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Amusements

Posted by Caitlin Jane – 28/11/2009

I had a super day: I went to ROM all by myself which is a great way to see everything I want to see without worrying if everyone else is having fun. It was so nice, the Vanity Fair show was wonderful, I love portrait photography. Plus it brought me up to the 4th floor where the gallery of textiles and costumes is, and I love that. Sad, sort of. Our family membership expires on the 30th so this was my last chance to go.

Then I ate at Whole Foods, again, I love it there. I looked around at everything first, then I ate at their hot and cold prepared food bars. SO GOOD. My favourite salad in the world is there, the purple kale with raw beets in an orange vinaigrette (and if any clever people out there have this exact recipe, PLEASE pass it on to me), and I have it with extra beets. Raw beets ftw. And I had some scalloped potatoes and broccoli and quinoa salad and a corn salad. All for almost $10. I also love the bathroom at Whole Foods, not just for the awesome sign on the door and the magical hand dryer, but because they have a thing at the bottom of the door that lets you open it with your foot, rather than dirtying up your hands on the handlebar. Perfect.

Then I went on to a weird designer sale in the basement of a church that had shoes and clothes and stuff but I managed to resist. Then more shopping, gearing up to Xmas.

OH. Then I overheard an awesome conversation at the corner of Bay and Bloor, right outside the Gap store there. An old man begging for money with one of his pants legs rolled up and picking at the most revolting leg ever: purple and drippy, his sock was stained OMG SO GROSS.  A young woman had stopped and was lecturing him “you should cover that up, it’s NASTY!” and he says “well, I don’t got my medication for it” and she says “yeah, well, you should get a bandage or pull your pants down ’cause it’s so NASTY!!!” and I couldn’t help but laugh because she was right, it was about as nasty a leg as I have ever seen. Poor old fella. He looked like this old weirdo that used to shop at the Snail when I worked there.

Anyway, when flying with a 6 year old there are many ways to entertain them, here is just one of thousands: draw on magazines. I think this is a habit I picked up from my sister (who’s birthday it is tomorrow, Happy Birthday Megan!) when I was a kid. It amused the hell out of Ari on our way home from Costa Rica.

magazine art

Poor Jaycee and Elizabeth, we really went crazy on them. Not for any reason either, there just happened to be a lot of clear pictures of them. And you might notice that a couple of faces have been re-drawn to look like daddy. Hee hee!

Cottage cheese

Posted by Caitlin Jane – 26/10/2009

I took this on my way home from Dufferin Mall today.

like cottage cheese in the sky

I had to squat down to take my camera out of my backpack plus I had my headphones in and an apple clamped in my teeth so naturally this is the perfect time to be harassed by a security guard. Now I know everyone has at least ONE story about some piece of shit security guard over extending himself, but I was on the grass between the sidewalk and the parking lot, and I took 2 pictures OF THE SKY. It’s really no wonder he felt compelled to ask me if everything was ok and then to helpfully inform me that “photography on mall property isn’t allowed”. Just, ya know, fyi.

Thanks. I guess I missed the sign informing me? I actually laughed really loudly after he said that. Anyone that knows me irl knows I laugh…loud. Anyway, he walked off with a boner, presumably.

Men.

Oh, and did you know how hot this new Shakira video is? Not the song, not so much, but her, wow. Her body is…dang.

The Treachery of Baking

Posted by Caitlin Jane – 31/08/2009

An homage to  René Magritte.

Surreal baking.

This is actually a cupcake in the form of a cake. So maybe it is a cake?

Playing catch up

Posted by Caitlin Jane – 02/07/2009

It seems, in hot weather, I let a lot of things slide. Don’t worry, Treyci and Jana, I haven’t forgotten about you or your acorns. Largely, they’re done, I just need more caps-which seems to be a problem right now. There are lots of things I’ve been meaning to blog about and now’s as good a time as any. Right?

