Quips

~* Quotable Quotes*~

(Borrowed from Miss Wonderful)

"If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces,

never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again."

DO NOT SEND ME THESE THINGS!!!

Ok so for the people out there that are forwarding these stupid survey things out to every single person in there contact list, I have one question:

WHY????

No one can honestly say that they like these things. The only purpose that they serve is to take up space in my inbox. Sure, when we were in high school it was fun to fill out these things and see what our friends had to say, but give me a break we graduated YEARS AGO!!!!

So for all those people that still love these retarded surveys I say read below and forego the email.

1. What time do you get up? 6 something

2. If you could eat lunch with one person, who would it be? Robert Burns

3. Gold or Silver? I'll take some of both thanks

4. What is the last film you saw at the cinema? X-men 3 (going to see The Omen next)

5. What is your favourite T.V. show ? The Sopranos or Navy:NCIS

6. What do you have for breakfast? Cheerios

6b. What would you have for breakfast if you were not worried about trans fats or health? Frosted Cheerios...i like my cheerios ok

7. Beach, City, or Country? Beach or City couldn't live in the country there's not enough noise

8. Favourite Ice Cream? Mint Chocolate Chip or Chocolate chip cookie dough

9. Butter, Plain, or salted popcorn? Butter and dill pickle powder mm mmm good!

10. Favourite Colour? Blue, Grey, White, Red, Black, Lavender, green, brown...anything but yellow and cotton candy pink

11. What kind of car do you drive? alas I don't have a car

12. Favourite sandwich? Peanut butter and banana

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would it be? Scotland.

14. What colour is your bathroom? Blue and white

15. Favourite brand of clothing? BUM it reflects my life nicely

16. Where would you retire? Rome

17. Favourite day of the week? Sunday afternoons, esp in the fall

18. What did you do for your last birthday? Got plastered, danced like crazy and tired to sleep with one of my friends....whoops!

19. Where were you born? the Shwa.

20. Favourite sport to watch? Hockey or Football

21. What Fabric Detergent do you use? No name dryer sheets, they are cheap and effective!

22. Coke or Pepsi? Coke

23. Are you a morning person or night owl? depends on what I'm doing and who I'm hangin' out with

24. Do you have any pets? no because I have a crusty roommate who won't let me have any...but I've got a plan in the works....muhahhahahahahahahaha!

25. What is your full name?**** ******** *******

26. What colour underwear are you wearing right now? white with li'l blue devils

27. What are the last four digits of your phone number? 8611 or 1661 or 9041

28. What was the last thing you ate? A grilled chicken caesar pita, yummy

29. Do you have a girlfriend/boyfriend? nope, i'm hopeless! ha ha

30. Where would you like to go on your honeymoon? away

31. Do you like snow, sun or rain? I'll take 'em all depending on what I'm doing. can't have a snowball fight without snow

32. If you could try any job for a day what would it be? I want to be president of the united states, I mean they let Bush do it for four years and brought him back for four more so why can't I do it

33. Last person you talked to on the phone? Isabella

34. What's the first thing you notice about the opposite sex? Eyes, and smile

35. How are you today? exhausted!!!

36. Alcohol? why yes thank you! I'll take two, gots me two hands don't cha know

37. Beer or liquor? hmmm that depends on cash flow...little cash beer all the way

38. How do you eat an Oreo? twist is apart and lick off all the icing then dunk the cookie in milk DUH!

39. What makes you happy? little things

40. Birthdate? April 2 1982

41. Hair colour? Right now, lond, red, brown...a little bit of everything

42. Eye colour? blue-ish grey-ish

43. Height? 5 ft 6 and three quarters!!

44. Do you wear contacts? used to now I'm just lazy

45. Siblings and their Age? none

46. What school do you atttend? none, I's gots me en edumacation ands gradumatated

47. What is your fav kind of cologne/perfume? I dunno

48. What do you like to do? better question what don't I like to do?

49. Do you have a crush on anyone? HA HA HA oh yeah

50. Fav music? Classic Rock, Rock, ALternative....something loud or at least something that doesn't sounds stupid loud coming from a white girl's place....you picking up what i'm putting down homie? fo shizzle rizzle dizzle

