So whoever says Toronto is a concrete jungle, I beg to differ!
It may be a city that experiences harsh, cold winters that turn the city brown and barren, and I had been told to expect a hot Summer, but a JUNGLE?
You think I'm exaggerating. I'm not! I swear, some days if you told me to close my eyes and guess where I was by my other senses, I'd say Uganda or India or Malaysia. Especially on those 35+ degree days. The humidity is saturating, the air is hot, the cicadas buzz like a weed-whacker in the trees when the heat has quieted the birds, the evenings are full of chirping crickets, and best of all the air smells of that lush, wet, leafy, peaty, smucky smell of a real tropical jungle. Mixing that with just a tiny touch of exhaust fumes it smells EXACTLY like a city in the tropics. It's the smell that gets me the most. I love it. And some days it's even misty/steamy in the mornings, which reminds me of waking up in a tent or banda in Uganda and looking out over a landscape covered in a peach-orange misty haze of early humid jungle sunrise.
They say that scent is your strongest attachment to memory.. it's so true! Every time I walk out my apartment door, I get nostalgic about my trips to Asia, Africa and India! It's a tease, but also a little bit of comfort because it feels like I'm there again for a second.
And around here (parts of High Park, Toronto Island), but especially as you start driving east, and mostly near the cottage in Norfolk county, it LOOKS like the jungle. The trees are a twisted, amazingly-green canopy of tons of different deciduous trees. There are flowered trees, and dozens of different spiky, tropical-looking trees that look like they came straight from a hillside in Goa. It's so gorgeous! I was telling Tom the other day that if we just had this weather all year round with no Winters to blast the jungle back into hibernation, we would for sure have toucans and monkeys swinging in the treetops who would know no difference between Canada and a true equatorial jungle.
It's awesome and unexpected and I love it! Oh, and to top it off, Lake Erie totally looks like a typical tropical ocean... on the south side of Long Point Provincial Park especially. The water is bright aqua blue, shallow for a loooong way out, with the softest white sand, perfectly warm water, waves to play in... I'm in heaven!! Well, until Summer ends anyways.
Anyhow, just wanted to get that out of my system! I can't believe nobody has ever mentioned this before. They always say it's hot and stifling in the Summer in Ontario... I think it's great! Maybe it's because I haven't lived here forever so I notice it more, and maybe there were things that I overlooked while living in BC that others may love... I don't know. But I'm already looking forward to next Summer!
- Mish ;)
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Just a moment to share a fabulous video...
If you're Canadian, you should watch this! CTV Olympics - Video by Stephen Brunt
I saw it at work yesterday while bartending and I had to fight a few tears of pride! Although these kind of things always get me gushy, it runs in the family. Especially the scene with the older man with tears running down his cheek, and the family walking down the street all clad in Canada gear, and the truth to how Canadians seem to spontaneously break out into singing the national anthem. We DO do that a lot!
I know a lot of people have negative things to say about the whole Olympics idea and I hear your valid points. However, I can't help but feel moved by this well-put-together and beautiful video by Stephen Brunt at CTV. It's about Canada's growing (modest) patriotism brought on by sports enthusiasm and a sense of national community through the Olympics. This is one of the non-monetary/economic positive results of the Olympics, and I'm excited about that. I LOVE 'community stuff'. I didn't expect it when I heard the Olympics were coming to Vancouver, I thought it would be impossible for locals to get close to the action. But from what I hear from friends/see on Facebook status updates from everyone across the city, EVERYONE has been affected and is LOVING and feeling the spirit of the Olympics and I'm so glad. I wish I was home just for one day to spend some time downtown! But my family have been spewing great stories and experiences so that is awesome. <3
Anywhoooo, watch the video if you have a moment. It's only 4 minutes or so, but try to watch the whole thing. It gets better as it goes on. Enjoy!
I saw it at work yesterday while bartending and I had to fight a few tears of pride! Although these kind of things always get me gushy, it runs in the family. Especially the scene with the older man with tears running down his cheek, and the family walking down the street all clad in Canada gear, and the truth to how Canadians seem to spontaneously break out into singing the national anthem. We DO do that a lot!
