Hungover A Bit

So Alysson is here finally. And I'm sooooo unbelievably happy. She came over last night and her, Meredith, and I had a lovely fun drinkfest. Meredith went to work this morning and Alysson went to her first class. I luckily don't have to work until 4pm so I had time to nurse my hangover (which I have only had once or twice before). I went to the bus stop with them and then went to Rideau and picked up a little housewarming gift for Alysson. Then I wandered home and talked to my mom on the phone a bit. Then I staggered across the street and picked up some nice hot soup and a steaming hot green tea. I visited with the girls who work there and we talked about how nice the neighbourhood is and how strong the community was blah blah blah... Anyway, then I stumbled back upstairs and devoured my chunky wonderful soup and the toast. (They packed it in a paper lunch bag for me, how cute!!) Anyway, I've been watching National Geographic all morning. Except for the mocking Curves commercials, I've quite enjoyed it.

I should probably give myself some cold shower time to get ready for work but a) I'll put it off until the last minute like I always do and b) I'm watching The Battleships (Covering the napoleonic wars, the civil war, and the hms deadnought). Before that I watched Mafia Women (Women connected to the criminal underworld talk about their duties) and before that I watched Wild Indonesia..... All in all, good tv.

Ooo! My cell phone rang once and then stopped ringing! WHO WAS IT!??

Also, I heard a low flying plane today and it was deafening. I was so used to it growing up near the military base, but now it's weird.

Also, check out the Bob Dylan Message Generator (via TheGeneratorBlog)

Webcam Chase

Smello everyone.

Spy on Ottawa with the following live webcams:

Confederation Park
Parliament Hill
National War Memorial
National Gallery of Canada


I want a room with a whole bunch of big tvs displaying all of Ottawa. I can just look out over the city. I can know when the vendor has fresh veggie dogs ready and then zoom down and get them. Muahhaha.


Also, a panda was born in the San Diego zoo. It's not being named until it's 100 days old. WOOO PANDAS


Gah, I have to get showered, dress, and give the apartment a quick tidy. Meredith cleaned the other day so it's pretty good, but I don't want it to get icky. I dusted the inside of the fan and it was GROSSS! I can't believe we were breathing that crap. Well, I'm off.

Styling Lotion/Potion

Firstly, let it be known that I can't take a picture of myself. At all. I can't do it.

I don't want to talk about it.

Hopefully you've noticed that I do my hair better than the stylist. He flat ironed it and it just made my head look huge. I use this lightweight rootbooster stuff, and it's EXCELLENT. It's the end of the day, so my hair has fallen since I did it at 8am, but it still looks pretty good.

Secondly, I went to Sue's for supper. We made chicken alfredo and it was SOO good. She has a really nice stove. I want a new stove. *cries*

I'm opening on the morrow. I should probably catch some REMs.

P.S. When I come home from work and shed all my clothing, the kitties snuggle in them because they are warm and smell like me. This is adorable.

Meredith's Guide to Good Pictures

1. Stand slightly to the side and place one foot in front of the other.
2. Hold arms slightly away from body.
3. Put your shoulders back, your chest out, and gently suck in tummy. (Can't see through baggy tshirt.)
4. Stick your chin out away from your neck.
5. Turn away until the last second, then whip your head around and SMILE!

There you go.


Sadly, this bundle of hotness is off to Montreal until Saturday. And then I'm leaving on Monday, so alas, we shall not be together. She will have to do cat litter, which is gross. Muahahah.

In a HANDBAG?

Firstly, Olivia tried to crawl into Meredith's shoe this evening. It was hilarious and adorable and I snapped a picture.

Secondly, today the kid (Josh) from Ben and Jerry's gave me free ice cream and I was overjoyed. OVERJOYED! Also, apparently they get to go on Facebook,etc while at work. I KNOW! I'm jealous too. Anyway, he was talking about this creepy lady who hangs at the mall all the time, who is called "Grudge Lady" and how she loves Cherry Garcia... and then out of nowhere, his nose started bleeding! Really bad! We think that Grudge Lady was in the mall and put a hex on him.

Thirdly....
Just what you craved when you awoke this morn wasn't it?

