Geeky Cat Miusings

Being off work for 8 days is great, especially when you get paid for it. As per my New Year’s Resolution, I signed up for line dance classes. Line dancing does not involve dancing with a partner which I particularly like because I enjoy the sensation of freeness that it entails: You can do whatever you please and you can add your own particular flair whenever you want to. I really signed up for dance classes just for the fun of it plus I already know a couple of the people there so I knew we could have fun together. So far I learned how to dance the Slosh, Electric Slide, and the ever romantic Rhumba.

I have tried a raw food restaurant called Rawlicious on Dundas Street. In case you were wondering, raw food is anything that has not been heated over 40 °C. Proponents of raw food diets believe that heating foods over that temperature causes them to lose much of their nutritional value and become harmful to the body. I believe that we should try to get a healthy dose of raw foods in our diets, but I am not a raw foodist. It is great to give it a try to see what kind of food the raw chef can come up with. I tried the nori rolls stuffed with quinoa; pizza made with sprouted buckwheat crust; lasagna made with layers of zucchini instead of pasta and nut butter instead of cheese; and coconut and pomagranate tea to wash it all down. It was all very tasty.

I went to the animated short films screening at the National Film Board to see the following:

• Bestselling and celebrated Canadian novelist Roch Carrier narrates this animated adaptation of his beloved story, “The Hockey Sweater.”
• NOËL NOËL the story of a misguided billionaire, is in love with Beatrice, a bespectacled fairy. But thanks to little Zoey, her dog Snooze and a blue-eyed reindeer, his eyes are finally opened. Enlivened by a humorous and rhymed narration spoken by Leslie Nielsen.
• LÉON IN WINTERTIME where an eight-year-old adopted bear suffering from an identity crisis.

Aside from their screenings, you can go to their digital viewing stations and choose from 4600 NFB films on demand.

Going to Kensington Market is always wonderful. I shopped for food since their prices are good and you can find unusual products there. I shopped for inexpensive clothes I tried two cafes which were on the best cafes of west Toronto list. My friend bought some great fridge magnets and we adored a beautiful dog. We will be back!