traxis on the run

Worth posting

This'll eventually get loaded onto the official webpage, but that requires SOOO much more work.

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here and to their page linking to your results.
(from Are you gonna eat that food blog.)

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

Hmmm... 70 out of 100. Gotta get over being so squeemish.
I betcha Chris' score would be higher than mine...

Labels: food

posted by traxis @ 9:05 p.m. 0 comments

Zen is...

Having 3 days off of work
The entire house is clean
Enjoying a really good book (Twinkie, Deconstructed - Steve Ettlinger)
No more chores to do
Slight rain, cool breeze, promises of sun and warmth for later
Contemplating where to have brunch today

ohm.

Labels: books, weekends

posted by traxis @ 9:05 a.m. 0 comments

Chris fixed my car! For good this time I think!

We found a different computer from the wreckers today, Chris installed it and now it's working magically!

Celebrated with steak!

Back to more crazy work tomorrow - hoping to go camping this coming weekend. So overworked, am really looking forward to being 100% unplugged for a few days soon.

Labels: car, work

posted by traxis @ 8:51 p.m. 0 comments

Lunch with the Mayor

After a very successful hunt for a new purse , I enjoyed a very good plate of fennel and sausage risotto at Zenari's in downtown. Seated next to me was Mayor Stephen Mandel. He had soup but didn't eat the mushrooms.

Labels: food, politics, shopping

posted by traxis @ 4:40 p.m. 0 comments

Watching the Alberta polls...

Oh god - how terrible...
And I'm not just talking about the opposition numbers.

CBC coverage is by far the best, but they wonky guests they have up in the Calgary tower and the terrible e-mails they are reading out loud really detract from the useful content.

Crazy outcomes - still at the edge of my seat.

Labels: politics

posted by traxis @ 10:02 p.m. 0 comments

Woo! First day of the holidays!

It's 9 AM and I've already:
- put dishes away
- moved junk down to the basement
- did my banking
- checked facebook
- checked my work e-mail (guilty look)
- thought about my "to do" list today which will include buying gas for the car, buying more potatoes, e-mailing mom for the Vol au Vent recipe, maybe buying the fantastic metallic carry-all purse from Le Chateau, taking the dog for a walk, going to the library, and hanging up the stained glass Christmas thing my grandmother made (and maybe, maybe getting a haircut).

Have and x-mas party to go to tonight - mostly people we don't know, and those we know will be more Chris' friends than mine... not hyped about it at all. uhg.

Labels: busy, vacation

posted by traxis @ 8:59 a.m. 2 comments

One more day!

So today was actually crazy good - we had a very busy day at work, but most of it was good, very productive, etc. The office really went all out for me with a super nice and generous X-mas gift. Then drinks with Chris and Julie, and now taking it easy at home. Can't wait for 4 pm tomorrow!

Labels: weekends

posted by traxis @ 9:01 p.m. 0 comments

TGI MoFo F

Crazy week - it's getting to me.
Only 5 more work days until I get a full week and a half off!

I am tired and cranky - and it's not for no reason - I cannot believe some of the shit that some of the people I work for get away with or ask me to do. It's so retarded. But whatever, the place is running and doing way better than in past years.

Anyhow - weekend is here, and after making dinner and a quick trip to Canadian Tire I hope to just sit on the couch with the hot water bottle, some cookies or snacks and my book.

A NEW book - BTW - Vinyl Cafe stories - which is so much lighter and more fun to read than Rebel Sell.

Tomorrow: dog park, fix the car, finish Julie's Xmas gift, wrap presents, and divide up some x-mas baking, maybe make one more batch... unsure... then Indian food with the Tanners. Sunday: Red Deer with Carlen, which'll be awesome.

Labels: books, weekends, work, x-mas

posted by traxis @ 5:45 p.m. 1 comments

2 weeks left!

Okay - so I'm done sending out x-mas letters, and am part-way done getting gifts. My baking is pretty much done too, except for one batch of squares and maybe one more batch of shortbreads (depends how tired I get making them).

Only 2.5 x-mas parties this year, and the in-laws are coming after boxing day, so I can wait to get them some gifts until then (if, they are getting "things" rather than "experiences" which is my new trend for parents). Everything that needs to be ordered ahead of time has been done so. Most of my "stuff" is at home.

But I dunno if I can feel ready for x-mas yet - this is way later than I typically am in most years (though, in all the previous years had to go to Ontario for x-mas, so had no option but to be done by this time!!)

