er...on the other hand Staples' Boxing day sale features a 512 SD card for 32.95 after you take off the instant -$29 and the -$18 rebate.... To keep myself from flooding my shopping thoughts on to the board I think I'll stop now.

I'm not sure if Clark checks out the board often but I stumbled upon a FutureShop ad for 256 MB SD Ultra High Speed 150x Memory Card for $39.99. The price is good until Sat 24th.

Well I know this won't get much response but, who wants to see King Kong tonight? I'm thinking 8:45 at South Edmonton common. You know the drill, phone me if you are interested and I guess we'll take it from there.

bah...being at work sucks...

Jess - there are a bunch of foreign language bookstores in Edmonton, mostly downtown. I think you can get books written in German at the Ukrainian Bookstore on 97th. On the not spending money hand, the public library carries foreign language books.

This year, unfortuntately, I can't go to mass on Saturday...

and to everyone, since I won't see you:

Merry Christmas!

Don't worry Alison, I used to get the mouse thing too. I solved it by shifting my mouse cord believe it or not. I'm not sure if there's any merrit in this, but it looked as though whenever the cord would slip because of the way I moved it, I would get the mouse flash across the screen. Try setting it up in a different manner and see if that helps.

the lair of the shout out out out out..ers.

close, but no cigar: it's brazillian.

Hey Al(ison) - it's entirely possible that something came up for Leila which demanded her attention while she was in Edmonton. Or, if her family lives here too, maybe she felt bad taking off from her family to go hang out with a friend (maybe they made her feel bad). Maybe she never got the messages. In short, a bazillion things that have nothing to do with you personally, or her committment to your friendship, could have prevented a phone back. It sucks that you don't get to see her for a while now, but unless it happens a few times in a row, I wouldn't worry about it.

and, I must vent. am I a bad friend? I mean, I obviously neglect certain relationships... but is it bad enough to not actually contact me? relationships are two way streets, right? how the hell is this fair, my friend Leila came up for a couple of days, I called twice, left messages and an e-mail, and ... nothing. she and I even compared notes before hand on availability to ensure that we could get together... but no luck.

so, shitty deal that it is, she's returning to cow town, and I won't have seen her, nor heard from her at all. but what could I have done? and though I don't expect her to be home all the time to answer the phone, I did legitimately give it a shot in trying to get in touch with her. I dunno, I guess I'm just ticked because she's only home for so long and then it's back on the work trail and off somewhere in america. my only chance for at least a half-year, blown because telephones and answering machines suck.