social butterfly

this weekend was packed with two birthday parties in two different cities.

we went to kenji and shelley's new house for reiko's 5th birthday party (sorry we didn't make it to see you, jen! i promise we'll visit soon!). we admired the peaceful neighbourhood and beautiful house. we visited with the gracious hosts, kids and other family/friends briefly before jetting it back to toronto.

we made it back to the city in less than 2 hours, in time for birthday party #2. the birthday boy and his wife planned to stay at our place overnight, so they brought their dog, much to scout's chagrin. charlee, the 60+ pound portugese water dog was very excited to see scout again, but scout spent most of the time in the closet or under the bed, doing her best impression of a squirrel with a bushy tail.

in love...

i want this kitten:

(click on the picture to enlarge, i couldn't make it bigger)



isn't she pretty?! her name is tessa...sigh...if only kris would let me have another cat.

re: where the wild things are

ahhhh...this almost feels better than the first episode of the season.

superficial things first:

i almost forgot how good derek's hair is - especially after the previews of his new movie where it appears his hair is planning on invasion on his face...the follicles are currently stationed on the lower forehead and are aggressively planning an attack southward. but on grey's the troops are under control. most importantly, his goopy eyes were in full force and are so lovely. rose is a lucky girl. for now...

i was so happy to see meredith in therapy. are these the first steps to their eternal happiness?? if i were meredith though, i would probably have picked a therapist who didn't work at the hospital. i suppose it's out of convenience...but still. and why is her doctor's chin so wrinkly?

the parallel between derek/rose relationshop and tumour man/trashy waitress (thanks for the monikers, hayley) relationship made me wonder at first...is this derek and rose's fate? to get married about live happily ever after? but of course things aren't as they appear. the other foot did come down on trashy waitress' life and we aren't sure if she was a symptom of the tumour or not. i don't think she was but that doesn't mean that rose isn't a symptom of something wrong with derek right now. does that make sense? oh well, i know what i mean by that.

i don't like how callie was treating cristina...just because she made a new friend doesn't mean she has to treat cristina like a piece of dirt on the bottom of her shoe, especially because she's living with her! ugh.

who was paging meredith on her blingy beeper at the end? and yay for addison coming back! happiness all around...

for dana

happy earth day

starbucks let me down by raising their prices shortly after tim hortons' did. but now if you own a starbucks card and register it, then you are entitled to:

>free syrup and/or milk options (i'm not sure what the milk options entail but it sounds impressive)
>a free tall beverage when you buy whole beans
>best of all...free refills!

this makes me happy.

i've jumped back on my travel mug wagon - i fell off for a while there - so my coffee still ends up being the same price as before. AND the past few times, i've paid for a medium coffee and received a large in return since the barista has just filled up my travel mug. because today is earth day, i got a free coffee since i had my trusty travel cup. happiness!

so much emotion over coffee...sad, isn't it?

oops?

well. i feel like i should at least mention my regret in jinxing frank thomas. who knew that his "hot" april would only end up being a few games?

i suppose frankie just wants to do it his way - ha, get it? bon jovi reference? no? and apparently "his" way is sulking like a baby until he gets canned.

bye bye, frankie.

coyote miko, part ii

we saw the movie, "forgetting sarah marshall" earlier this weekend. it was fantastic and my crush on kristen bell (ie., veronica mars) has been aggressively rekindled. dana, if you're still tuning into my blog, go see it! now!

there was a part in the movie showing puppets...last night, i dreamt that these puppets were popping up beside my bed while sleeping, and i kept trying to smack them. oh, and in my dream i thought the puppets were ghosts. *insert eerie music here* in my dream, my plan was to yell at them to scare them away, but i was having problems making a sound. the next thing i remember, kris is nudging me awake telling me that i'm howling. again. sigh.

this time, he actually woke me up once, told me that i was howling, i told him that i knew and promptly went back to sleep to start howling again. how embarassing...again.

1-800-GOT-JUNK

i've been the recipient of junk mail and email. i've received unwanted phone calls about insurance policies, credit cards and free trips. i've had unwanted flyers promoting night clubs or hair replacement techniques left on my car. i've even received comments on my blog from strangers trying to sell something i'm not interested in (like in my previous post...i don't even speak portugese, why would i want to read a blog in said language??). well. i received my first junk text message the other day, from kinky0808. i am supposed to visit kinky's profile on some website for a good time.

what is the world coming to?!

ahh, that's better...

every bad day is equalized with a good day. after my day on tuesday, this was my day today:

i had to do an exam mail-out. this usually involves a lot of frustration, wasting of paper and cursing at the photocopier. i printed the address labels on the FIRST try perfectly! then when i was printing the letters, the printer jams so i end up manually feeding it, one page at a time. this wasn't necessary today. i got the letters done in an hour (the last time i had to do this, with half the number of letters, it took something like four hours). aaaand i escaped the adventure with only one papercut!

then the school manager came up to me and told me that he knows i'm stressed out and working too hard. i thought that would be followed up with "but could you do this, this and this for me?" but he actually just wanted to invite me to the pot luck lunch the administration staff was having. free lunch!

it's a good day. i wonder what tomorrow will bring? other than rain, that is...?

forgetful miko

today was one of those days. this is a summary:

i forgot my work keys. this resulted in me trekking across the street to retrieve a set of keys, back to my office to open the door, then back to the main location to give the spare set of keys back, then back across the street to start working. in case you couldn't tell, the department head office is not in the same building or the same side of the street as the main school location.

i forgot music for a rehearsal at home. so i had to drive home to get the music in the middle of the day, then back to work. i could have gotten my keys while i was home, but of course i didn't think about it until pretty much right now.

before i went to teach, i made sure i had all my belongings so i could lock my office and go straight to the rehearsal. i forgot my purse in my locked office. i had to walk across the street, get the spare set of keys again, get my purse and return the spare set of keys. again. i think i crossed the street about 10 times today.

and my rehearsal didn't go that well. and my jaw has started to hurt again. and my neck and shoulders are all tense, i suspect from being hunched over my computer for too long. at least i can take solace in beginning my sentences with the word "and," when we were told never to do that in grade school. it's strangely satisfying. take that, miss papple.

i am glad to be heading to sleep right now. of course, i'll watch tv in bed to see the outcome of the jays game. at least frank thomas is having a memorable start to his year, in a good way, that makes me feel a little better. and you can bet i'll remember my keys tomorrow.

rrroll up the rim to win!

today was the last try. if i didn't win, i was going to turn heel on tim hortons and never go back (until next year, maybe? i know, i concede so easily! but this is really the only form of gambling i do, other than sometimes driving on the 401). so i bought my coffee and WON a coffee! it's as if tim horton reads my blog. if he does, he should know that his chili isn't as good as wendy's which is weird since they are owned by the same company. that, and he should only make his sprinkle donuts with the round sprinkles and not the long ones. the round ones are so much crunchier and in general, more satisfying.

whatever it was, the win is bittersweet; this means that now i've gotten a "taste" of the winner's circle, i have to keep patronizing tim hortons until the rim season is over.