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11/26/2007 Passport to BoredomI now work at Passport canada, I am contempleting going back to Korea because I was having way more fun there...That's my life in a nut-shell since last time I wrote...like a zillion years ago. Does anyone still look at this thing?! 6/26/2007 Oscar; March 25, 1995 - June 25, 2007Never shall another dog walk this earth who was as loved as the one we said goodbye to yesterday.
No more can be said. 6/12/2007 I'm terribleI admit it; since I got back home, I've been lax with this whole blogging thing...but it's only because my life has taken a turn towards the more boring.
And so...I wait. I shall only update this when something exciting happens (for example...when I get a job) so you all may be waiting for quite a while.
Only a few things have happened these past few months: moved to the new house, which is causing the parents untold stress as well as happiness (is that even possible?); have interviewed for a few jobs but no takers yet *sigh*; friend is getting married in Costa Rica; I've been invited to go to Trinidad to visit my friend; and that's about it.
Hope all is slap-happy with everyone. I shall update again...hopefully much sooner and moe frequently than these last few months.
cheerio. 4/29/2007 Addiction!!!TO FACEBOOK!!! To all the bastards that introduced me to facebook...thanks for feeding a crazy person more ways to stalk people. 4/27/2007 Weekend!Finally. And tomorrow is my first excursion to the beach as it's supposed to be a balmy 24 degrees. I also have to write a gov. test tomorrow a.m. Hopefully I'll be able to concentrate despite the excitement of beach-time. I mean look at how nice it is! (still...nothing compared to Thailand, though)
 Mom and Dad had their Garage/Moving Sale today, which was a resounding success, they even sold the knock off gucci sunglasses I bought in Bangkok, which were PLASTIC and clearly fake. Actually, the sale was supposed to go for 2 days, but they're not sure if we have enough stuff left to justify having again tomorrow. Good for them, as I know they were worried about not being able to sell our major appliances.
Holy crap, I wish there was something more exciting for me to tell you guys about. But my life has done a 180 since arriving back in this crap-town. All I do is eat, sleep, work and go on jaunty walks to try and lose the home-cooked-meals-belly I grew since arriving home. I would put up a picture of my belly, but I don't want the entire internet to crash or people to go blind from terror.
Cheerio for now. I'm off to hang out with my pal Jen and play various board games. Have a fantastic weekend. 4/15/2007 Jobs & JunkSorry for not updating AT ALL...I am working 2 jobs right now. The CRA (taxes...boring) which goes from 7:30am until 3:30pm, and then the LC (which, ironically, is now giving me loads of shifts) I work there from about 4-10. So basically I'm a mess by the time the day ends and the last thing I want to do is write about how I'm learning what order to put tax papers in. Nobody wants to hear it, and I don't want to type it.
We're also preparing for a garage sale since we're moving and have loads of junk. I found 6 pez dispensers...of Star Wars characters. I'm NOT selling them...but I'd totally forgotten about 'em. I am positive that crazy collectors are willing to pay 100s of 1000s of dollars for them. Therefore I believe I will put them on eBay. I may hold on to Bobba Fett, though, as he is too awesome for words. I've posted pics of them so you all can enjoy remembering the glory that is Lucas Films before George sold out.
I have no idea when I'll update again. Probably next sunday, when I have my 1 day off per week. I shouldn't be complaining, because at least I'm now employed....if only for 5 weeks. But working for 14 hours a day is NOT my idea of living the good life. Peace out homies.
4/1/2007 Dream PhoneAs many of you know...I have a great fondness for all things hilariously cheesy, especially if it has anything to do with the late 80s or early 90's. My frind Kelly also shares this fondness, though to a lesser degree. Tonight a long-time dream has come true for the both of us. Kelly bought the board game Dream Phone off eBay and received it early this afternoon. She called me immediately and we arranged to play the game asap.
Kelly arrived at my house at 7pm, and after a quick run to Starbucks, we cracked open the box which revealed the greatest treasure ever made. The first phone number dialed revealed that our secret crush didn't wear blue jeans. After 10 minutes of laughter which resulted in tears and a lot of screeching, we continued the game. We played twice. I don't mean to brag...but I seem to have a knack for crappy 80s games as I kicked Kelly's ass at both Sweet Valley High AND Dream Phone. It turns out that PAUL likes me. Ooooooooooh! I do believe that I may make it a stipulation that if you want to be my friend, you must play Dream Phone with me at least once a month.
Please take a look at the photo section as I have posted a few pics of this whimsical game.
