I’m taking a break from laundry and trying to re-find the floor of my room to bring you this public service announcement. Actually, its not a public service announcement as much as a really interesting, thought provoking bit of writing in the cover of one of the cds I picked up on my travels. I like it.

The beauty of uncertainty is that it motivates us too seek certainty. We are compelled to replace doubt with conviction, to replace confusion with clarity, to be more fearful of old ideas instead of new ones. Nothing is more disparaged than the person who is lost, hesitant, and anxious. Yet the true path to fufillment comes from these conditions. Uncertainty becomes truly beautiful when connected with the certainty that there is a better life beyond the life that is known. The artist, scientist, entrepreneur, athlete, and traveler: all embrace uncertainty as their muse. What is going to happen next is more enticing than what is happening now. The thrill of anticipation, the mystery of the unknown, the open road, mistakes as portals of discovery, the inevitability of change, purpose from chaos, questions leading to answers, failure as the threshold of knowledge. All of these conditions inform the life of the adventurer, the human being who is engaged in becoming. The beauty of uncertainty is that it prepares us to embrace life in the face of death. Allows us the strength to deal with the freedom to choose. To willingly exchange the fear of uncertainty for the security of certainty is to admit defeat. To surrender to the fear of actually living your life. Nothing moves forward except by the craving to seek certainty from uncertainty.

oh dear.

Due to popular request… or just Nanc’s request, which is good enough for me:
(Disclaimer, I am not a Dr (OD)… I just happen to work for 4).

Nanc said:

Do dollar store sunglasses actually do any good? Do they actually protect you from UV rays?

I have a theory on sunglasses that unless you buy really expensive ones they don’t do any good. Because they let less light in so your pupil dilates more letting more UV rays in… so in effect you’re just wearing cancer causing machines on your face.

But I could be way off base… or you may already know the answer to this silly question and in which case perhaps this could become an advice column and you should change the name to “Ask Dr. Gilligan”

Well Nanc, most dollar store glasses do have UVA/UVB protection on them. If you don’t know, you can take your glasses into any optician and they should be able to check for you, especially if they have a newer lensometer (which is all we use. It takes about 30 seconds, not counting the time it takes you to walk over to the machine). However, “more expensive” lenses can be better because of what you said above (let more bad light in)… but only if they are polarized. It is amazing how many expensive glasses don’t actually have polarized lenses (for example, a lot of Oakley’s don’t)… I must say that I am absolutely loving my Maui Jim’s (which are polarized) and wouldn’t switch back to “regular” glasses for anything… unless I break my Maui’s and don’t work at an optometric clinic anymore, in which case I wouldn’t be able to afford my Maui’s.

Yay edmonton. Never thought I’d see the day when I was cheering for Edmonton. Still, it is a step up from cheering for Toronto(!!!).
Comment on the game: What the heck was Don Cherry thinking when he got dressed?
They’d better win tomorrow night… I won’t get to watch becuase it is the 2nd last volleyball game of the season.

I am officially bored. If it was 2 months ago, I would have said I was procrastinating. However, there is no school right now (I have the diploma to prove it!) and I have nothing I am avoiding other than getting up and going to bed. Therefore, we’ll go with bored.
I got this from Shareen. You’re all tagged for either this one or this one.

