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"The Winnipeg Art Gallery is delighted to be the first venue on the North American tour."

2007-10-18T05:39:39Z

baby_yr_in_luck @ 2007-09-26T16:05:00

2007-09-26T21:17:58Z

I suck at homework. I left my biology assignment til the day it was due, just got my grade back and it's an 11.8/20. I'm so ashamed of myself.
Right now I'm trying to do my math assignment. ...it's really hard. If you're good at problem solving, holler. I could use some help. I guess I should start talking to people in my class, eh?
I want to drop a course, but the student loan people would probably make a big fuss about it, so I guess I won't. I will never take a full course-load again.

Today was also the day that threat was supposed to happen at school or whatever. Nothing happened, except lots of people didn't show up. There were 6 people in my education class, and 8 or 9 in my history class. There were big, burly police officers dressed in nerd clothes with backpacks, trying to be "undercover". And when I was walking to my bus stop after class, I saw 2 video cameras with tripods, sitting on the lawn, filming the school, just waiting for something to blow up I guess.

I was going to take pictures of my day for that "day in my life" community, but my camera batteries were dead! I could've sworn I charged my spare one's, so I bet my sister used them without my knowledge and didn't recharge them when she returned them to my room. Retardo.

baby_yr_in_luck @ 2007-09-20T15:47:00

2007-09-20T21:11:43Z

So there was some kind of threat at my school. Apparently someone wrote a message on a bathroom wall, and it was discovered by staff yesterday.
I didn't hear about it until 1pm today, after I finished class for the day. You would think my prof's would've mentioned something to us, right? Well, they didn't.
They haven't released anything about what the message said, but notified police, the mayor and local media. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Considering it was written on a bathroom wall, I doubt anything would actually happen, but you never know these days.
&today was supposed to be my "sit-in-the-library-doing-homework-and-reading-til-they-kick-me-out-or-I-can't-keep-my-eyes-open-anymore" day. I obviously changed my mind after hearing about this.

On a good note, I called the bank to check my account balance this morning, hoping I could afford to splurge on a bottle of water, and found out my student loan money was deposited finally! To celebrate, I bought myself iced-tea instead of water.

I suck at updating.

2007-09-19T18:16:38Z

The cold/flu is going around. Greeeat.
My cats keep fighting. I wish they'd just get along. &there's no way I'm getting rid of either of them!
School is boring. I spend the class daydreaming, and when I try reading my textbooks, I just read word to word, not in sentences.
I've been working the same job for almost a year, which is the longest I've ever kept a job. It's time to start looking for something new.
I finally cut my ~~mullet~~hair yesterday. It's basically the same style, but much easier to do in the mornings.
I want a boy toy.

&I just got Firefox (probably the last person in the world to?), and it made my LJ layout ugly.

baby_yr_in_luck @ 2007-09-06T00:43:00

2007-09-06T06:08:08Z

University started the other day. It's... boring. I now remember why I decided to take time off after highschool.
I haven't really met anybody new. Hopefully someone will talk to me soon, preferably a cute boy. I'd start a conversation with some, but I'm shy.
I have a 2 hour break between classes, so I walk to a mall nearby, grab a french-vanilla coffee and pretend to browse the stores to waste time.

I'm not used to waking up early yet (between 6:30 & 7:30am). I get home after class early-mid afternoon, then take a nap if I don't have to work. And when I wake up, I'm a grouch. It's not that big of a deal, just feel guilty later for being a bitch to my sisters. Oh welllll.

&I was approved for the student loan. Just have to call them to figure out how I get the money.

baby_yr_in_luck @ 2007-07-27T02:47:00

2007-07-27T08:04:43Z

It's almost 3am, and I can't sleep. I was just lying in bed for an hour in silence, with nothing but my thoughts running through my head, and they made me realize how lonely I am. I'm in a sad, pathetic mood now. Ugh.

And my cat just walked up to me and licked my cheek. She always knows how to make me smile.

baby_yr_in_luck @ 2007-07-10T18:46:00

2007-07-10T23:52:50Z

I'm hanging out with a friend tonight, who I haven't seen or really spoken to since Christmas. We stopped talking over something really silly, it was a misunderstanding, really. I'm looking forward to seeing her, just hope it's not too awkward.

baby_yr_in_luck @ 2007-07-07T23:29:00

2007-07-08T04:30:41Z

What are 3 (or more) of your favorite songs?
I feel like adding new music to my mp3 player.

baby_yr_in_luck @ 2007-07-01T02:40:00

2007-07-01T07:58:26Z

I bought a battery charger for my digital camera about a month ago, and haven't really needed it until now. Of course, now when I need it, I can't fucking find it. Obviously one of my sisters took it, unless it grew legs & walked away.
I can't wait until they leave.

