Cazitudes

30.11.14

Well, I can quite quickly admit that this year's NaBloPoMo was a major bust on my part.  Bordering (crossed-over?) pathetic in attempt and execution.  Just didn't have the oomph to get into it, seems.

Is too bad - I need to get my writing groove back on and going again.

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Rogers' telephone service is really quite abyssmal.  Four days in a row a customer service rep called me about my cellular account that I qualified for a free upgrade and did I have time to talk - during regular working hours.  Four times I told them I could not talk and please to call after 7:00 pm.  Seems none of those service reps know how to write notes on the customer account.

While I should very much like to ditch my old Blackberry Curve for a shiny new Samsung Galaxy unit, I do not have the patience to deal with the Rogers telephony service group. 

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I think I shall have to give up my affair with Lotto 649.  There is just no reciprocation in devotion and delivery.  No more forking over from me, that's it. 

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Got my latest crowdfunded Indiegogo perk the other day - a Quickey Multitool.  Clever idea made real, if maybe a little overhyped.  I guess I'll be glad for it one day when I need it. 

That's the fun of Indiegogo and Kickstartr: you can help launch others' dreams - and maybe even get in on some funky cool stuff, all for a few bucks.

Every once in awhile I cruise the sites to see if there are any entrepreneurial ideas worth getting behind.  Fun stuff.

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And that end's this month's kick. 

Back to regular (intermittent) programming...

 

29.11.14

Checking out a restaurant that promises alchemic transmutations when it comes to the food it serves.

We shall see.

A big glass-o-red and some giggles is in order.

Saturday night and it's alright, it's alright with me.

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Within are the hidden reserves to keep going and prevail... it comes.  Soon.

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the calm trade winds
of the soul's sailing wanders
bring triumph ashore

 

 

28.11.14

As I do every year, this year I am shaking my head at the utterly deplorable (and unfathomable!) behaviour of consumers around the world - this whole Black Friday thing has now spread to Canada and the UK.

What is the matter with people??  Seriously.

It's a TV, a vacuum, a toaster - that you'll be bored with in 6 months.  If that. 

And I quote, "I got a Dyson but I don't even know if I want it.  I just grabbed it to say I've got something in my trolley."  ~UK shopper

If she only wanted something in her trolley, why in the world would she grab a $600 vacuum cleaner?!

  I. do. not. understand. it.  I'm beginning to think there's no hope for humanity.

Older I get, the less tolerant I am of that kind of behaviour being displayed.

SMH...

27.11.14

Life's too busy. 

25.11.14

Dear Doug Ford.

Please retire from politics.

That is all.

Regards,

Caz

24.11.14 - art as a chore

This has been a drudgering exercise this month, this blog-a-day commitment - not really all that fun to do (and certainly a dreary read); I've deduced it's because I am, more or less, quite content in life at the moment.  The high drama of my summer days when I couldn't write due to circumstance, I would have penned novels and epics and sagas.  When I could write it down, it wouldn't come - some things are just too close to the marrow of one's soul to expose it in a string of words.

Yes, I know that 'drudgering' isn't actually a real word.  But it fits, so I am making it a real word as of today.  Because, drudgering.

I think there is an element of truth to the 'suffering artist' thing; it would seem the greatest works come either from great pain or via the fringes of insanity.  Or both.  It is a rare, rare soul who wrote (writes) from a content and blissful point of view.

I know for me that writing is a 'lancing of the wound' kind of exercise.  When I cannot sort out the emotions and feelings and uncertainties that roil within, I'll take to pen and write it out, out of me and into the external space.  It's like emancipation.  Or sometimes evisceration.

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Don't you hate it when you go grocery shopping and spend $250 and get home and realize that you didn't buy the one thing you *needed*, like aluminum foil?  I know, right?

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I love smoked applewood cheese.  Ahh-mazing.  Laaaaaahve it.

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Time to hit the workout... or have some cheese.

23.11.14 - I want a cast iron skillet

I couldn't figure out where one of the posts from earlier in the week disappeared to.  Then, I realised that instead of hitting 'compose' to start a new post, I'd hit 'edit' and over-wrote the previous post.  Such is a weary mind in play.

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Have spent the last three weeks eating fresh food, no restaurant meals, no processed food (well, only a little bit of chocolate and a handful of Doritos) and upping my vegetable intake.  7 lbs and 9" down after 22 days.

Progress!

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Weird weather this week.  From a foot of snow to balmy winds full of rain.  Rain's preferred... I was not ready for snow to stay around, is too early. 

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Soon, the Christmas tree comes out.  Soon, shortbread baking will commence.

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I suppose I should start thinking about getting started on Christmas shopping.  There's a list of ideas for the various close kith'n'kin in my world.  Divide and conquer.  A few this week, a few next, a few the week after. 

Slow and steady wins the race, right?

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I really and truly want a cast iron pan.  10 Reasons this is a good idea.  Bigger the better, the kind that one gets a good workout using.  And if I could find steal my mom's I would... it's already patina'd.

Is there a better kitchen mainstay, truly?  No.  There isn't!  And I don't currently have one.  I must remedy this travesty!

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This is a mishmashmosh of nothing but ramblings.  That's okay, it's Sunday.  I declare myself allowed to ramble aimlessly.

 

22.11.14

What's a good score for 10-pin bowling?

Have company Christmas Party tonight and we're going bowling.  It's been so long, I forget what a good score is!

I was in a league way back in the day... should take my own ball!  Baha...

 

21.11.14 - dagnabit, deux!

*sigh*

I'm glad it's the weekend.  I'm tired...

19.11.14 - one of those days

Had a deja vu moment on the way home tonight.  Having one of these kinds of days:

Merry-go-round's spinning a little too fast my my liking.  Introspection time...

... and life is.