I did nothing over the summer. I saw a few movies with friends (Harry Potter, GI Joe, District 9) and went to my best friend's place for about 4 days for her birthday. Apparently I can stay awake for 40 hours without anything bad happening- I slept in a little bit the next day and that's it. Not everybody did as well though. About 30 hours in, I was talking to another girl and while talking about 'Firefly' she blurted out that Simon and Jayne would be hot together. Oh her face was priceless- she did not mean to say that at all. It was at that point that I revealed I much of a fangirl I was and all was good.
Oh, so final semester school marks for grade 11 were either great or a huge WTF. Functions- 83. Bio- 91. Physics- 88. English- 79. Wait what. How is it possible to get a 79 in a class where all assignments and tests were either perfect or in the 90s? The teacher must be an idiot. So I went into the school at the start of summer and told her that. She bumped it up to 80 because she 'felt bad about [my] home situation'. I was very confused so I left. Oh well. Maybe it was because I skipped 25 classes? But I skipped that many in all my classes, so...I dunno.
I love Slimfast chocolate stuff. They're like milkshakes. I don't drink any milk normally, so this is good.
Today I got my hair done. Went from blonde to a gorgeous burgundy colour. Even with the blonde I had a bit of red that would shine through, but this is awesome. It's like pudding. I also got a new outfit. I have decided to not wear a simple jeans and t-shirt to school anymore. I look terrible. It's tough for a chunky girl like myself to find stylish teen clothes, but I'll try.
Thinking of going to Western and doing something medical. I need to get a plan, so for now, that's it.
Going to go rewatch 'Glee' now. Awesome show. Speaking of rewatches, I'll be doing the upcoming BoB rewatch. Hell to the yeah.
- Mood:
bouncy - Music:Don't Stop Believing- Glee Cast
Mom: "Band of Brothers" on BluRay, a few days early. Hollister hoodie, a month early. Ergonomic keyboard/mouse a few weeks early (Jack stepped on the receiver for my other keyboard, so she gave me her cards and let me buy another)
Dad: "Generation Kill". Two pairs of gloves- thin and thick- that fit together. $60 mall card. $500 for trip to Cuba (he bitched and whined that he had to pay a third of my brother's and my trip- he didn't pay for my school trip, Jack's school trip, or his French exchange).
Lori, dad's GF: candy/chocolate. $25 mall card.
Nana and Grandpa: "Sopranos" Season 6, Part 1 (apparently, they couldn't find 4 or 5, and I only have up to 3, so it'll have to hold until I get the rest). "Family Guy" magnet (my brother's the fan, not me, but oh well). $50 cash.
Great-Grandpa: $40. A bunch of awesome WW2 stories, which made my day.
And now it gets interesting.
Evil Aunt, Amusing Uncle, Boring Cousins: a pink Abercrombie sweater. Yay, a cool brand! Nay, a hideous pink...thing.
Evil Grandma and Grandpa: $25 cash. The most unattractive PJ bottoms I've ever seen. I've already named them my Matthew Settle pants. They are unflattering, red/blue/beige/pink plaid, and flannel. Named as such after his character on "Gossip Girl", who is never without his trusty plaid disasters.
So, not too bad overall. I really do not like the Christmas season. But...presents. So yay.
- Biggest thing right now: my mom had spinal surgery yesterday in Mississauga. Everything went well, but I still miss her. She gets to come home in a week, but she can't do much for the next three months. So basically, my life will be tough. Of course, my dad won't be helping out much. Our neighbours have volunteered to help, as well as our friends. It just really really sucks. But at least she'll be able to live her life properly again- that's what matters.
- Because my mom is in the hospital, my nana is staying with us. She is driving me insane! The first thing she did when we got home yesterday was CLEAN. The entire house is spotless. Now, that's not a bad thing, but she wants it to stay that way. Uh...it's a house with two teenagers and a messy student mom- it isn't going to look like that in a week. Oh well.
- Uh...school sucks.
