The Lazy-Brilliant Kind

I kinda knew I had made 'the list' by looking at my grades and such but today I received a letter from my school informing my that I made the all important, prestigious 'Dean's Honor List'. I'm sure some other readers probably made the list too, but considering that my study habits have not changed since high school, some of you might be shocked by such news. I think my ottawa friends found me to be quite a bit studious and nerdy. Yet compared to my GTAer friends, I hardly ever study and probably seem like a total slacker... a slacker that shops A LOT! lol. There are probably a few people out there who wouldn't think I would make this list and doubt that I ever made the honor role in school, and there are probably others who would never have doubted this accomplishment and think I'm a workaholic. Whichever view you have taken in the past probably needs some fixing. The truth is that I am both a super studious nerd and a lazy dumb blonde.

Graduation

Fellow high schooler friends, one year ago on today, june 29th, we graduated from PETHS.
Is this where you thought you would be? It may have only been one year, and i'm pretty much happy with the past 360 something days... Call me in another year and we'll see if i'm still as pleased.

I had this really wacky idea a few days ago about how I wanted to spend tonight. I thought it would be super awesome if I reinacted what we had done a year ago tonight, with the same people of course. (aka bubble tea, games, and bowling). My thought was that every year on june 29th, we do that and thus we could be starting a little tradition. Cool plan... except that I have to work 2mora, and staying out that late isn't a good idea. Plus nobody else has gone for the plan and I can't even remember everyone I hung out with that night.

Happy one year anniversary of graduation!

The Luckiest Magic Frog

Today at work, I was carrying some plants down an aisle and thus couldn't really see the floor. In the middle of this aisle, little did I know, was something about the size of a pop can, but much softer. I accidentally kicked it with my foot (remember, I couldn't see it cuz of the plants in the way). I happened to kick it right into my path again and then accidentally stepped on it with my other foot. It made a crack! WAIT - WHAT! I turned around and there was a squished frog. I figured it was just some dead frog so I keep walking down the aisle because my plants are heavy and I planned to come right back to remove the frog from the middle of the aisle. But as I am walking away, I see the flat frog re-inflate itself. Gross! I think nothing of it, but when I come back to move the dead frog, it turns out to be alive and I see it hop off under one of the stands. Somehow, either kicked, stepped on and flattened frogs don't die, or this was a magic frog that is now pissed at my attempt to take it's life and is plotting to come after me.

After the frog incident I was more than a bit jumpy. I made sure I could always see the path infront of me, and that it was clear of any frog like shapes. lol. There are lots of birds around but when I saw one after my frog incident it made me jump like crazy cuz i thought it was a jumping frog. ah!

30 years ago today...

Happy Anniversary CN Tower!
The CN tower is 30 today!

Day Off!

Good morning! This weekend seemed to go by so fast. Saturday I had to work all day, and then Sunday I hung out with my grandmother downtown. She bought me lunch out and then we did some shopping (guess were i got my love for that from... lol.) Annoyingly she really wanted me to pick out something that I liked for her to buy me, but there were no really good stores around and I couldn't find anything both grandmother approved and that I liked... by the end she got really tired of me being so picky so she sat at the front of the store and set me loss to pick something out... instead I called Tacky, as I wandered though the store, and asked her what I should do. lol. In the end I went back to her and told her I didn't find anything. I don't think she was too happy about that.... meh... we went back to her place and hung out with my aunt's dog.

I have discovered something while working about different races. Before I say the following, I don't intend to be racist and I realize there are always acceptions to the rules, but it just seems that a lot of people from the same race act the same. Okay, so I have noticed that asian people will rarely ask me a question if I am looking down or am really busy. When they do ask me, they are always super sweet and patient. If I don't know the answer, they don't want me to do more work to find the answer for them, they tell me that they will find out for themselves. The only problem with asians is that are the hardest to understand. (ex: 'strubury tee' = Strawberry bush, and 'roosebury' = raspberry). Middle eastern people are totally different, they are more agressive and get so mad at me if I don't know the answer. They expect a lot more from me and seem in such a hurry. Caucasians and african americans are in the middle... some caucasians can be really difficult but others are very pleasant. meh... these are just my thoughts... ta ta!

happy birthday to you...

HAPPY 19th BDAY Heather S!!!
Enjoy the benefits of being legal - i know you will!

My Thumb isn't Green!

I highly doubt that i'll ever have a green thumb since gardening isn't exactly my greatest passion... and it's FAR from a forte, but yesterday after work I bought a fuchsia flower. They are annuals (thus don't come back the following year) and I'm still trying to figure out is they like the sun or the shade more. Anywys, the picture beside is exactly how my plant looks, only probably not as healthy... it only has two blossoms on it. I call my plant 'fuchsia baby' cuz i wanted to give it a name, but not actually name it since it's not an animal. lol. Fuchsia Baby is the first flower I have officially bought for myself, although I have been given many little trees as a child that have all died. I don't know if I have what it takes to take care of Fuchsia Baby, but we shall see.

I like to SLEEP

mmmmm... lately life has been a lot about work. Wake up, go to work, come home, sleep, wake up, go to work, come home, sleep.... Amazingly I am getting the least amount of sleep ever. Honestly, I am soooo tired from waking up at 4:45am every day!! I just can't get my regular 8-10 hours of beautiful sleep since going to bed around 9:00pm is just sad - plus it's still light out and that just doesn't help (lol - tacky! It's not even dusk!)

