Welcome to my blog where I will continue to amaze you with my take on being a kinesiologist, decorating a house, drinking Starbucks and wearing skinny jeans that have shrunk after washing. For those of you who already know me, this is just a continuation of the adventure of mundane life. For those of you that are being introduced to this madness for the first time, I hope you have a sense of humor.
I live in Toronto. Toronto happens to be the ONLY city in North America that has a REAL castle (this could be misinformation by the Toronto Tourist Board) in addition to being the city where I take the slowest bus ride to work and drink Starbucks. I work in a tiny little physiotherapy clinic as a kinesiologist. For those of you who don’t know what that is, its basically a job where I tell you that you have no excuse for not exercising.
My desk at work is an ergonomical disaster so I keep myself from having a permanent neck impairement by regular rigorous gym workouts. Let’s be honest though, I actually like going to the gym because the front desk guy is cute and the endorphins give me confidence to flirt shamlessly innocently.
My dream job would be to write. But I have no intention of quitting my day job just yet. I don’t like jewellery and my mother once told me that no boy will want to marry me if I didn’t wear gold. I don’t like to scoff at my mother’s theories because she’s usually right. Boys, what do you think?
In addition to spoiling myself by drinking Starbucks and looking fabulous wearing jeans (the skinny kind) I also blog about analogies, having bad days, happiness, unicorns, pet peeves, being skeptical, religion and annoying things. I like purse shopping. A lot. However, lately my work purse has started to get so heavy that I started to develop hip pain because I carry “dead bodies in my purse” (according to my boss).
I’ve switched to ‘carrying dead bodies’ in a backpack now. I hate carrying backpacks so I bought a cute little Jansport backpack with pink polka dots (no joke) to make myself feel better about not being able to carry a purse. Now, I look like an 8th grader. Say no to hip pain is what I always like to say.
So there you have it. My bigger and better organised blog for your reading pleasure. Leave comments because apart from being vain and loving the attention, I also take comfort in the fact that I might have made my friends laugh, cry (from laughing) or think (that they will probably piss their pants laughing).
Just found your blog, loving it! Also a fellow Torontonian 🙂
Thank you 🙂 I love this city!
Great blog. Made me chuckle. Have to tell you though, here in Victoria, BC we have two castles…Royal Roads (seen in Xmen etc) and Craigdarroch castle.
Thank you!
Are serious about having two castles in Victoria? Someone needs to go to the City of Toronto website and give them a good nooging for fooling the public into thinking we’re so cool to have the only castle in North America lol.
Karen, you are a cutie pie and a good writer with a perceptive mind.
Forget about getting paid for writing. People used to get paid for writing when the supply was limited by the need for a printing press. Now the supply of writing (just on blogs alone) is unlimited, and writing is for fun and for free. Take it from an old guy who has lived in both worlds.
Regarding jewelry: This is beyond shallow, but in my relationships with women, I find that NO jewelry is a warning sign. A dazzle of bling is fascinating, but probably it will fascinate the wrong guy, unless bling is what the woman is all about.
One or two well-chosen baubles are just right. The bauble in your photo is perfect. Truth to tell, when you have long hair and a smile like yours, no additional ornamentation is required.
Thank you John!
I look forward to reading your blog from start to finish. Cheers. Let the good times roll. 😉
Hi there!
Thank you so much for all your comments and encouragment. Blogging is relatively new to me too so I’m doing the best I can 🙂 Comments like yours make my day!
haha new subscriber of ur blog:)
love ur witty way to blog a story:D
Hi Karen, you’re so hot and funny, nice to meet you.
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Good job Kiwi! I love reading your blog! Hoping to visit Toronto (or Canada) someday, considering I only live a couple of hours away.
Aww thank you Mark! Please keep reading! I love feedback. And yes, you should visit Canada…although it probably won’t be any less colder lol
You might not be ready to quit your day job but the day you do and your first book comes out I’ll be at the front of the line. Your posts are absolutely hilarious and wonderful! Thanks for keeping me entertained!
Its comments like this that really brighten up my life. Thank you so much. Maybe one day I will write that book! 🙂
Your blog has been a thoroughly amusing read. Now I want Starbucks for some unknown reason. Also, I have a feeling nobody wants to tackle the sensitive subject of what makes a castle a castle, and not a fortified structure of some other sort. Does White Castle count as a castle?
