Tales of a Canadian-wannabe

2002-07-26T08:27:00.000-07:00

It stormed all morning so I couldn't go to math class...thusly I am able to blog. Yay. I almost wish it had stormed all afternoon so that I could have a good reason to not go to work. Yes, after waxing dorm floors all day yesterday, I am not excited to go back to work today. My muscles hurt so bad after work that I had to take four advil and a hot bath before I felt normal again. thank *goodness* that I only have two more weeks left :D That means only 22 Days until i go to California!!!! So far we are planning to go to Disneyland, to see the big sequia trees (if they don't burn down in forestfires), to a mexican club, a garden (for my friend who is a landscape architect who is going with us), and to LA...Hollywood to be specific (I have to pick some things up at the massive Build-a-Bear they have there). I think we are also going to the San Diego zoo too. :D

K, time to stop whining and post FUN HAPPY QUIZES! for FUN HAPPY QUIZ DAY!

2002-07-24T05:44:00.000-07:00

I.Do.Not.Want. To. Work. Today. Neither do I want to take my math exam....I seriously hope that something really cool happens today because right now I have this awful dread of doing *anything* that I am supposed to. Perhaps its because I spent 3 hours studying finances last night and I still have no sweet clue about what I am doing. More likely its because I am so tired of being here and taking classes and I just want this month to be over so I can go to California.

Gosh these blogs are useful for whining :)

Only 11 more monthes until I graduate! YAY me! I am terrified that my advisor will tell me about a required lab at the last second and I won't be able to graduate. Gosh I'm cheerful today :p

K, I think my roomates outta the shower so its time to go get ready for the *blah* exam and the *blah* workday.

2002-07-23T19:26:00.000-07:00

thank GOODNESS today is almost over! I spent aproximatly 7 hours vacumming drawers with this little vacuum cleaner that you strap onto your back. As if that weren't bad enough, I just spent my every last waking moment studying for a math exam I am positive I am going to fail. I *hate* math. As in, i would rather dive into a paddle-pool of an unknown green substance than work a math problem, hate.

This weekend was pretty good. I went camping with my family. I had a good time chatting with my 10 year old niece and her friend...I think I am regressing to childhood. heh. Yesterday I had a migraine, which was bad, but I got to miss work, which was not so bad. Oh, I am also the happy new owner of Busted Stuff, Dave Matthew's latest cd. At first I thought the music was wierd...but I find it quite soothing now.

Lets see, I think thats about it. My day in a nutshell...and I think Im recovering from an awful writer's block (hence the lack in posts the last few weeks). Yay.

Top 10 things I despise about the United States right now
10. The poor stay poor and the rich stay rich.
09. Instead of working on genuine issues we spend our time worrying about the private lives of presidents
08. The humor is terrible here. We think 3 stooges is funny for crying out loud.
07. We spend a good deal of time speaking about things we don't know anything about.
06. There are society's of "hidden" people.
05. Our constitution is out of date.
04. We are narrowminded, as a country.
03. We think red white and blue actually match.
02. We celebrate "unity" while thousands don't recieve fair treatment in health care, or education
01. We have to pay for college.

I know that some are going to despise this list and me for writing it, but this is what I think. I'm not saying I hate all americans, I am one...hehe...I just despise certain things about this country. :)

2002-07-19T08:06:00.000-07:00

Today is HAPPY-FUN QUIZ DAY!!!!!

I am...

Which Fellowship Actor are YOU?

2002-07-19T07:49:00.000-07:00

Allo!
I am supposed to be in math class right now...but I decided to blog instead (hehehe). So, here I am, on a major MAJOR writer's block trying to figure out what to blog. Nothing interesting has happened to me since I blogged last. I went and saw Lilo and Stitch (5 princess crowns) and Ya-Ya Sisterhood (3.5 crowns). Both were okay, LnS was *amazing*. I don't know any girl in their right mind who did not cry by the end of the movie. I highly recommend that all go to see it.hmmm...l read about a million new books...my favorite author for the month is Bill Bryson. He writes some great travelesque funny column things.