51. Fav movie? Original Sin

52. Fav day of the year? My birthday

53. Do you like to dance? no i like to sit on my ass and watch everyone else...oh come on

54. Worst sickness you ever had? Stomach flu kinda sucks

55. Hugs or kisses? sure lay them on me

56. Most Important quality in a boy/girlfriend? Someone who loves me because of my faults instead of in spite of them.

57. Do you want your friends to write back? NO, I NEVER WANT TO SEE ANOTHER ONE OF THESE THINGS EVER!!!!!

Ahhh... I feel better now.

Thought of the day

~*`Pondering the unponderables`*~

When a guy says that he's lonely and just wants someone to cuddle or snuggle with, all you need to ask is:

Gee, am I that someone or just someone?

Thought of the day

~*`The Mini Guide to Major Happiness`*~

Men come and go, but girlfriends last forever. Unless your girlfriend left with one of those men. How great it is to know that disappointment can be followed by fulfillment, sorrow by joy and a good workout by ice cream.

End of vacation, back to work monday

I had an awesome vacation! Most of my time was spent just laying on the beach reading my book or listening to my MP3 player and being lazy. I may have become a little to used to the buffet, in the sense that when I got up this morning I wanted everything for breakfast. The people in the Dominican are also really really friendly too, I had two offers to stay and live with a couple of the guy there. One in fact kept proclaiming his love for me all week, oh the things that start with a friend walking face first into a palm tree!!

All I can say about being home is that it is sooo nice to know that tonight I'm going to be sleeping in my own bed without having to worry that my neighbors are going to come home at 4:30am stumbling drunk and wake me up!! The downside to that is that tomorrow it's back to work for me...the end of vacation is always so depressing.

I took a lot of pictures suring my trip, most however were lost in the mysterious camera malfunction, but I may post some of what I have a little later (they still need to be uploaded to my computer and I feel lazy).

Well since I've been home strange things have already started happening.
Before I left I was talking with a guy that I had met online, and he seemed really cool and was intelligent enough to carry on a conversation (thank goodness) without it having to be something along the lines of looking for a booty call. Anyway while on vacation I happened to mention him to my friends, you knwo typical kinda girlie stuff. So today when we're talking he happens to ask something so random and specific that it was a little creepy. Turns out that one of the girls that I had gone on vacation with had sought him out and started chatting with him. Peculiar. I'm so not sure what to think about this whole thing. I mean she's a total doll, I've known her for almost 5 years now but at the same time I'm super confused. But at the same time I think that I might actually like this guy and he tells me something along the lines of "I think that I should stop talking to both of you, I don't want to come between friends...blah blah blah" garbage. This sucks hardcore, and it ruined my evening because she's out and I can't talk to her. And for soem reason the other girl that we went away with has fallen off the face of the earth.

Man, why can't life be easier.

Photo blog first entry..woot!

Ok so today started off pretty slowly. This morning it was overcast and grey, what a great day to have off eh? Every now and then the blue sky and a little bit of sun managed to peak out from behind the clouds. Unfortunately that never lasted very long.

Miss Wonderful got off work early today too so we headed out to get some food. Had some random conversations, like discussing our different interpretations of the word intimidating. Really wish I hadn't brought that up lol, hours later she was still talking about it. Anyway after lunch we continued our afternoon by what else window shopping!! At which point it did start to rain on us, and I freaked when I was getting rain in my ear. Diagonal rain is horrible!! More randomness, best quote of the day (by moi of course) "I got swimmers ear walking through the parking lot!!"

When I finally got home and finished up some stuff I'd been putting off I looked outside and saw a pretty good photo op. The sun was setting and you could actually see it reflecting off the rain on the window. I thought that it looked pretty neat so of course: take a picture *CLICK*!! Haha, and Miss Wonderful I still say that pictures by me are much better than pictures of me :P.