Aww thanks! I’m curious to know how you found my blog. Either way, I’m glad you did and that I was able to amuse you. I would strongly advise you to get some Starbucks into your system. It’s one of the keys to happiness…at least for 10 minutes. White Castle would count as a castle only if it had secret passages, 20 feet ceilings and a moat. Which it probably doesn’t lol.
Cheers!
I am passing along the Liebster Award to you. I have created a permanent page for this award. Please reference the link for the rules.
http://arindamunplugged.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/thank-you-for-the-awards/
Thank you
Ari.
Don’t like wearing jewellery? Well that makes two of us then 😉 awesome!
LOL does your mother also give you a hard time about it? Mine is just appalled everytime she sees me without earrings. Jewllery is annoying, my hair always gets caught up in necklaces and EVERYTHING gets caught up in rings. On the other hand, it is very nice to meet another girl who shares the same sentiment 😉
hello there! fellow toronto blogger 😉 (don’t worry! I read that on Brooke and McKenzie’s blog!)
Well yes sometimes she does ask me to put on jewelry but she doesn’t put on any either, so she can’t really say much :p
As in you did say you are from Toronto in your post but Brooke and McKenzie are the reason I found this blog!
Love your writing style! Keep it up girl!
I’ve nominated your blog for an ABC Award. No, it doesn’t involve cash or notoriety, and it’s in no way affiliated with the television network.
Click here to check out what the hell I’m talking about!
Oki since you are all about skinny jeans n starbucks… help me out… i have seen You’ve got mail a thousand times…still i dont get the scene where tom hanks is talking about people ordering decaf….
Hahaha I like Starbucks just about as much as I dislike Tom Hanks so I’ve never seen that movie. BUT. Just for you (and more out of curiosity) I went on youtube and found the video for the scene you were talking about. Tom Hanks is basically talking about how coffee places like Starbucks make extremely indecisive people feel good about themselves by making the kind of coffee they want be one thing that they can decide on.
Inspite of being offered so many options on how you like your coffee, you still feel good that even though you may not know what the hell you want in life, at least you know how you like your coffee.
now i know why i feel good when i order my coffee…hahaha…
thanks for the research…very nice of you…else i would have ended up watching it two thousand times more n still would have wondered.. what is he talkin about…
karen you havent seen that movie? why…
its a classic…you have to see it….
its like a pain killer…everytime m low n blue…i end up watching it ….
m no tat romantic yet i cant get enuf of diz one….
if u dont like tom hanks…watch it for gorgeous Meg Ryan…
Congratulations, you have been nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award!! What does this mean for you? Well it means a little work sorry!! 🙂
The challenge rules for this one can be found by going here: http://midliferanting.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/being-versatile-is-interesting/
Have fun and enjoy!
mLr
Thanks a lot!! 😀
Hi! I’m so glad I stumbled across your blog. Your posts are so entertaining and hilarious! Definitely useful for future procrastinating and boring days, loving your work 🙂
-Cassie
awww I’m so glad you found my blog too!! Thank you for all your compliments and for subscribing. I hope to make all your procrastination time worthwhile 😉
xoxo
Awesome! Just found your blog, and will add you! Your writing style is fun, light, and your humor is just the right blend of self-depracatory meets Seinfeld, peppered with twisted & silly! Yay for you! Keep writing! 🙂
Dug
http://tr4f.wordpress.com
The fact that you mentioned Seinfeld and how my humor might be even remotely like his is the utmost compliment. I like to thing that my life is very much a Seinfeld episode. Thank you for commenting and subscribing! 🙂
This is sure a lot of fun! Very entertaining.Followed you already! 😉
YAY!! thank you for subscribing! Stop by anytime 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed reading…I aim to please 😀
Cheers!
Wow, excellent writing! If you can show a funny/charismatic personality through words, I can’t imagine you in person. I’ll be sure to look check out your blog. You seem like a cool girl. Chow!
P.S If your interested, I’m taking on a journey to achieve 6 pack abs. Any support/feedback would be greatly appreciated! hah
http://micahstransformation.wordpress.com/
-Micah
aww thanks for the compliments! In terms of 6 pack abs, all I can say is that its a gradual process and be patient with yourself as it does take time. All the best to you though! 🙂 And thank you for stopping by and commenting…much appreciated!
Karen
Starbucks not Tim Horton’s?
I love the steeped tea and chocolate chip cookies from Tim Hortons! But when it comes to coffee, I’m more of a Starbucks girl 🙂
theres worse things i guess lol
Just nominted u for a blog award/s… read it and weep… you’ll need some tissues. xo
http://pastaforone.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/more-awards/
wow! Thank you thank you thank you!! *tear* I am weeping actually. Partly because you gave me this award and partly because I saw the word essay in there and something about having to write one in order to fully accept this award lol.