- Puppy is partially house-broken. She will do her thing outside without too much waiting. She sometimes whines when she really has to go. She can't sneak off, because she is on a leash all the time, except for when Jack has her, but that's just because he doesn't pay attention. We still have the pads down, and the other day she was off her leash and we ran over to the neighbours and we came back to see her using it. She's getting there.
- Television is awesome. Gossip Girl, Brothers and Sisters, Chuck, Heroes, Sophie, Ugly Betty, Supernatural....you are all cool. And DVDs....I love you so. Torchwood and the Sopranos rock.
- We're making cupcakes. With dinosaur sprinkles.
- Difficulties with brother- little bastard is all 'you can't control me whine whine whine you're not my mom don't tell me what to do just shut up'....if I ask him if he could take the puppy outside. Don't even make me write his reaction to things like recycling or cleaning.
- I pay the bills now. With my mom's cards, but I still have to go to the bank with account number and the bills and all that fun stuff.
- Hiccups are evil.
Enough for tonight.
- Mood:
stressed
I bought lots of things today. I got 'Iron Man', and the first seasons of 'Torchwood' and 'The Sopranos'. I've been meaning to buy 'The Sopranos' for a while,because seriously, it's one of the best HBO shows ever, but I haven't been able to watch it because I'm very picky about seeing episodes in order. I got 'Torchwood' because it's fucking awesome. I would've got second season as well, but it wasn't there. Or is it even in Canada yet? No clue. And 'Iron Man' because I just can't get the image of Nixon as Iron Man out of my mind. Plus, it looks cool.
I was going to buy all four season of 'Hustle' (they were in a pack) but it was $100. Come on, I just spent near $200, I don't need another $100 worth of television.
Sigh. Well, this was the biggest spending day of my life so far. I had to pay the Rogers bill, so that was $130. Hurray. At least I'll be making that money back this weekend oh god work no. Ugh. Work. I hate you. 8 bucks an hour is not worth that hell. I need a new job. I can't believe I'm saying that already, but it is terrible.
At least I skipped school today and had my 'weekend'. Meaning I got one day to sleep in and catch up on my chill-time. After last night i deserved it. I babysat the two worst kids ever. I actually had to fight them to go to bed. The whole time, their dog was gnawing on my leg and barking at me. And they want me there every Thursday. Um...no. Except I can't find a nice way to say no. Sigh.
- Mood:
rejuvenated
Time to go outside now. I can't stand this. Editing will be done laters.
- Heath Ledger definitly deserves that Oscar. There were moments when I was like 'O.O....whoa'....yeah.
- Why hello there Talbert and Cobb. You made me lol. Seriously Cobb, why do you look so much like my/my mom's friend Peter? Who, by the way, has my precious box set. If there are any scratches, I shall kill him. Slowly. Oh, and Talbert? Your hair style made me drool. I wish movie theaters had pause and rewind. I like you lots. Be in more things. Why are you not in many things? You're cute. Orange suits you. Cute hair. Yeah.
- Mayor Dude, I totally saw your eyeliner. Why? My bro and I did the whole look-at-each-other-and-try-not-to-giggle thinger because of you, and my dad glared at me for it. I blame you, Eyeliner Dude.
Whoa, today was a very BoB day though. I heard one of my teachers say 'load of malarkey' and I snorted. Because...yeah. Plus, I saw kid-who-looks-like-Tab again today. You're cute too. But you don't have cool hair. I think it had highlights? I don't know.
Hey, guess who needs sleep.
PS- I started watching 'Torchwood'. Dude. I want my own teaboy. I sort of want to make my brother watch it. The kid ships Webgott, come on. Like he needs any more gay influence.
PPS- SLEEP. I'm making no sense. It's 1 in the morning.
...yeah, I left school for the afternoon. Anthro/Psych/Soc and Accounting can suck it. I went to Chemistry and History, that's all that matters.
- Mood:
content
Wow. I haven't posted for a while. But there was school and work and other stuff, as well as general laziness.
So, updates! Yay!
