I'm in the mood for diamonds

Remember how I told you that whenever I find money on the ground I always lose something more important? Well it tried to trick me this time by delaying the losing part but it STILL SUCKS.
Sigh.
I lost my favourite broach (also it was my grandmother's). SIGH. Now my mum's going to be mad at me. I'm dumb, the clasp was slightly loose and I should've done something about it. Tied the damn thing to me or something. I lost it at Sneaky Dee's and I went back there to see if it had been turned in but NO. I might make a poster or something but yeah right it's just costume jewelry (prettiest).
In general and in theory I'm all about how things should be worn/used. How there's no point to owning things that you're not going to appreciate and enjoy and make the most of. I'm not against wrecking things or wearing things out, as long as I used them to their full potential.
There's some things I'm even too weirdly protective of and never use or enjoy such as my Christmas Converse hightops. Which maybe I'll wear today. They're gorgeous.
But still. I really fucking wish I hadn't lost my broach.


Anyway.
Funnest Sunday afternoon in awhile yesterday. Really felt like a Sunday for some reason kinda weird since I don't really have typical weekends...
Spent a good portion of the morning explaining my Christmastime rituals and plans and making my friend tell me about his. HOLY FUN TIMES. Guess what? I love Christmas. But I think that's due partly to fully loving my family (and also liking them a lot as people) and having an excess of good time plans at Christmas paired with good taste and lots of food.
I'm going to write out our entire Christmas schedule for you on here very soon so that you can be jealous of our Christmas cheer.

Then went to Aunties and Uncles which I was very skeptical of because of on the weekends it gets lined up to timbuktu and you have to wait and wait. But we went late enough in the afternoon so that our line was the last of the lining up, so we weren't under severe pressure to eat-and-get-the-fuck-out. GOOD GOD I LOVE THE FOOD THERE. Srsly omelette. Srsly. Especially since I've started getting it with eggwhites. Pansy-ass, I know. But um yes and it was butternut squash and broccoli and swiss so beat that. And sometimes I get the sweat-potato hash instead of the potato salad..... omg good. The only thing is they don't have Saskatoon berry jam anymore. Which is ridiculous. It's okay I'll bring them some back at Christmastime. (p.s. I love that Christmastime is a word)


I turned my camera to "monochrome" and then couldn't figure out how to change it back that little guy there is holding a grenade. Except maybe it's a hot water bottle. Yes, let's go with that.




My friend's dress matched the menus! We both wore summer dresses because there's not many days left for that. Felt good. Even though everyone complimented hers and not mine own. And I made mine. With my own hands.......


We stuck around Aunties until well after three. And my favourite grumbly server sat with us and wasn't too grumbly, more funny. Aaaand oh yeah we had apple crisp pancakes for desert (obviously).

After Aunties we wandered over to Big Chill for ice cream and to meet up with a dude and his friend that my friend had met this week.
Upon getting introduced to said dude he said to me "yeah, I know you" and then I realized that he's this guy that I've met maybe a half a dozen times and never remember. I'm the worst!
The best part is that he's a babe so whenever I meet him I vaguely hit on him.
And then don't remember him later.
HAHAH. Awesome.
Also, he did the score for a short film I did, so he's stared at my face for way way longer that I have his.

HEY GUYS NUIT BLANCHE I JUST REALIZED.

Worked the Janet Jackson concert last night didn't see any of her boyfriend barfing in her lap, but the show looked good from what little I saw... and it was a quick shift and finefine chatted up some people that I missed, etc.
ACC! Pretty happy to be back. Working again tonight gotta try and make some dollars so I can take you out on the town...

After working went to Dakota with doll for the first time in forevers and we really didn't any on. Haha awesome that I feel like going home at 130 is early. We also went to Communist's Daughter aaaaand for some reason they hide the fact that they have the most delicious almonds in the world. Bar nuts still exist! I have no idea what these almonds were about but Doll and I guessed soysauce or lime or maybe BOTH. So goddamn good.
You care.

