lera-92-07 diary

petak, 31.07.2009.

I have a shower to go to

I have a shower to go to. Hopefully my relatives won't be too annoying. I'm getting some other stuff done today... I'm trying not to spend too much time on the internet so I can get other stuff done... with debateable success so far, but hey, it's early still.

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srijeda, 29.07.2009.

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http://www.aggressiveart.org/aof_files/interviews/aof_interview_extra1.htmHeh Green himself doesn't like Provision. Provision is probably one of my fave Scritti albums. He says it's too sterile, then something about what I always suspected, how it's MIDIed pretty much to the hilt. But that's what I always liked about it.MIDI meant that, you know, you could have two sixteenth notes here played by something that sounded very different from the next two sixteenth notes and you could have little - The whole thing was like a pointillist painting, you know, to use another bad painting analogy. But if the subject of your painting, if your...or you're IN, whatever, if your root is not...You know, I think 'Provision' may have had...You know, it was expensively articulated but it had nothing to say. And that was partly by design, but partly by lack of - It should have had nothing to say in a more beautiful way.but then I like soulless precise music like Uzeb and so forth so that's hardly surprising.I've finally given Anomie & Bonhomie a good listen, and i like the first 5-6 songs on it, and I like the tracks with Mos Def and his friends. One I'm going to try to learn for open mic nights... we shall see but it is sugary ear candy which is kind of what I like.LOL Green said he got back into playing the guitar that he had abandoned as the "fetishized object of rock'n'roll" (which is actually an EXCELLENT way of describing how I cringe from hearing Nickelback, or anyone going on about how music ended with the Beatles) from hearing music that was in skateboarding videos. LOL how random is that?

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utorak, 28.07.2009.

dogs eating pot

http://www.vancourier.com/issues05/114105/news/114105nn7.htmlPet OD's on rise By Sandra Thomas Staff writer If your dog starts drooling, has wobbly legs and tries to eat your cheese doodles, check your pot stash, says a spokesperson for the only poison control hotline in North America dedicated to animals. Dana Farbman, a veterinary technician with the American SPCA's Animal Poison Control Centre, which takes calls from across Canada and the U.S., said pet overdoses of marijuana and other drugs are on the rise. "In the past 12 months we've had 130 cases of marijuana overdoses," said Farbman. "With the bulk coming from California." She said a cat or dog ingesting marijuana suffers similar side effects to those experienced by stoned humans, including muscle weakness, wobbly legs, depression, a drop in blood pressure, head bobbing, vocalization and possible vomiting. Farbman noted that herbicides and pesticides are also a concern if the animal has been eating live plants from a marijuana grow operation. While pot overdoses in pets are seldom fatal, alcohol, cocaine or methamphetamines, which speed up the brain, are dangerous. An animal on cocaine or meth will become overexcited and can suffer cardiac or respiratory arrest and possibly death. An overdose of alcohol can put an animal into a coma. "Alcohol overdoses are a common holiday hazard," said Farbman. "People leave their drinks unattended and animals will drink them. It affects their central nervous system and they become intoxicated." The most common method by which dogs or cats overdose is by ripping into baggies full of drugs, said Farbman. Dogs, including the occasional police dog, are the animals most commonly exposed. The effects occur 30 to 90 minutes after ingestion and can last up to 72 hours. In most cases, callers are encouraged to seek the help of a veterinarian. Because the hotline is anonymous, owners tell the truth when asking for help for their pet. But honesty is not always the situation in Vancouver, said a veterinarian with the Vancouver Animal Emergency Clinic Fourth Avenue and Fir Street. "They're not going to tell you if their pet has been eating pot leaves because that would mean they have a grow-op," said Emmeline Tan. "They deal with us face to face so we rarely get the full story." Tan can usually determine if an animal is affected because the symptoms are easy to spot. If Tan suspects a dog or cat has ingested pot or a drug like Valium and it's too late to induce vomiting, she will administer activated charcoal. The charcoal absorbs the remainder of the drug before it is absorbed into the blood stream. On one occasion a staid, middle-aged couple came to the clinic with a stoned dog. The couple refused to admit the dog had ingested marijuana, said Tan. "Then I asked if they had a teenager. They stopped and asked if they could use the phone and they went into the other room," she said. "Then all I could hear was screaming. I think that kid was grounded for the rest of his life." The animal poison control hot line number is 1-888-426-4435. published on 11/20/2005

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ponedjeljak, 27.07.2009.

I'm back

I'm back... but I'm tired and a real post with some pictues will have to wait till later.Some highlights:-the road my parents live on is 2 km long, 2 km of people who are ALL related to me, all but 2 houses anyhow-can see the ocean from the backyard

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nedjelja, 26.07.2009.

I'm in Newfoundland

I'm in Newfoundland, on the avalon peninsula, in the Land of the Unnanounced Visit. I'm listening to CBC Radio One, either the Hali feed on Expressvu, or scratch AM radio form St. John's. It's unbelievably beautiful here. I'm related to almost everyone on the road I'm staying at. There is no gas station in this settlement. I picked blueberries randomly while on a walk today. Messenger is going nuts on this computer I'm on... I have no internet connection where I'm staying. I'm taking about 50 photos a day... I can see the ocean from the kitchen window. :DI'm still trying to read Ulysses. It's gonna be a hard slog through it. I was starting to like the Erica Jong book a bit better. I also have a couple of Gabriel Garcia Marques books I'm starting on.

