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January 01, 2006
New Years
Didn't go out for new years eve again, just stayed in sipping Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label and watching Jool's Hootenanny. That is some damn fine champagne. Not too many fireworks going off in the neighbourhood. When I took the dogs out early in the evening I did see plenty of people wandering the streets drinking beer or alchy-pops. It still bothers me for some reason, people drinking on the street. Really I could care less, but when you are raised with a law being a certain way it can really get jammed into some deep place in your brain. Like I am thinking, sheesh! at least put it in a paper bag for heavens sake.
Even though I don't celebrate Christmas, it kind of feels like it a bit. It turned out that the temp agency didn’t overpay me like I thought, but rather they were giving me my tax refund. (Taxes are different here, most people don't have to file them, it gets done automatically.) So after I paid off my Visa bill I rang it up again by getting a super rad digital SLR camera. It was on a rebate deal so I had to get it before the end of the year. Hopefully now I can take daylight outdoor shots and not have a burnt-out sky. Yay filters! I also got a new winter coat. Its a super long white down coat from Uniqlo, very cheap (only 9,990 yen! Sorry, they only had that coat on the Japanese site). Cheap meaning its not good quality down, but it was the longest coat I could find that was thicker than 2 millimetres. The coat will be good for when I am riding around on the scooter, cause it covers the tops of my legs. And I love white in winter. Everything is so dark and dreary, you need some kind of a lift. Yeah, white will get dirty but whatever, that’s what dry cleaning is for. Also I would be surprised if this coat lasted more than 2 seasons.
Made up a batch of Misha treats yesterday and did a few test shots with the new toy. I think the aspect ratio is slightly wider than my old camera.
hearts for my sweetie.
Blurry snap of Misha in her natural environment, her easy chair.
According to the Chinese calendar, the new year starts on the second new moon after the winter solstice, which would be 29 January this year. And 2006 is the year of the Dog! Yes, this is the right time for starting my business.
My only New Years resolution is to listen to more of the Asian Network and rent some DVDS from the local Blockbuster in Tooting. I am diggin the Bollywood tunes.
Posted by shannon at January 1, 2006 07:32 PM