ah yes, it does exist ... i have discovered it on my walks through the city
it's really quite the gem! the true love cafe is situated in one of the sketchier areas of town. kitty corner to the true love cafe is a church with a shelter in it and there are often great gaggles of people milling about outside it (the church, not the cafe)
the cafe does its best to class itself up though ... there are hearts spraypainted on the sidewalk bordering the cafe (and not just freehand painting, these puppies are stenciled in pink AND purple)
as further enticement to get you to enter this establishment, they blast great love songs over a rather tinny sounding speaker system ... celine dion seems to be among their favourites ... there's nothing better than walking down the street and hearing "all by my self" blaring from the true love cafe ... i'm unsure if this song choice is supposed to make you feel romantic or if it is meant to make you feel depressed so you'll seek solace in the arms of the true love cafe and perhaps even *gasp* find you r true love!
i have yet to actually enter this magical land d'amour .. but the hand written sign (done most likely with a sharpie) advertising the $1.75 hamburgers is quite tempting ... maybe next week ... or better yet for valentines day (i've gotta find some way to celebrate that day, right?)
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
ah, the phone
when you make a phone call ... and someone at the end picks up, do you listen to what they say? it makes sense that you would ... making a phone call kind of implies that you are interested in what the person on the other end will say, right?
wrong.
example one:
me: good afternoon, melissa speaking.
caller: hi, riyaz?
(apparently when i say "melissa speaking" it comes out sounding like "riyaz speaking" in a testosterone laced voice)
(this story does continue, but i'm too lazy to continue it right now ... maybe tomorrow)
example two:
our voice mail message says: hi, you've reached melissa & melissa. we're not here right now ... etc etc.
apparently though, this is the same message that the russian embassy leaves on their voice mail.
or one old lady thought so:
"hello ... is this the russian embassy? if it is, i've been having this problem ... "
*just shakes her head*
so just a little note to you all - listen to the other end. there could be information that will be vitally important ... and if you don't listen to it, you may end up looking like an idiot.
wrong.
example one:
me: good afternoon, melissa speaking.
caller: hi, riyaz?
(apparently when i say "melissa speaking" it comes out sounding like "riyaz speaking" in a testosterone laced voice)
(this story does continue, but i'm too lazy to continue it right now ... maybe tomorrow)
example two:
our voice mail message says: hi, you've reached melissa & melissa. we're not here right now ... etc etc.
apparently though, this is the same message that the russian embassy leaves on their voice mail.
or one old lady thought so:
"hello ... is this the russian embassy? if it is, i've been having this problem ... "
*just shakes her head*
so just a little note to you all - listen to the other end. there could be information that will be vitally important ... and if you don't listen to it, you may end up looking like an idiot.
Monday, January 17, 2005
haunted?
so i have become increasingly paranoid about a possible haunting in my apartment ... but now i wonder if it's just perhaps someone with a grudge against me trying to scare me. and don't say such a thing couldn't happen
Monday, January 10, 2005
dear indiana
dropping two games by over 20 points... EACH? were you even trying? or were you more focussed on the colts game? maybe you should have asked them if you could have had some of their superfluous points.
geesh, what an embarassment.
geesh, what an embarassment.
Monday, January 03, 2005
good for a laugh
got bored (i just don't know what to do with long weekends anymore) and my room mate and i decided to have some fun and look through online personals ....
here's a profile we came across:
I m lookin some1, who's sexy, educated, n she know how to meet with nice guy's there, fun loving, like to watch movies, muskic, romance, I like to make a laugh, coz, m very funny guy, hehehehhahahahha:) if u R? Pls let's have enjoy c u then with sweet smile:), life is a very beautifull, so pls don't loose it try to enjoy every moment of ur life thanx:)
p.s. he thinks he's "very fine/sexy" ... which of course isn't right ... but hey, i'm sure someone finds him attractive.
just had to share that with someone.
here's a profile we came across:
I m lookin some1, who's sexy, educated, n she know how to meet with nice guy's there, fun loving, like to watch movies, muskic, romance, I like to make a laugh, coz, m very funny guy, hehehehhahahahha:) if u R? Pls let's have enjoy c u then with sweet smile:), life is a very beautifull, so pls don't loose it try to enjoy every moment of ur life thanx:)
p.s. he thinks he's "very fine/sexy" ... which of course isn't right ... but hey, i'm sure someone finds him attractive.
just had to share that with someone.
the way the crow flies
by anne-marie macdonald
i figured i would try to write about the books that i read here ... seeing as i've been too lazy to do it in my book journal. yes, you heard me, i have a book journal. i am that much of a geek. i will freely admit to this.
i found this book rather interesting - it was set in centralia, which is near the first place i ever lived (sure i moved from exeter area when i was 1 ... but my grandma and aunt remained in the area). also, it was loosely based on the steven truscott story. although, that happened by the military base at vanastra, on the opposite side of exeter.
