A few things on my mind today:
Van-couuuuuuuuver...Holy cow, what is happening?
I think the best summary of what went down can be seen on the National Post's Page: http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/06/16/photos-riots-fire-destruction-after-vancouvers-loss/
So you've got your typical hockey fans who get angry enough to cause thousands of dollars of damage to public and private property, put many peoples' lives in danger, and equally as terrible, ruin any goodwill Vancouver had after the 2010 Olympics. It makes me so angry and confused that people can put aside their consciences so easily...turning over cars? lighting police vehicles on fire? damaging windows of businesses and looting stores? What a disgrace. I agree with many people in that social media networks, newspapers, and the public should be assisting the police in identifying guilty individuals and setting a precedent.
It all comes down to....July 14th.
The final Harry Potter adventure, based on the last half of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows comes out on July 14th, and I could not be more excited...and terrified. I feel the creators of the past seven films have done a good job translating words to live-action so far, but in the end, it all comes down to this. I strongly believe that they cannot change any content from this adaptation, as it is all relevant to the end of the series. I'm excited to the extent that I'm going to try booking off July 15th so that I can attend the July 14th's Midnight viewing. The terror comes in not knowing how well the story will be portrayed...and for the whole crying in public thing. I haven't cried through any other film or book, but in Book 7, I put on the dark sunglasses (the last time I read it was in the very public Queen's Park in Toronto) and let'r rip. Thinking the same will happen for the live action version. This is an issue for which I'll need a tissue.
On a lighter note!
The guy I live with and I are reaching are one year anniversary of living together. Yay for not killing each other! Hope to have many more [years of not killing each other]!
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
do you strike those years from the record?
Update, Update! I actually had my blog open in a tab yesterday and was going to update, but then got side-tracked by the goodness of Empire Records and attempting to find the CTV clip with Chris Murphy (of Sloan) in his blue cast--he was involved in a hit and run with a drunk driver and broke his collarbone, but apparently he still had his goofy grin in the short clip. Oh well.
July 11th, aka 7-Eleven Day, aka Free slurpee day was awesome! Got 4 free slurpees at 3 different locations in Toronto! Slurpees really aren't a big deal here...the Centers of the Universe prefer starbucks and smoothies to sweet, icy cups of heaven. Their loss. Had someone call me "Sick" at work because--and this is SHOCKING--but the two lowest price levels sold out and thus the cheapest Argos ticket was something like, $60. You know, people, sometimes this happens on GAME DAY for a SEASON OPENER. On another note, GO BLUE!
I spend literally days reading Harry Potter books 1-7. It was my full time job for a while, and surely, if I had an employer, I'd be getting gold stars at how quickly I turned those muthas out. Finally it was time for the movie! (SPOILER ALERT) Mixed feelings about it, really. I understand they had to cut some events out and thus add other ones in to make the storyline work, but if Heath was correct in why some events were changed in #6 (like not so much of a focus on Charlie getting injured, no fight, and the burning down of the Burrow, thus to be able to cut out the wedding in #7), I'm frustrated...what was the point in making #7 into two movies if you're going to cut out such a large and exciting part of the book?
I was also shocked by the absence of any costume wearers...I wore my Hives guitar pick earrings that have a Hogwarts-like Crest, and used colour-changing nail polish, but I only saw one Griffyndor scarf!
Friday, July 17th - The Arkells at Sound Academy! It was a win-to-get-in event and it was packed! like, 2000 people or something. I brought 2 roommates and one of their friends and all of them had an awesome time, even though it was their first time seeing them: that's always a good feeling. They covered "Tears of a Clown" and I was meaning to ask them why they would choose to cover such a song (odd, because Inward Eye covered it too) but when I met them, all I remembered to say is "Come back to Winnipeg!!!" Seriously friends, this is a good-time band, fully danceable and better than Sing-Along Songs and Kidsongs (remember that show?)
Monday, July 20th - The Ticketmaster summer party: Since I missed the Winnipeg one, I thought I ought to attend the Toronto one. It was a lot of fun! They had great food, everyone was really nice, and I won a $50 gift card to the same restaurant we were at (Alice Fazoolis), whahoo! Afterwards, I walked over to the Horseshoe Tavern to see the Datsuns, a New Zealand band. They were really good, I only wish I had known the songs better. The guitarist was wearing essentially a Canadian Tuxedo, Rock Star Style (tight jeans, tight jean shirt), the other guitarist had longer hair than anyone I know, and the singer/bassist was crazy and came out into the audience and had us all on the ground (good thing I was wearing my skort!)
