Ms. Jezebel McPussy

APPRENTICE 7: Celebrity Edition

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:31:52 GMT

Donald Trump never ceases to amuse me.
I know The Apprentice has good and bad seasons; in fact, I was only addicted to one season, in particular, dating a few years back. While he insists that his show is popular than ever, I think it is actually dipping in the ratings. Nonetheless, he has created a celebrity edition to generate new interest. Below are the official contestants. I think I might watch this one: c'mon, Tito Ortiz, Vincent Pastore, and Gene Simmons! Ow! (Not to mention Stephen Baldwin).

-Trace Adkins (country music singer)
• Carol Alt (model/actress)
• Stephen Baldwin (actor, The Usual Suspects)
• Nadia Comaneci (Olympic gold-medal gymnast)
• Tiffany Fallon (2005 Playboy Playmate of the Year)
• Jennie Finch (Olympic gold-medal softball player)
• Nely Galan (producer, Telemundo)
• Marilu Henner (actress, Taxi)
• Lennox Lewis (former heavyweight champion)
• Piers Morgan (judge, America's Got Talent)
• Omarosa (Apprentice Season 1 contestant)
• Tito Ortiz (UFC champion)
• Vincent Pastore (actor, The Sopranos)
• Gene Simmons (KISS frontman)

General Announcement.

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:54:03 GMT

Facebook has usurped the livejournal throne, or so it seems in my world. It occurred to me that I never visit this site anymore and the last time I posted was in June. What livejournal does offer is the potential for more sustained and intimate interactions with friends. I've just been skimming through some of the entries and now I realize how much I've been missing out on people's lives.
FUCK THAT NOISE.

My general announcement is that I've booked my flight home for Christmas and I'm flying into KITCHENER (weird!) on December 16th. I hope you have some confetti and party hats. ;)
I haven't booked a flight back to E-town yet; what are people doing for New Year's in Kitchener? I'm not sure what to do. All I know is that I miss yass all and it would be great to get down. I'm VERY DISAPPOINTED to discover that Meagan is going to England on the precise day that I come home. blah! BlAH! (But I'm sure your trip will be fab and exciting!)

Finally, I only just updated my livejournal account from "basic" to the next level (which is also free). I think it allows me to post pictures. I posted a weird one of my cat Maggie. She has a ball of her own fur balancing on her head. And she looks like she's ready to kill someone. Red eye will do that. I don't know if it'll show up or work. but i tried.

peace and love and piss and poppies,
ME to the EL to the issa.

WATCH OUT HERE I COME!

Sat, 26 May 2007 20:07:37 GMT

I still hadn't booked my flight until yesterday!

It's official. As in $454 paid on my Visa official.
I will be home from Tuesday, May 29th to Monday, June 11.

The final decisive moment came when I was feeling like shit, in a bad head space, and opened my email and to my delight read the announcement, in Sherry's email, "Melissa's coming home." It made my day. I felt so warm and welcome and loved and I was reminded that I have best friends for life with whom I need to be in close proximity right now. Thank you for reminding me, Sherry.

I then called Caroline and felt even better. Heard Dan's voice in the background and was delighted. then played phone tag with Matt and received a very nice message. Then bumped into Kamil online.

It's time to come home even if only for a short while. I love you guys.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

POLL

Sun, 13 May 2007 19:22:11 GMT

OK- so I am really on the verge of actually booking a flight to Toronto so here is a poll for those of you at home in K-W and surrounding areas:

How does Wednesday, May 30 to Tuesday, June 12th sound?

I ask because flights are pricey and I wanna pick the best possible time.

Hope ya'll are happy and well!

xox

When are you free?

Thu, 10 May 2007 21:10:48 GMT

Hey Friends,

I'm fretting over trying to choose a date to come home for a weekish-long visit. I greatly regret the fact that I couldn't make it to Al and Sherry's 30 person party! I had to stick around to find out what my RA-ship was going to be for the next 2 months.

If I come back in the next month I need to make sure I have internet access to do some research, a place to stay, and some warm companionship. I think I have #2 and #3 covered so long as I don't inconvenience Dan and Caro too much.

