Just 2 days after we got back from our Victoria trip, Sean and I had to pack up again. This time, to head up to Whistler to have a visit with his other sisters. It was like we were taking 2 vacations back to back! Fun but exhausting as the downtime in between is almost not enough to recuperate/do chores/run errands before having to hit the road again.
My brother took this picture of me at CC’s birthday. At first I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. The reason is because I feel that I look different; older. This is not how I looked 5 years ago, 2 years ago and MAYBE a year ago. I’m sure some people will say I’m on crack and that I don’t looked aged in this picture, but I see the difference. I know the difference. It may be subtle, but I know it’s there.
Peggy and I had talked about this aging process we’re all going through when we drove down to Bellingham. She had said she found an old picture of us in our raver days. The picture was from 12 years ago. She said we both looked super young. Fresh, tight and baby-faced.
And here we are now, contending with signs that inevitably come with age: the embedded smile lines, little crinkle lines at the corner of the eyes, the fuller and rounder look as our faces mature…
All of which we can not deny when we see pictures of ourselves.
I joked with Sean that I will have to learn how to tilt my head differently or smile differently. This was going to be my new face. But somehow, I think I might be okay with it for this picture has grown on me. Don’t get me wrong – I’ll fight aging as long as I could with every fiber of my being, but I think I’m also curious to seeing the course of my life written onto my face. And if I’m lucky, I will see in my face a life full of happiness, love, fulfillment and peace.
CC turns 4! Instead of going out like last year, we celebrated the little peanut’s birthday last week at mum’s.
My brother had told me CC (the girl who has everything) didn’t want anything, but when I pressed her, she said she wanted a pink pig stuffed toy she saw at Superstore.
Last week I was interviewed by freelance theatre publicist, Rebecca Coleman, for her marketing and public relations website. We met at a nearby Starbucks and did the afternoon coffee/hot chocolate meet up. And it was quite fun, as she’s one of those breezy, easy-going people and we got on pretty well.
Today, I interview Ling Chan, Social Media Manager at The Vancouver Opera. I have long been a fan of the VO’s forward-thinking and cutting-edge social media marketing techniques (which resulted in a Georgia Straight Best of Vancouver pick for Best Arts website), so I was super excited when Ling agreed to sit down for a few minutes with me and talk about their strategies.
Read the interview on Rebecca’s website.
I claimed mine. Have you claimed yours?
about.me is a nifty little splash page that points people to all of my web content.
What a great concept. And simple too. Instead of giving people 6 different sites they can find me on, I just have to give out my about me profile.
One-stop shopping w/analytics thrown in.
Lovin’ it.
For all my hints and outright clues, not many people were able to guess what my costume was. Only one person the entire Halloween weekend guessed correctly. He was dressed as a bookworm, although when I guessed the glowworm doll, he accepted that too.
Even when I told people I was a steampunk girl, that drew a lot of blank stares. I suppose steampunk is fringe, but maybe more so out here in Vancouver. I kinda like that.
Did you know there are places in Vancouver where you can go hang out with horses? There’s a little area called Southlands, down by SW Marine Drive and Blenheim, where you’ll find all these private horse-riding clubs. And go any direction, you’ll come across clippity cloppity horse hooves and their student riders, sharing the road with you.
I was Sean’s roving reporter last night at the opera.