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When I bought my place last year, the ad said "Designer Colours". Well, as a designer I knew that was total bullshit. With a total of six different colours in a 630 sqft condo, that shit was ridiculous. But I knew that I could easily change it with paint - I kind of figured it was a hidden gem really.....one that needed many upgrades.One upgrade that I totally didn't notice before I bought was

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I'm on my Strata council and we had a quick meeting tonight. Something funny came up - a bunch of us have noticed these super bright lights coming from an apartment in the building across our backlane. It totally looks like a grow-op is going on over there. Here's a (not great) picture. It's the one with the blue-ish fluorescent glow:Um....aren't people with grow-ops supposed to be subtle about

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In the last few days, the following google searches have resulted in visits by strangers to this blog:1. the princess bride mexican2. how to draw a lettuce (awh)3. trader joe's pork buns4. laughing seagull5. share a coke with kreepy krauly6. how's it going on there7. kiehls exfoliator8. javier bardem hot9. guess this 80's movies10. my bootsA weird mix, but I totally understand them all.....sigh :)

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Something you may not know about me is that I am obsessed with American politics. I figure there are two reasons for this phenomena:1) They are so fucked up - in fact more ridiculous than a bickering episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and2) Canadian politics are very boring in comparison After September 11th I pretty much became consumed with watching CNN to keep on top of what was

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Okay I'm posting a youtube video - but NOT because I like it. Actually quite the opposite, I find this song really terrible. The weird thing is that I have had the lyrics of this song in my head since I was five years old and I have never forgot them. A daughter of good friends of my parents (she was about five years older than I) taught it to me when I was really little and it STUCK. I'm pretty

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I'm thinking about blogging again. I realized that one of the reasons I stopped is because my attention span is tiny thanks to other newer, faster technologies like Facebook, texting and Twitter. That's sad isn't it?I believe that the internet is really messing with human relationships, and more quickly than we can handle. How so you ask? Well before the fast communication of the internet, we

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I spent well over an hour on a blog post basically ranting about what's been going on here in Vancouver, not only the riots but during the playoffs as well.It was a really blunt and negative post that I wanted to get it off my chest. But then I thought, "what good can come of this?" Nothing. Negativity gets you nowhere even if it temporarily makes you feel better and you feel like you are

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You knew this was coming!Vancouver is abuzz with the Stanley cup play offs. Last night was game one of the final round and when we won in the last 18 seconds (amazing) and the town exploded. I was at a restaurant downtown, but I drove home soon after and took this video from my car: I had to edit out a really bad laugh at the beginning (why is the sound of your own voice so cringe-worthy)

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Okay okay it's been a long time since I've posted. Sometimes you just don't feel like posting for awhile and that was kind of where I was at. I always struggle with what to do with this blog. I hate dead blogs and I feel like if I have it, I should use it. So I will, and I am. Anyways, the biggest news from my end is that just over a month ago I decided to leave my job. Yes, after 4.5 years at

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Peripheral Visionaries by Young Galaxy - make sure you listen to the whole thing and on good, loud speakers as it changes often. LOVE! I listen to this when walking to the bus stop in the morning.

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.....tired. Anyone else? Although not as tired as I felt on Friday - that was a day of total exhaustion. Why? Well life has just been so busy. I had a crazy deadline at work last Monday that had me working 16 hours of overtime last weekend. At the age of 33, that has a real effect on me and it's hard to recover from. I took a morning off last week to try and recover, as well as the day today,

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Something that happened today made me laugh and I had to share with you.On Facebook I follow The Province (the local newspaper). I think I started following them or liking them or whatever it was because I wanted to be entered into draws for hockey tickets. I guess I didn't win, but I still have them on some list so I get updates.Anyways, yesterday I was on Facebook and The Province posted this

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I used to stress about posting on my blog regularly. Clearly that has passed and I'm letting it slide quite a bit. I don't even know what this post is going to be about actually, I'm just typing. I feel like I should make a list though. A list of ten random things. Here they are in no particular order:10. Today I went into work for a few hours as did a coworker. We made a deal with one another

