So long, old friend.

Dear 2009,
I guess we both know that it's time to say our goodbyes. It's no secret; I'm pretty sure the whole world knows that you're about to leave us, with nothing but some great memories. For some you were a joy to have around, for others you were seen as a "downturn"...
I knew you would be special even when you were just a twinkle in 2008's eye.
The end of a decade, the end of the beginning of the Y2K scare (can you believe it's been 10 years?) and the beginning of a...unique songstress', we came to know as Lady Gaga, career.
I wish we had gotten to know each other better though. I feel like I was robbed of your presence; why oh why couldn't the year have 365 days?! You were great in the time we spent together though. You gave me some of the best memories I'll ever have in my life. That's why no matter what happened, I'll always only think good things when I think of you.

I will never forget you, dear friend,
Love Emily.

PS I know it'll be hard for you to hear everyone celebrating your successor in just a little while, but don't worry you'll be fading quickly before the screams, laughter and unnecessarily loud kisses fill your ears.

What a strange and wonderful journey it's been...

I say this every New Years Eve, but this year really was the best. I loved 2009.

I got to go to Cuba!
The world got to finally have it's first Black American President! :D
I got to live in Hamilton for 6 months!
Toria got to come here for two months!
I got in the Travel program!
I got the awesomest job!
I have aweeeesome marks!

The best was the 6 months in Hamilton though. I can't wait to go back!

Anyway 2009, listen to me rambling on about you...but really I can't say it enough, you were the best. I know, I know I'm making you blush but you shouldn't be so modest. Oh and if by this time next year I'm singing 2010's praises, don't hate me. You'll always have a place in my heart :)

Sorry loyal fans

So just this minute I was thinking that I think I write more *during* school than on holidays...beause I'm always trying to use anything to distract myself from work! Oh the cleverness of me. But, well, not really.

Update: I got an 84 for the final mark in my Intro to Computer class(booking flights and things like that)

Oh oh oh I'm going to see Avatar today in 3D and I will be sure to tell you how it is...possibly some spoilers..that is if I understand it haha

It's warmed up FINALLY to -20 or so...warm eh?

My brother is home from Norway :)

I am always playing the Sims on PS2 :) Oh I love the holidays

Went to work out today, and felt really bad because I was going to take Diana's workout class...and chicken out at the last second...I wanna do her Just Abs class though...hopefully before hols ends

Anyway I am off to finish my Hills marathon. LOLOL

Bound to Happen

Alright, so do you remember how last week I had a post that said "Baby, it's Cold outside...for real this time?" We were litereally the 2nd coldest place in the world on Sunday; we came in 2nd only to Siberia. Now it's just getting sad...Yet at the same time I can say that I was here and out and about in the coldest place in North America! Pwned all you people who think -5 is freezing!


Only Siberia was colder

Edmonton was the chilliest place in North America Sunday, says Environment Canada meteorologist

By CLARA HO, Edmonton Sun

Edmonton was the coldest place in North America yesterday morning and the second chilliest in the world.

The Edmonton International Airport saw a record low of -46.1 C and -58.4 C with the windchill, outfreezing even the Arctic.

"The cold high pressure has been moving down from the Arctic over the Prairies," said Environment Canada meteorologist John McIntyre... "We are right now in the centre of the heaviest, coldest air."

Only Dzalinda, Siberia, appeared to be colder, with a weather station there recording temperatures of -48 C.

But the coldest day ever recorded in Edmonton remains unbeaten at -48.3 C with a windchill of -61 C on Jan. 26, 1972...

Yesterday's frigid temperatures broke the previous record for Dec. 13, which was -36.1 C set in 2008, as well as the record for the coldest day in December, a low of -44.5 C set on Dec. 9, 1977. Cold Lake, Grande Prairie and Whitecourt also had record lows yesterday...

The temps made life difficult for Edmonton Sun photographers. One shooter said his camera froze up in mere moments outside and wouldn't work again until it was warmed up....

Hit & Run

Not meant to be an afterthought BUT Sloan was amazing. As always <3
Their new EP is called Hit & Run...which my brother told me was because Chris Murphy (the "lead" singer) was in a hit and run in Toronto sometime this year! He was on his bike and it got trashed but thankfully he was alright:)

I was rly hoping that this time I'd get to meet them...but it was -30...so even if they did come out there was no way possible to stand out and wait for them lol BUT there is always next time! (I didn't have my camera anyway :( lol)

They finished pretty early though..about 1.13 (not like Cat Empire lol at 2.30) but they were still sooooo good. Every time they walk off the stage I always wonder when I'll see them next. I was thinking about it and it's been about 1 1/2 years since I last saw them!!!! I hope it won't be so long till the next time <3

PS. I really do love how they always play "The Other Man" and "Rest of my Life" :D:D

Anyone Who's Anyone

*What are you doing tonight?
-Oh not much
*Really?
-Yeah, it sucks. Plus it's so cold out, what is there to do anyway? I'm just gonna stay home all alone doing homework.
*Aww. Well, sucks to be you! I'm goin to Sloan b*tches!

Never Hear the End of it

Quick note: Sloan concert at the Starlite Room @ 9pm tomorrow :)
3rd time! I hope I get to meet them this time!!

Romance

Alright, so this post might sound a bit strange. I'm just warning you...No, no I'm kidding it's not that weird. For me.

