oio_jane

I just don't feel like posting anything that you guys would find interesting.

Endless adulations upon MJ the legend.

That's about all I can muster...

-Janexxa (ha, can you imagine if that was my name? as if I don't already get enough people going, 'that's your name? wtf?' ooh ho ho ho)

Even still!

I can't believe I've fallen for the Michael Jackson hype but I totally have. I have absolutely fallen in love with Michael Jackson since he has died! I'm surprised mainly because I would have expected that I'd be completely annoyed by this being the only freaking thing on any entertainment news aggragator. On the contrary I'm eating it all up. 

The one good thing that has come of it is that I have actually discovered Michael Jackson. Whereas before the only songs I really knew were the major Jackson 5 ones and "Thriller" and whatever song they feature heavily in the film Center Stage. Now I've got this entire playlist of new songs which are AWESOME.  

( My MJ Playlist )

But my favourite thing about MJ is watching him dance. Tracking down videos of him performing live has me up until the wee hours of the morning, I'm absolutely stunned and addicted. I don't think I've ever been so excited while watching a video on a tiny screen in my room in Ontario as when I watched this video here: www.youtube.com/watch (which I proceeded to watch thrice) I mean, I like the song even, but its the beginning bit and the end bit that I just watch over and over and drool over. Man had moves!

Anyways, I'll try not to bore you in the future, but one more thing I'd like to ponder: how unpopular would I be if I stated that I thought Justin Timberlake was nothing more than a cheap Michael Jackson knockoff? Don't care! That's what I think! Nyah Nyah!

Sooo tomorrow I have to write an essay. I'm giving myself a deadline of 8 or 9 pm so that I can have a lovely evening watching a film perhaps.

Good night, I'm going to beat it (that will never happen again, I swear, although at lunch today my Mum and I just inserted lyrics from that song wherever we possibly could. I'm glad she at least shares my fascination and appreciation).

My Tumblr account:

http://itsmejanessa.tumblr.com/

Watched City Lights with my family tonight, we all loved it. I was perusing the DVD set just now and it is choc-a-block FULL of special features. I've never seen these kinds of features on a silent film, even a lately released one. Its pretty epic. I can't wait until I have time to watch them!!!!

I had a banner week. It helped that I turned 21 in it. But that's getting ahead of myself.

Sunday: Sunday was awesome! I was supposed to work on my essay all day, and instead I didn't work on it a smidge. Instead I got all dressed up and spent the day outdoors. Oh yeah, and I drank a lot. I don't know why actually. But I had two screwdrivers before lunch and then made of pitcher of iced tea and had like, 4 T&Vs. It wasn't like I was leaving home or anything. The day was so great. It was so beautiful outside so I went out and tanned, (oh, so I did work on my essay somewhat, because I read the two texts that I was writing on, TWICE). And I initiated an epic water fight with my mum and later enlisted Gracie's help on my side. Trouble is I was the only one with a water gun so I kind of had the greatest advantage. Mum got me in the end with ice cubes though. Shoulda seen that one coming. Dad and Mum gardened all day and Gracie was studying. At night we all watched JCVD which I've mentioned before. I love that movie a little bit. They all liked it too! Yay. Then I probably watched some episodes of Peep Show (British sitcom 2003-present which Fast has totally gotten me hooked on).

Monday: DID manage to work on my essay some. I think.  I don't actually remember what went on on Monday now that I think about it. We had my birthday dinner on Monday because I had to work on Tuesday. I had hamburgers (my fave) and salad. And I got to open my nifty gifties. I got a few books, one that I had asked for (Oscar Wilde: A Life in Letters) one that I didn't want (cookbook, long story) and one was a gift from Dave who owns Silver Screen in NOTL (A Fellini Lexicon)! I also got City Lights, one of about 3 or 4 Chaplin movies that I'm really interested in seeing. And its a great two disc edition. Exciting. And I got season one of Flight of the Conchords from Esther but I already own it...so I don't know what to do. And I got money from my Oma S. which I used to buy Toy Story and JCVD. ;) Scooted to class. It wasn't as bad as week one, thank GOODNESS. 

Tuesday: Did a lot of work-but-not-really on my essay. Sighhhh. Instead worked at the plant for a longer spell than usual. Mostly sat around and glowed about being 21 all day. I can't remember what else happened on Tuesday, oh, Oma R called me on my cell phone (awkward...). Um, went to work. I was fine all week about having to work on my birthday, I didn't think it would be a big deal at all, otherwise I would have booked it off, etc, but I didn't have plans so I didn't. But it turned out to be a major bummer. I was so bummed out all night, I would have rather been basically ANYwhere else. I did get a birthday card & gift from my boss, and Linda (the woman who brought me chili last week) came in and wished me a big happy birthday, and another man bought me an ice cream bar (I turned it down, but I regretted having done so later). Then I for some reason was just exhausted, I think when I came home I just went to bed.

