ok. Now, I'm a big fan and supporter of the Breast Cancer Site, go, click, every day. Also click on all the other sites, Child Health, Hunger, Animal Rescue, and Rainforest. Go. Now. Do notice, and see if you agree with me though, that it may be in poor taste to have an ad for WeightWatchers placed directly beside an ad to help a starving child. Really. Yikes. I'm sure it's all random, but those ads should be separate entities, not near eachother. One in the 'sponsors' section, one in the 'awareness raising' section.
that is all.
Friday, August 27
Thursday, August 26
16 Things That Took Me Over 50 Years To Learn:
by Dave Barry, Nationally Syndicated Columnist
via D
via D
- Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
- If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will chieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings."
- There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
- People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
- You should not confuse your career with your life.
- Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
- Never lick a steak knife.
- The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
- You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.
- You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
- There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.
- The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.
- A person who is nice to you, but rude to a waiter, is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.)
- Your friends love you anyway.
- Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
- Thought for the day: Men are like fine wine. They start out as grapes, and it's up to the women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Monday, August 23
Oh, Canada...
Medals! We're ranked 15th out of...a lot of countries. 200 or something? Sure, some of them only had 4 athletes, but still. Not too shabby. I'm pretty pissed off that the US is leading. No offence, my American faithfuls, but it's just nice to see the unexpected happen.
fun with cruise control
I got to drive Grant's new car back to Moncton from Fredericton for reasons I don't feel like going into. It works now, so everyone's happy. Especially me, who got the nice car with the full tank of gas, vs. Grant who has my newer but not really as cool car with no gas for the week. Haha. Anyway, his car has cruise control, which I didn't know existed for standards, but it does. And it works. For a while I had it set at about 130, driving behind this truck who was clearly in a hurry, but when he turned off I didn't want to be going that fast all by myself, so I slowed down to about 122, still on cruise. I'm still passing people, but not going so fast that I'm worried about getting pulled over. So, while passing this one truck, a woman in a Ford Focus comes up super fast behind me, rides my ass until I am able to pass the truck and move back over. Fine, you go. She boots off away. So about 3 minutes later, I see that I am catching up to a car...lo and behold, the same Focus. I pull out to pass her, because otherwise I will run into her, she has slowed significantly, and she sees me, and speeds up. Fine. I pull back in behind her, she starts to move away from me again. I lose her again for about 2 minutes, then catch up again. Please bear in mind that my speed is remaining perfectly constant during this little adventure. I pass her this time, stay ahead for a couple of minutes, then she passes me. Fine. Again, a few minutes later, she passes me, again, soon, I pass her. I am laughing my ass of at this point, but she fails to see the humour. She soon passes me one last time, never to be seen again.
I have some advice. Take a gander at the speedometer every now and then, it's quite handy. It's very conveniently located mid-dash for your viewing ease. Try to keep that needle in approximately the same spot while driving. This saves gas, and aggrivation toward and from other drivers. Use cruise control if you have it, it's fantastic! I think it's the one luxury I would spring for in my next car. CD players are standard issue now, so I don't have to spring for that.
That about sums it up. Last night we had a fantastic chicken dinner at my sister's place, and then we spent the night at Grant's aunt's place, on the squeakiest bed (seriously, just from sleeping, the noise!) and thinnest pillows in the world. I'm thinking weekends here rather than in Fredericton.
I have some advice. Take a gander at the speedometer every now and then, it's quite handy. It's very conveniently located mid-dash for your viewing ease. Try to keep that needle in approximately the same spot while driving. This saves gas, and aggrivation toward and from other drivers. Use cruise control if you have it, it's fantastic! I think it's the one luxury I would spring for in my next car. CD players are standard issue now, so I don't have to spring for that.
That about sums it up. Last night we had a fantastic chicken dinner at my sister's place, and then we spent the night at Grant's aunt's place, on the squeakiest bed (seriously, just from sleeping, the noise!) and thinnest pillows in the world. I'm thinking weekends here rather than in Fredericton.
Tuesday, August 17
randomosity
2 fun sites. Site 1: Bacon and Eh's. A good read, with lots of good links. This is where I found Site 2: Disclosure.ca. I'm always up for a project; the goal of this site is to get pictures from all over Canada, eventually every town and city, that show something that represents Canada or being Canadian to the picture taker. Sounds pretty neat to me, get clicking!
