Oct
06
2007

I Feel Like A Different Person

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Remember that straight hair weave I bought a couple of months back, when I was struggling to decide whether or not to put it in or go with my usual curly style? Well I’ve gone ahead and done it. It feels so weird having super-straight hair. I haven’t permed my hair since high school, so I’m not used to the straightness of it.

When I looked in the mirror for the first time after my sister (the hairdresser) sewed the tracks into my cornrowed hair, I didn’t like it. It just didn’t seem to fit my face. But I felt bad since she just spend the last 2 hours putting it in. This morning I tried wearing it a couple of different ways (with a preference for the updo) and I think I’ll get used to it… at least for the next 3 or 4 weeks until I make my next hair change. :) I’d post a photo, but I’m too lazy to erase my full memory card, pose, and upload. :D

Oct
02
2007

My Hand Sanitizer Got The Ink Stains Out From My Purse

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One Step Hand SanitizerHad a meeting tonight and I got home and reached into my hand bag to check to see which phone calls I missed while I was busy. Why is it that my hand emerged from my bag covered in goo?! Okay, it wasn’t goo, it was the travel-sized One Step Hand Sanitizer that I carry with me (you can never be too careful).

Some how the lid came unscrewed and spilt almost its entire contents into the bottom of my Apple Bottom hand bag. At first I was upset, but luckily my cell phone (which has a case) was inside an interior pocket and all that got “gooed up” was some loose change, a pen, a couple of old receipts and the side of my wallet.

Now, I had some ink stains in the bottom of my purse from when an uncapped pen was floating around in there, and I had always wondered what the best way of getting those stains removed. Hand sanitizer! As I started wiping off the excess alcohol-based hand sanitizer from the inside of my purse I noticed that the ink stains were disappearing. With a little friction of the paper towel the stains were gone!

I just rinsed out the lining of my purse. Now it smells minty fresh. :)

Sep
29
2007

ScotiaBank Nuit Blanche Toronto

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ScotiaBank Nuit BlancheFor one sleepless night, experience Toronto transformed by artists. Discover art in galleries, museums and unexpected places. From alleyways and demolition sites to churches and squash courts, explore more than 195 destinations. One night only. All night long.

From sunset at 7:03 pm on Saturday, September 29, to sunrise at 7:14 am on Sunday, September 30, 2007, Toronto will be bustling with activity as thousands experience a full night of contemporary art and performance in three zones across the city.

After a stunning and triumphant launch in September 2006, the widespread appeal for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche to return in 2007 was overwhelming. On May 10, 2007, Toronto Mayor David Miller officially announced that Scotiabank Nuit Blanche had become an annual signature event for the City of Toronto, and he invited everyone to rediscover Toronto through this free, all-night celebration of contemporary art.

Visit the official ScotiaBank Nuit Blache site for details. Don’t forget to read their Survival Guide before heading out tonight.

Sep
27
2007

Ugly Betty Season 2 Premiere

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*spoiler warning*

Dammit… just as I was about to give the writers of Ugly Betty kudos for such a good season premiere, they had to ruin it with the revelation of a dream sequence!

If you remember from last season’s finale, Santos (Hilda’s fiancé) was a victim in a convenience store robbery. That show ended with Betty informing Hilda of the news at her son’s school play, and her breaking down in her arms.

Now that left us thinking is he dead?, is he just injured? Why is Justin talking about missing his grandpa who’s in Mexico when his father just supposedly died?!

The anticipation was finally over when I saw Santos waking out of Hilda’s bathroom with bandages around his supposed gunshot wound. Tonight’s episode went on with the happy couple savoring their time together, even though Hilda was very anxious about Santos being out of her sight (lest he get shot again).

Then in the last 5 minutes of the show a nice, bright bedroom with Santos saying his vows to Hilda in her wedding dress was ruined by a cut of Hilda in her darkened bedroom with tears in her eyes. She finally admit to Betty that Santos was gone.

It’s not good to tease an audience like that. I have enough dream sequences with all the soap operas I watch. I didn’t need to see it on one of my favourite prime time shows!

They could’ve kept Santos (played by Kevin Alejandro, who coincidentally had a reoccurring role on one of my favourite soap operas, The Young and the Restless) on the show. It would have been realistic if he survived the gun shot wound, dammit!

On to the other characters. Alexis woke up out of her coma… but she doesn’t realize that she became a she from a he (did you get that?).  Daniel kicked his pill habit, and Betty buried her last reminders of Henry.  Amanda and Marc search for the truth regarding her paternity (the scene with her parents is hilarious!).  And Claire and Wilhelmina clash.

There was a low shot of a man’s feet as he stepped of a bus at the end of the episode.  I thought it was Santos (hey… it could happen!  He could’ve said “F&*% NY!  I’m moving to Woodbridge“, and left the show that way after he got injured from gunshot wounds).  But it was Henry coming back to town.  I’m looking forward to seeing his relationship with Betty grow after the fact that his girlfriend may or may not be pregnant with his baby.

So aside from the little Santos trickery the show did, the season premiere was pretty decent.

Here’s a clip from Las Pasiones de Betty:

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Sep
26
2007

Basketball: Week 2

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It’s a good thing my friend is persistant.  I almost didn’t play in tonight’s game because I had a bunch of freelance work to do.  But I managed to get my lethargic-self out of my apartment and head down to the game after work.

We reached the gym to find only 3 members of our team playing against 4 on the other, and down on the scoresheet.  We were about 10 minutes late.  But instead of forfeiting, they decided to play on the chance that more of our team members would show up.  We did, and we ended up winning by 7 points (at least I think that’s what it was)!

I’m proud of myself, although I think I played a little better shot-wise last week (I was playing well offensively tonight though ;) ).  I made a sweek shot from beyond the free throw line when I relized I had an open shot. :)   And my body is nicer to me: I didn’t feel those funny palpitations coming from my chest cavity tonight and I took less water-breaks!

So now we’re up 2-0 in the standings.  Hopefully we can stay on top of the pack.

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