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check this out!!!

http://www.viruszine.com/_indiepress/2006/june/carolinasmart/

wow...

I guess I really am the neighbourhood pariah... I just heard from B that the neighbour across the street invited her over for wine last night. She was out on her front porch and they came over to her and asked her to join them on their front porch. They have seen me on my front porch hundreds of times and never once asked me. When she told me it kind of bothered me... one day I went to talk to this lady and she literally backed away from me. I though she was anti social. They also seemed shocked that B and I are really good friends... like it was a bad thing. Appears the neighbour lady across the street isn't the issue and it is in fact me that appears to be the problem.

Wow... I really must have a mark on my forehead and the only one who can't see my horns... what a kick in the ego that was.

Please make me laugh...

Movies don't make me laugh any more... aren't comedies suppose to? Last night we decided to rent a movie, foolishly we rented The Wedding Crashers... Thank goodness Rachel McAddams was in it or I would have hurt someone She was the only one who saved it. Ok, Jane Seymour was brilliant as the skanky Mother of the Bride but... that was about it... The only two times I laughed the movie were when Vince Vaughn got hurt. That boy needs some sense knocked into him anyway.

Yes here I go on my Vince Vaughn rant again... why is he wasting his talent on stupid guy humour comedies... yes, it's big bucks, but he is a dramatic actor and a great one at that!!! Why is he wasting his talent!

Very, very soon I am going to boycott all of Hollywood made movies and stick to British made films and foriegn films... at least I have the subtitles to distract me if the move gets out of control.. or boring...

The only bright light these days is Jack Black and the guy who wrote Napolean Dynamite. Two men. Two men are all that are left in Hollywood with a creative bone... Two....

Can anyone recommend a good foreign film to me???

my favourite new blog

check this blog out! it's my new favourite!!1

http://sexlesscity.blogspot.com/

Just for fun! Do it!

Just for fun! Do it!

Between us and only us... whoever reads this I wanna know 21 things about you. Fill in all the blanks ... leave no question unanswered! ANSWER IT AND SEND IT TO ME by hitting reply to poster at the bottom, THEN COPY AND REPOST IT FOR YOURSELF!


1.Your Full Name:
2. Age:
3. Single or Taken:
4. Favorite Movie:
5. Favorite Song:
6. Favorite Band/Rapper/Artist:
7. Kinky or Clean:
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:

HERE COMES THE FUN ... ... ...

1. Do we know each other outside of myspace?

2. Whats your philosophy on life??

3. Would you have my back in a fight?

4. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?

5. What is your favorite memory of us?

6. Have we ever been drunk together?

7. Would you give me a kidney?

8. Tell me one odd/intresting fact about you:

9. Would you take care of me when I'm sick?

10. Can we get together and make a cake?

11. have you heard any rumors of me lately?

12. Do you/have you talk(ed) crap about me?

13. Do you think I'm a good person?

14. Would you drive across country with me?

15. Do you think I'm attractive?

16. Have I seen you naked?

15. do you wanna have sex with me?

17. If you could change anything about me, would you? what would it be?

18. What do you wear to sleep?

19.Would you come over for no reason just to hang out?

20. Would you go on a date with me if i asked you?

21. Will you post this so I can fill it out for you?

Why must we lie about our age!

This question is starting to IRK me!!! Big time!!! I know it shouldn' be bothering me... but it is. I know women who are proud of their age. One of my dearst friends in the world isn't afraid of it! She is turning 49 in a few months and is proud of it!!! Her sister is 44 and damn proud of it! I am 39 and in a month and a half will be 40. I'm damn proud of it!!! None of us actually look our ages... we could easily knock ten years off and get a way with it, but we don't.

Then there are the women who lie about it. They lie to get ahead, they lie because they are afraid men won't want them if they fess up, they lie because growing old is an insult to them... One of them keeps telling the world that she is 33... when if fact she is 38. I know because I have seen the drivers licence. The other one is also 38 but continues to tell everyone she is 35... I know her real age because she told me one night when she was drunk! And this is bothering me. It's not bothering me because of my own vanity. I just told you my age so I can't be that vain. It's bothering me because these women are ashamed of saying they are older and that makes them ashamed of us, the ones who tell people how old they are... and that is starting to annoy me!

Happy Evil Day!

Happy Evil day everyone. Today is 6, 6, 6, (June 6, 2006).

