holy boringness, Batman

You know what? I cannot think of anything *less* entertaining than watching Poker on tv. Really and truly. That's what my boyfriend and "roommate" are watching right now. We have literally...250 channels. We're getting them all as a preview, because I called to switch a couple of the 10 specialties we usually get, and they put me on hold twice, and both times I ended up back in the system, and had to re-explain myself again. The 3rd person was a very nice lady, who offered to give us all the specialties for a week since we haven't had them all for a long time, and the one we wanted to get only comes as part of a package. Very nice of her, and I hung up feeling happy rather than enraged, which is often the case when dealing with Rogers. So yeah, we have all kinds of channels, Outdoor Life, National Geographic, Biography, Discovery, SexTV, you name it. And we're watching Poker. Earlier this afternoon we watched boxing from the late 70s. Barf. This is one thing, and probably one of about 3 things, that I will enjoy about living alone come fall. No old boxing or card game-watching on my tv.

Because we put off seeing Bourne for so long, now there are 3 movies out that we both want to see, and the decision is proving tricky. If that's the hardest decision of my day though, I'd say I'm doing pretty well. I think maybe we'll actually end up seeing Bourne though, since it's been such a saga, and since it's been out the longest. I'm also excited for The Village and Harold and Kumar. I guess for that last one, they had the script and brought it to McD's, Wendy's, and a bunch of other, probably more well known places, but they all said they didn't want to be in the movie. Well whatever, folks, I think White Castle makes a funny title anyway. They have tiny burgers that look pretty tasty, but I don't think there are any restaurants here. In visiting the website, I see you can buy yourself a White Castle t-shirt. Nice.

Tomorrow we're heading to Halifax to see the Tall Ships. There are fireworks tomorrow night, whee! I've never been, so I'm not sure what to expect other than a bunch of, you guessed it, tall ships. Apparently it's pretty exciting though. I'll let you know, and of course, take lots of pictures.

some advice for phone-a-friends...

If ever I was playing Millionaire, I would have some words of wisdom for those chosen to be my phone-a-friends. You be ready, you be sitting at your computer, and you have Google loaded up. Most of the stuff they ask, you can easily and quickly find. People are stupid though, and they don't do this, for the most part anyway, and they sit there and humm, and haw...and give wrong answers. One guy just lost $15,000 because his friend is an idiot. They are both frat boys though, so hey.

mmm, summery

finally! It's warm and sunny, not a cloud in the sky, and it's supposed to get up to 32 degrees today. Nice. That's Celcius, obviously. I had planned to go to Magic Mountain yesterday with Tirex, but it rained. Of course. Now it is going to be nice for a whole week. It's good though, I'm a fan of summer. I think what might happen though is that we'll have a ridiculously warm fall now, since summer seems delayed. That's fantastic for teaching, let me tell you. Especially where my classroom is on the top floor, and has no windows. Sweet. Speaking of, I suppose I should really start to prepare in some way, especially for the history class, since I really don't know anything about what I'm supposed to teach. Ah well.

We still never made it to see my good friend Matt, but I have faith that we will. We're also very much looking forward to seeing Joaquin (I just had to look up how to spell that), which is how the whole, going to see Matt thing got started anyway. Also, I was watching a review of The Village, and the guy had the...ignorance, I suppose, to say that the cast had no big names headlining it, but looked very promising regardless. Pardonnez-moi? Joaquin Phoenix, Adrian Brody, Sigorney Weaver, William Hurt, Brendan Gleeson? Maybe they're only famous in Canada. Weird.

I've taken some really pretty pictures of lillies, which I present to you now.

Pink Lilly
Fuschia Lilly
Pink Lilly w/ purple

They're all from my garden, and they don't last long, so I've been taking pictures of all of them. My mom pointed out to me, very helpfully, that this is indeed why they are called "day lillies". See, that's why it's good to have moms that garden. Hehe. Anyway, enjoy. I sure am. I have one plant that hasn't bloomed yet, and I thought they were going to be all dark purple, so the suspense is quite intense. Or not. I'm hoping the middle one does bloom though, and that it's a different colour. I'm just happy they're growing. My vegetables are not. They're still green, and healthy looking, but there is no sign of growth and / or flowers and food sprouting off them. Ah well.

edit: the pictures are fairly big, so if you're on a slow connection I apologize, and also if you have your browser set to fit images to the window size, they'll be smaller for you than they really are.

movie thief!

lots of movie posting lately, no?

