i'm just dancing around today... so happy. don't know why - or not admitting why anyway... i am the happy girl of mystery!
*shaking my groove thing*
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Thursday, May 22, 2008
F1 mini-vans
so i was actually out on the road today - woah! and while i was driving Hwy 24 (between the WC and Lafayette) i saw many min-vans driving fast. and this is quite normal in my view but it was the way they were driving... i could have sworn that they were training for the next Formula 1 race...
why wasn't i invited?!?!
because i don't drive a mini-van?
whatever! i may not have a mini-van but i have the desire for competition and the taste of victory (which i think tastes like chicken).
i suppose i need to get in training now to be competitive. i don't think i can just have my little ford focus gain a few pounds to look like a mini-van. it is distinctly a 2-door hatchback. no multitude of children fitting in this driving machine. though she's not as small as she looks - i have put 4-adults in this car. i don't know if it was comfortable, as i was driving.
but that aside, i know that mini-vans have been mid-design rehaul for a while - but F1 car they are not. They are as much a Ferrari as my car is a porche...
viva italiana!
why wasn't i invited?!?!
because i don't drive a mini-van?
whatever! i may not have a mini-van but i have the desire for competition and the taste of victory (which i think tastes like chicken).
i suppose i need to get in training now to be competitive. i don't think i can just have my little ford focus gain a few pounds to look like a mini-van. it is distinctly a 2-door hatchback. no multitude of children fitting in this driving machine. though she's not as small as she looks - i have put 4-adults in this car. i don't know if it was comfortable, as i was driving.
but that aside, i know that mini-vans have been mid-design rehaul for a while - but F1 car they are not. They are as much a Ferrari as my car is a porche...
viva italiana!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
the return work..
well after much healing, i have finally returned to the day job. oh the joy. actually, it hasn't been too terrible. I only walked into about 200 emails and a few to-do's that i quite happily ignored as I'm sure someone else was forced to do them as i was out.
i know, i'm not very nice.
but in all fairness i was working my butt off up until i left so that i could really rest while i was out.
but i have returned to work realizing that i have great co-workers who really helped out while i was incapacitated. and this lead to a MAJOR realization, that i already know, that the company will not fall apart if i take a few days off for some vacation. nothing broke. the economy didn't fail (anymore than it was when i was working) and to be fair some people noticed that they hadn't heard from me in a while - but that they knew i was ok. :)
it's nice to be loved.
well, i've also realized while being at work, that it is over-rated. i do love my job. i enjoy doing it. i don't know what i would do if i weren't doing this bc i love it so (other than being a famous film star)! but for as much i love it, i really don't want to work any more... can i be independently wealthy already??
guess not.
perhaps next time.
i know, i'm not very nice.
but in all fairness i was working my butt off up until i left so that i could really rest while i was out.
but i have returned to work realizing that i have great co-workers who really helped out while i was incapacitated. and this lead to a MAJOR realization, that i already know, that the company will not fall apart if i take a few days off for some vacation. nothing broke. the economy didn't fail (anymore than it was when i was working) and to be fair some people noticed that they hadn't heard from me in a while - but that they knew i was ok. :)
it's nice to be loved.
well, i've also realized while being at work, that it is over-rated. i do love my job. i enjoy doing it. i don't know what i would do if i weren't doing this bc i love it so (other than being a famous film star)! but for as much i love it, i really don't want to work any more... can i be independently wealthy already??
guess not.
perhaps next time.
Friday, May 16, 2008
hot hot heat
it's a heatwave! San Francisco is in my estimation, roasting... Fortunately I live in the OG cave which means, it doesn't get overly hot if I leave the blinds closed... right now, the thermometer in the OG courtyard says 74 degrees. I was pretty convinced that it was broken as it said 51 degrees for a while. but yup, it works.
so for having grown up in warm weather i'm not one to enjoy greater than 82 degree temperatures without festive beverage in hand and shade. but one of the things i LOVE, and i do mean LOVE (and appreciate) about SF during the hot weather are the phenomenal sunsets. there is just something about the area that the sunsets are perfect almost every night on hot days and during fall.
for those of you who have never been to SF or want to come back (OG now has the OG air mattress)... the best times of the year for sunsets are RIGHT NOW and fall...
anyway, here's a picture i took last night at sunset.
let's enjoy a moment of silent reflection ... and for those of you who don't live here - please book your tickets.
