Stormy

Olympics! I love the Olympics! I will watch anything. I love the athleticism and the mostly naked buff dudes. Gymnastics, beach volleyball and anything in the pool is my fav (swimming, diving, synchro swim and diving, water polo). I feel pain watching the rowing and road cycling, it looks so hard! I also like the weightlifting. They kept mentioning Beijing in 2008 and I was confused as to why I had no memories of those games then I realized that I lived in the bush that summer with very very limited contact with "civilization". This is explains it. And I also enjoyed the weirdness and flag waving that was the opening ceremonies despite the fact that I thought Canada looked liked a bunch of sloppy stoners in their track jackets and khakis. Waaaay too cas' for opening ceremonies I thought. I tended to like the ladies that looked like flight attendants. Sweden had the cutest cas' outfits of any country. What is everyone's favourite stuff to watch?

Out on the Drake-ster! That crap on my shorts is the sticky from my backstage pass that hasn't come off in 3 washes and is no longer sticky. It is now part of the short...meh.

I found this pink feather earring on the ground when I stopped to take a picture of this house. Lookit me, imma hipster! I love that house in the background and by luck I have been inside it (a very strange old lady owned it and it was full of very strange old things)

My eyes saw something different than this actually was. I saw a bunny, a tiny bunny skull...do you see it? tell me you do and I am not crazy. It was actually just a piece of fluff.

Check out my new sandals! So I managed to fix my old haggard old pink ones and they lasted about 3ish days of my regular excessive walking and they busted on Saturday night. I broke out some old ones and they hurt my feet after a couple hours so there was no way I was putting up with that noise. They have changed the colorways this year is black and "royal" (purple) instead of black and pink and white and black instead of white and bright blue. They were also $10 off because they were starting to get rid of their sandal stock. I bought 2 pairs. One for now and the other one I shoved in the back of the closet. I am loving the purple and the squish of a new sandal. These are the only flip flops I will wear and they are AH-MAH-ZING. Adidas did not pay me to say that but they can send me lots and lots of free sandals if they want (these are the Juutanda sandal if anyone was curious).

We had a totally insane storm the other night. It was the craziest storm that has happened since we have lived here. The wind was gusting to at least 100kms up here in the sky and the rain was swirling and falling up if that even makes sense. Check out the clouds just before the storm. It always looks like the apocalypse up here when a big storm is brewing. All blurry because by this point the wind was fucking crazy strong and I was fighting to keep a steady balance.

I had no idea what was going on from far back because the storm was very clearly behind this smoke looking stuff. For half a second I thought west Broadway was burning.

I figured it out as the storm moved closer my way. The wind went from light to gusting to 80kms within seconds. The wind was kicking up all the dust on the ground and swirling it in the air. That is all dust, no rain yet.

Then the rain came. The storm was intense. I saw shit blowing off peoples balconies, glass shattering on the ground. The whole balcony was soaked. The roof, the walls and the patio doors. That never happens. I looked out and it looked like a snow storm at one point the rain was coming down so hard. Obviously there was no way I was going on the balcony with the camera for that. Husbie already hates that I stand out there for the crazy winds and build up to the storm. That is my most favourite part. He is worried I am going to lose my balance and blow off or that the railing is going to somehow come off. He's sweet to worry.

The calm after the storm.

It left just as quick as it came and as I was taking this picture I noticed the water taxi slowly creeping out from the bridge. It had been out there for the whole storm and had to seek shelter under the bridge. I would have been totally terrified!

This is the aftermath. Every single street I went down had at least one massive tree on the street plus tons and tons of little branches, medium branches and big  branches everywhere. Super damaging.

I discovered this pile of free crap sitting on the boulevard. I am big sucker for a pile of free crap and have been inside more than one dumpster. I forgot to tell you that on Friday as we were walking to the art show Miss Em found a very very new looking lulu men's scuba on the ground and scooped it up before I had a chance. Uber jealy! It's a good thing I love her.

An array of goods

GOOSEBUMPS! If you went to elementary school in the early 90s you remember these!

I took a pair of barely used BearClaw brand mid-calf brown suede boots, 3 books and a stack of comic books for one of the husband's co-workers who is into that and a few ones for me for scrapbooking and creating.

Lonewolf on a roundabout. He was actually sprayed on all four of the signs on the roundabout. I like you can see my reflection, so shiny!

Bunny Boo

This shot looked much nicer in small version and would have been lovely had I spent a little more time on composition (99% of all bike ride pictures are taken on the baby camera)

New tagging "NUM". It has gone up within the past week and is marker usually on metal like signs, dumpsters and these hydro boxes.

Here it is on my dumpster with the dumpster... NUM <3's you

This is not a trick of the light. The hedge was legit 2 different colors. Light green on the top couple inches and dark green on the bottom. It looked like some kind of hedge cake with lime green icing. It has been such a good growing season this year lots of rain and lots of hot hot sun.

A weathervane pretending to be a cock...oh wait

The books I took. The far left one looked good, the middle one's title was too funny not to take even though it's a tween novel and the third I grabbed because it is the sequel to The Hatchet which husbie likes.

Pile o' comic books

Muthafuckin' NINTENDO bitches!

This was the oldest one in the lot only 30 cents!

Classic comic book imagery

While I was rummaging through the box of comic books I found a sealed water damaged envelope addressed with no postage. Of course I took it! It contained a letter, a pin with a record on it and a Canadian dime. The letter said

Hello Sarah,

How are you and what have you been up to? In Canada I have been sitting on my butt all week from 5:30 to when ever my parents wake up. Yay me! Then after that I do what the masters want me to like writing this letter. I really just want to talk to you not write. I hate writing as much as I hate a kid in my class in Connly (school in Chicago). Have fun with your friends at your sleep away camp.

