tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20950237509268104862012-02-02T19:30:13.450-06:00It's a personal blog that packs a punch. A throat punch.L.L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742265747388310965noreply@blogger.comBlogger7781100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095023750926810486.post-52977907807105961582012-02-02T19:02:00.002-06:002012-02-02T19:30:13.466-06:00

There's a really great article on Jezebel today called "Why is it o.k. to ask me why I'm single?" ( a big thank you to my friend Sharilyn for posting it on FB today). I think this is an article everyone could stand to read, male, female... single, taken. It's very insightful.It's articles like these that make me look around at the people in my life and count my blessings.For one, I am newly

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Normally I am a pretty jaded person, and am extremely de-sensitized to things like murder, tragic accidents, natural disasters, etc. I blame this on years of working in the news business, as chaos and blood become your bread and butter. If it bleeds it leads! Fires, mayhem, all these things make for an interesting and sadly, fulfilling day at the office.So, this has been an odd week for me. First

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I can admit that I was one of those people that would swear up and down that an NHL team would NEVER come back to Winnipeg. I may have mortgaged my first born on it. I could even owe someone a kidney or more money than I will ever have in my life. I was calling for people to chill with the NHL speculation and just relax.Here we are, halfway through a NHL season, and my city is the proud home of

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Last year when I found myself single, I was an absolute mess. I'd come home to an empty apartment and I'd sob for hours. I couldn't stand being at home but yet, I couldn't go anywhere because I didn't feel like I could be out.This time, pretty much a year to the day, after a failed attempt to again make the relationship work, I found myself single again.Admittedly, the day it happened I was

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The faceless corp. is running a big campaign to get people to donate blood. Every day I see these stories of people the donate because they have some relative that would have died if it weren't for blood donors. It makes me feel like I should just roll up my damn sleeve and give some.However, I am TERRIFIED of the idea of giving blood. Blood bothers me in general, but when it's my blood I get

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1. I've developed an intolerance for bullshit.This seemed to be the year I just couldn't handle excuses anymore. I'm not sure why, but this year I just got tired of saying "I can't" when what I really meant was "I'm not going to" or worse, "I'm scared."This was the year I got a lot tougher on myself, and subsequently, other people. I don't mean to be harsh, but I really get annoyed by people that

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I am personally really saddened by the news that Shoppers Drug Mart in Osborne Village will be allowed to expand.It isn't because I have anything against Shoppers per se, and it isn't because I love Vi-ann (because I've never been) or Movie Village (very rarely go). I just find it really lousy that there are people out there that think Winnipeg needs another damn Shoppers.The Osborne Village

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I'm sorry I've not been writing, and I'm sorry my first time back is going to be such a downer.I think it's time I wrote about depression and what it means for me.I believe people get into funks they can easily work through. In a lot of cases, we all get down on ourselves and we just need something to perk us back up. Some people go shopping, some people exercise or just go outside to feel the

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A few weeks ago I wrote about Not Food and Real Food and one of the points I made was that you really need to know how to cook if you're going to come home with a bunch of fresh meat and veggies. By no means do you have to be a culinary master, but you have to have some basic skills in the kitchen.I am totally THAT PERSON that takes pictures of the things she makes, mostly because I think there

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Winter. We meet again.Being a life long Winnipegger, you think I'd be... prepared(?) for winter. I'm not sure if prepared is the right word, but I feel like I should be capable of dealing with it on many levels. I should really be able to accept the fact that it's the middle of November and snow is going to happen around this time. I accept nothing.You'd think I have a nice collection of mitts,

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THE McRIB IS BACK!I've never eaten a McRib in my life, but I do enjoy how genuinely excited people get when McDonald's trots out this sandwich every year. If people got as excited about politics and current events as they do about the McRib, the world would be a better place.There's an article that's gone viral about the actual contents of the McRib, which (not surprisingly) contains no rib meat

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I'm glad I don't date women, because I really don't know what the fuck we want from life, men, work, anything.When I was thinking about this post, I wanted it to be a guide for men. I wanted to spell it out for guys so they would know what women were all about. But as it turns out, apparently being a woman doesn't qualify me for the job.I think there are some general things that women expect in

