hey, look here, cai lab stalker, i happen to LIKE prison break, so you can get your OWN blog and post about YOUR favourite show and leave mine alone!

heh heh...

i'm at the bus terminal in vancouver. i can't believe i'm actually getting internet right now.... crazy!

anyway... my week has been fantabulous so far, other than the shitty weather, but it's aaaalll good. i can deal with a little rain, and lots of cloud cover. haha i am anxious about getting back to seattle though. i actually really do like that place.

anyway... my bus is coming soon, so im gonna go wait outside. ta-ta

wow! i have a cai lab stalker?? that's seriously awesome. lol! whoooo aaarrreeee yoooouuu??

anywhoo, it's been a while since i've posted, exams are FINALLY over, and the partying have begun. yyyeeeaaa!! but it's been bittersweet, since a bunch of internationals are leaving in the near future, or have already left. it's been a fun 4 months. and don't worry, i'm pretty much over spanish boy. he never called, and i'm sure he's in new york now, and after that, he's goin back to spain. so... whatever. onto bigger and better things!.... or... people! yay!
i'm currently back in the borough, but i'm leaving for seattle in 3 short hours (not short enough!)
last night's christmas dinner was good times, even though there were only 5 of us. it's okay. we listed off all the people absent and came to the conclusion that were were only sad that carmen wasn't there.
but i wanted mikey to be there too. :(
we wanted to find a cafe for coffee and dessert, but WTF, all the cafes in dt were closed. what a stupid system. so lish went home, and the 4 of us (me, kamla, nique and kevin) went to ballroom (a bar in scarbro). met up with damien, elliott, and aarne (whom i haven't seen since nique had a party last time). it was fun!

anywhoo... i should start packing now. i'll try to post again soon, but....we'll see. i might be too preoccupied with prison break. what a sexy show! rawr

ta-ta!

this weekend was pretty cool. mainly hung out with familiy. sat. night, met up with paul and went to andy ahmed's bday party. it was okaaayyyy.... so weird hanging out with younger people. only people i knew there was andy, paul, chis and nigel (!!). haven't seen nigel in soooo long. we had a deep convo. it was pretty intense. im gonna be his friend/therapist. haha kidding. not therapist. just a good friend. i told paul about javier (i still don't even know if that is the spelling or if it's even his name) but anyway... we also set a date for him to fuckin FINALLY come to loo to visit me. and he said i have to introduce him to javier and see if he's an ass or not. lol i told him that he's super nice. paul's like, ye we'll see. lol. anyway... so yes... um...... i dunno what else to say.
javier is leaving on december 25. fuck. well, i suppose that is good, cuz then i can force myself to get over him. :( fuck i hope he calls me soon. i gave him my number last thursday at caesar's.

anyway.... this is a lame entry. i fel like shit. so im gonna go home and sleep.

i only posted 4 days ago?
wow, felt like a long time. finally it's thursday, and i only went to one of my classes today. stupid psych.

lately, i've taken to good ol' journal pen-to-paper writing. it's good times.

katrina has brought me back to "real life"... back to my old depressed thoughts time. my happy utopian thoughts left for a bit. it really sucks. i was so happy before this week. like... unnaturally happy. i need a boost of motivation. damn katrina, that bitch. i despise her much.

anyway... i'm working in the MOFO in 25 minutes, so im gonna go grab some food now. ta-ta.

this weekend was pretty fun. olivier cmae down. went to kbbq and the bluffs on friday night with him, nico and mikey. it was so dark though.... i wanna go again during the day sometime.
wnet shopping dt with nico olivier and fanny yesterday, good times. ....
kinda...
haha...
ditched them at 4:30, met up with airick, and got my belly button re-pierced! finally! went to this place called lower east side's. it was pretty good. the piercer was very thorough. he talked so much, and so fast. i couldn't even ask my questions! bah. and he tricked me! it was kinda funny though. it was over so frickin fast. and no bleeding! yo... last time i got it done, it bled so much. so yea... this guy is totally legit. and tihs time i got pierced with a ring instead of barbell. at first i was like....ring, huh...?? but now i like it more than the barbell. it's different. and quaint! tee hee
it still is sore now (it's only been a day anyhow).
last night... went by karen's place to give her her present. i think she liked it! it was awesome catching up with her. missed her so much. i wish we could hang out more. :)

anyway.... goin back to loo in a couple hours. bah. stupid school.

btw... HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL!!!!

ok i'm done!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BETHANY!!!
last night was fun. party at beth's... sex cranium... birthday wedding cake... it was fun hanging out with music people again. well... not as great as STRING parties...lol! kidding...
josh came by too! it was great seeing him again (met him at the spur last week) starlight was good times! better than last time i went with internationals. two of his friends came by, and they were super nice too. they're musicians, and i think one of them is hooking me up with thier band. exciting!!! i looooove modal music. but then they left after a bit, and josh went with them. so then i left soon after... bumped into nelson (again!) right outside starlight and went by his place to chill for a bit. things got awkward, and i got him to drive me home. yeahhh..... not cool.

anyway...all in all, it was a fun night.

now i just have to find a way to pull 7 pages of essay outta my ass.

no internet at home... sucks.
school has been going. starting to get motivation again. yiay, i suppose.
going to see skinnyphat tonight at the duke, can't wait! but i hope i don't see heidi there, bah!
yiay for life lists
where should i go on vacation this christmas?
where should i live and what should i do in january?
decisions decisions!
anyway.... that's about it.

heheh thanks BilyBilly :)

the past two days have actually been better.. went to the Duke last night with Klaus to listen to Chalkline. I miss JohnnyB. he got my number so we could hang out :) then we went over to the Rude (even tho i'm banned, but whatever!) and hung out with Shaughn and the closing bartender girl. it was good talking to him, and not txting. lol i asked him what happened last time with him and Nate, and he told me he was just messing around on Nate's phone. and the message i got when he told me to stop calling him (that one got me PISSSED OFF) was actually his wife! :O!! i knowww.... apparently, she stole his phone while he was sleeping and i guess she saw the messages and txted me. *tug at collar*
haha now Shaughn knows to delete the messages...haha.. oh well.

then he drove me and Klaus home. it was a fun night, it's been a while since i went out and actually had fun.

i'm supposed to be studying right now, but.... meh... i'm in the CAI lab.... just listening to music. and waiting for Fanny (my roommate) to finish work so we can walk home together.

anyway...nothing much else to post. ta-ta

What I did Yesterday:
-woke up, and showered
-met up with horn girls
-went to Cynthia's funeral
-cried
-back home, watched a movie on the couch
-thought about life and friends
-cried some more
-thought some more
-Rude Native to pick up my cheque
-went to wilf's with Johanna and a bunch of internationals
-listened to Craiggers
-went home, cried, eventually fell asleep

What I did Today:
-woke up, and showered
-went to my one class
-home, and got ready to take grad pics
-went to take grad pics
-MSNed in the concourse
-home, read the newspaper, and cried
-thought about life and friends
-cried
-moped around
-cried some more
-painted
-thought about life, friends, family, people from my past
-and now i'm back in the concourse.

**

i fuckin did nothing productive the last two days. and i keep forgetting appointments and things i need to do. god fucking dammit. i have 5 weeks of school left, i can't believe i'm slacking so much. i should be working, but i seriously can't concentrate, or do anything.

oh, by the way.... i got banned from the fucking Rude Native. what. the. fuck.

2 yrs today that Aaron passed away. still thinking of him.

who the hell still reads this thing anyway?
well... whoever you are..... much love.
anyway.... i don't have anything else to say.

halloween was kinda shit, other than the fact that i got to dress up. me and aurora just went to diff. places incl. dan haid's place. crazy. yay music parties, but not really becuz i barely hang out with any of them any more. stopped by the Rude. saw nate shaughn rachel rory (!) cam and coryyy(!!) well i guess shaughn and nate and i are okay now. i don't know? whatever, i don't really care.

went to starlight for a bit...12$ cover! wtf. well, aurora paid for me, so that's ok.. went back to dan's place and there was a styrofoam fight. bah. anyway.... aurora got uber drunk and it was not fun getting home because she kept going on about nick storring. ugh. anyway... that's about it. i want candy.

geog. lab today was actually not so bad. i learneded. :) i can now watch the weather channel and understand what they're talking about!

oh... on sat. when kat and aurora got home from the choir concert, kat told me that cynthia...died.?
wtf?
i'm pretty sure it's the cynthia i know. johnson? french horn? boyfriend who works at long and mcquade?
fuck.
can't believe it.
why do friends die around this time of year?

2 more days til 2 yrs since Aaron died. damn... it's been two yrs already.... feels like last month. *sniff*

i wanna go to Cynth's funeral. shit... i need to get in touch w/ Brandon (her bf).... and maybe delete her off my MSN list? hm... and also, i guess i can't return her book to her anymore. shiat.

makes me think of how quickly and easily people, esp. friends can go. honestly... i remember it wasn't too long ago i saw her online. and maybe a month ago last time i talked to her about school in Nipissing. anyone of us could be next. goddammit, thinking. i am sad. comfort me?

alright, i'm outtie.

***

edit: ok so it is the Cynthia i know. just went to L&M to see if brandon was working. he wasn't. i just left a message with someone who worked there. called Beth to see if she was gonna go tomorrow, but she's not home, so i left a message as well. so we'll see. hard not to cry on the bus, because reality sunk in.

-no love for shaughn and nate for what happened last week with the txt messages

-yay i'm passing cognitive psych!

-boo i'm failing learning psych

-back in scarbro til... uh, tomorrow .... halloween parties!!! i wanna go club-hopping... gotta see if aurora is up for that

-got a new red corset top at le chateau! will work for my costume (fairy!) and will also look nice for Christmas!

