odd news...

I just had to share this with people b/c i find it very odd. and as a fellow artist... i def don't see the 'art' behind cooking meatballs in human oils... GROSS!

That being said, i do still plan to go see Hannibal this weekend :)

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Meal fried in artist's own body fatFrom correspondents in Santiago January 13, 2007 09:12am

"BON APPETIT," said Chilean artist Marco Evaristti as he presented his friends with his newest creation: meatballs cooked with fat from his own body, extracted by liposuction.

"Ladies and gentleman, bon appetit and may god bless," said Evaristti, a glass in his hand, to his dining companions seated Thursday night around a table in Santiago's Animal Gallery.

On the plates in front of them was a serving of agnolotti pasta and in the middle a meatball made with oil Evaristti removed from his body in a liposuction procedure last year.

"The question of whether or not to eat human flesh is more important than the result," he said, explaining the point of his creation.

"You are not a cannibal if you eat art," he added.

Evaristti produced 48 meatballs with his own fat, some of which would be canned and sold for $US4000 dollars for 10.

A veteran at shock-art, in an earlier work Evaristti invited people to kill fish by pressing the button on a blender the fish were held in.

In April 2004 he dyed an enormous iceberg in Greenland with red paint.

What Age Do You Act?

Dan found this site somewhere, so I thought i'd give it a try. Turns out i act like i'm 23. Not sure if i should be happy about these results or not???

Follow the link and let me know what your "age" is :)

You Are 23 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

I bought a house!!!!

some of you have been following this story from the start, some of you may be caught off guard. but yep, thats right i bought a house!!! :) :)

the final condition was waived today. Had to jump through the financing hoop, the home inspection hoop and finally the condo certificate.

As of March first i will be the proud new owner of 2078 Eric Cres. A nice 4 bedroom, townhouse condo with a garage (this was very important to me... perhaps this makes me a princess, but i just have no desire to scrape ice and snow off my car each day, or drive to work so that my car can just start to be 'warm when i arrive). One of the rooms is perfect for an art studio!!! :) one will store all my shoes (and be a guest room), and i hope to rent the 4th one out - so if you know anyone let me know! :)

I'm Going To Be An Art Teacher!

I'm going to be teaching a Mixed media art class out in Barhaven on Tuesday nights starting Feb 20th (if there are enough people registered). If you, or someone you know wants to sign up let me know :) In April i'll probably be teaching a Kids handbuilding (pottery) class :) I can't WAIT!! :) :) To see more of my art check out www.terianne.wetpaint.com

Category: Mixed Media

Description: Art can be created using multiple products and materials. We'll focus our mixed-media classes with the use of collage, paint and drawing techniques.

Registration: Please call 613-825-0053 or e-mail us at info@afinemess.ca for more information and to register for this program.

Tuesday Nights from 7-9pm

http://afinemess.ca

Climbing a mountain for fun????

You can all breath again, NO its not me! lol...

So my friend Amy is in the process of embarking on a big adventure... she has decided that it would be 'fun' to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Its not just for fun though, its for a good cause. she is raising money for CARE Canada. Each person going has to pay 100% of their own costs, but ALSO raise a set amount of money to donate. (at least i think thats how it works)...

For me - - this just brings back horrible memories of being stuck in a hole on the side of Mt. St. Helen's (waiting for my friends to rescue me - - after then let rob laugh and take pictures!!!) - - what was i thinking?? ME climbing an active volcano?? Honestly, I'd rather be hit by a car again!!!?!? However, the whole trip wasn't that bad, sheli and i discovered Pay Less shoes for the first time, lost our hotel in banff, spent a whole afternoon in the vancouver aquarium gift shop, and the term Gretchen was invented... hee hee. OH and the button shop! can't forget the button shop.

BUT back to the important side of things... my crazy friend that is going to do this purely for fun (not to miss 2 weeks of school in grade 11), oh sorry, i meant, not for fun, but to raise money for a good cause...

So, Amy is trying to raise money ... if you are interested in reading more about this... or want to blog about it on your own blog totally feel free!!! - -

To read more about amy's preparation, donations etc. check out her website. To read more about the climb visit. www.climbforcare.ca. (if you donate, dont' forget to pick AMY CAMPBELL from the list of climbers!!)

