Well Miss Dayna...

So to celebrate exams and first semester being over..Dayna and I decided we should cater to the occasion. We made some yummy cocktails at her apartment (sex under the boardwalk..and some of our own concoctions...raspberry and watermelon liqueur peach schnapps and vodka is amazing by the way we renamed it jollyrancher) and after about 3 for me and like 5 for her we were starting to wonder if we were actually going to make it out ahhaha. We stopped by the Stonehouse...then to Filthy McNastys...then to the Globe...then to the Stonehouse again because we wanted wings in a major way....and omg were they good! Hahaha. So after meeting a creepy french guy...being invited to some house party and turning down all of them we decided to call it quits...lets just say i was ready to pass out by then haha. So I walked home at 2am..bad idea..but I made it and woke up sideways on the my bed this morning hugging my Stitch doll from Janice...hehe this is why I need my boyfriend up here with me I need something that hugs back!

EXAMS FINI

YAY! Exams are officially over for me,..for the Fall 2006 semester. Two went pretty good...two went pretty terrible...but whatever its over and I passed! hahaha. I already sold two of my textbooks and Im really looking forward to Christmas! Should be home on Saturday guys!!! :D

150 Things I have done or have yet to do...or not do...

So I was looking through blogs and this one chick had this list...what you do is you copy and paste it and then bold all the things you have done! Since I want to be different I'll turn them a different color..I thought it was cool and since im bored it sounded fun...

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink (Im a poor college student I could not afford this)
02. Swam with wild dolphins (do sea turtles count?)
03. Climbed a mountain (Well I'm from southern Alberta does a large hill count?)
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula (FUCK NO)
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it (everyday)
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea (no but Ive watched one on the prairie)
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game (ESKIMOS!!!)
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables (love being at Mom's)
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper (oh the joys of babysitting)
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower (LOOVE this!)
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope (i used to have lots of fun with Dad)
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (like in church...when I'm reading...in front of the whole congregation)
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight (Im from Canada who here hasnt?)
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can (into a pillow of course)
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse of the moon. (I'm a total space nerd lmao)
34. Ridden a roller coaster (When I was 7 and I cried)
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking (oh the joys of being in musical theater...)
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment (if you dont do this more than once a day you have a problem)
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states (ive been to like 3
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk (I am the designated hair holder backer)
42. Had amazing friends (still do)
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales (in hawaii it was amazing!)
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach (before the conservation officers came and busted us)
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero (hehee...)
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken (so far!!)
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days ( are you serious!! )
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone (what do you define as a combat zone)
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi (YUMMMMMMMMMYYYY)
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident (oops !) it wasnt serious though
150. Saved someone’s life

Exciting...

Unexpected: Life

Oh wow well I FINALLY finished my christmas shopping and I hope I dont have to set foot in another mall unless its shopping for myself! lol jks but seriously... It was nuts in there today! Alot of the line ups I just left and decided I could find something better somewhere else but I found some amazing deals which were actually unexpected! probably saved me somewhere in the ball park of $40! VERY exciting...
So at the moment, here is my current dilemma! I got recommended to be an R.A here in residence which is all cool and everything..I would get my own room (which would be a godsend because I'm about ready to lose it in the current situation) and would have a job in the same building that I live in! I would meet tonnes of people and things would be fine and dandy. I also got asked to apply at a near by bar.. I would definetly jump on that because I know I would be making tonnes of tips and it would be awesome. I kind of want to stay over the summer and the job at the bar would definetly be a good thing because I am going soooo broke ass. So thats it! Oh and also do I stay over the summer?? I HATE Brooks with probably the biggest passion ever and wouldnt have a decent place to waitress because everything is still smoking and yeah...thats not very appealing for me to want to work in right now. So there ya go..In Edmonton I could enroll for a summer or spring course and get caught up with school..have a decent job and be with most of my friends..Aahh decisions decisions...

18th Birthday!!

Wow so that was sooo much fun! (I know I look hammed in the top one..) Between the jello shooters with Cheryl, the drinking at Towers at 11:30am and getting free drinks from the bartender, going to Overtime with my professor and a few classmates... my afternoon was a blast! After I came home and passed out on Janices bed, I woke up ready to go again! Little to my surprise my boyfriend drove up for the night!! I was SO EXCITED that he could make it!! We went out to Esmereldas and had blast! Dayna, Janice, Melissa, Nate, Brock, Mitch, Me, Danielle and Lisa came out and most of us got tanked, well I'm assuming so. I definetely had the best birthday EVER!!! I had so many great pictures on my camera and other people had some awesome ones too so here's just one with me and Mitch and then another one with me and my girls!!!!