Which is fitting because I am apparently evil! This is according to both people I know and strangers... See my article this week at shebytches.com.

I've decided to give in to the darkside.

Yours Truly,

Darth Lina

my week from hell...

Welcome to my week from hell! Being the child of Loki, I'm am not surprised by it all... just growing increasingly tired of it. All Hell broke loose Monday morning with the TTC strike, Tuesday I was late due to many delays on the subway... yesterday was 40 minutes late due to the west bound train being shut down because an emergency... then today... it's month end at work and anything that could go wrong did! More motivation for me to get enough freelance work to stay at home and write all day...

cs

me complain?

I am not going to complain about the heat. I'm not. I may be melting, but after the crap weather on the may 24th long weekend, I welcome the warmth! Just wish some of this excess fat would melt off!

What I am going to complain about is the TTC. You know, the only public transit system taht went on strike today without giving us fair warning... you know.. those idiots!!! I understand why their reasons for going on strike, but don't feel there actions made sense. There were other venues they could have taken to air their greivances. Not put 700,000 commuters in a bind. Fortunately I have a decent and understanding boss who told me it was ok just to stay at home for the day.

I do have to say that I did get quite a bit done. I am making progress on a short story I am writing for a submission, some paperwork out of the way, got the new issue of shebytches.com up in record time and am progressing on the book I am reading. 'The Jazz Age' by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I don't remember the last time I was able to just sit back and read for a few hours, in my back yard, listening to the birds.

Back to the 9 to 5 tomorrow, which I hope will soon turn into me sitting at home and writing and getting paid for it.

cs

I want a do over...

Ask me if I am depressed and bitter about the crappy weather over the long weekend!!! No really go ahead and ask me... I woke up this morning and looked out at sunshine... the forecast is predicting warm sunny days... today at lunch I didn't need my jacket... WHY COULDN'T the weekend have been that way... hmmm... hmmm.

NO, no... it had to be crap. Yes I was busy working on my portfolio for a good chunk of it.. but Sunday decided I would spend the afternoon out. The only day I could really and what happened... CRAPPY weather... It was cold and wet and CRAP! Oh the weather people are predicting a long, hot, dry summer, could it have not started on the long weekend... How come the Americans get perfect weather for their upcoming Memorial Day weekend... why...WHY???

What was accomplished, seeing as I was stuck inside... well let me see...
Portfolio is 80% done.
House is tidy
Planted some herbs
I spend some quality time with spiders in my basement office...
I defiantly BBQ'ed last night in the freezing cold!

Not accomplished...
Yard work
Planting in my garden
Getting some much needed sun.. I glow in the dark currently...
Sitting on my front porch drinking wine
Having dinner outside on the deck

I say we should get a do over... we should be able to have this coming Monday off as well!

me no blog.. me bad

wow, just realized it's been a few days since I blogged... me slow!!! well actually been trying to get an online porfolio up. www.carolinasmart.ca. it's not live yet, will be by end of the weekend, there is only a holder page right now.. and when it does go live it will be missing a few documents.. but... am working away on them...

oh and check out viki's myspace http://www.myspace.com/2milestore

Flutter and Flames

i'm scared of butterflies

what to do when it's gloomy

I have been listening to Latin music all day. It sure takes the gloom out of a day!!!

Makes you want to get us and dance!

obsession or infactuation

It's official! I have a new obsession. myspace.com. I have set Shebytches up with a myspace.com/shebytches space to post our events and because we are having things happen on a daily basis latetly it seems, it is a fab way to keep everyone up todate! I have become obsessed with it though. There are many cool indie artists and writers and it's such an amazing tool for networking!!!! LOVE IT!!!!!!!!

It's been nutso the last few days... hence the me not posting. Weekend vanished on me. Sat was busy nuts and Sunday I helped Di out at the clothing show. I was mostly disappointed with the selection of vendors. It was either the same old or the new ones weren't very impressive. The ones that always blow me away are Nathalie-Roze (who was in a booth with Smitten Kitten (uber cute), Play Dead (Bean and the team always have the coolest clothes there), Moonrox, Domistyle, Joaned, Steen and of course my girl Di at Flyballbags.com. Otherwise.. not really impressed.

And V, incase you get to log on while you are in Cuba.. the cats and I are making progress on our plan....

ever wonder....

