The hammock at the House of Science.
J.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
Teaser
See you soon,
xoxoxJ.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
Out. Of. Here.
Megan's looking in on my apartment and checking up on my car. Another Megan (+Brigid+Chris) is taking care of the dogs, and then my parents are taking care of the dogs. Lesley's feeding the cats. Everything seems to be kind of taken care of. I've even got some blog posts done in advance and scheduled to appear here like magic over the days that we're gone. My bathtub is dirty, but the rest of the apartment is in good shape, waiting to welcome me home after a long trip. As of tomorrow morning we're on the road. I am too tired right now to be excited. I desperately need to go to bed. See you all soon! Hooray for summer!
J.
p.s. Save Saturday, August 2nd for a night of My Brithday Fun and karaoke at the Shanghai.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
CBC Summer Check In
Apparently, to work at CBC radio all you need to do is have the last name "Brown". At last count we have Ian Brown (who I ADORE) on Talking Books, Jim Brown (also great) hosting The Current, and Bill Brown (meh...) on Ontario Today. Yes, it's a common name, but I don't see three Mr. Smiths hosting radio programs.
My friend Bryan who moved here from Michigan, said that he didn't like CBC radio because every time he turned it on someone was introducing a phone in show with the topic "Songs That Remind You of Feelings." I love CBC radio, but then, I also love songs that remind me of feelings, so that assessment still makes me laugh. Especially because today, while driving around, I tuned into Ontario Today and they were accepting calls about... wait for it... songs that remind you of feelings. Those weren't the exact words they used, but they might as well have been. Of course I totally listened to the whole thing.
And Some Mail...
Dear Rainbow Foods,
Why do your staff insist on being so snotty? No, I am not in your store regularly. This is because it is NOWHERE NEAR MY HOUSE! I only come there occasionally when I need hard-to-find natural facewash, and a wider selection of snacks than my closest healthfood store provides. I was there today, in fact, spending lots of money on the aforementioned facewash and a bunch of road snacks for my upcoming vacation. And I was treated, by each staff member I encountered, like some kind of idiotic healthfood neophyte. Yes, I am sure I want the vegan version of those snacks. No, I am not a "member" of your store. Yes, I am aware that it costs 50 cents for a grocery bag. Yes, I will put these apples in my purse. Any attempt at normal conversation is thwarted by their barely-concealed sighs. Snap out of it, jerks!
Perhaps this is my comeuppance for working so many years at The Wheatberry, a store also not known for stellar, non-patronizing customer service. But I still think I was friendlier (at least to friendly people) than the staff at Rainbow.
xoJ.
Dear Martha Stewart,
Really? Really? Is it really the electricity in the air that makes my dog afraid of thunder? And are you really suggesting to me, in the latest issue of your magazine to which I am subscribed by accident, that I rub my dog with a dryer sheet when she starts to freak out about thunder? Because I can not picture myself prying her off the Man of Science's face long enough to pat her down with some Bounce and then magically everything is better. Should I also swab her with a dryer sheet when fireworks go off? Or when the guy upstairs moves his furniture around? Or how about when I play that Cat Power album with the recorded thunder in the background? Because all that stuff freaks her out too.
Thanks, though, for making so many of your featured recipes vegetarian this month.
xoJ.
Dear Car Battery,
Why, oh why did you have to spontaneously die in the parking lot of a daycare I was desperate to escape earlier today? Didn't you understand that the staff of said daycare were going to come outside and insist that they help me, then complain about each other with thinly veiled hostility, then try to start my car themselves, then go harass a clueless convenience store clerk and bring HIM over to try to start my car?
I am thankful, though, that you chose a time to die when my brother was close by and not at work, and that he had jumper cables, and that a bunch of guys with gigantic pick up trucks took time out from their sweaty landscaping work in order to push my car across the lot so it could be properly jumped by their truck engine. Just please, don't do that again.
xoJ.
Edited to add... I'm late to the table on this one but did anyone else know that: "Beginning in September, CBC Radio’s arts show Q will follow The Current, and air from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Jian Ghomeshi will continue to host." I don't know if I'm ready for Jian Ghomeshi at that early hour. And I liked having a more random, less specialized show in those early hours.
My friend Bryan who moved here from Michigan, said that he didn't like CBC radio because every time he turned it on someone was introducing a phone in show with the topic "Songs That Remind You of Feelings." I love CBC radio, but then, I also love songs that remind me of feelings, so that assessment still makes me laugh. Especially because today, while driving around, I tuned into Ontario Today and they were accepting calls about... wait for it... songs that remind you of feelings. Those weren't the exact words they used, but they might as well have been. Of course I totally listened to the whole thing.
And Some Mail...
Dear Rainbow Foods,
Why do your staff insist on being so snotty? No, I am not in your store regularly. This is because it is NOWHERE NEAR MY HOUSE! I only come there occasionally when I need hard-to-find natural facewash, and a wider selection of snacks than my closest healthfood store provides. I was there today, in fact, spending lots of money on the aforementioned facewash and a bunch of road snacks for my upcoming vacation. And I was treated, by each staff member I encountered, like some kind of idiotic healthfood neophyte. Yes, I am sure I want the vegan version of those snacks. No, I am not a "member" of your store. Yes, I am aware that it costs 50 cents for a grocery bag. Yes, I will put these apples in my purse. Any attempt at normal conversation is thwarted by their barely-concealed sighs. Snap out of it, jerks!
Perhaps this is my comeuppance for working so many years at The Wheatberry, a store also not known for stellar, non-patronizing customer service. But I still think I was friendlier (at least to friendly people) than the staff at Rainbow.
xoJ.
Dear Martha Stewart,
Really? Really? Is it really the electricity in the air that makes my dog afraid of thunder? And are you really suggesting to me, in the latest issue of your magazine to which I am subscribed by accident, that I rub my dog with a dryer sheet when she starts to freak out about thunder? Because I can not picture myself prying her off the Man of Science's face long enough to pat her down with some Bounce and then magically everything is better. Should I also swab her with a dryer sheet when fireworks go off? Or when the guy upstairs moves his furniture around? Or how about when I play that Cat Power album with the recorded thunder in the background? Because all that stuff freaks her out too.
Thanks, though, for making so many of your featured recipes vegetarian this month.
xoJ.
Dear Car Battery,
Why, oh why did you have to spontaneously die in the parking lot of a daycare I was desperate to escape earlier today? Didn't you understand that the staff of said daycare were going to come outside and insist that they help me, then complain about each other with thinly veiled hostility, then try to start my car themselves, then go harass a clueless convenience store clerk and bring HIM over to try to start my car?
I am thankful, though, that you chose a time to die when my brother was close by and not at work, and that he had jumper cables, and that a bunch of guys with gigantic pick up trucks took time out from their sweaty landscaping work in order to push my car across the lot so it could be properly jumped by their truck engine. Just please, don't do that again.
xoJ.
Edited to add... I'm late to the table on this one but did anyone else know that: "Beginning in September, CBC Radio’s arts show Q will follow The Current, and air from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Jian Ghomeshi will continue to host." I don't know if I'm ready for Jian Ghomeshi at that early hour. And I liked having a more random, less specialized show in those early hours.
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