Bed at 3:30 am, playing: Animal Crossings!

As I laid in bed, trying to shut my eyes to sleep, I thought of the renovations that had occurred the past few weeks. There is now a latch/pannel (that we bought) for the bathroom pipes in the closet! It looks awful and for $3gran, I think they really took us for a ride. Now we have to dish out almost another gran for the pretty carpet we picked! Then it started to occur to me how are we going to open the latch/pannel if need to the freaken open it? The baseboards are nailed down to it! I started to wake B-G but he was far gone to have a conversation on that matter. I reserved it for the morning but I tossed and turned through out the night!

I woke at 8am feeling terribly sick. The kitties were hungry so fed I did! Woke up B-G he needs to take in mr L to the dealer for the 'winter tires.' Which cost a mint, if I may say so! Those rims, aaahhhh! so freaken expensive and so easily scratch! Anyways, getting back to the renovation frenzy I woke up to! I told B-G and he seem to just say can we just pull it up! NO!!!!! We would need a knife to cut along the baseboards to be able to see the pipes! I need to do something so I started to sweep all the crap that was on the cement floor! I got dust all over me and the hallway! I had to clean that up to and our fan that was used by the painters to dry the paint!

I need to call these people, I will not be giving money to someone who has not done the job properly. The renovation was atleast a $500-700 not the 3gran that the insurance paid for! Oh well, but now that I have them still. I will ask them to do it again! why not! I had previously asked them to change the baseboards which did not match the bedroom, now they do! Aaahh, did I mention I hate renovations! And there is the problem of the cracks that need to be seen by a structural engineer!! Ahh and the problems that are still to come!

Call the architect guy and advised me that he had someone who he had in mind! I will ask further info. later. He's also doing a job for one of B-g's colleagues (the one who does the schedules)!

I now have to go and bla with the renov. people again... More like RANT!!!!

when for a lookie at chicken little's coop and found a meme 'I need.' Found it fun! You google "[your name] needs" and it searches your needs!

Here are some things *I* need (32 for my b-day year!):

1. a home
2. Lowe's & Wal-Mart'
3. to consider ways to respond in situations
4. to step back and take a look at how she can reengineer her life.
5. take a hard look at her management style and ask herself if its good enough.
6. to attend a training session, read a book, or talk to others.
7. more than a tan and nail bar make over.
8. Your Prayers Penny.
9. just be the lovable person she is.
10. harmacist and veterinarian
11. a same-sex roommate
12. use a cream at some to prevent menapause
13. kidney transplant
14. a vacation
15. money!
16. building permit in order to make renovations to her home
17. a law that would require to pay a hefty toll every time she wanted to enter the city limits.
18. a plan to handle gangs
19. a sharper razor!
20. to sneaks her own party materials onto the train...
21. TO GROW UP !!!
22. a bowl of high fiber cereal
23. countries full of incompetants
24. to continue to do the right thing
25. to be very careful to be praying biblical prayers.
26. some time by herself
27. to do some shopping again!!
28. interesting women and men.
29. to come pick me up!
30. to talk calmly
31. a pressurized suit to live underwater and hangout with SpongeBob.
32. fine dining in the hotel's Grille restaurant.

now back to my last 9 blogs left to read!

I tend to spill so much onto my emails and well is it worth it. Am I being to explicit or to foward on what I say. Hopefully, it's ok on the reciever part. I have been really bla bla to some and well I have yet to get a response. I know I am not important and what I say doesn't at times matter. Still my emails have been spam to a few.

I genuinely care and probably that is why I get such hurt and broken hearted. In one hand I can count the true friends I have. I don't feel sorry for myself or anything that is just the way life is and will be. I accept it! I have no regrets. All the past friends that have tried to take my boyfriends away, never succeeded. I say have good life. The friends that drop from the face of the earth I say hope your life is going as planned. And to those friends I shared my heart and soul to and said they would be there no matter what. Hopefully, you have someone in your life who is all that and more.

O.K. enough of the bs... No regrets, right!

What has the world come to! I went to jen2 site and read her latest post! It anger me and completely took me by surprised. I started to google, yahoo and just look for information where I could find it! I been reading and reading and have seen such disgusting images of the poor stray dog with hooks in his mouth area, used for shark bait. The French-language daily newspaper, of Réunion Island, an amateur fisherman was tried and convicted of animal cruelty. This apprently isn't an isolated incident. Several animal rights groups like the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the RSPCA (sign the petition), and the Brigitte Bardot Foundation have a number of documented cases. The Brigitte Bardot Foundation has been lobbing the local officials and the French Foreign Ministry for the past 10 yrs hoping to put an end to the practice by enforcing the existing laws against the cruelty to animals. The method is rarely used by skillful fishermen and used more by amateur shark hunters who deal in the black market.

Article en Français:
Les animaux pour la pêche aux requins
L'homme, le meilleur ennemi du chien
Trois hameçons, trois mois de prison avec sursis
La maltraitance condamnée

Alexa from ny hotties emailed me and said my site was nice and that she liked it. I did an exchange link with her. She and Steff are the authors of nyhotties. Really good. Have been reading some posts and comments. I just added their link to my site.

A few Shows that I like: Sin Cities, Family Business, Private Parties and Kink. And a TV channel: Sex TV. Trying to find a link to Sin Cities and found flashcube.com which has a link to ny hotties funny, right! I will be linking that site. I found it yummy! Plus, I got the rosie flickr page from there!

Too much coffee... I feel like a shaker!!! Dang!!!

O.K., I'm definitely fad up! I try to understand people too much! I give them as much knowledge that I can get or even have. Why is it that people don't want to do what is the sane thing to do. AAAhhh....

Woke up to the sound of rain punding on the balcony. I get up to go check on the bedbroom as the windows were left open. I was afraid that water had damaged the paint job on the walls. But fortunately it did not!

Hard a heart to heart with B-G and nothing came of it. He instead went to do the dishes which I was planning to put in the dishwasher when he had finished making the coffee. I told him and he just looked at me like a zombie. Nothing much on that front! He just ticks me off sometimes. Gggrrr...

On Wed. we went to Saint-Sauveur to a carpet store. We are picking still the carpet. We decided on a Kraus carpet: Anso Caress® nylon (nylon 6), color: sun spay #186718. Which has an online register website!

I been on a hunt to find all the information I can about the carpet we have chosen but still thinking that the renovation company is charging too much for it. We still have to get the breakdown of the payment of the carpet! I wonder if spending almost 2thou is a good price for a carpet! I think why not spend the extra gran for Engineered Flooring which the condo policy states to have put on the floors. But B-G still doesn't want too so we will see how low the reno't co. goes. Carpets to go a good site to find about the which carpet is good for you and the care.

Thinking of Bamboo flooring which has only recently emerged as an engineered flooring. I have found that there is so much information on it. It's not a wood but a grass which generates faster then wood. Bamboo used is always of the same species but the hows are what make it different. How durable by where its grown, when it was picked, the environment it's been in, soil conditions, and the rain quantity it has recieved through out its growning period. That makes for the stability and hardness of it. Noted was that bamboo losses 20% of its hardness during the carbonization process which is the pressure of steam to change it to a darker coffee color. The color has many shades it its flanks and cannot be control. The best bamboo for a floor grows on the top portion of a mountain with moderate rain, is 5-8 yrs old, is harvested in winter, is 5-7 in. in diameter and is located in either the Fujian or Zehjiang provinces in China. The bamboo harvested in these provinces is harder and more stable than other locations due to the environmental conditions.

Gnocchi with Canadian Bacon-Tomato Sauce
Recipe By : Cooking Light-12/98 Serving Size : 4

2 teaspoons olive oil
1 cup chopped onions
3/4 cup diced lean Canadian Bacon -- (about 4 oz)
1 teaspoon dried rubbed sage
1 teaspoon bottles minced roast garlic
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 cans (14-1/2 oz each) no-salt-added diced
tomatoes
1 box (16 oz) vacuum-packed gnocchi with potato
(such as Bellino)
4 teaspoons grated parmesan cheese

1. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over med-high heat. Add onions, bacon, sage, garlic, and oregano; saute 4 min. Add sugar, pepper and diced tomatoes, and reduce heat to med. Cook sauce 10 min., stirring occasionally.
2. Cook gnocchi according to pkg. directions, omitting salt. Divide gnocchi evenly among 4 shallow bowls; top each with 3/4 cup sauce and 1 tsp. cheese.
319 cal, 5.4g fat, 12.6g pro, 55.6g carb, 3.9g fiber, 17mg chol, 1.9mg iron, 898mg sod.