2002-07-08T08:59:00.000-07:00

oooh look, I'm blogging again! hurrah for me! Lets see, whats happened the last few days...uh...hmmm. Not really anything. Go figure. I went to the zoo, became addicted to Bridget Jones's Diary, and obtained a new level on Harry Potter for Gameboy Advance. Really exciting huh?

At least I'll get to blog more now. Its only 80 degree's here (which is cold compared to last week's high 90's). I have a job now...mostly just painting...blaaaah, but at least I get money for it.

2002-06-27T10:58:00.000-07:00

When I first heard about the ruling that the pledge of allegiance is unconstitutional I was infuriated...but I have no idea why. I'm not patriotic, I believe in freedom of religion as much as the next guy, And I don't like the idea of being made to chant something...it reminds me of movies I've seen of WWII Germany. Yet, i was still offended. "They've gone to far this time," I thought. "what a load of crap." Only thing is I still can't figure out why I'm against this ruling.

I mean, afterall, what IS the pledge of allegiance? A statement that we belong to the United States? Erm, I'm sorry, but I don't *belong* to one country just because I am born in it, and I'm not dedicated to a country in the same way.

Yet, I still find the concept of the Pledge of Allegiance bieng unconstitutional disgusting and I have no sweet clue why.

Sigh.

Perhaps instead of this:

[i]I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, Indivisable, with liberty and justice for all.[/i]
Our Pledge of Allegiance should look more like this:

[i] I sort of pledge allegiance [/i](as long as I'm not drafted)[i] to the flag [/i](or appropriate symbol since flags are icons and therfore might offend some) [i]of the United States of America [/i](which haven't ever really been all that "united")[i] and to the republic for which it stands, One nation [/i](or many small countries tied together by a large land mass that we like to call states),[i] under many Gods and goddesses [/i](real or not, heck throw in the word *tree fairy* instead of God if you want), [i]Indivisable[/i] (kind of hard to divide a country already divided), [i]with liberty and justice for all [/i](white protestant males that is...liberty and justice never have applied to anyone else.)

Sounds pretty ridiculous, you say?
Well, you can't please everyone.

2002-06-25T13:30:00.000-07:00

I am dying of heat. Dying I say. It went from 60 degrees to 90's in about 2 weeks flat here...so if I don't blog much its because I'm unwilling to be permantly stuck to my chair and bathed in sweat to entertain others.sorry guys. Good news...I got a job! Bad news...the building is not air-conditioned (neither is my apartment) so I will be dying alll summer long. Yay. Ohh, and the psychology department just called...I get paid to be in some random experiment...hehe...ya gotta love virtually free money. And no jokes about me being a mental case please, thanks.

Oh, and studio, i insist that Someday My Prince will come is from Sleeping Beauty. I can clearly see Princess Aurora (long blond hair) dancing with the owl in boots...heh, the controversys we face these days :p

Well, I must leave you all now so that I can go melt in front of the tv. I will post more later.

2002-06-18T21:54:00.000-07:00

All right, the buttercup beauty pic just had to go. I can't stand assymetry and that pic was causing quite a bit of it on my blog.

2002-06-18T21:52:00.000-07:00

Yes, I too have added a tagger..lI would love to add fun comments but I have to wait until 6am to do that and I'm not that into blogging. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy tagging my blog...I know I would enjoy reading it...lol...
Time for another list...this one is angsty so beware.
Top 10 Disney moments
10. The shared kiss over spagettie in Lady and the Tramp
09. The moment you first realized that Bambi's mom wasn't coming back.
08. When the priest was screaming about all Paris burning in Huncheback of Notre Dame
07. The first time Belle started giving Beast "that look"
06. "So this is love" from Cinderella in the ball scene
05. "Someday my prince will come" when Aurora meets Phillip for the first time in Sleeping Beauty
03. "Kiss the Girl" when Ariel and Eric almost kiss for the first time.
02. In Tarzan when tarzan and Jane were swinging on those vines and they wove together...
01. Mulan when her father places the blossom in her hair right before "Reflections"

Sigh...I just love disney.

