A blog full of memories
[unfinished post…I have to find my links] Fawn tagged me yesterday with a meme. I didn’t know what it was, so I looked it up. From the internet Wikipedia, a meme”…consists of any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that gets transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to …
That story of being a good woman reminded me of one time when I worked at Turin Networks. It was a Friday afternoon and I was visiting the Customer Service guys in their area and we were all sitting around talking (and probably having that end-of-the-week drink of somebody’s wine). A phone rang and the …
The other day, I was learning Adobe InDesign for a short project at work. I needed to figure out the pagination. (Being a tech writer…I checked the online help first. I believe if you can read, you can do anything. But that can be another topic for another blog entry another time.) So…I couldn’t find …
As you may have figured out, I don’t have much of a love life–but that doesn’t mean I’m not a romantic. I am–HUGEGLY SO–although I’ve never admitted it out loud before. I guess that’s what blogging is all about–living out loud. So there. My name is Jennifer and I am a romantic. I started this …
Is there a 12-step program that can help me? I was looking for a word today. I couldn’t remember the exact word, but I remembered that it started with logo and it meant something about being focussed on words. I thought I’d blogged about it. So I looked on my blog, but I was scanning. …
Ok. Ok. I say. I guess that’s it. You know the rule. I was referring to the time we were eating dinner in Chena Luna and he told me about his friend who’d broken up with the girlfriend sometime last year, but after a few months, they were back together again. Well–I told him then. …
I’m normally a pretty smart person. Really, I am. I just don’t have a whole lot of common sense sometimes. I have a hot tub in my back yard that I haven’t hooked up yet. During the winter here, there was an awful lot of rain, and the tub was filling up. I felt I …
From my Mum today: Hi All, Guess what we had in the driveway this morning? A big bull moose! Dad went out the back door to get a picture of it. When he saw Dad approaching , he turned and left and went up the road, cutting through the park just beyond our fence line. …
I had an interview last summer with a local company. I’d contracted for them in 2001 and 2002, but this interview was for a full-time position. I was a fit. I knew the engineering team. I knew the technology. I know technical writing. However, I also knew I wanted something more than being, “just a …
As they are passing the soap shop, I hear one guy say–with a heavy German accent: Soap. His colleague repeats: Ja. Soap. That’s it. That’s all I heard. Soap. Ja. Soap. Somehow I just find that randomly funny.
She swears by texting. She txts people all the time. It’s the best way she says, especially if you’re fighting with your boyfriend. It takes you all that time to compose that message on the keypad…then you can read it over before you send it…make sure it’s exactly what u wnt 2 say…then–only then–you send …
Conor looked at me in the kitchen the other day. Who are you? he asked. Who are you? He looked directly at me, expecting an answer. I was startled by such a direct question from a five-year-old. I was speechless. I had an existential moment. Who am I? I wondered. Really? Who am I? How …
My friend Humberto once told me I was “…all brains and heart”. I think about that often. It’s interesting when other people tell you their perception of you–because you can sort of stand back and ponder what they meant. I sense that when Humberto looks at me, he sees a huge, gooey, messy, pulsating, brain-heart. …
I was going to go to Tahoe with my friends KatieBird and Sean this weekend–except they went up on Friday night and I had too many things to do this weekend. My housemate Krista and Travis and my good friend Carol made a bit of a birthday dinner for me on Friday. I’d had a …
I haven’t been around lately. I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with and how to move forward with my life. I know I’ve been working on things though, so that makes me feel better. We just got TeamTriSol.com online. After a few false starts and some graphic constipation, we just decided to …
And while I’m here, I thought it would be funny to borrow Mr. Pineapple Head’s accoutrements back from Julie and re-incarnate him in the Yukon. After a trip to the grocery store (one of three in town)…I’d found only two pineapples with any potential. Stay tuned. I’m going to take him snowboarding.
I have much to tell about the past few days…it is always good to see family at Christmas. Highlights so far: My sister and her family arrived late last Friday night. They trimmed the tree and finished shopping and in general, and had a few days before Christmas to relax. My Dad (aka Santa) picked …
I haven’t been blogging. I have no excuse. I have been a bit busy though. I have a new housemate (or two). We have been getting acquainted. Krista and her son Conor moved in in October. I’m happy that they are here. Conor is five. And I find myself identifying with having a five-year-old in …
I wanted to make a friend a housewarming gift. She’s just renovated a large part of her house and it was time to have people over. I was trying to think of something that was consumable–yet humourous. I thought Mr. Pineapple Head was a good idea. Charlie came over on Friday night. We made this …
Even if it’s only a few of you…I can’t wait. The internet is pretty phenomenal , but it has yet to replace face-to-face, real human interaction. I really am in town for just under a week-much to my parent’s dismay. But–I really didn’t know what my schedule was going to be like. So, I opted …
Somebody recently wrote and told me he and an his familial entourage are taking a tour of Napa Valley. He forwarded me their itinerary and asked if I knew anything about the wineries on the list: Domaine Carneros Tour of Napa, boutique wineries Rubicon Estate Clos Pegase So, even though I know nothing about these …
Not much to report on this visit. We were on a budget and other than my friend Alan, we didn’t have transportation. We spent time at the zoo though–which was quite impressive. I think all the animals were tired of people and of being on display. Almost every animal had their backs towards us and …
I just went to a Tragically Hip concert in San Fran. They were playing at the Warfield on Wednesday night. I was wary before I left that I wouldn’t enjoy it and now, I just wish I’d listened to myself. For those who don’t know, The Hip are Canada’s largest rock band. You can attend …
