Is it me, or is it dry in here?

The air is really dry here and while I do have a humidifier, I keep getting "shocks". I hate shocks, but what I hate even more is the anticipated shock. I sort of feel like I'm in that Vaseline commercial set in Kodiak, Alaska. Buying a better moisturizer is already on my long list of "Things to Buy in Ottawa". Apparently the Hemp body lotion from The Body Shop is really good, so I'm going to try it.

I got to use a little bit of my french in the cab the other night. My cabbie was French and began talking to me en francais when he found out that I could speak it a little. Looks like I'll be able to practice a bit after all! I don't usually like to make idle chit chat, but I've actually been talking to the cabbies....seriously, who am I? I call the same place in the morning when I grab a cab to work, so they get to know you. Most of the drivers for that company are actually from Ottawa, so we chat about that and how I'm a newbie in town. It's actually pretty funny to see their expressions when they find out that I'm staying for 3-4 years versus the one year that everyone else seems to have signed up for.

I came across the craziest thing tonight at Ventures. I was walking around the store and saw this Mary doll. They actually have a Mary barbie doll type toy. So weird! It's on sale for $19.99 (reg. $34.99 - who would buy it at that price?) and I was tempted to get it to go with my Jesus action figure that I picked up at Ventures in 2005 for $4.99, but I passed. I'm not religious, but something about seeing Mary as a barbie just seems wrong. Plus, she was sort of "manly" looking and was two toys over from one of those Bratz dolls....the whole situation just seemed wrong.

I did see the best t-shirt when I was having lunch today. An older Inuk gentleman had this t-shirt on that said "Don't call me Eskimo"....love it!