I have a confession to make. I love MTV's Teen Mom. But that's not all: I love pretty much everything MTV airs. I was going to say that usually I don't have such cheap taste in things but well, it's not true.
So while I wait for the new episode of Teen Mom tonight, I will do today's meme.
Day 13 – This week, in great detail
This is a little confusing since we're currently in the middle of the week. Guess I'll cover the last 7 days.
Wednesday, August 25: Not much. I went to William's Pastry Shop for their famous oatmeal cookies and for half a cake. Oh my goodness, I can't even begin to explain how amazing this place is. It's been open since 1939 and I know I have loved this place since I was a wee one. It is the best cake you will ever eat. Hands down, no questions asked. Half a cake is like $6 which if you ask me, is a pretty good deal considering, in my own oft-used expression, you would sell your first born to get a bite of this cake.
After I pigged out on cookies and cake, I went to the gym to work it off. Don't remember much else from Wednesday.
Thursday, August 26: I think I woke up late and then my sister and I went out to run some errands. We went to PetSmart and I bought that toy Leah loves. We also went to the new Winners in town, which opened that day. It was very busy. Winners is another of my favourite places, many of my clothes come from there. Afterward we got some A&W for lunch and I went home.
Friday, August 27: Anthony came to Sarnia in the afternoon and we went out to Bright's Grove for supper. Afterward we took a walk in Centennial Park and got some ice cream under the bridge. We hadn't really spent any time together in Sarnia so it was nice.
Saturday, August 28: Anthony and I got up early, went to the farmer's market, and then departed for Goderich. Walked around the Goderich farmer's market, went to the beach, and then went out for supper.
Sunday, August 29: Got up early again, went for a quick breakfast. Goderich has a flea market every Sunday in the town square so we went to that and I picked up some pins for my pin collection. Drove back to Sarnia and spent the afternoon together before Anthony departed around 5:30pm. After Anthony left, I tried my hand at geocaching in the large park across the street but failed at finding any (it's tough when you first start out).
Monday, August 30: I woke up eager to geocache again, so my sister and I went back to Canatara Park and ended up finding 2 caches. What a fun hobby, I am really enjoying it! I went over to my mom's for supper and Andrea and I couldn't stop talking about geocaching, so we went out after supper again. We found 2 nearby my mom's place.
Today, Tuesday, August 31: Andrea came over around 11am and we went geocaching again. We only found one today. It's been incredibly hot out this week and the bees and flies make geocaching kind of miserable. Today had me crawling all around some pine trees in search of a cache, but I still didn't find it. Came back, took a shower, then my sister, my dad, my grandpa, and I went out for lunch. Came home and passed out in bed for awhile. I woke up, did some cleaning, and am now waiting for Teen Mom at 10!
Hope you enjoyed reading that, haha.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
30 Day Meme: Day 12
I like this one because I don't have to think about it!
Day 12 – What’s in your bag, in great detail
For starters, my current bag is Orla Kiely's spring 2010 shoulder bag. I get a lot of compliments on it. I love love love Orla Kiely, I just wish her stuff wasn't so expensive.
#1. My iPhone 3GS with my Barbie pink VOi! case. Anthony gave me both the iPhone and the case, he's so nice!
#2. The cat toy I mentioned in yesterday's entry (my mom wanted me to bring it to her house and see if her cats love it, too).
#3. My Fossil wallet. I can't find a photo of it on the Internet anywhere.
#4. My keys with a Forces Canada lanyard.
#5. Travel-sized hand sanitizer.
#6. My passport in this tinymeat case. I also get lots of comments on this. I bought it because it reminds me of the emergency info pamphlet in Fight Club which always makes me laugh. If you're not familiar with the movie, Brad Pitt's character complains that the people in the illustrations on airplane pamphlets always look so calm and serene, despite being in emergency situations. After he and Ed Norton create Project Mayhem, one of their projects is to replace the pamphlets with more "realistic" illustrations of passengers. FYI, US border guards do not find this passport case funny.
#7. A pair of sunglasses.
#8. An unopened set of iPhone headphones.
#9. A FibrePlus bar.
#10. A TTC transfer slip from August 19 at 6:14pm.
#11. A receipt from Shopper's Drug Mart for 100mL of Deep Woods Off!.
#12. A small, black comb.
#13. An unopened RCMP flashlight keychain.
#14. A pack of Extra gum. US gum is superior to Canadian gum.
#15. A mint from a restaurant I just went to.
#16. Promotional chap stick from Victim Services Canada (a division of Correctional Service Canada).
#17. A wet nap.
