A Million Little Pieces

On today's Oprah show she had James Frey author of A Million Little Pieces on the show. There had been a whole drama unfolding over his memoir over the last few weeks since the smoking gun website found that the amount of time he claims to have spent in jail in his memoir is exaggerated. James appeared on Larry King Live to defend himself and claimed that approx 18 pages of his 300+ page book were not exactly true.

Today I saw an Oprah I have never seen before. She was MAD!!!! I can't say I blame her. When Oprah speaks millions listen and I'm sure it made James a very rich man. When Oprah did her bra fitting episode sales and bra fittings at Sack's went up by large amounts. While I still enjoyed reading the book and yes the fundamental message of the journey to being a recovering alcoholic and drug addict are still valid I question why he would have made some of the changes he did.

In the book at the rehab centre he falls in love with another patient. He leaves the centre and in the book 2 people go to pick him up (today he said it was only 1) he was supposed to go back and meet up with Lilly and in the book she hangs herself the very day he would have found his way back to her (today he said she actually slit her wrists) These details had he used the real details would not have taken anything away from the book.

My understanding is that a lot of addicts really found a connection to this book I just hope they don't stop holding on now that this has all happened

Withdrawn...My New Favorite Word!!!!

Had my court date today and I finally understand why everyone I know when they get a ticket takes it to court. There must have been about 30 or so people in the court room for the 3:00pm hearing. There must have been at least 3 Police Officers who were supposed to be there however not a single one showed up so everyone was let off. I love our justice system!! I just feel bad for the people who paid the pertend lawyers to go in with them. My understanding is that those trafic ticket deffence people are pricey and in todays courtroom completely useless. I guess better safe than sorry if you can't afford another blemish on your record.

Finally A Picture Of Me I Like

Courtesy of Norman Scott Photography. I almost look sweet and innocent don't I?? lol

Random Thoughts

I have had alot going on over the last little while and it shows no sign of letting up any time soon. Honestly I don't think I'd have it any other way.

I have been to the dentist to get a root canal recently and I had to wonder why would anyone choose to do this for a living. A doctor gets the bragging rights of bringing new life into the world or saving a life from leaving this world but a dentist??? No one likes going to see them..most people myself included would just about rather do anything...I just don't get it.

I have a court date coming up for a ticket I got for an illegal right turn on red. I'm also not looking forward to this as I have never gotten a ticket (well ok parking tickets) and the last time I saw the inside of a court room was about 7 years ago when my ex had a court date for assulting a police officer. (he got off the whole thing was blown way out of proportion) I'm hoping the fact that I have not gotten a ticket before and that I have had my licence for almost 13 years gets me a "get out of jail free" card.

I have also been busy thinking about my career. I am coming upto the end of my 18 month commitment to my current role and while I still enjoy what I do and am still learning on a daily basis I feel it's time to try putting some of my other skills to work. I want to be an Assistant Team Leader. My team leader thinks I'd be a good fit for the role since she considers me to be a natural born leader...we'll see what happens. I'll have to wait until after the RRSP season is over since it will be so busy I won't really have a chance to work on that until after March 1st. I am also on a commitee at work and have been asked to write an article for the quarterly newsletter they put out. The article will be about career development and where to go from your current role....good timing lol

It's My Party I'll Go Home When I Want To

This weekend was Nina's Birthday weekend. On Friday night we went out to Califonia's Bar and before I realized it was 4:00 am when I was getting home. Nina had a fun night...several free drinks and shots were sent her way, including a couple for the road and one from a "cutie" ( I have never seen Nina end a video game so fast I guess she really wanted to thank the cutie). At one point I thought I was drunk cause Nina did something SOOOOOO out of charater. Wish I had my digital camera for that one. (cause it would have been great Blackmail material)

Saturday we went over to Spirit's where the party continued...what a weird night people we hadn't seen in months just happened to show up (some we were happier to see than others) I also had no idea how hard it would be to find a tiara at 9:00 pm on a Saturday night. Thank God for the Walmart toy section. I just don't understand why celebrating your friends birthdays are way more exhausting than celebrating your own.

Happy Birthday Nina!!!! (you know I wanted to use you real name but real name and age with held to protect the innocent...and save my life lol)

My Favorite Funny Face

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Norman to most people comes across as a very conservative, reserved , Real Estate Professional. Once you get to know him though he has one of the funniest sense of humors I have ever seen. These couple of pictures show the Norman I know but most people don't et a chance to see....until now lol

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Happy New Year

Okay, the new year is upon us...it's here like it or not. I have to admit 2005 was a great year for me. It was more good than bad quite a change from a few new years ago. I faced fears, I rose to challanges and I did things I never thought I would.

2005 By The numbers:
3.................the number of times I kept my new years resoution from last year
11...............the number of days I was outside of Canada
1.................the number of times I really freaked out and hid at home under the covers until my friends came to drag me out
2..................the number of friends it took to get me out of my house when I was Freaking out
1.................the number of times someone thought I was a hostile lesbian
6.................the number of fish I bought Welly
1 million.....the number of custard I feel like I baked for my family and friends this christmas
4.................the number of times my Christmas tree was knocked over by my cat and/or ferret
1.................the number of times a friend made me cry
5.................the number of pedicures I had
1.................the number of times I got brave and told a boy I liked him
1.................the number of times I was not allowed to order my steak the way I wanted
1.................the number of friends who distanced themselves this year
3.................the number of friends who I became closer with this year
1.................the number of friends who snuck into the party right before midnight on new years eve
All in all a pretty successful year...here's to 2006 may it be at least as good as 2005 but I hope even better