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I'm more dedicated to my fitness now than I've ever been. Oddly, I spend less time in the gym now than I ever have. I used to just log lots of cardio time, spending almost 90 minutes a session on it, with minimal weight training.Now, I go to the gym six days a week. During the week I only spend about 30/45 minutes there in the morning, devoting most of my time to weights. On weekends, I spend a

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I'm tired of people complaining about all the things they can't do, when really, what they should be talking about is what they won't do.I'm tired of women and men alike bitching about their weight. In one breath, they full admit to being fat and out of shape, but on the other, will list all the reasons that "can't" lose weight. I can't stick to a diet. I don't have time to workout. I hate the

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Dear Anyone involved in Occupy Wall Street,I've tried to understand what your cause is all about. Really. I've been reading article after article, editorials and op-eds both on and off side with the movement. I still don't get it.Part of my chalks this up to being Canadian. Luckily, my country has faired substantially better than America when it comes to the global calamity of the economy, but on

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A controversial story hit the news yesterday in Winnipeg. Air Canada has decided to stop putting up its flight attendants in a hotel in Downtown Winnipeg because the airline feels it's not a safe place to be. Full story from the Winnipeg Sun here.I chose to use the Winnipeg Sun story after the head of Downtown Biz, Stefano Grande, attacked the Sun for running the story, yammering nonsense about

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When I turned 20, I told people I was 20-teen. 20 seemed so old to me.If I could go back in time I'd smack the shit out of 20 year old me, for that and lots of other reasons.The second I turned 29, I noticed I gave myself an upgrade to 30. A lot of women are scared of 30, but I don't see what the big deal is. I figure now is as good a time as any to accept that, whether I like it or not, I am all

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For as long as I can remember, I've been fascinated with the media. As a kid I made pretend newspapers, I recorded pretend radio shows on my stereos, and I ate up the idea of being on television. So it's only natural that I ended up taking radio and television broadcasting at Tec Voc, and from there, on to Creative Communications at Red River College.I was so excited to be accepted into Cre Comm.

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This post is going to cover some things you might not want to read about, including poop, pee, and period blood. You've been warned, so proceed with caution.I have the bladder of a five year old. I constantly have to pee. I'm not one of those people that can wait until I get home, or can drive another 20 minutes til I get home. When I have to go, I have to go. Also, I eliminate more than the

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New Year's resolutions are usually made in January, but for some reason I find September is also a good time to sit down and think about what you really want to get done in your life. Think about it. For a huge chunk of our lives, September was the start of a new year. It was back to school time. New clothes, new friends, new stories. You could reinvent yourself over the course of a summer if you

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Reasons I (used to) drink: To celebrate, to unwind, to get drunk, to keep my hands busy, to feel fun, to make other people feel fun, because I like red wine, because I like gin, because I like slushy girl drinks, because when I'm sober I can be pretty lame, I'm at a wedding and it's free, because there is booze there to drink, because sometimes I crave champagne. Reasons I don't like to drink (

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For the past four or five years I've had a long standing prescription for sleeping pills/anti-anxiety meds. My insomnia gets really bad sometimes, so I've always liked the idea of having the pills available to me when I need them. I ran out of my last prescription about nine months ago, which, coincidentally, was around the time Graham and I broke up. I was using the sleeping pills in the worst

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I work in an office now. A real one. I have my own cubicle with all the fun, office related things like Post It notes and staplers and file folders cluttering up my desk. Somehow I feel like I've really arrived, somehow. And by arrived, I mean I have a front row, VIP seat in cubicle hell. I like my new job, but it sure is a different environment that any other job I've had, whether it's been a

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Friends, Winnipeggers, Music fans, etc. The Royal Albert needs your help. The Albert has been closed for two months thanks to a watermain break. The City has been making it very difficult for the Albert to make the repairs to get the place up and running, and as such, the staff of the Albert have been out of work for the past two months. Not only have the staff suffered, but Winnipeg bands are

