altfunwithluc

2010-02-23T21:07:00.003-04:00

There should be a name for the range of emotions you feel when you go to the vending machine (which I call the "dream machine") and buy something, and it just hangs there... without dropping down. So you have to buy a second one of the same thing, hoping that both will drop.

1) Confusion... Why am I not getting my treat?
2) Narrowing down options... Do I walk away? Do I buy another one? Will the second one drop? Is there someone I can call? Do I shake the machine?
3) Problem solving... Trying to shake the machine (which very rarely works).
4) Panic... Do I have enough money for a second one?
5) Disappointment... If I buy two of the same, I don't get two different things. But I've spent my $1.35 already. And I can't waste it.
6) Acceptance... Put another $1.35 in and walk away with your two identical treats.
7) Enjoyment... Two bags of Doritos are better than 1 bag of Doritos.

2009-11-25T05:22:00.003-04:00

If you want an amazing song (ok I'm a bit biased) for your mp3 player or iPod, I uploaded a new track to MySpace tonight and offered it as a free download at

http://www.luctheriault.com/freedownloads

Enjoy! And tell you friends!

2009-10-08T17:10:00.003-03:00

I rarely have the chance to post... I've been updating stuff on Twitter and mostly spending my time in actual production or planning of sound effects and music lately.

And really there's been nothing extensive to say...

I've been losing weight steadily for 3 and a half years now... Finally reached the under-200 milestone which, for someone my height, puts me in the ideal BMI range... I don't really follow the BMI stuff except to check a couple of times a year how I'm doing... Still a bit to go but I'm definitely close... and so much fitter (stairs... you don't scare me anymore!!!) haha

Hope everyone's well!

2009-06-14T23:39:00.001-03:00

It's non-stop entertainment in my life.

Today, Sunday, is usually the day where I do nothing. Really nothing. I get up, sit in front of the tv, and then go to bed again. That's pretty well it.

But my nephew had a birthday party and I figured I'd go.

So I thought I'd take a nice bike ride.

In the first 10 mins of my bike ride I:

Hit the back of a minivan.
Busted my brake cable.
Broke my pedal.
Had my route blocked by a parade.
Got a flat.

Then, the day didn't get much better very quick... Came home decided to buy my new bike now instead of next year.

The shop was closed. Took a bus. On the way there, almost was blocked by the same parade but we were able to make it before the police motorcycles got to our point... Took the bus, and turns out they changed the route. So I'm sitting way off from where I"m supposed to be to catch another bus... Finally caught that bus, then had to wait 25 mins for the next one, a bus that goes by every 30 mins.

Then, though, it got better. We spotted $5 on the ground, the bus driver went out of her way to get us to our destination quicker by taking a different route, we made it to the party, late, but oh well.

We got nice fancy parting cookies then walked alllllll the way home... which is far, and turned out to be full of mosquitoes... man I'm glad I live downtown and not in the suburbs. We don't have mosquitoes here. Well very few if any.

Oh well... That's over. Maybe tomorrow I'll be the proud owner of this bike...

Now I'm gonna head out to watch justin.tv.

2009-05-23T20:05:00.001-03:00

Random Thoughts From My Nephew

Him: "Have you ever seen peanut butteri n a bag?"

Me: "No, where did you see that?"

Him: "I just thought of it."

That was our whole conversation on the subject.

2009-02-10T22:10:00.006-04:00

Things have been real busy lately...

We spent November, December and January in boot camp mode. We were doing active stuff 5 days a week... Lots of walking, the gym, climbing stairs (28 floors one day) etc.

I lost another approx. 10 lbs.

The funny thin is my motivation over the last few years, was hearing the song from a gym in the U.S., on a tv ad that played at the new year, where a guy sings in a high voice "don't wanna be the fat guy"... If you know the ad, you know exactly what I'm talking about.

Well, I was the fat guy for a while. I remember calling my boss from when I was a teenager and he says "oh, skinny Luc" - I was thinking "not anymore"... I never really thought about my skinniness but looking back I was pretty skinny when I was a teenager. I biked a lot, moved a lot in college and the job I had when I graduated college was one where I was moving pretty well constantly.

Anyways, then I started working crazy hours, building my business. And I put on some weight. We moved to a smaller town with nothing to do and no public transportation. So we bought a car. Then I put on more weight. I actually didn't weigh myself at my heaviest but I figure I was about 255-265... Could be more I don't know but around there. I'm 6'3" so I wasn't huge or anything... yet.

Anyways, we moved back to the city, sold our car and moved downtown. We can walk pretty well anywhere. And we do. Being cheap and fat is a good combination. Do I give the bus driver my $2 or do I keep it and just walk home?

So anyways, I'm down to 214 as of this morning. Since Christmas, I lost about 5 lbs which is nice... losing weight over Christmas can be sorta rare. So I'm down somewhere around 40-50 lbs. My pant size went from 42, to 38, then 34... And those are loose I noticed in the last few days... My jeans as a teenager were 32... And I think that might be close to what I'm gonna have to buy next time I buy jeans.

We've been losing weight consistently over 2.5 years. Not only keeping it off, but continuing to lose it.

Weird things happen when you lose weight. Your clothes feel loose and you think it's the clothes that stretched. You feel bones you didn't remember you had... You start to feel your collarbone. You notice your ribs more and more. You touch your face quickly and it hurts a bone which used to be covered with fat. You put your legs together in bed and your knees knock together you gotta space them out a little. And in the last few days, I've been noticing the shape of my face has been changing... The areas next to my chin are more defined and it's tough to explain but on the sides of my face, the front is skinnier than the back instead of being a big round head.

Shaving's easier to do. I have more energy when I walk up stairs and when I'm... well... in the bedroom. Interesting things I didn't think about as a problem before but that suddenly are easier.

So what did we do? Well, we thought we were eating well before but looking back,. we really weren't.

We eat well... and actually eat better and better... losing weight makes you want to eat better.

And we move. A lot. My motto has been, for some time now, work smarter not harder. So in our business, we've arranged it so we're working less hours, but accomplishing more. We work short hours, get whatever needs to be done, done. And we treat our exercise/weight loss as another job. There is always a way and we've found what works well for us. We love walking around downtown, looking around, talking to people, etc.

We're on part 2 of our big workout project now... We call it bus camp. We've bought bus passes and take buses wherever 5 days (sometimes 6) a week... It's a way to do it dfifferently and we always fit a lot of walking in wherever we go.

Looking over what we've been doing over the past months (where we've kept track) and years, it hasn't been easy. It's taken a lot of work. But we love it. Never again will I be the fat guy. It keeps me going! Bus camp 2009! Woooooooooooooo!

Thanks to Sara too for being a part of it... couldn't have done it without ya!

2008-12-02T01:01:00.003-04:00

I havent' posted here much - I've been posting mostly on my Twitter and posting here when I've got a longer post to make... But lately, who has the time?

Ok so... We walked over 15 kms (about 10 miles) today. It's the second time we did that walk and it was actually realy tiring. It's not too bad since we walk a lot but I think it's sort of my limit. We used to be exhausted walking half that but our endurance has been increasing a lot.

We've been doing a three month variation of boot camp. Basically, we do a lot of physical activity consistently 5 days a week. Sometimes we walk, sometimes we go to the gym, one day I climbed 28 flights of stairs in my breaks from the gym.