I made the gnocchi a while ago... I want to make the following someday:

DIM SUM:
Beef w/ Dried Bean Milk Rolls
320 g. beef
40 g. dried bean milk rolls
5 skinned water chestnuts
1/4 fruit peel

Marinade:
1/2 teaspoon each of sugar and monosodium glutamate
1/4 cup water
1/2 tablespoon potato starch
1 1/2 tablespoons water chestnut starch
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1/2 teaspoon ground fermented soyabeans
a dash of pepper powder
1. Soak fruit peel until soft and cut it finely; cut water chestnuts into pellets; chop beef, add marinade to whip into a colloid state, add water chestnuts and fruit peel to stir well and freeze them for 2 hours.
2. Cut the dried bean milk rolls into small pieces, deep-fry them in boiling oil for a while and soak them in water until soft.
3. Make the beef into the shape of balls, place them on the dried bean milk rolls padded in a plate and steam them over high heat for 7 minutes until cooked.

Steamed Cake
9 chicken eggs
320 g. flour
2 salted yolks
360 g. sugar
2 stalks parsley
1. Break chicken eggs one by one into a container; add sugar little by little and beat the mixture with the egg beater until soft and bubbling.
2. Sieve flour gently into the egg juice and stir them well several times.
3. Apply oil into a cake pan or cup. pour the (2) in until 80 per cent full and steam them in the steamer over high heat for half an hour.
4. Lay parsley leaves and salted yolks on the cake for garnishing before steaming.

Rice Flour Tubes
640 g. autumn rice
1.28 kg. water
40 g. peanut oil
1. Soak the autumn rice in water for 1 hour, mill it into smooth paste, add peanut oil to mix well, pour 640 g. of water in to stir well and steam the mixture.
2. In steaming, use a square stove, put a square pot on the stove, place a copper wire stand 30 cm long and 20 cm wide on each side of the pot and cover each of them with an iron lid.
3. Bring water to boil violently in the pot, soak 2 pieces of white cloth 35 cm long and 30 cm wide wet in water, spread them on the copper wire stands, mix part of the (1) with water, pour the mixture onto the cloth. cover the pot and steam the mixture to form a thin paste surface so as to prevent the tubes from sticking to the cloth.
4. Pour the (1) with a ladle onto the cloth on the stands in the pot, put the meat (shelled shrimps, beef or roast pork) in the paste, cover the iron lids and steam them for 3 minutes until cooked. Pull the flour sheets with the cloth out, put them on the iron table top with the sheets downward and the cloth upward, lift the cloth up, fold the flour sheets three times, cut them into sticks, cut each stick into 2 lengths, put them in a plate and eat them together with boiled oil and soy sauce.

Turnip Cake
640 g. autumn rice flour
3.84 kg. turnips
120 g. bacon
4 tablespoons peanut oil
80 g. parsley
2 sausages
80 g. dried small shelled shrimPs
2 tablespoons sugar
4 teaspoons light soy sauce
1. Wash dried small shelled shrimps clean, soak them thoroughlY and chop them finely; wash bacon and sausages Clean and cut them into pellets.
2. Heating the pot and pouring oil in. fry the (1) until cooked and place them in a container for use.
3. Skin the turnips, wash them clean, shred them, dump them into the pot heated until red, add oil and water to boil together, turning them over at times with the shovel when boiling, until the turnips completely change colour, add the (2) and seasonings to mix well and place them with the juice in a plate.
4. Sieve autumn rice flour into the mixture in the plate, stir them well quickly civith the shovel at times, pour the mixture into the cake pan applied with oil and steam it above boiling water over high heat for 1 hour. If no flour sticks to a chopstick inserted, they are ready for serving.

Bo Lings Stuffed Eggplant in Black Bean Sauce
Source: Richard Ng, owner/chef, Bo Lings, Kansas City, MI. Makes 3-4 servings.
3/4 pound Chinese purple eggplant
1 pound medium shrimp, cleaned and shelled
1/2 teaspoon salt
Pinch white pepper
Approximately 2 cups vegetable oil, divided
1 tablespoon Chinese fermented black bean, rinsed and chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons fresh minced ginger
2 cups water, divided
1 teaspoon granulated sugar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon white cooking wine
1 tablespoon sesame seed oil
3 tablespoons cornstarch
Rinse eggplant and dry. Diagonally slice the eggplant into 1 1/2-inch thick slices. (This will create diagonally sliced, round discs.) With the tip of a knife, slice a pocket into each piece, slicing parallel to the surface and slicing only about 3/4 of the way through each slice. Each eggplant disc now has an opening for the shrimp stuffing.
Chop shrimp into pieces about the size of corn kernels. Place shrimp in a bowl and season with salt and pepper; mix until shrimp becomes sticky, about 4 minutes. Using a table knife, stuff about 1 to 2 teaspoons shrimp mixture into the pocket in each eggplant slice. Dip knife into cold water between stuffing to smooth shrimp filling. (This step could take 15 to 20 minutes.) Pour 1 cup oil into a large skillet and heat over medium-high heat.
Pan-fry stuffed eggplant until brown on both sides. (Eggplant absorbs oil like a sponge; add additional oil if pan becomes dry or eggplant will not brown.) When brown, remove from pan and set aside to drain. Pour 1 tablespoon oil into a hot wok. Add black bean, garlic and ginger; stir-fry until ingredients become a light brown. Add 1 1/2 cups water, sugar, soy sauce and wine. Stir together cornstarch with 1/2 cup water, mixing until well-dissolved. Slowly pour cornstarch mixture into wok, stirring constantly.
Cook, stirring, until mixture has the consistency of syrup. Stir in sesame seed oil, then remove from heat. Dip each eggplant piece in sauce to coat well, then place each piece on a small, heatproof plate. Place plate in steamer and steam over boiling water 12 to 15 minutes. Serve warm.
Per serving, based on 3: 933 calories (77 percent from fat), 80 grams total fat (10 grams saturated), 230 milligrams cholesterol, 21 grams carbohydrates, 33 grams protein, 1,270 milligrams sodium, 3 grams dietary fiber.

JAPANESE:
Japanese-style Omelet Recipe
Japanese-style omelet is called dashi-maki-tamago or tamago-yaki in Japanese. It's sometimes called Japanese-style egg roll. Japanese-style egg roll is often served for Japanese-style breakfast. Also, it's one of the most popular menu in bento lunch boxes in Japan. Japanese-style egg roll is usually cooked in a rectangular omelet pan. Rectangular omelet pans are commonly sold in Japan, but it might not be a common cookware in other countries. It's OK to use a regular frying pan if a rectangular omelet pan is not available. In that case, shape rolled omelet into a rectangule, using a bamboo mat. Japanese-style egg roll is slightly sweet, so it tends to get burn easily. Watch the heat carefully. (2 servings)
3 eggs
1 tsp sugar
2 tbsps dashi soup stock
2 tsps soy sauce
1 tsp vegetable oil
Beat the eggs in a bowl. Add sugar, dashi soup stock, soy sauce into the bowl and mix well. Heat oil in an omelet pan. Turn down the heat and pour 1/3 of the egg mixture in the pan. Spread the egg evenly over the pan. When the egg is almost cooked, roll the omelet toward the top end of the pan. Move the omelet toward the down end of the pan. Pour half of the remaining egg mixture in the pan and spread over the pan. Quickly raise rolled omelet and spread the egg mixture under it. When the new layer is almost cooked, roll the omelet toward the top end of the pan. Repeat this process one more time. After the third layer is rolled, shape the omelet into a rectangule, pressing it against the edge of the pan.

