People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek

Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)

- Black-eyed peas

this winter break has gone by in such a whirlwind of news and excitement! there's been much catching up done with highschool girlfriends and seeing family members who forgot that i'm 21 years old and bought me a hot pink XXL turtleneck from GAP KIDS!

flo's birthday at the hot house cafe was the best as the sun was out in full force, shining while we were at harborfront...lots of pictures from that, thanks to matt and his camera!

i was really happy because i was able to get some readings done for school as well! tanaka and i went to the library for a couple days to get some stuff done, and that made me feel like i did something this holiday! and now i can party in peace tonight! whooo!!!

who said the partying's done?

i hope everyone has a fantastic NEW YEARS!

HELLO!


Merry Christmas everyone! xoxoxo!

oh man, i was just checking up on al's website and he's got a lot more of those halloween photos up and wow....i'm sooooo gone in some of them! i went and uploaded all of my pictures (because i now have this unknown concept of new-found freedom) and you can laugh at them, it's great!

i'm telling you ALL, i have started a new fad with those huge-ass earmuffs, matthew LOVED them. he literally took mine off and started wearing them on the street...plus flo had bought a pair of her own, and i had bought two more for simone and tanaks (that's right, i KNEW tanaka would love them) we basically looked soooo goofy walking along bloor street to meet up with robin, merrill, ben-jammin (gotta roll the shoulders when you say that name... ;p), and geordie. i miss the pol200 people so much! we used to have sooo much fun driving our T.A. nuts with our craziness, and how many times did we just randomly stand up and leave the lecture when it got boring? and our professor's HORRIBLE fashion sense! that was a joke and a half!

it's been so long since i've randomly walked the streets of the downtown area, it's quite refreshing...depending on the area. ben wandered around with me around the bloor area, and the little underground tunnels were full of people who all seemed to be in a rush to go somewhere important, so of course, we deliberately walked slowly and laugh at them. but later on that night when i was walking around spadina and queen, there was a real nice laziness in the air and it was quite fun, just randomly poking my head into little cute jewelery stores, and sketch bookstores.

which brings me to a little rant about shopping. i hate shopping at this time of the year. everything seems so rushed, and people seem to lose their sense of decorum and manners, just pushing and shooving and hurraghing...i hate the fact that christmas is so commercialized and everything is about BUYING something. you can't buy love. you can't buy happiness (although i know there are people out there that would contest). you can't buy all the time back that's been wasted doing god knows what. i don't know what all the rush is about. is it so important to spend cash on something for a person? i'd rather just go out and see people, and spend time with family and friends, maybe watch a movie, or catch up over coffee....that's so much more productive. too bad we can't have another black out like the one we had in the summer, although it would be a little bit more uncomfortable considering it IS coldER outside now.

well now, i guess i'm done the rant....and now that i've finished with that, i guess i'm done with this post as well.

i lied, i went and saw the mona lisa smile today, it was a good movie with tons of potential, but most of the characters were underdeveloped and the ending was quite unfullfilling. the whole movie centered julia roberts and in doing so, many great actresses (like julia stiles) seemed unimportant. oh well, maybe they want to come out with a sequel, which of course, will suck.

ok, now i'm really done. ;p

okok...i have 5 mins before i go off shopping, but i was reading ames' blog and her friend put up the funniest thing! My favorite one was the one with angel and legolas, but only people who watch Queer Eye would get the jokes!

Queer Eye for the Fandom Guy

A Fab Five Primer:

Carson = fashion
Kyan = grooming
Thom = décor
Jai = culture
Ted = food and drink



Subject one: Fox Mulder

THOM: Ohhhh-kay. For the record, you can make a coffee table out of almost anything: a door, an ottoman, old steamer trunks. You cannot make a coffee table out of stacks of porn videos.

MULDER: That’s not a coffee table. It’s just -- convenient.

TED : Guys, do NOT sit on the sofa. (Thom quickly begins covering the sofa in Saran Wrap.)

MULDER: Probably wise.

CARSON: Let’s talk about this closet. I’m not seeing anything too scary here. That’s because I’m only seeing one thing here. Tell me, Fox -- GREAT name -- what do you wear to work?

MULDER: Dark suit, conservative tie.

CARSON: What do you wear when you go out in the evenings?

MULDER: Like to meet informants? Dark suit, conservative tie.

CARSON: And for a date?

MULDER: Date?

THOM: The rest of the apartment is like some Soviet décor gulag -- but the bedroom is fantastic! Who did this for you? Because, let’s face it, you didn’t do this yourself.