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When I moved into my place, I immediately painted over the orange and peach that the previous owners had gone to town with in the living room - it was for the sake of my own sanity.I left the apple green in the bathroom because the colour was tolerable, but I've used it a million times on work projects so it didn't actually feel fresh. This weekend I decided to paint.Here are the before pictures:

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For some reason this little story popped in to my head today and now I am sharing it with you....yes, lucky you.Back in university my part time job was working in the water testing department at a pool and spa store. It was a great job because they were super busy in the summer when a student needs a lot of work, and then they would slow down in the winter (I still worked Saturdays). My boss was

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The above image is a picture of the puffy numbers I made for my nephew for Christmas.It seemed like an appropriate picture to post because I wanted to talk about numbers. One thing I realized about myself in the past year or so is that for some reason if I am able to quantify something, I have a better hold on it and it's more likely that I will get it done."What's that now?" You're probably

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Feeding my addiction to Modern Family. Favorite character? Phil Dunphy:

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I'm going to ignore the fact that I haven't posted in weeks. What? No that didn't happen.....nah....And fill you in on my review of 2010 and then talk about what's ahead for 2011? Nope.Instead I will tell you this vague story:Back in June, Herman Miller offered interior designers a REALLY GOOD deal on Eames Molded Plastic Chairs. Because it was such a good deal, the orders went ballistic. I

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I bet you're all thinking, "Whoah what the hell is this post going to be about?" Well.....sit back and read.I'm one of those people that likes to have background noise most of the time. It's difficult for me to just sit on my sofa and be on the internet without music on in the background or an episode of Seinfeld for distraction. I think it's a habit I have developed from living on my own. Having

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A few songs of note that I enjoy right now:Just started listening to this band Sun Airway and am liking the song 'Oh, Naoko':This may be more of a surprise but I like Cee Lo Green's new album (aka Gnarls Barkley), in particular the song 'Wildflower'. Everyone needs a little R&B:And finally, a band that I just got introduced to called Diamond Rings. Enjoying the whole album and here is a sample

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This video does not come across the way I'd hope, but before I go any further take a look and keep your eye on Santa: Yesterday after our weekly Monday morning meeting, my coworkers and I went downstairs to get a coffee and we were greeted by the usual clutter of Christmas trees and crap in our lobby that appears ever year (not shown in video, but directly to my left). But my buddy and

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I never used to be into boots. In Winnipeg, I don't even know if I owned a pair (Chanty? Do you recall?) But recently they have become an essential part of my wardrobe. There are girls in boots EVERYWHERE here in Vancouver and now I know why. If you're like me and take transit to work, you need a stylish yet comfortable shoe to walk in that will last. A flat boot is the perfect solution. It also

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The great thing about owning your own place is that you are more enthusiastic and willing to buy things to decorate it (yes I just said the "d" word). Lately I've hit the jackpot on finding a few great items for my place.The first is a print from an etsy shop called my grey sky that I have literally been stalking for about a year. Finally I took the plunge and got it and it arrived yesterday,

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(image from www.growinghappiness.com)Today is day five of my cleanse (duh, you read the title right?). Anyways, so far it hasn't been bad at all. For those of you who haven't done one before, I'll break it down for you. The cleanse I'm doing is called the Wild Rose cleanse. It has all of these herbal formulas that you take twice a day. If anything, those are probably the most sketchiest part of

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I'm starting a 12 day detox tomorrow! I know....me? detox? really?Okay here is why I'm doing it:1. We are doing this challenge at work right now for people to eat healthier and exercise - ultimately the goal is for people to trim down if they need to. I'm in it and I have stayed the same weight for the last four weeks. The detox I plan to use is supposed to be a good kick start to eating

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Awhile back Jabba and I talked about how it would be fun to do a blog post about a typical day in our lives. Of course, organized Jabba got on it right away (like two years ago). On Friday I finally got my shit together and documented my day with photos. Here goes nothing:I left my place just before 8am. Because the time change hadn't happened yet, it was still totally dark out. Here is a shot of

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Thrush from Gabriel Bisset-Smith on Vimeo.I know I've been totally delinquent on this blog! BUT I have no plans to shut it down. In fact, I want to bring it back to life! While I think of how to do that, I am going to shower you with little snippets of things I find interesting, like the above video.