Wednesday: Finished my essay at the very last minute (like noon) then Gracie and I went to the plant for a few hours and pulled in some work. Good stuff. Then I drove Gracie home, made us some lunch and then went to the mall to get my Father's Day gift (I'm proud of this one, he went on about this book "Outliers" ages ago and I remembered!) Then went to Shay's. Did some of the readings, she made us dinner and we went to class. Handed in our essays (huzzah!) and we skipped out on the second half of lecture. This was bad, and we didn't do it at all in the first half. But he spent the first hour of lecture without talking about the readings...and it annoyed the hell out of both of us, so during break we just skipped out. I was glad I did it. When I got home I decided to grant myself a spa night (as a reward for skipping? I don't remember the logic. Oh yes, now I do. Its that strange euphoria when you've finished an essay that all of the sudden you're on top of the world and you don't have any deadlines and you don't remember that you will again sometime, for the moment there's nothing hanging over you.) SO I set myself up a tray of all my nail stuff, my teeth stuff, my facial stuff, my new bubble bath, my screwdriver (I don't usually like them, but I got some Absolut Citron a few weeks ago, and its better) and my book for school. I had just gotten into my housecoat when EJ came by! She brought me a bday gift (raspberry sambuca, weird) and visited for about half an hour. It was so sweet. So I tried the rasp sambuca, its quite strong. So I had my lovely bath, did all my spa stuff, brought in a softer light for the bathroom and listened to my "Prisoner of Azkaban" soundtrack, it was quite idyllic! (Oh did I mention I'm OBSESSED with Harry Potter right now? Not..even...funny). Went up to bed.

Thursday: Spent all morning reading Badlands new book for class. Its alright. Not quite as good as The Imperialist if you ask me, but easier to read. Grace and I went to the plant for a few hours again (yay productivity) and then I came home and called my Oma S to thank her for the gift (and because she had called on my bday while I was at work, she was still so thrilled that Sunshine and I visited her two weeks ago) and called Dave and did the same. GOT TICKETS IN THE MAIL FOR THE WHITE LIES CONCERT IN TORONTO SEPTEMBER 26! Thrilling. Also got a letter in the mail which told me that I'd received an award from Brock! Something to the effect of: "Dear Janessa, congratulations! I am pleased to inform you that you have been selected to recieve the L. Amy Kerr Book Prize, awarded to a student in any year in Film Studies or Dramatic Arts or Visual Arts, who has displayed strength in academics and participation in the university community." YAY! That's $250 coming my way in the fall :D I was pretty pleased. It was also cool because the award was dated for June 16 :) Sweet. Thursday we had dinner as a family and then I went to work. Work was alright, I kept busy even though it was a pretty quiet night.

Friday: :D I think I'll wait to post about Friday until I hear about Leanne's thoughts on 'A Bit of Fry & Laurie'

Saturday: Some housework this morning, mostly gushing about Friday (I'm such a dork!) with my folks, then doing this. Sunshine and Tyler are coming for lunch and then I'm going to work! I get to go in half an hour later (even though I'll get paid for the full 8 hours) because I was a doll and went in early last week so the girl I was taking over for could get to some do on time.

xoxox JaneSSA

June
1. Was the sickest I've ever been. (On my birthday last year.)
2. Survived a month of eating via syringe, watermelon head and lots of lovely drugs.
3. Kicked the coffee habit (only to have it return when school recommenced).
4. Got into Coronation Street (again, a habit that ended when school began).
July
5. Organized a camping trip to Byng Park (which I might never do again).
6. Went to my first midnight show (Batman: Dark Knight).
7. The Great Queen Street Adventure in Toronto with Grace.
8. Coldplay Live! I was a metre away...maybe the COOLEST thing in 2008.
August
9. Radiohead Live! Awesome show.
September
10. Discovered Buster Keaton in my Film Research Methods class (Sept. 8)
11. Got my first cell phone (and I still love it).
12. Went to my first club.
13. Got Gracie into Harry Potter :P
14. Began going to Coffee Culture (with Laura).
October
15. Nuit Blanche in Toronto!
16. Got drunk but still managed to turn down drugs at my first "college house party".
November
17. First moviefest with my aunt and her husband in Fergus.
18. Went to a live show at Mansion House.
December
19. Smoked cigarettes for the first time (and technically the last time, since I haven't smoked them since).
January
20. Started volunteering at BUFS.
21. Brought my mum with me to class at uni.
February
22. Discovered Little Dorrit.
March
23. Braces off! After 11 years...all done.
24. 3 in 1 - went to my first art house cinema (in T.O.,) went to an official 'Spaced' marathon at said cinema, met director Edgar Wright at said marathon! Truly amazing experience.
25. Lost my Opa Rustenburg.
April
26. Got a position on the C.P.C.F. Executive Team for 2009/2010 as Senior Blog Editor.
27. First time going to Kensington Market in Toronto.
May
28. Went to see Franz Ferdinand at Kool Haus in T.O.!
29. Got my G2!
30. Booked a trip to NYC!