MULDER: Kind of a weird story, really --



Subject two: Blair Sandburg


KYAN: Okay. You have chosen to wear your hair this way because -- why?

BLAIR: I don’t know. It’s always been curly. It’s this or white man’s ‘fro.

CARSON (sotto voce): And this is NOT white man’s ‘fro?

KYAN: Don’t get me wrong; I salute you for avoiding the ‘fro option. But you can’t just give up. You have to say, I’m willing to fight this. I’m READY to fight this.

BLAIR: I didn’t think it was that bad.

KYAN: Science makes bold leaps forward in hair-care every day, Blair. Waxes. Spray starches. Japanese thermal straightening. We have the technology.


Subject three: Captain Jack Sparrow


CARSON: Okay, this is your normal everyday look? This isn’t, like, terror drag?

JACK: Oh, this old thing. (Holds out the sleeves of his coat, tosses his hair.)

CARSON: Well, the good side is, you’re not afraid to take chances. We can work with that.

TED: Come and take a look at the bar. We’ve tried to provide a little more variety, a little more finesse -- some top-brand vodka for mixers, a nice brandy --

JACK: Where is the rum?

TED: Rum -- you know, rum’s nice in a pina colada or something like that, but it’s a little downscale, and if you’ll just consider --

JACK (pulls out musket): We’ll be putting the rum back, mate.

TED: And the rum goes back.


Subject four: Lex Luthor


KYAN: Looks like I’m sitting this one out.

THOM: The stained glass, the statues -- I feel like I’m visiting a museum, not hanging out at a friend’s house.

LEX: I don’t like my possessions stored away in vaults. Wealth isn’t real unless you can see it. Unless you can feel it.

JAI (stares long and hard): Are you SURE you belong on this show?

LEX: Maybe.

CARSON (sticks his head in from the hallway): This man’s closet is FULL of silk shirts in soft pastels and deep purple.

LEX: Okay. Maybe not.


Subject five: Legolas Greenleaf


KYAN: Most guys with long hair don’t put in the time to condition properly, but you have, which is kind of the saving grace here.

LEGOLAS: Elves have no split ends. Our hair is, like the rest of our bodies, perfect and unchanging.

KYAN: Well, it’s past time for changing, because this look hasn’t been in since -- well, ever.

CARSON: Also, when you combine it with this outfit you’ve got going? The overall effect is very Cathy Rigby as Peter Pan. Not sexy.

JAI (gestures toward the windows, which are lined with screaming girls, all clawing at the glass): I’m not sure this guy has a big problem with that.

LEGOLAS smirks.



Subject six: Angel


The FAB FIVE stare.


KYAN: He uses product.

CARSON: The jacket, the pants, the shirt -- it all works.

THOM: Why are you even here?

ANGEL: Cordelia made me. She wants your autographs.

KYAN: It’s like he’s the One Straight Man foretold by prophecy.

ANGEL (grimaces): Please, no prophecies.

CARSON: For the first and only time, I’m going to say it -- Don’t change a thing.

ANGEL: Can I go now?



Subject seven: Magneto


JAI: Okay, I feel like you’re giving off really hostile vibes. What is the image you’re presenting to the world? What are you trying to communicate?

MAGNETO: That humanity’s time is over, and that they will soon be crushed under my heel.

JAI: Negative, negative energy. You’d be a lot happier if you’d try something just a little lighter, a little more colorful. And so I thought we’d start with your name. "Magneto" -- so harsh, and frankly, it sounds like you’re trying just a bit too hard.

MAGNETO: I no longer wish to be known by my human name.

JAI: I get that. So I just want to show you -- we switch two letters around, and we get something so much brighter: "Magento."

MAGNETO: I’m going to have to kill you all now.

CARSON: Not before you explain this helmet.

my kids love me!

i'd been getting christmas presents from them all day at the studio...i bought monica and patty the cutest set of coffee cups from first markham place, snoopy is cool! hello kitty....not so much...

oh yeh, so last night i went to see handel's messiah and there was this old guy who was sitting next to me, and he REEKED of alcohol and cigarettes...that was quite disturbing, AND he kept falling asleep, it was actually quite funny, he'd start off blinking ALOT, and then when i noticed that all motion was still, i turned my head and he was sleeping! monica scares me sometimes, during intermission she was telling patty that one of the 50 sopranos singing in the choir was too sharp, and that she had narrowed it down to 3 girls who could be singing too sharp! and i thought i had perfect pitch...this is what happens when you go on an outing with people from a music studio!
steve looks like a penguin in his suit.

