuz i'm notorious for watching a scary movie then getting nightmares. I think Shia Labeouf is totally cute, but David Morse's charachter just ended up annoying me rather than scaring me. But he annoyed me when he had a regular gig on my boyfriend Dr. House's show too.

Brokeback Mountain - double meh. it was very slow. good story, but i couldn't understand a thing the late Heath Ledger said, but i loved the scenery - especially since i've been to many of those places in Alberta... and i must say i was surprised to see Di$ney's Wholesome Girl Anne Hathaway's tits. They were nice.

The Brothers Solomon - it had its funny moments.... Popcorn and Dead Bird

American Dreamz - which i mostly watched on mute while i surfed internet porn (hey, i was ill...not dead)

Open Season - cute, i actually really enjoyed this one. but i'm a sucker for animated animals i guess.

So there you have it, folks. the update on my life and the movies i've watched recently. pretty thrilling, if you ask me.

oh and here's a more recent photo of B-rad, Chewie, and I from my mom's party.

Better than a Kick in the Face, I always say....

Today marks the official first day of Spring.

This makes me very excited. The snow is slowly melting off my front yard - and this morning as i scraped the windows of my car i heard birds singing like crazy.

My week of insanity is almost over, and then a four day weekend for me.

But the thing that i'm most excited about is this:
This morning - first day of spring - at about 12:45 am, i felt the very first bona fide baby kick. What were we doing up at late/early? ::blush:: uhm, wrestling....yeah, that's it....

B-rad says it was a "Way to go Daddy!" kick from Chewie.

It was awesome.

B-rad tried to feel the next one, but the next one didn't come. i doubt he'd be able to feel it at this stage anyway.

HAPPY SPRING EVERYONE!!

Reading Rainbow

Saviabella tagged me thusly... i was also tagged for a "go through your archives" meme, but this is brain candy - easy. i will do the archive one, eventually, when my life calms down a bit.

1) What book are you reading right now?
Currently, i'm not enthralled with any of the books i'm reading. i just finished the Golden Compass trilogy, and i loved reading them so much that now the book i'm reading seems so boring. I can't even think of the name of it. isn't that sad? uhm... oh yeah, it's called A Bridge Across Forever by Richard Bach. Meh.

And of course, i'm also reading What to Expect When You're Expecting. very informative

2) What was the last book you read on a plane?
Uhm, i think it was Valley of the Horses, the second book in the Clan of the Cave Bear series.

3) What was the last book you read on a roadtrip?
On roadtrips b-rad and i read Penthouse Variation Magazines. or more acurately, i read Penthouse Variation Magazines and then read the 'good ones' out loud to him.

4) What is the most unusual place you found yourself reading?
on the shitter. When B-rad and i were dating, i kept asking him why that was the only place he ever read. Seriously, our upstairs bathroom is like a library. Then one day, i found myself reading Calvin and Hobbes. sigh.

5) What books would you take to keep you occupied on a two week vacation to the beach?
This seems like a silly question, cuz i'd take whatever book i was reading at the time. Although, when B-rad and i went to Mexico, i took some Ender's Game books and re-read a few of those.

6) Other bloggers I'd like some book recommendations from (i.e. pay the meme forward):
I'm going to leave this open to anyone who wants a little brain candy this wednesday morning.

Cheers!

Movie Quotes....RRRREVEALED!!!

i'm pretty impressed. Almost all of my movie quotes were guessed.

Go here to see the results....

Also,
today is St. Patrick's Day, apparently. i freely admit that i am not wearing green today. The extent of my celebrations will be that i will post in Green Font today.

my feeling is... if i can't drink the drinks....then St. Patrick's Day is pointless. Sigh. Beer. how i miss you.

woo!

Slyde threw down the gauntlet....

71 words

Speed test

my sixth grade typing teacher would be so proud. This is for you Mrs. Catherall!!

Sounding Board part 2

I ran into Mr. Plant, the fuckwad, today in the mall.

Totally out of the blue, i was not prepared for it.

B-rad and i split up to grab a few things before Longlegs' 2nd birthday party over at Fourleafclover and Bath-tubs house.

i called b-rad on his cell and told him i'd wait for him on a bench. He showed up and we started walking down the mall hallway talking. Suddenly, there he was. Right in front of me. i unintentionally made eye contact and the fucking bastard smiled at me a little as we passed each other... i made the mistake of turning my head and he stopped and said; "Hi!"

my heart was pounding in my chest and i blurted out "HI" and tried to keep walking.

B-rad didn't make the connection on who he was or what was happening right away, and i hear Mr. Plant say "I hardly recognized you"

all i could do was keep walking. away from him.