Also, I've become somewhat obsessed with 2 songs. Avril's Happy Ending, and Maroon 5's She Will Be Loved. Here are the lyrics to the latter for your viewing pleasure.
She Will Be Loved
Beauty queen of only eighteen
She had some trouble with herself
He was always there to help her
She always belonged to someone else
I drove for miles and miles
And wound up at your door
I've had you so many times but somehow
I want more
I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
She will be loved
Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful
I know I tend to get so insecure
It doesn't matter anymore
It's not always rainbows and butterflies
It's compromise that moves us along
My heart is full and my door's always open
You can come anytime you want
I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
She will be loved
I know where you hide
Alone in your car
Know all of the things that make you who you are
I know that goodbye means nothing at all
Comes back and begs me to catch her every time she falls
Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful
I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
[in the background]
Please don't try so hard to say goodbye
Please don't try so hard to say goodbye
Yeah
[softly]
I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Try so hard to say goodbye
Also, I've become somewhat obsessed with 2 songs. Avril's Happy Ending, and Maroon 5's She Will Be Loved. Here are the lyrics to the latter for your viewing pleasure.
She Will Be Loved
Beauty queen of only eighteen
She had some trouble with herself
He was always there to help her
She always belonged to someone else
I drove for miles and miles
And wound up at your door
I've had you so many times but somehow
I want more
I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
She will be loved
Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful
I know I tend to get so insecure
It doesn't matter anymore
It's not always rainbows and butterflies
It's compromise that moves us along
My heart is full and my door's always open
You can come anytime you want
I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
She will be loved
I know where you hide
Alone in your car
Know all of the things that make you who you are
I know that goodbye means nothing at all
Comes back and begs me to catch her every time she falls
Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful
I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
[in the background]
Please don't try so hard to say goodbye
Please don't try so hard to say goodbye
Yeah
[softly]
I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Try so hard to say goodbye
technical difficulties
I'm supposed to get in touch with the vp at my new school, but I can't log in to my school email to find his email address or phone number. Not helpful.
I spent a nice weekend at the cottage with my parents, it was actually sunny for a good part of the time, which was a pleasant surprise. My dad and I also painted the bedroom in the little cottage, which was pretty funny. It had been wallpapered, so they took off most (but not all) of that. Dad had filled in most of the holes, but not the seams of the drywall and stuff, and we then bought paint at Loonieland and painted the room. Interesting. It's going to take about 4 coats, I think, and you can still see the wallpaper chunks through the paint at this point. Pretty nice. I love dollar stores though, they have the most interesting assortment of stuff.
Grant and I are going back-to-school shopping today, he starts work on Monday and needs some new stuff, and I might pick up a couple of things myself. My actual plan for teaching is still pretty rough. I don't know my schedule, but I do know that I'll have the English classes all year, so that's easy to figure out. I'm going to try to do a rough outline, but what I'd really like to do is to talk to the other grade 9 teacher and see what her plan is. I find it's helpful to be doing the same things at the same times, in case kids have to switch out or anything, and that way you know the kids are going to get the same things covered in the run of the year, so they're all equally prepared (or not, haha) for the next year. The 113 class, I don't know. I don't even know what books I have to work with, so that's interesting. They also re-arranged and cancelled some of the provincial testing, so I'm not entirely sure what I'm responsible for. I guess I'll find out! I keep looking for work in Freddy, but there just isn't any, and Grant keeps looking for work here, same deal, so it's looking like we'll be spending a few months apart. *sigh*. We did one semester last year, so this will just be...double that. Good times. He'll have a car too though, so can come visit me. He joked that I could come see him on snow days, but that's probably not the best plan at all.
T-13 days until back to school, yipes. I know those of you who aren't teachers have no sympathy for me whatsoever, but those of you who are or who know teachers understand. There's a reason we get summers off, and it's not just for the kids. There's a school district in the states where the kids go for 9 weeks, then get 4 weeks off, all year. That sounds pretty sweet to me, I'd definitely sign on. I'm off to get some breakfast and forget about the sadness that is returning to work. Thanksgiving is really early this year, wooh!