Tuesday, July 21st: Not so fun. I was up at 9am registering for classes...or trying to! One of my classes got cancelled so it screwed up my entire schedule, I had a lot of courses to change around, and keep in mind I had, up to this day, been sleeping in until at least noon everyday. 2 calls to the university later, I got everything settled and promptly went back to bed.
Friday, July 24th: Met Meg for dinner at Alice Fazooli's, courtesy of Ticketmaster! It was delicious and we figuratively had to undo one notch on our belts. However, that did not stop us from pigging out on snuck-in candy when we later saw 500 Days of Summer. The movie was cute, and of course, co-starred Joseph Gordon-Levitt so it really can't go wrong, but well, i had mixed feelings about it.
On Sunday, July 26th I went to see Great Bloomers at Sneaky Dees and finally bought their album (which is excellent, Rach can't wait to get home so you can rip it/love it too!). It was only an opening set but it was still excellent. I also can't wait to see them in Winnipeg on August 13th (announcement: all Winnipeggers, you should be seeing them, GREAT BLOOMERS, LO PUB, AUGUST 13TH)
The following week was pretty uneventful. The most exciting thing was going to Karaoke on Thursday and getting hit on by a drunk old man, to whom I finally said "I'm sorry, but the age difference between us is making me really uncomfortable and I think you should go over there," pointing at his seat at the bar, and he left. Sang Foo Fighers, Jet, and AC/DC which proves if I'm going to make it as a singer in this industry, it's going to be as a male singer, as I seem to dislike my own kind.
On Friday, Meg and I went shopping (yay for holiday hours) and I found my first pair of ass jeans since junior high! they are fab-u-lous! I first went into Jean Machine and asked the sales person for a pair that fit me right, for under 70 bones, and he said "can't help you". I quickly picked my jaw up off the floor and booted it to Bluenotes, where I paid a cool $40 for a yummy pair of dark boot-cuts. Seriously, how do the unemployed afford jeans?
Saturday, August 1st: Heather arrives in Toronto! Excitement ensues! I showed her a bit of Bloor West (Honest Eds, really) and then we took the Spadina Streetcar south so she could see Chinatown. We walked into Kensington Market from there, and each bought a dress that we wore later that night (see below for details). We took in Queen West from Spadina to Yonge, checked out H&M, and then bought groceries to make dinner: and what a feast we had!
That night, we dolled ourselves up and headed to Sneaky Dee's for their monthly Motown Do-Wop Dance Party. Though it was a late start (I think Torontonians are notorious for coming to bars late) it was SO MUCH FUN. Much better than Modernized or Mod Club in Winnipeg, all our favourite artists, and everyone dancing their hearts out.
Sunday, we ended up sleeping in a bit, as we were tuckered out from little sleep and lots of activity. Heath and I hit up Eaton Centre and I think that's the longest I've ever shopped for...we were there for like, 4 hours? I bought a beautiful bathing suit for my minneapolis trip at the end of the month, and Heath bought...bottoms. lots of them! We decided we needed to replenish our carbs and went to East Side Marios and gorged ourselves with bread, salad, artichoke dip, and pasta. It was glorious! We decided to stay in that night, and watched IT Crowd and So I Married an Axe Murderer. (whoooa-man! So Love-Ed?) Hahaha.
Monday, August 3rd: Yay for the Ferries running again! Heath and I went to Toronto Island, where we got great weather! We didn't wear our bathing suits (odd, since we had so many of them), but we sat on the beach for awhile, where H stuffed her bag with rocks and I got my crotch soaked (*shakes fist at waves*). We were going to rent paddleboats but the rental place was closed, and we didn't feel like biking so we just chilled. We walked along the waterfront when we came back downtown, and took some pics on the wavy bridge (it is steep!) Our massive walk deserved more carbs (pasta leftovers and Lays), and we watched more movies (The Wedding Singer, High Fidelity) before calling it a night.
Heather's final day here, we started the day off right: breakfast sammies from Tim's. After that, we were off to the Hockey Hall of Fame....not my idea, but Heather wanted to see it. It was enjoyable, fun to see all the coaches' pimpin' hats, haha, and everyone saw what a terrible goalie I made in the interactive section. It was really cute to see little kids get so excited upon seeing the Stanley Cup [Replica, Heath tells me] and all the other hockey memorabilia.
