To Kill a Mocking Bird

My Mom told me this story the other day how a flock of birds were migrating and decided to take a fly brake right outside of the backyard. She was very impressed exclaiming, “oh it was amazing” and “it was just fab.” Mom even went as far as to put a picture on facebook. (See Below) I thought, hmm that is impressive, and moved on with my daily life.

Yesterday while I was at BCIT on a Blustery Monday, I looked in the sky and saw thousands of the same black birds. They were literally circling my school, perching wherever they wanted to, and cawing like nothing else I have ever heard. I thought “Hmmm this is really cool, Now I see what mom meant.” So I went into my class ducking a bit because there was so many birds it was a bit eerie. (Picture College campus, very windy, fall day, getting dark…you get my drift) After class I walked out of the building wondering if the birds would still be there. None in sight, Its like they just got up and all the herd of them left, and when they did, I’m pretty sure they flew right over my car.

When I got to my car I had 17 Bird POOPS on my car! 17! I counted… Do these Birds have aim?

Want to quit smoking? Well if I had to walk out here (see pic) every time I wanted to light up, I probably would. If you think this picture is photo shopped, you are sadly mistaken. Neither is the location. This is the actual congress hall in Biel, Switzerland. (Designed by Sabina Lang and Daniel baumann.

Scared of heights? This platform will rid you of that fear... if you dont fall. Im suprised this place doesnt have a roof!

Are you bored? Well... Get over it! No one could be a bored as this poor girl!

Lesson Learned - Dont scan emails

Last week I was emailing Laura. I have this terrible habit of scanning through emails fast and not actually paying attention to question that are asked about me. This just so happens to be one of Laura’s pet peeves. Laura emailed me one morning and asked how was and my weekend and what did I do. I replied with it was good, how are you. If you didn’t see the key missing element, it’s the "what did you do" part that I missed. Anyways, I do this all the time and it drives her crazy. Laura then emailed me and told me it was a shit email, little did I know, she was DEAD serious. I emailed her back saying ha ha, how are you. Obliviously, still, not answering the question, Then Little to my knowledge, Laura looked at her computer and said to herself, "HOW RUDE, im boycotting Steph and her emailing… SO there." (This is just what I THINK Laura thought, Not True words from her mouth.) So Laura decided to teach me a lesson. Haha. Laura did not email me back the rest of the day and last two more days with no email. Two days later, I called Laura too see how she was…
Laura – "So did you notice anything this week?"
Stephanie – "No, you must have been busy, you didn’t email me."
Laura – "Did you notice I was teaching you a lesson?"
Stephanie – "No… what lesson?"
Laura – "I stopped emailing you because you never answer the questions that I ask, so I was teaching you a lesson and not emailing you…"
Stephanie – "KILLS HERSELF LAUGHING"
Laura – "LAUGHS "
Its good to have honest friends, Plus I need to learn lessons once in a while.

King a Ling

I just watched the Movie King Arthur. I must say, I’m not a huge fan for movies set in the golden olden days, but, man, I really liked this one. It was about King Arthur and his Knights, and how they had to serve fighting for Rome for 15 years before they were free to live as they pleased. They were among the greatest warriors of their time, and were on the brink of freedom when Rome called them to one last battle. It was the battle of their lives. Armies of people teamed up that you wouldn’t expect, Battles were won by smarts because of being outnumbered, people were killed, people were rescued, and the coolest thing is, that this is based on a true Story.

This movie was so good that it made me want to live back in the day and be a knight!

On a Side note, one of my favorite parts of the movie was when I realized why traditionally king Arthur’s knights were called “knights of the round table,” because King Arthur promoted equality, and there is no head to the table.

Good Movie, Go watch it!

"Stephanie Off the Counter!!!" - Says Mom

I’m in my house with a girlfriend of mine and we are getting travel mugs to go down to the river with. You see we needed travel mugs because we were going to drink wine, and clearly we can bring a wine glass down to the river. I tried to reach my highest cupboards but I couldn’t. So I propped my self up on the counter, then the stove, and under my knee’s on the glass part of a flat top stove… Crack crack crack….

