Today the Olympic torch went by my neighborhood on it's way to downtown Vancouver (I live out in a suburb). It was so fun to dress up in Canadian clothes, and watch the torch go by. I'm SO freaking excited about the Olympics coming up!! More pictures to come in the next few weeks of the events that I'm going to, etc.

For now, here's a link to a slideshow of the best pictures that I took today:

Olympic torch relay by thora_seb

Enjoy!

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I'm an aspiring music journalist. I decided to start this blog and I really need followers. I would really appreciate if people actually read it!

It's going to be freakin awesome and of course there will be stuff about U2! So please pass the link around here and on facebook/twitter. THANK YOU!

Anyone want to buy some???
I got a million boxes at home.

Great show! Their debut album soundtracked a great chunk of my last year so I was really looking forward to seeing Florence live, and boy did they not disappoint. Florence Welch is a total star, one of the most dynamic, theatrical, charismatic, thrilling performers I've seen onstage, just utterly mesmerising to watch. She's definitely on my list of music girl-crushes now

I was supposed to have my dancing class earlier in the evening, but I was so drained by the hot weather...

I've been reading the Grammy Nods thread today and some of the negtive comments got me thinking.

What would happen if there were no award shows?

Dunno....just an honest question. What do you think?

My friend, Matthew Mayfield, covering RTSS. Tell me what you think.

YouTube - Matthew Mayfield - Running To Stand Still

Great day, great weather despite the forecast that had threatened clouds and light showers, and a headlining performance by Muse that was so awesome I'm blogging late at night because I can't sleep!

Getting there
Caught a train full of chattering teenagers to the city, then a special train to Flemington Racecourse - just barely because when the train arrived at Southern Cross station it was already packed and the crowd at the platform was huge. I still have no idea how I managed...

I missed out the entire last year for various reasons, and then the studio I had been attending for five years closed down which made me unhappy. I found out later that some of the teachers keep running their own classes and there's one on Balaclava Road on Wednesdays. Which is great because I only need to spend 25 minutes driving there instead of hour or more. No more awful traffic on Punt Road!

It felt good to do bellydance again but I'm definitely out of practice... all my movements...

I wore gloves tonight. Damn it was cold.

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He's not all mean though!
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On this day, Saturday January 16th 2010, I turned another page in my life. I moved into my own apartment!

OK, so it's really a part of my parents' house. But still, I am living the independent life of an adult now! I just did my first food shopping for the week. I am still unpacking things, and probably won't be done until Monday or Tuesday. The TV isn't working properly for some reason. (BTW, anyone know how to get the channels in on an HD TV? Only one station comes in and that really...

Pretty disappointing. For one thing, starting the main event at 10.45 pm is too damn late, wouldn't have mattered if the show was good but when it's uninspiring on top of late it doesn't help matters. Sure Neko's voice was as clear and beautiful as it is on record, and her band sounded good, but as a performer she came off very remote, dour and, well, boring. I don't know if she was tired or in a bad mood; it probably didn't help that the venue was suffocatingly stuffy, and early on in the show...

I make reminder phone calls for a rolfer (kind of like a chiropractor / massage therapist) every day. Many of his clients are weekly. Some are terse on the phone, some are polite and some are friendly and talkative. I've been doing this for 2 1/2 years and I've been calling some of the same people every week for that long.

Today I noticed on his schedule that he was taking Friday afternoon off for a wake for one of his clients. Now, I've never met this woman, never seen her, never...

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So often I feel like I use my blog to bitch and moan about things so today's entry is because today was a good day.

- I wore a comfy outfit to work
- I got everything ready on time
- My students were engaged all morning (we won't discuss my afternoon classes)
- I talked to a good friend at lunch
-I'm making some plans to see some Blue Crackers in a little over a month
- I'm taking my son out to dinner tonight to celebrate his "student of the...