When we were doing South America (in Destinations I) I heard that name Chimborazo, the name of a famous mountain in Equador. I didn't really know where I had heard it before but I knew I did...Then I looked at the map that my teacher had given us and I also saw the name Cotopaxi...and then I definitely knew that these two names had somehow gone hand in hand in a memory of mine.
But really I had no clue what they were from (besides places in Equador), so I kind of just let it pass (this was a few weeks ago)

And then I just started to remember, they were from a poem that I used to LOVE (before I knew Equador, and when I barely knew what a poem was). I remember reading it in a book that we have somewhere in the house, a red book.
And I remember how when I read it it made me feel. I remember not knowing what I felt...but I did feel something. And it just made me feel ...nice reading it. (Btw nice is such an overused but under appreciated word. Saying something nice doesn't mean it's bad or even less than something else...it's just...nice :) (Not that it's a happy-go-lucky kinda poem either, it's just...a really great poem) It was romantic (that much I could tell) but not in a man and woman romance kind of way...It was romantic in the same way that a train is...hard to explain but it has that mysterious, romantic, take-you-away kind of feeling.

(I also loved She walks in Beauty by Lord Byron. Same red book. Same feeling of not knowing what the h the authors meant but knowing that they meant something important)

And now I found that poem again!! Not in the red book, but I'm sure that's somewhere around here. It's Romance by W.J. Turner

I hope you read it and love it as much as I did/do:



When I was but thirteen or so
I went into a golden land,
Chimborazo, Cotopaxi
Took me by the hand.

My father died, my brother too,
They passed like fleeting dreams,
I stood where Popocatapetl
In the sunlight gleams.

I dimly heard the master's voice
And boys far-off at play,
Chimborazo, Cotopaxi
Had stolen me away.

I walked in a great golden dream
To and fro from school--
Shining Popocatapetl
The dusty streets did rule.

I walked home with a gold dark boy,
And never a word I'd say,
Chimborazo, Cotopaxi
Had taken my speech away:

I gazed entranced upon his face
Fairer than any flower--
O shining Popocatapetl
It was thy magic hour:

The houses, people, traffic seemed
Thin fading dreams by day,
Chimborazo, Cotopaxi
They had stolen my soul away!

Baby, it's cold outside...for real this time

So, do you remember (the time, when we fell in love??? :) a few days ago when I said it wasn't cold? Well I guess I spoke waaaaay too soon. It was -34 yesterday morning. And I'm not afraid to say it really pissed me off when people complain about -5 degree kind of weather. I wish I had -5 degree weather!!

"Stark Raving Dad"

Leon Kompowsky: You know Bart, when I was growing up I didn't have much money. So you know what I did every time my sisters' birthdays rolled around?
Bart: Stiffed them?
Leon Kompowsky: No Bart, I wrote them a song to show them I cared.
Bart: I can't write a song! I'm only ten.
Leon Kompowsky: ONLY ten?, When I was your age, I had six Gold records.
Bart: Hey, Looney Tunes!
[pulls out the Thriller album]
Bart: THIS is what Michael Jackson looks like! You just look like a big, fat mental patient!
Leon Kompowsky: You'd be amazed how often I hear that, Bart.



Oh. The old Simpsons and MJ. Could life get any sweeter?

Once upon a dream

So. This morning I wake up and I:
1. Was staying in a house with Robert Pattinson and my best friend. The house was somewhere in a forrest in the middle of nowhere; basically a HUGE cabin.
2. Was talking about how now they have "white maple syrup"...not clear but WHITE, with red ribbons through it
3. had to make a plan with Robert Pattinson and my best friend to protect Kristen Stuart, from..I don't know who

I don't remember the rest but I know it was MESSED up
LOL

In conclusion, don't eat before going to sleep.

Baby, it's cold outside

Well, not really. Cold I mean. But it has snowed about 1 foot (30 cm) since last night/early morning. I am not impressed!
Now I am asking myself the annual question: Why do people *choose* to live here, myself included?!

Rush, rush, rush!

I can't believe it's already December and Christmas is only 23 days away. WHERE DID 2009 GO?!

Fun Fact of the Day #1

Sometimes, I practice my smile on the bus...This leads to awkward rides with the strangers who see me...

You're in Oil Country

Sooo I went to my 2nd Oilers game ever last night :) And I re-realized something that I remember from the last game and from the Oil Kings game...hockey, or any sport for that matter, is so so much better when you go to see a game and not just watch one on t.v. Like I just get so into it and pay attention and get emotional and feel dissapointed or happy with everyone. But if I watch a game at home...well let's face it, I barely ever do. At least not a full game...

SO yesterday's game was awesome! We lost :( but the game itself was so so good. It was tied 1-1 by the end of the first period, but all the action happened in the 3rd. By the end of the 3rd period it was 4-4! It was literally just goal after goal after goal. Obviously this lead to a shootout. And then I remembered that every game I'd been to (yeah yeah only the 3 haha) have all gone to shootouts. AND THEN I remembered that every game I had been to we had eventually won! Automatically I thought, we are def. no question gonna win this. I could feel it. And then, I think I jinxed it...

First shot we missed, but so did they! And then...we just kept missing. And they got one. It sucked so much, but the game was so so good. I just was UGH mad! Obviously!

Funny/Highlight moment of the night? We were on the jumbotron. So unexpected...and...weirdddd. I always think of the people than are on it..and I'm always like I would totally do something funny...but nope. Just waved. I felt like a foooool. LOL But it was all good.

OH and for the "smooch cam" where they randomly show different couples and the best kissers win...There was one couple that I think everyone could've done without. Let me paint a picture for you. Older. Open mouths. Tongues? His grabbing of her...chestal...area... SO disturbing. I mean there are little kids there...and me!

Sooo tonight, I shall be at Ashley's for her little housewarming. Not toooo late though, gotta be up bright and early tomorrow for the wee tots at work! (Even though I was freee as a bird today with NONE! :D)

The Chariot

This is a song that came upon me one night.
When the news it had been telling me
about one more war and one more fight
And 'aeh' I sighed, but then
I thought about my friends,
then I wrote this declaration
just in case the world end

Our guns, we shot them in the things we said.
Ah we didn't need no bullets, cause we rely on some words instead.
Kill someone in argument,Outwit them with our brains;
and we'd kill ourselves laughing at the funny things we'd say.

