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• 17:49 Pedo bear the new 2010 mascot, loves it! Hilarious :D bit.ly/9orgdJ #

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• 17:12 So #yyj $400 for having your cat spayed. Is this normal? I want to be humane but that seems awfully steep. Suggestions? places? opinions? #
• 20:05 @Fraser_Graham only if you adopt unfortunately #
• 20:06 @alpy looks like if I pay cheap I get cheap treatment upon further research. I'm thinking I'd rather not risk it #
• 20:07 @amesly210 doesnt seem to be a problem with the vet, in fact they are quite wonderful. Looks like this is avg. I called around :/ #
• 20:23 #yyj tell me please that the espresso stout is back at the Canoe Club already! I'm getting impatient! :D #
• 20:24 @unclespeedo Alibaba's Pizza for sure! #
• 20:29 #yyj Several years ago before twitter made it big I made a livejournal community, It's still thriving :) Visit us at: bit.ly/c4Zg79 #
• 20:34 Checking out my TweetStats tweetstats.com/graphs/chelle #

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• 16:31 Gene Roddenberry pilot gets deal; 'Bigger than Trek'? icio.us/22ejth #

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• 19:35 follow @jason @contests + @jawboneearwear for one of five Jawbone icons #jawbone #

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• 15:14 food hang over? weather? who knows but I had a wicked headache this morning #
• 17:33 The best things in life aren't things. #
• 17:56 RT @TheQdotFM: #yyj #traffic You may have heard the Bay Street Bridge is closed until at least 6AM Tuesday......-Ryan #
• 17:58 RT @candrie: Spider-Man 4 canceled, WoW movie soon? bit.ly/4OyP1O (via @WoWInsider) #
• 18:05 RT @alyankovic: Happy "Binary Number 30" Day! (1/11/10) #
• 22:18 RT @candrie: RT @howlabit: Not cold out but wind and driving rain. Thankful I have a home on a night like this. #

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• 11:27 We're #cooking #Turducken Today #yyj what about you!? bit.ly/2Vp6Kk #
• 11:36 RT @candrie: Looks like vancouver island is the place to visa this year - we need the tourists. #yyj bit.ly/4OOYtr #
• 16:13 I wish I could link you all the smell in the house right now, the #turducken is smelling awesome. #yyj #
• 23:25 good turducken today. goodnight moon. #

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• 17:15 #timescolonist was quoted on Lifehacker.com eminding you to wash your re-usable bags #yyj bit.ly/553Tg2 yay a local shoutout :D #

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Another busy today today. I felt like I was constantly trying to tell people how to do a job they already know how to do. After doing double the minimum quota of orders that needed to be completed today I left feeling happy that it's getting closer and closer to the weekend.

Feeling just a little bit better than the day before.

I picked up my new pair of hemmed lulu lemon pants today. They are the relaxed fit and I had to go nearly 4 sizes down to get the fit right (huh!?). I don't really mind, they are fabulous and comfy and tonight I took them out for a trial run at the gym and was pretty pleased. They don't feel too hot and the wicking of the "luon" fabric works great. Well worth the investment.

I had hoped by making the effort to get the gym tonight that it will get me in the forward motion. Starting can always be the hardest part of anything, I know that once I get into something it gets me motivated. Now I just can't let myself stop like I did before.

• 16:39 *Rant* Hairclub for men. Thinks women aren't attracted to men with no hair. Really, it's just the guys that won't admit they have none left! #

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• 12:32 today and Monday are my last days off, trying to enjoy them but I'm cooped up in the house. Stir crazy is what I am. #
• 23:38 Watching Mystery Men on AMC-HD .. forgot how completely random this movie is. #

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• 12:21 Glad I had four days off of work so I could do something useful, like getting a cold. #

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Spent my day on the couch today again. I'm bored out of my tree. I spent some time reading my book (Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon). I've got it divided by days so I'd like to finish it by the end of the month. Since right now I'm doing very little reading this is pretty light, 28 pages a day? I think if I can get in the habit of doing this I can get through books pretty quick.

Not much else going on today.. did laundry (so exciting), watched some TV and tidied the living room. There's not much I can do when just going up the stairs is sending me into a coughing fit.

I think between now and tomorrow I'm going to try and work out a gym schedule with my friend Tara so we can get going on it as soon as I am better. We were really getting pretty diligent with going last year for five months or so before everything in our lives sort of turned upside down and inside out. I suppose that's really a big part of the challenge of weight loss is working through the challenges in your life with exercise and not just choosing not to go. Had I forced myself to continue I may be on a much different path these days. Hindsight right? I know.

I'm really feeling like this year for me is going to be about realizing that even though I may feel locked down and in prison it's all brought on myself and the sooner I realize that the key is just sitting there right behind me I can really get to where I want to be. I do have rather high expectations for myself and rarely so I live up to them, I only feel like I accomplish something when I actually meet my own standards. Rough.

Anyway.

Ginger was being soo cute today. Around sunset every day she starts freaking out around the house because of the sunlight reflecting through the windows and so I will purposely make something reflective and have her chase it around the house mewing like crazy. What a dork.