unfortunately, because it was based on a story with which i am rather familiar, i was able to anticipate what was going to happen. still, it did make me keep turning the pages. and make one hypothesize about what actually happened in the real case. unfortunately, the real perpetrator of the crime has likely passed away by now. no one remains that knows the real story. it will be interesting to see if the courts will re-try steven truscott. they may try to avoid doing that b/c he will be found "not guilty" ... which means they wrongly convicted a 14-year old boy (he's been out of jail for many years .. seeing as it's widely accepted that he did not do it and he was one of those model type prisoners) ... but if he is found not guilty, he can sue the government for wrongful conviction. what kind of price will the court put on the innocence lost of a 14 year old boy who was tried as an adult and kept in jail for so many years? that's something that's irreplaceable, that's priceless .. to even begin to try to make up for it will require astronomical sums of money.
anyways, back to the literature at hand. i don't know if i'm really qualified to "review" this book per se ... it was a good read. it explored many issues - the cold war, the lives of many vs. the life of one, sexual abuse, parent-child relationships, homosexuality, etc etc.
it's quite the heavy tome - over 800 pages. there were many carefully picked quotes from other sources to start and sometimes conclude chapters. i'm the type that tends to skim over passages in italics though (i think it's a habit that i picked up from reading textbooks - if it was in a coloured box it might be interesting, but it wasn't pertinent to what you were learning). i wanted the guts of the story and i found i was skimming the rest. i wasn't savouring the literary beauty that was woven throughout it. i should probably read the book again to try to get that.
sometimes i wonder what's more important though, about a book - the basics (plot, character development, etc) or the artistry with which it is crafted. i think the basics are important. they're what compel you to continue reading the book. i've read some pieces before that i continued to devour voraciously despite me disliking the style of writing. for me that's what the most important part is. but then, i'm not as educated as i would like to be in the way of the word. although, that can be a good thing. i read for enjoyment not to analyse. it's not an exercise for me, it's a leisurely activity.
so in closing - the book was good. great imagergy, good storyline - it didn't feel like you were reading forever to get nowhere (*cough* the order of phoenix *cough*). definitely worth the read.
i figured i would try to write about the books that i read here ... seeing as i've been too lazy to do it in my book journal. yes, you heard me, i have a book journal. i am that much of a geek. i will freely admit to this.
i found this book rather interesting - it was set in centralia, which is near the first place i ever lived (sure i moved from exeter area when i was 1 ... but my grandma and aunt remained in the area). also, it was loosely based on the steven truscott story. although, that happened by the military base at vanastra, on the opposite side of exeter.
unfortunately, because it was based on a story with which i am rather familiar, i was able to anticipate what was going to happen. still, it did make me keep turning the pages. and make one hypothesize about what actually happened in the real case. unfortunately, the real perpetrator of the crime has likely passed away by now. no one remains that knows the real story. it will be interesting to see if the courts will re-try steven truscott. they may try to avoid doing that b/c he will be found "not guilty" ... which means they wrongly convicted a 14-year old boy (he's been out of jail for many years .. seeing as it's widely accepted that he did not do it and he was one of those model type prisoners) ... but if he is found not guilty, he can sue the government for wrongful conviction. what kind of price will the court put on the innocence lost of a 14 year old boy who was tried as an adult and kept in jail for so many years? that's something that's irreplaceable, that's priceless .. to even begin to try to make up for it will require astronomical sums of money.
anyways, back to the literature at hand. i don't know if i'm really qualified to "review" this book per se ... it was a good read. it explored many issues - the cold war, the lives of many vs. the life of one, sexual abuse, parent-child relationships, homosexuality, etc etc.
it's quite the heavy tome - over 800 pages. there were many carefully picked quotes from other sources to start and sometimes conclude chapters. i'm the type that tends to skim over passages in italics though (i think it's a habit that i picked up from reading textbooks - if it was in a coloured box it might be interesting, but it wasn't pertinent to what you were learning). i wanted the guts of the story and i found i was skimming the rest. i wasn't savouring the literary beauty that was woven throughout it. i should probably read the book again to try to get that.
sometimes i wonder what's more important though, about a book - the basics (plot, character development, etc) or the artistry with which it is crafted. i think the basics are important. they're what compel you to continue reading the book. i've read some pieces before that i continued to devour voraciously despite me disliking the style of writing. for me that's what the most important part is. but then, i'm not as educated as i would like to be in the way of the word. although, that can be a good thing. i read for enjoyment not to analyse. it's not an exercise for me, it's a leisurely activity.
so in closing - the book was good. great imagergy, good storyline - it didn't feel like you were reading forever to get nowhere (*cough* the order of phoenix *cough*). definitely worth the read.
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