( Updates! )
Whoa. That was longer than I thought. I'm actually waiting for the season finale of 'House' to download, which I missed and never got a chance to watch, so I'm doing it now. But it doesn't look like it's going to be done in under an hour, and I need sleep to kick this cold's ass. Night!
EDIT- This entry was nearly 2000 words. Now, why can't I write anything that is that long? Errr.
- Mood:
sick - Music:Everything You Ever- Dr. Horrible
No cable. There's no wire behind the TV in the wall. 52", mounted on the wall, and we have to take it down, get a new bracket, get the wire in there somehow, then get Rogers to come back. It's going to cost a lot- about $300 for the new bracket (this time, we're getting one so our TV can swing out a bit and we can get to the back for wires and stuff), and about $200 for guys to come and do it. It's ridiculous. Our TV's big, so they charge us extra for installation. We're going to try to get my uncle or someone to come do the lifting for us (I can lift, my mom has a broken back do she can't). But it's just....ugh. So damn close. And the guy that came? Terrible!! He almost knocked the TV right off the wall, and he was hairy and smelled. Oh Rogers, why do you send cavemen? Why can't you be like Bell and send cute guys?! Totally scored a phone number off a Bell boy once.
So, this is going to suck. I was hoping to have cable before this Sunday, but...nope. I might actually go stay over at my dad's so I can watch the season finale of 'Generation Kill'. That would rock. It's not like he does anything with us when we're there anyways. Last week, he asked my brother if he wanted to come and pour concrete. Yeah, because 12 year olds want to go have an exciting sleepover and pour fucking concrete. Jeez, grow a brain dad.
Sadly, I am very much like my dad, as my mom told me a few moments ago. Any small amount of physical movement turns my face beet red. So, biking to the store two blocks away = looking like a tomato. And I get that from him. Thanks.
Ok, let's get away from that. How about....
Give me a fandom and I will tell you who I would:
1. bake cupcakes for:
2. trust with the keys to my car:
3. put thumbtacks on their chair:
4. have a crush on:
5. pack up and leave if they moved next door:
6. vote for President:
7. pick as my partner in a buddy movie:
8. pair up:
9. vote off the island and into the volcano:
10. wheedle into fixing my MP3 player:
Totally stolen from
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foofighter0234 because I'm cool like that. EDIT- Also, 'Generation Kill' icons are being made. I have, maybe 15 acceptable ones so far. How many should I make before posting?
- Mood:
hopeful - Music:Clumsy- Our Lady Peace
Ohhhh I am so excited. The Rogers guy is coming today. Any minute now. Well, he's supposed to come between 2 and 5, and it's quarter to 4. Come ooooooooonnnnnnnnn.
I can't even remember when we had cable. A long time ago. Months. We had our TV on the main floor, then we got the basement done, moved the TV down, then we called Rogers but before they came our basement flooded (ok, that was in the spring, late I guess because it was when the snow was melting and we had a shitload of snow) so we had to cancel. Then we didn't want to do anything to it until we got our new carpet in, but then we gave up on the carpet idea. Then we got it moved down from the main floor over the phone and it was supposed to just hook up, but we couldn't get it to work, nor could my uncle who...works with cablely stuff. Maybe a month or so ago we finally called Rogers to hook up our basement internet and the cable, but the only sent a guy who knew internet, not cable. Finally, we called again and they're coming today! Yay!
I really, really hope it works now. It's been months. I've been going through TV withdrawel. I annoy my mom about it every chance I get ("Ohh, wouldn't it be amazing to watch 'Generation Kill' on our big 52" instead of the computer? Why aren't we doing that again? Oh, because WE DON'T HAVE CABLE!" "Hey mom, I was just talking to Amanda on MSN and she wants me to tell you- GET ME SOME CABLE!" "oh, the computer's running a bit slow because I have to download my TV shows. If you want the computer to run faster, we should GET CABLE!" It only really works if you yell the last bit for full effect)
OH HE'S HERE HE'S HERE AND i'M NOT WEARING A BRA SHIT.
