I finished my long-distance Christmas shopping today, bleurgh, and remembered in the process why I had kept putting it off: it hurts. Focusing on people that I am not going to be able to *see* at Christmas makes me miss them hardcore and thus I spent most of my shopping extravaganza time in some level of tearing up. I did not, however, actually cry ( Read more... )

My mom's been painting ( Read more... )

I consistently get asked one of two questions (sometimes both) when I disclose where I'm from: "Why would you come here from Canada?" and "Aren't you homesick?" My answer to the first has been streamlined from that I used to give to the "Why are you going?" question, which is to say, I was already looking for a different job, I came into some money ( Read more... )

Nothing like a cable guy who's done and gone fifteen minutes before he was even supposed to show up. And was highly amused that the front door was locked and deadbolted while he (and we) was in the house.

This Maritime sort of thing still weirds me out. LOL. Sadly, a new cable box does not mean that I get MuchLoud back. *melodramatic sigh*

Ohgodsotired. Not getting too far tonight as I'm just too braindead. *yawns* Though I'm entertained to discover that I've actually met one of stumphed's LJ friends here in Halifax, and I remember her, too. Mainly for the pink hair and the glasses. *g* But I remember thinking that she looked sort of like Phoebe from Friends, except smart and punk, so not so ( Read more... )

No, not the well-known novel. I can't think of anyone on my flist who wouldn't find this hilarious: Bad Sex Award 2007 shortlisted passages. Dude. I don't even have words. *sporfle ( Read more... )

September 24, 2003 is when I arrived here (three days before Hurricane Juan smacked the city; I do have excellent timing *rolls eyes*). I was, in a word, a mess. Today, I am...less messy. I shall never be a nice, neat little package but I'm okay with that. I dislike perfection anyway. My head is back on straight (so to speak :P) and I need to lose ( Read more... )

It's Tall Ships weekend here: the harbour is full of massive, old-fashioned sailing vessels, including the Bluenose II that's normally based in Lunenburg, NS - that's the one on the face of the Canadian dime:

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^That's the name of the one-year anniversary Pink Velvet Burlesque show I went to last night (they also have a myspace). ( It was awesome. :D )

I had a Very Good Day. I spent a few hours downtown, the first part of which was in a coffee shop with metalicious1 where we drank coffee and talked pr0n and music and boys and Halifax and Boston and England and all sorts of other stuff that blurs together now lol. It was much fun and a faboo 'first meeting'; can't wait to do it again ( Read more... )