And finally...
#18. A Chinese fortune which reads, "Accept the next proposition you hear."
Day 12 – What’s in your bag, in great detail
For starters, my current bag is Orla Kiely's spring 2010 shoulder bag. I get a lot of compliments on it. I love love love Orla Kiely, I just wish her stuff wasn't so expensive.
#1. My iPhone 3GS with my Barbie pink VOi! case. Anthony gave me both the iPhone and the case, he's so nice!
#2. The cat toy I mentioned in yesterday's entry (my mom wanted me to bring it to her house and see if her cats love it, too).
#3. My Fossil wallet. I can't find a photo of it on the Internet anywhere.
#4. My keys with a Forces Canada lanyard.
#5. Travel-sized hand sanitizer.
#6. My passport in this tinymeat case. I also get lots of comments on this. I bought it because it reminds me of the emergency info pamphlet in Fight Club which always makes me laugh. If you're not familiar with the movie, Brad Pitt's character complains that the people in the illustrations on airplane pamphlets always look so calm and serene, despite being in emergency situations. After he and Ed Norton create Project Mayhem, one of their projects is to replace the pamphlets with more "realistic" illustrations of passengers. FYI, US border guards do not find this passport case funny.
#7. A pair of sunglasses.
#8. An unopened set of iPhone headphones.
#9. A FibrePlus bar.
#10. A TTC transfer slip from August 19 at 6:14pm.
#11. A receipt from Shopper's Drug Mart for 100mL of Deep Woods Off!.
#12. A small, black comb.
#13. An unopened RCMP flashlight keychain.
#14. A pack of Extra gum. US gum is superior to Canadian gum.
#15. A mint from a restaurant I just went to.
#16. Promotional chap stick from Victim Services Canada (a division of Correctional Service Canada).
#17. A wet nap.
And finally...
#18. A Chinese fortune which reads, "Accept the next proposition you hear."
Sunday, August 29, 2010
30 Day Meme: Day 11
Wow, I am so behind on this. I would actually be done soon if I had been doing one meme per day but August has been so freaking busy. This weekend Anthony came to Canada to spend the weekend with me. We went to Goderich and had an awesome time. We got quite a bit of sun and I'm proud to say I'm slightly less pasty now!
I'm so happy to have grown up on Lake Huron...I think it's the best lake to grow up on! It's clean, it's warm, it's relatively uncluttered by people. It's perfect.
In other news, on Thursday I bought a toy that looks like this for my cat Leah. It's similar except the one I bought makes little bird sounds. Leah is pretty disinterested in most cat toys, but I thought she might like this. I was wrong...she LOVED it. I use the past tense "loved" because she loved it so much, it's no longer operational! From the moment I gave it to her on Thursday, she didn't want to stop playing with it. I'd take it away and put it somewhere, but she'd watch me like a hawk and then take it when I wasn't looking. I forget where I put it before I went to Goderich yesterday, but when I came home this afternoon, my dad told me she'd played with it ALL DAY and the battery had died. Good toy, but it's too bad the battery didn't last long. I must say, Petlinks System is the only brand of cat toy Leah has ever liked. I am looking at their site and I've unknowingly bought many of their toys, and they're always the ones Leah (and my former cats) loved.
Anyway, onto that meme thing I may or may not be participating in...
Day 11 – Your siblings, in great detail
This is an interesting one because I know my sister reads my blog and my brother might, too. So I guess I have to play nice and not tell any embarrassing stories. :)
Jeff is my older brother, born 4 years before me in 1982. There were complications with his birth and I believe he was quite ill when he was born. However, he made a full recovery and grew into a healthy child. A typical child of the 80s, Jeff loved Nintendo, dinky cars, Lego, etc. Starting in his teens, Jeff developed a deep love of music, the more obscure the better. He has attended many concerts. Jeff has the privilege of saying that he became interested in many top 100 bands before anybody knew what they were. I remember being in Port Huron once and being instructed to find a CD by a band nobody had ever heard of, Limp Bizkit. A few years later, Jeff began liking an unknown band from Detroit, reportedly a brother and sister who played the guitar and the drums (respectively). The band was The White Stripes. I'm sure there are others he's liked before the masses clued in, but those are the 2 I can remember.
Jeff's other passion is traveling. I don't even know where all he's been...much of US, less of Canada, Europe, somewhere in the Caribbean, and who the hell knows where else.
Jeff has been living in Toronto for awhile now, and more recently in downtown Toronto. In 2007 he met and began dating a girl named Amanda and they are engaged to be wed November 5th. They've travelled quite a bit together and are going somewhere interesting for their honeymoon, I can't remember where, though. Chile? I'm a terrible sister, I don't even know.
