Brenda's Burrow

First post in two years!

2009-09-24T19:06:00.000-04:00

OMG a post!

*runs*

No more blogging?

2007-06-10T11:52:00.000-04:00

Y'know initially, I wanted a blog so I can keep my friends informed of what's going on in my life. With the advent of Facebook, I find myself spending less time blogging, and more time writing on walls.

What do you guys think? Should I keep it? Make it more about something else? Less personal? More pictures? More music/movie reviews? Photography?

I don't know. Right now, this blog will be in limbo until I figure out what I want to do with it.

Third Time is Not a Charm

2007-03-16T12:44:00.000-04:00

Sick...sick...sick. I am so sick....again! This will mark the third time I've been sick this season (a new record!). Out of all the times I've been sick, I think this time is the worst. I may have the flu. :(

Anyways, I haven't been to work in three days... and I'm incredibly bored at home. There's only so many dvds you can watch, so many hours you can spend on Facebook, and so many hours you can spend reading a book before you get absolutely bored to tears. What else is there to do around here?!? I can't go outside because I'm too sick. I can't go shopping, I can't go to the gym, I can't do anything except to be kooped up in this apartment. ARGHH!!

At one point in the afternoon when I'd done everything that I could possibly do to entertain myself, I just sat on the sofa staring blankly at the wall for 5 minutes.

I need a project to work on... something to pass the time... *sigh*

Home Sweet Home!

2007-03-10T21:31:00.000-05:00

After a week of staying in Kanata with my boyfriend, I'm finally back home. I guess we passed the "Can we live together?" test. It's a pretty simple system. I get up in the morning, and he prepares me breakfast. I'm so spoiled.

We went to see 300, and it was pretty awesome. Except for the fact we got crappy seats. The theatre also shutdown for 5 mins at the very last scene of the movie which prompted the packed audience to yell and scream for a while. When it finally came back on, it wasn't cued to the exact spot it had left off and the ending was pretty much ruined for us. Needless to say, the entire audience got their money back. I'm gonna go try and see it again on Imax with better seats!!! lol

Also, I've started seeing a personal trainer at GoodLife! (Thank you corporate membership).

So hopefully, after this weekend we're gonna start to see some Spring weather!! I'm excited for the warm weather. I'm always feeling sick, and crappy, and tired during the winter season. The earth has gone wacky. We got March weather in December, December weather in January, January weather in February, and February weather in March and Daylight Savings Time a month early.

What has the world come to?!?

Blog Update: Facebook Badge

2007-02-28T22:34:00.000-05:00

I've added a new Facebook badge to my blog. I know my latest post isn't very interesting but I don't care. It's my blog and I can do whatever I want!

Stupid Facebook.... taking over my life....

I hate you Facebook!!!

PHOTO: Fixed-point theorem

2007-02-03T12:39:00.000-05:00

Hey it's another photo post! I can't believe the last photo post was from a year ago! I was talking about photography with my co-worker the other day, so I was inspired to create this post.

This one is a gorgeous black and white photo called Fixed-point theorem by a photographer named Toto Rino. I love the mysterious tone it gives. It is so intriguing because it leaves a lot to the imagination. I especially love the rough texture as well that gives this photo its enigmatic tone.

Photographer: Toto Rino

I will never be a teacher

2007-01-24T18:50:00.000-05:00

Oh...my...gawd....

I had such an exhausting day at work.

I was pretty much "teaching" all day. All day for 8 hours. I was heading 3 different focus groups at our workplace, each meeting was 2 hours, with only a half-hour break in between in each one.

I don't know how teachers do it. I was standing all day, I was dehydrated, my brain was hurting... it's exhausting!

I definately have a new found respect for people who do this everyday for a living.

I blame Facebook

2007-01-21T14:31:00.000-05:00

I blame Facebook for my lack of blogging.

More posts to come soon! I think I'm going to do another music post soon. Ash was over at my place the other day and we were sifting through my mp3s for fun. It made me wanna make another mix or write another music post so I think I'll do that soon.

That's it for now!

Hello Winter

2006-12-02T15:39:00.000-05:00

Damn it!!! I can't believe I gave in to Facebook. I've always hated all those social networking sites like MySpace, hi5, Friendster, etc. I vowed never to join one, but my brother had a Facebook account and I wanted to see it. And of course, in order to view a profile, you had to become a member yourself.

So gave in... *sigh*. Check it out if you must: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=511732752

So I'm finally almost caught up in Grey's Anatomy. I just need to watch this week's episode and I'll finally be able to stop avoiding all the Grey's talk on the radio, tv, and from magazine articles. This show is such a phenomenon that I hear about it EVERYWHERE! If I wasn't careful, I would accidently hear or read something I wasn't supposed to know about the latest season. When my roommate was watching the first season on dvd, she went to the gym and she saw a Grey's Anatomy scene on tv and it completely ruined the entire first season for her, lol!

In other news, I recently went to Tuee's 3rd Annual Potluck dinner. I always love her potlucks. Last year, we did a Sex and the City marathon. This year, I brought over the board game Scene It! 'Friends Deluxe Edition'. It was pretty fun considering there were 14 girls in the room screaming out all the answers at the tv screen. Here are some pics:

There's Tu-Anh, our fabulous hostess and "dvd master" with the remote control.

Alli, in her all-ready position to yell out the correct answer before everybody else.

Girl's night in!

Anyways, that's all for now. I'll end this post with a picture I took from my workplace on the first day of snow:

YAY SNOOOOW!!!

My Neighbour is an Axe Murderer

2006-11-28T23:34:00.000-05:00

Who in their right mind bangs on the wall so loudly that the entire apartment shakes?!!

MY NEIGHBOUR IS CRAZY!!!

It's not my fault he's still sleeping at 9am when I'm playing music in my room.

Fucking asswipe.

Best show ever

2006-11-23T23:26:00.000-05:00

Okay it's official.... Grey's Anatomy is the most amazing, most awesomest, BEST show EVER!!!!!

I've been watching them on dvds and I just saw the season 2 finale......and WOW. If you've never seen the show, I would encourage you to go out and buy/rent season 1 and 2 on dvd because this show is fantastic.

Can't wait to start watching season 3!!!

Funny Fed-Ex article

2006-11-08T23:44:00.000-05:00

LOL!!! This article is hilarious!!!

Blame K-Fed's soaring success for Britney split

Sick Day

2006-11-06T17:34:00.000-05:00

I'm sooooooooo sick right now.

Being sick is no fun. Being high on cough syrup is no picnic either. I stayed at home today instead of going to work and did absolutely nothing. Well, I did do stuff but very, very little. I caught up on some reading and watched the movie "Click" on dvd. It was weird to see Adam Sandler in a dramatic role. Yes, I said dramatic. "Click" is a drama in disguise of a comedy. I was too sick to go anywhere so I gave my roommate $10 to go get me some chicken soup and table salt, and milk. The milk wasn't for me. We were just out of milk.

I'm going to try and go to work tomorrow because I can't afford to take another unpaid absence. I've already used up all my sick days :(

The 100th Post

2006-11-03T12:13:00.000-05:00

Hey guys,

Happy 100th post! I can't believe I posted to this blog 100 times already. CRAZY!

I'm sick right now and I'm listening to a mix a local dj gave me. So that's why I can't concentrate. I'm sick and I'm listening to.....that hip...hop stuff. So don't mind me if I suddenly type something weird and sexy, letz get right aight? ....Because it's not my fault, I might be distracted and the words might somehow make its way on to this post because dawg, I'm gettin' love fom da streetz, ya feel?! AAAhhh....can't control it!

Anyways, work has been crazy. I've been working crazy hours, taking on other projects doing presentations and crap. I hate doing presentations! I'll do them if they want me to but I'm so bad at them. So it's been interesting. I haven't had time to do anything at home. I came home one night and cooked until 11:00pm because I haven't had time to cook all week and I didn't have any food to bring to work.

So other than work, nothing really to report. I needah diiime...thatz top of the liiine, something something with a big behiind!! Shut up you stupid hippity-hop music!! No I'm kidding, I like it. I just have it blasting in iTunes right now.

Anyways, I have nothing else to write right now. Actually that's not true. I can't type right now because I have the music on and I can't concentrate and I don't want to turn it off. Next time, I'll write a more productive post, I promise....okay? Don be a hatah, throw me sum dollaz, hollah!!

Okay, maybe I should shut off the music. It's poisoning my mind.

300

2006-10-12T00:43:00.000-04:00

Uh... whoa.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/300/trailer1/large.html

Caleb Kane

2006-10-08T15:56:00.000-04:00

I really really like this guy. Check it out. It's great stuff.

The Toilet Paper War

2006-10-07T21:18:00.000-04:00

The Toilet Paper War

So a couple of days ago, I started noticing how often I change the toilet paper roll in the apartment. Ever since I moved out, it always seemed like I was the only person changing the roll. My roommate isn't the type of person who just leaves an empty roll in the bathroom. It actually never came to that. It just so happens that I would always be the last person to use up the roll, and then I would have to change it.

I started noticing how I was always the last person to use it up. Is my roommate leaving just enough so that there can only be one more use out of it? It was starting to bug me!!! Watch out! Brenda's on a mission now!

Day 1

I stopped using the current roll and used another roll....a secret roll! Yes ladies and gentlemen....a SECRET roll!! The roll now has maybe enough for about two more uses. Surely it will be used up by the end of the day.

Day 2

The toilet paper is still not changed. There's now only enough for one more use out of it. By the end of the day, it's still like that. How can she not use it up already?!

Day 3

I check the toilet paper roll when I got home from work.... and it still hadn't been touched!!! What the hell?!! What is she using?! Later that night, I hear my roommate go to the bathroom. Then I hear her turn the toilet paper roll and go "Ugh..". Success!! I think she's finally changing it. I go to the bathroom after she's done and guess what? The roll STILL hasn't been changed! What the hell is going on?! She's gotta be using something! Maybe the kleenex?

