Sometimes, I really have to wonder what made anyone want to settle here. Did their wagon lose a wheel half way to the coast, and they just thought, "Ah, fuck it, we'll deal."? Back in the day, this city was just a big mass of clay and dirt, not a tree for miles. Who in the world thought this was an ideal place to live? The old country must have been really, really bad, for this to look good.
I knew it was cold last night when I went to work. I figured it was around 40 below. The snow was blowing so badly, I couldn't see the streets, and I just prayed that nothing was in front of me as I plowed through. Half way there, a man was standing right in the frickin' middle of the road. Just standing there. I thought for a second that I should just run him over for being so incredibly stupid, but instead I just veered around him, and yelled "Dude! Get off the way!!!" as I drove by. When I got to work, I had to wonder what was up with him. Maybe he was frozen solid, and couldn't move. I somewhat hope that nobody smoked him off.
It was -53 degrees with the windchill this morning, when I started getting ready to send the ladies to work. I thought of keeping them home, but I figured, if I had to work, so did they. But seriously, how cold does it have to get before the city just issues a statement, tells everyone to make a quick run to the liquor store, and shuts the city down? Are there people out there that are really shopping today? Going to restaurants? The movies? If so, you're all fucking crazy.
Myself, I'm staying in. I'm putting on my pj's, crawling into bed, and staying there. Well, at least until shortly before midnight when I have to go back to work.
Jan 29, 2008
LVGurl Interviews Abigail Road
It was my turn yesterday, to be interrogated for Neil's Great Interview Experiment. The lovely LVGurl asked some great questions, and I hope I gave some great answers. Go on over to her blog to check out the interview.
Neilochka, this was a fantastic idea. You really are making all of us feel like we are somebody. Thank you.
Neilochka, this was a fantastic idea. You really are making all of us feel like we are somebody. Thank you.
Jan 26, 2008
Abigail Interviews Mrs. Mogul
Neil over at Citizen of the Month, had a fabulous idea to get bloggers to interview other bloggers in The Great Interview Experiment. He wanted to give everyone a chance to feel like they were important, that they were somebody, and also gave us all a chance to get to know someone new, that perhaps we would never have stumbled upon in the vast InterWeb. Below, is my interview with Mrs. Mogul. After going through her archives a wee bit, and getting the answers to these questions, I have decided I want her to be my new best friend. She is just so....cool.
Abigail Road: You are waiting for the writer's strike to end. How exactly has this affected you?
Mrs. Mogul : Well, not too bad actually. I watch Project Runway so no writers needed to script the cattiness going on in that show!
Abigail Road: Why did you start blogging?
Mrs. Mogul: One night I was sitting at home in London and kept seeing the word Blog online. I had no idea what it really was and then in a few days was hooked. It became a hobby and I loved writing and sharing my personal stories. Besides, what better way to be narcissistic? :)
Abigail Road: How did you meet Mr. Mogul?
Mrs. Mogul: Oh we had the same friend in NYC. Mr. Mogul would visit a lot and we would all hang out and party.This is in 2000. He actually heard my voice before we met. In 1999 I was being interviewed on a London radio station and Mr. Mogul had heard it and remembered me from the interview! A short story about that time was published early last year in a book of anthologies. Anyway, he ended up surprising me with a kiss at the Armani A/X store party and that's when we "hooked up"!
Abigail Road: You have met a ton of celebrities. Who is the most memorable and why?
Mrs. Mogul: Tom Cruise. We had the longest conversation and no, he didn't jump on the couch. It was at the after party for Pulp Fiction and there were like 40 celebs and me in a tiny restaurant in NYC. I was drunk and Tom and I yapped about his newly adopted daughter and his upcoming film. Nicole Kidman was there and at the time I thought she was the ice queen because she didn't smile or anything. She interrupted our conversation and said, "Tom..let's go!" Well it was 3am in the morning so I will excuse her. I found Tom so nice and friendly! Plus, he never slipped me a card about joining Scientology!
The second memorable time was when my friend took me to a party in NYC and the girl who opened the door was Lisa Loeb. It was a birthday party at her apt. I blogged about that too!
Abigail Road: C'mon, give me one juicy piece of celebrity gossip that you know of.
Mrs. Mogul: A friend of mine years ago, (he was a dancer) went with his friend to Madonna's apartment in Central Park West. Madonna and the guys SMOKED POT that afternoon! The next day he told me all about it and said Madonna would have loved me. I was pissed because he should have invited me!!
Abigail Road: What was your favorite thing about living in London?
Mrs. Mogul: The shopping! Especially King's Road. It's all cute boutiques!
Abigail Road: Is there anything that you used to do, that you just don't/can't do anymore, now that you are a mom? Do you miss it?