1. Wallet- has all my monetary/discount card/receipt holding needs covered
   
2. Beauty Club card- never know when you're going to need a quick wax or some emergency professional makeup application
   
3. GIANT Elvis sunglasses- because of those DAMN RAYS OF SUNLIGHT
   
4. Ibprofen- mainly because other people ask for it... not because I use it.
   
5. Hairbrush- never use
   
6. Day planner- controls my life. would fall apart without it.
   
7. Burt's Bees product... (hand lotion, skin salve, lip chap)
8. Crossword book- I'm hopelessly addicted.
   
9. The Adventure's of Sherlock Holmes- read this on the bus, before bed, etc
   
10. Annie's FM transmitter that she left when visited last (whcih I wholey intend to return)
    
11. Bus pass- I'm in BIG trouble without this
    
12. Hair elastic- I hate this hair elastic and never use it. I don't know why it's in my purse
    
13. Cell phone- I'm in big trouble without this too. This is my phonebook, my secondary organization source, and my watch
    
14. Mini-deoderant stick- Just in case
    
15. Giant hairclip which I like better than hair elastic.
16. iPod- for the bus mainly. I love this little guy
    
17. pen- for crosswords and daybook

From the Desk of the Mistress o' Pemberley

Don't ask how this came about or why... But I have a sudden urge for all things FITZWILLIAM!!

From his wikipedia entry:

• Full Name: Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy
• Gender: Male
• Height: Tall
• Age: 28
• Occupation: Gentleman
• Income: £10,000/year
• Carriage(s) Owned: Curricle at Pemberley
• Primary Residence: Pemberley House in Derbyshire

It seems I am not alone:

Mr Darcy, the dashing hero of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, has topped a survey of fictional characters women would most like to go on a date with.
Austen's creation beat other fictional heroes, such as James Bond and Superman, in the poll of more than 1900 women.Mr Darcy, the dashing hero of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, has topped a survey of fictional characters women would most like to go on a date with.
Austen's creation beat other fictional heroes, such as James Bond and Superman, in the poll of more than 1900 women.

THE REST OF THE ARTICLE

Marmot Varmits!

This morning I watched this thing on Discovery channel about the endangered Vancouver Island Marmot. Now I love them so deeply. . . I went on Meredith's computer and made this her wallpaper to make her aware of the shrinking Vancouver Island Marmot population.


LOOK AT THEM! THOSE TINY MARMOT VARMITS!!

Also, at work the other day I shocked everyone by doing that rap out of the Backstreet Boy song "Get Down"... In response, Patrick sang Fergalicious. The. Whole. Thing.

Russell Brand! I refuse to believe it!

Russell Brand, my love,
They say you have a tiny...
Well you know... small thing.

The a/c just made crackling sounds and DIED. Died like Bambi's mom.

Ohhh Uncle Richard

I came home and almost tucked in to some Kraft Dinner, when my Aunt Kathy from Toronto calls. They are in town over at the Minto Place, so I met up with them. Little Jake desperately wanted some Micky Dees, so we went to the one on Bank and chowed down.

Then we went over to the Parliament Buildings for the light show but were about twenty minutes early. Kathy took a gazillion pictures and then we watched the light show. It's a short film about Canada's history and culture, etc. At the end Oh Canada comes on and it's sooo beautiful, I secretly teared up a bit. I don't think Meredith likes it, but it's because her heart is cold.

Uncle Richard is definitely one of my faves. A) He's hilarious B) He and I have the most random conversations.

Exhibit A:

*at the parliament buildings*

Richard: What is that music? Stompin Tom Connors? No, no... that's not it.
Me: I love the architecture here. So beautiful.
Richard: Who the hell is it. It will come to me.
Me: The doors, I loove the doors...
Richard: No, no... it's not The Doors.
Me: No. The actual doors. The architecture of them.
*a moment of silence passes*
Richard: If that gargoyle fell, it could kill a man. *sound effect with fist punching palm movement*

KD in my tum!
You never settle well there...
Yet I still eat you.

Nina Simone Keeps Me Alive

Today Sue and I met up and had drinks at The Blue Cactus. We also had some calimari with this excellent asian dipping sauce. They also served tortilla with an amazing guacamole which had some kind of melon topping it. I never thought to add a sweet fruit to guacamole and you can bet I'm doing it in the future. I also had a Bailey's Banana Colada. A chick drink if I ever tasted one, but it was wonderful. I think I'm going to forward the recipe to mum and dad. It's right up their alley. Sue and I talked about her niece and nephew and her family stuff and I talked about how I hate boys but love them also... gawd they're stupid.