Day 4

I go check the toilet paper roll again in the morning, and it's still at that same state. At this point, I'm ready to throw in the towel. I had plans to go meet up with friends so before I left, I caught my roommate cleaning the bathroom and she had discovered my secret roll!! Oh crap. Then I bolted for the door. I meet up with my friends and they're telling me I'm insane and that I should just change the damn roll. "Fine!! I will change the stupid roll!! I will be the stupid toilet paper changer!!! If that's what it takes to change the roll, I will always be the stupid toilet paper changer!!!" So later that day, I came home and guess what? The toilet paper was finally changed!!! I call my roommate up and started bragging about how I finally broke her. "What the hell were you using? It was boggling my mind!"

WELL...it turns out that my roommate was doing the exact same thing I was doing!! "You were trying to break me?!! I was trying to break YOU!!!" I had mentioned a while back that I was always the one to change the toilet paper and she wanted to test that theory. "Wow, we are such losers. We were both testing each other and we didn't even know it." The funny part about all this was that my secret roll...... turned out to be HERS too!!! My roommate and I were BOTH using the same secret roll!!! We had a really big laugh over that.

Yes...we are both such IDIOTS.

But I still won the toilet paper war.... and that's important.

Blog Update: TV Signature

2006-10-01T23:56:00.000-04:00

As if I didn't have enough stuff on the right column already, I added a new tv signature under the Flickr badge (courtesy of MyEpisodes.com). I'm a tv freak so if anybody out there is watching any of those shows and wants to discuss them with me, leave me a comment! :)

New TV Signature:

The Folks Are Coming!

2006-09-24T15:19:00.000-04:00

Okay, not having access to my computer is soooooooooo annoying. I can't check everything at work because it's firewalled. But our modems finally came so now I'm ready to move the computer over to the new apartment.

It's been hard to not have internet access at home. You don't realize how much you're depended on it until you lose it.

Anyways, so we've had a couple of dinner parties so far since we've moved in. Well, just two to be exact but now the big one is next week when my roommate and I have both our folks over for dinner. I'm nervous about that one! lol After that, we'll probably have the house warming party finally.

THAT WAS MY AGENT ON THE PHONE....

So I did some extra work on a movie set a couple of weeks ago, and I met a talent agent and he wanted to represent me so.....I have an agent now. It's weird, 'cuz I don't really want one. The only reason why I agreed to do some extra work was because they said they'd pay me with union rates, which pays a LOT more than non-union. And I'm non-union. Anyways, I'll see how it goes. My agent keeps calling me to do some film work but I just don't have the time!! I can't keep calling in sick and besides, I don't want to waste my weekends being on a movie set all day. I've done it so many times now and it's so boring. I would prefer that he actually book me for auditions rather than just get me those boring extra jobs. Plus they treat extras like crap. The last job I did, I almost got into an argument with one of the crew members. I sometimes hate how fake this industry is. A lot of that crew actually worked on the canadian movie that's out right now called "Bon Cop Bad Cop". So these are pros who know what they're doing but they're all dickheads and they're always so unhappy and bitter on the set.

I don't think there's anything else to report. I'm so glad I'm finally moving the computer to the apartment soon. I can start blogging more regularly now! Plus, I have a power point presentation I need to work on for a meeting this week. If I don't get my computer up there soon I'm screwed!! I'll call in sick on the day of the meeting, lol! That is so a career-limiting move.

Anyhoo, that's all for now. WE STILL DON'T HAVE DRAPES. So again, no pictures yet.

Peace out!

Home Sweet Home

2006-09-06T14:52:00.000-04:00

So I've officially moved in to my new place. I couldn't sleep the first night, so I tried to fall asleep on the couch watching a DVD but that didn't work. It's a really nice place that's coming along nicely. My roommate and I will have a housewarming party soon so stay tuned for details!

I won't be able to use the internet for a while because I don't have that set up yet. (I'm actually back at home picking up a few things).

Anyways, more detailed posts later! Peace out!

Class is in session!

2006-08-31T20:40:00.000-04:00

It's that time again. The homework, the projects, the essays, the assignments, the tests.......

I am so sad to be missing out on that.

This is for all the scholars out there. Have a great semester! :)

STUDENT WRITES HOME HINTING HE NEEDS MONEY

Dear Father,

$chool i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. With all my $tuff, I $imply ¢an't think of anything I need, $o if you would like, you can ju$t $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you.

Love,
Your $on.

After receiving his son's letter, the father immediately replies by sending a letter back.

Dear Son,

I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics, and oceaNOgraphy are eNOugh to keep even an hoNOr student busy. Do NOt forget that the pursuit of kNOwledge is a NOble task, and you can never study eNOugh.

Love,
Dad

JT's second album

2006-08-27T12:51:00.000-04:00

I have an advanced copy of Justin Timberlake's new album! W00t!!! \o/ It's very good :)

End of Summer 2006

2006-08-20T20:22:00.000-04:00

Hellooooooo fellow bloggers!!! (All 5 of you)

I apologize for the long absence but I've been enjoying my summer, and I didn't really feel like being on the computer all that much.

But this summer is almost over, kids are going back to school and I'm preparing to live on my own for the first time next month! I've already got the keys to the apartment, so my roommate and I have been slowly furnishing the apartment and cleaning it up before we officially move in. More on this later....first, here's some pictures from my vacation to Ocean City, Maryland:

It was perfect beach weather. Not a cloud in the sky.

Ah... siblings.

This was pretty cool. It's Noah's Ark!

It was the second time I've been to Ocean City, and I love it everytime. Who needs Florida? lol. Check out the rest of the pics on Flickr.

Back to the Movie Set!

I didn't do much else this summer other than work. Although I'm happy to report that I went back to do some movie work last week. It was the first time in a year since I've been back on a movie set. The last project I did was Mind Over Murder. This casting agent I know has called me about 10 times in the last year to do some background work but I've refused everytime because I was never available and I didn't want to call in sick. The only reason I decided to say yes this time was because she was going to provide me a union voucher, which meant I got paid a lot more money and I get to eat yummier food than the non-union actors, lol!

So I called in sick for the first time at my new job to work on a movie set and get paid a lot more too! I'd say it was a fair trade. I definately had a lot of fun doing it. I forgot how much fun it was and I really did miss it.

The best part is meeting all the people. I bumped into a lot of actors I've worked with in the past. One girl I made friends with was moving to Brockville to jump start her acting career. It was shocking for me when she told me she was in "Mean Girls" with Lindsay Lohan because I LOVE that movie! I also met a really nice guy who said he wanted to represent me for his agency. I gave him my contact info, but I don't know if I'm ready to do anything serious just yet. We'll see. It was also fun reuniting with the 3rd AD (assistant director) again who I met from H20. He was also the 3rd AD for this project. I was surprised he still remembers me because we did H20 a long time ago.

Laughing ~~with~~ at the Stars

Anyways, the project I was working on was called "Like Mother, Like Daughter" and it stars that actress from The Young & The Restless, Michelle Stafford. Some of the girls on set were really star struck because apparantly she plays the character "Phyllis Summers Abbott" on Y&R.... which doesn't mean anything to me because I don't watch Y&R, lol! Whoever she was she was very pretty and on one take, she tripped while coming out of the sports bar and I laughed at her but the camera was still rolling so I had to mask my giggles. Didn't matter because she caught me giggling at her. I don't think it's good when you're laughing at the main star of the movie when they trip.

Anyways, that's all I'm going to post for now. It's pretty long already... but c'mon that's expected right? You guys should know by now that the longer I go without posting, the longer the next post will be, lol. I'm so excited about moving in. We almost have everything we need for the apartment. I'll have pictures of the apartment once it's all cleaned and furnished.... which will be a while....blah.... it's stressfull trying to move stuff in and get everything organized in a new place.

Alright, hope you enjoyed the update. See you soon!

Big Flickr Update!

2006-07-09T14:35:00.000-04:00

So I think these big updates are going to start becoming a habit since it's taking me a while to post these days. But I'm sure you guys don't mind :)

Okay first things first...

All Good Things Come To an End

I officially ended things with the guy I was sort of with. We still both really care for each other, but things were too complicated and I couldn't handle it anymore. It hurts a lot not to be with him anymore but it's for the best. We're still going to remain friends.

Pictures Galore!!!

Now that that's out of the way, I just uploaded a slew of new pictures on Flickr today. Here's a preview:

The ones you see on the front Flickr page are from a couple of weeks ago when Michelle, Liana and I took a stroll along the rideau river. That was really nice. We dropped by the Ottawa New Edinburgh Club and got some information on their sailing club. Looks like a lot of fun! I've always wanted to know how to sail.

If you check out my sets on Flickr, you'll notice I added 2 new sets: Danielle's BBQ, and HOPE Volleyball 2006.

Danielle's BBQ was from a couple of weeks ago. The HOPE Volleyball tournament was from yesterday and that was loads of fun. Liana and I decided to go get some ice cream after and then we ended the day with seeing Pirates of the Carribean 2 that evening. It was a pretty fulfilling day! Check out Flickr for the rest of the pics from that day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHRAF!

Just wanted to wish my best friend Ashraf a very happy birthday! We're gonna have some fun tonight at Tucker's Marketplace and Blue Cactus!

Anyways, that's it for this post. I hope everybody is enjoying their summer!

Peace out for now!

No More Training!

2006-06-24T13:11:00.000-04:00

So...how's everybody?! I've been quite busy the last few weeks with my new job. I've been getting up at 5:00am, sometimes 4:30am, every morning from Monday to Friday and usually by the time I get home, I'm too tired to do anything. It's been quite intense with the training so far, but now I'm finally done!