Tomorrow's Canada Day. I'm supposed to go to the zoo, a street festival, concert and fireworks. &get drunk(!). Hopefully it won't rain... and my charger finds it way back to me by then.

baby_yr_in_luck @ 2007-06-17T01:40:00

2007-06-17T06:58:11Z

I finally got my schedule today:

MWF 8:30-9:20        Education Today
MWF 10:30-11:20     Intro to History

TR   10:00-11:15       Mathematics for Early/Middle Years Teachers
TR   11:30-12:45       Intro to Psychology

+ Environmental Biology online.

The only crappy part about it is having to be in class by 8:30am every Monday, Wednesday & Friday, which means waking up no later than 6:30, and leaving the house by 7:30. For the past 6 months or so, I've been falling asleep any time from 2 - 4am... so that'll definitely have to change.
And I have to pay $2100 tuition by the first week of September. I have no money saved up... and my parents obviously won't help me out that much. The job I have now has been cutting hours for the past month; I've only been getting 21 a week. I'm going to look for a fulltime job or 2 tomorrow. I'll probably need to find an overnight job in a hotel or something, and a day/evening job in the mall or a restaurant.

baby_yr_in_luck @ 2007-05-31T02:21:00

2007-05-31T07:22:55Z

I want to go camping.
I've never actually been, but think it would be tons of fun.
I don't actually know anyone I'd want to share a tent with though.

Hahaha!

2007-05-29T07:03:50Z

"Vodka is like my child, my son, and rum like my daughter. I miss my children."

baby_yr_in_luck @ 2007-05-27T01:52:00

2007-05-27T07:02:27Z

I just watched "Cry_Wolf" or whatever it is. Such a bad movie!

When I was on break at work the other day, there was a flier for Blockbuster on the table in the staff room that said "30% off all previously viewed movies" or something, so I went there earlier tonight with my sister. They had a bunch of movies, but most of them I had never heard of, or were like that "Eragon" movie (just obviously bad). I would never watch that crap.
But anyway, I browsed for atleast a half hour and ended up buying Cry Wolf, The Black Dahlia, Everything Is Illuminated (Elijah Wood!), The Omen (for my sister, I didn't want it) & I forget the title of the last one.
Cry Wolf is just so bad! My sister said she'd seen it and that it was scary/good, so I got it. Sooooooooo bad! Never trusting her judgment again!

Blaaaaaah.

baby_yr_in_luck @ 2007-05-23T01:57:00

2007-05-23T07:58:12Z

It's been cloudy, humid and rainy here for the past 3 days or so. It's depressing. Late last night, we had a storm, and every time there was a flash of lightning or crack of thunder, my dog would bark, like he was trying to scare it away. It went on for hours, so he obviously didn't get much sleep. My sister said he was yawning all day today. Poor guy.

I voted today for the first time. The voting place was in the gym of my old elementary school. I hadn't been there in atleast 6 or 7 years, and it still had that same familar smell when I walked in. Heh.

Stars' remix album was finally released today! I picked that up, along with Regina Spektor's "Begin To Hope" before seeing Shrek the Third tonight. The movie was good, but mustn't have been that good... I fell asleep for like 2 minutes. I'm getting old.