I spent a nice weekend at the cottage with my parents, it was actually sunny for a good part of the time, which was a pleasant surprise. My dad and I also painted the bedroom in the little cottage, which was pretty funny. It had been wallpapered, so they took off most (but not all) of that. Dad had filled in most of the holes, but not the seams of the drywall and stuff, and we then bought paint at Loonieland and painted the room. Interesting. It's going to take about 4 coats, I think, and you can still see the wallpaper chunks through the paint at this point. Pretty nice. I love dollar stores though, they have the most interesting assortment of stuff.
Grant and I are going back-to-school shopping today, he starts work on Monday and needs some new stuff, and I might pick up a couple of things myself. My actual plan for teaching is still pretty rough. I don't know my schedule, but I do know that I'll have the English classes all year, so that's easy to figure out. I'm going to try to do a rough outline, but what I'd really like to do is to talk to the other grade 9 teacher and see what her plan is. I find it's helpful to be doing the same things at the same times, in case kids have to switch out or anything, and that way you know the kids are going to get the same things covered in the run of the year, so they're all equally prepared (or not, haha) for the next year. The 113 class, I don't know. I don't even know what books I have to work with, so that's interesting. They also re-arranged and cancelled some of the provincial testing, so I'm not entirely sure what I'm responsible for. I guess I'll find out! I keep looking for work in Freddy, but there just isn't any, and Grant keeps looking for work here, same deal, so it's looking like we'll be spending a few months apart. *sigh*. We did one semester last year, so this will just be...double that. Good times. He'll have a car too though, so can come visit me. He joked that I could come see him on snow days, but that's probably not the best plan at all.
T-13 days until back to school, yipes. I know those of you who aren't teachers have no sympathy for me whatsoever, but those of you who are or who know teachers understand. There's a reason we get summers off, and it's not just for the kids. There's a school district in the states where the kids go for 9 weeks, then get 4 weeks off, all year. That sounds pretty sweet to me, I'd definitely sign on. I'm off to get some breakfast and forget about the sadness that is returning to work. Thanksgiving is really early this year, wooh!
Tuesday, August 10
vacation is ending, and I'm so not ready
I was so traumatised by the Lenny post that I had to take a break. Also I've been feeling like ass lately.
I'm trying to get my head wrapped around my teaching assignment for the fall, because that's coming up pretty quickly and I don't have a concrete plan of action. I've thought of some fun projects, but not for right away. I've also had dreams of the sort that I show up on the first day of school, but unaware that it's the first day, and all my students are there like, what the hell? and my classroom is not set up, and then, generally, I'm naked. No good. I don't think I'm that nervous, but maybe I am subconsciously.
We finally got around to seeing the Village and Bourne Supremacy. I enjoyed both, although they're pretty different. For all who are debating the Village based on scariness / nightmare factor, go see it. I scare easily, and though there are some jumpy parts for sure, but overall it's a really good story, and the acting is fantastic. Also, and I may be completely retarded for not realising this, but Joaquin Phoenix is a Phoenix a la River. I did of course, know his last name, but I just never made the connection. Interesting. Anyway, he's a fine actor, as is pretty much everyone else in the movie. Adrian Brody did a great job too. Bourne was good, a bit fragmented, but that was on purpose, and I do agree with Tirex that they made the bad guy pretty obvious. I (heart) Matt Damon though, so whatever.
And I'm still looking forward to Harold and Kumar, so shut it.
Still on the topic of movies, both of our theatres here are now Empire, where one used to be Famous Players. This means nothing good, as far as I can tell. While both theatres now get the good movies, where Famous used to just basically have the Disney blockbusters, they now get the SAME good movies. There are currently 5 movies playing at both theatres. Which would be good, if we were in like, Toronto. But we're not. The theatres are about 6 minutes apart. Redundant, I think.
I might go to the beach this afternoon, but the possibilities are really endless here. This weekend is either for the cottage or to Halifax to see the Buskers. I could do either, really.
I signed up for gmail, but it wasn't working because IE sucks and messes with cookies. Anyway, it's working now, and apparently I can invite somebody (because you can't just sign up yet) so if anyone is interested, let me know. It kicks hotmail's ass, with like, 1G of server space and no annoying ads. If you're just looking for info, go check it out. I invited my sister, so I only have one invite, and I think everyone who uses Blogger got one, so only you non-bloggers need apply.
