Well... I keep trying and trying to get onto this thing more than once in a blue moon. But surprise, surprise. I can't manage to get on here at any time. hahaha Not that I am busy at work or anything just facebooking and reading online newspapers.
So YES, I am still at that boring ass job... I don't really need to go inot detail here, just want to mention that I am totally bored, and I am actually taking the time here at work to look for another job!
Finally finished skool for this year... well all except summer classes, but its only one class and its only for 6 weeks. Good news about taking one class, is that I no longer have to purchase monthly BUS PASSES, as I now get them through school. ROCK ON! instead of paying $73/month it will be $38.50/month WHOOT....
Hmmm, I've been run down and tired for the last little while, I think it was just the end of term and the stress of getting exams and projects done. But now thats all behind me and I am ready for the SUMMER... at least this year I feel like I earned it.
On the weekend, Astrid, Kate, Jimmy, Paljo, and I went out to Bowen Island for a nice little retreat. Oh the joys of not having anything to think about for 2 whole days... We just consumed lots of beer, scotch and Green and played board games all weekend! HOORAY! I love Board Games.
Speaking of Board games, For my Birthday, I got the Settlers of Catan expansion set called the Seafarers of Catan we played one full game of it and it was great. We also played a huge game of Carcassonne which is a tile laying game where you build land, and then try to amass points but building roads, cities, and settlements. Kinda like risk and a puzzel! hehehe
Well that is the exciting life of me for today. hehe..
Catch ya on the FLIP SIDE!
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Monday, March 31, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
The IDES of March
So, another Monday.
Don't get me wrong, I can appreciate the beginning of the week, but I loathe the going to work bit and the pretending to enjoy this job bit. It's all just utter BS really. I have skool tonight so that will be nice, I am learning GIS and that is the class I have tonight. I actually like this class a lot better than last term. For some reason, the Professor became human or something after the christmas break and now he is funny, cracks the jokes etc.
I have about 5 weeks left until finals and I am excited for the summer, so that I can hopefully get a real job in the city and out of this ridiculous, busy work, atmosphere. I have been working my resume and getting cover letters in order. I will send out to applications today and see what happens. One for a private developer firm and one for the city of Vancouver. I have sent out 3 other letter and resumes to West Van, New Westminster, and Saint John but as of yet have had no bites.
FINGERS CROSSED
Oh, I thought I would add a picture of my apartment here. I live on the very top floor, yes the little box on the top... Its a tiny little piece of paradise.. Very much love it... we finally let the cat out on the PATIO and he really enjoys it...
He likes to sit and watch the birds and sometimes he shases them, but he has been really good and has not wandered off the patio...
Well... I guess there isn't too much to say today. back to the studying... reading... and general planning learning.
L8R
J
Don't get me wrong, I can appreciate the beginning of the week, but I loathe the going to work bit and the pretending to enjoy this job bit. It's all just utter BS really. I have skool tonight so that will be nice, I am learning GIS and that is the class I have tonight. I actually like this class a lot better than last term. For some reason, the Professor became human or something after the christmas break and now he is funny, cracks the jokes etc.
I have about 5 weeks left until finals and I am excited for the summer, so that I can hopefully get a real job in the city and out of this ridiculous, busy work, atmosphere. I have been working my resume and getting cover letters in order. I will send out to applications today and see what happens. One for a private developer firm and one for the city of Vancouver. I have sent out 3 other letter and resumes to West Van, New Westminster, and Saint John but as of yet have had no bites.
FINGERS CROSSED
Oh, I thought I would add a picture of my apartment here. I live on the very top floor, yes the little box on the top... Its a tiny little piece of paradise.. Very much love it... we finally let the cat out on the PATIO and he really enjoys it...
He likes to sit and watch the birds and sometimes he shases them, but he has been really good and has not wandered off the patio...
Well... I guess there isn't too much to say today. back to the studying... reading... and general planning learning.
L8R
J
Friday, February 22, 2008
Fight for your Right to PARTY...
Skool has been keeping me busy. It seems like just when I get (or think that I get)a handle on things, the workload just steamrolls me into oblivion. Seriously, who knew College would be so difficult to time-manage? I spent 6 years in University working towards two degrees and I feel like I haven't worked as hard in those 6 years than I have in the past six months. I am enjoying to work though so it makes it at the very least berable.
So I am trying to decide what to do for the summer. I could try to set up some sort of internship here in Vancouver working either for the city, or for a private consulting firm, or perhaps I could head back to the east coast and look for an internship there, and hang out with my parents and long lost friends for the summer. I guess I should make a decision one way or another in the next few weeks so I can tweak my resume and get the cover letters out.