so for having grown up in warm weather i'm not one to enjoy greater than 82 degree temperatures without festive beverage in hand and shade. but one of the things i LOVE, and i do mean LOVE (and appreciate) about SF during the hot weather are the phenomenal sunsets. there is just something about the area that the sunsets are perfect almost every night on hot days and during fall.
for those of you who have never been to SF or want to come back (OG now has the OG air mattress)... the best times of the year for sunsets are RIGHT NOW and fall...
anyway, here's a picture i took last night at sunset.
let's enjoy a moment of silent reflection ... and for those of you who don't live here - please book your tickets.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
nick names, side kicks and a job opening...
so i was discussing with my friend kittyflyn in the bloggers version of the 'hall of justice' a new nickname a friend has given me "VG - Vicodin Girl". i have this nickname for 2 reasons, one i'm taking vicodin for my post surgery pain and 2 when i'm on it, it's like someone somewhere took the OG remote, hit a button and i'm on 'self-amuse'. ready to entertain myself (and possibly others) at the flick of a switch...
so i told her this and the conversation turned to perhaps VG is OG's alter ego until i'm back to my OG crime fighting ways. Or perhaps, OG's side kick. Well, i can't do both at the same time. talk about multiple personalities... so that evolved into a conversation about a good side kick for OG. (ok, i'm referring to myself in the 3rd person, lame)
Kitteflyn came up with a few amusing choices, possibly a good nemesis name and i think a pr0n star name for OG - Silver Lining... i love it. It's perfect. Ironic. Funny. Amusing. Made me laugh. Ouch!!!
But this still leaves me with a vacancy for a side kick. i can manage the OG/VG personalities, i'm thinking that in my still recovering state i need a side kick... any applicants? at the moment i'll also accept suggestions for a side kick name even if you aren't available to fill the role.
i can't offer much in the way of a dental or health plan and there isn't really a 401k, but i can offer some good times, definitely a lot of laughs (VG for that one) and perhaps a little day drinking... hey, OG also needs a partner in crime.
please send your applications to:
subterranean cave apt
San Francisco
i can't be more specific than that as super heroes always have a secret hideout and if i say more you'll know where to find the OG and I'd like to keep my membership to the hall of justice for bloggers - they have great cocktails!!
ps as a favor to me for kittie's fab help today - please read her blog! thank you!
so i told her this and the conversation turned to perhaps VG is OG's alter ego until i'm back to my OG crime fighting ways. Or perhaps, OG's side kick. Well, i can't do both at the same time. talk about multiple personalities... so that evolved into a conversation about a good side kick for OG. (ok, i'm referring to myself in the 3rd person, lame)
Kitteflyn came up with a few amusing choices, possibly a good nemesis name and i think a pr0n star name for OG - Silver Lining... i love it. It's perfect. Ironic. Funny. Amusing. Made me laugh. Ouch!!!
But this still leaves me with a vacancy for a side kick. i can manage the OG/VG personalities, i'm thinking that in my still recovering state i need a side kick... any applicants? at the moment i'll also accept suggestions for a side kick name even if you aren't available to fill the role.
i can't offer much in the way of a dental or health plan and there isn't really a 401k, but i can offer some good times, definitely a lot of laughs (VG for that one) and perhaps a little day drinking... hey, OG also needs a partner in crime.
please send your applications to:
subterranean cave apt
San Francisco
i can't be more specific than that as super heroes always have a secret hideout and if i say more you'll know where to find the OG and I'd like to keep my membership to the hall of justice for bloggers - they have great cocktails!!
ps as a favor to me for kittie's fab help today - please read her blog! thank you!
Monday, May 12, 2008
Empress OG
earlier this week i had a bit of a crappy day with regard to my health. i am still happily healing - but as a friend reminded me - it was an episode that my body had to have to remind me that i am JUST NOW 2 weeks past major surgery and i need to take it easy. (my doc said at 4 weeks i'd feel as if i were almost 100%, but i'd be closerr to 100% at 6 weeks - 6 weeks! this optimist/impatient girl - wants to be better earlier!!)
so i did a couple of things to help me feel better. i took my pain medication. but that wasn't enough. so i tried to buy some stuff online. and as i've blogged about that before, doing it online just isn't as good as doing it out and about. with friends is especially good. though i have some friends it is better with than others. i have one friend who is all about - the planning and it is almost a tactical assault or as we call it - the ninja experience... *insert karate chop*
so shopping has lost it's appeal. well, sort of. i mean, i'll still get a rush buying something fabulous... but i think i'll try something else to help lift my spirits.