So, basically, I'm just writing to ask those of you in the K-W and surrounding areas when you'll be around and if there is a particularly "bad" time to come in the next month. What are work and school and vacation schedules looking like?
I am homesick and I wanna see every single last one of yas.

peace.

almost there

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:49:17 GMT

it's been a crazy month full of things i'd rather not do or deal with. I can't wait to go to Ontario for a visit! Soon, soon.

i'm in the midst of marking final exams and writing a last essay. weather has been nice until today when it SNOWED! I hate this about Alberta. One day it is spring, the next day it is fall, then winter. summer takes awhile to get here. the upside of the weather here is that it could change in an instant so i'm hoping the snow is fleeting. i need some good weather.

in the midst of writing my last essay, i was feeling like a crack head and very incapable of thinking about weird terms like "responsibility" and "response-ability"--the crux of my essay about a novelist in a book by Doris Lessing who goes crazy. I was feeling her crazy. got some good news though.

I received a phone call and was informed that I won a supa sshrc. this means i don't have to teach next year and i don't have to move out of my apartment. this is good. i'm a bit bummed about not teaching and not having an office next year but ultimately relieved. this also means that i can afford to visit k-town more often.

which is what this body needs. body craves vitamin "BB."

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:59:00 GMT

sometimes coming home can be just as nice as going away.
i'm back.
and it feels goooood.

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:40:16 GMT

hey everyone!
i haven't been keeping in touch cuz it's been hectic and crazy in south america so i am just gonna give a very brief update:

-land in la paz, bolivia arounf may 18th. felt altitude sickness immediately and was laying in bed the whole time. i had a private room and tv. there was only 1 english channel and it played, on repeat, some jenny mcarthy reality tv show that involved her and a bunch of girls who looked like porn stars hanging out around a swimming pool.

-met up with some of the travellers in my GAP group. 2 canadians, a belgian and a norwegian. we wandered around markets and bargained for handicrafts. visited the "witches market" where you can find llama fetises .... they burn them as an offering to the gods for good luck.

-last stop in boliva b4 peru: Cocacobana! i had barry manilow in my head all day.

- soon headed off to peru. landed in some random small towns. lots of markets. lots of people, including children, trying to sell stuff. arrived in puno which gets you to lake titicaca and the island where we were doing a homestay (staying with locals for a night).

-altitude sickness sets in big time when i get to the homestay site. i threw up 5 times in one hour. the local family tried to dress us up in traditional clothing so we could go to a dance which they called Incatheque (instead of discotheque). as the lovely woman who i couldn't speak a word of quechua to tightened what was akin to a corset around my torso i had to run out of the room and throw up again. it was NOT a pleasant evening.

-next day we visited Uros which was a floating island made by people out of grass and reeds. pretty cool. i started to feel better but could only consume sprite, water, and a few baby crackers.

- i can't break down things as specifically anymore. i think we went to cuzco next. a lovely city ... witha big square, lots of handicrafts, election campaigning going on. went white water rafting for the first time for only 25 bucks. the weather, i forgot to mention, is freezing because we are at such a high altitude. lots of shopping and psychological prep to do a 3 day hiking/campin trip in the andes to see macchu picchu --the lost inca city.

--i got stuck with lares trek instead of the famous inca trail because the inca trail was too full. most of my group got inca trail so i was hiking with just 3 other people plus our porters and guide. lares trek was cool tho. much higher elevation, much quieter (less tourists), lots of mountains and difficult terrain, beautiful, cold, we passed lots of traditional quechua families. gave bread and coca leaves to families and children. we chewed coca leaves to help prevent altitude sickness. ( coca leaves are the first ingredient in cocaine!!!).

--the porters took good care of us but i was so cold and tired that i did start crying in my sleeping bag at one point. it was below zero. frost on ground and we hiked about 16 km per day. lots of good food tho. two of the hikers turned back after half an hour on first day because of exhaustion. the other one, a lovely irish girl, got really sick on the second day and had to ride a horse the rest of the way. she was slumped over like a corpse most of time. so it was just me, the guide, and the mountains.

-arrived at macchu picchu on third or fourth day. it was pretty great but i think the hike was more memorable than the finish. isn't that true of everything?

--after macchu picchu we went back to cuzco. went out to a bar called mythology and partied with very forward latinos til 3am. details later to those who ask after i have had a few drinks at ethels or jb!