I hate that. He's all big and hairy too. Do I really trust this guy with my precious? Why are Rogers guys always like that, while Bell sends the hot ones? (True facts- in our apartment, we had Bell phones, and when the guy came, he was really hot and he gave me his phone number)
Anyways. I must go make myself decent (if I can sneak around the corner without being seen). Not that this guy can judge, but whatever. I'm so sued to having workers in m house that my being in my pajamas doesn't make me uncomfortable, but a bra is a must. I don't want to get any weird looks. Though I'm not sure what all those workers last spring/winter thought of me- they were always around during the work week, and I, well, I missed a lot of school. So I was around them a lot. On one memorable occasion, some guy was laying carpet on our stairs and I jumped over him on my way down. Doesn't matter really, most of the workers were borderline-retarded hicks anyways. One had like, 5 teeth, seriously. So....imagine having to live with those kind of people in your house 5 days a week.
So, updates later. They're still working on it.
- Mood:
frustrated
The weird thing is- it's still wearable. I washed it and put it back in. It's missing one hook thing (the one that was broken a while ago and defective since) but the front part and the other hook is alright. I'll have to file down wear she chewed it because it hurts my tongue but it'll be alright. It's a bit loose now, so I won't wear it at night for fear of swallowing it.
I can't help but feel bad for the little thing. It's been through so much...
- Mood:
annoyed
A sensor went off on the heater and it turned itself off. Apparently, sometimes chemicals in the air can cause water heaters to, um, explode? Yeah, really. So they started installing sensors on them. We just got our railing stained, using eurothane (sp?) and it smelled a lot (it looks great, btw). Plus, it was really humid, so all the air was pushed downwards. So, it could have been that. Or, it could have been fabric softener- my mom said she made a mistake with the amount for something or whatever, and the dryer smelled funny. Anyways, either one or both set it off and the heater turned off. All that showed was a flashing button (that, stupidly, is green, not red). We called people to fix it, they came and brought a new sensor, because stupidly, there is no reset button and the sensor needs to be changed. So stupid.
But no matter- we have water!
About ten minutes ago. I was sitting here with my hands in my hair (I do that when I'm reading on the computer or watching something) and realized- my hair feels amazing! So soft and smooth, and the ends aren't all fuzzy. It's really shiny too (which it is normally, for someone with gigantic hair that is usually fuzzy, it looks wonderful straightened). I was a bit worried that I had left some conditioner in, but it's all out and my hair isn't greasy or oily at all. It's perfect. So, I'm going to wash my hair in colder water from now on.
('Generation Kill' is on tonight oh my god and I have to wait until Tuesday for the download aw fuck I'm pissed about that.)
(I need more Diet Pepsi. And maybe a nap, then dinner, then more computering, maybe some 'Entourage', and then bed as late as possible)
- Mood:
thirsty - Music:Guitar Hero
So, I decided to just suck it up. Only had my head and hair in the shower to do shampoo/conditioner, then took a deep breath and jumped in for a minute or so and did the quickest soaping I ever thought possible. I'm still freezing cold and have decided to flatiron my hair just for the extra warmth. Well, that, and it gives me a reason to just sit and chill out with my iPod. We need to spend some quality time together anyways.
Now it is flatiron time, and then bed. Oh wonderful, warm, cozy bed. And no dogs, please. Two Chihuahuas- one an older dog who is fat and smells (her teeth are rotting so her breath smells like ass, and she farts like it's going out of style), the other a puppy who has a habit of jumping down in the middle of the night, peeing on the carpet when she has a pee-pad right damn there, and then moving and fussing around in the bed, eventually lying down in totally inappropriate places (ever woken up with a dog curled around your ass? Very awkward). So, for maximum comfort, puppy Sweet Pea can go in her pen (she needs to eat anyways) and Pebbles can sleep in her hut until my little brother goes to bed. (Hut= cat bed in the shape of a tent; calling it that also allows 'Pebbles the Hut').
