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[Jul. 10th, 2008|01:06 am] |
The shrug I'm knitting to wear at my friends' wedding is speeding along (whew!). My greatest fear at this point is that I'll cough or giggle uncontrollably during the ceremony. Also, I worry that I'll trip & fall down in a manner that causes a fire. Intellectually, I know that fear comes from being the projectionist at too many no-budget screenings. Sometimes, I am surrounded by rickety electrical things and duct-taped extension cords, so the fear of tripping and starting a fire has become my constant irrational companion in all social settings (even though I probably couldn't start a fire if I tried). I am a weirdo!
I'm back at my Nan's for the next 2 weeks. The new lady is working out OK, but the one who'd been there for 5 years quit. We aren't too disappointed, because she'd started reading want ads out loud & talking about the jobs she looked forward to doing after my grandmother dies. Ugh! So, it falls back onto my shoulders for a while. Within minutes, Nan and I slipped into the routine of
"I'll be lucky if I ever see my home again."
"We're two blocks away! I know you're going to see it again."
"You don't know for sure. You're not God!"
"Keep moving! Do you want a popsicle?" |
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| dancing on the internet |
[Jul. 7th, 2008|12:57 am] |
I can't stop watching this 8-second-long YouTube video. It is the greatest thing I've ever seen shot with a cell phone camera.
Also on the dance tip, I love how Jay Osmond cuts a rug with his siblings. |
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| Knitting freak-out |
[Jul. 4th, 2008|09:49 pm] |
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I have 7 days to knit myself a shrug for an upcoming wedding (at which I am a groomsman). I am sure I can do it, but it will require the unstoppable focus of Darth Vader. Wish me luck! |
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| Success Du Jour |
[Jun. 29th, 2008|05:42 pm] |
My good friends Matt and Rachelle are getting married in July, and today I attended her bridal shower. I trounced the other guests at the very first parlour game we played. One by one, Rachelle's mom held up a kitchen item (like paper towels), and everyone had to guess the price of each item. After ten items had been held up, we totalled up all the prices, and announced our total. My guess was $33.60, and the actual total was $33.69! Yeah! The room was amazed by my "Price is Right" prowess.
As I triumphantly strode to the prize room to select my prize (a cookbook entitled "Grandma's Touch"), I could hear Erica Butler's astonished voice declare, "It's like Heather is a grocery store Rain Man!" |
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[Jun. 24th, 2008|10:45 am] |
I bought a bicycle!
I'd been thinking about it for a while, and finally took the plunge when I found one with high handlebars that let me ride sitting upright instead of hunched over. (What's with the low headgear, bike industry? We're not all speeding through the Tour de France.) It's still a mysterious machine to me, but I'm enjoying it. |
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| all together now |
[Jun. 19th, 2008|04:48 pm] |
I invite you to finish the sentence: I am at the age where.....
(taken from http://100acorns.blogspot.com/ ) |
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| Roaming around |
[Jun. 18th, 2008|11:32 pm] |
This week's adventure: For 2 days, the city of Halifax opened George's Island in Halifax Harbour, and I took some snaps:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=55112&l=4a313&id=561490026
This week's monster movie: I watched "The Creature From the Black Lagoon" on DVD this morning, and the underwater photography was gorgeous! It was shot in crystal clear water (even though it is supposed to be the Amazon) with beautiful lighting. So amazing!
This week's favourite film franchise: Somehow, Marvel Comics is doing a stellar job of casting appealing guys for its movies. RDJ as Iron Man, and now the adorable Edward Norton as the Hulk. I hope they keep it up. Perhaps Ryan Gosling as Green Arrow? Or Ryan Reynolds? Any Canadian actor named Ryan? Hmm? |
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[Jun. 7th, 2008|12:35 am] |
It has been a sad week for my family, as my Nana's kid brother passed away. He was 94, and ready to go, but poor Nan misses him terribly. I called to check in on her tonight and asked, "How are you doing?" She replied, "You KNOW how I'm doing. I miss my brother. I wonder where he is now, and if I'll be going there." Easing the grief somewhat is Maude, the latest person we've hired to stay with Nan. Maude is thoughtful, intelligent, and so normal that we are all thrilled with her. It's a tremendous relief to have her there.
In pop culture news, I finally went to see Iron Man, and everyone who raved about it was right. It was really fun.
( Random aesthetic thoughts about Iron Man ) |
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| A Fantastic Story |
[Jun. 1st, 2008|06:17 pm] |
My friend Steven added a "second entry" (his title) into his blog on May 24th & it is a hell of a great story. Do read it:
http://stephencaringforcarcinoid.blogspot.com/
It is just a tremendous tale! Steven's blog is part of his family's efforts to raise awareness about carcinoid, a form of cancer that his mom has been fighting. The family web-site is here: http://www.blackwoodcaring.com/ |
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| me & you & Yoko Ono |
[May. 21st, 2008|02:38 pm] |
Yoko Ono has an amazing participatory exhibit happening in NYC right now. "The centerpiece of the exhibition will be a large canvas covering the entire width of the gallery. Openings will be cut into the canvas, and viewers invited to insert body parts through. Encompassed in this single act are opposing elements of isolation, exposure, vulnerability, and defiance." (taken from gallery press release). Folks are invited to "take a photo of your body part reaching out from the openings... [and] ask a friend to put a message underneath your photo." I took a photo, and uploaded it to the Facebook page for the event.