Nice Blog. Love it. Found it on freshly pressed ;]
Nice blog. I’ll subscribe and make an effort to keep up with you.
By the way: I’m from Scotland and walk past Edinburgh castle every day. Also a REAL castle but we have many here so it’s not really fair 😉
I feel that if someone spends as much time in skinny jeans and starbucks as i do, i should be following their blog 🙂
You are funny and write way beyond your years.
Fab. Fab. Fab. All around fabulousness.
Very awesome. Nice to meet you. Love your title! Glad you were freshly pressed…gave me a chance to run into a great blog that made me laugh. We had the same blogging dream…being Freshly Pressed and having major publishers, or at least one, call us and say “we love your blog, like to offer you a contract…” You’re one of two…you’re on your way. 😉
you live in one of my favorite cities! I love walking the city at night.
I got to your blog as it was freshly pressed – goal achieved! I really enjoy your writing style, the humor is great- have you ever considered a memoir? Back to the self publishing topic, I’m going with Friesen press, it’s DIY with expert guidance, something to think about.
Congrats on being Freshly Pressed! I am excited to delve into your blog, as another Toronto girl 🙂
Great writing style! It’s so personable 🙂 I love it.
OMG! can we become best friends yet!?
I’m inspired 🙂 thx!
You’re so funny! I just found your blog and love it!
Great blog Karen. I used to be a fellow Torontonian but alas! Good luck with your blog!
holy crap, I think you’re responsible for me figuring out what is causing this inexplicable hip pain in my 29 year old body. no joke.
Hi Karen,
I came across your blog and became instantly hooked, so thank you for that! Also I am starting a blog of my own and wanted to see if you had any tips you could give me? I love when you said that writers block is just fear or laziness, and I must admit I suffer from both, fear that no one will read anything I have to say, and laziness because watching TV is so much easier then trying to be witty! Anyway, would love to hear any advice you have! Thanks again!
~Kaleigh
Hi Karen, great blog huh! At the moment I click your About Karen, I was already laughing hilariously because of the way you write. It entertains a lot. Thanks for that. Keep up and congratulations for your hundreds of followers!
Hello, my fellow Torontonian! Congratulations on being FP! You have a new follower in me! 🙂
No such luck about the castle, babe….I’m from TO and live in Tarrytown, NY — and we have a castle NEXT DOOR. No kidding. It’s now a Relais and Chateaux five-diamond hotel; we go up for cocktails once in a while.
Congrats on being Freshly Pressed.
I also carry a backpack to work. It’s a “little black backpack”
Is it just me or are like 80% of bloggers on WordPress from Toronto?
I guess we are a very literate city 🙂
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What a fun blog! I’m signing up 🙂
I want to see that backpack!
I’m sold! I can’t wait to follow your humorous take on life. Congrats on getting Freshly Pressed (is that all it takes? Just to ask? Shoot, maybe I should try that!), and thanks for keeping us all informed about the idiots at Starbucks (I worked there for three years. I know plenty of them).
Very entertaining might I say. You have a new
stalkerfollower. Gave me a little motivation to post a new blog entry myself this week.Just read your “About Me.” You ARE a writer, and a very good one. You may not be making a living at it yet, but how many of us “dreamer writers” are? I’m looking forward to reading more of your good humor and work out inspirations! By the way, I had similar hip pain after carring a computer bag and/or a baby on the same hip for a bit. Yoga focusing on my SI joint helped a lot. Glad you found a cute backpack; mine is a purple Patagonia, same reason and same rationale as you!
Just stumbled into your blog and I think I’ll be coming back. What a great read!
beautiful, heartfelt and sincere
Hi Karen, I thoroughly enjoy your writing and cartoons. Hilarious. Keep up the great work. Ill be reading with the others 🙂
Elliott
wow karen! holy molies you seem to be the mother of visited blogs~! me im john a from slc ut usa. not a mormon, no wives, no weird hats, donna wanna convert ye. i agree doing is the pudding s proof, i think i m good, i think i should get pressed every day~! hahhah. kudos on the coffee, don t know about skinny jeans nothing skinny bout me cept my lacka wallet on the snare (sorry don henley!) or ma mind. so toronto ontario? there s other crap there too , like great lakes, a nuddie beach and the steretypical canadian indirect consent to queen and um regime. salve regina! long live the queen? and her as well> la dee frickin da~ ok bye.
