Topic: WC - Daily Practice
Thursday 5:53pm 25Jan07
We had two of the most days this week. Apparently so say the media, Monday was the most depressing day of the new year because people have realized that they've failed in their resolutions and that they spent too much at Christmas and some other reason. Nice to be given permission by the media that you should be depressed. ha ha.
And today was apparently the day that is always the coldest historically so there was no need to complain about how cold it was outside. But it was mighty cold. Luckily for me, I was feeling too ragged so the cold air was somewhat refreshing. Not something I say too often, mind you.
Today we said our formal good byes to our property manager at work as she moves on to another job and a new team still within the company. I don't know why I get so weepy about these things now. I used to be so good at not crying over these things but that has changed. Does getting older really make you more weepy, I wonder?
We've been lucky with our property managers. We've had two wonderful ladies that were fun and funny and easy to work with. Let's hope that third time is a charm.
I ordered my reading series tickets last week so I'm all hooked up for that for the next couple months which is good. I'm in need of some outings to stimulate my brain. It's good to have the writing discipline but I really do need to add a little variety to my life. With that in mind, I went to the bar last night for a couple beer and to write. It was nice to be able to concentrate on my stuff and still be around people. I really do spend far too much time alone and get used to be without people that I often wonder if I'm losing my social skills. Once I was done my writing I chatted with a few regulars and met some new people.
Kimiko who is into numerology and was thrilled when I rattled off that I was a 6 which is focused around responsibility. That my personal year this year is a 4 which means work, plain and simple. Where as last years 3 year was about fun. And that the universal number for 2007 is 9 which is about completion.
She told me that her dad is Japanese and her mother Canadian and that they met while dad was gigging at a bar. He kept sending her mother drinks and in less than two months they were married and are still married today. How neat is that? That's not something that could ever happen to me. I think I choose/attract freaks so could you imagine me jumping into marriage in less than two months only to discover that I'd married a freak? All the I told you so's from my friends.
"What were you thinking? You didn't even know the guy! Sleep with him, move in with him, but marry him?"
Yeah that would be my luck.
I mentioned the Canadian comedian Shaun Majumder - his mom is a newfie and dad is Indian (India). And we both chatted about how much we love him. Of course his mom and dad didn't stay together long.
I watched a biography of Tommy Lee the other day. Why? I don't know. But his parents got married to each other and his Greek mother didn't speak English and his English father didn't speak Greek! They did a lot of signing and drawing to get their point across to each other. Tommy Lee said that some woman, maybe therapist, told him that that was why he had so many tattoos. Because he had the childhood memory of being a toddler and his parents were drawing and signing their communication. Interesting thought. He found he resonated with that idea.
Kimiko was brought to the bar by Lynne because Lynne thought that she'd be perfect for the single bartender that works there. They are now dating and are adorable together. Ah the beginnings when everything smells better and tastes better and you can go on very little sleep because you're living off love's sweet adrenaline. I love that part.
I am a romantic at heart so I always love to hear those kind of stories. I said that I wish that someone would set me up, that no one ever sets me up. But that was a bit of a lie. My high school girlfriend who also moved to Toronto used to try to set me up with guys. Mostly her cast offs. And worse yet some strange addicted brothers. One guy that she only bothered to tell me after I'd met him that he was a coke head. Hello, when did I ever say I was desperate? I'm just curious. I had to tell her to stop looking for me. If I wanted to date a murderer I'd become a pen pal with a prisoner.
My guys at work are always trying to fix me up with people who aren't even close to my type and a little ridiculous. They do it jokingly but sometimes it's a little rough. I had to say to Ado, "you must not like me very much if you'd set me up with him."
He gave me the shocked look surprised that I would link the two together. But it makes you wonder what people think about you or how they see you based on the people that they would set you up with. That seems to be part of my theme this week, given the taxi chit incident ... how people see you and what they believe you would do and what type of character they think would be your match. Definitely something to write about.
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