http://chanelwood.com The internet playground of Chanel Wood Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:27:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en chnlhttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chnl/~3/mu7RYzO9UZo/ http://chanelwood.com/photoblog/car-accident-paparazzi/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:24:07 +0000 Chanel http://chanelwood.com/photoblog/car-accident-paparazzi/ <p> 4:15PM: This just happened.</p> <p><img src='http://chanelwood.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/img_5014.jpg' alt='Assessing the damage' /></p> <p><!--more-->4:32PM: Cute men who drive the big red truck arrive.</p> <p><img src='http://chanelwood.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/2.jpg' alt='Firetruck arrives' /></p> <p>4:34PM: Injury is tended to, reports taken.</p> <p><img src='http://chanelwood.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/3.jpg' alt='Injuries are tended to' /></p> <p>4:41PM: Cute men who carry guns and handcuffs arrive.</p> <p><img src='http://chanelwood.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4.jpg' alt='Police arrive' /></p> <p>4:42PM: I start plotting ways to <a href="http://chanelwood.com/about/life-list/#kiss-a-police-officer">kiss a police officer</a>.<br /> <em>(Fake the need for mouth to mouth, maybe?)</em></p> <p><img src='http://chanelwood.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/5.jpg' alt='Closeup of police' /></p> <p>4:45PM: Transit police, tow truck arrive.</p> <p><img src='http://chanelwood.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/6.jpg' alt='First car gets towed away' /></p> <p>4:48PM: Last remnants of car accident removed.</p> <p><img src='http://chanelwood.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/7.jpg' alt='Second car gets towed away' /></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=mu7RYzO9UZo:e_teZES1wcg:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?i=mu7RYzO9UZo:e_teZES1wcg:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=mu7RYzO9UZo:e_teZES1wcg: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/mu7RYzO9UZo" height="1" width="1"/> http://chanelwood.com/photoblog/car-accident-paparazzi/feed/ http://chanelwood.com/photoblog/car-accident-paparazzi/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chnl/~3/FoGC4wFk0pY/ http://chanelwood.com/life/personal/tables-turned/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:59:03 +0000 Chanel http://chanelwood.com/life/personal/tables-turned/ <p> I have a confession to make: I used to think people who didn&#8217;t know what they were going to do with their lives were poor, confused deadbeats. Having always been someone with a plan, I have often had a hard time wrapping my mind around the idea that someone can be so clueless about their future as to not know what they&#8217;re going to do with the rest of their life.</p> <p>Tonight I realized that I have no idea what I am going to do with the rest of my life.</p> <p>(I can see it now: God is chuckling.)</p> <p>I have many possibilities in mind; even a general sense. But as for a straightforward direction, or a specific plan? <em>Nada.</em> There are many things I&#8217;d like to pursue, but they&#8217;re scattered in every direction. For the one I want to pursue the most, &#8220;1 in 100 actually make enough money to not starve doing that&#8221; seems like the biggest problem.</p> <p>(I might be highly unmaterialistic, but you won&#8217;t catch me signing up for starvation.)</p> <p>I suppose if all else fails, I can always become a professional golddigger.</p> <p>Something tells me the next year will prove to be rather interesting.</p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=FoGC4wFk0pY:WOCat-xooAY:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?i=FoGC4wFk0pY:WOCat-xooAY:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=FoGC4wFk0pY:WOCat-xooAY: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/FoGC4wFk0pY" height="1" width="1"/> http://chanelwood.com/life/personal/tables-turned/feed/ http://chanelwood.com/life/personal/tables-turned/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chnl/~3/V_yfTuhANNk/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-235-grace-in-small-things/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:40:19 +0000 Chanel http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-235-grace-in-small-things/ <ul class="gist"> <li>Discovering you suddenly have some useful connections.</li> <li>Thanksgiving dinner with the family <em>and</em> friends.</li> <li>Having someone to help with cooking and dishes.</li> <li>Someone from the past who brings back memories from 12+ years ago.</li> <li>Compliments on my cooking.</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=V_yfTuhANNk:Nvfw0iP2myc:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?i=V_yfTuhANNk:Nvfw0iP2myc:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=V_yfTuhANNk:Nvfw0iP2myc: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/V_yfTuhANNk" height="1" width="1"/> http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-235-grace-in-small-things/feed/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-235-grace-in-small-things/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chnl/~3/lrM2IAwiDlI/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-234-grace-in-small-things/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:07:40 +0000 Chanel http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-234-grace-in-small-things/ <ul class="gist"> <li>Having the event I guiltily dreaded play out to be 110% better than I thought it would.</li> <li>Bonding with someone in my church I see all the time but never talk to.</li> <li>Not collapsing into a reclusive ball of depression when I received bad news that added my already enormous pile of stress.</li> <li>Putting my skills and stronger points to work in what I do best (in this came, damage control).</li> <li>Having dinner taken care of for me.</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=lrM2IAwiDlI:XjrztBx6McA:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?i=lrM2IAwiDlI:XjrztBx6McA:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=lrM2IAwiDlI:XjrztBx6McA: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/lrM2IAwiDlI" height="1" width="1"/> http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-234-grace-in-small-things/feed/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-234-grace-in-small-things/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chnl/~3/hQRtVvm2LHU/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-233-grace-in-small-things/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:04:16 +0000 Chanel http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-233-grace-in-small-things/ <ul class="gist"> <li>Getting to those school emails I&#8217;ve been pretending don&#8217;t exist.</li> <li>Kickass twist on my familiar lasagna dish that becomes a huge hit.</li> <li>Talking on the phone until 1am. How very 16 of me! (and how rare of an occasion.)</li> <li>Having great friends who understand my oddities.</li> <li>Midnight cookies and (soy)milk snack.