And after all that fun, I've resolved to doing some laundry so that I actually have something to wear on my trip. Granted we are going to a tropical destination (it was 41 degrees there today, yay!) but I don't intend to walk around completely naked maybe partially but never completely. Hmmm that would mean no tan lines but it might mean a rather awkward sunburn, ouchy!!

Ok that's enough of that, I've got to get my laundry out of the dryer. I lead such a glamourous life lol.

Ok, so this is from a photo blog that Miss Wonderful found. There are some pretty cool pics on there, but ll the text is in Spanish so I'm without a clue as to what anything says. Haha! Anyway if you want to have a peek at what's happenin' in the photo blogger's world go here.

Later!

hmmm.....

After thought maybe I'll starting posting a picture or two daily. Just a radom pic of something from my day...of course that means luggin around my camera but for the sake of randomness I may just do it!! :D

Vacation in less than 2 weeks!!

Ok so we're all starting to get really excited about our trip to the Dominican. I've already started making up a list of things to bring and people who I want to bring things back for. I also went to the doctor's to get the twinrx shot for Hep A & B so that I don't get sick. Anyway, the doctor wasn't sure if I'd already had it so that meant blood tests. Oh yay! Two days ago I got a call saying "Um yeah turns out you do need the shot so just come on in to the clinic and we'll get you all set up." GREAT, more needles! (note the sarcasm)

So this morning I drag myself down to the clinic so they can stick me with a needle once again but first the doctor sees me and we chat (I complain), and lo and behold her decision is to dun dun dunnnnn.....DO MORE BLOOD TESTS!!!! Gee and I thought I was going to be pin hole free. My wonderful little doctor has decided to test triglycerids, insulin, hematocrit, creatinine, hormones amongst a plethera of other unpronoucables but the kicker is I HAVE TO FIND MY OWN LAB TO DO IT! Apparently, when they spin the blood at this clinic they aren't able to test potassium levels because it doesn't show up, so I have to find another lab to do it for me.

WHOOP-DEE-DO!!! I'm not too worried about my potassium levels, if they are low I'll eat a banana, if they are too high I'll stop eating bananas! Is it really all that important? ARGH!!
Anyway, it looks like I'll be fasting tonight so that tomorrow morning I can drag my ass down to the lab for 7:30 get the stupid work done then shuffle off to work for 9:30 (that is of course after I stop at Tim Horton's and stuff myself with food and coffee).

Doctors are mean and needles hurt.

News & Events

Well, helllloooooo!!!

I had a really fun birthday this year, not that I did anything really over the top and exciting but it was nice to visit with my family and hang out with my friends. Ooh and according to my parents they may (in a couple months) be sending a car my way...so things are starting to look up. If only I could find a "real" job and get the hell out of IKEA....that Swedish vacuous hellhole!

Ooh and our trip is finally booked and paid for and I've decided that if my work renegs on the time off then I'll tell them they can consider it my notice, and they can stuff their crappy little job in the orifice of their choice! As for the trip I've already started making a mental list of the things that I'm going to need. I think that the ladies had the same idea because we ended up spending 3 hours at the mall shopping for sunglasses, bikinis and books! Good times good times.

Ok so this quick little note is finished, because I have to get up at 7am tomorrow. Imagine waking up on 7am on Saturday it's like a sin or something!! Ugh!!

What a glorious day!

IIIITTTT'SSSS MMMYYYY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
It's my birthday! It's my birthday! It's my birthday! Gee, do you think I like my birthday??

I can't believe that I lucked out and got such great weather on my birthday, it's usually all rainy and crappy! My parents just left for home, they should be there in 3 or 4 hours depending on how heavy Dad's foot feels today. The rest of the afternoon will be spent putting away all the stuff my parents got me and then heading out with the ladies. Barrymore's for 80's night should be hilarious!! I mean we are children of the 80's so it'll be a nice flashback.

