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Monday, May 31, 2004
currently listening to: edge 102 (and misc. lab noises) well, my sister is in wedded bliss somewhere in paris right now. and no, im not talking about paris, ontario, but its french counterpart. you know, the famous paris? lucky duck. thursday night i took off for home. had dinner with the boy in kitchener (mmmmm a&w) and drove home. got things as packed and ready as they could be, chatted online for a bit and went to bed to get as good a nights' sleep as i possibly could. woke up at 7am friday and then proceeded to pack up the car. we took off around 8:30, 8:45ish (with me behind the wheel of my beloved stacy) and drove up to deemerton (where the reception hall/guest bedrooms were located). friday morning saw a lot of set up: tables/chairs for reception, tables/chairs in room for punch/breakfast, other miscellaneous decorating, bar setup, dj table setup.....lots of set up. once that was finished, we got ready for the rehearsal. that was at the church and took about an hour or so to run through it. pretty easy. kinda neat, practicing the walk down the aisle for saturday. rehearsal dinner was back at don's (my now-brother-in-law) parents' place, and then we just kinda hung out, socialized and taryn and don presented the bridal party and their parents with their gifts. i got a really beautiful necklace (which i ended up wearing on saturday) and a beautiful ring as well. after that, the girls headed back to deemerton for their overnight in the rehearsal hall. i was wicked tired but still practiced the song a couple of times before heading upstairs to throw on some nail polish with the rest of the girls. then it was off to bed, thank god. saturday i got up around 7 and wandered downstairs to have my 'before' picture taken. haha. we did 'before' pictures that we took when we got up, and then we all have what we look like after we got ready too. quite hilarious. ate some breakfast, did some more decorating/small things, and then i went back to bed for about an hour. man i was tired. when i got up, it was 11, and i headed downstairs to help with cupcake duty (specifically, taking the iced cupcakes and putting them in containers/taking them to the fridge). then we (the bridal party) took off upstairs to get ready. a quick shower (in gross-sulphur-stinking low-pressure water) and then i went back to my room and started getting ready. i have to be honest and say that i looked REALLY hott. haha. the weather was perfect -- not too hot, not too cold, just perfect, and sunny to boot. the ceremony was very nice -- short, sweet, to the point. leave it to my sister to have an efficient marriage ceremony. haha. afterwards, we took so many pictures my face hurt, and i don't think i want pictures taken anymore, not for a while at the very least! it'll be exciting to get them back, however, and finally see them. dinner and the reception were fab -- the song went well (the one that i played, their first dance as husband and wife) and everything was wickedly fun. i had a good time hanging out with lu (another bridesmaid) and had the best visit with some of my friends from high school. it was so good to see them and spend time with them. mandy, i hadn't seen in over a year, so it was good to finally meet up with her again, even if someone had to get married for it to happen! heard a fun story from susan and katie about a boy who i had a crush on in high school randomly asking about me. hahahahaha. hilarious. a nice ego boost, but im kind of taken at the moment....happily taken, at that ;) its just weird, because i thought i saw this guy at the dashboard/thrice concert i was at on the 15th in TO. so that was rather interesting. sunday, we had breakfast and said goodbye to people who were leaving, as well as watching taryn and don open their wedding gifts. at noonish, the happy couple left for toronto so that they could clear customs and get ready for their flight to london. they're spending their honeymoon (aka this week) traversing the french and italian rivieras. colour me green with envy. that brings us to now, when im back in the lab again, back to the grindstone, and getting hungry. its a good thing its almost lunchtime! overall, not a lot to do this week, at leat not until friday when i re-do my large scale yeast transformation, and end up plating 182 plates. oy. speaking of lunch, im going to go now. because i can. and because i should have work to do around 1pm, so i want to be ready for that. my workload for the day just got a bit bigger (i have to seed cells now as well). my advil is still in my purse, and not in my backpack, and i have a bit of a headache. which sucks. but i'll live. so yay. lunch! ta!
