Little Drummer Boy

Who in their right mind would think it's ok to buy a drum set, set it up and PLAY the bastards while living in an apartment building? The person/people who live in apartment #605 I guess. My neighbor is a BAD drummer, he/she's been practicing every day from 1-3pm and he/she is not getting any better...

1...2....3....Bum, chich-a, bum chich-a, bum, bum...CRASH.... 1...2....3....bum, chich-a bum, chich-a bum, bum, bum, bum...CRASH! 1...2....3....

Over and over and over and over and over and over and over. It would be ok if he/she was acutally good. I appreicate a good instrument player. But it never seems to work that way, you get the person who can only play one chord on the guitar or can't quite hit the notes on the sax or in my case, a BRUTAL drummer, that is your neighbor...not a virtuoso.

Just when you think you can't live in a better apartment...the extremely annoying happens.

STOP PLAYING! FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, TAKE UP KNITTING OR SOMETHING!

YOU SUCK!

Zoos.

Steve and I had fun at the zoo yesterday. We saw lots of animals, foxes missing legs, owls that blend in with rocks and BABY LAMBS! It was pretty fun and I think we were the only ones there without a baby stroller, damn those things are huge!

I like the zoo and I don't care what crazy, fanatical organizations say, animals don't really care about where they are. As long as the cage is condusive to their needs and they are well taken care of and fed properly, zoos are a good thing. They educate people on creatures they wouldn't normally see and that's pretty neat.

Three-legged foxes, hidden owl 

Zoo Photos 

Public Transit Annoyance #5

People should have to pass a test before they are allowed to chew gum. Why must people insist on chewing gum like a cow chews cud, it's disgusting. STOP IT! YOU ARE SO GROSS!

"smack, smack, smack, *gulp* SMACK, crack"

Or the people who are persistant gum-crackers. "snap, crack, SNAP!, crack, crack"

I hate gum.

Houses and mortgages and condos...oh my!

We went to the bank yesterday to find out what it takes (salary and savings) to buy a house. We have the salary, just not the savings yet so it's time to tighten the belts and get savin'. The advisor made a convincing argument for house vs. condo (houses give you freedom to choose how you want to do things, better resale value, larger market of buyers), but the more I look at houses, the more I see how BORING they all are. I live in a city, dammit...I deal with the crowded buses, understocked supermarket shelves, and pollution...I wanna FEEL like I live in a city. I want a funky, inner-city loft. I know there are condo fees and bit smaller market for resale, but I look at houses in suburbia and cringe. I think that I'll have to start breeding and buying diapers and driving a minivan. YUCK! Also, houses are at least $50,000 more than some of the condos I like. I can't imagine having $50,000 in condo fees and improvements over the next 5 years. Lots of fun, adult stuff to think about. It sure is exciting buying stuff. But, I guess I should save several thousand dollars before I start picking out the paint colors anyway.

Hobbies..

I have hobbies, lots of them. I knit, I sew, I travel, I read books, I watch movies and mostly play Warcraft. I also have another hobby that I love and that's painting. If you wanna see some of my paintings go here.

Yet another crazy weekend in Fernie, 2005 

Vegetarians are eco-enemies...

Funny that no matter what you try to do to make things better in the world there is always someone trying to cut you down...or cut the rainforests down.

Soy is the most amazing plant (in my opinion) in the world...saguaro cactus aside. It can be bologna, hamburgers, milk, even chicken feed. It's protein, it's fuel....no! It's SOY! It's the staple of many a(n) vegetarian's and Asian's diet. I'm guilty, I eat lots of it too. In fact it's the one thing that convinces me to become vegetarian because it can resemble the meat flavor I feel like I might miss if I were to give up meat. And I would give up meat, not because I feel bad about eating cute, fuzzy cows, but because of the grain it takes to feed them and the amount of land they pollute. I wouldn't be a vegetarian because of PETA, I would be a vegetarian because of the ecological impact of mass-produced animal meat for human consumption. Until I heard about Blairo Maggi, a contender for Greenpeace's Golden Chainsaw. He's known as the "King of Soya" in his Brazilian state. In fact the person responsible in overseeing that rainforests are not cut down for the sake of commercial farming is the governor, the King of Soya is also the "King" of his Brazilian state, Blairo Maggi, Governor of Mato Grosso, Brazil. In previous years, he has been responsible for 48% of rainforest destruction. Soy = no rainforests.

Makes you think. All those people who really do become vegetarian because of the Earth-friendly lifestyle are actually contributing to the deforestization of our rainforests. I guess it just goes to prove that you still just have to choose your battles and choose them wisely. Unless you are going to grow/kill your own food, you really have little knowledge over where it comes from and what is being destroyed before it makes it to your dinner table.