Category Archives: Things I Love Thursday

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Cuban music group Tiempo Libre

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breakfast at The Naam • lunch at Kintaro • the luxury of getting your hair washed and cut • positive feedback on the assignment you bleed over • waking up feeling alive for the first time in weeks • the carrot muffin dropped by friends • impromptu salsa dancers • the convenience of instant oatmeal • the generosity of family friends • an evening of bouncy music • free food

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many, many thanks to the friend who hooked my volunteers and me up with free tickets to see Tiempo Libre at the Chan Centre last week!

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strangely fascinated by this video for Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’

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tortilla chips and salsa • aloe vera juice • Winona Baker’s poetry in Beyond the Lighthouse • watching steam rise from a hot drink • moments of sunshine • the wonderful people I’ve met at Speakeasy over the last four years • finding something in my letterbox • getting diagnosed as not having any lifelong diseases for now, anyway • clean, pretty-smelling bedsheets • the Once Upon a Time TV series • being able to walk

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I have to admit, being really sick for a prolonged period of time does deepen my appreciation for everything else I’ve got going for me!

this always makes me laugh

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getting The 52nd State of Amnesia in the mail after months of wanting • a whole weekend of being waited upon hand and foot by my awesome friends (thanks, D&D!) • watching BBC productions of classic literature • reading The Hunger Games • 10% coupons off at The Book Depository • sour cream and onion Pringles • convenience foods when you can’t cook regularly • doctors who take time to explain things to you • heartbreaking songs like A Fine Frenzy’s ‘Almost Lover’ • sleep, sleep, sleep

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I write these TILT posts to cheer myself up — what are some ways you make yourself smile?

Things I Love Thursday should really be People I Love Thursday this week. I’m still sick as a dog, but am improving enough to want to say a huge thank you to all the people who have and continue to prop me up through this evil bug.

I’ve been given food and medicine deliveries, including homemade, hand-strained chicken broth, cheesecake from Seattle, and chocolate for when I’m better. I’ve had my kitchen and washroom cleaned for me, received birthday balloons — several weeks early, I might add — and had friends pick up my U-Pass and return a library book for me when I just couldn’t move more than ten steps at a time. Best of all is having someone or another checking up on me everyday to see how I’m doing.

If I could go back to the girl I was five years ago (or even three), I’d tell her to stop panicking and promise that life in Canada is going to be just fine. More than that, even.

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On another note, being sick does this strange thing to me where all I want to do is speak Chinese. For several days I only wanted to listen to Mandarin radio stations and watch Chinese TV. I rewatched 《老房有喜》which came out in my pre-teens. Oh, badly written TV, how I adore thee.

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a poem for transgender youths

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the fancy paper shredder in the office! • feeling more comfortable with someone new than you expect • a huge glass of vanilla ice cream with fudge and caramel sauce • when you push yourself out of your comfort zone and rock it • successful baking experiments • the baby who visited our office! • going to bed early • the Wesbrook Mall shuttle bus from Marine Drive to Save On • awesome coworkers • my culinary skills which occasionally surprise me • people who go out of their way to see you smile 🙂

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sunshine this morning and dancing tonight — what a perfect combination!