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the word is on your lips

2008-03-28T17:23:52Z

this will be the last post of my livejournal as i've now moved over to wordpress.

you can now find me online at:

http://blogfaced.wordpress.com

dancing with myself

2008-03-27T16:45:57Z

just finished my last mid-term, which while very late in the general scheme of things, is still quite a big relief. economics is really not my strong
point. actually is probably the nadir of my skills if i'm being brutally honest. really just want to finish the stupid course and be done with the whole damn thing. weekend almost here though. and going to see 'run fatboy run' tonight which hopefully is good.

am thinking of transitioning to a blog format in an effort to be more conscious of updating and also with the recent changes to livejournal. not that i've been particularly active on here of late but am hoping to become moreso again. let's face it, will probably end up with 27 consecutive posts during finals and then 2 posts during the entire summer. such is the charm of me.

thanks, you've been fuel for thought.

2006-03-01T19:41:27Z

HOLLER! just finished last mid-term of my arts degree. fabulous. v nice outside. snow floating softly to the ground in bright sunshine weather. made me feel like i was in a scene from grey's anatomy or similar and was contemplating how great my life was with smile on face getting progressively bigger as camera goes from shot of me walking and then zooms out to reveal beauty of scene. hurrah! now have just got to worry about 2 x 8page papers, 1 x 1/2 hour presentation, 2 x 20 page papers, and 3 final exams. but obviously will not worry about them till the last minute and therefore am free to watch mary tyler moore which i just bought on dvd. i might just make it after all! (throws hat)

and a kiss is the oath that they share.

2006-02-05T08:15:15Z

went to see brokeback mountain friday night and still cannot stop thinking how fantastic it was. it is the first film in a long time that has stuck with me so long. am feeling quite emotional from the circumstances in the film long after the last scene was shown. that being said, the last scene was perhaps the most poignant in the whole film. not only am sad but wish i had a boyfriend to be sad with, especially with valentine's day coming up so quickly. very annoying was the fact that people in the theatre were laughing at the film and that people on the way out were questioning the inclusion of a tame sex scene. sad that even people who go see brokeback mountain in alberta are still relatively homophobic. if that minority of the population are homophobic, then how many years will it take for homosexuality to become 'normal' here? the irony that this filmed was largely shot here is not beyond me.

here i am standing in the crowd.

2006-02-02T18:43:23Z

holler.
things are pretty ok right now in ed. hurt my back and it is still painful but i got my prosperity cheque and am going shopping thisafternoon so it balances out. dan came up last weekend which was fantastic and robin ripped the ass of her pants while we were out which was funny. actually that night probably didn't help my back as i dipped nelle a few times and was dancing a lot. class is okay but i missed a week due to my stupid back so that sucks and now i have to catch up. going to see brokeback mountain this weekend and am v excited. not doing much else this weekend to be honest. lots of studying to do. although being honest will probably end up getting drunk saturday night somehow. don't think i've ever had a saturday night off and not ended up going out. just realized this is a tediously boring entry. oh well, YOU READ IT, YOU CAN'T UN-READ IT!!!!

you're far too kind.

2006-01-13T01:51:27Z

so it's been a long long time since i updated this site. to be honest i have been a little consumed with side projects. things are going well as the new year gets into full swing. back at class now which is actually going really well. the last semester of this degree looks to be a good one. not too much exciting is going on right now. work is okay, i am pretty happy. actually a better phrase would be hopelessly buoyant. i am randomly very happy at the minute. there is no specific thing i could pin it down too but i am just generally very happy. i enrolled in a really cool film course that is all about contemporary american films so we are doing stuff like the matrix, rambo, toy story and terminator. its pretty cool and even better there is no text book which is awesome. i have been too lazy to take down the 40 'holler!'s that are posted all over my apartment from jo-ann's birthday but they are starting to get a bit much so i may have to get off my ass and do that soon. this is a bit of a rambling post, but i also invented a new drink! it's called green ginger jack and it is fantastic and ( as you may have guessed) is made with jack daniels, but also green ginger tea and elderflower syrup. fantastic. okay, i'm done now.

i've got a way, it's the only thing that's mine.

2005-11-29T07:15:48Z

fabulous weekend. binge-drinking at its most fabulous. don't remember so many specific details except being extremely happy and surrounded by wonderful friends. really just a memorable amazing night at suite 69 which started at the apartment with a simple drinking game proceeding on to some excessive use of the word cunt and some problems with pointing. then a big fall. later on far too much dipping and definitely too much dropping, followed by a hideously embarrassing incident that involved sambuca, a dirty bar, and a straw. perhaps one of most strangely low/high points of my life. like a nexus of sleezy fabulousness. e.g. doing coke of a dead hooker. was all charlotte's fault anyway, completely forced.

take me through the darkness to the brink of the day.