1. What curse word do you use the most? mmm, likely crap, if a form of excrement is a curse word. The runner up (for all but Australians) would likely be damn.
2. Do you own an iPod? Own and love.
3. Who on your MySpace “Top 8” do you talk to the most? I’m never on my MySpace. But lots of people sent me birthday greetings on it! (Thanks Kristen, and Amy Lou.)
4. What time is your alarm clock set for? I dislike alarm clocks passionately
5. What colour is your room? The room in which I currently abide is yellowish. Other than that, I have no room.
6. Flip-flops or sneakers? Flip Flops all the way. Although bare feet is better.
7. Would you rather take the picture or be in the picture? I don’t mind being in pictures, but I love taking them. Although the pictures I take usually don’t have people in them at all.
8. What’s the last movie you watched? I can’t remember. Probably Legally Blonde since everyone seems to want to watch that lately. Either that or Good Morning Vietnam.
9. Do any of your friends have children? Yep.
10. Has anyone ever called you lazy? Yep.
11. Do you ever take medication to help you fall asleep faster? Only once when I flew a zillion hours around the world.
12. What CD is currently in your CD player? My CDs are packed in a box in Vancouver and so is my CD player…. but my iTunes is on random play right now. A Michael Buble song just finished and John Mayer has come on.
13. Do you prefer regular or chocolate milk? I can’t drink milk.
14. Has anyone told you a secret this week? Yep.
15. Have you ever given someone a hickey? Nope.
16. Who was the last person to call you? *snif* no one calls me ever.
17. Do you think people talk about you behind your back? Yes and I think they are plotting to blow up the whole world too. You never can be too sure about some people.
18. Did you watch cartoons as a child? I was deprived.
19. How many siblings do you have? 1
20. Are you shy around the opposite sex? Sometimes
21. What movie do you know every line to? Pretty much every one I have watched more than 3 times, but especially The Castle (take that to the pool room).
22. Do you own any band t-shirts? Kutless, Sarah McLaughlin, Xavier Rudd
23. What is your favourite salad dressing? Mmmm, I just finished a delightful bottle of Honey Dijon mustard dressing.
24. Do you read for fun? Oh yes. I used to have to surrender my library card to mum so that I wouldn’t read books at the expense of school work.
25. Do you cry a lot? On occasion.
26. Who was the last person to text message you? If my sister wasn’t cheap, it would be her, but she’s cheap. Its probably Kellesi or someone like that ages ago.
27. Do you have a desktop computer or a laptop? Its on my lap right now.
28. Are you currently wanting any piercings or tattoos? Oh the curse of getting one piercing, you soon want another or a tattoo or something. I’m thinking about a tattoo, but undecided at the moment.
29. What is the weather like? Its dark out and I can’t see. But if you check out the chick on the side column, she’ll tell you.
30. Would you ever date someone covered in tattoos? I doubt it, but I’m not going to rule out anyone at this point.
31. When was the last time you slept on the floor? January, when I visited my sister.
32. How many hours of sleep do you need to function? More than I am getting
33. Are you in love or lust? None of the above.
34. Are your days full and fast-paced? Depends what day it is. Today was full. Tomorrow is going to be laaaaazzzzzzy!
35. Do you pay attention to calories on the back of packages? Never.
36. How old will you be turning on your next birthday? 25
37. Are you picky about spelling and grammar? Oooh, atrocious grammar kills me.
38. Have you ever been to Six Flags? Where/what is that?
39. Do you get along better with the same or opposite sex? I get along with people.
40. Do you like cottage cheese? I can’t eat that either.
41. Do you sleep on your side, tummy, or back? I sleep.
42. Have you ever bid for something on eBay? Yep. Won 1 lost 2.
43. Do you enjoy giving hugs? Yep.
44 What is your favourite TV show? ANTM/CNTM, CSI, Corner Gas, Gilmore Girls… I didn’t have to pick only one did I?
45. Which celebrity, dead or alive, would you want to have lunch with? I prefer not to eat with dead people and I can’t think of a live celebrity I’d like to eat with.
46. Last time you had butterflies in your stomach? Last time I was worship leading. It always makes me nervous, no matter how often I do it.
47. Favourite lyrics? Tough one. I really like Steve Bell, James Keelaghan, and Rich Mullins’ lyrics.

Bowing to peer pressure, I’ve created for myself a Livejournal account. It looks kinda crappy at the moment because I’m still figuring out how to format it, but I might post on there now and again too. This, however, is still my true home. If you’re on Livejournal and want to add me as a friend, I’m gillrh (real original, I know) and my site is in the links to the side or here.

Someone with too much time on their hands came up with this. How many band names can you identify in this picture? I’ve been told there are 75 – I’m still counting. (Let me know what names you find!!) If you want to enlarge it, click on the photo.

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?

I read an article in the Post today about how some guy put his team loyalty to the Toronto Maple Leafs up for sale on eBay (because the Leafs suck and he was tired of cheering for a loosing team…). I can’t find it on eBay, so if anyone has seen it, let me know because I want to read it!

UPDATE: Found it here