I'm pretty jarred. 'Jarred' is Irish for 'locked' which is Irish for 'pissed' which is Irish for 'Baloobas' which is Irish for 'Scuttered' which is Irish for 'Walloped' which is Irish for 'GaGa' which is Irish for 'Smashed' which is Irish for 'Locked'

Has it almost been a year?

I read somewhere that 90% of blogs once created are never accessed again after the first couple of months by the owner. Well, I guess this almost happened to me. It's one of those things, I keep meaning to do it; but I put it on the long finger.

So I've been living in Canada for over a year now, I came across this list of things and find myself agreeing with a lot of the topics

1. You stand in "line-ups" at the movie, not lines.
2. You're not offended by the term, "Homo Milk".
   
3. You understand the sentence, "Could you please pass me a serviette, I just spilled my poutine."
4. You eat chocolate bars instead of candy bars.
5. You drink pop, not soda.
6. You know what it means to be on pogey.
7. You know that a mickey and 2-4's mean "Party at the camp, eh?!"
8. You can drink legally while still a teen.
9. You talk about the weather with strangers and friends alike.
10. You don't know or care about the fuss with Cuba, it's just a cheap place to travel with good cigars and no Americans.
11. When there is a social problem, you turn to your government to fix it instead of telling them to stay out of it.
12. You get milk in bags as well as cartons and plastic jugs.
13. Pike is a type of fish, not some part of a highway.
14. You drive on a highway, not a freeway.
15. You know what a Robertson screwdriver is.
16. You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers
17. You know that Thrills are something to chew and "taste like soap."
18. You know that Mounties "don't always look like that."
19. You dismiss all beers under 6% as "for children and the elderly."
20. You know that the Friendly Giant isn't a vegetable product line.
21. You know that Casey and Finnegan are not a Celtic musical group.
22. You participated in "Participaction."
23. You have an Inuit carving by your bedside with the rationale,"What's good enough protection for the Prime Minister is good enough for me."
24. You wonder why there isn't a 5 dollar coin yet.
25. Like any international assassin/terrorist/spy in the world, you possess a Canadian passport.
26. You use a red pen on your non-Canadian textbooks and fill in the missing 'u's from labor, honor, and color.
27. You know the French equivalents of "free", "prize", and "no sugar added", thanks to your extensive education in bilingual cereal packaging.
28. You are excited whenever an American television show mentions Canada.
29. You make a mental note to talk about it at work the next day.
30. You can do all the hand actions to Sharon, Lois and Bram's "Skin-a-ma-rinky-dinky-doo" opus.
31. You can eat more than one maple sugar candy without feeling nauseous.
32. You were mad when "The Beachcombers" were taken off the air.
33. You know what a toque is.
34. You have some memento of Bob and Doug.
35. You know Toronto is not a province.
36. You never miss "Coach's Corner".
37. Back bacon and Kraft Dinner are two of your favourite food groups.

Like everywhere, it has its ups and downs but I have to say, Toronto has mainly ups. Although I whinge about the public transport (TTC) it's generally clean, on time and very frequent. The people are friendly, the food great, the beers great and the standard of living is really high. The downsides? Well the novelty of snow wears off pretty quickly and standing waiting on the streetcar in -28c weather isn't my idea of fun to say the least.

But all in all, I've feck all to complain about.. it's a Thursday evening, I've no work tomorrow (I work a short week once a month). It's snowing out but I have the heating on, I'm curled up on the couch and I've a St. Ambroise Oatmeal stout in my hand.

Life is great.