My Nina Simone
CD is the greatest friend
A girly could have!

Why Do You Fail Me LJ

How am I supposed to funnel my daily thoughts onto the interblag without livejournal. (Some kind of poweroutage knocked out it out.) It's horrifiying. I started writing a note on facebook and I was quite shocked that I still had to type out the html. So I decided that I'd come back to Blogger and write this out. Then I realized that I had to write a haiku and find an adorable picture to put next to it.

In a pink tutu,
Singing songs for Howard Moon,
You know, I'm OOOLD GREEEGGG!

Anyway, because I just made the Ontario Modwolves group I have Boosh on the brain. Let the record show, Boosh sounds like the street name for a cheap drug.

I'm very bored. TV is boring. Internet is boring. Tuesday night/Wednesday morning... What's a girl to do? I just got this black short-sleeved jersey minidress (that's a lot of adjectives). I desperately need to go out and wear it. Meredith and I wanted to go out this weekend, unfortunately I barely worked last week and had a mini pay check so we'll see what happens after we buy groceries on Thursday. (Notice: I had enough to buy the new dress with many adjectives...)

I'm bored. Call me up! We can go for a romp or something.

P.S. I think I'll just paste this into a Facebook note...

They Know

I'm packing to go home (I know, I have to wake up in six hours, whatever.) But my cats are making it very difficult.

They know I'm packing to leave them. It's sooo sad. They are softly mewing too.

Cat Post

I'm going to visit my parents and friends from the 4th-6th and I'm very excited. I bought a new bathing suit. (In this picture, it's the second from the left.) I'm excited to lie on the beach with Alysson and Annie for a few hours.

I also have a video and a few gazillion pictures of my cats because they were really cute this afternoon and I'm already a crazy spinster. (I'll be the crazy spinster aunt who gives her neices and nephews a quarter to make them like her, but they will think she is cheap and smells funny.)

I have my kitty pictures hosted at Flickr, so just go on over there and check it out. No sense in posting them all here. Friend me on Flickr while your at it.

Here's a video of my KITTEEZ!
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The wee bikini
Or is it just my bod.
A bit chunky now.

Haiku For RoRo

Don't let them change you
Because you are far too fine
To warp in that way.

I'm right behind you RoRo! Also, Janette... very clever.






In a similar move to Rosie, I left my spot at Reitman's over schedule conflicts (I.E. They weren't giving me any hours and had me "oncall" all week.) I have moved to EB Games and think I'll be a lot happier there. Now I can wear my Yoshi/Mario shirts to work.

The weather is BEAUTIFUL here. A little humid and muggy, but I can get through it. I love just looking out my window and the beautiful world around me. It looks like something out of a movie and I can't believe that I live on this gorgeous planet. If someone told me tomorrow that I live in a dome where everything is kept perfect via computer, I wouldn't be surprised.

Today I watched the marathoners cross the finish line at city hall and this evening Meredith and I went for a walk through Confederation Park to Parliament and back through the market and up Rideau. It was beautiful and cool. (Well, still warm enough for me to wear a tank top and capris comfortably... but you know.)

The Grand Return

Hullo my saucy little monkeys,
(I was channeling Craig Ferguson... Sorry I didn't make donkey sounds.)

Sorry it's been so horrendously long since I've updating. I have lots of stuff to update about- Mainly stuff that comes with moving and starting a new job, etc. Sooo, on to the updates:

New Job: I got a job in sales in the Ottawa area and I quite love it, especially because I get to wear fancy clothes and high heels all the time... Actually, I really only like the high heels at the beginning of the day... limping home in them is no fun. (Especially if I have to do a sprint/speed walk home because someone creepy is following me, i.e. Homeless dude.) My favourite part about the job is that if you make a sale over a pre-set amount, you get a star... and after a certain number of stars you get a gift certificate... This is called a "SUPER SALE". I almost made one yesterday and I was only off by a few dollars.

New Apartment: Well, I posted new pictures along with kitty cat pictures in my last post. The apartment is still surprisingly clean and uncluttered. I sweep my floor everyday and compulsively clean my bathroom. (It's completely white so it gets dirty faasst.) Living with Meredith is turning out quite well. We get along and compromise easily. She visits her mum a lot, so it's like living alone sometimes. Also, I live across from a coffee shop and I spend far too much time and money in there.