Do put a message underneath my photo, it will make me glad! I think you'll have to add the event to your events first, but that will be painless. Here's the Facebook link:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1205425&l=19adb&id=561490026 |
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| International Patch Sewing Day |
[May. 7th, 2008|03:47 pm] |
Friday, May 9th would have been Helen Hill's 38th birthday. Please join me in celebrating Helen's life by sewing a patch this Friday.
Wear your patches with pride! |
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[May. 6th, 2008|01:37 am] |
My good friend JP is biking 545 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles as part of the AIDS/LifeCycle event to raise awareness + cash. Read her personal page here:
http://www.aidslifecycle.org/6835
and please consider donating for her ride. $5 or $10 will help her reach her goal.
At home, we're all a bit tired but doing all right. I finished knitting my last winter hat of the season (as seen in my profile picture), and will be moving on to lighter projects. |
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| Nobody saw this coming... |
[Apr. 30th, 2008|11:04 pm] |
So, we hired a new woman to come stay with my Nana, starting this morning. Yesterday a.m., she calls to say she isn't coming. My mom was pretty freaked out, THEN a few hours later she got a call from another woman who said, "I hear you are in desperate need of a home care-giver. I can be there tomorrow if you pay me [some big sum]." My mom was incredulous and asked the woman what she was talking about. This new woman said she could come, but rattled off a list of demands. One demand was that we hire her partner to come work alternate weeks. My mom explained that we already have someone for half the month, but the woman insisted that we fire her & hire her partner. When my mom asked who the partner was, she named the very woman who'd quit a few hours earlier! They're in cahoots! My mom listened to this nonsense right up until the woman said, "I can be there tomorrow. I started working for a family in Pictou yesterday, but I can drop them if you promise to pay more." The thought of some poor family in Pictou being ripped off is what disgusted my mom enough to end the conversation.
So, I'll be at my Nan's for most of the next 2 weeks. |
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| I agree! |
[Apr. 11th, 2008|02:54 pm] |
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“Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” - Howard Thurman |
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| 1st news of Spring |
[Apr. 7th, 2008|01:33 pm] |
If you know anyone in the Toronto, ON area who wants to learn Flash animation, please do invite them to take the upcoming Flash workshop on April 19th at Trinity Square Video. Details: http://www.trinitysquarevideo.com/
In crafty news, I have been knitting up a storm! I am either getting faster, or getting better at knitting while doing other things so that I can knit more often. I better keep it up because my mom wants socks for her birthday next month.
On the home front, we hired a brand new woman to stay with my grandmother, starting last Wednesday. This morning she called to quit because she's been offered another job. We suspected she was sneaking out to smoke (leaving Nana alone in the apartment), so we're pretty fine with this announcement. It does mean more work, but Nana has really responded to all the extra time I've spent there this week. So, I feel pretty good about it. |
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[Mar. 23rd, 2008|12:46 pm] |
Happy Easter, all! Now that Spring is here, my ambition is to shake off the winter blahs & start getting things done faster.
In fantasy consumer news, I'm not a big fan of leather, so normally I am immune to the charms of pricy handbags. However, Stella McCartney designed a line of bags for lesportsac, and I love this one: http://www.lesportsac.com/store/stella/4615_3840.html |
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[Mar. 17th, 2008|10:59 pm] |
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Over 3,000 posts on a knitting message board document the thrills & chills of a yarn-shilling swindler who faked her own death. ( Knitters bring the drama! ) |
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| Amusements |
[Mar. 14th, 2008|12:58 pm] |
Maybe you've seen the tabloid news about Michael Jackson's Neverland property. It came very close to being auctioned off to pay his debts, but at the 11th hour, some investment group stepped in & re-financed it so he could keep it. I found these beautiful photos recently taken on the property:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tunnelbug/sets/72157603558879859
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scotthaefner/sets/72157603770368402
I love ghost towns & theme parks, and the pictures deliver BOTH!
In other news, as a teen, I used to love the column of embarrassing stories in YM magazine. The all-time greatest was "After my friend and I went shopping, I really had to go to the bathroom. I raced up the stairs in her house, burst into the bathroom, pulled down my pants and sat... right on her older brother's lap! Now I always knock before going to the bathroom!" This morning, I've been re-visiting that excitement with First magazine. It has a huge article compiling different women's stories about peeing in their pants with headings like "Trapped By My Elaborate Snow Suit". Awesome! |
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