-me + my brother = not friends

-more later!

went in to the Rude last night...wanted to talk to Heidi about my money, but she was so busy fucken flirting with every male specimen in the damn restaurant. fucken dyke. lol... she knew i was standing there waiting for her to fucken stop talking. ugh. i'm gonna have to try and find Brad's (the owner) email and tell him about it directly.
the good thing i was there though.... i saw my favourite kitchen boys last night! Shaughn, Nate, and Seabass (still gorgeous)!! *heart* Nate cut his hair! fiiiiinallyyyy... lol... it looks good! oh, i miss my rude boys... hehehe

starlight last night with a bunch of internationals... it was fun! but i don't think a lot of them liked it. ah well! some random guy started talking to me, so i started talking to him. hahaha i haven't done the hot random thing in a while... it was cool. and he was actually pretty hot! lol i know! he invited me to this party in some hicksville next week... haha... so i gave him my number and maybe he'll call. :P

anywhoo.... wind ensemble concert today. i almost forgot! and i have to HM it too! haha imagine if i forgot....lol....that would be terrible! hm.. i wonder who will be ushering it. i'm really gonna have to take charge today. no stepping all over mandy. muahaha

alright... im outtie.

why is it that everytime you try to forget something bad that happened in your life, someone always manages to bring it up again? it's like they're doing it on purpose or something. shit. so my cousin called me last night, while i was in the concourse talking to johanna and florence, and started asking me about stuff with my brother and my mom. yes... another person to convince how much of a bitch i am, but i don't care.
or maybe i do, but i'm suppressing it?
i don't know.
point is... i deal with my problems. i don't go prancing around getting other everyone involved and let them solve my problems while i sit here and sulk.

this past weekend in TO was pretty fun friday, hung out with mikey in the afternoon, tried getting pierced, but that didn't happen cuz apparently, im anatomically challenged. :( i'll do it eventually...muahahaha... and then mikey and i went to see micky. i haven't seen that guy in almost 3 yrs! holy crap. it was good seeing him. after we left, mikey went home cuz he had to work at a concert, and i went to meet nicolas. we went to his apartment, looked at pictures from montreal and video clips. haha his roommate is pretty antisocial. i tried making conversation with her, but she was just kinda ignoring me, or giving me one-word answers. ah well... nico and i just chilled in his room. after all the pics were sorted/exchanged, we went to eat. it was pretty cool... we were gonna go to hard rock cafe, but the wait was sooo long. so we just went to get pizza. haha... good convos about life and childhood and significant others. :)

saturday... went to ikea with my mom, then dt and hung out with joey. it was cool seeing him again. just walked around eaton center, went to a couple of comic book stores, and then to the sound post. called up nico, and joey called up his friend josh. we all chilled together. joey probably thinks me and nico are craaaazy! lol...we kept laughing. but josh is suuuuuch a nerd. lol! more than joey, i think. hahaa... but that's cool. we just hung out at wendy's and talked.... then went home.

orchestra concert was awesome! congrats to ANDREA!!!! YYAAAYYYY!!! that girl is friggin amazing. anywhoo.... im tired again. all the damn time. and my brother is fuuuuuct. seriously.

anywho.... off to bed i go.

ok i wrote this long post last night then my comp fucked up.... so i'll try again.

so i went to montreal with fanny, some other international students, and nicolas last weekend. it was pretty fun! well... sometimes it was stressful. mainly for me, since i was with a friggin huge-ass group of frenchies, and all they were doing was speaking french. it sucked. saturday, did a lot of sightseeing, met a lot of fanny's friends. sunday was fun, went to olympic stadium, drove around, visited ecole polytechnique, since olivier goes there. it was fun. that night we went to st. hunbert's for thanksgiving dinner, but we had chicken. hahah... damn frenchies don't celebrate thanksgiving. lol. anyway... after dinner was when the bad stuff happened. first our car got towed away in the parking lot. we had to fork out 100$ and sit in a weirdo's car to get it back. sooooo sketchy. then i drove olivier home, with bad FRENCH instruction. fuck.. so pissed off. then when i dropped him off, they were all just chatting for a while, and i started crying cuz i was sooooo stressed and upset. anyway... whatever.... then nico drove, and when he got to our hostel, he tried parallel parking, but he wasn't used to driving automatic, and the street was crazy steep, and he crashed into the car in front of us, and that car crashed into the car in front of that! crazy! but it was late at night and no one saw, so we just left. needless to say... i parked. ha.

the only good hing to come out of it was that that night we had a looong talk in our room, in ENGLISH, so that was good. it's kinda sad to think that it took a towed car and a crash to get them to converse in english. *sigh*...anyway...

the next day, olivier bussed all the way to see us off. it was so awkward between us. ugh... i hate when that happens. he's such a great great guy... i felt so bad about it. but at the same time... not really. but yea... i'm gonna invite him to come to toronto maybe. so we can hang out. :)

driving back was cool. stopped by ottawa. the weather was PERFECT. we just chilled, walked around, ate lunch on parliament hill. sooo beautiful. i think it was the best day of the weekend for me :)

anyway... the last couple of days have been pretty shitty... tired all the time and such. bah. well, going back to TO in 20 minutes. yay i get to hang out with people who matter!! *heart*

alright...i'm outtie...

i miss shaughn. seriously... he's such a great friend. he's like my big brother. *heart*

today was a better day. got to talk to alan, and he taught me some things. skipped human geog. cuz well... i just didn't feel like going. cognitive wasn't too bad... and learning suuuucked... as usual. but i doodled today, and i got a new idea for my next painting! i love how ideas just pop out of nowhere sometimes.

and now i'm talking to joey... i'm trying to make him feel better, cuz he had a bad day. i really wanna cheer him up, cuz he cheered me up when i was sad. awwwww how cute. lol.

anywhoo.... don't have much else to post about. going to montreal tomorrow, so that should be fun. alright.... ta-ta

went in to the Rude yesterday. finally got to see shaughn! oh i miss that guy heheh. it was nice to chat. and tim louis! aww... i miss Rude people...
well.... some... haha.... but yea... it was nice yesterday. shaughn drove me hmoe after.
anyway.... montreal thing isn't working out perfect... TD better have my credit card! oh man.... anyway.... post more later.... i have class.

edit: KATRINA IS FUCKIN CRAZY!!!!

TD is craaaaaaappy!!!
omg... it's been 3 weeks and i still haven't gotten my credit card. they lost it again. dammit.
anyway... cognition midterm tomorrow... i dunno if i am ready yet. haha maybe i should stop blogging and study. hmm............nah. lol. well i will in a bit.

anyway... um.... nothing else to blog. today is a better day.

rammstein is sexy.

wow, what a weekend. on the whole, it was waaaaaaayyyy too long. good god. fanny and johanna came with me. fri. night, got home at 8ish.. went to steph's house, met allen. joan and esther also there. wow, they changed so much. materialistic girls. bah. me fanny and johanna drove to pmall for dinner, but it was closed... so went to all sorts of diff. places... finally just ate at a food court. then went to urban lounge to meet up with steph. fuck....sooooo many cbc's. not used to it. so we left pretty early. sat. went dt. eaton center pretty much all day. met up with florence and joelle. that night, went home for dinner, then picked up paul and then to mark's house to pick up mike. we actually stayed at mark's for a bit, chatting. he was having some sort of party, so there were lots of people there. well... that whole group of kids they all hang out with. it was actually really weird.... well mainly because i don't know half of them, and the ones i do know, i'm not really friends with. ok..and well... matty was there. i actually talked to him a bit, caught up a bit. sooo awkward tho.

then we left to guv. got lost on the gardiner. but made it anyway. nicolas, fanny's friend was all decked out hahah.. it was cool... he's very nice. so yea... and then while we were waiting in line, johanna and i kinda got into an arguement. fuck... so pissed off about it. but whateves. but anyway.... we kinda made up a tiny bit before we went in, becuase i didn't want us to ignore each other and stuff. so yeah.... omg... guvernment was fuckin awesome. sooooooooo much better than shitty waterloo clubs. even way better than velvet, actually. im really starting to get into techno and electronic music. scary, huh? but whatever... i had a great time! got home at 4am.

tihs morning, i went to the pacing buddies gathering at HSC. met andrea and joey, the two other "graduates" that were speaking in front of all the people. joey and i pretty much hung out the entire time. he's soooo nice. AND he's had the same operations as me! whoooooo :P so yeah.. i told him to come visit me in loo, and he told me to visit him in sauga. then he told me he probably won't come to loo, but then he told me to come to sauga anyway, so can hang out at square one. lol...but i actually might do that. i can talk to him about stuff i don't usually talk about to my other friends and actually have them understand. so it's all good.

anyway..... i am really glad to be back in loo, but there's still some tension between johanna and i, which sucks. i seriously feel like crap. but it'll pass, hopefully. i'm talking to mikey on msn as im writing tihs, he's making me feel better. :) *heart* i love my friends.

alright.... battery running low... i'm outtie.

wnet in to the rude tonight (well, technically last night) so see if heidi had my cheque and to buy stuff off ryan and to talk to shaughn. but alas, none of them were there. but guess who was closing again?
haha yea sebastian. he closed last thursday when i went in too, but i didn't talk to him last time. tonight, i actually had a conversation with him in the kitchen and outside in the back. well, pootz was there for the first part, but then this new girl, ashley, came out and complained about not getting her food, so pootz went back in. and well.... katrina was there too, since i used her car. but i guess it was good, cuz it made things less awkward. dammit, i haven't actually had a full conversation with sabby in sooooo long. like before i asked him out. and now, i can't stop thinking about him. goddammit. but in any case, i'm glad things are not as awkward as they COULD be. so it's a good thing. i wish i could get over him more, but i can't.

anyway... going back to TO tomorrow with fanny and johanna! i'm actually really excited! but i didn't get to finish all my work. argh. i will probably have to get up early to do some stuff before we go. argh.... boo-fucking-urns. anyway..... alright.... i'm outtie.

i got a postcard from Geoff today!!! it has hot German boys on it, hahaha!

argh... school sucks so much. the only classes i actually enjoy going to are my geography labs. some of them are tough, but i love working with actual people, rather than just sitting in a lecture. got to meet people too! and i got to draw maps!

uh...anywhoo... i got a poster of hot girls frenching at the poster sale last week. hahaha it's hawt. :P oh! annnnnd i booked a day to get my grad photos taken! ohmygad i'm graduatingggggg!!!!! how exciting!