baby_yr_in_luck @ 2007-05-19T02:00:00

2007-05-19T08:55:47Z

Tuesday night was one of the best I've had in a looong time.
We (Chris, Colin & I) got to The Collective at like 9:15pm. There weren't that many people when we walked in, I'd say 15 at the most.
First thing we did was check out the merch table, which was next to the doors. Apostle of Hustle had their stuff on the table, but none from Memphis yet. We turned around to take a look at the place, see who else was there. We were trying to decide which table to sit at, when another voice said "excuse me." Naturally, I moved out of the way for the person to get by, and when I looked up to see who it was, it was a familar face. The first thing out of my mouth was, "Oh! Look who it is!" I said it without even thinking... he heard me say it too. As I said that, I was thinking "Wow. That's really him, isn't it? Wow. He's much shorter than I expected." He was looking directly at me, with a friendly smile on his face... but I didn't know what else to say. I just smiled and went to sit at a table with my friends. When we sat down, I remember asking them something like, "Do you know who that was?!" Of course, they didn't know. I told them I thought it was Torq. It was the Torq face, but I always thought he'd be taller. Anyway, we talked a bit more, then got our first drink at like 9:30. I had a malibu & pineapple juice, the guys had Smirnoff Ice. Oh yeah, and guess who was standing to the right of me when we ordered at the bar? Torq! He was leaning on the bar, looking around, waiting for his drink (it turned out to be straight whisky on the rocks). We made eye contact a few times again... but I still didn't know what to say to him. So we got our drinks, and went back to the table. The guys didn't understand my excitement to be that close to Torq, so I texted my sister to share the experience.
The opening band was... different. They were called "We Are All Of Your Friends" or something along those lines, and played for like a half hour. I got up for another drink (rum & coke) when they were playing their last song. The place was starting to fill up by now.
It took a while to switch equipment for the next band, which just allowed for more drinking. I think we each had one more rum & coke, then a shot of yagemeister, than a couple more rum & coke's while we waited.
Luckly, we took stand infront of the stage before the next band began to ensure for a good spot. The lights finally dimmed and it was time for the next band to play, which was Memphis. They started with 'A Little Place In The Wilderness' then I don't even remember. But it was amazing! During the middle of the third or fourth song, Torq went to the front of the stage, leaned down and whispered "What can't you hear?" into my ear. Seriously. I was shocked. Why is he asking me? It went a little like this:
    Torq: "What can't you hear?"
    Me: "Uh, whaaat?!"
    Torq: "What can't you hear? Can you hear my voice?"
    Me: "Yeeeah! It's perfect!"
Then I'm sure he said something else... but I don't remember. And he stood back up and sang the rest of the song. I looked over at Colin and was speechless. He said "Isn't this the best birthday present ever?" Duhhh.
When it was time to perform 'Ghost Story', Torq requested all the lights be turned off, then told the audience to sit on the floor and close our eyes while we listened to it. Almost the entire audience sat down, besides like 3 or 4 people, and all the lights went out except for one, which he pointed out, above the bar which read 'Bud Light'. Haha. That was neat.

Next were the headliners, Apostle of Hustle. They were amazing. I could tell you the entire setlist, but I doubt any of you are interested in that.
Halfway through Apostle of Hustle, Chris poked me & gave me a Memphis poster which he got Torq to sign.

The poster is the cover art from their newest CD.
When AoH was finished, I got Chris Dumont (the other guy in Memphis) to sign it, too. Annnd I actually talked to Torq for real. We talked about university, Stars and I don't remember what else. But I do remember we hugged (twice!).

Before we left, Colin & I bought AoH t-shirts. It was about 2am when we finally left, too. The buses stopped running, and a taxi would've cost too much money (and I spent the last of mine on that t-shirt), so we decided to walk home. It was a little over a 2 hour walk. I got home at about 4:15am. I just checked the distance on mapquest.com -- 7.3 miles between my house and The Collective Cabaret, which would've taken 20 minutes to drive. Dang. Luckly we only saw one weirdo on the entire walk home. He was sleeping in the middle of a sidewalk beneath an overpass. There were these big concrete walls (like waist high) between the sidewalk and the street, but we climbed over them to cross to the other side of the street just to avoid waking up the guy on that sidewalk.

&Wednesday I slept really late (til like 3:30pm), had cake with the family and opened some presents. I asked my family not to sing 'happy birthday' ...but they didn't listen. My sisters gave me Feist's new CD, ear-rings, capri pants, and a sweater & my parents gave me money. I was going to go out with friends that night, but was too tired... so I'll probably do that tomorrow.

baby_yr_in_luck @ 2007-05-18T01:36:00

2007-05-18T06:43:54Z

I hate conversations that start with "can I ask you something?"
It's always followed by some weird question I don't know what to respond with.
Next time someone asks me that, I'll just say "no."

baby_yr_in_luck @ 2007-05-05T03:30:00

2007-05-05T08:15:38Z

I had too much fun tonight.
I went to a "metal" show with 2 of my friends. I'm not a fan of metal at all, but went anyways. I drank too much & ended up loving it. When it was time to leave, I didn't want to go. But, here I am.
I'm trying to make myself something to eat... so we'll see how that goes. I should probably check on my food.

Just checked... hash browns are cooking fine. I looked in the fridge to see if we had bacon... couldn't find any. I guess I'll just have eggs + hashbrowns.