I'm trying to get my head wrapped around my teaching assignment for the fall, because that's coming up pretty quickly and I don't have a concrete plan of action. I've thought of some fun projects, but not for right away. I've also had dreams of the sort that I show up on the first day of school, but unaware that it's the first day, and all my students are there like, what the hell? and my classroom is not set up, and then, generally, I'm naked. No good. I don't think I'm that nervous, but maybe I am subconsciously.
We finally got around to seeing the Village and Bourne Supremacy. I enjoyed both, although they're pretty different. For all who are debating the Village based on scariness / nightmare factor, go see it. I scare easily, and though there are some jumpy parts for sure, but overall it's a really good story, and the acting is fantastic. Also, and I may be completely retarded for not realising this, but Joaquin Phoenix is a Phoenix a la River. I did of course, know his last name, but I just never made the connection. Interesting. Anyway, he's a fine actor, as is pretty much everyone else in the movie. Adrian Brody did a great job too. Bourne was good, a bit fragmented, but that was on purpose, and I do agree with Tirex that they made the bad guy pretty obvious. I (heart) Matt Damon though, so whatever.
And I'm still looking forward to Harold and Kumar, so shut it.
Still on the topic of movies, both of our theatres here are now Empire, where one used to be Famous Players. This means nothing good, as far as I can tell. While both theatres now get the good movies, where Famous used to just basically have the Disney blockbusters, they now get the SAME good movies. There are currently 5 movies playing at both theatres. Which would be good, if we were in like, Toronto. But we're not. The theatres are about 6 minutes apart. Redundant, I think.
I might go to the beach this afternoon, but the possibilities are really endless here. This weekend is either for the cottage or to Halifax to see the Buskers. I could do either, really.
I signed up for gmail, but it wasn't working because IE sucks and messes with cookies. Anyway, it's working now, and apparently I can invite somebody (because you can't just sign up yet) so if anyone is interested, let me know. It kicks hotmail's ass, with like, 1G of server space and no annoying ads. If you're just looking for info, go check it out. I invited my sister, so I only have one invite, and I think everyone who uses Blogger got one, so only you non-bloggers need apply.
Thursday, August 5
also, what the hell happened to Lenny Kravitz?
short and sweet
Real hackers must have laughed their asses off when they saw the movie Hackers. Good cast though.
via Natters
Survey with a twist
YOU fill in the blanks about ME and send it back to me. Or leave answers to random ones in the comment box. Whichever. But first, send a blank one to all your friends including me (or post it on your website..), so they can return the favor to you.
1. My name:
2. Where did we meet?
3. Take a stab at my middle name:
4. How long have you known me?
5. When is the last time we saw each other?
6. Do I believe in God?
7. Month of my birthday: (Bonus points if you can give a date.)
8. Hair color:
9. Eye color:
10. Do I have any siblings?
11. What's one of my favorite things to do outdoors?
12. What's one of my favorite things to do indoors?
13. Do you remember one of the first things I said to you?
14. What's my favorite type of music?
15. What is my best feature?
16. Am I shy or outgoing?
17. Would you say I am funny ha-ha or funny sarcastic?
18. Am I a rebel or do I follow all the rules?
19. Would you consider me a friend, an acquaintance, or a good friend?
20. Would you call me hippie, glam, nerdy, snobby, or something else?
21. Have you ever seen me cry?
22. If there were one good nickname for me what would it be?
23. If I had broccoli stuck in my teeth would you tell me?
24. Is there anything you need to tell me?
YOU fill in the blanks about ME and send it back to me. Or leave answers to random ones in the comment box. Whichever. But first, send a blank one to all your friends including me (or post it on your website..), so they can return the favor to you.
