idle musings

I went down to the North Van animal shelter today, to give them some goodies and to get some lovin’. First was Meika, a full-blood pitt who thinks she is a lap dog. Then Purdy, a pitt-lab-pointer cross who was really hyper but then would sprawl on her back to get some good belly rubs. [...]

When I nap during the day, I wear pajama pants, a tank top, a hoodie, and fuzzy socks, and I’m under my quilt and a fuzzy blanket with the window closed. When I sleep at night, I wear a long sleeved t-shirt, underneath just my quilt, with the window open halfway. Kind of weird.

History is made every second of every day, but usually those moments are filled with useless trivia or bits that are only important to small amounts of people. Tonight, Barack Hussein Obama was announced as the president-elect of the United States, in an overwhelming landslide of electoral votes. This is a defining moment in our [...]

I <3 it. It sends me text messages at times I specify, to remind me of tasks I need to do before I get home. How awesome is that! Now I don’t need to remember to water my plants – I’ll get a text every Sunday reminding me. Keeping track of how many days since [...]

I have been swept up in the American presidential race these past few months. I am going to an election party tomorrow with a few friends (one of whom is an ex-pat American who absentee-voted) to hopefully cheer and celebrate when Obama wins. Being the neighbour, larger in size but only a fraction in population, [...]

Palin is just so embarrassing, I cannot believe that she has supporters. A Canadian comedy duo called The Masked Avengers from CKOI 96.9 FM in Montreal, Quebec pranked Sarah Palin, convincing her (and her team) they were receiving a call from French President Nicolas Sarkozy. ~ Daily Kos

This afternoon I finished my 100th book read in 2008. (Technically, I read 103 but those extra 3 were books I read twice this year, so I didn’t count them.) You can see my list on my books page.