bah... anyways i'm getting distracted so im just gonna go. ta

argh.... i was so disorganized today. it was really frustrating...
went to the rude to yell at heidi, but alas, she wasn't working. bitch, i want my money!!!!! shaughn also wasn't working... and i wanted to talk with him!
and then fanny and i went to caesar martini's with all the international students. it was good times. ugh... i don't like that the hot german dude is always hanging around that little asian chick mentor. she annoys me.... a lot. girgou was sooooo drunk. it was pretty funny. we had this convo about relationships and how im kinda shy about talking to pretty boys. hahaha...
anyway, i think fanny and i bonded tonight! it was good times, shes such an awesome person :). johanna came sooo late, cuz she had to attend this bday party. fanny and i wanted to go home sooo bad, but johanna insisted that we wait for her, so we did, because we're so nice (ha ha)... but when she got there she didn't want to leave (of course) and then she saw that we looked so bored, and so she was like "if you don't want to be here, you can go home, i'm gonna stay"... that commente, even though i know she didn't mean anything bad by it, really bothered me. i mean.... we fuckin waited for her for an hour, she doesn't even say thanks, and then she brushes us off after she sees other people she knows?! that's not really fair... so fanny and i just went home, and made dinner (yes, at 2am) and watched the sweetest thing. heheh good movie! i had to explain so many slang terms to her... it was funny though, cuz she kept asking me if people actually say it, and i kept answering yes. (fanny: "don't be a dick....? what's a dick? do people actually say that? can i say it?" me:"a dick means a person who is afraid or nervous.... it also means the male genital part. i don't think it's a good idea to say it to everyone.... hahaha")

anyway... then johanna came home at 3... and joined our movie. i don't know if she sensed that i was a liiiiittle distant with her, but nevertheless. oh, and she borrowed my shirt this evening, which i graciously lent her, but while were all in my room, i reminded her to give it back, and she said something like "i can't have it?" or something.. hm.... WTF?!?!??!
anyway... she still has it right now, so i will get it back from her in the morning.

alright.... time for sleep.

wow..... i haven't written here in sooooooooooooo long!
i hope people still read this. i don't know who would though.

anyway, my summer's end has been bittersweet. lots of fun reunions and parties, esp mine, eric's and sarah's birthdays at velvet. good times! on my actual birthday, nate, natalie, and i went to fubar with some of nate's friends. i saw so many ppl i know there! WARREN!!! *heart!* so....yea... other updates, i quit the rude native, mainly because i seriously can't stand the management anymore. it sucks because i really really miss some people there, namely shaughn, nate, ryan, and all the old crew. i also built character by asking a boy out. it was fuckin damn hard.... but i did it. i got rejected. pah. oh well... i'm glad i sucked it up and did it though, because now i will never have to wonder if it could ever happen. yay for life experiences! oh.... if y'all don't know who it was, it was sebastian. yeayea.... anyway... a million thanks goes to my dear shaughn for helping me out so much and being such an awesome friend. *heart!*

oh, and i quit drinking after my birthday. i'm gonna test my will and see how long i can go with it. it's been good so far. i only had one downfall, but it was only because mel came back to wloo to visit, and we went to ren. and she talked me into doing a shot with her.

crazy bad times with raj, the horrible subletter roommate. but he's gone now, and currently i have 3 new roommates, two of which are international students, and katrina, a mus. student. johanna, fanny and i get along great. best roommates i've ever had, but katrina.... she's a strange one. really. none of us like her. last weekend, first weekend since school started, we hung out 3 nights in a row.... thursday at the flying dog (i saw bethany!!!), fri at rev, and sat at alaxy cinema. yay international students!!!!! seriously, all the people i've been hanging out with are international students. it's great, i've been meeting tons of people. hot international boys!!!!! :D well, the guys i see most often aren't really that hot, but they're super nice. a bunch of germans, and chin! hahaha the crazy chinese dutch boy. lol... it's awesome though, when i first met him, i thought he was gonna say he's from china or something.... but i never expected netherlands to be the answer. but it's awesome, he speaks dutch!!!

i'm trying to learn german now, because of my roommate johanna. she taught me so many words already, it's great! wierluch!! hahahahahaha!!! (inside joke) german culture and germany is sooo interesting. ahhhhhhh.... i'm gonna go there someday. hehehe so yea, we all went to see a movie sat. night, and the girls and chin went to see the last kiss, and it made me so sad..... i actually thought of matty. omg, i know. crazy. someone slap me. but the rest of the night, chin was bugging me about which part i cried in and why. i told him to leave me alone. haha but then we all wnet to morty's afterward, and him, johanna and i got into a conversation about relationships, and then i did tell them the reason.

school-wise.... it's going okay. i have labs!! it's actually not too bad, i get to draw maps! hahaha! lots of reading though... reading all the time. and i only have one female teacher. pah. but she's cool. i didn't get into orchestra. surprise surprise. ugh.... i'm not impressed with the violin section and penderecki this year. 15 new violins?? not cool. i worked sooooo hard to prepare for my audit. too. fuckin penderecki. anyway....

i am really tired, so maybe i'll just post again tomorrow. i only have one one-hour class tomorrow. night night!

so today was a pretty good day, considering yesterday was so shitty. i worked a split today, so it gave me hours. (7.42 to be exact) lunch was quite good, and after that i studied a bit outside and watched the rain. then sebastian arrived (and was sooo hot) and hung outside with me and told me about his trip to the big rave thing and florida. we also talked about dancing in the rain, and rainbows, and other...raves. heh. dinner was also good. steady and stuff... our party of 27 went super, and i loved how sabby actually told off shaughn for slacking off talking to alison. heh heh... i got cut around 10, then actually left, cuz the band sucked. while i was walking home, my brother called, to tell me that audrey arrived! i was gonna call when i got home anyways, but no matter. i heard baby anya in the background, got to chat with audrey, and i even talked to cassia!! for the first time! *heart!* oh mian, she is sooooo cute. it totally made my night. when i got to my house, my house neighbour was taking a walk outside, so i went to talk to her. her baby is coming soon, so i gave her my number and told her that anytime she needed help, she should call me. sidenote: i also want to play with the baby. haha!

so last night was definately not as good as everyone thought. well, first of all, i didn't even feel like going out after work, i felt like crap. but i sucked it up, got hmoe showered, and dressed up. i actually felt a loooot better after that. chilled for a bit on the patio before bussing there. all was good until patrick got reeeeeaaaalllllly really drunk. everyone had to take care of him, and he was also being really forceful and all. meh... long story. anyway... it made me pretty pissed off. dear keith talked to him, and he layed off the rest of the night. i felt so bad, but whatever. so yeah.... we left at 2ish, walked up king st., pat puked a bit, etc etc... eventually, taylor, keith and i just left the rest of them and cabbed home.

anywhoo... i missed david gallagher last night too. it really sucked, i was looking forward to seeing him play at the rude for over a month. oh weeeelll... i might get to see kyle tonight.... if moebius isn't coming. i'm pretty sure moebius aren't coming. in any case, i want to go to work, just so i'm around people... bleughh...

alright... i don't have anything else to say, so bye.

this past weekend in toronto was better than i thought. well, it was probably due to the fact that i went back to wloo the next day, but that's besides the point. toronto street fest wasn't thaaat great. but i got to go shopping! yay for new clothes that are actually new! also took my grandmother, whom i haven't seen in 5 years and my aunt to lunch. yay for yum cha!

last night after work, i actually had a moment with sabby. *gasp!* i know. i asked what he was doing that night and he said nothing, so i invited him to play monopoly with me and pat and mel, but he didn't want to. he said he didn't like board games. pfft. then we went outside so he could have a smoke.
alright we hung out all of 5 minutes, but it was better than nothing! and he didn't say anything offensive either. *heart*

monopoly night was le fun. we turned it into a drinking game. hahha good times! both mel and pat got sooo drunk, and sean and keith didn't drink because of work, and a lesson this morning. what was funny too were the casual conversations about how pat and i are going to start dating once mel moves to hamilton. haha yeah, we'll see. *tug at collar*

anywhoo... i'm gonna go. i'm gonna drop by long and mcquade's and check out some electric violins before heading to work. then skinny phat and chalkline tonight!! whooooo!!


edit: oh. my. god. the electric violin is orgasmic! i got to test play it for a bit, and i honestly did not want to leave for work. i was having a blast! the one i think i'm gonna get has this reverb effect installed into the violin, and i used that with the delay effect, and it was soooo wicked awesome. oh mian... i think i'm going to have to buy one.... soon.

skinny phat is HAWT.

- since i told shaughn about the thing, he's been teasing me about it. it's actually pretty annoying. pootz is a way better person to tell stuff to. yay. but i don't think i'm going to do it anymore. i hate second thoughts.

- research methods has officially started. i just got my textbook and software today, and flipping through the textbook, i'm already dreading it. ugh.

- canada day sucked for me this year. i worked, then hung out with shaughn, nate, beckford and sabby. all we did was sit on the patio and drink. i was disappointed.

- dying dreams are scary.

last night was great, for so many reasons.

i finally told shaughn about the thing, and he gave me okay advice. we had a long talk about it, while he supervised pootz closing the kitchen. so i pretty much stayed til they were completely finished, which was about 2 and a half hours. i told pootz too, because he is actually one of the other people at the rude i actually trust. they both agreed that i should do it, and shaughn and i actually compared schedules and worked it out. and then yeah, the three of us had some good convos in the kitchen. mostly about work people and such. it was fun. after they closed, shaughn walked me home (it was 2:30am and i didn't want to walk by myself), and we had a seriously deep conversation. it was so intense. we talked about the other night, and he apologized to me. when we got to my house, we just chilled on the porch, and kept conversing, about everything. our childhoods, family, relationships, take on life (such as homeless people), and about that other thing. it was awesome.. we were on the porch til 4am. but it gave me plenty to think about. he did not do anything this time.

anyway, yeah, it was a really great night, i'm so glad we did that talk. everything was out in the open and i got to know him way better. makes mandy happy :)

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the pride parade today was good times. kamla and i had lots of trouble meeting up with mel and jay and the rest of them, but eventually, we did it. the parade itself was a lot better than last year's, but there's definately not as many people as last year. oh well. two of mel's friends left halfway through, and then dave and his friend had to leave afterwards, so me, kam, mel, jay, and a bunch of jay's friends went to spring rolls for dinner. it was super fun. i haven't hung out with a goup of chinese people in sooooo long. it was actualy kind of weird. they weren't fob or anything, but they were joking around and speaking chinese, and i actually understood it. wow, huh.
after dinner, kamla and i went to the young/dundas square, and i bought this really wicked awesome dress. it's hard to put it on though.... so... i need to practise.

speaking of practising, i haven't really practised in two weeks, except once for half an hour. i'm definately not looking forward to tomorrow's lesson.

anyway.... off to bed i go.