Sunday, May 30, 2004
currently listening to: malcolm in the middle what a weekend. what a fabulous weekend :) i would write more, but im really tired, and i'll be getting up early tomorrow, so right now, im going to brush my teeth and go to bed. so i'll tell you ALL about the weekend later, and perhaps post some pictures as well (or a link to some pictures) when i get them back later this week. yay for five day developing! well, i digress. goodnight :)
Thursday, May 27, 2004
currently listening to: edge 102 | news stuff 1 MINUTE AGO: i was reading robin's page and leaving a comment when i decided to pilfer this! 1 DAY AGO: i made yummy pizza with jen and picked a wet and fishy karrie up from work. then i burned wedding stuff onto cd, ate smores and went to bed. 1 WEEK AGO: i was probably just getting into lab at this time. or i had been here for like, half an hour. 1 YEAR AGO: i think i had gone on a job interview for the sentinel-review position that i ended up holding last summer. and i think i had just bought a bike. but maybe that was in june. I HURT: usually privately. I LOVE: having good times with my friends, spending time with the boy, going to my cottage, going to concerts, cooking....i could go on if you want. I HATE: early morning when there's no reason to be up. apparently, just like today. *grumble* I FEAR: my prof's reaction to the fact that i can't do my procedure today :S I HOPE: for many things :) I FEEL: REALLY friggin' tired. I LISTEN: not enough, i think... I DRIVE: my MALIBU STACY! I MISS: julie, sam, my cousin (who's coming home! :D), adrienne, and everyone else i don't talk to often enough, like a lot of my friends from back home :) I LEARNED: how to *properly* restring my guitar I KNOW: hmm....not enough, i think. I WAIT: for saturday, to see my sister walk down the aisle :) I NEED: to go back to bed, ASAP. I THINK: too much, sometimes. currently listening to: edge 102 hmmm. i inoculated my overnight culture last night, as the starter culture for my yeast transformation today. this yeast transformation is pretty much all i have to do today. i need to make a couple more plates (because making 182 in two days just isn't enough plate-making for me, apparently) but other than that, i have nada to do. i can find a couple of things to do. like autoclaving all my old plates and throwing them out since they're garbage. but why the hell didn't this culture grow last night? i sware to god, i SAW the colony go INTO the media. with my OWN EYES. boom, colony, in media. thats not something that you imagine. thats something you SEE. so im sure my prof will be pissed, because now, in order to do the big transformation, i have to do another little one first, because i need a plate with my starter plasmids in it. there's really nothing i can do about it. i've done everything correctly, done nothing differently. this will just set me back a week. not a big deal in my books, but to a guy who can't stand the fact that yeast take about 3 days to grow? he'll be pissed. im kinda pissed too. i didn't bust my ass making 182 plates in TWO FREAKING DAYS so that i could sit on my ass today. gah. this is much less stress on me since i didn't really *want* to do this procedure today anyways, but at the same time, i did want to do it today and just get it over with already! in other news, i so totally had smores for breakfast this morning. clearly, i rule. hahaha. who does that! who has graham-cracker-marshmallow-chocolate goodness for breakfast? *raises hand* hehe....awesome. so totally awesome. in fact, when i go home today (whenever that is, probably early seeing as how i have nothing to do), i will probably have more smores. they're delightfully tasty. i heart them very much. anyways. maybe i'll do some emailing. or read some other pages. i have nothing to do. and i really don't know what to do with myself.