the friday night dinner at le biftechque was quite good too. i was completely surrounded by CS people, and then there was matthew and jo, oh well, it's all about good food and good company! ;p you know you're at a CS party when the guys are totally getting a kick out of sticking an HP bottle in their pocket and pretending they've got a hard-on for the guy who's in the picture next to them! weird.

thursday, went to mama mia with my family, and you KNOW you bought the last seats cuz we were sitting in the LAST TWO CORNER rows...that's right, the two highest seats were occupied by my parents! but it was still really good, and now i'm rocking out to ABBA songs!

i'm still tired, i don't feel like i've got up, so i'm going to take a nap.

i just got back from an amazing performance from the toronto symphony orchestra and the mendelssohn choir which steve szmutni, a fellow co-worker was singing with. i'm am SOOOO tired, and now i'm also cranky because a certain someone is being an ass, and you bet your ass you know who you are if you're reading this. if you're going to f***ing call, CALL, if not, don't make me stay up cuz i'm f***ing tired, and you KNOW i'm really pissed if i'm swearing.

i have so much to say, yet no zest. so good night.

oh, and i just did a test, i haven't done one of these in the longest times....got if off of des and jona's blog...wheeee...

You are water. You're not really organic; you're
neither acidic nor basic, yet you're an acid
and a base at the same time. You're strong
willed and opinionated, but relaxed and ready
to flow. So while you often seem worthless,
without you, everything would just not work.
People should definitely drink more of you
every day.


Which Biological Molecule Are You?
brought to you by Quizilla

just finished watching "down with love" with simone, what a great movie...all the little sexual innuendos!!! i love the 60's styles and i love ewan mcgregor....ahhhhhh

kensington was a blast! brendan took me to this really cool coffee shop where the beans are freshly grounded, and with the smell of fresh coffee and sketch people, it's great! and then we went eating at the little chinese restaurant south of college on spadina, before stopping by their place to see the cat.

oh, and plus mom lost her voice. i know, weird....she called from home, but when i answered, i thought she was in a library because she was whispering...everything was so funny! (well, i thought it was anyway)

you think you know people, but you always see different sides once you get to know them....and you'll NEVER EVER really get to know someone (unless it's family...or a really good friend/enemy)

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boys suck.

i love being free of studying, exams, papers.....school! after work today, i went with al to the lcbo to get georges his present...and i got him baileys (whooo baileys!) and then he insisted we each have a shot, before he went out to dinner with anna at the 360 (CN Tower) whooo anna! i think that was a really nice idea!

so here i am with a belly full of baileys (i know it was one shot, but i'm a cheap drunk!) and what do i do? i head off to hart house and study for about an hour or so (who does that? ME!), and then flo and i go out for crepes (she followed the music into this store...ahahahah, talk about advertising!) and starbucks coffee, which may have been a bad idea for this chick, if you know what i mean....we were like two crazy drunks on the subway, laughing our asses off, and we were totally on a roll with the newspaper crossword puzzle!

i ran into aaron and colin as i was heading off to see ed for a piano lesson (which never transpired because my computer clock is half an hour late, and sooooo....you know what happens) and i sooo miss them! colin was hilarious! he had just finished his last exam so he was really letting loose! he showed us how to do a grande plie, picture colin with his ass sticking in the air, and you driving by! hahahaha!!!

i'm now exhausted from my productive day, and yay! tomorrow...kensington here i come!

drunk people do some funny shit. i went with faye to her CIBC dinner party yesterday and one of her co-workers, jimmy, got plastered! it was interesting because i don't think i've ever witnessed anyone that drunk before (because i'm usually the really drunk person...hahahaha) and man, i felt bad for the poor kid. we finished 4 bottles of wine at our table, and jimmy finished almost 2 himself. AND THEN HE PUKED IT ALL UP... in the washroom! did i mention he's also asian? good times!

tomorrow is george's birthday and i totally forgot! thank goodness i spoke to anna! otherwise it would have all been for naught! ;p crap, it just means i have some serious christmas shopping to do tomorrow! AND IT'S SNOWING!!!! which means walking outside will be hazardous! which really sucks because i have to go buy tickets to see princess di's dresses for my mom, and my boots have holes in them. hahaha! ok, maybe not too much fun for me...

ooooh, the funniest thing happened during my exam yesterday. i was writing my bioethics exam in lash miller, and that room is very airy and every little thing can be heard. well, anyway, i was writing the exam when someone let out the biggest stomach fart!!! at first i thought it was me! and then my T.A. sheepishly says "oops, sorry! i had a big lunch!" hahahaha, it was priceless!