Office Space

I got to check out my cubicle yesterday and I got a chance to meet my manager and some of my co-workers. They all seem very cool and I'm really excited to start on Monday. I'm not quite done training yet because it's still sort of a transition phase. That means we're all going to meet up again and discuss the type of things we encountered in our first couple of weeks or address any concerns we have about our jobs so far. So it's an another 4 weeks of sort of a transition period and then after that, we're finally off on our own.

The Love Department

So besides work, there are other new things happening in my life right now. I met somebody recently and I really REALLY like him. It's a little bit complicated right now, and I'm not going to discuss it here but let's just say that we both really like each other and I really hope things work out with us.

Rockin' it Out...Again

Liana and I went to Second Cup last night to meet up with her cousins, but since we were early we decided to drop by the guitar store beside it and just look around. It was really exciting for me because I haven't played in so long. Well... the next thing you know, we both walk out and I decide that I'm going to buy myself a brand new guitar, and Liana and I decided that we're taking private lessons next month! Those guitar guys are good.

Anyways, that's it for this update. More to come later!
Peace out!

I'm a 9 to 5 girl

2006-06-11T15:20:00.000-04:00

Whoa what a week! I started my training at De11 last Monday and I've been waking up at 5:00 am every morning and ending the day at 3:45pm. Rush hour traffic is pretty crazy driving from Kanata back to Orleans so I usually get home at around 5:00 pm. So needless to say I decided to party it up over the weekend. On Friday I went on a date with a guy I met at work and then after dinner we headed over to Barrymore's to meet up with Ash, Liana and her cousins. It was fun except my date and I were exhausted because we've been up since 5:00 am so we decided to leave early.

On Saturday, I went shopping with Liana at Bayshore and that was fun. I got some kick-ass clothes thanks to Liana 'cuz she's got a great sense of style. She helped me pick out some cool stuff. After shopping, I went home and got changed to get ready to go clubbin' with Zara. The place was PACKED!!! Hot 89.9 was organizing some event, so the club was quite full when we got there.

There was a line-up but Zara & I didn't wait too long 'cuz the bouncer let us in even before all the other people who waited longer than we did! lol! Yes....sadly, that's 'cuz we were two hot chicks standing in line. Anyways, the place was filled with GHS Alumni. It was really weird. A lot of people from Gloucester were there. It was fun seeing that. So after a while, Zara and I decided we wanted to get some breakfast so we ended up at Perkins at around 3:00 am. Check out more pictures from that night here.

Now I'm just gonna relax!!! It's back to work on Monday. Bright and early! :S

Time to Prepare

2006-06-01T00:54:00.000-04:00

So I start training with Dell on Monday and I'm super excited! My last shift with Blockbuster is on Sunday so I literally jump from one job to another without a break in between! It's crazy. I have to be in Kanata for about 7:00am on Monday! I hope I beat the rush-hour traffic in the morning.

Anyways, ever since I got the job, I've been thinking a lot about the changes in my life and moving out and how unprepared I am. So in the last week, I went out and bought these books:

The books I wanna buy next are:

lol! Yes, I am a dummy when it comes to my personal finances. As for cooking....well, I... don't. It's going to take me some time to finish the books I just bought because I'm reading Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen right now and I don't really like reading too many books at the same time.

But yeah....I figured it's time to take my life seriously now. I've lived such a sheltered life and with 3 adults living in the house, everything was always taken care of. I never really had to worry about that many responsibilities. Anyways, yeah I'm so excited that I'm just splurging on a bunch of self-help books. It's GREAT! :)

A New Chapter

2006-05-23T14:41:00.000-04:00

Hellooooooo bloggers!

So I'm back with a big update. I know I said in my last post that I had some big news about a phone call I was supposed to get. Well it turns out I had to wait the entire weekend including Monday because of the holiday to find out if they accepted me for a position at Dell.

Well...I GOT THE JOB! I'm going to be starting a new job at Dell Canada as a Technical Support Representative on June 5th and I will officially leave my current job as a Shift Supervisor at Blockbuster. It was so nerve-wracking because the entire process was quite gruelling!

First I had to get my resume to be looked at, and if I had the neccessary qualifications, I was allowed to write a test. It was multiple choice about a lot of computer theory and I passed that. So then I was granted an interview, and there were more difficult questions about my knowledge of computers. On top of that, there were also a lot of loaded questions on customer service. So the interview went well, and I had to do a final 2 hour assessement exam the following week! I'm so happy it's all over and I passed all the phases! It would've sucked if I didn't get it. The job will be Full-Time and it's a permanent position.

Now what does this mean for me? Well, I was hanging on the hope that I would get this job because it would finally determine whether I could really move out or not. Now I definately will, and I'm happy to announce that I will be moving in with my best friend Liana come September! :) We've already gone apartment hunting and there are some nice places out there!

This is a very exciting time for me and I'm so happy that I'm finally starting a new chapter in my life. :)

In other news...

I saw Poseidon and The Da Vinci Code last night. It's a little late for the movie post I promised (only because I was waiting for all the movie studios to release their summer movie previews) but I'll put up some pics from them later. Poseidon was....meh....Da Vinci Code was good despite the bad reviews but the book is SO much better. If you get a chance to read the book before the movie. Do it. You won't enjoy the book after you see the movie.

Last week, Liana and I went to see a one-man play call Bigger Than Jesus and it was absolutely hilarious. It's basically a re-telling of the story of Christ done in a satirical manner. The best part was the re-enactment of the Last Supper told through plastic dolls and action figures. Homer Simpson was Judas, and even Luke Skywalker and Darth Vadar make an appearance (as action figures). After the show, we got to meet Rick Miller who was the actor from the play, and he was really cute and really nice in person.

Anyways, that's all for now! Glad I got that out of my system. I've been meaning to do separate posts for all those updates but I figure it'll just be easy to make one big update.

Peace out for now!

SAWN

2006-05-19T01:47:00.000-04:00

It's 1:47 am and I can't sleep. I'm stressed, anxious, worried, and nervous. I'm all those things simultaneously. I'm SAWN. Yes, I made up a word. I'm feeling SAWN. Why am I SAWN? Because tomorrow, I'm going to get a phone call that can potentially change my life! Oh my god I'm so SAWN.

More deets to follow later....

Oilers in Conference Finals

2006-05-18T01:49:00.000-04:00

Let's Go Oilers!!! Woooot!!!! Go Edmonton!!! My hometown!!!

The Stills are still rockin'

2006-05-11T13:06:00.000-04:00

So The Stills were great! The only complaint I had was the music was WAY TOO LOUD!!! I've been to many shows and concerts before...I've even stood next to an amp before but never have I heard a show performed that loud! All our ears were ringing when we left the venue.

They played all my favourites: "Lola Stars and Stripes", "Gender Bombs", "Still In Love Song", "Changes Are No Good", and my absolute favourite "Love and Death" which I thought they weren't going to play but they ended up playing it during the encore as the final song. I would've been extremely disappointed if they didn't play that song at all! Hearing it live was amazing. They really went all out with that song towards the end. It was fantastic!

Here's a performance of "Changes Are No Good" by The Stills:
http://video.download.com/3800-11167_53-1699.html

Yesterday was a BEAUTIFUL day! Here are pics of us on our way to the show.

We took the 95 bus route towards downtown and halfway through the trip Michelle got off at the St. Laurent stop because she had to goto the bathroom, lol. Ash and I stayed on the bus and kept going. Hehehe....oh Michelle.

Oh and what the heck is up with our Sens?!? Our friend Chris got a text message from his sister in the middle of the show and guess what it said?

LOST

Oh my god!!! Weren't we the favourites to win the cup?! Out in second round....every....freakin'....year!!! They have a pretty good chance of losing the series now, but we can NOT be swept by Buffalo! That's just embarrassing! :( Ugh.

New Supes Trailer!

2006-05-03T21:30:00.000-04:00

Oh my god I can't wait!!! New Superman trailer was just recently released!!! Check it out!

New Superman Returns Trailer

Important Decisions

2006-05-01T01:37:00.000-04:00

So I've been thinking... ever since this idea about me moving out at the end of the summer came about, I haven't been able to think about anything else. The more I think about it, the more I really want to do it. I think it's time for me to start a new chapter in my life. I mean, I have a steady job...granted I hate it a lot but the pay is (semi) decent and it's stable. As for school... I think it's time that I finally put that on hold. It's a big decision that I made in the last couple of days. I just don't see myself going through that whole thing again (it's been ongoing for 5 years now), and trying to do it while living with my parents. I think it's that I've been so comfortable for so long that it's been really hard for me to focus on my future. I think it's time that I make some really big changes because I'm 23 now...I'm gonna be 24 in a couple of months... I really think I need to be moving forward instead of "pretending" to be moving forward. Have you ever tried to go UP the downwards escalators in a mall? You try and you try and you try to go up but after all those steps... you're still in the same spot! Well, that's exactly how I feel. I keep taking the same steps over and over again, but I'm winding up nowhere. I want to do this. I want to move out. I really really do. I don't know if I can... but I know it's what I need right now. I need this change.

Cutting the Card

2006-04-28T18:43:00.000-04:00

Moment of truth...

Snap!

Death to Debt: Part II

2006-04-28T03:29:00.000-04:00

Okay....so ever since this post (from my older blog) about paying off my credit card bill last year, I somehow managed to load up TWO credit cards!! Up until a couple of weeks ago, I was also still paying off my iPod that I bought last year! So I've been in debt-hell for quite some time now. But... guess what?

I PAID OFF ALL MY CREDIT CARDS..... AGAIN!!!

I swear to god.... this is it. I CANNOT go through that credit card hell AGAIN.

I have 2 credit cards... and I'm cutting up one.