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I was tidying up tonight when I noticed THIS on the side of my sofa:

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See my profile picture over there in the right-hand corner? I'm wearing a little pair of shoes by Joe that I got at Superstore. Anyone who knows the brand, knows they are throw-away fashion - cheap, but very affordable and good for at least a season. Kind of like some of the stuff you would find at Target. Anyways, I hardly wear the shoes since they are patterned and yellow, but this morning I

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I feel like I just don't have anything to post these days. But I've been meaning to do this music thing that I saw on a bunch of other people's blogs (Jabba, Christielli, Galapagos). So here it is:Here are the rules:Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen albums you've heard that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Remember:

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I'm back on Facebook.I feel like a heroin junkie that just relapsed.Fak!

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How was everyone's weekend? Did you have fun out there? My weekend was interesting to say the least. After work on Friday I headed out with some co-workers to celebrate a birthday. We headed to The Diamond for a light meal and some fancy drinks followed by a few more snacks and beverages at a place called Guilt & Co. Guilt & Co was actually really cool because they get two artists/musicians (or

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Hopefully this explains it.

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I hope everybody had a great long weekend. I was really looking forward to this weekend to just get some stuff done around my place and chill out on my own. I've got about a month of busy weekends coming up and thought now was a good time to relax. I think that's pretty much what I did too.Saturday I seriously lazed around all day, did some grocery shopping, ran 10km and went to bed. I woke up in

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Another weekend has whipped by, and I am lucky enough to have an 8am client meeting tomorrow morning (insert sarcasm), and I even had the pleasure of going into the office today (more sarcasm). The rest of the weekend was pretty good. I spent yesterday afternoon babysitting my little nephew. I should have brought my camera to capture the cuteness of him saying "Auntie Robin." (He's 23 months).

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I feel like I need to post something to get rid of the last post, but I haven't had much time to sit down and blog lately! Work is really busy and social stuff is taking over too.One thing I do plan to eventually do is post pictures of my place. I've been painting like crazy. I've already gone through three cans of paint! But it's just not ready yet. To give you an idea of what I'm dealing with

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A few weeks ago when moni was in town visiting, we were chatting about how we used to write letters to each other when I moved from Brandon to White Rock. In particular, inbetween grade 11 and 12. I guess I had some time on my hands (no friends cause I was new) and I decided that instead of a letter I would make a little "zine" for her using my fancy markers.I thought these were LONG gone with

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Okay, it's not THAT difficult to make me freak out with something ridiculously cute, but this video that illfittingovercoat posted over at her blog takes the cake:MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.

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Thanks to Jabba for telling me about the new New Young Pony Club Album:While I'm at it, the new Arcade Fire is great too:

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Yesterday my worst nightmare happened:I took transit home, got to the front door of my building and realised.....OH FUCK I DROVE TO WORK TODAY!Needless to say I was preoccupied. I bolted back to my handy dandy parkade (it took me 25 minutes to get back there) and I was half and hour past my ticket expiration.No ticket.Seriously? That is one lazy parking attendant is all I have to say. But I love

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I don't know about you guys but I have a real love/hate relationship with technology today and the internet as I've mentioned many times. Of course it's amazing that you can be like "What's the population of Peru?" and instantly know the answer. That you can hear a song and download it off of itunes within seconds or follow instant coverage of a news story second by second.But then there are

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This weekend I was down at my parents place in Bellingham. We shopped, we drank Brazillian martinis (my dad's new speciality), we played with my nephew, we pickled, we went to Trader Joe's (not in that order). It was busy and I really need to do a separate post about the details (but knowing me, I won't). But for now, this post is about music.....I know I know, but stay with me!On Saturday my dad

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I woke up this morning and I was super grumpy. My hair a mess, my eyes squinty. I felt whiney. I didn't feel like going to work, I had three different meetings to go to. What was I going to wear? I didn't know....and wait. Did I have bus fare? Hell no. GOD. No bus tickets, no bus fare. My options were:1. Go to the closest convenience store, about 10 minutes out of my way, and get bus tickets.2.

