trying out the new google widget for posting to blogger (what am I going to do when I have to give away my little white beast?)I've really enjoyed the many different trailer mashups... here's one that I don't quite get the reference (having seen only one of the films), but it's still pretty funny since it's a combination of Toy Story and Requiem...
I arrived home yesterday and I was starting to feel better (after having a sinus cold for a week) and then this morning I woke up and my glands are swollen and swallowing even the tiniest sips of water is painful. I just don't get a break. I have to get up now and walk through the snow to get to the walk-in...
this morning I walked into the living room and there were a bunch of children (two aged 5, the other three were all 3) singing "We Like to Move It, Move It" and really busting a move. It was hilarious. I started laughing and one little girl asked me, "Fella, don't you like 'move it, move it'?" It was just too much. You...
While driving down the road Morley noticed something out of the corner of his eye. Whizzing by in his diesel monstrosity (although Morley did not view it that way, his diesel truck was in fact his prized possession after his beloved collection of singing "Big Mouth Billy Bass", 19 total, that he had mounted to the wall of his gun room) he narrowly...
My conference is in four days... I'm most excited and I hope that all the days in between pass quickly. The school musical is on this week, so I have to finish the playbill tonight as soon as I receive the complete cast list. It's also Art Week in the meantime, but I don't know what sessions I'll be helping out with. I...
in the midst of yet another professional development day at the school... it's been a good morning so far, I went to a Reading Stategies session this morning which was quite informative and moved very quickly. I hope that the afternoon moves just as quickly.oh, and I think there is an unwritten rule that Pro-D Days mean that people must dress down. I...
During recess I watched a bit of the Olympics coverage with some of the students and staff at the school. We watched the finals in the Men and Women's Pursuit in Speed Skating. The men's team included a local skater from Fort St. John who was in my younger sister's elementary class. He skated with the team through to the semi-finals but he...
people are funny... when I do nothing to my hair except let it air dry they make a point to stop and tell me that my hair looks fantastic. I think that's a little odd, because although it looks moderately presentable with a just a hint of wildness... I would hardly say that it could be classified as fantastic. My day is about...
I was naive and thought that winter might actually stay away. Unfortunately the snow is falling quickly outside and the weather has taken a turn for the worse. I will need to watch my step and walk even more carefully to and from work, since with every step I run the risk of slipping on some black ice that will be hiding underneath...
Today is a day of Professional Development. However, as exciting as that prospect is, I don't think it has anything to do with the fact that I woke up repeatedly during the "night", once at 3am and again at 5:30am.the countdown is on again! ...
lost my partner, what'll I do? Originally uploaded by *raffaella. Today was a quiet day... I spent the majority of it alone doing various things around the house, cleaning, reading, and listening to the most excellent CBC Radio 3 Podcast. Being isolated in the Canadian wilds it is an excellent way to listen to music that I would otherwise not be exposed to....
do not confuse my excellence with your perfection Originally uploaded by *raffaella. I just watched what could be the last four episodes of Arrested Development. The fate of this brilliant television show is unknown which saddens me, because there are few shows that I found so laugh out loud funny and highly quotable. Alas, some good things are taken for granted and are...
Any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an apparently insoluble difficulty.I can't exactly say that my problems are insoluble or that they are problems per se, but I would not mind some assistance to make my next few months a little more enjoyable.It's been a good week at work lately. As of yesterday I now work an entire day at the school......
Just a quick post to report that I have had two more hours added to my schedule for the next few months... it might go to the end of the year but nothing is certain.I'm very pleased with the change to my schedule.Tonight I'll celebrate by ordering the equipment I need for my upcoming (read: paying) photoshoots. ...
anyone have any suggestions as to what photos I should include in a portfolio?I'm thinking of organizing it by colour... but I'm not sure. I don't even know how many to include.seeking suggestions through comments here or on my flickr photostream. ...
I read this last night in the new book I started."Our thoughts are all we have. I love my thoughts, even when they take me up and down sour-smelling byways where I'd rather not venture. Whatever flickers on in my head is mine and I want it, all the blinking impulses and inclinations and connections and weirdness, and especially those bright purple flares...
When I'm in Edmonton for Spring Break I'm going to the opera. Well, it's still a might at this point... but even with it only still being an idea at this point and it ebing more than a month away, I'm still excited about it. There are several "high culture" activities that I've always wanted to do... one being attending the Opera, others...
It seeems that I do not sleep anymore. Not at night anyways. Where did all my sleep go?It's cold outside today, nearly minus 20 although supposedly sunny. Yesterday I endured the worst snow walking conditions of the winter, with cold winds, heavy snow and uncleared sidewalks (it was the weekend and I was out of the house before most people were up). I...
sometimes I wonder why I bother with email or phone... they mess up my concept of time... they create unreasonable expectations that I can somehow mimic face to face conversation.such is not true... neither can replace seeing a person.but all outlets have been exhausted... even this one... just random musings to a seemingly random audience. ...
Sometimes I am bad to my bones and I drink a lot of pop. It's a bad habit... but most of my immediate family has this flaw. I wouldn't quite say that any of us are caffeine addicts, but Coca-Cola does not last long in my house. But it's really one of those things that if it's not around us we don't miss...
I've decided that my life is much more exciting in photos that is in real life... mostly because you can only see tiny bits of here and there in my pictures and if you saw the rest you'd be mostly bored and then a little frightened that the same fate might await you. I've decided that my life is much more exciting in...
there's a space between me and you.you being the singular kind.you being the royal kind.I could step towards you but the space pushes you back.we end up ten steps away from where we started but no closer than where we left.this is me happy.yes, this is me happy. happy, but about things that are intangible.you see... the space between you and me.it never...
I had this beautiful plan tonight to go to bed early, but my mind and body seem to be in disagreement all of a sudden. Neither seem to agree what really should be done.Tonight I realized how much time there is until June. I have many long weeks to pass with my few hours of work and my various vanity projects. But at...