Here's the lowdown:

Credit Card #1:

lower credit limit
AIR MILES are collected
used for almost all purchases
usually paid off

Credit Card #2:

very high credit limit
used for "emergencies" and big purchases
usually only minimum payment is paid monthly

So between the two.... I've concluded that the evil credit card, is Credit Card #2 and that's the one I should cut up. Right?

Oh...but what if I need it for an emergency?! I mean...NO! No Brenda! Bad Brenda! Must... resist.... temptation....ahhhh!!! I'm doing the right thing right?!??!

The One With The Blog Post

2006-04-25T12:06:00.000-04:00

Now wait a second... that topic sounds familiar... OH RIGHT!!! That's because I've been watching F•R•I•E•N•D•S for the last 2 weeks and doing NOTHING else! I started buying the dvds at Future Shop because they were only $25.99 a season (the lowest price in town) and now I've watched up to the fourth season! I can't get F•R•I•E•N•D•S out of my head!!! AAAHHH!!!! *sigh*...they'll be there for me. It's like I'm always stuck in second gear...

Even when it hasn't been my day...

my week...

my month...

or even my year...

...but--

AAAHHH!!! See?!

Anyways, I love F•R•I•E•N•D•S and I balled my eyes out like a baby when Ross and Rachel broke up in the third season and that's all I have to say about that.

So what is up with the weather lately? It's been so crappy! We need the warm weather back! We need the sun to come out, the birds to start chirpin', the grass to turn green, and all that good stuff about summer. That way...people will go outside and have fun instead of going to the nearest Blockbuster to rent movies. Stay out of Blockbuster!!! I don't want to serve customers! :P

I don't know about you guys, but I always make a list of things I want to do over the summer because if I don't, it'll breeze by and I'm going to wonder where the summer went.

Things I Want to Do Over the Summer

Watch all summer movies
Read...a lot
Take lots of pictures
Write a screenplay
Shoot a movie
Go on more auditions
Go camping
Play soccer
Go indoor rock-climbing (if I'm not broke)
Go running
Go rollerblading
Play tennis
TAKE A VACATION

Things I DON'T Want to Do Over the Summer

Rent movies
Watch F•R•I•E•N•D•S all day (This I'll probably end up doing anyways)
Watch tv all day
Surf the internet
Play video games
Work

That's it for now.

Peace Out!

Summer 2006

2006-04-14T16:02:00.000-04:00

Hey guys! So the snow is gone, spring time is finally here and summer is just around the corner! Unfortunately, I'll probably not notice it because I'll be working so damn much. So much crazy stuff going on at work! A lot of management changes. One person got fired, my manager went on another leave for personal reasons and my old and very very cool manager is coming back to help out. Unfortunately, I'm being shipped off to another store for a month so I won't be there to see him! :( Why do good stuff always happen to other people, and crappy stuff happens to me?! Yeah...I know that's very whiney....but I need to do it. Just let me whine okay?

So I don't really have any big plans in the next few weeks....except to see V for Vendetta for the THIRD time next Tuesday. I want to see Thank You For Smoking too. That looks really good. I just realized that the summer blockbuster season is only a month away! Yay for summer movies!!! I'm so excited. I did this thing last year on my old blog where I posted pictures of all the summer movies I wanted to see. I'll do that again this year but I'm going to wait until all the studios release their summer previews. So far, only Sony and Fox have released their previews. Stay tuned for that!

Pandora's Music Box

2006-03-29T01:04:00.000-05:00

This site rocks!!!

Everybody should check it out. If you register it's even better (just make sure to use a US zip code). Also check out my favourites list in the right column of my blog. I'll be adding to this list pretty frequently so it will change often. You can even sample some of the songs so you'll know what it sounds like!

Every music fan should visit this site. CHECK IT OUT NOW!

Coldplay Twisted Logic Tour 2006

2006-03-21T02:03:00.000-05:00

WOW!!! That's all I can say. What an AMAZING show! Even the opening act Richard Ashcroft was a stunner since he surprised everybody with a rare performance of 'Bittersweet Symphony' made famous by his old group The Verve. I mean...how many times are you gonna hear THAT live?!? It was brilliant.

Check out a clip from the opening song 'Square One' at the bottom...

Alarm Clocks Don't Work

2006-03-15T22:27:00.000-05:00

Wow what a crappy day at work. I was supposed to open the store today and I arrived 25 minutes before opening time! It usually takes me over an hour to do my opening duties, so I was a little stressed this morning. NOT a very good start to the day at all. It was pretty much ruined from the time I woke up this morning and realizing how completely f**ked I was.

Stupid alarm clock. I love how they have minds of their own.

Anyways, other than the Coldplay concert I'm going to this Friday, I'm pretty excited about a new band coming to town.....

THE STILLS!!!

Tickets go on sale this Friday but my friends and I already bought our tickets through an internet presale that's available before it's released to the public! =) Yeah, I'm so on top of this. The Stills rock man.

Here are some free mp3's :

The Stills - Love and Death <-- my favourite track :)
The Stills - Still In Love Song
The Stills - Lola Stars and Stripes

Now quickly grab them before they're gone! You have 7 days from the date of this post before the mp3's disappear.

Anyways, that's it for now.

Ciao ppl.

Can't Sleep, Thoughts Will Eat Me

2006-03-14T04:59:00.000-05:00

I...can't...sleep. 5:00 AM. My thoughts are like Bart's clown. They're keeping me awake!!! So much on my mind. Urrghhhh.... my brain is so noisy right now...

The Big Audition

2006-03-12T17:10:00.000-05:00

Okay, since I'm totally wired from the caffeine right now I thought maybe I should do a post. Add that to the fact that I just got back from my audition and I'm feeling a bit of an adrenaline rush from that.

So my audition went okay. I was totally nervous a couple of days leading up to it, because this was a role I really wanted. It's a challenging role and for an actor, an opportunity like that is exciting. I was very nervous during the audition which is why I didn't deliver the monologue the way I wanted. I rehearsed and rehearsed, but when the moment counted, everything that I had rehearsed went out the window. It's so different when you're in the room with the director, and it's so quiet, and you're totally not used to the environment. I mean, I could feel my own heartbeat sitting in that audition room. It was a little nerve-wracking and because of that, it really threw me off while I did my monologue. I messed up on the lines a bit but I recovered nicely.

We chatted a bit before and after, and he seemed to like what I did with the monologue. Apparantly I read it differently from everyone else. I....hope that's a good thing. We talked a bit about the acting choice I made, and why I decided to play a certain emotion....stuff like that. So when I left, he seemed please and said "I'll hear from you again soon." Hopefully that's a good sign. :S Baaaahhhhhh!!!! I'm so glad it's over. I did a shitty job at the audition, but hopefully he saw something he liked.

Anyways, whether I get the role or not....I'm still glad I went. The director told me that he's gonna pass my name on to other directors because I might be good for other roles as well. So I guess auditioning isn't so bad! :D

TKE Pub Night

In other news, I finally went to a fraternity event on Friday. Tau Kappa Epsilon held a kick-ass pub event at The Thirsty Scholar. We did a little pre-drinkin' then headed out and danced the night away. I'll have to say....when we were on the dance floor and then we heard this: "Time goes by.....so slowly....Time goes by....so slowly....." we all went kinda crazy, lol. Madonna rocked the house.

Anyways, check out my Flickr page to see more pics from that night. That's about it!

Lataz y'all.

I'm Just Lazy

2006-03-09T00:59:00.000-05:00

I know, I know. I haven't update my blog in a while. Truthfully, I just haven't really thought of anything to blog lately. That and I'm lazy.

But in the next few weeks I'll have more to talk about. There's this audition coming up. I didn't want to mention it at first because I'm kind of superstitious and I don't want to jinx anything. But anyways it's a big audition for me. The part sounds quite challenging and I'm excited about it. Whether I get the part or not, I'm just glad I'm jumping back into acting.

There's also a fraternity event I'm invited to. I think I'm FINALLY gonna go this time! My buddy Ash has invited me ten kazillion times to his fraternity events but there was always something preventing me from going. I think this time I finally get to go.

Of course, I'm uber-excited about the Coldplay concert next week. They're gonna rock O-town. My co-worker is also going so he's gonna be really close to my section. It's gonna be a blast!

Speaking of co-workers... I think I'm the worst manager ever. Listen, Kara and I were REALLY bored that night. We had nothing better to do than to try and fit in the box where all the movies are returned by customers. I'm setting such a bad example, and we could've got in trouble if the security cameras caught us horsing around. Oh well. It was really funny though.

Anyways, that's about it.

Peace Out.

Acting

2006-02-23T23:13:00.000-05:00

Oh my. I just saw this. This was a short film called "Who's Hot Now?" that I did last summer. It's...um...hehe. Yeah.

Well, the director called me today and wanted me to work with him again. I guess if I'm hardly going to auditions, I might as well do more indie amateur work to build up that resume.

Oh, and no. I'm not providing the link to that movie. :) If you REALLY want it, then email me...

Get your minds outta the gutter people, it's not a porno okay?!?! Gosh.

Torino 2006 - Men's Hockey

2006-02-23T00:02:00.000-05:00

Was that painful to watch or what?

A Cold Winterlude

2006-02-19T20:48:00.000-05:00

So this weekend was FREEZING COLD!!! Despite that, my friends and I decided to go out to the Winterlude festival anyways. All of us hadn't gone in a few years so we didn't care how cold it was. We still had a lot of fun. Click the Flickr badge on the right to see the rest of the photos! :)

Photogenic *Buffy

2006-02-16T03:32:00.000-05:00

I love my new camera.

I will definately be adding more pics on Flickr now that I finally have a digital camera.

If you want to see if I've uploaded any new photos recently, just check my Flickr badge located in the right column.