On the academic side of things, Jeff attended the University of Western Ontario in London and graduated with a degree in Media, Information, and Technoculture (or I guess that was the program- I don't know how any of this stuff works). He then went to Sheridan in Oakville for a graduate degree in I want to say...film editing? I wish he would have left his Facebook information up! This would have been much easier, haha. Jeff now works as an editor at 2 TV studios in Toronto.
Andrea is my younger sister, born 5 years after me in 1991. Andrea is somewhat of a social butterfly and has many numerous friends. She is currently a student at Fanshawe College in London taking social work. In the summertime she works as a dishwasher at the local horse racing track. I would call Andrea basically nocturnal, as it is rare to see her awake before noon.
Andrea also loves music and from what I know, her taste is similar to my brother's. Or at least, it's more similar to his than mine is to either of theirs.
What does Andrea love? McDonalds, naps, partying, driving, tanning, and shopping. She is a fairly typical 19 year old in most respects except that she has pretty decent taste in most things.
Andrea seems shy until you get to know her, at which point she has an opinion about everything, haha.
I consider Andrea to be one of my best friends. Last summer I took her to Edmonton and Jasper. We did lots of neat stuff including going to the West Edmonton Mall (water slides!), and taking a train trip to Mount Robson.
Well, I feel bad I wrote substantially less about Andrea than Jeff but to be fair, Jeff does have 9 years of adulthood on Andrea and I am pretty exhausted right now.
We have a joke in my family that there is no such thing that all 3 of like or dislike unanimously. To tell the truth, there are a precious few things, but not many. We all like McDonalds, Blink 182, The White Stripes and The Postal Service. Those are the only things I can think of besides everyday things like pop or turkey dinners. Most other things either Jeff and I like and Andrea hates, or Jeff and Andrea like and I hate.
I think we can all agree that I answered this in great detail. I'm tired. Time for bed, it's been a long weekend!
I'm so happy to have grown up on Lake Huron...I think it's the best lake to grow up on! It's clean, it's warm, it's relatively uncluttered by people. It's perfect.
In other news, on Thursday I bought a toy that looks like this for my cat Leah. It's similar except the one I bought makes little bird sounds. Leah is pretty disinterested in most cat toys, but I thought she might like this. I was wrong...she LOVED it. I use the past tense "loved" because she loved it so much, it's no longer operational! From the moment I gave it to her on Thursday, she didn't want to stop playing with it. I'd take it away and put it somewhere, but she'd watch me like a hawk and then take it when I wasn't looking. I forget where I put it before I went to Goderich yesterday, but when I came home this afternoon, my dad told me she'd played with it ALL DAY and the battery had died. Good toy, but it's too bad the battery didn't last long. I must say, Petlinks System is the only brand of cat toy Leah has ever liked. I am looking at their site and I've unknowingly bought many of their toys, and they're always the ones Leah (and my former cats) loved.
Anyway, onto that meme thing I may or may not be participating in...
Day 11 – Your siblings, in great detail
This is an interesting one because I know my sister reads my blog and my brother might, too. So I guess I have to play nice and not tell any embarrassing stories. :)
Jeff is my older brother, born 4 years before me in 1982. There were complications with his birth and I believe he was quite ill when he was born. However, he made a full recovery and grew into a healthy child. A typical child of the 80s, Jeff loved Nintendo, dinky cars, Lego, etc. Starting in his teens, Jeff developed a deep love of music, the more obscure the better. He has attended many concerts. Jeff has the privilege of saying that he became interested in many top 100 bands before anybody knew what they were. I remember being in Port Huron once and being instructed to find a CD by a band nobody had ever heard of, Limp Bizkit. A few years later, Jeff began liking an unknown band from Detroit, reportedly a brother and sister who played the guitar and the drums (respectively). The band was The White Stripes. I'm sure there are others he's liked before the masses clued in, but those are the 2 I can remember.
Jeff's other passion is traveling. I don't even know where all he's been...much of US, less of Canada, Europe, somewhere in the Caribbean, and who the hell knows where else.
Jeff has been living in Toronto for awhile now, and more recently in downtown Toronto. In 2007 he met and began dating a girl named Amanda and they are engaged to be wed November 5th. They've travelled quite a bit together and are going somewhere interesting for their honeymoon, I can't remember where, though. Chile? I'm a terrible sister, I don't even know.