1 My Hair. People still want to know how it’s going, and it’s still great. No shampoo since December and it looks super. My hair regimen goes like this: Sunday morning, I brush my hair out and then hop into a shower, rinse, use conditioner (Suave is the cheapest no-cone one I can find) and rinse with cold water. Then I squeeze as much water out of it as I can and wrap it in a microfiber towel for half an hour to soak up whatever is left. Don’t worry, it’s still really wet after that. Then I use a squirt of Badur’s vegan leave-in conditioner (which I LOVE LOVE LOVE). And I scrunch my hair to encourage curliness and that’s it. Mid week, like, Thursday, I often rinse again, but don’t condition, and use the leave-in. My hair is getting crazy long, it’s almost to my waist when wet. I am kind of dying for a hair cut but I’m scared to see a stylist who’s all hung up on washing the shit out of it and wrecking my 6+ months of no ‘poo.

best stuff in the world!

2 Punk Medics. So, Badur generously gave me 2 big bottles of his new bath products line in the hopes that I would write a kind review. Well, it took me long enough, eh? It’s super great stuff, both the leave-in and the Body Wash.  Took me a bit to wrap my head around using products with no perfumes in them, but now I am a convert. The body wash is so nice, it’s soft and makes your skin feel super clean. And I will only use that leave-in from now on. And vegan? Yes please!

3 Ha ha. Yesterday we were stopped at a red light beside this red Viper that took off like a bat out of hell when the light turned green. Shannon was in the middle of saying how dollar for dollar that car is the best deal out there when a police car pulled him over. I guess the cop was hidden behind the big old truck. We all had a good laugh.

vroooooooooooooom

4 Sprinkle city. Ari and her good pal Cassie (“It’s short for Cassandra!”) love ice cream and they especially love ice cream that’s been encrusted with sprinkles. Shannon found this vat at the grocery store and I can’t wait to see Ari’s face when she sees it. Pure joy.

lots of sprinkles? It will last about 6 bowls of ice cream, if that.

5 And the rest. I found the goat milk yogurt I’ve been looking for since I was in Montreal. It’s by Liberty and it’s so intense, sour and delicious. I might turn it into cheese. I also found a pop that I like and that Shannon  does not like so I am guaranteed a glass of it when I want it. Our space is getting hot and I think it’s time to invest in a couple more tarps to cover the sun intensifying windows. We’ve loaned our main space to the girls next door who are aerial acrobats, they’ve hung a giant chandelier and have been doing their stuff….Any questions?

ps 2 more things-I made Shannon’s favourite summer salad (the chickpea, pasta, dill, lemon, feta one) and I am planning on making this pizza for dinner with a few substitutions…heck yesss!

Stupid captcha

Posted by Caitlin Jane – 17/06/2009

uh?

burgeons and…hand print?

Luckily I live with someone who has far superior brain power than me and now I know that I really only need to type one of the 2 words anyway and it should (and did) work. Then I learned how captchas work, and that was very interesting too and I vow not to complain about this type any more.

Non…fiction?

Posted by Caitlin Jane – 12/05/2009

I went to Indigo today to pick up Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator for bed time reading today and walked past this:

bible

I actually stopped, gazed into the distance and said “hm” aloud, then walked back while surreptitiously getting my camera out and turning off the flash. I mean, really? NON fiction? Call me a non-believer, really, go ahead, it’s ok, but I thought even the hardest of hardcore Christians were like, well, lots of the bible are just stories, parables as it were.

Let’s get this straight, for once and for all: I am Atheist. I was born and raised Atheist by Atheists. I’ve never believed in a higher power. Yes, I say ‘lord’ and ‘Jeez’ a lot, I know it, but I don’t really mean it.  I am trying to break that habit. And for the record, I don’t mind that most of my friends DO believe in god. Or gods, maybe. So I would hope that they don’t mind that I don’t.

Ok.

Yesterday was my birthday, indeed, and it was a good day all around.  I had an enormous lunch at Swiss Chalet with my boss and then supper with my family and a beautiful cake. I might be making a trip to Montreal to see my sister soon, that will be nice.

For the record: I am not pregnant. I repeat, I am not pregnant. I keep hearing rumours that I am, and I promise, I am not.