Mrs. Mogul: Party at the most fabulous nyc clubs! But then I'm getting older so why should I care? I did go to my friends' new club in Manhattan during our xmas trip. It was fun going out without the baby!
Abigail Road: Did you have any imaginary friends as a child? If so, what were they like? Does Baby Mogul have any?
Mrs. Mogul: Haha ! What a question! I still have imaginary friends! I invite them over for tea once in awhile.
Abigail Road: Not to be morbid, but if you were given 6 months to live, how would you spend those 6 months?
Mrs. Mogul: Traveling and shopping!! Spending it all!
Abigail Road: If you could be doing anything you wanted, anywhere in the world, right here and now, what would you be doing?
Mrs. Mogul: At the moment I would want to produce or maybe script a tv show. I really miss working in tv and may go back in the near future.
Abigail Road: You are waiting for the writer's strike to end. How exactly has this affected you?
Mrs. Mogul : Well, not too bad actually. I watch Project Runway so no writers needed to script the cattiness going on in that show!
Abigail Road: Why did you start blogging?
Mrs. Mogul: One night I was sitting at home in London and kept seeing the word Blog online. I had no idea what it really was and then in a few days was hooked. It became a hobby and I loved writing and sharing my personal stories. Besides, what better way to be narcissistic? :)
Abigail Road: How did you meet Mr. Mogul?
Mrs. Mogul: Oh we had the same friend in NYC. Mr. Mogul would visit a lot and we would all hang out and party.This is in 2000. He actually heard my voice before we met. In 1999 I was being interviewed on a London radio station and Mr. Mogul had heard it and remembered me from the interview! A short story about that time was published early last year in a book of anthologies. Anyway, he ended up surprising me with a kiss at the Armani A/X store party and that's when we "hooked up"!
Abigail Road: You have met a ton of celebrities. Who is the most memorable and why?
Mrs. Mogul: Tom Cruise. We had the longest conversation and no, he didn't jump on the couch. It was at the after party for Pulp Fiction and there were like 40 celebs and me in a tiny restaurant in NYC. I was drunk and Tom and I yapped about his newly adopted daughter and his upcoming film. Nicole Kidman was there and at the time I thought she was the ice queen because she didn't smile or anything. She interrupted our conversation and said, "Tom..let's go!" Well it was 3am in the morning so I will excuse her. I found Tom so nice and friendly! Plus, he never slipped me a card about joining Scientology!
The second memorable time was when my friend took me to a party in NYC and the girl who opened the door was Lisa Loeb. It was a birthday party at her apt. I blogged about that too!
Abigail Road: C'mon, give me one juicy piece of celebrity gossip that you know of.
Mrs. Mogul: A friend of mine years ago, (he was a dancer) went with his friend to Madonna's apartment in Central Park West. Madonna and the guys SMOKED POT that afternoon! The next day he told me all about it and said Madonna would have loved me. I was pissed because he should have invited me!!
Abigail Road: What was your favorite thing about living in London?
Mrs. Mogul: The shopping! Especially King's Road. It's all cute boutiques!
Abigail Road: Is there anything that you used to do, that you just don't/can't do anymore, now that you are a mom? Do you miss it?
Mrs. Mogul: Party at the most fabulous nyc clubs! But then I'm getting older so why should I care? I did go to my friends' new club in Manhattan during our xmas trip. It was fun going out without the baby!
Abigail Road: Did you have any imaginary friends as a child? If so, what were they like? Does Baby Mogul have any?
Mrs. Mogul: Haha ! What a question! I still have imaginary friends! I invite them over for tea once in awhile.
Abigail Road: Not to be morbid, but if you were given 6 months to live, how would you spend those 6 months?
Mrs. Mogul: Traveling and shopping!! Spending it all!
Abigail Road: If you could be doing anything you wanted, anywhere in the world, right here and now, what would you be doing?
Mrs. Mogul: At the moment I would want to produce or maybe script a tv show. I really miss working in tv and may go back in the near future.
Jan 25, 2008
Someone, Please, Play me The Beatles.
It is almost 4:00am.
I have a beautiful boy, sound asleep in my bed. I think. Maybe he's listening to me typing.
I have tons of Shiraz and Pinot Grigio in the kitchen, and in my belly.
I don't want to go to sleep.
I cannot sleep. I feel much too awake.
If I go to sleep, I will wake up, and be almost thirty.
I will have to sleep at some point, but for now, I will just mooch a cigarette off of the V-Man, and pretend, in my head, that I am sixteen.
I have a beautiful boy, sound asleep in my bed. I think. Maybe he's listening to me typing.
I have tons of Shiraz and Pinot Grigio in the kitchen, and in my belly.