Afterwards, we decided to take'r easy and see Funny People. It is literally the funniest and saddest movie combined in one. Go and see it, peeps! Yay for $4 Tuesday Movies, too.
We scarfed down dinner and left for the airport and for some reason, mixed up flight times and left waaaay to late and ended up running through the airport (I took off my flipflops for speed and safety purposes), arriving at the Air Canada desk 5 minutes before expected departure time, only to find out the plane was leaving an hour later, at 10pm. Proceeded to wait in a useless line for 10 minutes before finding out we were supposed to be in a different line--thanks, Air Canada, for your lack of proper signage and unhelpful employees! An electrical storm meant her flight didn't leave until after midnight, poor thing...hope you got to catch up on sleep tonight, H, in your glorious giant non-squeaky, non-spring-y bed!
Today I actually did laundry (yay, I have clean underwear again!) and returned library books and such. I am continuing to pack but ultimately cannot pack my final, 50-pound suitcase until Friday, as I need my bedding, toiletries, clothes for 2 more nights. Still questionable on whether or not everything will fit in said suitcase, but (yay for me), Heath took one of my suitcases home, so if need be, i can bring a shopping bag full of whatever as a carry-on bag.
I am really excited to be going home. Yes, I liked living in Toronto and living alone, and being close to Meg, and going to lots of events, etc, etc, but I miss my family and friends back home. Talking on the phone is not enough: I like to be physically close to people!
Some things I learned/confirmed this summer:
-I can cook: I can make a mean cheesecake and perogies with a low breakage rate
-I miss dad's jokes. I mean, they're still funny via e-mail, but nothing if I can't reply "oh da-ad!"
-NO REGRETS. I was pretty mopey on my own for the first half of the summer because my trip didn't really turn out how I had planned. No job, not even one that paid minimum wage (besides one day a month at TM). Not a lot of friends besides the one in my house. Borrowing money from pretty much everyone I know. I kept half-wishing I had stayed in Winnipeg for the summer. I could've been working 2 jobs, spending loads of time with my honey, chillin' with my sisters, actually saving money, but I really don't regret coming here: I got to see Jet (who I NEVER thought I'd see), I got DOUBLE-CHEEK kissed by Jamie Cullum for crying out loud, met a few people, got a lot closer to my cousin, who up to this summer I didn't really know as she bonds more with my sisters than I, had a few nice visits from family and friends, and finally, I actually miss Winnipeg.
Now, it's time to end this entry and clear off my bed so I can get some sleep!
July 11th, aka 7-Eleven Day, aka Free slurpee day was awesome! Got 4 free slurpees at 3 different locations in Toronto! Slurpees really aren't a big deal here...the Centers of the Universe prefer starbucks and smoothies to sweet, icy cups of heaven. Their loss. Had someone call me "Sick" at work because--and this is SHOCKING--but the two lowest price levels sold out and thus the cheapest Argos ticket was something like, $60. You know, people, sometimes this happens on GAME DAY for a SEASON OPENER. On another note, GO BLUE!
I spend literally days reading Harry Potter books 1-7. It was my full time job for a while, and surely, if I had an employer, I'd be getting gold stars at how quickly I turned those muthas out. Finally it was time for the movie! (SPOILER ALERT) Mixed feelings about it, really. I understand they had to cut some events out and thus add other ones in to make the storyline work, but if Heath was correct in why some events were changed in #6 (like not so much of a focus on Charlie getting injured, no fight, and the burning down of the Burrow, thus to be able to cut out the wedding in #7), I'm frustrated...what was the point in making #7 into two movies if you're going to cut out such a large and exciting part of the book?
I was also shocked by the absence of any costume wearers...I wore my Hives guitar pick earrings that have a Hogwarts-like Crest, and used colour-changing nail polish, but I only saw one Griffyndor scarf!
Friday, July 17th - The Arkells at Sound Academy! It was a win-to-get-in event and it was packed! like, 2000 people or something. I brought 2 roommates and one of their friends and all of them had an awesome time, even though it was their first time seeing them: that's always a good feeling. They covered "Tears of a Clown" and I was meaning to ask them why they would choose to cover such a song (odd, because Inward Eye covered it too) but when I met them, all I remembered to say is "Come back to Winnipeg!!!" Seriously friends, this is a good-time band, fully danceable and better than Sing-Along Songs and Kidsongs (remember that show?)