Anyways, today is a day off from work. It feels great being able to sleep in all the way to nine o'clock! (techincally that's four hours more than usual, thus it seems crazy!) wow... my like is pathetic! But i'm not going to think about that. Today is about laughing in my bro's face b/c he has an exam (it's exam week for h.s.ers)... nawwww... not really. It's about doing absolutely nothing! I'm not even shopping today! (*gaps*) - scandelous, I know. But maybe i'll go work on that tan! ta ta!

Recent Philosophizing

My cherished readers,
Lately I have had many thoughts about the world I would like to share with you. First of all, when you make a mistake (me and paws' accident) there is a lot of trouble involved in making up for it, but it is worth it and needs to be done in order to move on.

Secondly, I have learned from working so far that shopping is not for everyone. I was meant to shop in life, and I love it so much, but some people out there (mostly guys) were not meant to be shoppers. This is fine b/c not everyone can be a shopper and live like myself. I'm just saying that those who are not shoppers, should not harass the innocent workers of a store for something they have little control over. If you are not meant to shop... DO IT ONLINE!

Thirdly, shopping is so much more than spending money and looking at clothes/accessories(...). When I shop, I learn so much from my friends. We share secrets we have learned, we tell each other about our lives, and we philosophize. We come to terms with how the world works by hearing the stories of others and relating them to our own. Thus shopping really is so much more than I make it seem, it's a revelational experience (at least for myself). Today I went shopping with Sharon at super awesome far mall (VM). Only bought a tank top and lunch, but she helped me come to terms with some stuff and I hope I helped her in a small way too.

♥Paws♥

Yesterday was one of the lowest days ever. I hurt the only thing I ever loved. Now it's going to cost me thousands of dollars to fix it. I admit that it was 100% my fault. I can't believe I scratched her up so badly. I'm so sorry paws, please forgive me. If I try to fix you, can we put it in the past and pretend that it never happened? I'm soooooo low right now.... you just sit there glaring at me... I can't afford to fix you right now... I don't know what to do. The damage will never go away, even when I fix it, I can't forget hurting you. I love you paws!

How Early Did You Wake Up?

My first week was evil! I worked 10 hours a day. This week of work isn't so bad, only 8 hours per day. It actually seems like nothing right now. lol. Today was my first eight hours and by the end, I was like, "wow! I get to come home so soon!" YES! However, this shift means I have to start my day earlier. Really REALLY Early!!!! I start work at six a.m!! Meaning I have to be awake by at least four fifty. THAT'S INSANE! I'm sooo not a morning person! All I have to say is that at least there is like no traffic at that time... lol. So yah, I work from six until two. Meaning I get off at a good time but I have to wake up while it's still kinda dark. not too cool. meh.

w.o.r.k. i.s. h.e.l.l.

Well, at least by the end of the summer I'll know something about flowers...

*insert your fav. swear word here!*

K, so my parents really wanted me to get a job. I half tried, mostly to have something to do, cuz trying meant I could go shopping at the same time. I never thought that any of my attempts would actually lead to anything. Curses! Now I have a job and have to do manual labour! Like seriously!*insert your fav. swear word here!*. I knew I needed a job to pay for my lifestyle, but I was so happy not having one and being able to do whatever I wanted whenever I wanted to. ggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... I guess bad things do happen b/c of 666. lol. All I have to say is that I'm working now and I'll actually have to make plans around this. meh. At least now I'll have money to waste if I decide to go down to Montréal with my m-ham friends.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I ACTUALLY GOT THE JOB!

Going Through Old Films...

If I wrote an entry every single time I went shopping, some of you would probably die of boredom or would be seriously freaked out about me. While I have been keeping up with my shopping habits, I just haven't been writing down each adventure.

Lately my bro and I have been looking through all these old movies that my parents made from 1992-1996 with our old camera. They feature footage of us at school concerts, major holidays and birthdays, or just on vacation. The picture on the side is of me (with my bro in the back) in 1994 on Christmas eve as we were headed down the stairs to leave out milk & cookies for Santa and a carrot for his reindeer. When I found this particular part of the film, I stopped it and realised how little I really changed. My hair is like in the exact same style, although it was much more naturally blonde back then. lol. To me at least I look the same, just older now. Ry on the other hand looks completely different! Whatever though! I thought you just might like to see an older pic of me instead of what I look like at this second.

Toes

Last night it rained like crazy. Total thunderstorm! In fact, my power was out for two full hours and the TVs + Internet wouldn't work for another 1/2 hour after the power came back on. The power went off at dinner time so that gave us something to do, but afterwards I noticed my laptop was low on batteries, and I didn't run it dry, so I asked my equally bored bro to do my nails for me. That was the second time he ever did my nails. The first time was years ago, after I had promised to show them to my friends cuz they looked so cool, but sadly I kept forgetting to so he never wanted to do my nails. My bro's a little artist, the picture doesn't show how cool they are. Some are purple with yellow stripes, and every other ones are turquoise with red dots.

Today I had a job interview with a garden center. It went pretty well I guess. Although he had a thick chinese accent and I didn't catch certain words. Some of the questions were hard but I survived. I think I have a fair chance at getting the job.