When I was young(er) it used to bother me to have a birthday on New Year’s eve. I was competing with another holiday, it was too close to christmas, I often got christmas/birthday gifts, my birthday presents were always wrapped in christmas wrapping paper, my friends often weren’t around, etc. I was a bitter birthday girl for many years. Now, of course I am older and don’t care about any of that stuff. It am kind of sad for my younger self for being such a sour puss and party pooper.
I got some fabulous loot today. Books, some earrings, a winnie the pooh paper weight. But check out what my mom and dad got me for my birthday. My parent’s rule the roost man.

My mom made my neices sock monkeys for christmas and I was super jealous. She spent all day yesterday making me one. I love monkeys!

My mom hooked the little rug on top and my dad made the oak foot stool to match the rest of our furniture. I love my parents!
I had to look stool up in the dictionary. It seems odd that it can been a backless chair type thing and feces at the same time.
So, have a fabulous new years my lovelies. I am thankful for you all.
xoxo

Mark and I did not get out of bed until noon today. And no, we weren’t naked. It was jut pure holiday sloth. Not much was accomplished today as a result. We exhanged one christmas gift and went to dinner at friends where we ate too much. The holidays are killing me. I think an hour on the bike is in my future tonight or tomorrow.
Tomorrow I am going for lunch with my mom and dad for my birthday. I love my parents, it should be nice. Tomorrow afternoon I am going to Michelle’s for a mid-aft birthday thingy. And tomorrow evening, Mark and I will rent a dirty movie and eat a shrimp ring. It is a New Year’s tradition.
I think New Year’s is a silly holiday of sorts, just an excuse to get loaded. Wait. What is wrong with that again? Anyhow, Happy New year to you all, if nothing else it is a good excuse to wish good things on your friends and family.

I cried like a baby at the end of Pumpkin. How lame am I? And Christina Ricci needs some no-nip. I really enjoyed the movie though. I am a movie renting fool! Or perhaps, just a fool. I also watched The Cat’s Meow. I think Kirsten Dunst has a no-bra clause in all her movie contracts. For the love of god girl, give those puppies a home! It was a good movie as well, despite the boob thing. Yes, I know I have made comments about both movies related to boobs. I am straight, but obsessed with boobs. Sue me.
I think I am off to bed now. Last night I dreamt I was in a beauty contest (laugh your ass off here), and that I was dating Tony Soprano (not my first dream about dating TP). TP and I get getting interupted by mobsters, which was irritating. The beauty contest dream also revealed to me that one of the girls I know from high school is gay. At least in the context of a dream where I was in a beauty contest, she was gay. I wont rely on this information for future reference.

I know traffic to the site has slowed to a crawl, so I will rant to myself for a bit. So, North Korea is not a threat but Iraq is? What the fuck? And is Afganistan not still a proplem? Did Bush find all the bad guys? I am no foreign policy expert, but that is screwed man. That is all for now. I feel better.
I think I will go in search of some chick movie to watch while Mark plays whateverthefuck on the computer tonight.
peace

sleepy. This happens when I lie on the couch all day. I did talk to BioMom (bio-mom) today, which was nice. Bio-mom sounds like some kind of super hero don’t you think?
Mark and i watched Brotherhood of the Wolf tonight, which was fab. We watched it dubbed into English instead of subtitles which took me a while to get used to. Good movie though, I recommend.
That’s the big news for today. Being on holidays brings out the action packed days. Tomorrow we are going to a mother of a good friend’s 75th birthday which should be nice.
Oh, and it is my 33rd birthday on Tuesday. It feels old this year for some reason. It shouldn’t I suppose, but it does. Maybe I am spending too much time around young’uns.
And because I am all about contrast, here is what I look like a lot of the time.

