Well, i am now writing you as the owner of a stupid pair of glasses. Actually they are quite nice and i look forward to having them but man are they expensive. Not only is the darn appointment 60 bucks but you also become poor when you have to try and buy the solution to your problem.

Id put a picture up of what they look like but then id have to find a picture of them and i dont really feel like doing that. So, if you actually care, then you'll just have to wait and maybe eventually i will have a picture of me wearing my hot new glasses... whenever I get them which should be Friday.

Anyways, these posts are weird enough so i plan on ending this message right......... NOW!

Can you see this picture? Beautiful eh? Well i can see it too and I still have to go and pay 60$ to get my eyes checked. I dont think i have a problem with my sight but it turns out that because i have been having brutal headaches for several weeks now it is likely i may need glasses. I DONT WANT TO HAVE TO WEAR GLASSES ALL THE TIME. I think they look really awsome on people and i used to wish i had them but i just know that i will get tired of wearing them.

I dont think i would need them for anything other than reading seeing as how my head usually only hurts when i am at the computer or reading or focusing on anything, however i still have to cary them around everywhere.

The price was put in perspective though by a friend of mine when he said " well at least 60$ is a small price to pay to get rid of headaches. " I guess i agree but i will be so frustrated and a little scared if i pay 60$ after they tell me my sight is fine.

So as you can see i have a mixed opinion about my sight. Because i have to pay 60$ to get them checked i am hoping they tell me i need glasses. Also, i kind of like the idea of my headaches being caused by bad sight than anything worse. So... Ill keep you posted. Maybe i can get a picture of me with glasses if i have to get them.

Sid, are you happy i updated? I only wrote this because of your comment. See how much i love you?

Welcome to the 40's.

Have you ever wanted to live in another era? Things may have seemed simpler or more fun. Well, i dont think i would love to live in the 40's but i certainly love learning about past eras and what they did. Most of all, however, I love the adds and the styles they had. Its also fun to see that they go in cycles. Some of these styles are coming back into our lives now.

Something that i found was really neat was some of the slang that teenagers said. Here are some of the things that i found were:
Doll Dizzy- Girl crazy
Dilly- a cute girl
Blackour girl- a cute girl
Able-Grable- a cute girl
Some of Hitlers work, no doubt- Unattractive girl
Void Coupon- Unattractive girl
Share crop- a sexually promiscuous girl
Khaki Whacki- boy crazy
Active duty- a sexually promiscuous boy
Drooly- a cute boy
Greeby- terrible
Duckyshine cracker- good dancer ( i like this one the best)

Now look at this add! Is that not creative? Its pure cheese but its more fun then what we have these days for advertisments. Something else that shoudl be noted is that it seems to be women who are usually the certerpiece of the adds. I guess that hasn't changed much eh?

Some fo the other things i always love are the propoganda posters or the war. I find the ones trying to recruite the women the most interesting even though i am by no means a modernday feminist. I just think they are fun. And it would certainly work in the 40's. Women were starting to be treated as people who were needed not only at home but out in the working world. Here are som picutres that i found that i really enjoyed.



Are they not fun? I mean I can totally see how it works. People get paid big money to come up with advertisments that people will eat up. I mean it is propoganda and they know how to make their job work. I mean even if you dont smoke, did that lady make the cigarette look good? Or factory working, didnt that lady make it look attractive to be working in the factory making bombs? Its really interesting how it works.


Now, welcome to the 40's family? How many of you have a family who acts like that? I bet in the 40's they didnt either. But they all tried to look like it i bet.

Some of the activities that Youth and toung adults liked to do were:
Rollerskating
Going to the movies
Bowling ( i love bowling)
Listening to records
Going dancing
Playing Golf or Tennis at the club
Going to the race track
They dont seem that different do they? we usually listen to CD's and our dancing is different and we use rollerblades instead of skates but otherwise it seems to be the same thing.

Toys and stuff however, they are things you dont find our kids playing with these days.
Electric Train sets
Plastic Toys ( thats not changed)
Pedal cars
Paper dolls
Slinky
Daisy Red Ryder Air Riffle (????)
Marbles
Balsa wood Airplane kits
Midgitory die cast vehicles (???)
Raggedy Ann and Andy
Radio Flyer Wagons
Tonette flutes
Colouring books


And as for this picture here? SO CUTE!!! Am a girl or what? I love the seemed Nylons though. During the war, women used to dray lines on their legs to make it look like thay were wearing nylons because the wouldnt afford to actually buy them. Girls and women never really change... well i guess they only seem to get less conservative.

Anyways, thats my entry on the 40's i jut had so much fun finding all the pictures. I dont normally surf the net but i did for this and it was fun. i guess it depends on your interests.

"We are the beaver. We're furry and were free..."

See that picture? I am the one with the green question mark over my head. Im not thinking, im mearly giving up. HA HA HA.

If you cant tell what they are I will tell you. They are the greatest animal in all the world; the beaver. I think they are just the most awsome creatures ever. And i even have a theme song that is tied to who i am because i love them so much. this is the song:

We are the Beaver
The Arrogant Worms
(frig, you cant cut and paste so i have to write out all the lyrics, is this really worth it?)

