For all who are in love, looking for love, been in love, lost love, for those who crave it, or even detest it, but most importantly know what love is Happy Valentine’s Day! You might hate this day, but you can’t deny that you’re a sucker for Love. I know, I am.
I love being home! That is all! Don’t get me wrong, I love to travel, see new places, enjoy the sun, skip the winter, but it feels like I haven’t been home in a while. I missed my oatmeal in the morning, endless cups of tea, my chair, laptop and most of all, my work! Shhhh I know… I’m a total nerd, but I truly love what I do, and when I can’t sit down and work for a while, I get all antsy and have withdrawals. Soooo, long story short, I’m home and super excited to get back into the swing of things, and start sharing all the projects from the past couple of months.
Not going to lie, I was very excited to find this tumbleweed in the middle of Arizona!
It’s time for Jena and Ashkan’s wedding down in Riviera Maya. Yay! I’ll be out of the ‘office’ with no internet or phone connection from today till the 30th. Will reply to all, once I’m back. Have a fantastic week, everyone!
I’m not sure how Christmas always sneaks up on me each year, but it does! It’s here, and I even have a tree. Taaa- daaa! It’s been a fantabulous year, and I just wanted to thank everyone who made it so. Thank you, I appreciate it more than you will ever know. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and your family!
There is something to be said about that first step off the airplane when you land in a warm country in the middle of December. You can feel the warm humid air and think “Why don’t I do this more often?!?” It just happened that all three countries that I’ve called home at one point or another, were cold with lots of snow. So it’s very unusual for me to wear dresses in the middle of winter, and let me tell you, I can SO get used to that! I bet every Canadian (and other northerners) dreams about palm trees, sand, and ocean. Heck, I dream about that during summers as well. So here is the first installment of photos from Cuba: Havana and Paradisus Resort, Varadero.
Playing the ‘catch up’ game has never been my forte, especially with blogging. Writing about yesterday’s news, is like drinking day-old tea… great, now I can’t get that cold, bitter tea taste out my mouth… bleh! Why do I do this to myself?!?
Anyways, right before I left last week, I made instructional videos on how to use the new Lightroom plug-in for the 500px website. This information is probably relevant to only the geekiest of us all. It talks about how to export your photos directly from Lightroom into the 500px website, manage collections, and reply to comments. If you’re interested check these out.
Another neat thing that happened, was a small photo of mine was published in 24Hrs newspaper. My friends’ band, previously known as Kill Giants, has reformed and are now playing all over town with the new name Convoys. The ‘teenage groupie’ in me loves saying that my friends are in a band! I also know all of their songs, and can sing them off-tune really well, no joke. You should definitely check them out! Also, one of the band members, Jason, just made it to The Grid newspaper with his brother and their new Korean Taco bar. So proud of them!
I will be away from December 3rd-11th on a destination wedding without a connection to the internet. I will get back to everyone once I’m back.
Who doesn’t like pretty stickers?!? I know I do, but it is so painful to decide where to place them. I think I have ‘sticker’ commitment issues. I literally walk around with a sticker in my hand and look into all the notebooks, folders, boards, papers and try to think where to place it. Not being able to settle on anything, I stockpile them. Yes, hoarders style, one day you’ll find me under all the pretty papers and stickers because I couldn’t commit on any of them.
Last week, I published a review of the CottonCarrier vest and their Lite system over at the 500px blog. Instead of double posting it here, head on over if you’re interested in reading about my mini adventure with their products. I even used my brother as a model, making him famous one picture at a time! … or so I’d like to think.
Lastly, I got a cold! It took me out for couple of days, but it’s getting better. And I thought that all of you should know, well not really! I’m more interested in finding out how YOU fight your colds, in natural ways that is. For the past few days I’ve been drinking a lot of herbal teas with real ginger, lemon, and mint in it. Liquid green vitamins, oregano oil, and even iron was thrown into the mix. But at the end of the night I still took NyQuil so I’d be able to sleep. And sleep I did, for 11 hours straight, three days in a row. I would like to replace NyQuil with something more natural though. Any ideas?
It’s been a while since I wrote a random update, so it’s about time to let you know about random randomness that goes on in my life.
Let’s start with RAM. I upgraded to 8GB all by myself. Impressed? My mother was! Cleaned all the dust bunnies from inside of my lappy, and had a sneeze fest while at it! Mental note: clean computer more often than once every three years. Thanks to the new RAM, we’re running more smoothly now.
Since I’m a health conscious freakazoid, I bought all natural Cilantro Mint toothpaste. No triclosan or fluoride! Seriously, what IS wrong with me? Cilantro Mint? It’s… interesting, but good interesting. Also found a healthier mascara since my MAC one ran out and was causing all sorts of reactions anyway. It’s from Mineral Fusion and the only ‘iffy’ ingredients are phenoxyenthanol (mild irritant) and iron oxide (irritant, but it’s a black colour for mascara). So far it works wonderfully, not a puffy eye in sight. Also, I owe you an update on Chinese Herbs that I’ve tried for my sinuses. They work! However, as I suspected they didn’t eliminate the problem completely. I also discovered that black tea and caffeine make sinuses a lot worse, same goes for citrus fruit.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim! Need I say more? I’m very excited about this one. It’s been 5 years since the release of Oblivion and this new game is coming out on Friday. Many things have changed in the past five years. I don’t even own a PC anymore, but I might just have to get one in order to play this. I mean… nooo, I don’t waste time on video games *shifty eyes*. Ok, but I swear this is the only one that I love. I’ve been with it since Morrowind days and yesterday I tried playing Oblivion on my Mac (MAC!!! Desperate much?)… I forgot all the keys and moved like a complete gaming noob.
I finally got back to my reading list. The number of books that piled up over the summer whispering “READ ME” every time I’d pass by the shelf is incredible. I started with Gabriel Garcia Marquez and his “Love in the Time of Cholera“. Oh wow, I LOVE his writing style, attention to detail, and multidimensional characters. Not a huge fan of never ending chapters, but it’s a very enjoyable read. If you have any recommendations for ‘must read‘ books leave a comment, and I’ll add them to my list.
For some, memories are brought forth by music, others scent, for me it’s anything visual. I find it fascinating when someone mentions, “Hey that song played during this and that. Remember?” Umm… no, not at all. But with pictures it’s different. I can view just a snippet of a moment in time, and I’m able to recall everything. That day in August we walked around Allan Gardens, then took a streetcar to the Mod Club to see the Weakerthans play. I remember the art work at the Mod Club, but for the life of me I can’t recall what the band sounded like. Brains work in funny ways… That’s why I always mess up Jaws music, but can recall maps with clarity. What are your memories triggered by? And if you tell me that you remember the song that played during your first dance with a boy (or a girl) that you liked, I will get slightly jealous. But I can sure tell you what that boy was wearing.