Can you believe it? I broke my FREKIN Stove.

I post this blog as an advisory warning. Listen to your parents, don’t sit on the counter. It comes with a very expensive price tag!

Please pass the Ketchup, I think its going to rain.

Some Random things that make me smile…

- The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
- Bard on the Beach play – Rooster begins play and has its head chopped off within 15 seconds… then regular play continues

- Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.
- The BoomDeYada Song on Discovery Channel

I love the mountains, I love the clear blue sky

I love big bridges, I love when great whites fly

I love the whole world, and all it's sights and sounds

Boomdeyada, Boomdeyada, Boomdeyada, Boomdeyada

I love the ocean, I love real dirty things

I love to go fast, I love Egyptian kings

I love the whole world and all it's craziness

Boomdeyada, Boomdeyada, Boomdeyada, Boomdeyada

I love tornadoes, I love arachnids

I love hot magma, I love the giant squids

I love the whole world, Its such a brilliant place

Boomdeyada, Boomdeyada, Boomdeyada, BoomdeyadaBoomdeyada, Boomdeyada, Boomdeyada, BoomdeyadaBoomdeyada, Boomdeyada, Boomdeyada,

- Babies – They don’t know how hard to touch animals – Chelsea grabbed new puppy Zeuce.
- The poor unfortunate soul whose last name was “cockburn” in my email inbox.
- I chew my pen and my boss always picks it up by accident
- The kid who waits for his mom everyday when I am walking to my car before work – I can hear him singing… until the elevator door opens… I think he likes the echo in the elevator well.
- New puppy Zeuce (12 weeks old) gets the hiccups when he is scared (fyi first trip to the river)
- Girl at work trying sushi for the first time

- When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months

Be Brave my Friends

I have recently been thinking about what it means to be a true friend and really in this day and age it takes a lot. Things that used to be something chalked up to being just teenage girl traits, such as gossip, lying, cheating and stealing, are now trait common associated with grown women or men. To go with the flow of society is becoming more and more difficult, not because people are bad, but because these days there are so many bad choices. People have to literally take a stand if they want to just “be.” You can do the most innocent action and because of how our world is people assume the worst. This frustrates me immensely. We as people have stopped giving our fellow citizens, neighbors, family and friends, something so desperately needed, “The benefit of the doubt.” You have to be very brave and courageous in order to be a good friend, person, and really, you have to be brave to treat yourself properly.


In light of my recent revelation, I come across this poem and it really spoke to me heart.


IF

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;

If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;

If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

Rudyard Kipling

Swine flu

The last month…

This past months has been a whirlwind of social events, weddings, and a bit of traveling. Perhaps the highlight of this past month was going to Mexico for a friends wedding. It was a beautiful wedding and Mexico was amazing. Great weather, awesome service, delicious food, there was just one small problem. It just so happens that when I was in Mexico, the H1N1 Virus hit. (Also know as the swine flu) What are the chances? At first I was not too worried about it, I though, “Just a flu, It cant be too serious.” Then I started seeing a couple people wearing masks and it really hit about halfway through the week when I saw early checkout notices and almost every third door. That is when we turned on the TV and wow, I think that may have been a bad move. On the TV all that was talked about was the swine flu and how it was a global pandemic and reached a 5 out of 6 on the severity level for unknown virus’s. Then we started hearing that flights were not leaving Mexico City, or had a very low chance of leaving. We had to re book our flight on another airline to avoid the travel through Mexico City, which is a good thing because I later found out that flights that day were all canceled due to people not going into work. This is when things around us started to shut down. The brother of the bride decided one night that he was going to a night club. He paid this Mexican guy 40.00 buck to drive him around to 3 clubs. The Mexican guy did in fact drive him around… He didn’t know the clubs were not open?! He did his job so he never refunded our friend… Nice Right?
The flight home was also eventful, there were many people in the airport with masks and when you were checking in you had to de a brief medical exam because they wanted to make sure you didn’t have swine. What I was wondering is, what if you did? Would you be left in Mexico? It was very interesting when we were connecting in Phoenix because we were treated very much like a leper. People didn’t want to come close or breath or talk to us. I felt like a foreigner! But that is totally okay because this foreigner got one whole week off work PAID as sick time. I was quarantined! How crazy is that!