Anyway, I worked until 10:15pm, ran to the staff room to change out of work clothes, ran downstairs to meet Colin & Chris... walked to the bus stop, saw the bus was coming, and ran across the street to catch the bus. I thought I was going to get hit by traffic! But I'm still here. &Colin slipped on mud. If that happened to me, I would've turned around & walked home. Ha.

Got on the bus, Chris, Colin and I talked & laughed about a bunch of things on the ride there. We missed the second bus to get to the concert, so we walked the rest of the way. It was about a 15-20 minute walk. &it was raining. I don't like the rain... but it wasn't so bad as long as I was in the company of good friends.

We got to the concert venue, The Collective Cabaret, and I wasn't exactly sure what to expect, as it was the first time I've been there. I truthfully expected there to be a bunch of gross "metalheads" ...you know the one's with longer hair than mine, and long beards who rarely showered; but nope, there were some pretty cute guys, and very few girls. I mentioned to my friends how many more guys than girls there were, and they said "whatever, most of the girls who are here are lesbians anyway" ...I laughed.

The first band (Ham) who played were halfway done their set when we got there. They were okay... not as loud as I thought they'd be, from listening to their Myspace the night before. We basically just stood there for 15 minutes.

Second set was Electro Quarterstaff. They were the band Colin wanted to see... the entire reason we even went. They were good. I was really surprised I even liked listening to these bands and was enjoying myself a little bit. Chris & I were on our second drinks when they started playing, Colin wasn't drinking because he has violin lessons at 10:30 tomorrow morning. I was definitely starting to feel those drinks.

Third & last to play was Mahogany Frog... I loved them... probably because I had one too many by then. I swayed & moved to their music the whole way through. I had 2 more drinks while they were playing, and kept looking around at all the other people near me. They were all moving to the music. It was really neat seeing that. I wish I could've stayed there for hours... but before I knew it, it was time to go home.

On the way home, I called Sean to see what he was up to. We were supposed to hangout with him, but plans changed, and he ended up hanging out with his other friend, while we went elsewhere. He wasn't up to much, just getting ready for bed really, and I made plans to hangout with him after work tomorrow.

&my food finished cooking. &ended up being really yummy.

My ears are ringing. I should probably go to bed. Goodnight.

baby_yr_in_luck @ 2007-05-03T03:21:00

2007-05-03T08:23:52Z

I took a 7 hour "nap" when I got home from work at 3:30pm today. Oops.
No sleeping for me tonight.
But my cat is. Isn't she adorable?

baby_yr_in_luck @ 2007-05-02T01:44:00

2007-05-02T07:36:54Z

Today was the first day of May. I can't believe how fast this year has gone by. Time goes by so much faster when you're not stuck sitting in a classroom for 3 or 4 hours everyday. I remember how at this time last year, I was so overwhelmed & stressed with all the things in my life. I was working atleast 32 - 40 hours a week, about to turn 18, graduate highschool the next month, and played on a soccer team. That may not sound like a lot, but trust me, it was! Now fast forward a year later (to now), and there isn't a whole lot going on. I'm only working about 25 hours a week and... that's all. Life is boring. I have a few good friends, all of which are male (I'm a girl!), who I hangout with once or twice a week, and just have a lot of time to myself. I've done a lot of thinking lately, and that's only made me more confused & clueless as to what I want to do with my life (career-wise). I mean, I know I definitely want to go to university, but for what?! I thought I'd just take a year off after graduating (and told everybody that's all I was doing), but I think that one year is going to turn into 2. Sure, I could just go this Fall, but spending thousands of dollars (which I don't have, might I add. Thank gawd for student loans!) on some random classes doesn't sound like a good idea to me. I wish there was a life itinerary that told me exactly how my life would play out. Well... maybe not exactly, but one that'd tell me what to do in university. It hurts my brain thinking about it.

Anyways... my brother moved out of the house this past weekend. I honestly thought that day would never come. But it did, and I'm glad! There's 5 bedrooms in the house, so now that he's gone, we have a spare bedroom. When he lived here, he thought the basement rec room area was his... like when my sisters and I ever tried watching TV or had friends over to hangout there, he'd freak out. The day after he moved out (Saturday), I painted it a pretty raspberry red color and cleaned it up really nice. I'm sitting in there right now with some candles lite and listening to Feist. And now it's a house of only girls. We have a boy cat, and boy dog... but no human boys. Well, my dad does still lives here... but he's only home a few days a month (he works in another province), so you know. I'm liking it so far.

I have work at 9am. I hate mornings. I should probably get ready for bed.