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Even though I'm high risk, I'm not taking the H1N1 vaccine. That's my personal choice and hope it doesn't influence anyone. We all need to do our own research on this. Anyhow, if you've decided not to, precautions must obviously be taken. I've been looking for sources of titanium dioxide to protect skin that can't be covered and found out today that the body shop sells foundation that is 24 percent titanium dioxide. I don't expect absolute protection, but some is better than none. LOL! It took a pandemic to get me to finally wear make up!
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[19 Nov 2009|02:57pm] |
Yesterday the subway was shut down between Bloor and Eglinton. It made me realize that, while almost everything in my adult life has been a struggle, the fact that I haven't been pampered serves me well. I had a really important doctors appointment to go to, so I had no choice to try and get downtown and back. I got on at Lawrence station and just before Eglinton, the train stopped for 20 minutes or so. When we got to Eglinton station, there was an announcement saying that there would be shuttle buses that we could take in the bay to continue down Yonge street. I started to walk towards the bus bay but realized half way down the corridor that, a) I wasn't liking the thought of being smooshed so close in a tunnel during a flu pandemic and b) it was obvious that I would have to wait forever to get on a bus. I immediately went outside to see if I could catch the yonge 97 bus (the regular bus that goes up and down yonge street). There were already some people there, more than usual. I decided to walk up yonge a block to the next bus stop. There was no one there. I got on, got a seat and had a relatively nice bus ride down to college. It was slow going at first, but once there the bus was full to capacity and it stopped picking people up, just stopping occasionally to drop people off, all was good. I went to my doctors appointment and got a referral to see a specialist (still no clue what's going on), so I'm glad I didn't beg out of it. My doctors office is at College and Bay around a lot of office buildings so when I got out of it around 4:30 ish, there were loads of people on bay street already. I didn't even bother to go to yonge. Instead I walked the other way to avenue road as I know the avenue road bus goes into eglinton station (an easy walk home from there). I waited a long time for the avenue road bus, but I was nice and comfy warm. Working security in the past, I learned that there is always one "hotspot" on parking garage exhaust grates. Even if they don't heat the garage, they have to heat the elevator and mechanical rooms. I walked over the grates until I found the one with warm air coming through it. I left enough room for other people to stand too, but they just shivered on the sidewalk. The best part was when a city construction truck was stopped in front of us (traffic was insane too). The passenger smiled, turned to say something to the driver and then looked at me again smiling and nodding. Tee hee, why yes, I am the smart one :) I got on the bus and situated myself as close to the little nook behind the driver as I could get. I would have gone to the back, but there were already too many people. All in all, my outing took me about 4 hours and most of that was traffic. I didn't get stranded for hours because I didn't think like other people. I guess it's good for me that people just do what's easiest, usually what they're told.
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[11 Nov 2009|05:49am] |
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We have a law in Toronto that if you want a plastic bag, you have to pay 5 cents for one. It's illegal for a store to just give you a free bag. It's an environmental law and I guess, for the most part, I'm ok with it. Except for the fact that I keep forgetting to bring my reusable cloth bags when I go shopping! I'm too cheap to pay the 5 cents so I usually just stuff my pockets (I'm sure I would be a great shoplifter what with all the practice I get!) and carry stuff in my hands/ arms. The other day I went to pick up some stuff and forgot my bags. I bought a pound of lean beef at the organic butchers (no bag or tray or anything, just a big wad of meat in plastic wrap), 2 tins of cat food and a 2 litre bottle of pop. Tee hee, I got a few strange looks to say the least. I must have looked like I was just out luring my dinner to some people ;)
We have another law that states that labels, highway signs, etc. have to be in French as well as English across the country. You can't just have a carton that says "Eggs" on it, it has to say "Oeufs" as well, etc. etc. Anyhow, sometimes I see this adhered to on handwritten and "impromptu" signs and sometimes not. I found this sign in a Tim Hortons bathroom particularly hilarious because it has many of the languages that people actually speak in Toronto (not required by law) but no French on it at all.
(sorry about the poor quality, the lighting was not so good in the stall)
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[05 Nov 2009|03:20pm] |
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Species jump. KEEP YOUR PETS INSIDE!!!
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[20 Sep 2009|07:35pm] |
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What can I say, I think I'm on an infographic kick. I really like them!
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[17 Sep 2009|09:08am] |
There's a facebook extension that cross posts your unprotected livejournal entries to facebook now!!! It's in the "my account settings" area. Thank gawd! I hate using facebook but still want to stay in touch with my family and friends who don't use livejournal. Now I only have to post once XD XD
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[09 Jun 2009|08:26am] |
Lookie what I knitted!!
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[22 May 2009|08:22am] |
It's an advert, but it's a very good one.
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[15 May 2009|09:51pm] |
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Today I read the most urbane and obnoxiously dismissive article on the autism/vaccine correlation. It was also hilarious. Sure, it only got written because of celeb-breasty involvement, but it's nice to see that cracked.com is widening it's scope.
