More favourite things

#3 - Unexpected phone calls with friends you haven't seen in a while
Didn't realize how good this felt until I got to chat with my friend Jess last night... very warm and fuzzy

#4 - "Don't stop til you get enough" by MJ
This song gets me every time - I want to boogie and dance and not stop til I get enough.

#5 - Traveling in Europe
I am rarely as happy as I am when I can go on vacation in Europe - for the only time in my life I have felt free and relaxed and confident in myself on my past 2 trips alone there. And ironically it's the only time in my life where I have no plans, minimal clothing and make-up and no friends/family to help me if something were to go wrong, and you know what? It feels amazing.

My non-favourite things

So at the same time that I think about things that make me warm and fuzzy, the things that make me cringe come up too.
This list is a collection of pet peeves or just general items/occurences that make me feel yucky... and I've experienced 2 of of them today already (ew).

#1 - People kissing their muscles
Specifically arm muscles - you know when guys flex and show off and then kiss their biceps? Drives me up the wall. In a major way.

#2 - People shushing
I know the temptation is there, believe me - I often want to shush people who are talking in meetings, during inappropriate times, etc. But please! Don't do it! It reminds me a bitter old librarian, and it's so patronizing I want to slap the person back for treating me like a kid. Argh!

#3 - Someone telling me my bad mood is as a result of something else other behaviour, or worse, that's it because I have PMS.
I don't know how much into detail I should go here, but if I'm upset and I say it's you, it's you.

#4 - Disloyalty
This is a tough one - I can't be too harsh because I may dabble in little discussion with one friend about my situation with another, but I know that when it comes down to it, I have all my friends' backs no matter what.

Can we say childhood trauma?

"Busy travelers forget toddler at airport, fly on"

Ok, I'm trying not to be judgmental here, but forget your 2 year old?? I can't say for sure, but when I am a parent I will be on constant vigilance with my child, let alone leave them out of my sight somewhere like an airport.

Oh god, I just jinxed myself didn't I? I am going to be one of those parents that forgets their kid, "Home Alone" styles.

"Charlie bit my finger"

That really hurt... and it's still hurting

Just the most precious video since that baby laughing... watch Charlie's michievious face

Sweet picture

Shot of a volcano in Chile, taken from 30 miles away... damn!

These are a few of my favourite things

I have a few material things that make me very happy. I don't know why, but everytime I see them I get such a warm and comfy feeling. I figure why not blog about these things when I come in contact with them, so when I'm old and senile I can just surround myself with these items in a room and live in content.

P.S. Please no judgment, some of these are painfully obvious, some are very simple and some are just silly.

Numero Uno:

Yes, I know - everyone loves it. Except Blackberry lovers (and with the new Bold, I am emotionally cheating on my iPhone a bit). But I am attached to this gorgeous piece of technology in ways I never thought I would be... plus the fact that it's a gift from my g.b.f. makes it my new baby that I carry EVERYWHERE.

Numero deux:

An odd one, but I love the simplicity and ease of use of these pens. Back in high school, when we still took notes by hand (I know, how ancient), I would use this pen (medium thickness), the identical red and black ones, and use them for everything. I need at least a box of these in my desk at work and at home at all times. And at least 1 in each of my purses. It's crazy but it's true.

Honourable mention goes to Techniclick 0.5 pencils - I love those damn things. But I can't add them on their own cause I would look even nerdier than I do already.

Theory # 82 on Men and Women

So.... I do a lot of talking and analyzing about men and women - I feel like a walking SATC episode sometimes, with the amount that we talk about, except we're never wrapped up nicely into little themes - most of the times it's just extremely messy and I always end up realizing that the girl in question (me) overreacting and the bf in question (Dub) has no idea what's going on.




Soooo.... my theory is actually based on some fact: there are more good-looking women than good-looking guys. You can go into why this so, that maybe girls just spend more time beautifying themselves, because guys base their attraction on looks while girls base their attraction on sense of humour.

However, this guy must be damn funny:

I may be biased cause I think Natalie Portman is beautiful, but c'mon!

"Cool stuff"

I was perusing articles throughout as I usually do, and came across this website listed as a creative and fun new venture. I think the company is based out of London, and the concept is really simple: let people design their own business cards, using their own picture, and make them small and cute and charge not so much for them.

Moo Inc. (www.moo.com) is the exact company that does this: you can upload your fave pics, crop them for the size of the card, and get an order of 100 cards that could possibly each have their own unique picture.

Business cards are an old idea, but this picture idea can put a whole new spin on it - making them personal, and using this for invites/thank you cards, or creating a rating system so that when you give a guy your number, you can give him a card with a specific number on it...

I've already created my account, I just have to figure out who I'm going to be giving these cards too exactly :)