We're seeing results. We've been losing weight quite a bit for the past few years... ever since we sold our car, got rid of cable, and moved downtown. The other day, I tried on a pair of waterproof pants I had like 15 yrs ago... they hadn't fit for a long time. But they absolutely fit me. Yay!

It's been a lot of work - we've been eating well too (which is sometimes tough and sometimes easy because for some crazy reason we crave vegetables lately)... We don't go to extremes but we eat well. It's all worth it.

We're on week 5 of boot camp and we actually love it. Tomorrow (when we give our feet a rest from today's walk) it's either the gym or some sorta cardio kickboxing stuff in our living room...

Sara says I have chicken legs. And I keep touching above my chest and realizing how bony I've become. Not in a bad way, just nice to feel the bone more than the fat... I keep hearing that song for a gym that plays on TV in the new year "don't wanna be the fat guy" - sorta motivating haha

We basically treat our fitness and stuff as an extra job. It's nice to see on the scale that I'm at the weight I was in 1998 or so.

Besides that, we've been working on doing more of what we love in our career/work. A few months ago, we decided to "work smarter, not harder". Sara called it semi-retirement, I think sort of as a joke. But it's turned out that's exactly what we did. We started out working mondays, wednesdays and fridays... then that schedule was too hectic for us (really, who has that kinda time? haha). So now, we work a few hours, when it's convenient, a few times a week.

And we've been slowly working on building up the type of work we enjoy... My formal education was in radio broadcasting and I'd always been into music/radio stuff. But in my work, I moved further and further away from it. So now I'm moving back towards it. Whether it's doing some movie trailer voicing (even just for fun) or whatever, I'm enjoying doing more creative stuff. And I've been working actively on making sound effects. Yup, Luc the sound designer. And no cheesy, junky sound effects. I've been making movie trailer sounds, alarm sounds, all kinds of stuff that even impresses me when I listen to it. And I can be really picky with my own work sometimes.

So anyways, if you're still reading, I'm impressed. I've never posted anything this long before I don't think. Give yerself a pat on the back. You deserve it.

Hope all is well with everyone!

Peace. Me out.

2008-10-29T12:27:00.002-03:00

A while back, the phone company deleted our voice mail instead along with another service we had asked them to remove from our line. We were sort of annoyed but decided it was finally a good time to get an answering machine instead. They later continued to charge us for it which is even dumber but whatever.

Anyways, it's an AT&T answering machine and we left the default voice for the outgoing message on there.

Sara's sister says she finds the man who talks scary. And Sara's friend says he sounds hot. We just tell people it's our butler. We call him Benson. Yes, we're real original with that one.

2008-09-07T22:00:00.003-03:00

If you're real hungry for cinnamon rolls and have none... Take the bottom of a hot dog bun, add butter, sugar and cinnamon. Roll it up. Looks/tastes real close. It's true. I checked.

2008-08-29T19:43:00.002-03:00

We've watched a few scary movies lately... One I can't remember the name of. One is Jaws. And one I can't remembert the name of either. Oh yeha, Dawn of the Dead. OOooooooo scary.

I had something else to post but I can't remember.

Is there really a point in posting this? Well, it's done anyways so I might as well hit post.

2008-08-21T20:22:00.004-03:00

I'm not posting much on here lately. I've been updating Twitter more often. I'm a busy guy you know. And having to think of, and type a post, seems so long. Maybe I should post through audio since really, I have a lot to say, just never have much of a chance to sit here and actually type it in.

We've been working less hours lately... Work smarter not harder. That's how I roll. So we work 3 days a week. Sara calls it early retirement. Did I mention that already? If so, ignore me. So I'm not necessarily on the computer much - we're out walking and biking a lot. We love it. But lately, when I get online I get into what I call a YouTube loop. I'll watch one video (a prank or something) then see another related video I want to watch, then another and before you know it, I've got a list of 5 or 6 I want to watch later and can't leave because I keep finding new ones.

Oh, and last night, I sent an e-mail to Craig Ferguson - a late night talk show that reads funny e-mails (Sara loves the show). I sent:

Craig,

I think my wife has a crush on you. Could you make sure you don't act too sexy?

Thanks.

Luc

I've been telling Sara I sent something but she wants to be surprised if he reads it on the air. So she has no idea what the e-mail says. I keep telling her (probably 10-15 times today) "Oh, we can't forget... We should watch Craig Ferguson tonight." Yes, annoying, but oh so much fun.

We took some vacation time lately - 1 week, then took an extra week off. Then we worked a week and thought we could really use a couple of weeks off before the summer ends. So here we are in the middle of week 1. I did a bit of music today... It was fun.

So you're (sorta) caught up. Time to go park my a** in front of the television for a bit... I am on vacation after all.

2008-07-14T03:54:00.003-03:00

Sara made cookies the other day for Canada Day...

And she made me this shake n bake chicken supper a couple of days ago...

Now I'm hungry all over again :)

2008-06-29T02:44:00.002-03:00

I was playing around on my music keyboard today and ended up playing a rendition of Love In This Club by Usher and Young Jeezy - starting with a church organ sound preset and finishing up with a bagpipes preset.

She seemed entertained.

2008-06-19T03:34:00.003-03:00

I was working late tonight and at one point, I got giddy. For a while now, I've been wanting to put together a "How It Works" page for a site we recently launched. I finally put one together... but made it funny. I'm a good drawerer.

It's a site where people write about help wanted signs they've seen on stores and restaurants in their area.

We've been so busy with programming new sites, making existing ones better, dreaming of boats, working on skinnying ourselves (is that a word), resting... We're enjoying our work so much more since we've cut down to 3 days/week... We actually look forward to it - and the work we do is amazing! It's a great time to be alive! Don't know why I just said that - it just popped into my head.

It's 2:38 - guess it's bedtime.

2008-05-28T22:35:00.002-03:00

I tend to forget to post on here lately... I've been so busy that I've done quick short updates on Twitter, waiting to have the time to make longer posts on here.

I've been working on a new site that's taking a lot of programming work but should be a lot of fun and useful when it launches.

And we've got another one, a very Web 2.0 type site/tool that I'm just waiting to work on more actively. I don't really like programming - I like what the programming can accomplish (I think back to when we had to do our sites and content manually in HTML with Notepad... Well, I still use Notepad a lot but I'm programming database-related sutuff instead of static pages.

So this project has quickly become a large one, programming-wise, but it's turning out to be really interesting. We continue to have our best ideas at like 3 or 4 in the morning... We've tried to do otherwise, but when an idea hits you, it hits you.

I've been working hard. I want my boat. I'll get my boat. See? The power of positive thinking. Ok now I'm off to rest my head...

2008-05-20T01:10:00.004-03:00

We went to the museum of science the other day... It was fun. I "drove" a container ship where it was sort of like a video game. But I found that driving it carefully around the icebergs was sorta boring. So I decided to veer towards the starboard side (see? I can talk like a boat guy - that means right) and crash it right into the iceberg.

Then a video comes on with one of the crew members saying like she's scolding you "Captain! You hit an iceberg!"

Then she says "Well, ok, try it again." or something like that. It was funny.

And not related at all, Sara and I have a contest to see who can get to our weight loss goals first. The prize? King or Queen of the office. Forever.

2008-05-05T23:01:00.002-03:00

You notice odd things when you lose weight. The first thing I noticed a while back is that my fingers were bony. When I was washing my hands, I could really feel it. Not it's the spot just above my, um, special place - basically the spot RIGHT under my stomach, right above my walalalala.