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[15 May 2009|07:34am] |
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I've been looking for a way to incorporate turmeric into my diet for a while now. Some research has shown that it can inhibit the growth of tumors. I dunno if thats true or not, and I havent any cancer that I know of, but i figure it cant do any harm to have some in my diet once a week or so as a preventative measure. Anyhow, junkfood addict I am, I think I've got a recipe that tastes good enough so that I'll actually eat it a lot. It's a bastardized version of my Mum's lamb curry recipe, but I changed it not to have the warm cumin taste (don't like it) and use chicken instead.
Here it be (makes 2 meals for hearty eaters):
-Put 1/4 cup homo milk, 1/4 cup water, a chicken bouillon cube, 2 teaspoons turmeric and 1 teaspoon brown sugar in a glass and mix it well so that the bouillon cube is dissolved. Put in the fridge until later.
- This goes over rice, so start making or heating some up while doing the steps following. I like the brown, but could be white too I guess.
-Microwave 2 breasts of chicken until white inside (however long that is for your microwave). Put in fridge until later.
-While microwaving, chop up 2 granny smith apples into cubes.
-Put 5 strips of bacon in a pan on high and cook until just barely crispy.
-While cooking the bacon, chop up half a white onion. Not diced, just slice into half circles and break up.
-When bacon is crispy, remove it from the pan and set on paper towel to cool.
-Pour the grease from the pan into a can (to throw out or compost), leaving about three tablespoons worth left in the pan (maybe more if not using a teflon pan?)
-Put the onions and apples into the pan and mix around so that they get coated by the grease.
-Crumble and then add the bacon to the pan. Mix everything around once once and occasionally to prevent burning. If the juice from the apples is not enough, a small amount of water can be added so stuff doesn't stick to the pan (which is always on high).
-Chop the chicken up into cubes the size of the apple cubes.
-When the onions start to shrivel up and look transparent (if not already), add the chicken.
-Stir the pan for about a minute to coat the chicken pieces with the grease.
-Get the glass from the fridge, pout it in the pan, and stir until the liquid is mostly evaporated so it just coats the chicken, apples, etc. without any excess.
-Place contents of the pan over (don't mix) some rice and serve.
Seriously..It tastes like fricken candy!
Nom Nom Nom!!
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[11 May 2009|03:42pm] |
More for the art of it than anything else....
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Yesterday I went to buy some beer,saw the signs in the cooler, and wondered why Americans had a holiday that celebrated Spanish mayonnaise. I quickly figured it out and asked David about cinco de mayo (sp?), but yeah, I can be pretty dumb sometimes.
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[01 May 2009|10:11am] |
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Don't mind me. I'm mia because I'm not on the gum, patch, anything. I'm having extreme difficulty dealing without any nicotine at all. My back problem and rash still arent gone, but havent gotten any worse. For the most part, I'm healthy and nothing has gone wrong; I'm just going through some awful withdrwals.
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[29 Apr 2009|06:01pm] |
Pandemic tracking by RSOE (the same people who do the disaster map):
http://www.idemc.org/
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[15 Apr 2009|03:18am] |
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It's my five year anniversary!!!
Yes, that's right. Five years ago, on this very day, I started this lj with a link to the subservient chicken.
Wow.
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[13 Apr 2009|11:39pm] |
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I have a horrid rash that I got a couple of days into the cruise. It's awful. It's only a rash though: I have no fever, headaches, tummyaches, etc.) It started on my tummy and then spread to my chest and upper arms. I don't know what it is. I've had it for 6 days now and it started on the ship. We first saw the ships doctor (who was an absolute asshole!!) who gave me steroid pills that made things worse. I stopped taking them after one dose as the chills,profuse sweating and feeling that I had taken a bump of coke didn't strike me as good. Yesterday we saw Nurse Liz at the cvs minute clinic who had no idea what it is either (I trust her more than any docter having seen how great awesome she is when she saw David for strep throat). She said that at this point (so long without any other symptoms) it's not measles or anything like that. Yaay! This rash, along with my back, is really draining my bodies resources though. I'm sleeping. A lot. Earlier today I pulled out the big guns: pharmaceutical grade tea tree oil. I put some on a test patch just in case this is an allergic reaction. If it's bacterial, fungal or viral....it'll be dead by tomorrow (everyone hope and pray please). I'd like to say that other than that our vacation was great, but Carnival just sucks rotten putrid ass in comparison to Royal Caribbean. Seriously, I could bitch and gripe for paragraphs, but I think it's suffice to say that the best time I had was in our cabin watching Eastenders with David. Seriously, it was that bad. Luckily, I did have a great time retreating in the cabin :) We also had fun while in the ports and I loved the British Virgin Islands ! They reminded me of Bermuda where I once lived for three months. Sigh, that was so long ago and I am sooo old. Well, as long as my age keeps catching me off guard, I expect I'm ok. Pics!
Lovely island scenery
No, I didn't touch the chicken.
I didn't touch the goat either.
Didn't go swimming in the ocean.
I did pet my puppy a whole lot ! :)
Hey look! My shirt matches the ship wall!! (yes that is an American grown gut)
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