Monday, July 20th - The Ticketmaster summer party: Since I missed the Winnipeg one, I thought I ought to attend the Toronto one. It was a lot of fun! They had great food, everyone was really nice, and I won a $50 gift card to the same restaurant we were at (Alice Fazoolis), whahoo! Afterwards, I walked over to the Horseshoe Tavern to see the Datsuns, a New Zealand band. They were really good, I only wish I had known the songs better. The guitarist was wearing essentially a Canadian Tuxedo, Rock Star Style (tight jeans, tight jean shirt), the other guitarist had longer hair than anyone I know, and the singer/bassist was crazy and came out into the audience and had us all on the ground (good thing I was wearing my skort!)
Tuesday, July 21st: Not so fun. I was up at 9am registering for classes...or trying to! One of my classes got cancelled so it screwed up my entire schedule, I had a lot of courses to change around, and keep in mind I had, up to this day, been sleeping in until at least noon everyday. 2 calls to the university later, I got everything settled and promptly went back to bed.
Friday, July 24th: Met Meg for dinner at Alice Fazooli's, courtesy of Ticketmaster! It was delicious and we figuratively had to undo one notch on our belts. However, that did not stop us from pigging out on snuck-in candy when we later saw 500 Days of Summer. The movie was cute, and of course, co-starred Joseph Gordon-Levitt so it really can't go wrong, but well, i had mixed feelings about it.
On Sunday, July 26th I went to see Great Bloomers at Sneaky Dees and finally bought their album (which is excellent, Rach can't wait to get home so you can rip it/love it too!). It was only an opening set but it was still excellent. I also can't wait to see them in Winnipeg on August 13th (announcement: all Winnipeggers, you should be seeing them, GREAT BLOOMERS, LO PUB, AUGUST 13TH)
The following week was pretty uneventful. The most exciting thing was going to Karaoke on Thursday and getting hit on by a drunk old man, to whom I finally said "I'm sorry, but the age difference between us is making me really uncomfortable and I think you should go over there," pointing at his seat at the bar, and he left. Sang Foo Fighers, Jet, and AC/DC which proves if I'm going to make it as a singer in this industry, it's going to be as a male singer, as I seem to dislike my own kind.
On Friday, Meg and I went shopping (yay for holiday hours) and I found my first pair of ass jeans since junior high! they are fab-u-lous! I first went into Jean Machine and asked the sales person for a pair that fit me right, for under 70 bones, and he said "can't help you". I quickly picked my jaw up off the floor and booted it to Bluenotes, where I paid a cool $40 for a yummy pair of dark boot-cuts. Seriously, how do the unemployed afford jeans?
Saturday, August 1st: Heather arrives in Toronto! Excitement ensues! I showed her a bit of Bloor West (Honest Eds, really) and then we took the Spadina Streetcar south so she could see Chinatown. We walked into Kensington Market from there, and each bought a dress that we wore later that night (see below for details). We took in Queen West from Spadina to Yonge, checked out H&M, and then bought groceries to make dinner: and what a feast we had!
That night, we dolled ourselves up and headed to Sneaky Dee's for their monthly Motown Do-Wop Dance Party. Though it was a late start (I think Torontonians are notorious for coming to bars late) it was SO MUCH FUN. Much better than Modernized or Mod Club in Winnipeg, all our favourite artists, and everyone dancing their hearts out.
Sunday, we ended up sleeping in a bit, as we were tuckered out from little sleep and lots of activity. Heath and I hit up Eaton Centre and I think that's the longest I've ever shopped for...we were there for like, 4 hours? I bought a beautiful bathing suit for my minneapolis trip at the end of the month, and Heath bought...bottoms. lots of them! We decided we needed to replenish our carbs and went to East Side Marios and gorged ourselves with bread, salad, artichoke dip, and pasta. It was glorious! We decided to stay in that night, and watched IT Crowd and So I Married an Axe Murderer. (whoooa-man! So Love-Ed?) Hahaha.
Monday, August 3rd: Yay for the Ferries running again! Heath and I went to Toronto Island, where we got great weather! We didn't wear our bathing suits (odd, since we had so many of them), but we sat on the beach for awhile, where H stuffed her bag with rocks and I got my crotch soaked (*shakes fist at waves*). We were going to rent paddleboats but the rental place was closed, and we didn't feel like biking so we just chilled. We walked along the waterfront when we came back downtown, and took some pics on the wavy bridge (it is steep!) Our massive walk deserved more carbs (pasta leftovers and Lays), and we watched more movies (The Wedding Singer, High Fidelity) before calling it a night.