Yay!! It's my birthday! It's my birthday! It's my birthday! *does a little goofy dance*

Let me apologize now...

****WARNING: I'M FEELING A LITTLE GOOFIER THAN NORMAL****


I'm definitely in a better mood today.

So what, I didn't get the job, but my life's not over something else will come along (I hope). But I'm really starting to get excited about the trip that is in the works. The researching has begun, the time has been booked off and the moolah set aside. Initially, it was only supposed to be me and *Miss Wonderful* which was cool it would give us a chance to get to know eachother better and of course party! But now ~Sabe~ has joined in the planning and excitement. Yay! we're now a threesome...uh wait that has a few too many sexual innuendos attached. The three musketeers, no no that's too corny. Ah I got it! We're now a tripod. I know you're thinking "WTF?!" But honestly it's the best fit, because we're there to support eachother and if one of us is a little out of whack then the others try to fix the wobble.

Please understand that I am aware that my thought process is often a little peculiar but without these ladies I have a very strong feeling that "they"(the powers that be) would have put me in a padded room long long ago. I can just imagine the lazy days at the beach, the numerous fruity concoctions with umbrellas, the gorging at the buffet, the random pictures, and of course, the nursing of the sun burns. Cheers to the all inclusive travel packages and sunny destinations!!

Today I am thankful for nothing...

So I *finally* got a call from that company I'd been waiting to hear back from. The woman I spoke to was very nice about everything saying that it had come down to myself and someone else, but that they had chosen to go with the other person because they had more experience. Clearly that is the rational choice but give me a break people!!! That is such an easy out. These days a lot of graduates can't get a job because they don't have any experience and we can't get the experience because NO ONE WILL GIVE US JOBS!!! Anyway the woman was nice and said that they would like to keep my resume on file because "you know how things go". Aw gee ma'am that's super swell, yet another organization that has my resume rotting away in some filing cabinet; how did I ever get to be so lucky!?!?

AARRRGHHHH!!!!! Frogive me folks, I'm so incredibly frustrated. This was definitely not what I had wanted going into my birthday weekend. How's that for a present, eh? And yes I did just say EH! I am from Canada after all, isn't that the stereotype I should fit into?? Sorry, seems that sarcasm is my friend today. I hope that April turns out to be a better month for me, I'm so liable to completely lose it on the next dumbass customer at work who asks me where they can get a catalogue/where the restaurant is/why we take postal codes/in other words ANYTHING!


Sorry, bitchfest over.

The Modicum of Mediocrity

Yesterday nearly drove me out of my mind due to anxiety, and today hasn't been too much better. I had an interview on Thursday (which I beleive I may have mentioned) and they said that they hoped to have a decision made by Monday. So all day I kept checking my machine which turned out to be a complete act of futility. They never left a message, in fact they had mentioned something about having someone call to test my conversational french skills and since that had not happened I was more than ready to concede defeat. That was until 8pm when I got a call from the Executive Director of the association. She was calling from London ENGLAND!! (and it was 2AM there) She was the person that was to test my French, we talked for a bit and everything seemed to go really well. So then I got my hopes up again, damnit!

And what did that lead to? Me checking my machine all day again today, hoping that they were going to call and tell me that I got the job. Obviously wishful thinking on my part. I may not get the job but at least I can appreciate that I made such a big impression on them that the the Executive Director felt compelled to stay up until 2AM and call me from England, essentially, just to chat. But I still really want(ed) that job!

On the up-side a lovely friend of mine found a great job site Peter's New Jobs which lists all the new posting from various sites and categorizes them as Private Sector, Government, or Recruiters (staffing agencies) to make things super easy. This is going to save me sooooo much time, because everything is in one place, as opposed to searching five individual sites over the course of hours!! (**Miss Wonderful, you are just that**)

I'm feeling like a complete bore because that call has been the highlight of my week (thus far). If you are looking for something a little more dramatic, edge of your seat, only in the movies kind of stuff have a look at Scotty's Day. Ugh, ok I know it's only like 9:30 but I am totally ready for bed, I think I'm going to crash. I'm getting so old!!

