Today is an awesome day!

Not only did I live to wake up another day (if even to find a cloudy sky) but I got a great package from the US that had Favourite Children's Book Animal stamps and a Miffy postcard! They are brilliant! (I almost had to fight a coworker over them because she loved them too!)

A special thanks to Robert for sending them. They really made my day! (How did you know that I adore Miffy?)

I hope that you all have a wonderful day!

Check out Dance, Monkeys, Dance. It gives us a much more realistic look of the position of homo sapiens on our little blue planet.

Thanks to Robert at Mr.Happysad for sharing.

And, just so you know, it's another beautiful day and although I didn't hear my little bird friends this morning, I know it's going to be another great day! This positive attitude thing really does seem to be working...

By the way, I have started reading David Suzuki's autobiography over the weekend. Great book about a great man. If you have time, I hope that you will check it out.

After a wonderfully sunny weekend, I have found myself feeling quite positive and it's started me thinking about how we have such a effect on our lives by determining whether we want to be positive or negative.

I believe that if we choose to be negative, then we will have negative things happen to us and that it will also make us feel unhealthy.

Over the past few months, I have been recuperating from some sort of health condition that no one was able to identify. Now that I have begun to feel better and have had a chance to think about it, I look back to see that I was far from a positive person. I was giving too much of myself to others and allowed my resentment within myself to not set clear boundaries to fester into something that turned into an illness. As well, I became caught up in the drama of others and it turned me into a bitter and bitchy individual that absorbed the negativity that was part of the aura of others.

I thought that I had managed to break free of that but have found that, over the past couple of weeks, I have been drawn back into this kind of thing. I have met people, read things and stumbled upon those who seem to spend all of their time and energy in being unhappy. Yesterday, after coming to that conclusion, things began to change...

It must have been the weather and the company that I was keeping that made me realize that we make our own happiness. We can choose to wake up every morning in the fog of anger and despair. We can choose to believe that we correctly interpret and judge the behaviour of others and conclude that they hate us. And we can choose to be unhappy.

Or, we could wake up every morning and be thankful that we have lived to see another day... We can choose to find joy in the sounds of birds and the power of the wind. We can choose to love those around us and get that love back a thousand fold. And, we can choose to be happy.

I have noticed lately that so many people are looking for something to blame for their unhappiness and as of today, I find that this is the choice of someone who WANTS to be miserable. They can blame a sex, an ethnicity or some ideology for the downfall of human values or morals when they should instead be looking within for what causes this hatred inside of them. These people just refuse to believe that it is themselves that are to blame. They have jaded views of the world that says that someone, some situation or some group is responsible for their downfalls in life or for the state of man on earth.

There are others who blame people for what they, themselves are too weak to admit to themselves. They see the same kind of "faults" that they have within them exhibited by others and attack these people - usually behind the backs of those people - and immediately find some reason to pick on them. The trouble is that they should look within themselves before they judge others.

That said, I have decided to strive for the positive. I will wake up every morning and try my best to remember that life is what one makes it. And if this morning is any sign, it's going to be a great life.

To those angry individuals out there, I urge you to see that we are all here on this planet for such a short time. So short that it really is a waste of time and energy to say and write hateful things about people and circumstances that we really just don't understand or that we don't take the time to understand. I believe that if you truly want happiness, you will find it.

You can make your bed and sleep in it. It's up to you how it turns out!

I got news yesterday that a sick friend will likely be moved to the hospital in a hospice situation as there is no hope for a cure.

I was reminded about the frailty of humans and that, yes, one day we will all have an end to our lives. Those who amaze me the most are those who have accepted that the end is near and have made their peace with things. It is absolutely admirable that they can be so strong even though they are so sick.

It really brings to light, once again, that life is too short to clutter it with sadness and anger. One should live their life by letting the struggles have their deserved place along with the happiness. We have to be forgiving of those circumstances otherwise, they will fester in our bodies and that does more harm than good.

I would like to thank my friend for reminding me of this. He will live in my heart for as long as I am alive.

