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Sunday, September 25th, 2005
11:33 am	For Posterity: 37:10.2 Today I completed my first 5k race - the Scotia Toronto Waterfront. I had a stretch goal of doing it in 35 minutes but that would be *wicked* fast. I was hoping to come in under 40 mins and did that with time to spare. It was awesome. I can't believe that in July I said, "I'm going to do that race" and today I did it. I'm so proud of myself. I think I've been bitten by the run bug ;) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, August 6th, 2005
3:22 pm	The "Amy is' list I'm a bit slow on the uptake of this one but I've got some interesting hits so I thought I'd post. Amy is currently fighting the leukemia with a new form of chemotherapy Amy is the third film in Smith's so-called "New Jersey Trilogy" Amy is able to be "selfless, boundless, without ego" Amy is todays Mediapickle babe of the New Year :) "Amy" is comfort food for tired, hungry professionals who feel adrift in the career world. Amy is one of the main characters in Sonic X, a new anime. ... But Amy is too distracted with the free couples day at Twinkle Park. Amy is a brilliant scholar with a demonstrated commitment Amy is known for her love of bunnies Amy is a true Jazz brit AMY IS BACK! Amy is an 8 year old Yorkie who was rescued by Elaine Amy is going to sleep for a long time Amy is painfully honest in her songwriting while dancing poetically Amy is filled with enthusiasm for the bounty that messengering life has to offer. Amy Is Awesome Amy is the daughter of Leo and Inez Wong, one of the richest families on Mars. Amy is consistently excellent the list goes on, and on, and on.... (Comment on this)
Thursday, September 23rd, 2004
3:30 pm	NY:CSI I've been waiting for NY:CSI for a couple of months now and I had to fight off this week's bout of narcolepsy to stay up and watch. I have to be honest...I found it lacking. It's better than Miami, I'll give it that but it was very dark (colouring not content) and had a very stylized set and lacked the same energy that drew me into the first CSI series. The judge will remain out until I see one or two more episodes but I don't see me staying up to watch this if there's something else available. Did anyone else watch? Am I completely off the mark or what? Also, this may get me in the bad books of our neighbours to the south, but having Gary Sinse talke to a comatose victim about his wife who died in 9-11 and then ending the show with him visiting "ground zero" a)wasn't great and 2)came outta left field. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 14th, 2004
3:50 pm	At long last.. It's been looming over my head for almost a year now...I'm the MC at a wedding this weekend.  I don't normally have problems speaking in front of groups but it has been a long time since I wrote a formal speechy type thing.  After some vino and martinis on Sunday to get the ball rolling,  and a good home cooked meal last night, I put the finishing touches on the first draft last night/ this morning at 1:05.  Twelve pages, handwritten and most of it is good.  I typed it up and had a read through this afternoon and to my delight it actually sounds like I know what I'm doing.  It was rough at the beginning...there were so many stories to choose from and so many different ways to attack the problem...thanks to cwf we got the approach sorted out and it all kinda fell into place after that.  My focus now will be rehearsal so I won't need the cards.  I can't fully describe the difference between my attitude last week and this week.  I think having my 3 big items - bridesmaid dress, wedding present and speech - sorted out have given me the opportunity start to enjoy and look forward to Friday.  I can focus, now, on things like...ok at 11am they're just going to be the same couple they always were and at 6 they are going to be husband and wife...that's huge! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, August 26th, 2004
2:22 pm	Reasons I love my friends Every once in a while we have strange conversations - just out of nowhere, prompted by nothing, that give us a chance to be silly in the middle of the day.  I love my friends for making it happen. ( Today's Remarkable Example ) Excellent quality silliness!! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 4th, 2004
9:40 pm	STRIPPERS!!! (cry for help) Calling all ladeez...and guys if you know. A group of us are hosting a bachelorette and we want to go to male strip club (by males not for males). Can't find any in the downtown area...any ideas. We're at a loss...guess we're just too pure and virginal (ha!). Calling to action the web-fu and madd skillz of all livejournal-ites. thanks...:) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 8th, 2004
4:28 pm	SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE (squared) I CAN'T BELIEVE IT..... I just got a call from Sam at HOPE Volleyball and the prize I supposedly won the day of the tournament is now a reality..... I'M GOING TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FOR A WEEK!!  And not just to the DR for a week, it's for a week "all inclusive" and it's at this resort .  I'm positively elated.    ps - the only conceivable downside is that now I can't say I never win anything b/c this is a BIG win :) Current Mood: ecstatic Current Music: I'm so Excited (Comment on this)
Friday, June 4th, 2004