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This is one of those posts where I really don't know what I'm going to write about but I'm just going to go for it. So here are some random thoughts.People who constantly take Facebook photos of themselves DRIVE ME CRAZY. These people tend to be in their teens or twenties, and instead of a going to a concert, theme park, rodeo, parade, fountain, campground, festival and enjoying themselves, they

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I know I'm behind in posting pictures of my place, but it's because I don't want to show it off too early. Like I'm not even close to being finished painting yet.BUT I do want to share with you this amazing gift I got from my brother and sister-in-law today! It's a Marimekko fabric wrapped canvas that I LOVE. I also bought these pillows when Moni was in town. The white one has an embroidered tree

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I'm about to go grocery shopping and my biggest concern is buying quick and easy, yet delicious, yet healthy options for breakfast. I really struggle with this meal. I mean, you don't want to eat a muffin every day, but fuck anyone who says they have a yogurt and some fruit and are actually satisfied until lunch. Those people suck. What is the magic meal that fits all the above criteria? I

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MUSICThe new FOALS album called Total Life Forever:I'm listening to this album for the first time as I type this and so far it's perfect and I am fully confident in saying that it is amazing. You know when an album grabs you on a first listen that it's a great album. I can't wait to put this one on repeat. Right now the song Spanish Sahara is blowing my mind.Other music I like right now is the

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It's 4:30 am and I'm writing a blogpost - what the hell? I can't sleep. Basically I had a really bad headache and nausea (I puked - I know, too much info), but now I feel better but I can't get back to sleep. It's awesome since I have to get up earlier today - I'm screwed!Anyways, here is a small story you may enjoy:The other day I was coming back from seeing a client when I decided "I haven't

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Finally, after years of bailing on camping trips and having an unused, super nice MEC sleeping bag in my closet since last year, I WENT CAMPING.The group I went with consisted of two girls from work and another friend - three of us had little to no camping experience or gear. So we relied heavily on the fourth member of our group to bring an 8-MAN tent, a grill, cooking utensils etc. I drove and

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Oh my god I love my new washer and dryer!Please excuse the orange walls, but I'm working on them.Anyways, although they offered, I didn't want any help from my parents while buying my place (with the exception of them being fully supportive my whole life and oh yes they MOVED me) - but financially speaking, I did it myself. STILL they really wanted to help out and as a result were SO generous and

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While doing the dishes tonight, I decided to listen to an NPR podcast called Pop Culture that I subscribe too. The latest show included a story about a blogger named Cassie Boorne who asked the question: "What Would You Say To Your 20-Year Old Self?" - She herself is only in her early 20's but has asked her readers to share their letters, many of them now in their 30's or 40's. The results are

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Or is it too late? Yes I know I have been delinquent with my blog - but I blame it on the move. I promise to be back shortly and just to give you an update, I took some "before shots" and last night used a whole can of paint to tackle the peach coloured walls in my new place. I still have the orange and red walls to go and I will leave the blue and green for another time. It's a big project to

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I made it! Just barely, but I'm officially in my new place and after I post this I will go to my new kitchen (key word "mine") and unpack some stuff. Yay for homeownership! The move went relatively smoothly with the exception of the movers being 3 hrs late and then being slow as fuck all. That was awesome. I got really pissed off and the main mover guy thought a good way to make me happy would be

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Oh my god, I happened to click on Etsy today and my little homies were on the front page! For those of you who are aware of the website, you know that this is HUGE!! Check it out:It will only be up for an hour so it will likely be gone by the time you look, but it was definitely there this morning.....sigh.Update:It's gone now, but just to give you an idea of the difference it makes in that hour,

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Is it really part 45? Probably not, but it's getting up there. Here goes:10. People who e-mail you on craigslist cause they're interested in your table, then when you say "yes it's still available" they either say "nah" or don't reply at all. This has happened 3 times and I find it really bizarre. 9. The mystery girl who is staying with the guy in the apt next door. I think he's too dorky to have

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(Actual scene from my apartment)Geez, it's been 8 days since my last post. That wasn't intentional at all. Life has been a little hectic in the past few weeks. I wish I could blame it all on packing, but truth be told I am totally behind on that! I'm in a bit of a "holy fucking shit, I'm moving in a week" situation.What have I been up to?1. I went to Winnipeg to see Chantoon and family including

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Okay I will post something real later this weekend. But I have one more song to share with you that I LOVE RIGHT NOW.No it isn't new or groundbreaking, but I LOVE this song by Florence and the Machine. It's called Cosmic Love and the whole album (that came out last year) is blowing my mind:I'll post another song on my playlist for you to check out as well.