My mom with the Torch in Abbotsford, BC
I know a lot of people have negative things to say about the whole Olympics idea and I hear your valid points. However, I can't help but feel moved by this well-put-together and beautiful video by Stephen Brunt at CTV. It's about Canada's growing (modest) patriotism brought on by sports enthusiasm and a sense of national community through the Olympics. This is one of the non-monetary/economic positive results of the Olympics, and I'm excited about that. I LOVE 'community stuff'. I didn't expect it when I heard the Olympics were coming to Vancouver, I thought it would be impossible for locals to get close to the action. But from what I hear from friends/see on Facebook status updates from everyone across the city, EVERYONE has been affected and is LOVING and feeling the spirit of the Olympics and I'm so glad. I wish I was home just for one day to spend some time downtown! But my family have been spewing great stories and experiences so that is awesome. <3
My mom on the Skytrain with the Korean women's short track speed skaters, their medals and bouquets!
Anywhoooo, watch the video if you have a moment. It's only 4 minutes or so, but try to watch the whole thing. It gets better as it goes on. Enjoy!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Coors Light, Jaywalking, Streetcar Swerving... Culture Shock?
So technically I still live in the same country, Canada. I may have moved to a different province 4,000 kilometers away from Vancouver, but it's not much different here, really. It's funny to me that places like Europe and South Asia have so many countries in the same close proximity as we have provinces in Canada, and the difference in culture is HUGE across those borders. Within the same 4,000 km distance, there are dozens of different languages and cultural differences, whereas we have basically a uni-culture across the whole country except for Quebec and some minor pockets of more minor differences.
Or DO we?
First of all, apparently I have an 'accent'.
Dani's husband was the first person to point this out. Now a couple of people at work have mentioned the same thing and even using the same words as Jamie used to point out my accent! The main problem here is my use of the 'A' vowel! Apparently I say 'Vancouver' more like "Vohn-couver". And 'hands' more like 'hohhnds'. A distinct lengthening and 'o' sounding pronunciation. Weird. But I also think these Torontonians (not Ontarians because Northern Ontarians have a completely different accent which I have yet to master) have their own accent. They say things like "pants" like "payyyants" and "hands" like "heeeands". So there. But Newfies, and they're way closer to Ontario than Vancouver, how did they end up with the major accent and Vancouverites. much further away, just ended up with a semi-surfer-dude accent (way cool)?
Another thing I've noticed while working at the restaurant here vs. the one at home in New West is the beer preference in Toronto. Especially since I started bartending. Back home, the major seller was Keith's or maybe MGD, and darker beers. Good beers. Here, Coors Light. COORS LIGHT. Coors Light??? Yeah, that's right. A stuffy business suit man, a major Raptors fan, 3 grown men on a night out away from the wives, a gang of scruffy late-night twenty-somethings.... you mention that Coors Light is on draught (amongst 9 other relatively more manly, flavorful, alcohol-rich choices) and their eyes light up like their world has just come together and all life's problems have been solved. Jeepers (jeepers? no, I'm not erasing it and typing in a more modern expletive). Oh, and good old Molson Canadian. Most people I know in BC haven't sipped Canadian since their choices were between Wildcat or Canadian at the age of 15.
Jaywalking.
Jaywalking is a phenomenon that most of us never consciously think about in daily life. Unless you leave BC, travel to Asia or Africa and try to cross the street to catch a cab or basically get anywhere, as there are no such thing as crosswalks or pedestrian right-of-way. Vancouverites are pretty good at using crosswalks or at least waiting until there are hundreds of feet between them and an oncoming vehicle, for the most part. And if someone IS daring to cross the street, god be with them, without using the crosswalk, how many of us have GLARED at them and pointed to the nearest crosswalk through our windshield, mouthing the word "crosswalk, M*R$*#*F*E*R!" to get our point across that we're mightily concerned for their safety and angry that we had to tap our brakes to let them cross? I know you have, I sure have. Hmph.