* I didn't name my dog after Buffy the Vampire Slayer (suprisingly). We named her after another dog we found wandering around the neighborhood. We had to give her back after we found the owner but my grandma enjoyed having a dog so much that she decided to go out and get one herself. So we named her after the dog we found.

The Grammy Post

2006-02-09T15:14:00.000-05:00

So how 'bout those Grammys last night? I usually don't watch that many awards anymore, but if Madonna is going to be performing with the Gorillaz....well that's a must-see. By the way, wasn't that performance fantastic? The 3D hologram cartoons were quite impressive. My brother almost fell off his chair when he saw Madonna walk behind Murdoc because we all thought it was just a screen in the background showing the animation. Other stand-out performances: Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, John Legend, and Kelly Clarkson. Speaking of Kelly Clarkson, good for her for winning 2 Grammys! You can't help but feel very happy for her. She's come a long way since winning the American Idol competition.

And Kanye West...well...I think his music is genius, and so original, and yes I think he should've won best album BUT...he's sooooooo gotta drop the holier-than-thou attitude (I mean literally... anybody check out the latest cover of Rolling Stone?). The "Thank You List" was lame. I think his cockiness is getting on everyone's nerves. Still having said that, I think he was robbed of the best album win.

Anyways, that's all I gots to say about the Grammys. If you want to see the Madonna/Gorillaz performance, go here.

4 Things + 1 New Camera = 1.5 Blog Post

2006-02-08T14:09:00.000-05:00

So I'm an idiot. I paid off my credit card again, and I even overpaid so now there's a credit on there. I had a balance of $0 for only a few days and before I could celebrate being semi-debt-free, I loaded it up again for a digital camera.

Ahahahaha....I suck.

But, damn the camera that I got was suh--weeet! Check out the size of that LCD screen!

Okay so Tuee tagged me to do one of those list thingies that bloggers pass around. I was supposed to do a music one from Ash but I keep putting it off. I promise Ash it's coming! I'm just very selective when it comes to picking out music :)

Four Things

Four Jobs I've Had:

Shift Supervisor - Blockbuster Inc.
Sales Representative - Vector Marketing Corporation
Sales Associate - Sears Canada Inc.
Assistant Technical Coordinator - SAW Video Inc.

Four Movies I can watch over and over:

Grease
The Lion King
Forrest Gump
The Phantom of the Opera

Four Places I've Lived:

Ottawa, Ontario
Edmonton, Alberta
....
....

Four TV shows I Love:

24
Veronica Mars
Smallville
Prison Break

Honorable mention: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (I didn't include it because the show is over)

Four Places I've Vacationed:

Vietnam
Anaheim/Los Angeles/Hollywood, California
New York City
Orlando, Florida

Four of My Favourite Dishes:

Pho
Thai Chicken Curry
Hu Tieu Xao Satay (Fried Noodles with Satay)
The sandwiches from D'Angelos Sandwich Shop (The most amazing sandwiches in the world)

Four Sites I Visit Daily:

Honorable Mention: Mugglenet

Four Places I would Rather Be Right Now:

Paris
London
Hawaii
Africa (I wanna go on a safari!)

Four Bloggers I am Tagging:

I love Flickr

2006-02-05T05:16:00.000-05:00

I finally decided to try out Flickr and see what all the fuss was about. I have to admit, it's a pretty neat service. It's like Google for photos. You can organize your photos using keywords (or tags) and create different photo albums (or sets) by easily clicking and dragging. It even lets you see the photos in a slideshow. I predict this service will become very popular in the near future. Now that everyone is blogging (especially with photos) and Google taking over the world, it only makes sense that a service like Flickr comes along and tries to amalgamate the two concepts in some way.

Anyways, my first foray into the world of Flickr included these photos I meant to post last month. They're from the New Year's Eve outing.

New Year's Eve 2006

To see the rest of the pics, visit my Flickr page :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/brendango

Lies, Lies, Lies...

2006-01-28T00:28:00.000-05:00

Okay, what the hell. I'm HALFWAY through this book. NOW what am I supposed to do?!? I started reading it just DAYS before the controversy broke. Damn waste of money.

Goal of the Year

2006-01-22T13:18:00.000-05:00

I know this goal happened a couple of days ago, and if you follow sports you've probably seen it ten kazillion times already, but I just had to post it. There will NEVER be another goal like this in hockey! Watch the outstanding new rookie Ovechkin score this spectacular goal.

My New 24 Obsession

2006-01-15T12:40:00.000-05:00

24 is back!!! And it's a 4 hour season premiere!!! Never, since Buffy has a TV show been as addicting and as amazingly written and acted as 24. I used to get so excited back in the old Buffy days everytime Tuesday came around. My brothers and I would make sure that we were completely isolated in the basement with just the TV. There was no messing around when a Buffy episode aired. Since that show ended, it's been hard to fill that gap. Only a few shows would actually get me to disconnect my phone and spend much of the day in anticipation...just waiting for 8:00 PM to roll around. It was pretty much like that every week for Buffy & Angel (Angel followed Buffy right after at 9:00 PM).

Some of the shows out there are quite worthy to fill the Buffy/Angel gap.

Lost, Desperate Housewives, Smallville....

They're close....but not quite. If I missed an episode, I can just get it off the internet. No big deal. But back then....missing an AIRED Buffy episode was not an option. I used to screw myself over time and time again with school, because I would have assignments, tests, and exams to study for, but no.... I couldn't miss Buffy!!

But now Buffy is gone....and then 24 comes along. For anybody looking to get into a new show... pick up the DVDs for 24. You will not regret it. It's just so good in every aspect imaginable. The storylines are amazing and addictive, the characters are so well written and acted (by far one of the most talented cast I've ever seen on TV), the look and feel of the show is wonderfully shot... the real-time concept is revolutionary.

Tonight, I'm going to devote 2 hours of my life to 24. Tomorrow night, I'll devote another 2 hours, because it's a double-header 4 hour season premiere. No phones, no interruptions, no distractions. I'm going to be completely submersed in it.

24 is my new Buffy.

A Blast From the Past

2006-01-13T04:22:00.000-05:00

Help! I'm addicted to iTunes!!!

It's 4:30 AM and I can't stop sampling music!!!

I mean check out this snapshot. Total nostalgia. Once you start...you can't stop!!!

Reminds me of my grade 7 school dance. My first time slow-dancing was with a boy named Scott Stevens.

*sigh* ... to be 12 again....

24944 Lorena Drive

2006-01-09T01:52:00.000-05:00

24944 Lorena Drive

Anybody have 3.7 million dollars to shell out? You can buy Nick & Jessica's house!

New Year's Eve 2006

2006-01-01T02:24:00.000-05:00

Stevie and I sum up the night.

Merry Christmas Everybody!

2005-12-27T02:09:00.000-05:00

Hope everyone had a good Christmas! As my gift to you guys, here's a little comic strip from good ol' Calvin and Hobbes :) Click to enlarge.

H20 Pictures

2005-12-23T18:43:00.000-05:00

So in the past, I've always talked about that time I was on a movie set and I had that scene with Canadian actor Paul Gross. Well I finally decided to post the screencaps of that scene. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, refer to my old blog. There are some posts in the archive about it.

It was a very special moment for me because I got to have a scene alone with Paul Gross and I was able to get personal direction from Charles Binamé who directed the hugely successful Quebec film "Séraphin: un homme et son péché".

This scene took place in the Chateau Laurier and I was FREEZING my ass off because, you don't notice it, but behind me is an open unfinished portion of the set so you can feel the cold air from outside. It was so cold that the film crew was wearing winter jackets! For a scene that ran about 5 seconds on screen, it took almost an hour and a half to shoot. There were many camera angles. So it was very cold for me to shoot that scene because I was standing there for so long. :S

Ah Good Times, Good Times

2005-12-21T02:56:00.000-05:00

Left on my voicemail at 1:28 AM on Dec 18th

I have Sarah Jessica Parker's Phone Number...

2005-12-15T16:15:00.000-05:00

I had a dream that I called up Sarah Jessica Parker for some advice.

I don't remember what the advice was for though...I think it was career advice...

"It was beauty killed the beast..."

2005-12-15T00:15:00.000-05:00

There are 3 things I'd like to say about this movie:

The Skull Island people are scary as hell.
I think I said "Oh sh!t" about 50 times during the movie.
Go see it because it'll freakin' blow you away.

I'm Going to See Coldplay!!!

2005-12-13T16:34:00.000-05:00

Woohoo!!! 100 sections baby!! Finally going to see my favourite band in the world! \o/

Narnia Battle Preview

2005-12-11T05:26:00.000-05:00

Okay I went to see the movie last night, and it was quite good. Makes me want a wardrobe that leads to a magical world too!

But one of the coolest scenes out of the whole movie is the big epic battle at the end. Very Lord of the Rings-esque. Click HERE to see a preview of the battle sequence. It's pretty cool.

PHOTO: Sun Lit

2005-12-10T15:29:00.000-05:00

It just occured to me that I haven't done a photo post in a while. If you guys haven't heard already, I love photography (especially black & white photography) so once in a while I would post a really nice picture I've come across.

This one is called Sun Lit, taken by a photographer named Steven Jodistiro. I just thought it was such a beautiful picture because it looks so calm and tranquil. I think it really exudes a sense of solitude and reflection which I can really relate to.

Photographer: Steven Jodistiro

Peanut Butter Jelly Time: The Original

2005-12-10T15:14:00.000-05:00

Okay....I COULDN'T resist. I know this animation has been exhausted to bits, but after seeing the Family Guy version, I couldn't help but track down the original and watch it again.

It's so stupid, it's funny. Click on the picture to see the animation.

Peanut Butter Jelly Time: Family Guy Edition

2005-12-07T03:46:00.000-05:00

Family Guy: Peanut Butter Jelly
Funny Video Found @ GKKO.COM

X3 Teaser

2005-12-05T23:18:00.000-05:00

First the pics, now this? It's X3 mania!