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Remember talking smack about people you didn't like?Remember whispering to your friends about someone in the bathroom, or in a restaurant or on the beach? Do you remember who you were talking about or why? It doesn't matter. Gossip has been around for centuries. Anyone that says they don't gossip is a liar, and I would tell them so to their fat, lying face.Men gossip just as much as women, women

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I work with a lot of middle aged women that are shocked when I tell them I lift weights. They look at my protein shakes suspiciously, and always ask how I can eat so much food and wonder where it all goes.I think a lot of women, middle aged or otherwise, think that if you lift, you are going to get bulky, or wind up looking a little freakish, hence why you don't always see a lot of women hitting

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The internet and my time as a broadcaster has given me a lot of exposure to media from all over the world. As a Canadian, I notice a huge difference in how media and the general public react to things from country to country.I read an article today about American teens and the use of the birth control pill and I think it's safe to say you don't see the same near hysteria on the topic in Canada.

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I just read a ridiculous story about a survey in the Globe and Mail.Apparently, according to the survey/story, the three most important things in a woman's life are sleep (totally get it), the internet (???) and showers (I get that too).Missing from the list? Sex. The breakdown in the article better explains this and the intent of the survey, but even after understanding all that, I'm still a

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Last night was one of those up-every-hour-on-the-hour kind of nights. Lots of dreaming.Dreams are funny because they can be entirely nonsense; part of me likes to think some of my weirder dreams just come from the fact my jumbled brain is tired and has decided night time is the perfect time to make so sense.However, last night I had a dream about finding earthworms in my cauliflower plant.

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I'd like to offer up some cold hard facts about bilingualism in Canada.Yes, as kids, we Canadians do learn French. At a certain point in our education it becomes optional. In my case, I got to stop taking it after grade nine.Like algebra, I haven't used it since high school. Actually, one time I did tell an African French speaking customer at Sears that a perfume had notes of grapefruit (

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I've been an apartment dweller for about seven years now. I've always loved apartments. Usually when you tell people this they look at you like you have two heads. Call me crazy, but I love the small living space an apartment provides. I like that there is 'just enough' space for what I need. I like the fact that if something in the apartment breaks, it's someone else's job to come fix it. There

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While prepping my radio show yesterday I came across an article on the Huffington Post about a father who decided to start taking his daughter on "dates" as a way of teaching her how she would expect to be treated by a man when she starts going on real dates later in life.Part of me thinks the idea is brilliant, but the other part of me wonders if this father realizes he doesn't actually have to

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I have three pairs of tickets for the new Winnipeg Cineplex IMAX theatre experience!The newest IMAX theatre is at Silvercity Polo Park and the first feature is Transformers 3 - however, the tickets are good for any feature. The tickets expire August 31/2011.If you would like to win a pair all you have to do is email me your name, email and mailing address to shiftlessandlazyblogger@live.com - you

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One of the highlights of my life is when McDonald's has dollar drink days. Personally, I can't understand how even the tiniest of companies can get away with charging more than a dollar for a glass of soda, but that's another blog entirely.Anyway, yesterday I made a pit stop at McD's for a Diet Coke. The nice lady at window number one took my order and money. The dolt at window number two pissed

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I should note straight away that I am by no means an expert in class or grace. At any given time I can lack one or all of those things. That said, I am totally judgmental and usually right, and it's come to my attention that there aren't many people who can define class and grace, never mind know when they are lacking in those areas.My Mom or Dad, to this day, will call me out should I EVER

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Three years ago, when we found this apartment, the main selling feature was our balcony. It's eight feet deep, 22 feet long and it faces West, so come summer we are bathed in sunlight right til 11p.m.It's amazing.For the past two summers I've been saying I'm going to start an herb garden. There's nothing like fresh herbs, and I have a friend in the building that lives a few floors below, also

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There was this guy I really, really liked. We kinda/sorta worked together. Not really, but kind of. There were lots of guys like him but none of them were like him, if you know what I mean. He had such a cute smile, and great eyes. He had this almost boyish hair that hung almost to his shoulders. He was always polite to me and of all the guys I knew from that place, he was my favourite. I had a

