Amberations

Monday, September 17, 2007
Baby Baby!

I'm am so excited that I could just BURST! Heather, my bestest friend ever, is 6 weeks pregnant with sweet Jefferson's baby. The fetus is about the size of a grain of rice, and already has a heartbeat. I think it is a boy, but we won't know until she gets her next ultrasound.

So here I am, sitting at work in my smashing new office at IMV Projects. At lunch today I researched fetus development, so that I know somewhat what Heather's baby is up to at any given time. I wonder whether it will look more like Jeff or more like Heather...

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Wednesday, May 02, 2007
У вас есть Водка?

In a mere 9 days we will be in Istanbul! The Visas have been processed, sweet Eric is in Calgary, I'm moved out of my ghetto apartment, and my Russian is coming along nicely.

Find our travel blog here: http://aroundtheglobein100days.blogspot.com/

We plan on updating it regularily :)

до свидания,
Эмбер

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Saturday, April 14, 2007
Standing in the way of control?

So.... when was the last time you saw a female singer on TV, singing with soul, EATING pizza, and loving herself in her music video? This band is awesome and fills me with hope that someday all of us will be this confident and outspoken (especially north american females in general....)

If are curious and/or you like Beth and The Gossip as much as I do, check this out. I've been stoked for months and am still so stoked, I just had to share.

Concert/raw version of "Standing in the way of control" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWRjWdP5yxg

Video for "Listen Up!": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDb8nJOH0CI

YR Mangled Heart (my fav song, but the video isn't of great quality): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbicrV8OkzE

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Monday, March 12, 2007
how rude

In preparation for our trip, I've been working a second job at the liquor store across the street from my apartment. It's super-fun, easy, and the clientele is generally very amicable.

But there are always exceptions to the rule. Last night my coworker, Lori, rang through a man's beer. As he was leaving the store, he noticed me and stopped at the door to look me up and down. This couth individual then acknowledged me with a "hey babe", and made some thrusting motions at me. I was so shocked. I didn't know what to do, so I gave him the finger and walked away. Then he left the store, only to return a minute later to shout "and I like that finger of yours!".

Lovely. Is this what Calgary men are all about? There seems to be a pattern forming.

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Tuesday, February 06, 2007
No offense to our evolutionary ancestors intended:

Today's yucky incident with Boss:

Today we had a meeting with Shell to review my Corrosion manual, and Boss and I decided to drive there in his car. We left around 8:30am, and as we exited the
Cimarron parking lot gate, Boss began to laugh out loud to himself, chuckling "oh, if I told you THAT thought I just had, I would be in BIG trouble".

Afraid to ask, but not wanting to be rude I replied "what" in an annoyed tone. Boss's response: "oh, well [insert Cimarron staff member's name here] was coming into the gate as we were leaving, and I was going to roll down my window and yell "Amber and I here, we are just heading out to do some SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Wink Wink".

My response was silence. I did not smile nor encourage this buffoonery with a laugh either. I did convey a serious yet sarcastic "ha. ha.", to which Boss replied "See? I TOLD you that you wouldn't find it funny. No one has a sense of humour anymore these days."

I said (in a serious, unfriendly tone), "I have a sense of humour, but I don't find that funny."

Boss: "Well these days you end up with a lawsuit slapped on you for something that you didn't even mean in the first place."

I stopped responding after that.

Later in the car I took off my down jacket because it was ridiculously hot and I was starting to sweat a bit. Boss commented on my taking off my coat and I said jokingly "Well, it's either that or you'll be smelling me for the whole car ride"
His response: "oh, I get to SMELL you, do I?". gross. Obviously I meant that I would get smelly from sweating in my down coat.

The whole way home from work today I felt filthy and angry. I realise that he is just a buffoon without any sense of how a female coworker should be treated, but I am SO disturbed by his sexual jokes about me. I do not need to conjure up the nightmarish images of his mental images in my mind. And why in the HELL would he assume that I would find them funny?

I am a young woman, in love with my boyfriend and certainly not showing ANY sort of sexual motives toward this increasingly repulsive Homo habilis.

