Girl Friday

Someone said to me recently, she’s my Girl Friday. I thought—that’s a weird thing to say. Is that from a book, I asked. No clue. Well, it’s Friday. I like to have my Friday posts. I have two things to say. One, Leah is in Winnipeg for a conference so I am bored and lonely. Give me a call, let’s go do something. Two, I can officially announce that I was promoted at my office to Senior Editor / Editorial Trainer.

I hope you have an excellent weekend. I think I am probably going to play a lot of Civilization 4.

Conflicted

I am feeling a bit conflicted today. I feel like JD. JD is a very conflicted cat. He just can’t seem to figure out what he wants. For instance, he doesn’t know what to think of Elly. The other day JD was laying down, all spread out and I put Elly next to him to keep her warm, to snuggle. It was very cute. I got a couple of pictures—I will have to upload them. He seemed to momentarily tolerate her but then he started to lick her and he was looking very paternal. And I said Awwww, so cute. He didn’t like that. He clamped down on her with his teeth. But he didn’t do it too hard. He didn’t like that. So he went back to licking. Then he bit her again. Finally, he got up and walked away. Loves her or hates her, he doesn’t know.

Two things happened last night. One was that I finally watched Hot Fuzz. I know it’s a bit late to offer a review, but it was amazing. I really had low expectations for this film. The same guys made Shaun of the Dead. I loved that film, but what are the chances they could get two right. This was a great, hilarious movie. Except, I don’t know if I really want to talk about it.

I don’t want to talk about it because after the movie I was watching CBC. They were discussing the Big Melt. They weren’t referring to a burger, but the rise of global temperatures and how the north is changing. Surprisingly, this wasn’t a how/what should be do. This was—hey this is great, look at all the oil and minerals we can extract. Peter Mansbridge really let the team down last night.

I am conflicted. Should I rant about CBC’s news report or tell you about how great Hot Fuzz was. Well now that I am this far, I don’t feel like doing either. Now I have wasted your time. But, I don’t feel too bad about that.

My Communist Bike

I did a Google Image search for “communist bicyle” and I didn’t get much. I did another search for “communist” and I got this image. I love image search. It’s so fantastic. That’s where I get the majority of the pictures for this site. This has nothing to do with what I am going to write about today. Just thought I would let you know.

I find myself at a crossroads, in regards to my little red bike. I am thinking about riding all winter. The problem with my bike is that the frame is much too small for my gigantic self. I basically look like a gorilla riding a tricycle. Well, it might not be that bad. Okay, what am I talking about here. Get it together, Rhett.

Pros and Cons.

Pro:

• Riding all winter means not walking, which will save about 15 minutes.
• Riding all winter means no bus—not waiting, no standing, no missing.
• Riding all winter means I’m tough, because I would have to be strong.
• Riding all winter means I’m earth-friendly. I like the earth.

Cons:

• I have to go down/up a steep hill, probably 6-8% grade.
• It will be really cold.
• I will be wearing a helmut so I can’t do my hair/I will have to shave it all off. And I won’t look nice. Have to wear hardy clothes.
• I need to buy a new bike that fits me.

I am not sure what to do. I also hear that riding all winter is hard on a bicycle. If I keep my little, red, communist bike then I will most likely need to buy studded tires, mud flaps and gloves or those things that cover over hands.

What should I do? What am I not considering?