Monday, May 24, 2004
currently listening to: tbs (the telly) what a weekend. friday: once i got home from lab, i changed into my cute new skirt. MAN i looked good. haha. even *i* have to say it! then i packed up my car and headed off to the 'loo. i got to my sister's around 6:15, and shortly after 6:30, we headed off to the place where her wedding dress came from to see the final fitting. she put it on. and WOW. holy mother she looked SO good, it was awesome. after that, we headed off to fairview and shopped for a bit. i still needed a purse for the wedding, and the other two bridesmaids needed shoes. we left with one pair of shoes and one purse. not too bad. once we got home, i called the boy and he came to pick me up coz i didn't want to lose the visitors' spot i managed to snag at my sister's building. he picked me up, we went to blockbuster, rented 'lost in translation' and went back to his house. by this point, in my short skirt, my legs were starting to get cold, so i huddled under a blanket and curled up on the boy. both of us were overly tired, we almost fell asleep on the couch, and then decided upstairs in his room would be way more comfortable. so we transported stuff upstairs and cuddled on the bed. very comfy, even tho we were both cranky and tired. its something totally different to be cranky and tired and still comfortable with someone. very nice :) saturday: we (myself, my sister and don) took off around 8:35ish after loading the car up with lots of wedding stuff (to leave at don's parents' place) and went to pick up their friend whitey. once we got whitey, we headed off on the road to the cottage. wo0t! drive was uneventful. stopped at don's parents to drop off the wedding stuff (including the dress), and then went to port elgin to pick up things that the parents needed up at the cottage. once we cleared port elgin and sauble beach, the cell phone rang (i had my sister's for the duration of the drive in case anything happened). it was mom. the truck was stuck. on the island. right. so we got up to where we park the cars and called again, only to find out the truck was still stuck, they hadn't managed to get it un-stuck. of course, being the fabulous people we are, we loaded up with our stuff and walked across. walked. in a lake. that was *maybe* 10 degrees. it was actually kinda fun. once your legs go numb, you can't feel anything, so the water's just kinda nothing. pretty cool. of course, it waited to start raining until we actually started to walk over. meh, oh well. it wasn't raining too hard, it was just that we were out there for that long, walking across the lake, so we got fairly wet. once we got there, we dropped off our stuff and kinda hung out for a bit. i waited for the feeling to come back into my legs (MAN they were red!) and then we went out to un-stick the truck. quite an adventure. we pushed and managed to get the truck parked on a rock, only after mine and dad's legs got *rather* muddy. haha. so it was back into the cold lake to wash the leg. after that was all said and done, it was time to go up into the house and put on warm clothes. i cuddled under some blankets on the futon and started reading 'hey nostradamus' by douglas coupland. then i fell asleep. man i was cute. slept for a couple of hours, and my sister waited til the last 10 minutes of it to take a picture of me. haha. it was kinda funny, i'll have to get her to email that to me. dinner was delicious, and then it was back onto the futon to read, and then back to the dinner table to play solitaire/sequence with my mom. there was a *lot* of solitaire and sequence on this weekend. pretty fun! sunday: breakfast was delicious, and by noon i was roasting some marshmallows on the fire. mmmm. nothing better than roasted marshmallows, and we got the COOLEST forks for roasting stuff from taryn's friend liz. they work so good. i read a bit more in the afternoon, we played more solitaire and sequence, and then helped some kids get un-stuck from the mud out front. then came the rain. oh, the rain. it rained. and rained. and rained. and rained. and thundered. and rained. and thundered. and rained. we had some wicked thunderstorms (including a clap of thunder that managed to knock the spoon off a table in the kitchen). the path to the outhouse was flooded and wickedly squishy, and the part by the outhouse was actually *flooded*. haha. funny. verandah was wickedly wet (thats what you get with a screened in verandah and no eavestroughing). we had hamburgs for dinner (mmmm bbq) and then it started to rain and thunder again. but then it was nice. we watched the simpsons on the teeny tv at 8, and then mom and i played some more solitaire and sequence and racko. i roasted some more marshmallows around 10, to the point of feeling sick. well, i felt sick before (too much sugary stuff during the day, ugh) so it didn't take much. but DAMN they were good. mmmm. monday: we came home. thats pretty much it. truck kind of got a bit stuck (even in the new mapped out route), but that was probably because everything was SO WET because it rained and stormed again overnight. there were a few claps of thunder that woke me up. like everyone else, as well. that brings us to being home, and getting showered, and starting laundry. now, i've been writing this for a LONG time, and i think im going to go upstairs and reheat leftover casserole from the cottage and watch 21 grams, periodically getting up and coming downstairs and switching over my laundry. (ed note: am watching/listening to muchmusic's 'gonna meet a rock star' with avril lavigne, and she sounds SO STUPID) boy has done SO much work this weekend and drank WAY too much diet coke. something like 4 litres i think, by now? silly boy. he's very tired and still not done everything that needs to be done, and i can't wait to see him and just give him a hug and let him sleep in my bed for a long time. haha. well, enough typing, time to go upstairs and coze up on the couch and watch my movie! hope your respective weekends were as great as mine!
