Mark. Babe!!

nuff said. yum yum pig's bum.

the omen

respect to this movie... ULTIMATE respect. It's well creepy. I did a Halloween interview on www.drop-d.ie that asked all of the questions I have ever wanted to answer.... it's up on my birthday. i can't wait.

this photo!! click on me......

cool as cool. Well scary.

The View From My Window

so you heard it here first.

I contemplated the idea of surprising everybody, but hey, I've done that already. So, my first important BLOG announcement, I'm coming home for a proper Christmas visit. Dec 23rd till the 27th. Short but sweet. I've reason to believe this is our first Christmas together in yonks!! I hope everyone will be around xxxxxxx

death cab for cutie

it's been a long time since a band made me cry. It's my gauge for how much I love a band. Seriously. Most of my all time favorite songs involve a tear or two. So a tribute to my new fave tear jerkers. Death Cab..... What a name, what a band....

tee hee it's me again!

click here too!!

another good blog. Blogging is quite an artform isn't it??

my favorite Sugababes lyric.

my sexy ass has got you in a new dimension
I mean WHAT does it mean???? Profound really!!

very fun blog!! Click Here!!

naughty but nice!! una introduced me to this award-winning blog and it's well worth a look!!

foxes!!!!!!!!!!!

Mark says this is me!!!

TOBY!!

Toby's playing in town on friday. Excellent! Here's my favorite photo from the last tour of myslf and T-Bone. Blurry but beautiful, flashing his best "reverse peace sign"

sweet Alex!!

I'll miss you!!

my favorite cake....

So the birthday is looming and the memories are flooding back. Another year, another birthday, another wonderful cake! I remember a few years of Halloween inspired gateaux's. A black cat, a pumpkin and maybe a ghost once. Then I went through a phase of Black Forest Cakes. YUM (remember the black forest card Jess?). But my favorite was for my 21st birthday. Mom made it and it was super.

ode to phil!!!!

Words cannot describe the depth of my love for this little furry friend. RIP Philip Rocco Fox-Pearson.

ode to cor-una!!

I found these in my photo box. Good times!!

ode to the cottage...

It's literally been years since I was at the cottage. It's a few hours north of Toronto and the whole area is fairly untouched by nasty neon, fast food and such. It's so peaceful and clean. I miss it terribly. So, a photographic ode to one of my favorite places in the world...

















It's literally been years since I was at the cottage. I miss it. So, a photographic ode to one of my favorite places in the world...

a few paintings....

happy 21st Adrian...

I'm suffering today... I think my last glass of champers was around 4am then I was up for 9!! Not pretty I tell thee. Plus there were remnants of the cake fight fiasco in my ear till about noon. All in all it was a super fun night though and it was great to see the old gang again! Some photies!!

no.2 and no.3

Dad was asking after the fish last night. They've gotten really big, perhaps it's the new fish food, or perhaps it's something far more sinister... My suspicions were aroused initially when Una's only postcard from Cyprus was for the pair of them. And recently I've seen them telling secrets. They're planning something, I'm just not sure what yet.... watch this space!

back in black

just what it says on the tin....

music music music

Typical that I would spend the majority of my money on music- but I'm a self confessed download addict! ( legal of course...)
My most recent aquisitions, Mick Ronson (sexy or what!), David Gray, Status Quo ( I'm new to the magic of the Quo), The Postal Service (yay) and Puressence. (haven't listened yet but it comes highly recommended....)
I also recently downloaded all of my favorite Queen songs for the nostalgia stakes.
God bless music
xxxxx

who's this?

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THANKSGIVING!!

I'm sad that I was away again for Thanksgiving weekend. It's definitely one of my favorite holidays, behind Halloween of course. Our typical Thanksgiving weekend would involve a trip up to the cottage (usually the last of the year), a massive bonfire, some safe fun with shotguns (and skeets who usually fared well as we're typically quite crap shots!), then ridiculous amounts of food. I have fond memories of being relegated to the kitchen to eat with the other 'kids' resulting in food fights and general messiness. Then maybe a game of 'pitch dark hide-and-seek'. Terrifying really.
I miss it.
Here's a few photos to get you into the mood.








This year was a bit different. Myself and my two fellow Canucks waxed poetic about the amazing dinner we were going to have. In reality you'd be hard pressed to find a whole turkey at the last minute in Ireland. Then we thought we might buy all of the turkey parts we could find and have a pseudo frankenstein style affair. That idea was over the first whiskey. By the third Elephant and Castle chicken wings were close enough to a traditional turkey dinner for us. It was a nice meal though, and halfway through the burgers and wings we realized that Thanksgiving is more about being with your family and friends than what's going into your tummy.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

edinburgh.....

zoo haiku

I can't stop thinking about the massive tiger
locked in the cold zoo.

some photos for a random tuesday night....

The ZOOOOOOOO!!!

Mark and I went to the zoo today! It was such fun... like being a kid again. I've always had mixed feelings about zoos in general. I know that in recent years they've done extensive research about captive habitat to improve the happiness and wellbeing of the animals in captivity. Even so it's still hard to see some animals in cages, especially the ones that are meant to be running and hunting. I liked this zoo though, the animals were all happy and quite chatty. Here are some of our new friends.