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...I just got back from Winnipeg and am off to Toronto tomorrow. I can't post right now and it's killing me....sigh.BUT I do want to tell you that I've been on a bit of a Fugazi kick this week. I know it's not for everyone but I like it:

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Another run under my belt tonight.....(felt guilty about a dim sum lunch)Rawbean's Fitness Goal Update:2/10 - 10km Runs0/20 - Grouse Grind/BCMC Climbs0/1 - 2 Grouse Grinds in one dayThe damn Grouse Grind isn't even open yet! Anyways, the last post is still my latest.

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But instead, I'm going to be totally random and just name someone:KEN BORTONDiscuss. Even if you don't know who he is. Maybe you can google him and find out?Here is the only picture I have of him and it's wee:If you're too baffled to talk about Ken Borton, the alternate topic is Potato Chip vs. Nacho Chip. Discuss.

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Hey little buddies.Hope everyone had a great weekend. Mine was actually pretty good I would say - very busy indeed. Except for Friday night when I think I was in bed by like 9:30.Saturday after a coffee and relaxing morning I headed to my brothers to see my nephew and meet up with my parents for lunch. The weather pretty much sucked but it's been like that for awhile now and unfortunately we are

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Yes another quickie post while I wait for the Hills to come on (oh the shame). I've updated my little playlist on the right hand side there with about 9 or 10 additional songs. Hope you like them! The first is a Caribou song since I'm going to their concert this weekend. It's all ages which should be interesting (read - a complete nightmare). Anyways, while I have you here, how are you all

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Sigh....can you believe it's Monday already? What is up with that? Vancouver didn't have the greatest weather this long weekend either - not cool. What did you guys get up to? On Friday, a bunch of coworkers and I went out for some much needed drinks after work. After, three of us moved on for more drinks and dinner. It was really fun, but I was annoyed that the restaurant we were at was

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The following are real-time comments or thoughts I had while watching 'Lost' tonight:Who serves milk in a pitcher these days? No one!Why does Claire's hair always look so fake?Kate has been wearing that grey t-shirt for a LONG time. I bet she's got company.Does Richard wear eyeliner?Ben always looks like a wreck.Is that Charles Widmore? I think so....I have no idea what's going on right nowNo

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Wow, it's been way too long since I did one of these posts! And right now I only have five albums to tell you about.In case you missed past posts, you can check them out here:part onepart twopart threepart fourpart fivepart six1. Creaturesque by Throw Me The Statue:This album is just easy to listen to. I really like the song Ancestors which you can check out on the myspace link above. This band

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You know what? Flying to Toronto and back (almost a five hour flight one way) in just over 24 hours really sucks, not to mention getting up for an all day client meeting at 4am Vancouver time. Ugh! At least the client was really cool and gave us all the information we needed. But still, trips that quick are bunk.As a result, on the flight home my throat felt quite scratchy and I realized I was

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My tolerance for people today is zero. Do you ever have a day like that? Where everything is annoying?For example, I just went to the gym and I was on the cross-trainer and I hated it, so I got off and went to do some weights which I also hated, so I decided to use a Yoga ball to do some sit-ups. Two girls were doing these exercises in unison (ugh) on mats and they had most of the Yoga balls

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Time for......my fitness goals to be announced (I hear one tiny "yay!" from the crowd, and then a lot of silence).But anyways, you're here, you're reading, so lets do this. Remember last year? I did the Grouse Grind 20 times and here is my proof:This year I am turning up the dial a little with the following goals:1) I will do the Grouse Grind 20 times (again)2) I will do the Grouse Grind twice in

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Today I officially became a home-owner! Well actually the closing date is in June, but all the papers are signed, subjects removed (and I actually know what that means) and I now have my own place.I'm definitely excited and proud of myself because I've been saving for awhile and I can't wait to redesign the shit out of my new place. Not being able to paint or do anything to my apartment was like

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This is what my desk at work looks like right now. These are some colour and materials for a project that is just getting going under construction. I love this colour scheme that Tiina and I did and I can't wait to see it all come together! Yay!So no story here, just a fun picture. As you can see, commercial colours and finishes are quite different than residential.

