Yesterday was the Oak Bay Tea Party (well, it is today too, but its gross and wet outside today, to I’m not really counting today). Amanda and some of her friends and I did the 3 km “Mad Hatter’s Fun Run” to start it off, then watched the Parade afterwards. The Parade Highlight would have to be the group of Star Wars characters (mostly storm troopers and jedi knights) who walked by in full uniform as members of the 501st Chapter of Star Wars Club (I didn’t know they had such a club). Unfortunately, I didn’t have my camera so I didn’t get pictures of them.
It was a gorgeous day yesterday, so after the run, I went out to the beach and fell asleep for an hour or two while reading my book. I was close enough to the fair that I could hear the music, but far enough away that it didn’t drive me crazy. Willows Beach has to be the best place in the world for a midway. Ahhh… the sand, the sun, the sound of waves on the ocean. Anyway, here’s some pictures before I get waxing too poetic.
Author Archives: Gillian
Babies
I had the weirdest dream last night. It was, that I can recall, my first ever pregnancy dream. Actually, I don’t remember actually being pregnant in the dream until I actually had the baby. It was a little weird. But the baby was a healthy girl, I think I even named her, but that’s besides the point. It probably stems from the fact that I know about 5 people who have had babies in the last month and I have spent time in the presence of other friends (who shall remain nameless…) as they pick out baby names for a few years in the future. Now what would Freud say about that subconscious?
CNTM
Live blogging CNTM
: OMG. There is a Canadian Jade!
: Hello Mr. Jay… and Hello Brentwood Bay! I have so been where they are going!
: Heather is the early front runner… and her prize is the same as it was for the first prize of ANTM.
: So they just had an ad for the website and I go to check it out and they already have who will be eliminated posted. Grrr.
: Hello BC legislature and the Empress! Trisha seems to be as hands on as Tyra was in the first couple seasons.
: Wow, they’ve just told Heather she has the most potential to be a top model. That’s a good way to set her up for bitchyness…
: I hope this isn’t going be another lame Canadian version of a good American show…
: And the one with the best photo goes home.
Chicks and CNTM
Two important and note-worthy things have happened lately. First, I finally got the new Dixie Chicks album which came out last week. I actually got it on Monday, and it has been on high rotation in the iPod and on my computer ever since. Can I just say it is excellent?!? I am thoroughly enjoying the whole thing, but especially the subtle (and not so subtle) political messages. The Chicks are definitely back with a vengeance.
Secondly, a Canadian spin-off of an American “reality” TV show begins tonight. One guess what it is… Clues: it was filmed entirely in Victoria, I have watched every season of the American one except the first, the title is in this title.
Updates as to the quality of this knock off will follow as things of import (or just things which are darn hilarious) occur
I know I had a birthday, but…
I’m not that old! But today, I was playing (hymns of course) at the 55+ group at our church. I’m not sure why they wanted me to come, but I went anyway. After a potluck (with the requisite church potluck items of chili, deviled eggs and cucumber sandwiches) we pulled out the hymn books. I felt like I was back in the Anglican church: “Our opening hymn this morning comes from the red hynm book, number 44…”
Happy Birthday to me!
For those of you who have not gotten the subtle hints of the last few days, it is my birthday today!! I am now the ripe old age of 24, or, according to my wonderful sister, I am 1 year away from being half way to 50. We had some people come over last night for cake and brownies and we watched a movie and stuff. I also got to catch up with friends I haven’t had time to really spend much time with lately (like since school ended). This morning we went to church and this afternoon the Korean church that meets at our church Sunday afternoon is puting on a fellowship dinner for all of us to go to! Kimchi is in my near future!
Who do you look like??
So I found this crazy weird site. Actually, my coworker found it and told me about it. But what you do is put your picture in and then it tells you what celebrities you look like. Me being the geek that I am, put a bunch of photos in. There were all sorts of interesting celebrities I apparently look like. Some more so than others I think. Some who appeared are ones I have actually been told I look like before (like Charlize Theron). Others I have never even heard of. I think that the celebrity depends on how my hair is and how big my smile is in the picture (and apparently wearing glasses in a picture automatically means you are matched with Elton John…it happened with a few people I was in pictures with as well as one where I had glasses). Anyway, so the ones who appeared more than once are: Anne Hathaway, Eva Longoria, Jessica Alba, Sofia Coppola, Evangeline Lilly, Eva Perron, Allyson Hannigan, Julia Roberts, Mariah Carey, and Jamie Lynn Spears. Yeah, I put about 5 different photos in, so there’s a bit of variety!
Diary of a Soccer Mom
I think that’s what I need to change my blog title to. Well, not “soccer” per ce, but piano, homework, math tutoring, sleep-overs… those are just a few of the things I’m doing lately… Its called my crash course on parenting teenagers. It is a weird balance to maintain – we’re friends, but I’m also boss woman at the moment. Oh, for those of you who are lost, I’m house sitting right now, and staying with a 16 year old girl from my church while her parents are out of town (for a month-ish). Fortunately she is very cool. So yeah, about balance… On top of all of that, I’ve worked full time this week – 5 days, 8 hour days. Its almost more work than school! At least with school I could have been home in the afternoons etc. But now, alas not at all. That will change next week though, when I go back to my customary 1 or 2 days a week work. Oh the joys of being temp and not needed to do much. I work just enough to make a bit of cash, but not enough to get annoyed about working too much.
I love parades!
Victoria has a sweet parade every Victoria Day… I had no idea until today. It was like 3 hours long and there are a zillion marching bands that come up from Washington and Oregon for it (as well as local stuff, like giant Thrifty’s shopping carts). Anyway, Amanda and I went down this morning to check it out. It was raining and so about half an hour in we decided to run across the street to the Starbucks in Chapters and grab a hot chocolate. While we were there, we noticed some empty seats along the 2nd floor window… so we sat down and watched the parade from inside with our drinks. The marching band sound was a little muted, but we could still hear it. I would have to say the best band was the Bob Marley one. I don’t know if that is what they were called, but they all wore hats with long dark dreads coming out of them and tie-dyed shirts – the Bob Marley Band. I couldn’t get a picture becuase my batteries died, but here are some of the hilights…
Ok, cannot upload pics right now for some reason. Check my flickr site for some pics. Will put some new ones on here when I can.
DaVinci
Interesting take on Dan Brown/stupid controversy arising from his book.
Also, here is the best quote about the quality of the book/movie yet:
“Ron Howard’s adaptation of Dan Brown’s best-selling primer on how not to write an English sentence … is one of the few screen versions of a book that may take longer to watch than to read.” — A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES
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