2005-11-24T23:11:55Z

just waiting for latin film lab to start at 5. great day. got back mid-term i thought i'd failed and got c+, which obviously isn't stellar but much better than failing. hurrah! got new albums from madonna and jamiroquai. both v. good, but also listening to abba. v. warm and loving global warming right now. not much to report, getting visit from calgary this weekend by hale-jones'. must try and keep up with the hale-jones'.

feel real good wave your hands in the air.

2005-10-13T22:02:25Z

Holler! after my last update everything is much rosier. my first round of mid-terms is now over and and i have much more time to relax. nelle only told us last night that her birthday is on sunday so were are post-poning her birthday by 2 weeks and she is now 2 weeks younger so that we can celebrate the weekend of hallowe-en. cannon-turners and hale-jones' will hopefully also be here that weekend and will be ridiculous celebratory extraveganza! hurrah!

you told me to think about kylie.

2005-10-07T18:32:05Z

oh my. so i am going home to calgary tonight for the weekend and therefore due to scheduling difficulties at work i had to open at 5:30am. i have a 10 page paper due today on linguistics and the mind which i procrastinated away until last night when i still managed to watch the block, the apprentice and a documentary on fag hags. then in order to make up for all of the tv i ended up staying up all night in order to write this stupid paper. then even though i stayed up all night i managed to find other things to do and didn't even finish the paper fully. so i go to work at 5:30 and it sucks but i get off at 10:30 and race here to school to finish the paper which is now sitting at 9 1/2 pages which lets face it is 10 pages in my book. even though i did do some word trickery to extend it ever so slightly. i really only want to pass this stupid assignment as i know the reason i can't summon the slightest of motivation to do it is because i find it tedious beyond all reason. the assignment was to do a synoptic review of chapters 1, 2 and 4 from what is quite possibly the most dull, dry and infuriating textbook i have ever had the displeasure of spending a ridiculous amount of money on. that being said, in 90 minutes school will be done for the weekend and i will soon be on my way home for a weekend of relaxing in the sun. it's still summer in calgary right?

that downturned snout is nearly 18 feet long.

2005-09-27T19:18:00Z

holler! at school right now finishing a scene analysis for latin american film. for the first time in my life have written well over the required limit. the request was only for 2-3 pages but that would usually mean that i had managed to scrounge up a page and a half. definitely progress. work tonight. bummer. fun at the roost on saturday night though, and the commercial on friday. fantastic weekend all round. except that jo-ann sprained her ankle, which was obviously a bit of a bummer. was also kind of hoping it was broken so that she would have a cool cast.
and your mother too.

swing it shake it move it make it.

2005-09-15T18:29:45Z

hurrah! am surfing the internet wirelessly from school on brand new iBook. is fabulous begin all reason. loving it. listening to iPod and feeling a little cliche with iBook and iPod but whatever.

new iBook!

2005-09-14T05:48:47Z

have just received new ibook and ipod from apple. v excited to finally be a part of the so-called digital music revolution. am updating this from dashboard on my new computer. hurrah!

i feel so A.D.D.

2005-08-07T04:58:24Z

went out with the ladies last night, including JOANN. JOANN is so fabulous. love JOANN. JOANN was so funny. am sad that JOANN is going away for so long! and JOANN is at folkfest. but it was still a great night. work going pretty well especially because stereo broke so we have been playing our own music, ie my music! fantastic.

it's just the way that i need it.

2005-07-28T04:59:59Z

ok, so ages since i last posted. sorry sandra, i did not get your messgage until today. have not been on here for over a month at least. so in the two months since i last posted not a whole lot has happened. i went to calgary for 2 weeks and basically spent most of my time with my nanna who was visiting from england. also it was my parents 25th wedding anniversary! i am very much enjoying my new apartment which is starting to feel like a real home. last night i had a terrifying dream and subsequently had to get up and search the whole apartment. it was very strange. i was trying to tell candace something was behind her but i could not speak! a lot scarier than it sounds, anyway. i have not seen much of anyone these days. nelle is working on a movie with doogie howser and rebecca gayheart. she is making sandwiches. doogie and r-gay: the movie sounds very fun and i wish i was working making all that money. most of my friends seem to be working a lot these days or spending time with there boyfriends. i am reaching the point in my life where all of my friends are pairing off and it is not a good thing. where have all the singles gone? now i only really have falafel! i have candace and the clap but they are in calgary. anyway, things are good. school starting in a month already, seems to have come from no where. hopefully will have some visitors before school starts again (dan, charlotte, matt, heather, the clap, candace).

you'll never walk alone.

2005-05-26T08:06:54Z

liverpool have won the 50th european cup finals against AC Milain! they have made the biggest comeback of all time coming from 3-nil behind at the end of the first half to score 3 goals in 6 minutes in the second half and win the game in penalties.