On the academic side of things, Jeff attended the University of Western Ontario in London and graduated with a degree in Media, Information, and Technoculture (or I guess that was the program- I don't know how any of this stuff works). He then went to Sheridan in Oakville for a graduate degree in I want to say...film editing? I wish he would have left his Facebook information up! This would have been much easier, haha. Jeff now works as an editor at 2 TV studios in Toronto.
Andrea is my younger sister, born 5 years after me in 1991. Andrea is somewhat of a social butterfly and has many numerous friends. She is currently a student at Fanshawe College in London taking social work. In the summertime she works as a dishwasher at the local horse racing track. I would call Andrea basically nocturnal, as it is rare to see her awake before noon.
Andrea also loves music and from what I know, her taste is similar to my brother's. Or at least, it's more similar to his than mine is to either of theirs.
What does Andrea love? McDonalds, naps, partying, driving, tanning, and shopping. She is a fairly typical 19 year old in most respects except that she has pretty decent taste in most things.
Andrea seems shy until you get to know her, at which point she has an opinion about everything, haha.
I consider Andrea to be one of my best friends. Last summer I took her to Edmonton and Jasper. We did lots of neat stuff including going to the West Edmonton Mall (water slides!), and taking a train trip to Mount Robson.
Well, I feel bad I wrote substantially less about Andrea than Jeff but to be fair, Jeff does have 9 years of adulthood on Andrea and I am pretty exhausted right now.
We have a joke in my family that there is no such thing that all 3 of like or dislike unanimously. To tell the truth, there are a precious few things, but not many. We all like McDonalds, Blink 182, The White Stripes and The Postal Service. Those are the only things I can think of besides everyday things like pop or turkey dinners. Most other things either Jeff and I like and Andrea hates, or Jeff and Andrea like and I hate.
I think we can all agree that I answered this in great detail. I'm tired. Time for bed, it's been a long weekend!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
30 Day Meme: Day 10
Can't sleep, clown'll eat me.
Warning, there are a lot of links in this post!
Ever since I got my iPhone, my favourite part of the day is waking up and checking how I slept according to Sleep Cycle. Sleep Cycle is really neat iPhone app that when placed in your bed while you sleep, measures and records the type of sleep you are in. It wakes you with pleasant music within a 30 minute window of your set alarm time, and only wakes you when it feels you are in a light phase of sleep, helping prevent grogginess. It's beyond interesting to look at graphs of how you just slept. You can usually just tell whether you've had a good or bad sleep, but seeing how and why makes going to sleep more of an activity. I'm always in favour of learning about and being in tune with my body so the 99 cents I spent on this app is more than worth it.
Day 10 – What you wore today, in great detail
Traci did this by posting photos of everything she wore, but I'm lazy and so you will be subjected to only words and links to photos if I can find them.
Pajamas: Last night I wore navy blue short leggings and a navy blue Aerie tank top to sleep. Tonight I am wearing the same leggings but I have on my green RCMP t-shirt. To sleep I wore and am wearing my Tuesday socks. I just got days-of-the-week socks and I love them.
Clothes: Today was a lazy day so I didn't get too dressed up. I wore brown bermuda shorts and a black CAW-TCA t-shirt (the image in the link is what's on the back of the shirt). I love that t-shirt. A friend of mine in Iqaluit mistakenly received an entire box of those t-shirts from CAW-TCA and has no idea why. They were addressed to a relative of hers who used to live in Iqaluit (and share her PO box) but has no affiliation with CAW-TCA whatsoever and has no idea why they were sent to her. Just a weird and strange occurrence that I will commemorate forever because I took one of the t-shirts and wear it all the time. For shoes I wore black, American Eagle brand ballet flats.
Gym: At the gym I wear primarily Lululemon clothes. I wore these (well, the older version of those), this bra (which is amazing), and this top. That is the only tank top I will run in as nothing else could ever compare. I own 2 of them because I love it that much. I'm not usually such a hipster when it comes to clothes and Lululemon is very hipster-y. However, I don't wear Lululemon when not at the gym. I'm sorry but I refuse to pay $100 for a hoodie. I don't care how nice those hoodies are, $108 is insanity. End rant. For shoes I wore a pair of white and magenta Oasics running shoes.
Others: Everyday I wear this little ring, and my earrings. I have my ear lobe earrings out right now but in my left ear I have a cartilage piercing and in my right ear I have a snug piercing.