New Life: I'm completely in love with the boy who works across the street but I get the married and/or gay vibe from him. *le sigh* I don't need a relationship to be happy, but I wouldn't mind one. Also, I can never stay awake for all of Conan anymore. It's upsetting. We're getting satellite during the last week of June (when my parents come to visit) so I'll be able to watch Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert in the afternoons. Leno and Conan will still be a stretch to stay awake for.

Tragedy: Olivia the cat ate TonyDanza the fish. I guess I should have seen that coming.
R.I.P. TonyDanza the fish.

I haven't been to busy to write haikus, even though my life has been busy. I will continue to write them down and record them here. (Not all of them... just some of them.)

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They walk together,
For a moment their gaits sync,
But then it's over.

New Apartment and Kitty Homecoming

Hello all,

So we are pretty much moved in completely. My dorm keys are handed back and I'm ready to face the world in our little apartment. It is actually the most adorable thing you'll ever see. The walls are very plain and white, but I intend on decorating a lot. Our phone and internet are being hooked up tomorrow and we aren't getting satelite for a month or so. We do have ANTENNA! lol. We get about half a dozen channels, but Meredith and I are big readers, so it works out. AChannel, Global, and CTV are pretty good.

The kittens are being devious and adorable. We have named Boris the ice cream bandit... it's hard to be mad when he leaves little ice cream paw prints EVERYWHERE.

Anyway, on to the pictures of the new apartment (sans bedroom pictures because it just looks like piles of boxes.) Also kitties.

Not A Bad Day

• I finished my last exam! WoOT! I got a 65% on a paper, but my prof said she loves me so I can resubmit.
• Meredith and I made pizza in the new apartment and we learned that the smoke alarm does work. It was hilarious. We used boxes as mini tables and it was sweet.
  
• I bought a new fish and named him Tony Danza. (Don't call him Tony, or Danza, or T.D.... Just Tony Danza!)
• I also bought him a darling new tank with a purpley lid and purpley rocks.
• I installed The Sims 2 Holiday Edition on Meredith's computer and it runs really well so I'm going to put some more packs on tomorrow hopefully.
• On Disorderly Conduct a cop got hit by a car and it was hilarious in a Dane Cook way. (Don't look at me like that, he was fine!)

I'm so excited I can barely write a Haiku... Wait, maybe I'll use it as inspiration:

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This feeling in me,
Like my chest is gonna burst,
And blow happy chunks!!
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Come back bees!

You left cds in my truck!

I'm sure everyone has heard about disappearing bees. I'm SO sad. Fluffly wee bumblebees, COME BACK. Can we trade them for wasps?


Come back bees! Don't go!
We love your small fuzzy 'tocks!
We need you to LIVE!


In other news, I got the keys to my new apartment today. It was previously lived in by two messy boys and I did a preliminary clean through of it. *sigh* There was cat food in the oven element. We're getting a new one this summer though, so WOO. Also, my parents are bringing the cats and my furniture up this weekend so I'll be able to move in completely then. I can't wait to snuggle my kitties and hold them in my arms.

Heart= Still Achey

My head is turning.

Tummy still quite hungry,
Not like my heart is.

Also, I'm adding in this random picture of Jayne Cobb because Meredith and I finished watching Firefly and then watched Serenity (first time for her, gazillionth time for me). My love for Jayne is... strong. Why is he such a hottie?

I think this crazy schoolgirl crush is a result of being single forever and yearning ubermacho guys.



Also, I admit that this haiku was somewhat inspired by the song If Love Is A Red Dress, Hang Me In Rags by Maria McKee:

My heart is empty.
Your eyes are dark.
Once we were hungry,
Now we are full.
These chains that bind us,
Can't beat these chains.
If love is shelter,
I'm gonna walk in the rain.
See all lyrics.

Identity Crisis

What am I doing?
I really should be out there
Living adventure.

I'm living the wrong life here and it makes my soul ache. Why are there no jobs for people like me? I want to live a nomadic/adventurous life with purpose. Delivering medicine/supplies to crazy places, building houses, travelling all the time. This soft-palmed life is crushing me. I know that most people who know me now can't see me getting my hands dirty or doing any work for that matter, but you didn't know me when I worked on the farm. I loved it more than you can know. I dream about it- Fixing things, helping people, having missions and jobs and goals. Gritting my teeth and doing it. I loved it so much, but now who knows what I'll spend the rest of my life doing....