Sushi Recipes
Japanese rice is a medium-grained rice and gets sticky when it is cooked. The long-grained American rice isn't proper for sushi because it is drier and doesn't stick together.

3 cups Japanese-style rice
3 1/4 cups water
1/3 cup rice wine vinegar
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
After washing the rice well, cook it by pan or rice cooker. See how to cook Japanese rice BELOW. Prepare sushi vinegar (sushi-zu) by mixing rice vinegar, sugar and salt in a small pan. Put the pan on low heat and cook until the sugar dissolves. Cool the vinegar mixture. Spread the cooked hot rice into a large plate (if you have it, use a wooden bowl called sushi-oke) by spatula. Sprinkle the vinegar mixture over the rice and fold the rice by shamoji very quickly. Be careful not to smash the rice. To cool and remove the moisture of the rice well, use a fan as you mix sushi rice. This will give sushi rice a shiny look. It's best to use it right away. Makes 6 cups of sushi rice.

How To Cook Japanese Rice
Japanese rice is medium-grained and is known as sticky rice. Learn how to cook Japanese rice properly.

2 cups Japanese-style rice
2 1/2 cups water
Pan/Rice Cooker
Time Required: 35. Put the rice in a bowl and wash with cold water. Repeat washing until the water becomes clear. Drain the rice in a colander and set aside. Place the rice in a pan or rice cooker and add water. Use just enough water to cover the rice -- don't fill the entire pot. Let the rice soak in the water at least 30 min. One hour is ideal. If you are cooking the rice in a pan, cover the pan with a lid and bring to a boil over high heat. Once the water boils, turn the heat down very low and cook about 15-20 min. until the water is almost gone. Remove the pan from the heat and let it steam for 10-15 minutes before serving.
Tips: If you are using an electric rice cooker, you don't have to worry about adjusting the heat. You still need to let the cooked rice steam before you open the lid. Japanese rice gets sticky when it is cooked. The long-grained American rice isn't proper for Japanese cooking, because it is drier and doesn't stick together well.

Teriyaki Sauce Recipe
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup *mirin (sweet rice wine) (soy sauce : mirin = 1:1)
2 tbsp sugar
Pour all ingredients in a pan. Stir the mixture well. Put the pan on low heat and simmer for a couple of minutes. Remove from the heat and cool the mixture. Store the sauce in a clean bottle in the fridge. *You can substitute mirin with sake and sugar (sake:sugar = 3:1) ** Adjust the amount of sugar, depending on your preference.

Tempura Batter Recipe
1 egg
1 cup ice water
1 cup all purpose flour
Beat an egg in a bowl. Add ice water in the bowl.*Be sure to use very cold water. Add flour in the bowl and mix lightly. *Do not overmix the batter. Makes 4 servings.

Tempura Dipping Sauce Recipe
2 cup dashi soup stock
1/2 cup mirin
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 tbsp sugar
Mix all ingredients in a pan. Put the pan on high heat and bring the sauce to a boil. Cool the sauce.
Dashi is Japanese soup stock, which becomes the base of many Japanese dishes, such as soup and nimono (simmered dishes). Since dashi is often used in Japanese cooking, it's useful to know how to make it. There are different kinds of dashi. It can be made from konbu (dried kelp), katsuo-bushi (dried bonito flakes), niboshi (dried small sardines), or hoshi-shiitake (dried shiitake mushrooms). Konbu dashi and mushroom dashi are known as good vegetarian stocks. Let's learn making different kinds of dashi.

1) Konbu dashi (This is known as vegetarian dashi. )
4 cups of water
6 inches long konbu
Wipe the konbu with a clean cloth to remove dirt. (kombu shouldn't be washed under running water.) Soak the konbu in the water in a pot for one to two hours. Put on low heat and bring the water to a boil. Just before the water boils, remove the konbu.

2) Katsuobushi dashi
4 cups of water
1/2 cup of katsuobushi
Put the water in a pan and heat on medium heat. Just before the water boils, add the katsuobushi flakes. When the water boils, stop the heat and strain the broth.

3) Konbu and Katsuobushi dashi
4 cups of water
1/3 cup of katsuobushi
6 inches long konbu
Put water in a pan and soak kombu for one-two hours. Heat the water on low heat and remove the kombu just before the water boils. Add katsuobushi and turn off the heat. Strain the broth to get the first dashi. (called ichiban-dashi) *This dashi is often used for clear soup.
To make the second soup stock, put 4 cups of water and the katsuobushi and konbu, which were used to make the first dashi in a pan. Heat and let boil for a few minutes. Strain the broth. This second dashi is called niban-dashi. *This dashi is used for simmering vegetables.

4) Niboshi dashi
4cups water
1/2 cup niboshi
To prepare niboshi, gut the niboshi and remove the head. Put niboshi in water in a pan and soak for 30 minutes. Put on low heat and bring to a boil. Let it boil for a couple minutes, then stop the heat. Strain the broth. *This dashi is often used for miso soup.

5) Hoshi-shiitake dashi
4 cups water
4 hoshi-shiitake
Put water and hoshi-shiitake in a pan and soak for 10 minutes. Heat the water and turn off the heat when the water comes to a boil. Let stand for 20 minutes and strain the broth. *The shiitake can be used for other dishes.

6) Instant dashi [dashi powder]
4 cups water
1 1/2 tsp dashi powder
There are instant dashi powders available at grocery stores. If you don't have much time, use those dashi powders. Simply boil the water and add the dashi powder.
Japanese dashi is best used on the day it was made.

Made french toast with fruits, ice cream and whipped cream. YUM!! Coffee on the side... The kitties ate. We had a silent morning. I downloaded Opera and B-G was on the phone with a nurse about a patient being a bit frazzle because of the meds being given to her. She's 93yrs old and is taking so much medz I became dizzy from the list B-G was telling me. And for the paranoia she is having she's limited to certain medz as she's apparently allergic to some. Dang, she even told B-G yesterday to just put her out of her missery and kill her. She could not stand the pain any longer. I forgot to ask why she's in so much pain! Poor lady! Hopefully, I die before all that happens to me! I'm truly scared! B-G wne to round not to long ago...

What has happened the past few days:

Saturday: Went early to pay off Future Shop. We'll be closing the account there. Too much hastle! Also went to Nature Pet Centre for kitty food and collar. Many of the birds were out an about it got me a bit nervous. thought they might fly onto my head. Ok, a bit paranoid B-G said! Heee... Better to be safe then sorry! The doggies were adorable! They had on display that you could touch and play with! Sweet! Went to IGA got Brie cheese, baggette and fries! Had to wait for eer as the cashier made a boo boo and handled the girl in front of me the box that contained her chicken and fries. They all fell out and it had to be replaced. I spend 9$ which was good! Then B-G gave me hell that I spend too much. He had a luxurious lunch. I just had a piece of bread with Brie, fries and juice. He had a vegetables in curry sauce, pork chop with multi spice, stir fried veggies and a pop! Talk about extravagant! Heee... He went to round at the Nursing home. He's on call until Monday 8am. We had Indian food from Royal Cari, it was delicious! The naan bread is amazing and the food is to die for! In my life I had Indian food like 8-10 times. B-G has had it way more then me! He likes it alot!! The evening was spend just relaxing and watching Neat. We fell asleep at around 10pm watching Chris Rock: Never Scared.

Friday: Went shopping for books got a 3 cookbooks (Wok It, Indian, Thai and Asian), Chinese mythology book, a how to do nice scrapbooking projects finally got a Japanese Dictionary, a frame and a message board which will be put up on the fridge! Went to Brault & Martineau to replace the double bed skirt. Also, got the Queen size bedsheets and the bed skirt. Probably by next week we'll call them to deliver the matress. I cannot wait until all the renovations are done. B-G had to go to his meeting he was late so I waited for him. He was a bit upset!

Thursday: Painting day and choosing carpet color and texture! That was done and the carpet will be installed either Tue. or Wed., great!

I guess things are boring at my house. Renovations started on Monday. Today they are back and installing the gyprock. The plumber came on monday George. Nice and cute guy!