Well, how was that for being in great detail!? Sorry for the Lululemon rant, but I hold much contempt for Lululemon hoodies. I hate anything that people buy as a status symbol, especially when it's obviously priced to be a status symbol. If those hoodies weren't "cool," I'm sure they'd be priced much lower than $108. I'm just a good old fashioned Winners girl. Speaking of which, a new Winners is opening in Sarnia on Thursday and it has already been joked that I will be lined up at the door, waiting for it to open. I'm kind of excited, but I shouldn't be...
Warning, there are a lot of links in this post!
Ever since I got my iPhone, my favourite part of the day is waking up and checking how I slept according to Sleep Cycle. Sleep Cycle is really neat iPhone app that when placed in your bed while you sleep, measures and records the type of sleep you are in. It wakes you with pleasant music within a 30 minute window of your set alarm time, and only wakes you when it feels you are in a light phase of sleep, helping prevent grogginess. It's beyond interesting to look at graphs of how you just slept. You can usually just tell whether you've had a good or bad sleep, but seeing how and why makes going to sleep more of an activity. I'm always in favour of learning about and being in tune with my body so the 99 cents I spent on this app is more than worth it.
Day 10 – What you wore today, in great detail
Traci did this by posting photos of everything she wore, but I'm lazy and so you will be subjected to only words and links to photos if I can find them.
Pajamas: Last night I wore navy blue short leggings and a navy blue Aerie tank top to sleep. Tonight I am wearing the same leggings but I have on my green RCMP t-shirt. To sleep I wore and am wearing my Tuesday socks. I just got days-of-the-week socks and I love them.
Clothes: Today was a lazy day so I didn't get too dressed up. I wore brown bermuda shorts and a black CAW-TCA t-shirt (the image in the link is what's on the back of the shirt). I love that t-shirt. A friend of mine in Iqaluit mistakenly received an entire box of those t-shirts from CAW-TCA and has no idea why. They were addressed to a relative of hers who used to live in Iqaluit (and share her PO box) but has no affiliation with CAW-TCA whatsoever and has no idea why they were sent to her. Just a weird and strange occurrence that I will commemorate forever because I took one of the t-shirts and wear it all the time. For shoes I wore black, American Eagle brand ballet flats.
Gym: At the gym I wear primarily Lululemon clothes. I wore these (well, the older version of those), this bra (which is amazing), and this top. That is the only tank top I will run in as nothing else could ever compare. I own 2 of them because I love it that much. I'm not usually such a hipster when it comes to clothes and Lululemon is very hipster-y. However, I don't wear Lululemon when not at the gym. I'm sorry but I refuse to pay $100 for a hoodie. I don't care how nice those hoodies are, $108 is insanity. End rant. For shoes I wore a pair of white and magenta Oasics running shoes.
Others: Everyday I wear this little ring, and my earrings. I have my ear lobe earrings out right now but in my left ear I have a cartilage piercing and in my right ear I have a snug piercing.
Well, how was that for being in great detail!? Sorry for the Lululemon rant, but I hold much contempt for Lululemon hoodies. I hate anything that people buy as a status symbol, especially when it's obviously priced to be a status symbol. If those hoodies weren't "cool," I'm sure they'd be priced much lower than $108. I'm just a good old fashioned Winners girl. Speaking of which, a new Winners is opening in Sarnia on Thursday and it has already been joked that I will be lined up at the door, waiting for it to open. I'm kind of excited, but I shouldn't be...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
30 Day Meme: Day 9
I have returned from Toronto. It was great to see Tori again, especially considering we hadn't really gotten a chance to hang out since we were both home for Christmas.
I was successful in locating a Beaver Tail and it was SO GOOD! I almost forgot just how delicious they are. I also bought some Tiny Tom donuts which, if you know what I'm talking about, you're probably drooling over right now, too.
It amazes me that so many people derive pleasure from living in Toronto but I guess the same could be said about me and living in Nunavut. I just don't see what's so great about having to sit on public transit for an hour to get to a mall or to your place of work. Tori lives pretty central downtown so transportation wasn't too bad and she was within walking distance of all the places I would probably ever go to. But still, I'm much happier to hop in my car and drive on uncrowded streets to uncrowded places. But that's just me and many things have been said about me, haha.
Anyhoo, as I like to say...onto the meme!
Day 09 – Your beliefs, in great detail
In a nutshell, I believe everybody should do as they please, granted it doesn't harm others or break the law.
To get into the more specific areas of belief, as for politics I would consider myself liberal. I don't really feel the need to go into this further as most people understand what it means to be liberal.
As for religion, I do not subscribe to any specific faith. I would consider myself agnostic but spiritual. I believe there is something bigger than all of us but that is beyond human intelligence to know what it is and that we are not meant to know what comes after death and whether we are being watched or judged. I believe in karma and that the best thing you can do in life is be kind to others and uphold the golden rule. I think everybody eventually gets what they deserve and that the universe has a way of restoring balance.