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The government has legislated Canada Post workers back to work after Canada Post locked out its employees on June 14.I've been following this closely because I use Canada Post on a daily basis because of my job. Also, I'm a union worker myself, and I'm always fascinated by people's reactions to strikes and unions in general.For myself, I don't know that where I work really needs a union. I think

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I turned 29 about a week ago with minimal fanfare. I had a small group of really rad people come out for some food and drinks (including my two oldest friends, Mikki and Kelly, and we hadn't been in the same room together for at least five years). Mikki bought me a piece of Safeway cake, Bob bought me a double Long Island Iced Tea. It was basically perfect.I think, like any woman, aging is

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Further thoughts on what happened in Vancouver the other night...I have been trying to wrap my head around everything that contributed to the shit storm. I think anyone with half a brain knows that a hockey team losing a championship isn't really enough to make people lose it and take the the streets.I'm sure there were many people there in hopes that something like that would happen so they

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By now, I'm sure you've seen the pictures of the destroyed city of Vancouver, courtesy of some piece of shit, spoiled brat assholes.Yes, apparently the Vancouver Canucks losing the Stanley Cup is worth a riot. Welcome to Canada! We have real problems here!I didn't think anything could piss me off than the G20 riots, but this is so much different. At least with the G20 riots in Toronto, people

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Since getting back from vacation I've been struggling to get back on the diet/exercise wagon.The first week was great. In Vegas we ate some pretty amazing food, and although we also did a ton of walking, I still came back craving exercise. So the day after my plane landed, I was back in the gym. I had a good week in that respect. Admittedly, I was still very much in a vacation frame of mind when

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There's a great article in the Huffington Post today about loving your body, and in particular, why it is so hard for women to do just that.This topic hit me before I read the article, because I was standing in the drug store waiting for some old bat to pay for her toilet paper in fucking pennies. While I was trying to distract myself from wishing an untimely demise upon her, I started checking

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I'm not sure where I'm supposed to begin on this one...First of all, I want to know where the Body Shop gets it's numbers. Who are these eight supermodels? Where does that leave the hundreds of other runway models? What about the fitness models? Plus sized models?What I am trying to get at is, if we're just talking about "models" there are many different kinds of those. Just like there are many

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It has happened.Somewhere out there is someone that I probably owe some money to, or perhaps even my first born.I will fully admit that I never in a billion years thought the NHL would come back to Winnipeg but it's happening! For the past few weeks the city has been buzzing, the rumor mill has been making a lot of us sick to our stomach. We kept hearing the deal was done, the Trashers were

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Ok.. so it was eleven hours of waking up every hour on the hour, but it was sleep and it was a lot of sleep and I was happy to get it...But now.. I want more.I'm feeling like someone has literally poked a hole in my arm and the life is slowly draining out of me. I blame it on the radio job because I sit all day when I'm here, as opposed to my job at the Faceless Corporation, where I'm on my feet

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I'm five sleeps away from my first vacation since 2004.Every day I wake up and repeat to myself... "X more sleeps til Vegas, X more sleeps til Vegas!"And every day that I'm not on vacation I get a little more miserable and frustrated. I am just SO READY for a break! A real break, where I actually go away without having to drive 12 hours each way (the last road trip for Fred's wedding, 2009).I

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Last night, the Manitoba Moose were eliminated from the AHL playoffs in a heartbreaking triple OT loss.Almost immediately, twitter exploded with douche-baggery.There are so many people in this town that want the NHL to come back to this town, so much so that they were quick to tell the Moose to get lost and make way for the return of the Jets/NHL.This is basically where we were exactly a year ago

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I didn't watch the royal wedding. I don't know why, I just wasn't terribly interested in being up at an ungodly hour to watch two people get married. Scratch that, I was up at an ungodly hour, but only because I went to the gym.When I came home, the only thing I wanted to know was what Kate Middleton wore. So I did a quick search online, saw the dress, and carried on with my day.Now unfortunately