from where I left off.

Tuesday

Seems it must have been particularly boring. Worked for my dad at some point in the day, worked at avondale 4-11...went to Shay's afterwards and was there for an hour and then went home. Had a strange encounter with a guy on the drive home. Strange place to meet someone, past midnight on a drive home.

Wednesday

worked for my dad in the morning, then went to Laura's for a cuppa tea and slice o'pie and to see her new room. LOVES! Chatted about odds'n'ends and I left for Shay's. Picked up Shay and drove to my place, watched more of Toy Story and then ate dinner with the family. Did the dishes and then went to class. It was particularly dreadful because we had seminar (and we have our prof for our TA once more, but this time its not sweet and funny Shannon but annoying and obscure Duncan. Gr) where I no longer felt like one half of the popular "Toxic Twosome" but I felt like a dunce. Gr. Class wasn't much better. Luckily we have some people to share shadowy knowing glances with during the lecture. Keith, Lani, Brianne, etc. Oh boy, wrote a classic episode of Stuffy Elevator during lecture though. Wish Shay had posted it on FB but she's got more on her plate than I do at present perhaps. Went home...can't remember what I did when I got there. Oh yes, watched an episode of "Peep Show". Or two.

Thursday

did my school readings all morning (was surprised that it took all morning) and then went to work at my dad's for 5 hours. (more like 4) then drove home, scarfed down some dinner and went to work at A-dale until 11. Came home and watched more "Peep Show"

Friday

decided on which texts to use for my essay (mostly by rereading and reorganizing the texts) had lunch at Swiss Chalet with Alex, then walked to DQ (she and Anneka are seeking employment there) and then spent an hour in Chapters. Lovely visit. Dropped her off, nipped into Shopper's (can't remember what for) and then went to work early so I could a) pay off my tab and b) do at least one of my jobs early so I could get them all done. Customer brought me dinner, it was very sweet. Shay and Paul (her bf) ended up coming at around 9:45 and were there for an hour, so I closed pretty late. Watched multiple episodes of "Peep Show" when I got home.

Saturday

dad woke me up (this is odd, he never wakes me up, rarely enters my room...in fact nobody ever wakes me up) with coffee. I started underlining, hilighting stuff in my texts for my essay and then was surprised because parents decided to take us all out for breakfast at Angel's diner (the occasion: my birthday) which was splendid. I had eggs benedict :) Screw you diet! (mine WAS the only one to come with fresh fruit though :) got home and worked some more on my texts (read: watched copious amounts of HPB hype...CAN NOT WAIT) then I'll be going to work again. Was a little disappointed because I was only going to work until 7 because Jenn wanted the other half of my shift and (for the sake of my essay, and also my sanity, I've had a 37 hr work week, plus 7hrs of school, me tiiired) I was happy to let her have it, but she texted me this morning to say she couldn't do it after all. Then I asked her if she wanted my Tuesday shift and she said she couldn't do it. Which means I have to work on my birthday. Its ok, I was already resigned to that, because I've been scheduled there for a few weeks now. I just didn't bother to book it off, its not like I had plans anyways.

Still trying to work out camping. So far I can't get the friday night off which puts a wrench in things. Alex's mum might be able to drive us up saturday (that's IF she ends up coming) otherwise it might not happen. Mum'n'dad were entertaining the idea of going up there for the day and dropping me off with you lot, but I think they're reconsidering that too. Bah. It would be nice if it could work out, but for now I'm resigning myself to the possibility that it might not.

