I Can’t Stop…

It has been a very stressful 10 weeks- and the stress will likely not dissipate for a while.

People have very different ways of dealing with stress- yoga, shopping, golf, booze…. Pick your poison.

How do I deal with stress?

I cut my hair.

Nobel Peace Prize, Really?

Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize was the first bit of news I woke up to this morning.

Don’t get me wrong, I like Obama (though I would have preferred Clinton- hello, “Bitch is the New Black”) but what was the selection committee thinking?

When did the Nobel Peace prize become about intentions rather than results?

Bringing 40 in With a Whimper

Birthdays have never been a big deal. I had a “big” party once in grade school and lost interest.

But the big 4-0 was going to happen on a most auspicious day, 09-09-09.

For about two days I considered the logistics of a big to-do, food, drink, venue, entertainment…. The works.

But my Dad’s health took a turn for the worse and all my focus shifted to what the family needs.

Cars vs Bikes vs Pedestrians

This is the hot button issue in Toronto right now.

The jockeying for position between drivers, riders and walkers is contentious at best but today, it is incendiary.

My Date With Bill Clinton

Well, with me and about 10000 others this past Saturday.

The organizers had originally anticipated a crowd closer to 25000….

Oops.

Hair Today…

I am sick of my hair. It has been growing for the last three years or so with only minor changes…. One length, long layers toward the front, short-ish bangs (above the eyebrow), choppy bangs and a couple trims to even it out.

I am ready to go short but I don’t have a hair dresser so I enlisted my boyfriend to make a change.

Ooops, I Did It Again…

I vowed that I would never do it again. I have let this person take advantage of me time and time again and when the debt was finally paid (how is it that I was made to feel guilty about that???) I said I would never let myself get into that situation again.

And then I broke that promise to myself last week.

What the f@ck was I thinking?

Hey, That’s Paul Krugman (or, I’m a Nerd)

I was flicking channels the other night and recognized a face.

Paul Krugman. Nobel Peace Prize winning writer and attendee/keynote speaker at this year’s World Science Fiction Convention in Montreal.

Does that seem like an incongruous juxtaposition?

Deny or Splurge

I am more financially secure than most of my contemporaries and yet I deny myself a lot in comparison.

I make my decisions for a reason and yet, sometimes, I feel like I am missing out.