Labels: Christmas

posted by traxis @ 7:00 a.m. 0 comments

Mesmerized by the Victoria Secret Fashion Show

And not in the way one typically is...

There are some incredible underwear sets featuring modern and pop art references - including Dali, Rene Magritte, Picasso, to name but a few.

(And I'm secretly super excited about the Spice Girls being "back"!!)

Labels: misc.

posted by traxis @ 6:44 p.m. 1 comments

PSA

Laurie Blakeman's passenger-side headlight is burnt out.

Labels: misc.

posted by traxis @ 11:02 a.m. 0 comments

Telegraph-style update

Going to Vegas in 3 days.

Need a haircut.

New girl starting at work tomorrow.

Good long weekend - got a lot accomplished:

"How Sassy Changed My Life" is the funnest book ever - makes me nostalgic.

Company's Coming - Chinese cookbook - black pepper chicken = success & delicious.

Windows have been insulated.

House looks half decent.

Random jaccuzzi cover that got left on the front lawn 3 weeks ago has finally been moved by the garbage hut. It was gross & heavy.

Labels: random

posted by traxis @ 10:03 p.m. 0 comments

October is driving me crazy

I haven't had a break at all this month - work has been crazy busy - we are still down one office staff, and I'm super exhausted every day dealing with what seems to be "end of the world" situations while I'm there, but when I get home, I wonder why the hell we are dealing with so much shit, from such ridiculous sources, and spending so much time on it all. (grumble)

At home, we've been working non stop too.
And while the products of it is all great (more on that later), I'm so exhausted it's not even funny.

First off, about 2 weeks ago, one of Chris' friends was giving up on his (girlfriend's) car. They thought the thing was dead and wasn't worth fixing. Chris offered to help, and they said he could have the car (free) if he was able to fix it. Chris, of course, was able to (and for litterally just about a dozen dollars!) so we were able to have it (I did, eventually offer my recumbant exercise bike and $50 to make the deal a bit more balanced). Anyways, so now I have a vehicle, which is sooooo wonderful, but we did quite a bit more work on it too before it was set to go.

In the past weeks we've also been making a point to get a lot of household things with the wedding gift certificates and money we were given. We want to make use of these things, but at the same time, we are very aware that we'll be moving in about a year too - it is tough to be making purchases when we're suppose to be sizing down too. Nonetheless, we've been making very wise choice - got several big items (kitchen table set, kitchenaid mixer, cutlery set, kitchen storage) at excellent value.

We have also been trying to make use of these new things - so we've now begun cooking a lot from home - which is great, but exhausting. We've been switching off making supper, and have avoided going out for dinner during the week quite a bit. On the weekends, we've been trying lots of big things - such as prepping lunches ahead of time, or for instance, Chris made cinamon buns from scratch on Saturday. Things are all delicious, and it's a great habit to get into, but with everything else going on, it's a lot.

FInally, we've been working hard at reorganizing the kitchen. Ariel & I have made 6 batches of jam, salsa and other preserves, we've finished off the thank you cards (mostly!) for the wedding, trying to keep the house clean, raked all the leaves in the backyard, cleaned up the garage, and now, we're looking forward to getting some visitors - Chris' parents will be joining us shortly after Christmas for about a week.

Labels: cleaning, cooking, work

posted by traxis @ 8:46 a.m. 0 comments

Still alive - working my ass off every day though - and weekends have also been busy.

Am getting through the long "thank you" card list bit by bit, and am starting to enjoy the multitude of gifts we got.

Still facing difficult challenges from day to day at work - hoping that this will get better - can't see what I can possibly do to improve things more than what I have been doing.

Oh - and this weekend we are holding a garage sale - looking forward to getting rid of some of the junk, duplicate stuff, and things I just don't use from around the house. It will really clear up a lot of space in the house too. Feels good.

Labels: garage sale, wedding, work

posted by traxis @ 5:27 p.m. 0 comments

Hitched!



Got married this weekend after over a year of planning - everything went so great! We had 75ish people come in from all across Canada and abroad for the wedding - including my super awesome wedding party who were fantastic helping with everything from bouquet making to giving the best speeches ever. Family & friends were wonderful, so generous, and loving. So stoked to be Mrs. Parker!

Labels: wedding

posted by traxis @ 7:47 p.m. 1 comments