Friday, May 21, 2004
currently listening to: edge 102 last night was the best self-esteem boost. wicked. i went to old navy (as i mentioned) to look for the skort thing that they had -- yeah, its really short (i mean *really* short) but there's shorts underneath the skirt, so its all good, really! anyways. the lady i asked about them said that they might not have them, but if they did, they'd be in a certain part of the store. so i went to the back and checked it out and found them. problem. the biggest size they had was a 12. i didn't know if that was going to fit me. so i went and stood in line (clearly they need a better system for changerooms because the lines were SO LONG) and tried it on. it totally fit me. :D like i said. best self esteem boost EVER. so then i picked up a couple of shirts and tried them on too. this cute brown polo-style one looks really good with it. i sware, its the most tight fitting ANYTHING i've ever bought. but jen said i looked really cute, and well, i believe jen because she can't tell a lie to save her life. i was so going to wear it all this morning, but its not quite warm enough for a skirt that short. so we'll have to wait to try it out with the general public. i also got just a plain black tshirt to go with it too. i figure it doesn't hurt to have two tops that'll go with it. so yeah. overall, last night was a lot better than anticipated. the boy and i talked and everything's cool now. so yeah. im excited because i get to see him again tonight, even though we're both wickedly tired and we'll probably be no fun, but i'll manage to be just a *bit* of fun anyways. ;) plus i have to go shopping tonight to pick up part of a wedding gift as well as a purse for the wedding. so i gotta get on those, seeing as how the wedding is, well, next saturday. tomorrow, i drive up north. vroooooom! me and stacy! on the open road! with some stellar cd's! :D its a very exciting deal, and i honestly can't wait. wo0t! anyways. in lab, should probably go back to my work since my incubation is almost over. :)
Thursday, May 20, 2004
currently listening to: alkaline trio | sadie there's something incredibly therapeutic about feet and pavement and headphones pumping music into my ears. sadie g, she's crazy, see? thats what the white coats say... its almost abusive, when you think about it. through anything -- snow, rain, sleet, hail -- not breaking stride even when going up tough hills and keeping your pace....forcing yourself through something that sucks, but finishing it anyways. maybe its not so healthy. but then why do i always feel so much better after doing it? im wickedly too hot right now, but suitably enough to throw on a pair of boy cuts and a tank top and lounge around in my underwear, til my roommate gets home (reason #27 why i still sort of miss living alone). today, i slipped. and i fell. and i almost got sucked in. but i held on, and got back up, and pushed through. its not for me. and thats good enough. my plans for tonight seem to have fallen through. im pondering taking my car to cambridge, and going to old navy, seeing if jen watns to come with me. or maybe even just by myself. i miss that driving, and im wickedly excited for saturday when i can drive myself to the cottage. god im going to look forward to that. anyways, there's this cute skirt/short thing that my sister got there. i really like it. and i really want one. money or no money. so i think i'll go. now miss susan a, you're losing every opportunity to put us all away.... im feeling strong now. much stronger than i spent the afternoon feeling. right now, my music is alternating between 'sadie' and 'everything', and im totally belting 'everything' out at the top of my lungs. sometimes its fun to sing like nothing matters. sometimes, thats all you need. this weekend is my cottage. im SO excited. i'll totally have my cd's and batteries and an mp3 player, and every night i'll head down to the dock and sit there, listening to the water lap on the rocks, watching the reflection of the moon in the waves.....wholly crap i can't wait. anyways. like i said. time for underwear and lounging. i've only got about an hour. :)
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
currently listening to: edge 102 | switchfoot (im really getting sick of this song) its one of those things where im not entirely sure what to think. :S randoms i had the YUMMIEST strawberries today. mmmmmm.....they were SO SO SO GOOD! juicy and sweet and de-lish! mom and dad are coming up to drop off stacy for me today :D stacy and mel, reunited again. you bet im going for a slushie or something tonight! we're going out for dinner too. im excited. i told them they could pick. i get to see the NEW CAR! :D silver mazda tribute. so cute and sporty and fun. im excited. it feels like its been a long day, but its only 3:30. then again, i did get here at 8, so i have been here for 7.5 hours already. which is indeed a long time. sometimes the internet is no fun, because you miss the inflection in peoples' voices, plus you can't read their faces to know what they're actually thinking. so right now, the internet is no fun for me. :i can't wait for katiehood to come home :D even tho i know she won't want to leave her birch. those two are cute. even when you don't see them every day (or like, at all, because they're on the opposite freakin' coast). it seemed like everything that would go wrong, did today. which sucks. speaking of wrong, i have to go and set up my work again. ta, kids.