Have been spending a bit of time on my emails at yahoo. I am starting to like talking on yahoo thing. It is fun but I have not had many to talk to. I asked my bro (no time he has school, work and his girlfriend), my sis (no PC for the moment), and mom (she's using AOL). I don't know anyone who would like to chat like that so I spend my time learing over the net Japanese. The lessons are fun. Learning some valuable things.

I recieved my t-shirts tonight night! B-G went to get them at the post office. I am wearing the one that I got from Tony's shop (post1 & post2)! It's for Katrina Hurricane donations which Tony's giving all its proceeds to the Red Cross! It's nice! Customs was 15.46$ CAD...

thanks to WTF...

I am 46% evil.
I could go either way. I have sinned quite a bit but I still have a bit of room for error. My life is a tug of war between good and evil.

Are you evil? find out at Hilowitz.com

Today started pretty normal. I checked my emails and decided some how to go on Yahoo messenger. A few weeks ago I was googling and was trying to find a school to learn Japanese. I found a course in CU, which I was glad because I still have my ID#. But I found the japan-guide, which has a language exchange forum. I added my name and I have gotten a fairly amount of emails. So, I decided to respond and thank them for emailing me.

And today I talk to a really nice guy. He's married and has a 8yr old son who he sometimes takes fishing. His son likes baseball, I told him I don't really like sports. He laughed and said he and his wife don't either. We did the phone calling and spoke person to person. I only had done that in 2000 which is a long time ago with my mom, at that time it was to save money (long distance).

Time flew so fast, I was so into blabbling we ended up talking 3hrs. B-G was here but he was on a rant about doing his taxes. Also, he knows I love him and feels secure in our relationship for me to talk to other people. Plus this was a language exchange and it was fun!

I learn a few new sentences:

Douitashimashite = you are welcome
Sugoi = great!
Shine = die or I kill you
Shoushiga warui = conditions are a little bit bad
Mata modori mas = you come back again or I'll come back soon (politely)
Mata modoru (yo) = (impolite way)

the 'mas' & 'yo' are what make it different.

One thing though, I love learning! I cannot wait for my course in January!! I am sorry for some other people that wanted to talk to me while I speaking at that time. It was truly fun!!!

I took a 4hr nap... And woke up with B-G not being home. Called to find out he was at the fruit store. Decided on a meal which I will be making this evening. Waiting for B-G to come with the groceries... Having gnocchi in rosee sauce, chicken corn showder, korean noodles (small leftovers), chicken fried rice with tiny pieces of steak and my own special salad! YUM!!

We left Thursday (9/15) afternoon 4pm. Got there at around 10pm. to the Holiday Inn on King. Had a huge fight and made up. Watched tv and fell asleep at corner to 12 am.
Friday (9/16) B-G headed to the examiner training session. I stayed in bed until 11 am. and ordered room service. The maid came and made up the bed and got extra towels. Watched alot of tv, wasn't feeling well at all, so I decided to stay in bed. I had my friend for the trip! B-G came around 4 pm and we ordered the 14 oz. steak with really great veggies. and for dessert we got a banana cake that had tons of whipped cream a bit too rich for my taste. Had a quiet evening...
Saturday (9/17), woke up early and helped B-G with his stuff. He left I slept a bit and then took a shower. By the time I finished B-G had finished was 1/2 way done. Changed rooms from a double bed ($199) to a king size one($260), as we had booked. He gave me a call and said he was going to have lunch with his colleagues! In the evening we had Japanese food from Hsu Restaurant! I started to feel really sick. I ended up throwing up most of the night and felt like i was on a life boat! Ended up sleeping around 4-5 am.
Sunday (9/18), B-G had only 1/2 a day which was great! We took it easy. Went to Square One in Mississagua. We shopped for clothes for him. In the end he got a burgandy polo at West Coast. Which is so nice! I didn't buy squat! We ate Popeye's, one meal that we split between us. Headed back to the hotel and decided to take a small nap! Which led to us eating once again at Hsu Restaurant!
Monday (9/19), check-out time! Woke up early 8am, took a shower and packed. Headed out to Scarbourough to Pacific Mall. Got an IKEA book in Chinese for the neighbours downstairs. Bought a tea set and 3 tier box at Utsuwa-No-Yakata. Got also a 24kt. Ox cell phone pendant! It's so cute! A few stickers and some food for the trip. Stopped at the Big apple and bought an apple pie and 3 bags of apple chips! Ended up home at 9:30 pm.

Called Mondo to thank him and asked if he cleaned up the mess that kitty may have done while yanking the bamboo from the shot glass. But apparently he doesn't know that either, and here I was going to thank him for cleaning. He was like 'What you say that there is something missing?' I'm said, 'No! I was calling you to thank you for babysitting and thanking you for cleaning the mess that ms. kitty may have done.' He was like 'what mess? I saw no mess. All I saw is that the cat had some sort of plant and I put it somewhere.' I was 'like oooh ok.' Now I have to find the broken shot glass which is some where in the house. As I have no recollection of where I put the goddam thing in the first place!

Yep! I have found a new low in my life. For the past 40 min. I've been exploring the net and trying to find pieces of my ex and found his site! Yep! WTF, is wrong with me. I also spend, prior to the 40 min finding his dumb ass site, reading most of the emails that we were sending to each other after our break up. He was and I bet is still an A-hole! Married to his cousin, how discusting is that! Hell, thank god that ended after too many years of dealing with his ass. I think he thinks he hurt me and all that shit! When I had been cheating on him like too many times to count for like the most part of our relationship. Yes, I am proud fuck he put me through such shit biting times! not accepting me for who I was and me being stupid the first few years trying to clean myself as best I could to present the image he wanted. But in the end, I did what was bes for me! I told him like a year later that I had been cheating and you know he plainly said to me 'You would never do that to me! I would know in an instant!' Yeah right MF! Heee, there was one casualty, poor Mondo! Got himself mixed up once with the crazy MF. That was funny, them trying to find out where I was and filing a missing persons report! Damn, asses! Calling everyone and anyone to find the wear-abouts of moi! That was a good laugh! Heee... Memories...

This was on Friday night:
I cannot seem to post a damn thing here... Nothings been up. Got a few movies the past 2weeks. B-g made dinner yesterday night, it was amazing! YUM!!! Went to Mondo to visit! Watched Dave Chappelle, shit was that freaken' Funny! Heee... Did I mention that I was stoned smached like a freaken dodo bird!! I think I ate something that Mondo made me but the recolection of the item or food in question is sorta blurred. I should ask, right! right!

Ooohh, My stuff is being shipped today! YAH!!! e-mail excerpt:
"This package contains:
1 x brownie ladies tee (mint/avocado)
1 x Bucky in the Mirror Baby Doll T-Shirt
1 x Jr. Baby Doll T-Shirt

Your package is sent via UPS Mail Innovations International. Tracking is not available for this shipping method." (that's Canada for you!)

Thanks to Tony's for the shirt! And Bloopy for making me think of Get Fuzzy and sorta gots to thinking on buying a t-shirt... and then I got hooked on cafepress store and bought the Jr. t-shirt! WTF, will b-g think of my new shirts! One will be:
'where you get them?'
"You haven't been shopping for awhile.'
'Don't tell me the NET, are you nuts!'

Bla bla bla bla... And I'm the one to tell him not to use anything on the NET! WTF, I'm such a freak and a shop-a-holic, not in recovery, yet! But I can justify 1(Tony's profits will go to the Red Cross to aid Hurricane Katrina's victims) out of the 3.

Today:
Created Carly's page... Shit how will I keep up to date when it like takes me for ever to update me. Ma!!!! Anthing and everything Carly will go there!!

Tried to stop hotlinking, but it's not working! Freak, why am I paying like $$$US, when a freaken script doesn't work!!! Aaaahhh!!

B-g will be making diner once again! How lazy am I!! Yikes!! Been on the search of a good recipe program but still no luck! Heard of some which are good but I really don't want to spend money! Is that cheap or what! Shit!!

Made the res., which cost $260.10C a night! That's T.O. for you, expensive like hell!! Mondo will be kitty-sitter! Heee... Thanks!!