Heather's final day here, we started the day off right: breakfast sammies from Tim's. After that, we were off to the Hockey Hall of Fame....not my idea, but Heather wanted to see it. It was enjoyable, fun to see all the coaches' pimpin' hats, haha, and everyone saw what a terrible goalie I made in the interactive section. It was really cute to see little kids get so excited upon seeing the Stanley Cup [Replica, Heath tells me] and all the other hockey memorabilia.
Afterwards, we decided to take'r easy and see Funny People. It is literally the funniest and saddest movie combined in one. Go and see it, peeps! Yay for $4 Tuesday Movies, too.
We scarfed down dinner and left for the airport and for some reason, mixed up flight times and left waaaay to late and ended up running through the airport (I took off my flipflops for speed and safety purposes), arriving at the Air Canada desk 5 minutes before expected departure time, only to find out the plane was leaving an hour later, at 10pm. Proceeded to wait in a useless line for 10 minutes before finding out we were supposed to be in a different line--thanks, Air Canada, for your lack of proper signage and unhelpful employees! An electrical storm meant her flight didn't leave until after midnight, poor thing...hope you got to catch up on sleep tonight, H, in your glorious giant non-squeaky, non-spring-y bed!
Today I actually did laundry (yay, I have clean underwear again!) and returned library books and such. I am continuing to pack but ultimately cannot pack my final, 50-pound suitcase until Friday, as I need my bedding, toiletries, clothes for 2 more nights. Still questionable on whether or not everything will fit in said suitcase, but (yay for me), Heath took one of my suitcases home, so if need be, i can bring a shopping bag full of whatever as a carry-on bag.
I am really excited to be going home. Yes, I liked living in Toronto and living alone, and being close to Meg, and going to lots of events, etc, etc, but I miss my family and friends back home. Talking on the phone is not enough: I like to be physically close to people!
Some things I learned/confirmed this summer:
-I can cook: I can make a mean cheesecake and perogies with a low breakage rate
-I miss dad's jokes. I mean, they're still funny via e-mail, but nothing if I can't reply "oh da-ad!"
-NO REGRETS. I was pretty mopey on my own for the first half of the summer because my trip didn't really turn out how I had planned. No job, not even one that paid minimum wage (besides one day a month at TM). Not a lot of friends besides the one in my house. Borrowing money from pretty much everyone I know. I kept half-wishing I had stayed in Winnipeg for the summer. I could've been working 2 jobs, spending loads of time with my honey, chillin' with my sisters, actually saving money, but I really don't regret coming here: I got to see Jet (who I NEVER thought I'd see), I got DOUBLE-CHEEK kissed by Jamie Cullum for crying out loud, met a few people, got a lot closer to my cousin, who up to this summer I didn't really know as she bonds more with my sisters than I, had a few nice visits from family and friends, and finally, I actually miss Winnipeg.
Now, it's time to end this entry and clear off my bed so I can get some sleep!
Friday, July 10, 2009
high voltage
Wednesday, June 24th: I got my hair cut at this place that was having a promotion, but the service was meh...the stylist had trouble cutting my hair so that it was even on both sides, so I definitely won’t be giving him any referrals. I then prepared dinner for Meg and I...roasted garlic parmesan asparagus and pasta with sirloin beef strips and a rose sauce. It was delicious and so filling!
Friday, June 26th: Meg’s birthday! So much fun! I made a white chocolate raspberry oreo cheesecake for the occasion, and despite it being my first attempt at cheesecake, the feedback was excellent. I’ve saved the recipe so I can make it again (though it’s fairly expensive, as many of the ingredients aren’t always lying around one’s pantry/fridge). I got a hot red dress for the occasion, which I will likely be wearing for my birthday too. The chosen bar was actually decent, as far as top 40 bars go; at least the bathrooms were nice, and they played Thriller and a whackload of other MJ songs (I know, this ongoing memorialisation is getting old but I do like a good MJ dance now and again).
We didn’t get nearly as much sleep as we required that night, so the next morning, we stumbled, tired and hungry, to the distillery district to meet my parents and aunt and uncle for breakfast at the Mill Street Pub. An omelette has never tasted so good! We had to drop Meg’s friend off at the bus depot, and afterwards, walked to Kensington Market to enjoy a cool drink in the shade while waiting for our rents to finish touristing. Our groups met again at a wine tasting held in Nathan Phillips Square for the Jazz Festival, before Meg and I headed out once more, to change and liven ourselves up a bit. The fams met once more at Avli, a Greek Restaurant just off Chester and Danforth. It was delicious. Tired, but not yet wanting to pack it in for the night, we decided to try finding a patio; well, it was impossible for such a nice Saturday night, and after trying Milestones, Jack Astors, and Imperial Pub, we settled for indoors at the Hard Rock Cafe.
