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August 3rd, 2008

01:38 pm - Why to wait to get married.... This is an article I read online that I LOVED and thought I'd post for any of my remaining single friends :) 1. Shock value: People are so surprised that you're finally doing it at last that everyone shows up and makes a much bigger deal about your wedding. Long-forgotten acquaintances and distant relatives you didn't even invite send cards, checks, and crystal vases. 2. No midlife marriage crisis: You're already in midlife! You never thought it would happen, so you are filled with glee, grace, and gratitude. If you're lucky, by the time the novelty wears off, you're dead. 3. Moneybags: In middle age, your midriff has grown but so has your bank account. Nothing jump-starts a new life together like two bathrooms, enough closet space, and the occasional first-class hotel on an expense account. Teenagers often think sleeping on the floor of a dirty hostel is romantic. As a middle ager, five-star hotels are usually much more of an aphrodisiac. Don't underestimate the benefits of physical comfort. 4. Swinging single: Remember all the illusions about the glamorous time you would have alone? Well, you played it out. Being a slob, wearing sweatpants all day, eating cold pizza for breakfast, and not answering to anyone pales beside having a built-in warm body for a Saturday-night movie date. 5. Hope chest: All your competitive and unmarried friends in their forties, fifties, and sixties flock around, buoyed by your sudden switch in marital status. They say things like, "You were the last person I ever thought I would see walk down the aisle," and, "If you could do it, anybody can." Take it as a compliment and talk often and openly about how wonderful it is to find love a little on the later side. It's nice to give others inspiration! 6. Fountain of youth: When reminiscing with your partner, you can exaggerate or have selective memories about your youthful days -- since they were so long before you met. "I was so skinny in college," "I used to dress much more provocatively," or "I was so much more popular with the opposite sex back then," adds to the myth and the mystery. Thank goodness all your lovely but loser exes are locked away in photograph albums. 7. You are secure with your insecurities: You've been there, done that, and screwed it up so many times that you don't even have to bother hiding your sordid fears. At a certain age, jealousy and vanity actually seem cute. 8. Technophilia: Combining long lives usually involves upgrading technology, since chances are one of you has already acquired a decent CD player, television, DVD player, fax, laptop, laser printer, iPod, cell phone, BlackBerry, TiVo, and top-of-the-line blow dryer. 9. Therapy pays off: All that time and money spent on psychoanalysis, Alcoholics Anonymous, transactional analysis, est, and Gestalt, watching Oprah and Dr. Phil, and taking yoga, Pilates, and meditation classes has clearly sunk into your system. When steamed or upset, you now know how to say, "I think I'll go take a walk to cool off, so I don't kill you," "Perhaps we shouldn't bring seven years of hostility into an argument about a toaster oven," or "I'm going to make a shrink appointment now." 10. War stories: You've been around the block. Did it in an elevator. A plane bathroom. The beach. This lead to a sprained ankle, angry passengers hoping up and down, and sand in your shoes for six months after the passion ended. You've finally learned it's much more comfortable with someone you love. In a bed. Lying down.

