Let me please make this perfectly clear - unless you're promising me that I will drool and a good laugh, I will not go to WWE/WWF/ECW events, watch them on tv..

However...

In a suite. At the Saddledome... and Baptista... *drool*

I have also been a complete and utter klutz..for days. I had the shittiest day ever last week, the day the Queen was in town and I came home from work and had a couple of Coronitas... wasted (yeah yeah cheap drunk) and decided to help prune the trees that were in dire need... I get slivers... lots of them. Lesson of the day: Don't prune trees drunk.
Then Saturday night, I went out to the Trap n Gill (my favourites newfie pub) where Fair Haven was playing (they signed a record deal with the guy from the Northern Pikes... go dudes!) and decided I was going to hug the support post. Scratched up my leg and really bruised myself.
Yesterday, went to get something from my car and stepped on something and put a sliver straight down into the soft fleshy part of the ball of my foot. *cry*

And here's a joke for Dogooder...

Whats cowboy foreplay?


Get in the truck.

Oh and Cricket, your turn on the story hon.

Not only is blogger on crack (I can get in here and create this post, but I can't type http://justtheotherday.blogspot.com and get here...) but so are my neighbours...

I have a soaker hose for the lawn that is between the sidewalk and the street.... I have it pegged to the ground with crossing tent pegs so that it doesn't twist, blow around or get made off with....or so I thought.
I come home to find it coiled up on my neighbour's front yard and he gives ME a dirty look when I come to get it and tells me "I'm not finished with that yet." to which I reply "Yes you are, it's my hose thanks." Like I'm the one that stole it from him. Between them and the pyscho neighbours with the rottweiller from hell, I am seriously considering moving.

Now the Calgary Regional Health Authority, State Farm Insurance and The Kentucky something or other government dept are here...

Lemme just clue all ya in.. I don't predict the weather, I have nothing to do with Jenna Jamieson other than some silly quiz that determined that, and believe it or not, I have no idea about your ex bf's ex wife, I have hard enough time with my own life.

Perhaps I ought to create an agony aunt column.....

hmmm fodder..

Just cause she did it, doesn't mean everyone has to... however, I will tag T, just cause I can.

1. Total Number of Books I’ve Owned: countless - and I have that hoarde in my basement, bedroom, computer room, living room, shed, boxes at the 'rents...I should sell them to a used book store, but I tend to re read stuff.

2. Last Book I Bought: Snap Happy by Fiona Walker

3. Last Book I Read: Snap Happy

4. 5 books that mean a lot to me:

Don't Sweat The Small Stuff and its all small stuff
I use this book every day
The Violin
This is the last gift I remember receiving from my grandma before she was hospitalitzed when I was a kid and I still have it.
Memoires of a Geisha
I loved this story. I truly hope the movie adaptation is as beautiful as the story.
The Whitest Flower
A true story of a family in Ireland during the Potatoe Famine.
Angela's Ashes
Amazingly fabulous story

Its been two weeks since my last confession...

Roit...

- My mother was rushed to the hospital Monday night - they still can't decide if she had a mild heart attack or a very mild stroke - either way, she's home, but feels like shit...

- My body feels like its been run over by a tractor trailer

- I job shadowed at dispatch, been reading tonnes and tonnes of material - going to write my Transport Canada exams soon - very soon.

I missed posting Happy Birthday to Dtrini and Cricket...so happy belated :-)

I've missed posting that the Rolling Stones are coming to Calgary... at $350 a pop and they sold out in 19 mins

I've missed posting that if The Other Shoe doesn't stop emailing me about how much he misses me and wants to come to Canada, I'm going to hunt him down because he isn't playing fair.

And lastly, I've missed posting that I'd like to personally thank the Queen for fucking up airspace in Canada royally for the next few days and making my job hell.

Cricket tagged me for this monumental task...

You get to pick any five of these and then add your own occupations

If I could be a psychic(Kristin)
If I could be a politician(Kristin)
If I could be an inventor(Kristin)
If I could be a quality control tech for M&Ms (Kristin)
if i could be a statistician (cricket)
if i could be a veterinarian (cricket)
if i could be a crash-test dummy (cricket)
if i could be a pilot (cricket)
if i could be a NASCAR driver(cricket)
If I could be a music executive (The Man In The Middle)
If I could be a grandparent(The Man In The Middle)
If I could be a computer hacker(The Man In The Middle)
If I could be a professional basketball player(The Man In The Middle)
If I could be a Customer Service Representative(The Man In The Middle)
If I could be an artist
If I could be a marketing director
If I could be a nanny
If I could be a psychic
If I could be an emergency medical technician
If I could be a firefighter
If I could be a designer
If I could be a policeman/woman
If I could be a teacher
If I could be a scientist
If I could be a farmer
If I could be a musician
If I could be a doctor
If I could be a painter
If I could be a gardener
If I could be a missionary
If I could be a chef
If I could be an architect
If I could be a linguist
If I could be a librarian
If I could be an athleteI
f I could be a lawyer
If I could be an innkeeper
If I could be a professor
If I could be a writer
If I could be a llama-rider(by Ogre)
If I could be a bonnie pirate(By Teach)
If I could be a servicemember(By Jeremy)
If I could be a business owner(By Blue 944)
If I could be an actor(By Blue 944)
If I could be an agent(By KelBel)
If I could be video game designer(By KelBel)
If I could be a comic book artist(By Stoli)
If I could be a hooker(By Pollo Loco)
If I could be a crack addict(by Elizabeth)
If I could be a porn star(by Elizabeth)
If I could be a mime(by Garrison)
If I could be a domestic engineer(by Rick)
If I could be a chimney sweep(by laine)
If I could be a masseuse(by laine)
If I could be a taxi driver(by Brian)
If I could be a priest(by Brian)
If I could be the Sherrif Of Nottingham(Karen)
If I could be a dancer(Karen)
If I could be Santa Claus(Karen)
If I could be on a reality TV show(Dawn)
If I could be a magician(Dawn)
If I could be a rich man
If I could be perfect
If I could be a comedian

If I could be a comedian - I think I'm funny, but it would help out the guy that wants to design body armour.