2002-06-18T05:17:00.000-07:00

Somehow it doesn't suprise me that I'm Fantasyland. I try ever so hard to live in the real world but I just can't. I don't really think that anyone can read many books and not live in an alternative reality much of the time. Today I apply for yet another job. Yay. I am getting so tired of searching for jobs that Taco Bell is looking quite appealing as a place of employment. Snort. Now that's desperation. Anyway, cross your fingers that I get this job because I really don't care to eat ramen noodles for the rest of the summer.

Oh, by the way, I'm gong to Disneyland!!!! That's right Californians, I am once again going to frequent your large, mounainous state. YAY. I can't wait. :D

2002-06-18T05:13:00.000-07:00

You are Fantasyland, home of the Sleeping Beauty's Castle, Peter Pan's Flight, Pinocchio's Daring Journey, and many more storybook rides! You love all things that have to do with love, romance, fairy tales, and magic!
Which Disneyland land are you?

2002-06-14T07:44:00.000-07:00

Yes, I really did have to add that pic. I know that it makes my blog all lopsided, but I just couldn't resist posting the "buttercup beauty" pic.

Erm, a special shout-out to Rosetta from Princessofroses.blogspot.com. Her blog spot is cool. lol.

And GR, if your reading this (like you should be) i'm bitter at you for never being online anymore!

2002-06-13T05:23:00.000-07:00

Alright, I know I really *should* be getting ready for an exciting day of law class...but I am, instead, blogging. Imagine that.

A friend recently mentioned that I should add sarcasm to my list of things I want in a man and she's actually right...I guess I forgot that one.
Anyway,
.08) Sarcasm...if he doesn't understand my sense of humor we will never be able to truly communicate...besides, boys who can't understand sarcasm are boring. In fact, if he were good at double entendre's and allegory, that'd be very cool. The less explaining I need to do about things I say, the better. :D
okay, its time for another list, since I can't write in complete sentences these days (waits patiently for the drugs to kick in so she can communicate again)...nope, its not coming so you have to read yet another list.
Top 10 good things about living in a really old house
10.) You can hear every single thing the people below you are doing. This proves for some fun eavesdropping. You gotta love those old vent systems.
09.) The floors creak. LOUDLY. oh, wait, this is supposed to be a list of good things...heh...oops.
08.) You can see the wallpaper glue under the many layers of paint. This creates the potential to stare at the walls vacantly for hours wondering how ugly that wallpaper really was.
07.) The layout can't be beat. How many new apartments have two living rooms?
06.) If you throw a blanket over the computer and tv you can pretend you live in the 1800's
05.) The windows go up and down on this fun pully system that makes it so that when anyone opens or closes one, the entire street hears it.
04.) You learn very quickly that people in the 1800's must have been bored, because there is nothing exciting about living in an old house with no tv or computer.

okay, time to interrupt this list....aerobic instructors who appear on news shows are the most annoying humans alive. The one on CBS this morning kept calling her stomache her "core region." and she was so toned whe couldn't have been a real person. and she was all tanned. Gosh I find it hard to like people like that.
Back to the list.

03.) Insulation is non-existent so in the summer, the heat all rises to the second floor and procedes to melt out any residents living on the upper floor. erm...and this is *good*....uh...because...okay, so there is nothing good about that. oh well.
02.) There is ivy covering the entire building. This is pretty, until large ugly ants crawl up the ivy and into your badly sealed windows and try to eat your carpet.
01.) It's very distinctive living in a very very old brick, falling-apart/almost house.

2002-06-12T06:25:00.000-07:00

YAAAAAAAAY I FINALLY got my picture to work! I'm ever so happy now :D

2002-06-11T22:17:00.000-07:00

YAY, I now have a guestbook! but its REALLY hard to find...just scroll to the VERY bottom of this page where it says dreambook...and please please please sign! otherwise I really will *sniff* think I only have one reader.

2002-06-11T19:54:00.000-07:00

heee he he heeee...I just saw that commercial with the little hamster guy...the blockbuster one..heeee

well, I thought it was funny.