last night, work kinda sucked, because i was so tired at the end, and sad because shaughn reminded me of the thing i was gonna tell him, and i couldn't tell him yet, because other people were around, and then mike (from skinnyphat) sang the sweetest song and it made me think of someone from long ago and that made me sad. and then i got home, and my house smelt like smoke, because obviously my roommate was smoking in his room again, and i called my landlord, and he didnt answer his phone, so i left a message. but then mel left me a text msg on my phone, and then keith called me from her phone, and i went over to their place, and we hung out for a long time, and it made me happy again.

the end.

my weekend was pretty bad, except for hanging out with kevin.
after 5 days, it was back to the Rude last night... it really wasn't as bad as i had anticipated. first of all, jen wasn't working at all, so that certainly made my night a lot easier (although she did come in just to chill). another thing was that this was the first time in almost a year that heidi did not show up on a wednesday night!! oh. my. god. i know. apparently, john and heidi had a fight or something of the sort, but either way, it was GREAT! a couple of us were talking in the kitchen and max was like "i'd pay john to keep this up." hahaha! so would i. anyway... after work i went over to the duke and met up with mel and pat. well, i invited shaughn and alison too, but after waiting for him to finish up, him and alison kept fucking talking... omg... i wanted to slap them. after 10 minutes of just standing there holding the door, i was fed up and just went over myself. they came eventually, and alison informed me that they helped max put up all the chairs. heh heh...too bad. so a shitload of staff were hanging out at the duke, and it really was a lot of fun! rory's friend, chad, was trying to hit on me sooo bad. he was sitting with mel and pat and i, and when chad started touching my back and my arm, mel almost had to stop him from getting up and punching him. yay i have good friends who will save me from old men! haha... anyway, chad kept insisting that he wanted to hang out with me and i should go with him to cameron's house to drink, and i was like, "um.... ask my friends, i'm gonna go whereever they go" and i turned to mel, and whispered "say no!". so he did ask her, and of course she said no. haha, it was kinda funny. anyway... i was a bit disappointed that alison was stuck on shaughn so fucking much. i was hoping i could talk to him about this thing i was thinking about doing, and i needed his opinion. but i told him that i would tell him another day. so mel and pat and i left the duke, and walked to 7-11 to pick up snacks, and headed to her place to hang out for a bit. it was good times... and pat eventually walked me home, since mel had to work this morning, and neither of us did.

and i didn't get the kids' art camp job. boo hoo.
honestly..... i'm not that upset over it. it would've been fun and everything, but i wouldn't want to work at 8:30am-4:30... then work at the Rude.

oh, one more thing before i leave: i was watching Ellen this morning, and one of the guests was this guy named Matt, and he travelled around the world, dancing. it's actually really really funny. there's like clips of him dancing in every country (except canada) and y'all can check it out at www.wherethehellismatt.com

have fun!

so my mother's birthday yesterday was pretty shitty, sice i was in a shitty mood all day, and she got pissed off at me for getting pissed off at this stranger walking in the parking lot. then she complained about how horrible a daughter i was and our family sucks and how unhappy she was. and my brother was being a reaaaal asshole. i was reminded of why i stay home for no more than two days. anyway... when we got home, her and my dad left for the office, and i called up kevin and we hung out at white haven park. it was good times, and definately good convos. then a certain someone kept calling his phone, which got pretty annoying after the 3rd one. and i got 4 lovely mosquito bites right on the ass. wonderful.

and now my arm hurts because my driving teacher's car fucking sucks.

work sucks, family sucks, i hate people, and i'm sure people hate me.


thanks, G, for a fun night

watched The Man Who Cried yesterday.... it wasn't as good as i expected it to be, but it was alright. made me sad at the end.

last MT session yesterday was great, i got to videotape the first session, that was fun. i didn't play anything in the second session. meh. hopefully my schedule will work out in the fall do that i can start up again. MT sessions are fun!

anywhoo... i guess im not going to the PSQ concert at perimeter institute on saturday, since no one will be able to cover my shift, but it's okay. i haven't been to one q-fest concert yet, and i probably won't this year.

damien's bday party on canada day? fuck yes, if i can take the day off work! raggas are fun when you are willing.

anyway... i'm outtie. til next time i find an signal on my laptop.

last night, shaughn walked me and gloria home after work.
not cool.

patio was fun.

alex got fired.

ok i wrote this post last night, and when i finished, i could not find a signal on my laptop, so i'm posting tihs now.

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ok.

1. happy satan day! (well, i just missed it by 3 minutes) i really want to see The Omen.... maybe thursday, i'll go.

2. i had another dying dream last night. it was scary. i was with a bunch of people, and we were part of a war or some kind of battle. but i knew it in the dream as war. and people died, i'll spare everyone the details. the gunshots sounded very real. i fucken hate dying dreams.

3. ok, after weeks of pretty much no conversation, alex started talking to me, finally. well, it started with him talking to shaughn nad i was just putting cutlery away, so i joined their conversation. so we actually talked. then i was sitting with tara, and he came over and talked to us. but he didn't completely talk directly to me, but yeah... then tara was like, i'm kinda drunk, i gotta stop drinking so i can drive home (and then we had tihs conversation about drunk driving and getting caught). so i just said that i could drive her home then take a cab, and tara was like, aw you're so sweet, then alex was like, "yeah, you are really sweet." and i know he meant it, because alex wouldn't say something and not mean it. it's a good attribute, but also bad because he would say a lot of really really not-so-nice things, and you'll know he meant that too. (that's pretty much the one thing i really hate about him) then he kissed me arm and was all friendly and stuff. so at that point i was thinking "umm... okay...? don't talk to me for a month, then all of a sudden be all chummy?" and when i had to leave to catch the bus he gave me a big hug and kissed my neck.

so the question is..... what the fuck?

i was doing so well getting over him... and it was actually working! now i'm confuzzled. help. :(

anyway... i came home from work (10 minutes ago) and the second i walked in the door, i smelt smoke. FUUUUUUUUUCK!! i'm calling my landlord tomorrow and telling him. and this time i'm going to do it for real.

How Heidi is a Crazy Bitch for Those Who Don't Know

situation #1
i worked a split today and i just finished my lunch shift, and have 2 hours to kill before my next shift, so i sat outside with an issue of Echo chillin outside waiting for my food to come up. Heidi comes bustling outside (she always walks like she's in a rush... it's pretty ridiculous) and stops in her tracks and asks if i had checked the bathroom before i finished, i said no, only becuase i checked it at least 8 times before, and i know it's fine. it's not my fuckin fault our bathroom fuckin sucks. then she asks me if i check the urn outside at anytime during my shift, and again, i said no. why the hell would i? i don't fuckin smoke, and i absolutely hate touching clean cigarettes, let alone butts. god...what a fucking bitch.

situation #2
this is actually 30 minutes after situation #1 happened. dave pootz arrived for his shift 2 hours early, also waiting to get his paycheque. so we're just sitting there chillin, and i'm eating still. then Sebastian arrives, orders a beer, and sits down with us, also waiting for the paycheques to arrive. the two of them each light up a cigarette and whatnot and we're all just sitting there chatting. out of nowhere, Heidi runs up to Sabby, throws an ashtray on the table, points a finger in his face and pretty much yells "If i EVER see you throwing that shit on the patio, you will not be on the patio ever again!" we're all shocked, but Sabby, being all suave and shit, asks "What? Doing what?" then Heidi goes "Who the hell do you think sweeps that shit up?" (and makes it sound like she does) and storms away. after she leaves, i was like, "um... ok, no one cleans the ashes on the floor because it's either washed away by the rain, or the wind blows it away. but seriously, i think Sabby sat down for no more than 5 minutes and Heidi exploded in his face.

anyway, i think Heidi was extra moody today. hormones or something, i don't know. anyway...

justin's a dick.
that is all.

what's this? my comment system is not working?
damn.

i'm still sick from sat. morning. dammit, nathan.
i was sitting outside with peter, alex, and little dishwasher dave yesterday, and i was complaining to pete how i'm still sick, and he fully said "that's what you get when you make out with nathan." i could not believe he said that! jerk! for the record, i did not make out with nathan. ugh...
anyways...

so i found a place in my room where i can get a signal on my laptop. i'm sitting on the edge of my bed. it's not too bad.
i went to club ren with mel and keith and a bunch of their friends tonight. it was le fun! i never not have fun at ren though, it's great! i met this one (straight) guy there who looked a LOT like mr. church, from aci. it was really freaky. and i met this other (gay) guy who is half hong kong chinese, half french. mmmm... :D yay chinese pride! lol.. he was really really cute. too bad he's gay. anyway...

oh, and sebastian didn't really like my apocalyptica cd. :( well, fuck him for not having good music tastes.

alright, i'm out. i gotta work tomorrow... or today... depends on how you look at it.

friday night/sat morning:
me and laura (expo girl) wnet to nate and pete's after hanging out on the patio after work. t'was fun. we didn't even get drunk or anything. just had some wine and lots of good convos. then nate and i hung out in his basement listening to drum and bass and watching infomercials for another 2 hours. it was fun. but it was cold and i got a cold from sleeping down there. damnmit! i told peter when we woke up a couple hours later, and pete said the house was about 20 degrees, but i guess the basement's always colder.

work last night wasn't too bad, cept all day and night i was blowing my nose, and my throat killed cuz i've been second hand smoking for entire night (fucking smokers, i hate them all!!) so i was in pretty bad shape. and jen didn't even let me go, after i pretty much did all the side duties and no one else needed my help. ugh.... i seriously hate closing with her. and i wasn't even the closing host. whatta beeyoch. but then i brought the apocalyptica cd for sebastian! i'm gonna try to convert him to like it. haha... he thought eicca looked like a woman. :(

anyway... my cold's getting better tihs morning, but i just found a buise on my knee. hm... i wonder where that came from. i'm leaving for scarbro in half an hour. yiay? my parents are in LA. so yeah... we'll see what happens.

whoa, it's been a while...

umm... don't really know what to write.
hmm... got more new stuff to practise. whoo hoo just started learning Mozart's Concerto #5. it's not too bad so far. my Kreutzer study suuucks. but all studies suck, so whatever. i need it. i want to learn the other 2 movt's of the Bach Sonata #1 so i can get it recorded! i need to practise.

work SUCKS. i HATE heidi soooooo much. what a fucking bitch, holy shit. i hope she dies and burns in hell! argh! and alex is finally back from his suspension, ha ha. i actually missed him, buh. but now... not really. he's a jerk. but it makes me sad that we don't talk.