All kinds of spots are tightening and I'm feeling bones near my shoulders I never knew I had. It's nice.

2008-04-30T13:25:00.002-03:00

I have a niece that's about 2 and a half months old. Yesterday she was crying. To help her not cry, I decided to read something to her. The closest thing I could find was a Thousand Island visitors guide. So I read that.

I read an ad about boat tours with a really animated voice. She stopped crying and looked like she was listening to everything I said. Then I read an article about history of something - she cried. I think she was bored. Then I read an ad about a casino. She was mesmerized again. Then when I stopped she cried. Scuba diving ads? Mesmerized... and on it went. She liked it. It was funny.

2008-04-29T23:06:00.002-03:00

I went to pick up my bike today from the repair place. It wasn't ready. We walked around for a few hours and went back. They don't have a part. Then the guy said he'll do the overhaul we ordered but just charge us for a tune-up (about $40 instead of $100 - the overhaul is a major tune up where they basically clean and repack just about every piece that moves). Cool!

Also got film developed. I had no idea what was on it since it had been so long (just found a disposable camera and a film from a few years ago). The camera had a bunch of pictures of all kinds of things. You don't care. And the film didn't work. The girl said she was able to get 5 pictures or so from it. They were fuzzy, grainy, and you pretty well couldn't see anything. They didn't charge for it. I'm always impressed when they do that since they do the work, it's your fault for bringing in an old film, but they don't charge. That was nice. And the disposable camera had prepaid processing (we paid $2 for one-hour processing) so everything cost us $2.

And Sara found a nickel, then later a penny (which we both thought was a dime) on the floor. So she came back 6 cents richer. Not a bad day. Maybe I shoulda bought a lottery ticket.

2008-04-28T17:45:00.001-03:00

2008-04-28T17:00:00.002-03:00

Sara and I made this...

2008-04-28T15:55:00.002-03:00

I've been using Twitter a lot lately. Like most people seem to be saying, I still don't understand it, I still don't really get the point, but I can't stop posting haha.

I was thinking today... you know the expression "easy as pie"? What is easy about pie? It's tough to make, man. It takes hours. And tons of steps, cutting fruit, making the dough, rolling out the dough. Even buying canned fruit and a ready-made crust can take time.

That's it. Carry on.

2008-04-26T03:38:00.000-03:00

That's what I sorta figured...

2008-04-13T23:10:00.002-03:00

There are few more depressing things than sitting on a casino shuttle, full of hard core gamblers, listening to country music on the radio.

But on a happier note, my grandma won like $250 at slots - a nice 97th birthday gift. And some woman who won $2000 gave my grandmother $20 when she heard it was her birthday. It was a really nice thing to do.

2008-04-08T19:42:00.002-03:00

I think I saw Superman again.

Today, I saw a guy park his car, then get out of his car and then start running. But this wasn't just a regular dude. He ran like a superhero. Fast too. And his tie was flapping in the wind behind him which made it look like a little cape. Or maybe it was just part of his actual cape. Either way, he was maybe going to save someone. In case you're wondering, Superman drives a blue car. I think it was a Mazda.

2008-03-17T19:55:00.003-03:00

Hahah - I saw a funny joke the other day...

A lady walks down the street on her way to work and sees a parrot in a pet store.

The parrot says to her, "Hey lady, you are really ugly."

The lady's really angry. She storms past the store and goes to work. On the way home she saw the same parrot in the window and the parrot says, "Hey lady, you are really ugly."

She was really angry and walked home. The next day on the way to work she saw the same parrot and it said again "Hey lady, you are really ugly."

The lady was so angry that she stormed into the store and threatened to sue the store and have the bird killed. The store manager apologized profusely and promised the bird wouldn't say it again.

The next day, when the lady walked past the store after work the parrot said to her, "Hey lady!"

She paused, stared at him and said, reluctantly, "Yes?"

The bird said, with a cocky attitude, "You know."

Hahahaha

2008-03-17T19:44:00.003-03:00

I went shopping today and found the right pair of pants quicker than I ever have before. I had like 4 pairs to try on, tried the first ones, they fit so perfectly. Sweet.

I actually had to go buy some because I'm going to a couple of baptisms and since I lost a lot of weight in the past couple of years, my old dress pants didn't fit.

I don't wear dress pants often... so they're sort of disposable. I run my own company. I don't have to dress up for work. I wear dress pants a couple of times and that's it - I'm off to a different size... These are great though!

Oh, and speaking of pants I'll be able to wear shorts soon again! Yay!

2008-03-14T13:13:00.003-03:00

I'm an uncle again. Twice in one year. Sweet.

I posted on my sister's blog something like "It's special because you've always been like a sister to me." Hahaha.

Wow it's been a crazy few weeks - did our tax stuff to take to our bookkeeper then had to put more stuff together for our accountant. It's pretty well all done.

And we're taking next week off. Doing nothing at all (well, I gotta buy new nice pants - I lost a lot of weight in the past couple of years and have baptisms to go to). That's my one project. Well, and sleeping. A lot.

2008-03-07T18:06:00.002-04:00

Wow I've been busy lately!

I've been working on my music a lot (not to be ego-boy or nothing but I'm coming up with some great stuff - especially reality tv show type tracks for film/tv). I feel the drama - just got to add the pictures I guess. Hey that's a good line - I'll use that on my music licensing site.

Anyways, if any of you run businesses and need free promotion for your Web site - we just launched a new site called IntroduceYour.com... We're in Beta mode now just getting the initial ads put up there - but thought it could be useful for some of you, my loyal viewers.

Ok back to your day - I just heard "Supper's Ready!". Feeding time.

2008-02-29T01:46:00.001-04:00

I ate 11 donuts tonight.

And I could eat more.

Happy anniversary to me!

2008-02-26T00:33:00.001-04:00

I figured it's been a while since I blogged.

Well... let me tell you...

I got nothing.

Carry on.

2008-02-06T01:46:00.001-04:00

If they have elections in the U.S. they should really talk about it more - people could miss it.

2008-01-21T23:40:00.000-04:00

Ok I was playing Pool on Yahoo Games, in training mode (you don't play against anyone - just practice at the table)... How could I sink the white ball 4 times in one game???

2008-01-15T17:13:00.000-04:00

Our dream for many years now has been to buy a boat. Not a little rowboat or a rubber dinghy... but a yacht. We've looked at all sizes and types - from small overnighter boats to huge megayachts.

We've pretty well settled on a 39' Azimut.

For years we've been doing research, learning about boating in general, learning more about what we'd like and how to do stuff with the boat.

For months now, we've been trying to find a name. It doesn't sound complicated but can really be tougher than it seems. You need to find something that reflects you, that's creative, but not too weird that you feel silly every time you use it when calling into a marina or filling out government paperwork.

Our list of possible names is really long going from really boring to really funny or stuff you'd never see on a boat because it would scare the neighbours or little kids haha - I have no idea what I'm talking about anymore.

Anyways, the one we've pretty well "settled" on is: Never Settle.

It describes us. It describes our boat. It describes our life.

As Paris Hilton would say... Loves it.

Now all we need is to get the money to buy it...

2008-01-04T20:03:00.000-04:00

Here's some major news: I had grapefruit tonight!

I know you're thinking "how is that news?"