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I know you're probably (definitely) bored with my posts about the gym and working out and diets, but you know what? For once, I don't care.Ok, scratch that. I care deeply. I don't know what it is about this point in my life, but I am tired of the yo-yo cycle. I've been losing weight and gaining wait for the better part of 10 years. I don't want this to be the rest of my life. I want to start

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I've literally been staring at a blank screen for two hours.Trying to write the damn book proposal, trying to blog, trying to craft emails.My brain is like a pinball machine. I have all these great ideas, all these words, all this stuff I want to write but then the ball shoots off in another direction.I feel distracted and jumbled. I thought that maybe if I could just get this little bit down, it

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I'm currently doing something I never usually do, which is watching Sex and the City. It's the episode where the girls go to Atlantic City for Charlotte's 36th birthday, and they whine and whine and whine about their ages, blah blah.Anyway at the end of the episode, Carrie bets a thousand bucks on 36 in roulette, which she loses because, shock and awe, because 29 wins.So I got to thinking, my

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Sun TV launched in Canada today. Political nonsense aside, I have a vested interest in the network because two of my former coworkers, Charles Adler and Andrea Slobodian are hosts. Some (if not all) of my fondest broadcasting memories involve these two, and I'm so happy to have worked with them and to consider them friends.A lot of fuss was made when the network was announced, mostly because

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I've been working downtown for the past few weeks. One of the things I miss about being downtown is the ability to just walk around and look at things, be it inside or outside. Today I walked with a friend to the Bay. As soon as we got there, I knew there was something I had to do. "We have to go to the ladies washroom. It's amazing!" I said to my friend Denise, who sort of chuckled, probably

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When I started my very first blog in 2005, Brian Raymond was one of my first followers/friends. I've never met him or the amazing Kerry Ann but I don't care, I know they're good shit and I'm thrilled to have "met" them.Brian has his own blog (there's a link in the Link Love section to the right) and a passion for mixing music. Please check out the "Report to the Dance Floor" mix here. Tell him

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If I could sit down at a bar with Harper, Iggy and Jack Layton, I'd buy them each a beer and then give them the verbal bitch slapping of their lives.The problem with this election is you have three egomaniacs that don't like each other and don't get along. It's like they're siblings, about two years apart each, and they've been stuck in a car for a six hour road trip. They just don't want to be

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Picture a bowl of fruit. There are apples and pears and oranges all stacked in a bowl. When you take a piece of fruit from the bowl, the other pieces shift, shuffle, and sometime fall out of the bowl.Now that you have that in your mind, here's my dilemma. I cannot decide some days if I am the bowl or if I am the fruit.The bowl holds all the fruit in perfect harmony, but the bowl doesn't do

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*I have no idea why the formatting on this isn't working, sorry if this post is hard to read... L.L.* Poor Elizabeth May. The Green Party leader just can't catch a break. The "Consortium" doesn't want to give her a place at the parliamentary debate, and the courts aren't helping. Some Canadians are upset because the Greens, who netted 6.8% of the popular vote in Canada (almost one million people)

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Alright Canadians, here we go! ANOTHER federal election is on for May. Are you fired up?! I bet you're not.Voter apathy is a huge problem in this country (you can read my take about voter apathy and ignorance here), never mind when you're constantly faced with an election, thanks to minority governments and three parties run by egomaniacs (yes, Harper, Layton and Iggy are ALL egomaniacs. I might

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And I'm not the only one that thinks so, this guy just says it nicer than me.

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I've quite possibly blogged about this before (when you've been blogging for six years, you are probably going to touch on the same topics a few times) so if you've heard this all before, feel free to stop reading.After the breakup (which, by the way, has been cancelled, as we've got back together), for one reason or another, I decided I had to do some soul searching, but knew I needed help to do

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I have been sucking hardcore at saving money for Vegas (sidebar: I suck at saving money for life in general). So today, I did something extreme.I put my credit card in a ziplock bag and sunk it to the bottom of a tupperware container filled with water, which I then stuck in the freezer.I have NOT been good with my not spending pledge, so this is what it comes down to. I do NOT want to be going to

