{"id":856,"date":"2012-06-14T09:07:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T13:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/?p=856"},"modified":"2012-06-14T11:41:10","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T15:41:10","slug":"things-i-love-thursday-middle-of-june-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/things-i-love-thursday-middle-of-june-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I Love Thursday &#8211; Middle of June edition."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes without my <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mdgee\/status\/213239467740377088\">reminder on twitter<\/a> that it&#8217;s #TILT day, I would forget it was Thursday. This week has gone by quickly, quicker than usual, for better or worse.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week I met up with an Edmonton friend at the Pearson International Airport while she was on a layover back from Cancun. I hadn&#8217;t realized how much I missed her, and also relatedly &#8211; how much I miss Edmonton itself.<\/p>\n<p>JC and I had been planning on going to <a href=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/64\/\">Defcon<\/a> in Las Vegas this August, but I think we may just go visit my hometown. It&#8217;s been nearly two years, and there are so many things about the city and around the city that I want to show him (in addition to Calgary and Banff, maybe Jasper). Plus I&#8217;m sure there are new and exciting things going on, and I want to find them.<\/p>\n<p>Other than the potential travel at the end of next month, I&#8217;m looking forward to the <a href=\"http:\/\/dufferinpark.ca\/market\/wiki\/wiki.php\">Dufferin Grove Farmers Market<\/a> today (3-7) and sending out my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theleangreenbean.com\/foodie-penpals\/\">Foodie Penpals Swap<\/a> and my <a href=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/veganfoodswap\/\">Vegan Food swap<\/a> Packages very soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More stuff I love:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Squatting\u00a0240lbs at Totum yesterday. It&#8217;s getting kind of amazing to me how powerful running\/walking legs can be. I ran a quick mile and a half on the treadmill, and then thought&#8230; I should go home&#8230; but instead went back up stairs and did a little bit of weight training. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitocracy.com\/profile\/meshell\">Fitocracy is keeping me motivated.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/hawker-bar-on-ossington-hey-vegan-laksa-get-in-my-mouth\/\">Good Dinners<\/a>. Businesses involved in supporting organizations and individuals that support them &#8211; like Sadie&#8217;s Diner and it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/424936150871619\/\">&#8220;Chili for Charity&#8221;<\/a> nights. That it&#8217;s grilling season &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=429066520460245&amp;set=a.346930765340488.88316.343089235724641&amp;type=1\"> Asparagus, Artichokes, Mushrooms, Cobs of Corn<\/a>&#8230; meet the BBQ. Twitter. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelovemuffinbakery.com\/#\">Muffins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A wedding cake tasting at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetsfromtheearth.com\/\">Sweet from the Earth<\/a> with JC later today. <\/strong>(bolded for extra excitement)<\/p>\n<p><strong>My cute cat &#8211; <a title=\"Emmie Adoption Story from The Toronto Cat Rescue\" href=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/vegan-mofo-its-caturday\/\">Emmie<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/photo-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-857\" title=\"Emmie cat\" src=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/photo-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s on your list?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes without my reminder on twitter that it&#8217;s #TILT day, I would forget it was Thursday. This week has gone by quickly, quicker than usual, for better or worse. Earlier this week I met up with an Edmonton friend at the Pearson International Airport while she was on a layover&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[315,101],"tags":[550,551,520,1422,1421],"class_list":["post-856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tilt","category-toronto","tag-cats-2","tag-edmonton-2","tag-sadies-diner-2","tag-things-i-love-thursday","tag-tilt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}