Well here's the deal. When I was a baby or a really young kid I don't know - apparently I had grapefruit and REALLY didn't like it. It made me sick. So ever since then, as well as with the fact that I don't really like the taste/smell, I never had grapefruit.

Now, thirty some years later, I had a piece of grapefruit. It looked really good. Since I have a cold, I can only taste about half so maybe that helped too. But it wasn't too bad. I'm not gonna eat like 3 at a time like someone who lives with me but I'm glad I tried some.

Oh, and speaking of trying things - I learned recently that the kind of sushi I like actually had raw fish in it. Who knew? Had a bunch of kinds the other night, raw fish and all. Is niiiiice!

2008-01-02T20:44:00.000-04:00

My in-laws are weird.

2007-12-31T17:26:00.001-04:00

When you're a little kid, you're told all the time to keep electronics away from water. Don't drop anything in the tub or the sink full of water.

Well, a couple of months ago, I bought a new electric shaver. Just about every day, I use this thing... but it's one of those that you clean by running under the tap. Yeah, you can put it in water - well, actually, that's what you're supposed to do to clean it.

It's weird. I still haven't gotten used to it. It goes against everything I've spent my life learning. Doesn't seem like a big thing but man it's tough to get used to...

I love it though! So clean! Makes me look pretty for the ladies.

2007-12-17T15:53:00.000-04:00

Ay ay ay

Broo broo bi pi

I think I's going crayzee

With all the bizzee

Soon I will take vacation

And sleeping will be an option

All dayee and all nighteee

I will talk to nobodeeee

Except the oneseeeeee

That I will talk to you see.

I think it's gone to my head.

I ate cheese yesterday and it was good.

I should eat breakfast now.

Calla cooli pa fow.

2007-11-29T15:17:00.001-04:00

So I found something out the other day. Some pay phones now have a txt messaging feature... there's a keyboard and for 10 cents, you can send anyone a text message on their cell phone. That's entertainment value for my 1/10th of a dollar. I sent my sister some message that ended up being something like:

"Hi, I am sending you a msg frm a payphon ^ga ^ga love lucand sara"

The ^ga part was some key i pressed and the backspace didn't work - sort of made it funnier anyways.

Yesterday I wanted to send her a message that says "I like pie" but the telephone that said "Text Messaging Phone" or something like that didn't have text messaging. Every time I see one of the phones I think "Ok, who else can I send dumb text messages to?" - so if anyone wants dumb messages from me, let me know. I'm saving up my dimes!

2007-11-28T15:57:00.001-04:00

Could I be any freaking busier????

2007-11-09T13:24:00.000-04:00

I think I just saw Superman.

There was a guy running outside, wearing tights.

That's not all. He was running REALLY fast.

And his top was blue.

I wonder who he's going to save.

2007-11-08T01:22:00.000-04:00

Whoa! I was sick in the past week. I thought it was allergies to the suburbs at the beginning. Then I went back to the suburbs for Halloween. Different suburbs but also very intense in numbers of minivans and, um, drones.

Anyways, I felt like shi-um not too well. My nose was plugged up and hurting. I couldn't taste for a few days. Then when it started to get a little bit better, I could taste but only like sour burnt taste. So orange juice tasted REALLY weird. Sara took good care of me. I can taste again. I can breathe from my nose again.

Now I'm back to entertaining the ladies with my wit and charm.

2007-10-31T13:10:00.000-03:00

Happy Hallowe'en. I know there's an apostrophe - see my post from last year if you have a problem with that. :)

Sara keeps walking around our place yelling "It was a dark and storrrmy night" today (I don't believe her - mostly since it's bright and sunny outside and it's about noon).

So the other day, our air conditioner was on half the day and later that day it snowed. Figure that one out.

If you see a really hyper post from me later on, it's because I'm gonna be full of chocolate. I'm going trick or treating with my nephew... hopefully there will be lots of treats cuz he'll be full of sugar (I'll make sure of that), going to like a million homes and then we can share the rewards - how much can a little kid eat?

2007-10-29T23:39:00.000-03:00

I think I'm allergic to the suburbs.

We had to go to the suburbs today and ever since then my nose hurts and I'm sneezing. I've got allergies or something. I'm not going back there for a while.

2007-10-10T19:29:00.001-03:00

What is freakin' going on with radio stations playing Phil Collins lately? This weekend I heard 4 Phil Collins songs, all in one day.

Besides In The Air Tonight, which I don't mind, the others I could definitely do without. Did I miss something and it was Phil Collins day or is everyone living in the 80's?

2007-09-25T21:56:00.000-03:00

I'm thinking of buying this boat.

I figure if you're gonna go, you might as well go big.

I have about $20 in my happiness fund. I just need another 9,999,980.

2007-09-20T10:52:00.001-03:00

Parity, suckaz! The Canadian dollar value hit the same as the U.S. dollar today - for the first time since the 1970's. I woke up to an alarm (since we had some money invested in it). Yay!

Parity! Parity! Parity! It's gonna be a loopy day around here - not much sleep and we're giddy!

2007-09-17T18:42:00.000-03:00

I've always wanted to try anchovies on pizza. I've never tried them and people (most of whom have likely never even seen a pizza with anchovies in their life, much less tried it) hate anchovies on pizza.

I decided to try it for myself.

We ordered a pizza with anchovies on it tonight - um... I didn't like it. I can add that to curry (and the related cumin and turmeric spices), which is pretty well the only other food I really don't like... Not bad - I'm not a very picky eater.

I'm glad I tried it but anchovies on pizza - not my favourite. Sara liked it though.

The rest is hers. I get the rest of the other pizza - with hot peppers and suicide sauce. Washed down with a grape soda it was perfect. Then a couple of sips of Dr. Pepper (the drinks came free with the order) after for dessert. Mmmm! Now I'm hungry again.

2007-09-10T13:49:00.000-03:00

The other day, I watched a guy get out of his car, take his bag and drink cup from a fast food place and casually leave them on the curb next to the car parked behind him (or not so casually - just walked right out and put them there). Dumping his garbage on the street. In my neighbourhood. Not setting a very nice example for the two kids with him. I sat there and thought - either he's selfish and inconsiderate or dumb. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt by assuming selfish and inconsiderate. He was also parked in a no parking zone. I thought "He should get a parking ticket."

Then like 5 minutes later, I look at his car and see something on the windshield... Hmmm... Interesting. Got a parking ticket! I started singing "K-A-R-M-A That is the word for today!" Then as Sara was looking at me funny I told her he got a ticket! Woo hoo. The parking enforcement people (read: my new best friends) are cool.

2007-08-30T19:33:00.001-03:00

This is how we make pizza in my neighbourhood!

We went to an Italian deli and bought a whole bunch of fancy ingredients to make it - it was GOOD!

Edited: Looking at the picture now, it looks a lot greasier than the pizza actually was... Man it was good pizza.

2007-08-23T19:53:00.001-03:00

Here are the random thoughts that have been going through my head today:

1. I like steak.
2. Summer's almost over. Why didn't we make it to the beach?
3. I think of getting rid of my phone sometimes. Except for the older generation (grandparents, some uncles, etc.) who don't use the Internet, really... who uses phones anymore? I don't really enjoy the phone much.
4. Rain is nice and peaceful.
5. Why is that guy sitting in the parking lot?
6. I really have to stop sitting on my foot. I almost sprained my ankle the other day and I need to rest it.
7. When I was a kid, 7 was my favourite number. I no longer really think about my favourite number but 7 would still be. It was my mom's favourite number too I think.
8. Meditate rhymes with 8.
9. Why is my eye red? Oh yeah, I really didn't sleep very much.
10. I don't enjoy shaving. But society as well as my fans demand that I look good.
11. I think I've almost run out of things to say.
12. I hope my new underwear won't stay this tight. I can't feel my leg. Oh wait, it's because I'm sitting on it.
13. Did I mention that I like steak? Oh yeah. Ok, I also like canned potatoes.
14. I've been really relaxed in the last few days (well maybe except for a bit today). Me likes. I know, I said me likes. And it's tacky. Oh well.