short and painful: I loaned 2 movies, Shrek and Homegrown (the latter, granted, I got in the WalMart bargain bin, but still), to a friend of my boyfriend. His good friend's brother, actually. Anyway, now said brother is denying ever having borrowed movies from me. I'm a seething ball of rage. What the fuck? I'm going to go to the friend's house and have a look myself, I think, because there's a very legitimate possibility that the brother was high either when borrowing, watching, or claiming to not have done either. Or all 3 times. Who knows. Anyway, I'm super pissed. I loaned Shrek out one time before, you think I would have learned, and the girl kept it for a year. a YEAR. Now, I've been known to be a little lax in my returning of borrowed goods, but I've never kept something that long, except maybe from Erin, but rules about sweaters are different...and I've never denied borrowing something.

fucker.

or not

so, turns out we still haven't gotten around to seeing the Bourne Supremacy, but we might go tonight. We ended up waiting for a couple of friends of the boy's, and then just didn't go. We did, however, go see The Notebook last night, and it was really good. A bit weepy, as is expected, (the guy who wrote the novel, Nicholas Sparks, is the one and the same guy who wrote Message in a Bottle and A Walk to Remember, whaddya expect?), but not overwhelmingly so, and I should know, I'm one to get overwhelmed by weepiness at movies.

Plans for today...going to Superstore to deposit a cheque and buy some healthy food. Eating healthy is hard, especially in the summer. I'm trying it though, because, among other reasons, it's just generally a good idea. I tend to get in this phase in summer time, when I'm not working, where I don't really eat meals, I just sort of eat whatever, whenever. Not the best plan. So I'm going to buy some fruit and stuff, so that at least if I do eat whatever, whenever, it'll be good eats. I think I'll go for a walk too, there's a really nice walking path by our place, far enough away from the road that you don't die of exhaust fumes most of the time. It does take me right past DQ, which is slightly problematic, but yesterday I brought a popsicle with me, and avoided temptation nicely. Even though the Moolatté had a lasting and unpleasant effect on my digestive tract, it was so tasty...maybe another one wouldn't be so bad? Or, it might kill me. Hmm. Worth considering.

whee! movies

or not.

We went to see the Bourne Supremacy last night, only after being disappointed to realize that The Village hasn't started yet. We got to the theatre, about 15 minutes before the show was supposed to start, and apparently everybody else in town waited until Sunday night to go see the movie too, because the place was packed. We hung out for a minute, waiting in line, but after being bumped and bashed around a few times by ignorant jackasses, we decided to try again tonight and rented The Butterfly Effect instead. It was really good! Definitely a bit disturbing, definitely some jumpy parts, but overall interesting. Who hasn't thought about what it would be like to go back and change that one thing? Well, apparently it can be like CRAP where your friends don't know you and / or are crackwhores. Careful, time travellers! Also, it's hard on your head to re-write your lifetime's memories in the span of like, 3 minutes. All good to know.

The weekend at the cottage was good, it was warm but not sunny all the time on Saturday, so we went swimming, which was nice, and I didn't get a sunburn, which was also nice. We watched the incredibly bad movie Heartbreakers on Friday night, and really, it was awful. The only good thing about it was Jason Lee, and I'm surprised he was in it. I made my mom a cheesecake for her birthday, with a topping made out of mixed berries that was quite tasty. We had lunch at the Chowder House on the way home, and all in all had a nice time. We also got to sleep on the AeroBed, which is pretty fun.

Big plans for today include sitting outside for a while to read, because it's sunny out. It's supposed to be nice all week, which is great news, but I'm going to wait until it happens before I get too excited. We're still planning on seeing the movie tonight, so I'll let you know how it is.

Canadians against the re-election of George W Bush

Nice. I'm very excited that someone has taken the initiative to do this. It might not do any good, but you just never know. Go, sign the petition, and tell your friends to as well.

also, apparently Jenn isn't the only interesting news in Macleans lately...more Canadians against W.. Can you blame them?

There will never be another tonight

or, I'm a way better singer than that girl.

The Bryan Adams concert was fantastic, as expected. Colin James was also great, but I just don't know as many of his songs, so it wasn't as good in the 'singing along' department. Bryan opened with the aforementioned 'There Will Never be Another Tonight', which was a good choice, although we all sort of thought it would be Summer of '69. Too predictable I guess. Anyway, he's just a great singer and performer, and as mom pointed out, one of the great things is that he actually sings the songs basically the way he does on the albums. Tiresa came down, and between the 2 of us, we got approximately 5 good photos, but it was fun trying. Bryan got a girl up on stage to sing 'When You're Gone' with him, and I was *super* bitter, because I know all the words and harmonies to that song, and it's really fun to sing, and he didn't pick me, even though I was waving my arms fanatically like everyone else. Ah well. The girl he picked was pretty funny, she couldn't sing at all, but she did remember most of the words, and she had a really good time on stage.