Ahhh another life blessing in disguise!

Half and Half

Today I realized sometime rather interesting. I was in the kitchen doing my regular morning duties. Stocking the coffee machines, (how glamorous… sometimes I wonder why I volunteered to help out with that) when I realized something. The bag that was full of espresso beans for the latte machine was almost empty and the bag that had regular coffee beans was very full. This was strange because just last week, I stocked all the beans and filled the regular coffee machine with beans ready to be ground and used. Then… It all came back to me, the little complaints of how the coffee was a bit bitter, the remarks on how people have been more energetic in the morning (blamed on the sunshine) and most importantly, “man, this coffee is strong, I think I should put some brown sugar in it” remarks. Yes, That is correct. I put espresso beans in every pot of coffee that people have been making for the past 3 weeks! Ooooyyyy Vey… People have been drinking pots of espresso, not just shots, like in say… a latte.. POTS! I have tried to scoop out all of the beans from the machine, but it’s a bit of a lost cause. The beans have wormed themselves down all the tunnels and chutes of the machine. So technically now people are drinking half and half. Some people like that in their coffee, right? So what if it’s not half and half cream… I guess anything is better than full strength espresso coffee…

I want to be a Loser!

Biggest Loser Work Out

Today I feel encouraged. I have been having this ongoing struggle with my weight since I have been… I don’t know like 10 it feels like. I don’t know if that is because I was actually over weight or if it was because I just focused on it so much? Anyways I don’t have a problem with my body per say, however I would like it to be a little less… whats the word… well… Lets just stay a bit more toned. I have had to kick myself into high gear because I am going to a wedding in Mexico and the entire wedding party is like size 6 and under so its made me evaluate the bikini. So I thought about it and said, “you know what Stephanie Leakey, You like bikini’s and you want a great tan, so you are not going for the one piece!” (although I am going to buy this really retro red poka dotted number… super cute) So I have decided that I am dedicated to going for the two piece, I must feel my best. So I have decided to do a biggest loser workout video.

Yesterday was day two of doing the video and Oh my goodness, the sweat was pouring! I couldn’t believe how hard it worked me. My skin was actually wet. Its basically a six week video so it’s nice that it has a goal. It also has 3 different levels of intensity 1 2 and 3 and I have not even attempted 3 yet because man oh man, level two was tough! The best part of this is that if I keep it up, I’m confident that I will lose weight.

The reason I am blogging about this you ask?

I need to hold my self accountable because lets face it. JC cant do that for me… He more so is the type to bring home chocolate mini eggs and candy.

I feel that if I blog about it I will keep it up!

FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING THAT IS GOOD.....

If you go to the washroom and poop. DO NOT leave smudges on the seat for other innocent people, (like myself) to sit on.

It is nasty and discusting, I almost vomited.

PLEASE WIPE PROPERLY!!!!!!!!!!!!

The only Pot I use, Is under the Kitchen Sink!

This past weekend I took a splendid trip to Calgary. When I was in Calgary I saw my Step Mom, Karen, who had just recently come back from a two week trip to Africa. While she was there she picked up some tea for my brother and myself. It was supposed to be some of the best tea in the world, so I was very excited to get it home and try some. The loose leaf tea was packaged in a clear package about the size of a large zip lock bag, and as I was leaving My Mom and Dad’s house I made a joke about how the package look like a bag of weed and “I hope they don’t catch me…” joke joke lol.