--flew to lima, peru. the air quality...wow... i may as well breathe car exhaust. i could have used the oxygen tank that i used in puno (forgot to mention that) to cure my altitude sickness.

--flew to quito, ecuador. went to the galopagos islands. and slept on a houseboat for three nights. beers only 2 bucks. highlights: swam with sea lions, reef sharks, iguanas, penguins. saw lots of birds. my fav part of trip by far.

--now i am back in quito. i am hanging with some people i met with the gap tour. i come home on monday june 12...just a few days from now.

im sure im forgetting some things.. but this is long enuf.

i hope everyone is happy and well. i look forward to chilling on some patios with a cold beer on hot summer nights. it's crazy that aside from the warm galopagos... it's been very cold here.... because of the altitude... and i am in south america! i can't wait for warm canadian weather! ironic, no?

xoxoxox

Wed, 17 May 2006 02:38:38 GMT

For anyone who may feel inclined to pass by the Jane Bond tomorrow...

I just thought I would let yas know that I will be heading there for dinner with my sister. I think the finale of ANTM is on and I don't mean it at all sarcastically when I say I completely understand if people can't make it.

I love season finales and I will be back from my trip in 3 weeks anyway. No biggie.

I should be at JB til about 10pm, I imagine. Feel free to pass by. Call me on my cell if you wanna double check if I'm still there after ANTM and you wanna stop by for a drink ( you know who you are)! Peace!

Mon, 15 May 2006 20:58:14 GMT

I am feeling pretty pleased today.

Things have been stressful, for a variety of reasons, in a kind of months-long, subdued-but-always-lingering, kind of way. Some of that stress --though not all (we can't have miracles and I will take what I can get!) -- has gone away after today.

I woke up this morning to a phone call from a very pleasant woman who had information about an apartment building located one block from where I used to live (aka very close to the University of Alberta). The apartment is overpriced but it includes heat, water, electricity. It has hardwood floors, it is apparently a spacious one-bedroom pad, it is very close to school and....it allows cats! THANK GAWD! Do you realize it's slim pickins' for cat lovers out there?!

I was so worried about not finding a place, about not finding one for my cats, about having to deal with all of this in a frantic mid-summer state from Ontario. Now, it's done. I express-posted a cheque and security deposit.

The only catch is that I have to pay rent starting in June... but I don't care! I have a home now (so long as they don't play some shifty thing on me while I am on vacation)!

The next order of business is that I managed to work out my teaching situation for next year. I have agreed to "team-teach" with 4 other people ( 1 is a professor, 1 is a sessional, 2 are graduate students) for a World Literature course. The course will be right up my alley, as they say, and it will help me ease into the whole teaching experience before having to teach my very own course the following year.

This also takes all of the pressure off me in terms of having to develop a syllabus on my own, from scratch, and having to order books for Fall at a time when I am on vacation. Best of all, the course is offered MWF from 1-2pm which means it won't conflict with my grad courses. I will also have the chance to lecture to 150 students from time to time as well as run my own discussion group twice a week. Plus: I get paid the same as a primary instructor. Sweeet!

Lastly, I am heading off to Peru and Ecuador on May 18th (this Thursday) and I will get to check out Machhu Picchu and the Galapagos Islands for 3 weeks. Yay!

I'm not trying to gloat... I'm just feeling a bit better and more organized about my life today. Which is very rare for me. Of course, there are still some other brooding concerns in my life but I can't solve everything in just ONE day. I will enjoy what's been accomplished for today. At least for today.

Last-Lastly, my sister's friend downloaded all of the new Sopranos aired this season to date and I have been overjoyed by watching them. I love love love the Sopranos.

It's my guilty pleasure.

Burned in Barcelona

Sat, 29 Apr 2006 18:33:41 GMT

Literally. I know, poor me. I was laying on the beach along the Mediterranean Sea...boo hoo...but holy fuck I got a sun burn and I was only sun bathing for 2 hours! And the burn is all uneven....it looks like I've been slapped in strange places. So my trip is winding down....I am in Paris now and booked in a hostel for the last few days. This past week has been wicked awesome but a lil crazy. I met some local dude in Lyon who decided that he wanted to show me around town with his car, drive me to a vineyard, introduce me to some friends, drie me to Barcelona, hook me up with really cool friend of his who lives there (she is a french architecture student...oioo ahhh), pay for all of my meals (many of which were expensive) light my cigarettes and more! all of this and I didn't even have to give him a bj! haha. no really... i watched him do this with a bunch of ladies...he likes the company of women and he didn't expect any sexual favours, he wasn't creepy or anything. So i have had the good chance of hanging out with french and spanish people for the last few days, desperately trying to understand them, getting a tour from locals, and a free place to stay in Barcelona. crrrazy...and meeting some really awesome people along the way. I also met a great quebecois girl named Line. crazy. more later gaters.