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
currently listening to: saved by the bell on tv the power went out last night. every time the power goes out, i'll wake up when it comes back on, because my printer will turn on, and well, its kind of loud when it starts up and makes noises. if i hadn't woken up, i totally would have slept straight through it. now im going to go make my lunch, check that karrie's up (power outage), and then be excited because today its going to thunderstorm :)
Monday, May 17, 2004
currently listening to: the tv what a fabulously productive sunday, which led into a fabulously unproductive monday, which led to a very content mel :) i saw 'elephant' by gus van sant tonight. its a film thats based on the shootings at columbine high (morbid, i know, but im kind of fascinated with this true-crime stuff). the cinematography was REALLY cool. i mean, uber cool. long, fluid shots through hallways, following students through the movie...it was really well made. kind of slow to take off, but really well made, and i can see why they took the time to develop the beginning a bit. today was good. boy and i went to mall, i got a new purse/bag thingy (now i have a baby dak [and dak = dakine] just like karrie has HER baby dak! and i just realized the gray in my little dakine matches the gray in my backpack! haha. me = loser). i also got the new alkaline trio/one many army split, which i probably shouldn't have bought, but hey, i get paid this week, i can totally justify it. plus, its alkaline, and its new, and i really like it so far. tracks worth mentioning: 'fine without you' and 'sadie'. all in all, gouda day. wish i could just repeat that day over and over again, but alas, i cannot. here's looking forward to thursday, anyways. :)
Sunday, May 16, 2004
currently listening to: the ongoing history of new music (edge 102) wo0t! friday was SO fun. boy and i went to ikea. i got my shelving units (tho it was tough to decide between otto and gorm, i did end up getting gorm), and then we went back to my place, dropped off the stuff, and continued on to waterloo. we met up with my sister, i got her keys to the apt (since i was going to spend the night there, but boy and i were watching a movie first), and then boy and i went to go get a movie. we decided on duplex. it was so cozy laying there in his room. he dropped me off around 2ish and i went straight to bed feeling completely content. saturday morning i got up to go get my hair done. i am back to being partly blonde now. its kind of strange to get used to, because im not used to my hair being this light anymore, but it looks good. me likey a lot. :) i got it cut too, tho he didn't take a lot off (rather, he probably didn't take enough off), but he did thin out the ends a bit which was good. and i have some soft layers as well, which is also rather fabulous. tres expensive, but rather worth it. yesterday afternoon nicole picked me up and we went to the rock n' roll show. well, probably the punk n' emo show. the first band we missed most of, and since i didn't know who they were at the time (they're called 'say anything'), i didn't care enough to listen and formulate an opinion. plus, a large venue like arrow hall is hardly proper for educating oneself about new music. not nearly intimate enough to form a full appreciation for the music. i thought we were just seeing dashboard and thrice. to my GREAT surprise, the GET UP KIDS were there! :D the freakin' GET UP KIDS!!!!!!!! they went on after say anything, i couldn't tell who they were and then the matthew pryor (the lead singer) goes "hi, we're the get up kids and we're from kansas city!". wholly crap. so exciting. i think they played a lot of their new stuff (which i don't know, because i haven't heard the new album), but it was all really good, and i certainly think that album would be worth more than one listen-through. their set was good, they translate very well live, and i enjoyed them. quite a nice surprise, made the show even that much more worth it. after the get up kids, we had a holy moment as we prepared for the arrival of thrice. they came out on stage. and started with 'under a killing moon', followed by 'silhouette'. hi. silhouette is my FAVE thrice song from the new album. SO incredible. LOVED it. i was in heaven right there, and then they started into this softer song, which i didn't recognize until later. it was 'so strange i remember you', TOTALLY one of my faves by thrice, and it was UNBELIEVABLE. i missed the stellar guitar solo at the beginning, but this was all soft and quiet and slow and piano-y and SO wonderful. wow. they kept playing incredible music (the artist in the ambulance, cold cash and colder hearts, and more) and WOW. they're SO SOLID live. i love a band that can play the album and make it sound like the album (with the exception of completely redesigned songs, like the version of so strange i remember you). that indicates the band is just THAT talented that there's no tweaking or anything, no over-mixing, over-compensating for poor players, etc. and that was thrice. even in a large venue, they were unbelievable