while outside eating my lunch this afternoon, i happened to look up from my book and noticed a very obnoxious hot pink delivery truck. that's right - there's no two ways about it. it was a pink cube van. hot pink. and it was a holt renfrew truck! all i could think (besides, damn, where's my camera!) was, "it takes a man who is very confident in his own masculinity to drive around the streets of downtown toronto in a hot pink truck." holts seems to be making hot pink their signature colour. check out their website to see the colour their delivery vans and paper shopping bags are this season.
i happen to work close to holts and my gym is close to holts so i end up seeing a lot of the holts-ites in the area. it's funny really - i don't know what it is about obscene amounts of money that makes you just look like a holts person. perhaps is the impeccable (expensive) clothing, perhaps it's the precise haircuts and make-up - but i'm starting to think it's the footware that probably ends up costing approximately what i pay in rent each month. maybe it's all those things combined. maybe it's just the fact that money gives these style mavens a dose of confidence, may it be real or simply an illusion seems to not matter.
my hair stylist moved to montreal a year ago and i've been lucky enough have had my hair cut by her twice since she's left. once she came for a visit and fit me in and the second time was in march when i visited montreal. the other cut i've had in the past year was at the holt renfrew salon. i made a grave error and thought that since i wanted a bob, that a place like holts should be the perfect place to get a classic cut with a modern twist.
and wow... was i ever wrong...
i ended up looking like a soccer-mum. *shudder* it was such a non-edgy, boring, safe, staid cut. not at all what i was used to after more than a decade of having my hair cut at coupe bizzarre. i was used to walking out after my cut and feeling the confidence that the amazing haircut would give me. that for a day or two my hair was perfect and looked exactly the way i wanted it to look. needless to say, i did not go back to the holts hair butcher. my hair is getting a little long and a little unruly, but i'm thinking i'll hold off for a cut until i go to montreal in october! hopefully i don't cave before then. and if i do - i'm wondering if i should go to vidal sassoon. i know, it's probably a mistake waiting to happen - but that's the thing about hair - it grows back! it's just the times when you're waiting for it to grow that are murder....
[music | nlx, "code red"]
8.30.2007
8.29.2007
education
a few things i learned today :
my trainer is moving gyms in about 6 weeks. :-( so sad about that. i've loved working out with him. he's given me so much confidence in the gym. i'll make the most of my 17 remaining sessions!
i hate humidity. actually, i didn't learn that today. it was simply reinforced knowledge.
i'm developing allergies! ack! i went for a 3 hour walk (or so) in high park last night with michael and this morning i woke up with no voice, itchy itchy eyes and a scratchy throat. oh - and a puffy face. lovely. someone told me it's ragweed season. why am i developing allergies now!?! *sigh*
there may be pay raises coming at work. maybe, just maybe. i'm not holding my breath though. not-for-profits tend not to have crazy pay raises!
[music | david usher, "in this light"]
my trainer is moving gyms in about 6 weeks. :-( so sad about that. i've loved working out with him. he's given me so much confidence in the gym. i'll make the most of my 17 remaining sessions!
i hate humidity. actually, i didn't learn that today. it was simply reinforced knowledge.
i'm developing allergies! ack! i went for a 3 hour walk (or so) in high park last night with michael and this morning i woke up with no voice, itchy itchy eyes and a scratchy throat. oh - and a puffy face. lovely. someone told me it's ragweed season. why am i developing allergies now!?! *sigh*
there may be pay raises coming at work. maybe, just maybe. i'm not holding my breath though. not-for-profits tend not to have crazy pay raises!
[music | david usher, "in this light"]
8.26.2007
shudder, how embarassing....
to think, when i last wrote here i was watching a gawdawful music reality show. not just watching, gleefully and faithfully blogging on it.
well. what's happened over the past year?
work has gotten busy and then no so busy and is now crazed again.
it's my own fault - i have some work-addict tendencies that i must squash. especially because there are so many other things to do!
i've been to both paris and to tuscany since i last wrote here.
really. believe it. i can hardly! paris was october and july was tuscany/rome. i feel so fortunate to be able to have visited two of the worlds greatest cities in less than one year.
health and fitness for all!
i've realized i'm getting older and not younger and therefore have begun this business of taking better care of myself. better now than later. my mom had a health scare in the spring (right around my birthday, no less) and thankfully, it's not as bad as initially feared. it's still not great, but it's not immediately catastrophic. send some healthy thoughts to her - will you?