10:48 am	So long...farewell... Today is my LAST DAY working downtown :(  *awww* We're moving to the badlands of Markham this weekend and I'm not looking forward to it. *snif* I just got into the office after doing a bit of "work from home" and, despite our collective sadness about leaving the core, there's almost a festive attitude here.  I think it's the stress.  I've never seen a more unprofessional looking crowd - almost everyone is in jeans and Ts or sweatshirts; we have music playing in our pod, muffins were brought in for breaky, I believe there's pizza en route for lunch and the place is bare bones clean...except for the ridiculous number of large black packing boxes. The end is near. I don't want to get all teary but...good-bye CN Tower, see ya later Bay St., so long easily accessible restaurants of every type...I will miss you all. *weeps* *sings mournfully* - "So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye.  CGI is goin' to Markham and so must I.    Gooodbyeeee! Gooodbyeeee! Gooodbyeeee!" (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 3rd, 2004
8:26 am	I feel bad for the un-funny Walking through the atrium this morning I see the guy from Booster Juice standing out front with what looks like tasters -  very small plastic cups with smoothies to sample *yum*.  Since I'll take almost any opportunity to make a joke I jumped at the chance.  I walk up with a silly little grin and the following ensues: Amy:  "Hey...are you handing out Booster Shots?" (ba-dump-bump) Guy:  "Ahhumm....these are smoothies and this is a chai latte." I walked away with a strawberry/banana/passion fruit/guava juice sample and a feeling of sadness for this poor, humourless man. I ran the one-liner by the work clan and they love it...of course we're all mad from 1) working where we do and 2) ALL the PACKING! I guess I should be satisfied with just making myself laugh. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2004
1:06 pm	Best Thing *Ever* The best thing *ever* about today was that as I pulled into the parking garage at work (6:53am) I heard a song echoing throughout the garage...very loud.  It turned out to be coming from the car beside me - driver still in the car - listening to "ALWAY LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE".  I chuckled all the way to my desk.  (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, May 31st, 2004
4:38 pm	Resumes 'R' Us I am dead serious....I'm grabbing Christie away from the bank and we're starting our own business - Resumes R Us (working title). I cannot believe what people think passes for an acceptable resume these days...c'mon people...sell yourselves a little. My personal favourite so far today is the person who has cut and pasted the description from their first item of work experience into the following 2 (TWO!!) work experience blurbs! ARRRRGGGGHHHH!! All I want is a little creativity and self expression people...am I asking too much? Pick up a thesaurus for cripes sake! After the turmoil the two of us have been through with the resumes and cover letters we're freaking amazing at crafting the darn things...no really....we are. I think I'll add "create business plan" to the list of "to dos" that will already keep me up well into the night tonight. Enough is enough. ps - on the same resume as above, there's no name on the front page >:( Current Mood: Exasperated (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 26th, 2004
12:50 pm	Bad Thai After much suspense and looking forwardtoitness I find the new "Spring Rolls" (in the atrium) lacking. I've had 2 meals there now. A sit-down lunch of cashew chicken - okay but nothing to write home about - and Thai Red Beef curry from take-out today. The only redeeming thing about my takeout today was that thankfully I didn't order my usual green chicken curry...otherwise my heated tryst with Thai may have ceased this afternoon. Barely cooked grissly beef and a "too creamy" attempt at red curry has left me wanting. I will, now, stay forever faithful to my triumverate of Thai - Young Thailand, Salad King and The Green Mango (aka: my first, my last, my everything). ps - now I want a cookie ;) Current Mood: hungry Current Music: You're the first, the last, my everything - Barry White (Comment on this)
Friday, May 21st, 2004
9:57 am	In a nutshell I haven't done a "this is my life" kinda update in a while so here goes..... The Work:  I've been all over hell's half acre.  I was in my actual office for a total of 9 hours this week.  The rest of this ridiculously long week has been spent in the car, in North York and in Mississauga...equal parts.  Yesterday's half day in the office enabled a little bit of what I'll call "the cleanout of '04".  We (the company, not the casa) are moving to MARKHAM (insert righteous indignation here) on June 6th so I'm trying to clean out the trash before I pack my shit up...a logical plan, yes, but time consuming.  And, in the category of small things that amuse me...we have a new remote login procedure that is not only easy to use, but also works!  This is an absolute miracle.  It means that as I'm traipsing all over the GTA for work I'll be able to log in and access my outlook server....no more webmail.  See, not very exciting in the "real world" but makes work a little less cumbersome. The Life:  This has been a packed kinda week.  Monday was dinner with family #2 and a trip to the Jays game for Dave's birthday.  We left just as the ass kicking was beginning.  Tuesday unfortunately didn't have much life...working on presentations from the comfort of the big red couch.  Wednesday was getting a head start on Macbeth.  We're reading it for book club (aka: excuse to drink wine and gossip) and making an outing of it by including a Sunday matinee at Stratford.  Yeah...our book club rocks.  Thursday, that was last night, was "the muggy" so it was Coronas on the terrace (sing it with me now people...you put the lime in the Co-ro-na and drink 'em both together, you put the lime in the Co-ro-na and then you feel better).  