Click here to watch the teaser. Oh, and you better choose the high-definition version. It's the only way to watch movie trailers on the computer. :)

Keep your eye out for the return of Jean Grey/Phoenix, and Juggernaut!

New X3 Pics Released!!!

2005-12-05T22:34:00.000-05:00

WOW! I can't believe Kelsey Grammer A.K.A. Frasier A.K.A. Sideshow Bob, is under all that Beast makeup! It looks fantastic! FOX just released some new pics from the newest X-Men 3 movie. Click the pic to see a bigger version, and click here to see new pics of Angel, Wolverine, and Storm from USA Today.

Superman and Batman...More Than Friends?

2005-12-03T18:33:00.000-05:00

This is by far the FUNNIEST blog post I've ever read! I laughed SO hard reading this! You guys need to check it out.

This post was taken from Chris's Invincible Super-Blog. Check out his hilarious post:

Where They Went Wrong: Superman and Batman Spend the Night Together

Higher Learning

2005-12-02T23:32:00.000-05:00

What started off as a response to a comment, I decided to make it an official post.

My university experience has been somewhat...fragmented. I was in Carleton for 2 years doing Computer Science/Business/Mass Communications, and then I left to do Theatre at Ottawa U, but the theatre program at that school was crap. So now I'm at Algonquin College doing the Internet Application Programmer program. I still find post-secondary education to be very boring and mundane. It's just been difficult for me to stay interested in one thing. I'm a bit of an adventurer, a dreamer, slightly eccentric, a perfectionist, and little bit obsessive-compulsive at times (although I like to think of it as an acute attention to detail :)). I feel like a nomad going from one thing to another. I don't know if it's anything wrong with me, but it's been quite a problem in the last couple of years, since the tuition dollars have been racking up.

It has nothing to do with the programs I'm taking. At least I don't think so. Truthfully, I didn't mind Computer Science, I LOVED mass communications, of course Theatre and acting is one my passions, and I consider myself quite knowledgable in internet applications already, and I do like that stuff. So it's not the programs that I'm taking. I know what I like. I'm not the typical "lost" student trying to "figure out who I am". I know exactly who I am.

I think maybe the problem is that I have such a passion for everything, and that it's hard for me to focus on ONE thing and one thing only. Today it's photography, tomorrow it's media studies, yesterday it was internet programming, next week it'll be business, and next year it'll be history. I can't single anything out, and what frustrates me is people who tell me "Just pick one and stick with it." Yes of course, they're right....but maybe that's why institutional educational doesn't work for somebody like me.

More Troubles in Suburbia

2005-12-02T14:51:00.000-05:00

Remember when I told you guys I had no running hot water? Well that was due to a leak in the water heater. Well, the technicians discovered another problem while trying to fix the leakage. They discovered that our furnace has been pumping out carbon monoxide into the air because the thing that protects that from happening is damaged. Our furnace hasn't been checked in over 20 years!!!

So here's our dilemma:

If we turn the furnace back on, we could all potentially die from carbon monoxide poisoning.
If the water heater leak hadn't happen, the furnace damaged would've never been discovered....so we all could've died from CO poisoning!
Winter is approaching...and we're going to freeze without a heater.
A brand new furnace costs around $5000
No Christmas presents?
My parents just spent loads of money redecorating (along with a 50-inch flat screen TV)
My dad was going to pay for my Ottawa U tuition from last semester (around $4800)
I was getting my wisdom teeth out this December which costs a lot of money even with a dental plan

Napster Girl

2005-12-01T21:16:00.000-05:00

Okay I don't know if any of you have seen the new Napster commercial, but....holy crap is it ever racy!!

If Napster ever becomes popular again, it'll be because of this commericial. I guarantee you. I mean....I'm totally straight, but even *I* thought that was hot. I've been to a strip club before (don't ask) and I've never seen stripping as racy as this! Check out the Napster Girl commericial here.

Warning: for mature audiences only!

Just Another Day in Suburbia

2005-12-01T02:41:00.000-05:00

We're still out of hot water! It's so annoying. This morning I was brushing my teeth and the water was FREEZING! I had to wash my face with freezing water. It was so annoying. At least it woke me up I guess.

If we go without hot water for too long, I might consider asking our neighbour if we can borrow their bathroom. That is...if nothing in their house explodes. Yeah that's right. Explode. Because this evening, 2 ambulances, 3 fire trucks, and 1 fire van was parked right outside my house. That's a hell of a lot of emergency vehicles for a little suburban street. I don't know the details of what happened but my brother told me that he saw all the firemen rushing into the house as if something had exploded inside. I didn't get a good look....but ANYWAYS, this doesn't change the fact that I DON'T HAVE ANY RUNNING HOT WATER!! :(

Coldplay Coming to Ottawa!!!

2005-11-30T17:11:00.000-05:00

OMG!!! They're finally coming here! March 17th! Who wants to come with me?! :)

Profile Updated!

2005-11-30T13:30:00.000-05:00

I finally decided to update my profile because I didn't have anything in there before. The music section was torturous because I had WAY too many bands listed! It killed me to take away like 50 bands I originally listed. That was hard, deciding what to cut out, lol. Anyways, check it out. You might discover some stuff we have in common! :)

Murphy's Law #239

2005-11-29T22:27:00.000-05:00

When you haven't washed your hair in 3 days....

...your basement gets flooded.

And...

You have no more running water.

*sigh*...yeah....

perfect.

New Layout!

2005-11-29T20:25:00.000-05:00

I decided to change my layout because I keep coming across people who have the exact same layout as me. Plus I never really liked those dots in the first place. Hope everyone likes it! There's a lot of blue because I love blue.

By the way I also added some links to other blogs I read. If any of you guys don't want your blogs to be listed, let me know and I'll take it off. And vice versa, if anybody else has a blog and you don't see yours there, let me know!

Anyways, back to procrastinating.

Horrific Nightmare

2005-11-28T13:16:00.000-05:00

I haven't had a nightmare in a very long time. In fact, I don't remember the last time I had a nightmare. But I had one this morning. And it was the scariest one I've ever had.

This morning I woke up at around 10:30am, but I was still tired so I went back to sleep. I kept dozing off but sort of waking up again. You ever feel like you were half-dreaming and half-awake, and you couldn't tell if you were conscious or not? Well that's what it was like. I was dreaming, but then I was dreaming about dreaming. So I thought I was awake but I was still dreaming. It was really weird.

Anyways, in my dream....I'm in my bed...and I'm trying to fall asleep (in my dream). Okay this is going to get confusing since we have a dream within a dream. So to keep this simple, everything I talk about after is IN MY DREAM

I'm in my bed. I'm trying to fall asleep again. I sort of half-realize that I may be dreaming. But am I dreaming now? I'm not really sure. But I don't really think about it. I'm now having a lucid dream...(lucid because I realize that I am dreaming). Everything is dark. It's pitch black. A dark figure approaches me. The dark figure grabs me by the wrists but it's just my friend so I'm not scared. I sort-of wake up again. Not really...I'm still half-dreaming. But I suddenly have the urge to do something....bad. Well....not bad but....shameful....sinful. Suddenly, my legs start to rise up by themselves. It rises up towards the ceiling, so far that almost my back is off the bed. I guessed that maybe something is punishing me because I want to do something sinful. I shrug it off and go back into my dream. It's pitch black. I visualize and try to force myself what to dream about. Suddenly my legs rise up again. I start to get a little worried. This isn't supposed to be normal right? I wasn't sure. But I knew it was some sort of sign of me being punished. I ignore it and go back into my dream. I try to force myself what to dream about....it's bad....but I want to do it....suddenly.....everything goes WHITE....there are RED SYMBOLS flashing before me...it's WHITE with RED SYMBOLS....I think it was a RED distorted FACE surrounded by red symbols...I wasn't sure...it was hard to make out....LOUD evil, organ, DEVILISH MUSIC plays in the background...and a male VOICE in my head is saying "SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN BORN LIKE THAT!"

And then I wake up with a start...making unintelligible crys in fear. I stayed in my bed for about 10 minutes without moving a muscle, and I was so afraid of falling back to sleep for fear of encountering that horrific voice with the red symbols in a place that was all white. I don't know what it means. I felt like I was going crazy. I'm so scared right now just thinking about it. I've never been so scared from a nightmare like that before.

WHAT I SAW

This is what I saw...it also moved. Like an animation. The lines, and symbols moved slowly around it. Like a whirlpool...and the face was like a blackhole. It's not an accurate drawing of it, but it's close.

I'm so jumpy and freaked out right now. My cell phone rang twice this morning and I jumped both times. That nightmare really freaked me out. I can't explain it. I know it was just a nightmare, but I can't help but feel....I don't know....it really affected me. Explaining it in words make it sound like it was nothing....just a voice and some symbols....whatever right? But the experience.....what I experienced.....was HORRIFIC. I CAN'T explain it. I don't know why....I think I'm going crazy.

Grey Cup 2005

2005-11-28T02:23:00.000-05:00

One of the most spectacular Grey Cup games every played in history.....

And I missed it. Stupid work.

Congrats Edmonton! I rooted for them because it's my hometown :)

Girl's Night!

2005-11-27T12:43:00.000-05:00

So the potluck dinner party I went to Saturday was a huge success. Almost everybody who was invited showed up! It's a rarity these days to get that many people together. But it was a lot of fun since I haven't seen some of these girls in soooooooo long. I haven't seen my best friend in months, and it's probably been a year since I've seen some of the other girls.

Sex and the City, Wine...and Hockey?
It was great catching up, the food was amazing, the wine was amazing, the entertainment was amazing, and there's nothing better than sitting around conversing for hours with friends after a night of some Sex and the City and a little hockey on TV. By the way, only in Canada will you ever find a girl's night filled with Sex and the City episodes, with a hockey game (and with the same enthusiasm!) in between.