COME ON YOU REDS!!!!!

the world can sometimes make you feel bad, but don't forget the things you have

2005-04-14T17:39:20Z

just finished hollywood paper! hurrah
AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS? HOLLYWOOD'S ON-SCREEN PORTRAYAL OF ITS LEADING LADIES

gripping, really. now just have to do typology journal article review and can start studying for finals and writing final paper for irish. hurrah. going home in may. cannot wait. also cannot believe school is already pretty much over this year. this has been the fastest year of my life.

when you're feeling kind of mixed up
just remember its a mixed up world

feel really good last few days actually. sort of strive on stress idea. just feeling really lucky to be me, to have my life and not someone elses. i sound like i should be on oprah. lovely friends, lovely family, fantastic dvd collection. starting think i have it all.

stop that banging on the wall, i won't turn down the noise at all.

2005-04-12T17:34:43Z

last day of classes on friday. have a paper due thursday and a journal article review due on friday. sucks. also have to work on wednesday night which means will be at school until 7 tonight at least. want to get home in time to watch dr. who.

A few thoughts;
i hate when people talk on mobile phones in computer labs: go outside.
i hate when people stop walking in busy hallways: move.
i really really really want a new computer and ipod, especially now that mac os x tiger is out.
dan has good hair today.
i love the weather getting warmer. hurrah.
i'm getting a new couch and a new apartment to decorate. v. exciting
i get to go home in a few weeks. yay.

listen to the words that you say.

2005-04-07T17:45:23Z

is supposed to be 19 degrees today but when got up was all cloudy and dull. hope is nice. want to go for beer on patio. is only 8 degrees according to u of a weather station. hopefully gets better. cannot believe next week classes are over! i am nowhere near ready for finals. i am, however, ready for summer! hurrah, the summer months of warmth etc. road trips and camping and no bloody school. actually am taking a course in spring session, but only one. also is my parents 25th wedding anniversary this year! on canada day. yay for summer.

road trip!

2005-04-05T17:31:44Z

so me and dan went on a mini alberta adventure road trip on sunday and it was awesome. we saw the gigantic sausage in mundare, the giant ukrainian easter egg, the world's first ufo landing site in st. paul, the giant perogy in glendon and some giant mushrooms. it was sweet. who knew so much random crap lay within driving distance of edmonton? the ufo landing was by far the worst thing that we saw. pointless and weird and definitely not big enough for a real ufo to land on. school is almost over which is pretty shocking. i'm actually taking a personal day today to catch up on studying and do my laundry. the new doctor who starts tonight on cbc which looks cool excpet for billie "because we want to" piper being the new sidekick. apparently they've already planned a second season but chris eccleston is already finished being the doctor so another one will have to be found. also amazing race on tonight. studying sucks. so does laundry. oh well at least have nice lunch to look forward to. must try and stay away from e true hollywood story though.

i can keep a secret.

2005-03-01T18:28:10Z

so, the mole season one is being released which i am very excited about, expect that i have a lot of purchases on the horizon:

The mole - March 8
The Incredibles - March 15
Bridget Jones - March 22
Six Feet Under - May 17

I Also want the new Daft Punk and Mel C albums as well as an iPod and a new computer. Just bought new Kylie Minogue cd, ultimateKylie. It's fantastic. Also have the DVD. Am whore to commercial culure.

come along for the ride.

2005-02-10T18:45:01Z

Brit Awards tonight. hurrah! am sitting in knowledge common next to dan. flicked him in the head. v. funny. boring morphology class today. walked out and got subway instead. watched some v.g. films in irish last night. 'the visit' and 'the boxer'. really good stuff right now. fantastic class. only ten of us. lots of chatting etc. just received new lemon jelly album which is fantastic. listened to it all day yesterday so taking a break today as not to overload. also received kylie dvd which is brilliant. love kylie. fantastic videos. especially love 'in your eyes'. started irish presentation today which is due march 31. worth 20%. really only started design of project but still a step in the right direction. spent over an hour last night on computer creating the perfect background image for the powerpoint. crazy. hoping against all reason that summer is just around the corner. sick of winter. body rejecting cold weather.

all the ducks are swimming the water.

2005-02-04T19:29:40Z

hurrah! the new lemon jelly(click) album is out and i am anxiously awaiting it in the mail! so excited. love lemon jelly. also brit awards are next thursday so think will have some people over and have a few drinks. then reading week. hurrah!

just like a white winged dove.

2005-01-25T18:15:02Z

actually did reading last night for class today! shocking. new lemon jelly album out today. hoping to get it at downtown a&b sound, although last visit to a&b in the south sucked. just not as good as it used to be. oh well. hopefully it will be there. really looking forward to it. also want to look for ultimate kylie dvd and scissor sisters dvd. good times this weekend. suite 69 and nelle's house.

all i needed was a little affection for my soul.

2005-01-21T00:43:08Z

well. second week of school now. snowing out. getting colder. sucks. although i heard that it will be warm on monday. get to go out saturday as finally have a night off!!!!!!!!! hurrah! school already worryingly full-tilt, but thankfully have no real assignments due for a month.