B-rad made the connection and hurried up beside me. my eyes stung, and my throat was filled with pre-cry lump. i kept thinking "just keep walking, don't look back"

when we were far enough away for me to breathe, i felt like i was going to be sick. i just wanted out of the mall.

"I can't believe i said 'hi' to him."

i mean, all these months after talking to Shelly online, and after seeing Mr. Plant on the street and resisting the urge to run him over with my car (Before i found out about the sexual and physical abuse and the impeding law suit) i had ran over in my head what i would say to him if i ever saw him again.

Fuck you Darryl. Don't fucking talk to me. I know what you did. I know what you did to Shelly and Francesca. And if you think you can talk to me at all, you are sadly mistaken. You make me sick, you piece of shit.

but instead i said; "Hi."

i have never felt more disappointed in myself. like i let not only myself down, but Shelly, and Francesca too. Like, i wasn't there for them when it was happening, but at least if i ever saw the bastard i could really tell him off. And i couldn't. I froze. I completely choked.

i keep playing the scene over and over again in my head, thinking of different things i could have said, things i could have done... and oh god, what if b-rad hadn't shown up when he did??

i wasn't relaxed again until we were in the car and on our way out of the mall parking lot. consequently, we forgot to pick up a gift for Longlegs while we were at the mall and ended up being the only ones who didn't bring him anything.

Thank god for the birthday party though. Really, it took my my mind off the event that took place. and i was able to relax and enjoy Longlegs' 2 year old banter. He's so sweet. And i held a six week old baby who was the cutest little thing. i felt better.

i'm trying to not dwell.
fuck him.

Movie Quotes Game

over at Penelope's blog and Sizzle's i found this fun movie quote game... and even though i didn't know many of the movies i thought i'd give it a try. It's also very similar to a post over at Earl's bloggy world..

So the rules are fairly simple

* Pick 15 of your favorite movies
* Go to IMDB and find a quote from each movie (or quote them from memory because you are that bad ass)
* Post them on your blog for everyone to guess
* Fill in the film title once it’s been guessed

These are your rules:
* No Googling or using IMDB search functions (Don’t cheat!)
* Leave your answer(s) in the comments

So, let's see how we do...


1. A man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way he becomes immortal. Will Bloom - Big Fish correctly guessed by Debontherocks

2. Don't be a Vagina McGinestien. Kumar to Harold - Harold and Kumar go to Whitecastle. The first time i saw this part of the movie we all laughed so hard, we had to rewind it three times and watch it over and over.

3. "They look happy, don't they?"
"What, the bras?" Brodie and Stan Lee - Mallrats correctly guessed by Mika

4. "You make me laugh"
"Can i call you?"
"anytime."
"zang." Wayne and Cassandra - Wayne's World correctly guessed by Mika

5. "She's out of our Haaaaiiirrrrrrr"
"What are you doing?"
"They're rehearsing a play!" Mike Wesowski, Randall and passer-by-monster - Monsters Inc. correctly guessed by Autumn - Hi Autumn, thanks for visiting my blog!

6. "With a bit of luck, his life was ruined forever. Always thinking that just behind some narrow door in all of his favorite bars, men in red woolen shirts are getting incredible kicks from things he'll never know." Hunter S. Thompson [voice over] - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - correctly guessed by Earl

7. "Yeah, get me a box of condoms, and, what was that thing we used to eat back in the day? What was it... oh yeah, pussy." Thurgood Jenkins - Half Baked - Correctly guessed by Earl

8. "Oh boy, military action, Ned, we're gonna kill us some goddam Australians! "
"I think we're fighting Canadians. "
"Canadians, Australians, what's the difference?" Ned and Jimbo - South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut correctly guessed by Savia

9. "So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday." Noah Calhoun to Allie Hamilton - The Notebook. The last movie i watched to make me bawl uncontrollably.

10. "Christian, you may see me only as a drunken, vice-ridden gnome whose friends are just pimps and girls from the brothels. But I know about art and love, if only because I long for it with every fiber of my being." Toulous Lautrec - Moulin Rouge correctly guessed by Artful Kisser

11. "Write about anything. Write about your family, write about the talking whale! "
"What whale?"
"The one that's trapped in your imagination and desperate to get out." James Barrie to Peter Llewellen Davie - Finding Neverland correctly guessed by Debontherocks

12. "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
"Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about." Vivian Jaffe and Albert Markovski - I Heart Huckabee - correctly guessed by Earl

13. [translated] "With a prompter in every cellar window whispering comebacks, shy people would have the last laugh."
"At least you'll never be a vegetable - even artichokes have hearts." Narrator [voice over] and Amelie - Amelie - correctly guessed by Robot Laura

14. "You found something else. In that cell you found something that mattered more to you than life. It was when they threatened to kill you unless you gave them what they wanted... you told them you'd rather die. You faced your death, Evey. You were calm. You were still. Try to feel now what you felt then." V to Evey - V for Vendetta - correctly guessed by Teeni

15. "The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant, that few stood against many, and that before this battle is over, even a god-king can bleed." King Leonidas - 300 - correctly guessed by Earl

Idiot in One Act.