hung out with Katie wednesday after work. it was fun. her roommate's gf is a bitch though, seriously. yay shopping tomorrow!

been having weird dreams lately. random people in random situations. people from the past, amber (?), etcetra.

god, Fran, i told you not to get me addicted in one of those friends-network thingies! Facebook is pretty addicting. probably because it's so new. but still!
oh well. it's okay. you were right, it's fun.

my roommate never did his dishes after i told him repeatedly to do them. he even said he would today. but he didn't, and he went home for the weekend. i'm thinking of being a bitch and put his dishes in front of his door. throwing them out is too mean. yeah, maybe i'll do that tomorrow.

anyway, i gotta meet Katie at Starbucks tomorrow at 10, so i'm gonna go sleep now. ta-ta.

so i have my new phone... finally. it's really different, i haven't decided if i like it yet. i was playing this game on it this morning for like 5 minutes nad the battery ran out. and it was fully charged when i started. (?!?!) strike one. but the images on the display is quite good, so that part is good.

there's still a bunch of crap i haven't figured out yet, but i can do that another time.
now i gotta go home and catch Oprah. hee hee! (i'm in the CAI lab)

just watched Tsotsi at the Princess Cinema. it was really really good. i miss watching good movies that make you think. i'm really into the "less mainstream" movies now, there's a bunch i wanna see at the Princess. i just gotta.... save up the $$.

anyway, today was a really great day. relaxing. andrea never showed up, so we didn't hang out afterall. i biked to waterloo park and hung out, looked at the animals, sat in the gazebo, reading, watching the ducks and swans and baby ducklings, and reading under a tree.

Big Rude Jake at the rude native tomorrow. i'm actually excited about it. i hope it's good! i haven't been able to sell any tickets. but whatever, i don't really care. it's really Heidi's loss, not mine.

...
argh...
fuckin' Alex... i always manage to mess up with people i like. but it's probably a good thing that it didn't work out. realistically, i don't think i am what he's looking for, and vice versa.
well, whatever. there's other fish in the sea.

but you can never get what you really want... and i don't even mean Alex.

umm...

anywhoo... that's about it, i guess...
my phone still haven't arrived. it's really frustrating. there's so many people i need to call. bah.

okay, i'm outtie.

so i just had a glooooorious day in dt toronto with my dearest Kamla! we went to the clothing show! i thought last year's was better, but i bought a denim dress and a couple of tshirts from the black market. i was so close to getting a dress from play-dead, but it was a bit over my budget. plastikwrap was there!! but i didn't get to see sarah. :( maybe next year. and yeah, i think plastikwrap is fucking amazing. if i had $150 laying around, i'd definately would've bought something from there. then kam and i streetcar-ed back to union, walked down queen, visited tribal rhythm (one of my fav stores), chinatown (99 cents for a box of strawberries!), then dundas. a lot of walking, but also a lot of fun. kamla gave me a shirt she bought from the blackmarket! *tear of happiness* i lurve it! i was gonna buy the same one at the clothing show, but kamla was like, "Mandy... i have to tell you something..." and then i got scared cuz she looked so serious, so i was like "omg, what's wrong?" and she's like "i was gonna give you that shirt... i wasn't gonna tell you, but i don't want you to get the same one." awwwww.... <3 so sweet. i bought a bag with the same design instead, because it is a really cute design.

anywhoo, it was was really fun day. yay for hanging out with my Kamla!

yay im in the CAI lab, cuz my internet's not working at home. bah.

i just woke up from a 4 hour nap, heh heh... last night at peter/nathan/alex's place was le fun. alex was completely wiped out on his bathroom floor. i felt bad for him, cuz people were throwing pennies at him, lol. a whole group of us were crowding around his bathroom door, then pete came down and was like "guys.... why are there pennies on alex?" lol... he came around eventually. it was neat seeing their place too, alex lives in a portable. haha... it's pretty awesome, actually. he just need to decordate it more. and the swing set in the backyard was quite entertaining. good party, good party. i left kinda early with laura, cuz i needed a ride back to waterloo, so i hung out with them at the duke for a bit. whitby and beckford eventually showed up too, hahaha hilarious. and then max and i shared a cab home. whoo hoo. my roommate's alarm woke me up at 6:30 this morning. it kept going and going, i was sooo pissed off, considering i already had trouble falling asleep. and then i had to get up at 800 for volunteering. bah. i kept yawning while i was playing. it sucked.

oh, and i saw jeremy bell while i was on the payphone. it was a pretty awkward conversation. yea, i don't like him much.

aaaanywayyy... i'm sooo bored. it's so sad, it's my day off work, and i'm probably gonna go in and hang out, because i have no life. boooourns.

breath.... breath....

painting, working, and musicking.

there's more i want to say....... but not to you.

today we talked about trust. it was a nice change of topic.
i actually had a really good day today, except for work. i wnet to the dollar store and bought a flower pot and soil and i'm gonna buy seeds tomorrow and plant flowers!

i hate working at the rude soo much now. argh... job searching will commence tomorrow. MetalWorks sent me an email today. maybe i should forward that to mikey, cuz i know he's considering going there.

omg, Shostakovich symphony 5 is intense... i love it!!

i'm bored... so i stole this.

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1.Do you still talk to the person you had your first kiss with?

no

2. What would you do with 1,000 plastic spoons?

recycle them! or have ice cream parties!

3. What did you do when you weren't in school in the 2nd grade?

played softball on my street, because my street is the shit

5. Do you like more than one person right now?

i like everyone! except my boss..... i definately don't like her

6. Are you against same sex marraige?

no

7. Did you vote for Bush?

i'm not fucking American

8. Where are you going on your next vacation?

i haven't decided yet.

9. Have you dry humped any of your myspace friends?

i don't have a myspace

10. Are most of your friends guys or girls?

guys

11. Do you own any furniture from Ikea?

yes

12. Last book you read?

Burned Alive- Souad (it's an autobiography of a woman who got burned by her brother-in-law because she had pre-marital sex with someone who was not her husband, and her family wanted her killed because it brought shame to the family, and how she got rescued and sent to Europe for the rest of her days because she is dead in her country)

13. If you could have one super power what would it be?

telekenisis

14. Where have you lived most of your life?

scarlem

15. What was the last convo you had about?

hanging out in the summer

16. Where do you see yourself in four years?

i seriously have no idea.

17. What's your favorite scent?

fresh air..... or underground parking lots (gasoline)

18. What is your favorite sound?

intense music

19. Are you moody?

yeah, sometimes

20. Favorite movie of all time?

the sound of music

21. Have you ever done anything vindictive to your classmates?

no, i'm good

22. Have you ever gone to therapy?

yes

23. Have you ever Played Spin the bottle?

yes... it wasn't THAT great

24. Have you ever Toilet papered someone's house?

no

25. Have you ever liked someone but never told them?

yes

26. Have you ever gone camping?

yeah, i used to every year... i miss it now

27. Have you ever had a crush on your brother's friend?

NOOOO

28. Have you ever gone to a nude beach?

no, but i wouldn't mind it. tan lines are gross

29. Have you ever gone streaking?

no

30. Have you ever had a stalker?

yeah, it was scary

31. Have you ever gone skinny dipping?

no

32. Have you ever laughed so hard you cried?

yes

33. Have you ever gone to a party where you were the only who would go to the party and stay sober?

yeah.. drinking is overrated

34. Have you ever been in love?

yup

35. Have you ever felt betrayed by your best friend?

yes

36. Have you ever lied to your parents?

countless, countless times

38. Have you ever thrown up on someone?

no.. i aim at the toilet

39. Have you ever gotten a haircut so bad that you wore a hat for a month straight?

hah not for a whole month.. maybe a couple days

40. Have you ever eaten 3 meals from 3 different fast food places in 1 day?

haha! no

41. Last song you listened to?

wicked game -HIM

42. Have you ever spied on someone?

only the "interesting" ones

43. Have you ever slept with one of your coworkers?

uhhhhh..... *shifty eyes*

44. Have you ever seen your best friend naked?

i don't have a best friend

45. Who was the last person who called you?

Bryon... my old roomie

46. When was the last time you slept for more then 12 hours?

i have never

47. Most embarassing CD you own?

Spice Girls

48. Have you ever stolen anything?

yes

49. Have you ever drank eggnog?

yup, and it was aiight

stole this from Clara, from the theory forum on web ct because it is so fucking funny! (except the last question)

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Entry Exam For the BBC Sympathy Orchestra--Viola Players
The pass mark is 10%

1. Who wrote the following:
a) Beethoven's Symphony No. 6
b) Fauré's Requiem
c) Wagner's Ring Cycle
[5 pts.]

2. Tschaikovsky wrote 6 symphonies including Symphony no. 4. Name the other five.
[5 pts.]

3. Explain ``counterpoint'' or write your name on the reverse of the paper.
[10 pts.]

4. Which of the following would you tuck under your chin?
a) a timpani
b) an organ
c) a cello
d) a viola
[1 pt.]

5. Can you explain ``sonata form''? (Answer yes or no.)
[5 pts.]

6. Which of the following literary works was made the subject of a Verdi opera?
a) First among Equals -- Jeffrey Archer
b) Macbeth -- William Shakespeare
c) Noddy and Big Ears -- Enid Blyton
[5 pts.]

7. Domenico Scarlatti wrote 555 harpsichord sonatas for which instrument?
[5 pts.]

8. Arrange the following movements in order of speed, starting with the slowest first.
a) Quickly
b) Slowly
c) Very Quickly
d) At a Moderate Pace
[4 pts.]

9. Where would you normally expect to find the conductor during a performance?
[5 pts.]

10. Which of the following wrote incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream?
a) Des O'Connor
b) Mickey Mouse
c) Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
d) Terry Wogan
[5 pts.]

11. Which of the following is the odd one out?
a) Sir Colin Davis
b) Andrew Davis
c) Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
d) Desmond Lynam
[5 pts.]

12. Arrange the following words into the name of a well known Puccini opera.
Bohème, La
[5 pts.]

13. Within five minutes, how long is Chopin's Minute Waltz?
[5 pts.]

14. From which of the following countries did Richard Strauss come?
a) Venezuela
b) Sri Lanka
c) Germany
d) Japan
[5 pts.]