1. My name:
2. Where did we meet?
3. Take a stab at my middle name:
4. How long have you known me?
5. When is the last time we saw each other?
6. Do I believe in God?
7. Month of my birthday: (Bonus points if you can give a date.)
8. Hair color:
9. Eye color:
10. Do I have any siblings?
11. What's one of my favorite things to do outdoors?
12. What's one of my favorite things to do indoors?
13. Do you remember one of the first things I said to you?
14. What's my favorite type of music?
15. What is my best feature?
16. Am I shy or outgoing?
17. Would you say I am funny ha-ha or funny sarcastic?
18. Am I a rebel or do I follow all the rules?
19. Would you consider me a friend, an acquaintance, or a good friend?
20. Would you call me hippie, glam, nerdy, snobby, or something else?
21. Have you ever seen me cry?
22. If there were one good nickname for me what would it be?
23. If I had broccoli stuck in my teeth would you tell me?
24. Is there anything you need to tell me?
Wednesday, August 4
they were indeed tall ships
We got to Halifax early enough so that there weren't a billion people and it wasn't too hot, which was nice. We had to park a bit of a walk away from the waterfront, but that was expected. The ships were pretty cool, very big. I like the older looking ones better than the new fancy ones. The new ones are more like, 'hey! look at me, I'm rich!' There were lots of vendors selling crap, nautical knot bracelets and the like, but the tourists just eat that stuff up. I'll post some pictures in a bit.
We went to play some blacklight mini golf, which was pretty fun. I think there should be a place like that here, because there is just so very little to do here that it has to do well. Supper was at a place called Jack Astor's, and it was pretty good too. They should also make one of those here, it would make a nice extra choice with ESM and Swiss Chalet. Moncton is lame.
The highlight of the weekend was definitely going to see Napoleon Dynamite. Naturally, it was playing in Halifax, but is not yet here. If it comes to your city, it's your duty to go see it. And to keep watching after the credits, there's more movie. The guy is just so hilarious. The movie is completely random, and you mostly don't know whether to laugh at the guy or feel really bad for him. I went with both. Go see it.
Yesterday, because it was absolutely gorgeous, Tirex and I went to Magic Mountain water park. The time we spent actually on the rides was pretty cool, but that only accounted for about 10 minutes of the 3 hours we were there. We decided the people who run the place need to learn to play Rollercoaster Tycoon, and then they would figure out that the park is in desperate need of expansion. The lines are just ridiculous, and I think they've built one new slide in the past 15 years. No good. But, again, there is nothing else like that around here, so it's an incredibly popular place for tourists. So, along with there not being enough slides and new / exciting things, there are just a foolish number of people there. We did get to go on *the* new slide, the Tornado, and it was fun. It's a tube slide, and it's all enclosed and dark with just pinholes of light coming in. Try not to scream or laugh, I dare you. Regardless of lines and the horrifying discovery that Beavertails are BAKED now, instead of deep fried (no good!), we had a pretty good time. It's all about the company, I suppose!
I'm feeling pretty boring, so I'm going to stop now!
We went to play some blacklight mini golf, which was pretty fun. I think there should be a place like that here, because there is just so very little to do here that it has to do well. Supper was at a place called Jack Astor's, and it was pretty good too. They should also make one of those here, it would make a nice extra choice with ESM and Swiss Chalet. Moncton is lame.
The highlight of the weekend was definitely going to see Napoleon Dynamite. Naturally, it was playing in Halifax, but is not yet here. If it comes to your city, it's your duty to go see it. And to keep watching after the credits, there's more movie. The guy is just so hilarious. The movie is completely random, and you mostly don't know whether to laugh at the guy or feel really bad for him. I went with both. Go see it.
Yesterday, because it was absolutely gorgeous, Tirex and I went to Magic Mountain water park. The time we spent actually on the rides was pretty cool, but that only accounted for about 10 minutes of the 3 hours we were there. We decided the people who run the place need to learn to play Rollercoaster Tycoon, and then they would figure out that the park is in desperate need of expansion. The lines are just ridiculous, and I think they've built one new slide in the past 15 years. No good. But, again, there is nothing else like that around here, so it's an incredibly popular place for tourists. So, along with there not being enough slides and new / exciting things, there are just a foolish number of people there. We did get to go on *the* new slide, the Tornado, and it was fun. It's a tube slide, and it's all enclosed and dark with just pinholes of light coming in. Try not to scream or laugh, I dare you. Regardless of lines and the horrifying discovery that Beavertails are BAKED now, instead of deep fried (no good!), we had a pretty good time. It's all about the company, I suppose!
I'm feeling pretty boring, so I'm going to stop now!
Saturday, July 31
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.
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.
Friday, July 30
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.
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.
Thursday, July 29
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.
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.
Wednesday, July 28
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.
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.
Monday, July 26
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.
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?
also, apparently Jenn isn't the only interesting news in Macleans lately...more Canadians against W.. Can you blame them?
Friday, July 23
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!
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!
Wednesday, July 21
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.
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.
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