anyway - her health scare prompted me into action for my own health. i have a few issues i've been avoiding for a while and began to own up to them to myself. this prompted me to the gym. not only to reactivate my 3.5 year old membership, but to sign up with a personal trainer. that's right, since april 20th i've been working 3 hours a week with a trainer. i'm nearly at the end of my sessions (my visa will be reeling for months, if not years to come) - but so far it's been worth it. i'm leery about the whole scale/size/inches thing - but let's just say that i've noticed some major differences in not only how i appear, but more importantly, in how i feel. even better than that - i honestly feel like i've built a new foundation that will last the rest of my life. i'm all about the strength training now. i guess i should do more cardio, but a the moment i'm loving the feeling of being the only gurl in the free weights area with these testosterone guys. heehee. it's a trip.
i have started keeping fish.
and now have two tanks! it's a lovely hobby that's turned into a full fledged fishy-obsession. i even have a small tank in my bedroom and my fish are having babies! they are promptly eating their babies, but we'll work on saving the next batch. ;-)
what else is new. a few and sundry items.
i've decided i hate my downstairs neighbours (both sets of them). jerks, slobs and cheapskates. is it really so hard to take out the garbage on your scheduled week? and is it so hard to pay for the garage you're renting from me? and is it really so hard to collapse boxes for recycling and to not put random junk in with the bottles? seriously....
i've fallen under the evil-sway of facebook. it sucks up many many hours of otherwise productive time.
i'm tempted to move from sympatico to rogers. anyone out there have any advice? i find sympatico's customer service is either non-existent or that it resembles strapping on full body-armour in order to absorb the battle. but really, would rogers be any better? i have my doubts. but at this point i'm convinced that if i could burn the bridge to bell - that i'd be a much happier person.
i am looking forward to september and october when i will see david usher no less than 4 times, tori amos 2 times and regina spektor once. as shan said - 'rocktober is shaping up to be incredible'!
[music : sia, 'numb']
well. what's happened over the past year?
work has gotten busy and then no so busy and is now crazed again.
it's my own fault - i have some work-addict tendencies that i must squash. especially because there are so many other things to do!
i've been to both paris and to tuscany since i last wrote here.
really. believe it. i can hardly! paris was october and july was tuscany/rome. i feel so fortunate to be able to have visited two of the worlds greatest cities in less than one year.
health and fitness for all!
i've realized i'm getting older and not younger and therefore have begun this business of taking better care of myself. better now than later. my mom had a health scare in the spring (right around my birthday, no less) and thankfully, it's not as bad as initially feared. it's still not great, but it's not immediately catastrophic. send some healthy thoughts to her - will you?
anyway - her health scare prompted me into action for my own health. i have a few issues i've been avoiding for a while and began to own up to them to myself. this prompted me to the gym. not only to reactivate my 3.5 year old membership, but to sign up with a personal trainer. that's right, since april 20th i've been working 3 hours a week with a trainer. i'm nearly at the end of my sessions (my visa will be reeling for months, if not years to come) - but so far it's been worth it. i'm leery about the whole scale/size/inches thing - but let's just say that i've noticed some major differences in not only how i appear, but more importantly, in how i feel. even better than that - i honestly feel like i've built a new foundation that will last the rest of my life. i'm all about the strength training now. i guess i should do more cardio, but a the moment i'm loving the feeling of being the only gurl in the free weights area with these testosterone guys. heehee. it's a trip.
i have started keeping fish.
and now have two tanks! it's a lovely hobby that's turned into a full fledged fishy-obsession. i even have a small tank in my bedroom and my fish are having babies! they are promptly eating their babies, but we'll work on saving the next batch. ;-)
what else is new. a few and sundry items.
i've decided i hate my downstairs neighbours (both sets of them). jerks, slobs and cheapskates. is it really so hard to take out the garbage on your scheduled week? and is it so hard to pay for the garage you're renting from me? and is it really so hard to collapse boxes for recycling and to not put random junk in with the bottles? seriously....
i've fallen under the evil-sway of facebook. it sucks up many many hours of otherwise productive time.
i'm tempted to move from sympatico to rogers. anyone out there have any advice? i find sympatico's customer service is either non-existent or that it resembles strapping on full body-armour in order to absorb the battle. but really, would rogers be any better? i have my doubts. but at this point i'm convinced that if i could burn the bridge to bell - that i'd be a much happier person.
i am looking forward to september and october when i will see david usher no less than 4 times, tori amos 2 times and regina spektor once. as shan said - 'rocktober is shaping up to be incredible'!
[music : sia, 'numb']
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