i don’t mean table salt … i mean salt for roads and ice … i live in vancouver … downtown near the water which seems to get less snow than the rest of the lower mainland which tends to be minimal (good luck olympics) … my issue is the amount of salt that is used when the thermometer hits zero … this salt is clearly spread by yahoos who have never been out of vancouver or who don’t even have the foggiest idea of how to properly spread salt … it ticks me off because once my dogs paws are wet the salt is burning to her paw pads … the amount of salt spread leaves me no choice but to pick her up and carry her past the businesses that need a kick in the ass for spreading so much salt … the shoppers drug mart on davie street is a big offender … there was no snow last night but for some reason the parking lot and sidewalk were coated in salt … i really hate that …

i grew up in the suburbs … total suburbia … as soon as i moved out at eighteen i moved out of suburbia … well with the exception of jasper, alberta where i lived for a year … and since then i have always lived downtown … my shrimp/snail guy lives in richmond which is super deluxe suburbia … it takes over an hour on multiple forms of transportation to get there (reason one suburbia sucks - it is so fricken far away)  … so today i went out to see him to get some shrimp and then i go to catch the bus back and i wait for over half an hour !!! living downtown you never wait that long unless there has been a centimeter of snow … i had to wrap my shrimps in a towel to try and keep them warm enough to get them home … i wonder why people live in the suburbs … i mean downtown has everything you could possible need and usually within walking distance … having to get in a car and drive to some strip mall is so very unappealing … no community …

okay … hate might be a strong word … i do not care for cats … but i do hate cat commercials … frick they drive me … like the one where the owner shakes the treat bag and the cat comes through the drywall … fuck that is so stupid … i know there are some cats who have personality but most are just obnoxious, self absorbed creatures … and don’t get me wrong … i wish no ill will to cats … and i get that some people might even love these animals but for me i think they suck … i have had dogs my entire life and not once have any of them bit or scratched me … i can’t count the number of cats i have been bitten or scratched by … like even when the cat is liking what you are doing to them, scratching their tummy, whatever …. they seem to be loving it and then all of a sudden the cat is biting … WTF … i can’t stand cats … cats are pets for people who lack the commitment of a real pet - a dog :o)

okay … so i went on a shaving sabbatical when my orgasm provider moved out of the country … he left september 6 and today is november 29 … i had some serious shag going on … and news flash … once there is so much fricken hair it is a challenge to get it all off !!! i was in the shower for an hour and fifteen minutes … i must be feeling a little better as i actually cleaned up some garbage and did two loads of dishes and seven loads of laundry … still more to do … still shopping … but i am super deluxe smooth again :o)

i hate the olympics … especially since they decided to come to where i live … and i was kinda sickened … because it wasn’t about sports, it was about money … so i decided if  you can’t beat em, join em … and rented my apartment for an excessive amount … and then today i see on craiglist … a woman selling zhu zhu hamsters for ten dollars a piece … if you do not know, zhu zhu hamsters are the thing in toys right now and while they are sold out in stores, the usually run for about 12 bucks or so … on ebay a hamster is easily fifty dollars … so i was really touched … this woman was selling this much sought after toys and she didn’t want to make money and i was touched by the humanity of the situation … so it got me thinking about my own greed and making money off of olympic suckers … and i considered lowering the price for my apartment to something reasonable … and then i get a message from the hamster lady … and guess what … she was nothing but an email collector and i am sure spam will be starting soon … sometimes it is a good thing we are separated by computers because i would just like to punch that woman in the face … humanity to violence in one email :o)

i don’t really watch the news … while my bagel is being prepared at the coffee shop i usually browse whatever paper is there … i find that is enough news for me … and when i get an untoasted bagel i barely can read three or four pages … but i read about the olympics … and how some richmond “speed skating” (i put that in quotes as i am not completely sure of the sport involved) oval going to be only for canadians, the americans are unable to practice there … i, as a canadian, am embarrassed by how ridiculous, un-sportsmanlike (and i hate sports) this is … for fricks sake, where are they supposed to practice … and allowing one group to practice one place and another some place else, won’t one get the better deal … this is just wrong … and this canadian knows it and apologizes to our neighbour …

they are so fricken fricken fricken adorable … they are so tiny but tonight started swimming around a bit … they are all head and little tail … they look orange and white striped to me … two of the red eggs hatched and there were the two tiniest puffers i think i have ever seen … if they had of been in the pail i would never have seen them … i think once they start swimming i gotta start feeding … microworms here i come … these worms are disgusting … it is a culture made of yeast, oatmeal and bananas and of course microworms … if you look at the container they are in (kinda like a transparent deli container) you can see these microscopic worms climbing the walls … i am seriously gagging thinking of it … i also have to start some brine shrimp going cuz they will only eat the baby ones that move … i bought frozen baby shrimp but i am not sure if they eat unless it is moving … i called the guy at the pet store where i got the worm culture to get some more information about it and he told me to, get this, take my finger and run it along the worms and dip my finger into the fish tank … if we were not on the phone i would have vomited on him … i told him definitely that would not be happening, it is all i can do to not toss them out my patio door but the fry must eat … and i love my fry …

well last week i was all bummed when i lost the fry i had collected back into the main tank … and since it is somewhat a process to vacuum for the fry i decided to wait till this week’s tank maintenance … i have to take everything out of the tank except for real plants (although i have been leaving the sinkers on the plants from the fish store which makes it very easy to uproot and move planted plants) … this includes the java hut, java moss, seven fake plants, rocks, driftwood, you get the idea … i did a serious vacuuming of the entire tank and found 12 free swimming fry as well as tons of eggs … about half the eggs are reddish and half are clear … the reddish ones will most likely hatch, the white ones maybe not … i have a whole set-up ordered from big al’s to house them for the next two months while they grow up … i am motivated to search for fry as long as they keep spawning … and i found a macro setting on my camera so my videos are going to be much better :o)

is that now redundant in this day and age of caller id ??? does it age me when i leave my cell number in a message to another cell ??? would young people chuckle at the old person leaving a number when obviously it is on the phone you are calling … i am 42 years old and i think i just felt old for the first time … how awful :o)

holy shit this number bugs me … of course it is supposed to relate to a sexual position and it just fricken drives me when people put this number in their email address … why would people do that ??? i assume they must be teenagers who just lack the maturity but sometimes i think it is adults too … i sell and give away stuff on craigslist all the time and when i get an email with a 69 in it, i first want to punch that person or tell their parents, then i immediately delete … and it is not that i have anything against a 69 … i have been known to participate in such position … but to put that in your email address, that is just messed up …