These are the things that are going through my head today.

Oh yeah - 15. Sara's planning a huge birthday party for my next birthday (even though it's far away). Sweet.

2007-08-23T16:44:00.000-03:00

Ok, you might remember my post about having bought the Hilary Duff album and liking it. Um... I don't know how to say this... but I heard that new leaked Britney Spears song on the radio today and... I really liked it. Seriously. Besides the part where she talks in the middle, I love the song. I would buy it today if I could. I know, it's odd.

Edited: From people's reactions on blogs, the radio, etc. - I'm realizing that I could be the only one who likes this song. But it doesn't bother me. I really like this song!

2007-08-23T12:16:00.000-03:00

Whoa.

We do currency trading (investing in money from different countries, sort of like the banks do) which, for the most part lately, is actually pretty simple.

Last night though, things got a little crazy... The Japanese Yen was dropping quite a bit and we had quite a bit of it. We figured that overnight, it would get back to normal. We went to bed around 2 as we often do.

I woke up at 4:30 and really wanted to check. It was around the same. I went back to bed.

Then at about 6 a.m. I heard an alarm (I thought we had removed them) binging from the computer - telling us that something was going on with the currencies... I got there and saw our account WAY down... like WAAAAAY down.

There was no way I could get back to sleep - Sara made me a great big breakfast and we watched as things slowly got back to normal...

Phew... Now we wait...

2007-08-16T20:00:00.000-03:00

We're taking care of our nephew for a few hours this weekend. We call him our rent-a-kid. I came up with the idea of making this t-shirt for him so we went to the mall and had it made. He can wear it when we take him outside.

By the way, I took this picture by pressing the click button thingy with my foot while I was holding up the shirt. That's talent.

2007-08-14T15:07:00.000-03:00

Sara just found $20 on the ground while crossing the street.

Sweet.

2007-08-06T01:08:00.001-03:00

Ok if you're wondering why so many of my posts are about food lately, it's because Sara's been on a trip for the past 3 weeks or so. So basically, my life's revolved around working and eating. And she loves to cook - she could be a chef - and I don't like to cook so much (even though I'm actually pretty good at it)... so lately, I've been making all of my own meals. And since, though I would love to just eat tv dinners for 3 weeks, I can't eat just tv dinners for 3 weeks - so I had to do some cooking. Though I DID have a couple of tv dinners - I love those things (though I cooked one of them for 10 minutes on the high setting on the microwave instead of medium... I was wondering why the turkey was all tiny when the microwave oven beeped - it was funny looking).

But she's back in a couple of days. Phew! I'm hungry.

2007-08-06T00:59:00.001-03:00

So last night I did what every guy does on a saturday night. Did some pickling. I actually made mustard pickles. I know - there's a sentence you never thought I'd say but I had bought 4 cucumbers at the market for $2. There's only so many vegetables you can eat. So I made the rest in a jar. It turned out really well actually - except there was a bit too much salt.

Then I was watching TV and there was an informercial on for some kind of electric knife. They say at one point "Even if you've never used a knife before" - Never used a knife???? Ok, see here's the thing... I'm pretty sure my 3 year old nephew's used a freakin' knife. And lets say you gre up in a cave and you never did use a knife before... should the first knife you use be an electric one? Maybe you should start out with like a plastic one and then move up to a butter knife and after a few days, a steak knife, then maybe, maybe, you should venture out into the world of electric knives.

Oh, and apparently if I bought this - my family and friends would go "gaga" over it. That's what the ad says. I don't make this stuff up.

Seriously, though, I love infomercials. I'm going to go see if there are any on right now.

And now I'm hungry.

2007-08-02T20:29:00.001-03:00

I made the best french crepes in the world tonight. If you don't know what they are they're like thin pancakes that you roll up and put things like jam in them.

Not to be ego-boy or nothing but man I'm good!

And I made them with a regular pan (not a teflon/non stick pan)... smooth like butta. Whatever that means.

2007-07-30T21:37:00.000-03:00

I'm about to find out if I listen well or not.

I'm making couscous. Sara's told me how to make it (she makes it really well). It's on the stove now. I will find out soon if I paid attention or not.

Edited: Turns out I'm a GREAT listener. Good couscous! (I just put too much pepper in it)

2007-07-27T20:25:00.000-03:00

I was going through some old messages in my inbox today and there's a message I hadn't had the chance to reply to for a while... I kept thinking "one day I'll answer it..." Today was that day. Turns out the message was from May 2005 (over 2 years and 2 months ago). So if you've asked me a question in the past two years and I haven't yet replied, no worries - I may be on my way to your message.

2007-07-23T13:17:00.000-03:00

Here are some ways I like to annoy Sara. Well, some of them I've done (Poor Sara) and some I just thought of (Poor Sara):

1. When she asks for a glass of water, ask "a full glass?" she'll say "of course" - then fill it waaaaaay up - so there's so much water it's actually a bit higher than the brim - then walk verrry slooooowly and bring it to her. It gets funnier with time (to me, not to her).
Warnings: Try only with water. Juice will make a mess and turns it: 1) not so funny and 2) gives YOU some work to do.
Have I tried?: LOTS of times. She now asks for a full but not too full glass.

2. If you say something and she can't hear you, say "I said:" then say it again, but this time really mumbly and quietly. Works best when there's a lot of ambient noise and she's further away (from the living room to the kitchen for example)
Have I tried?: Yes. Variations of it anyways. Truly annoying.

3. Walk behind her everywhere and keep asking her "whatcha doin'?"
Have I tried?: Yes. Mostly the asking part, and the following part deperately. Only now did I think of trying both TOGETHER. Sara, when are you coming back from your trip?

4. When you watch tv, say, out of the blue things like "fantastico" and "ole!"
Have I tried?: No! Man! No! That's funny stuff! I've got to do that. I did a variation at work once that worked out good - quoting something I saw on TV "Now the people will know we were here" out of the blue. Worked out nicely.

5. Put her glasses on and walk around in circles sayinig "these ain't so great. everything's blurry" as you walk towards her breakable things - make sure you don't hit the breakable things or else it's 1) not so funny and 2) doesn't give you a whole lot of chance to work on the other things to annoy her.
Warnings: Probably not good for your eyesight.
Have I tried?: I think I might almost have but not specifically this. It gives me a headache to put on someone's glasses (as I guess it should).

6. Appease her and then scare her. if you're doing the laundry for the first time say "things went pretty well. the only thing is we'll need new towels at some point but besides that it turned out pretty good I'm proud of myself". then wait. let her figure out what nasty things could have happened to the towels.
Have I tried?: Oh yes! Comedy! Sorry Sara. I'm glad we can laugh about it now.

2007-07-23T12:55:00.000-03:00

You may have heard the nautical expression from a long time ago "I like the cut of your jib, son", meaning I like what you're saying.