Tonight Astrid and I scored sweet tickets to the Vancouver Giants hockey game. Really like going there its really fun... They are part of the CHL, and play for the Western Hockey League. Its coming up on playoffs so the game should be intense.
I have quit drinking beer. It's been 2 weeks. Unfortunatly I have replaced the beers with weed and am now barred from smoking that as well... Its for the best though as I failed my LAW test cuz of not studying and and being incoherent.. LOL. I have this guy who delivers and i had to delete his number cuz I am not responsible enough to have it. oh bother.
I have been riding my bike to school for the past 2 weeks. It's true that you never forget how to ride your bike. I bought a bike last summer, and rode it a few times, but now all the people I go to school with ride their bikes and in an effort to join the cool club, i am doing it as well... to give some sort on context, I live in a reasonable flat area, which is good, and it takes about 15 minutes to get to school. I live on 15th avenue and my school is on 49th avenue (I bike 34 blocks to school)! I am feeling better about doing that, good for the environment and good for my body. The first time i did it I was so tired after, but it is getting easier and easier.
So I am trying to decide what to do for the summer. I could try to set up some sort of internship here in Vancouver working either for the city, or for a private consulting firm, or perhaps I could head back to the east coast and look for an internship there, and hang out with my parents and long lost friends for the summer. I guess I should make a decision one way or another in the next few weeks so I can tweak my resume and get the cover letters out.
Tonight Astrid and I scored sweet tickets to the Vancouver Giants hockey game. Really like going there its really fun... They are part of the CHL, and play for the Western Hockey League. Its coming up on playoffs so the game should be intense.
I have quit drinking beer. It's been 2 weeks. Unfortunatly I have replaced the beers with weed and am now barred from smoking that as well... Its for the best though as I failed my LAW test cuz of not studying and and being incoherent.. LOL. I have this guy who delivers and i had to delete his number cuz I am not responsible enough to have it. oh bother.
I have been riding my bike to school for the past 2 weeks. It's true that you never forget how to ride your bike. I bought a bike last summer, and rode it a few times, but now all the people I go to school with ride their bikes and in an effort to join the cool club, i am doing it as well... to give some sort on context, I live in a reasonable flat area, which is good, and it takes about 15 minutes to get to school. I live on 15th avenue and my school is on 49th avenue (I bike 34 blocks to school)! I am feeling better about doing that, good for the environment and good for my body. The first time i did it I was so tired after, but it is getting easier and easier.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Not good at blogging
So it is true, I am really not good at blogging. Not that i dont have anything to say, just that I never take the time to put my thoughts down on paper! Weirdly enough, if you wanted to talk to me, i would have PLENTY to say, but I just can't manage to keep this thing current. So I will try again!
It's been a hella long time since I last wrote in this thing! I was just fresh off the plane and settling into Vancouver. Now It's a new year... and I'm still settling into vancouver, 9 month later. I think I like it here, but I can't be 100% sure. There are certainly things that I enjoy, the nicer weather (winter excluded), the summers here rock. I have made some friends independant of Astrid, which I think is crucial to my happiness here... As I am always the Social Bug! Being in School has been really great. Even though I don't feel like I have learned a lot (maybe I'm just overwhelmed, and I really have) I am really enjoying the courses.
UIrban Planning is an interesting thing. I have been having mixed feelings about my professors as of late. I have been calling them "dreamcrushers" as they are only interested in telling us all the things that are NOT possible in the world of planning. This is a career and I will certainly find it really hard to work in this field if I feel like a CRAP Government Sleezeball all the time. I'm pretty sure that I will not be working for the Provincial Government, but rather pushing forward with my dream of working for the United Nations in Developing Countries! I'll be damned if i let them try to quash my dreams.
On the work front things have not really improved. I am just an administrative hooker, and while i need the money and will try to trudge on as best as I can, it is becoming increasingly difficult to get out of bed and get to work. I work with a bunch of lame people, which doesn't help the cause in the slightest. One of the other women here is clearly losing her mind and as she falls deeper and deeper into her mental illness, the rest of us have to suffer her weirdness (the woman is WHACK!) She used to like me but then accused me of stalking her a few month back and hasent talked to me since. WEIRD-O!! I have started applying for other jobs in the hopes that I can get the hell out of here....
Our project for this term at school is to develop a neighbourhood plan for an area of Vancouver. The great thing about it is the fact that we get to work on teh project all term and that will be most excellent in terms of being able to focus on one thing for a greater period of time.