Sat, 15 Apr 2006 20:19:25 GMT

YESTERDAY: PART 1
man.. i got so drunk last night and i didn't mean to. i had a long day just walking around and then i stopped at a bar for a quick pint. i read for awhile then some older local dude said i should come sit with everyone at the bar. so i did. and i hung out with a bunch of scottish guys ranging in age from 26 to 47. beers were flowing... some of which were purchased for me. conversations were good. the one dude who invited me over kept putting change in the jukebox so i could hear whatever i wanted. we joked around a lot. it was great fun. i actually felt like i was meeting people..well, cuz i was. except i got sooooooooooo drunk. i told a ewan macgregor look a like that he could come visit me in canada for free and when i realized he was married i said they could both come visit. tom, the 47 yr old, is a tour bus driver who majored in english and history. he had a great sense of humour and we were cracking jokes about how no matter whatever happens in like... "never lose your sense of humour." well tom was great except then he started flirting with me and telling me he liked me and trying to get me to kiss him. yeah. he was pretty harmless ...and the female bartenders said he was harmless and regular. he just got annoying... and a lil territorial... like i was out for a smoke with some younger guys and he was like... come back in and talk to me...etc. i was like, what the hell...? the other guys were like yeah, scottish men are territorial. so i stopped paying so much attention to him although we still chatted.

YESTERDAY: PART 2
I had to book a room at a different hostel yestderday morning cuz the hostel i was at was full. the hostel i was meant to head to last night was a bit of a walk away so i left my big backpack in storage at the old hostel for the day. conveniently, the arcade... the bar i went to in the afternoon, which i didn't leave until 1am or so, was located just across the street. except i didn't leave the bar until 1am. i was totally drunk... and i still had to transfer my bag acorss town to a hostel i didn't know. Luckily, a Canadian guy who worked at both hostels recognized me and he said he had to go to that hostel anyway. so... we left together...he got my bag, carried it for me, paid for a taxi to get us to the hosetl. and he even checked me in cuz i was too drunk. yeah, and then i fell on the floor at the entrance doorway to the hostel. the guy had to take me to my room and show me my bed. no funny business, just a stand up guy who saved my ass. then i felt queasy... and i couldn't find the bathroom. so i ran down the hallway into the stairwell and puked everywhere. did i mention that this hostel used to be a church and so it still has all the lovely architecture and interior decor. yeah...then i was too disoriented to find my room again so i had to go to the front desk and get them to show me where it was.

THIS MORNING:
the guy at the front desk came in to wake me at 7:45 am cuz i guess the other guy who brought me to the hostel somehow remembered i had to be somewhere early this morning. so i even got a wake up call which is excellent cuz my phone battery (which is also my alarm) is dead and i had paid £30 for a tour to loch ness today which started at 8 am. so i slept in my clothes had no time to brush my teeth or change caught a taxi early in the morning and made it to the tour 1 minute b4 departure. the hostel dudes asked me if i was the one who vomited everywhere. #

i flat out lied and said no. when i got back here tonight i found a clean bucket next to my bed.

yeah. i find it lucky, embarrassing, and humorous all at once.

i think i might drop off a thank u note to the guy who saved my ass last night. whoever he was.

Easter in Edinburgh

Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:25:45 GMT

I really like Edinburgh. It's a beautiful city and people here seem super friendly... and warm... and seemingly more interested in knowing where I'm from than in London. but i suppose it's just a different context.

the sun is shining, i just bought a few cds, and i am staying here for at least another day (this all depends on a series of factors and formulations that involve train routes, easter holiday scheduling, finding a hostel in Edinburgh with a free bed, and figuring out the best way and best time to get to Amsterdam). I would be pleased to stay here for the main part of the weekend and then head to Amsterdam although it'll put me behind schedule. I can't believe it's already the 14th... i still have three countries to visit and I fly home from Paris on May 3rd! 19 days left... well... 17.5 more like it. I think I am going to take Matt's advice and try to spend more time in fewer places... even though it means that I didn't use up my Eurorail pass or Britrail pass. Quality not quantity... yes, yes.