And bombs, we had them saved for special times;
when the crew would call a shakedown, we break down a party landmine.
Women that are so sexy they explode us with their looks.
Ah we blowing up some speakers, jumping round till the ground shook.

And missiles, they were the road trips that we launched; t-t-tripping across this island.
Starting missions at the break of dawn,
Yawn and smile say, "What direction shall we take?'

"Somewhere where it warm and wet"
This be the route we'd always take and...

Our weapons were our instruments, made from timber and steel.
We never yielded to conformity but stood like kings
In a chariot that's riding on a record wheel

And our air force flying, when the frisbee in the sky.
Have a session while we're smoking now we're feeling extra high
And we'd sneak into a car park with the skaties on our back
And we're flying down the levels howling
"on the attack now on the attack"

And battles, they happened in these dance halls.
See we'd rather fight with music, choosing one the rhythm war.
Battle at these shakedowns and we battle at these gigs;
We do battle in our bedrooms, made some sweet love to the beat

Then our allies grew; wherever we would roam
See whenever we're together any stranger feels at home
In a way we are an army, but this army not destruct
No instead we're doing simple things;
Good loving find it run amuck

This be a declaration,written about my friends
It's engraved into this song, so they know I'm not forgetting them.
See maybe if the world contained more people like these,
then the news would not be telling me about all that warfare endlessly and...

Our weapons were our instruments, made from timber and steel.
We never yielded to conformity but stood like kings
In a chariot that's riding on a record wheel


---The Cat Empire

C'est Fini

I don't know what else to say.

(U)

The post blog to the post script

In relation to the last ps/pps on the last post. Life = sucky. Even after all the good things, and the great weekend. I never really realized how much one person can affect your life so much, until now. And to be honest, I don't like that feeling..Yet can't help it.

Anyway. Sorry for being so depressioso. I feel bad for bring you down. Can I have a hug? (I know weird with my whole touch-me-not thing)
But really, can I?
No?
Alright, be-otch, you've just been added to "the list"....



I am off to catch up on last week's episode of The Office. Jealous? You should be. Unless you've already watched it...then...I guess not so much.

Bragging Rights

So you know how I've been slack with my posts as of late (excluding the weekend lol)? Well then you must also know that I haven't been writing as much as I'd like because of the horror that are final exams!
But finally the results are in and they are, if I do say so myself, quite extraordinary (I know I sound so pompous...but I think I deserve it...maybe you will too once you see the following...):
These are final marks
English 111: A-
OADM 101 (keyboarding and formatting): B
Travel 116, Destinations I: A+
Travel 115, Intro to the Travel Industry: B-
Travel 110, Airline Concepts: A-

Final GPA for Semester 1: 3.56

I think that's pretty darn good...no, no...GREAT!

I feel like 115 should've been higher...and that OADM was better than expected since I went on facebook most of the time...lol But all in all a great term. I just hope that I can keep up my GPA, cause that would be aweeesome. Moral of the story, kids? I'm a genius and I should be your role model from here on out.


LOL! JK! I'm not that much of a jerk. I think. But I heart you all anyway and thanks for listening.


PS. Some people are really rude and ignorant and disrespectful and inconsiderate of other people. After 2 years of not doing it...It is the first that that doing something like this has actually hurt me deep down. I don't know how I'm supposed to trust said person again. Obviously I want to, but I don't know how. Things are so different from before, and from the last time said person did this. That's what I just don't understand...Sometimes it feels like I'm the common factor in all of this, but still I can't figure out what it is I could've done. I know I'm being super cryptic; sometimes life calls for it. Sorry I can't tell you all the deets. I bet you're dying to know. Sorro.

PPS. I know that it got suuupa emo there for a sec. What can I say? I can't be Mary Poppins all the time. If that was the correct metaphor to use....

Days Like These

Oh...so when I said "tonight" you thought I meant last night?
Alright so I guess there's no real way out of this one. I'm just a douche. And I "bibled" and everything. Sorrrro:( I have to revise this research essay, because my now former teacher wants me to hand it in for an essay contest! Exciting right? Yeah, I'm trying to make you have at least some sympathy for me...Is it working? Great!

So back to the delightful Friday night I had.

After the concert was over Ashley and I decided to try and get autographs/pictures with the fellas. I thought "yeah right! they'll never be outside and if they are it will be next to impossible to actually be even near them!" So I forgot to tell you that when we got to the Starlite Room that their HUGE tour bus was parked out front...Back to present time...Ashley and I went outside, through the alley, and found the rest of the concert goers waiting for the same thing as us. And it didn't take long (literally like 2 minutes) until I heard Ashley say "Do you want to get a picture now?" And I thought she meant just a memento of the two of us...and I turn around and the lead singer was standing right by the bus talking to a few people! I couldn't believe that he was already out, because last time I went to Hellogoodbye it took almost an hour standing outside in the freezing cold to get one autograph...

We walked up to him and asked for a picture and sigh...he stood with his arms around us and we got the money shot. It's actually my picture on the popular social networking site, "Bookface", right now. LOL
And of course I had to get his autograph, on the only piece of paper I had, my ticket. And to make things better he wasn't pretencious, like when we met the guys from Boys Like Girls. He was so soft-spoken and ...oh that Aussie accent. Heart.
And then came the other half of the lead-singing duo, who is also the main trumpet player. AND we got a picture with him too, as well as the back-up trumpet player. Who by the way is a fox. :D:D

I totally feel like I should've gotten the other guys to sign something as well but I couldn't find anything short of my skin...and the temps were in the minuses that night (Can you believe that was our first real aka not melted yet, snow of the season? I have a feeling they brought it with them lol)

But Ashley and I hung around for 30-45 minutes after those amazzzing few moments, wondering if they could see us through their bus windows and making faces if they could. LOL. While we were sitting and people watching at about 2.30 in the morning, we noticed something...Ashley wanted a picture with the trombone player and was ready to ask him, but for the whole time we sat there he seemed "deeply engrosed" in a conversation with an "interesting" young lady. We were trying to judge whether she knew him or was just random. We decided that if he did in fact know him that they would talk inside the bus rather than standing outside...Plus I seem to remember her from inside. So eventually she follows him into the bus (where the other members are already remember) and doesn't close the door....This againn leads me to think that if she was with them that she would know enough of the routine to close the door behind her...So to sum it up...groupie. See you could've just read that instead of the long version, but by now you probably realized that....muahaha.