Well, it's a different story over here. Not even just downtown Toronto, but a LOT in the Bloor West Village area. People with bags of groceries, lapdogs and yoga mats just hop past the parallel parked cars and dodge into traffic at will, anytime, even when cars are flowing past at a steady rate. Have you ever driven down West 4th during the day? It's a cool street, but traffic's a pain in the ass. So many stoplights, hard to turn left, moving one block every 10 minutes. Imagine throwing in a person crossing between every block. And nobody honks, nobody glares, nobody mouths expletive safety reminders. Just dodge 'em. Maybe Torontonians are the laid back ones, bending the rules like wayward roaming hippies, and we're the tightwad conservative stressed out ones? LOL I'm getting way out of hand here. :) But I still find it a little bit funny. And lately there have been over a dozen deaths related to pedestrians getting hit while jaywalking. It's all over the news. And now the local police have actually started giving out $100-something tickets for it!
Oh and one thing most Vancouver-dwellers have not ever had to deal with is driving on a road with a streetcar track along the entire thing. You know the automatic track thing you drive on when going into the carwash where you put your car in neutral and you just let it pull you along? It's kind of like that. You can just let your tire settle into one of the streetcar tracks, and let it just guide you along the street with no steering needed, just gas. Until about every 100 metres when suddenly your car veers out of the track, shocking you out of your easy ride, and you have to guide it back on again before you hit a cab or parked car in the lane beside you, or worse, a streetcar coming the opposite way. I wish I could put a video in here of how funny it looks. You're driving by yourself, one hand on the wheel, you sort of start looking at the sights beside you because you don't really have to concentrate anymore, then a sudden jerk to the right, then back to coasting... Its fun at first, but then it gets annoying. I wish they had planned those tracks better so that your car frame is wide enough to always be out of the track. Oh well. I guess I could just avoid Queen, King or Lakeshore forever, but those are the only main streets heading home, and the coolest mind you... The only other way to avoid this issue altogether is to drive so that both of your wheels are not touching the streetcar tracks, but as a result are riding perilously close to the centre line or the parking lane. Then it's major concentration time so your mirrors don't get ripped off. Too much effort.
(not my photo, stolen from Google. See that Nissan's front left wheel? He's takin' a free ride on the effortless driving train)
I know there must be more funny differences between Vancouver and Toronto living. I will find them, and I will continue to banter on and on about them.
Or DO we?
First of all, apparently I have an 'accent'.
Dani's husband was the first person to point this out. Now a couple of people at work have mentioned the same thing and even using the same words as Jamie used to point out my accent! The main problem here is my use of the 'A' vowel! Apparently I say 'Vancouver' more like "Vohn-couver". And 'hands' more like 'hohhnds'. A distinct lengthening and 'o' sounding pronunciation. Weird. But I also think these Torontonians (not Ontarians because Northern Ontarians have a completely different accent which I have yet to master) have their own accent. They say things like "pants" like "payyyants" and "hands" like "heeeands". So there. But Newfies, and they're way closer to Ontario than Vancouver, how did they end up with the major accent and Vancouverites. much further away, just ended up with a semi-surfer-dude accent (way cool)?
Another thing I've noticed while working at the restaurant here vs. the one at home in New West is the beer preference in Toronto. Especially since I started bartending. Back home, the major seller was Keith's or maybe MGD, and darker beers. Good beers. Here, Coors Light. COORS LIGHT. Coors Light??? Yeah, that's right. A stuffy business suit man, a major Raptors fan, 3 grown men on a night out away from the wives, a gang of scruffy late-night twenty-somethings.... you mention that Coors Light is on draught (amongst 9 other relatively more manly, flavorful, alcohol-rich choices) and their eyes light up like their world has just come together and all life's problems have been solved. Jeepers (jeepers? no, I'm not erasing it and typing in a more modern expletive). Oh, and good old Molson Canadian. Most people I know in BC haven't sipped Canadian since their choices were between Wildcat or Canadian at the age of 15.
Jaywalking.
Jaywalking is a phenomenon that most of us never consciously think about in daily life. Unless you leave BC, travel to Asia or Africa and try to cross the street to catch a cab or basically get anywhere, as there are no such thing as crosswalks or pedestrian right-of-way. Vancouverites are pretty good at using crosswalks or at least waiting until there are hundreds of feet between them and an oncoming vehicle, for the most part. And if someone IS daring to cross the street, god be with them, without using the crosswalk, how many of us have GLARED at them and pointed to the nearest crosswalk through our windshield, mouthing the word "crosswalk, M*R$*#*F*E*R!" to get our point across that we're mightily concerned for their safety and angry that we had to tap our brakes to let them cross? I know you have, I sure have. Hmph.