Do you ever wonder what is real and what is fake. Every day I wonder. I see women with fake everything (faces, lips, breasts, etc), men with fake personalities, celebrities that are well just fake... ok... this could be a really long fake out.. so what point am I trying to make here, well I signed us up for myspace.com/shebytches to post our events etc. and in the process of getting us all set, up I came across two profiles of two supposed celebrities... so I began to wonder..

... could these be posers... both are quite huge stars, one of the two set up their myspace about 3 years ago the other recently... both had accurate information and one (a male) had a bunch of half naked people commenting... which doesn't surprise me.. but... are these really real.

One has to wonder.

One of the two also had the worst written english on the face of the earth. I wonder if they know kids are probably checking their page out. Yes am being anal, but alot of these kids look up to this person and if they see how that person writes they will think it is ok for them as well.

So I continue to wonder... what is real and what isn't

dead like me...

*sigh* once again I have taken the time to relax and watch a bit of TV.... once again I have discovered an awesome show that is no longer on TV...

Dead Like Me... biting, dark, hysterical!!! and only lasted for two seasons... why, Why WHY!!! The idea is beyond fantastic, the cast is amazing, the story lines supurb... why cancel it... Idiots!!!

http://www.deadlikeme.tv/index.php

hookey

wanted to play hookey today! it's hard to go to work when it is so perfect out!!!

I may have traveled half way around the world

Today it felt like I traveled half way around the world and back again. At least my feet feel that way. I had a very long list of things I needed to get and achieve today... I started at one end of the subway system and worked my way back. Eager to check the contents off the list as quickly as I could, I started my journey and the road down disappointment.

'Sold out, we don't carry that anymore, I don't think we have ever had that'... words that started to rub me like sand paper... finally at shopping stop number 4 and score... I was able to find one of the things on my list. Frustrated, hungry and in need of caffeine, I stopped for a few minutes to regroup. I decided to complete some of the non supply purchases end of the list. Big mistake.

Aren't people in customer service positions suppose to be.. well... helpful... one would think. As you will see in a previous blog I took the dreaded grey hound bus to where my parents live. Thankfully I didn't have to endure the ride back, but that meant I had to refund my ticket. Today I went to the station to do just that and had to deal with a ticket agent who looked like he was sucking on a sour candy... and a nasty piece of work sitting in the wicket beside him.

As I was dealing with Mr. Sour Puss, an eighty year old woman walked up to Ms. You Need to Stand in the Line to ask a question. After berating the poor thing and sending her on her way she had the nerve to say 'just because she is old.' We exchanged dirty looks as I was being shoved out of the way by the next customer. Mr. Sour Puss couldn't seem to get me out of the way fast enough. As he was shoving my money at me he was yelling "NEXT" Assholes.

After that fun experience, I strolled over to Chinatown in hopes of finding some of my supplies... one should never venture into Chinatown on a Saturday.. you can barely more for the crowds... but today had an added bonus.... on the way I was blocked by some protest.. then once I got there, I didn't realize it was 'International Hork Day.' Women, children and men alike were participating... I may have even seen a dog doing it... I walked four blocks dancing around the airborne phylum and the stuff on the ground... really is Horking necessary!!!!!!!

After Chinatown I headed to Queen Street. While in the shower this morning I had an idea for a new piece of merchandise. With a vision in my head I walked into what seemed to be the busiest store on the planet... I could barely move and once in the store was stuck and unable to get back out... after searching for 40 minutes and unable to get assistance from the clerks I finally found the things I need. (btw, tried making one tonight and I quite like it! Will get V's opinion tomorrow). Whoo hoo things off my list. About 20 more to go...

After some more running around Queen street and completely flabbergasted that I couldn't find anything... I hoped on the street car and headed east... there were more things I needed to get at the other end. This was a streetcar ride that almost put me over the top.

If the annoying 14 year old girls weren't bad enough, the lady with the really long dreadlocks, sitting in front of me, just about drove me to going postal. She hit me three times with her dreads... three times!!! On the third swat I said 'hey do you mind.' At which she gave me a dirty look... how dare I sit behind her... geez... her and her son got off the street car...

When I finally arrived at the other end... once again... 'sorry we seemed to be sold out.' fortunately they ordered me what I needed but it took the owner 15 minutes to explain it all to me... really I didn't need to know how you go about ordering stuff... just get it for me!!!!!

Of course my timing was off the entire day and I kept missing subway trains, streetcars and buses...

It took five hours to accomplish 4 things.... it should have only taken 2.

I need a margarita!