In the end I didn't get home till about 4 since Ashley and I went to her house for tea and grilled cheese. Best night ever in forreveerrr. Second best concert I've ever been to. It would be hard to ever top OkGo/SnowPatrol. Sorry CE. I still love you. Especially...you...know what i sayin? No? It's ok. I rarely ever do either.

Rhyme and Reason

Ok, you can bang my head against the wall if you like; I haven't written in what feels like fo-eva, but I have a good reason, I swear! See I've had finals all this last week. No lie. BS right!? Cause I'm done my program in 14 months everything is smushed together, aka everything is quick-timed. I had one on Monday, and Wednesday and then two on Thursday and Friday. AND to round house kick finals in the face, The Cat Empire just so happened to fall on the Friday (last night). Perfect way to end hell week :) I knew that they were coming since September but it just made the night taht much better to not have to think about homework/studying!

Sidenote: This was my first "real" concert in almost a year (Since Kanye/Rihanna) and my first general admission concert in TWO YEARS. Wtf right?

So it was at the Starlite Room, which I had never been to before. WAIT, rewiiiindd. Ashley picked me up and we got there around 8, to hopefully avoid the long-(expletive) line. Unfortunately we didnt. So, the SL-room entrance is in a half-arm span wide alley, which just adds to it's indie cool facter. And then it leads up to these stairs (all of this is outside still though). So, flashback a bit, to get into the Starlite Room at any time you need a membership, which is $5 and good for the yr. So all these people, while we were in line, kept "forgetting" to get their membership (and I don't see how since the girl stands at the entrance to the alley saying "MEMBERSHIPS!". Anyway these ignorant peeps would go get their membership, saying "excuse me, pardon me" all the while. AND then what was really rude and annoying, was that after getting the membership these same people would come BACK through the line to get to the front. AS if somehow their entitled to go back to the front of the line, because they are forgetful/don't pay attention. And there were these awesome people behind us in life who were so hilarious and well let's face it pure be-otches. Even though one was a guy, they were just funny.

SO we finally get it, go to coat check and then the bathroom (which was down a big set of stairs and pretty grungy). Then we went to sit down near the back of the place, which had all the booths and the bar. But no booths were available, so we sat on bar stools near coat check, and a pool table. We sat there for like a few hrs even through the opening act. But it was just so chill and awesome. And more and more people just kept piling in the place. It was an 18+ show, and it was nice to finally not have a bunch on pre-teen or 14 yr old girls ruining the mood. But I do think we were some of the youngest people there...We were the 14 yr olds to everyone's us...LOL

So once Cat Empire was about to start Ashley and I got off our high stools, and walked down to the main "music" area. It was like 10 steps down from the bar and whatnot. It was packed! The only good thing about being small is being able to get through tiny spaces between people haha. We eventually got down pretty far, about halfway between the back and front of the "pit", as I like to call it. But somehow no matter which side, or where we went, the tallest guys in the place always seemed to push their way ahead of us. Ugh. I hate that about being small! For for the first half of the show we were about 1/4 of a ways back from the stage, and it was pretty ok. Don't get me wrong, the band was amazing just as I thought but I just wasn't feelin "it". So as people started jumping up and down during a song we saw our chance! With Ashley leading the way we "jumped" our way to the front, about 3 people from the front. And let me tell you, it became *itch city! It seems like the chill indie peeps were back where we had been...and the arrogant, pompous, obnoxious ones were up at the front. There was the typical "girl-who's-boyfriend-has-to-step-in-and-give-her-'personal space'-even-though-she's-at-a-concert", and the token "girl-who's-super-tall-but-separated-from-her-friends-even-though-she-still-has-more-but-finds-the-need-to-shove-and-stare-down-Ashley-anyway". BUT very surprisingly there was also many of the "older" (30-50) generation there. And one lady actually allowed me to go in front of her which was so so nice. And two other ladies (mid-40's?) were totally rocking our and screaming the lead singer's name like they were teenagers! It was awesome!

Eventually we got the the very very front, and bliss. This is gonna sound so lame, and don't worry I so know it. But I swear the lead singer looked right at me at times <3 style="font-weight: bold;">Part 2: The most exciting part of the rendezvous

(that rhymed!!!)

I promise fo realsies that I will do it tonight too :0 Swear. Bible.

Will You Be There?

But they told me
A man should be faithful
And walk when not able
And fight till the end
But I'm only human


Everyone's Taking Control Of Me
Seems that the world's got a role for me
I'm so confused,
Will you show to me,you'll be there for me,
and care enough to bear me?


In Our Darkest Hour
In My Deepest Despair
Will You Still Care?
Will You Be There?
In My Trials
And My Tribulations
Through Our Doubts
And Frustrations
In My Violence
In My Turbulence
Through My Fear
And My Confessions
In My Anguish And My Pain
Through My Joy And My Sorrow
In The Promise Of Another Tomorrow

I'll Never Let You Part
For You're Always In My Heart.

Who's Bad

PLEASE don't send the villagers with their pitchforks and torches after me. I'm sorry, I completely lied. I didn't write the next day (last Saturday) like I promised :( I meant to really! I had a draft and everything done. I was almost done and then just got waaaay too busy. I'm sure you'll forgive me if for nothing else than my good looks :)

Anyway I guess I've decided that (for now) I will let the MJ movie be left to your imagination if you haven't already had the good sense to go and watch it!!!

