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« Older EntriesApril 24, 2011
Can’t turn out the light
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I landed in Toronto about two hours ago and I’m feeling all unsettled and uneasy so I thought I’d update this here blog with some recent snaps.
Wee Kitty, she of incredible, good vibes.
Whenever I run into Cam Macleod, it’s like a burst of sunshine. Oh wait.
Dutchie in a fur hat.
Aw, my staple friend Rachel was in Vancouver for, like, two days and sweetly made some time for me and a seawall walk.
Dutchie copying Ken’s style (not the non-stop work part.)
I was training Dutchie in the crate all week to prepare for our big trip today. She was SUCH a trooper, flying all by herself in the belly of the plane. We made it!
Spring I
Spring II
Went to the Devon Clifford memorial show at the Biltmore. Only stayed for a few songs by the first band, Chains of Love. Fun stuff. The highlight, however, was the bake sale. Three items for $5. I thoroughly enjoyed me some maple tarts and peanut butter cookies. That shit was unreal.
And a paintball heart.
Gonna go to bed. Hopefully this weird feeling of displacement will be gone and done by tomorrow morning.
Tags: Cam MacLeod, Chains of Love, Devon Clifford Memorial, Dutchie
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March 7, 2011
Bored on a Sunday
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Kind of bored on a Sunday. Spent the morning taking my dog on three separate walks. Now I’ve got a few hours to kill before Sunday evening plans. Might as well post some photos ‘n stuff.
Last weekend I spoke on my first panel at the TMAC conference. (I wrote about it for I’m a Good Story.) It was a tremendously fun day. Travel writers are a wacky bunch. I think I need to work on my panelist skills but overall, really fun times. I got to play ping-pong and learn about travel writing etiquette and meet really swell people.
Went to Blim community market last Sunday with my two favourites.
My all time favourite caterer, Open Sesame, was there.
I got a Cowichan for $40. I think the technical term is “magic sweater”… it’s warmer than all my coats combined. I’m absolutely in love with it.
Got to hang with Lady M…
And her mummy Rukiya. Long overdue.
Last week I had a dream about snowmen. I woke up to tons of snow and an army of snowmen, everywhere. Trippy, maaaan.
Finally, my dog has really been branching out lately.
And…
She generally isn’t that interested in anyone or anything that isn’t me, so it’s heartwarming, and rare, to see her open up to other dogs. Glad I have evidence.
Tags: Cowichan sweaters, Dutchie, magic Cowichan sweaters, Open Sesame, Rukiya Bernard
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December 18, 2010
Holiday Thyme
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This time of year, people with real jobs generally take time off, so that people without real jobs (me) feel all unsettled because they don’t know if they should still keep working or if they should feel like they’ve earned this time off too. No one’s going to be answering their calls anyhow. It’s weird like that. Whatever, I’ll still use it as an opportunity to chill out, regardless of the fact that I’ll still feel unsettled about doing so. Does any of that make sense?
It’s totally the season for being social. Mostly. Here are some pictures of stuff…
Dutchie is now a therapy dog. Though it’s taking a long time to get this thing started…CANNOT WAIT!
Leah the latkas maker. Without her, I would never have been able to properly celebrate Hannuka, or however you spell it.
We’re cute!
Sometimes (all the time) my dog does cute things like hide under the couch and peak out just to check and make sure I’m doing alright.
She’ll reach out her paw to me and be like, “It’s ok. Things are gonna be fine.”
I was invited to this super lovely dinner at the art gallery in an old courtroom upstairs. The chef of the meal was such a superstar. Really nice night.
Randy and I checked out Science World, or Telus World of Science rather, which we soon realized was a backdrop paradise…
That’s it matey.
Tags: Dutchie, Killing Time, Miranda Post, Randy Grskovic, St. John's Therapy Dog program, Telus World of Science, The world shuts down in December
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October 11, 2010
I’m glad I spent it with you
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It was my birthday weekend. I turned Thirty-Fun! So far, the age is living up to the name. Here’s why…
Friday, Katie took me to this Japanese tapas place that sells these sticky rice grilled things that she describes as having the texture of “hot garbage bags” but are so yummy. The desserts aren’t so bad either.
The next morning, my best friend Ronit flew all the way across the country to spend my birthday weekend with me. Talk about love. We went and had breaky with Katie (lucky me, two days in a row) and Miranda, my westcoast besties.
Then we rushed down to see Les’ show while it was still up.
Talk about a serious sweater.
In the evening, I went to Jojo’s annual Thanksgiving party. I met a beautiful woman who I’d like to dub “The Spirit of Elly’s future” as oppose to the ghost…she was the coolest.
The next day was spent meandering, hanging and eating.
Today I spent some time with my two favourite Commonwealthers…
Interesting times at the moment. But I make it so, so there.
Tags: another year older, Ben Frey, Dutchie, friends are gold, I'm rich in friends, Katie Lapi, Les Ramsay, Miranda Post, more cliches about how great friends are, Ronit Novak
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September 30, 2010
First!
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So I haven’t been in much of a chatty or social mood. I guess it comes with settling into the world of straight edge-dom. I’m still in that phase where life is boring/annoying/depressing a good portion of the time. But it’ll pass and get a lot better from here. At least I have this creature to bring me oodles of warm, good feelings:
Oh, and Chris was here. We spent a perfect day together, which involved doing a lot of this…
He has a bad back and apparently this helps.
What else?
I went to the Chinese Golden Plate something something awards. It was pretty good. No complaints when it comes to a nine course meal. And Chinese is my absolute favourite. However, they gave us swag bags that had these packets of powered tea that I drank today totally out of curiosity. It only took a few sips to make me realize it’s not my thing. Then I got vertigo and vomited and spent the rest of the day on the couch, not feeling well at all.
Oh and I got a haircut.
Other than that, doing a bunch of different types of writing. Lots of hustling. Hard working. Dog walking. Friend hanging. Depression suppressing. And, get this, meditating. I swear it helps.
My birthday approaches. Any ideas for low-key fun times?
Tags: Chinese food is my favourite, Chris Jacot, Downer days, Dutchie, I think it's going to work out fine
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