Here are some pics from that night! For some of you who don't know who I am, I'm the asian chic in the middle of the group photos with the gold eagle on my shirt. I also have glasses in one of the pics. Click on them to see a bigger version.

U2 Day!

2005-11-25T08:31:00.000-05:00

The Mayor of Ottawa has officially declared November 25, 2005 as U2 Day!

Happy U2 Day Ottawans!

For anybody who is attending the U2 concert tonight: I am incredibly envious and I hate you with a passion.

The Music Post I

2005-11-24T12:25:00.000-05:00

Album I am currently listening to:

THE CARDIGANS / Super Extra Karaoke

The album isn't bad. There's only a few songs I actually like on the album. Maybe I'll give it a few more listens and hopefully some of the other songs will grow on me.

Favourite Tracks: 05. I Need Some Fine Wine and You / 07. Little Black Cloud / 09. Holy Love

Other albums I recently got:

FRANZ FERDINAND / You Could Have It So Much Better

It's amazing. I wasn't sure how they were going to pull it off with their first album being so fantastic, but they did it. It's brilliant.

Favourite Tracks: 01. The Fallen / 02. Do You Want To / 04. Walk Away / 11. You Could Have It So Much Better

MADONNA / Confessions On a Dance Floor

I'm not a huge Madonna fan, but ever since I heard the single 'Hung Up', I had a hunch the album was going to be pretty good. I was right! It's fun, poppy, and there's a lot of catchy tunes on here. I keep getting the urge to jump on the coffee table and dance everytime I listen to this album. Makes me wanna go clubbin'.

Favourite Tracks: 01. Hung Up / 02. Get Together / 03. Sorry / 06. Let It Will Be

VHS OR BETA / Night On Fire

What a fantastic album! It's got some amazing beats and the tunes are very catchy. If you're a guitar enthusiast, you'll appreciate some of the guitar solos on this album. Some tracks are completely instrumental so you'll hear some sick guitar riffs (There's a 9 min instrumental track!). You can argue that this is a dance album or a rock album. Think Franz or The Bravery. They do an amazing job mixing both.

Favourite Tracks: 01. Night On Fire / 02. Nightwaves / 06. Forever / 07. Alive

Favourite album so far:

THE DANDY WARHOLS / Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia

The next album on my wishlist:

METRIC / Live It Out

Supes Trailer

2005-11-19T01:13:00.000-05:00

Here it is. Are you ready for it? This trailer was attached to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire when I went to go see it. That's right. We finally get a glimpse of the Superman Returns teaser! :)

By the way, HP was awesome. The best Harry Potter movie yet. Although my friend and I sat beside a teenage couple with the poorest display of movie etiquette we've ever seen. That's another entry in itself. You will not BELIEVE some of the things they did during the movie. It has nothing to do with PDA, but everything to do with what they were talking about. And might I add...very *loudly* during the movie. For instance, saying things like "This movie is so stupid. Harry Potter is a retard." in the middle of a quiet and tense scene. There's more but I'll elaborate in another entry. It's too unbelievable. Let's just say that if you rewind back to 1979 and you were watching Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back for the first time in the movie theatre, and the scene right before Darth Vadar says "I am your father." to Luke....well it would be comparable to hearing the girl next to you explain to her boyfriend "Oh this part is good...Vadar's going to tell Luke that he's really his father...oh it's so sad....aw Luke looks so upset now...well it doesn't matter 'cuz Darth Vadar ends up killing the Emperor and saves Luke in the end..."

Lucky for me I already read the books. Although I can't say the same thing for my friend who's never read the books....and also for all the people surrounding them who have never read the books.

1 day, 10 hr, 27 mins, 14 secs...13 secs...12 secs...

2005-11-16T13:34:00.000-05:00

I took a snapshot of the counter.

Brenda squeals with excitement.

Damn Murphy and your laws!!!

2005-11-15T22:15:00.000-05:00

So wtf? First, my computers crashed and the backup one couldn't connect to the internet when I tried doing 4 assignments the other night.

Managed to pull an all-nighter just to get ONE assignment done. Fucking computers. Their timing was immpecable.

Secondly, I missed a test today because the key ignition in the car decided that it didn't want to turn on my car today. It was like "ERrrr.....nah. I don't feel like turning." And I was like "Oh wtf? C'mon! I have a test to write!" And it was like "Stop jamming your key in me. It hurts. I don't like you anymore. I'm not moving." And I was like "Awww....c'mon you stupid piece of crap! You're gonna make me late for the test!" And it was like "Lalalalala...I can't hear you! I'm not moving! You're gonna fail your test because of me!!! Lalalalala" And then I went back inside the house. Defeated. Deflated.

If I fail one more thing as a result of unforseen circumstances, then somebody up there isn't very happy with me at the moment.

Punkd R Us

2005-11-07T04:39:00.000-05:00

Omg....we were PUNKD! We were punkd BAAAAAAAAAAD!!!

Remember this post?

Well... check out the 40 seconds AFTER Luis Guzmán supposedly threw a hissy fit...
The director conveniently left this part out and posted the rest of the video a lot later...

Madonna and Kevin Federline = LEAKED

2005-11-03T19:27:00.000-05:00

Hmm...I love the internet. And I also hate it. I love it because we get to preview Madonna's album 2 weeks before it comes out (which is actually pretty good) but I hate it because "celebrities" like Kevin Federline get to "accidentally?" leak their crap to promote themselves. Yes ladies and gentlemen, Kevin Federline has leaked his rap song "Y'all Ain't Ready":

Sample lyrics from "Y'all Ain't Ready" by Kevin Federline.

My prediction is that y'all gonna hate me and this style we create straight 2008; but I know that you really can't wait, cuz people are always asking me when's the release date?
Back then they called me K-Fed/ But you can call me Daddy instead.
Go ahead and say whatcha wanna/I'm gonna sell about 2 mil, oh, then I'm a goner.
I know you all wish you was in my position/Cause I keep getting' in situations that you wish you was in, cousin.
Steppin' in this game and y'all ain't got a clue. Getting anxious? Go take a peep/ I'm starrin' in your magazines now every day and week.
But maybe baby you can wait and see/ Until then all these Pavarottis followin' me.

Ahaha...oh Kevin. Kevin, Kevin, Kevin. You are so not that cool.

I guess I'll provide the links to these leaks since I'm sure some of you are probably curious to hear them. I'm not sure how long it will take for Madonna's lawyers to take down the link but here it is in all it's glory alongside K-Fed's track. By the way... if you like Madonna's album, buy it when it comes out! :D There, that covers my ass.

Happy Halloween!

2005-10-31T20:29:00.000-05:00

Can you guess who is who? :)

Drawing by: Sarah Sheehan

If you want to make me angry...

2005-10-26T22:53:00.000-04:00

I'LL KILL 'EM!!! I'LL KILL 'EM!!! IF THEY BLOCK IT, I'LL KILL 'EM!!!! STUPID PUBLICITY SEEKING CANADIAN BAND!!!

Harry Potter legal challenge next week could block film's release in Canada

STEVE LAMBERT

October 25, 2005

WINNIPEG (CP) - A little-known Winnipeg folk group will have a chance next week to block the Nov. 18 premiere of the new Harry Potter movie across Canada.

The Wyrd Sisters, who allege that Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire contains a scene with a musical group bearing their name, have secured a Nov. 4 court date to apply for an injunction barring distribution of the film.

The application for an injunction is part of a lawsuit the Wyrd Sisters filed in September against the Warner Brothers movie and music empire and three famous British musicians - Jarvis Cocker of the group Pulp and Jonny Greenwood and Phil Selway of Radiohead.

The lawsuit alleges the musicians appear in the film under the Wyrd Sisters moniker, and seeks $40 million plus punitive damages, interest and other costs.

The band's lawyer, Kimberly Townley-Smith, was unavailable for comment Tuesday. In an earlier interview, she said the Wyrd Sisters would suffer from public confusion over the name.

Warner Brothers is fighting the lawsuit, saying the movie contains no reference to a "Wyrd Sisters" group.

Although the company first approached the Winnipeg group and offered $5,000 to share the name, it says it eventually made the film with an unnamed musical group.

"There is absolutely no name ... for the band that is playing," Warner Brothers spokesman Scott Rowe said from Los Angeles.

"They are never identified by name."

Rowe said Warner Brothers officials even flew to Canada last week to show the movie in its entirety to Townley-Smith in order to prove that the Wyrd Sisters name does not appear.

"We have (also) submitted sworn affidavits to the court, stating that the name Wyrd Sisters is not being used either in the film or on its soundtrack," Rowe said.

The legal dispute has stirred up heated debate on the Internet, with many Harry Potter and Radiohead fans calling the lawsuit a cash grab.

"(The) Wyrd Sisters ought to appreciate the publicity," reads a message posted in the fan forum on The Leaky Cauldron - a website for Potter fans.

"I guess they never made much money with their music, so they're trying to get rich off the fame of others."

Some Radiohead fans have posted expletive-filled rants on the Wyrd Sisters' message board.

Others have pointed out that William Shakespeare wrote about three witches called the weird sisters in MacBeth, while British author Terry Pratchett published a MacBeth-themed book called Wyrd Sisters almost 20 years ago.

But The Wyrd Sisters have said the battle is about fairness, not publicity.

"I really feel that morally we have the right to own our name and we have a right to go about our business without interference," lead singer Kim Baryluk told Chart magazine in September.

The Wyrd Sisters have announced that they are set to release a new CD and launch a tour in the near future.