I gotta feeling that tonight...no I mean this week is gonna be [busy]....! Wait that made no sense. Well it did, but had nothing to do with the song...just thought I'd add it in. Anyway I work everynight this week except Wednesday, which is good for my bank account (It hasn't been fed in a long time) but blech for me...Something to look forward to though is that by next week I'll only be working weekends! YAYY!
Oh and speaking of bank accounts being starved...a certain former employer... :l STILL HAS NOT PAID ME SINCE I QUIT OVER THREE WEEKS AGO! Seriously get your act together and just give me my money so I can forget about you and pretend like that whole messy "era" (one month) never happened!

I've decided to try working out after work tomorrow...We'll see how that goes LOL. I've never worked out alone; it should be...weird. And sad.


I love MJ. More every day. I've realized that I don't get sad randomly when I see him, only when I see things that have been made after he left us. That's what tears me up. I love seeing his old vids, and home movies, and everything...I just can't handle the whole "Let's take a look back at..." That...is....just bad (to quote him in a COMPLETELY different context...lol)

This Is It

Well, that was it anyway....

I must admit that I didn't cry as much as expected! Good thing...? I suppose. I just thought that the movie would be more "real", and not such a "concert experience". Honestly, it did look like the tour would've been more than I ever thought possible and just...amazing (which is a totally over-used word and sometimes just fits with what I'm trying to say!). I'm not going to ruin the movie...yet. I'll post tomorrow with a bunch of spoilers but for right now my arm is killing me (from the H1N1 shot I got on Wednesday. More about that later too. TRUST ME) and I'm tired AND I have to work tomorrow early, AND I'm trying to come up with more lame excuses but can't because...I....can't LOL

But in all the movie was sometimes just jaw-dropping. It is amazing what technology can do nowadays, but just plain sad to know that fans won't be able to really see what could have been. I can't wait to put the spoilers out tomorrow. There is just so much to talk about with the movie. It was, in all, happy moments though. It made it seem like MJ was really loving what he was doing. And he was so happy. As were his dancers and crew :) Anyway I can go on and on now or make you suffer and pine until tomorrow...unless you promise to give me all your Halloween candy tomorrow....ok....well....suffer and pine it is then.

Gone too Soon

I know that your hearts have ached for me for about a week. Sorry playa. School/Work have been craazaay but I missed you just as much as you missed me, trust me. Anyway, I guess you want me to get to the point of why I finally chose today to write...Well come on, you guys, you should know by now!


MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT!

I know it came out on Wed. but don't blame me for being 2 days late! I still love him just as much and bought my tickets two weeks+ ago.

A part of me is worrying that a certain site claiming that the movie is not an accurate portrayl of his late few weeks/days is true. I hope it's not. It would be such a let down to know that they picked and chose only what they wanted the world to see from the 100+ hours of rehearsal footage.
At the same time, would it really be a good idea to "accurately" show him during his last few weeks (considering some reports that he was "frail", "sickly", and "skeleton-like"?? I don't believe those reports for a second; I mean come on did you see the rehearsal vids that they've put out so far? He looks amazing! I hope that this movie is not some big cover up to relieve guilty conscience and placate the public/fans.
Either way, MJ was the most amazing/talented performer/entertainer this world has ever/probably will ever see. I can personally say that with 100% confidence. There is no one that even comes close to his energy or creativity. It's still hard to believe that he could really be gone.

In the end....I'm just EXCITED. I got all ready, so that I can look good for MJ. How sad, right? Oh well, you know me by now, and I know you love me more.

Scotiabank Theatre. 6.45 pm. Friday Oct. 30. Be there or be ...not there. But if you're not you're missing out!


PS I have to write about this MJ book I'm reading. It's ridiculous, but for all the wrong reasons. It makes me mad...for all the wrong reasons. Tell you more later.

My favourites from Christian Louboutin Fall-Winter 09 Collection

My absolute favourite :)

Source

It was draining...

It only took me a collective 3 weeks (or so) but I finally "finished" my blog format! (Background, layout, fonts, etc. )
I say "finished" because it never really is with me. I always have to change something about it every once and a while. BUT I hope you all (the hopefully billions who read this...ahem) love it. I love it. :)

But more importantly, I hope you're loving the blog! If you're not...then my only consolation for you is...at least you're not living it hahaha!

Taylor Swift & T-Pain together at last!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPOiqtf2FTE


You out clubbin but I just make caramel delights! WORD YO!


LAWLZ!

I'm thankful for...

Happy Canadian Turkey Day (aka Thanksgiving) everyone!
Yes, we know that it's different from American Thanksgiving, even though most of them do not...
So this is probably the only TG (Thanksgiving, b/c I don't wanna type it every time!) where I won't have Turkey, or Stuffing (my favourite :()
I miss solid food...they're the best kind haha
Anyway hopefully there will be left overs...by the time I'm better. I'm sure there will be b/c right now there are only 3 to eat the whole turkey.
Ashley came over today! It was awesome to actually have someone want to visit me when I look and feel...ugh. We basically creeped fb....and enjoyed it hahahaha I think I feel "less" guilty than if I'm creepin by myself lol
OH and I'm using this time to finally listen to my Spanish lessons. De donde es usted? Entiende? (Where are you from? Understand? - I bet I spelt that all wrong! LOL)

PS. I'm thankful for...Spanish lessons on the computer, bffs, tylenol 3's, baby name books to keep me busy, the internet, michael jackson's music, 30 rock, surf the channel (when it works), yahoo answers, blogs and much much more :)

An MJ video I made :)

HEY EVERYONE! Check out this vid I made to Michael Jackson's The Way You Make Me Feel :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNI8p0aECow

You won't be disappointed ;)

Oprah & MJ Interview 1993

Start here, there are 8 parts.
Get to know someone, one on one, before judging them :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-oLh9_KGxo

Quote from Portait at Neverland Ranch

I am the thinker, the thinking, the thought.
I am the seeker, the seeking, the sought.
I am the dewdrop, the sunshine, the storm.
I am the phenomenon, the field, the form.
I am the desert, the ocean, the sky.
I am the Primeval Self,
In you and I.
--Michael Jackson

Oh Christopher Columbus, I don't know what you have to do with this.