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May 18th, 2008

11:08 am I am so excited right now. I applied to 3 jobs within Halton. The first was a write off because I spelled the name of the school wrong right in the cover letter (whoops!). I didn't want that job anyways, it was in Georgetown. The next job was in Acton and they wrote me the next day saying the position was filled. Finally I applied to a job in Burlington to teach one section of English. My subjects are Biology and Math, but I have taken several English courses in university and can easily take an AQ (additional qualifications) course this summer to make me qualified to teach it. So anyways, I applied thinking that I should be applying to everything even remotely close to what I would want to be doing (since getting a job in Halton is so hard to find). The advice I got from my first Practicum placement (from a young teacher) was that she put on her resume 2 sections: Qualified to teach, and willing to teach. Her first job was teaching subjects she had no clue about BUT it was an "in" to the Halton school board. Anyways, her advice sounded logical so I followed it.....and.....I GOT CALLED FOR AN INTERVIEW! The e-mail (yup, I got asked through e-mail) arrived at 4:45 on a Tuesday asking me to come to an interview at 4:30 the following day. I said YES! Then a strange phenomenon happened. I started to jump and twist-jump all over the apartment yelling "YES". Jason came in, I told him the news, then he watched in awe and I continued to jump and started yelling (wait for it...)....."GIMME SOME SKIN!"....I have NO idea where that came from but I jumped around for a good 5 minutes yelling that. At some point Jason joined in. Afterwards I was exhausted and he was laughing at me - apparently he had never seen me jump/move like that before AND it was pretty hilarious that I would yell gimme some skin of all things. lol And so the pending interview drastically changed my evening plans. The weirdest part of this situation is that the day before the e-mail for the interview I had the night off. I had nothing to do and decided to put together my professional portfolio! I bought a fancy briefcase/binder and dug all through my personal stuffs to find important missing letters of recommendation etc. It was looking pretty hot, although not quite polished. It's just insane that I would decide to do that on my night off when I truely believed I had months until I'd see an interview. Intuition rules! So ya, I had one night to prepare for a CRAZY important interview. I had planned to do mock interviews, write responses to all possible questions asked, read some books about teaching philosophy - but ACK I had one night! Christine was coming over to chill and she was amazing in helping me. She made cover pages for the sections of my portfolio, came with me to Business Depot, asked me interview questions, researched the school and fed me fun facts about M. M. Robinson, and totally supported me in one of my frenzied states. But I suppose she would be used to that having lived with me for almost 2 years. After she left I read online about Halton School Board (again) and read everything I could find about M. M. Robinson High School. Like how they raised $25,000 for aids in 2007, a student set a karioke record, they have awards in most sports (with students going on to professional leagues), they went on a trip to Greece in 2008, etc... The other thing I am happy I had done was gone shopping to buy an interview outfit. I wore my "power suit" with a cute black jacket (short sleeved), a top that made me look thinner (thick white belt), black pants, and a red beaded necklace. I looked hot! I arrived at the interview 20 minutes early (in the rain)....(it started to rain just as I pulled into the lot which meant I had to run to the door)....(and then of course my hair frizzed). I checked myself in the washroom and headed to the main office. As I sat in the witing area I read literature about their school (at some interviews this is part of the test - to see what you choose to read). Finally (FINALLY!) I went into the interview room. The principal, Hattie Farrell introduced me to 3 other panel members (was NOT expecting them!)as the head of Science, the head of Math, and some other guy (seriously that's the best I can do, I was nervous!). I felt very confused since I had applied to teach one section of English and nobody was there to even represent English at all. Then the principal outlined the job: she's looking for one or several teachers to teach English to difficult grade 9 applied students (ok, that immediately scared me a little), business, careers, civics, and I think she listed another subject but I phased out. I am not qualified to teach anything on that list. I only indicated that I *could* be qualified to teach English if she gave me the chance. Also confusing - to have math/science people in the room when none of the subjects are math/science. She told me that the reason they called me was because while they need an extra body around to cover some classes next year (the ones listed), they already have more than enough English teachers in the school. She said she doesn't want to hire another one. They called me in because she is thinking ahead to the following school year and how the hired person could be fit into the school. She wants to fit me into the math/science departments in 2009! Okay, a bit strange, but yay! I'd get to teach what I want after one year of randomness. The interview went ok, I mean, I'm not too sure because when I'm anxious I am incapable of forming solid memories. It is a blur in my mind. Each person asked me a question or 2, none really focusing on any particular subject. I didn't know if I should be selling myself in math/science or telling them I could handle one year of randomness! The interview ended after 15 minutes. I didn't have any questions to ask other than where we go from here. They said they'd contact me on Friday to let me know the results. During the interview she recommended that I get on the supply teachers list because "you never know what will happen over the summer and it might be an in". Unfortunately I can't get on the list until October :( Also the principal was very nice and said she would give me feedback about the interview if I didn't get the position. I left thinking that a) the interview was confusing, b) it was very short, c) I wasn't getting the job. I got a call on Friday at around 10am (I was at my internship) asking me to call by 11am before she left the office. She said the words "at my earliest convenience" and asked me to give her a call after the long weekend on Tuesday. Then she paused and said she might try to give me a call Monday night from home!!!!! From the feedback I've gotten from Christine and Jeanine (people who know about HR) it looks like I may get a job offer! I cannot describe how I feel right now. I started pre-school when I was 2 years old. I entered University in 1999. Other than one year off, I've been a student (even taking courses through every single summer) at university for around 8-9 years. That is a significant part of my life! I'm so used to being a student now - having the freedom to attend class or not, having big chunks of time off, having NO money, being stressed out all of the time, having no time for friends/family, never enjoying an Easter or Thanksgiving (which occur before midterms)..... I am so incredibly elated at the opportunity to become a grown up. I can't wait to have a career, and a salary, and benefits. I get paid for my efforts, and soon I will afford a house. Ohhhh I WANT A HOUSE! All I can say is that I hope I get a job offer and I really hope that it's something I can accept. I'm going to have to ask about putting the whole "we'll hire you in math and science in 2009" part in my contract otherwise it may be to risky to teach in a different subject area for a year. So when are we going to have my I got hired/my educational career is coming to an end party????? Current Mood: ecstatic Tags: career, job, school

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April 26th, 2008

12:53 am - Nasty-ass Effing Cockroaches! I'm so insane!!!!! Jason and I have lived here in this apartment for like 2 years now, and only in the past month have we seen ANY cockroaches. We are oober clean (okay I am oober clean, together we are mostly clean) and the little bastards chose not to vacation in our apartment until now. WHY!!!??? I have heard on the news that there is a major crazy outbreak of cockroaches in the GTA (remember that news story where the entire warehouse of food had to get thrown in the trash?) but I am not mentally prepared to encounter cockroaches in my personal space! Everybody I tell just looks at me with sympathy (the scary part is it looks like genuine sympathy!) and says the same 2 phrases which by the way do NOT MAKE ME FEEL BETTER! Phrase #1: Well you know, if you've seen one there are more to follow, and Phrase 2: Well you know, once you've got them you'll never get rid of them. Well YOU know that you can kiss my ass because I am a cockroaches worst nightmare. I will not submit, shrug my shoulders, sigh, allow them to move in. NO. I will murder them one at a time until they wish they never tried to invade my apartment. I have purchased Ecofriendly Cockroach Spray and Powder. I have systematically gone through my house room by room, closet by closet, removing everything from the space, spraying, filling any cracks or holes in the walls, and putting things back. This is no easy task since our apartment has lots of random holes (I've discovered in the past weeks) and SIX closets. We have 4 enormous closets side by side down the hallway, and one closet per bedroom. As of this moment, I have cleaned out 5 of the closets, the final one being Jason's. I even took out everything from every cubbord in the whole house and re-organized, checking all food sources for infestation. I purchased an airtight garbage for the kitchen and bathroom. I bought bins to store our posessions, and a hardkore laundry hamper. I HATE THEM. I watched one crawl into my bin full of winter sweaters, then had to take them out one by one and shake them out. My current count since we've moved in: 1 big one in the study, 2 baby ones in the bedroom (this was 2 nights ago - I noticed them when I stayed up from 12 midnight until 6:45am reading my amazing book...it makes me wonder how many have actually been in my bedroom in the wee hours of the night), none in the bathroom, one in clothes bin from the hall closet, none in the living room and dining room, and several in the kitchen - mostly babies at this point which is disgusting. I know that once the get in, they nest in your couch and lay eggs and other nasty shit. I LOVE my couch. I must protect it at all costs. Some of you are quite aware that my couch is amazing! It's a sectional, and can easily sleep 3 people fully stretched out. So much more comfy than my previous black sofa set which cost $500 for 3 pieces, was made from wood and fabric by a chinese man in Hamilton (okay, maybe there is a smattering of stuffing/foam but it sure didn't feel that way!) and was designed to analyate your ass. Point being, if the cockroaches won't leave and I lose my noble battle, I swear to god I am moving. Not because I can't live with bugs - god knows I hung out with an army of ants in Tallahassee - and not because they are nasty and disgusting, no I will move to save my beloved sectional couch that I paid so much money for (and then paid to truck it from Florida back to Ontario). And the embittering part (hahaha....I know, it all sounds pretty bitter) is that I don't even want to live in an apartment, I so desperately want a house. *sigh* First comes job, then comes mortgage. So that is my rant for now. I'm going to go and clean my bookshelf now before I pick up Jason at 2:30am tonight (I have to because those damned subway TTC workers have gone on strike for the weekend). Wish me good luck! Send me positive cockroach murdering vibes! Current Location: My Apartment Current Mood: crazy Tags: apartment, rant

