Went on a lab outing with Mike’s lab tonight to go see This Hour Has 22 Minutes. It was a blast.
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Green tea, or is it 363C tea?
OK, so I’ve decided, based on some inspiration from Janet, that I am totally slacking in the photo world. I used to take so many pictures, then I think I got self conscious or something, who knows. But things are going to change. Starting with my breakfast. Not that my breakfast has changed, I just wanted to show off my mini oatcake and green tea in a Pantone mug. I sweat the other oatcakes looked better too. I ran out of chocolate for dipping, so this one just has some Nutella and peanut butter smeared on it.
I also wonder why all chewable vitamins taste the same. I bought some vitamin C a while back because it turns out that taking vitamin C helps you absorb iron better (so does alcohol for that matter, but vitamin C seemed a little bit more socially acceptable for the morning). Turns out that you can’t get vit C in non-chewable form, or at least not where I looked. You should be happy, hemoglobin, I love you enough to endure chalky pills (here’s hoping for 125!).
(Hemoglobin needed to donate blood is >125 g/L, normal ranges from 110 – something higher that I’ve never come close to)
A healthy dose of helping the world
I was lucky enough to see Dr. James Orbinski speak tonight. For those of you who are thinking “Who?” he is the former president of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) and started Dignitas International, an organization that helps provide treatment and support for people living with HIV/AIDS. He also happens to be a Noble Prize winner (1999). And not to mention an amazing speaker.
Addiction
0/3 it’s an addiction and I’m not going to be any better for it. Though someone I know did win 100$ yesterday…
High-tech adventures
I’m posting this using my brand spanking new iPhone. My mom and I are equally geeking out, which is super awesome. Brenda and Moo are thoroughy enjoying my parents’ house, there’s just so much more space than the condo. They’ve also taken to suntanning under the incadecsent bulb (must be novel compared to all the compact fluorescent at my place)
Running the torch!
Mike ran the torch today! It was awesome and he was like a celebrity and kids were running with him.
First glimpse of the torch relay
Yesterday the torch passed through Halifax. Mike and I followed it around most of the peninsula. It was amazing to see how big the crowds were, I can only hope that things will be half as exciting when he carries it on Friday. I still can’t even believe he’s carrying it, I’m so jealous and so proud at the same time. This brings the number of olympic torch bearers I know up to two: my aunt carried the flame for the Calgary olympics relay.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
I’m so very excited for this movie. Not only is it a book that I loved when I was a kid (I read almost all of Roald Dalh’s books), but it’s Wes Anderson and IT’S CLAYMATION!
I have a super soft spot in my heart for claymation ever since I made a couple of my own back in the day. I think that they were so smart to do this movie in this medium instead of computer animation. Don’t get me wrong, I love that style too, but this is just too perfect.
Interior design (sort of)
So Mike and I just got internet in the new place so I will start uploading photos of our design endeavors shortly. For the last couple days we’ve just been trying to unpack boxes and get things sort of sorted. This has proven to be difficult because we are sorely lacking furniture. And I do mean sorely.
I will post some “before” pictures shortly, but basically our challenge is this: Take a completely empty condo and furnish/decorate it with very little money. So far I think we’re doing ok. The only existing furniture we had was a desk, a broken futon and a tiny coffee table. We were lucky enough to receive a hand me down bed and bookcase and now the scrounging the classifieds begins. I’ll elaborate on this more later I suspect.
Pride Parade
This past week was Pride Week and to wrap up there was a giant parade this afternoon. I almost didn’t go (I had forgotten it was today) but I could hear it from the apartment, so I rushed down. I can only guess at how long it was since it started before I got there, but I got to see more than a half hour of it. It was pretty fun, not as risque as some in the bigger cities, but still lots of good times.