[SCENE: Gas station Exterior]

Laura pulls up next to the air pump and proceeds to check the air pressure in her back tires.
Fat Guy in Car pulls up next to her facing the opposite direction so the two cars back tires are in line. FGiC walks up to air hose and starts filling his back tire.

Laura: (under breath) seriously?

Laura stands by and waits patiently for him to finish

FGiC (motioning with hose): oh, do you want this?
Laura: Yeah, thanks. (Motioning with Tire Gauge) Do you want this?
FGiC: Naw, they just get to a certain point and then release themselves.

Laura crouches and begins filling her tire

FGiC: Yeah, these rims are [blah blah blah blah blah], still the original tires.

Laura says nothing

FGiC: Yep. Pretty good tires.

Laura says nothing

FGiC: Not bad for 30 years

Laura: uh huh.

FGiC realizing that Laura cares nothing about his rims, his tires, or his 30 year old Lincoln - gets into his car and revs the motor 5 times blowing exhaust in Laura's face as she places the cap back on the tire.

in a last attempt at machismo, FGiC attempts to squeal tires, and fails miserably.

Laura: y'gotta be fucking kidding me. (gets in car) God, i'd kill for a slurpee right now.

[END SCENE]

2 blonde beauties bust out

How does Britney get back in shape for her next music video after her in and out again love affair with rehab? Why, she does it the good old fashioned way! She gets someone to animate her as a Anime Superhero!!




Please note that my Cat Cinda had a prominent vocal part somewhere in the middle of the song when Britney is making out with the Russian Robot... MRRREEEAOOOWW!
Love Brit's 7" waistline.

also,
this video...kinda makes my naughty bits tingle...oooh Avril, in your Acid Green bustier and ripped up fishnet stockings..... You're make ME so hot... mmm.



Did anyone see her spread in this months new Maxim?? Oh Canada!! WOO!

a few things

• My girl Bjork is my hero....
• check out this uber Creepy message to Scientology
• my legs are extremely hairy and i'm somewhat concerend that if i don't shave them now, i won't be able to reach them
• today i'm wearing maternity pants that i got from my sister-in-law, and they're way too short. hence the noticing of how hairy my legs are.
• Incense and Peppermints by Strawberry Alarm Clock is what i imagine the sixties were like - constant organs and shakey eggs and sha la las.
• Co-Worker gave me a tube of 100% pure Cocoa Butter - it smells like baking - for rubbing on my buddha belly
• we almost barbecued last night, but realized the bbq is in need of a good cleaning.
• the snow on my back deck is almost all gone!

Another Boring Meeting....sigh....

I've been in meetings all day - long winded blah blah blah meetings.

this is what happens when meetings go TOO LONG....

check out my 'do*

things are lookin' up... February is over, March is moving fast and every day it gets warmer and brighter.

My friend Muffy gave me a gift certificate for a fresh new haircut back when i was in my Winter Blues...and i got it today. i like it. don't you?

*anyone know that obscure game reference?

100 questions answered.

Given my general lack of anything to say - or the energy to say it, its really the perfect time for these survey type dealies... this one in particular was stolen from james.... i hope he doesn't mind. His answers are awesome, by the way, you might want to check them out if'n ya got time after reading all of mine....

1. How old will you be in five years?
almost 33 i guess.

2. Who did you spend at least two hours with today?
today? uhm, well i suppose B-rad - as the day started at midnight and we slept in the same bed for five hours after that.... although i wouldn't really call that spending quality time...

3. How tall are you?
tall enought to kick YOUR ass!! 5'5"

4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks?
the next six weeks? hm. Spring. i'm sick of this snowing wintery garbage.

5. What's the last movie you saw?
uhm, i think it was a documentary on Canada - re: legalization of Pot, Gay Marriage, and how all U.S. soldiers continue to cross the borders from the Land of the Free to Canada so they don't have to keep fighting a 'useless war'. it was quite interesting, i totally wish i had recorded it, or remembered the name of it. Other than that, Premonition starring Sandra Bullock - meh.

6. Who was the last person you called?
B-rad last night to get the ingredaments for 'Guatemalen Polo en Crema' - yum.

7. Who was the last person to call you?
The lovely and talented Carmelle

8. What was the last text message you received?
Uhm, it said; "Cool. Around 8ish?" and it was from Bath-tubs Sunday night - as we were making arrangements for Sunday Night "LOST" at the Batcave. (We just finished watching season 2... now on to Season 3!!)

9. Who