and they were truly the pinnacle for me at this show. i was mucho excited and happy to see them. dashboard was up next (the headliner), and while i do enjoy dashboard's writing on many levels (because he is a truly talented songwriter), this whole sell-out to the electric format and the full band really just doesn't sit well with me. to be fair, he did do some songs on his acoustics, but there as still a full band, and it really changes the format. there were a couple of songs that were just him on stage with his guitar, and those were fun. i did enjoy dashboard, it just makes me sad to see him sell out like that. plus, he'd be so much better in a smaller venue with just him and a guitar. i'd love to see that someday. i came home last night and totally crashed, i just slept, and it was glorious. 10 hours of sweet sleep. ahhh. this morning, my alarm went off around 10 (tho i had woken up on and off starting around 9) and then i grabbed my remote, turned on the tv, and cuddled with my giant spongebob and watched spongebob. SO FABULOUS. that was the best, sitting there with my giant pillow watching spongebob on tv. it was a good episode too. that pretty much brings us to now, and im in the lab. have to do about an hour's worth of work, and thats it. shouldn't be too bad. i have a 30 min incubation (which is half over) and then a couple of washes, and then back home. going to pick up some food at the grocery store, as im making dinner for the boy tonight. :) and maybe zehrs will have wrenches too. that would be fabulous. tho i wouldn't use my wrench until after dinner, because i promised that he could get some work done before i tickle him to death :P so maybe i'll stop off at canadian tire and see about wrenches, and then head home. then, perhaps, a lazy afternoon on the couch watching 21 grams (really watching it, so i can formulate my opinion on it) and then maybe a nap, and then a fudgsicle, and then who knows what else. i love days like this. :) this week my parents are dropping off a car to me on wed or thurs (VERY exciting!) and then im going up to my cottage on saturday morning! wo0t! speaking of cottage, here is cardinal rule number 101: cardinal rule 101: when i ask you to do something, and you don't want to do it, please say "i don't want to." don't say "i'll look into it and let you know." i don't care if you don't want to do it, but i do care about being unnecessarily led on. thus ends the reading of cardinal rule 101. the coolest cousin ever comes home soon, and that has me very excited, as she is my date to the wedding in just under two weeks' time. going to be a blast! anyhoo....should get back to work (or rather, go to the bathroom because i have to!). have a good sunday, kiddies!
Friday, May 14, 2004
currently listening to: the tv do you ever have days where you get SO incredibly dissatisfied with your ENTIRE wardrobe? i sware i have all these clothes and i don't look good in ANY of them. i bought a jean skirt last year. i can't wear it anymore because it doesn't stay on. now, thats a good feeling, but its SO frustrating because i got ONE summer's wear out of it. and i paid for it. and the rest of my clothes? ugh. i just think they all look like crap.
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
the move is done. well, all things are in the new place. thats what i mean by done. the bed is assembled, the desk is set up, the computer is set up, and i have crap EVERYWHERE. i've done some unpacking. but i don't think i can do much more until i get some shelves from ikea or something. because i have NO SHELF SPACE. none. zero. zip. nada. zilch. i have a monstrous headache. and im rather tired. and dirty. and gross. and i should go check my laundry and see if i can't organize my crap somehow. currently listening to: the hum of the computer i've always wanted to move while feeling like throwing up. looks like today is my big chance. :(
Monday, May 10, 2004
currently listening to: edge 102 waiting for yeast to grow is less fun than watching paint dry. for example: you can watch paint dry with friends. you and your friends can chat, hang out, play games, do lots of different things. when waiting for yeast to grow, you can only do one thing: wait for the frickin' yeast to grow. gah. he makes my stomach go all flippy, and i really like it :) (and no, it wasn't because of the 'bad' pizza). he makes me feel like nothing else matters but me, and him, and us. he drives me completely crazy, in the best way possible. i am so completely comfortable around him it doesn't even make sense. everything about him is so soft, comfortable and cozy. and thus ends our dose of cheese for the day. :P
Sunday, May 09, 2004
currently listening to: muchmusic so far, here's what i've packed:
that leaves:
and im sick of this list now, so im not putting anything else on it. hahaha. all in all, i'd say i haven't done a bad job. we're going to have to make MANY trips today, but we can do it. i owe a huge thanks to the boy for his help :) anyways. im going to go chill for a bit because im sick of packing and have been going hardcore since i got back to guelph. lates!
