It's a fish out of water
Went to the Corn Maze outside the city yesterday with a bunch 'o friends in the beautiful Autumn sun.
There were horse 'n buggy rides and a pumpkin patch to choose from and a haunted house we didn't go into for an additional 8$. I don't need to see a fake Wolfman that bad.
Entering the maze we all seemed to break apart into little groups and got lost individually; @Khemlab's little girlie Sarah lad us in corn maze circles.
Afterward we all hung out around the giant mountain of hay and got debris in our eyes; Alex-Lee and I decided to scale that bad boy...
and jump!This one's for you Krista!
Also there was a sweet petting zoo where I got scared by a turkey:
And charmed by an alpaca:
There were also piggies and lamps and goats and horses and cows, but Tyrone just took pictures of my bum instead.
Thanks Ty.
Oh here we go: Alyson & sheep.Afterward we got some snacks and hung out a bit around the pumpkin patch some more, where Alex-Lee tried to lay his claim on Boyfriend Supreme.
I get texts all day like: Do you think Tyrone makes meals that he thinks I would like?and
Do you think Tyrone draws pictures of us together?
Do you think Tyrone plays video games and names the main character 'Tyrone" and all the other characters "Alex-Lee"?and so on.
Creepy, but hilarious.
Also creepy but awesome are these images of girls and vintage robots
Enjoy! I'm off to study some more.
I wanna do real bad things with you
Scored these sweet leather Steve Madden boots from The Ruby Slipper today while out and about with Boyfriend Supreme; these boots are usually a couple hundred a pop so when I managed to score them (and a pair of dainty mint green gloves) for under $25 you bet I was in on that action. I'm excited to integrate their ass-kicking look into my future outfits!Last night after some sweet Vietnamese at KG Saigon Ty and I checked out The Social Network
-also I'm listening to the soundtrack which I'm sure you know is a Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross joint venture-
which honestly blew me away. I don't know what I expected of the film, but it wasn't what I got, and what I got was a compelling film that portrayed our culture and how it has changed (and continues to do so) in a way that really allows the viewers to interpret their own version.
It was incredibly well-written and impeccably cast -Justin Timberlake was phenomenal- and honestly didn't portray Mark Zuckerberg as harshly as I had thought it would.
It's so much more than "that FaceBook movie", I highly, highly recommend it and will definitely be seeing it again at least once more in theaters.
Not feeling so hot today, though.
I woke up this morning and promptly dislodged a piece of phlegm from my throat that was hard (for phlegm) and pointy and kind of looked like a neuron?
But not the cute, plush kind.
Since then I've been sniffling like crazy and battling a fierce nasal headache; all the Vitamin C in the world doesn't seem to be doing me any good right now.
Time for some hot chocolate and some Boyfriend Cuddles on the couch; it's a movie-watching Saturday night and me, my phlegm and my sniffles are totally okay with that.
some purple leggings and a sailor tat
Friends, bloggers, lovers.Missed you all.
These days I hardly know where my week goes; funny how much of it escapes you when you're working evenings twice a week, I forgot about that.
Not that I let my spare time go to waste, though, last weekend was spent studying (okay, not that exciting) and attending Winnipeg's very first Nuit Blanche at the WAG with these fine peeps:
Okay so the line-up for drinks was nearly 2hrs but that didn't stop this crew from getting sauced and checking out some cool art, live shows and an interactive 8bit themed setup from buddy Mr. Ghosty (vids here from @kertgartner)I wore this ridiculousness:
They're renovating The Bay downtown and I sincerely hope that they keep the three-way mirrors that say "You're Beautiful" on them; they're my favourite part of the 2nd floor bathrooms. So good to pose in!Following our (my) drunken art gallery romp we proceeded to be the coolest kids at the warehouse rave (literally).
6am home-time and sleeping all day Sunday? Yes, please.Tonight I'm going to stuff my face full of Vietnamese and see The Social Network (!!!) and tweet the shit out of it since Twitter's about all I seem to have time to do these days.
Enjoy your weekend lovelies! xo
Hot like Mexico, enjoy
Spent all of yesterday recovering from #NuitBlancheWinnipeg on Saturday night; more on that later when the photos go up.Sundays are best spent lying around, not getting dressed, sleeping lots, getting cuddles and watching shitty movies.
Our movie of choice was Logan's Run which is one of those terrible-but-awesome sci-fi movies from the 70's. It also features the worst robot ever and Farrah Fawcett!
Have you ever noticed that futuristic clothes from 70's movies have a kind of Greek feel to them? Except the earth-tone onseies from that Star Trek movie. Weird.
Ty was impressed I sat through the whole cheesy, terrible thing, but after devoting over an hour of my time to it I felt like I had to see it through.
It's like ripping off a band-aid, you can't just stop halfway.
You can shine like silver all you want
Not only does my wonderful man let me use his silent apartment as a study space while he goes out and is his cool visual artist self at shows, he also leaves me tasty snacks!He's a keeper, this one.
Spent my night with my Intro Soc text and sushi snacks, five hours and several recorded lectures later I am in bed with a beer and I couldn't be happier.
Gotta be up early for brekkie with Jabez tomorrow.
Night dears! xo
All fathers, all raped
Cheers for beers with Tears for Fears.Tonight I am at Ty's and he made pork chops with mushroom gravy and perigees for dinner; it was nice because I haven't had a decent meal all week, just on-the-go cooked-then-reheated nonsense and two beers later I'm right as rain.
