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I currently find myself in Boston on a fun-filled 5 day excursion. So far, I’m impressed by this quaint city’s homey feel and down home goodness. Observances at Day 2:
1. Trader Joe’s, Walgreens, and Filene’s Basement: Me likey the U.S stores
2. Running in Boston: This is a runner’s town, where you will be passed by joggers at any given time. I ran Boston Common today and enjoyed the gorgeousness of it all
3. Haavaad: Much more modest a campus than I thought, where’s the pomp? where’s the circumstance? Just a bunch of kids in crimson making their way to class, while sippin on their Dunkin’ Donuts iced coffees….
4. Lobsters: The last time I had to crack on open by hand was in Halifax back in naught 4. Much like I imagine childbirth to be, I had forgotten the trauma of having to go through that whole process, but I reminded myself last night. I’ll give myself another 4 years before the next Lobster experience.
Off to find some Chowdaah!
But there’s a super race of baby-faced breakdancing little people taking over the world. That’s the only way I can explain this:
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Well, today’s “The Way I See It #283″ is an enlightening tidbit o’wisdom:
“The most important thing in life is to stop saying “I wish” and start saying “I will”. Consider nothing impossible then treat possibilities as probabilities.”
Now, coming from David Copperfield (who I always thought looked like Bob Saget’s twin and perhaps a distant cousin of Howard Stern), that’s powerful stuff. Anyone who can rig the Statue of Liberty disappearing from sight has to be an expert in tapping into the human psyche.
This has supported me in my newest resolution for self-improvement. And let me preface by saying that the original idea for what I’m about to say emanated from a conversation at 1 am this morning with *here comes the shout out* MY WONDERFUL COUSIN MONICA SOOD. And I hereby declare:
I WILL give up celebrity gossip websites for 1 month (until May 15, 2008). And possibly forever. Possibly.
Why would I do such a thing when it’s arguably just a good clean socially acceptable guilty pleasure? Well, to begin I know way too much about the life of the lives of celebrity tarts whose claim to fame is their latest DUI. And because it subconsciously skews my concepts of living a good life (photoshopped thinness and vacuous dialogue about the tribulations affecting modern day celebrities). I’ve come to realize I live vicariously through these gossip rags, and the satisfaction I get about seeing what Madonna wore to the gym yesterday amounts to nothing (I STILL LOVE YOU MADONNA!!!). In fact it’s a large opportunity cost when I consider I could theoretically be learning about Quantum Physics, or the countries of Africa, or scrapbooking or…you get the idea. It’s a time sucker, and I’m going to devote that time to more productive endeavours, such as the aforementioned activities.
So can the girl who has met more celebrities than is possibly normal start this intellectual cleanse of the mind, typing fingers, and soul? Allow me to clean out my cache and bookmarks, and please, pray for Mojo.
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So a year back or so, I jumped on that lightning quick bandwagon that was “The Secret”. With production value reminiscent of a low budget commercial about feminine hygiene products, this movie talks about how each individual can manifest anything (ANYTHING!) they desire just by focusing your thoughts and energy towards getting it. Once the initial salivation stops, you can quickly realize that it’s a “Get Satisfied Quick” scheme that has some truth to it once you scrub off the unfortunate materialistic notions. In essence, we all are capable of applying the laws of attraction to get what we want, good or bad, which I think everyone can attest to. It was true for me meeting Tom Cruise (when he was everything good and wholesome to me) and when I went on my across the world trip in the fall. If you don’t let the doubt monsters get to you, indeed, you can achieve good things. Simple stuff.
I had this moment of realization last week when I was working at Much. I was carrying an armful of Beta tapes from the library through the all-window cat walk back to my desk and caught a quick glimpse of the CN tower and the people walking about. I had almost forgotten about it, but about a decade ago, I remember constantly wishing that I lived in Toronto (check), on my own (check), and worked at Much Music (check). While the adolescent desires of running into Oasis or Jimmy Ray have faded in their relevance, I was struck by the fact that it’s come true for me. There’s more to achieve of course, but it was amazing to feel my dreams actualizing. Simple stuff I guess.
And now I must include the music video for Jimmy Ray. As much as you’ve tried to forget, it’s still alive. (Call it my blatant rickrolling attempt:).
Well my time at the Yorkville Starbucks thus far has provided ample celebrity/familiar face spottings. Last week I was working the bar and preparing a delectable drink for a patron, when I looked up and realized who it was. A certain politician. Let’s call him B. Rae. No, that’s too obvious…how about Bob R. Before I realized I was speaking, I had already told him “Hey, you gave me my degree at WLU commencement!”. Indeed, he was (is?) the honourary Chancellor of my alma mater, and 4.5 years ago, I shook his hand as I proudly made my way across the stage to accept the tactile culmination of the past 4 years of blood, sweat, tears and partying. As I handed him back a grande latte, I couldn’t help but laugh out loud at the awkweirdness* of it all.
*thanks to Rina for inventing compound catch words
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I love St. Patrick’s day. A time to kick back, relax and play an insane game of “Would You Prefer?” with your inebriated friends.
So a joyous day to you and yours. Yi-ti-ti-ti-tiii!
I came across a quote from my 2008 Eddie Izzard obsession replacement:
“I don’t want to be a supermarket chain, I want to be Faberge.”
-Ricky Gervais
I’m a regular visitor to many great blogs including this one and the advice out there seems to be to micro-specialize in what you’re good at. The Jill of all trades is definitely the master of none in a world where people are looking for Ned, the leather boot repairman.
My tendency is to think putting all my proverbial eggs in one basket is risky. But I’m seeing through the smorgasbord of things I’m doing now, there’s a way to get ahead if I can just get really good at one thing, and that can be different depending on the situation. And it doesn’t have to be monumental, this can happen in any activity in life. I’m becoming very good interacting with customers on the register, although my cappuccino-making abilities may be suffering. But it’s okay because it’s the impression I’m making on customers that’s making an impression on my peers that creates a good word of mouth about me because I’m doing what I love to do (having random moments of goofing off with strangers). If you think back on how you got to do something you can’t believe you got to do (ie: star in a major motion picture with Drew Barrymore), the chain of events typically stem from you putting your best foot forward in each individual moment.
By golly, I think I may be on to something…
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Whether you are beloved, adoring, given tough love, admired from afar, waiting waiting waaaaaaiting, blissed out, feeling the pangs, confused, hopelessly devoted, regretful, enamoured, hopeful, content or heartbroken, a toast to thee on this holiday brought to you by those who revel in modern day commercialism and an obscure martyred saint.
I choo-choo-choose love.
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Just when I think that it’s a useless time-sucker, Facebook delivers! Embracing the serendipity in my universe, the stars have aligned to give me a ticket to the Spice Girls concert tonight. Amanda alerted her network of friends about the extra ticket she had burning a a hole in her pocket and in an overly-excited state, I sent her a message to say I would go. It’s been over 10 years the SG’s have been in my vernacular and I am thrilled to see them in the flesh tonight. Especially since they just announced they were cancelling the rest of their world tour after a final show in Toronto at the end of this month (what’s with all the Toronto lovin’ ladies?). Nothing breeds urgency like scarcity.
Concert Verdict to follow….