I am seriously disillusioned (although not disgruntled..it's funny more than anything) by famous tourist sites and activities. I bore witness to the changing of the guard at Buckinham Palace (humourously they were late... they didn't do it until 11:30 am and it was supposed to occur at 11 am). I visited Stone Henge (which, according to the audio tour, are "like enormous teeth hinged into the gums of the earth!" Ha. Ha.) Stone Henge is next to a highway and tourists are everywhere. Very mystical. London is crazy packed with shoppers and business people and tourists. the Underground is amazing and efficient and effective and even I, the most directionally-impaired person I can think of, managed to use it several times without ever getting lost. I have to admit that I did feel an aura surrounding the Thames when I saw it. Just cuz it's such a famous waterway. I thought of Joseph Conrad and Heart of Darkness. Very cool. Maybe if I had read Tess of the d'Ubervilles by Hardy I would have felt something at StoneHenge too. Who knows.

I visited a friend named Jane (who I met when I was in Tasmania) who lives in Truro, Cornwall. She and her family have a seaside farm there which is quiet and beautiful. She is dating a girl who is a local celebrity of sorts..she apparently won the last or second last British equivalent to American IDol. Weird. She got onto a record label and cut a record and got a great place to live in london but apparently they are trying to turn her into a pop star and change her music so she ended the contract and is moving back to cornwall. bizarre.

I've already bought so much stuff that I had to throw out a pair of jeans to make room in my backpack (they were old anyway). I am now thinking about throwing out my pyjamas and my bath towel. My sister suggested that I could break my toothbrush in half and just save the bristles to brush my teeth.. so i will have more room. she also suggested that I shave frequently so that the hair on my body won't weigh me down. I'm thinking about it. A smug smile creeps onto my face whenever I use up a teaspoon-equivalent of shampoo or whenever I use another squirt of face wash or use the bar of soap which is slowly becoming smaller with each passing day.

Less weight = more room + more stuff = less money = more weight. At least the money won't weight me down. Hmmmmm.

Hey, I'm no mathematician...just a stoopid girl who bought overpriced clothes at an H&M in London...clothes which I'm sure I could have found at home. Globalization rocks. Oh well, at least I bought a garter, in red scottish plaid, to wear on my upper thigh---that'll come in handy... it plays music when you press the button and it's supposed to bring me good luck. Wish me luck with that.

anyway... peace dawgs.

"He's not a man, he's a Ewing!" (Pamela Barnes-Ewing's brother)

Sat, 25 Mar 2006 23:43:00 GMT

This might sound weird... but I've totally gotten into the tv show Dallas! I remember watching random episodes, with my grandma, when I was about 4 or 5 years old but I think the show was on the verge of its eclipse by then.

My sister's friend lent us the first two seasons of the show.. and it is so full of Texan stereotypes, patriarchy, republican family values and wars, scheming business deals, love affairs, 1979/early 1980's fashion sense, and so on.

The last episode we watched depicted JR's drunken wife flying her fingers around, complaining about her non-existent sex life with JR, and swallowing a bitter pill about the fact that Bobby and Pammy (Victoria Principle) Ewing were gonna have the first baby grandson in the family--the heir of the Ewing fortune (unfortunately, JR, in a state of drunkeness, caused Pammy to fall from a barn ledge--oooops!--- which, in turn, caused her to lose the baby--shucks darn it!).

The show is almost unbearable... but it's a train wreck that I can't stop watching! Oh, and the Ewing family all live on the same ranch... plantation-styles...and they are a pile of fucked-up, drunken southerners, all married and running an oil company.

Oh... and the acting is H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S!

Also, I saw the first black characters in the last episode and they were all serving the Ewing family drinks at a party. They all talked like Uncle Tom. It was so ridiculous!

Nonetheless--I can't seem to stop watching!

Is there a support group that I can join to deal with my Dallas addiction?

