http://chanelwood.com The internet playground of Chanel Wood Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:13:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en chnlhttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chnl/~3/c614DnmVb-g/ http://chanelwood.com/family/brother-sister-interactions/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:13:10 +0000 Chanel http://chanelwood.com/family/brother-sister-interactions/ <p> As I was sorting through photos the other day, I came across some that were taken on Father&#8217;s day that I had totally forgotten about. My mother took most of these photos while we weren&#8217;t paying attention, so it really shows what we&#8217;re like on a day to day basis, e.g., a collective base of immaturity.</p> <p>It&#8217;s so awesome how well we get along.</p> <p><img src='http://chanelwood.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/1.jpg' alt='Eyeing the milkshakes' /></p> <p><!--more--><img src='http://chanelwood.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/2.jpg' alt='Its all too much' /></p> <p><img src='http://chanelwood.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/3.jpg' alt='Two kids and their dad' /></p> <p><img src='http://chanelwood.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/4.jpg' alt='Two kids and their dad, take two' /></p> <p><img src='http://chanelwood.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/5.jpg' alt='Wutchu lookin at?' /></p> <p><img src='http://chanelwood.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/6.jpg' alt='Whaaaam' /></p> <p><img src='http://chanelwood.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/7.jpg' alt='Calm before the storm' /></p> <p><img src='http://chanelwood.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/8.jpg' alt='Kiss, deflected' /></p> <p>&#8230; Suffice to say, he brings out the 12 year old in me. Between him and <a href="http://chanelwood.com/family/like-botox-only-better/">Hannah Montana</a>, I&#8217;m <em>never</em> going to age.</p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=c614DnmVb-g:Z13ck5tBNQY:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?i=c614DnmVb-g:Z13ck5tBNQY:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=c614DnmVb-g:Z13ck5tBNQY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chnl/~4/c614DnmVb-g" height="1" width="1"/> http://chanelwood.com/family/brother-sister-interactions/feed/ http://chanelwood.com/family/brother-sister-interactions/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chnl/~3/6LNfqY9weeM/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-135-grace-in-small-things/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:23:50 +0000 Chanel http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-135-grace-in-small-things/ <ul class="gist"> <li>Getting asked if I play soccer because of what I&#8217;m wearing. Themed outfit #1: success! (It was knee-high American Apparel socks, my beloved <a href="http://www.asicsamerica.com/">Asics</a> running shoes, grey track shorts and a loose blue t-shirt.)</li> <li>Taking public transit. I don&#8217;t care if this is repeated over and over again in my GiSTs, but I absolutely adore it. The more I take it, the more I like it.</li> <li>Spending some time with my aunt.</li> <li>Watching cake shows on the food network. I <em>looooove</em> cake shows. They make me want to be a baker so badly!</li> <li>Being able to see the reality of people clearly, even if you have feelings that normally biased your views. </li> </ul> <p><em>Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in <a href="http://graceinsmallthings.ning.com/">Grace In Small Things</a>.</em></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=6LNfqY9weeM:_gNraWQ741U:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?i=6LNfqY9weeM:_gNraWQ741U:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=6LNfqY9weeM:_gNraWQ741U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chnl/~4/6LNfqY9weeM" height="1" width="1"/> http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-135-grace-in-small-things/feed/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-135-grace-in-small-things/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chnl/~3/B3QFDI8wmbs/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-134-grace-in-small-things/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:29:52 +0000 Chanel http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-134-grace-in-small-things/ <ul class="gist"> <li>Going for a walk with the family in the warm (yet breezy!) evening.</li> <li>Playing moving football <em>as</em> we&#8217;re walking.</li> <li>Dinner at the naam with Merissa.</li> <li>Snuggling under a blanket at the Canada Day fireworks with Merissa.</li> <li>Returning back to the Naam for cake and getting served by the same server.</li> </ul> <p><em>Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in <a href="http://graceinsmallthings.ning.com/">Grace In Small Things</a>.