Daily Archives: November 20, 2006

vancouverites celebrate fun aspects of the boil-water advisory.

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I found these people in a pot on my stove this morning! Good times, good times.

And for you, The Top Ten Things That Are Good About The Turbidity Crisis in Vancouver:

  1. Need an excuse to stay home from school, kiddies? DRINK UP.
  2. Sneaky non-flushers can escape discovery 50% of the time.
  3. Want to get “dirty in the shower, baby”? Easy. Turn on the tap.
  4. OCD sufferers not ostracized for a week because EVERYONE is dabbing at themselves with bottled water.
  5. Add a slice of lemon — and it could pass for iced tea. White Spot credited with this discovery.
  6. Constantly boiling water adds humidity to homes, thus saving residents from their usual parched-air suffering. NOT.
  7. A fun addition to those at-home versions of Fear Factor
  8. Non-coffee drinkers enjoyed spectacle of caffeine addicts denied Starbucks nourishment for 24 FULL HOURS.
  9. Hot tubbing? NOW A NECESSITY.
  10. You don’t have to shell out for a cruise to get the Norwalk Virus anymore!

It’s Post #400!

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Yes indeed — the 400th post since the official launch of this blog on June 8th, 2006.

(Actually, there have been closer to 600, but I’m a bit delete-happy.)

The traffic has increased about 500% since the first day we kicked this thing into gear, and I’ve had a lot of fun getting to know brand new readers — all the while discovering new blogs through your comments.

And I’ve reconnected with old friends, too (thanks, Google!)

Thank you for being here — I can’t tell you how much it means to me as a writer to have all these relationships and all this feedback, and this incredible outlet to share my heart and my weirdness.

I’m still confused at times by how honest and open to be at this site — not in terms of maintaining lies in my life, but in terms of knowing how much of me anyone wants to know at this level. I’ve always had my shyness and my boldness fairly strongly in balance… but here?

I’m not always sure.

I never want to hurt my family or my friends with my words — or, you know, scare off eligible menfolks — by letting too much of the crazy fly.

But quite frankly, I’m not crazy.

I’m not falling apart, I’m putting things back together.

I’m looking for good things out of life, after getting too used to living halfway.

And this blog is a big part of that plan.

I come here to be real, I come here to write, and I come here to get to know all of you. And that’s pretty amazing.
Whatever else happens is cake.

Specifically, this cake:

Dig in, honeybees.

don’t you wish your girlfriend was emotionally distant like me?

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Hey.

Good morning.

It’s actually sunnyish in Vancouver today, though that’s supposed to change this afternoon.

For what it’s worth, I ADORED arriving at work without wet pants for once.

I’m definitely a sunbaby. I love the cold, but I like it clear, too! Woo, clear!

Bring on the Aspen-esque weather, really.

I’d be delirious.

I’m feeling a bit under the weather this morning — migraine, etc. — so I’m probably not appreciating the brief blip of dry weather as much as I should. I don’t think I slept much this weekend, and I’m left with an odd cotton-headed feeling that’s nearly impossible to shake. And a squidgy face. And coffee made from the DEATH WATER. Meh.

All in all? Grouchpants.

So.

Here are some random questions for you, based on things I’m trying to figure out in my life. If you answer them, I will cheer up!

Emotional blackmail!

Yay!

No, no… I’m honestly curious to see what you think about all of this stuff, clever internets. So share your wisdom with Miss CloudBrain ™ and make the world a better place to live (in proximity to me.)

  • If you’re in a good relationship now — or had a good one at some point that ended for an obscure reason unrelated to your happiness (I wouldn’t even know how that would work, but people seem to do it all the time) — how did you get to the point of trusting the person you’re with? How did you stop comparing them to everything else that came before in your life?
  • Do you think there is a recipe for romantic happiness? Do you think you can line people up according to like qualities, and connection will ensue?
  • How important are looks in romantic chemistry?
  • If you know you need to change something about your life, do you start slowly, or make a big production of the changes in order to spur yourself onward?
  • Do you have a cure for insomnia that isn’t melatonin or calms forte or valerian root or warm milk? And I really don’t want to take sleeping pills. Really, really not.

There. That’s it. Show me the love?

Pleeeeease?