Nepean Muses' - Art Hanging

One of my paintings and some of my pottery will be displayed at the Nepean Museum next month. You are all invited to the Vernissage (fancy name for open house with food and drinks) on Sunday February 4th.

Nepean Muses'

Nepean Fine Arts League Exhibit (NFAL) at:
NEPEAN MUSEUM
16 Rowley Ave., Nepean, Ontario

(Near Merivale and Meadowlands)

Work will be displayed from January 31st to March 5th, 2007

Hours of viewing: Tuesday to Friday from 10 am to 4 pm
Saturday/Sunday from 1 pm to 4 pm

You are cordially invited to
VERNISSAGE on Sunday February 4th, 2007
1:30pm to 3:30pm

Feel free to invite your friends and family
Refreshments will be served

Congratulations Andrew & Serena

Andrew and Serena have gotten engaged!! congratulations!!! and for those of you who want a sneak preview of the wedding day... CHECK THIS OUT!!!

how pretty are their legs (i for one think you should wear skirts more often)??? and look at the wicked wicked mullets!!! Andrew and Blair - you guys look HOT!!!

Vogue'y Robot???

Last night i went to barrymores with some friends and had a fanstastic time - we had to leave early to make it to a new year's eve party, but during those couple hours that we were at the bar we had a very fun time.

There was this girl... and i'm not sure if she new what the 90's era was all about when it came to wardrobe. i know when people go to 80's night at barrymores they tend to dress up, and usually people get that right. can't go wrong really with 80's clothing.

BUT this girl last night attempted a 90's look... this is what her outfit consisted of (i have included pictures to help give you a visual). She had on a school girl kilt, a grey tank top, a baggy plaid shirt (that steph pointed out was - mismatched plaid!!! - i was too focused on the bad choice of footware to notice the plaid!) - - hicking shoes/skater shoes... not really sure what they were and white socks. And the best part - - she was doing this vogue / robot dance!!! it was just a very confusing look, grunge meets school girl meats madona vogue??? But this girl, even in her 'wicked hot outfit' *sense some sarcasm there please* - - totally couldn't keep up with alicia's moves - - who patented the 'fax machine' and 'thigh master' version of the running man... Both VERY VERY cool!



I must also share about the new year's party b/c i'm sure some are wondering about that. some friends of friends were throwing this party - - b/c no one was around for the real new years. turns out i knew some of the people that lived there. it was great! i can't wait to have my own house so i can turn my basement into a little dance floor! i miss house parties where you can just bust a move in the basement!!! basement parties were/are the best! Great evening out!!!

Email Fraud Warning

this isn't a hoax... came from 580 CFRA's website:

OPP Warn of Email Scam Josh Pringle Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Ontario Provincial Police are warning the public of a fraudulent email that identifies itself as coming from the Department of Finance Canada.

The OPP says the message promises its recipients a tax refund if they fill out and submit what looks like a government form.

Police warn if you fill out the form, it will compromise the individual's credit card and social security information.

Seth - you will be missed!!!

I have been an Adam Brody fan since back in the day when he was on Gilmore Girls. (he was Laings dorky boyfriend), then I went to the theatre to watch Grind (a fabulous skateboarding movie he was in) - sure christina and i were the only people over the age of 16, and probably the only people that had bathed that week, but thats ok... Adam Brody outdid himself in that movie and we were very very pleased! :) :)

sooo to my point. if you havn't heard the news already - - the OC will end this season... according to one article I read, they think it failed b/c Marissa Cooper died, and she was the star of the show!! I DO NOT THINK SO!!! i mean, that girl could NOT act at all!!!

To read more visit: Fox's Once-Hot 'The O.C.' Is Canceled

Where to begin???

Last night was a fun night out, but there were quite a few blog-worthy things, at one point i thought - gee i should get a notepad to keep track!

First i jumped on the fabulous #3 bus that always gets me where i want to go. I arrived at Shannon and Greg's with enough time for Shannon and I down a bottle of blueberry wine and assist greg in picking the perfect t-shirt to bring out his rockstar attributes.