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I mentioned in the last post that I wrote the letter to Honda complaining about my bad service experience. It's funny too because I wrote the e-mail around 11:00pm at night as I was determined to get it done before I went to bed. I'm sure I was a little tired. In fact, I can't even go back and read it now for fear I will cringe. In any case, it worked because the next day, I immediately received

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I decided to take everyone's advice from the last post and write a letter about my experience. I looked up the Service Manager on the Kingsway Honda website and basically reiterated everything I wrote below. I was pleased that he e-mailed me right back this morning and asked if he could call me to discuss it - I was super busy today so I wrote him and told him to call any time tomorrow. I will

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I have a story to tell you about some seriously bad service I just experience. I really need to know if what happened was bad or if I'm just being too sensitive. Feel free to put in your two cents.Last week I took my Honda Civic into the local Honda dealer in Vancouver.Anyways I had called ahead for the appointment and the plan was to get the following work done:1. Some minor maintenance that had

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Finally a night to sit down and write about what's been going on and keeping me away from the computer.Since last week I have attended two concerts, gone for sushi, shopped with my sister in law, hung out with my mom, saw a friend from out of town (Cheryl!), worked overtime and attended Pecha Kucha which is what the post is going to be about:Pecha Kucha (sounds more like pechachka) is an event

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My dear bloggy friends. I'm posting from a friends house right now. We just ate dinner and are heading out to see Miike Snow tonight! Apparently it's his only Canadian stop (but I haven't confirmed that). I promise to post lots of juice tomorrow night, but in the mean time....please enjoy this video:

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Sometimes Twitter is so cool. When I got home Beach House had tweeted about this video below. A children's choir that covered one of their songs and it's sooo good - especially if you've heard the original.I'm going to see Beach House on Sunday with my buddy Tiina and I'm even more excited now.This is a great Beyonce cover as well. The girl starts off a little flat but she really pulls through

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I love it when packing is awesome - especially when a company takes a simple item and makes it really cool with a well designed box. Trader Joe's are very good in the marketing department and I particularly loved this retro-style box of 99 cent pudding (ps removing the background of a bad photo and making it white, makes it look way better huh?):And the pudding was delicious!This weekend I bought

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My favorite song today by Throw Me The Statue. It's called Written In Heart Signs, Faintly. (Sorry for the topless random woman):

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I was hoping to post my Design posts on Mondays and now it's Friday - I may not be consistent but I'm glad I waited because something came up that I thought you might find interesting. My sister-in-law told me that her and my brother were going to be re-doing their powder room in their new house and we went to check out some tile last weekend at a great place called Creekside Tile here in

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You may think that I was kidding about all the crap that woman do to keep ourselves maintained in the last post - but alas no, it's real.Last night I took things to 'the next level' and decided to go tanning. I can almost hear the gasps from here. But you need to understand something: I am the whitest girl alive and I want to go the beach this summer. I need to prepare. Plus tanned skin just

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Nine days ago I was tagged by miss ash to do a meme where I share five likes and five dislikes. Finally I'm going to do this thing - mostly because I really like miss ash.Let's starts with the dislikes:1. Memes. The first time I saw the word "meme" I had to look it up in the dictionary. And actually, I'm not even sure that what I'm doing right now actually qualifies as a meme - but whatever. The

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I saw Angus & Julia Stone live last year - but it was so damn hot at the Media Club it distracted me from their talent. In any case, their new album with this song comes out Tuesday. Warning! It's slow and moody - best heard on a great stereo with a glass of wine:What's that? Can't handle the slow, moodiness? Well then check out this FM Belfast song I totally scammed from the last Kistune Noir