So, I started to miss blogging...which is odd since I have no creativity whatsoever and can hardly stand to write my own name...anyway, I've decided to (can you guess?) Make a List!!!!! *waits while audience gasps in suprise and amazement*

Top 10 stupidest things I've ever done
10.) Shout "we got a homerun" at a football game
09.) slide down the cafeteria steps my first day of college
08.) Say the pope was the anti-christ in front of a catholic
07.) Try to convince a cult-member that I was not the spawn of satan.
06.) Pour a bucket of soapy water on 10-15 patrons (long story)
05.) Pour a full glass of ice water on a drunk guy's lap
04.) Insult every person imaginable in some way shape or form.
03.) Give a boy who always skipped class my notes in history (he got an A, I got a C)
02.) Expect college to be easier than high school
01.) Think that life would be a fairy-tale

2002-06-10T18:03:00.000-07:00

Sigh.
It is quite difficult for me to blog these days. For some reason my creativity has died. I can't even write assignments anymore. I am supposed to have three penpals and i am unable to finish one letter. So I apologize ahead of time to my one faithful reader for the lack of quality in this blog. I just can't be funny anymore. It's not in me.

2002-06-06T19:57:00.000-07:00

wait, my first sentence made NO sense
let me start over...

I haven't updated this in a while, but I loved my friend's blog list today so I'm stealing it. but i figure thats okay.heh.

2002-06-06T19:56:00.000-07:00

ARG I cannot figure out how to put links on my blog.
Anyway
I ahven't updated this in a while, and I LOVED my friend's blog list today...but I figure thats okay..heh.

Top 10 things that I want in a man...keep in mind that normally HATE these lists with a passion...but this is just a random fun thing....

10.) Fine. I'll admit it. On the very end of my list there might possible be looks. I despise myself for even saying that...but some looks attract me more than others and there's no use lying.

09.) He needs to be passionate. I would get bored really quickly with a "nice guy" who never gets overexcited about anything.

08.) he MUST love God with every fiber of his being.

07.)Thusly he's gotta be a Christian.

06.)and silly as it may seem I DO prefer those intending to be missionaries...but I'm not limited by that. :)

05.)I find writing really attractive, although its not a requirement.

04.)erm..I'm running out of things...I like musicians. :)

03.)I just can't think of three more things. The loving God thing sort of sums it all up...so I guess i'll end my shallow list here...sorry it wasn't more entertaining, I'll try better next time :)

2002-06-03T19:51:00.000-07:00

Alright, if I ever EVER hear the words "Plaintiff" or "Defendant" again I will scream. Okay, not really... Ilike judge judy too much to follow through with that threat, but for goodness sakes, do case studies REALLY need to be that painful? Yes, my law school friends, I do realize that you go through this a whole lot more than once, but suck it up. I don't pity you. After all, you chose to go to law school. I did not choose to take this (currently) wretched law class, it was a requirement.
Anyway, I am going to force myself to make another top 10. Remember folks, I'm on a large mental block and i'm sick, so forgive me if this is a stupid list this time.
Top 10 Real life names that I would really rather not have (even though most are boys names.)
10.) Squeaky. Yes, there was a squeaky, and everytime I heard about her I cringed. that poor girl. with a name like that its no wonder she chose a life of crime.
09.) Boys named Dana. Ick. I mean I know that it was supposed to be a boys name a loong time ago, but this is 2002, not 1952.
08.) Wayne. I shouldn't even have to mention the sarcastic possibilitys with this lovely name.
07.) Delbert. Doesn't this name bring to mind farmer's in overalls with a piece of hay between their lips? heh.
06.) Ed. Then there are those names that sound like body functions. And to me, Ed is one of those...you know, the one year hear when you..uh, never mind :blush:
05.) Marilla. I'm sure this name worked before LMM became famous, but it certainly doesn't now.
04.) Matilda. When I hear this one I think of kangeroo's. Don't ask me why.
03.) Edna. I have friends named Edna, so I'll be nice on this one. I would just rather not have this name.
02.) India. At first I loved this name, but now that EVERYONE is naming their child India its just getting old.
01.) Kirsten. I have never ever been able to pronounce this one correctly so it goes on my list. :)

There you go, another list. Enjoy!