Do I ever regret that statement.

I brought my luggage to the airport, checked my bag and boarded my plane. (This only had 12 people in total on it; Talk about people not wanting to spend money in an economic crisis. No wonder I got my flights for 52 dollars) When I arrived in Vancouver I walked over to the luggage carousel and saw about 10 bags come out. I waited, and waited, and waited, and then, the carousel stopped. I then thinking my baggage was lost (with all my new clothes I bought) sadly sauntered over to the “lost baggage counter.” When I asked the lady about my luggage she could not find it in the system, she said in a very concerned voice “I’m sorry Miss Leakey, It looks like the bag never even made it onto the plane. Could you please wait a moment, I am going to contact security.” Then she proceeded to call security, and inform them that passenger Leakey was at the baggage counter. Another West Jet person came to the counter and said in a stern don’t mess with me voice, “I’m sorry that this has been an inconvience Miss Leakey, but your baggage has be detained under the circumstance of suspicious content.”

GOODNESS GRACIOUS… was my first reaction, followed by a long sigh in preparation for the explanation of the tea in my bag. I knew immediately that the tea must have been the culprit in getting me in trouble. I told the West Jet representative in a calm manner, well as calm as I can be, that “I have some loose leave tea in my bag and you want to get some hot water, I would be happy to sit down and have a cup with her.” She did not appreciate that very much, and told me that my bag will be detained for up to 30 day until the content has been examined.

Just my luck, I am busted for pot, and have never even smoked the stuff. This whole situation makes me know that I do not believe in karma. I would totally get it if I were some sort of stoner in the past; this sort of stuff would just be bound to happen. But Moi? Really? Apparently so.

Have no fear however, I got a phone call about 1 hour after I left the airport telling me that my luggage was going to be sent on my next flight and for the inconvience, I get a $100.00 West Jet flight Credit, A very happy ending to a crappy / comical situation.

Barbie

This Blog is dedicated in memory of Stacy, Long Hair, Melissa, Sparkle Eye, Brown, JTT( The only “Ken” I owned), Jasmine, Aladdin, Olive, bathtub foam dress and Princess Barbie. They lived full and happy life, playing everyday, coming alive at night, and being the best friends anyone could ever ask for. Unfortunately one cold wintry night last year they were murdered. The weapon of choice was a plastic bag. The bodies were disposed of in the back Alley. The culprit was tried but never went to jail claiming, “I’m the mom” whatever that means. Justice has never been served.

In memory of loved and lost ones… I write this blog…


The Genius’s at Mattel have decided a new marketing strategy, their new strategy of marketing is sector specializing. They have made created a series of babies for each community in large cities.. or for a place like Vancouver… They included the lower main land… Below are the actual Mattel descriptions along with the Barbie… They use the same Barbie for different communities. It works well. I am profiling Vancouver Lower Mainland Barbie & Calgary Barbie.

Actual Descriptions…(note these are NOT official descriptions by Mattel.)

‘Yaletown Barbie’ / Mount Royal
This princess Barbie is sold only at the Yaletown Choices Market.
She comes with an assortment of Kate Spade Handbags, a Lexus SUV, a long-haired foreign dog named Honey and a designer kitchen.

‘ Coquitlam Barbie’ / Makenzie Lake
The modern day homemaker Barbie is available with Ford Wind star Minivan and matching gym outfit.
She gets lost easily and has no full-time occupation.
Traffic jamming cell phone sold separately.

‘East Van Barbie ‘ / Apple Wood Barbie
This recently paroled Barbie comes with a 9mm handgun, a Ray Lewis knife, a Chevy with dark tinted windows, and a Meth Lab Kit.
…unless you are a cop, then we don’t know what you are talking about.

‘West Van Barbie’ / Eagle Ridge
This yuppie Barbie comes with your choice of BMW convertible or Hummer H2.
Included are her own Starbucks cup, credit card and country club membership.
Also available for this set are Shallow Ken and Private School Skipper.
You won’t be able to afford any of them.