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March 10th, 2008

01:51 am - There's a fight in the parking lot! So I'm watching TV, minding my buiznazz when I hear yelling. I figure it's people a few floors above me, considering our paper-thin walls. I keep watching my show, and I realize the yelling is still going on. I mute the TV a few times to try and hear, but I dismiss it and keep watching. Finally, the yelling is so bad and loud, I realize it's coming from the parking lot. I put on my boots and head onto my patio. There are 2 cars and a bunch of guys surrounding one single guy beating him up/roughing him up. He kept telling them to stop and it continued. So me with my big mouth yell "Hey! You stop that right now! Leave him alone! Stop that right now or I'm calling the cops!" They ignore me, but the victim now tells them that the cops will be coming if they don't stop. I call 911. The operator can hear them yelling through the phone! 5 cop cars show up within the minute and stop the shanagans. I, being me, march down there in my fuzzy kitten pajamas and let the cops know I called them and if they need a statement I'd be happy to provide one. I sat in my apartment by an open window watching and listening for about an hour (hey, much better than tv!). Nobody came to take my statement, and everybody seemed to escape unharmed, but the strange part is that they kept searching the creek by our apartment building. I think the cops left with a guy in the back of their car also. Oh the excitement of Mississauga! I just can't believe that in the 15-20 minutes this yelling was going on for, I was the only one who called the police! I would have called sooner if it wasn't for the loud TV. Crazy crazy crazy. Anyhow, since I never seem to post about the ongoings of my life, I thought I'd post about this! Enjoy! Current Mood: excited

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November 26th, 2007

06:15 pm - A long overdue vent.....about friendship No relationship is ever perfect. Or lifetime proof. There's no guarantee that the people in your life will always stay in your life, but with some people you kinda just hope they will. You hope that you meet people throughout your life journey that'll always stick around and that no matter how bad things get, they just don't go anywhere. I read an article once that discussed how our friends are now the new husbands. Women no longer become adults within the context of marriage. As we delay marriage or struggle with relationships, we mature with our friends, experience adulthood with them. They're the ones who become our mates, the people who know us better than we know ourselves. Lovers can never even come close to the connection one has with their friends, unless they invest some serious years into the relationship. The article hit home. I have spent my twenties connecting with a select group of friends. These friends know my deepest, darkest secrets, my fears, my ideas, my dreams. They can read me and understand me better than I understand myself. They're the ones I lean on. When I was living on Main Street in Hamilton and had a breakdown because of a personal problem, it was a friend who talked me off the fictitious ledge. It was my friends who held my hand, made me laugh and took away the pain. My friends are my family. More than family. I've placed a faith in them that people can usually only place in a select few individuals over their lifetime. There's nothing more heartbreaking than losing a close friend. A long-time friend and I recently "broke up" and it's been having the strangest effect of me. When it first happened (last January) I experienced an entire spectrum of emotions and fluctuated between them all at the drop of a hat. I'd be fumingly mad one second, cursing her existence under my breath, then utterly depressed and on the verge of tears the next. I felt nauseous when I was reminded that we were not going to be friends anymore. This was one of my people. She saw me at my worst and my best, we had infinite private jokes, we had traditions, she saw me naked and I didn't care, she knew my banking passwords. She felt like family, which is why it hurt so much when she did what she did. It was horribly mean and so unexpected. I've never felt so betrayed and shocked. Losing a friend is just like having your heart broken. And as such, I witnessed myself going through the five stages of grief pretty rapidly. Denial: Nah...this isn't really happening. We were bra shopping one moment, and the next moment there's a knife in my back. She's in my wedding party one moment, and the next we will never speak again. She's just confused right now. She'll realize how hurt I am, she'll see the situation in its context, she'll want to be my friend again. We'll still be friends. Anger: What the fcuk is wrong with her? She can't afford to be in one of her best friends weddings, but she can afford to go on a cruise? How dare she say those things to me??! How dare she see me like that!!! If she thinks I've never been a good friend to her, then fcuk her! I don't need shitty people like that in my life. Fcuk her!!!! Bargaining: Okay. I'll call her. I'll call her and tell her that this was just a really big misunderstanding. That I take partial responsibility for neglecting our friendship and that I'll do anything to fix it. We're too good together to just throw it all away. Depression: I'll never have another friend like her. If this friend can leave me like this, a friend who I thought I could trust blindly, then what does it say about the other people in my life? Who's going to abandon me next? Acceptance: It is what it is. I will miss her, but if she's going to treat me like that then she must not be the person I thought. It was a great friendship, but if it has to end it has to end. My only remaining problem is mutual friends. She carefully guarded her friends and kept them seperate from me, but I allowed her to saturate my life: she knew all of my family and friends. Since our "break-up" some of my friends who previous did not hang out with her one-on-one (they only saw each other through me), have started up a friendship with her. I feel very irrational when it comes to this issue. I know that other people are allowed to have friendships and that I can't control what others do. But I feel horribly betrayed by my friends' decisions. I could understand if they hung out all the time before "the incident" but they didn't, and it hurts that they would become friends with somebody knowing she hurt me so badly. It's like when you break up with a guy - you don't exactly want your friends to start hanging out with him. You mostly want him gone; out of sight, out of mind. Truthfully, it's hard enough to miss my friend - it's even harder to have her lingering in the fringes of my life. Knowing she may show up at events I'm attending. I don't want to strain any existing friendships, but I don't know how to deal with the position I'm in. Do I attend an event she has been invited to, knowing I will be anxious and unable to let loose and have any fun if she's there? On the other hand if I don't go, I'm letting her take control of the good friends who remain in my life. I feel like I'm trapped between a rock and a hard place. I'm still trying to decide how to handle this issue. Any suggestions would be very appreciated! Current Mood: confused