Had to turn down a really cool project today; Jeremy from Astron-6 offered me an audition for a bit part in their upcoming epic slasher "Father's Day" which I am beyond excited for. Sadly for your heroine my jam-packed sched of school, studying and two jobs doesn't really give me room for any side-projects right now; not three weeks into school, things are still a bit of a clusterfuck and I just... can't. Putting anything more on my plate right now makes me want to hyperventilate a bit. I am genuinely heartbroken, I wanted to be involved in this project so badly.
That being said, scope out the newest trailer for the flick. Seriously. I am SUPER STOKED for this and am positive that this is going to be the first of many slick-as-hell films from them, and I look forward to seeing what they come up with in the future.
(oh yeah, it has a bunch of gore and titties in it. But watch it anyway, don't be a pussy)
STOKED,
Local kick-ass flicks aside, yr girl is really looking forward to Culture Days this weekend and Nuit Blanche on Saturday at the WAG. Mrghosty is doing a show from midnight onward so check out his latest, I know he's been putting some late-nights into his show. It's going to be a fabulous evening, I can't wait!
At the halfway house
Workin', schoolin', partyin'.
That's me.
As evidenced by this Rough O'clock picture below:
Myself, @Defessus, and @DJBerbs at The Academy on Saturday night.In which I went out for dinner and had a steak I couldn't really afford but was the best thing ever, a daquiri that was too icy to drink through the straw like a lady so I slurped it, harassed Jabez into coming out, consumed a shit-ton of home-made (super strong) wine, and went to a lounge and didn't pay for a single drink all night because my usual drink-getter was out camping with the boys.
Jag, Jag, Jag, gag. Shots will be the death of me.
No wonder I was exhausted on Sunday and spent it cuddling with my couch.Boss today asked me if I'd like more hours at the office and I had to turn her down; I'm puttin' in 30+ hrs a week of work, plus classes, plus studying... I fail at being sociable, having money, and blogging enough as it is already, I don't know where I'd fit in more time to not be able to do any of those things?
I could use the dolla-dolla billz, though...
Ty has me listening nonstop to Beck (more so than usual) and I'm stuck on this song off Midnight Vultures:
I want a shirt with tassels like that.
My longest (12+hr) day of the week is almost complete! Tomorrow is a cakewalk, Friday is downtime, Saturday is Nuit Blanche. Are you going?
I'm under lock and key
Hanging out at Cafe Bodhi before class; got here super early to print out my essay and am chill in' hard with my giant french-pressed (from home!) coffee and what I think is Kings of Leon blasting from the speakers above me.
I love campus.
My fav prof whom I've never met just sat down, do I say hi? I'm taking his class online and it's beyond good, he's a total Communist (seriously!) and waiting for new classes to be posted is like waiting for the newest episode ofMad Men to air.
Sadly he's not handsome like Jon Hamm, but that's probably for the best, right?
Adventures abound, just no time (and lousy school wifi bandwidth) to write about them right now!
Maybe on my dinner break?
I'm stranded with nothing
Caturday.Heading home soon; gotta get groceries and study before Connor and Berb's birthday dinner at Rae & Jerry's tonight.
Gonna buy a steak dinner I can't afford, ch'yeah. But how often do birthdays or trips to the best steakhouse in town happen, really?
Ty's off to MANfest camping with his buddies tonight; it'll be weird going out without my partner-in-crime tonight but sort of liberating, I think. I like flying solo sometimes and I think it'll be good for both of us to come back with our own ridiculous stories after the weekend.
Last night we checked out "Get Low" at the Globe Cinema; I love that theatre so much. When Memoirs of a Geisha came out a few years back they had a sake and sushi pre-party that I attended with a friend of mine. There were girls dressed up like geisha and traditional Japanese music in the lobby. I wish I'd blogged back then so I could have shared it.
Anyway, Get Low. It was good; touching at times, dark at others. Honestly the reviews I'd read basically said "it's got Robert Duvall and Bill Murray in it, so it's good", and that's true. Maybe not a moviegoing experience, but definitely a Netflix/download/rental. If only because Bill Murray is the best actor ever.
Gotta jet, lots of things to do today before dinner and drinks afterward!
Enjoy your Saturday loves, xo.
Drinking shampain
It's Fall and I love it; leggings and boots, giant scarves and jean jackets,
(all of which I happen to be wearing today...)
Okay so maybe it looks windy and raining outside from where I am perched with my books and iPad and fancy organic apple juice but I don't mind; this time of year inspires me and I've never been able to figure out why. I'm so glad my classes started in my favourite season, it helps the creative process, I think.
After my Intro Econ. Theory class this dude from my class and I had a bonding experience over Apple: he taught in Cali for a summer and found out that, apparently, employees try to avoid being caught in an elevator with Steve Jobs because that means they have 30 seconds to prove they're worth keeping on the payroll.
Is this true? Does anyone know? It sounds far-fetched but let's face it, Jobs is a bit far-fetched himself.
I could see it being true, honestly. I hope it is.
We discussed brand democratization, Twitter as the forefront of news and information, and the impending threat against Net Neutrality. I'm basically on a high from it, the only people that every know what the heck I am talking about are Screetus and Ty so finding like-minded people was a welcome surprise.
As he, another girl in my class and I waited in line at Cafe Bodhi for our fancy drinks and talked about how marketing slogans impact our everyday vocabulary I couldn't stop smiling and thinking "yes, this is what I came here for" and it made me excited about everything that's to come.
I'm Supersizing my ambition
