I've been going through my writing files a lot lately, and I keep coming back to this piece of dialogue, which is from what ended up being my last visit with my grandmother before she died. I wrote this when she was still alive in 2006, and hadn't re-read it until a couple of weeks ago.

We got into a conversation about things our family is good ( Read more... )

I left this message on my brother's Facebook just now:
I got a message from your dentist again today, cancelling another appointment. I left them a very stern message suggesting they locate your correct phone number. You might want to do the same. Good luck actually getting your teeth cleaned!
He had an appointment yesterday, which got cancelled ( ( Read more... )

"Hey Billy, can you give me wood?"

The room bursts into titters. Amused, but rolling my eyes, I say, "I've played this game many times before, and no one has ever taken that in a dirty way ( Read more... )

Rest in peace, Nanny. (1933-2006)

Living close to family is funny. When I lived in Ontario, Easter would come and I would be vaguely aware of it due to the copious amount of seasonal candy available and the pleasant realization that class was cancelled. I maybe bought myself a chocolate bunny and enjoyed the long weekend. My plan this year wasn't too different. I got one invitation ( Read more... )

I wasn't planning on posting tonight, but I suddenly feel super giddy, and I'm not sure why. It could be the awesome response I got to my V For Vendetta gibbering. Like threnody, I agree that anyone who sees that movie absolutely has to walk away transformed and awed, and if they don't, I will seriously doubt their sensitivity and awareness of the world ( Read more... )

Friday (family party):The family stuff was a little blah, until mid-way through the evening when my brother and I went to the new alternative cafe here. (Yes, this city is small enough that there is only one, and every Frederictonian reading this will know what I'm referring to.) I was actually a little intimidated about checking it out, so it was ( Read more... )

FRIDAY- My family birthday dinner. Likely a turkey dinner with all the trimmings and my favourite cake - plain vanilla with vanilla icing. Mmmm! After presents (including a long-distance one from my friend in Moncton, whose boyfriend just dropped it off yesterday!) we will play my Trivial Pursuit: DVD Pop Culture Edition game and watch Alias on DVD ( Read more... )

A friend just sent me this link: Do you take too many online quizzes? Of course, the short answer is yes, but I was strangely devastated to reach the end of the quiz and have no code to copy and paste into my LJ (apparently I am DEAD AVERAGE compared to other obsessed quiz-takers. Or something ( Read more... )

1. Have you all seen this? EPA Warns Of Dangerous Levels Of Romance In Air (from the Onion, snagged from Cyn). I think I suffered from some of this today, as a couple of customers and I engaged in flirtatious exchanges. That has never happened to me before, at least on cash.

One guy was pretty cute, though very neurotic. "Did that ring up right? ( Read more... )