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Corn is everywhere.
My sister recommended this vegan restaurant called MeeT and tonight I got to eat there. It has amazing food! I had a dish called the “mucho something or other”… I don’t recall the actual name. I know it had something about mucho or macho, though. Itwas essentially a big fancy veggie burger; it was so good! However, I soon discovered that there was corn in the veggie Patty. Something that I really, really need to avoid. Unfortunately, corn is everywhere and it’s in food that you don’t necessarily expect. So, even though I already knew this fact, and I usually…
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Meeting new friends!
I’ve posted before about meeting new people here in Vancouver, but if I remember correctly, I mostly wrote about my slight fear in that area. At the time, that feeling wasn’t helped by the fact that I was super sick for weeks. Now that I’m feeling somewhat normal and have energy, that anxiety isn’t so stressful. I’ve already attended several meetups and kinda connected with a group of nerds, which is awesome! Being able to have in-depth discussions around geeky topics such as Game of Thrones and Sharknado is great! This week I’ve got a lot planned and it feels…
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Wah… It’s over…
Game of Thrones season seven is over and now the waiting game for season eight has begun. What a way to go out, though! Overall, this season has been amazing. Sure, the pacing was off and the penultimate episode seemed very unlikely, but it’s getting to the point where everything is clashing. All of the build up from the past six seasons is coming to a head, so of course things are gonna speed up and become even more intense. I’m not writing a review here, just sharing my excitement! Oh my goodness, it’s so exciting! Just want to rewatch…
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Mission: Find a piano.
I haven’t put very much effort into this yet, but I have a mission to find a piano that I can use in Vancouver. Now that I’m feeling better and am able to actually do stuff, this mission has become active and real. It’s happening; I’m going to find a piano, if not multiple pianos! Now, there are some street pianos downtown, which is great. I’ve seen those, played them, 10/10, would play again. But those are far away and a bit out of tune, which sounds silly but it makes a difference. Plus they’re in public place which isn’t…
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My website isn’t working.
Hopefully it’ll come back soon. If not, this will be uploaded in the morning. I wonder why this one website keeps giving me issues. All of my other ones are fine, which makes no sense at all. I’m feeling a tad stressed tonight. Okay, maybe more than a tad stressed. I’m trying not to be, but it’s pretty much out of my control. Stress isn’t good for me. I know it’s not good for anyone (especially sustained stress) but with my Crohn’s, stress can trigger flares and inflammation or I’ll just start having trouble pain in my gut. So I’m…
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A song.
99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer. Take one down and pass it around, 98 bottles of beer on the wall. 98 bottles of beer on the wall, 98 bottles of beer. Take one down and pass it around, 97 bottles of beer on the wall. 97 bottles of beer on the wall, 97 bottles of beer. Take one down and pass it around, 96 bottles of beer on the wall. 96 bottles of beer on the wall, 96 bottles of beer. Take one down and pass it around, 95 bottles of beer on the wall.…
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One hundred posts!
It’s weird to look back on the past one hundred days, but that’s what I’ve found myself doing over the past week. Why have I been doing that? Well, as the title suggests, today marks the one hundredth post in my daily blogging project. It’s crazy that amount of time has passed already! So much has changed over that time. I’ve been thinking of what to write in this post for the past week and I still don’t know what to do. How about we do a quick evaluation of my progress? Kinda like a report card or something. Note…
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I have toes.
Guess what!! I have toes on both of my feet. I know, I know, it sounds completely ridiculous. But trust me! I have toes. Ten of them in total, which I’ve found to be a good number. Not too many, and not too few. I even wrote a short poem inspired by my toes! On the ends of my feet, I have ten toes. On the front of my face, I keep a nose. Dance around, Wiggle my bum. Count to ten, And now I’m done. 😁 M3
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Feeling normal-ish today!
Today’s been another good day, which makes me very happy! Not only did I eat a bunch of solid food without any issues, I got to (kinda) see the 86% coverage solar eclipse! A very good day again. Rebeckah had a dental appointment downtown, so we spent the entire afternoon out there doing a few things after she was done. The downside is that I’m now quite tired. I’m still hungry and I want to keep doing stuff. But it’s now time to relax and prepare for bed. Other than that, no big inspiration for tonight’s blog post. I’ll catch…
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I did it again.
I’m too tired to write (again), so this will be a short and simple update. I climbed the Grouse Grind this afternoon! It was pretty great. The sun was less obstructed by clouds than my last outing, so it felt a tad warmer. But a really lovely day for a hike nonetheless. And while completing the grind in a shorter amount of time than my last attempt was not my goal, that’s exactly what happened. Yay!! ☺ Other than that, today was a great day! Not much else happened, but yes, overall a good day. I hope that you also…
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Night off.