Really excited for the midnight show of HPB. Wonder when tix will go on sale for that. Also wondering if anybody is interested in going to the carnival in port with me on Canada day for $25. I don't mind paying the $25 for unlimited rides, but the trouble is, I can't find anyone else yet with matched enthusiasm. Also, Alex and I are haphazardly planning a day at CWL, we've decided Sunday would be the best day of the week, any takers? We'd love it if we could get a car from Niagara and a car from Waterloo. :) We could meet there in the morning, leave there at night, if we left around 8 we wouldn't get back to our homes too too late, you'd be fine for school/work monday morning. Puweeze.

…Don’t wanna stay in one spot, another day of monotony
Has gotten me to the point, I’m like a snail
I’ve got to formulate a plot before I end up in jail or shot
Success is my only motherfucking option, failure’s not
Mom, I love you, but this trailer’s got to go
I cannot grow old in Salem’s lot
So here I go is my shot.
Feet fail me not cause this maybe the only opportunity that I got…

...for a new Tumblr account name.

I'm looking to you guys (who are all creative) for help.

Ideal qualifications:

6-18 characters
Doesn't have my name in it
Says something about me

I'm feeling particularly uninspired. Currently it sits at "itsmejanessa" but that's dreadfully dull and to be honest I stole it off another blogger whose blog I used to follow before discovering they were an imposter.

So...help.

Lessons from Janessa"

This is the name of the new book series I'm going to start writing. I think I have ample experience.

Step 1 - Be in the "outcast" group in highschool, just long enough to be unfit for any self-respecting highschool boy to want to date you, but not so long that you don't understand that you want to date. 

Step 2 - Maintain insecurities that cause you to believe that any boy who is flirting with you is either a) patronizing you or b) cruelly mocking you. Because even though more often than not this is not an accurate take on the situation, if this is what you perceive to be going on you will undoubtedly freeze up or emanate icy vibes to let the offender know they should back off. I am guilty of this callous behavior just about anytime some guy I don't know pays any attention to me whatsoever.

Step 3 - Even if you do *gasp* like a boy, make sure everybody who will listen hears that you don't like said person. This will undoubtedly do irreversible damage to the fledgling relationship. Well done you.

Step 4 - Have the appearance of being unappealing*. Glasses? You can do better. Braces? You're getting there. Pale skin? You're almost there. Overweight? Yes! All of the above? Yes! Yes! Yes! You have what it takes to repel boys! (Obviously I will give some leeway on this one. After all, not all boys are as shallow as I believe them to be, and some boys - sick perverted ones - prefer fat girls...I believe the term is "chubby chaser" a word that makes me shudder.)

Step 5 - Don't go out to places that you might come into standard social contact with members of the opposite sex. Why would you go out to a club on a Saturday night if you could instead spend it at your part time job earning minimum wage and serving people you don't give a rat's ass about? Or better yet, you could stay home with your family and watch equally meaningless television, you could read a book (you were an "outcast" after all) or watch a movie, on your own, in your room. You may think that avoiding all contact with the opposite sex would render steps 1-4 irrelevant and you'd be right. If you want to pick only one of the five steps to use as a failsafe, choose this one, it renders the others useless. In effect you only need them in emergencies.

I deleted my Tumblr account after only 5 posts. Truth is I don't need another blog-type thing. 

I failed to to a recount of my week on Saturday because I was abroad (in this case meaning in the hicksville my sister calls home, where the breezes of WiFi are sketchy at best). I guess I could do it today but I have a feeling I've forgotten some things. I'll make up for this week as well then I suppose.

Sunday (May 31)

Woke up early, but I'm not sure why, because it was mid-morning by the time I actually started working on my essay. Decided to do it outside, you know, in the Canadian wilds, to inspire my Canadian lit essay. It did work actually, I got 3 pages of solid text from intro to paragraph three done (single-spaced, so even without the conclusion and quotes it was long enough) and though I'd only worked an hour I saw that as sufficient for one day. Besides, I'd gotten it all out, all that was left was tightening, adding and formal stuff. This turns out to be a better way to write the essay (all in one go, rather than bits and pieces at a time) which really does make sense. We had a big lunch which put a damper in the dinner we had planned (bbq-ed shish kebabs) so dinner ended up being late and simpler (fresh bread and dips). I know I was watching movies and/or television but at this point I've forgotten what. We ate dinner together and then separated again? (At this point I'm making stuff up to fill in gaps). Chatted online and watched "The Hills" finale. Didn't disappoint.