OK, I really gunna try to keep at it...
It's been a hella long time since I last wrote in this thing! I was just fresh off the plane and settling into Vancouver. Now It's a new year... and I'm still settling into vancouver, 9 month later. I think I like it here, but I can't be 100% sure. There are certainly things that I enjoy, the nicer weather (winter excluded), the summers here rock. I have made some friends independant of Astrid, which I think is crucial to my happiness here... As I am always the Social Bug! Being in School has been really great. Even though I don't feel like I have learned a lot (maybe I'm just overwhelmed, and I really have) I am really enjoying the courses.
UIrban Planning is an interesting thing. I have been having mixed feelings about my professors as of late. I have been calling them "dreamcrushers" as they are only interested in telling us all the things that are NOT possible in the world of planning. This is a career and I will certainly find it really hard to work in this field if I feel like a CRAP Government Sleezeball all the time. I'm pretty sure that I will not be working for the Provincial Government, but rather pushing forward with my dream of working for the United Nations in Developing Countries! I'll be damned if i let them try to quash my dreams.
On the work front things have not really improved. I am just an administrative hooker, and while i need the money and will try to trudge on as best as I can, it is becoming increasingly difficult to get out of bed and get to work. I work with a bunch of lame people, which doesn't help the cause in the slightest. One of the other women here is clearly losing her mind and as she falls deeper and deeper into her mental illness, the rest of us have to suffer her weirdness (the woman is WHACK!) She used to like me but then accused me of stalking her a few month back and hasent talked to me since. WEIRD-O!! I have started applying for other jobs in the hopes that I can get the hell out of here....
Our project for this term at school is to develop a neighbourhood plan for an area of Vancouver. The great thing about it is the fact that we get to work on teh project all term and that will be most excellent in terms of being able to focus on one thing for a greater period of time.
OK, I really gunna try to keep at it...
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Incense and Peppermints
Well... you can see, I've been doing a "really great job" at keeping at this blogging thing!
This will be short but sweet... I bought a bike, and on my first ride (proud to say it was almost 3 hours) I went along the beach... here are some pics.... Hooray for NO MORE SMOG....
A picture of the sunset at 3rd Beach
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My new BIKE!
Still working on the composition!
Enjoying the sunsets...
...and the vibrant oranges...
Enjoy the rest of your day, where ever you may be!!!!
This will be short but sweet... I bought a bike, and on my first ride (proud to say it was almost 3 hours) I went along the beach... here are some pics.... Hooray for NO MORE SMOG....
A picture of the sunset at 3rd Beach
alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091380140626348290" />My new BIKE!
Still working on the composition!
Enjoying the sunsets...
...and the vibrant oranges...
Enjoy the rest of your day, where ever you may be!!!!
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Good Vibrations (LOL) ~ Pt.1
"Good Morning ColyVan Pacific"
...and another day begins here at work. I have been working as a receptionist at a Real Estate Management Firm for the past few weeks. Which I should use as an excuse for not writing in this BLOG but I won't, I'm simply lazy! hehe! I'm temping at the mo' but will probably move into a full time position in the next week or so.
It's not a bad job, and I am enjoying getting out of the house, as that was getting really BORING and I was running out of money. This is good for now, but do I see it as a career? I doubt it!
I have scheduled some time tomorrow at Langara College to attend their Urban Planning Program information session. Some of you may have heard me talking about it in Korea when I was there, but it is something that I am interested in, and with the job I am in now and the fact that the classes are held at the college at night, it seems like it might be a good fit, at the very least, to keep my brain from atrophy! Yay for brain exercise!!
The transistion from Korea to Canada has not gone as smoothly as expected! Seems that the reverse culture shock (and being sober for the first time in over 4 years) takes some getting used to.
...and another day begins here at work. I have been working as a receptionist at a Real Estate Management Firm for the past few weeks. Which I should use as an excuse for not writing in this BLOG but I won't, I'm simply lazy! hehe! I'm temping at the mo' but will probably move into a full time position in the next week or so.
It's not a bad job, and I am enjoying getting out of the house, as that was getting really BORING and I was running out of money. This is good for now, but do I see it as a career? I doubt it!
I have scheduled some time tomorrow at Langara College to attend their Urban Planning Program information session. Some of you may have heard me talking about it in Korea when I was there, but it is something that I am interested in, and with the job I am in now and the fact that the classes are held at the college at night, it seems like it might be a good fit, at the very least, to keep my brain from atrophy! Yay for brain exercise!!
