one day I will have a fancy condo

February 2, 2012 - 10:54pm - by admin

it will have stainless steel appliances
with big windows
a dishwasher
and an in-suite laundry room

because I am really getting sick of dealing with this person in my building

it's bad enough that I live on the 3rd floor of a walk-up and the laundry room is in the basement
which I can get over
knowing the workout my thighs are getting
going up and down and up and down the stairs

but we only have two washers
and two dryers
and there's this person who leaves their stuff in the dryer
forever

and that really gets my goat

I kid you not I have done two wash/dry loads each and this persons stuff is still there
though by then it's on top of the machine
because fucked if I'm waiting hours for you to come collect your laundry
at your leisure

so yes, person with the purple laundry basket I am talking to you!

it's ME who is tossing your stuff on top of the dryer
it's ME who has to handle your clothes because you're lazy
it's ME who, by the kindness of my heart
doesn't just throw your shit on the floor where it belongs

so now because of this jerk what should take me an hour and a half
is going to take me over four hours
because there's a girl in front of me in laundry-line
who is using one of the dryers, and one of the washers
which means I have
one
load of laundry in
when I need at least three

so you'd better believe that if by the time I get to the dryers
those clothes are still there
that person is getting a very strongly-worded note
on top of their clothes
in a pile on top of the machine

I officially have a new laundry nemesis
oh my god I'm turning into Raymi

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Smoking: Break It Off!

February 2, 2012 - 4:33pm - by admin

if there's one thing I can't stand, it's smoking. when I was a little girl I spent nearly a decade watching both of my parents -who were heavy smokers- struggle to quit, trying and failing over and over. it was heartbreaking.

I think the biggest deterrent for me though was when my dad woke me up early in the morning one day and showed me the tar he'd coughed up from his lungs into the toilet as they were clearing out. Believe me, if there's a reason to not smoke, that's it!

now that I'm an adult a lot of my friends are smokers -heck, even my boyfriend is a smoker- and even though I don't like watching them smoke, you can't make someone stop smoking. it's like when someone has a toxic boyfriend/girlfriend, even though you know you should say something, you know they have to figure it out on their own and make sure you're there for support when they do.



which is why I was so excited to be asked to be a part of the Break It Off! campaign with Twist Image and The Canadian Cancer Society! their approach -that smoking is like breaking up with someone- is something that I totally agree with, having seen my parents and some of my friends really struggle with quitting.



but you can't do it alone! That's why they've set up their website where you can get tips for quitting, become part of a Smoker's Helpline for those really rough times (hey, it happens!), and my personal fav -the smartphone app (iPhone users can go here) that helps you track when you get cravings, how you're feeling, what you're doing at the time, etc, to really give you insight into your own progress. plus you can log on and share your progress to help inspire other people who are going through the same thing, because let's be honest -breaking up can feel pretty isolating.

which is why I'm doubly excited to share with you that Tyrone has decided to 'break it off'! I'm really proud of him for using this opportunity to really do something to better his health and to help motivate others, so I'll be documenting his 'breaking up' process from both of our perspectives. so without further ado, here's our first vid:



so if you've even been considering quitting smoking, now is the time to do it! BREAK IT OFF!

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I hate this douchebag from my History of Science class

February 1, 2012 - 11:57pm - by admin

here are some things he said today before class started (just make sure you read them in your most condescending, annoying and obnoxious voice, so it's accurate):

I think that you, like me, share a pseudo-nihilistic view of the world

I hate people. My friends are "persons", once you attain a level on which I can tolerate you, you go from being a "people" to a "persons".

I'm a random person - BLEEEEEH

I have a system for eating my Jolly Ranchers... first blue, then bleen -- haha what is bleen?! It's like I'm trying to form words with some pseudo-developed speech system

he's a Transcona person, like me. whoop whoop.

sometimes I get bored and frustrated and I end up gnawing on my desk at home, I'll sit with my forehead against the desk and - it's made of particleboard, by the way

I wrote six pages in two hours (to the prof... why does he care?) in two hours I finished a proposal AND half of my microbio paper

how do I say that in Klingon?

/speaking in Klingon/

I probably made some sort of grammatical error because it's a made up language like esperanto

48,000$ on drugs!

it's like "this big", the keypad I mean, but the buttons are the size of your thumb. I had to clarify in case you thought I was talking about a penis.




I want to kill myself.

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playing passive-aggressive

January 31, 2012 - 5:18pm - by admin

because this girl came down and sat across from me in the library even though there are lots of other places to sit and I was enjoying my unobstructed view of all the snowy downtown rooftops and late morning run

and she's sniffling and coughing and keeps loudly licking her lips

and I'm staring at her over the top of my macbook with as much disdain as I can mustre

because who just sits across from someone they don't know?

