The fireworks were spectacular tonight and I enjoyed the music it was well-coordinated. I viewed them from Jericho Beach. China's performance was the best I've seen in this competition.This Saturday I will be viewing the fireworks from Vanier park after attending Gertrude's Garden party ( Read more... )

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye ( Read more... )

I had a pile of barbies when I was young. People worry about the example this doll sets for girls. But sometimes, as in my case, Barbie was a much-needed antidote. You see, I never once thought that I could be Barbie. Ever. We just didn't have enough in common, looks-wise. Yet Barbie was my idea of what it meant to be a grown woman (despite the ( Read more... )

CHEESECAKE: Thick, mealy, sticky horrible stuff. Give me a nice chocolate mousse any day ( Read more... )

If you really did eat like a bird, you would consume ten times your weight in food every day. You would have to eat a big breakfast, just to regain the weight you lost during the night. And if you were a hummingbird, skipping breakfast could send you into a deadly coma. If you really did eat like a horse, you'd have to consume fifteen pounds of hay ( Read more... )

Traditionally food is served in its best and largest proportions to the men: as reward for status, fuel for hunting. Biscuits, likes handkerchiefs come in "man size". Little children in countries where there is not enough food will have more chance of survival if they are boys: they are given more food. Having a smaller portion used to be seen as ( Read more... )

Sometimes ignoring them will help, sometimes it encourages further abuse. Try not to fall in the trap of always returning an insult, as you can just get into a slanging match that teaches them nothing and drives you crazy. Sometimes, however it might be the only way to drive your point home ( Read more... )

Emily and I are leaving for London on Friday morning. Mother will be updating my journal while I 'm gone, since you love her posts so much :).

Makeup colors are often named after foods. Forbidden to enjoy eating women can have guilt-free Raisin (lip pencil), Rose Chocolate (lipstick), Cherrie in snow (lipstick) and a heap of caffeine kickstarters such as Mocha Dream and Cafe Au Lait ( Read more... )

I wanted to attend the Manson concert but could not get a ticket for that so I went to the Cradle of Filth concert. The moshpit was brutal one of my friends was bleeding. When we arrived we didn't know where the line up for Cradle ended so we ended up at the start of the Marilyn Manson lineup, both venues were so close to eachother and I bumped ( Read more... )