Doubts

Well its 2:11am and I am totally not tired and I miss my family. Don't worry I don't have class until like 2pm tomorrow afternoon so its okay. So as I am sitting here stuffing my mouth full of "low fat" salty pretzels, not able to sleep, I am contimplating my life..well how it is so far. The main thing on my mind is if I am chasing the right profession...like why in the world do I want to be a teacher? I don't know if i have that "feeling" for it..like when I decided on my college...I just looked it up it looked nice I had a good feeling about it and applied then got accepted and that was the end of that. And why a biology teacher?! I always kind of saw myself in the health sciences profession if nothing else..so I guess I'm in the right direction anyways. I have a job at the end of my degree if nothing else.

Also another big thing is that I have never felt more "that I am where I am supposed to be" than I feel right now but I am bored out of my brain! I am hoping that next semester will bring its own challenges and that maybe getting a job and enrolling in bellydance again will help me keep busy. I also feel as though there is something missing and I am partly thinking that it is tap dancing...it used to be such a large part of my life but now its totally not included at all.. I'm also not used to such a relaxed schedual and personally I don't like it! I have never spent more time on a computer! Maybe being 18 will also help me out with this haha...then I'll definetly need a job lol.

My future looks so uncertain and I don't know where to place it or what to do. I realize that maybe I need to take it easy and just let things fall into place as they are supposed to but honestly I am having issues with doing that! How do I know if I am in the right place doing the right thing when I feel so unsettled with it all? I don't know if this is what I want!!!!!

Raw

Here I am extremely bored but what a better idea than document my last weekend being 17! HaHaaa!! Yesterday I went out for sushi with the girls...Melissa, Dayna and Janice! It was my second time out and I didn't get a tummy ache after! I think I'm getting used to this raw fish idea! Unfortunately, however, Dayna got a chewy piece and that kind of had a disgusted effect on all of us and it officially ended the sushi eating for that night. Janice didn't partake in the fish eating...she just made fun of us all when we couldn't eat anymore rolls with fish eggs on it..

Orange

Well its December! Wow! 4 days until I'm 18! I am more than excited!! The only downside...mY Boyfriend..Mitch...couldn't get his days off to come and see me for it! : ( I havent seen him in so long (2 weeksish to be exact) and I am starting to really miss him. SO it will be another couple weeks before I go back to Brooks but that's okay I'm in no hurry to go back and be working for the Christmas holidays...There is much partying to be done before I go back... So far its looking like its gonna be really fun though..luckily I have some really good friends who are willing to take me out for the big Tuesday hahaha!! :D I'm eating my very first Christmas orange at the moment and my god are they good! I plan on making myself sick off of these things so that I get my fill for the year! Haha jks but seriously I think Im gonna eat as many of them as I can get my hands on cuz they are soooo yummy its almost a sin!! Good thing they are good for you or I would be getting fat off of oranges!!
I got most of my christmas shopping done...it doesn't really feel like Christmas for some reason..I think this is because exams are coming up. Once I get those out of the way I will be able to finally kick back and relax a little bit...I think then it will feel more like Christmas...I just cannot believe how fast this year has gone by! So much has happened and you really don't realize how fast time is going by until its gone and youre left there looking back! Well sushi with the girls tonight so I should maybe finish off that Chapter in Psychology so I don't have to do it later this weekend!!!

Snow snow go away...

So..its like absolutely horrendous outside...feels like subartic weather...I bet if you stood still long enough you would freeze to the spot. Definitely not something I am used to as a southern Alberta girl!! I have shut the blinds in my room because for once I don't want to look outside. It's making me depressed. So since I can no longer run outside I have finally retreated to the gym and that is where I have spent my mornings this weekend. I thought it would be really scary and like...intimidating but just like every other gym everyone is too involved in their workout to pay attention to yours so that helped! So now that I have made myself completely sore ( I cant even cough my abs hurt and my ass is about to fall off..) I am going to finish off today with a grilled cheese sandwhich, a bowl of soup, desperate housewives date and making paper snowflakes! Ciao!