So a menage of things. No a a trois you perverts ...well it might be, I haven't counted haha
1. I don't know if I wrote this previously but I have my first mid-term on Wednesday. It was brutal to study for cause it's one of two classes that has the MOST info. I know you guys are prolly like "Oooh airline concepts, thats so easy" Well. It's not. It's every major airline code in N. America, and the hubs of major airlines (i bet you don't even know what hubs are fool), and terminoly and itinerary planning and whatnot. It's supa intense, I'll tell ya. BUT GUESS WHAT I GOT ON THE TEST?!?! (I can't even believe my teacher already marked em all but..) I GOT FREAKIN 93%!!!!! And so I celebrated by learning the Thriller Dance :D

Which leads us to:
2. I LEARNT THE THRILLER DANCE! Oh trust me when I say that I know I am at least 20 years behind half of the world...but I think that I probably still feel the same things as those people...just 2 decades later haha. All MJ's dances are so much fun, esp that one. Now...on to Smooth Criminal (SO HARD!...SO FAST!...SO NOT MEANING TO SOUND DIRTY!)

3. So. As I've been talking about this for days I'll be pretty darn offended if this is news to you, BUT I got my wisdom teeth out this morning. I was weirded out to know that I wouldn't know what was happening (since they were putting me to sleep). But For realsies, as nervous as I was, the doctor was awesome and nice, and I got the IV in my hand, a mask on my nose and remember his saying "You'll feel it sneak up on you" (the medicine). And as soon as the words left his mouth I felt myself getting woozy like I was all of a sudden SUPER tired (like past 3 am tired). And then I don't remember a thing. I just woke up in my bed. It was pretty sweet haha. Like all the walking (to the car, in the house), taking of my shoes, I don't remember a thing. It's ...strange to say the least

4. Thanksgiving is Sunday/Monday. Well for us Canadians anyway. BURN haha. I just wish I could have the food :( Oh well I guess it's blended turkey dinner for me this year. How do you think Stuffing, Cranberry Sauce, Turkey Meat and Pumpin Pie sound together as a mush...? Yeah? Me neither.

No two flakes are ever the same aka I can't think of a better title :)

Ah the first snow of the season fell softly upon us this morning. I always love the first snow, and hate all the rest of it…for the next 7 months :l It was actually really pretty…were it not 7 am and like pitch black out! Funny thing was was that I was thinking “Oh man yesterday was so cold, I think I’ll break out the winter jacket” And of course, I take one step outside and it’s coming down like there’s no tomorrow. It was pretty sweet though. It was just so…picturesque, if only I had gotten a picture…


So. Friday October 9, 2009. Tomorrow. Wisdom Teeth Removal. I’ve realized that I’m not so much nervous/worried about the actual pulling out of the teeth, as much as I am that I won’t know what the hell is going on for like a whole day (since I’m going under, and it lasts for about 24 hrs). So I can’t eat until then (when really after then haha) and….I’m just SUPA nervous. Don’t know what else to say, except that I think you know I won’t be writing for a while…LOL! Otherwise if I somehow end up getting on here all that will be typed is a series of unintelegible words like…kajshda9onla…BUT at least you’ll all know I’m alive! …Right!?

Encore, Encore!

Quickly everyone, run out and somehow watch The Hangover, if you haven't already. I just watched it (dinner and a movie, for only $5!!! at Grant Mac) and there wasn't one second that I wasn't either smiling or laughing...unless I was horribly disgusted...and even then it was still funny!!
I knew it would be awesome, since everyone said so haha, but still I've listened to people before and been disappointed. But this time, by keeping my low standards (its a great suggestion btw haha), I was soooo pleased with it. Like AMAZINGLY so!!!
I think my eyes could've done without some of the nudity but...it was worth it LOL!

But still, I don't think I'll watch it again for a few years...or at least until the image of SPOILER ALERT that naked Chinese guy jumping on Bradley Cooper is erased from my memory...oh...and that Allan guy in a man thong....

Even so, I hope they keep having these movie nights! You'll know I'll be there!!!

Start here for MJ's Private Home Movies (that I'm addicted to!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49agbRdTH5c

Blarg.

So, I have midterms. Forgive me for not writing but I promise I will.
Wisdom teeth out in t minus 2 days. HOLY FCK! I didn’t even realize that…
Anyway, I feel like life is basically good now! I don’t know why….the whole is better than the sum of its parts…or something to that effect. I might get a new job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think that’s the best thing that’s happened so far this week :) And that I got a 97 on my destinations test!
Alas, nothing witty to say. Well there very likely is, it’s just that my brain is full of airline concepts for tomorrow sooo….good luck getting anything funny out of me besides maybe Saskatoon is Sexy (YXE) or Prince George lives in excess (YXS) ….even then….if you laugh at those even I feel pity for you… KIDDING! I heart you for getting it! lol

Anyway in conclusion, I love Michael Jackson and have been watching his videos and home movies on youtube and distracting myself from everything else and loving how cute he really was…and…I’ve run out of them (not the vids just the home movies, which were the best!). Hence the studying. And the blarg.


PS Finally watching 30 Rock. I know right! Again…hence the blarg. LOL!