The transistion from Korea to Canada has not gone as smoothly as expected! Seems that the reverse culture shock (and being sober for the first time in over 4 years) takes some getting used to.
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Knuckle Down
OK... so it's Saturday morning here (about 844 am)... Just a quick BLOG before I head out for my busy day!!
Actually, here is what's on the agenda for me today...
9:30 ----> Eggs and Toast
10:00---> Laundry
11:15---> Haircut (its getting shaggy)
12:00---> head to the mall and return a shirt
2:00----> Shop for a bicycle (something to take me to work)
4:00----> Meet Chris, have some dinner
tonight: head to celebrities nightclub for some dancing.
I'm still on the no drinking train so I can actually afford to go out, cuz you can really only do one or the other here... drink and stay home, or not drink and go out...
Should be an entertaining day!
LATER!!
Actually, here is what's on the agenda for me today...
9:30 ----> Eggs and Toast
10:00---> Laundry
11:15---> Haircut (its getting shaggy)
12:00---> head to the mall and return a shirt
2:00----> Shop for a bicycle (something to take me to work)
4:00----> Meet Chris, have some dinner
tonight: head to celebrities nightclub for some dancing.
I'm still on the no drinking train so I can actually afford to go out, cuz you can really only do one or the other here... drink and stay home, or not drink and go out...
Should be an entertaining day!
LATER!!
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Oh, well what can you do?
OK so i just realized that I have been neglecting this blog as of late and that my last post was int he 3rd week of April (WTF). Not that I don't have anything to say just that I havent had the inclination to say it.
So... i mentioned before that I was in training for the 10k Turkey Trot in October. However I have failed miserably in that endeavour. LOL.. Honestly, not a huge fan of running...
So now I am thinking about getting a bike, something that I know that I like! Will go and have a look today and see if I can get one at a consignment store.
Also, on the good news front. I finally made time to get down to Seattle to hook up with some long lost friends from Korea and Thailand! Spent the first 2 days in Bellingham, Washington (which is a beautiful little place) with my friend Kim who I met in Thailand when I was at the Spa doing a fast and Colon Cleanse. We had a great time chatting, hanging out, beach walking, and beer drinking.
Downtown ~ Bellingham, Washington (May 2007)
The Illicit Love between a Crab and Starfish (errr, i think the starfish is eating the crab)
Starfish ORGY!
Plants and the coast!
Watched a coupla movies and ate fantastic Mexican food! On Sunday, Kim gave me a drive down to Seattle, where I first spent more than 2 hours in the giant REI flagship store (the American version of Mountain Equipment Co-op). What fun!
My friend Melanie, who taught with me in Korea in 2004 picked me up where we proceeded to BURN ONE DOWN and head out for Vietnamese food (yummy) . when we got back to her place we watched the BBCs Blue Planet... Hey if you havent seen it then you should.. its grand.
The next day was a Monday, unfortunatly it was a Canadian holiday and my friends all had to go to work!! So I set off the explere Seattle on my own. There were many things on my list... Space Needle, Bruce Lee's Grave, Kurt Cobain's house, the Museum... Unfortunatly, I only got to see one thing, the Underground Seattle Tour (Melanie said it was not to be missed and I agree, it was certainly not disappointing!
The Beginning of the Underground Tour
What's left of a Bathroom in the Underground
Underground Corridor walking towards the Business and RED light districts.
Ye Olde Shop Walls
RED LIGHT RED LIGHT
This is a skylight, underground. Where the light is coming in is actually the sidewalk above me. The history of seattle is that because it was initially settled below the water table it flooded... they had the build up the land before they could actually live on it. so the roads are where they are now, but the shops were below and the people had to use ladders to go into the shops or to cross the street.
well. that's about it for now... Yesterday Astrid left for Amsterdam for a week. I went to her sister Tara's BBQ down at kits beach after work.. caught this lovely sunset...
Ahhh, west coast living!
So... i mentioned before that I was in training for the 10k Turkey Trot in October. However I have failed miserably in that endeavour. LOL.. Honestly, not a huge fan of running...
So now I am thinking about getting a bike, something that I know that I like! Will go and have a look today and see if I can get one at a consignment store.
Also, on the good news front. I finally made time to get down to Seattle to hook up with some long lost friends from Korea and Thailand! Spent the first 2 days in Bellingham, Washington (which is a beautiful little place) with my friend Kim who I met in Thailand when I was at the Spa doing a fast and Colon Cleanse. We had a great time chatting, hanging out, beach walking, and beer drinking.