See, now I have waited so long to post I have lots to say and nothing to say at the same time. The most prominent thought in my mind right now is how thankful I am to be off of work until January 6th.
I do have some pictures to show you, in lieu of real content. I will have to tell you about mass, which we went to on christmas eve. Let me just say that any sermon which involves a donkey puppet can’t be that bad. But Mark is seriously going to hell. He kept whispering during mass, like when there was a flute solo during communion and he said “AQUALUNG, AQUALUNG!” in my ear. Also, the man in front of us had some sort of anal wind problem which was a little smelly. We went to mass at the chapel in a retreat centre/convent, which was cool. Lots of nuns and stained glass and the stations of the cross around the church. I felt kinda’ holy. More Christmas updates later, but here are the pictures I promised as a placeholder for some more blabbing.

lookin’ fly from the beauty salon. anyone hoping for anything better looking is dreaming, this is the best i can ever ever ever look save plastic surgery and/or living at the gym. this was the night of Mark’s christmas party.

christmas eve at our place. i am wielding my new garden weapons!

more christmas eve with the parents and Mark

christmas day at my brother’s, my mom with Niece 1

a canadian christmas tradition, my dad helping my brother shotgun beer from a “bubba”. awww

It is Monday folks. It was a busy, but fun weekend except for yesterday (Sunday) when I was laid up most of the day with a migraine.
Friday was Mark’s work party which was incredibly fun, mostly due to Wayne Lee, the Hip-notist. Seriously. That is how he describes himself – “Wayne Lee, Hip-notist“. I had never seen a hipnotist before and I was very skeptical. But is was fabulous. I am not sure I had ever laughed so hard in my entire life. Wayne is very charismatic and you don’t want to love his cheese, but by the end, you do. You love Wayne by the end. He is kinda’ like Tom Cruise’s character in Magnolia, you almost expected him to shout out “Respect the cock”. Alas, no, just some good old fashioned hypnotizing fun. The one guy who thought he was Michael Jackson was especially funny. All in all a good time was had by all.
Saturday, Mark and I went to see Handel’s Messiah as sun by the Richard Eaton Singers and accompanied by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. My friend Michelle sings with Richard Eaton, which we have dubbed “Dick” for the last several years. The performance was fabulous.
Sunday we were supposed to go to a festive open house of one of Mark’s coworker’s, but I was sidelined by a brutal headache cum migraine. I was laid up in the dark for most of the day. This sucked, because last night Michelle and I were supposed to go over to Janet’s house to do our friends Christmas gift exchange and I am not sure when we will have time now!
I feel much better today, just a bit of a ‘halo’ headache. Tonight I should be wrapping presents and such. Michelle might come by, so we can at least do our exchange. That should be nice. I am off work as of the end of the day today until January 6th! huzzah! There will be much lolly-gagging, lay-abouting, kitty-snuggling and such. I will be posting during the holidays since I, like caitlin, am an internet whore and would miss you people.

Dinner reflections, by jennui.
Mark: Which Corey is Corey Haim?
Jen: The Corey that wasn’t in Stand By Me
Mark: That doesn’t help me
Jen: Corey Haim was in Lost Boys
Mark: One of the kids in the comic book store?
Jen: Yes. errr No! The one who played Jason Patric character’s kid brother.
Mark: So, not the kid in the comic book store.
Jen: No, that was Corey Feldman, the Corey in Stand By Me.
Mark: Ok, its all coming together for me. Corey Haim is turning 31 (he says while reading my Star magazine)
Jen: Dear God, I am old when a Corey is 30-something.

I am leaving work early (again) today. I am such a slacker. I am going to get my hair done, a la a 1950’s housewife. It is Mark’s company party tonight and I want to wow the geeks. But, I should have made my appointment for later. It is at 2:00 and the party isn’t until 7:00 pm. What was I thinking? I am so agreeable, when the salon said a time, I just said okay. I really want to nap this afternoon. I really just want to nap in general at anytime, but napping this afternoon would be nice. One can’t nap with a beehive.

this is the top of my computer
a monkey finger puppet, a beaver finger puppet and a kitty. and a lovely sunset yesterday glowing yellow on the wall.