On Sept. 6, my B.B. Bro called me! We talked for almost 2hrs. Funny stories, the young have! Well, he is having fun which I encourgage to the limit! With a few exceptions but he may not listen to his old old sis... Heee...

Need to remember to water the plants everyday! I left them to hunger for thirst for like 3 days! No good, no wonder all my plants die all the freaken time... I am a plant killer! Shit!

B-g keeps telling me of how many shifts he's done this past few months and he's been driving me batty. As I want to right this and bla bla is all I hear! Crap... Will update later... Plus, have to go for a ride! Kitty's coming!

Result:

14 of 20
70%
Almost! Study a little more and take the test again!

Time Spent
7:04

CSS QUIZ
Points: 14 out of 20
1. What does CSS stand for?

Correct Answer!

2. What is the correct HTML for referring to an external style sheet?

Correct Answer!

3. Where in an HTML document is the correct place to refer to an external style sheet?

Correct Answer!

4. Which HTML tag is used to define an internal style sheet?

Correct Answer!

5. Which HTML attribute is used to define inline styles?

Correct Answer!

6. Which is the correct CSS syntax?

Correct Answer!

7. How do you insert a comment in a CSS file?

Correct Answer!

8. Which property is used to change the background color?

Correct Answer!

9. How do you add a background color for all
elements?

Correct Answer!

10. How do you change the text color of an element?
You answered: text-color:

Wrong Answer!

11. Which CSS property controls the text size?
You answered: text-size

Wrong Answer!

12. What is the correct CSS syntax for making all the
elements bold?

Correct Answer!

13. How do you display hyperlinks without an underline?

Correct Answer!

14. How do you make each word in a text start with a capital letter?
You answered: You can't do that with CSS

Wrong Answer!

15. How do you change the font of an element?

Correct Answer!

16. How do you make the text bold?

Correct Answer!

17. How do you display a border like this:
The top border = 10 pixels
The bottom border = 5 pixels
The left border = 20 pixels
The right border = 1pixel?
You answered: border-width:10px 5px 20px 1px

Wrong Answer!

18. How do you change the left margin of an element?

Correct Answer!

19. To define the space between the element's border and content, you use the padding property, but are you allowed to use negative values?
You answered: Yes

Wrong Answer!

20. How do you make a list that lists its items with squares?
You answered: list-type: square

Wrong Answer!

Bloopy pointed out an error, but I'm quite sure that I remember reading that. I guess the story got changed:
Police kill at least 5 in New Orleans - Gunmen open fire on contractors; no workers reported killed

Updated: 7:47 p.m. ET Sept. 4, 2005
NEW ORLEANS - Police shot and killed at least five people Sunday after gunmen opened fire on a group of contractors traveling across a bridge on their way to make repairs, authorities said.

That is what has been posted on MSNBC, now. I am perplexed, the story on MSNBC, at 6:14pm on 9/4, was that contractors where shot at by the ARMY. Now the story (7:47pm on 9/4) is that the ARMY shot at gunmen. The articles are not the same? WTF?? I went to other sites trying to understand what's happening and came upon kurts blog which has the discrepancy of the article on his post with links of the 2 seperate reports on the same issue. Ok I was not going bonkers!

Finally the New Orleans Superdome has been evacuated! And the drainage of the city will take approximately 80 days! Katrina's toll may rival or even surpass that of the Sept. 11, 2001! Letters, faxes and emails have been sent! Mother Nature can create a disaster, but it is man who makes a catastrophe. Rev. Michael Bresciani from New Orleans wrote from his personal experience of Katrina, his website.

Another storm possible in Gulf Coast region - Hurricane Maria (jpg @ national hurricane center) becomes the 5th of the season. Apparently it doesn't pose a threat to land but to shipping interests.

Nola.com - New Orleans news, information and all you need to know about New Orleans...

Singer Macy Gray Volunteers at Astrodome - helping to hand out clothes and toiletries.

Police kill at least 5 in New Orleans - Army Corps of Engineers says the victims were contractors fixing a canal

Updated: 6:14 p.m. ET Sept. 4, 2005
NEW ORLEANS - Police shot eight people carrying guns on a New Orleans bridge Sunday, killing five or six, a deputy chief said. A spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers said the victims were contractors on their way to repair a canal...

links were taken from: crooks and liars:
- Criminal negligence and Katrina
- The Potemkin President

tony's podcast! while listening to tony got: crooks and liars.com
and from there on its comments page I got these sites:
- americablog
- ill will.com
- daily kos
- counter punch
- brietbart
- michelle malkin

Some reports:
- In his own words and A young survivor begs for help ( video section msnbc)
- Canadian tourists are struggling to stay alive as they wait for help to arrive.
- more hurricanes to come?


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The app. for kitty's haircut was at 11am, Felunis called to remind me. Lady was not too happy!
Re-booked for 12pm on Thurs. (9/8).
On Tue. (9/6), the tech for the dishwasher is coming!
Wed. the estimator is coming to give us the estimate for the renovations of the water leakage.

Maybe everything will be done and we'll be happy to get ur furniture into the bedroom! Aaaahhh! Still waiting for that day when it will all come together.

Apparently, we have to get a construction engineer for the cracks on the wall. And a plumber for the leakeage that is happening inside the walls.

I truly am so sad for the people that have been left to their own devices! I was watching Primetime and it did seem like it was a matter of race! Why is it that there is no aide. Yes, they passed a bill for $10billion to be used on helping them. People are dying and it seems that government officials are not sending, fast enough, supplies and help. I keep wondering about the children! The heat that is unbearable! The seniors who cannot take care of themselves and cannot do what a young able person can! It tears my heart apart scene such termoil and devistation!

And here we go again... My pc is a crash magnet! What the hell!! I need to take it in again! I can't get my emails if there is any or do anything on my pc. I have 2/3 of my ibook money! So, a bit more and I say see you later to the pc world. The apple world is coming up and well it does cost a tiny bit more money but I will dish it out if it can get me a stable machine. I know it's this pc and all of the pcs but it's time for a change! I don't even want surf, its gotten that bad!

Been reading Tony. I get angry at the fact that racism is so alive! I know it exist I'm not stupid! I have not experienced it myself, yet, even though I'm a minority and proud of it!! Maybe I dream too much but I find there is a logical way of everyone co-existing together! Are we too stubborn to do the right thing! Or is it that we just don't care. And we only really care when something horrible has happened! That has been my understanding! Innocent people have died over the years, centuries, and will keep on dying for such causes! The cause of getting some sort of attention to the horrid of the world and all its pure evilness that seeps through time and we just tend to ignore! As it doesn't touch us in any fashion! Yes, there are those who do care and organizations have been built upon those logics and will keep building to get the attention needed and out to the ones who take up the cause!

I feel like a needle in a sea of hay! With no idea of what to do to change the matters of the world. One reason, I have the need to have sorrow constantly in my life and heart. In my mind I want to know, ignorance is not blissful as its been said! The more I know the more I feel that I live in a world that is built of money and power! Bad luck runs within me and I don't need to be pittied! I stay away from people as much as I want to have them around. A recluse and a lover of people! With a sentimental heart which I wear on my sleeve. Just earlier the goddess had a 10 q. meme 'wild cards.' And chicken little followed! Hee... That is a happy thing, which I experience at times of deep sadness and makes me realize that not all is bad in this horrid world of crazyness!

The post was so good! That I had to read all the comments, too! I don't comment as I feel I'll sound like a total dork! Tony always says it how it is which I like! The news always tells it like its NOT!!!! I dislike when things are portrait with such stereotypical status (1, 2, 3, 4)!
Do I believe everything that is reported? Not really, I take it in with skepticism! As we have learned it first hand. There was an episode that occurred in the hospital that was reported in the evening news which was not really the whole truth! And that is not the first time!

In times of need no matter the race, you live to do what it takes to survive no matter what.

One reason I like Montreal is that I don't see such racist crazy shit like in the US! I am thankful to my mother for that! That I got to move to a place where I have friends of all the races. For freaken sake my godchild is 1/2 black and 1/2 chinese! The most beautiful mix I have ever seen!!! And her friends are mix as well white and black! Very beautiful mixtures.