Downtown ~ Bellingham, Washington (May 2007)
The Illicit Love between a Crab and Starfish (errr, i think the starfish is eating the crab)
Starfish ORGY!
Plants and the coast!
Watched a coupla movies and ate fantastic Mexican food! On Sunday, Kim gave me a drive down to Seattle, where I first spent more than 2 hours in the giant REI flagship store (the American version of Mountain Equipment Co-op). What fun!
My friend Melanie, who taught with me in Korea in 2004 picked me up where we proceeded to BURN ONE DOWN and head out for Vietnamese food (yummy) . when we got back to her place we watched the BBCs Blue Planet... Hey if you havent seen it then you should.. its grand.
The next day was a Monday, unfortunatly it was a Canadian holiday and my friends all had to go to work!! So I set off the explere Seattle on my own. There were many things on my list... Space Needle, Bruce Lee's Grave, Kurt Cobain's house, the Museum... Unfortunatly, I only got to see one thing, the Underground Seattle Tour (Melanie said it was not to be missed and I agree, it was certainly not disappointing!
The Beginning of the Underground Tour
What's left of a Bathroom in the Underground
Underground Corridor walking towards the Business and RED light districts.
Ye Olde Shop Walls
RED LIGHT RED LIGHT
This is a skylight, underground. Where the light is coming in is actually the sidewalk above me. The history of seattle is that because it was initially settled below the water table it flooded... they had the build up the land before they could actually live on it. so the roads are where they are now, but the shops were below and the people had to use ladders to go into the shops or to cross the street.
well. that's about it for now... Yesterday Astrid left for Amsterdam for a week. I went to her sister Tara's BBQ down at kits beach after work.. caught this lovely sunset...
Ahhh, west coast living!
Monday, April 23, 2007
Rock n' Roll High School
wow, there has been so much going on! i hope i dont lose track of this blog.
i have been getting out a lot more. did another hike on sunday at the base of mt. seymour. it took about 2 hours and i complained the whole time. haha. i just am trying to get into this healthy lifestyle but its hard to curb the lazy ways that i have developed from years of university and years of korea! sometimes, its difficult not to be lazy.
but its now monday and its time to stop talking and start doing. so this morning i started my training for the Turkey Trot! a 10k run held over thanksgiving. it was my first day of running and i have a training program that i am going to use so i hope that i can stick with it.
it started with a 5 minute warm up of walking... then you run for 1 minute and walk for 2 minutes. You repeat this 8 times, then walk for another 5 minutes. I thought i was going to die about 1/2 way through, but i perservered and finished! amazing how out of shape i have become... hahaha... i am blaming the draft beer in korea for that!
its been good to be here because i am certainly not drinking as much as i was in korea. i can feel my liver rejoicing at this fact!!
last thursday, i went to TOJO's Japanese restaurant with Astrid and her family for her sister's birthday. it was my first real experience with sushi, and i can say with some certainty that i am not a fan! the first think that came out was a very large sea urchin, uncooked, still in the shell... it had the consistency of snot, and well kinda made me think that if sea urchin was a kind of jell-o, this is what it would taste like... i washed the piece down with sake! blech! i really dont like sushi!
i drove to the restaurant with Astrid's sister and when we got there astrids parents were already there.. as we were getting ready to sit down astrid's mom told me to sit at the back of the table, in the gay section! ok. the gay section? what the hell? apparently even though she is ok with gay, she doesnt exactly filter what she says and sometimes promptly inserts her foot in her mouth. haha, funny thing is, when astrid arrived there, she didnt have to sit in the gay section,so i spent the whole night by myself at the end of the table.! nice!!
i have also recently discovered the joys and absurdities of FACEBOOK. its kinda like myspace, but it seems to have a wider audience. you join and people can search by your name. i have been talking to lotsa people from high school and middle school. its so random and weird, but in a good way. its like a cyberspace reunion. its been really nice catching up with people that i havent seen in more than 10 years. seeing what people have been up to, and how many have kids and are married! surreal!