so - i decided i might start invading small countries and making myself empress... it worked for most of Europe... particularly the British... i mean, did the leaders of the countries say - i'm feeling a bit down - let's invade X and that should make me feel better? i think it's possible. during the times of conquering and global colonization, there were great advances in science/technology. admittedly there were quite a few down sides, but let's not dwell.
where should i invade first? what's going to give me that rush i need to feel better? canada? i mean, i was born there, so technically i'm canadian and that's not really invading a foreign country, since i'm a citizen. perhaps i should start smaller, canada really is quite large.
any suggestions?
until then, i'll stick with my pain medication (as needed and appropriate) and ebay.
so i did a couple of things to help me feel better. i took my pain medication. but that wasn't enough. so i tried to buy some stuff online. and as i've blogged about that before, doing it online just isn't as good as doing it out and about. with friends is especially good. though i have some friends it is better with than others. i have one friend who is all about - the planning and it is almost a tactical assault or as we call it - the ninja experience... *insert karate chop*
so shopping has lost it's appeal. well, sort of. i mean, i'll still get a rush buying something fabulous... but i think i'll try something else to help lift my spirits.
so - i decided i might start invading small countries and making myself empress... it worked for most of Europe... particularly the British... i mean, did the leaders of the countries say - i'm feeling a bit down - let's invade X and that should make me feel better? i think it's possible. during the times of conquering and global colonization, there were great advances in science/technology. admittedly there were quite a few down sides, but let's not dwell.
where should i invade first? what's going to give me that rush i need to feel better? canada? i mean, i was born there, so technically i'm canadian and that's not really invading a foreign country, since i'm a citizen. perhaps i should start smaller, canada really is quite large.
any suggestions?
until then, i'll stick with my pain medication (as needed and appropriate) and ebay.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
i'll win the nobel peace prize
so, i will admit i'm not naturally the neatest/most organized person in the world. it takes effort for me to be neat and organized (a lot of effort). but i think my desk is surrounded by some sort of chaos field or something like that. No matter how organized/neat i try to be with my desk i can turn my back on it for 5 minutes and it is a federal disaster zone when i look around again.
As the universe naturally moves in the direction of chaos, i wonder if my desk is trapped in some accelerated chaos field where it will more quickly than the rest of the world, become more chaotic?
No matter what i do, no matter how clean, what systems of organization i put in place - chaos always ensues.
i wonder if there are physicists who would want to study the chaos of my desk. i swear, it doesn't follow the rules of space, time and chaos. the research could win a nobel prize in physics that is if physicists are truly able to identify the true nature of the phenomena. i'm sure through the research we'd find ourselves making leaps and bounds in physics and move toward a greater understanding of the universe (and my desk, of course). it could be a turning point in the evolution of man (and woman) even the human race as a whole. it could lead to world peace and a time of unheard of progress in science, health research and possibly even philosophy. dare i suggest we'd get something other than crap on tv? We'd finally be able to understand life, the universe, everything. possibly even 42.
as this research stems from the phenomena surrounding my desk - i could win the nobel peace prize for bring the world together into a time of great understanding. and all of this coming from an IKEA desk.
i should probably start writing the research proposal now so that the physicists can begin their applications for research earlier rather than later...
and i shouldn't clean my desk as it will only get messy again the minute i turn my back, so i should leave it in it's natural state and only become a alarmed when it posses a health hazard.
do you think it will evolve into a sentient being and eat the cat? ooo... now i'm creating/discovering life.
i really should start that acceptance speech for the nobel!
As the universe naturally moves in the direction of chaos, i wonder if my desk is trapped in some accelerated chaos field where it will more quickly than the rest of the world, become more chaotic?
No matter what i do, no matter how clean, what systems of organization i put in place - chaos always ensues.
i wonder if there are physicists who would want to study the chaos of my desk. i swear, it doesn't follow the rules of space, time and chaos. the research could win a nobel prize in physics that is if physicists are truly able to identify the true nature of the phenomena. i'm sure through the research we'd find ourselves making leaps and bounds in physics and move toward a greater understanding of the universe (and my desk, of course). it could be a turning point in the evolution of man (and woman) even the human race as a whole. it could lead to world peace and a time of unheard of progress in science, health research and possibly even philosophy. dare i suggest we'd get something other than crap on tv? We'd finally be able to understand life, the universe, everything. possibly even 42.
as this research stems from the phenomena surrounding my desk - i could win the nobel peace prize for bring the world together into a time of great understanding. and all of this coming from an IKEA desk.
i should probably start writing the research proposal now so that the physicists can begin their applications for research earlier rather than later...
and i shouldn't clean my desk as it will only get messy again the minute i turn my back, so i should leave it in it's natural state and only become a alarmed when it posses a health hazard.
do you think it will evolve into a sentient being and eat the cat? ooo... now i'm creating/discovering life.
i really should start that acceptance speech for the nobel!
