TELL ME THIS IS A JOKE

BlindGossip: If you think that the family has been rocked this week, just wait! It’s going to get bad. Here are just a few of the truths that they will deny in the coming weeks: He was a drug addict. He was alcoholic. He was anorexic. He was bald. His children are not biologically related to them. He had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. He was gay. His boyfriend is a young adult male outside the music industry. Why will they deny everything? Because they know there will be a backlash against them for enabling him for years. They had to enable him because they relied on his money. If they admit that they knew these things and didn’t do anything about them, they will never get the kids. And they absolutely want those kids.

OK, its no secret MJ was a tad, ummm, eccentric ... but some of these accusations are insane!

I DID IT!

** EDIT **

More deets to come later, but I could not wait to inform you all that I have in fact completed the RIDE TO CONQUER CANCER, cycling 180 km from Vancouver to Seattle in an effort to raise funds for the BC Cancer foundation.

I was able to raise over $2500 and overall the event raised 6.9 MILLION!!!

My Team, the Cushman Cancer Crushers raised a WHOPPING $102,550.64!!

With 1,701 riders it was an event like nothing else I have even been involved with.

My body hurts from the tops of my toes to my eyelashes and I am exhausted.

A full play-by-play will be posted as soon as this little cyclist rests up a bit more, but until then, here is a clip of the Opening Ceremonies and if you look closely you can see Phil and I heading out:




Phil = 20:25 in a yellow helmet and brown and black jacket on a red bike
Moi = 20:11 in a turquoise jacket and silver helmet, looking very small ;)

Cheers,
E.

Rediscovering the Sopranos

As I sit here on my sore ass, I decided to watch The Sopranos Season 5 & 6, since I never did see the end of the series as I was too broke to afford HBO at the time.

I had forgotten just down damn funny it can be:

What kind of person does that? It's like Judas or something. Eating that last supper with Jesus and the whole time he knows they're gonna crucify him. I mean, at least Judas didn't go into any apostle protection program. He hung himself. He knew what he did.

- Rosalie Aprile

EDIT: As I watch this show, I suddenly realize that in a past life & without the crime, I have lived a Soprano style life ...


* this picture is not a representation of my past life, this is just my favorite one of them

Reason 1,000,000,000,000 Why I Love This Woman

“She called her Gay, had him go to the store and get a nice Pyrex plate, then they call the Chef at the Beverly Hills Hotel and that’s who lasagne you ate. She’s Paris Hilton, she can’t spell LASAGNA, she doesn’t know what it is”

“Hold on, hold on. Did you say she wrote you a note? OK so you think she can write?”

OMG - Busting a gut right now ... Some of the best stuff is around the 5:15 ... HYSTERICAL

This is Why I Love Kathy Griffin ...

"Her lesbian haircut is ridiculous. It looks like one of those kids got the scissors!"

- Kathy Griffin on Kate Gosselin's hair

Life and Whats Been Going On!

I have no idea where to start

So much has happened over the last month and only now am I finding the time to get it all down …

Let’s start with Coles Notes and I’ll elaborate where I can:

First off, I finished up my Mountain Biking Progression Session with Endless Biking and LOVED every second of it and improved leaps and bounds. Made some great new friends and have been out riding as much as I can.

I did manage to get hurt pretty bad on my bike a few times though, causing loads of gnarly blue, purple and black bruises to cover my legs and arms for weeks. Also scored a nasty pedal cut across the back of my calf which gushed for about an hour but I rode it out and finally I almost broke my wrist in a bail … sounds terrible I know, but its all in a good month of riding.

I also helped out at the North Shore Bike Fest with my mountain biking club the Muddbunnies, raising funds for our club with a Bike Wash and Lube Station. We managed to raise almost $200 and I got my picture splashed all over the web on various bike sites. Who could miss a purple haired gal toting around a HUGE sign with a giant pink bunny head on it?