I finally got a job on friday. i am now a full time english instructor at vancouver international college. I will be starting in one week. i'm pretty excited about it, but nervous at the same time. i have a lot of experience teaching kiddies, but this is teaching adults which i imagine is quite different. only time will tell what's going to happen. in the fall i am going to start taking courses at UBC, upgrading so i can try to get into their urban planning program. i think i have to take math so that will be a real challenge for me!
well.. i think that's about it for here. Im going to see the vancouver canucks play tonight, game 7 of round 1 against dallas. I sure hope they dont lose. they were way ahead at the beginning of the series, but kinda lost momentum! here's hoping they can get it back...
that's all
i have been getting out a lot more. did another hike on sunday at the base of mt. seymour. it took about 2 hours and i complained the whole time. haha. i just am trying to get into this healthy lifestyle but its hard to curb the lazy ways that i have developed from years of university and years of korea! sometimes, its difficult not to be lazy.
but its now monday and its time to stop talking and start doing. so this morning i started my training for the Turkey Trot! a 10k run held over thanksgiving. it was my first day of running and i have a training program that i am going to use so i hope that i can stick with it.
it started with a 5 minute warm up of walking... then you run for 1 minute and walk for 2 minutes. You repeat this 8 times, then walk for another 5 minutes. I thought i was going to die about 1/2 way through, but i perservered and finished! amazing how out of shape i have become... hahaha... i am blaming the draft beer in korea for that!
its been good to be here because i am certainly not drinking as much as i was in korea. i can feel my liver rejoicing at this fact!!
last thursday, i went to TOJO's Japanese restaurant with Astrid and her family for her sister's birthday. it was my first real experience with sushi, and i can say with some certainty that i am not a fan! the first think that came out was a very large sea urchin, uncooked, still in the shell... it had the consistency of snot, and well kinda made me think that if sea urchin was a kind of jell-o, this is what it would taste like... i washed the piece down with sake! blech! i really dont like sushi!
i drove to the restaurant with Astrid's sister and when we got there astrids parents were already there.. as we were getting ready to sit down astrid's mom told me to sit at the back of the table, in the gay section! ok. the gay section? what the hell? apparently even though she is ok with gay, she doesnt exactly filter what she says and sometimes promptly inserts her foot in her mouth. haha, funny thing is, when astrid arrived there, she didnt have to sit in the gay section,so i spent the whole night by myself at the end of the table.! nice!!
i have also recently discovered the joys and absurdities of FACEBOOK. its kinda like myspace, but it seems to have a wider audience. you join and people can search by your name. i have been talking to lotsa people from high school and middle school. its so random and weird, but in a good way. its like a cyberspace reunion. its been really nice catching up with people that i havent seen in more than 10 years. seeing what people have been up to, and how many have kids and are married! surreal!
I finally got a job on friday. i am now a full time english instructor at vancouver international college. I will be starting in one week. i'm pretty excited about it, but nervous at the same time. i have a lot of experience teaching kiddies, but this is teaching adults which i imagine is quite different. only time will tell what's going to happen. in the fall i am going to start taking courses at UBC, upgrading so i can try to get into their urban planning program. i think i have to take math so that will be a real challenge for me!
well.. i think that's about it for here. Im going to see the vancouver canucks play tonight, game 7 of round 1 against dallas. I sure hope they dont lose. they were way ahead at the beginning of the series, but kinda lost momentum! here's hoping they can get it back...
that's all
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
These Boots were made for walking...
Whew, It's been a busy few weeks.. I guess I'll start with the sunset.... It was pretty awesome!
We sure did a lot of walking around... here are some photos!
The weathers been good, and the ski hills still have some snow!
and looking for apartments this week!
its going to be a bit tiring!
I got new boots... hikers!
j.
PS.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ETHAN
If I were still there we talked about going to Japan!
Sorry to miss it!
love me
We sure did a lot of walking around... here are some photos!
The weathers been good, and the ski hills still have some snow!
and looking for apartments this week!
its going to be a bit tiring!
I got new boots... hikers!
j.
PS.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ETHAN
If I were still there we talked about going to Japan!
Sorry to miss it!
love me
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
When I was BORN
| In 1976 (the year you were born) |
 Gerald Ford is president of the US The US celebrates its bicentennial, marking the 200th anniversary of its independence The Viking II sets down on Mars' Utopia Plains Promising, "I will never lie to you," Jimmy Carter is elected president of the United States Israeli commandos rescue hostages from Entebbe, Uganda The Concorde begins flights from New York to Europe George W. Bush is arrested and fined for driving under the influence of alcohol Cray-1, the first commercially developed supercomputer, is invented by Seymour Cray Freddie Prinze Jr., Reese Witherspoon, Colin Farrell, 50 Cent, Fred Savage, and Shannon Elizabeth are born Cincinnati Reds win the World Series Pittsburgh Steelers win Superbowl X Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup Rocky is the top grossing film Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins is published The Eagles Their Greatest Hits compilation becomes the first album in history to be certified platinum "Tonight's The Night" by Rod Stewart spends the most time at the top of the US chart Charlie's Angels and The Muppet Show premiere |
Thursday, March 22, 2007
It's raining Men
OK.. it isn't really raining men... more like raining ALL THE TIME... looking for an apartment in this weather sux!! since i have to walk and bus everywhere its a real pain in the ass!! I have looked at 3 apartments so far... and am off to see another one tonight... luckily (or unluckily, depending on rain) It is within walking disatnce of Astrid's place... about 9 blocks east of here!
