Happy Halloween

Elisabeth, your friend "Belinda" is awesome. I'm tremendously impressed. You don't carve pumpkins due to a lack of artistic talent? The traditional jack-o-lantern face is comprised entirely of triangles. How hard is it to carve a triangle? Andrea, your mermaid girl story is impressive too. That takes mega guts. Maybe I'll do crunches every day for the next year and...yeah, never mind.

As for me....

1. Hard call - I loved the Snow White costume that was passed down to me from my cousin. My Aunt is a pretty accomplished seamstress, and it was a gorgeous dress. Too bad it was hidden under the parka. I also liked being a bumble-bee. I took an old "witch" costume (essentially two squares of black cloth sewn together leaving holes for my head and arms) and sewed yellow stripes around it. I felt quite ingenious.

2. Huey's Tinkerbelle of 2003 (I think). It was so cute. Check out the pic on her blog. Weird to see her with the blonde wig.

3. Coffee Crisp. My regular sized favorite is Skor and I've never ever seen a miniature one.

4. Eat a bag of candy while watching the Mercer Report (he is apparently going to have a sleep over with Stephen Harper's kids - I am surprised that Harper will let his children even speak to a Homosexual, let alone have a sleep-over with one - maybe he is not such a bigot after all, hmm... nah), and House. Then I will study until the sugar buzz wears off and I fall asleep drooling on my books.

5. Scary

Halloween Quiz

OMG - 10 hours of hard core studying today. I walked in the door from the library 15 minutes ago. I rock pensions hard core. No really. Hard Core!

So this week's quiz is in honour of Halloween (what a surprise). I am pretty bitter about several years of Halloweens being sacrificed to the SOA, without any dressing up, pub crawls or parties. Boo-urns. So I shall live vicariously. Yay!

1. What was your favorite costume ever (that you wore)?

2. What was your favorite costume ever (that someone else was wearing)?

3. What is your favorite miniature chocolate bar? Is it different from your favorite regular sized bar? (I'm serious - ratios can be affected by shrinking to "fun" sizes, and taste thusly affected, so it would be reasonable to have your favorite miniature different than your favorite regular size)

4. What are your Halloween plans this year?

5. You are carving a Jack-o-Lantern. Scary face or Funny face?

I'm going to bed.

Missing Person

Tall smart and gorgeous Asian woman reported missing.
Last seen: Online the morning of October 15th
Responds to: Huey, Kiwi, Ed (go figure) and "Hey you - I've got food!"
Distinguishing Features: adorable unique freckles and unbelievably perfect tears (when moved)
If seen, please comment on this blog. We miss our Huey!

Quiz Response

My own responses are as follows:

1. I am definitely renting Little Women for my couch potato day. I never get tired of that one. Pirates of the Carribean is on the list as well, although I may look for it this weekend when I decide I need a little break and some cuddle time.

2. Today we had run out of cuccumbers, so I had cream cheese, salami and red peppers. The only reason these are all new combos to me is that I really never eat salami. It is just too fatty to have all the time, but you know what? It is freaking tasty.

3. I also choose Rick. Funniest guy ever.

In other news, tomorow I have my appointment at the Hewitt Annual Health fair. They bring in a private nurse every year and if we like we can sign up and get our blood pressure, blood glucose, cholesterol and body fat measured. I'm really nervous that the nurse is going to tell me I am a fatty. I know it is a mainly irrational fear, as I am pretty active and, besides my sweet tooth, eat pretty healthy. But what if I am making this effort to exercise and eat right, and I am still in a health risk category? That would be so upsetting and frusterating. I was going to go for a run after work to make me feel better about it, but it was all dark when I got home. So I just spent 20 minutes peeling and cutting two pounds of carrots into sticks, so that I at least know I will be eating healthy snacks for the next few days. And I will go to kick-boxing tomorrow at lunch. And maybe I will sign up for that 10k I have been procrastinating about.

Time to go - TTFN.

Monday Quiz

It's back, after I forgot about it for a while. Just an couple easy questions this time, I'm not in the mood for hard questions right now.

1. While staring out the window at the library over the weekend I spent a good deal of time fantasizing madly about a rainy Saturday afternoon wrapped in blankies and watching several ridiculous movies in a row pausing only to make popcorn and pee as necessary. Recommend one ridiculous movie for my upcoming rainy afternoon.

2. Today, for lack of having anything better in the fridge, I made a sandwich of a combination I had never had before - cream cheese, cucumber and salami. It was really good. Describe a three topping sandwich you have never tried, but think would be good. Bonus credit if you actually try it this week.