‘Chilliwack Barbie’
This pale model comes dressed in her own Wrangler jeans two sizes too small, a NASCAR t-shirt and tweety bird tattoo on her shoulder.
She has a six-pack of Bud light and a Hank Williams Jr. CD set.
She can spit over 5 feet and kick mullet-haired Ken’s butt when she is drunk.
Purchase her pickup truck separately and get a confederate flag bumper sticker absolutely free.

‘Loft Barbie’
This collagen injected, rhino plastic Barbie wears a leopard print outfit and drinks cosmopolitans while entertaining friends.
Percocet prescription available as well as warehouse conversion condo.

‘Maple Ridge Barbie’ / Forest Lawn
This tobacco-chewing, brassy-haired Barbie has a pair of her own high-heeled sandals with one broken heel from the time she chased beer-gutted Ken out of Butler Barbie’s house.
Her ensemble includes low-rise acid-washed jeans, fake fingernails, and a see-through halter-top.
Also available with a mobile home.

‘Kitsilano Barbie’ / Sunny Side Barbie
This doll is made of actual tofu.
She has long straight brown hair, arch-less feet, hairy armpits, no makeup and Birkenstocks with white socks.
She prefers that you call her Willow.
She does not want or need a Ken doll, but if you purchase two Point Breeze Barbies and the optional Subaru wagon, you get a rainbow flag bumper sticker for free.

‘Surrey Barbie’ Marbrough
This Barbie now comes with a stroller and infant doll.
Optional accessories include a GED and bus pass.
Gangsta Ken and his 1979 Caddy were available, but are now very difficult to find since the addition of the infant.

‘Whistler Barbie’
She’s perfect in every way.
We don’t know where Ken is.
Ken is always out a-’huntin’.

‘West End Barbie/Ken’
This versatile doll can be easily converted from Barbie to Ken by simply adding or subtracting the multiple snap-on body parts


And to answer you question that I know you are all thinking…..

No I was NOT surfing the web looking for pretty barbies...........

A Scary Story From the perspective of Sarah Miller

This Happened Last Saturday. I thought it interesting to from Sarah's Perspective!

At about 8:30 I was just finishing up cleaning my kitchen and getting ready to go watch the end of the Phoenix/Calgary game when I hear this knocking outside on my balcony. I froze, not totally sure of what I had heard at first, but it happened again…and then again. I peaked out of my curtains (they were shut) to see a guy standing on the balcony next to mine waving at me. Uh, creepy.
So of course, I called my Dad who stayed on the phone with me while I poked my head out to see what the guy wanted. The conversation went something like this:
Me: “Hi?”Drunkface Neighbor: “Heeeeeeeyyyyyyy! Are you guys partying in there?”Me: “…um, no.”Drunkface Neighbor: “Oh…You wanna go for a swim?”Me: “NO!”…(slams door in face)
I figured that would be the end of it, but my Dad stayed with me on the phone to calm me down. It is scary to be bugged by some random old drunk guy when you are a girl by yourself! He could be totally harmless, but how do I know? I’ve never seen him before!
All was quiet on the Western front for about five minutes. And then the banging started. The guy banged on my balcony railing for a good twenty minutes, each time increasing my freakout. My poor dad who was still on the phone listening to my rising hysteria told me to go out and tell him to stop the banging and leave me alone. Which I did…only to notice that this gross disgusting old drunk man was totally and completely nekkid!!
My natural reaction was to run away, so I slammed my patio door and retreated into my bathroom, which is the furthest point in my apartment from the balcony. For a few minutes after I told him to stop banging he did, but then it started up again. At this point, my Dad suggested that I might want to think about calling someone to come over, just so I wouldn’t have to be by myself anymore. I called my cousin-in-law JC first, but it turns out that he was in Victoria. I think the panic in my voice alarmed him though because he called Stephanie right away and told her what was going on. As I was in the middle of dialing my other cousin’s number, Stephanie phoned me back and announced that she was coming over, despite being down at Granville Island having dinner with her friend from out of town. Naturally, I started bawling for not only my ruined Saturday night but hers. This whole time the guy was still banging on my balcony railing.
Steph and her friend told me that I needed to call the cops. I was really reluctant to because my limited experiences with the RCMP in Burnaby have not been good, and I wasn’t really sure if it was a call-the-cops type situation. Really, he hadn’t done too much wrong other than to scare the crap out of me and stand outside on his balcony naked. So I called the non-emergency line and asked the lady who answered what to do and she put me through to 911.
The next 20 minutes were agonizing as I sat on my couch and waited for Stephanie and the cops to arrive. I alternated between pacing around my apartment and drinking about 18 glasses of water and then the cops and Stephanie arrived at the same time and from that point on it was ok. They talked to him, all three cops were very understanding and nice about it: told me I had done the right thing by calling them, etc. Stephanie and Laura stayed for awhile, partly to calm me down but partly I think because Stephanie wanted to kick some ass if the guy started banging again (she wanted to go down to her car and put on her high heels, but Laura stopped her).