Then off we went to Pier 21. I arrived thinking that people have put summer behind us, there is no more being confused - there is now snow on the ground - - but alas, some people have still not noticed that it is no longer summer... FLIP FLOPS!!! yeah, that is right, some chick was wearing flip flops at the bar!!! and i lost track of all the other summer outfits that i was seeing... for a society that loves to shop, we certainly forget that its ok to have two, even four wardrobes for the different season's. I know that its not easy to buy a WHOLE new wardrobe, that is why they made accessories and shoes!!! change them up to go with the season!!!!

The other outfit that is definately worth mentioning was the creamy white see through tank top, very nice sheer fabric, sorta flowy. problem being that she wore a black bra with it??? - - and even worse, she forgot to cut the white (glow in the black light) hanger strap things off. There were a tonne of girls there with bras that didn't match their shirts. i'm not talking colour - - i'm talking slyle. you wear a halter shirt, wear a friggen halter bra or a strapless! and the 'invisible straps'... the plastic ones... NOT SO INVISSIBLE!!! I can see them!!!

i will say that there were quite a few hair styles at the bar that i plan to attempt. I got a big barrel curling iron before xmas and I am very pumped to give it a shot.

and that was my evening out... bad outfits but good hair.

As usual Monday's Grace played fabulously - if you are curious about this band i always write about, they will be a Gracie's (west) every thursday for quite awhile in the new year. go check them out!

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVERYONE!!! hope you have all found something fun to do to celebrate!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone and Happy Boxing Day (my favourite holiday!!!)

Hope that Santa brought you everything that you wanted this year. I have no fabulous stories for you.

If you are ottawa folks, let me know if you want to go out on Friday December 29th bc there are some plans in the works.

xoxo
Teri Anne

Contest - FREE Prizes.... who can turn that down?

I know that most of you have other plans for new years and don't plan to come to this party. But there is a chance to win a prize at the CHEO New Year's even party even if you arn't attending.

Go to the website and fill in the ballot. if you don't want to win leather furniture and a big tv... thats ok... you can give the prize to me.

http://www.cheospiel.com/contest.html

Fleece... public or private??? statement or problem???

The questions i pose for my readers today - - Fleece pants... are these public attire, or private attire??? Are they a fashion statement or a fashion problem???

As i know, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. HOWEVER this is my blog, so well, obviously you get to read MY opinion... and i would say that fleece pants fall into the same category as crocs.

they may be comfortable, but take a look at the picture??? can anyone argue that these are NOT totally unflattering to ANY body type??? I have seen sooooo many people of all ages wearing fleece pants lately (and its not even that cold yet!!!). This past weekend a lady was sporting fleece pants with a button up blouse??? talk about confusing. perhaps she was going to a semi formal and got confused that it just meant that you were only sorta dressed up... not 1/2 dressed up , and 1/2 dressed like a slob?

But i will say that they have a place in society. unlike crocs, fleece pants are not very practical at the beach. but they would be great for ski hills, chalets, lounging around the house in the winter. But similar to crocs, they do not belong in the office, at art shows, at fancy restaurants, or weddings.

PS - i also saw a man in the elevator the other day (at 5:30) wearing full flannel pjs!!! i think I'd prefer fleece pants to seeing a grown man strutting around in public in his flannel pjs.

Jimiriquois LOVES Christmas!!!!

Dear Friends & Family ,
I wanted me to say hello. I left right after the HAL christmas party for a quick visit to Paris. Jimmy loves the holiday season
Check out my awesome sweater!
http://www.myholidaysweater.com/ec095dfa.15377
Love,
Jimiriquois

ps - I had a dance recietal in Paris, I was the lead elf in the nutcracker elf version http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=7b76ec1eb660a9afd962b9cG06121510

And the winner is..... ME!!!

Last night was my company Christmas Party. And it was fantastic, primarily because I WON!!! I finally won the eagle award! FINALLY! some of you may remember me ranting about this last year... and how i deserved it... well i won!!

I'm sure the majority of people reading this are now thinking - - what the hell is the eagle award! well this award is given to an employee (or spouse) each year for outstanding achievements...such as organization, putting up with your spouse working long hours or constantly being overseas, organizing great events...etc. I won it b/c I'm the 'glue'. yes, that is what was said, i hold the company together. I am always smiling, I take on all the jobs asked of me, regardless of how trivial they are (little do they know that while I'm smiling I'm inwardly grumbling and thinking - - i will def blog about this tomorrow!).