My thoughts from today, from Twitter.

• 12:21 Glad I had four days off of work so I could do something useful, like getting a cold. #

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The federal government is secretly negotiating an agreement to revamp international copyright laws which could make the information on Canadian iPods, laptop computers or other personal electronic devices illegal and greatly increase the difficulty of travelling with such devices.

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I had a headache when I woke up this morning. One of those wonderful dust allergy induced headaches I seem to get every few weeks. The spring weather also brings out these kind of headaches. I went to bed with all intentions of going to work but when I got up my head was spinning and I felt nauseous. I knew right then that I needed to go back to sleep. I was still feeling sick by 9am, I called in to work to let them know I likely wasn't going to come in.

After sleeping for another hour or two I felt a bit better. It's still been painful all day.

I decided I needed some fresh air. My friend Cindy and I went and took some photos for the Flickr group we are in "This week in photography". It's a podcast/blog/flickr group thats just getting off the ground and I'm loving every minute of it. I'm getting more useful tips and tools every day. You can check out my Flickr page for updates.

I just had a look at my user info the other day and realized that I've been with Livejournal for almost eight years now! April 27th will make it 8.

There has been a lot of change in my life in the last eight years. Looking back on some of my earlier entries I realize how big a change it's been. It's really interesting to see where you've come from. Wondering where I'll go now.. hindsight is everything.

I realize I don't say much around here these days. I also realized that maybe I really should pay more attention to journalling. It can really be a good way to goal set and as I stated earlier see how far you've really come.

Thinking.. thinking.. thinking. Always thinking.

I'm really getting attached to watching The Hour on CBC with George Stroumboulopoulos. I've been watching clips on my Ipod which turned into watching the entire show and now its recording every weeknight on my PVR. I really relate to his take on the world and his vision for our Canada.

I was lucky enough to actually score seats to be in his audience on his last trip to Vancouver on the 5th (also my birthday.. woo! old!). His two guests that night was Lynn Johnston, the famous creator of the comic series "For Better or For Worse" and Nazanin Afshin-Jam who is a former Miss Canada and is fighting to help save minors in Iran from being wrongfully sentenced to death-row.

Anyway I thought it was worth my time to mention that if you aren't from Canada or if you haven't heard of "The Hour" you should check it out. It's a part of Canada's journalism at its finest and George has this ability to engage a younger generation of people interested in current events.

He also links to my favourite canuck girl-geek Amber MacArthur and her blog.

I'm also excited that due to a tiny fortune that I inherited (literally), I went and got a new camera. I went with the Canon Rebel XTI. I'm really excited and Im sure you can expect to see some of my new pictures up soon.

I'm really neglectful of my livejournal and I need to not be. I have lots of things that I want to get out of my head. I wonder why I don't do it.

Next week I am going to Heart & Soul 2007 in Vancouver. Its the Heart of Richmond Aids Society fundraiser. It's basically a dinner and dance with entertainers, most of them are Queens. I'm actually really excited. My sister works for "HORAS" and my mom and I are going to go over together.

I'm meeting up with Veranica after she gets out of work for the day to have dinner and have some girl talk.

I got a new phone a couple days ago its a Sony Ericcson K790. It has a decent 3.2 megapixel camera in it so I can get some decent shots while still carying a phone/camera around.

I was listening to the latest Buzz Outloud podcast from Cnet today and they were talking about the new Zune from microsoft being launched. There was this discussion about how they never do anything really cool to there website when a product launches like apple does. I have to agree with them on that one. The Microsoft website just seems like a huge dark abyss.

I need more time so I can play more World of Warcraft.. so close to 70.

Yeah, this is a random post.

Just came back from watching Die Hard.

I had this bright plan that we'd go and see Harry Potter. The stupid in me forgot that it was actually released tonight not on the prescreening night that I had thought. Huge Huuuuge line up. Die Hard was still a good choice. I'm glad I got to see it. We all get to see Bruce Willis kicking as and of course the Mac guy sidekick. I can't argue with that casting choice.

We ate at Kelsey's. They had crap service.. we didn't tip. I always feel this pang of guilt when I don't tip. But seriously, the service did not warrant any extra then paying for the food we ate. The waitress didn't give us any utensils, they skimped on servings and then there was the whole deal where you get desert. Yeah you're supposed to get a choice, she didn't ask if we wanted any she just put it in front of us. And Jay, who hates chocolate got a giant chocolate covered chocolate mouse with chocolate cookie crust.. ahaha. Um yeah. No.

That is all..

Yeah ok I realize I'm sounding bitchy..meh!

I went and saw Transformers today. I was not dissapointed at all. The CGI and technology used to make the film left me in awe. I remember seeing Spiderman when it came out and how much that movie sucked in comparison. The movie didn't leave me with much to complain about.

I was however slightly annoyed that there wasn't more explaination or more in depth about the past of Transformers but a 2.5/hour+ movie would have made it a little too long. Once again dissapointed by the movie industries attempts to appease the LCD (lowest common demoninator). But anyway, I've already spent too much time complaining about a very minor dent in a otherwise great movie!