I went with friends to see the movie 'Milk' tonight. It's all about Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in the US ( Read more... )

my work had our second 'holiday' party. this was the unofficial party with just our department. i had heard stories in the past about lewd things that can happen at these kinds of things. i don't think anything happened last night, though there was a lot of booze consumed. i tried to be careful my booze goggles weren't impacting my judgment about ( Read more... )

i'm procrastinating... i spent hours yesterday and today working on my statement of intent for the school psychology program at OISE. applying to school was the escape plan from my last job and it's now the back-up plan for my new job in case my contract doesn't get renewed. so, at least in writing it wasn't complete pressure, but it was still a ( Read more... )

last night i went to the year-end karaoke party for my bickford park softball group. it was a great night despite the fact that i embarrassed myself like cameron diaz in 'my best friend's wedding'(you know by being all atonal) without the charm at the end! 'love hurts' by nazareth did me in. beware if you're ever considering singing it. the song's ( Read more... )

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i have been trying to keep up to date on the economic crisis and listening to the planet money podcast and blog as well as this american life has been really helpful in terms of breaking down all the jargon ( Read more... )

so, i no longer work at the EAP company that i was employed at for 2 years. celebration ( Read more... )

i had a really nice weekend. i did a lot of visiting... my cousin, her husband, and her kids were visiting from calgary. it was really nice to spend time with them. kids have so much energy. her five year old was bouncing off the walls until midnight and then was up at 9am running around the house and screaming with his little brother. it wasn't ( Read more... )