I’m taking the night off from the blog, but this still counts as a post. Yay! I got mini donuts at the fair tonight! Those darn little cinnamon sugar covered donuts!! Yay! 😄 M3
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Welcome! Let me show you around.
Welcome to my house! Well, it’s not my house, but you know what I mean. 😉 Oh, where are my manners? Come in, come in! Don’t stand on the front porch, though I can understand why you’d want to since it’s so cute and cosy looking. We can grab some tea and sit out here, but let me show you around first. Don’t worry about taking off your shoes, though if you’d rather take them off, go right ahead. Just put them behind the door there. Yes, exactly. Let’s start upstairs. I know, I know…it’s not great feng shui the…
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Kinda depressed.
*insert standard warning of rambling late-night thoughts* BlimeyCon is a meetup for the patrons of Blimey Cow and it first started as a pipe dream. We joked about all of us getting together one day to meet IRL since we’d become such good friends over the internet. Then last summer, it actually happened. We organised a meetup and it was amazing! It felt like coming home to the place you felt most comfortable, filled with your most favourite and close people. We thought it would be quite awkward when we first met face-to-face since we’re all introverted to some degree,…
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Solid Food
I am sooo hungry! I’ve been eating enough food to keep my tummy filled and stuff, but I’m still mostly sticking to a liquid diet. But liquids don’t satisfy my appetite the same way that a full, solid meal does. You know? I’ve been slowly adding some simple solid foods the past few days and tonight I made a simple wrap with lettuce, cheese, peppers, and mayonnaise for me to eat, though it probably wasn’t the best idea. I want a nice, warm pasta dish… or grilled veggie panini… oh! Or a carrot cake! Maybe homemade turkey burgers, too! So many…
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Slow Progress
I just finished writing a long-ish post, but WordPress was stupid and didn’t back it up to the local cache, to the database, or anywhere else. LAMESAUCE!! However, let’s forgive and move on because this has to be done. I must write a new post every single day. Sleep is for the weak! But I am weak, so…😐 *exhales bigly* It’s frustrating for me to still be here, working to rebuild my strength just to get out of bed every day. It feels like that’s been my sole task for the past three years. It’s like my life is on…
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Dogs vs. Cats
(Warning: I did not read this after writing it. I’ll fix any mistakes in the morning.) A quick question. Are you a dog person or a cat person? I, myself, prefer dogs to cats, but that’s mainly because I’m allergic to cats, a fact that frustrates me and, for many years, I’ve had to re-learn because I kept forgetting. But saying that I’m a dog person doesn’t mean that I don’t like cats. The whole pitting dogs against cats is a weird concept to begin with. What if I didn’t prefer either of those animals in my home and instead I called…
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Yeah.
Tough day, friends. So only a short filler piece tonight. I was feeling a mix of strong emotions today, both happy, sad, and even homesick to an extent. Feeling sad isn’t necessarily a bad thing, and it shouldn’t be ignored and pushed away. So I embraced it when I felt it. In fact, I turned on one of my all-time favourite shows, Please Like Me, and chose to watch three of the most emotionally charged episodes. This show is touching and beautiful and packs so many dynamic moments into every scene. But the episodes I picked were particularly moving and significant,…
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On an upswing?
I think that I’m beginning to feel better today! I feel like the fog has cleared, which is timely with the smoke clearing out of the air for the first time in weeks! We could actually see the sun and the clouds; it felt like summer again. *satisfied sigh* I’ve also been ramping up my language learning today by reading some new materials, upping my daily goals for learning new words, and replacing some apps on my phone with more learning tools. Language has always intrigued me and I used to be decently fluent in French, though that didn’t last…
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Totally drained of energy.
I’m so tired. My brain doesn’t want to think too much and my body doesn’t want to move either. It’s really frustrating because it’s the kind of tired that makes it hard even to sleep or pay attention. I may have already said this, but this is probably the most frustrating thing for me besides the food limitations. Not only am I unwell, it’s hard to watch TV or read a book. I want to do something creative with this time and my brain says, “I just want to rest.” Rar. Even writing is frustrating me. Just seems quite taxing.…
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I’m just gonna ramble.
Rambling can be fun. You never really know what’s gonna come up when you start to ramble without a plan, which is what I’m doing right now. I could say anything that pops into my mind! I’m just making it all up as I go. Weeeee!! 😂 Paddlefest is over now and I’m going over the registrations, compiling stats, writing reports, ensuring the transactions are sorted properly, and whatever else. Lots of stuff to go through! Kinda boring, but still interesting. My phone’s also been acting weird the past week. It dies really quickly, sometimes shutting down when there’s still…
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