I've been busy with Megan since she arrived last week.. we walked all around the downtown core one day. and then we both met up with Fraser (another Korean chingu) on onday night to go and watch the hockey game at the cambie. WHAT A GONG SHOW! we started drinking at about 300pm while I ate a plate of wings (1 pitcher of Kokanee)... then we went to the seawall and smoked a big fattie! then we took the seabus to Granville island where we got another pitcher (2)...
after this... i was feeling a bit hammered... we headed over to the cambie to watch the 'nucks play edmonton! we ordered a pitcher of Labatt Blue (that's 3)... and a big ass plate of nachos. then we ran into 3 korean girls and wowed them with our korean language skillz... hmmmm.... turned out that they were tohe absolutely most unkind koreans that i have ever met.... they have about 15 beers on the go and were WASTED... falling all over the place... one girl tried to pick up Megan, Fraser, and I... didnt matter which one of us it was! LOL... fraser had to escort the most wasted one out... and she got all violent that none of us would play with her.. snd started kicking the windows of the bar! weird... YAY for us.. they left their beers.. as this interaction was going on... we had decided that we were going to have a pitcher of every Granville Island brew tat they had on tap... (there were 4 all together, bringing the total to 7 pitchers, +the k.grrlz kokaneees = 8)
next bright idea...Amsterdam Cafe. 'nuf said!
we then crawled into some bar called 320 or 420... i dont know at this point... and we bought another pitcher (9)... i think i had one glass of beer and then threw up into an empty pitcher for about 5 minutes str8!!!!! DAMN! Classy night all around...
I got home at midnite... crawled into bed and died!
GONG SHOW!!!!!!
I've been busy with Megan since she arrived last week.. we walked all around the downtown core one day. and then we both met up with Fraser (another Korean chingu) on onday night to go and watch the hockey game at the cambie. WHAT A GONG SHOW! we started drinking at about 300pm while I ate a plate of wings (1 pitcher of Kokanee)... then we went to the seawall and smoked a big fattie! then we took the seabus to Granville island where we got another pitcher (2)...
after this... i was feeling a bit hammered... we headed over to the cambie to watch the 'nucks play edmonton! we ordered a pitcher of Labatt Blue (that's 3)... and a big ass plate of nachos. then we ran into 3 korean girls and wowed them with our korean language skillz... hmmmm.... turned out that they were tohe absolutely most unkind koreans that i have ever met.... they have about 15 beers on the go and were WASTED... falling all over the place... one girl tried to pick up Megan, Fraser, and I... didnt matter which one of us it was! LOL... fraser had to escort the most wasted one out... and she got all violent that none of us would play with her.. snd started kicking the windows of the bar! weird... YAY for us.. they left their beers.. as this interaction was going on... we had decided that we were going to have a pitcher of every Granville Island brew tat they had on tap... (there were 4 all together, bringing the total to 7 pitchers, +the k.grrlz kokaneees = 8)
next bright idea...Amsterdam Cafe. 'nuf said!
we then crawled into some bar called 320 or 420... i dont know at this point... and we bought another pitcher (9)... i think i had one glass of beer and then threw up into an empty pitcher for about 5 minutes str8!!!!! DAMN! Classy night all around...
I got home at midnite... crawled into bed and died!
GONG SHOW!!!!!!
Friday, March 16, 2007
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
Whee... Really I don't !
I am officially a JJ Bean Whore.. I have just decided to spend all my free time here downloading music and videos and tinkering with my Webpages.. Life is sweet isn't it?
Vacations Rule....
Oh, and I have to thank Wendi for introducing me to Mika and the Scissor Sisters. They are my newest addictions!
I am officially a JJ Bean Whore.. I have just decided to spend all my free time here downloading music and videos and tinkering with my Webpages.. Life is sweet isn't it?
Vacations Rule....
Oh, and I have to thank Wendi for introducing me to Mika and the Scissor Sisters. They are my newest addictions!