Also...I seriously have to mention that there was an important notice in the instructions of the game....It said that NONE of the numbers were real and that girls should not be trying to call up strangers. HAHAHAHAHA! 3/20/2007 Sorry...for the lack of updates, but nothing new is going on! I'm just bored...I get the occassional call from the LC to work...which, depending on my mood, I may accept or decline (mood=whether or not they woke me up).
I got a call from the CRA for a month long job at the taxation center, which I declined...but in retrospect should have taken, so I'm calling them back tomorrow a.m. to see if it's too late to grab it. I've got nothing to lose. Honestly, I'd rather stay here than go to Afghanistan...though...I'll miss out on more travelling. *sigh*
We also have no couch or t.v. in the basement anymore. Mum and Dad sold them to a kid who's moving out for the first time. He was such a cute kid. Ah, to be young again. The first apartment...such fond memories. Although, I am a bit distressed because that big t.v. was supposed to be mine for when I finally stop being a bum...but I'm sure the technology of plasma tvs will be cheap by then and I can get an awesome one for when I move out at the age of 40. Sweet.
Cheers. It's bath time for me. --Jenn
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3/11/2007 The Onion Is Very Funny.Terrorist Extremely Annoyed By Delayed FlightSeptember 13, 2000 | Issue 36•32 CHICAGO–His flight from O'Hare to LaGuardia delayed more than six hours, Hamas militant and would-be suicide bomber Nidal Hanani vowed never again to fly United Airlines.
Inconvenienced suicide bomber Nidal Hanani waits at O'Hare. "I do not have time for this," said Hanani, seated at a Burger King in Concourse C, a plastic-explosives-filled duffel bag at his feet. "My jihad against the West was supposed to be carried out shortly after takeoff at 8:35 this morning. It is now 2:50 p.m. How much longer must I sit around this airport like an idiot before God's will is done?" Added Hanani: "They said the plane is still in Denver, where they are still waiting for a pilot from another flight. Screwed up, this United is." Compounding Hanani's frustration is the fact that his two previous flights–a commuter shuttle from Assira al-Shamaliyeh to Damascus followed by a redeye from Damascus to Chicago–were also delayed by more than four hours each. "The bile churns within me, I am so outraged," Hanani said. "I go to the ticket counter, and the females wearing men's clothing tell me, 'We can put you on standby and try to get you on a 4 p.m. flight.' Why do they say this word, 'try'? I did not buy a ticket for a 4 p.m. flight. I buy a ticket for a 8:35 a.m. flight." 3/9/2007 WORK??!?After 2 months of NOT working anywhere, the LC called me unexpectedly today and I worked for 6 whole hours. My feet are killing me. This re-iterates the fundamental idea that runs my life: that work is for suckers. I am going to milk this unemployment thing for as long as possible. That being said, having no money also is for suckers...so I somehow have to combine the 2 philosophies into one great life of leisure. I am also constantly surprised when I do not win the lottery...even when I haven't purchased a ticket. This proves that my parents have given me what I've wanted WAYYYY too often...I think I'm deserving of something that I can't possibly win! bleh.
Anyhow...hope you all are having a lovely weekend. The weather is fantastic, and I will be out walking jauntily around Southdale. Cheers.
3/6/2007 ObsesssssssiiiiooonnnnnSo I have this obsession, as most people know, with the show Family Guy as it is very funny and pushes what is considered appropriate for t.v. Well, I have just gone and purchased the Family Guy board game, and though it was hastily thrown together (i.e. there are no character moving pieces), the trivia questions are very very funny. But I have no one to play it with! I played with Jen, and she wasn't very good. I played with Pete and Kelly...and Pete was the only challenge to my reign of trivia terror. (Sorry, Kelly, but you're just no good at board games...I kick your butt every single time. Even with Sweet Valley High!!!)
Well, tonight may be different, as I am playing the Harry Potter Scene It dvd game with Jen. She is just as obsessive about Harry Potter as I am with Family Guy. The victor will detemine the fate of the universe! Just kidding. I'm sure the victor will simply do some sort of victory dance, while the loser weeps in the corner.
P.S. The few pictures I took of Shawna's stagette are up. Enjoy.
3/2/2007 Mini Afghanistan NewsSo my references finally came through for me, and I got a phone call this afternoon saying that I was invited to go to the army base in Kingston Ontario for formal training/final interviews for the job in Khandahar. I am very pleased about this, as it will give me the opportunity to do something that VERY few people would even consider doing, not only that, but it'll help clear off some debt and most likely allow me to visit Western Europe again.