I'm heading to the cottage for the weekend, finally. It's my mom's birthday on Tuesday, so we'll have to have some cake. It's been super hot the past few days, but I'm not complaining too loud, because it was super crappy before that. My only complaint is that I was pefectly happy sitting around in my skirt and bra last night (too hot for even a tanktop, sadly), when my...summer roommate... came home with a friend to watch a movie. *sigh* I'm pretty laid back, but not quite that far.

I have been still having fun on the naughty blog, we have it set up so that the post-er is left anonymous, except to the fellow post-ers, who can see the author when they compose something themselves. I may just stick a link up here soon, but I want to wait until it gets going. So far, there are only...3 story posts. Come on folks, let's get on with it! I'm still waiting for people to get in touch with me, I've invited everyone who immediately came to mind as having an imagination and a sense of adventure, but please feel free to step up and join the fun!

know what I love?

When a new band comes out, and I like all of their songs. Maroon 5 is one of these bands. It's true, they get overplayed on the radio, but we can't really fault the band for that, can we? Anyway, they have a new song out called "She Will be Loved", that's really good. My other favourite band du moment, Train, has a new song out too, but there is no word of a new album on their website, so I'm a bit confused. What else is new, eh?

I'm off to see Bryan Adams tonight, and I'm still excited. The boy is not so much anymore, my dad can't come so Tiresa is coming down, so it's going to be him and a bunch of girls. Ah well! If any of you would like to come and relieve him of his boyfriendly duties, you're officially invited. You all work and/or don't live here though, so it could be tricky.

The 'erotic blog' is coming along nicely. Pun intended. Ha! It's surprisingly fun writing this kind of stuff. I think I should really look at a career change, it would be super sweet to just sit and think up steamy situations all day. I'm going to do some research and find out how one goes about becoming a bonafide writer. Again, leave a comment or fire off an email if you'd like to play along.

know what I hate?

when I answer the phone and it's a telemarketer, but even more than that, when they say, "hello, Mrs. Roach?". My response is either, no, she doesn't live here, or no, there's no such person. I could be his cousin, roommate, whatever. But no. Annoying.

new searching-love

I've found this new search engine, called IceRocket.com. It seems pretty good, you should all go check it out.

summer project

if photography isn't your thing, how about a bit of literature to spice up your summer?   Thanks to Jenn's brilliant idea, we're going to embark on a writing project.   It's going to be a collaborative online erotic novel, or at least novella.   All are welcome; if you're interested, leave a comment or drop me a line and I'll invite you to the new site.   If you're not interested, or you're a prude, keep your comments to yourself.   hehe.

as if you'll notice

but just in case you do, I've fixed up the archives so that each post gets its own page, making linking to old posts *much* easier. The pre-titled ones have completely random names though, which is pretty funny, but that's ok. I'm going to bed now.

I am all about the linky links...

ICONPLAZA.com. They have even more emoticons than I do!

as per Meesh's request

The link which allows you to make your own fantastic drawings, and send them to your friends. My original one was from January 2003, so it apparently saves them for a while.

I love my own archives

You can see why I got that job teaching art last year...

what do you call a fish with no eye?

fsh.

ha!

so, when it gets that hot in my apartment that my poor fishes are swimming around in 86 / 30 degree water and it should be 79 / 26 degree water, what's a girl to do? I put some ice-cold Brita water in there last night, I don't know if it really helped, since I didn't want to put a lot in, rapid temperature changes aren't good for the little guys. Who knew something so small could be so nerve-racking? If the power goes out when it's cold, they're screwed. If it gets too warm, they're screwed. If the apartment caught on fire...you get the idea.

My algae eater has been slacking off lately, he used to keep the tank so clean I had to feed him algae wafers. Now, there's not a ton of algae, but it's definitely noticeable on the tank walls. I think I'll cut back on the wafers and see if things clear up. He's really quite gi-normous, he should be able to get it clean in like a day. All my other fish are just tiny, then we have Cleatus, who's roughly a foot long nose to tail. The other fish don't seem to mind, except when he takes a psychotic episode and thrashes around the tank. He jumped out one time, and he was so vile to touch. I hope that never happens again, for both of our sakes. When I get a house, I will buy him a super-gi-normous tank, but not before then, because giant tanks are very hard to move.

edit: the link works now.