He makes my heart melt

HIStory Tour - Sweden - You Are Not Alone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeY0T4z5Ud0

Shut Up & Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

I need money. I hate my job. I got my first paycheck of the job. I hate the job. I wanna work somewhere else so bad. I hope the store where I dropped off my resume calls. I need money so bad though! I NEED A NEW JOB!
What to do.Sulk in my self made misery? Probably.
I have two midterms this week. And stupids booked me to work on Sunday. Could they have given me shifts last week? Nooo only when I REALLY can’t, they do it. Murphy’s law? I think so…

ANYWAY the bright spot in this hole is that I’m going to pick up my MJ This Is It tix tomorrow! Now only one more month…:( (I’ve somehow forgotten how to type month today. I’ve had to go back and fix it and even when I do it’s still so wrong.)
I CAN’T WAIT!!!! As you all know :)

I haven’t gone one day for the past few weeks without watching an MJ vid. This morning before school I discovered the HIStory tour videos. Mainly from Sweden and all soooo sweet! There is the You Are Not Alone one…omg. Someone from the audience goes on stage and hugs him for like 2 mins while he’s singing. Do you realize how amazing and wonderful and mmmm that would be to have him hug you??? I would freak, and then pass out….Maybe not necessarily in that order….:) But I wish :( <3 Oh well, “though you’re apart, you’re always in my heart”

I’m starting to sound really sad aren’t I….Well I’ll stop before this gets embarrasing. Oh you thought that was??? I wasn’t even breaking the ice yet!

OH and 1 week. The countdown begins. My wisdom is leaving me on Friday at 8 am. That’s right people Imma look my hottest following the removal of my wisdom teeth. Get your cameras ready! (Not really though. Please)

ps I’m totally putting a link to the MJ vid :)

The Way You Make Me Feel

SOOOOO Guess what Imma be doin on Oct. 30, 2009?!!?!? And the incorrect answer would be getting ready for Halloween....

I just got MJ's This Is It movie tickets!
I know, not the same in the slightest to what This Is It could have been...but nonetheless I'm so freakin excited
I was freaking out when I saw that they had already gone on sale starting Sunday, Sept. 27. Which is two days ago. And then when I read that the tix had already been sold out in Los Angeles and San Francisco I started freaking out more. But then I went and thought...it's E-town. It def won't be sold out. And thank gorsh it wasn't. I mean I'm so excited. And I know I'm gonna be crying waterfalls. I feel bad for whoever is going with me (Hopefully A.B!) cause I'll be a wreck. I can't wait.



Don't make plans for me on Oct. 30, 2009
I've already got the best one.
A 1 hr and 51 min. date with my love <3

P.S Maple Long John

Why do people eat what is NOT theirs? You were supposed to be mine. I walked all the way there, and bought you for 51 cents. Am I not allowed a little happiness on a Monday? I guess not…For you were eaten recently by my brother. :l
I miss you already; you smelled so sweet. You were the highlight of my day. I was waiting until after supper to eat you, instead of after lunch, because then you would be that much more worth it. But I guess if I don’t write my name on something it’s “in public property” and apparently up for grabs. Ugh. Monday’s really do suck.
I hope a family member of yours will come home with me one day.

My Love.

Perfection.

Dear Maple Long John,

On the way walking home from Westmount just now I was thinking: I can't wait to go home and eat lunch and then have my doughnut. I'm so excited! ...Way more excited than I should be...


LOLOL

They don't really care about us

If you're gonna be a manager, of anything: a huge corporate deal, or just something independant, you should first learn how to be a manager.
Hm, like knowing for what times you should schedule different people at, and what people's availabilities are. Like not saying I'll call you in 2 minutes and then having someone waiting by the phone, then calling again and being told that the said manager is gone for a "smoke break". How RUDE.
Either handle the responsibilities of managing a staff or don't. Just don't screw me over if you can't.

It's Business Time

I hate employers that are crafty, sneaky, or manipulative. Ugh. Well I’m not sure how manipulative they are, but they are really taking advantage of my desperate-tism. Even in the interview they were like so you want ____ many hours? Ok. But what if some weeks you don’t get any? OBV I said, “Well, I guess that would be ok…But I would prefer to get ____.” I know…my fault for even saying that. But what else was I supposed to do?! It was either say that or not get a job at all :( And let’s face it, I need to feed my addiction. To keeping my closet gorgeous and one of a kind. So I called today to find out what my schedule would be like…And (this is only my 2nd week there; started on Friday) guess what! I don’t have any shifts. Not a single one. And the kicker “Are you happy with that?”, she asked. Seriously? Would I be? But of course I had to say yes. What else am I supposed to say? Of course not!? Outrageous!? Well I guess that’s the way the world has to work right now, with the economy the way it is. Kiss-ass and stay at a job you …loathe rather than be broke-ass and whiney (like I am right now :)
But now hopefully I will be getting (at least) some shifts at an old job. Whew it felt good to finally get it out there. I hope I really do get hours there; I know they’re fully staffed but a girl can dream right?

P.S. I kinda feel like I’m selling my soul when I go to work @ the new place.I’m pretty positive that’s not a normal thing….

Watch this!!!