Well, it's a different story over here. Not even just downtown Toronto, but a LOT in the Bloor West Village area. People with bags of groceries, lapdogs and yoga mats just hop past the parallel parked cars and dodge into traffic at will, anytime, even when cars are flowing past at a steady rate. Have you ever driven down West 4th during the day? It's a cool street, but traffic's a pain in the ass. So many stoplights, hard to turn left, moving one block every 10 minutes. Imagine throwing in a person crossing between every block. And nobody honks, nobody glares, nobody mouths expletive safety reminders. Just dodge 'em. Maybe Torontonians are the laid back ones, bending the rules like wayward roaming hippies, and we're the tightwad conservative stressed out ones? LOL I'm getting way out of hand here. :) But I still find it a little bit funny. And lately there have been over a dozen deaths related to pedestrians getting hit while jaywalking. It's all over the news. And now the local police have actually started giving out $100-something tickets for it!
Oh and one thing most Vancouver-dwellers have not ever had to deal with is driving on a road with a streetcar track along the entire thing. You know the automatic track thing you drive on when going into the carwash where you put your car in neutral and you just let it pull you along? It's kind of like that. You can just let your tire settle into one of the streetcar tracks, and let it just guide you along the street with no steering needed, just gas. Until about every 100 metres when suddenly your car veers out of the track, shocking you out of your easy ride, and you have to guide it back on again before you hit a cab or parked car in the lane beside you, or worse, a streetcar coming the opposite way. I wish I could put a video in here of how funny it looks. You're driving by yourself, one hand on the wheel, you sort of start looking at the sights beside you because you don't really have to concentrate anymore, then a sudden jerk to the right, then back to coasting... Its fun at first, but then it gets annoying. I wish they had planned those tracks better so that your car frame is wide enough to always be out of the track. Oh well. I guess I could just avoid Queen, King or Lakeshore forever, but those are the only main streets heading home, and the coolest mind you... The only other way to avoid this issue altogether is to drive so that both of your wheels are not touching the streetcar tracks, but as a result are riding perilously close to the centre line or the parking lane. Then it's major concentration time so your mirrors don't get ripped off. Too much effort.
I know there must be more funny differences between Vancouver and Toronto living. I will find them, and I will continue to banter on and on about them.
Friday, February 5, 2010
3 Months in the Center of the Universe and Counting!
Well... since I last wrote I was still wallowing in the loss of poor Frank. He and I parted ways and I now own a bigger, better bottle of tantalizing deliciousness. In my fridge in Toronto that is!
Just a brief update because I have to go to work...
On October 23, 2009, Lindsay and I piled into Bo-Deese the Big Bad Blue (my VW Golf) at 4:30am and DROVE to Toronto! We stayed in Calgary, Prince Albert, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie along the way, and arrived safe and sound (and could probably handle another 6 days of driving if we really wanted to) in Toronto on October 28, 2009! Check out the video if you want:
And I'm still here! I love it so far. It's been just over 3 months, and I'm living in a great area of Toronto, just about on the border of Etobicoke. I'm a couple blocks north of the Lake, just west of High Park, in the Bloor West Village area. I really could not live in a better area. It's close to everything, it's not too city-ish. It's a LOT like West 4th/Kitsilano in Vancouver. I live in an apartment with my BF but our area is a great mix of parks, schools, old gorgeous houses, new mansions, apartment buildings... lots to explore! Walking distance to the Subway and Streetcar (although I'm too lazy I still drive to work every day)... I visited "cottage country" within two weeks of arriving here... Tom took me to St. Williams (near Simcoe) where his family's cottage is... gorgeous! I spent Christmas in London (Ontario) with his family, which was great, and then New Year's in Oakville with Tom's friends (who are also great! I'm lucky to have met so many great people already!).
Speaking of work, it took way longer than I expected to get a job here! I already had the privilege of working for Body Buster as their advertiser, which I enjoy and have continued to do more and more work for them, but I needed something to supplement that. I applied at tons of restaurants, trying to avoid taking the easy route of going back to the Spaghetti Factory (had already worked there for 3 years in BC). BUT after almost a month of not working, I gave in and got a job at the Spagh downtown, and it was a great idea I'm glad I did. I get to work with great people and I still enjoy the work, most times. The location is right near the CN Tower in the St. Lawrence Market area (Yonge St. & The Esplanade), which is gorgeous and old, KIND of like Gastown. I work a lot and am enjoying the experience of working in a different city, the same restaurant as I did back home but with a LOT of differences in the size of the place, the way it's run, and the clientele (way better tippers! AND way busier...). I'm bartending as well which is interesting... I'm not sure if I love it but whatever.