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In the comments of the last post Pip requested that I bring back the rawbean playlist. So I have started a new one on the right side bar there. Just six songs have been added so far but keep checking in and I will update you with new additions. You may find some of the choices strange at first but I encourage you to listen all the way through. In particular the Emiliana Torrini and Wild Beasts

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I decided that since I'm an interior designer and I never post about design, that well....I should start. This doesn't mean that this blog will become all design-y, but I thought I could devote one day a week to design and share a little bit of what I see. If it gets dull, don't worry it will get cut from the program.But for now I present to you.....the first Design Time post.....ta-da!I thought

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One of the great things about Vancouver in the spring is you can get cheap flowers on every street corner. I bought these tulips for $5.00 on my way home yesterday (for you American readers that is about $4.92US):Look! Cats! (And I don't even like cats, but they seem to be popular) for my etsy inventory:More etsy loot:If you are a creative person looking for some good advice, check out this Ira

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My dad has been in town the past few days to help out and babysit my nephew in the evenings. He's been giving him dinner and putting him to bed. Some good Grandpa-Grandson bonding time - awhhh.Last night my dad sent me the picture on the right from his iphone. My dad had my 18 month old nephew try on his glassses:I think he looks like Matt Damon and I can't handle it!Oh and because it's St. P's

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I've mentioned this before but I am seriously the worst at coming up with titles. I need to come up with a theme or some inspiration or something. I'm dying out here.In any case the first and now second day back at work were fine. I spent a good portion of yesterday morning going through e-mails (I had over 300 in my inbox). Today it's back on projects and basically back to the grind. Nothing too

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It's my last night of freedom before I go back to the office tomorrow.I'm kind of nervous to go back. Six weeks is a long time to be away. I even heard that our I.T. guy quit while I was gone which is sad because he was British and hilarious and he did the best impression of Moss from the I.T. Crowd:The past six weeks have been really good though. A little travel, a lot of chill time, hanging out

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Yesterday I knew I needed to go grocery shopping, but I didn't want to just make a random list and hope for the best (like I usually do). I also really wanted to go down to Granville Island again and at least get all of my fresh produce there. Everyone knows they need to eat more healthy, but there seems to be this fine line between being able to eat healthy and actually having a diet that is

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If you can believe it, I have reached my last week off - noooo I'm back at work next Monday. Sigh. I don't have anything too crazy planned. I'm really just enjoying taking it easy and not having too much on my plate.When I woke up today my vague plan was to do some shopping. There are quite a few things I want including some new clothes, another airport express and speakers for my bedroom, shoes,

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During my time off I've been trying to catch up on all the little things you put off when life gets in the way. Things like organizing my place (you saw my fridge in the last post), working on personal projects, going for runs, catching up with friends and most importantly watching 80's movies that I have never seen. Here is a review of the ones I have seen so far:The first was This is Spinal

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1. Last night I cleaned out my fridge and there were like four jars of salsa in there. I think I have a problem with salsa. Now it's much cleaner - but whoah why do I have two things of HP? I can't even remember the last time I made steak.2. The caption "Wolf Parade to Tour with We Are Wolves" made me laugh. It's real!3. Have you heard of the website ChatRoulette? I'm not putting a link because

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From last night - one of the last party nights here in Vancouver. How will we go back to being a regular old city after this?The crowds:Projection on the side of a building:A private Russian party at Joey's:This is what it's like downtown (press play and the video will appear): If we win gold in hockey tomorrow I think the city might implode!

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I need to veer off the Olympics for a bit and bring you some other interesting items that have come across my plate recently.Here they are:5. Japanese Herbivores I was listening to a podcast on my trip down south a few weeks ago and there was a tidbit about a new kind of guy that is emerging in Japan called the "Herbivore". Basically it is a term coined for Japanese men in 2006 who are not

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I loved this video narrated by Tom Brokaw that aired before the Opening Ceremonies on NBC:

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I remember thinking before the Olympics started "What if no one comes?" Well they came, they are here and it's NUTS, but I'm enjoying every minute of it. Friday night I went downtown around 4pm to meet up with friends from White Rock for some drinks. We were lucky to get a big table at a cute little pub called Loose Moose. After several drinks (I now realize), four of us broke away from the group

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