Timothy McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Lists

Go ahead. You might as well get comfortable, you could be here for a while.

sh1ft.org presents 26 Things : July 2004

go nuts! I did this last summer too, and I'm running a bit late this summer, but many people submitted their entries late last time, and since it's not an actual contest, it's all good. Have fun, go take pictures! You don't need a digital camera, I think all remotely decent photo developpers will put your film on a cd for you, (make sure you do this at the same time you get your photos developed!), but you do need some space. I could host some of you on here, I'm sure, if anyone is in need.

In case you're that lazy that you can't click a link, here is what you need pictures of. Use your imagination, take things as literally or as not as you want:

lines
mechanical
stretch
through
bottom
organised
different
far away
green
mug
dummy
at night
liquid
artificial
out of reach
switch
relief
blades
missing
underground
historic
button
popular
grand
exotic
delicious

guess who has 20/20!

It is me!  I got lasik surgery on my left eye, which pre-surgery was worse than 20/400, and now it's 20/20.  Pretty cool, no?  The procedure took about 10 minutes all together, but the consultation (which was free, so go for it) took about an hour and a half a couple of days previous, and I was at the clinic for about 2 hours the day of the surgery, just waiting around and filling out paperwork.  Anyway, it was a bit pricey, but most definitely worth it.  Plus, they give you a sweet ass pair of safety glasses-inspired sunglasses that you're forced to wear at all times when awake for 4 days.  I've opted for my own glasses since day 2, because the ones they gave me are, frankly, ridiculous looking, and not actually all that dark, but more designed to prevent me from sticking my fingers and whatnot in my eye accidentally.  I also have to wear an eye shield for 4 nights so I don't accidentally poke my cornea while sleeping.  Probably a good precaution.  Corneas are important.  Anyway,  I just got it done Thursday, and I went in for my next-day checkup to find I had 20/20 vision, and that my corneal flap was healing perfectly, so I'm pretty stoked.  I'll keep you posted on any new developments.  
 
We've seen a couple of movies lately, most notably Spiderman and Anchorman.  Spiderman 2 was better than 1, of course, and I did enjoy it.  I had hyped it up quite a bit for myself, because everyone I knew who saw it said it was absolutely fantastic, and I don't know if I'd go that far in describing it, but it was good, the characters were better developed, the bad guy was cool, and there will definitely be another movie.  I saw Anchorman last night, and I laughed my ass off the whole time.  I ran into a friend of my sister's, who also saw the movie, and she said she could hear me laughing above pretty much everyone else.  Sweet.  There were some completely random moments in the movie, like Pleasure Land, which made really no sense, but as a whole, freaking funny.  I think I'll see it again, because there were so many great lines that I've forgotten. 
 
In other news, I have no other news, so I'm going to do nothing again, maybe sit in the sun for a bit.  Going to see Bryan Adams on Wednesday, looking forward to that.  Colin James is opening, so it should be a great show.  
 
 "I ate a lot of fiberglass insulation.  It wasn't cotton candy like that guy said it was.  My stomach is itchy."

Catenema.com: Do NOT Try This at Home!

Hil-freaking-arious. via Jenn, via lyd. Enjoy.

Good to know, all of it

drink your face off! but not whiskey...

Buy me this

Please? It's so cute. It comes in loads of fun colours, but I think blue is the way to go.

helpme.moderatelyspicy.com

it's just that you are all so...useful. haha. Ok. You know when you're on MSN Messenger, and you have a minimized window and that person starts talking to you, and it flashes orange? Can you change that colour to something less gross / more fun? I can't find it in any options anywhere, I'm fairly sure it's not just a MSN thing, but it's not in the windows appearance options either. Any ideas? I'm thinking like green, or pink, or something would be nice.

vacation

what can I say, summer doesn't make for interesting posting material. The most exciting thing I have to pass along is that the new DQ Moolattés are really, really good. The bad news is, they're really, really bad for you. Here's the breakdown:
Tim's Ice Cappuccino (made with cream) - 230 calories, 11 grams of fat
Tim's Ice Capp (made with 2% milk (you have to ask for that) - 150 calories, 1.5 g fat
DQ Moolatté (made with ice cream, what do you expect) - 490 calories, 18 g fat. Ouch.