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 05:34:57 GMT

I am starved for affection. I am hungry. And wolves might be chasing me. Help.

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 05:55:24 GMT

I just got my first PhD acceptance email! The University of Alberta wants me back! And while I don't yet know details of funding the department chair says I am ranked highly for several awards! Yippee! At least now I know I will be SOMEWHERE next year! I am going to the Sadies/Neko Case concert tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Starlight. Anyone else going?

Sat, 07 Jan 2006 19:22:28 GMT

I am happy to state that I am now officially back "online." The Future Shop did the ol' wipe and reload and now we've reinstalled the basic necessities.

I am also happy to announce that I will get to enjoy some Vitamin C, tonight, fresh off the Indian Express.

I am sad to realize that our own Matt is heading back to Kingston tomorrow. I keep telling him he should stay in sight.

GOT PLANS THIS WEDNESDAY?

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 02:10:27 GMT

Tomorrow -- Kamil will be coming back to KW to spend time with his folks...I think, at least until Christmas, that this is a ONE NIGHT ONLY EVENT (he's heading back to the T the next day).

He's showing his pretty mug a la Ethels and then possibly a la Jane Bond. He says he can make it to Ethels around 10pm. I would love to take advantage of this opportunity to possibly have some group social so I, too, will be coming up tomorrow and crashing at the beloved Caroline and Danner's apartment (at the offering of Caroline). This is also a good chance to chill with our beloved friends who are heading to beautiful India in just a few short days.

Can anyone make it out? Would anyone like to meet at Ethel's at an earlier time for tasty beverages (because I would). Possibly 9? Lemme know who can cum and who cannot cum by posting a response here.

xoxoxo

ARGH

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:20:26 GMT

The computer malfunctioning continues ya'll...I've managed to get into each Word document so I can try to back them all up before I have to potentially reinstall Windows--though this is almost at the cost of my sanity! Everytime I try to open a file Word automatically tries to perform a Virus Scan (which takes forever and then says it "can't" perform one anyway). ARGH! I need to finish my PhD apps! I am gonna have to find an Internet cafe to do some work while also trying to fix this stuff up.

Theo suggested to me that maybe it was actually a hacker, of sorts, who sent me the bad link. Is it possible to hack into MSN Messenger? When Charlie sent me the message his name was "???????" but the picture was Charlie in his Elvis Cow Costume. Charlie hasn't responded to these livejournals..does anyone know if he is in town? Can someone pass this message on to him? It's worth knowing if he sent me the link for sure...cuz if he didn't that means someone was pretending to be him/used his picture. Isn't that, like, illegal? We might have an unsolved mystery on our hands.

In other news--Kamil said he might be coming to K-W on Wednesday but I haven't heard from him in a few days. If he comes up maybe we could have a small reunion?! What are people up to? If possible, it would also be nice to see Dan and Caroline, again, before they head to India (in just 7 days..!!)

Also--I was wondering--- what are people's schedules over the holidays?! When do you go on holidays, Sherry?

Signed,
Alone with an effed up computer in Hammytown.

message to charlie and anyone who knows about computers

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 17:14:03 GMT

Hey. I don't know if you remember but the other day you sent me a link, via msn messenger, that had my like_i_said address and the word "profile" in the link. You asked me, "Is this you?" When I clicked onto the link my computer went completely haywire, I got messages that windows files had been replaced by unrecognized files, etc. I cannot log onto messenger anymore, I cannot log on to any email, I cannot even get into my word documents. I'm not sure what is up with that link but something in it corrupted my computer big time. What was the link for? I'm trying to retrace my steps and I'm trying to remember all of the messages that popped up afterwards. One message I did get suggested that I reinstall Windows. Do you or does anyone know if all of my word documents, saved on hard drive, will be erased if I reinstall windows? If I reinstall windows does that mean I have to reinstall every program I have? I am especially concerned because this computer belongs to my sister and she had a lot of saved files that could be erased.

Also--I want to call someone for technical support... Should I be calling the Future Shop, where my sister bought the computer, Bell Sympatico, with whom she has High Speed, or Microsoft?! Any suggestions? For some reason I can still log on to livejournal so please post here and not via email (since I can't access it).