Monday, May 5, 2008
happy cinco de mayo
in honor of cinco de mayo... let me sing the cinco de mayo song and do the accompanying dance...
cinco cinco cinco de mayo
cinco cinco cinco de mayo
cinco cinco cinco de mayo
cinco de mayo
YEAH!
happy cinco de mayo!
cinco cinco cinco de mayo
cinco cinco cinco de mayo
cinco cinco cinco de mayo
cinco de mayo
YEAH!
happy cinco de mayo!
Saturday, May 3, 2008
home from the hospital
well after a relaxing 4 days and 3 nights, i am home from the hospital. My surgery went well. The surgeon was pleased with how it went and though i stayed in the hospital longer than expected, i am quite glad i did. i am now more a lot more mobile than i was even yesterday evening. (yeah, me)
i need help getting in and out of chairs and i'm only doing little walks. hills and stairs, totally kick my butt. i am up and about with some mobility so i'm really happy about that. i'm actually more mobile than i expected! woot.
kudos to my doctor for a fabulous combo of pain medicines. :) i had morphine via IV for the first day or two. When i thought, hmm.. i've got some pain, i wonder if i can have the 4mg of morphine, i figured it best to stop that one. talk about quick pain relief. The doc then moved me on to a vicodin combo which is interesting and really beats my pain. i didn't realize how great it was until the drive home from the hospital. when i took pain stuff in the hospital, i usually just dozed off to sleep or feebly attempted to read cosmo (for the content in cosmo it took me WAY too long to read)... so when i was in the car i was able to see the passing scenery, and other stimuli. bay area traffic when one is on vicodin is interesting. perhaps, freaky? either way, i was glad i wasn't driving! :) (and i'm sure the other drivers are as well).
so here i am - home for 2 weeks. i have magazines, a few books, and some DVDs to watch. plus i have to walk 3 times a day... so as it takes me a bit of time to get going... my days for the next few weeks are action packed.
all ofthis is being made possible by my mom. :) she's taken a few weeks off from work to come and take care of me.
THANKS MUM!
i have great tales of grand adventures of slaying dragons, saving princes and generally being heoric to share - but as these tales were undertaken while under the influence of some drug or another - i think they are better left for another time.
though i do have other hospital stories to share.. the drugs are kicking in, and i'm ready for another nap!
until then...
the OG
i need help getting in and out of chairs and i'm only doing little walks. hills and stairs, totally kick my butt. i am up and about with some mobility so i'm really happy about that. i'm actually more mobile than i expected! woot.
kudos to my doctor for a fabulous combo of pain medicines. :) i had morphine via IV for the first day or two. When i thought, hmm.. i've got some pain, i wonder if i can have the 4mg of morphine, i figured it best to stop that one. talk about quick pain relief. The doc then moved me on to a vicodin combo which is interesting and really beats my pain. i didn't realize how great it was until the drive home from the hospital. when i took pain stuff in the hospital, i usually just dozed off to sleep or feebly attempted to read cosmo (for the content in cosmo it took me WAY too long to read)... so when i was in the car i was able to see the passing scenery, and other stimuli. bay area traffic when one is on vicodin is interesting. perhaps, freaky? either way, i was glad i wasn't driving! :) (and i'm sure the other drivers are as well).
so here i am - home for 2 weeks. i have magazines, a few books, and some DVDs to watch. plus i have to walk 3 times a day... so as it takes me a bit of time to get going... my days for the next few weeks are action packed.
all ofthis is being made possible by my mom. :) she's taken a few weeks off from work to come and take care of me.
THANKS MUM!
i have great tales of grand adventures of slaying dragons, saving princes and generally being heoric to share - but as these tales were undertaken while under the influence of some drug or another - i think they are better left for another time.
though i do have other hospital stories to share.. the drugs are kicking in, and i'm ready for another nap!
until then...
the OG
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