15. For what town were Haydn's ``Paris'' Symphonies written?
[5 pts.]
Which is the odd one out?
a) Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet -- Tchaikovsky
b) Romeo and Juliet -- Berlioz
c) Romeo and Juliet Ballet -- Prokofiev
d) Ten Green Bottles -- anon.
[5 pts.]

16. From which song do the following lines come?
``God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen.''
[5 pts.]

17. Spell the following musical terms.
allegro
rallentando
crotchet
pizzicato
intermezzo
[5 pts.]

18. Tosca is a character found in which Puccini opera?
[5 pts.]

19. Arrange the following letters to form the abbreviation for a well known British
broadcasting corporation.
C, B, B.
[5 pts.]


Q: Why are violas so much bigger than violins?
A: They're not. It's just looks that way because violinists have much bigger heads ;)

i'm in the CAI lab..... by myself. it's so weird... and quiet.
i'm locked out of my house, because i forgot to bring my keys when i changed backpacks this morning. but now i am killing time til 6 so i can meet with Mel so she can show me this room in the Peter's building, because that is where i am writing my theory exam tomorrow, and i have no idea where the Peter's building is. i am so oblivious to the entire business and econ faculty, it's not even funny. i think i've only been to one of the business buildings during school time once, and that was only cuz i was following Eunie. and it scared me. i was SURROUNDED by biz kids. there were sooo many of them!! there are a couple of people writing the theory exam in the same place as me, but i don't know who they are. well, i guess i'll find out tomorrow.

well, i went to RN today to drop off my summer weekly schedule, and to pick up my paycheque. then i headed over to Shoppers. i came out, and i saw Alex outside smoking with Dave.

and i bet you think there was more to that story..... but there isn't. haha! they went inside and i took the bus back. that was for Fran, i know she misses my "Mandy Stories". anyway... i hope that when i work on weddnesday, it won't be weird. well.. it will be if i let it be, so i'll try not to.

"Going to the Gym Everyday in the Summer" day 1 has begun. i'm excited about going back tomorrow!

in scarbro... not enjoying. i lost my umbrella. HSC radiothon today, went fantastic. being on the radio was... umm.... interesting. i don't like being able to hear myself. and i don't think my interview went that well. oh well. it was still an awesome experience. pictures from cuba/mikey's house/huether's didn't come out great. buh... what a waste of 14$.

history exam last night went well, i think. i don't want to jinx it, but seeing as i was freaking out before going in, i think i did okay. i remembered all my dates. the matching was kinda hard, but it's okay. my essay was kinda shitty too, cuz i forgot most of my finer points, but i wrote 4 pages, so.... i hope that was enough. but it's santosuosso, so you never know.

anyway... i'm gonna go research more on which continent i want to backpack to.

a million thanks to my buddy ryan, and my bestest cousin audrey for honestly trying to help me.

no thanks to alex

two days of school and one concert left. hardcore studying and practising. guido and i have been making babies lately, i am sooo in love with practising. i am excited about busking this summer. and i need a new job.

i........ don't even know what to say.
it's been a long and terrible day. and i am pissed.

well, i had a shitty weekend.

i think it all started last night when me and mikey made plans to go out for a coffee. well, when i pulled out of the driveway, i could tell that something was wrong with the car, because the steering wheel kept going towards the right. i didn't really think anything of it until i got to maybe halfway past midland to kennedy, i noticed that the car was also bumping around. it got pretty bad when i turned into mikey's street, so i called my mom. i told her it was all weird and shit. mikey was waiting on the driveway for me, and when he got in, i told him, and he took a look at it, and the front right tire was completey flat. argh. so yea. i had to call my dad and tell him, and he drove over and lent me his CAA card, so i called them and got someone to come change our tire. i told my dad they could leave since i thought that the dude would just fix it and leave, and there would be no point waiting. so he left, and i had his card still. so the dude came to fix my car, and there were a couple of rough points because i didn't really know anything about the car, so...yeah... anyways, after he finished i had to show him the card and my driver's license, and then we kinda got into trouble because apparently my dad (the cardholder) was supposed to be there while he fixed the car, and now he had to charge a cash fee. so me and mikey were like...um... okay? so we had to fork over $20. i only had 10 on me, so THANK YOU MIKEY for lending me the other 10! i think he ripped us off though. bah. after that we drove to Cafe Mirage, where i remembered i didnt bring my wallet because i had no idea i would really need it, hence i couldn't go to the bank and get money to pay him back, and neither of us had money for coffee anymore. so i was really pissed off. i dunno if mike was, but he wasn't showing it. so we just ended up going back to his house, chatted for a bit, then i left.

when i got home, i called my cousin in HK, who teaches there for some advice about working there and teaching and such. anyway... i haven't spoken to her in years, and i guess i was hoping that she would be excited about me calling, but uh, yeah... she really wasn't. it was pretty dry. well, she answered my questions but it was very straight forward and formal. and then she's like "are you at home? i'm out, can i call you back tonight?" and i told her no because i had a violin lesson in the morning then i'm going back to Loo. (HK is 12 hrs ahead of Toronto) so anyway... i got off the phone even more pissed off. then i had this talk with my mom. well... more of an arguement. i think i was just blowing off steam from the shitty phone call. ugh. whatever. then my mom and i started arguing for real, then i told her i'm going to bed. whatever. this is exactly the reason why i don't tell her shit.

anyway... today brightened up a bit. my dad came with me to my lesson, then treated me to lunch, then drove me back to Loo. it was cool. then i ushered the orchestra concert, which was fucking AMAZING. i don't remember who told me, but someone told me that this was the concert they were least ready for, but it seriously sounded great. i miss orchestra. next yr when i'm in psych, i'm gonna try to take orchestra still. i should probably ask janice if i could. but i'm pretty sure it won't be a problem. i really want to play Andrea ad Lorna's pieces. it's gonna be so good!

well... one more week + 1 day of school left before exams. i seriously can't wait. i am so sick of school. i guess taking two courses in the summer won't help much, but i just really want to finish and get my damn degree and get the hell out of here.

um, alright. well.... i'm outtie. skills tomorrow. yay.

it's not official yet, but i am now a psych student. i just signed up for my first ever course that is not psychology or music. it was scary. julie was sitting beside me (i'm in the CAI lab) and she said i look absolutely terrified. i told her i was. the course code starts with GG. it's a geography course, but it should be interesting.... we'll see.

oh, and if all goes well, i should be able to get my degree by the end of the next fall term. exciting!

fashion n' motion was pretty cool, although i almost fell asleep during the first half. i saw the security dude from the Duke! well, apparently, he goes to WLU. it was cool seeing him there, since i saw him last night too...haha... weird.

anyway... i really don't want to work at the rude anymore. i realized last night that the rude crowd really isn't my type of people. i mean, i love working with rory and cam and claire, but i dunno... it could be better. it could be not working for heidi, that fucking fat bitch. lol. and i love how alex always talk trash to me about becca and how much he fucking hates her. it's really funny. becca is heidi's roommate, who also works at the rude. me and alex and nate concluded that becca is a robot, she has no emotions. i'm actually really starting to notice that. it's freaky.

anyway, i think i've landed paying gig, thanks to troy! it's not for sure yet, but he said he'll get back to me. it's apparently for some super rich guy's party. haha. and then i'm supposed to play at his parents party too. damn, he was serious about that, i thought he was joking when he first told me. lol! troy is so hilarious. i'm excited to meet his family. katie (his gf) said they're a million more times crazier than him. haha! and his friend steve has this studio at his house (which i've been to, it's awesome) and apparently, steve has an electric violin, so i might be able to play around with it! whoooo....

goal for the week: practise the g-min sonata hardcore and play it at open mic on tuesday.

out with the new, and in with the old.
i hate school, i hate people, and well.... pretty much everything. so sick of pretending. and yeah.... the thing i was gonna try to do, the opportunity never came up. now i'm having second thoughts, becuase i don't think it's really the best thing to do right now.

fuck...

ok whatever. i'm just having inner issues.

ok, sorry about this post. ("let's make a joke"- Swinden)

i'm outtie.

edit: two people fainted in two days. fucking music program.

so my entire weekend had been really really great, i don't think i've had a good weekend like that since before christmas. sat. night,i went to ren. (for the first time! YAY!) with keith and his work friends. they were all really cool to hang out with, except when we left and went back to his manager's house, i realized that one of them is kinda whorish. i'm not saying she's a whore, but... yeah, it's a long story, and i'll leave it at that. she's still a nice girl. but all in all, ren. was awesome! i had suuuuuch a good time! i didn't pick up, nor did i get picked up. well... maybe next time! *tee hee!* i can't wait to go back!

anywhoo... all good things must come to an end. and yesterday at school was craptacular. surprisingly, my highlight of the day (other than jamming at wilf's) was when i was working at the recital hall. well, after everyone left and tyson and i were cleaning up and stuff, we had this convo about philosophy, and it made me think. old philosophers were sexist, eh. according to tyson, the top of the food chain were male philosophers (cuz no woman can be a philosopher), then it would be regular men, then women (*gasp!), then dogs. what the fuck. damn them all! but now i want to take a philosohy course.
i also practised hardcore yesterday, it's so exciting! i'm so into my Bach G-min sonata! well, partly because i did my paper on it in mus. history last semester. but yeah! i really like it! yaayyy, and my violin hickey is coming back! this is oh-so exciting!

anyway, it was clara's birthday yesterday, and we all chilled at wilf's. me, adam ruzzo and glenn jammed for the open mic. it was fun! there were a couple of people who really sucked, but...uh...yeahh.... anyways... good times al 'round.

kay.. i'm bored of posting, so i'm gonna stop. open mic at the rude tonight, and i think i'm actually going to play something that i prepared, instead of mindlessly improving with tim. not that that isn't fun, but you know....
anyways... alright, i'm outtie.

wow... just got home. what an awesome fucking day, seriously! :D
skipped theory today (for the first time!) to finish up my history paper. after i handed it in, it was like a wave of relief washing over me. the biggest hurdle was over! (exams don't really count, since they're a given). the only homework i have tihs weekend is to memorize my song for vocal tech, and i already know most of it, so it's all good.

beth's breakfast this morning was AMAZING. it was sooooo much fun! and bacon!! omg, i haven't had bacon in over a year! mmm... singing Irish jigs were hilarious! i loved that response song, it's soooo funny! and the one about seamus and michael and all the sons. hahaha! parading to skills was a life experience i won't soon forget. tee hee

after the usher meeting, i seriously had nothing to do. i haven't not had anything to do on a friday in a looooooong time. i had a wicked cool convo with keith. it was le fun. then he had to go to rehersal, so i wnet to the cai lab and brendon let me listen to this really funny song about racism. it was terrible, but funny. then i went home, did my hair, and went to 360 and shopped! :D yiay! then i wnet to work, where, thanks to heidi and peter, made my day a bit less amazing. but whatever, they can go fuck themselves. or each other.