After the Dazzle of the Day

After the dazzle of day is done,
Only the dark, dark night shows to my eyes the stars;
After the clangor of organ majestic, or chorus, or perfect band,
Silent, athwart my soul, moves the symphony true.

-Walt Whitman

So yeah it's friday....

I don't really have anything to say but I felt that I should check in. I'm pretty happy that I don't have to go into work tomorrow, having saturdays off are so rare and awesome! No big plans for tonight except maybe some off-key singing along with my stereo, watching a bit of the idiot box, then reading a few chapters of a great book before bed. I think I may try to scrounge up some change to do a load of laundry tomorrow too. Boy oh boy does this ever sound like a super duper crazy fun couple of days!!! lol sarcasm is my friend.

Haha, anyway everything definitely pales in comparison to next weekend. And why's that because not only do I have the Friday, Saturday AND Sunday off from work, my parents are coming to visit me (I haven't seen them since Christmas) and best of all.....

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!

Yay!! And hopefully on Monday I'll find out whether or not I got that new job, keep your fingers crossed for me. I could use all the luck possible. *thumbs up*

The Gym is EEEEVIL!!!

Went to the gym tonight with a girlfriend, we took the body flow class at Goodlife. I figured that it would be a mellow low impact exercise class, easy stuff for a wednesday night. Uh NO!! Low impact yeah but anything but mellow!! Sure the movement are all pretty gentle and fluid but holy crap it's harder than it looks.

Body flow is a combination of Tai Chi, Pilates and Yoga; the Tai Chi I like, Pilates uh not so much and Yoga what the hell?? Who knew that downward dog would kill my legs/ass and that the warrior would make my legs and abs quiver and burn?!?! Or that pretending to be a tree or a star for that matter was so friggin' hard.

Now that I've had a chance to sit and relax a little I'm finding that my muscles are kinda twitching!! Even my ass....it's twitching. lol EXERCISE MAKES YOUR ASS TWITCH!! Why do people do this?! Funny thing is I've agreed to go back, on friday and at 7AM for crying out loud!!! Oh and this time my punishment is a class called PUMP! It's all done with weights, I think I've lost my mind. Going to the gym at 7AM is bad enough but to do a weight lifting class, that's just insane!! I suppose that it will all pay off when I look super hot at the beach, because isn't that the real reason why people get into a crazy workout phase around this time of year?

Anyway, I absolutely have to go take a hot bath to relax my twitchy muscles because God forbid I go to my job interview tomorrow with a twitchy ass. THAT would definitely be awkward!!!

say it 

And her heart grew a few sizes...

So as always I've been looking for a new job, because let's face it there's no way that I want to spend the rest of my life at IKEA as a cashier. That would be a complete waste of the last 4 years that I spent in university working on getting my degree. I could've just flushed all that cash down the toilet for all that I have accomplished thus far. Whoops, there I go off on a tangent again, back to my point. I was bouncing around on Charity Village and I decided to check out the volunteer opprotunites because honestly it's not always all about me. Even though I'll admit that I sometimes think it should be.

Anyway there was a posting that really jumped out at me, and I've already gotten in contact with the volunteer co-ordindator to get involved. Child Find Ontario is looking for volunteers to help educate parents about the unknown dangers that are out there.

Their website is just this huge mass of information, some is a little surprising, some is just sad but for the most part they are just trying to get the information out to the communities that there is someone out there working to keep things a little safer for children. It's definitely worth a read. For instance, there's probably a lot about Child Find that people don't know like "Child Find Ontario is dedicated to reducing the incidence of missing and exploited children and youth in Ontario. Child Find works closely with law enforcement agencies, social service agencies, lawyers, and corporate partners on behalf of missing children and their families. Child Find Ontario has been endorsed by the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police and is recognized by the RCMP/National Missing Children Services. Last year, Child Find tracked a 98% successful recovery rate for the cases with which we were involved. We have helped to recover over 500 missing, runaway and abducted children and teens, some as long as 11 years after being reported missing. Of 11 cases featured on monthly corporate billing envelopes last year, seven children were recovered. One out of every six recovered children is found because someone saw their photograph and it generated a tip. Media, law enforcement and our North American and international partner agencies regard Child Find Ontario as the leader in this field. "