By the time Stephanie and Laura left I was totally and completely exhausted from crying and pacing around my apartment, but I didn’t sleep very well. I talked to the landlady the next day and she went over and talked to him too, and I haven’t seen him since. The whole thing, although it’s kind of a funny story now was very traumatizing and scary at the time! But at least it made for a good blog entry.

If anyone has ever watched Friends... This gives a whole new meaning to the "Ugly Naked Guy."

The Tree’s are Alive… With the Sound of Music…

Have you ever just sat alone outside and listened? That is the beauty of my balcony. Yesterday I sat outside and just listened. I listened to the trees, the birds, the sounds of the muttering passersby’s. I could hear the distant scampering of animals and even faintly I could hear the river which I a km or two away. It was beautiful. Once you start to really listen all the sounds seem to flow together. It sounded like a fine tuned orchestra. Oh the beauty just listening. It’s truly a renewing experience. I started thinking about it once I got back inside I decided that hearing must be a sense in which sound is perceived. I think this because I chose to listen. I made a conscious decision to hear what I wanted, like the finely tuned violin made out of tree leaves or bongo drums made out of rain drops. (I imagine this has something do with my selective hearing that I conveniently use when necessary. IE : Annoying people)

So this is a challenge to all of my readers. Take 10 minutes out of you day, with no distractions and just listen. Turn your brain off, even if you have another thought push it away and just listen.

P.S. The picures are not outside my balcony... I thought they would be inspirational for listening...

P.P.S Jeff is surfing on a natural Bridge

As I was browsing a web site today I saw an advertisement for Valentines Day. Wow, Is that really the next Holiday slash marketing blowout? I started to think to myself how I am excited for this holiday. Valentines Day is great because it’s totally all about the girl. Which I loveJ, but not only that it’s another day to eat chocolate and not feel guilty. PLUS the chocolate comes in a heart shape container and is usually in pink and red wrapping. How amazing is that. Anyways I googled a little further and came across a couple articles stating that Valentines Day, to them, is pretty much the worst day of the year. In fact one lady put it that she would rather “live a lifetime of Mondays” than celebrate another valentines day. Wow. Did you know that approximately Eight million Americans admit they send themselves Valentine's Day gifts? Can you imagine how many people ACTUALLY send them V day Gifts that don’t admit it. But hey… They may feel lonely and unloved but at least they will get something nice! So the month of love is coming sooner than you think. To prepare you for this I will leave you with one of the worst V day stories that I have experienced. (Don’t worry it has not tainted my love for the holy day of the V) I think I was in Grade 7 or 8 I can’t really remember. I really liked this boy (shocking) and I also like another one.(also shocking.) This one boy that I sorta liked asked me out. So naturally I said yes and he gave me some chocolates and I was his g/f. Later that Valentines day Another boy… who I actually like better and didn’t think was going to ask me out did. When he asked me I thought about it in my head how I could get out of the other boyfriend situation before this one knew anything. I thought I could do it so I said Yes. Status Update I had two boyfriends… So I frantically went around trying to find the first one I said yes to and reverse the yes. I did find him eventually… Hanging out with my other boyfriend at lunch. Together… Sadly I had not two boyfriends anymore… not even one boyfriend anymore… I had zero boyfriends… I bet my mom was happy!