Monday

Slept in, thank the Lord Leanne texted me at 10:30 because I then had an hour to get ready for lunch with Oma R. Met Oma at Swiss Chalet in the Pen at noon and we had lunch together. I'm horrible in awkward situations. Oma was in good spirits to begin with, she had been shopping most of the morning and was telling me about some of the clothes she'd tried on, and a CD she'd bought, my cousins planned honeymoon to Greece, it was pretty girly. I had to talk about stuff on my hand, luckily I had stuff to talk about, like school, work, and my trip to NYC. This way I could avoid subjects like Saturday's mix-up, and Sunshine. *sigh* I was wearing the bracelet Sunshine got me in Mexico on her honeymoon but I felt compelled to lie and say I forgot where it came from when she asked about it because I didn't want to bring Sunshine up. Families, eh? I got two birthday cards, one from Oma which was simple, and one from Opa which was complicated. I don't know how to react to that sort of thing (Opa's card contained an inheritance cheque) and what's worse she began to well up and I felt I should do the same, but failed so I bit my lip instead and shoved the card in my purse, eager to move on. Many subjects of conversation turned to Opa of course, which is less awkward, in fact its nice to be able to talk about him (she doesn't cry everytime you talk about him, thankfully). Anyways, I guess if I talked all about that this post would double in size. After lunch we parted ways, I was feeling particularly depressed and so I cried and cried as I drove through western hill and called my mom and vented and calmed down. Then (as Oma S. taught me to do) I went shopping for a little bit before going to Shay's, to make me feel better. I spent some money. I got an iPod adaptor for my parent's car for my drive to St Marys and I got some iced tea and a tumbler at Starbucks, and treated Shay and me to some Starbucks too. Then I drove to Shay's, did the readings for that night's class and watched One Tree Hill (I hate that show). Because we were discussing The Imperialist in class that night she decided to have us each take on two chapters and summarize, hit on the key themes, etc, and then present to the class. It was really helpful actually, and we got an hour-long "work period" to leave the classroom and work on it. Oh. The night of the White Lies mishap. Grrr! I want Shay to remain in your good graces while you have yet to meet her, so I won't go on about this CD. I can just about forgive/forget it anyways at this point. After having boiled it out with various members of my family polling their opinions, I've decided I was in the right, but its best not to dwell on the matter.

Tuesday

Finished my essay on time (by noon, the deadline I'd given myself) Dad had told me I didn't have to work for him that day so that I could finish it. This meant I now had three whole hours of free time! So I did what any girl like me would do, I popped in a movie. Hook. Such a great flick! I have always loved that one. 2.5 hours later mom came home just as my movie was finishing, I cleaned my room and got ready for work. Work was...uneventful? Slightly busy. 

Wednesday

Printed off my essay, got up early to go to work (for my dad) early, but this was apparently needless because he needed me an hour less than I had previously thought. That's alright, its nice actually. Instead of going straight to work to get Alex and then going straight to Shay's I could go home first after work and SHOWER. Always a lovely luxury. So I did that, noodled around online for a little bit, and called up Joe Feta's to order lunch for Shay and I. Then I went to pick up Alex who had an "uncomfortable" doctor's appointment around the corner from her house. I really didn't mind driving her seeing as I can count on one hand the number of times I've seen her since she's been back *sob-but-not-really*. And I needed to be on Lake St. anyways to pick up take out. Drove to Shay's. Around 2. Provided Shay with ample texts on the way to let her know at various points how long I'd be yet and still when I got there she just woke up. She's an odd one. Turns out though that she had been up until 5am finishing her essay. And it doesn't take her long to wake up. So I went upstairs and started putting our plates together (Joe Feta's has a great take-out only deal which includes a mass of greek salad, garlic bread, 2 gyros and 2 pops for $14! deal!) which she finished doing because I feel slightly out of place in her kitchen. I grabbed the kitties and flopped down on the upstairs couch and watched some TV (I watch Much at her house) and we ate and laughed at music videos. I did the reading for the night and she tried to finish reading The Imperialist but failed. Hit up Starbucks on the way (she treated) and then to class for the night. Handed in our essays. Not much else, last lecture! Watched half of Toy Story when I got home.

Thursday (June 4 = Sunshine&Tyler's 4-year anniversary)

Should have studied all morning but instead made different covers for my new Starbucks create-your-own Tumbler (my favourite one so far is the Buster Keaton one, obviously) then at some point in the mid-morning Laura came over for tea but we decided, spontaneously to go out to Strega instead seeing as we hadn't been there in ages. Construction in St Kitts SUCKS! Grr. So we went to Strega's for brunch and had funky bagel sandwiches and desserts/caffeinated drinks (their creme brulee is a work of art). Then we decided to...get a parking ticket. My first parking ticket! I got it for parking the wrong way on a one-way street. OH well. Went straight to city hall to pay it off and then returned Laura to her home. Went to work. It was pouring which made it less busy and more messy. I didn't get all my chores done (because there were too many and it was busy at the wrong times) but I didn't worry too much about it because I woudn't be working for the next 4 days so I figured she'd forget about the stuff I did wrong by the time I went in next. We'll see. Finished Toy Story when I got home.