Sun, 27 Nov 2005 22:10:56 GMT

Well, I am feeling road-weary and over-hungover but I am pleased to be slowly sliding back into the hot and beautiful K-W social scene again (thanks to some great tried and true friends); that is, I am so pleased to be back in baby's arms... back in the arms of the tender and loving BB's.

There is something so fantastic when people "get" each other's sense of humour...and something so fantastic about sharing rare likenesses and yet maintaining certain distinctnesses between friends. Ok, I admit, Dan and I were reminiscing about the long-forgotten BB group marriage last night in the darker hours at the Jane Bond.

I feel safe and protected when I am around Caroline, Dan, Al, Sherry, and Ellie! And it's been a long time since I've felt that way! Thanks for the loving.

Fri, 25 Nov 2005 17:31:03 GMT

Yo! I just wanted to let ya'll know that I will be in Waterloo tonight (Friday). More specifically, I will probably be at the Starlight for a wee while, hanging with my sister and her friends, but I would love to hook up with any luscious K-W folk who are interested in a drink and sexy talk there or anywhere else in the region. Email, post, or call me if you be any interested. Cell phone is best way to reach me after 7pm--I do believe that Caroline has the number.

FYI, I, too, just saw Walk the Line. For some reason, I didn't expect it to be a love story. Duh. Very sweet romance between June Carter and Johnny but Mr. Cash didn't seem like a very good daddy to his other kids! The movie was great and Joaquin and Reese--they be good actors in this one!

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:57:27 GMT

Tanzania, Guyana, Mexico, or various places in Europe? Where would you go?

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:23:37 GMT

I handed in the first draft of my SSHRCC proposal to my referees. I have two meetings this week to discuss. Every couple of hours I think the proposal isn't half bad for a first draft but all of the minutes in between are filled with massive self-doubt and sheer panic.

I am flying home soon (and I'll be in the O province for a few months til all of my PHd apps are out and I've decided where I want to travel). WHERE SHOULD I GO? WHAT SHOULD I DO?

I have started looking at one-way westjet flights. I'm coming home sometime between Nov 1 and 10th. feeling excited but nervous. it's weird to leave edmonton as I am so used to it in some ways. I am also afraid that I will forget something and leave it in storage.

I've already had a shitty thing happen--- I put all of my stuff in storage downtown after having saved a few essential files to disk (i am an idiot and STILL save most of my stuff to the hard drive) including an essay or two I want to work on for submission to journals, my CV, my MA project, etc. Well--for some reason the shit didn't save. So now I have to root through storage, find the hard drive and appropriate cords, and take it back to theo's to properly save shit. argh. so annoying.

living with theo isn't too bad. i thought we would fight more than we do. we still have the same problems as before but I thought it would be exacerbated by my moving in and it's no worse.

OPEN QUESTION: should I leave all of my cds here in storage and just get used to my sister's cds and mix cds, or an Ipod for a year? OR should i mail all of them back? OR should i just take some back? I have way too many to put on a plane. if i only take some i have no idea which ones to bring back. WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

I miss youse so much.
I hope ya'll had a great thanksgiving dinner without too many family fights :)
peace.

ps hope the party at tina's was fly. wish i could've been there.

Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:31:03 GMT

I bought tricoloured tortellini the other day--you know, the fresh, expensive stuff that you can't leave for too long. I also bought expensive rose sauce to go with it.

After the SSHRC meeting this morning I felt exhausted and hungry. I came home and decided I would treat myself and have the pasta for lunch rather than supper. I filled a pot with water, I stabbed the package open with a knife. I dug my hands inside and I was about to drop the delicious pasta into the water when I realized that the package read "BEEF-stuffed tricoloured tortellini". Noooooooooo! I wasn't impressed. I ate crappy Campbell's tomato rice soup instead.

In other news, Brad Pitt was spotted at Julio's Barrio last week -- this is a Mexcian restaurant on Whyte Ave ---which is about 10 mins from my house.

Brad, Angelina, and Maddox were spotted at Galaxy World in the West Edmonton
Mall yesterday. I was going to go there yesterday to look for shoes. What are the chances? Galaxy World is the area of the Mall where you can find the world-famous indoor rollercoaster and other other rides. Onlookers overheard Maddox call Brad "Daddy." Yep, you heard it here folks. You can't get this stuff from the magazines.