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October 5th, 2007

05:25 pm - Courtesy Flush I have not written in a WHILE! wow..... weddings make life bus-ay! And such a comeback story I have to tell. When I went to the washroom at school last week, there was a sign taped to the inside of the stall door. It was on pink paper, and was written as to appear official (there was even a warning sign - you know, one of those upsidedown triangles with an exclaimation point on the inside). It read: COURTESY FLUSH [warning triangle] To help minimize unpleasant odours, please flush regularly during sittings. Hahahahaha.....I just couldn't believe it. It had to be a student who posted it, I doubt the school would be so bold. Tooooo funny. And this confirms the fact that female bathroom ettiquette involves pretending like we don't have gas, never go #2, and absolutely do not smell! I swear to god men, if you break these rules you are committing a HUGE CRIME! And girls - did you know that boys have no such rules? They do what they want, when they want, and they'll do it while talking to their buddy in the next stall. So unfair! Current Mood: content

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June 17th, 2007

09:19 pm I'm so worried. Yesterday I found out that my cousin Dawn was in a highway car accident with 4 of my other little cousins - they all had to be cut out of the car. The 4 kids are probably going to be ok - broken clavical, broken wrist, metal plates in their faces, glass in their faces and eyes, possible brain damage but it looks promising. But my cousin Dawn, the one driving, she doesn't look as good. She's been in critical condition since the accident and will be for many days to come. She had to have a vein from her leg put into her heart, had to have her kidney reattached, she may be paralyzed, there's bleeding in her brain and they don't know about brain damage yet. She had basically all her major organs screwed up and has been in a constant string of surgeries since yesterday. They think at this point that she will live, she is a fighter, but there are still no guarantees. They've kept her unconscious since the accident because the pain would be too great if they woke her up. She's on morphine. I'm so sad and worried. I grew up playing with Dawn - she's one of my favourite cousins. Please - everybody who reads this send positive energy her way! Current Mood: worried Tags: bad news, family

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May 17th, 2007

11:20 pm - Chapters Interview Ok so, I went to an interview at Chapters. It was a group interview, which I've never had before. So we are all sitting around in this semi-circle, eyeing each other. So some of the questions they asked: 1) If you were a colour, what colour would you be and why? 2) If you could meet anybody dead or alive who would it be and why? 3) What was the last book you read, and how would you describe it to customer? 4) If you had to pick 3 words to summarize yourself, what would they be? 5) Tell us a bit about yourself? 6) Why do you want to work at Chapters? Then they made us take a timed test (3 minutes) where we had to put like 50 authors in alphabetical order (by numbering them)....and it wasn't that easy since all the Authors had a "B" last name, there were hyphens and crazy stuff. Then there was essentially a math test - like what is the sum of 7% of $44.96 + 19% of $53.98 + etc. etc. We had no calculator so it was fairly nasty and uncalled for (there is ALWAYS a calculator around). My favourite part of the whole interview? Ten minutes into the interview, this guy shows up late. When he was asked what the 3 words to describe himself would be, the first thing he said was punctual. It was SO hard not to laugh. Then he answered #6 and said - because it's clean. Anyways, I got a second interview for the holiday Monday (WTF?). I'll let you know if I got my crappy summer job at Chapters! Current Location: Home Current Mood: happy Tags: work

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April 12th, 2007

04:55 am - Great News! For those of you who don't already know this, I got accepted into teacher's college! This is great beause I only applied to one school, and this is my first time applying. I've made a lot of people jealous because of this...muhahaha. So that means that the grades for all the classes I'm taking right now are meaningless. Which means exams are, um...optional? But no, being a perfectionist I could never accept a lesser grade than I deserve. So I'm still working hard. My last exam is on April 28 - the last possible day (a Saturday), the last possible time slot. Bah! I'm getting excited for the wedding!!! What was my first clue? I had a 2 hour break today between classes (the last day of class) and I spent that time staring at photos of my wedding dress. Then I drew the dress. Then I made a list of things for my registry. Then I fiddles some more. I'm picking out a cake on Friday with Kaylaa so that'll be fun, and my brides maids are getting their dresses ordered on Sunday! YAY! Stag and doe tickets will be printed tomorrow, so there will be a post about that soon. Tags: school, wedding