Damn my dogs are weird. A few weeks ago, Sweet Pea shit on a chair. No joke. Of course, we yelled at her, but then we laughed, because no dog of ours has ever done that. Oh, and she peed on the bottom part of our table. And she likes to lick up your nose- it's not an accident, like when Pebbles does it- she does it on purpose. Little devil dog. The only reason she's alive is because she is so damn cute(totally joking, by alive I mean still in our house, not sold). She's eight months old and still not house trained. Granted, when we first got her, it was too cold for us to put her outside, but now she just wants to be litter trained. We treat her like a baby- no, we don't wrap her in blankets and sing her to sleep. But, she stays in a baby playpen, has a diaper disposer for her pee-pads, and has two babygates blocking the stairs. And we babytalk to her, but that's because she's adorable.
No more talking. Do hair. Sleep.
- Mood:
cranky
So, the last few days have been really weird.
- Mood:
thoughtful
Well, I am hungry. Really hungry. I haven't eaten anything all day. That said, I didn't get up until noon, so really, it's not a full day. But I went biking, so that took all my energy. And right as I emerge from the basement, like a trap door spider darting out to grab some food, my mom starts mopping the main floor. So I am screwed. And hungry. Did I mention that?
So, to pass the time...
Perfect timing. Floor is dry and I can EAT. Hell yes.
- Mood:
hungry - Music:Shuffle Your Feet- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
I really wish there was more 'Jericho' fan stuff. Seriously, it doesn't have an overly strong online community, even with all the people who fought to keep it going. If there are so many people willing to send nuts (which, don't get me wrong, was fucking awesome) to keep the show going, why are there so few people willing to write some good Jake/Stanley? Do it people. Oh, and they really need to give some love to Deputy!Skip.
Speaking of fan stuff, I keep wondering who will write the first 'Generation Kill' story. I mean, we're only just past the second episode (which rocked, I watched it today) but I can't stop wondering who it will be, and involving what characters. Though so far Colbert/Person seems to be the safest bet for that. The looks during the bit about Colbert's ex- totally adorable. I hope whoever makes icons for that episode takes full advantage of them.
With that out of the way...I am out. I'm tired. But not really. When I'm bored I just sleep, and I am pretty darn bored right now. So, I shall sleep.
- Mood:
bored - Music:Falling To Pieces- Faith No More
It is 2.30. Why am I not in bed yet? Well, I don't have work tomorrow, and I'm waiting to find a download for 'Generation Kill'. So I'm trying to pass the time.
Alright, because I need to waste a few more minutes:
Based entirely on my personality, hunt down a "played by" who you think would best represent me. Reply here with the picture or link. (This person may be male or female depending on whether I strike you as male or female.
Yep. One of those things. A few others have posted it too, but I don't know how to put pictures in my comments, plus I'm too lazy to find a cap.
(Ha, it was so tough to pick between 'tired' and 'sleepy' for my mood, because both are cute)
Alright, well, it's 3, and I don't see it, do I'll get it in the morning.
- Mood:
tired - Music:Superhero- Jane's Addiction
- Mood:
hot - Music:I Love Rock And Roll- Joan Jett
[20] Band of Brothers
Rules:
-Comments? Not needed, but preffered.
-Credit? Yes please!
-Altering? As most don't have text or any effects, they are free to be used as bases or whatever. As you wish.
-Hotlinking? I'm not 100% sure what that is, really, but I know I don't do it and neither should you!
-Critique is appreciated.
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- Mood:
exhausted - Music:Silver Girl- Patrick Park
Well, many things happened yesterday and today.
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Ok, I am so seriously pissed off right now it isn't even funny. I thought my brushes were working but apparently they aren't. I just did that stupid crap for almost two hours. Oh my god. I have tried every single tutorial I can find to import them properly, but nothing's working! I have never been this mad a computer program before. Whatever GIMP. I'll jist make PLAIN icons. You can't do anything about that, can you?
- Where Am I?:Home, finally
- Mood:
pissed off - Music:'Across The Universe' Soundtrack
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