Saturday, May 08, 2004
currently listening to: cbc radio there's nothing like stepping on a scale and realizing that you've surpassed the awful weight loss plateau to make you feel like the skinniest person in the world (even tho you're far from being that). :D edit: im not sure i read the scale right anymore. but i feel fabulous anyways. :) what a completely fabulous 12 hours of sleep. there's a thunderstorm going on outside, and i love it. nothing better than the sound of thunder. mmmm. im back to thinking about buying a domain. don't know what it'd be, but im thinking about it. it could be hosted here or here. the gold/platinum plans at liverack would give me moveable type for free. do you carry over comments with moveable type? i don't know. webserve.ca is cheaper, however, and i like cheaper. blogger's alright, i've used it for four years (wholly crap i've had this page for FOUR YEARS). i move on tuesday. sunday will be spent packing and making trips over to the new place, and then watching the survivor finale at the old place. very exciting. i also have to head into the lab for a bit to set up for an experiment. fun. monday will be lab, cleaning, and the once-through with the landlord (since he apparently thinks im the type who will put fists through walls and cause all sorts of damage just to screw him in the end. thanks a lot). tuesday is the 'moving of big things' day, this includes my bed, desk, and well, me. then i'll be in the new place, setting up everything (you know computer will be one of the first things that gets set up, i only hope that its not hard to set up the internet with rogers on it, otherwise i'll have to call in some reinforcements). so setting up the furniture, etc. i want to go to ikea SO BADLY because i will need a shelving unit. i'll just have to con someone into taking me to burlington some time. haha. third watch was INCREDIBLE last night! WHOLLY CRAP! much better than the rather disappointing season finale of the OC and friends. my aunt linda sent me spongebob ankle socks, with spongebob's head as pom poms on the ankles! GOOD LORD THEY'RE FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i need to go shower and change out of my pyjamas and help my mother set up for today. im going to make chocolate chip cookies tonight, hopefully i'll be full and not eat too much raw dough, but i just know i won't be able to pass it up. cookie dough is the best, especially from this recipe that my mom has. well, i should go now. and be clean and helpful. ta!
Friday, May 07, 2004
Thursday, May 06, 2004
Wednesday, May 05, 2004
currently listening to: edge 102 | blink 182 so sleepy. lab work is ok. doing what needs to be done and going home to work on presentation for joint lab meeting tomorrow. will also practice the song for the wedding a bit -- played it yesterday, it actually didn't sound too bad. went to record it, but it turns out that somehow i don't have my recording software anymore. boourns. and i can't find it to download it again, and for whatever reason, i don't have the .exe install file. damn. now i need to find NEW recording software. the move is happening next tuesday. we've got a date. that leaves me sunday/monday to pack and tuesday is garbage day, so i can just put everything out then and not have to worry about it! fab. the leafs lost :( very sad indeed. but at least now im not torn over whether to watch friends and survivor or game 7. because now there is no game 7. easy decision. im getting a SLUSHIE on thursday and im very excited. its my first slushie of the season, i hope 7-11 has good flavours! the first slushie always tastes the best. mmmm. this entry is now full of enough random goodness that i can go do some other lab stuff, or maybe grab a muffin since my tummy is so hungry. guess i should have eaten dinner last night. doh.