If I could be Santa Claus - I'd like to be able to give that joy.

If I could be a rich woman - I'd actually have Molly Maid help out with the crackhouse I apparently live in.

If I could be a porn star - I could teach them a thing or two ;-)

If I could be a chef - I would create the bestest desserts.

I'm gonna tag Penny, Mossy, Avatar and BlurryDave.

I'm hella long time late posting these, and even now, I'm having a hard time coming up with some original questions....

Soooo that in mind, here you go Mr Dtrini...

1. If you could be a super-hero, what power would you posses? You only get one.

2. Money being no object for education, and time is not of the essence - what would be your ideal career change?

3. I'm in a house that is on fire. Do you: a) try and put the fire out b) run in and save me c) call for help and stand there or d) none of the above, you're not going to save someone that asks this kind of stupid question.

4. Obviously you're heavy into the geek toys - what geek toy would you like to invent?

5. You get the chance to speak face to face to a person in a position of power (queen, president, prime minister) and your face time allows you to make a statement of huge impact and would potentially change things. What would you say?

...gives me a rash. However... I'd like to thank the Dixie Chicks for some inspiration that I'm gonna need over the next few days....

Ain't no talkin' to this man

Ain't no pretty other side

Ain't no way to understand the stupid words of pride

It would take an acrobat

and I already tried all that

I'm gonna let him fly -mmm

Things can move at such a pace

The second hand just waved goodbye

You know the light has left his face

But you can't recall just where or why

So there was really nothing to it

I just went and cut right through it

I said I'm gonna let him fly

Oh yeah

There's no mercy in a live wire

No rest at all in freedom

Choices we are givin

It's no choice at all

The proof is in the fire

You touch before it moves away - yeah

But you must always know

How long to stay and when to go

And there ain't no talkin' to this man

He's been trying to tell me so

It took a while to understand

The beauty of just letting go

Cause it would take an acrobat

n'I already tried all that

I'm gonna let him fly - fly whoa

I'm gonna let him fly - fly

I'm gonna let him fly - fly

As promised, here are the questions from Mossy:

1. You're having the day from hell at work. You know it's almost time to go home, but Dr. Who shows up at your cube in the Tardis. Do you go off with him to kick some Dalek ass or say, "no, its okay...I was going home anyway"?

Sadly, I'd go kick some Dalek ass.. I thrive on deadlines and pressure. I prefer to kick ass than sit around and crochet that I do now.

2. What's the worst thing you have seen one person do to another? (Family situations not included)

The first time I read this question, this is the very thing that came to mind, and even on a re read, its still the same thing....
About 13 yrs ago, when I first moved to Calgary, I was living with psychowoman, Stefani - she and I were in Safeway grocery shopping and this woman had her small child in the cart front seat and the child was misbehaving. The woman turned back from the shelves and grabbed her child by the scruff of the neck, slapped her and then shoved her into the seat again. Apalled, I said loudly "Hit her again, she's not dead yet." Embarrassed, the woman walked away.

3. Tell me about a book that really affected you, and why?

A very recent read actually - Don't Sweat The Small Stuff, and It is all small stuff by Richard Carlson - Some amazing advice about coping and how to deal with stress and to make life possible.

4. What's the best thing about blogging?

A couple of things - first, I get to vent and if you don't want to hear it, move on.
Second, just like every other outlet on the internet, I have made some valuable friendships.

5. If someone asked your best friend what your most annoying trait or habit was, what would that be?

I smoke too much and I try to "fix" too much.

Now for T's questions...

1. Is there someone in your past that you wish you could talk to one more time, what would you say and who would it be?

There's a few people - my grandma - I'd just sit and talk with her... she was hospitalized when I was 12 and I never saw her again and she passed away when I was 23.
I'd also like a chat with Tim - despite the 'chats' he and I have had since he passed, just one more time..


2. If you could have wings for 24 hours or live for one thousand years. Which would you pick and why?

I'd take the wings - there's somewhere I need to be.

3. Would you save yourself or another person from death, understand that only one of you gets to live, who would you save?

We all know I'm self sacrificing - we all know I'd save the other person.

4. You have to give up your hearing or your sight. Which one do you give up and why?

I'd give up my hearing. I'm already partially deaf in my right ear, and I've spent my life dealing with my Granny who is profoundly deaf, it would be relatively easy for me to adjust.

5. If you could relive 24 hours what 24 hours would it be? It can be any day from your past or from the worlds past. Nothing would change but you and only you would carry the memories of the day. Would you be able to carry the burden?

Nope, so I won't even try to figure out if I would want to. If I was to relive something, I'd want to make sure that those that are in my life remember it all too.

And now my brain hurts - thats two out of three done - Dtrini is next...

Oh, and for my rant of the day... I'm considering finding a way to see if Vito wants to come take care of some things with me with the people at my financial institution. Seems that they have decided that my zero balance savings account is a great place to take some money and start paying someone else's bills with it - and put me into overdraft.... *grrrrrrrr*