Creepymccreeperson

Creepy...








This story sounded Much like the fictional Novel I was reading about wearwolfs and vampires. (The fourth Twilight Novel)





Get this... a guy from India "Sanju Bhagat" always had bit larger stomach, but he decided not to worry about it passing it off on different day's as gas or stomach ache. This occurred for 30 Years!! Thirty year old Sanju Bhagat was rushed a hospital In because his stomach was causing him so much pain. When in the hospital the doctors diagnosed as an stomach tumor. Soon after Sanju was brought in for some sort of testing and a new discover was found...To a doctor's surprise it was something extremely different and very unusual. From the birth Sanju had his twin brother living inside of him like a parasite. This phenomenon is extremely rare since parasite twin brother has to survive by leaching on its brother’s blood supply. (hence the vampire story) This bizarre medical conditions is called fetus in fetu and it occurs when a fetus gets trapped inside of its twin. The Doctor who was operating Sanju Bhagat said: "First, one limb came out, then another limb came out. Then some part of genitalia, then some part of hair, some limbs, jaws, limbs, hair." I guess what happened is that some times (1 in 5 00 000) when twin are born, the more dominant twin in the fetus takes over the other and envelopes it into its body and teh fetus starts living off of it as a parasite.... leeching its bloodto live. CRAZY





Here is a You Tube Video Link to see the short 4 min CBC Report on this Man...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzwDyEmpC5Q&eurl=http://www.interestingfacts.org/?page=fact&id=449



What makes this sooo crazy is that no one suspected that he had a twin!


Is that not insane?











IS THAT NOT THE CREEPIEST THING YOU HAVE EVER HEARD!!!

New Years

New Years Resolutions – Back to Basics

I have been contemplating what I should make my New Years Resolution to be this year. I want to make a new resolution rather than the same one I have every year. “To loose twenty pounds”, that is getting old, and usually doesn’t happen (Actually has never happened). I have been thinking of other things like being nicer, taking life slower, knitting, making eye contact with people who avoid eye contact, making myself more uncomfortable when reaching out and interacting with people. But then I thought about it, Yes those are all good things to do, however it just doesn’t seem like a resolution. I want to make more of a goal. So in my search to make a resolution I decided to look up the history of New Years.

Did you know?

It is believed that the Babylonians were the first to make a New Year’s Resolution? Early Christians believe that the fist day of the New Year should be spent looking back on the past year and thinking about past mistakes and resolving to improve on them in the New Year. Also Did you know that fireworks and all those loud noise makers were originally meant to scare off evil spirits and bring good luck.

Interesting hey? This made me think. I’m going to go back to basics and reflect on my past year and think of all the bad things that I did. I started on January 1st last year and remembered that I was at Laura’s house and we were playing a game with another couple. I remember making up answers to make myself more interesting in the game. So I lied and that is bad… so Resolution # 1 Tell the truth. Then I remember going back to Vancouver (1st week of January) and quit my Job at Doggy Day care with no notice. That’s mean… So Resolution # 2 Be nice

THEN I decided that I REALLY REALLY don’t want to dissect last year…

Back to Square one.

After Much thought and contemplation…

I have decided my New Years Resolution…

I am going to loose 20 pounds…

I know your thinking… BORING, But do not fear, I have added onto it this year.
Oh and I’m going to light fire works outside my house to scare off evil spirits.
(I figure what if it does work? Why take any chances in not doing it… Might as well!)