And ps, for Micheal, hope your surgery was a huge success and that we see you back home at Courtyard ASAP!

South Park

Posted by Caitlin Jane – 06/04/2009

I love South Park, I really do. And while I am not a regular viewer, I do occasionally try to catch up by watching episodes online. Tonight I watched a recent episode called “Eat, Pray, Queef”. It’s about women’s rights in an extremely abstract way, and I found it totally hilarious. Basically, this is the plot (with screen caps):

The boys of South Park are eagerly awaiting the new  Terrance and Phillip episode, (where they’ll find out who Phillip farted on to get out of prison). Instead they get Katie and Katherine Queef:

katie and katharine katie and katharine 2 katie and katharine 3

Unsurprisingly, the boys of South Park are disgusted by queefing. After a girl intentionally queefs on Butters (who runs home crying), the men and boys of South Park are spurred into going to the government to demand a ban on queefing. A still gravely traumatized Butters becomes their posterboy, we find out that while men naming their farts (the squeaker, the fog horn, the “don’t be scared”, the Chinese firecracker) is perfectly acceptable and normal, women naming their queefs (the sneezing unicorn, the resuscitator, the Road Warrior) is not. Queefing is banned in Colorado.

butters phillip banned

We also get to see Terrance and Phillip naked in between all of the excitement.

Anyway, Stan’s mom and sister are upset about the ruling, because it provesthat sexism still exists. The guys all realize their mistake and sing a song called “Queef Free” as an apology.

It’s funny. Trust me. South Park may have occasional misses, but for the most part, 13 seasons in and it’s still going strong, unlike the Simpsons (not funny for at least 5 years) or Family Guy (which was only funny for about 10 minutes).

God pwns!

Posted by Caitlin Jane – 28/03/2009

We saw this sign today on our way to the dollhouse store*:

ohmygodholyshit

Presumably it’s in response to these new bus ads (which I have not seen in real life, sadly). I’d think that using stronger words would be more powerful. Probably? Why not get to the point and say “THERE IS NO GOD.” Or, for the church, “THERE IS A GOD.” Ah, those atheists, god bless ‘em**.

I also finally finished a project that I’d started months ago, based on these designs:

ohmyacornholyshiat

Cute, huh? Walking in High Park yesterday reminded me to scrounge up acorn caps to hot glue on them. Now I have to figure out what to do with them. I’d love to have one on a necklace, so that’s probably what I will attempt. Gotta search out nylon cord that’s around here somewhere.

* Nope, didn’t buy anything but I looked at everything. My house is 3/4 scale so I have to order everything online. Or make it myself.

** Ha ha! Get it?

Eyes of Desire 2

Posted by Caitlin Jane – 13/02/2009

I had to do my laundry this morning, my gym clothes were getting pretty rank and I had run out of good underwear. There is a bookshelf in the laundry room that I like to peruse even though I have never found anything worth reading on it. Usually there are a bunch of foreign language books, a couple cookbooks from 1982 and lots of romance novels. Today was no different (apart from 2 beat up Stephen King paperbacks).

Shelf

I guess people use it as a dumping ground for their unwanted literature. Anyway, as I was looking, I noticed this:

sneaky

See? In the middle? It’s a dvd case that’s been filed backwards on the shelf. Intriguing. Of course I had to pull it out, and here it is:

pr0n

It actually took my brain a second to realize it was a porno. My brain actually said “naked bums, huh!” Then I flipped it over and the best part of the story:

disappointment

Aw! $40??? Sheesh. I didn’t look inside to see if the actual disc was still in there but it didn’t feel like it. And I laughed and laughed and hoped that it would still be there when I went back down to collect my clean, dry clothes.

Oh. Ok.

Posted by Caitlin Jane – 17/01/2009

I took this picture on the way home from Aerial Dance class today. The plate made me laugh mostly because of the vehicle it was attached to-a GMC Safari mini van. I am assuming it means “Knight Ryder” but if you are funny and dirty minded, it might mean something else.

Kitt