Sunday Morning, I woke up early (what? 9am is early for someone who doesn’t have a job!) and met my parents at their hotel. From there, we went to our first Blue Jays game. We got free ballcaps when we entered, and many free Gillette samples upon exiting, and were gouged out our ears for snacks inside. Fitting, I suppose. Mum wanted to hit up Chinatown, dad and I walked slowly, bored at watching mom buy cheap knickknacks and consider buying 6 t-shirts for $10. I wanted to go to East Side Marios for dinner, as I hadn’t been yet. We were not impressed with their service, but you can’t argue with bottomless breadsticks and salad.
Monday, June 29th: The rents wanted to go to Niagara Falls, so we caught a bus around noon. We ended up getting great weather (in jeans, I was quite warm for the majority of the day). The Falls were nice to see, the rest of the town was kind of dumpy-looking. We didn’t look at a lot of the tourist attractions though, so I have something to see when H comes to visit! We didn’t eat before catching a bus back to Toronto, and as a result, our stomachs were growlin’ something terrible. Luckily, we stopped at the most awesome Chinese Restaurant on our way back to the hotel...it was seriously 5-10 minutes from ordering to getting our food, hot, fresh, and delicious. The service was excellent and I’m thinking my dad tipped big that night.
Tuesday, June 30th: I actually got my parents into H&M! Haha, my dad bought like, 7 shirts (he really can’t resist a good price), and mum bought some stuff too. We dropped off their purchases at the hotel, and off we went again. We hit Queen Street West before stopping at Jack Astors for lunch. From there, we walked to King Street and took a streetcar yet again to the distillery district. We were able to do a bit more walking around than the previous visit, and also saw two different wedding parties taking pictures. It was a pretty location for the shots. Mum bought some flowers/plants, and then we took a walk to St. Lawrence Market, which I haven’t been to since our last trip to Toronto back in...Grade 11? Yeah. Finally, I left my parents to their own devices and went home to get ready for the Jamie Cullum concert.
Opening act was kind of boring; they were good, just not at all into plainly instrumental music, especially jazz. Jamie was fab! Just as I imagined he would be (and, living up to the recorded performances I’ve seen on tv and youtube. I hung around after the show to try to meet him and it paid off. He mentioned during the show that this would be his last performance of TwentySomething because he was turning 30 in August, and he mentioned to someone around me that in fact, his birthday was on the 20th. I told him my birthday was the same day as his and he gave me 2 cheek kisses, which I handled awkwardly because of my non-british ways and plain awkwardness. Still awesome, though.
Wednesday, July 1st: Canada Day! Also, my parents’ last day in Toronto. I helped them bring their luggage to my house at checkout time, met Meg for a quick lunch together, and then we all headed off to the airport to see them off. All in all, it was a good visit. I think they both enjoyed Toronto. At last, Meg and I headed to Mississauga for their Canada Day celebration. We arrived a tad early, as we really only wanted to see Sloan, but it gave us a change to just hang, check out a bit of Mississauga, and get a good spot (nearly at the front, centre) for Sloan. They were great, but just stuck to singles. The fireworks were spectacular, I guess to make up for the nearly 20 minutes of shoddy music they played. We nearly got stranded in Mississauga for the night, too, when they didn’t send enough buses to get us back to the subway. Lots of angry people, including us. ½ hour later and we wouldn’t have made the subway!
Weekend involved...not sure? Karaokee with roommates x2, watching Grandma’s Boy with commentary with Meg on Sunday, and catching up on Weeds episodes (I’m almost up to date—it’s so good!).
Monday, July 6th: JET!!! Gah! They were fantastic! Meg came with me and we had an awesome time. To quote Meg’s facebook status, “Jet concert = four dirty Australians and one very happy girl”. Well, make that 2 happy girls. They played Timothy, which I didn’t think they ever did live, I met them all after, and the super nice Irish/Scottish roadie gave me lots of guitar picks with which to make earrings...whoot! I also made friends with a pair of sisters, who I hope to hear from soon (they took a picture of me with the drummer as my camera decided to die after only one band picture)
Since Monday, I’ve been biding my time until HP#6 comes out in theatres. I read books #1-6—just finished the last one an hour ago—and will likely take’r easy this weekend. My one knee is hurtin’ a bit so I put a pause on running, so it’ll be guitar time this weekend. I also work tomorrow (yay, money coming in!) and it’s 7-11 which should mean free small slurpees? I shall see.
