May 22
At
least I hope so! I'm off to Cuba in 2 days, so I should finally have some
pictures and stories to talk about. My life consists of work at the moment, and
that's about all. The only other thing I have to do at the moment is train for
the Rona MS Bike Tour coming up in 2 weeks. That's about all I can do at the
moment, so if you were ever bored by any of my other stories, certainly a story
about how I work all the time won't be anything better. I'm really looking
forward to the trip, though, because I really need a break. I have so much on
my plate that I don't even have time to feel excited about going yet, and I
will likely end up doing some work on the plane because there are some projects
I need to work on. I don't want to turn into one of those people that works on
vacation, though, so I plan not to as much as possible. Anyways, I hope you can
last until my next blog entry. I have a feeling it won't be too difficult 
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May 12
Some interesting
info about Canada here. The whole book would be worth a read.
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May 08
Those
of you who know me well know I wish I could head up the fashion police. Well, I
have a really good question about fashion now. I've noticed recently that kids
whose pants are falling off their butts are now tucked into their socks. As
long as I've been alive, tucking your socks into your pants has never been
cool. I can't understand for the life of me why people think this is a good
fashion statement.
The
other thing I've noticed recently is how people are dressing as though it's 30
above outside--girls mostly. Small tank tops, shorts like hot pants, and flip
flops are common apparel for teen girls, at least, despite the fact that it's
only about 10 degrees outside. I know the sun is shining, but really, people!
You
may be wondering, for the few of you that read my blog, what I've been up to
lately. I'm mostly just been busy with work still and also still unpacking
stuff. I'm also trying to get serious about training for the MS Bike Tour,
which is coming up in a month from now. But I lose a week from going to Cuba,
so I'm hoping to do what I can while I'm there. I'm just a little scared to
bike for about 130km, where normally, I might bike 30km maximum at one time.
Yikes!
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April 23
I haven't seen the rest of the movies, so I don't know
if they're bad or good, but finally, someone that agrees with me about Gone
With the Wind. I wasn't all that impressed by it. The story was ok, but I
didn't think any part of it was stellar enough to warrant being watched over
and over.
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April 19
So
here's an entry, finally :o) I did move on March 1 in an apartment building
that's really close to the house where I grew up; I'm literally 3 blocks away,
and it's nice. I enjoy being on my own again, and I like being in the old
'hood. It's nice having my own space and having the space to have all my things
in one location, not living out of boxes anymore. Especially being able to have
all my books out and at my dispense is super exciting! And I still have shelf
space left! :o) So that's my moving news. Nothing overly exciting, although I
have to say the day I moved in was funny because I forgot to buy toilet paper.
Thankfully, I didn't need any at the time I noticed I didn't have any, so my
mom brought a roll over from home later that night along with some milk and
cereal for me so that at least I would have some breakfast as I hadn't had a
chance to get any groceries at that point. But that night, I got to thinking,
how will I eat the cereal? I haven't any silverware or a bowl! Well, I did know
that I had mugs, so I thought I'd at least be able to drink the cereal out of a
mug if need be. But I wasn't very tired, so I started unpacking my kitchen at
about 11pm, and as I started sifting through the stuff, I noticed a mystery
box. I had asked my mom if she knew what the contents of it were when I was
taking it out of the house, and she didn't, so I was really curious. Well, when
I opened it up, I realised very quickly that it was some dishes that I
inherited from my grandma that included, among other things, bowls! So there
was step one. And as I continued to unpack, I found a silver teaspoon that had
somehow got separated from my others. It was pretty exciting, actually! So
that's my moving story.
Outside
of that, I've been notcing lately that there's a real controversy brewing about
biofuel production. This is something that never even crossed my mind when I
first heard about the invention of biofuels. The controversy is that biofuel
production will contribute to the food shortage that exists in the world, that
we should be using our fields to grow food for starving nations, not to fuel
our cars. But I'd like to point out that I haven't seen any convincing evidence
that there is a food shortage. It's true that there are famines and many
people starving in impoverished nations, but I also know that there have been
other studies or statistics in the past showing that there is not necessarily a
shortage of food in the world but that it is poor distribution of the food in
the world that is the problem. And in fact, this holds true of many of the
world's resources. In Canada and the US, for example, we consume much more than
we need, and that includes food and other resources. And in many countries
where corruption is more prevalent than here, the people in power there aren't
necessarily going hungry and frequently prevent food aid from reaching their
countries' needy. I wish I had some studies to refer to on this, but I haven't
done the research. I only remember learning about these things here and there
throughout my life. No matter what, we can't throw the baby out with the
bathwater, but for all I know, oil and gas companies have influenced the media
to get us not to support biofuels to prevent their own loss of sales. I'm not
trying to be a conspiracy theorist, but it's just interesting to consider all
the possibilities. Anyways, it's just something that has been irking me lately,
hearing about this food shortage. First prove to me that there's a food
shortage, and then we'll talk.
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March 29
It may
seem hard to believe, but I am still alive. You'd never know by my activity
here on my blog. But I've been really busy, and for the last week, I've had the
flu. I hope to put an update here soon enough. Estoy muy cansada. Tired, that
is!
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