Brittany's Top 3 Public Transit Adventures

In an effort to avoid killing people i choose not to drive. This means that out of necessity i use public transit & it's my experience that the city of Calgary only employs crazy people as bus drivers, for instance, yesterday the driver was rambling to no one & in letting someone onto the bus said
"I was going to go to Banff but then i had to come & get you guys so..."
Last month i sat next to a 40 year old man who had Britney Spears' "Womanizer" blaring from his head phones. There is a well known homeless guy in Calgary who leans in so that he's 4 inches from your face & asks you how your day is, he once showed Hayley pictures of himself with various girls at the zoo. My opinion? He rides transit lines all day long & just never gets off, really why would he?

Poladroid

I'm sure everyone already knows what Poladroid is, but in case you don't know it's an application that you drag your photos onto it & then they are printed and develop on your desktop so it's pretty cool. Here are some of my own favorite pictures from my trip along the coast this summer.

TA DA!

Cuddle Bunny

"& in the end when life has got you down, you've got someone here that you can wrap your arms around."

Everyone loves a good cuddle (unless they're sadistic and sad) but it turns up a good hug is worth more than just emotional reassurance! Because of something called the "cuddle hormone", the cuddle hormone is oxytocin, it's been linked to maternal affection & the feelings of attachment between couples. It stimulates a deeper parasympathetic nervous relaxation response, creating a sense of calm & ease. Cuddling lowers blood pressure & regulates your breathing. It's proven that children who receive sufficient affection have an overall higher IQ than children who don't. Cuddling increases feelings of safety, security, trust, self worth, belonging & appreciation.

Charles Francis Xavier

My dear boyfriend wants to get an animal companion for his new home, because i have a pug & we adore him, he's thinking about getting a french bulldog, a similar breed. We've already named him Charles Francis Xavier, (& no you can't call him Charley or Charles or X you HAVE to call him Charles Frances Xavier) SO i, being the caring girlfriend i am, did some research, made a little pro's and cons list.

Pro's

Short & Chunkay

Big expressive eyes.

Easy-care coat

Amiable with everyone - LOVES people.

Doesn't need that much exercise

Doesn't bark unless to announce visitors

Cons

Very stubborn

Constant shedding

Snorting, grunting, loud snoring (but i find that endearing)

High cost

(High costs: because they have to be delivered through cesarian sections

& they're not especially sexual, usually artificially inseminated...

however this means you'll had a dog that doesn't hump anything)

I found some links of french bulldogs doing adorable things:

French Bulldog Puppy Playing with A Pringles Can

French Bulldog Puppy Stuck On His Little Back! AWE!

Sometimes I Wonder if My Dog is Embarrassed to Be Seen With Me

To be entirely honest, I've been more concerned about my pugs halloween costume than my own, in fact I'm debating wether or not to take him trick or treating, I wonder if people would offer dog treats.... In any case, last year he was a football player and the year before that he was a cheetah (it was a really sweet costume, he wore it for a whole 30 seconds.) So after extensive googling, I've picked out the best pug halloween costumes and below are my top favorites.

Thought the pink unicorn is a little effeminate, I'm sure that MY dog has the confidence to pull it off.

I wish Chase was black so that he could be the spider, who has ever heard of a fawn spider? Is that racist?

I love the wings on the Bee costume, i wonder how long before he tries to eat them.

I already think pugs look like Yoda (Or those little teddy bear creatures from episode 2).

Look i Have More Friends!... Stop Looking Surprised.

Apart from Ms. Mutch, i have very few blogging friends, but thankfully Sanja (It's a common name in Croatia) has joined us in our efforts to waste time :) Cheers for communal distraction!

Anyway. My lovely friend Sanja shares her terrific musings with the world through Three Pears.

She's full of wit and satire & this week featured one of the funniest comedians I've ever had the pleasure of stalking.

Follow her Three Pears religiously.

Dear Sanja Avramovic, how adorable and old is this picture?

Too bad the boys were too cool for us,

otherwise they might be able to look back now and notice how adorable they are.

Too bad.

A Personal Moment.

"May you live to be 100 & may the last voice you hear be mine"

-Frank Sinatra

Hay Hay.

My super amazing & painfully Canadian friend Hay Hay is now blogging about her addiction to NHL (predominantly about the flames)

Visit her witty, hysterical blog - which i read, but don't entirely understand, because i am a bad Canadian & i don't know anything about hockey. I am learning, slowly but surely.

Ch-ch-ch-check out Join The Rush!

Dear Hayley, don't be mad that i posted this fabulous picture of you drunk, in your flames shirt in front of the Canadian flag in Andrews dorm room on the internet, i think it's endearing & adorable. Love Brit.