So that's how I've survived so far. Everyone keeps asking how the "job hunting" is going, because that was supposedly the main reason for me coming out here - looking for all that big-city 'opportunity'. I'm still applying for that "dream job" all the time and considering going back to school to get closer to that dream... it's a tough job looking for jobs! I want to work in Planning (Urban/Natural Resources) so I've applied for lots of internships, as well as administrative positions in that industry or similar so that I can at least get a steady cashflow going to be able to afford school if I should end up going back!
I've also started Bootcamp! Obviously Body Buster Fitness Bootcamp (http://www.BodyBusterFitness.com)! And I knew it would go either way - horribly or awesome. Only because I haven't worked out in a couple of years, in my worst shape ever, I thought I wouldn't be able to get through a class without passing out, and I usually have a hard time sticking to a routine. But OMG. I love it! And I'm not just saying that because I do their advertising... I really do love it and I just finished my first program yesterday (4 weeks, 8 classes). I already have lost some inches and toned up and my energy level (dwindling due to the weather, the dark basement apartment, the lazy days) has gone way back up, I look forward to the workout, and I can't wait to go back for the next program in February! It's a great way to meet people and stay in shape, and one of those "just for me" kind of things that I look forward to twice a week. I feel great!
Anyways this was supposed to be short, and I have to leave for work in 10 mins and I'm still in my PJ's! GTG but now you have your update! It's really not that interesting, my life is the same just 4,000kms away. I am starting to miss people a LOT and on my days off when Tom's at work and Dani is busy, I start to go a little stir crazy because I have nobody else to call! But that's what my My5 and Blackberry Messenger is for haha! And glad I have my car because I like to go for random drives to parts of the city I haven't seen before. I'm also thinking of trying to volunteer or something... I was so impressed with my friend Sonya's selfless ambition when I saw this website the other day (http://bccic.ca/Sonya_Sangster) as well as her sister Bridget... I feel like I tell myself it's too hard to get involved because I am intimidated... but maybe I really should just do it. I might join Oxfam out here or something like that. I haven't been able to do much in regards to our Uganda stuff from here, I'm feeling a little detached. I gotta get doing something!! But in general, I'm just enjoying the experience of having moved away from my comfort zone for the first time ever. It's been an adjustment but nothing negative whatsoever so far! I'm loving it and I know the job situation will solve itself soon, and I'm not worried about it. Another update soon.
Just a brief update because I have to go to work...
On October 23, 2009, Lindsay and I piled into Bo-Deese the Big Bad Blue (my VW Golf) at 4:30am and DROVE to Toronto! We stayed in Calgary, Prince Albert, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie along the way, and arrived safe and sound (and could probably handle another 6 days of driving if we really wanted to) in Toronto on October 28, 2009! Check out the video if you want:
And I'm still here! I love it so far. It's been just over 3 months, and I'm living in a great area of Toronto, just about on the border of Etobicoke. I'm a couple blocks north of the Lake, just west of High Park, in the Bloor West Village area. I really could not live in a better area. It's close to everything, it's not too city-ish. It's a LOT like West 4th/Kitsilano in Vancouver. I live in an apartment with my BF but our area is a great mix of parks, schools, old gorgeous houses, new mansions, apartment buildings... lots to explore! Walking distance to the Subway and Streetcar (although I'm too lazy I still drive to work every day)... I visited "cottage country" within two weeks of arriving here... Tom took me to St. Williams (near Simcoe) where his family's cottage is... gorgeous! I spent Christmas in London (Ontario) with his family, which was great, and then New Year's in Oakville with Tom's friends (who are also great! I'm lucky to have met so many great people already!).