Which ended up in a fab three dash to, of all places, McKenzie's.  They were happy to see us and had even found a drinkable (I use the term mildly) substitue for Strongbow.  It wasn't great but it clearly did the job.  I've decided that I'll not be concerned with the prospect of alcoholism and just drink every night.  The pass-out sleep is sooooo good! The Long Weekend:  Instead of following the pack to the campsite the two single girls are heading out on one of our legendary roadtrips.  Go ahead, make all the Thelma&Louise cracks you want...we can take it.  We have a couple things planned, which isn't our normal roadtrip modus operandi, but we're literally going to see where the road takes us.  Passports are packed just in case.  Tonight anything goes, no really, we're seeing Anything Goes at Stratford.  Then we hit the road heading somewhat in the direction of Niagara-on-the-Lake.  We have a winery tasting and spa afternoon on Saturday but that's all that we have on the books.  I'm packing the cameras in anticipation of having to document our antics.  Now...back to frittering away Friday morning so I can leave early and get packed.  Happy Long Weekend y'all!! ;) Current Mood: energetic Current Music: Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 12th, 2004
3:50 pm	Perks Question:  What is better than sitting at home with your dress pants and flip-flops on, feet up on the desk and working through a mountain of email?  The answer:  doing all that (without the email part) outside on the terrace.  Seriously, one of the best parts about my job, and to be truthful, about not having a boss at the moment, is that on days like today I can honestly bugger off from the client's site and go home to work.  I haven't yet figured out how to make the power and usb cables reach the patio table but rest assured I will! (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 11th, 2004
10:53 pm	Van Helsing Whoa.  I laughed my a** off!  Not a good movie but quite entertaining; especially if you have someone with whom you can share witty/catty commentary.  It wouldn't be so bad (who am I kidding...of course it would be) if every scene hadn't been stolen from at least one other movie.  I neglected to keep an actual list but all the greats (and a lot of the bads were covered).  Scenes ranged from LOTR to Indiana Jones to Tarzan.  All were completely laughable.  The sleeper hit, however, was Richard Roxborough (Dracula).  One of my maddest skillz is the recognizing of actors and being able to list the roles they played - this one COMPLETELY escaped me.  We made it out of the theatre before Seth filled me in on the man behind Dracula (no...not that man, the other man behind Dracula).  Also, David Wendham has a funny little part - he's no Faramir but still very entertaining. My take on Van Helsing is, if you're a real fan of the character/comic you will completely hate this movie.  If you're like me, however, and are looking for a good night of entertainment...this one's a sure bet.  If all else fails, sneak a flask into the theatre and take a swig every time someone says "Van Helsing"; two swigs if the change in weather/lighting dramatically affects the plot.  It'll make this the best movie of the year.  Trust me. Current Mood: amused (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, April 30th, 2004
11:28 am	Unofficial Poll Happy Friday! I need the help of the collective.  I have to register my team for the Hope Volleyball Tournament today but we haven't yet picked a name.  I've given them the following suggestions but thought I'd open it to the masses for opinions.  Do you have a fave from the list below? Scared Hitless, Full of Hits, Block Magic, SWAT team, Spiked Punch, Block Party, Set To Kill, Court Jesters, Arm And Hammer, Net Assets Also...if you need a good chuckle you can check out other names at Volleyball Team Names ps- playing volleyball for 2.5 hours makes the body hurt Current Mood: productive (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, April 23rd, 2004
5:08 pm	The curse of the Ziering A fun article on television mediocrity...if only for the author's ability to make up words. The Curse of the Ziering - for every successful television show, there's one doomed acting career (2 Comments |Comment on this)
8:52 am	Following Suit Following the chain from themusesbitch Tell the listening audience your favorite memory of me. When you first met me, when I did something stupid, something I've said, etc... And then post the query to *your* Journal... (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 22nd, 2004
11:11 am	....oh...and another thing Funniest thing I said this morning was in our weekly Business Development/Delivery team meeting. Chairperson: "Now...moving on to mobility" Amy: "Yes..I'm here for Enn and Darrell as well today." general peanut gallery: "ha ha...you have the split personality thing going." Amy: "Well...I'm doing WHATEVER IT TAKES." Really tried to say it without sarcasm but I think a few people may have seen through the thin veil ;) Current Mood: cheeky (2 Comments |Comment on this)
10:47 am	Patio Season '04 Totally by fluke but we appear to have started Patio Season '04 last night. You're right...it was 4 degrees and rainy but we somehow managed to have 6 margaritas and nachos on a patio.  The rules applied: 3 or more people, drinks consumed and we dined en plain air.  I say we roll with this surprising head start and make tracks to a patio at least weekly. Joiners? Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: Patio Lanterns - Kim Mitchell (2 Comments |Comment on this)