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i just finished watching "queer eye for the straight guy", and today's episode was one of the most emotional ones i've seen. the guy, alan, basically screwed up everything, from wiping sweat on a towel that he used on food, to breaking a nice glass, to fixing really really strong drinks for the parent...man, i felt for him, but it was really good! i love watching this show, carsen kills me! so flamboyantly gay! i love it! but my favorite guy is jai, i think he waxes his legs! whooo!

colorless green ideas sleep furiously

it's 11:25pm, and i haven't really studied since i came home. which is what henry predicted but i digress. (btw, i put that in there to make henry feel special)

i just had some hashbrowns and i'm not feeling too good about them. oooooh....

and i'm sooooo tired, so i'm going to sleep, even though i haven't finished those questions, oh well.

hmmm. i just had a thought....I DON'T WANNA WRITE ANY MORE EXAMS!!!! i don't care if the prof gave us the questions already, i don't want to be sitting in a goddamn library making my bum flat (however, i guess i'd be doing the same thing at work anyway) i think i've mentally gone on vacation already and that's not a good thing.

so i'm not going blind, although my eyes are bad...but my eye doctor freaked me out saying stuff how because my perscription is so high, she wants me to do an eye dilation test to see if there's any tearing in the retina and if so, need surgery blah blah blah....freaked me out...and then all for nothing. and then after, mom was clutching my arm to make sure i could walk properly (i could see FINE...my pupils were just really really large) and then she told me not to strain my eyes looking at the clothing at urban planet (oh right, my eye doctor's office is at the promenade mall, and we parked outside of urban planet, which was why we were walking through it) hhahahah, very funny mom.

"how to deal" with mandy moore is a cheese movie. but it's great, i feel like it reflects my life, job well done.

i'm tired. i have work tomorrow, and i'm contemplating if i should work or study...hmmmm....money or library?

???

i FINALLY saw "pirates of the caribbean", and i have to say that it is one of the BEST movies i have ever seen! now i really know why everyone is in love with orlando bloom, i fell in love with his character, he's so smart, yet so dumb...hahahahaha and johnny depp is REALLY good as this captain....AND the comic relief...

ames and i went out to rent the dvd earlier this evening, and the wind was sooooo freezing cold that we stopped off at starbucks for some coffee and then headed over to pizza pizza for a box of pizza (and ringalos) to bring home. and plus dad bought some bacardi breezers for last night's dinner guests, and well, they didn't have any, so i helped myself to one...and WHOOOOO.....it's a good thing i don't drink often! ;p

last night's hockey game was AMAZING! this is one of those games where you're proud to be smc! our team tied with vic in the last 20 secs of the third period, and then scored the winning goal 5 secs into overtime! i was so afraid we were going to lose! it was the italians that kept us going...mainly matt di giovanni...and there were quite a few people there that i hadn't seen in awhile too...like duane rendle was there and i congratulated him on his wife being pregnant...awwww...and greg di tommaso and his buddys were drinking beer and being all too rowdy, quite a lot of fun!

well, i think i'll watch pirates again....

WOW

i'm done. no not really, i still have one more exam next friday, but that will be a BREEZE compared to all i've done already. the food lady at the gerstein cafeteria knows me now, and somehow i don't think that's really a good thing. that's right, gerstein is one of the best places to study at u of t, except, unfortunately, most everyone knows that too. if i want a good spot (ie. next to a window) then i have to be at the library latest by 10am. otherwise you get shit spots. they really fill up fast.

i'm so bloody pissed at my TA for ant204. this is the TA for that tutorial i'm always bitching about....the one that's from 8-9pm on wednesday nights. i think she hates me. i got a paper back, and when i'm reading the comments (which isn't very much), i get the impression that i did well....until i see the mark...and it just BLOWS the mind away. i guess i have to go "see" my TA. F***ing BITCH.

but now that i'm finished with this hellish week, i'm am SOOOO ready to party...beginning with the SMC vs. VIC hockey game tomorrow night!

HIDE THE RUM AND VODKA!!! ;p

someone PLEASE SHOOT ME NOW!

i still have another exam tomorrow...have i started studying for it? NO! why? because i just finished one now, and i need to do some sort of mental dump before filling it with new junk. unfortunately, i don't have time for that, and so now i think i'm just procrastinating from starting my studying....dun dun dunnnnn...oh man, i'm psycho! but then, we also knew that, didn't we?

after my test tomorrow, i have rehearsal and then i need to start my paper that was due....today...hahahahaha...oh dear, and work wants me in on thursday too....

did i mention i had coffee? heeeeheee. and ames is playing nicklebacks' "someday" and it's making me sad. ooohh...

anyway, enough procrastinating...tough out 2 more days!

well, until i start preparing for my exam next friday...