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My last entry was basically me whining about how I really need a break, and how when I have days off I do anything but relax.I've really been dying for a break lately. So much has gone on in the past few months that my brain is completely fried. Something inside me has been screaming for rest for awhile now.Enter bronchitis, round eleventy billion.I've been on my couch since Monday night. I went

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When I was a kid, and in-service day off school was THE BEST thing ever. The anticipation leading up to an in-service day was always palpable, especially as you got older. Sure, my Mom would try leaving a chore list for my sisters and me to complete, but eff that. In-service days were for fun! In the early years, for playing outside and running around. As a teenager, those days were meant for

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I've been using the Beachbody Supergym to keep track of my workouts since the beginning of the year. Every time I check in on my goals, it tells me how far into my workout I am. So, yeah, in 66 days I've completed a six week workout plan, re-started Couch to 5K training, and have managed to fit into a pair of size six pants I haven't been able to wear in about two years, and am currently able to

L.L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742265747388310965noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095023750926810486.post-56803415795948122582011-03-08T13:08:00.002-06:002011-03-08T13:28:18.999-06:00

There is an amazing piece in today's National Post, written by Tasha Kheiriddin, about feminism on this, the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day.I'd never thought in feminism in terms of waves, as I can admit, I know more about the second wave of more radical feminism; bra burnings, womyn, liberation, etc. I've been uncomfortable calling myself a feminist my entire life because of that

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While grabbing something out of the fridge today, I just so happened to look at a bottle of Bulls Eye barbeque sauce. All of a sudden I was gripped with a sense of longing.Holy fuck, I am ready for summer.Sure it's only the first week of March, but I get the sense that most people in the northern hemisphere have had E-FUCKING-NOUGH of winter. For me, there's just too much goddamn snow this year.

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Yesterday I had to look at my calendar to make sure I was, in fact, living in the year 2011.There was a story in the newspaper about a rape case. A judge, Robert Dewar, gave a very light sentence to a convicted rapist on the grounds that the victim of the crime, on the grounds the victim gave out signs that "sex was in the air" with her choice of outfit and makeup and "flirtatious conduct". He

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I'm extremely excited! Back in August I was supposed to go to Vegas but just couldn't get the funds together.Well, this time, I got it together and am heading there at the end of May with my friend Rachel. I am so fucking excited, I could pee myself!The trip is pretty much exactly three months away, so I really have to buckle down and get the money together to go. I want to have the best time

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Winnipeg and the whole internet is abuzz for Maria Aragon.She is a ten year old girl who posted a video of herself singing Lady Gaga's new single, "Born this Way" and lo' and behold, caught the attention of Gaga herself!Of course this is all very exciting for anyone, never mind a ten year old girl. She is incredibly lucky, and very talented! I hope more than anything that she is enjoying her

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Someone explain to me the basic rules of holding a door open, because I think I am confused.If someone holds the door open for me, I thank them as I pass and carry on with my day. Apparently when I hold the door open for people, they are simply to breeze through the doorway like it was some invisible force that allowed them to pass through with the greatest of ease.What? Did you not see me? Did

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I've been singing along to the radio since I was little, probably before I could talk. I grew up with a love of all kinds of music. My Mom loved motown, but also pop. We had Madonna, the Pointer Sisters, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack and Michael Jackson's "Off the Wall" record. My Dad loved Fleetwood Mac, Heart, Meatloaf and anything 60's.When I was five I got a shiny pink ghetto blaster

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I found this in today's National Post and thought everyone should probably read it.Why Can't We Stop Spending?