Speaking of work, it took way longer than I expected to get a job here! I already had the privilege of working for Body Buster as their advertiser, which I enjoy and have continued to do more and more work for them, but I needed something to supplement that. I applied at tons of restaurants, trying to avoid taking the easy route of going back to the Spaghetti Factory (had already worked there for 3 years in BC). BUT after almost a month of not working, I gave in and got a job at the Spagh downtown, and it was a great idea I'm glad I did. I get to work with great people and I still enjoy the work, most times. The location is right near the CN Tower in the St. Lawrence Market area (Yonge St. & The Esplanade), which is gorgeous and old, KIND of like Gastown. I work a lot and am enjoying the experience of working in a different city, the same restaurant as I did back home but with a LOT of differences in the size of the place, the way it's run, and the clientele (way better tippers! AND way busier...). I'm bartending as well which is interesting... I'm not sure if I love it but whatever.
So that's how I've survived so far. Everyone keeps asking how the "job hunting" is going, because that was supposedly the main reason for me coming out here - looking for all that big-city 'opportunity'. I'm still applying for that "dream job" all the time and considering going back to school to get closer to that dream... it's a tough job looking for jobs! I want to work in Planning (Urban/Natural Resources) so I've applied for lots of internships, as well as administrative positions in that industry or similar so that I can at least get a steady cashflow going to be able to afford school if I should end up going back!
I've also started Bootcamp! Obviously Body Buster Fitness Bootcamp (http://www.BodyBusterFitness.com)! And I knew it would go either way - horribly or awesome. Only because I haven't worked out in a couple of years, in my worst shape ever, I thought I wouldn't be able to get through a class without passing out, and I usually have a hard time sticking to a routine. But OMG. I love it! And I'm not just saying that because I do their advertising... I really do love it and I just finished my first program yesterday (4 weeks, 8 classes). I already have lost some inches and toned up and my energy level (dwindling due to the weather, the dark basement apartment, the lazy days) has gone way back up, I look forward to the workout, and I can't wait to go back for the next program in February! It's a great way to meet people and stay in shape, and one of those "just for me" kind of things that I look forward to twice a week. I feel great!
Anyways this was supposed to be short, and I have to leave for work in 10 mins and I'm still in my PJ's! GTG but now you have your update! It's really not that interesting, my life is the same just 4,000kms away. I am starting to miss people a LOT and on my days off when Tom's at work and Dani is busy, I start to go a little stir crazy because I have nobody else to call! But that's what my My5 and Blackberry Messenger is for haha! And glad I have my car because I like to go for random drives to parts of the city I haven't seen before. I'm also thinking of trying to volunteer or something... I was so impressed with my friend Sonya's selfless ambition when I saw this website the other day (http://bccic.ca/Sonya_Sangster) as well as her sister Bridget... I feel like I tell myself it's too hard to get involved because I am intimidated... but maybe I really should just do it. I might join Oxfam out here or something like that. I haven't been able to do much in regards to our Uganda stuff from here, I'm feeling a little detached. I gotta get doing something!! But in general, I'm just enjoying the experience of having moved away from my comfort zone for the first time ever. It's been an adjustment but nothing negative whatsoever so far! I'm loving it and I know the job situation will solve itself soon, and I'm not worried about it. Another update soon.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
The Hardest 'Thing' to Give Up when Planning to Move Across the Country?
You know when you move somewhere and your fridge starts out empty, but then starts to get filled up as the months go on, and it's all expensive stuff like mayo and ketchup and pickles... and the best thing EVER, a staple in my fridge at least, Frank's Red Hot Sauce?
I have been letting my kitchen supplies dwindle over the past few weeks because I know I'm leaving soon, on Sept 30th, but I'm not moving just down the street, I'm moving to Toronto! And I realized just now as I prepared my delicious cheese quesadilla that I will not be able to bring my Frank's with me. I just don't think he'll survive the drive.
I was sincerely disappointed. It took me a second to realize it and it made me laugh a little when I did.
I've grown attached to Frank, he's more than half empty, and has started gathering the dry sauce crust in the cap because he's so well used.