Friday

Spent most of the day studying haphazardly. Got about a good 2 hours of studying in before going to Shay's. Picked her up so we could study at school (we seem to achieve very little at her house) which proved very helpful. We went down to the pool/gym and studied on a bench outside there. Keith came and waxed on about how he disliked the course and how creepy the prof may or may not have been. Studied hearty. We were good on who wrote what at least. Then wrote the exam. Took me 2.5 hours but I got it done. Got my mark for my last essay (72% still not great, but an improvement from my first essay). I think we just went home after that. Pooped. Got home and my parents were outside having a fire so I sat out there and joined them for 45 minutes. Came in, showered, had 2 shots of Absolut Citron (in coke, in two separate drinks, don't worry) cleaned my room and then packed up all my stuff before watching some Seinfeld before falling to sleep.

Saturday

Slept fitfully because I was overly excited about the weekend. Got up at 6, had coffee and breakfast and headed out silently. Great drive, I used cruise control for the first time. Nothing exciting happened, iPod adaptor worked beautifully and I got to St Marys in a little over 2 hours, around 9am. Dropped my stuff, said 'hey' to Tyler and we headed out basically right away. Went to the Superstore on the way (in London) to get flowers. Had a lovely bouquet made and then drove the better part of an hour to Sarnia. Oma loved the flowers and spent a great deal of time arranging them, turns out she worked in a flower shop in her youth and always wanted to work in one since, never knew that before. We had drinks and chatted a bit and then went out for lunch to East Side Mario's. Service was slow but lunch was pretty good. Oma and Sunshine got panini's and I got pasta (bad Janessa!) then we went to Timmie's because Oma really wanted an iced coffee. Service there was even slower. But the iced coffees were good. Chatted there for some time and then returned Oma to her house. She gave us a tour of her back garden which she had earlier described as being in a state of complete disarray, which it wasn't. Sunshine and I left, drove home and had a mega grocery shopping trip at her Superstore in London (because apparently there are multiple) I was super tired by the time we left but we ended up going to a No Frills and another store in London looking for something which she couldn't find and didn't get home until 6. I was exhausted. We made dinner & snacks and did our workout and ate and then at some point (after 8:30) popped in the first Harry Potter movie. After the first potions class with Snape I fell into a deep sleep and Sunshine had to almost knock me off the couch to wake me up. Dragged myself up the stairs and went straight to sleep.

Sunday

Woke up at around 8:30, we ate breakfast as we watched the second Harry Potter movie. After that we did a work out and then watched the third movie, halfway through I made us a snack. We went to downtown St Marys and went for a long walk/hike because there's a beautiful Lions Club walk across an old railway bride. St Marys is particularly hilly though so it was a bit of an arduous walk. Good though, a good work out. Ended our walk at Coffee Culture and had drinks and biscotti. Then hit up Canadian Tire on the way home to finally find what she had been looking for the day before (water softener salt) and then went home. Watched movie #4 and did our nails. In the next break we did one last work out and made dinner which we ate as we watched the last movie. Tyler joined us for the last movie :) I did my nails, Sunshine felt really sick because we had a bottle of Champagnade and her stomach didn't like the bubbles. Movie ended around 10:45 and we called it a night. I tried to get online but it was too slow for my patience levels so I just went to sleep instead, after packing up all my stuff.