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Winnipeg's soccer gods are calling to remove the following things from youth soccer;1) Scoring2) Stats3) Trophies4) Winning5) LosingI swear to you I am not making this up.The changes would effect players under the age of 12. Interesting, as this is time in life when we learn most of our important lessons, such as all the fundamentals of sports (how to play, coordination, etc) but also how to lose

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The quest to eat healthy always leads to the salad bar.Now to me, a salad is very basic. Lots of lettuce, carrots, cucumbers, any vegetable really. It's pretty easy.Things that tick me off about ordering salad is going to a restaurant and trying to find one that isn't loaded with cheese, nuts, dried fruits, basically anything that's just a high calorie add on. More crap, less vegetables. I get

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Sometimes I wonder if there's any real point to focusing on getting money in the bank for retirement. Life is fickle and fragile, who is to say I will even live another week, never mind another 30 years til I can retire. Maybe I should have fun with my money now?Of course, if I actually went with that notion I'd probably live to be 90 years old, but would feel much older. As you know, time passes

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For the past five weeks or so I've been on a really intense program at the gym. I have a total body plan that involves lifting a lot of weights and a ton of cardio. I absolutely love it. I feel strong, tough, and I'm starting to see the much coveted definition in my triceps I've been missing (quads, I'm coming for you next!).I've also been trying to watch what I eat. I'm not doing perfect in that

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Money makes the world go 'round. I don't make the rules folks, they are merely thrust upon me and I, in turn, explain it to you. Anyone that tells you that money can't by you happiness clearly has money in the bank and is an excellent saver. Sadly, most of us aren't like that.There's really no excuse for not having a nest egg, an emergency account, a plan. Hell, even just a little extra money

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I have received a copy of the Call*Response book yesterday and it looks better than I imagined. There is so much history in this book, if you've EVER been involved, even a little bit, in the Winnipeg music scene, you should order a copy.Sales of the book will support the Kids Help Phone, which is an amazing cause.Also - there are plans in the works to put out more volumes of this book. If you

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I've been paying a lot of attention to what's happening in Egypt. Usually political unrest in other countries doesn't interest me too much, but I started thinking about it in a way some of my former new directors would have appreciated. How do I make this local? How do I look at this and apply it to what's going on in my life?Here in Canada, I can safely say I haven't had much to worry about in

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I have four, count em, four books on the go right now.I start one, then start another. I can't seem to give my attention to any of them fully for some reason. It isn't that they are bad books or not interesting, I just can't seem to get it together in the reading department.I have been keeping the apartment abnormally clean, but somehow my bedroom is still a disaster. This hasn't changed since I

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Two American states are looking at preventing pedestrians from distracting themselves with cell phones and other electronic devices. In plain English, they want to make it so that you can't walk down the street and text.Even more comical, these lawmakers want to make it a problem to jog and wear an iPod. Yes, if you would like to jog adjacent to road ways, you might only be allowed to wear ONE

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I recently saw one of the most terrifying things I've ever seen in my life.I am being vague with the details because I don't want any businesses to be affected by the story. It just happened in a parking lot for multiple places.I was trying to pull into a parking lot recently but the entrance was partially blocked by someone who had double parked. As I was looking around to figure out how I would

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1) Life is shitty. People are shitty. However, it doesn't matter who or what covers you in shit, you're responsible for cleaning up the mess you're in. Make sure you always have two ply because you will constantly be wiping up.2) No matter how I feel about it, the world doesn't owe me any favours. This rule applies to you too.3) I'm not entitled to another day on this earth, hell, I'm not even

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I've been trying to catch the newest show, "Heavy" on A&E but keep missing it. I have however, been watching a new show on MTV called "I used to be fat", where fat kids work out for the summer with a personal trainer to drop pounds.I'm quite torn about these shows. I think there is a good message to be taken away from them, that losing weight is HARD WORK and diet is very important. However, I

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I will never claim to be an amazing cook, but I have a pretty good idea of what flavours can go well together. Today I whipped up an amazing stir fry just using stuff I had laying around and it turned out delicious!According to Calorie Count, one serving of this clocks in at around 475 calories, has 32 grams of protein, 18 grams of fat (just three of those saturated) and less than five grams of

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I am very passionate about the Winnipeg music scene and the people who make it what it is. I am so happy to have some of my writing in the Call*Response: Present, Past and Beyond.The book is a fundraising initiative for Kids Help Phone. If you live in Winnipeg, I urge you to buy a book and/or come out to any one of the shows planned around the release of the book.Please follow the links for more