You know what annoys me most about the new blog comments? That whole moderated comment thing...

If one allows comments, then they really shouldn't censor their visitors' opinions. Sure they may not be favourable but that is what blogging is all about.

Talk about ironic...

It seems that Brooke Shields gives birth to her second child on the same day that Tom & Katie had theirs...

How pissed will Tom be about this one?

I look back at my last post and realize that it was a little on the negative side. Not wanting to have this long weekend start on such a note, I wanted to let you know that I am going to try to be much more positive. Stresses that I had have now been dealt with and I want to move on...

Have you heard about the whole thing about adding more negative ions to your life to create less stress? There is a theory that if you increase the number of negative ions, that you will be happier. Think about how you feel at the seaside or by a waterfall. Or how you feel when a gentle wind blows through the forest. I don't know about you but I always feel way better when in this situation.

I think I might buy a fountain for my office so that the negative energy that seem to accumulate here because of unhappy coworkers will dissipate. If I could, I would move my office to the beach...

It's time to express those positive thoughts that have been submerged for so long. My friend and I are going to try to do this together. It can't make things any worse, right?

Take care and have a wonderful weekend!

It's funny. I don't feel bitchy today but I suppose that I am.

I am just a little frustrated with some people that think themselves creative, yet they haven't the faintest clue about what being creative is all about. They make assumptions about things and then blame others when things don't work out. They don't present one of their works if they cannot do all of them. Don't they know the word "compromise" or "adapt"?

It appears to me that they are only creative in their works but not in how to deal with challenges.

I suppose that I shouldn't get all worked up about it but as I, too, am creative, feel that there are people out there who consider me to be this flakey as well. And it irritates me.

I knowI should let it go. But it's difficult when one sees people "getting away" with things that they themselves would never dream of doing because they have a much higher set of personal ethics. It's almost enough to make a person stop trying so hard to do things. To be "lazy". To stop taking personal responsibility by blaming a situation or someone else for not realizing their dreams.

In reference to Kevin Trudeau's book that I had posted about earlier, I wanted to warn anyone who considered reading it that the author does think that Dianetics plays a part in being a healthy individual. I was more than a little shocked to read this, considering there is a lot of information in the book that I have learned while getting my body back into good health.

The difference is, that I went to a trained naturopathic doctor who has helped me immensely.

The thing that worries me the most is that those critics of Mr. Trudeau's book may use this to discredit the alternate healthcare providers out there. That is truly a shame!

The concept of eating healthy, organic foods, getting enough exercise and enough proper rest, and taking the time to breathe deeply and take care of our spiritual side has been around for a long time, I know. However, in today's stress-laden, frenetic lifestyle many of us have lost touch with that. I don't think there is anything wrong with "re-educating" people to take care of themselves.

I strongly believe that, as Kevin Trudeau and many others say, that if we keep our bodies healthy, limit the toxins that are present in modern society (and thus, that have invaded each and every one of us) and keep our stress levels manageable, then we will have immune systems that are able to fight off disease. And, I believe that can be true for cancer too.

Anyway, I don't want to go on about this for too long. I am not creating a new infomercial for you. I just want to ensure that people won't use people like Mr. Trudeau to discredit what many naturopathic health professionals have been saying for quite a while. It' does work and I am an example of that.

I've been messing around with blogs in other universes, just because I must be insane. Take a look at Lolaland and Squidgy.

After lamenting over the past couple of weeks about the state of the environment, I was pleasantly surprised of the actions of the average person. It seems that a group of villagers in China turned on a factory that is suspected of polluting the water and the surrounding area. It looks like they had just had enough and took the protests that happened recently to a whole different level.

Speaking of pollution and health, I have been reading a book recently entitled Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About, by Kevin Trudeau. Lots of people think he is some sort of charlatan and it could be true but what he says about food, health and lifestyle only make sense. I don't think him a guru and for the most part this is a very US-centred book but it only makes sense that if you live healthy, you can be healthy.