Friday, March 09, 2007
The Space Between
oh dear.
so i got both a bite on a job and a bite on an apartment... in the same day.
the apartment: probably way too close to E. Hastings for me but i will go and have a look at it anyhow, as the rent is $490 for a 10x10 room ... the pictures that were posted were nice... but one never knows what the place will look like in actuality. and there are NO PETS, so schwa will have to bunk with astrid!
the McJob: A curriculum developer in an English College downtown. both working in the office and working from home. Seems like I might be perfectly qualified for it, however... it will be hard to send them a resume as I have discovered that this computer has NO word-processing program. ACK! Guess I'll have to lug Astrid's computer down here and try that one...
things are looking up for sure. if only it could stop raining for a moment so i can haul ass home.
Thinking about Apartments, Jobs, Coffee and Muffins!
so i got both a bite on a job and a bite on an apartment... in the same day.
the apartment: probably way too close to E. Hastings for me but i will go and have a look at it anyhow, as the rent is $490 for a 10x10 room ... the pictures that were posted were nice... but one never knows what the place will look like in actuality. and there are NO PETS, so schwa will have to bunk with astrid!
the McJob: A curriculum developer in an English College downtown. both working in the office and working from home. Seems like I might be perfectly qualified for it, however... it will be hard to send them a resume as I have discovered that this computer has NO word-processing program. ACK! Guess I'll have to lug Astrid's computer down here and try that one...
things are looking up for sure. if only it could stop raining for a moment so i can haul ass home.
Thinking about Apartments, Jobs, Coffee and Muffins!
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Brand New Colony
Well......
I am sitting in a coffee shop on Commercial Drive in Vancouver. I'm happy to be here...
I got a very large VAT of coffee for $2, and some free wireless internet that my MacBook is loving! I think I will be at this coffee shop often! haha!
So, it's overwhelming to be here.. there is far too much English being spoken and some girl at the next table apparently thinks that she is the only one here and that EVERYONE needs to know her business because in the 1.5 hours that she has been here she has not shut the fuck up. CHRIST!!! Something that I guess I will just have to get used to...
Astrid will stop by in about 20 minutes, she's at YOGA now... and we will have a look at apartments... I am thinking of living in the Westend with the GAY men becasue I feel like this area is a bit rundown for my tastes. I'm not sure... though i do know that the WestEnd is a bit more downtown, and it is also close to Korean land which might be nice to have a few chingus floating here and there. The hardest part is going to be finding affordable housing...
I went to winners yesterday to buy some "dress" clothes (which I hate shopping for). It gave me a meltdown and made me cry. I know it's silly to cry over dress clothes, but really... I hate wearing them, so its hard to justify spending $70 bucks on something that you absolutely hate! ARGH... I know i will have to look nice to get a McJob.... and that McJob will prolly be in an office or some other random Joe-type job!
OMG, that girl has shut up.. she must have run out of things to say!!!
Well not much to say today.. lacking coffee, cheap smokes, draft beer, and sleep.... ACK.. I still havent had a JOINT! what's wrong with this picture???????
I am sitting in a coffee shop on Commercial Drive in Vancouver. I'm happy to be here...
I got a very large VAT of coffee for $2, and some free wireless internet that my MacBook is loving! I think I will be at this coffee shop often! haha!
So, it's overwhelming to be here.. there is far too much English being spoken and some girl at the next table apparently thinks that she is the only one here and that EVERYONE needs to know her business because in the 1.5 hours that she has been here she has not shut the fuck up. CHRIST!!! Something that I guess I will just have to get used to...
Astrid will stop by in about 20 minutes, she's at YOGA now... and we will have a look at apartments... I am thinking of living in the Westend with the GAY men becasue I feel like this area is a bit rundown for my tastes. I'm not sure... though i do know that the WestEnd is a bit more downtown, and it is also close to Korean land which might be nice to have a few chingus floating here and there. The hardest part is going to be finding affordable housing...
I went to winners yesterday to buy some "dress" clothes (which I hate shopping for). It gave me a meltdown and made me cry. I know it's silly to cry over dress clothes, but really... I hate wearing them, so its hard to justify spending $70 bucks on something that you absolutely hate! ARGH... I know i will have to look nice to get a McJob.... and that McJob will prolly be in an office or some other random Joe-type job!
OMG, that girl has shut up.. she must have run out of things to say!!!
Well not much to say today.. lacking coffee, cheap smokes, draft beer, and sleep.... ACK.. I still havent had a JOINT! what's wrong with this picture???????
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