And there you have it, Hoho.
Friday, June 26th: Meg’s birthday! So much fun! I made a white chocolate raspberry oreo cheesecake for the occasion, and despite it being my first attempt at cheesecake, the feedback was excellent. I’ve saved the recipe so I can make it again (though it’s fairly expensive, as many of the ingredients aren’t always lying around one’s pantry/fridge). I got a hot red dress for the occasion, which I will likely be wearing for my birthday too. The chosen bar was actually decent, as far as top 40 bars go; at least the bathrooms were nice, and they played Thriller and a whackload of other MJ songs (I know, this ongoing memorialisation is getting old but I do like a good MJ dance now and again).
We didn’t get nearly as much sleep as we required that night, so the next morning, we stumbled, tired and hungry, to the distillery district to meet my parents and aunt and uncle for breakfast at the Mill Street Pub. An omelette has never tasted so good! We had to drop Meg’s friend off at the bus depot, and afterwards, walked to Kensington Market to enjoy a cool drink in the shade while waiting for our rents to finish touristing. Our groups met again at a wine tasting held in Nathan Phillips Square for the Jazz Festival, before Meg and I headed out once more, to change and liven ourselves up a bit. The fams met once more at Avli, a Greek Restaurant just off Chester and Danforth. It was delicious. Tired, but not yet wanting to pack it in for the night, we decided to try finding a patio; well, it was impossible for such a nice Saturday night, and after trying Milestones, Jack Astors, and Imperial Pub, we settled for indoors at the Hard Rock Cafe.
Sunday Morning, I woke up early (what? 9am is early for someone who doesn’t have a job!) and met my parents at their hotel. From there, we went to our first Blue Jays game. We got free ballcaps when we entered, and many free Gillette samples upon exiting, and were gouged out our ears for snacks inside. Fitting, I suppose. Mum wanted to hit up Chinatown, dad and I walked slowly, bored at watching mom buy cheap knickknacks and consider buying 6 t-shirts for $10. I wanted to go to East Side Marios for dinner, as I hadn’t been yet. We were not impressed with their service, but you can’t argue with bottomless breadsticks and salad.
Monday, June 29th: The rents wanted to go to Niagara Falls, so we caught a bus around noon. We ended up getting great weather (in jeans, I was quite warm for the majority of the day). The Falls were nice to see, the rest of the town was kind of dumpy-looking. We didn’t look at a lot of the tourist attractions though, so I have something to see when H comes to visit! We didn’t eat before catching a bus back to Toronto, and as a result, our stomachs were growlin’ something terrible. Luckily, we stopped at the most awesome Chinese Restaurant on our way back to the hotel...it was seriously 5-10 minutes from ordering to getting our food, hot, fresh, and delicious. The service was excellent and I’m thinking my dad tipped big that night.
Tuesday, June 30th: I actually got my parents into H&M! Haha, my dad bought like, 7 shirts (he really can’t resist a good price), and mum bought some stuff too. We dropped off their purchases at the hotel, and off we went again. We hit Queen Street West before stopping at Jack Astors for lunch. From there, we walked to King Street and took a streetcar yet again to the distillery district. We were able to do a bit more walking around than the previous visit, and also saw two different wedding parties taking pictures. It was a pretty location for the shots. Mum bought some flowers/plants, and then we took a walk to St. Lawrence Market, which I haven’t been to since our last trip to Toronto back in...Grade 11? Yeah. Finally, I left my parents to their own devices and went home to get ready for the Jamie Cullum concert.
Opening act was kind of boring; they were good, just not at all into plainly instrumental music, especially jazz. Jamie was fab! Just as I imagined he would be (and, living up to the recorded performances I’ve seen on tv and youtube. I hung around after the show to try to meet him and it paid off. He mentioned during the show that this would be his last performance of TwentySomething because he was turning 30 in August, and he mentioned to someone around me that in fact, his birthday was on the 20th. I told him my birthday was the same day as his and he gave me 2 cheek kisses, which I handled awkwardly because of my non-british ways and plain awkwardness. Still awesome, though.