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subota, 25.07.2009.

Just as an FYI to those of you who have my cell phone number

Just as an FYI to those of you who have my cell phone number, I will be out of GSM-serviced areas as of after Wednesday morning, till I get home from vacation, so I likely won't get any text messages. Going to the backside of nowheres! I mean cellphones work there, just not GSM ones, only CDMA ones apparently.All I have to do, I think, is check that I've packed my bags, and drop the cats off to be boarded. It's weird being at home without them... they sleep on my bed and keep me company. Quiet little presences.Oh and I'm not sure what my internet access situation will be like till I get back, so maybe I'll have to occasionally go outside (and pick berries, sounds like)

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petak, 24.07.2009.

I went to church today

I went to church today. They had a little barbecue afterwards, and for the kids, games with a kind of fun water theme, eg. water balloons, passing wet sponges etc. I hung around and chitchatted, and made a connection: I ended up being introduced to someone in a music ministry and the suggestion was thrown out that I could be a substitute organist, which is fine by me, I'd like to be involved, but not THAT involved.Then I walked to the drugstore, but got some money from the ATM before that. That was an adventure, the door that you unlock with your card, well the unlocking mechanism jammed, ie one of the doors was pushed too far inward, and the latch got stuck. I thought they were going to have to call the bank security or the fire dept to get me out. But some fellows who wanted to use the ATM finally unjammed it.The drugstore was rather uneventful in comparison. I walked back; when I had a car, I drove. Sometimes now I cycle the distance; it's 2km. However today, I walked. There are all these little stores inbetween the drugstore and my house. It's the little main street of that part of town. (I live in a sprawling suburb) I discovered a bookstore. I found a copy of Ulysses that was older than my mom. I passed on it, I wanted one I could bash around and lose on the GO train. It was an antique. So I got a couple of Gabriel Garcia Marquez books, that author's name has been dropped in at least one Moxy Fruvous song, so I thought I'd be all cultured & find out what the fuss was about. I also got Erica Jong's Fear of Flying... just on instinct. I don't know where I heard of it. I don't know where I heard of a lot of things. Some I do; that, I don't.

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srijeda, 22.07.2009.

I'm still liking this Malajube stuff

I'm still liking this Malajube stuff.Montreal -40 C, from their sitehttp://www.malajube.com/mp3/malajube_montreal-40.mp3Pate Filo via Yousendithttp://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=73BDCB4C25C11286

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utorak, 21.07.2009.

Malajube on Youtube - unfortunately their sound system is a little distortedHeh they're at the festival d'ete de quebec

Malajube on Youtube - unfortunately their sound system is a little distortedHeh they're at the festival d'ete de quebec... where I saw Les Colocs umm in 1993 :DOoh here's the song I'm trying to learn right now... Pate Filo another one Montreal -40C

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ponedjeljak, 20.07.2009.

OMG LMAO

OMG LMAO.OK Go - Here It Goes Againhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkIin the backyard dancing... ?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbdbVhBGETQ

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nedjelja, 19.07.2009.

I was surfing and found some cheesy relationship advice site that needed you to sign up to access it

I was surfing and found some cheesy relationship advice site that needed you to sign up to access it. So of course I googled it to see if I could get any info that way. I found a rather toxic message board from one of those "learn to be a pickup artist" sites, giving their review of the other site.Okay, summing up the women's magazine quiz thingies, plus what I gleaned from the PUA site:Men don't like the following from women: drama, gossip, or TMI. Also, men either want a commitment, or they don't, with a particular woman. But it's up to the woman to figure out which it is, without asking him if he wants a commitment. LOLI guess that's why women developed intuition?

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petak, 17.07.2009.

I've had a productive weekend and today I also had off

I've had a productive weekend and today I also had off. I've finished the top of the baby quilt I'm making... I accomplished more in 3 days than I had in the past few months. Quite a relief actually, I'm trying to prioritize my sewing tasks, and that one I want to finish before I go on vacation.However it involved riding my bike to get more thread from Fabricland. I'm getting more adept at getting around without the car. I have a stash of bus tickets and I am getting to know the bus scheds and stops. One direction, I ride my bike to get there because the bus doesn't run as often. Today I rode my bike where I usually ride the bus, and it was... freeing? Oh and my knee feels way better, probably because both me and it have been in constant motion since I hurt it. I pretty much had to bike around, to do errands on the weekend, because I'm running out of weekends to do things before I go on vacation, but it's all working out well.

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srijeda, 15.07.2009.

Cat seems to be doing a bit better

Cat seems to be doing a bit better. I was feeding her some canned food last night. It's like feeding a friggin baby, only her face is way less cute, with her fangs and whiskers. Stuffing it in, half of it falls out. My bedroom now smells like wet cat food. Ick. But the ick is worth it because...This morning she came out from under the bed, and peered into the dry food in the cat dish in the kitchen, but didn't eat any. I put some canned stuff on a plate to see if she'd eat it on her own steam, and closed the other cat out of the room, cause the other cat would gobble it up for sure. Well she has eaten a bit all by herself.Then she wandered out to her regular chair and parked there. Wonder if she's going to stay feeling better? Thank god she's acting more normal.But now I need to do laundry and clean up, to get rid of the cat food smell.

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