My little picnic the other day has left me with a Taxi passenger tan; my right arm and hand are pinked and tingle with burnination, and my nose and cheeks are a little bit red, too.

Blondie and Jock are back in downstairs after a three-day absence. I heard her Barbie voice, and heard him take one of his usual racehorse pisses, because their bathroom is close to the computer den.

I went downtown and met up with Amber and Adam. We went to the Grindstone Cafe down near Value Village and had some delicious sandwiches. We went to Panacea and got bubble tea, as well, but as always the liquid and the tapioca pearls made my belly feel super-full. We swooped through Shoppers Drug Mart, and I bought myself a Venus razor, as well as some Q-Tips. I need to get some kind of treatment kit for keratosis pilaris. Maybe I'll order it online. Then I won't be embarrassed to wear shorts and t-shirts out in daylight any more.

Came home after some DDR (at which I sucked). Read a chapter of Harry Potter, felt drowsy for a while, and then went out for Chinese food with my mom. Our waitress was a German woman in pink leotard, wearing sunglasses, who at one point told my mom, "you order anything special you like, the chef will do anything I tell him." The image of this pink-clad German woman having all these poor Chinese chefs whipped caused me to chortle whilst I drank my tea. We left with plenty of leftovers, and my fortune cookie said, 'you were born with the ability to communicate clearly with people.'

Mom and I went to Thrifty's and got groceries. Since I was in charge of the basket, I made healthy choices and made sure to include all the foodgroups; white flour, chocolate almonds, soda, and ice cream. Sometimes I shop and I am a health and savings maniac, but today wasn't one of those days. Today was a 'Marri pushes the buggy and grabs whatever she wants' day. So now there's snacks to make me fat in the fridge.

And now I'm watching this show on TLC about '101 Things Found In People'. Medical horror story type things. So far I've seen a rake go through someone's head, and the long nose of a swordfish's snout go through someone's eye, and a live explosive in someone's leg.