"As Within, So Without"

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I once had a dream in which I was trying to escape a crumbling house.
The building was falling apart around me, and I was crawling on my belly along the floor, trying to find a safe passage outside. While doing so, I had my two cats clutched to my chest, and a pet snake wrapped around my neck. I was desperately trying to wrangle the lot of them ( Read more... )

Last year, I found out (via Facebook) that my favourite teacher from highschool had passed away. He'd been battling cancer for several years, and after several rounds of chemo and radiation therapy, it finally killed him.  After expressing my condolences to his family and sharing stories about him with friends, I couldn't help but spend a good ( Read more... )

Still unemployed.
Waiting to hear back from EI.
No idea what's going on in my personal life.
No idea what I want to DO with my life.

Strangely comfortable with the uncertainty...

..though a job would be nice. ;)

...I've started a new blog.

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By now, I'm sure most of you are familiar with Susan Boyle -- the 47 year old woman from a little village in Scotland who blew away a dubious crowd of cynics when she launched into "I Dreamed A Dream" from Les Miserables on the TV show "Britain's Got Talent".

This wonderful lady, with her glowing smile and cheery disposition, has captured the hearts ( Read more... )

So.
For years now, I've been utterly in love with the idea of Earthships ( www,earthship.net ) and the sustainable "biotecture" associated with it. I was curious as to whether anyone knew of places in Toronto where they give courses/workships on indoor gardening/greywater systems for use in these kinds of houses?

http://veganyumyum.com/2007/06/knit-night-cupcakes/


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What would I pair Gewürztraminer with? A toilet. Dear Germany: stick to beers, please... leave wine to those who can make it well. Bleh.

Insomnia blows.
It blows like a twink trying to hoover a middle aged banker into buying him a Mercedes.
In conversation with a friend earlier, I shared my musings that a herd of sock monkeys actually congregates around my bed at night to steal my sleep-vibes, but that's not a viable possibility for countless reasons:
First of all, my cats would ( Read more... )