Oh, and I've got a new haircut

It's a Coupe Bizarre do. My first ever. I like, though I miss Shampoo ('cause it's my fave).

Let me know what you think.

Dear Blog

I am not forgetting about you. I am simply too busy to give you the attention you need. I think about you constantly - about all the weird and wonderful information that I should share with you like:

- Meeting Mr. Reynolds with Tuffy at the Ben Folds concert
- Getting last minute tickets to Lily Allen
- Having a kick ass time holding auditions for Playaz AND having a new kick ass cast
- Starting rehearsals
- Learning more about God's redemption
- Learning I have cavities

But alas, I have become neglectful and more socially flutter-by like. I am never home. I am too busy to blog at work. I barely see you anymore.

Please don't forget me, Blog. I still love you. I just need to not see you everyday for a while.

Love,
Felicity

Now the Green Blade Rises

Now the green blade rises
from the buried gain,
wheat that in dark earth
many days has lain;
love lives again,
that with the dead has been:
Love is come again like wheat that springs up green.

In the grave they laid him,
Love whom hate had slain,
thinking that never
he would wake again,
laid in the earth
like grain that sleeps unseen:
Love is come again like wheat that springs up green.

Forth he came in quiet,
like the risen garin,
he that for three days
in the grave had lain,
quick from the dead
the risen Christ is seen:
Love is come again like wheat that springs up green.

When our hearts are wintry,
grieving, or in pain,
Christ's touch can call us
back to life again,
fields of our hearts
that dead and bare have been:
Love is come again like wheat that springs up green.

Postface - and GO!

Also of note

A) I've finally added more pics to my Flickr account. Woohoo for updating sites that aren't Facebook.

B) I will be seeing Ben Folds on Friday. Woot!

C) Lent is almost over. I can enjoy beer and wine and tequila again.

Like losing a good friend

Ever find that reading a good book is like discovering a new friend? I do. Probably because I'm a true bookworm at heart who bonded more with books than people when I was younger. Just sayin'.

Right now I'm reading the book Tandia the sequel to the very awesome book The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay. Both very enthralling books, mostly because they are set in a very politically charged pre-apartheid and apartheid South Africa. I'm totally into this book and the story is somewhat stressful and disturbing, but very true feeling. I want to find out what happens, but at the same time, I don't want the book to be finished yet.

It truly is like losing a good friend.

Guess I'll just have to find something else to read until the next Harry Potter comes out.

Rediscovering a love for Dilbert

When I was younger, my sister was really into Dilbert cartoons. I remember this because I ended up buying her a Dilbert t-shirt as a gift from FAO Schwartz when I went in grade 11. I, however, didn't really get into it. I think it's because one has to spend some time in an office before it truly begins to make sense.

These days, I've been a bit of a cranky pants a work. We've had a lot of work and a lot of change happen in the last few months, and I've been really trying to keep it light, but alas, I have not always been successful. Therefore, I've been searching for a light diversion to keep me smiling during the day. Somehow (I think because of M) I stumbled on to Dilbert. And of course, now that I work a desk job in an office, this is all the funnier to me.

Here's one of my favourites:

Winning over parents = good, stolen iPods = bad

This weekend I decided to take on another adventure. Yep, it was about meeting the parents. M's parents, of course, seeing as I've met mine.

So after work on Friday, M and I left the city to head down to Lambton county - more specifically to the chemical valley, aka Sarnia. Even more specifically we went to Sombra. It's a thriving community of maybe 200 people. Very pretty, but you'll see in a minute why I mention these facts...

The drive was good - we made fairly good time once we got past the Friday commuter traffic. It was a nice drive, as M and I got to spend some quality time together. Before I knew it, it was 9 pm and we were pulling into his parents driveway. Then the meeting happened - both of his are really nice, and his puppy Winston is super cute. We had a good, though brief, visit before hitting the hay for the night.

The next morning, however, presented me with a different view of the tiny little Sombra. Yep - I awoke to M asking me one simple question "Did you take the iPods (meaning mine and his) out of the car?". My response: "No". Oh crap. Turns out both of them were gone, gone, gone. GAH! It seems the door might have been left open and someone got in and took them both.
The good news - we didn't lose the cell phone, wallet or expensive sunglasses we also foolishly left in the car. But still - the iPods...

Later that day we tried to put it out our minds and focused on family time. I got to play hockey with M's brother and nephews. It was a lot of fun, and lunch was great. Really, I just felt really welcome, and that meant a lot to me. It was a successful day. I think I'll be welcomed back..

That evening we headed of to Wendy's to join her Hawaiian party. It was good to have a chance to meet her friends, and to have Wends meet M. Wends ended up getting up some really strange and funny outfits for Value Village, and we all looked pretty silly. It was nice. It's just too bad I couldn't taste any of her Hypnotique breezers (stupid lent...)

Sunday was all about breakfast and then heading out, but not without raiding Wendy's CD collection first. We made it home in under 3 hrs. Safe and sound. And iPodless.