I've been saying that to Sara lately and it makes her laugh. What makes it even funnier is that I'm calling her "son" when I say it.

Speaking of nautical expressions I just made up a joke. Where does the pirate of the village live? On Arrr Arrr 1 (R. R. 1... Rural Road 1... get it? No? Oh well, it's making me laugh and really isn't that what's most important?)

2007-07-20T00:09:00.000-03:00

Where is my book?

I have a music book that I've been looking for on and off for the past few months, and I can't find it.

Tonight, I looked through just about everywhere in this place and I still can't find it.

I can't think of anywhere else to look. Has anyone seen it?

2007-07-18T01:13:00.000-03:00

I did these quizzes a while back and never got a chance to post the results...

What Famous Leader Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.com

What Classic Movie Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.com

2007-07-05T20:54:00.000-03:00

We didn't end up taking this week off - work related stuff... Oh well... We've been taking it pretty easy this week though - I spent about 10 minutes today watching someone drive up his car, probably feel happy that he found the only available spot on a busy street full of parking meters... The only reason the spot was empty is that it isn't really a spot - there's a fire hydrant between two spots (and no parking meter).

I looked at the passenger and the driver, wondering if either one would notice... they walked away... after a minute or so, I see the driver get back into his car and drive away to go park in a public pay parking lot.

That is how I spent my day.

2007-07-04T13:24:00.000-03:00

It was funny. I went to Canada Day celebrations the other day and saw this:

1. Went to Subway. They said that for Canada Day (I'm assuming because it's really busy and they don't want to offer all kinds of choices, so they can speed things up) - only American cheese is available.

2. Walked around to hear American Pie playing really loud on a restaurant patio.

3. Something else I think.

Oh well - it's July 4th today - happy Independence Day! Sara says maybe Subway is only selling Canadian cheese today in the U.S...

Edited - July 5/07: Oh yeah, now I remember - #3 is I turned on the TV and they were playing The Alamo (a sort of historic movie about America) on one of the large Canadian TV channels.

Edited - July 27/07: This is an old post but I just remembered something else - there was a cool street party and the DJ played as one of his first songs "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit." I don't really care though (I don't care about any of these things, it's just funny) because it was a great song - I'd never heard it before. It's the perfect street party song.

2007-06-29T22:42:00.000-03:00

We rented a boat today... it had been a while (um i think like 20 years) since I'd driven a boat... it was FUN! I have a big bump on my leg though from whern I was getting in - um, jumping in almost - and smashed my leg on a bench.

Ouch.

Now it's much better.

And when we brought it in, there were people watching and I was like - hope I don't smash into anything - I had to turn, drive in between 2 other boats to the dock where the marina attendant was waiting to tie up the boat and man I was smoooooooth!

We took some vacation time this week (we really needed a good break!)... it felt great. So great that we've decided to take most of next week off too.

2007-06-20T18:20:00.000-03:00

I'm trying to figure out how many times I can fit the expression "bumping uglies" into my conversations with Sara today.

So far: 3.

Edited: as of 3 a.m., it's up to 7. Maybe it will be 8 if I remember in the next few minutes to try saying it again.

2007-06-14T02:39:00.000-03:00

So a few years ago, like 2004 or something, I posted about Sara being a human thermometer.

Well, her skills don't stop there. Now, she'll be in any room of our place, she says "It's warm in here" and within a few seconds... often like 2-5 seconds, the air conditioner starts. It seems like it's every single time! Impressive.

2007-06-12T19:31:00.000-03:00

I'm gonna be an uncle again.

That is all.

2007-05-26T01:11:00.001-03:00

I don't feel like taking the time to write a long post about everything I've been doing lately... So here's a summary:

-I'm probably on 1000 YouTube videos like this one from when people were celebrating on the street that the Ottawa Senators are going to the Stanley Cup Playoff (this is likely the first time and the last time you'll ever read anything about hockey on this blog). When you see the big crowd in the middle, going crazy and cheering and jumping on the videos, we were standing right next to them. Then everyone started walking to Parliament Hill in the street. Everyone was giving each other high fives. Borat style. It was fun. We all sang O Canada on Parliament Hill. Then we walked back and Sara and I bought sparklers for the fireworks that night.

-I'm shrinking - We've been walking a lot in the past year and we've been losing a lot of weight. Sara says I have chicken legs (a good thing - they're getting skinnier).

-In the past while, we've ordered late night chicken delivery one night and tonight, late night greek food delivery. I love delivery.

-We own like 60 rolls of toilet paper right now. We got groceries delivered the other day and since the guy's doing the delivery, we get 1) heavy stuff (lots of cans) and 2) big stuff (toilet paper). Someone else drives it and carries it to our door. He has a cart. This way, we don't have to carry a lot of groceries home if we're walking back from the grocery store.

-We went to the mint the other day (where they make coins) and we got to hold a gold bar that was worth like $400,000. It was cool (and pretty heavy). When we left, I said to Sara all casually "I'll buy it for you if you want." Luckily she didn't say yes.

-We almost rented a boat today. There were going to be thunderstorms. So we will rent one next week.

2007-05-18T13:57:00.001-03:00

Yesterday was clean sheet day. you know, the day where you did laundry and put clean sheets and pillowcases on the bed. I was looking forward to getting into my comfortable bed all day.

But last night, I couldn't actually get to bed... I didn't feel like going to sleep. I was working on music stuff a good part of the day, learning some tricks and how to use some new music programs. I was able to find out how to do some great stuff... then, at like 4 a.m. I thought OK, I'll go to bed now... But then I installed a new program (that can fix the sound of someone who sings off-key...) - it was a lot of fun. Then, at like 4:30 or a bit after, I went to bed. I was surprisingly not that tired. And even this morning, I felt great.

I've got a couple of songs that are almost done... should get them all finished up soon. Yesterday also gave me some ideas for an interesting album I'm thinking of putting together with some of my songs... So much that can be done! Fun! (hey, that rhymes!)

2007-05-16T00:58:00.000-03:00

So I almost died tonight.

We were walking downtown and some car was leaving a parking garage, going pretty fast while we were crossing in front of it. Then, I saw the car wasn't really slowing down - I put my hands towards the hood and sort of said "Whoa" out loud. Then, the car stopped just a few inches from my legs (my hand was actually over the front of the hood, that's how close it was) and I looked at the driver - the girl was staring at me, her mouth open and her hands on her cheeks (like in that painting The Scream or whatever it's called).

Sara thought I had been hit (from where she was standing she didn't know). She was quick - she had memorized the license plate and everything!

It was weird. Oh well, it's all good. Then I kept joking around, saying "I almost died" to Sara, over and over as we walked home. She said it would have been depressing to spend the last 2 hours of my life at one of those real estate seminars you see on late night informercials. I said that would actually have been a pretty funny story. The near-accident was as we left the seminar.

We go to those make money fast type seminars for the entertainment. Hey, it's a cheap date (assuming you don't fall for their sales pitches!)... It's funny... Tonight the guy's like "some people - not in this group but others - go and stare at the ceiling (e both did that - I could describe it pretty accurately to you), they don't take notes (we didn't take notes)"... then says "what did they think they were coming to watch a play?" He was sort of insulting to people who don't care but then I thought how funny it is that that's EXACTLY what were were there to do! We go to watch the show.

Then on the way home, we thought "Why are we giving our real names? We should make up seminar names." Mine is Cliff Huxtable. When they ask "Really" I can just stare and say yes.