When it comes to other religions, I am respectful and tolerant. I admire piety in others and feel those who devote their lives to serving God (or whatever) are inspiring.
Well, that's all.
I was successful in locating a Beaver Tail and it was SO GOOD! I almost forgot just how delicious they are. I also bought some Tiny Tom donuts which, if you know what I'm talking about, you're probably drooling over right now, too.
It amazes me that so many people derive pleasure from living in Toronto but I guess the same could be said about me and living in Nunavut. I just don't see what's so great about having to sit on public transit for an hour to get to a mall or to your place of work. Tori lives pretty central downtown so transportation wasn't too bad and she was within walking distance of all the places I would probably ever go to. But still, I'm much happier to hop in my car and drive on uncrowded streets to uncrowded places. But that's just me and many things have been said about me, haha.
Anyhoo, as I like to say...onto the meme!
Day 09 – Your beliefs, in great detail
In a nutshell, I believe everybody should do as they please, granted it doesn't harm others or break the law.
To get into the more specific areas of belief, as for politics I would consider myself liberal. I don't really feel the need to go into this further as most people understand what it means to be liberal.
As for religion, I do not subscribe to any specific faith. I would consider myself agnostic but spiritual. I believe there is something bigger than all of us but that is beyond human intelligence to know what it is and that we are not meant to know what comes after death and whether we are being watched or judged. I believe in karma and that the best thing you can do in life is be kind to others and uphold the golden rule. I think everybody eventually gets what they deserve and that the universe has a way of restoring balance.
When it comes to other religions, I am respectful and tolerant. I admire piety in others and feel those who devote their lives to serving God (or whatever) are inspiring.
Well, that's all.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
30 Day Meme: Day 8
Still sitting here in Tori's living room in Toronto. Tomorrow she, her boyfriend, and I are headed to the Canadian National Exhibition ("the Ex"). I haven't been in about 10 years so I'm really looking forward to it! We used to go every year when I was a kid but after I got a little older, I stopped going for the yearly end-of-summer visit to Brampton with my mom to see my grandma.
What I really, really want is a beaver tail. I haven't had one also in 10 years, although my last one was at Navy Pier in Chicago. You'd think I'd already hit my cinnamon and sugar capacity with the Mrs. Fields cookies (om nom nom) but no. I want more. I will report on my success after tomorrow.
But for now, onto the meme.
Day 08 – A moment, in great detail
I was really trying hard to think of a good moment. In fact, I'm still thinking right now. I think I will go with my most embarrassing moment of all time. However, the story doesn't bother me so much anytime as the shame and humiliation have faded with time and this is now just a distant memory.
When I turned 11, I received a pink button-up blouse for my birthday. It was quite cute, really. It was cotton candy ribbed material with a white collar and white buttons. I really liked it, except the fabric was so thick that the thin buttons constantly unbuttoned.
As a preteen in my neighbourhood, it was popular to attend what we called Optimist Dances, held by the local Optimist Club. That summer I attended a dance dressed in the pink blouse. At that age, I wasn't wearing bras yet so all I had on my upper body was the pink blouse.
At some point during the night, I remember I was at the back of the dance hall, walking forward to the dance floor. It was a slow song, which was a big deal in those days, as it meant you got to touch a boy's shoulders and he would touch your sides while you danced 2 feet apart, haha.
As I was walking onto the dance floor, I noticed people giving me funny looks. I've always been self-conscious of people staring at me so I wanted to dismiss them, but there was something different about how people were looking at me. Nervously, I looked down at my blouse and saw. Every last one of the buttons had undone and my shirt was hanging open for all to see. For some stupid reason, I hadn't noticed (I'm guessing it was really warm in the building). Horrified, I flung the two sides of the shirt together and retreated to the back of the hall and buttoned it back up. I remember sitting at a table with my head down in my hands and an older girl from my school telling me, "It's okay, not that many people saw."
Thus ended my career as a topless dancer.
What I really, really want is a beaver tail. I haven't had one also in 10 years, although my last one was at Navy Pier in Chicago. You'd think I'd already hit my cinnamon and sugar capacity with the Mrs. Fields cookies (om nom nom) but no. I want more. I will report on my success after tomorrow.
But for now, onto the meme.
Day 08 – A moment, in great detail
I was really trying hard to think of a good moment. In fact, I'm still thinking right now. I think I will go with my most embarrassing moment of all time. However, the story doesn't bother me so much anytime as the shame and humiliation have faded with time and this is now just a distant memory.