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March 26th, 2007

01:35 pm - Movies I'm excited about!!! 1) Spider-Man 3 2) Indiana Jones 4 3) Stardust (www.stardustmovie.com) 4) The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 5) Batman: Year One 6) Shrek 3 7) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 8) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 9) Transformers 10) Wolverine 11) LOTR Prequel (The Hobbit) On another note, we saw some guy get arrested in our hallway yesterday! He was taken down to the ground and cuffed yelling out "OLIVIA! I can't believe this is happening. Please Olivia!!!". She didn't come out of her apartment. I dunno why he was arrested, but, they said something about him threatening her. The night before at about 3am we heard screaming and loud banging etc. It stopped before I could call the police. In other news, our rabbit has turned into a gay decorator. He loves to remodel his little home, and has completely changed the set up we normally give for him. I must admit, it looks better his way. Ok, back to the endless stream of school work!

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March 17th, 2007

11:50 pm - Snarf! I sat down to write something in this journal, I swear that was my intention. But I dunno what to say!!!! The end of the semester has zapped my creative juices. I'm looking forward to Friday March 23 because that marks the anniversary of my engagement! I can't believe it's been a year already. Also April 3rd U of T will mail out acceptance letters for teacher's college, so that's exciting. Oo and just today we purchased an elliptical machine!!!! That way we can work out in our own home while watching TV. What a wonderful concept! It folds up so it won't take up too much space when we aren't using it. I hope this was one of my smart purchases ... I know most people buy this stuff and it rots in the basement somewhere or becomes a clothes hanger. Maybe because we have such a small apartment I won't be able to ignore the machine. I think I should name it.....yes....help me name my elliptical machine! Oooo and Stag and Doe plans are coming along smashingly!!! Tell all your friends, and mark your calendar for July 6th, 2007!!!! Help send us on our honey moon!!!!

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February 28th, 2007

04:14 pm - Stuff It's been toooo long, so here is random stuff: 1) A chinese man in a van saw me walking and I was about to cross the street and he zoomed his car so that I had to stop walking or he'd hit me. I smacked on the side window of his vehicle (since it was right in front of my face and i was mad) because that is what Martian and Jason taught me to do. He stops the van, gets out and yells with an Asian accent: "Wha you hit ma car for?" I repled, "Because you didn't have the right of way. You can't just go around hitting pedestrians". Then the cars behind him started to honk like CRAZY! The man got back in his van and drove off. 2) Bunny bit me THREE times in one day - his first bites EVER! 3) I checked, and bunny now has balls. We are scheduling his neutring immediately! 4) School sucks balls as per usual. Teachers suck. I went to class today early in the morning and found a notice saying class was cancelled. Next class for me is at 2pm. ASSHOLE! 5) Today in the parking lot some biatch tried to steal my parking space - I won and laughed in her face. It was tense though - sitting there with our blinkers on, who will get the spot.... She even backed up when I had my signal on, so she was positioned to turn into the spot from the other side. Loser! 6) The RBG sent Jason and I a letter saying SORRY but we are doing construction on the rose garden next summer now. You can get married in this other crappier garden for 50% off if you want, where there is no parking so guest have to take the shuttle bus, and where the tent is out in the open near a crappy fountain. 7) I am in love with this little Polish grocery store near my house. I even got asked in the elevator the other day by a random guy if I was Polish! Ha! 8) My Dungeons and Dragons Character, Lumet, is now a 6th level sorcerer and a 3rd level wizard. She is rich, has amazing magic items, and will grow up to be a God one day :) 9) You will all be seeing very little of me until April. I'm 5 books behind for my class, and I have one hundred things due at once for the last 2 weeks of school. So I have to prepare now :( Ok that's all I have time for right now. Time to go and do a poster presentation that I was supposed to work with a partner on, but my teacher SUCKS. Current Mood: busy

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February 17th, 2007

12:16 pm Yup, I'm still alive! Who even reads this thing? If you do, reply to this or e-mail me. I'm just wondering if it's even worth keeping up. If nobody reads it, I may just switch to a private journal and retire this site. Let me know!

