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Original: 7/23/2008 4:16 PM
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
 



    

I'm learning new things every day.
On some days, I learn more than other days.
Last night was probably one of those days.


.new.knowledge.

    * Bear mace/pepper spray is a type of oil and to remove it from skin and eyes, wash with Dove or milk, no rubbing at all. Or... flush it out with water, sitting under a spray.
    * That shit is contagious. The oil on every single surface spreads and it's itchy. (Thankfully, I only ended up with minor itching on my arms.... and it's most likely from hitting Bt. He carried the towels on his shoulders and spread it on himself. Stupid me.)
    * Belle is a closet obsessive-compulsive clean freak. (She's cringing over the sink, complaining about the burning feeling on her face when she begins rubbing at the sink. She can't see but feels the urge to clean the sink if it's dirty. - AT WORK, I'M GOING TO WIPE DOWN & REORGANIZE THE CASH DESK MORE OFTEN NOW. I can imagine how its current state freaks her out all the time.)

    This morning, I woke up around 8:15am due to hunger pangs and a slight chill in my room via my open window. (I always leave it open during the summertime but Vancouver's weather been playing magical chairs so I'm never sure what to do. I leave it open and surprise myself in the mornings.) Calculating when I passed out (around 3:00am or so), I knew I didn't get enough sleep. Grumbling grumpily, I thought about the past events and tried to call Belle. Her phone was dead. I called work to warn our store manager Licka about Belle's situation and asked her to remind Belle to use the eye drops once an hour. (I know I can depend on Licka to take care of us. She'll force Belle to take two seconds every hour.  The store won't burn down if Belle isn't working constantly.)
    Then I called Bt, knowing he was sleeping, and left a voice message of thanks for his fanatic efforts, despite Belle's protests.
    Lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling, I focused on the scent of my pillows and fell asleep again.
   




.random.karate.stuff.from.last.week.

Before karate on Thursday....
    After work, I hung out at Lollipop's until we had to leave for karate. Absolutely pooped out, I hung out on her sofa, goofing off with my camera. I fiddled around with the video option. (I feel so technologically-challenged. Grrr... but I'm learning more about the contraption. Score!) Don't mind my sleepy look in the pictures. Work seriously drained me.


She pretended to spit on my face and I pushed her away.


I thought we'd try for a normal shot but then Lollipop had to hold the knife.


She tried to be normal.

Then I passed out into a quickie nap, letting Lollipop run amuck with my camera.
(I have this tendency to let people run off with it and
I always end up with a numerous amount of random pictures for my entertainment.)



Lollipop's backyard (Her parents have a huge green thumb.)


self-portrait: Lollipop in a huge floppy hat she has lying around in her kitchen.


Me passed out, sleeping. I stuck my feet into her couch because I was cold.
I also wrapped my red pashmina around a little but my muscles felt too tired to move properly.
(Damn it - I feel my arms are big here. Grrr.... I can't do anything about them though.
At least I can punch someone and it'll somewhat hurt. *roll eyes*)


Getting up from my nap, I catch Lollipop in her living room...

....off-guard and furiously tapping away on the guitar.
(She was waiting for me to wake up.)



At the dojo on Thursday....


Ahhhh.... adorable little se7en
What would life be like without a shot of her face gracing my camera?
(She also ran off with my camera,
taking a bizillion self-portraits
and two video clips after I started training.)

My favourite training buddy, AV, came back from Vietnam....

and he's extremely dark from the blazing sunshine over there.


When AV saw the pictures after training, he pointed out he's grown so dark,
he matches the walls of the dojo. Hahahahaha.... yes he does!


I tried to get a shot of Midget about to kick AV. Instead she jumped over him
and I couldn't catch her in mid-air. ACTION SHOTS ARE HARD!



.minor.bits.

One of the chains on my favourite necklace (one with a purple whistle on it) broke. It's two necklaces attached together. I rummaged through my room and found a substitute for it but I still need to go out and buy another necklace, one with a similar size chain. I'm wearing it more often now. My eczema use to break out along the back of my neck when I wore this necklace and I stuck to draping it outside of collars or hoodies. Now, no big deal. Yay! But it still broke. Bleh.