Roomate

This is going to be more of a rant than anything...I am sitting on top of my desk..teehee I dont know why...anyways about my roommate...This is the exact thing I was afraid of ending up with..a bad one! Next time I decide to live in res its going to be with someone I already know or in a bachelor suite...because never again am I going to end up putting up with this!
1. If I am in the kitchen she is in her room, when I am in my room she emerges and quickly gets back into her room to avoid contact with me.
2. She always leaves Thursday afternoon, comes back Monday night so its actually really nice to have the whole place to myself all weekend (this is a benefit and a reward for putting up with her all week)..I can walk around in nothing but my underware!!
3. The only thing she has in the bathroom..I kid you not...is like a bottle of shampoo and a bottle of conditioner and some body wash...she keeps EVERYTHING...including KITCHEN things in her room...Why? I don't know? I've been trying to figure it out ever since I got here!!!!!!!!!
4. I didn't even see her last week,...shes very good at avoiding me.
5. I clean fucking EVERYTHING!!! The shower, the garbage, the cupboards where the garbage is...the stove, the microwave..I bought stuff to clean...I do the cleaning...I buy most of the stuff. We've had a few words about it but nothing positive has come out of it. I have to ask her to buy stuff and she claims that shes not going to buy as much toilet paper as me because shes not here as much...well guess what!! you shit twice as much when you're here!! So next time I buy toilet paper I am going to keep it in my room...along with my frying pan.
So yeah..never again is this res thing happening because I could end up with something worse next time...like a mega dirty person or some one who eats all my food..
Well there is my little rant about my roommate...just to get it all out there in the open that you know..she's a pretty major stress inducer in herself. I realize that she is a private person or whatever....then I ask her this...WHY ARE YOU LIVING IN RES WITH A ROOMMATE?!?!?! This isn't what I wanted at all! I wanted someone who I could like...at least hang out with once and a while or eat supper with or soemthing. Thankgod I have other friends in this building saving my sanity somedays!
It's wierd...the feeling is like..of anger and like tension when I come home but like if we ever talk for a brief moment Im like hey she's not too bad she's a really nice girl etc etc...then as I become more ignored again I get angry so maybe it's me just feeling the tension I dont know...she doesn't seem to care!!!
Well today was actually a good day believe it or not! I worked out at the gym...came home had some oatmeal and a shower...went for a walk in the freezing cold to get a prescription from Shoppers Drug Mart..got a White Chocolate Mocha from Starbucks..came home and sat in the lounge while I did some homework then made tasty baked potato soup!! I was so cold when I came home!! I had just cranked the heat in my place though so it was like walking into a warm blanket that just came out of the dryer...little things...hehhehheh

The Kiss

Well Something you should probably realize at this point in time about me is that Im a complete hopeless romantic and a very emotional person. I cry when people are happy, I cry when people are sad, when I laugh (especially when I laugh), on shows such as TLC's "What Not To Wear" and I develop very intense feelings for a photograph that illustrates passion. I guess its just who I am. Funny though because my mother and grandmother are the same way! They cry when you arrive, cry when you leave...etc.. I think its cute..a little humorous...and definetly a positive attribute...afterall where would we be without emotion?

I can never get tired of this photo...ever. It was taken in 1950, by Robert Doisneau, a French photographer, infront of the Hotel de Ville. I have seen it once before..and then didn't think anything of it really. At our school we had this poster sale thing where you could buy various photos and posters etc and I saw this and my immediate reaction was "I could see this on the wall of my house some day!" So I bought it for a whopping $6...although Im sure its worth much more than that.. It is so random and romantic that it just makes you smile. I love how couples who are truly in love can just block out the rest of the world which happens to be flying by, and focus completely and entirely on that other person. Reminds me a little bit of someone I know.. It makes me wonder though... Are these people just randomly kissing? Are they saying goodbye or hello? If it's goodbye I hope its not for the last time...hopefully he's just heading off to work or something...I would love it if they were just walking down the street and just felt the urge to kiss...(sigh)...

I know I know but honestly...I have nothing better to do and its a piece of art which I completely love. Robert Doisneau actually has quite a few photographs which I like...I wouldn't mind having a copy of a few more! Such as "Sidelong Glance." His photos all have at least one emotion triggering effect whether it is humor, sadness, joy, love, or anything else for that matter. It's interesting and I wish I could take some kind of art class! Too bad I'm going in for biology however I also am equally if not more so interested in that...Soo owell..its fine for now!! Well that's my Friday night ...hockey game with D.., What Not To Wear, and Robert Doisneau...can you tell Im having fun yet? There are quite a few parties goin on downstairs but seeings how I don't want to show up alone and without really knowing anyone on that floor..at all...it's not exactly like me to just jump into a situation like that..Bed sounds kind of nice anyways at the moment!!

Don't you Wish You were Here?

Today is...Cold, Windy, Snowy, BORING! My friend from home just texted me..."Dont you wish you were in Maui?" My answer to that question is...absolutely. The way I am choosing to see it now however is like this...: I am here to get a career which is going to enable me to one day obtain a substantial amount of money so I can retire there or just vacation there in the near future for a whole winter while everyone here is freezing their butts off.: And that's how it goes. I guess its not that bad though...it could always be worse somehow..like if I had to wait for a bus to take to school or something? So anyways its Friday..I'm 17..and have nothing to do...maybe the gym is sounding kind of fun at the moment though...