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January 17th, 2007

01:21 pm - "Ya wanna go get high?" - Towlie Yesterday was HILARIOUS. Jason got his wisdom teeth out (which is really not that funny), and he was SO STONED (this was the funny part). We were operating on very little sleep since he worked until 3am, I picked him up, we were asleep around 4:30, then up to head to Burlington at 7:45am. His surgery took about 30 minutes, then the nurse called me into the little recovery room. The moment Jason realized I was there, he started to talk. His voice was full of inflections and he would not shut up! Keep in mind that his mouth was full of gauze so I had no idea what the hell he was saying. The nurses kept poking their heads in and telling him to be quiet, but he would have none of it! At one point I thought he was going to fall asleep again since he didn't make a sound for like 30 seconds, but oh no - then he decided to start to sing! At one point I realized he asked me how I got there (in a rather demanding tone no less) so I started to explain about waiting in the other room and going down to get his prescriptions ordered - at this point he started to laugh his ass off. It was a high pitched crazy type laugh and he wouldn't stop laughing! Watching all of this was so amusing that I couldn't help but laugh too - so hard that I had tears streaming down my face. The nurses told us to be quiet again :p Jason also showed off his range of animal noises. I swear, I wish I had a video camera. After he was sitting up Jason started to wave at everybody in his line of sight. He made the nurse give him a high 5, and he kept doing rocky style punches in the air. At one point I looked over in the car and he looked like he was doing charades - pounding out meat, chopping something, dealing out a deck of cards. I asked him what he was doing and he just laughed histerically. Also, when the nurse was giving me directions on what he can eat she said chocolate milk and he started to say "CHOCOLATE MILK CHOCOLATE MILK I love chocolate milk" and he gave the thumbs up sign and another high 5. He told me he loves me a lot and blew me several kisses. Walking was another fun time - his knees seemed to be defective so the 8 stairs we had to walk down were a challenge. He sort of fell down them. It really could have gone either way on that one, but thank goodness we made it down alive. Apparently, he had no memory of any of this - no memory at all until we were in the apartment. It was like having a retarded little 5 year old to take care of for an hour or so. I've never seen him like this before! It was hilarious and somewhat frightening. Which is why I was weary of leaving him alone for even 5 minutes. Overall, I highly recommend whatever drug he was on at the time. Now that he's just on tylenol 3's he is far less entertaining. Now all he does is chatter away, telling me stories from when he worked at Sunoco and Lee and Lemans etc. Stories he tells like they are very very important, and stories that I've heard before. It's cute really :) His current diet is of room temperature eggs, mashed potatoes, pudding, juices, apple sauce, soup....bleh! I took this opportunity to eat a big bun sandwich without fear of him stealing any of it. Probably cruel to eat in front of him, but oh well! In other news, I need to get back onto a regular sleep schedule. I've been such a bad girl so far this year! I have skipped so many classes! 1 poetry class, 2 BIO 318 classes, 1 BIO 208 class, 3 americal lit classes. All this and I've only been in school for 9 days now! Hahahaha.....but back on track starting today. And some of those weren't my fault! Honest. I went to see Erin last Friday and that was totally fun (the weather and getting lost were not fun)! I lovedddd her apartment and her kitty. I can't wait to visit her again :) We talked until the wee hours of the morning, played sevens, watched the most hilarious movie I've seen in a long time - Grandma's House. Out of nowhere this film comes, and it's GREAT! Wedding news - Jeanine has agreed to be the MC at my wedding! This is very exciting, and I know she will do a fabulous job. Jason and I bought our wedding bands, and I got the matching wedding ring to my engagement ring - on sale no less! Jason's mom and his sister saw my wedding dress and they like it, AND they love the brides maid dress I chose. 15 year olds are the hardest critics, and Emily said "You have really great taste" so that must mean something good! I am getting so so so so so excited! It seems like everywhere I look these days people are getting married, buying houses, and growing parasites (aka babies). Careful not to blink, or you might become a GROWN UP! It is infectious! A big congrats also to Jason who graduated from his Video Game Design course. He is currently doing a co-op position that will lead to full time employment in June. If you want to see some of his amazing art work, go to www.jmarciniak.ca and have a gander! Ok, this post is long enough. This is what happens when you have 2 hours to kill at school between classes. Speaking of that, here is the last thing I'll post - my schedule. Monday: Classes from 11-12, 2-3, 5-6 Tuesday: Lab from 2-5, Class from 6-9 Wednesday: Classes from 11-12, 2-3, 5-7 Thursday: Volunteer in biology classroom Friday: Class from 2-3, volunteer in biology classroom Finally finally, I don't think I can watch American Idol this year! Too much other TV I watch now to devote like 5 hours a week to idol. So sad :( But I'm excited for Lost and Heroes to start up again!!!! YAY!!! Finally x 4 - Bunny gets his balls cut off this coming Friday so wish him luck! Current Mood: bouncy

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January 10th, 2007

03:16 pm - Merry New Year! Another year has begun! Christmas was wonderful this year - Jason's family totally spoiled me! I got a stocking and everything! We got our wedding rings, I tried on my wedding dress, the DJ issue is all settled....so these are all good things :) Also I'm just starting to get back grades. I got a 4.0 (A+) in my bio course "The physiology of regulatory systems", so that makes me happy! The rest of my courses are full year so grades aren't final. I got 103% on my American literature test! My friend beside me got 77% and I was thinking to myself, ok, I probably got about 80 or so. Nope! I nearly fell out of my chair! I have yet to get back my other grades. So basically, that is the super short version of the past few weeks. Some really sucky things have also transpired, but there's no need to dwell on them (for example, I had to call 911 on New Years Eve because Jason almost died from choking to death). I'm feeling very very happy these days, and very grateful for my life and my future. New Years resolution? Be better at keeping in touch with the people who matter to me. I think about you guys all the time, but I seem to be deficient when it comes to picking up a phone. So hopefully that will change! I will post my new school schedule on here once I figure out which courses I'm keeping and which ones I'm dropping! Cheers!!! Current Mood: content