The US is the eagle, Russia is the Bear, Australia is the kangaroo cause they're kinda weird down there. Yeah, India is the tiger, who stands so proud and tall, but Canada is the greatest of them all.

we are the beaver, we're furry and we're free
Yeah we are the beaver, we've got to big front teeth
Yeah we are the beaver, we can chew right through small trees
We are the beaver, we are the beaver, we are the beaver.

You might think a rodent is a pretty lame choice
For a national animal, but dont you listen to that voice.
No, cause all them birds and preditors, just take from the land
But a beaver, always gives a dam.

We are the beaver, we got cute little webbed feet
Yeah, we are the beaver, its bark we like to eat
Yeah, we are the beaver, a nickle we complete.
Yeah, we are the beaver, we are the beaver we are the beaver.

The eagle flies the sky above and swoops down on its prey
The big bear will maul anyone who dares gets in its way
The tiger is the greatest of the hunters today.
But the beaver it can build dams. Yeah,
The beaver it can build dams, dams, dams.

We are the beaver, we slap our tails when danger's nearby
We are the beaver, we got waterproof hides
Yeah, we are the beaver, we got big bums and beady eyes.
We are the beaver, we are the beaver, we are the beaver.

We are the beaver, our name is often used as a double entendre
We are the beaver, cause in Canada, both French and Englsih belong
Yeah, we are the beaver, and the subject of this song is
We are the beaver, we are the beaver, we are the beaver.
I can't hear you.
We are the beaver, we are the beaver, we are the beaver.
Are you getting the point?
We are the beaver, we are the beaver, we are the beaver

My friend, whose identity is known to him and i alone and will not be revealed by name cause i dont know if he would approve, showed me this fun site the other day. It lets you find out what your name would be if you were a Cyborg. I love it.

Turns out i like to kill and i am accurate at it too. Everyone stay away from Kate...

Some other ones are fun too. Try it out. You can find out what you would be in cyborg world.

www.cyborgname.com I guarantee a good time... actually no i dont. I guarantee absolutely nothing at all. its safer that way. In cyborg world i wonder if i would be able to be so weird. What do you think? woudl i have a personality? Probably not. But i'd say i look like a pretty hot Cyborg.

Well, would you say that is a sadly sized picture? I sure would. i was expecting it to be a lot bigger than that. Oh well.

So i was at work a little while ago and in walks this grown lady carrying a stuffed bear (winnie the pooh hence the picture). We thought nothing of it because we figured a child would soon follow. None did. 5 mins passed, ten minutes passed and still no kid. And so the talks began about the programs we offer for ESL( English as a second language). Interestingly enough, more than 40 minutes of the time she was with us did she talk TO WINNIE about everything. " oh thats sounds early doesnt it winnie?" " Ya i dont think i will be able to get out of bed that early" " Oh wow, that is expensive huh Winnie?"

By the time the conversation was over with this lady (and with Pooh), we were all wondering " ok, where is the camera?" There were none.

Ever since this happened i have heard more and more people tell me that they know of someone like that. It seems there is some sort of... social ...oddity? with people and talking with their stuffed bears.

She never did come back to register for our program and it was likely a good thing because if Pooh really spoke to her he would likely have to take our English intensive courses too, and it would be even more expensive. I wonder though, if i really thought my invisible friends were alive (see prior blog) than am i much different from her? I mean, i dont talk to them anymore. They are gone and i was always careful to keep them to myself, not bring them to appointments... Maybe i am socially odd...???

There once was a young girl. She was an interesting girl in that you never knew what was going on in her head. She never talked to you about much of anything and was easy to boss around. Some said she had no personality. She mearly did what others asked her to do... in the obediance kind of way.
Others saw a very sensitive side of her personality. Once when she was in her van with her family, her family saw an old lady fall on the street and bonk her nose. Immediately her family turned to her and started to reassure her that the older lady was ok because they knew she was going to start crying, even though she didnt know the old woman.
As for imagination, this young girl must have had a wild one because her truest friends were ones who lived in her imagination. She saw her little palm sized friends and they travelled with her everywhere from Kindgarten to grade 6. She really saw them and they really did exist to her until she no longer needed them.
Growing brought forth a personality in her and she learned to say "no" to her older sister. Her sister wasnt too fond of that but it allowed her mother to let out a sigh of relief. She no longer had to worry that her little girl would grow to do whatever people wanted her to do.
She grew into a woman whose heart was a delicate thing. Many times she lacked the discernment she now wishes she had. It would have saved a lot of heart ache. However she learned that these lessons helped form her into who she now is. Strength comes through trials. And now she has it in abundance.
Life is a fun thing to reflect on. It can also be hurtful. However, it is neat to see how little ones come to be adults. And the change and learning just never stops.

Well, a blog I have begun.

I had to because i wanted to leave a comment on my friends Blog. To do that you needed to be a memeber yourself. I guess that's ok.

Im afriad I dont know what I will be talking about on this blog. Its all very... the same I find. So maybe I wont write. I dont think I will have any readers so... it might not be much of a problem.

Those who read, enjoy!