I don't want to go to sleep.
I cannot sleep. I feel much too awake.
If I go to sleep, I will wake up, and be almost thirty.
I will have to sleep at some point, but for now, I will just mooch a cigarette off of the V-Man, and pretend, in my head, that I am sixteen.
Jan 22, 2008
29 Things
A list of twenty-nine things I still want to do, and hopefully will do,at some point in life, in honor of my twenty-ninth birthday.
1. Get a new bicycle. A really rad retro bicycle.
2. Go to Mexico with friends and family.
3. See Morrissey in concert.
4. Have a baby.
5. Own a cottage on the lake shore.
6. Be a size 12 again.
7. Sing in a band just once, even back-up will do.
8. Go back to Churchill, in the spring-time.
9. See New York City.
10. Have an adventure with my mom.
11. Find the perfect bra.
12. Own a piano.
13. Make enough money to do all of these things.
14. Tattoo over the ugly scar on my leg.
15. Move out of the House of Pain, to another semi-permanent location.
16. Make money on my Etsy shop.
17. Go to Africa.
18. Go back to Paris, with money this time.
19. Write a novel.
20. Get electrolysis on my upper lip. Plucking for the rest of my life does not sound fun.
21. Learn to crotchet.
22. Go to Thailand.
23. Live in a home with a huge bath tub.
24. Learn to budget and be more responsible with my money.
25. Pay my mom back all the money I owe her.
26. Quit smoking.
27. Take a class or two, in what, I am not sure yet, just for fun.
28. Go on a road trip/camping trip to Northern Saskatchewan.
29. Have my own garden, or even learn how to keep plants alive.
Vote for me, and I'll have you over for coffee.
1. Get a new bicycle. A really rad retro bicycle.
2. Go to Mexico with friends and family.
3. See Morrissey in concert.
4. Have a baby.
5. Own a cottage on the lake shore.
6. Be a size 12 again.
7. Sing in a band just once, even back-up will do.
8. Go back to Churchill, in the spring-time.
9. See New York City.
10. Have an adventure with my mom.
11. Find the perfect bra.
12. Own a piano.
13. Make enough money to do all of these things.
14. Tattoo over the ugly scar on my leg.
15. Move out of the House of Pain, to another semi-permanent location.
16. Make money on my Etsy shop.
17. Go to Africa.
18. Go back to Paris, with money this time.
19. Write a novel.
20. Get electrolysis on my upper lip. Plucking for the rest of my life does not sound fun.
21. Learn to crotchet.
22. Go to Thailand.
23. Live in a home with a huge bath tub.
24. Learn to budget and be more responsible with my money.
25. Pay my mom back all the money I owe her.
26. Quit smoking.
27. Take a class or two, in what, I am not sure yet, just for fun.
28. Go on a road trip/camping trip to Northern Saskatchewan.
29. Have my own garden, or even learn how to keep plants alive.
Vote for me, and I'll have you over for coffee.Jan 20, 2008
Annual January Blues
Depression is a bitch. Abigail depressed, is a bitch, literally. I hate feeling bad about feeling bad, because sometimes, you just are in a funk, and you need to wallow a bit, even if you don't have any concrete reasons about being in said funk. I just wish that I wasn't such a bother.
Yesterday, I felt old. I cried and sulked about it until finally my body couldn't take it anymore and I fell asleep. All night, crazy dreams that seemed all too real. This morning, I was excited about going for brunch with Smyrish, and then there was a mouse in the bath tub with me, and my mood just went downhill from there, which is ridiculous. I feel over-worked, left out, exhausted, and I'm pissed about not having enough time in any given day to do all the things I want to do, and see all the people I want to see, and at the same time, I just want to be alone. Bah, I hate this feeling.
Although I don't really want to go out in the cold, I'm heading out to have a drink with Wench and Becks, 'cause I need some quality girl time, and then I think I'll call Smyrish and pester him for a cuddle.
Vote for me, and I'll make all your dreams come true.
Yesterday, I felt old. I cried and sulked about it until finally my body couldn't take it anymore and I fell asleep. All night, crazy dreams that seemed all too real. This morning, I was excited about going for brunch with Smyrish, and then there was a mouse in the bath tub with me, and my mood just went downhill from there, which is ridiculous. I feel over-worked, left out, exhausted, and I'm pissed about not having enough time in any given day to do all the things I want to do, and see all the people I want to see, and at the same time, I just want to be alone. Bah, I hate this feeling.
Although I don't really want to go out in the cold, I'm heading out to have a drink with Wench and Becks, 'cause I need some quality girl time, and then I think I'll call Smyrish and pester him for a cuddle.
Vote for me, and I'll make all your dreams come true.
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