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December 23rd, 2006

08:08 pm - End of year quiz 1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before? Got engaged! 2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Meh, I never keep them so why bother. 3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Yes - Valerie! 4. Did anyone close to you die? Yes 5. What countries did you visit? Well, lived in the US and ironically visited Canada. I also went to Oklahoma! 6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006? I'd like to be in teacher's college. Also I'd like to have closer friendships where I hang out with people on a regular basis (old or new friends). 7. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory forever? March 23rd - I was proposed to! June 28 - I defended my thesis sucessfully. Oooo and March 20th, the BEST NIN concert ever! 8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Getting my Masters of Science and specialist of Education (EDS) degrees. Also it was kind of a summative achievement/victory to finsih my 2 years away from home. 9. What was your biggest failure? Being a sucky maid of honour to Jeanine 10. Did you suffer illness or injury? One raging fever in the US! Also a car accident. 11. What was the best thing you bought? I've been spending conservatively this year....probably my expensive move back home! 12. Whose behaviour merited celebration? Jeanine - our almost weekly get togethers have been made me so incredibly happy, and have kept me feeling supported in all of my endeavours. 13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed? There have been a few disappointments leaving me feel this way. I'm not going to specify any given one. 14. Where did most of your money go? Saving up for a house. 15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Moving home! 16. What song will always remind you of 2006? Anything by Regina Spektor 17. Compared to this time last year, are you: a) happier or sadder? Happier! b) thinner or fatter? Fatter :( c) richer or poorer? Paradoxically, both. I get joint income now, but I spend less and seem to have more to pay for/save for so my money disappears faster. 18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Traveling in areas surrounding Florida, i.e. New Orleans, Disney World, etc. 19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Saying good-bye 20. How will you be spending Christmas? It's my last Christmas as a kid (before Jason and I start our own family traditions) so I'll be at my parents house being 5 years old one last time! 22. Did you fall in love in 2006? I fell in love in 1999....but of course it's stronger than ever in 2006. 23. How many one-night stands? Thank goodness NO! 24. What was your favorite TV program? Grey's Anatomy, Lost, The Office, House 25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Gail from my internship 26. What was the best book you read? A Conneticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (by Mark Twain) 27. What was your greatest musical discovery? Regina Spektor by FAR 28. What did you want and get? Jason as my fiance! 29. What did you want and not get? A million ka-billion dollars 30. What was your favorite films of this year? My memory sucks, but I know there were good ones! Nacho Libre, Pirates, Thank you for smoking, the new Bond movie - there are probably way better ones I can't remember. 31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I turned 26 - a few friends ate dinner with me, then chatted for a bit on the floor of my empty apartment. 32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? If my Ontario friends came and visited me in Tallahassee and met my friends and saw how my life was there. (excluding those who actually did come) 33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006? Hahahaha.....good-bye trendy, hello work clothes/bum 34. What kept you sane? Family, Jason, knowing what would be happening in the future pulled me through (i.e. 2 more months until I move home) 35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? I like that new Craig Ferguson late night talk show host.....as for looks though? TRENT! 36. What political issue stirred you the most? The vote on gay marriage - thank goodness it's still legal. 37. Who did you miss? When I was in Florida I missed home. Now that I'm home I miss my friends in Florida. Go figure! 38. Who was the best new person you met? Arun at school - he's a good lab partner and nice to chat with between classes. If only I could set him up with somebody.....hmmm...... 39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006: To always trust my instincts. ALWAYS, even in the face of adversity. And I learned how easy it really is to be happy. I always made it so complicated for myself, having misplaced loyalty and placing the happiness of others in front of my own needs - it's retarded! If you know in your heart what you want, then admit it to yourself and don't let anything get in the way - bulldoze through people if you have to, but live your life the way you want to. It's stupid to say to yourself or to anybody else "it's not fair to so-and-so if you do that". It's a BAD idea to stay in a relationship to be "fair" to the other person. Or to take up a certain career only because people expect it of you. Be fair to yourself first. 40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: No song is that dynamic!

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December 14th, 2006

08:17 pm - Seeking a Date! Anybody need a date for New Years? I have an extra ticket to go to a good old fashioned shindig - free food, door prizes, dancing, cheap alcohol - what more could one ask for? Ok so it will be with a bunch of old farts, but I promise it's fun and very low stress low key. Lemme know if you want to be my date! Jason has to work on New Years so I have an extra ticket! If necessary, I could probably get more tickets too. Current Mood: blank

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December 11th, 2006

07:27 am - Survey time! Something you hate about the person you love: Hate is a strong word.....I don't like to argue with him - he's a very very stubborn arguer (he's a Taurus)! Something you wish your mother or father had warned you about: Saving money, financial planning Something that's holding you back from achieving your dreams: Timing Something you think you could win an award for Academics! Something you fear more than anything: My parents aging Something you wish people would understand: Just because you have the ability to do something doesn't mean you have to. In life the most important thing isn't prestige or work, it's family. If you choose family over certain career moves it is ok! It doesn't mean you are stupid or old fashioned or incapable of being on top, it means your priorities are different. Something that keeps you going every day: I get to marry JASON! Who cares about the other stuff life throws at me? I have already won! hehehe Something amazing that happened last summer: I moved back to Canada (with Masters and Specialist degrees) and in with Jason! Something you hate that people say: I can't even focus on any one thing there are so many (heh).....I hate it when people lie and I know it's a lie, but I have to sit there and smile and fake laugh and nod in response because it's the path of least resistance. Calling them out would sign me up for way more drauma than it's worth. Something you refuse to pay money for: Those 2-cracker packets at school that are by the soup - they cost a dollar - if you've seen me eat soup you know why this price is a problem! Something you wish you could have told that person that you never saw again: I love you, I will miss you (to my Uncle) Something that really stands out about last year: The past 365 days have been the best days of my life. The impossible happened....it made me believe in fate and in my insticts. It's true that you know without a doubt when you meet the person you are going to marry! Even if it seems like it won't happen, trust me, it will! Something you like that everyone else thinks is weird: Bryan Adams Something that makes you laugh every time it happens: Farts Something that makes the problems in your life not seem so bad: I don't have leprocy! Something you listen to when you're in a really good mood: Anything that makes me want to dance (right now - Sexy back, Shake your money maker), or my favorite smile songs like Sarah McLauchlan's Ice Cream or Wide Open Spaces by the Dixie Chicks Something you do when you're trying to calm down: Take a walk by the lake.....focus on breathing and finding my zen Something you do when you wake up at three AM: Leave to pick up Jason from work Something you love doing on cold rainy days: Staying at home, watching movies or reading a book Something you absolutely love about yourself: I know how to make a goal and achieve it. Something amazing that's happened this year: I got engaged!!!! Something that you always run into/trip over: Oh I don't require an actual object - I am capable of tripping on my own big toes. Something that irritates you more than anything: Bad drivers in Mississauga. All the cheating I hear about all of the time...GRRRR! Something you're addicted to/can't stop doing: Carbs! Something you had to give up but didn't want to: Hanging out all the time with people from Florida.....I miss Survivor with Katy and Steve! Something that really stands out about you: I'm quirky Something about you that's like everyone else: Most of the music I like is main stream Something that you say a lot that others have picked up on: "that sucks balls"