When I turned 11, I received a pink button-up blouse for my birthday. It was quite cute, really. It was cotton candy ribbed material with a white collar and white buttons. I really liked it, except the fabric was so thick that the thin buttons constantly unbuttoned.
As a preteen in my neighbourhood, it was popular to attend what we called Optimist Dances, held by the local Optimist Club. That summer I attended a dance dressed in the pink blouse. At that age, I wasn't wearing bras yet so all I had on my upper body was the pink blouse.
At some point during the night, I remember I was at the back of the dance hall, walking forward to the dance floor. It was a slow song, which was a big deal in those days, as it meant you got to touch a boy's shoulders and he would touch your sides while you danced 2 feet apart, haha.
As I was walking onto the dance floor, I noticed people giving me funny looks. I've always been self-conscious of people staring at me so I wanted to dismiss them, but there was something different about how people were looking at me. Nervously, I looked down at my blouse and saw. Every last one of the buttons had undone and my shirt was hanging open for all to see. For some stupid reason, I hadn't noticed (I'm guessing it was really warm in the building). Horrified, I flung the two sides of the shirt together and retreated to the back of the hall and buttoned it back up. I remember sitting at a table with my head down in my hands and an older girl from my school telling me, "It's okay, not that many people saw."
Thus ended my career as a topless dancer.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
30 Day Meme: Day 7
Coincidentally, this is perfect timing...
Day 07 – Your best friend, in great detail
The reason why this is coincidental is that I am sitting in her living room as we speak. Currently I am sitting next to her cat Paul in her apartment in downtown Toronto.
My best friend is Tori. We met in kindergarten when we were 4 and we both still remember the exact moment of our meeting. I was sitting with my class in the school library, watching a movie or something on the TV. Tori and her mom were for some reason later in coming into class, I think they were speaking with our teacher. All that to say, Tori came into class late. I was very shy and preferred my own company at that age, so I was sitting off to the side. Our kindergarten teacher directed Tori to sit next to me and we've been friends ever since.
I don't remember a lot of our early friendship, but I do remember it was tumultuous. Every other day after school, I would march into the house and announce, "I HATE TORI!!" The other days, of course, I announced she was my best friend again. I don't really know why, we must have gotten in arguments and then constantly made up.
During our preteen years, we were both awkward, semi-nerdy (but totally cool) and hung out a lot as we both didn't have many other friends. We loved to venture around Canatara Park, under the Blue Water Bridge, and everywhere else our bikes would take us. Many, many hi-jinx ensued. We also used to have sleepovers in the summertime. We would get a bunch of candy and then camp out in a tent in our backyards.
There are so many great memories I could list, but they will only be interesting to me and Tori.
We went to different high schools in Sarnia, and didn't hang out as much during grades 9-12 as we had earlier (although we had gone to different elementary schools from grades 4 to 8). For awhile, we were going out for coffee every Monday and still going to the mall and such, but we were both growing up and experimenting with our personalities. Tori made new and different friends, friends who I didn't have anything in common with so there was some separation during high school. I was also pretty occupied with dating and theatre so there just wasn't a lot of time to hang out, either.
After grade 11 or 12 (I never remember), Tori moved to London so she could attend HB Beal Secondary School and take specialized art classes. In 2005 I moved to London, just down the street from HB Beal, and we began hanging out on a more regular basis. During our time in London, we tried to make jell-o shooters but used way too much alcohol. I do recall Tori eating/drinking most of them and getting pretty tipsy. Another time, we went to Joe Kool's and it was our first time getting drunk in a bar. It was probably the most drunk I'd ever been. I remember I could hardly believe our combined tab was $80. It seemed preposterous and ridiculous. Then I moved to Iqaluit and learned what expensive really means!
Since I moved to Nunavut in 2006, we have only gotten to see each other when I come down on holidays and take a trip to Toronto. In December of 2008, Tori came up to Iqaluit for a visit and we had a great time. I;m so glad she got to see what was such an important part of my life.
Now that I'm back in Ontario, I plan to visit her much more often! In fact, I drove up yesterday as she has an art show opening tonight. I told her she has to know she's my best friend because I drove through downtown Toronto for her.
Anyway, this has been more about our friendship and less about Tori as a person. Here are some hard facts so I can feel satisfied I answered this meme properly. Tori and her boyfriend Josh live near Yonge and Bloor in an apartment with their 2 cats, Dee Dee and Paul. She just graduated from York with a degree in fine arts and I believe her boyfriend just graduated with a degree in film or something along those lines. Tori works at York on a short-term job that is just about to end (please hire her!) and is a talented artist. As I mentioned, she has a show opening tonight called You Make Me Feel so Misanthropic.
