I'm fundraising for the Ride for Heart cycling event next month. In order to help reach my goal, I'm auctioning off my homemade projects. 100% of the money will go towards the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation. You get a cute geeky craft while supporting charity! What's not to like?


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In an effort to simultaneously clean out storage and raise money for my favorite charity, I'm selling all my old cosplay costumes! How much? I'm accepting any offer! 100% of the proceeds go straight towards the Heart and Stroke Foundation. You can even donate directly through my Ride for Heart pageI've taken pictures of all the costumes up for ( Read more... )

Getting rid of my sister's manga collection. She has a big stash of mostly Japanese manga, with some French ones. Figured I'd give my friends first dibs at it.


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On Sunday morning I participating again in the Ride for Heart. I biked 50km from Exhibition Place all the way up to York Mills on the DVP then all the way back. It was a great ride. Very tiring, and gave me a matching pair of giant bruises on my butt thanks to my cheap bicycle seat, but it was all worth it because I managed to raise $280 for The ( Read more... )

On Sunday June 5th, I'm participating in the Ride for Heart again this year, in support of the Heart and Stroke Foundation. This is the charity fundraiser were you get to bike on the Gardiner and DVP!! I had so much fun last year, so I'm pumped to do it again. I have a new goal, to raise $200 for Heart and Stroke Foundation research. My grandmother ( Read more... )

Over the past year or so I've been making a conscious effort to live a more healthier lifestyle. Getting out and exercising as well as watching what I eat. I wouldn't consider myself on a strict diet, but just being conscious about portion control and not eating too many unhealthy or fried foods and such ( Read more... )

Each year as AN approaches, I get more and more stressed out to get something finished in time. Yesterday I took a good look at the calendar and realized that there's no realistic change that I'll finish my Valefor costume in time for AN. Even if I drastically reduced the amount of detail I had planned to do, there's just no way I could get the ( Read more... )

Last weekend I happened by a Corona advertising crew handing out bags of limes. Not being a beer drinker by any means, I wondered what I could do with them. I found a lime pudding recipe that I tried, but it came out less than stellar. Then the idea of key lime pie popped into me head ( Read more... )

I picked up snowboarding at the start of the season to prepare for a big family trip to Le Massif in Québec. By the end of it, I was good enough to keep up with my sis and cousin on the black diamonds :D

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