3. Who would you rather go on a date with: Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert or Rick Mercer?

It IS Magical

So home last weekend, my mother was raving about the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. She said it was the best thing she'd ever used on the bathtub and I was intrigued. When I ran out of Fruits & Passion Botanical cleanser a while ago, I did something very environmentally unfriendly, and picked up a bottle of Tilex with Bleach. Yes, I feel slight guilty as I spary it generously over the tub, it sort of irritates my throat as I am wiping it down, and Mark complains bitterly about the scent of bleach (I am quite fond of this scent for various associative reasons, but that's another story), but damn, that is one sparkling clean tub when I am done. Shiney and white and perfect. But yes, I was inrtigued by my mother's claims. This little white sponge, really a magical innovation in cleaning? I had to try it. So on my way home from the library last night, I stopped in at London Drugs and when I got home went straight to the bathroom to try it. And yes ladies and gentlemen. It is magical. I was amazed. I have no idea how it works, but with minimal elbow grease, and what appears to be no harsh chemicals, the tub was sparkling clean. It is as if they somehow got the properties of steel wool into a peice of non-abrasive foam. Plus it is like a magnet for hair, which is the bain of my existence while cleaning the bathroom. Highly reccomended.

And for my Mom: Stop buying cleaning supplies and toiletries at Safeway! London Drugs is almost always, always cheaper. Only 3.29 for two Magic Erasers.

Okay. That is quite enough blogging about cleaning products. Time to go to the library.

Cheers.

A gameshow host I despise more than Howie Mandel

My exciting Friday night study break is..wait for it...watching a new gameshow, 1 vs. 100. It had an interesting premise, so I wanted to watch a bit to see how it was. I still like the premise, but I swear, I don't think I can stand another minute of Bob Saget. He has got to be the world's biggest chump.

I want to blog...

..but I have to go study.

Had a great time in Calgary last weekend. Too great, really. Going home made me homesick.

Later gators.

There is a little feminist inside of me.

Get ready, she's about to speak.

So, let me just say that I love the Gilmore Girls. Great show, look forward to it every week. Sweet and heartwarming, with enough sarcastic wit to keep me from puking from the syrup of it all. A great recipe for a show.

Also, let me say that I do indeed want babies. I can only hope to be so lucky as to one day squeeze out my own squirming, slimy, screaming progeny. I think it will be profound and wonderful, and I look forward to raising my children with great excitement.

But last night on Gilmore Girls when Lane announced she was pregnant, I threw up a little in my own mouth. I was beyond furious. The feminist inside me started to yell and there is no stopping her.

I mean think about it. Here's Lane, a great supporting character. She's show great depth, demonstrating the difficulty of clashing so deeply with one's family, but at the same time wanting to love them and be loved by them. She has shown how patience and love and the right amount of hot-headed rebellion can bridge that gap. She is a talented musician, and she is obviously the leader in the band she plays with, easily being the smartest and most driven out the four of them. And the only female. She's entered into what could be a very quirky, and dynamic marriage. Potentially full of comic material for the show. So after all this, apparently, this is how it went down in the writer's studio:

"What should happen to Lane and Zack?"

"Oh, I don't know. How about they record a CD?"

"Nah"

"How about we come up with some funny new scenarios as Lane tries to explore her sexuality?" (THIS COULD HAVE BEEN GOLD - plus it could've addressed in a positive way something that lots of women struggle with)

"Nah"

"They could buy a house? Start a business?""

"Nah - Let's just knock her up. That's all women are good for anyway"

ARGH! It just seemed so lame. And it seemed to very much reinforce that, according to Hollywood, all us gals are on our way to the barefoot bliss of the kitchen, so why not just hurry up.

It pissed me off and I think it is pathetic. mark my words, when the season finale comes down, it won't end with Rory landing her dream job as an Asian correspondent for the NY Times., and heading off to see the world. It'll end with her getting engaged. Because that, of course is the ultimate that we all aspire to. Vomit.

And in other news: Stephen Harper is a big dickhead. He seems to think we should allow people to discriminate against other people because of their religion. So if your religion is opposed to gay marriage you don't have to perform ceremonies for homosexuals or let them rent your church basement for a reception. So I suppose if you were a CEO and your religion is opposed to women having jobs outside the home, you should be allowed to not hire any women, for just that reason. Or if you own a restaurant or store and your religion says that women should be veiled when they go outside the house, you shouldn't have to serve them if they are wearing shorts.

He is so dumb. It drives me crazy.