My Crazy Professor #2

2005-10-20T15:46:00.000-04:00

Hey guys! Sorry it's been a while since my last post. (Well except the Desktop Shot, but that doesn't really count). I've been quite busy with school the last few weeks, but now that all my midterms are done, the workload has died down a bit. So I promised a few posts back that I would tell you a little about my OTHER crazy professor. Ok here goes:

My Crazy Professor #2

His Rules (that we know of):

During a Test/Quiz...

1. If your cell phone goes off (even by accident) it's an automatic zero.
2. If you need to go to the bathroom, you need to have an escort.
3. You have to be at least 500 feet away from the classroom to engage in any conversation about the test.

His Rules (we did not know about until some poor student broke it, serving as an example for the rest of the class)

During a Test/Quiz...

1. If you put anything other than your name on the Scantron sheet, he will rip it up as soon as you give it to him.
2. If you so much as glance for a split second at the person's test next to you, it's an automatic zero.
3. If you so much as whisper 2 words to the person next to you, it's an automatic zero.
4. If the time is up, and you are still writing your test and he catches you, it's an automatic zero.

Student#1:
Finishes his quiz and goes to give it to the professor. While waiting, the student whispers to the student next to him and asks him if a certain word is spelled correctly (because he is from Peru). The professor grabs his test and yells at him in front of the whole class "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! YOU JUST EARNED YOURSELF A ZERO! YOU DON'T TALK TO OTHER STUDENTS ABOUT THE TEST!!!" and then slams the student's test on the desk.

Unknown # of students:
Their tests were ripped up upon handing it to the professor... for unknown reasons. Occasionally I would hear the professor ripping up another student's test without saying a word.

Student#2 & #3:
Gave student #2 a zero because he asked the guy next to him for an eraser during a midterm. Student#3 was the guy who lent him the eraser.

Student#4:
When the time ran out to write the test, the professor was yelling "STOP WRITING. STOP WRITING. STOP WRITING!!!" Because people were still finishing up last minute questions. A few minutes later, the professor notices a student still trying to fill out the last questions "OKAY YOU JUST EARNED YOURSELF A ZERO!" (Granted, we were told to stop writing but it's still pretty harsh).

For Student #2,#3, and #4... the fact that they got a zero on the midterm meant that they failed the entire course because to pass the course, you are required to have 30% and over on this test. So basically, by giving them a zero, he pretty much failed those students in one fell swoop. And that's just from MY class! I overheard that he gave out a couple of more zeros for a different class but for the same midterm.

And the best example of him being the biggest jackass ever? ...

We are given time during one of our labs to finish up an assignment. Class is almost over. A student goes over to the professor and asks him a question about the assignment. After giving the student a long-winded answer about the assignment, the student goes back to the assignment and fixes his mistake. After fixing it, he then goes to hand it in and the professor says this to him:

"Oh I'm sorry, I stopped accepting the assignment a minute ago."

So he got a zero on the assignment.

And that's why I have another crazy professor.... who is also a complete jackass.

Desktop Shot of the Month - 10/17

2005-10-17T13:48:00.000-04:00

Ugh... my desktop is getting messy again. Does anyone have a good desktop organizer?!?

31 days left 'til Harry Potter!! w00t!!

Actors with Big Egos

2005-10-10T01:50:00.000-04:00

Wow. I hate actors.

Sorry... scratch that... that's not fair to say. Let me rephrase that: I hate actors who are complete ASSHOLES.

Luis Guzmán: Shut the fuck up you pathetic little prick. You get paid millions of dollars to fuckin' ACT.... so SHUT THE FUCK UP.

Check out the clip below to understand what I'm talking about.

The director was a first-time director too. Poor guy.

Behind-the-scenes clip from Ryan Reynold's new movie "Waiting..":
http://www.geocities.com/tedpump1/waiting/clip155.700.asx

Excerpt from the director's blog:

Basically, I wanted Luis to cheer the character "Calvin" on by saying "You can do it!" (not like Rob Schneider, by the way), and he wanted to cheer him on by calling him a "Pissing-Pussy-Bitch." This is supposed to be Calvin's dream sequence where everyone is being nice to him, and I tried to explain that to Luis, but he wouldn't fucking budge. You tell me if I was being out of line, or if I was "directing him on how to act."

KING KONG of a picture

2005-10-05T18:57:00.000-04:00

Wow, check out this amazing picture from the upcoming movie King Kong. It was on the cover of "Empire" magazine last month. You can thank the guys over at Actuacine.net for this exclusive.

Official US Goblet Poster

2005-10-04T16:20:00.000-04:00

The official US version of the poster was just recently released! Click on Hermione's hair for a larger view.

PHOTO: Won't Anyone Help?

2005-10-03T01:18:00.000-04:00

Photographer: Lee McLaughlin

Why I Think My Professor Is a Terrorist

2005-09-26T19:20:00.000-04:00

**WARNING: Do not take this post seriously. This is only all in good humour!** :)

Why I Think My Professor Is a Terrorist...and a little crazy.

So I have a professor in one of my classes who is quite a character. Why he is teaching our College Skills class is beyond me.

See, he's actually quite smart. In fact, he's REALLY smart. Why? Because he's a freakin' nuclear physicist. What is a nuclear physicist you ask? Well, let me explain by quoting something he said in class:

"...so I mean... I could build a bomb. It's not that hard. If I wanted to, I could teach everybody in this class how to build an atom bomb. It's quite simple really..."

Today's Assignment

For today's assignment, we had to come up with a simple, linear, and biased statement and then rework it into something that is less biased, and less linear. The example that he gave us was this "Communists are bad because they are all murderers". He gave us examples on how we can rework that by saying we only think communism is bad because we associate that with Stalin. After explaining the assignment with a few more examples, he went off on another of his famous tangents...

"My daughter was actually born in Geneva. It was a week after we had a rise in radiation level when I was working at this nuclear physics lab. I don't know if that had anything to do with the pregnancy but it was horrible. A friend of mine said that if it was Communism, this would never have happened because the health care system would've been better. So I think I'm a bit biased towards Communism... and umm....sorry, I got a bit distracted and that was really something I shouldn't have told you."

After that extremely awkward moment, we divided into groups to come up with our own statements.

Our Big Mistake

We made the mistake of choosing the topic of terrorism. This was our initial statement: "All terrorists are bad because they kill innocent people."

When we finished, we were pretty happy with our final statement which incorporated both sides of the view on terrorism. So we waited around until the professor came to us to see how we were progressing. We read out the statement to him....and THAT'S when it got interesting. Here is what I learned about my professor after his rant about politics, ethinicity, religion, world history....and french-canadians.

He is Irish-Catholic
He has family members who are part of the IRA (Irish Republican Army) or family members who finance the terrorist group.....probably. He says.
According to him, if we dig deep enough, we all have a little terrorist in us because of our ancestors. (This comment freaked me out.)
After learning about my friend's background that he was french-canadian, he proceeded to give us a 5 minute history lesson on the americans and the french-canadians and concluded that "even french-canadians were terrorists."

Things We Already Know

He is a nuclear scientist.
He is highly political.
He could build a bomb....and apparantly teach us how to make one.
He goes off into tangents about his nuclear studies and politics all the time. I'm not surprised anymore if he starts talking about lemonade and somehow relate it to blackholes and 4 dimensional time in space. And communism.
He's a little psycho.

This is why I think my professor is a terrorist.

PHOTO: Girl on Chair

2005-09-24T21:08:00.000-04:00

If pictures can represent thoughts or state of minds, I think this one would be it for me at the moment.

I can't seem to escape this inner child in me who seems quite undecided about staying safely in that chair or curiously wanting to walk down the path towards that vague object in the distance. It's like one of those dreams where you try so hard to see something, but you just can't make out what it is no matter how hard you try to squint your eyes.

At the moment, I'm half-sitting on that chair. Just like that little girl.

Photographer: Elisabetta Figus

Random thoughts

2005-09-22T00:28:00.000-04:00

So it's 12:30am. I have an 8:00am class the next morning. Which means I have to wake up at 6:00am and be out of the house by 6:50am-ish.

I'm dead tired. My eyes feel heavy. I'm trying to study for a huge quiz I have first thing tomorrow morning. I'm lying on the sofa because I'm too exhausted, realizing that I still have a lot of studying to do. And then it hits me...

I'm turning 23 years old soon.

God I'm...old. By the time I move out I'll probably be 25!!! It's just weird....I still feel like I haven't grown at all. Which, in my opinion...feels like I've been gipped. Why am I not smarter? Wiser?... Taller? Well okay, maybe the height thing is out of my control, but the rest....how come I'm not.... more of something? If that makes any sense. It's just that I feel like I should be a different person by now. Or is this who I will always be for the rest of my life?

When I say that it feels like I've been gipped, I mean... the whole "soul-searching-figuring-out-who-you-are" journey kind of loses meaning when you've got no where else to go. It's kind of depressing realizing that you're stuck with the person you've become. Like this is the end of the road: nothing new, interesting, or original.

Seriously, I'm a little freaked out about that.

New Goblet International Poster

2005-09-21T23:45:00.000-04:00

Latino Review just released the international poster for Goblet of Fire.

Very nice.

Click on Harry's head to enlarge.

Photos anybody?

2005-09-21T00:35:00.000-04:00

Jammin' to: Death Cab For Cutie - Crooked Teeth

Since my iPod was sent back to Apple to be fixed (actually they just replaced it), I've been forced to break out my CDs again, lol. Which also inspired me to buy CDs again. The latest I got was Death Cab For Cutie's brand new album, and it's pretty damn good. Check out their website for some sample tracks.

Photos, Photos, and more Photos

I love photos. I do. You probably notice that I do post quite a few on this blog. Guess what? Because I love it so much... I'm gonna be posting way more! Trust me, some of these pics will blow your mind. I'll show you the reason why I love photography so much. Here's the first one of a bunch to come. Since black & white photography is my favourite style, it'll be the first one I post! Click on the photo for a larger view.

Photographer: James Wages