So, the moral of the story is, stay away from the DQ Moolatté diet, it's a bad idea. But once in a blue moon, can't be a bad thing.

once again, I call on you, loyal readers...

haha. No, seriously. Our friend Jenn is in need of a recipe. Who remembers those chocolate, peanut butter marshmallow squares? They didn't have rice crispies in them, they weren't baked...you might have cooked the chocolate part before throwing in the marshmallows, but then they're just cooled to set. I think there's not a lot to them, chocolate chips, peanut butter, margarine, mini marshmallows. My mom never made these, I'm pretty sure they're atrociously unhealthy, but soooo good. Does anyone have that recipe?

just don't call the FBI, and they come to my apartment while I'm taking a nap

That was definitely the funniest part of Farenheit 9/11. You all have to go see it, and tell all your friends to go see it. There are some very funny parts, but mostly you'll likely spend the 2+ hours with your mouth agape and a 'what. the. fuck.' look on your face. I was pretty upset at the end, but mostly because the whole thing is so utterly ridiculous and, well, upsetting. Grant made fun of me a little bit, but whatever. Anyway, go see it.

Now, on a lighter note:


Letterman's Top Ten List: Top Ten George W. Bush Complaints About "Fahrenheit 9/11":

10. That actor who played the President was totally unconvincing

9. It oversimplified the way I stole the election

8. Too many of them fancy college-boy words

7. If Michael Moore had waited a few months, he could have included the part where I get him deported

6. Didn't have one of them hilarious monkeys who smoke cigarettes and gives people the finger

5. Of all Michael Moore's accusations, only 97% are true

4. Not sure - - I passed out after a piece of popcorn lodged in my windpipe

3. Where the hell was Spider-man?

2. Couldn't hear most of the movie over Cheney's foul mouth

1. I thought this was supposed to be about dodgeball

isn't she lovely...

he's not so bad either. This is my dear friend Calleen and her husband(!) Travis; they got married on Saturday. I thought this picture was fantastic, so I thought I'd share it with you all. Congratulations, lovebirds! The wedding was great, the reception was super fun...I had planned on coming home that same night but Calleen's parents, being the wonderful people they are, invited me to stay with them, so I got to stay for the whole reception and the breakfast (mmm, blueberry pancakes!) and gift opening the next day. I cried about 13 times all told, but that's generally what happens at weddings. This was only my second wedding ever, so it's still pretty new to me.

please help!

ok. About a month ago, possibly longer, we saw a preview for a movie. What was it? ha. No, seriously. The movie is a comedy, that as far as I know hasn't been out in theatres yet. All I can really remember is that there is a super geeky guy in the hallway at school, and he sort of freaks out, but not directly at somebody. It looked really funny, and I'm driving myself crazy trying to think of what it's called. I've checked all the 'coming soon' listings and nothing there looks familiar, so I'm at a loss. I am, however, looking forward to seeing a couple of movies that I do know the names of: Saved! and Without a Paddle. Hopefully they'll come out soon, and maybe they'll have a preview for this other mystery movie. There are lots of movies out right now I want to see...Farenheit 9/11, The Notebook (even though I'm pretty sure it's not a happy movie), Spiderman 2 (I've heard it's really good, much better than the first), and The Terminal. On my 'would like to see, but the rental will probably suffice' list are The Day After Tomorrow, The Chronicles of Riddick (I know, but I (heart) Vin..), and Stepford Wives.

Now you know. Anybody want to go to any of those with me? I'm free...now.

long time no see

yeah, well, turns out I did have some plans for this summer. They're just about done though. I went to Boothbay Harbor, Maine, to visit my uncle and eat at his restaurant, and it was good, as always. I went down with my mom and my grannie, and we had a pretty good time. Went to Freeport, didn't buy much though. For outlet stores, they're still really expensive. Went out on the boat with my uncle and got thrown around a bit, but that's a good time too.

Tomorrow my good friend is getting married, so I'm pretty excited for that. The only wedding I've ever been to is Tiresa's, and it was a lovely, outdoors in the park, justice of the peace wedding. This is going to be equally lovely I'm sure, but inside in a church instead. It's not a Catholic church though, which is a good thing I think, I've heard Catholic weddings are quite long.

after my island adventure tomorrow though, things get significantly quieter. We might be going to a wedding on the 16th, and I'm going to see Bryan Adams on the 21st, and then my vacation will be half over. That's pretty sketchy. Although, I suppose vacation is designed for not really doing anything. Good thing.