Your crazy friend

Cain

I also found this strange homemade postcard. So random, I love it!

When I was at the mall getting my new sandals I also purchased some new hoops since my old ones are done. The kiddie accessory stores always have earrings buy 2 get one free. I am soooo in love with my new hoops and you'll just have to wait to see them in action!

Thrift it good

Forest fires in Western Canada specifically in Alberta near High Level (there are sometimes planting companies that set up camp near there) have been burning. I hope they evacuated everyone they needed to. My thoughts are with the bush firemen fighting it since we know people that do it and it can be very dangerous. The smoke has blown east across Alberta and Sask. and things have been very hazy here.

But then it rained today. All grey and overcast like. We thought we might hit up the mall to attempt to get a new phone charger because we are sharing one between us and it is picky and needs to sit a certain way to charge the phones...no joke...straight ghettooooo. With all the rain apparently everyone decided to take their asses to the mall. It was fucking Christmas packed. We did one lap around the massive parking lots and my stress levels immediately shot through roof (I wasn't driving). I hate looking for a parking spot. I take the first one I see. I don't fart around trying to get close or any of that nonsense. My dear husbie said we didn't have to attempt find a spot and go in if I didn't want to. I didn't want to. We left. He is awesome. This ugly rainy business is why I could never live on the west coast...blech.

IKEA! yes don't poke fun, we don't have an Ikea yet but soon bitches soon! Crappy DIY Swedish furniture here we come!

My darling humoured me and calmed my stress by taking me to the thrift store one of my most favourite places on earth. He really does know all about me. Check out this old broad's cans! We always laugh at the tacky tacky tchotchkes. 

COLECO! 

 I am regretting not getting this

Pink old lady wind breaker, lululemon capris (from the clearance rack, I have just recently told K.P of the gloriousness that is the lulu clearance rack and she days ago scored a half price scuba...yeah buddy!) and Crocs flats, shoes I wanted to hate but really do love.

Inside of a hat that I wanted to fit me but was too small. I have no problem rolling the bed bugs dice at the thrift store and luckily -pun intended- have never been bitten and have a stash of crazy treasures but I don't go to the movie theatre for the bed bug reason. Some things I can justify, others not.

CHEESE! Vintage F.P camera

I really wanted this brand new with tags Adidas purse for riding but I found a much much more precious treasure that forced me to put this little cutie back. I really really wanted this purse.

We got some books. I kinda go insane when I get in a thrift store and I buzz my through all the sections quickly then go through again and pick closer. Husbie who had probably been in a thrift store once before he met me is now a really sweet asset. He finds great stuff, he sees stuff that I don't because I am all blissed out on thrift store goodness. He is typically successful in the books and he came up with 3 awesome ones this time. The 2 on the right are for me and are really really short so I have set myself a goal of finishing the housewife one this week so I can discuss it with Miss Em. We both live for this kinda shit, we can geek out all academic style with each other and pick each others brains...eeeppp so excited. The middle book is totally my kinda stuff. I was a History major and I love this theoretical crap now that I am not forced to read it then regurg on someone else's time. The Suzuki book is for both of us. We have been called short haired hippies before.

Someone's Red Solo Cup blew on to our balcony

K.P's basil is completely insane and growing like a crazy basil! Hello future pesto.

One of the tops I got from the thrift store. It's Gap and it's not meant to be worn like this but this is the only way it looks good on me. It looks like crap the other way so sezzy off the shoulder it is. Disregard my zombie eyes.

It has a cute little tie detail at the back and it's plum which is still dark but not black. I have gotten shit for wearing too much black. It's super flowy and I can't wait to ride in it.

DINNER! The husbie got a hankering for Greek food on the way home. We used to live like 10 seconds from this Greek restaurant when we lived in our old apartment but we don't have it much any more since we moved. As soon as he said it I was craving a gyro! This place serves Canadianized Greek food which is no problem for me but I love truly authentic Greek food. All this is noms; salad, rice and a lamb gryo. I will eat any and all ethnic food.

Now the piece de resistence, my thrift store score, the reason I put the Adidas purse back... I know most of you will hate it but I FUCKING LOVE IT, it is sooooo me and the second I put it on I knew it was coming home with me. This picture does not even show it's true gloriousness. Faux fur skinned Muppet vest. The colorway is INSANE!

Oh god it's so fucking awesome I can barely stand it. GO ON, HATE!

I know right? You totally hate it and I think it is so bad ass. Don't worry husbie is on your side and tried to boycott its purchase. This fabalasness obvs won. IT HAS POCKETS! *swoon*

I have named it "The Japanese Muppet Vest" in accordance with the tags on the inside. Of course this came from Japan! It is too much for us Westerners.

AAAANNDDD...I am totally not getting my hopes but my gal texted me today asking if she could NO PROMISES but if she could hook it up would I want to go to the Full Flex Express Winnipeg stop on Wednesday. I think peed myself a little, professed my love then said yes of course! Ahhhh! Like I said not getting my hopes up because my plan was to ride Drake down to the venue (the outdoor, open air baseball park) and listen fo' free any ways with all the other people that have the same genius idea.

Dear Universe,

I know you have a Facebook account failblog told me all about and I know that can be a time suck but can you please align whatever it is you need to align to make this happen? Thanks!

Cheers, smoochies and candy

MVJ