Today I am having some alone time! I'm enjoying sitting at my computer at the window so muchly. Was supposed to go shopping with doll but wienered out on account of my head will explode if I don't stop spending so much time with people.
Might go shopping solo before ACC, I need to get new black pants and new black shoes for work...

Might go back to sleep......

milks

"I'm self-diagnosed lactose intolerant. Because one time I drank three milkshakes in two days and not much else and then I felt really really sick"

back to life back to reality

First shift back at the ACC last night! Leafs pre-season game. It was pretty good. Good to see everyone and have them be pleased that I was back. Even some the management seemed glad. Trained a new guy who drove me and my partner extremely nuts. Extremely. Severe space issues, wouldn't just let a joke be a joke - had to keep asking about said joke and trying to take it to annoying extremes, and just talked incessantly. About nothing.
It was okay though because since there was an extra person I didn't have to do much at all. I ate pizza and wandered a bit. That job is so ridiculously easy. And after the mayhem and obnoxiousness of skydome this year it's a welcome change. I love the organization of it. Oh yeah and the pay. Even if I make $5 in tips it's still alright because at least I'm making like $14/hour. SO WHATEVER.
OHHHHHHHHHH MONEY MONEY MONEY.

Super fun timez after work. Went home and got hot (new tights from winners I will take pictures soon so you can see how hot they are) and went to Supermarket to see Sweet Thing. Met up with gfs who had never seen them and they loved loved them ("this is a band of babes!") and I danced and stomped and remembered how much I love to see that band. Srsly. I'm so glad I went. Seeing a fun band is one of the best ideas ever.



I really wanted his t-shirt, it says "canadian content" which is awesome but I asked where he got it and he said CBC costume department so balls to that. Perks of having your own CBC show I guess. I'd like to see that department though. For realz.

I felt like the sound was especially good last night too. The vocals were so full and warm and yeah.



haha I was talking to one of them and his gf afterwards and he said something about babes to me and his gf was like "babe is for girls" but she was wrong! And also she said "my god your hands are small! Who's going to marry you!?!" which was the funniest sentence I've heard. Plenty of people! Babes are lining up! We asked what she even meant by that but she really didn't seem to know. It was kind of awesome.

Then I went to a house party of some people that I don't really know. But there were babes, so, you know.






this was awesome:

especially this because it looks like a lying down chase sequence and also it went on for a long time awww bromance

Crazy crowd very loud we were out back and the neighbour totally hosed us down. I got home quite damp. Quite, quite damp. As we were leaving (of our own accord) we passed by a few cops who seemed to be thinking about making their way in, maybe just to party too.. they seemed pretty chilled. We bid them a good night.

I might chillax tonight. After working the Argos game, I mean. I'm kind of weary and partied out. Kind of. But I will probably get a second wind. I'm a champion like that.

Also, I have to say that knowing my exact drink limits and then forcefully sticking to them is the best idea I ever had. I know that if I have more than 6 drinks in a few hours then I will barf. And I hate barfing. So I've gotten into being careful with measuring and keeping track of my consumption. It only gets bad when I don't know how much I'm drinking of stuff... like when Doll and I got into all that prosecco and then all those beers and then the hot tub was slippery.. that's when it gets bad.

OMG time to bathe but my hair colour is fading fast. Why can't technology advance enough to keep red on my hairs???

pls fix my computer going on the internet

I have the biggest bruises right now. On my bum. From falling out of the hot tub.
No really. They are big.


See? That's not even all three of them. Fun timez!


Ugh. Went and worked out with Dollface today, for this first time this week. (I worked out a bit at my house but I don't push myself like I should when I'm on my own) Was not feeling it today. No sir. But even not fully committing is better than not doing it at all. Or something.
Now I'm eating soup and rice crackers and brie and getting mad at the internet not working like I'd like it to. Mother effer.


