idle musings

It really pisses me off that the same people who would be up in arms about being judged on any aspect of their life can turn around and think that it is okay to judge others based on how many fat cells they have attached to their body. Seriously – what the fuck.

Serendipity: the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for ~ Something is afoot.

To the idiot in the minivan; Bike lanes are designed to allow cyclists and vehicles to coexist on the road. While I applaud your instinct to not run over the cyclist, I am still going to honk at you when you swerve into my lane. And yes, when your left tires cross the line, you [...]

Things I have to do today: get off the couch and go shower buy cat food buy myself food (10% off day at Safeway) mail in Premium Assistance form vacuum clean litter box shred papers take out recycling clean bathroom add more books to LibraryThing do my knee exercises go for dinner at Rachel’s house [...]

I ran into one of my ex-boyfriends on Facebook a few weeks ago. I friended him, he friended me back, and then we emailed a bit, and then we went for coffee. It was cool, actually, to see him again. We broke up 7 years ago, so any anger or sadness or anything has faded; [...]

I would like to marry Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby. The fact that he’s a fictional character is holding me back slightly.

For the first time that I can remember, I am alone in the city without any of my family here. For most, if not all, of the people who read my blog, I’m sure this sounds like an everyday occurrence for them. But for me – well, North Van kids tend to stick around. We [...]

My physio (who is awesome, by the way – if you live in North Van and want a physio, go see Robyn at Moveo) has made me two routines for strengthening my knee and hamstring that I can alternate each day. We’re going to keep in touch via email if I want new exercises or [...]

One third of the way through the year, and I have already beaten by three my original goal of reading 35 books in the year. In February (I think) I upped my goal to 50. If I’m already at 38 now, 50 is just around the corner. I’m thinking I might go for 100. I [...]