Facing the facts is hard to do at times. All I know is that the mixture of the races has been going on for years and will go on for ever. Eventually everyone will be mix! I wonder what will happen then? Will a different kind of racism exist?

B-g and me, who are of different race, talked about how we would have really pretty kids! Hee... Funny thing, my sister the one that never imagined herself with a black man, has ended up with one! heee... He is really good looking and was one of my brothers Sar. at boot camp! How funny life is! Now she's planning to move to SC to be with him! Never say never!!

I just went to place a piece of me on a comment from the goddess... It made me sad and happy all in one! heee...
The estimator came and will be giving us the estimate next Tue. or Wed. Can't wait! Woke pretty early to clean up a bit. Been washing since yesterday night1 almost done. Need to do the covers!
My Pc is in the frits again! I need to go and leave it once again to Microbytes! This will be its 6th time! I'm kind of fad up! What the hell! I have even asked for them to take it back and they will not have it back. I wonder why? I also, asked if I could speak to someone higher then the Manager and she only gave me an email to send my frustrations to. Not even where the Head Office is, she didn't even want to say! I asked and she just kept repeating send email that is all you can do nothing else. Take it or leave it!

Ok, my next step is?? No idea!! 2gran out in the garbage! FREAKEN piece of sh@# that I have! The thing is under waranty still for another 2 1/2 yrs.

On another note, Carly got her rabies vaccine Sunday night. She will be travelling for the holidays! I will be taking her to the U.S. to visit my family!

In Dec. she has her booster for other vaccines that are required! We still don't know if we are going by air or land... On that we are undecided! Mid Sept. Toronto! Heee..

It's so humid and rainy here. I hate it! YUK! I am such a pig I had 2 huge hotdogs! They were so good! yumm! Water was my side dish and drink, heee...

Today started at 10am... Watched 'white skin' which was made here, while doing my nails. Woke b-g up and we headed to Fairview Mall to get the shower radio at Sony! Music world got Mariah Carey's Cd, kitty litter filter, and the the game store: Harvest Moon and Sonic Hereos! Gonna take a bath at 9:30pm to try out the shower radio/cd player. Ended up at IKEA and got 2 bamboo shoots, 6 (1.49) clear shower curtains and food (2 hotdogs 7 drink for 1.75, extra drink, yogurt ice cream and cinamon bun).

Passed by and washed the car $8 bucks! B-g was suppose to wax the car but got lazy and fell asleep. Woke him up not to long ago and now has ordered Greek food! heee... Pick-up style!!

So, the day started at 11am... What lazy bones I am. Kitty got fed and I had a large yummy coffee with an apple turnover! Called X company but no one answered. Got cheesed and got another ren. company from CAA. They gave me 3 names and the 1st one is coming for an estimation on Wed. finally.

Seems that every renovation company is freaken busy!! Hopefully we can get things started as soon as possible or else we are going with option #1billion which is 'US renovation!' Meaning we will be doing the job ourselves. Need to call the insurance company to see if a claim can be done in that way.

Reading the paper (todays)... damn Karla and her stupid life, she should have been wiped off the planet! 2 missing models from the US... a gene called Klotho (greek goddess who spins the thread of life) has been discovered which may regulate life span in mice... a NH doctor told his patient that she was fat and needed to change her lifestyle fast before she dropped dead, apolygized and all was well... 70mil (fraud) missing from 2 Mutual fund comanies... episiotomies are they really that good for pregnant women? man wrongly convicted has gotten $188,000 in comensation... JAMA journal chief gets bombarded by emails from crazy pro-lifers! 12yr old boy gets bail set at $250,000... library in Holland will be lending people to break the prejudice gap, inspired by a similar venture in Sweden...

trying to look see what kind of waterproof radio/cd players are available here and where to buy them!

(Open to the public)

From Wednesday, September 28, 2005 to Sunday, October 02, 2005, Level 400

Detailed schedule:
Wed-Fri: 11:00 AM at 9:00 PM
Sat: 9:00 AM at 9:00 PM
Sun: 10:00 AM at 5:00 PM

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Shivaree - Goodnight Moon Lyrics

There's a nail in the door
And there's glass on the lawn
Tacks on the floor
And the TV is on
And I always sleep with my guns when you're gone

There's a blade by the bed
And a phone in my hand
A dog on the floor
And some cash on the nightstand
When I'm all alone the dreaming stops
And I just can't stand

What should I do I'm just a little baby
What if the lights go out
And maybe and then the wind just starts to moan
Outside the door he followed me home

So goodnight moon
I want the sun
If it's not here soon
I might be done
No it won?t be too soon 'til I say goodnight moon

There's a shark in the pool
And a witch in the tree
A crazy old neighbor and he's been watching me
And there's footsteps loud and strong coming down the hall
Something's under the bed
Now it's out in the hedge
There's a big black crow sitting on my window ledge
And I hear something scratching through the wall

What should I do I'm just a little baby
What if the lights go out
And maybe and then the wind just starts to moan
Outside the door he followed me home
So goodnight moon
I want the sun
If it's not here soon
I might be done
No it won't be too soon 'til I say goodnight moon

right so I woke yesterday at 4pm been sleeping random hours... Played animal crossings until 5am! Still in the search for a renovation company... We acalled one and they will not be available until Oct. and if the insurance gets involve, which it will, it will take until Nov. Crystal freaken sake!

Feel like making a carrot cake with yummy cream heese icing! Waiting for the butter and cream cheese to come to room temp. Need to call mycrobytes to see what is going on with the fax I send them Monday!

Been neglecting my reads for a few days!! Been catching naps, watching tv, washing dishes and playing vid. games. About the dishwasher, the tech guy came and looked at the dw, it was F#@$ed! All in all, we need to wait 7-10 days as the parts for the pannel are being ordered! We hope that's going to be the problem or else they need to remove it and take it in to the dw hospital!

I have decided that I will learn Japanese, why? Well, I want to understand anime that I watch... I find that it's better when it's in the original language... My next step is to find a school where I can go this fall... Wow! I can beleive I have decided on something! Yah!!! Plus the language is really nice and the stuff that I want to see is too cute not to do it! Yah! Heee... Tackling one thing at a time is easier then filling out my basket and doing none of them... I realize that I want to do more with my life then sit and surf the net!

Came upon Apple Japanse trailer site looking for Utada Hikaru's husband (Kiriya Taniwa - Japanese version of McG of music video) photo and the director to this movie too!

Places:
roppongi hills, JP - Monument - TONGARI-KUN –Mr. Pointy & the Four Guards by pop artist Takashi Murakami, who designed Louis Vuitton's highly popular "Cherry Blossom" and "Eye Love" lines. Set up in the lotus-filled pond, statue painted w/ 400 colors represents a modernized Buddha.

Movie:
Shinobi

Int'l News:
Kanako Otsuji (30 yr old) - A female member (first four-year term) of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly is set to declare that she is homosexual (extremely rare for an incumbent assembly member or Diet member to confess). She will annouce it during the Tokyo Lesbian and Gay Parade 2005 to be held in Tokyo Saturday. Has an utobiography, confessing her homosexuality, coming out that has been published by Kodansha Ltd.