Tori enjoys working out, watching movies, and keeping up her blog, Two Per Week. I'm not really sure what type of music she listens to these days but I do know she likes to cook.
I forgot to mention that this year, we've been (best) friends for 20 years and counting. At this point, I more or less just consider her my sister. I'm so proud of the fact we've been friends for 20 of our 24 years of being alive, it's pretty unusual to have a 20 year friendship at any stage in your life. We are planning to do something special this year to commemorate the 20 years, but we haven't come up with any solid plans yet.
Day 07 – Your best friend, in great detail
The reason why this is coincidental is that I am sitting in her living room as we speak. Currently I am sitting next to her cat Paul in her apartment in downtown Toronto.
My best friend is Tori. We met in kindergarten when we were 4 and we both still remember the exact moment of our meeting. I was sitting with my class in the school library, watching a movie or something on the TV. Tori and her mom were for some reason later in coming into class, I think they were speaking with our teacher. All that to say, Tori came into class late. I was very shy and preferred my own company at that age, so I was sitting off to the side. Our kindergarten teacher directed Tori to sit next to me and we've been friends ever since.
I don't remember a lot of our early friendship, but I do remember it was tumultuous. Every other day after school, I would march into the house and announce, "I HATE TORI!!" The other days, of course, I announced she was my best friend again. I don't really know why, we must have gotten in arguments and then constantly made up.
During our preteen years, we were both awkward, semi-nerdy (but totally cool) and hung out a lot as we both didn't have many other friends. We loved to venture around Canatara Park, under the Blue Water Bridge, and everywhere else our bikes would take us. Many, many hi-jinx ensued. We also used to have sleepovers in the summertime. We would get a bunch of candy and then camp out in a tent in our backyards.
There are so many great memories I could list, but they will only be interesting to me and Tori.
We went to different high schools in Sarnia, and didn't hang out as much during grades 9-12 as we had earlier (although we had gone to different elementary schools from grades 4 to 8). For awhile, we were going out for coffee every Monday and still going to the mall and such, but we were both growing up and experimenting with our personalities. Tori made new and different friends, friends who I didn't have anything in common with so there was some separation during high school. I was also pretty occupied with dating and theatre so there just wasn't a lot of time to hang out, either.
After grade 11 or 12 (I never remember), Tori moved to London so she could attend HB Beal Secondary School and take specialized art classes. In 2005 I moved to London, just down the street from HB Beal, and we began hanging out on a more regular basis. During our time in London, we tried to make jell-o shooters but used way too much alcohol. I do recall Tori eating/drinking most of them and getting pretty tipsy. Another time, we went to Joe Kool's and it was our first time getting drunk in a bar. It was probably the most drunk I'd ever been. I remember I could hardly believe our combined tab was $80. It seemed preposterous and ridiculous. Then I moved to Iqaluit and learned what expensive really means!
Since I moved to Nunavut in 2006, we have only gotten to see each other when I come down on holidays and take a trip to Toronto. In December of 2008, Tori came up to Iqaluit for a visit and we had a great time. I;m so glad she got to see what was such an important part of my life.
Now that I'm back in Ontario, I plan to visit her much more often! In fact, I drove up yesterday as she has an art show opening tonight. I told her she has to know she's my best friend because I drove through downtown Toronto for her.
Anyway, this has been more about our friendship and less about Tori as a person. Here are some hard facts so I can feel satisfied I answered this meme properly. Tori and her boyfriend Josh live near Yonge and Bloor in an apartment with their 2 cats, Dee Dee and Paul. She just graduated from York with a degree in fine arts and I believe her boyfriend just graduated with a degree in film or something along those lines. Tori works at York on a short-term job that is just about to end (please hire her!) and is a talented artist. As I mentioned, she has a show opening tonight called You Make Me Feel so Misanthropic.
Tori enjoys working out, watching movies, and keeping up her blog, Two Per Week. I'm not really sure what type of music she listens to these days but I do know she likes to cook.
I forgot to mention that this year, we've been (best) friends for 20 years and counting. At this point, I more or less just consider her my sister. I'm so proud of the fact we've been friends for 20 of our 24 years of being alive, it's pretty unusual to have a 20 year friendship at any stage in your life. We are planning to do something special this year to commemorate the 20 years, but we haven't come up with any solid plans yet.
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