Ok so that's my little heart-felt mushy rant for this afternoon, but I really believe that we should all be doing something to better ourselves and our communities. So get out there and volunteer people!! Even if it's just hanging out helping at a community centre, be proactive because if we don't do something help and make some kind of difference in society no matter how small, then it could all just go to shit!

Rant over.

Sweetest thing...

Greetings to my fellow internet savvy bloggers, how goes? Wow! Really, that's great!! Just thought I'd throw that out there, because seriously how many times a day do we all feel like we just kinda blend into the background and go unnoticed. Well, I know that you're out there!!

But today I was kinda glad that I was able to just watch the things that were going on without really worrying about whether or not people noticed. While I was waiting in line to get my usual Tim Horton's in the morning (I absolutely do not function without it) I saw what had to be one of the sweetest things ever. An elderly couple had walked by heading towards the tables to enjoy their coffees, the husband pulled out the chair for his wife, gave her a sweet little kiss and a pat on the bum. It was totally adorable. It didn't hurt that I had my own little soundtrack going with Jack Johnson either, everything in that moment just seemed to fit. I just remember thinking "Aww that's so cute!" I hope that when I'm their age I'm still that much in love... provided of course that my husband doesn't turn into a wrinkly, wheezing gas-bag. Just kidding!! By that time I'd probably be a wrinkly old nag anyway so we'd still be a perfect fit!!

Anyhoo...I'm dreading the trip to the passport office to renew my passport for my tentative trip in may. Who really wants to wait in those stupid lines so some bozo with a superiority complex behind a little desk can tell me that Whoops! I forgot to initial here or fill out section 5.2 regarding previous travels on my forms and that I have to do that then get in line again. Ugh!! who made up these rules anyway?! But it will definitely all be worth it when (or if, at this point) I'm laying on the beach in Cuba in my new bikini enjoying one of my many margaritas. Ahh good times, I so can't wait because I who deserves it more than me? *smiles*

In other news, it seems that my absolute faboulousness is seeping through the net. How so, you ask. Apparently, little Scotty is already hooked and talking puppies!! But shared custody of a wonderul little pup between Ottawa and Cali would be way too burdensome. The sad little coos and whines when it comes time to leave and then of course there would be the puppy, who's heart could stand it? Unfortunately, I can't turn off my faboulousness but I can at least try to tone it down for Scott's sake. *wink* But I promise nothing!!

That's all for now so I'll c'ya in the funny pages folks.

Definitely been a while...

Ok so I've been neglecting my little world of what ifs, but I've still been posting on myspace so those of you who want to find me know you always can.

Anyway, today I got the most random email from someone I don't really know but kinda do. I know I know too vague. Here goes, so I read this guy's blog pretty frequently, I mean why not he's funny! But then out of the blue he email's me because I linked him on my blog (http://scotttowler.blogspot.com/) and he wants to know how I found him. How am I supposed to explain that. It was innocent enough but I totally felt like a stalker trying to explain it. It's like getting caught with your fingers in the cookie jar right before dinner! So in my classic style I say my piece and end off with the goofy little I'm-too-cute-to-get-mad-at-or-think-I'm-a-total-nutcase. Hopefully he digs it, 'cause I seriously do not want to end up reading something weird about myself on his blog, that would be totally uncomfortable I'd feel like I was snooping or reading someone's diary or something. Argh! why did I ever start reading people's stuff?!?! lol I totally can't help it though people are so interesting, well that and it keeps me out of trouble. Not that a little trouble every once in a while is such a bad thing *wink wink*

Ok people I've got to get some grub, c'ya!