I Am On Holidays

So is my blog.

Can You Hear That?........

That, is the sound of my fragile mental state giving way under the pressure of the stress my job places upon me.

I Write It For You, You Comment For Me

I know you are out there.

I know someone aside from my brother and Kristin reads this blog. I know, because when you see me, you will say "hey, I read your blog, that was funny".

Well, comment people. If you want me to continue enlightening you with my funny stories and opinions on the safety of public transportation, then you might want to leave a comment or two.

Bunch of jerks..........

On another, less nagging note - 3 fricken work days left till my vacation. 3 days, but only 2 sleeps!

Also, it's the last day of school today. Hell begins today for all stay at home parents........ha ha on you, I get to come here and work with lawyers.....ha ha, you have it so much worse, lawyers are so fun and exciting and kind and wonderful.

Yes, I am using sarcasm to hide my envy.

Whatever, 2 more sleeps till glorious, heavenly cottage time.

The Man, The Legend, The "Other" Beach Boy

Meet Bill. My Dad. The guy who taught me every word to every Beach Boy song I can think of.

My childhood:

Beach Boys
Florida Oranges
Suuuucchhh boring drives, which as an adult, I love
Messy Cars ("beaters")
Firing up the tires
Perth
The Old Soaper
Fishing
Blue Jays
My awww (blanket) not really at his office, but in the garbage
The "swear lady" that he sent home for swearing at work (strangely, just like I had at home earlier that day in front of my mother)
Boogers
Baseball
Baseball
Baseball
Baseball
Baseball
Mimi
Ole Bud
Saving Bobby and I from the GIANT boulder about to land on us while fishing at the lake
Silver Lake
Missisipi Lake (target practice)
Riding my bike right past for the first time - as he got out of the cab from a trip
Baseball
Buddy Holly, the Bigger Bopper, and Richie Valenz
10 Lobsters
My first record (Songs From the Big Chair - Tears for Fears)
Snowy, my Gund bear
My awful trip to the hospital : (
Bobby
Derek
Katie
Howe Hugs

Love you Dad

OC Transpo - You Suck

Yeah, scheduling is bad. Yeah, the buses are always crowded.

But today, today topped it off. While in the transit way, the bus I was on side-swiped another bus that was letting off its passengers.

Then it took off.

Oh yeah, it hit the bus, pulled over and dropped a couple people off at the stop and when the driver of the hit bus got out to talk to our bus driver, our driver hit the gas like he was 17 and driving a stolen truck. We flew down the rest of the transit way and came to a screeching halt at Lebreton Flats. What fun that death defying trip was.

You suck OC Transpo and unless you want another disaster like you had a few years ago when a driver totaled a car parked in the bus lane, killing the baby in the back seat, you might want to do a little driver overhaul.

Not only was our driver irresponsible, he's also dangerous and has left the scene of an accident.

The Great Clipper Incident

Oh my god, I nearly peed my pants yesterday. I even think Sarah did pee, just a little.

I arrive, Chez McDonald's for a leisurely afternoon swim and general hang out and eat leftover's kind of afternoon.

Upon my arrival, I notice that Adam has propped a large mirror up against the side of the barn and is giving himself one of his famous hair cuts. Sidebar......I realize that the aforementioned statement sounds a little country y'all, but the "barn" is actually the garage and well, Adam has good hair so why not cut it yourself if you can. Really, jokes on us that pay $60.00 for a cut.

But.....I digress.......

As Adam buzzes away, we chat and sunscreen, etc. This whole time, we are giving little Nathan (Yoda to some) the comb to pretend he is clipping his hair.

Can you see it? Can you see it all going very bad as I tell this story.

Adam is at the point in the haircut where he needs to take a second look and determine if today is a number 4 day or maybe, a number 3 (the usual is #2 on the sides, #4 on the top).

Adam gets up from the chair and wets his head a little in the pool and sits back down, takes a quick look and proceeds with a little more #2 buzzing. And BOOM, he proceeds to shave a giant bald spot in the side of his head.

Oh yeah, as he was wetting his head, Nathan picked up the hair buzzer and took the #2 clip off. Adam never saw a thing. Big road shaved right into his head. So hot, so funny, so planning on telling everyone who will listen.