Wednesday, July 1st: Canada Day! Also, my parents’ last day in Toronto. I helped them bring their luggage to my house at checkout time, met Meg for a quick lunch together, and then we all headed off to the airport to see them off. All in all, it was a good visit. I think they both enjoyed Toronto. At last, Meg and I headed to Mississauga for their Canada Day celebration. We arrived a tad early, as we really only wanted to see Sloan, but it gave us a change to just hang, check out a bit of Mississauga, and get a good spot (nearly at the front, centre) for Sloan. They were great, but just stuck to singles. The fireworks were spectacular, I guess to make up for the nearly 20 minutes of shoddy music they played. We nearly got stranded in Mississauga for the night, too, when they didn’t send enough buses to get us back to the subway. Lots of angry people, including us. ½ hour later and we wouldn’t have made the subway!
Weekend involved...not sure? Karaokee with roommates x2, watching Grandma’s Boy with commentary with Meg on Sunday, and catching up on Weeds episodes (I’m almost up to date—it’s so good!).
Monday, July 6th: JET!!! Gah! They were fantastic! Meg came with me and we had an awesome time. To quote Meg’s facebook status, “Jet concert = four dirty Australians and one very happy girl”. Well, make that 2 happy girls. They played Timothy, which I didn’t think they ever did live, I met them all after, and the super nice Irish/Scottish roadie gave me lots of guitar picks with which to make earrings...whoot! I also made friends with a pair of sisters, who I hope to hear from soon (they took a picture of me with the drummer as my camera decided to die after only one band picture)
Since Monday, I’ve been biding my time until HP#6 comes out in theatres. I read books #1-6—just finished the last one an hour ago—and will likely take’r easy this weekend. My one knee is hurtin’ a bit so I put a pause on running, so it’ll be guitar time this weekend. I also work tomorrow (yay, money coming in!) and it’s 7-11 which should mean free small slurpees? I shall see.
And there you have it, Hoho.
Monday, March 26, 2007
why do I always feel like I'm in the twilight zone?!?
Yay for slacking!
Well, I'm not exactly slacking now, only sort of.
Because the next day I can hang out with the boy would be Friday, we hung out today and watched Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire. Yay for the boy liking Arry Poh-ter. And then on our way home we stopped at Tim's, who told me to play again (he was supposed to give me an Ipod Nano or a 42-inch plasma! He's a kidder...)
I started my stats assignment while waiting for Steve today at school, I got through nearly 1 out of the five questions. I finished two more tonight, and I've started two, to be completed tomorrow after I clarify some shit with my prof tomorrow. Boo for incomplete notes, despite being in every single class--and awake. And not talking on my phone loudly during class. Those disrespectful fuckers. Now, if they were in almost father-in-law's class, they would be outta there in 1/2 a second. Heh.
So I didn't slack tonight, seeing as I didn't expect to really work on my stats at all tonight--It was wishful thinking, which, with me, usually doesn't materialize, until today! This leaves me much less freaked out about tomorrow, as I was anticipating having to do the entire assignment, plus my accounting homework assignment for Thursday.
I think I'm going to hit the hay--despite the non-slacking, I still have a lot to do tomorrow evening, and I would like to see what it's like to get 8 hours of sleep on a weeknight. Strange occurance.
Well, I'm not exactly slacking now, only sort of.
Because the next day I can hang out with the boy would be Friday, we hung out today and watched Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire. Yay for the boy liking Arry Poh-ter. And then on our way home we stopped at Tim's, who told me to play again (he was supposed to give me an Ipod Nano or a 42-inch plasma! He's a kidder...)
I started my stats assignment while waiting for Steve today at school, I got through nearly 1 out of the five questions. I finished two more tonight, and I've started two, to be completed tomorrow after I clarify some shit with my prof tomorrow. Boo for incomplete notes, despite being in every single class--and awake. And not talking on my phone loudly during class. Those disrespectful fuckers. Now, if they were in almost father-in-law's class, they would be outta there in 1/2 a second. Heh.
So I didn't slack tonight, seeing as I didn't expect to really work on my stats at all tonight--It was wishful thinking, which, with me, usually doesn't materialize, until today! This leaves me much less freaked out about tomorrow, as I was anticipating having to do the entire assignment, plus my accounting homework assignment for Thursday.
I think I'm going to hit the hay--despite the non-slacking, I still have a lot to do tomorrow evening, and I would like to see what it's like to get 8 hours of sleep on a weeknight. Strange occurance.
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