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December 6th, 2006

06:53 pm - Random I just wrote another final exam. I wasn't too worried about this one because it's only worth 7.5%. That seems silly to even have the exam at that point. I know I didn't get perfect, probably didn't even get an A, but who CARES! Not worth my study time. I wrote another final last night...I think I did alright, but he is so picky about form and I was sort of rambling a bit at the end there. It would be much better if we could just type out our essays. I have another exam on Friday and studying for that one means reading books I didn't finish. So that shouldn't be too bad. Then I have a lab to do and one last exam and I'm free!!! Well, free for a few weeks anyways. I got back my second test in Human Physiology and I got the best mark in the class! 46/47 which means that going into the final exam I have 53 out of the possible 55% we've earned so far. YAY! Now I can only hope I'll kick ass in the other 3 subjects. Poetry I am doing well, but in American literature he hasn't given us a single mark yet so I have no bearing. As for animal behaviour - I'm doing great in the lab section, but who knows yet about the coursework. Anyways, there were far too many details in there and I'm sure none of you care, but too bad :p Ohh and really quick, in other news, I am so into the new show Ugly Betty! It's pretty cute, and I'm all caught up now! And I caught up my south park viewing which is good. Ohhhh ohhh ya, and I'm obsessed with this new game Jason downloaded where you are a book worm and you have to spell the biggest word you can out of a scramble of letters in order to kill the various monsters you encounter on yoru quest. Jason and I have been playing this together for a few days now and we are obsessed! It's so much fun. Ok I'm out. Current Mood: amused

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December 2nd, 2006

03:09 am - Random Randomness I submitted my teacher's college application late last night. I say, that is a STRESSFUL clicking of the send button. But I think my chances are good - last year 570 people got accepted and 1200 applied! So I have a 50% chance really. I got back my first English essay in years and I got 87%!!! This may sound mediocre, but I've been told that in University professors set 90% as the glass ceiling nobody can break through. They set this upper limit on the principle that no student is a published professional author, therefore there are people who are better writers than us out there, so we can't score above 90. Gay gay gay. If they applied that logic to all schooling, kids in grade 4 could't score past a 20% and all science students would fail as a matter of course. But ya - my friends actually failed the essay, and I heard the top students in the class (you know - the ones who always talk and sound all smart) say they got 75% and they were happy! So I royally kicked this motha's ASS! Is it weird that I'm more proud of this mark than of my 95% in biology? Maybe cause I'm kicking ass in something that's not my field. In other news, I may be in a big pinch for a DJ for the stag and doe and the wedding. My DJ told me this past week that he *may* be in Germany all next summer so he'd understand if I started to hunt for a new DJ. Colour me STRESSED! If any of you know a DJ let me know. I have all the equipment, just need the operator! Time for Christine's funness: RULES: People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 10 weird habits/things as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. DANGER - I'm REALLY strange!!!! Read on if you dare! 1) When I'm stressed out, I cut my finger nails and toe nails REALLY short - this gives me a very satisfied feeling. 2) When I have school work to do, I can't do it unless my house is spotless. It will drive me nuts otherwise and I'll get nothing done. 3) When I'm stressed (see a theme starting here?), at night, it's possible that I can eat like 4 or 5 full meals just to avoid an unpleasant school assignment I really don't want to do. I'm not even hungry and I know I'm not, but I'll still eat! 4) I get up and pee approximatley 500 times before I fall asleep at night. 5) I study in the bath tub for ungodly amounts of time - for my last essay I was in there for 10 hours straight! I change the water to keep it hot and no, I don't turn into a prune! I sometimes bring my laptop in there too - don't worry I'm safe about it! I've done it for years. 6) I LOVE plucking eye brow hairs - especially when there is a big black root. 7) I put soy sauce on everything humanly possible. it's my way of pretending I don't use a lot of salt. 8) I like to eat small things in pairs - like crackers or candy. When I was a kid I thought every inanimate object on earth had feelings, so I created a buddy system for my food. 9) I always buy a fresh pineapple and it always goes bad before I carve it. Every time. I still buy them every week. 10) I think gas is hilarious and laugh like a 5 year old whenever I hear anybody fart - or even mention farting. Ok so I'm going to tag: Sasha Erin Daniel Jeanine Kaylaa Jason And whoever else wants to do this list! If you don't have a livejournal, then post your weirdness as a response to this post of mine! Current Mood: calm Current Music: The crazy wind outside

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