I’ve been keeping up with my fitness training 3 time a week with my crazy Kiwi Trainer Dave at the gym and have started to see some great results. Its just weeks now till my visit home and I can’t wait to hop in the pool at my Dad’s. This girl is getting FIT! Never done so many lunges and squats before but I can really see and more importantly feel the changes and improvements in my body.

In 3 days I will ride from Vancouver to Seattle on the Ride to Conquer Cancer, a 2 day 200km ride to benefit Cancer Research and the BC Cancer Foundation. I am scared shitless at the idea of riding that far, but keeping it in perspective. Cancer is hard, this will be nothing close to that kind of hard.

Ummm, what else …

I am in the midst of planning a fundraiser for the Muddbunnies. It’s a 40’s themed event and one of the first that we are hosting that is open to to the boys, being that we are a ladies only club. I have committed to making all the food and appies for the event so its gonna be a good few days of hard work in the kitchen to make it all come together. The menu consists of  Olive & Red Pepper Tapenade, Goat Cheese & Onion Bruschetta, Cucumber Coins with Cream Cheese and Smoked Salmon, Chicken Satays with Spicy Peanut Sauce, Crab stuffed Mushroom Caps and Spinach Bits with Yogurt Sauce – YUMMY!!

And finally I AM SUPER STOKED to be heading home for a well overdue and much needed visit with my Family and Friends in July/August. I cannot wait to see everyone and catch up properly with my friends over cold beers and never ending glasses of wine.

So I guess that’s it … phew ….

Oh right, there is one more thing to announce:

I QUIT MY JOB!!!

That’s right, just a few more weeks and I will no longer be under the thumb of Cushman & Wakefield.

Some of you may be shocked to read this, but the decision to leave has not been a snap one or one without lots of thought. It’s been a very hard 6 months at the office and to keep myself sane and true it is clear that its now time to leave.

I have decided to follow my dreams and make a career out of travelling and working in the travel and tourism industry. I have signed up to take a Travel & Tourism diploma program at the Canadian Tourism Collage and will be starting up on August 24th.

It’s a part time course, ending in February May 2010

After I graduate I am making plans to travel to New Zealand to work for a few months before heading off to meet P in South Africa for our month long World Cup and African Adventure.

And can I just mention this one more time please?

P is amazing, so unconditionally supportive, and while he and I both know that me going back to school will be tough on the finances, its nothing we've not had to deal with before and that at the end of the day, allowing me to following my dreams is what matters most.

So as of June 30th I am a free bird and I have never felt better - Here’s to following your dreams and being true to your self!



Phew ….

The White Lies

My absolutely new favourite band. I cannot stop listening to their LP

Their sound is gritty, dark, tight and clean.

I got hooked on them a short while before seeing their killer set at Coachella.

Good old English lads with a touch of Joy Division to their sound.

Check them out here: http://www.whitelies.com/home.html

This is my fave track - Can't stop moving when I hear it - TIME TO CRANK IT!



Keep on runnin' Keep Keep on runnin' There's no PLACE LIKE HOME!
Keep on runnin' Keep Keep on runnin' There's no PLACE LIKE HOME!
Keep on runnin' Keep Keep on runnin' There's no PLACE LIKE HOME!

Confession

Ok so I watch Jon & Kate and I have sine day one

I cant stop

At first I wanted to hug her - and now I want to punch her

Yes, I am wrapped up in all that crap that’s all over the newsstands and gossip blogs

I am watching TLC now and just witnessed Jon take shots at it all in the American Chopper: Jon & Kate + 8 episode and it was the greatest thing to happen on the show so far

You go JON – Take your balls back!

My god how that woman has turned into a famewhore, child labouring bitch

Yes, she needs to be organized and on top of things. Yes, she needs to have a plan

Yes, yes I get all that

She can have all that and not be a total ‘effing cow

She used to be a little flirty & sarcastic and a little funny & cute even

Now she is bent and angry and it’s so annoying

And he poor kids, shit, what a therapy bill that’s gonna be

Opps – Commercial Break Over … back to the show ….

Oh gross, now the Cow is at the Spa with Mickey ….

It’s a god dammed train wreck and I CANT LOOK AWAY ….