Monthly Archives: October 2008

first snow of the season

By Em | Published: Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Apparently the snow has arrived a month earlier than it did last year. It is currently breaking my rule of “no snow before Halloween,” and that is pissing me off a bit. However, it’s pretty and supposed to melt by Friday. I can deal with that. Kiki wasn’t impressed. She was only outside for about [...]
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Bits and Pieces

By Em | Published: Sunday, October 26, 2008
I’ve been busy, and will probably continue to be busy for the time being. I’m not sure how that will affect the blog. Hopefully not too badly. I’ll try to keep up. I changed the layout, as you can see. Orange was getting to me, and I thought this is a pretty nifty layout to [...]
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I’m here today and expected to stay, on and on and on…

By Em | Published: Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Today is the 5 year anniversary of Elliott Smith’s death. I try not to care about the deaths of people I don’t know, but Elliott’s always bugged me. For those who don’t know, it was likely a suicide, but it was never officially ruled as such. (Who the fuck stabs themself in the chest?! Twice. [...]
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Socks!

By Em | Published: Saturday, October 18, 2008
I started these socks in MAY. How embarrassing. Mind you, they’re not the only socks I’ve been working on since then, but still. I’m glad they’re done. I’ve got a bunch of non-sock projects to finish up, so I’ll probably be working on those other things for the next little while. As usual, my own [...]
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A little bit of home

By Em | Published: Friday, October 17, 2008
Andrzej took some video of my doggies while we were in Minden over Thanksgiving. The doggies live with my parents, so I don’t get to see them too often. The weird little camera didn’t record audio with the video, so it was completely necessary  to set it to Laibach’s Life is Life. I bought that [...]
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Things I like Thursday – Oscar Wilde

By Em | Published: Thursday, October 16, 2008
Because I like to celebrate the birthdays of dead people I love… Happy 154th Birthday Oscar Wilde! I want my grave to be covered in kisses too. Like Unlike
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Blog Action Day 2008 – Poverty and Voting

By Em | Published: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
So yesterday was the election here in Canada, and the Conservatives got in again. I could write a whole post about what that does for Canadians living in poverty, but I’ll leave that for someone else who can better articulate it. A lot of people seem to be blogging about their own experiences with poverty [...]
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Well…

By Em | Published: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
… at least it wasn’t a majority. Collectively, Canadians are stupid – but we aren’t that stupid, I guess. My riding went NDP again, so that’s slightly comforting. I think I’ll be sad to see Paul Dewar’s smiling face leaving our yards and roadsides. Aww. Like Unlike
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Butterflies at Carleton

By Em | Published: Monday, October 13, 2008
This year I finally managed to check out the butterfly show at Carleton University’s Nesbitt Biology Building. I’ve missed it the past two years. I actually went twice this year – once on Wednesday whilst killing time waiting for my bus, and then again tonight with Andrzej. They’ve got some gorgeous butterflies there, let me [...]
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Don’t be shy – there’s no need.

By Em | Published: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
It’s been pretty quiet lately. Just a lot of school work and getting ready to go home for thanksgiving this weekend. I bought an air filter thing, to help with the allergies. I’ve had it on since Saturday and I’m not noticing a huge difference, but it does smell better in here. I’ve just got [...]
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