I just about blew a gasket at work yesterday. So, so very close. And very close to quitting.
The whole system there is effed and this year is worse than any other.
And my one co-worker was bossing and complaining to the nth and not being a good worker on top of that (I don't mind bossing so much if you're also a great worker).
And then when I objected to her bossing and whining she repeatedly told me what a bad mood I was in. Went so far as to ask me if I was getting my period. Nice!
On top of that I made $130 and since we had to split all of our tips at the stand I ended up leaving with about $75. Yikes.
Then on top of that my co-worked tried to get us to leave our stand fully unlocked and not signed off on in the interest of leaving early. When I refused, she flipped out.
Then on top of that my co-worker blamed having to do re-counts on me when if fact she had inverted numbers I had counted.
I know that complaining about people, especially co-workers, makes people wonder if it's actually me that is the problem.... but I can't help it! I wanted to punch her in the face! So badly! So so so so badly!
And I'm pretty sure I'm a good worker.
The dome used to be my favourite job ever. But the system has gotten so badly screwed up, it's pitting everyone against each other.. I'm really not sure if I'm going back next season. Luckily there's only a few more games and then a big big break.



In other, better, news - I had a pretty fun hang the other night that involved Cool Lager (favourite too bad I lovesit) and watching My So-Called Life with a babe.
I know.
You are so jealous of my lifestyle.

OMG My So-Called Life.
Nothing I write could ever even compare. The subtleties and warmth and love and kindness and heartache and cleverness that show has.
I'm not even joking a little bit. I think it's wonderful and painful and beyond true. I'm still in awe of it and I've seen it all about a billion times.
I think I should just pull an "Office" and just remake MSCL in Canada. Obvious best idea.

I do not want to go to work today! Or tomorrow. Or Saturday. I don't know how people work five-day weeks. It seems very silly to me.
I blame my mother for a lack of interest in work.

OMG THREE MONTHS UNTIL CHRISTMAS I'M NOT EVEN JOKING!

I had the most intense stress dream about Christmas last night. It was painful. It was my birthday (Christmas eve) but I hadn't bought anyone any gifts so I had to go the mall to go shopping but I kept accidentally leaving the mall and driving away and then realizing I hadn't bought anything. And I couldn't go to my own birthday party because I had to go shopping! So frustrating. The worst was that I woke up at one point and was all "thank god that was just a dream" but then I went right back into it!
Which is unfair because that never happens with good dreams.

**********


I wrote this yesterday before work and tried to post it but the internet was being dumb. Speaking of which:
So this laptop seems to only want to connect to the internet via airport, and completely ignores when I plug the internet directly into it. So I steal internet from whoever in my building hasn't password-protected their internet, but it's very touchy.
I know that my internet works because I plugged it into my old computer to check. And I even think that when I first brought this comp home I plugged my internet into it and it just worked...
So WTF? Why won't it work now? Is there something I don't know????
(Pls help me on this if you can? Thnx??)

Also, guess who I ended up working with again last night?!?
Yep, same co-worker! Holy fun times. It wasn't as bad as the night before but still annoying. I made something ridiculous like $215 in tips (completely unheard of for this season. Like off the heeze) but ended up leaving with $185 on account of she didn't make nearly as much as me. But it was still GOOD and I still needed that money like you would not believe.

look at me now. thnx

Got some pictures taken of myself today. Same stylez as yesterday except the roles were reversed.
Good stuff!
My friend was unfamiliar with my camera which lead to a few of my favourites being ever-so-slightly out of focus (and therefore unusable)... SIGH. But I think I still have stuff to work with?








More on my flickr site.

I don't know. I really like them but I might have her back to do just a few more... But I haven't properly gone through all of them yet. So we'll see!
Pretty fun timez either way.

xoxo

Today I went and spend more than $50 at Shoppers and then they gave me a $10 gift certificate. And I earned soooo many points. Shoppers is easily my favourite store. I can pretend I need virtually all the things I buy there.
It's getting bad.

Also today I made soup.
Monday Soup:
1 can mixed beans
1 can mixed vegetables
1 onion
4 cloves garlic
left-over spaghetti sauce
water

It's pretty good, gotta say. And the easiest soup that has ever been invented.

Also today I watched a couple of episodes of Gossip Girl. And it's pretty good. Much better than 90210. I mean, in the end, I'll watch pretty much anything.. but I do appreciate it when a show is actually somewhat entertaining.
And Gossip Girl has the best hairdos and the biggest babes, soooo that's merit if I've ever seen it. Also at least stuff happens on GG, unlike 90210 on which nothing happens at all ever. And they have SOOOOOO many characters. Thin characters who don't do anything and who bore each other for fun.