This morning, mom gave me snail mail, postcards from Singapore. Thank you, goodbyedinner!! This is awesome. I'm going to write to someone with them. SNAIL MAIL FOREVER!

 Posted 7/23/2008 4:16 PM - 9 views - 20 comments

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i love letting people run off with my camera haha
Posted 7/23/2008 4:31 PM by vysion Xanga True Member - reply

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eh i dig those huge floppy hats!!
Posted 7/23/2008 5:19 PM by maebemaebenot Xanga True Member Xanga Lifetime Member - reply

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pepper sprayed? did i miss something?
Posted 7/23/2008 5:24 PM by clicked_off Xanga True Member - reply

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wait wait....pepper spray? Did I miss a paragraph or something? O.O
Posted 7/23/2008 5:33 PM by Chr0n05 - reply

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Snail mail rulez!
Posted 7/23/2008 5:38 PM by SecretAsian_Man - reply

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self-defense ftw.
Posted 7/23/2008 5:40 PM by be_lie - reply

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Looks like a lot of fun.
Posted 7/23/2008 5:56 PM by o_Dirty_Blonde_o Xanga True Member - reply

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ooo.. postcards from Singapore! are those with the Uniquely Singapore tagline on them?! lol!

ryc - mine's as bad. both eyes at 9.50. i'm as blind as a bat without my contacts!

Posted 7/23/2008 6:03 PM by freshbrain - reply

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Daaayum, Lollipop was lookin' LEATHAL! Hahaha. Lovely pictures. :]
Posted 7/23/2008 6:06 PM by EuphoriaUnplugged Xanga True Member Xanga Premium Member - reply

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I like the hat and garden. I enjoy garden. Nice photos.
Posted 7/23/2008 6:23 PM by thxx Xanga True Member - reply

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My bf, the MP, has to do an annual pepper spray requirement.  He told me pretty much everything you said, plus a warning that, should you choose to do the spray off, to wear something down south to keep it from touch that sensitive area!!

My daughter loves to run off with my camera. 

I love sending snail mail!  We should correspond.

Posted 7/23/2008 6:43 PM by daeshii Xanga True Member Xanga Premium Member - reply

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haha you're looking kind of pale there.
Posted 7/23/2008 6:47 PM by peanutconqueror Xanga True Member - reply

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Action shots are not hard, you just need practice.

You have such a cute nose! It's piggy!

Cute lil piggy, can you kick my ass?
Posted 7/23/2008 6:48 PM by GhostBenjimon Xanga True Member Xanga Premium Member - reply

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I remember the day a drill instructor had me remove my gas mask while in a CS (tear gas) chamber.  The burning sensation was awful.  To get the gas out of our clothes and off our skin, we had to stand in the middle of a field with our legs spread apart and arms stretched straight out to the sides.  I have zero desire to experience that again.
Posted 7/23/2008 7:24 PM by Botolf Xanga True Member - reply

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Yeah, I was curious and I sprayed some of that stuff on my arm; it burnt like hell and left a stain!

Lollipop COULD be a serial killler... j/k
Posted 7/23/2008 8:45 PM by JJBae Xanga Premium Member - reply

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I love snail mail.  Much more personal.
Posted 7/23/2008 10:22 PM by JL789 - reply

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such clear pictures with your camera. what camera is it?
Posted 7/24/2008 1:50 AM by JonasApproved Xanga True Member Xanga Lifetime Member - reply

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always love it when you let others run off with your camera. 

looks like all your wounds have healed.

pepper spray??  you need to tell us more about this.

Posted 7/24/2008 6:25 AM by buddy71 Xanga True Member Xanga Lifetime Member - reply

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I love entries with pictures!
And my friend was telling me that Vancouver has a bad rep for being the dirtiest Canadian city
He said there's a lot of exotic massage parlors and prostitution and drugs lol
I was like what?
Really?
Last time I went down to Vancouver it was pretty clean and nice looking...

Maybe it was because I went down with my family...

I don't get the mace part lol
What exactly happened?
Posted 7/24/2008 8:20 AM by MR_ARR0GANT - reply

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Just HOW did you come to learn about the mace??
Posted 7/24/2008 3:16 PM by Meghann1965 Xanga Lifetime Member - reply


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