2002-06-03T18:35:00.000-07:00

Wow. it seriously has been forever since I've update this thing. Man, I bet I went and lost all my faithful readers. ooooh wellll. Well, here I am, back again. I' dlike to say I was on a trip or something so that you'd all forgive me for not blogging but I can't lie..I'm just lazy. BUT, not too lazy to pass my math class! I just got a 78% on my first test. YAY! For those of you who know nothing about me, that is an AMAZNG grade for me and math. I normally hate-hate-hate math. Good thing I'm a journalism major, huh?
I thought about giving you all another clever list...but I'm not clever anymore. SIGH. my mother asked me the other day why i don't write anymore...and i couldn't answer her because I honostly dont know. Well, here's hoping that this is just a temporary thing...as I am planning on writing for my future career. :p
Alas, I've just postponed writing my case-brief for law class tooo long so I'm gonna to write that. I'll be back w/more (hopefully) witty comments later.

2002-05-24T06:23:00.000-07:00

okay, the purple tux was uglier than all get out so I'm moving onto the nice peagrean variety...

2002-05-24T06:18:00.000-07:00

okay, so I figured that my posts weren't posting because blogger didn't like my old template. WELL, so I changed it. I know, your thinking that the halifax IS that thing! well, its a tux. A purple tux. Sigh. oh well ,here's to blogger working this time

2002-05-22T09:15:00.000-07:00

All right, we are going to try this AGAIN. Hi! My name is rosebud (not really, but let me pretend) and I HATE BLOGGER...grrrrrrrr...it just eatas and eats and eats my entries. OH well.
So hwere I am, making myself late for my math class by..duh duh duh Blogging. its SUCH a good procrastination tool.
I think I'll do another top 10.
Top 10 friends Ive met online (in no particular order)
10.) Dovie...her blog is at alasmylove20.blogspot.com. She' s my iq twin, she's my dean cain stalker twin, heck she's my everything twin.
09.) Liz...hehe, I put her second because she's the only other person that checks this thing..hehe. She's the coolest! she's got a degree in education, and is pursuing on in law, which is amazing to me. I think i'd rather choke on a fork than do what she's doing.
08.) KS...she's my real ks and my bff...queen of online games (such as anne of avonlea survivor) and the living breathing soap opera encyclopedia...hehe, she keeps me entertained. :) oh, and she has the cutest hello kitty site!
07.) Una Blythe, and Ilse Burnlely...whom I actually got to meet. They are both really nice sweet girls, and I can't wait to meet them TOGETHER :P oh, and Ilse can snark like none other and DONT get her started on Harry Potter or religion!
06.) GR..well, the forumner formerly known as gr, since he had to go and get a girlfriend and ignore the rest of his online friends :P Oh well, he's still a great guy and is VERY motivating :D
05.) Katie, Studio, and Sleepy....they are the regular conferencers...always there when your having a crappy day, and always there to entertain when your bored out of your mind. To doc diggity dawg, s-lo, and kay-tee dawy, wasssup!!!!!
04.) Netty, actually her name is avonleadotnet, a built in advertisement for her website...hehe. Although I hardly ever get to chat with her anymore, she is really really fun...and she can motivate one in the political sense like you wouldn't believe. Go Granholm! Down with Engler!
03.) Valancy...When I first met val I thought she HATED me...we won't get into what she thought aobut ME..but she has turned out to be the coolest...she's also pursuing a grad degree, yet she doesn't let that go to her head, and she's a well of forum wisdom..not to mention that she has a VERY cool site.
02.) Smiley...I thought she hated me to..okay, so she DID..lol (okay, maybe not hate..but we didn't get along). Once we started talking on a deeper than HI level, she turned out to be another very cool person, and I love her adventures in canada series...she's also the only other online person I know who laughes at not-funny things as much as I do..hehe
01.) JoyceBlythe, she "birthed" me in the forum sense (introduced me to the world of chatting and posting), yet I never get to see her anymore either. She is hysterical. Heck, she has to be to get away with an affair w/monkeys.