Anyways, I just thought that it was funny that I don't care about any of my furniture if I had to leave that behind, but I am sad about sauce that can be easily replaced. Weird.... ;)
PS - I still haven't had a burger. Well, a real one anyways. - it was a late, dark and stormy night. Everything was closed. I was starving after work, I had no food at home, it was Labour Day and no grocery stores were open. I had to succumb to a Spicy Chicken from Wendy's. But it was just the one time, I swear, and it meant nothing. It hasn't happened since. And I felt really guilty afterwards.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Too Many Burgers - Feelin Greasy
I have to stop eating so much bad food. Its not necessarily that I'm concerned about gaining weight, I don't really have that problem (yet) but I am tired of feeling gross, unhealthy, unconfident and guilty after I scarf down a delicious meatfilled and mayo-loaded bun!!! You are what you eat right?! So I wanna be hot fresh juicy and yummy not greasy lardy sticky and lukewarm. I've been so lazy eating at the food court at work all the time, wasting money on salt, fat and sugar. I also could probably afford a gym membership for the price of 4 mozza burgers a month!!!
Anyone else wanna join me in this feat of monstrous proportions?! Its gonna be hard, those cravings are hard to beat. Two mouths eating veggies are better than one. It could be like the Seinfeld "master of their domain" episode, but with less scandalous terms.
I challenge you!
Wish me luck. I'll keep u posted on how many burgerless days I've held up on. (Don't worry I'm gonna avoid other awful foods as well!)
Mish
Thursday, August 27, 2009
What? Another Blog?
Yes, another blog.
For those of you who know me I have a travel blog, which is gonna be out of commission for a while. I used to LOVE writing. I did it for years! About anything and everything. Poetry, random prose, short stories, notes, and quotes! I also LOVE writing the most, lately, when I'm traveling. It is a great way to keep memories of the slight things that in today's hectic lifestyles we are too busy to remember. One of my favourite things to do every few months is to go back and read my travel blogs. It's relaxing, funny, and like going back in time. But I've been asked to write articles before, and have also considered writing a blog in the past, but I find it ridiculously hard to get inspired to write when I'm not abroad. I feel like I have nothing to write about. But really, I do! Things happen every day! Thoughts cross my mind all the time! I update my Facebook status CONSTANTLY! There's gotta be some way I can focus that into writing again.
SO... since I've realized in my 'quarter century age' that I can no longer frolic in the student lifestyle of being carefree and traveling at a whim, writing when I'm traveling, I must find some way to make my everyday life be something worth writing about. I am gonna write about "The Everyday Crap & Good Stuff Too".
I think it will be just as great to look back on these blogs in the future. Laugh about old jokes, things that pissed me off which really shouldn't have, great things that happen to me or other people in my life, thoughts, quotes, friends' advice, memories. OH and I have a bajillion photos that just sit on my computer, so I'll post those sometimes too. I think this will be a great way to reflect on this busy but amazing life!! So follow if you want, comment if you want, take it in, reply back, whatever! This is a place for enjoying life and all its ups and downs. I hope to keep it up periodically for years to come!!
Mish
For those of you who know me I have a travel blog, which is gonna be out of commission for a while. I used to LOVE writing. I did it for years! About anything and everything. Poetry, random prose, short stories, notes, and quotes! I also LOVE writing the most, lately, when I'm traveling. It is a great way to keep memories of the slight things that in today's hectic lifestyles we are too busy to remember. One of my favourite things to do every few months is to go back and read my travel blogs. It's relaxing, funny, and like going back in time. But I've been asked to write articles before, and have also considered writing a blog in the past, but I find it ridiculously hard to get inspired to write when I'm not abroad. I feel like I have nothing to write about. But really, I do! Things happen every day! Thoughts cross my mind all the time! I update my Facebook status CONSTANTLY! There's gotta be some way I can focus that into writing again.
SO... since I've realized in my 'quarter century age' that I can no longer frolic in the student lifestyle of being carefree and traveling at a whim, writing when I'm traveling, I must find some way to make my everyday life be something worth writing about. I am gonna write about "The Everyday Crap & Good Stuff Too".
I think it will be just as great to look back on these blogs in the future. Laugh about old jokes, things that pissed me off which really shouldn't have, great things that happen to me or other people in my life, thoughts, quotes, friends' advice, memories. OH and I have a bajillion photos that just sit on my computer, so I'll post those sometimes too. I think this will be a great way to reflect on this busy but amazing life!! So follow if you want, comment if you want, take it in, reply back, whatever! This is a place for enjoying life and all its ups and downs. I hope to keep it up periodically for years to come!!
Mish
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