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I'm still reeling from the break up. It's been a month and honestly, it doesn't seem to be getting easier or better, it's just that same days are better than others.It's one thing to cry, it's quite another to cry AND feel sorry for yourself. I figure, I'm not great with sympathy for others, so why should I have any for me?So here's what I do now. Every time I cry, I write down ONE THING that I'm

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Graham has been gone for three weeks.Despite the fact I'm a total emotional wreck, I've been finding solace in diet and exercise.Stop me if this sounds like the beginning of an eating disorder. I promise it's not like that.Now that I am the only one that needs feeding around here (besides the cat), I am focused like a laser beam on what goes into my body. I stocked the fridge with fresh fruit, I

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Literally, almost a year to the day I began the process of paying off my debt (this was completely paid off by August). In March or April, amazingly, I was approved for a credit card. Up til then I don't think I'd had one in at least five years. This credit card came with a completely manageable three hundred dollar limit. It wasn't much, but it was a small step into reclaiming my financial

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I've been trying to stay out of the apartment as much as possible since the break up. Being here alone bums me out. This apartment was OURS and now it's just MINE. As someone who is normally controlling and possessive of stuff, you'd think this would be great, but I hate it.When I'm here I'm forced to think about things and confront the fact I'm on my own now. I don't like this. I miss my

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I have got nothing but mad love for the local music scene in my city. It' vibrant and it's rich and it's incredibly DIY.Granted, the scene I'm involved with is more of the punk/metal scene, but I'm always willing to support a friend - enter Broms, one of the most wonderful people I know. We go way back, in fact, we've known each other for almost ten years. Broms hosts a show called Signal to

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I am eight years old, sitting at the table in my Granny's kitchen.My Grandfather comes into the room and seems to be in a bit of a mood. Loudly, my grandmother yells, "Morley! Have you had your BM today?"Assorted swearing, stomp, stomp, stomp. Grampa retreats to the basement.I look at Granny and ask her what a BM is."A bowel movement." she replies.Still confused, Granny spells it out to me. "You

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Ricky Gervais wrote an amazing piece called "Why I'm an Atheist" and it really spoke to my heart. You can read the article and get the best possible understanding of the way I feel about things.But in the meantime, I'd like to explain what Christmas is like for someone like me.I don't personally celebrate the holiday. There are no Christmas decorations in my apartment and there never will be. I

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I struggle with a desire to write about my feelings and respect the privacy of my now ex-boyfriend. So I'm just going to write about feelings and observations of what it's like to break up, without going into any of the real nitty gritty relationship stuff.I have not gone through a break up since I was 19 years old and honestly, I don't remember what it was like. That was almost 10 years ago so

L.L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742265747388310965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095023750926810486.post-13084733289944948582010-12-17T14:30:00.002-06:002010-12-17T14:40:00.791-06:00

I have written extensively about my lack of desire for children. If you've been following this blog for a while you know this.Unfortunately, this personal belief of mine has caused the implosion of my relationship and my life as I know it for the most part.I find myself single. That's the easy part.The hard part is second guessing the beliefs I know I've always had and still believe that children

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What are 11 things your life doesn't need in 2011? How will getting rid of these things change your life?1. BitchesBitches ain't shit. Yes, I said it.I am a total guys girl. I do have some of the most amazing girl friends in the world but I have very, very few of them. I put more effort into choosing girl friends than I do boyfriends because females can be a shady bunch. My trainer, Beaks, said

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What was the wisest decision you've made this year?I paid off my debt this year.Every single penny, all of it in collections (oi..), I kicked my own ass and paid it all off.It was dogging me for a while. I knew there were things I needed to fix, there was some surprises when I got the actual totals, and the bottom line was, I had to take care of it.Sure, I could have let it fall off my credit

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A few weeks ago, my inner bar star came out swinging in a big way.Sadly a few weeks ago, some very talented, amazing people lost their jobs at the radio station. A lot of us are in limbo right now. So we did what most people do when sad, confused, and unsure of what's next.We partied the shit out of Rockbar.There was a lot of booze flowing. Smiles. Tears. Music. Hugs. Inappropriate touching.

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