I’ve always wanted to visit Toronto. I’ve seen pictures and heard great things about how nice it actually is. Your blog is some great stuff!
Great blog. I’ll be visiting Toronto in early June and will have to check out casa loma. Thanks!
Congrats on the FP. I think you’re a great writer! But what do I know. I’ve only been blogging for 6 months.
I’m one more that found you through Freshly Pressed. Congrats on being FP’d… nice blog!
I am so wanting to move to Toronto. I speak a rudimentary French and have always wanted to have opportunity to practice. Being newly retired, it is my first opportunity to get out of this bloody conservative Texas and live where it matters about mass transit, etc. So, until then, I will live vicariously through you.
I love your blog. Greetings from Holland.
Love it! We sound so similar! Can’t wait to read more
One word for you: Enchanting! 🙂
And Gold is not important, Diamonds would be better! 😉
Hey you fabulous you! You are nominated for the Academy Award Winning Writers Association for…drumroll…The Most Versatile! The Academy would like to thank you for your unending/unwavering awesomeness from yours truly @ Random Acts. Don’t forget me in your acceptance speech! Kiss, kiss, hugs all around!
Karen…omg! I’ve only recently read your last few blogs and as Wendy Williams ( a female talk show host) would say ” you’re definitely a friend in my head” I only laugh this hard with my BFF who ironically is a writer! Your sense of humor is very similar to ours and refreshing! I’m very new to blogging, very lazy, and a master procrastinator but I have to say I am inspired to finally begin…tomorrow. lol! I have been encouraged by many to express myself through writing which has been a fear of mine for years . Your honest & fearless writing style lets me know that I might too might share my intellect and rhetoric or at least some really great comically laden stories for someone else’s SNG’s and may they can pay the happiness and laughter forward! U rock! I’ll keep updated with your new upcoming skinny jean travels and insight!
I poked around your blog and you hooked me – I’m a follower
I’m quite curious as to where you found my blog. Regardless, I’m super glad you did 🙂 Thank you!
Hi Karen,
I LOVE your blog! I feel like we have a lot in common but so far away! And your writing cracks my shit up. Thanks for being so entertaining!
For that reason, I’ve nominated you for a Liebster: http://fromthefifthfloor.com/2012/03/28/i-got-an-award-and-others-are-getting-one-too/
Congrats!
OMG. I am honored! 😀 Thank you so much *tear*
where have you been hiding all these years? great blog. you’re witty and smart. a very dangerous combination.
Hahaha I`ve always been right here. Thank you kindly 🙂
Hey Karen,
I’ve “nominated” you for the Kreativ Blogger Award, which basically just means that I’m letting my readers know that I love your blog, and I’m linking them to you in this post (http://metamedication.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/kreativ-blogger-award/)
Don’t feel any pressure to perpetuate these things…they’re kind of like the WordPress version of chain letters. But if you want to, you can write a post telling your readers 7 things they may not know about you, and “nominating” 7 other bloggers for the award.
Regardless, I hope more people find your blog because it is great. See you around!
Hello Lovely! We’ve given you a shout-out full of Sunshine so feel free to pick it up, put it down or pass it around! Cheers, Lill and Jill
http://lillandjill.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/sunny-days/
Oh yes, I totally tagged you for an award!
Hey!
Want to start a new bookclub? One book a month?
I’d love to have you along 🙂
Do tell – http://gargisharma1.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/bookclub/
I totally love your blog. Amazing work!
Cheers!
Looking forward to following your posts! Looks like some great food for thought!
Hi! I really LOVE your blog and have nominated it for a One Lovely Blog Award because the rules kinda asked me to. So. umm… check this link out if you are interested! http://anadisenchanted.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/and-the-nominees-are/ ^_^
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Lovely blog. Here’s an award!
http://betterwithpen.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/time-for-virtual-party-hats-v5-one-lovely-blog-nomination/
Keep up the great work.
There are many castles in the United States. There’s even a Wiki page that lists them and some of them look as if they came out of the dark ages. For example, I first visited Hearst Castle as a child maybe more than fifty years ago and it is in San Simeon, California that was built on a hill top.
http://www.hearstcastle.org/
Wow, I had no idea how many castles there are in the US until I read your post and decided to check.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_the_United_States
http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/index.htm
Then there is Villa Amorosa in Napa Valley, Calif. that I now want to visit and tour.
http://www.castellodiamorosa.com/
Thank you.
You are welcome.
The Toronto Tourism Board are such a bunch of liars!