Champagne Bubble - An art object designed after a bubble of champagne at a Tokyo museum. Commissioned by French champagne maker Krug, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma created the "bubble" that changes its shape with the temperature using a shape-memory alloy covered with elastic ethylene vinyl acetate. When the temperature goes down the alloy is softened and the bubble shrinks.

i-unit - Reinventing the wheel, a futuristic environment-friendly vehicle developed by Toyota within the "Mobility Extending Human Ability" concept, which is put on show at Expo 2005 in Aichi. Paroubek.

makes me realize i haven't chatted with people since 1996... when the yahoo & irc chatswere the things i was hooked to! heee... spending my whole nights blabbing like a crazy person... now, i just play internet games that are solitaire style... occassionally get the itch to got to yahoo games... but that is rare...

came upon a few good blows through the chatting: JeanC (TX, has 3 cats -fred, hilary & nicky- all cute), Dice Six (German born but Filipino 100% now living in HK) and Twenty Sided (30yr old gamer girl also from TX)...

crap lost time... watching the end of Dude, Where's the Party? & know also as Where's the Party Yaar? (Kal Penn, aka Kamar from Harold & Kamar go to White Castle) and starting to watch How to Deal (Mandy Moore). these movies are/were playing on Movie Network! thinking about what's on tv... i haven't been watching tv at all... nothing really on re-runs which i'm fad up... fall season, please begin!!! i wish Adult-Swim was available here in Canada... dang, i miss anime... i need to rent or buy! it's the only way!! why is it that our cable company doesn't provide the Anime Network!!! Freak!!!

crap lost the freaken post again! how dumb can i get!

need to cut it out with blog explosion for a bit, well more like until BB6 (BB in the UK) finishes... so, i find that a new ibook is out! i don't know if i should wait until Oct.-Nov.


what i would like to purchase:

iLife '05 Part Number: M9779LL/A Estimated Ship: 1-3 business days		$99.00	$99.00
.Mac - Retail Box Promotion Part Number: BA006LL/A Estimated Ship: 1-3 business days		$99.00	$99.00
iBook 14" 1.42GHz Part Number: Z0C3 1.5GB DDR333 SDRAM (512MB built-in & 1GB SO-DIMM) Accessory kit Keyboard & Mac OS X - U.S. English iWork '05 preinstalled 100GB Ultra ATA drive Combo drive (DVD/CD-RW) Estimated Ship: 1-3 business days		$2,467.00	$2,467.00
AppleCare Protection Plan for iBook Part Number: M8852LL/A Estimated Ship: 1-3 business days		$389.00	$389.00

Cart Subtotal: $3,054.00

mix 96 just informed that any Canadian that purchased an mp3 players between 2003-2004 in Canada, refunds could be entitled. the amounts may very [$2-$25]. The supreme court of Canada refused over turn the Fed. court appeal to make the “piracy” levy ($4mil by apple - ipods- alone) invalid.

surfing through blog explosion i came upon sunshine state and i may use a pre-made template!

this looks so much like jelly fish! beautiful picture! came open her flickr pics through her site which i was surfing through blog explosion!

joseph from Ottawa - left a message, found him through locate my blog. found the cutest post pic at rockfromdot it's just too freaken cute!!!

Tanya & Jim Ryno (a NJ couple with 2 kids) want the chance to compete at fear factor for the amount of $1million... they have started a blog to share the process they are going through to be accepted... they even have a send an email to: ashton.ramsey@fearfactor.com, to vote for them... pretty cool!!

on a sadder note Peter Jennings died this past Sunday [Aug. 7, 2005] peacefully surrounded by his family. He had quit smoking for 20 yrs. but that didn't prevent him from getting lung cancer. i am getting scared, as i smoked since my late teens to my late 20s. i hope it doesn't come to bite me years later, when my life, hopefully, is happier. why does is it that when you are happy a tragedy tends to occur? it freaken sucks to be a human at times... damn it!
taken from a post by Kevin Pho, MD:
Dana Reeves (the wife of late Christopher Reeves) has been diagnosed with lung cancer, a non-smoker. but years of exposure during her singing career of second hand smoke has caused the desease.

Eddie Murphy's 12 year marriage is ending. 12 years, sheeesh! what happens to those of us that are not even married... that is scary. specially in a time like ours divorce is seen as an easy option to take. no longer is the phrase "lets work it out" in minds but "i'll divorce you instead" comes out more often. yikes! statistics points that 20s and ealry30s have gone through at least one divorce. marriage starters(less then 5yrs - the official site) are very popular with Gen X. (Stephen def. of Gen. X) labelled the Divorce Gen. WTF? i can still go through that, sheesh! i passed through 1 broken relationship [lasting 5 1/2yrs} in my late 20s, but there's the matter of my early 30s, will i succom to that? hmmmm.... i hope not! but i highly doubt that would happen!

i will be showing the 1 mil blog! this site gives you ways to budget (some tips are even given), which i should take into huge consideration, as i am a freaken shopaholic... i am thinking of making it one of my regular reads. i know i should, cuz it would lessen the fights with b-g... heee...

David a music teacher north of Philadelphia. happily attached to a wonderful man for 1yr. very open and honest!! a funny blog matty d, looking for bloggers with similar likes... he has such a cutie kitty! he/she does the one eye wink that Carly does... heee... pretty cute! it's the flash on the camera that bugs them! Carly though does it when she is being talked to all cutie! she's suc a funny kitty! foun a Texan who had a great pic of Fergie from Black Eyed Peas, i find her to be so beautiful! cool, made her my desktop pic! and had a link sorta to plasticnipple! hee... pics of all sorts, OCM would like some of them! heee... at $199 the HP Photosmart 8250's new technology (the printer heads will have 3,900 ink-delivering nozzles instead of 1,266) that's taken 5yrs to process and may reduce ink cost (24 cents per photo).

a very simple and inspiring site: Karen from this tutorial site by Jennifer that i got from Andreea from Romania... which is funny cuz i was at her first site like totally commenting on her images... funny cuz i am blog exploding and her second site came up... oooh it reminds me of the Discover Health channel program i was watching about a Romanian lady name Luchica that had a massive tumor that had made her bedridden for 3yrs... it was really sad but the ending was fantastic!!! La consequencia is a pretty good blog white castle really exists... how backwards i am there's real White Castle, i learned from his post... i love the movie: Harold & Kumar go to White Castle... heee... need to get the DVD!! came upon my best gadgets blog and i read that he has gotten engaged, good for him... Congrats!! then i see their names, all i can say is memories... heee...

i got it from jen2 and she got it from fenina...

You are dreamy, peaceful, and young at heart. Optimistic and caring, you tend to see the best in people. You tend to be always smiling - and making others smile. You are shy and intelligent... and a very hard worker. You're also funny, but many people don't see your funny side. Your subtle dry humor leaves your close friends in stitches.

crystal freak!! what the hell in 15h 30min what happens but 3 crashes. called microbytes: on the 1-800 #, ooh take it in... when i call the local #, ooh it must be the programs you have that is the fault of the crashes... yeah, right... i will be taking it to another place to check if its the motherboard! WTF, is wrong with these people, they dont want to do nothing with my pc or they don't want to honor the warranty! who knows... i hate this problems it makes me not want to get on the pc to surf!

kitty is officially 1 yr and 1 day, heee... she looks so much older... heee... not! today's b-g's 1st day at work!! he left about 20 min. ago. i miss him already! kitty is looking for him... it's so funny she went to the couch then got off and went to the other rooms no b-g, what? she just came pushing my foot, more like saying 'where's daddy?' heee... she just plopped down on my foot now... looking at me like what? i'm allowed! heee...

I miss b-g... and my pc just freaken crashed... another freaken loss... what the hell... bla bla...

we totally forgot her b-day!!! she's officially 1 yrs old!!


we are totatlly bad owners!!! damn, we gave her some tuna and some really expensive treats... so i hope she forgives us! gonna buy her a pretty nice necklace and get her kitty emblem engraved this week!!

i find this quiz is perfect for OCM... heee... check what i got (quiz thanks to >annika):

Aug. 3, 2005 - Wed.
so the day went pretty ordinary... except that we forgot to put out the recycling... dang, i hate that... woke up when the truck was like a block away and i wasnt about to run in my pj's and flip flops(plus as i went to read annika's blog she had a post about flip flops, and well thank god i did not try to run after it, i may had had an injury or even died...) trying to catch up with it... another week with the recyling at the front door, how embarrasing.. Still watching "War and Beauty." chinese drama... on my 6th cd of 10 cd... watered the plants quite late almost noon... crap! nothing much... passed the time reading other blogs...