Monday, May 03, 2004
currently listening to: k's choice | live for real why yes, winamp, i would love to listen to this song right now. so fabulous. soothing. cozy. easily one of the greatest songs ever. mmm. in other news, i hate this presentation. but i love this song. :)
Sunday, May 02, 2004
currently listening to: stem :) yes. there was a leafs game today. and yes, i usually write about leafs games. however, today's game was not even actual hockey played by the leafs, thus, i am not posting about it. i will, however, say once again that antropov is a complete tool and should not be allowed on the ice during playoff games. fabulous weekend. hot tub = GLORIOUS. man alive i felt absolutely wonderful afterwards, and clearly should have become horizontal and reclined because standing up too WAY too much energy. we had pizza for dinner -- lu (one of the other bridesmaids) made the dough. FABULOUS! pizzas were wicked tasty, but maybe thats because they were made in the DREAMIEST kitchen ever! *drool* beautiful stone fireplace in the middle with a bread oven above, large stainless steel stove with two ovens, griddle and elements....then on one part of the wall, we had a cappuccino machine (installed into the wall), and below that, a warming drawer and two freezer drawers. underneath the island, a cooling cabinet (i think it was refrigerated?) with horizontal wine storage (and im talking like, 50 bottles)....they had a walk-in refrigerator, dishwasher with digital display, small flat-screen sony tv with satellite receiver (for the sole purpose of playing music in the kitchen on those digital music channels)....then, beautiful windows overlooking the most picturesque stone ruins and a beautiful countryside. there were also double doors leading off to a deck with fabulous hot tub and pool, and then to the left of that was a beautiful garden, complete with pond. there are also small trees with little white christmas lights (and we all know how much i *love* little white christmas lights...mmm...) that was just the kitchen area. the master bedroom (with ensuite) is also on the first floor, as well as dining room with bar (and what a well stocked bar! haha), a sitting room, and a two piece bathroom. upstairs, we have two guest bedrooms (one with at least a double bed in it and i think there was a tv in it as well? and the other with two twin beds). there's a three piece bathroom, and then the theatre. yes. theatre. im talking two rows of four la-z-boy recliners (with cupholders in arm rests), and of course the back row is raised a bit so you can see over the front row's heads. 72 inch (!!!!!!!!!!) tv, satellite, dvd, vcr and surround sound. i almost drooled. such a fabulous room, it makes watching tv seem like the biggest and greatest luxury ever in life. whoa. there's also a guest house on the property as well. i don't know what was in that, but given the rest of the house, im sure its incredibly fabulous. we watched 'calender girls' and 'love actually' (completely appropriate for a hen night, well chosen movies) and ate too much food, imbibed some alcohol and relaxed in the hot tub, scented with some green apple hot tub oil. the only thing that was less than desireable was the weather, and we didn't really have to deal with that because we were inside the whole time. oh, and the fact that i hate being a girl. and im excited to be home to be with my advil. mmmmadvil. and we'll leave it at that. haha. so fabulous. i want a house like that. BADLY. haha. anyways. now im back, im doing laundry, and im going to start working on my presentation for this thursday, since, you know, i should start it and all. this would be my cue to end. ta!
Saturday, May 01, 2004
currently listening to: pearl jam | jeremy sometimes there's no explaining why things happen at the times that they do....why you can stay up til 4am chatting with someone that you probably don't know very well, and there's *certainly* no rhyme or reason for feeling like this.... i can't explain it. i really can't. but why bother trying to explain something when it feels so good without knowing anyways? :) in other news, im off to owen sound for the weekend....fabulous girls weekend complete with pizza, pop, chips, movies, and a hot tub. mmmmfabulous. very exciting as i'll be with some wonderful girls... and on that note, time to go and finish packing. have a good weekend! |
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my amazon wishlist reading: staring at the lights again adrienne: non-fiction puck you: nhl playoffs 2004 jaked on green beers decordas that kind of girl kates danielle thebrenda theniki mr good the clinic swimgal's splashes love me, hate me.... everything's coming up robin sneaky pete one big rant homestarrunner rathergood.com threebrain.com found magazine makeoutclub chart magazine pollstar breathing: sign my guestbook view my guestbook photo album university of guelph the shape of punk to come musing: coheed and cambria alkaline trio jimmy eat world mae my chemical romance alexisonfire strike anywhere at the drive-in thursday ben folds / five the juliana theory finch brand new yellowcard esthero finger eleven incubus system of a down goldfinger face to face sparta silverchair radiohead weezer the weakerthans k's choice vagrant records drive-thru records victory records
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