The eagle award was originally a big plastic eagle, but there is usually a lot of wine at our parties and back in 1988 the eagle was dropped, so the head was salvaged, and a new body was created out of wood. Recently the birds beak has gotten chipped - I plan to fix this with a little arts and crafts day.

Jimiriquois is currently hanging in the hallway at home... yes, i named the eagle... he has the initials J something something on it... and i thought (7 glasses of wine later, that jimiriquois just sounded PERFECT for an eagles name). Just wait... I plan to elf the Jimmy later today.

Now for my acceptance speech! 4 glasses of wine later, i sound sooo professional, as i talk about ridiculous things! but apparently i was funny... drunk - funny - - - funny - drunk.... yeah, prity much the same thing. oh well. I WON!!! that's all that matters... its not about "trying" - - its about WINNING!!!!

Christmas Card

Since i'm mad at Canada Post this year... i'm not using their service. Instead i'm sending my xmas card via the world wide web.

Enjoy!!! Click the link for the best card ever (or dorkiest... you be the judge):

http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=744edb9e1185d2ac9e73d0cG06121408

I've Got a Pearl Necklace!

GET YOUR MIND OUTTA THE GUTTER!!!

that is NOT what i was talking about!!! :) lol... now for those of you who are now wondering... what? how could a pretty necklace made of pearls be taken as gross and dirty... well, if you are not on a public computer go check the following link - http://www.londonslang.comcom for another meaning of pearl necklace.

So back to my new pearl necklace :) tonight I went to sassy bead for a pearl knotting class. Sounnds easy... but not so. I now have the hang of it though and finished my necklace tonight once I got home while I watched Laguna Beaches Season Finale (love my smutty TV!)

Mine is a lot prettier than this one, but gives you an idea of what I did. Mine is pale purple (and the silk thread matches! OF COURSE). Anyways, the reason pearls get knotted is so that when the necklace breaks the pearls don't go flying all over the place - like you see in the movies... SO NOT REAL!

New Years Eve - yes again...

New Years Eve PARTY!!! - YOU ARE INVITED!!!

I know its STILL early. But I wanted to invite EVERYONE and anyone. It is for all ages - as long as you over 19+. Combining a huge curling bonspiel, all day entertainment, and an all you can eat buffet with a blow out New Year's Eve party is how the New Year's CHEO Spiel will raise funds for the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. You can come to the daytime curling bonspiel, or the dinner, or just the party, or any combo of the three. (i would like to point out that the drinks are good prices!!!)

!!!!!!!YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CURL TO COME TO THE PARTY!!!!!! - these are separate events!

Buffet Dinner: 7:30 to 9:00 (Dinner and Dancing Package - $40)

New Years Eve Party (9:00 to 2007!) (New Year's Eve Tickets - $15 in advance, $20 at the door)

Check out the other details: http://www.cheospiel.com/

Teri Anne Ryerson
Director of Public Relations
The New Year's CHEO Spiel

Ctrl X Ctrl V Ctrl X Ctrl V - I have pinky tremmors!!! I need McDreamy!

Today (and every day at work since last thrusday) all i have done is stared at the computer screen, and hit Ctrl X Ctrl V Ctrl X Ctrl V Ctrl X Ctrl V Ctrl X Ctrl V... every now and then i'll hit Ctrl+Shift and use the arrows a bit... but for the most part its Ctrl X Ctrl V Ctrl X Ctrl V Ctrl X Ctrl V Ctrl X Ctrl V... over and over again. oh and sometimes Ctrl Z for when i screw up and have to undo.

So tonight around 6:55 when i was on entry 8364 of 9987 - in the Manitoba PI category, I started to develop a tremmor in my pinky on my left hand. I tried to ignore it as best I could, but then the tremmor starting consuming my life and I could no longer continue with the Ctrl X Ctrl V Ctrl X Ctrl V ... and at 7:28 I threw the towel in... so close to my goal of 9987... but yet sooo far!!! (i had started this province at 4:40... so i had accomplished quite a bit...).