Aug. 4, 2005 - Thur...
Went toget our $800 for that terrible renovation company! they truly suck... they try to make it seem like it was not their fault that they had not called us about what was going on with the renovations... i really cannot even fanthom people like that... it left me with a bad taste in my mouth! another time i will post the entire situation but for now all i can say they freaken SUCK!!! now, we have to go through the whole crap again... getting a renovations company, the insurance coverage, and bla bla bla... meanwhile our 8gran furniture is locked up in a warehouse collecting dust! freak... i think they just wanted to get out of the commitment cuz they didnt want to go get paid so little for such a big job... assess...

got my PC... but left it there til tomorrow... ate at mc d' and my stomach started to hurt like a bitch... spoke to mom and she was just telling me what Ruffus had done to her the past week... he had opened one of the drawers in the kitchen and taken all the coffee filters and spread them all over the house... that was sorta funny but she was not amused by that... then yesterday he had kicked over a glass of wine in my moms nice livingroom carpet... i told her at least the carpet is pink so the redness that has been left over from the wine cannot really be seen so easily... my sis is back with the the SGT.

spoke to Mondo... he's doing good... told him that we shaved ms kitty! he was so sad for her... heee... he alsmost stole a tabby cat from his work but found out that it was the guy who lived upstairs... heee... gonna hook up next Sat. to go see and maybe buy bikes, as his broke down and its gonna cost too much... better to get a new one... and i want one, so he will help me... heee... gonna spend the night at his place... told b-g he doesnt mind... he trust me and him... which he should nothing would ever happen, even though he is my ex... we started to talk about the past and the stupid things he use to do when he got drunk... heee.. we had a laugh... left it as that... went to bed...

Aug 5, 2005 - Fri.
woke to a somewhat hot living room... yuk! b-g had a meeting... i stayed to fix the pc... called microbytes to find out why my dvd was making all sorts of noice... bla bla... try to open it and find if one of the screws is loose tighten it... bla bla... i did and it worked... passed the next 4 hrs setting up the pc... had to install norton, printer drives and programs, camera stuff, activate norton & xp, itunes, web cam and many other crap...

b-g brought dimsum, bubble tea and the last of the 10 cds... it was so sweet of him... ate and talked a bit... asked about the pc and was sorta happy that everything was working ok... no blue screens up to now... well, got a new hard drive and all the files are gone... so i have to start from scratch... about the music, i still need to put it in... but that will be later... i can finally do what ever i want and i don't have to worry to get off the pc to give b-g a chance to do his work... fix the problem that the printer was having... b-g thinks im so handy... hee, i feel some what useful when i do things like that...

i still need to do some other things... had diner already: a salad with 3 cheese dressing and spaghetti ala carbonada (frozen diner)... was good, b-g thought it was just for me, as i kept asking him what's he gonna have... heee... i ate from the bowls and served him in a nice plate... then i started to think? why is is that women try their best to treat thier men like gold and ourself like shit! and if a woman doesnt do that to her man, it thought as she being a bitch... i pose the question to b-g but he chose to ignore it and just changed the conversation... i myself left it at that, did not persue the matter... is that a bad sign, omen! oh shit!

here i am listenning to music from my past, the memories of my first one... dang, i feel such wonder, to know how he is, who he's with, does he have kids, is he with her the one that cause so much trouble between me and him, the one that i still have her picture... i hope he's happy... i remember the things we did, the obsession i had with that older guy... way older... the one that taught me everything and dressed me like a doll... the one that i thought i would spend the rest of my life with... i even skipped school for him... to go see him and spend the day before he went to work... and i going back home like i had gone back to school... funny how teens are when they are in love... the one who took me to my prom and got me drunk for the first time of bayleys... L'Esprit!! learing Salsa and Merengue... being under age and ending up in a discotheque and meeting my second boyfriend... my second i still keep in touch, mondo... i should call him to see how he is... dang, he seldom calls i bet he's pretty busy... i guess i dont call either, gonna try to see if i can get together this weekend or next. b-g's been in a pissy mood lately... so i leave him alone... i try to keep away... passed the day transplanting the last of the plants and watering them... i hate it when it rains sometimes as i have started to sweep the water from the balcony... or the balcony will get rusty... dang!! b-g passed the day out... tried to make bulgogi... the marinade was excellent... yum... made jasmine rice... my fave... watched the soaps but they arent so captivating anymore... they sorta suck... maybe in a few months they'll get better... its so freaken humid/hot... i hate that... its going to be hotter the next few days... the neighbors sorta peeped into our apt to see who we were... and how we looked... funny... but i did not acknowledge as they didnt either... stranger is a stranger no matter if he/she live next door... that sucks... should i start blogging in different languages i can try it... i am tired... this what i have done this evening/night...

You Are 30% Weird

Not enough to scare other people... But sometimes you scare yourself.
How Weird Are You?

so i have been browsing blogs once again and came upon this quiz here... his name: James Aaron Lindsey from TN where my late blog friend Lynn Carrier was from... and here are some other blogs that i read a bit:

- Cendrine in MTL, a blog mostly related about sex...
- Sara in Nevada... pretty funny blog...
- Chicken Fried Life... A batter-dipped and deep-fried view of life.
- Renee Heppleston in Mont-Laurie, QC... Le blog du sushi atomique, en français!
- Sue from Duncan, BC... The Chronicles of Sorsha Darkhorse, Tales of a Pop Culture Geek & Chef-in-Training.
- eclectic in the old good USA... Maybe I'm eclectic, or maybe it's just a short attention span..
- e-diote du village planétaire... en français!
- 1/4 tsunchih in london, tokyo, seoul or taipei
- Becka's Blog (Ohio), Rebecca aka Becka's on-line journal of a gurl.
- Tidestrife, Slackers club member's blog...
- italian living in Cali... 10 Things I Did Today.
- Bohemian Girl's Ramblings.. "And Yet, Life Goes On.."
- Morgan Wanaknow, in St. Cloud, Minnesota, US... The last geek.

found out what kind of bamboo i have (Lucky/Friendship Bamboo, Dracaena sanderana)...

i googled: 'CVS' and found 2 definitions: Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome and Computer Vision Syndrome

at apple trailers one movie caught my eyes... which right now gives me the creeps:
emily rose: in 1976, Anneliese Michel (said to be demonically possessed), an 18 yr old German college freshman, who died while being perform an exorsism (rituale romanum)... the priest was given a trial for the death of the young girl. the catholic religion acknowledge that there are people that could be demonically possess.

what i had... Sat. i made omellettes (shallots, green and red peppers, fresh herbs, mushrooms and cheese - kraft & swiss), hash browns w/ smokies and fresh herbs, and toast w/ EVOO (rachel ray says this all the time: extra virgin olive oil!)....

Sunday was BLTs... yum put the bacon in the broiler and let it cook... made the toast with some EVOO put some mayo, lettuce and tomatoe (spiced up) and voila the sandwich was made! also made a toast with kraft cheese, i use to eat that when i was a child it was the only thing i coulf cook really! heee... so, i mad half for me and half for b-g for him to try it... diner yester day was really good i made chinese spare ribs (honey garlic style)... cooked from 4:30m til 7pm... b-g came from the library yesterday and loved the ribs... heee...

monday and it started a bit hot! and with a little surprise on the side! b-g's dad called and he told his dad that i was visiting... i have to really think things in my life... if a 40 yrs old has to tell his father that his girlfriend is visiting, there's a big huge problem.... he's like i'll tell him... i dont have to hide that.. but the fact is that he already has said it... there is no turning back! yeah, his sisters know but he cowards down to his father... is that normal???? i have never experience such discomfort in my life... i really am in a bind with this... i keep hearing him say 'you are making such a big deal about what i said!' i think that its a big deal... how can he be so ignorant as to say that..

i guess i am realizing that he really is not committed to me or this relationship... my mother says i can just go an live in the US and make a life there... and it has been partially, more like 75%, been made to go be with my mom... i still have that 25% lingering thoughts in my head... aaahhh... the problems one has to deal with on an average day basis! freak!!! i really don't know what i want in life but with my mom i would have more of a stable life... but then there are the things that have transpire between me and her in the past which i am concern about... b-g is telling me that all the financial stuff [if i stay with him] is all taken care of and bla bla... but that is not want i am talking about... i expect more and i thought we were in a different level in our relationship!!! but i guess i was wrong!