Monday

Woke up at 7 somehow on my own. Trod downstairs and Sunshine was making us breakfast. I helped a little and we ate together on the couch. Chatted a little bit and then she had to go to work so she did. I got dressed and ready to go. Waited around for Tyler to wake up because I didn't want to leave without saying goodbye. So he did and I did. Hit up CC on the way out of town, got my coffee and was on my way. Stopped at the Gateway to Niagara in Grimsby to get gas and was jipped because it was 98.9 and when I got to the city I discovered that it was 92.8 here. Grr! Oh well. Hit up No Frills on the way home and got some chicken. Got home and was welcomed with open arms by mummy. Roasted up the chicken legs I'd bought and had a shower (ahhhhh. so nice) Unpacked and went online a little bit to let Sunshine know I got home alright. Feeling at a loss as to what I should make for dinner but oh well. Mum left and I chopped some fruits & veggies and the chicken for the salad I was making (one of the dishes Sunshine and I had on the weekend) before leaving to get to Shay's. Hung out at her place for a short while while she got ready to go because I was going to take her to Happy Rolph's. We got outside and it was raining :( Boo. Went to Superstore to pick up some things (I decided on Butter chicken) for dinner and we stopped to watch a demonstration (which ended up being 20 minutes...ugh) for a food processor. Oh well. Left and it was pouring. Got home, made coffee, hung out in the kitchen with Grace for a little while and Shay and I chopped all the veg for the stir fry. Popped in Toy Story as we waited for my parents to get home. Dad got home so we started making dinner but mum ended up coming home way later. Oh well. Dinner was fabulous! Family appreciated it muchly and I even had ice cream for dessert. Shay and I skirted to get to class an hour early and wandered around, she treated to Starbucks and we sat in our lecture hall for a half hour (different lecture hall. Its the hall where I had Documentary Cinema and Canadian Cinema earlier this year...it made me miss Film Studies deeply!) we sat with some of the people from our seminar from part one. Turns out we are all in the same seminar (score!) Class = ugh. Our new prof is completely scatter-brained and impossible to follow! Wah wah wah. I hated it actually, impossible to take notes when there's no linear thought process to follow. He didn't even choose our readings in any specific way. Gr! We both grumbled all the way home. Got home and grumbled some more. Then popped in a movie I bought used a few weeks ago, it was only $6 but I hadn't seen it and I wish now that I hadn't bought it because I know the likelihood of me watching it again is slim. That's not to say it wasn't good, it was When Did You Last See Your Father? from last year, starring Colin Firth and Jim Broadbent, two greats. But...I mean it was a father-son story of which I am neither. Oh well. Went to bed after putting up my photos from the weekend on FB.

And that's it!

Wow that took too long. Now I have to get ready for work. Ta!

Janessa

I caved and got a Tumblr account because its a little more fun.

goingoing.tumblr.com/

*sigh* laugh at me if you will. I want you guys to cave too.

I just had to make one of the most difficult decisions of my life.

I was polled as to which character was worse, Bella Swann or Vanessa Abrams.

When push came to shove I had to choose Bella, Vanessa still has the potential to win me over because she's smart and witty (though often she plays a douchebaguette) and I often share her point-of-view of events. Bella is just hopeless, useless, annoying, *insert common adjectives here*

Sunday:
I cooked a brilliant lunch for my family of Mexican lentils (you might be able to read the recipe here: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=feed&id=508492608&story_fbid=86384822608#/note.php?note_id=104282507570) it was a vegan dish and yet it was absolutely delicious. Was rather full up after that and did some reading for school. Phoned up Alex and her and I and Anneka went to the movies and saw Wolverine which was impressive. Came home and took the dog for a walk at dusk with Gracie to the lake. Waded in the water a bit and took some pictures and then waddled home (always awkward putting shoes back on when your feet/legs are wet still). Watched My Man Godfrey with the family after hyping it for quite awhile only to have the Xbox crap out on us. You've heard this story already. Got ready for bed and watched Scarlet Pimpernel and thoroughly missed Leslie Howard for the rest of the night.

Monday:
Crazy busy day. I did homework all morning and then picked up EJ at noon and we went out for lunch to Spicy Thai. It was delicious but I guess I haven't been there for lunch in awhile because I forgot that everything on the lunch menu was served with shrimp chips, soup and salad as well as being a big serving of thai food. I got the red curry (because I ever since we went there for girls night I wished I'd ordered that instead of the coconut noodles) and ate half of it and took the rest in a box. We went to DQ after that and I had my first ever Blizzard (Reese's flavour) was delicious but I only ate half of that and ended up throwing the rest out. Oh well. We went to Jumbo Video after that and rummaged through their discount bins. I got a bunch of movies on the super-cheap and then went to Basics and then dropped her back home. Went to the bank and had a flash of brilliance realizing that I had 2 hours until I had to be at Shay's I phoned up Laura and picked her up and whisked her off to Coffee Culture. Used my last "free coffee" coupon and we made up lists of what we wanted to see in NYC. Brilliant. Took her back home and drove to Shay's. Sat in her room for a few moments as we both finished the night's readings and played with the kitties. Drove to class. Boring. Drove home.

Tuesday:
Got up. Probably had coffee and emails etc. Worked at the plant for a short while and then went home and showered. Picked up Cass and we drove down to port. Ended up having lunch at Spice of Life. It was delicious but expensive and slow-service. Chatted for a long time but by the time we were done lunch I basically had to go. Dropped her back at home and then went to work. Worked with Jenn for the first hour which was fun. Kathy came in partway through the evening and was quite cheerful with me which was a delightful change of habit. Not that she isn't usually cheerful with me, but she's overworked. Work ended and there's not much more to tell there.