...oh, God!! scratch that! ugh.... that was a really disturbing mental image. *shudder*...

okay... anyway... it was pretty busy tonight, for obvious reasons. i finished at quarter to 1am. bah. i stayed and hung out til other people finished up. mainly Rory, and Nate. then Alex showed up (well, he showed up earlier while i was still working, then he left). then Jen's sister showed up, and they made fun of Becca, who is heidi's bitch. haha... i mean... roommate.... haha.. yeah. anyway... and Alex got overexcited about basketball, and after a while, rory left. anyway.... details set aside, it was an amazing night,... and day!

it's all about the life experiences. *smiles*

good news:
- i'm getting better! i just have a sore throat now. i can taste and semi-smell again!

bad news:
- i didn't get to win that corset i really really really wanted. ugh... i'm still pissed off about it.
- work kinda sucked today. i had to clean up puke. it was fucking disgusting. god, i can't stand people who can't even aim and barf in the toilet. the puke was right beside it. ugh. but Tony let me out right after that, so yay! but becuase of my history paper, i left right away. i was hoping to chill with Alex for a bit after work, but he wasn't finished when i finished, and i didn't really feel like staying while Heidi's there.
- i seriously need a scanner or something... i want Kurzweil to read my books for me! and i need my history book cd! it was supposed to be ready on monday, but Jane didn't have any blank cds, and was also missing a bunch of chapters. oh well.
- two more days to do my hist. paper! ahhhh!!!

ok, i'm done dinner.... break's over, now i gotta do my paper.

i am sick.
i'll try not to breath on anyone.

wow... definately NOT impressed with Fairchild TV. *shakes head in disgust*... didn't i make it perfectly clear that i don't want filming in my house? well, i gave in to that, but now they can't film at Sick Kids at all!! WHAT THE FUCK. seriously. i am so pissed. and don't give me any bullshit about not being able to get approved by the hospital. you're just not prepared. and Anita, you're not much better. fuck, next time you want someone to do something for you, fuckin be organized. goddammit!

- my experience with the writing center was only bittersweet. i was hoping they could've helped me more. oh well.

- Kat's party was fun, although i was only there for like 20 minutes. was sooo tired, but still dropped by the Rude to see Craig and Johnny play. but i got there too late. they finished. :( so i chilled there a bit, and this one customer at the bar came over to me and started talking to me and asking me personal questions about my family. johnny later told me he's been hitting on everyone that night. ugh. it freaked me out. then we went to Failte's for a bit. then i bussed home.

- Heidi (my boss at RN) commented on my corset. she said i should get a black one and wear it for work. i was kinda surprised, because i didn't know we could wear corsets to work. so now i'm on the lookout. well... i always did want a black corset, but all the good ones are so damn expensive. i need to save up for travelling. we'll see.

- got more ideas about travelling. i really don't know what i should do.

- got a cool trial version on a learning software. it is fuckin' awesome!! it reads out loud to you, and if they don't have your textbook on tape, you can scan in whatever page you want (textbook, library book, anything!) and the program will read it to you. oh! and you get to choose what voice you want reading your stuff, it's sooo great! like, male and female voices, younger sounding, or older sounding. and you can highlight and make notes from it, give you definitions on the words you don't understand in the book, even make mp3 files (if you have your own definition of a word, you can record it), and a bunch of other neat stuff. i need to email my consultant and ask if i will be funded when i get my scanner and such. that will be awesome, because i can get a free scanner, and free software (if i decide to get the real version. i most likely will) this is exciting.

- a great big thank you to all that made this happen.

1. HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY MAR-BEAR! YAY you are 20!

2. looooove The Sugar Quill! it's getting really good!

3. i have mild ADHD. who'd a thunk it?

4. seriously, i was freaked out about my dying dreams, and now i have severly deformed dreams. meaning... the people in my dreams are physically really deformed and bleeding everywhere. it is freaking the shit out of me.

5. two days to write my hist. essay, do theory homework, go to the fringe festival, go to the opera and try to pop in at the Rude to chill. ahh!!

ok, time for food.

well, apparently, the Teaparty broke up. this is very sad news indeed, for they have been one of my favourite bands in the last couple of years.

anywhoo... last night at the Rude was crazay! Moebius nights are always a treat, if you're up for crazy drunk adults dancing to overplayed music (not my cup of tea). Kelly was supposed to call me after i finished work so we could chill or whatever, but she never did, so i just hung out and drank my free alcohol and watched olympic hockey. haha... Sebastian came in with his friend and it was fun conversing with him. i hardly do, so it's always a treat, even if he is violent. and he dissed my violin :( argh... but it's alright cuz i dissed his trance and house. he just doesn't appreciate good music. heh heh..

um... anyway... i'm anxious about tomorrow and getting my assessment results. i wonder if there is anything wrong with me. probably not, and if there is, it'll probably be minor. but we'll see.

alright, i'm outtie.

dinner with Alishia last night (or... Tuesday night) was awesome. it was really great seeing her again, and having that heart to heart was really important. i'm glad we got to do it. :)

i went to the Fairchild TV office today to meet with the researcher dude who was gonna do my story for the HSC telethon. my mother came with me because i honestly don't know all the details, and i don't think i would be much help to him. anyway, so my mother came up with me, and basically (i mean, she did) told him my entire medical history starting from birth. in Cantonese, obviously. i had a really difficult time feeling comfortable, partly because i understood 50% of what they said, and i couldn't really respond, since my mother was doing all the talking. i just sat there like an idiot. i talked maybe three times. it sucked, because it felt like i was really stupid, and i couldn't answer their question (yup, just one) in Cantonese, and i felt REALLY uncomfortable with my mom sitting there beside me. at the end of the story, this other researcher/interviewer guy walked in. the original guy i was gonna meet told us he was gonna come, but he was really late. so i had to sit there while he recited my mother's story about me to the other guy in front of us. i felt like all they wanted was this amazing great story to make them look good. it was pretty bad. and then they started talking to my mom about filming in my house in scarborough, to which i said "do you really have to?" they didn't really say anything, but my mother replied "it's i who have to do all the work of cleaning the house" and blahblahblah... whatever, bitch. i don't even fucking live there. i'm starting to not want to do this anymore. it's so.... fake. just like the time i went to China. i mean, it was a great experience and i made awesome friends, but the filming part was seriously fake. it was so scripted. and this is like that too. and i didn't realize tihs til later on in the day, but i was pretty uncomfortable with telling my entire medical history to two total strangers whom, by the way, did not leave that great an impression on me. i know... it's not all about me and what i want, but still... i don't know if i like sharing all that information with thousands of people, just so they can feel sorry for me and then donate to the hospital. i'm not saying that HSC is a terrible place, i LOVE that place, i really do. but...i dunno... it feels like they're just taking advantage of me. no one (not even Anita) asked whether i was okay with it. like, when i saw her yesterday, she pretty much said "we need to you volunteer for us with answering phone calls and such. it's better if they hear from an actual patient." so i was like..um... okay...sure. and while i'm on the subject of Anita, she was telling me how i'm the oldest out of the bunch of kids that's gonna be on the show, and they really want me to be like the "big sister", which is great for them, i guess... but again, it's so fake!! i'm supposed to be something that they can look forward to being in the future, but really, what did i accomplish? nothing. arghhh...

anyway... wow, that was a nice rant. i'm glad i got it out. i gotta get some sleep and work on my history essay in the morning.

meeting Anita Mah today was fun.
the science center with Tim was fun (although Body Worlds was sold out again).
coming home was definately NOT fun. i'm so used to not saying anything, having that talk/fight with my mother last night felt me feeling vulnerable. i can't wait to go back to Loo tomorrow.

i miss the real thing.

though it all looks different now, i know it's still the same...

the past two days have been better. home was okay. when my dad was driving me back to Loo, we actually had a conversation. ooooooh. and even more surprisingly, it wasn't about school. ooooooooooohhhhh

i studied history a bit in the library with Keith, Larissa and Duncan yesterday, then worked. i have never worked on a sunday before, so when i went into the Rude, i was like "who's singing?!" then i remembered that it was Tim Louis. :) yay Tim!! it was a nice short shift, no stress. but it did feel really weird to be there on a sunday.

today was actually a pretty good solid day, even though i didn't really know what day it was for most of the day. not having skills this morning threw me off track. but it was a good day. i met the new counsellor, who is awesome. and i got a nice cheque for my assessment.

i really need to get back to studying history, but i'm so sick of listening to that stuff.... so i'm listening to canto-pop. :) the cd i burned off my brother. hee hee. it's good.

anyway... that's about it.

wow, it's friday. this week went by pretty quickly. but you know it's been shitty. i'll save you all from details, but yesterday was probably the worst day this week. i zoned out so much, i think my whole day was a zone out. (ask Lisa... choir on thursday was not pretty). um... i went to Phil's on wednesday so i could hang out with Alex and Beckford, since he invited me. but yeah, it didn't go well. whatever... i saw Alex tonight, he came in while i worked. he got cornrows, it actually looks really hot. then he asked me why i didn't have a good time at Phils. i just told him i've been having a really depressed week. and he just looked at me and said he didn't know what to say. ugh.

um... anyway... oh, i called home on tuesday night, to ask if Anita Mah had called, because she hasn't called me. anyway... so i talked to my dad for a bit about that Anita woman... then my dad was like "do you have anything to say to your mom?" and i'm like "hmm... i dunno, does she have anything to say to me?" and i could hear my dad ask her, and i could hear that she said no. so...whatever, if she doesn't want to talk to me. she can't even make an effort to talk to her fucking daughter.

anyway... just so i'm ending on a happy note, i received the Lengbeyer Holiday Letter tonight (like, just right now) and reading it made me laugh for real. i love my cousin so much, she's awesome :) definately the highlight of the week.

oh, and Warren called me today. he saw me in the library, and instead of coming up and saying hi, he decided to call me while i was walking out of the library. it kinda caught me off guard, because i haven't talked to him in like a over month. and talking means, even bumping into him at school and saying hi. and it was the most uncomfortable conversation i've had with him. i actually couldn't think of anything to say... ugh. whatever, mian. everything sucks.

oh... i just realized i'm back on the bad note.

umm...

fuck.... since i'm already there, i should also say that i fuckin missed the student/faculty art show this year!!! FUUUCKKKK!!!!! you have no idea how pissed off i am because of this. fuck! the art show is one of the only things i look forward to each year.

ok, i'm done.

after a shitty night last night, something good actually came up.
i finally got in touch with Anita Mah, the woman who works for the foundation at Sick Kids. she wants to interview me for the telethon fundraiser this year, so i get to tell people about how "i conquored all" on tv. heh heh heh... awesomeness. good ol' Chinese channel. now the Asian community in Toronto can all pity me. hahahaha!!

i remember doing interviews in China... those were tough, mian, especially when Edmond (asshole!) wanted me to interview in Cantonese. but Anita said i could do it in English. so..yeah! i hope the questions won't be too weird. she said she'll email them to me, so i can prepare or whatever. it's a good thing. and after that, i'm gonna have to phone potential sponsers and remind them to pay up. LOL... just kidding.

anyway... time for theory. ta.