I mean, without even asking?

the nerve.

do we not have any social standards these days?

do we not have any respect for personal boundaries? for space?

it gets my goat that this person decided -(without asking!)- to sit across from me and obstruct my beautiful view with her sniffly face and greasy hair and loud lip-licking

it's diabolical, even

and I'd say something

-I would!-

but we're in a library, and anything I say will be heard far and wide and the last thing I want these people around me to think is I'm some uncouth person who would be so vain as to assume that this is my table and my view

because even though that's true, it isn't polite to say it

so I'll just stare at her while she loudly sips her coffee

and picks at scabs on her face

oblivious

and wonder how someone who is studying physics

(I can see her book)

can be so stupid when it comes to social norms.

****

Post-script: she blew hew nose onto her hand and on table and didn't clean it up.

I couldn't handle it. I moved.

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tried escargot on Friday

January 30, 2012 - 11:58pm - by admin

 oh. my. gawd.

did you know that Café Dario in the West End has a five-course meal for 30$? it only get expensive when you start ordering booze but for a meal that includes stuff like alligator, escargot, lamb shanks and more I'd say it was worth what we paid in the end.

which was nothing for me since Tyrone picked up the tab for he & I (love you!).

Saturday morning post-blog we hit up The Don and then to The Forks where I spent too much time Instagraming and bought way too much Spanish goat cheese with rosemary for the wine & cheese & silly outfit party.

which we later attended and drank too much wine and cheese and I wore my onesie (thanks for voting!) which was a great success because who doesn't like a cute tipsy chick in a one piece outfit.

though we learned the hard way that starting to drink wine and eat cheese at 4pm will put you (me) into a bit of a sleepytime food coma, so eventually we headed out to Nick Thayer at The Zoo

which is there that fine photo of me on the right comes from, taken by my upber-taented pal, Shawn Fillion

we don't do club shows much these days but it was a good chance to get out, dance, see some peeps we hadn't seen in a while, and wake me up from my cheese stupor.

but maybe it was the wine or maybe it was the cheese or maybe it was the students around me that have been dropping (sick) like flies due to a bug prowling its way around campus but I was totally KO-ed as of yesterday and all of today.

I'd like to say episodes of X-Files made it better, but they only provided a weird soundtrack to the dreams I had since I've been sleeping almost all day.

so, so weird.

 

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get inspired

January 28, 2012 - 8:54pm - by admin

after spending an evening hanging with great people, eating great food and having great conversations last night I woke up at 8:30am feeling great and spent the next few hours lying in bed with Tyrone, just hanging out. he's playing Professor Layton and I read on my iPad and we drink coffee and chat and it's really becoming important to me to get at least one morning a week in where we can just exist together before we have to go face the world.

we went to The Forks today and it was jam-packed, there's an art festival and auction going on so one of the main atriums was filled with people painting, sketching, and basically creating all kinds of wonderful unique art.



we stopped at Tall Grass Prairie and grabbed some bread, bannock and at Fenton's for some really fancy cheese for the wine, cheese & silly outfit party with @cenquist, @dponticelli and more tonight.

we've both been hard at work getting stuff prepped for MEME this year it's crazy. I've been doing a ton of research about new ways to get people involved and excited about the festival and Tyrone has been building & planning nonstop for the visuals (it's going to be insane, I promise) and it's really great to be so inspired lately.

saw this vid today that @JFratthe posted earlier featuring Will Smith which basically just reaffirms how I've been thinking lately. usually I think celebs inspiring you is a bit silly (since most of them suck) but the fresh prince has always seemed to have his head on straight.



gotta go pack the onesie for the party!

chowderrrrrrr

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okay guys, I need your help

January 27, 2012 - 6:57pm - by admin

@cenquist is having a wine & cheese & horrible shirt/pants party tomorrow and due to the staellarness of my wardrobe I don't know if I have anything that fits the bill clothes-wise.

should I rawk my onesie? I mean, it's both a shirt and pants



help a sista out! vote!

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Dancing in The Dark(ish)

January 27, 2012 - 5:16pm - by admin

just a lil somethin' somethin' to get you through till this afternoon.

found this randomly while clearing out one of the many memory cards lying around the office and figured our good friend Johnny Broadway might appreciate seeing some of his uhhhh 'quasi-cover material' out here on the interwebz

but I've got a class to teach, so listen & enjoy and I'll see you kids later

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