Which leads me to a lovely surprise from this evening, as I was bumming around on the computer one of my msn contacts started chatting with me...now this is nothing unusual, I use MSn a lot. What was unusual was the fact that this was someone who I hadn't heard from in 3 years! Paula & Tom are a lovely couple I met while zipping around Australia and met up with again in New Zealand. They were so cool, they even went to Nepal...sorry....jealous yearning got a hold of me there...
Anyhow...hopefully this Khandahar job will allow me to pay off debt and let me visit all my chums in the UK. This includes you Amber and Paul. And Paula even invited me to her and Tom's wedding on Sept. 22nd! I told her that she didn't have to invite me as I have a very large mouth and it would take a lot of food to shut me up. Plus a bigger wedding is more $ for them, and I'd be staying at their house...so I figured that that's enough of a burden, they don't need some crazy foreigner at their nuptuals.
....wow...it took me 20 minutes and a hard knock to the skull, but I found some pics of our time in Oz and Kiwi-land. I'm scanning them now and then going to take a freaking tylenol. Cheerio.
....Well, it turns out that my internet connection is being a total fucking mental bitch, Pardon my foul language, but it's allowing me to post this blog, but won't have anything to do with pictures. Augh. SO FRUSTRATING. 2/26/2007 Thundercats HOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!Holy crap this show is awesome. Mumra was scary, and Cheetara was my hero. Too bad regular t.v. isn't this awesome anymore. The WeekendThis weekend had a few events that distracted me from all the random crap that's going on in my life, which was a good thing. Shawna's stagette (pictures will go up as soon as I work up the energy and pain-tolerance to walk downstairs and back up again) was on Sat. night. There was a ton of candy and chocolates and fondue...I ate until I nearly burst and everything was delicious. We all chatted and laughed, and I met some new people. There was a firm No Stripper Rule, so don't expect any debaucherous photos. All in all, it was good, clean fun. And Shawna looked very fit. I'm jealous, but too lazy to do anything about it.
Also went to the 'A'...a bar I haven't been to in YEARS...not since the Grant Park days (a reference there that only a few people will recognize). I only went to support my pal Andrew at the open mic night (he's an excellent guitarist), and got a shout out from him while he was up on stage. Then we went to Johnny G's restauraunt afterwards for some grub. Chad then proceeded to smash my stitches with his big lout of a foot. I forgive him though, as he didn't realize that my foot wasn't to be touched. All's well that ends well, the skin was pulled apart and started bleeding again...but it's all better now and re-healing nicely. Hopefully there will be no further complications.
Tomorrow my dad heads out to Hamilton, Ont. for my Great Uncle Paddy's funeral. Half of his ashes will go back to be buried with his wife Joy on the Isle of Weight, and the other half will stay in Ont. I am so pissed off that money is the only thing holding me back from going out there. And by there, I mean England. It would have been a great honour to accompany him back home. Such as life, though. And I can't keep asking my parents for money all the time. I'm sure dad would also have loved to go to England again, but the 'rents have a whole bunch of responsibility here at the moment.
And that's the weekend. Shout out to Amber who's skiing in the French Alps this week. If I get any more jealous, I'll turn blue with rage. Send me some snow in an envelope. It may have melted by the time it reaches me, but at least I can lick it and pretend to be falling over drunk in a snowbank in Europe.
No Oscar news from this website as I fell asleep at 7pm and only woke in time to go pick my brother up from work at 11pm. Also, the Oscars bore me.
Quick side note...you may have noticed that I took down the links leading to my friends' websites...I figured that I was the only one using them, and I already had them in my bookmarks, so why have them posted. If you were a fan of any of the sites and want the links posted back up, just let me know.
Cheers all. I'm off to get my snack ready. Yup, it's time for the snack-and-nap.
Today's Snack: Yoghurt and banana with some Honey Nut Cheerios.
Today's Napping Place: Upstairs guest bedroom 2/23/2007 Grief.Today I offer a brief, but heartfelt eulogy for my Great Uncle Paddy who passed away suddenly yesterday. We didn't meet until I was in high school, when he came to visit us after his wife Joy had passed. I was thrilled to meet someone who had a great sense of humour and wasn't afraid to let a swear slip every now and again. He was genial and funny, and I loved seeing the very strong family resemblance between Dad and Uncle Paddy.