</em></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=B3QFDI8wmbs:Z0goznVbQps:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?i=B3QFDI8wmbs:Z0goznVbQps:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=B3QFDI8wmbs:Z0goznVbQps:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chnl/~4/B3QFDI8wmbs" height="1" width="1"/> http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-134-grace-in-small-things/feed/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-134-grace-in-small-things/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chnl/~3/PYhXPPwdQhw/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-133-grace-in-small-things/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:52:35 +0000 Chanel http://chanelwood.com/uncategorized/day-133-grace-in-small-things/ <ul class="gist"> <li>Fried tofu sandwiches with basil. Seriously delicious!</li> <li>How that weird, flippy feeling my stomach has refused to do in months comes so easily when I look back on certain conversations with certain people.</li> <li>Friends who know exactly <a href="http://chnl.tumblr.com/post/133419355/on-me-thinking-like-a-man">what</a> to <a href="http://chnl.tumblr.com/post/133364756/basically-this-is-why-were-best-friends">say</a> to turn your mood around.</li> <li>The closing of this <a href="http://chanelwood.com/family/dissecting-storm-clouds/">whirlwind</a> month.</li> <li>The Stumble! button on my browser. I wouldn&#8217;t know what to do without it.</li> </ul> <p><em>Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in <a href="http://graceinsmallthings.ning.com/">Grace In Small Things</a>.</em></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=PYhXPPwdQhw:eDhRjNN_SXM:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?i=PYhXPPwdQhw:eDhRjNN_SXM:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=PYhXPPwdQhw:eDhRjNN_SXM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chnl/~4/PYhXPPwdQhw" height="1" width="1"/> http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-133-grace-in-small-things/feed/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-133-grace-in-small-things/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chnl/~3/Y-hs8L1JGmo/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-132-grace-in-small-things/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:48:32 +0000 Chanel http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-132-grace-in-small-things/ <ul class="gist"> <li>Getting up <em>before</em> <a href="http://merissalee.tumblr.com/">Merissa</a> texts me for our Monday morning call with Justin.</li> <li>First dinner out on the patio this year.</li> <li>Outdoor speakers that bring the lovely music from my 1940s records </li> <li>Tasty tomato-based anything.</li> <li>The way food warms, softens and wins over the heart.</li> </ul> <p><em>Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in <a href="http://graceinsmallthings.ning.com/">Grace In Small Things</a>.</em></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=Y-hs8L1JGmo:I9-Gfot4xHA:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?i=Y-hs8L1JGmo:I9-Gfot4xHA:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=Y-hs8L1JGmo:I9-Gfot4xHA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chnl/~4/Y-hs8L1JGmo" height="1" width="1"/> http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-132-grace-in-small-things/feed/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-132-grace-in-small-things/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chnl/~3/gRsfvycWTxY/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-131-grace-in-small-things/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:41:40 +0000 Chanel http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-131-grace-in-small-things/ <ul class="gist"> <li>Cute Elvis impersonators.</li> <li>Sitting in the shade on a hot day, listening to renditions of Elvis&#8217;s gospel music&mdash;in Penticton, British Columbia.</li> <li>Homemade chocolate chip cookies and mint chocolate chip ice cream&mdash;that someone who is not me made.</li> <li>Blues riffs on the piano.</li> <li>Being home. (Truly, there is no place like it!)</li> </ul> <p><em>Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in <a href="http://graceinsmallthings.ning.com/">Grace In Small Things</a>.</em></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=gRsfvycWTxY:KahVHASZWAM:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?i=gRsfvycWTxY:KahVHASZWAM:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=gRsfvycWTxY:KahVHASZWAM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chnl/~4/gRsfvycWTxY" height="1" width="1"/> http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-131-grace-in-small-things/feed/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-131-grace-in-small-things/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chnl/~3/We7PGyeU8qc/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-130-grace-in-small-things/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:35:57 +0000 Chanel http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-130-grace-in-small-things/ <ul class="gist"> <li>Getting to wear <a href="http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-125-grace-in-small-things/">said awesome dress for under 20 USD</a>.</li> <li>Eating Casava and Taro&mdash;root vegetables Fijians typically eat&mdash;with group of Fijians on a breezy summer afternoon. (FTR: It was delicious.)