Cutest cat ever. End of story. Well not really the end, this is just the beginning....venture on...:
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/5938681/15454803

:)

Mm, Jason Segel & John Krasinski & Barack Obama & Barney Stinson & Marshall Eriksen & Seth Macfarlane & The Old (younger) John Dorian & Will Arnett & Amir Blumenfeld :) (...and maybe Seth Rogan too...) (OH and I know that two of them are characters but...damn)

Let's bring you up to date

Sorry loves that I haven't written anything in the past while. I had of course planned to write on Tuesday. The first day of COLLEGE! But it was too...draining (for lack of a better word). It went by...not fast or slow...but made some new acquaintances...I think it's far too soon to call them friends haha but it would be sweet if that's what they turned into! My class isn't that big...about 30 people I'd say. Every class with them. Basically high school. Not that I'm complaining, but get this, there's only 2 guys! You know how it can be pretty refreshing to talk to a guy, after dealing with girl drama...? Well guess I'm gonna have to find em somewhere else. That sounds weird....
BUT Wednesday. The job interview at Aeropostale. It went by superrr quick and only a few questions asked. In the end I got the job! YAYA I'm finally employed! First shift starts Sept 18, 2009. Woooot.
I've only gotten a bit of hw in the past few days. Nothing major...just a worksheet or two, and some reading. I hope I can keep keeping up with it though :( :)

OH and Ashley and I went to FATBURGER on Thursday :P It was awesome....but so so so so so soooo expensive! I would def. recommend it as a treat. It's the old fashioned kinda deal. Milkshakes, and a jukebox. But I don't think I'll be goin again anytime soon lolol. Also! Went to Ikea and bought Ashley her first houseplant. We temporarily named it Yellow-Spotted Assorted Tropical...:) I know creative right? But anyway that's only for now. Her house is really starting to look like...a house! Who woulda thought? :P

I know that was a very "to-the-point" kinda entry. Hopefully I'll write something more witty and insightful before the weekend's up. If not....well...tis the life of a college-ier!

Decided to break it

Brb turned into a ttyl. Sorro my peeps. Didn't mean to ditch you loyal followers like that!
But it was true, I was about to get some sort of serious burns if I had stayed on longer.

Today was Orientation. It was...actually not all bad! Isn't that the worst compliment? "Not all bad" just a little though. It was alright....met some new people that unfortunately I'll probably never see again...ate some "questionable" food...and accidentally on purpose went to TWO orientations!
So first was the morning Orientation, here's a quick break-down:
-Got there 1 hr early
-Took Campus tour to kill time
-Saw Jenna at the end of tour...but couldn't say hi!
-Met up with Jenna in le Gymnasium and had a friend for the day! Thank gosh
-Learned the ins and outs of the campus
-Went to a bbq
-Entered a scholarship draw
-Didn't win the scholarship draw
-Went upstairs to get Jenna a U-pass and whatnot...saw "Travel Program Orientation" sign...thought hmm sounds important...heard it was "highly recommended" from people paid to say so....so of course followed that.......
- Went to SECOND Orientation!
-Met people from program
-Had to sit through 2 1/2 hrs of more....orienting
-And another campus tour : l

So all in all...a boring useless day. I feel like I can give a tour of the place and my classes are only in one building!
School starts in...4 days....Not that I'm not excited, just not as excited as I was before. Now its just like, ok I'll take this until next September...and then what?? I miss the days when the farthest I'd think ahead was the next day for homework.
Something I've started to think about now though. After all the comments and opinions....Am I really doing the right thing? With Travel? Everyone has their opinion which hasn't fazed me in the past but all of a sudden today...What should I do after? Work? Get more of a business education? Switch program all together? What do to? I hate choice.

I love college (well hopefully anyway)

How quickly 8 months FLEW by! Five Amazing months were spent in Hamilton...and now it's back to the ol' grindstone. Just saying that makes me cringe. Who came up with that...like I know it's very literal. Grindstone=tough work. But can't we give it some sort of fun euphemism?? Like back to the candy store....cause life is like a box of chocolates?
Anyway it's finally caught up with me. I postponed for a year but finally college has come to rear it's ugly head and bite me in the...behind. I think. I have no clue what it'll really be like. Actually I hope it'll be pretty sweet. Meeting new people and new high-jinx!

This is weird but I have to brb from this blogg. My laptop is TOO hot. Burning up for you baby.

Could it be...?

Note: This was a draft I just found lawlz, originally written June 26, 2008


I can't believe that Mac is really over :'(
Everyone was almost literally (or you know...literally) jumping for joy after the Social exam today
...but...I just cant....I love it. I'll miss it.
Even in 5 years, really I know it won't be like all the other times where I said I would but didn't....I loved Mac.

Anyway...Off to Toronto bright and early tomorrow

CAN YOU BELIEVE SCHOOL IS OVER ?!?!?!

I just thought that on this momentous occasion I should write something.
Didn't anyone besides me notice that I started this in Sept. of grade 10???
:(
End of an Era.
It just doesn't seem like it could've been in 2005 (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) that we were the timid little grade 10'ers.

you're so damn hot.

this may seem kinda odd. but that's just me. anyway these guys are truly the "pinacles of ecstasy".(bwahaha) (by the way, they are not in order of hotness. there is no possible way that i could have the power to do that. but i guess that they are in a general order of hotness, not a specific one though remember)

- Jamie Cook

- Brad Pitt in Snatch
- Rob Lowe in The Outsiders

- Damien Kulash

- Pierce Brosnan in Remington Steele

- Noel Fisher in Godiva's

- "Bernard Black" (-he's a character--he sure is!) [a drunken, smoking, swearing, irish bookshop owner. could it get any better?]

- Teddy Geiger
- Jared Followill

- Sam Roberts
- Ed Speleers

- Danny Jones

- John Cusack in the 80's (The kind of guy who would rip your heart out and eat it just for PLEASUUUUUUUUURE!!!! ), and in Sixteen Candles[he's such a geek, hi-larious]

- Ben Taylor

- Matt Dillion in The Outsiders
- Zack Shephard-Oppenheim

- Jason Statham in Snatch

- Heath Ledger in A Knight's Tale

- Dave Williams

- Paul Betany

- Hugh Grant in Love Actually

- Rupert Grint

- Michael Cassidy in the O.C.

- Danny Bhoy

- Richard Fleeshman

- David Beckham

- Eric Dill

- Jamie Johnson

- William Moseley

- John Robinson

- Michael Owen

- James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause

- Jon Leguizamo

I'll add more when I spot 'em ;)