We laughed so hard it hurt, there were tears.

Adam, thank god you have a sense of humour. And your now fully shaved head, looks damn fine.

Remember what I said though, apply sunscreen liberally!

PROCRASTINATION!!!

My name is Emily and I procrastinate.

There, see, the first step is admitting you have a problem.

The second, clearly, is blogging about your procrastination issues instead of getting off your ass and doing what you need to do.

I started out the day with the best of intentions. No shit, I was up at 7:00, coffee was had by 7:30 and then, well, it all went to hell.

Unproductive things I have accomplished since 7:00 am :

1. Coffee
2. Make a CD
3. Talk to Sarah
4. Call my brother a gaylord and argue with him about certain MSN faux pas
5. Chase Harley outside
6. Dance in the living room to my new CD (that could be considered exercise)
7. Hold an airband contest between the cats and I. I won.
8. Eat Cheerios
9. Update blog

Sound fun? Maybe. The problem, Mark is away, Joe is away and the house is a disaster (most mess created by the aformentioned boys).

I should be cleaning. Hell, I should be FINISHED by now. I made a really big freak out, lose my shit, deal about the house being gross and me cleaning it in the absence of Messy and Messier. I'd best make a go of this cleaning house nonsense.

Oh and by the way, once I have finished cleaning I have to attend Sarah's super fantastic 30th birthday BBQ (Mark's Mom is my date) and then off to Kanata's one and only bar, O'Connor's. This includes a pre-BBQ trip to Costco - I am in charge of buns!

Crap, off I go. Well......maybe just one more spin around the coffee table.

Today Sucks

Ever have one of those days that you know is going to suck, from the moment you wake up, a full half hour late.

Well today is that day for me.

- woke up at 6:50, it's a pony tail day
- the bus driving took the "long way"
- I squished my banana nut muffin
- my cheerios spilled in my bag
- I stubbed my toe

and that was all by 8:30 this morning.

People are, in general, pissing me off today. Am I being sensitive, maybe. Are most people idiots, likely.

Winners Circle (sort of)

Yet another great year at the CHEO BBQ!

This year's event, despite frigid weather, the threat of rain and zero practice.....we, Sets on the Beach (thanks Bobby) managed to make it to the semi-finals.

That's right, we were semi-finalists in the recreation league. We started at 9:00 am and played 13 great games, actually killing the last team in the first round to move on to the qualifying round. We then took an automatic win, won one semi-final game but lost the last two (best two out of three games). The loss was sad indeed but we totally kicked ass otherwise.

Sarah won a week long hot tub rental which we will enjoy because I know she will invite us all. I am sure we will likely all still hurt by the time it arrives.

The weather sucked this year but we were total troupers! Thanks to everyone for a great time and to Kristin for introducing this great event to us. Can't wait till next year!

P.S. Like my bruise?

Apocalypse How?

Wow, I totally forgot that the world is ending today. For those of you that, like me, live under a rock, just a reminder that today is June 6, 2006 (06/06/2006) and if we take away the zeroes and the two's it's 666.

Oooooohhhhhh, scarrrrryyyy.

Apparently, unlike the millennium scare, planes won't drop out of the sky and all our computers will survive the day (which sucks, because it is lovely out).

But I digress. If you have not heard two really important things are happening today:

1. The Omen is being released worldwide. Staring Julia Stiles, some creepy kid and Mia Farrow, who I hear is pushing also for a remake of Rosemary's baby (desperate for work much?).

2. Slayer is starting its Unholy Alliance tour. For those of you who aren't aware, Slayer is a heavy metal rock group that no one I know listens to. Yes, I admit, I had a rocker phase in high school, but even Slayer was above me.

So , that's the biggest news I've heard about today. That and the fact that the bible passage that refers to the number of the beast being six hundred and sixty-six may have been misinterpreted and should have been 616.

In calendar dates that is June 1, 2006 or January 6, 2006 - it all depends on how you look at it. Either way, that means we missed it and life went on, much like it will today.

So, tell Satan to cool his jets, we're not expecting a big to do from him and he can go ahead to the Slayer concert.