So there you have it, my online friends. I love them all and I hope they have a great day :D

2002-05-17T08:38:00.000-07:00

Okay, so blogger ATE my last entry and I got all bitter and didn't post for forever. so sue me. Anywho, here I am again...just another student ploughing through homework and studying. I'm currently taking Math (algebra) and Media Law. Media law is by far my favorite class from the last three semesters. I took it once last semester but the prof was an old (emphasis on old) lawyer who spoke in monotones and said not much at all. THIS time I have an entertaining prof. who makes us do fun things like case briefs. Its really making me like law again :D

Now on to the sarcasm. It's currently 11:18 here and the other girl that is SUPPOSOED to live here but doesn't just called to inform me that she's bringing 5 people over for the weekend. How the heck she's gonna find room for five people is beyond me, but thank goodness I won't be here to find out. heh.

Let's see, not much interesting happening around here. I have no tv (the girls who lived here felt that tv was evil) and no radio so I'm sitting in silence downloading Lois and Clark videos. Yes, I really do miss my lois and clark that much. You never know how much you love a show until its gone. sniff sniff.

So I see on all the websites and forums that spiderman has stolen people's hearts away. That's disgusting. there will NEVER be a more spectacular superhero than Superman. In fact, I could write a whole list about it.
Reasons to love superman
10.) the boy can fly...spiderman only climbs
09.) Dean Cain vs. Toby Magquire....snort...no contest there
08.) Red and Blue are MUCH more striking than Red and Black
07.) ooh, so spidey shoots webs from his hands...big woop. Sounds kinda disgusting to me. Give me heat vision any day
06.) Superman saves the world...not just by action and stunts, but by having a genuine good heart and caring about people.
05.) Superman is timeless. It will never die. It will never grow stale. IT's a story that will live on in our imaginations for forever
04.) Who else can pull off wearing undie's on the outside?
03.) Clark is just such a cool name
02.) He's a ...sigh...reporter
01.) YA gotta love the cape. No superhero is complete w/out the cape.

2002-05-03T21:10:00.000-07:00

YES! I am FINALLY home! at last, at last...uh, wait, i hate cliche..I almost forgot :blush:
Erm, anyway, yes, I am in my tiny itty -bitty family home that has stood here for 50 years, across from a slaughter house, where the only thing to do for fun is go to the gas station and buy pop.
SO, In honor of my FIRST day blogging in my childhood home, i give you, my 28 faithful readers, the
TOP 10 Bad Things about Living in a Small Town.
10.) I live next to a slaughter house....have any of you actually heard a cow/pig die? its interesting, let me tell you.
09.) You are related to absolutly everyone. Heck relatives tend to come outta the woodwork at things like the Farmer's Picnic, our annual fair.
08.) The only interesting thing to do in the summer is go to the Farmer's Picnic and eat roast ox with the other 400 members of your town, whom are also related to you.
09.) The town newspaper is publishing a serial story written by a 12 year old...and thats the biggest thing to happen in these parts for some time.
08.) You grow up thinking its normal to see bulls and pigs running down your street. (yes, its another by-product of the slaughterhouse).
07.) Fast food? what's that?
06.) An acre of corn is so common that there are 5 that surround your house...thereby blocking your view to any other human for 3 monthes of the year.
05.) Town consists of a library, a furniture store, two gas-stations and a resturaunt that is on its last leg
04.) It's a treat to eat a barbecue beef straight from the crock-pot from the gas-station
03.) Townie's...or thugs that never grew up, have mohawks and real bad acne, and get away with murder...literally. Why call them townies? they all live in Town. Rural people have no respect for them whatsoever.
02.) For fun in high school you rode your bike 3 miles to the town cemetary and hung out.
01.) Your school is so small that it has to combine w/schools from three other communities to form a class B high school.

Sorry for you rural folk, I'm being cynical this evening, but I promise...tomorrow will have a 10 ten GOOD reasons to live in teh country. :)

2002-04-30T11:02:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! Well, here I am adding my random thoughts and boring mind-wanderings to the list of millions. But hey, its finals week, and I need to procrastinate SOMEhow. :)