Sara's seminar name is Ming Mei Finklestein.

We'll see how that goes next time.

2007-05-10T23:31:00.000-03:00

So we've got some bans at our house.

Basically, once in a while we go crazy eating or buying one specific thing for a little while without really noticing then one of us gets sick of it (usually me).

For example, we had a "ban" on pasta for a while. We had so much that I was like "If we buy any pasta for a while I'm throwing it out." That ban's been lifted.

Recently, we've had to ban tomatoes.

Today, Sara told me that the ban on Zip Loc baggies was "lifted" (we had bought a whole bunch without noticing we still had tons at home). But now we're back to normal.

Also, there's a ban on tuna.

I tried to ban pork schnitzels (we buy them at the grocery store really cheap) since we've got like 4 or 5 in the freezer. But Sara says "we can't ban schnitzels". But we'll have to slow down a bit at buying them. Maybe we'll call them pre-banned.

2007-05-05T00:52:00.000-03:00

What is wrong with my spelling? IN recent posts, I talked about shararmas and stuff that samells.

I should maybe get one of those shirts that says "Speeling Bee Champion" or something like that.

Edit: Ok, it keeps getting worse... I just noticed "IN" instead of "In" above - and that I spelled shawarma as both sharawma and shararma lately. Oh well - I'm hungry... no relation to this post - maybe it's the sharama talk making me hungry. Oops. I did it again (seriously).

2007-05-04T13:00:00.000-03:00

I made the best purchase in the world yesterday.

We had bought some soap a few weeks ago. When we used it, Sara says "this soap smells like a**. I asked what it smelled like. She repeated the same thing. Then when I took my shower, I understood what she meant. It smelled like the farm. I have no idea why they would choose a fragrance that samells like that but the company has been around for a while so I guess something's working for them.

Anyways, yesterday I said "If it's ok with you, I'm taking $3 out of my fun money to buy that soap and throw it down the garbage chute."

So we went out, bought some non-a**-smelling soap from a different company, and the old smelly one is sitting in a bag waiting to be disposed of.

I got out of the shower this morning, after using the new good smelling soap (Dial) and said "Ooh! Glad I used Dial" (their commercial had something like that a while back). I feel energized! I love Dial. It had been years since I'd used it (if ever). And it doesn't smell like a**. Maybe that should be their new motto... "Dial... It doesn't smell like a**"

2007-05-03T21:12:00.000-03:00

Finally. I was downtown today and wasn't hungry for a shararma. I think it may have passed. For now.

Oh, and I had the best Chinese moon cakes... They're tough to describe - sort of like a big soft cookie... The guy at the chinese store told me I should try another flavour - he said they were really good. He was right. It was better than the original kind. I love chinese moon cakes.

Oh, speaking of food, I saw this recipe today for French Toast with Apple and Cheese... sounds weird but looks great... I have to try that at some point.

2007-05-02T13:53:00.000-03:00

My chicken sharawma addiction continues I think. I had one yesterday. And I had one on Saturday at the mall. Can't get enough of those things. I've been trying all kinds of different places - had the best one I ever had the other day at a place where they were like 75 cents cheaper than anywhere else.

2007-04-21T01:32:00.000-03:00

I'm hooked on shawarmas lately. Mostly the chicken ones. There are all kinds of names for them - Greek people call them souflakis/souvlakis, Middle Eastern places call them chicken donairs - either way, I could eat them every day. Now I'm hungry. And I just had 4 slices of toast but I could eat some still.

I biked 22 kms today - maybe that's why I'm hungry. But I did eat spaghetti after and lots of chocolate that my sister sent me.

It all started this morning when I heard a voice talking Hindu or something really loud. Then a knock at the door. I got up really fast. Then I heard the Hindu voice getting further away. I opened the door and there was a parcel there. The mailman was talking on his cell phone. He looked back, I nodded my head to say thanks, he nodded and walked away continuing to talk on his cell phone.

She went to Hollywood a few weeks ago and sent me some cool gifts. Lots of chocolate (nothing to do with Hollywood it was just that she sent the present at Easter - though I'm pretty sure you could buy chocolate in Hollywood if you wanted to).

She sent me a Los Angeles Police Department t-shirt which is amazing. There was also a California Highway Patrol patch (I have had the theme song to Chips in my head all day). She sent me an Oscar statue that says "Best Brother") - it looks great! Also, a book and a Homer Simpson bobblehead. Oh, and a pair of socks that are striped and say Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary or something like that with an inmate number.

It was great - just like Christmas!

Oh well... I would order a shawarma but we ordered some last night. Maybe I should skip a day.

2007-04-19T20:28:00.000-03:00

I recently learned - well, I'm pretty sure at least - that the guy who sells me BBQ Pork in an Asian grocery store is actually a woman who sells BBQ pork. I always thought it was a young guy but one day it struck me - I asked Sara and she said she's pretty sure it's a woman. I don't really care as long as the BBQ pork is good. Which it is. Today she helped us find the frozen shrimp section in the store. Why do you need to know this? I have no idea. I had to post about something.

As well, today I practiced my new skill of tearing a telephone book in two with my bare hands. Didn't work so far. But maybe one of these days after I successfully tear one, I will put the video up on YouTube or something.

2007-04-17T18:42:00.000-03:00

For some reason, we keep buying bungee cords, deciding we don't need any anymore and we give them away. Then, we need bungee cords again and we have to buy some more. Then, the same thing happens, we get rid of them and need some again. We need some now. We will buy them. Maybe we will keep them this time. But probably not.

2007-04-10T00:49:00.000-03:00

We went to visit the in-laws this weekend.

We went to a mall that has an amusement park in it.

Sara and I went on the bumper cars. Smashing into the cars of adults was fun. But at the beginning I felt bad speeding up and smashing into the cars of kids. But after like 30 seconds and having a bunch of kids hit my car, the game was on. It was cool. Well, not the smashing into kids part don't worry.

Then, I went on one of those rides where you're on a train that goes around the mall (basically a ride for kids that adults can go on as well) with my nephew. It was sloooooooooooooooow. But oddly, it was actually a lot of fun.

Then Sara and I went on the roller coaster. Man it was fast. It was cool.

2007-04-04T12:52:00.000-03:00

Here's something you didn't expect to read coming from me. I bought the new Hilary Duff album yesterday. And I love it.

2007-04-03T19:17:00.000-03:00

We walked around all afternoon. When we were walking home we realized that we went around the world almost in our own city. We went to a chinese bakery to buy a tuna bun (sort of a tuna sandwich). We went to an indian place to buy a samosa. We went to a german place to buy a couple of small sandwiches. We went to a japanese place to buy some sushi rice, nori and rice vinegar to make sushi for supper. We went to two italian places to buy a gift for someone and to buy cold cuts. I think there are probably other places we went without thinking about it but that's our trip around the world for the day. Oh, and we realized we can say thank you in lots of languages - xie xie in chinese (mandarin), danke in german, arigato in japanese (we said it to the japanese lady), grazie in italian. I just don't know how to say thank you to the guy in the indian store in his language. I will ask next time. For some reason, he was all friendly today. Usually he doesn't say much.

2007-03-30T01:40:00.000-03:00

My favourite part of buying a bag of bagels is the bunch of sesame seeds at the end of the bag... all the sesame seeds that fell off the bagels. I take them and put them on the last bagel... so it's uber-sesameyey. I know, that word doesn't realy make sense but when you think about it, it actually sort of does.