Also today I took heasdshots for my friend! That is actually what took up most of my day. Pretty fun times though. She does not enjoy having her pictures taken at all and it was neat to see her loosen up through the shot and actually start enjoying it...









And that's what I did today! Now you are filled in!

In dreams comes responsibility

I had a five hour nap this afternoon, which is a clear sign of how effed up I was last night! Fun times!

Didn't leave the house until about 1 a.m. then I went and met up with Dollface and co. at her lawyer friend's birthday party, which was at his apartment/penthouse/loft kind of a place.
I didn't take any pictures on account of I already felt like kind of a kid sister and was already being slightly bratty (not really, just making a horrendous amount of lewd jokes. yeahhuh).
But yeah, he had it catered a bit, but we were too late for food except when our friend went and got fresh baked bread that was right out of the oven oh lord so good. Also tonnes of booze. Df and I teamed up to down a bottle of prosecco (with strawberries in it!) and later had beers...
There was one big babe there that Df had met before who we both thought was dreamy (this never really happens, luckily for us our taste in dudes differs quite notably). He was there with his gf, but was such a flirt.. to the point where I wanted to call him out on it. Except I guess it's possible he's just a nice guy. A nice guy who is also a lawyer. Lawyers are bizarre.
We got into the hot tub at probably 3 in the morning and kept drinking in there. Did you know that people are right to say you shouldn't drink in the hot tub? You really shouldn't.
On my way out I fully slipped on the wet stairs coming off of the tub and bit it big. Luckily I tucked and rolled so only my hip was really impacted. I should take a picture of my hot mess bruise for you guys. It's pretty funny. I wore shorts today just so that I could show it off. Yike.
Df fell getting into the cab and messed her knee. We are a pair of dreamboats like you've never even met. So ridiculous and dumb.
I didn't even remember going on the computer when I got home (at probably 5 or 6 a.m.) but then I got a response to an email I didn't remember writing... Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh lordy.

Today I was still drunk when I woke up so I went to Sneaky Dee's with some peeps.




My friend took a series of photos of me while I was talking. pretty hot.






I told him I was going to upload that one to fb and then tag him as my secret mystery boyfriend. He seemed okay with that.
Sneaky Dee's has good food I don't even care what you think.
I had a weird concoction that had a tortilla bowl filled with beans and cheese and stuff and topped with a fried egg and with some salad on the side and I had a side of hashbrowns (grease absorbs alcohol).

I ate so, so, much of it. I was surprised at how much food I fit in my belly.
I read this morning that you should consume up to have of your daily calories at breakfast time. I think I'm going to try this out. It seems like a good theory. And I'm into having energy and stuff.


haha I look like Amy Sedaris.


omg look how much I ate.


haha she took all of these pictures herself. Kind of cute.


After breakfast my friend and I went to Kensington to buy sunglasses but then we didn't even buy any and I was sooooo exhausted but I was glad I walked a bit so that I could begin to digest the extreme amount of food I'd ingested.

Then I had a wonderful nap!
I set my cellphone alarm for a couple of hours but I fully slept right through it. Not even close to waking up for it. Nice.

And now I'm up. Sort of. Half way. And going back to dreamtown very very soon. I'm ready.
Gotta get up early because maybe going to do my friend's headshots tomorrow and that should be fun! And I have to clean up this stye before she comes over.

I bought myself a plant today. I think it's a mum, but who knows. It was cheap! And I needed something for my new, bigger, kitchen table.

Oh yeah, I had a weird dream about hanging out with Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson and Lindsay's little sister and trying to protect her from their crazy mom.
I also had an elaborate dream about how rich I was and how I had a lakefront house and how there were many cats who all had new kittens!!!

Actually, this afternoon was one long convoluted dream that is really probably best left undeciphered.
I love sleeping!
It is one of my favourite things to do ever. It is so fun. I love it. Sometimes I get so excited about the idea of going to sleep.
So fun!