So, why am I mentioning this?

Well, it's because of something said in the book about a study that found that women in the US had high levels of jet fuel in their breast milk. Something about jet trails, I believe but I found an article in the Environmental Technology and Science online page entitled "High levels of perchlorate found in U.S. mothers’ milk".

I am not trying to be alarmist or anything but this surprised me. So, I thought that I would share it with you out there.

I know that we would all go very crazy if we were to think of all of these things all of the time, but I think that it won't really hurt if we can expand our knowledge base. It's a good thing to know these things and make our own decisions about the issues that affect each and every one of us on this planet.

Any ideas, comments or thoughts?

Is anyone else out there furious because Britney Spears blames her irresponsible behaviour of driving with her baby on her lap? She blames the "aggressive" paparrazzi and seems to refuse to take responsibility. Okay, Britney, you might have an excuse if a hungry bear or someone was REALLY endangering your life but I don't buy it. You are just a really bad mother!

Well, I am glad that someone else seems to acknowledge it because Child Welfare Agents pay a visit to her home. I think that they should remove the little one from their home and give him to someone who is going to protect him.

You know, if it were you or me, that child would be gone so fast our heads would spinning...

Apparently, Pamela Anderson was at the Victoria Car Wash yesterday (at least that's what I heard from an overly excited employee of the place while she was getting on the bus yesterday). And dare I add to the celebrity gossip? Tommy Lee was in town on Sunday night with Motley Crue although he wasn't playing drums due to tendonitis.

So the question is, are Pam & Tommy reconciling?

In other pseudo-celebrity news, I am disappointed to say that Tim was voted to be the next MuchMusic VJ. I am sorry Tim but if it wasn't for the many overly hormonal girls that drooled over you and think that you are both hot and sweet, you wouldn't have got in. You have no ability as an on-air personality and to be frank, Sean Gehon was the best one for the job. Unfortunately, because he wasn't every teenage girls version of a wet dream, he didn't get the job that he deserved.

Speaking of dreams, I think that the intensity of my disappointment in this reality search for a next VJ that I had the weirdest dream about Steve Anthony. I've had a crush on this guy since he was on the air at MM and as he was one of the panel members, it must have etched it into my subconscious. Steve, if you are out there reading, drop me a line!

There was a time, earlier today, when the sun peeked out complimenting the blue sky filled with fluffy clouds. Now, it just overcast and some ominous black clouds rolled in.

Things don't stay the same for long, do they?

Nothing much to report except that another weekend is upon us. And, it's about bloody time! I feel like I haven't got anything done this past week.

Anyone got any crazy plans? Or plans of any sort?

I hope that you will share them...

I am last one to really be that concerned about the deadly bird flu that's been reported on som much lately but I just had to post this article from the Guardian online about a dead swan found that had died from H5N1. Why? Because I found some of the ideas just a little amusing.

I shouldn't really laugh but can you imagine everyone keeping their chickens and other poultry in their houses? What would Colin & Justin say?

I've been messing around with colour today and think that I have found something I like. I will post more later but just wanted to apologize for losing the comments section. Also, if you notice a link that is missing, let me know, will you?

I am still working out the kinks...

Okay so I changed my template and managed to lose almost everything. I think that I fixed it all but permanently lost my comments as they were on enetation and it's more trouble than it's worth to fix it.

I'd appreciate if you could take a look and rewrite any comments you might have had in the last couple of posts.

Sorry. As modern as I am, technology still baffles me...

I stumbled across a new blog the other day that I would like to share with you. It's called Swearing and Sweet-Talk... If you like debate, I am sure that EEEEEKKK would love you to visit and comment.

Have a great day!

What was (or still is) your favourite obscure 80's band?

I was on the bus yesterday and ran into a friend that ran in the same circle as I did in the 80's and we got onto the subject. We came up with Echo & the Bunnymen, FGTH, everybody's favourite The Cure and Bob's your Uncle fronted by Sook-Yin Lee.

Enlighten the rest of us, won't you?