</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=hQRtVvm2LHU:FDcQmFXWB5U:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?i=hQRtVvm2LHU:FDcQmFXWB5U:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=hQRtVvm2LHU:FDcQmFXWB5U: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/hQRtVvm2LHU" height="1" width="1"/> http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-233-grace-in-small-things/feed/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-233-grace-in-small-things/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chnl/~3/m6IyTjXtnlA/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-232-grace-in-small-things/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:59:40 +0000 Chanel http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-232-grace-in-small-things/ <ul class="gist"> <li>Studying at the library, listening to classical music as I write an argumentative essay about something I actually feel passionate about, surrounded by other people who studying, and occassionally glancing outside where I have a spectacular view of the breathtaking autumn grounds below.</li> <li>Living in a city where a library&mdash;in the middle of a city&mdash;can have a gorgeous park right beside it.</li> <li>Being surrounded by thousands of books. There is nothing more exciting.</li> <li>Finding a current affair worth writing three pages about.</li> <li>Metrotown, and the odd feelings of foreign and familiar in 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=m6IyTjXtnlA:h_ODPcmk-F8:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?i=m6IyTjXtnlA:h_ODPcmk-F8:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=m6IyTjXtnlA:h_ODPcmk-F8: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/m6IyTjXtnlA" height="1" width="1"/> http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-232-grace-in-small-things/feed/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-232-grace-in-small-things/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chnl/~3/CG3N1ugrGnE/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-231-grace-in-small-things/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:33:10 +0000 Chanel http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-231-grace-in-small-things/ <ul class="gist"> <li>Being used in two Standard demonstrations in class. Eep!</li> <li>Being social and outgoing without effort.</li> <li>Old faces, new faces &#8230; and not dreaded to see either.</li> <li>The familiar warm rub of something that happens at the same time every year; the memories of the past, the excitement of what&#8217;s to come, and the secure fuzzy feeling of familiarity.</li> <li>The way my heart skips a beat whenever I drive into that campus.</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=CG3N1ugrGnE:Ku8Gajw080k:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?i=CG3N1ugrGnE:Ku8Gajw080k:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=CG3N1ugrGnE:Ku8Gajw080k: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/CG3N1ugrGnE" height="1" width="1"/> http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-231-grace-in-small-things/feed/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-231-grace-in-small-things/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chnl/~3/nNhtAwFU-Kw/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-230-grace-in-small-things/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:52:38 +0000 Chanel http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-230-grace-in-small-things/ <ul class="gist"> <li>Mending fragile relationships.</li> <li>Reinstating the whiteboard (which is actually silver) as a gigantic to-do list. At the very least, it looks really nice on my desk!</li> <li>Getting a much-dreaded, much-procrastinated essay over and done with!</li> <li>Seeing my aunt return to her home after over six months in hospital.</li> <li>IKEA food What more can I say? There ain&#8217;t anything they can&#8217;t do.</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=nNhtAwFU-Kw:DvtPeyM0NmY:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?i=nNhtAwFU-Kw:DvtPeyM0NmY:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=nNhtAwFU-Kw:DvtPeyM0NmY: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/nNhtAwFU-Kw" height="1" width="1"/> http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-230-grace-in-small-things/feed/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-230-grace-in-small-things/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chnl/~3/tZ2FgdAQz9Y/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-229-grace-in-small-things/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:48:36 +0000 Chanel http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-229-grace-in-small-things/ <ul class="gist"> <li>The amazing way I feel better after I&#8217;ve cleaned my room, because of both the work I&#8217;ve done and the now clean space.</li> <li>Finishing the much-procrastinated developing countries project for Socials.</li> <li>The beautiful full moon hanging in the sky.</li> <li>Chocolate.</li> <li>Family time.</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=tZ2FgdAQz9Y:MyZSZ8GZttY:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?i=tZ2FgdAQz9Y:MyZSZ8GZttY:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=tZ2FgdAQz9Y:MyZSZ8GZttY: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/tZ2FgdAQz9Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-229-grace-in-small-things/feed/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-229-grace-in-small-things/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chnl/~3/VCN7ivIafUA/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-228-grace-in-small-things/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:41:57 +0000 Chanel http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-228-grace-in-small-things/ <ul class="gist"> <li>Playing the piano in the rehab ward at UBC Hospital, and having the patients nearby (whom I didn&#8217;t even know where listening!) come up and thank me for playing afterwards. Such a simple thing, but I cannot recall a time when I have felt more useful or meaningful. It seemed like it made them so happy!</li> <li>Going out for a walk with <em>my</em> dog and getting <em>followed</em> by another dog, which ended with me running a block into the (thankfully!) nearby vet office to try to get someone to take the dog and call its owner.</li> <li><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bychanel/3982344195/">This amazing sunset.</a></li> <li>Shooting hoops with the brother.</li> <li>Spending Sabbath the way I imagine it was designed to be spent: feeling rested in appreciating the beauty of nature, spending time with family and doing good things for others.</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=VCN7ivIafUA:I5JFXJTTj3c:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?i=VCN7ivIafUA:I5JFXJTTj3c:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/chnl?a=VCN7ivIafUA:I5JFXJTTj3c: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/VCN7ivIafUA" height="1" width="1"/> http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-228-grace-in-small-things/feed/ http://chanelwood.com/lists/gist/day-228-grace-in-small-things/