Anyways, lately, we've bought spicy bagels sometimes. They're sort of sesame bagels with other stuff, and they're hot. Not hot like "Hey Sara, you're hot!" but hot like in hot chicken wings.

If you take the seeds from the bottom of a bag of spicy bagels, and put them on the last spicy bagel, it's really hot. My mouth is still burning and I finished it a while ago. A perfect snack at 12:30 at night (I won't be going to bed for a while). I'm still hungry though.

2007-03-29T22:22:00.000-03:00

We went to the casino tonight. Usually, I'll play like 5 bucks or sometimes $20 and I rarely will win.

Tonight, I had some money I had put aside to have some fun with. We went, I played Blackjack at the tables (had never played the tables before) - All that was open was the $15 minimum table - I lost a couple of hands at first but then I won a few times. Then I left the table and went back. I won again. I got Blackjack twice, tipped the dealer a $5 chip and later a $2 chip. And I ended up about $8 up after that or something like that.

Then I played the slots. Sara pointed out the Playboy slot machines. We went to play that. I won a $100. Yay!

I love Playboy! And the casino!

2007-03-23T17:34:00.000-03:00

I've been writing funny messages in the memo field when we transfer money between our bank accounts. It asks for the amount, the date, and there's a space if you want to add a comment. I assume it's for things like "money to pay for the pool" or something like that.

Sara and I have been writing things like "I like noodles" and "Poodles are small".

Now I've expanded my repertoire (big word, but really, I'm not even using it right I think). Sara said she likes getting text messages from me. So I just sent "curtains are for windows. aight."

Anyone want useless text messages, let me know. I send them from the Internet (if you don't know what the Internet is, just let me know, I'll give you a good URL to check for information about it) - F*k that's funny. Seriously, that's comedy. So it'll probably cost you (the companies usually charge more for messages sent from the Web than messages sent from another cell phone. I don't have a cell phone. That's not how I roll (I don't need 2 phones that I don't answer). But if you want dumb messages from me, you'll probably get more laughs then those joke a day things for like $3 a day.

2007-03-21T02:45:00.002-03:00

Woo hoo! I made 3 bucks! Doesn't sound like a lot but it's actually a really good thing (long story)!

2007-03-21T02:45:00.001-03:00

Five dumb questions I made up because I have nothing to do while I wait for a trade to make me a profit:

1. If you bought a turtle, what would you name it? I can only think of Myrtle, which is probably what everyone names them.

2. Do you like noodles?

3. How long would it take you to say the alphabet backwards?

4. Oh, wait. I think I have a profit. That's all for now.

2007-03-20T20:06:00.000-03:00

I learned something today. You can't lift someone by pulling up on their jeans' belt loops.

That is all.

2007-03-19T21:31:00.000-03:00

Still can't get to bed early... it's like 3 or 4 am by the time we get to sleep.

Oh well... I never did like mornings too much anyways.

I've been sort of addicted to watching YouTube and MySpace videos lately. I don't really care what it is - people talking about nothing into their Webcam, comedy videos, dumb things people do in their backyards, whatever...

2007-03-12T03:37:00.000-03:00

For some reason, we can't get to bed lately. Every morning, we think we're going to go to bed early the next night. Then, in the evening, we're still planning on it. Then, just before it's time to go to bed we either get hungry, or decide to start trading (currency trading), or we start watching a movie.

Oh well...

2007-03-01T23:55:00.000-04:00

This is what I did today.

I got stuck in an elevator.

I had a headache and wasn't that hungry, so I ate throughout the day 3 bagels.

Did I mention I got stuck in an elevator? With 2 girls? (see, now I got your attention).

I met with my accountant. He handles my bidness.

The elevator was in a store - it was stuck between the ground floor and the main floor. It seems to happen a lot because one of the two girls in the elevator with me (the other one was Sara) was an employee of the store and she opened the elevator doors. BUt when the interior ones were open the outer ones were still closed. That's kinda scary.

The doors finally opened but the elevator was like 6 inches higher than the floor. We walked out and everything was ok. I didn't have to save anyone.

That was my day today.

2007-02-28T13:35:00.000-04:00

I just thought of something I used to use when I was a kid... It was a sort of toy called a spirograph. You'd put your pen in and move it around to make repeated shapes... I found a java version online which is sort of interesting - it shows the type of shape you came up with... Weird - I didn't even remember this thing existing until a minute ago. Maybe I'll go buy one.

For now, enjoy...

Oh, and I just noticed, this is my 400th post on this blog. Wow. Can you believe how much entertainment you've received... for free? You're welcomed.

2007-02-22T00:58:00.000-04:00

Funny!

2007-02-20T15:15:00.000-04:00

I think I have Gym A.D.D.

I go on the machines but I get bored really easily. Even while I'm on the machine, I keep switching the levels, etc. Then, I go ot another machine and have to punch in all of the settings. But I just stay for a bit. Or I stop. Sometimes I plan to leave. Then I go back on the machine. The same happens on the stationary bike, the treadmill, and the elliptical. Plus, I listen to my MP3 player in one ear, and the gym's television in the other ear. I drink water. Plus I talk sometimes. Plus I look around. Plus I read the signs on the wall with instructions. I'm a multitasker. I ride faster. Have a girl I'll ask her. Ok, enough freestyling. I'll keep that for the gym.

2007-02-20T01:06:00.000-04:00

I love American cereal. Oh and slushies (A 32 oz Fanta Wild Cherry slushie for 69 cents?)

We went to New York state the other day and bought:

-Mini Swirlz Peanut Butter (SO addictive)
-Apple Jacks
-Hot Wheels cereal
-Fruity Pebbles (my favourite - pretty well tied with the Apple Jacks)
-Bamm Bamm Berry Pebbles
-Honey Smacks

Mmm!

2007-02-20T01:00:00.000-04:00

The mystery is solved. For the past while (probably a couple of years) my dad's had a freidn called Frank. We never met him. It's been a running joke that Frank didn't exist. Over the months, I've sent my dad information about imaginary friends, I've photoshopped Frank out of a picture at a restaurant, saying "where is he? I don't see him," etc. I even told my dad "It's too bad he's not real, he seems like a nice guy". Today, Frank (well, we've been referring to him as "Frank") posted something on my dad's blog and I replied:

Frank? You're real???? ...[snip]... I didn't believe it. But like they say "If it's on the Internet, it's got to be true!"

So now, I believe that Frank is real.

2007-02-20T00:58:00.000-04:00

Sara's funny. We were at the store the other day shopping with her sister and we saw some purses (women call them handbags apparently now for some reason). We were talking about one of them and our conversation went like this:

Me: How much is it?

Sara: 60.

Me: Dollars???????!

Sara: No, monkeys. Get your monkeys out. We need 60 of them.

She didn't really buy a handbag. And it's likely one of those you had to be there things but it was comedy!

2007-01-31T02:09:00.000-04:00

Ok, so I posted earlier about how sewing machines were complicated. By learning more about it, I believe this statement to be even more correct than before (not just using it but all of the inner workings of how to get it to do specific things). Old ladies - um, I mean elderly women, who sew are EXTREMELY smart. If I was running a big multi million dollar company, and a bunch of old ladies were going to start a competing company, I think I would close up shop right away. I would likely tell them. "Oh well, I had a nice run. Good luck, ladies."