He came to Winnipeg for my high school graduation, along with my Uncle Scott , Aunt Leslie and the then very young (and cute) Cousin Sydney. I remember dancing with him to "Lady in Red" which made us laugh, since the only red in the hall was my hair.
And so, here I sit today, feeling a bit guilty for not having called him or made more of an effort to stop over on my way home from overseas. I am sad, but inadequate with the english language to express my grief. I offer this poem by my favorite poet Christina Rossetti, as she seems to come close to representing what I am feeling:
When I Am Dead, My Dearest
When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dew drops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.
I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightengale
Sing on, as if in pain:
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.
“One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.” -Oscar Wilde 2/22/2007 Moley moley MOLEYSo I got a mole on the top of my foot removed on Tuesday, and now it's Thursday, and I think my foot is going to fall off. I actually hurts more than anything, because every time I step, it pulls on the stitches. Hmm. Maybe I should take a picture and post it. Yeah....hold on a few minutes while I do that...
...and I'm back. That only took 20 minutes! The stairs are the things that hold me up. So if you aren't too disgusted by stitches, take a look at my gross foot.
No real news about jobs. I applied for a Passport Clerk job, which I am more than qualified for, so I hope I get a call on that one. As for Afghanistan...still no word back on that... I guess the waiting game is always the hardest to play.
Ummmm...my goodness gracious. Life doesn't get more boring than this, does it? For the first time in years I am struggling for things to say on this dumb blog. There's really not too much to write about when you're not living in a strange country or travelling around, is there? I may have to just up and leave again just to amuse myself. But first I will have to wait for my foot to heal... stupid foot! Always bringing me down.
Oh, and just for the record, I am declaring once and for all that I am an atheist. I have too much respect for the natural world to believe that some supreme being is behind it all. That takes away from the beauty of the world we live in. And so, I throw my hat into the ring with the rest of the atheists out there. You've got one more reasonning mind on your side...though let's all face it, I get sidetracked with celebrity gossip, so I'm not sure I'll be all that much help to your cause.
If you would like to learn more about atheism, please read The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. It is fantastic. Also pick up the book Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris. You can buy both at www.amazon.ca for 1 low low price! I should be an infomercial host. I could sell George Foreman grills like nobody's business.
And if you're even just the slightest bit curious about being godless like me, or if you are an atheist and would like to feel less like a crazy outsider, go to http://richarddawkins.net/ , this website holds a plethora of information and resources. As for all you religious freaks out there who insist that I'll be burning in hell... so be it...at least it's warmer than my house right now. My parents are insisting that 19 - 20 degrees is a good temperature; I say that anything below 30 degrees is practically freezing. Therefore, bring on hell (which doesn't exist, by the way).
Ok...enough baiting unreasonable christians. It's time for me to have my mid-afternoon snack-and-nap. Ahhh...the snack-and-nap. My favorite time of day. I believe cheese and crackers will be today's snack...and the couch downstairs will be the napping place. (Pretty awesome that these are my 2 biggest decisions on a daily basis...)
Ciao for now. --Jenn 2/17/2007 I Get A Kick Out Of YouWow, it's been a while, hey? Well, there's not too much news to report. My phone interview for the Afghanistan job went very well, though I fear my ability to quickly switch from french to english is limited. I have definitely lost a lot of useful french vocabulary. But I managed to get my points across, and describe why I'd be a good candidate to go overseas. So they are checking my references now. I know they're having trouble reaching them because 2 references are at the University, and it's now just the end of Reading Week... hopefully that isn't hurting my chances.
Other than that, I am just hanging out, watching more t.v. than I've ever watched in my LIFE. My jerk friends are slowly making me addicted to American Idol, which is upsetting.
And did you SEE Britney Spears' shaved head???! Why? Why? WHY would she do that? Poor dear is so hepped up on Nyquil and cocaine that she thinks she's still relevent in today's scene. I should fly down there and explain to her (in words no more than 2 syllables long) that she has to smarten up and be less of s dirty slut and more of an attentive MOTHER.
And that's all I have to write about. I'm feeling rather sleepy, so I'm going to play some video games and then take a nap. Oh, the busy life of an unemployed bum...I can't even begin to tell you the stress I feel. And as a parting gift, here's some shots of Brit's new 'do:
Check out www.thesuperficial.com for more hideous pics. 2/9/2007 Ch-ch-ch-changes (Part 2)I'm kind of swinging back and forth between the London layout (Red and Blue everywhere) and this layout which is a Fireworks theme. Which do you guys think is better? I can't decide important things like this on my own. |
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