Didn’t get a new spring coat. Did pick up a new pair of pants. (Very comfortable! For only $15!) Did make it to the book sale in Dunnville. Had to go through a snow storm. Lucky enough not to end up in a ditch or to get lost. Picked up 62 books. Didn’t make it…… Continue reading Long Story Short

I haven’t posted any journal entry here for ages so I thought I’d post one today because I feel like boring you to death. I know talking about last weekend when another weekend is only a day away is kind of lame, but whatever. Last weekend was a long weekend due to the Good Friday,…… Continue reading It’s My Life

Last Saturday was, in theory, the last day of Winter. I was blindfolded and forced by the boy to pick a spot on the map of Southwestern Ontario to determine where we were going that day and my finger fell on the Forks of the Credit Provincial Park. (It didn’t really happen that way but…… Continue reading Last Day of Winter

Troy and I have been coming up with lines to use on us in the scenes from the next episode of the Amazing Race if we were one of the teams participating in it. – Troy and Firda get lost. “Where are we?” “Um, somewhere in the Amazon?” – Troy and Firda can’t remember where…… Continue reading If We Were in the Amazing Race…

Every year (or at least since the Bloggies™ started being awarded during the SxSW), before the results of the Bloggies™ were out, I always got an email from Nikolai, asking me whom I’d like to receive the award for me if I won and what I’d like the award recipient to say on my behalf.…… Continue reading And The Winner Is… Not Me!

I was just wondering, how many of you are down with something (cold/flu) right now? I know for a fact that the boy is one. He’s been sick since last weekend. It’s mostly a coughing cold and for the last couple of days, he’s been sounding like Barry White when he talks. I already had…… Continue reading Cold/Flu Season?

You know, I really wish my life was as simple as it was 15 odd years ago. All I did was go to university and back home, five days a week and just lazying around on weekends. Nothing to worry about. I should’ve been worrying about grades, but I wasn’t. I never did have to…… Continue reading Blahness Post

A couple of nights ago, a bunch of us went to see Sarah Slean live at the Starlight Club here in Waterloo. I only knew a couple of songs by Sarah Slean — not by heart — and the prospect of being in a room full of people going crazy over seeing their favourite artist…… Continue reading Sarah Slean Live at Starlight

(The Piano Player, originally uploaded by firda.) This is my entry for this week’s Illustration Friday: Jazz (click to enlarge). I’ve never been good at drawing living creatures, or anything for that matter, and that’s my excuse for the piano player not looking very proportional. I just hope that he looks jazzy enough. And man,…… Continue reading The Piano Player

(Close-Up III, originally uploaded by firda.) I finally got around to making my very first snow, um, creature, with a little (a lot of?) help from the boy, in the frontyard of the boy’s parents place last Saturday. We weren’t planning on making a snow T-Rex, but once we put the head up, it just…… Continue reading Snow T-Rex