I'm Homeless Until Tonight

Feb 18 2012

I’m between my hotel and next destination.

I don’t have a home in Toronto right now, my lease expired the day I left for my winter 2012 tour of “Avoiding Winter”.

In the elevator on my way out.

I have photos of my room and a little story.

All my belongings may be seen in this photo.

It’s a funny feeling… where do you go? Try to make a list in your head, see?

Coffee shop? Restaurant or bar? You have to spend money to be there.

Are there stairs? To drag my bag up and down. And where will I put my bag?

The answer is… the mall.

Off I roll.

Then I cut through The Sheraton to warm up, oh I see a chair free…

One of my favorite hidden gems in downtown.

Look.

I have a great post at this place for my security show, SmartenUpInternet.com.

Think I’ll stay here for a bit. I’m blending in well with my suitcase.

Ttyl.

PS – I’m posting this in a way that circumvents my photo uploading issue, which is making me nuts because I can’t figure it out, NUTS.

Enter Year of the Dragon

Jan 22 2012

(dragon statue by Swarovski. Takes 490 hours to make one, only 888 were made)

Gong Xi Fa Chai! Happy New Year!

It’s Chinese New Year tomorrow, January 23 2012, and it’s ‘Year of the Dragon’.

It’s the only sign of the Chinese zodiac that is a creature that you cannot see. Powerful and mystical. Mysterious and lucky.

In the old days the dragon represented the king and only the king could wear the dragon symbol on his clothing. The year of the dragon is especially popular.

Things you do to prepare for this:

Make sure your home is clean and tidy before the new year
Don’t forget your car, everyone forgets their car
Don’t take throw out the garbage for 5 days after the new year – – or you are ‘throwing away your money’
Take special care not to break any glass – bad luck
Try not to make any enemies or quarrel with anyone
Wear red underwear for good luck
Get a haircut

If you need inspiration for purging, remember when I created ‘The Emporium’, and gave away everything I own?

All of that, gone. And I haven’t thought or missed any of it for one second. You won’t either, you’ll see.

Here’s to this being your best year yet! I hope all your dreams come true in 2012.

xo Keri

Trip South Update, New Blogs are Coming & My New Jogging Pants

Jan 10 2012

WEAR SUNSCREEN! YES I’m yelling at you. You’ll thank me in 2034.

Remember ‘The Emporium’…? When I set up all my belongs like a department store and invited people to come take my stuff?

That video is half-edited, it’s getting there. There’s just never enough time, is there.

Actually, I’m going to go ahead and re-embed an old video here, one from my ‘Just a Minute Series’

How about my new blog titles eh??? … come ON :D

FoodiesCanEatIt.com
ThisIsMyHack.com
ThingsIFoundOnTheInternet.com

But Keri on Security… oh this is some of my best work yet. Have a half-drafted post here for later this week with shots from the intro and more.

Also…

Click here to see my new jogging pants, they got their own post.

Here’s the link to Posterous – go start that blog you’ve been daydreaming about.

It sort of looks like I green-screened this video, doesn’t it?! ;)

TTYL!

Hi from the South but Where is My Trunk?!

Jan 3 2012

I was ahead of schedule (YES to my meticulousness), car packed up, far too excited to sleep, so I set off Thursday evening.

Then nah.

Let’s turn around and head back to Toronto.

Change in plans, let’s fly instead.

And that’s why I don’t have my trunk with me. Despite talking incessantly about it for 3 months. I love that trunk, I even made it its own blog catagory.

Ahhh the best laid plans.

So I took it to my storage unit, hauled it out of my car myself (I. Am. A. Beast).

Re-packed and reduced everything to two suitcases and a backpack.

Last adjustments Saturday morning.

And I’m off! Tweeted this photo to commemorate.

I always board last, I’ve mentioned this before. I don’t understand lining up to be first… you’re just going to have to sit there longer?!

Good things can happen when you board last… that’s how I got bumped up to First Class flying home from Alberta last week.

True story:

I have a lot of blog girl gear.

Changed planes. The Detroit airport is huuuge.

Taken just before initial descent, that’s how huge because I am high up.

Good airport advice:

Back up in the sky.

If you see that view in real life and if it doesn’t move you, you’re dead inside.

And I arrived!

Yes that’s McDonald’s, I went directly there off the plane. I’m predictable that way.

I’m pumped to share my trip with you!!

I have to figure out internet here, which I’m en route to do soon as I hit publish on this post.

TTYS
xo Keri

Why I Don't Like Christmas, and a Moving Update

Dec 27 2011

Short answer: Christmas makes a lot of people feel bad.

Brooks, Alberta has 120+ different nationalities living there! I know come ON.

The Calgary airport (YYC FYI) is quite nice, there’s even an F-18 simulator.

Nope, not travelling with any hunting bounty, antlers, ha.

By pure luck and I was upgraded to First Class on the way home, look how excited I am, thank you T ;)

You’re offered a choice of 3 meals, eaten with real silverware, finished off with warm cookies baked fresh in the sky, and look how I had my feet up. That’s luxery.

Good Twitter profile pic eh, looks like I’m yelling my tweets at you.

Just changed it though, no more holiday stuff. Click here to see the new one.

Here’s my trunk containing everything I own (plus my backpack of computer/camera gear).

You bet I did a dry run… imagine if my trunk didn’t fit in my car?

What’s the solution to that?

I don’t know either. Fainting.

And please tweet / email / comment / anything me if you have a suggestion about how I can keep my cel number while paying as little as possible. I’ll be back when the snow melts.

Kay gotta run, work to do, TTYT

Keri