The only other time I felt like this was when I was victim to my roomate's David-Suzuki-like boyfriend roaming our apartment in his *shudder* nakedness. The vision still haunts me.

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Tuesday, January 30, 2007
we become so accustomed to assuming unnatural positions, that they start to feel natural

Ah, the great wonder of Vancouver once again inspired me to blog! It was foggy and wonderful in Vancouver last weekend; I hadn't seen fog in ages!

Here is a quick update on life as of late. This includes my recent visit to Vancouver, updates to our travel plans, and good things coming.

Recent Visit to Vancouver:
What a wonderful visit I had with my love! Friday night we hung out Hepler-Hotel style with Dan, Rafer, Andrew and Mary-Jane. Saturday we enjoyed a luxurious sleep-in, ate potato pancakes and sausages for breakfast with the current Hotel residents, and proceeded to walk to my favourite coffee shop on Main, downtown across the Cambie Bridge, back uptown over the Granville Bridge, and to Granville island to pick up oysters! mmmm. Of course a magnificent feast followed and the oysters were enjoyed by all who dared to eat the live deliciousness.

Sunday we enjoyed brunch with Mom, Shannon, Auntie Ann and her husband in North Van, dropped Momsers at the ferry, and then went to my FAVOURITE restaurant along commercial drive, rime. It was an extra-special night because CR Avery was playing his beat-boxing-harmonic-spoken-word creations (and I was cuddled up with Eric).


Travel Plans:
Everything has been booked, but we still have crazy planning to do. I'm working on Turkey right now, and Eric has pretty much done everything else thus far, including the creation of his "Travel Spreadsheet" (Germans must be organised!)

May 12-May 27: Turkey (Istanbul, Cappadocia, & the Turquoise Coast)
May 29-June 7: Greece (Athens & whatever Islands we end up on)
June 7-June 14ish: Italy (Sicilia Region)
June 14-28: Italy (Calabria/Campagnia/Lazio Regions)
June 30- July 14: France (Eastern Regions)
July 15-Jul22: Germany: (South-central regions)
Jul 23-25: Russia (St. Petersberg)
Jul 26-29: Russia (Moscow)
Jul 29-31: Russia (Trans-Sib railroad)
Aug1-3 : Russia (Irkutsuk, Lake Baikal)
Aug3-5: Russia (Trans-Sib Railroad)
Aug5-9: Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar and countryside)
Aug9-17: China (beijing and surrounding Area)

Good things coming:
My wonderful bestest friend HEATHER this weekend!
Sweet ERIC February 16-25!
Stupendous and silly SHANNON Easter Weekend!

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Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Kahn Can

Here is the newly updated travel plan. I am interested in input (i.e. comments from those who have been to any of these places, or heard things about them, or even suggestions for other places, etc.)

OR, if you've always wanted to go to one of these places- pick one and join us.

- Italy for 2 weeks
- Take ferry to Greece (possibly going through Albania)
- Meet up with mom in Greece, spend a week there
- Travel to Turkey (with mom) and spend about a week there, say goodbye to mom
- Fly or boat to Egypt
- Fly from Egypt to Hong Kong
- Hong Kong to the Phillippines
- Phillippines to Cambodia
- Cambodia to Japan
- Japan to Mongolia
- Mongolia to Russia
- Russia to Amsterdam
- Travel from Amsterdam through Germany (JA JA JA!)
- Travel through Germany to France (A HON HON HON!)
- Fly out of Paris to return home (yee. haw.)

Eric is getting me especially stoked on Mongolians. Genghis Khan ruled the largest empire in the world! And according to a sketchy genetic study, 8 percent of the men living in the region of the former Mongol empire carry y-chromosomes that are nearly identical.
Then I read that Khan's eldest son, Tushi, is reported to have had 40 sons, while his grandson, Kubilai, had 22 legitimate sons and added 30 virgins to his harem each year.

I'm willing to bet that those identically Y-chromosomed men are of Genghis/Tushi decent...

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