</li> <li>Amazing a capella singing.</li> <li>Naps in the dying afternoon sun.</li> <li>Fortune cookies. They&#8217;re <em>delicious</em>.</li> </ul> <p><em>Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in <a href="http://graceinsmallthings.ning.com/">Grace In Small Things</a>.</em></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=We7PGyeU8qc:UxWS0S_TeO4:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?i=We7PGyeU8qc:UxWS0S_TeO4:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=We7PGyeU8qc:UxWS0S_TeO4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chnl/~4/We7PGyeU8qc" height="1" width="1"/> http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-130-grace-in-small-things/feed/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-130-grace-in-small-things/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chnl/~3/59e69q6alGI/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-129-grace-in-small-things/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:31:20 +0000 Chanel http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-129-grace-in-small-things/ <ul class="gist"> <li>Getting whisked off to the Americas again.</li> <li>Making sure I actually looked half decent before I stepped out of the car, because even in a different country it is just my luck that I will run into someone I know &mdash; which I did, amazingly enough.</li> <li>Comfortable beds and nice sheets.</li> <li>Having an iPhone that can connect me to the internet when I&#8217;m traveling sans the laptop.</li> <li>The feeling of freshly washed, clean feet after walking around dusty malls in flip flops all day.</li> </ul> <p><em>Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in <a href="http://graceinsmallthings.ning.com/">Grace In Small Things</a>.</em></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=59e69q6alGI:9jONRzCr1fc:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?i=59e69q6alGI:9jONRzCr1fc:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=59e69q6alGI:9jONRzCr1fc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chnl/~4/59e69q6alGI" height="1" width="1"/> http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-129-grace-in-small-things/feed/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-129-grace-in-small-things/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chnl/~3/ylWWoEOXyrs/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-128-grace-in-small-things/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:26:09 +0000 Chanel http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-128-grace-in-small-things/ <ul class="gist"> <li>Seeing old friends for the first time in ages.</li> <li>Seeing a legit Polaroid camera the size of a dinner plate. In person. And having my photo taken by it.</li> <li><a href="http://merissalee.tumblr.com">Merissa</a>&#8217;s super fun birthday dinner.</li> <li>Deep talks on the way back to the skytrain station.</li> <li>Not getting jumped, raped and killed on my dark three block walk back to my house &mdash; again.</li> </ul> <p><em>Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in <a href="http://graceinsmallthings.ning.com/">Grace In Small Things</a>.</em></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=ylWWoEOXyrs:nASsiKL0Vm8:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?i=ylWWoEOXyrs:nASsiKL0Vm8:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=ylWWoEOXyrs:nASsiKL0Vm8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chnl/~4/ylWWoEOXyrs" height="1" width="1"/> http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-128-grace-in-small-things/feed/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-128-grace-in-small-things/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chnl/~3/xiH74u3b2Kw/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-127-grace-in-small-things/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:20:06 +0000 Chanel http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-127-grace-in-small-things/ <ul class="gist"> <li>Having an awesome dinner with the best friend who is moving away for the last time.</li> <li>Retro 50&#8217;s diners. With lots of veg options. And real milkshakes. And deep fried Mars bars!</li> <li>Taking public transit &mdash; the more I take it, the more I love it.</li> <li>Not getting jumped, raped and killed on my dark three block walk back to my house!</li> <li>Actually getting some things done in the midst of storm clouds.</li> </ul> <p><em>Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in <a href="http://graceinsmallthings.ning.com/">Grace In Small Things</a>.</em></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=xiH74u3b2Kw:0rBrfz8ntMw:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?i=xiH74u3b2Kw:0rBrfz8ntMw:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=xiH74u3b2Kw:0rBrfz8ntMw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chnl/~4/xiH74u3b2Kw" height="1" width="1"/> http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-127-grace-in-small-things/feed/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-127-grace-in-small-things/