Wednesday:
Got up (I seem to do this daily) and went to Laura's where we *gasp* booked our hostel and plane tickets for our NYC adventure in August!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then went to the plant to work and eventually went to Shay's and watched (read: made fun of) MuchMusic for awhile while she finished the readings. We headed over to class and passed the time again. Seminar was interesting at least, and I said something in class about compromise which the professor seemed to like. Got into a feminist debate which was unexpected (it was an LM Montgomery reading) class passed tolerably well after that, she let us out an hour early so that we could do homework. I dropped off Shay and did just that. Sat in bed and read all night until I fell asleep.

Thursday:
Read for a bit while having my morning coffee and then scooted to work at the plant for a few hours before scooting back home and showering etc, and reading a lot more. I read until it was time to go to work and then I did that. Worked at A-dale 5-11. Delicious food waiting for me when I got home (I've used that adjective a lot...I guess food tastes better when you eat less of it) Another day passes.

Friday:
Got up early to finish reading The Imperialist which I spent the entire day doing. Finished it at 2pm. Just enough time to clean my room and check my email and make up a batch of green tea before going to work. Work was busy busy busy all night (despite the rain!) got home and ate dinner and had to do a weird quiz/test program thing online for work. I needed certification that I wouldn't sell things to minors. Woopee.

Saturday:
Worked on my essay a tiny bit, went through the poems again and underlined and made notes etc. Got caught up in the world of YouTube as I watched 10 or so videos of Seinfeld doing stand-up on Letterman in the 80s. Did a tiny bit of housework and then dad and I looked at maps of NYC to find out what was around our hostel. Dad and I drove to Brock and were way early so he helped me make an outline for my essay. I went in to save seats for us (oh yes, to explain, we were at Brock for a JNYO concert for Grace) and we sat through the concert, I don't know, it was probably an hour. I drove Grace home and we fought a little bit (physical fighting, just playing). I did some more non-homework until dinner. BEST BBQ HAMBURGERS EVER! So glad I waited for them. Seriously. Orgasmic. I can't say that, I've never had a real orgasm, I dont't know what one feels like. Did dishes and made my batch of tea before Mum, Gracie and I had a mini-girls night and watched You've Got Mail such a good movie. I never get sick of it. After that dad killed the huge centipede that's been haunting our house which basically makes him my hero for the day three times over for one day. I then watched Son of Rambow while being on Facebook and doing this. Now I'm watching TMZ and....going to bed. Emmy Rossum is so pretty!

will post my week in review at the end of the day

Yesterday was bliss. I got to watch THREE MOVIES in ONE DAY. You guys don't be hasty in your disapproval however, because I also cooked for my entire family, read two chapters of The Imperialist for homework and took my dog and sister on a long walk in which we waded in Lake Ontario.

Went to the movies with Alex and Anneka to see X-Men Origins: Wolverine


Which wasn't bad, it had Dominic Monoghan in it which I hadn't known, and also Liev Schrieber. Excitement. I still liked the first X-Men movie the best and this movie made me really, really want to see that one again.

Got home, milled around for awhile, went on said walk etc, and then watched half of My Man Godfrey with my family before the Xbox crapped out on us


Then my mum and I finished it in my room. She was both shocked and disappointed in the ending which I found surprising. I thought the ending was both hilarious and slightly predictable. Ah well.

I had left it up to my family to decide between 7 movies that I really wanted to watch and they had chosen Godfrey because none of them had seen it. But I really really wanted to watch The Scarlet Pimpernel (I miss my Leslie Howard!)


So I brushed my teeth, got into my pajamas and did so. The evening from then on was spent in much glee as I watched the film in full, something I haven't done since I first got it (I've seen this movie many many times but usually just skip through to my favourite parts, this time I watched the whole thing and rewound my favourite parts over and over a few times) I'm such a fangirl. I wish my copy of the DVD wasn't such crap. I rented the video from the library once and it was actually better than my copy of the DVD (my dvd isn't a copy...I mean to say my version of the DVD, assuming there is a better version out there somewhere as the VHS copy is in fact better than my DVD...understand?)

What a great day.

Confession #3: I may or may not have a crush on a boy I hardly know who is a couple years younger than me. Teehee.

Confession #2: I wish my white legs would tan.

Confession #1: I almost said, "Do you remember the good old days when we were friends?" Then I realized those weren't the good old days, THESE are.