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edit: i hate Phils, i hate hiphop, and i could've stayed home warm, intead of venturing off into the cold, and i could've saved 7$. yet i still went. and for what? argghhh...

the past two days have been like opposites. friday was pretty shitty, for so many reasons. after going to TGH for my pacemaker appointment, i went over to HSC like i always do, to visit Christine and Andre. I didn't get to see Andre last time i went (in August) because he was on vacation. anyway, when i went on friday, the ladies at the desk told me he moved to Barbados forever to work with his cousin. i was like "WHAT?!" and then i got sad. like, seriously. i've known this guy since i was like, maybe 5 yrs old. crazy! i can't believe he would just leave! i got his email addy and i wrote him yesterday. he hasn't replied yet.
work sucked on friday too. well, it was okay, and i didn't have to close with Andrea, but certain people were pissing me off. so yeah... whatever. i didn't even go to Starlight. it was a shitty night all 'round.

last night, i tried getting people out for dinner and to chill but it was kinda tough. then Beth messaged me on msn to go to the Spur. so i was like, okay, let's just go bar hopping, since Lorna was playing at the Duke, and i haven't been to the Rude on a saturday in months. so we decided to go to the Duke and work our way down King St. and eventually end up at the Spur. it was so random, and so much fun!!! at the Duke, Lorna wasn't even there yet, so that was a bit disappointing. but we got a drink, a picture, and left. at the Rude, it was like a staff party! so awesome! 3/4 of the bar were staff. lol! i got to see Savannah! i miss that girl, she's awesome. we got a shot each, and Tony made me a free drink as well. it was so good! mmm.... girly drinks. hehe.. then we took a pic and i did my rounds of byes, and off we went to the next bar. Huether's was probably the worst bar we went to that night. our shot (blowjobs) there were good, but we were so ripped off. ugh. oh well. we took a pic and left. the fox and fiddle had a huge line so we skipped that place, and went to Failte's. Moosehead is good beer! Beth met a hot random. lol... he was one of the security guys at Failte's. the convo at Failte's was the best. good times, and awesome live band. we skipped Ethel's because it was too far, so we just went to the Spur. the cast of Urinetown was having their cast party there, so it was awesome. and Eric Woolston!! and i achieved my goal of meeting a hot random. except he wasn't that hot. oh well. it was a random still. haha... anyway. Beth and I didn't get to sing our song, cuz they closed at 2:30... booourns. so me, her and Eric walked home. it was suuuch a great night, and much needed. so, yiay!


anyways, to conclude, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NIQUE!!!!

CARM! -- have you applied to the Guelph Rude Native yet? omg, i hope you get it!! i sooo would put in a good word for you, but Charity's the general manager there, and i hardly ever see her. but if i do, for sure, i'll tell her how fuckin awesome you are!


in other news... i was as fob as i'll ever be last night, and it was actually kinda fun. i went to the market with my parents and my cousin and her fiance (whom i didn't expect to see, and that got me kinda pissed cuz i don't like him, and i was hoping to chill with my cousin). anyway, we went to First Markham Place, and it was packed. soooo many people! hehe... and i bought fob candy. haha... just kidding. well, it was some Japanese candy, and it was good. but yeah, it was fobby. hehe... and then i was gonna get a little windmill, but they sold out of the kind i wanted. oh well. oh yeah... it was also amusing, checking out CBC boys. ok, honestly, some of them were pretty cute. haha... imagine me dating a CBC. hahaa!! anyway, after First Markham, it was about 11:45, so i was like, let's go to Pacific! lol... i don't remember ever wanting to go to pmall before. well, i wanted to check out the Chinese shirts. but yeah... anyway... when we got there, there was about 3 minutes before midnight, so they were gonna countdown, but then the people on the stage were making this big speech, and it went past 12:00, but they counted down anyway. lol... it was pretty funny. and then the lion dance sucked. i was pretty letdown, because i looove lion dances. mostly for the drumming. but yeah, even the drumming kinda sucked. oh well... we walked around, and most of the stores were closed, so after looking at two stores that sell Chinese clothes (and didn't get anything), we left.

aaanyway... that's my fob story.
percussion concert tonight! whooo!! i'm excited!

last night was pretty shitty. i had to close with Andrea, so naturally, i had to stay late. well... i was supposed to be done by midnight, but she wanted me to do all the little stuff. and fuck, if they cut my minutes again, i will be fuckin pissed off. went to starlight for Sanja's birday, but there was a fuckin lineup. what the hell? i've never had to lineup at starlight before. at 12:45am? so i was waiting for about 20 minutes. dancing was pretty fun, so that wasn't too bad. by 1:45, i headed to the Vault, cuz i promised i'd show up with a bunch of my work friends. the Vault fuckin sucked. it reminded me of how much i dislike hiphop. like... the first 5 minutes were okay, cuz i was still pumped from Starlight, but yeah, after that, i was like...umm... okay... let's go. heh... Alex is a pretty sweet dancer though, i must say. i enjoyed watching him. :) anyway... we left soon after, and they wanted to head back to the Rude for one last beer, but Andrea left and everything was closed, so Michelle drove me home. whooo...

anyway... yeah, i'm in scarbro right now. i had a lesson today. i was rushing to get to the greyhound station, i totally forgot to bring my violin. haha.. i know, i'm s-m-r-t. so i used my brother's violin, and my teacher had a copy of my Bach concerto. yiay.

anyway, oh yeah. happy new year to all my Chinks! i haven't gotten any money yet. i'm looking forward to it though. haha i remember when i was a kid, comparing how much i got with other people. and i always hated the spoiled kids who always get over 200$. fuckers. anyway... yeah... i think the money i get this year will go towards my onecard, cuz i have about 10$ in there. ugh, i hate school food, so fucking expensive.

anyways! i feel like getting a little Chinese shirt, just to get into the spirit. haha... and it's too cold for my Chinese halter. so... yeah.. lol... i'm a nurd. but i can't help taking advantage of what my culture offers me! lol!

ok, i need to stop now.

ugh.
i'm in a really pissed off, spaced out mood. it's probably because i'm home alone. my roommates all went home. when you're alone, thinking happens.

anyway.....
last night's concert was pretty damn cool. my favourites were Pete Lamont's music on the cartoon, and Margaret's vocal composition. it really creeped me out, but Pam and Nicole did an awesome job. the Duke was seriously a lot of fun. yay for Ruth's Olaf's and Pam's birthdays! I also knew a lot of people who were there who weren't from school, like Erin and Cam (my fav bartender!) and Candice and Mike (who was playing there last night) and... Brad. i went to the Rude to say hi, and to see if Alex was finished work, but when i got there, apparently he already left. so i chilled with Rory, Troy and Katie for a bit. Tony made me a drink, and then Rory bought me a second. so yeah, it was great, i got two free drinks! i went back to the Duke, and hung out a bit with Erin and Cam, talked to Brad for a bit, and chilled with piano Matt and his friend. eventually, Johnny (who plays at the Rude every wednesday) showed up, and bought me a beer. :) anyway.... ireally don't feel like writing, or donig anything right now, so i'll just say that it was a fun night, and i chilled at Dan and Ruth's for a bit before going home.

and i REALLY don't like Caroline Arnason.

that is all.

*grin* i have a secret...
thanks, tim, for being such a buddy! it was fun!

work was pretty cool yesterday, even though it was really slow. i met the new hostess girl, Katie. she is so awesome! she kept forgetting my name. and she forgot Alex's name, and she was like "what's your name again? Herman?" hahaha really, out of all the guys' names in the world, she picks Herman? lol

anyway... after work (after midnight)... i debated whether or not to still go to Starlight... i went. it was super fun! aahhh i always have fun at Starlight, that place is the shit! Matt wasn't much of a dancer. boooo. i got him to do some moves though. haha... but he stopped after like a minute. pooh. but it was fun nonetheless, and i left after about an hour. back to the Rude and drink. haha yay Cameron, my favourite bartender! good times chatting with Katie, Rory and Alex. :) and at 3am, Katie drove me and Beckford home. whoooo


the concerto competition this morning was incredible! congrats to all the finalists! i'm seriously rooting for Phil, Renee Kruisselbrink (she seriously is good), Lorna, and Andrea Herzog, the first yr cellist. damn, that girl is good!!

anyway... i probably should go practise my play and sing or something...... ta.

hee hee i'm watching the American Idol auditions, some of hem are pretty hilarious.
ooh, the twins performances are damn good though.

i miss miracle boy. haha i'm a nurd.

anywhoo, Marijn reads my blog!! Hiiiiiii!!!!

HAHAHAAHHAHAHA OH MY GOD....THIS GUY WHO JUST SANG IS HIIILARIOUS!!!


whooooo... that was ... something.

anyways.... something more serious.. Mar: remember a long time ago, you sent me that fanfic from the Sugar Quill? i finally got around to reading it, and i've been reading and reading, it is SO good!! but i don't understand why Sirius and Remus are living together in a lodge. and why they can only spare two rooms when apparently, Remus owns a whole lodge? i know that's irrelavent, but it bothers me.

um.. okay, i really have nothing to post. life is slowly getting better. planning to Starlight it up again this friday. everyone come!!!