A wee little Meme...

via Hot Links & Gumbo (and Alice):

1. Go to Wikipedia.
2. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year).
3. List three events that happened on your birthday.
4. List two important birthdays and one interesting death.
5. List any holidays
6. Post it.

9 September - Three Events

1543 - Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is officially crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.

1914 - World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.

1947 - "First actual case of (a computer) bug being found": a moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.

9 September - Two Birthdays & One Death

Births

1873 - Max Reinhardt, German film director and actor (d. 1943)

1941 - Otis Redding, American singer and songwriter (d. 1967)

1966 - Adam Sandler, American actor and comedian

Death

1087 - William the Conqueror

9 September - Any Holidays

Eastern Orthodoxy - Synaxis of the Theopatores Joachim and Anna.
Japan - Chrysanthemum Day (Kiku no Sekku).
North Korea - Republic Day (1948).
Tajikistan - Independence Day (from USSR, 1991).
California - Admission Day (to commemorate the state's admission to the USA).

Vacation : Day 15 (Bushtucker Canoe Trip)

Day 2 on the Margaret Adventure and I found myself canoeing up the Margaret River on a Bushtucker Tour. Woohoooo! Lots of canoeing befell us as we never travelled in a straight line but rather a big old s-shape. I have come to discover that you don't get very far when you travel that way. But finally we got to a nice place in the river and docked our canoes and had a swim. Wasn't our girl a beaut?
We took to a bit more canoeing after our dip and headed to some limestone caves and a feast of foods you can naturally find in the Australian bush. Some of them - not so tasty. They even had a paste made of grubs. I did not try that.

Our final challenge of the trip was a canoe race. How do you you think s-curve 6 did? Wellllll....they said no rules, so after accidently crashing into 2 other boats (and causing them to lose - SORRY!), Dave and Scott jumped out and pulled the boat to shore. We still didn't win but it was freakin hilarious!

Afterwards the group carried everything back and that was that. Glorious! That night we headed out for a bust up meal at the pub across the road from where we stayed. Unfortunately, all there was was roast, raost, roast. Even the veggies had meat in them and they weren't cooking that night (other then the glorious meat swimming in meat). So off we went in search of another place. Now in Perth and the areas around it, they are having worker shortages similar to that of Edmonton. They can't get enough services workers in so a lot of places have to close early, etc. Jody tried calling a million places when we finally settled on what we thought was an Indian restaurant but turned out to be a Thai. It was AMAZING!! Soo good. I love food. I. Love. Food.

Vacation : Day 14 (Margaret River Bound)

One day in Perth and then my lovely, lovely hosts took me to the Margaret Wine Region! Woohoo! There is me and the grapes. We're just hanging.


It was great - we headed out there with their friends and had a weekend away. Very posh. We went to wineries and chocolate factories and olive oil makers and...and...and...it was a full weekend! At the liquoire/ coffee place they even had fake crocs in the lake. Very amusing. I'm amused by simple things, I know.



Last but not least, we played some games. And not just any game but Brainiac! (or is that the name of the British science show on TV...I hope it's the right name for both...) No one trusted Dave so they put a cloth over his head so he wouldn't cheat. And I would like the world to know that no cheating happened. And I would also like the world to know that I had to act out the word "cat flap." It was beautiful.

Vacation : Day 12 - 13 (I'm not an animal...)

But I saw lots of them. Yep...now my travels have taken me from LA to the beautiful land down under. I have arrived in Perth! Hoorah! Now I did not know this but there is this big deal made about transporting foods into Australia AND across Australia. I arrived in Perth and was greeted by Jody and Dave and a sniffer dog. He liked my bag. So much that he came back for a second sniff. And no...I had noooo food in there. Whew!

The very first thing that my lovely hosts did was take me to see some Australian animals. Look there's even warning signs!
Even with the warning signs, we continued into the park. Not only did I get to see lots of the animals but I got to talk with them too. Unfortunately, they didn't like to talk back unless I was feeding them...


They also didn't like to talk much when they were sleeping (I had the fear of what would happen if Mr. Koala woke up)...

The best ever was this little emu. Petted an emu and he didn't even try to bite me. Wayhey!

First day of Perth complete and I've met the natives...how will the next days shape up?

Vacation : Day 10 - 11 (Stuck in LA)

For some reason the airline thought it would be a good idea for me to transfer in Denver on the way to LA where I would catch my plane to Sydney. Was that REALLY a good idea? After 2 planes with mechanical error, I arrived into LA 20 minutes AFTER my plane to Sydney left! Desolete. Soooo....my trip to Australia began with a trip to LA and the Holiday Inn:

After a short sleep, I had the day to spend entertaining myself in LA. Bus tour it is! And it's signs, signs, everywhere is signs!

All the famous signs and sights in places all in one location, location, location. Not too excited by the place but I did get to take a picture with Johnny Depp's handprints:

What more can I girl ask for really? A clean shirt and underwear? That too. But the hands will do for the moment.

Vacation : Day 7-8 (Canada)

Ah Day 7 and 8. My sister's birthday and New Years. Very momentous occasions. We went out to Julio's Barrio for some tasty tasty Mexican before heading to The Black Dog (which was called both the Flithy Dog and Dirty Dog by my Mom and Sam respectively). Somehow I got out of buying the birthday girl a drink but DID buy my other sister Becky a drink...if you look in the picture below you too can see the orangy milky girly drink she chose.

You may also be wondering about the interesting pose we chose...we're just "keeping an eye on each other." Yes - there is no end of cheese to the Taylor sisters! Very exciting stuff is happening here. A momentus occasion really as by buying my sister Becky a drink I have checked off another one of my 101 things to do in 1001 days. A few other things completed so far include : Spend Christmas with my family, Hang out with Melissa's new baby Danielja, and go tobagganing (as seen below):

A bit fuzzy yes but definately me. The first time tobagganing in like 7 years. It was scary and I was left a bit bruised and frozen but I did it!! Olivier (who I met in Istanbul but who lives in Edmonton) invited us out to the hill and I'm glad he did or I wouldn't have probably done it. That night I headed to a Toga Party with my friend Leah (sans Sarah as she was a wimpy sickie) out in Fort Sakatchewan. There were tropical togas, traditional togas, teenage mutant ninja turtle togas, care bear togas and the ones we made...

Not only did we have such fetching purple polyester outfits but we were deemed the bridesmaids of the party. Not bad for being made from Leah's curtains and some Christmas Ribbon!