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april 24 vendredi
note de conduite:1
generational differences -
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amazing what a few years difference can
bring / are you a modern day =
version of your parents /
she
likes sesame street books because they're not
based in reality
summary
of
the interest rate caps
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/04/0082450
april 9
you know you're
working hard when you =
know the date straight away.
so i'm working hard and =
that's when the boss asks me what i find
challenging. he knows that we
all =
came there for something challenging,
himself included.(and perhaps
sebastien =
is not finding it challenging enough so
he's asking me to make sure i'm
=
engaged).
i think about it often, i've thought about it
lately, and perhaps my =
answer (i have just realized at this very
nanosecond) is the only =
answer.
a
challenge is something where i'm faced with a
situation where the =
outcome is unknown. anything else doesn't
require enough adrenaline to
=
pump me.
staring down a room of 15 black suits on a
mission is a challenge.
pg put it another way. he has some valuable
insight. know why? =
because people and their motivations drive him.
that explains alot.
personally i =
just thought he was a bit anal. he says it's
because i'm the kind of =
person who is more driven by the detail than the
big picture. he took
my communication as an example. it's not a bad
thing he said, our vp =
is the same. this is interesting - and
equivalent to my description of
=
the difference between a hands on project
manager and one who doesn't =
do any real work and just talks incessantly.
so
what was the other thing i was thinking
yesterday morning as i =
turned up cote des neiges that i wanted to write
down. darn. i forget
what =
it was. i'm sure it will come to me again though
because it was one of
=
those revelations you inevitably have as you get
old. lol.
well nothing but the facts m'am this morning,
sorry. it's been that =
kind of week.
happy
passover
happy easter
happy
work.
march
15
i
am a hedonist.
i loathe mediocrity
status quo=3Ddeath
where do i go from here
march 14
shiny =
nails and ringing ears, click click
click, ring ring ring,
here i =
am.
no gazette leaves poot and her
coffee staring into this place =
early on a saturday after many
peaceful dreams.
a bad chinese lunch leaves a good taste in my
mouth;
no need for optomistic comparisons...
if something appears to good to be =
true, indeed.
words
come short halfway thru the international jazz
mug
giraffes =
dance on the tv tube
poots and boots contemplate modernizing this =
space
is about all there is to say about it
and let's not forget the =
incessant whining on my left
that
will change in time
no
magic here
life should suffice
<=
/BIG>
february
6
poots =
rushes here on friday to slowly
sip this mug of joe
he survived another =
round of urban battle as we know
it;
she, moving rank in her own =
right
while ella and ruby frantically
look for dried shrimp flakes
finally, a
night of real sleep; here i am, no proof
needed...
february
creeps along inching in it's short way towards
our sunbound 7 days..
no word from Simon since the 250th anniversary -
where are you , my
love?
what other space do i behold now; advising; it's
been a =
while;
upholding; finally, someone who needs it; and
surviving, this week of
over-adrenaline,
waking at 5, exhausted by 2. but mostly =
holding my head up high, very high. i'm the girl
who's been around the =
block; i'm the girl who won't be intimidated;
i'm even the girl who
knows how =
to write proper english ;-)
tee hee.
and so. the little one, like us, needs a 'real'
vacation. it's been a =
while. let's ooze in the pre-vacation haze;
let's be thankful for the =
pre-ooze and the post pre-ooze;
and little feet are coming down the =
stairs now...
february
1
it is =
still winter and blankets of
blankets turn the dirty city into
a =
quieter,whiter,
northern
place
but it is
the winter of my content.
aside from the invisible cursor giving me a
cluster headache;
morning comes, i awake, and i rise, slightly
more puposeful.
am i =
making it all up? only time will tell. for now,
i'll wait for thombrown
to =
leave, i'll take that office with pride,
and i'll lead, goshdarn, i'll =
lead.
magazines
with his
beautiful face adorning covers, adorn my
table in the =
earliesh hours of a sunday, a snowy
sunday, while the family sleeps =
upstairs. baseboards sing the praises of
hydro electricity, as they hum
at 3 =
bars to keep us warm during this coldest
of winters. as i've said many
=
many times, winter now has rocked us.
and there's nothing to do but
embrace, =
and wait:
winter now
has rocked us to sleep.
comfortable in boots,
beers on the balcony are =
neither behind us nor coming.
once a harsh trap, a cave;
winter now =
embraces me.
unable to frighten me
now, i'll pay those bills
my =
lover's eyes see what i cannot
in the winter, we have time for more
yet =
we slouch, we couch,
and the the coffee but warms our
souls.
oh yes the bills are
paid; the
driveway cleared; and the =
neighbours back from Africa.
the laundry never gets finished since 2002, =
july, but we live with the new laundry
order for the sake of an =
angel.
the yawns of a cabernet-doused evening,
the room lightens up, =
slightly, as the potato begins to rise over
the thick eastern cloud =
cover,
and little poots starts to think of which
useful thing she needs to do
= next.
perhaps
an upgrade will bring the cursor back.
do
YOU have 'Australian
Sunrise' installed?
January
20
2009
it's a =
new world today.
the speech didn't blow my socks off, and was
actually downright =
depressing, but i guess he had to set the
stage. no point waxing poetic
(that =
wasn't so hot either) when there ain't much
poetry around. luckily the
=
preacher man had us laughing at the end.
personally i also think that
he =
didn't want to get too sappy, or try to
overthrow any famous historic =
speeches. let's face it, although he is indeed
the modern day messaih,
he =
still hasn't done anything yet.
cooincidentally,
we're
heading to the bahamas in february, and
the little one keeps =
calling Obama 'bahama' tee hee
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