biking to work in the sun is not as good as lying around in the shade

ONLY FOUR MORE SHIFTS TO GO UNTIL VACATION.

And by vacation, I just mean several days off in a row. like maybe 13. Maybe one shift in there at some point? Who knows. Anyhow, working two different jobs tomorrow and one tonight and one on Sunday.
I have one billion plans until Tuesday. Then Tuesday onwards I have nothing really planned. Let's make some plans!
Who wants to take me on a trip?

During my time off I am going to get so much done! Or at least catch up on sleep.

I did actually end up going out last night. Until 3. Why did that happen!
It was Raymi's fault. And mine for being too easy to sway. Met her at Brooklyn bar and then moved to Salvadore Darling.

This world is so small. I ran into a girl from Saskatoon who I went to high-school with there. I was supposed to have brunch with her today but that didn't end up happening, but at least we partied last night. Seriously, this whole world is so small.



So I was up until 5 a.m. looking at the internet. Because when I come home after drinking I frequently just get carried away looking at random things and linking around. So dumb.

Slept in until noon and then somehow managed to get up and showered and go to the gym with Mrs. I'm kind of amazed with myself. It's good to have people to meet at the gym because then you can't wiener out of it like I was fully planning on doing.
I'm sore!
Obviously.



These pictures are just like the pictures from yesterday only with slight variations. I know I know.



I wish I had time to relax all day right now. I'd like to go to the park and read in the sun. Or shade. Yeah, in the shade.



So I'm officially having a clothing swap on Monday. I invited a bunch of really nice ladies but I don't think it'll be too crowded in here, probably just right? I hope so!
I'm going to be making my (famous) sangria and my (famous) guacamole and maybe some cookies?
I wish gluten-free baking was easier and less expensive. It probably will be later on because everyone is sort of realizing how hard gluten is to digest, lots of people are going gluten-free or just eating way less.
Pretty good.

I'm planning on cleaning and finishing up organizing this place on Monday so hopefully I'll have photos of it for you then (Mum and Sass/Joey, mostly). It's not exciting really at all now I am building it up. oHhhh wells.

tiny strawberry print!

heythere, good news, I'm in a good mood. So don't worry or anything, no need to get me flowers (get me flowers.) or anything.



Aww man, I'm so productive it's kind of sick. I didn't even go out last night because I'm responsible and I may not go out tonight, either. I haven't done any writing lately, though. Nor the blogging I should be doing. So I want to get to that.



Today I got up at 8, did some push-ups, crunches, stretches, and vocal warm-ups, I worked on my lines for a bit then biked to logan for an audition. Then I did the audition (didn't go awesome, too many words! what am I, literate?). Then I biked to the central Y. I was disappointed to realize they don't yet have the Gravity machines, but I did the eliptical for a bit, then some machines, then the rowing one for a bit. I like the rowing one.



Then I went shopping!
Which is when I bought the dress featured in these photos. LOVE THIS DRESS.
It was more than I usually spend ($30. leave me alone.) but too perfect. I may have also got a couple other little items. Ughhh so pretty. I'd never been in Forever 21 before and now I can't go back because I spent too much money. It's okay though because I'm rich. Hmm.



Then I biked over to Aunties to meet Violet for brunch. It felt like it was around 4 p.m. because I am so used to getting up at 11, but really it was only 12:30. Wild!
So Violet and I had a lovely brunch and Cpt. Heh cooked it for us. Did I say yet that Cpt. Heh works at Aunties now? Did I? Who can keep track! It's funny because Cpt. Heh and McGruff (who is our bud/server) both think Violet is very pretty. Maybe because she is. But probably because they are just tired of seeing me and she's fresher to them. haaaha. um.



Now I am at home and I just took an absurd amount of pictures of myself and of Ruth Buzzi and now I'm editing them and posting them and blogging. I am also burning a CD of the photos I took of those Weather Station-ers to give to Miss. Lindeman and then I'm going to bike to work. Then I'm going to walk Kaya. Then I'm going to sleep at some point. Then I think gym again tomorrow. Mrs, you wanta do aquafit in the morning? Probably not, she's getting ready to have a BBQ.





I wish I could write out the jokes I make to customers at work but they wouldn't translate well, I don't think. It's pretty fun sometimes though. My cute co-worker IDed a guy (we ID under 30) who was like
"you think I'm young? you think I'm your age?"
and she said "I think you look around 30 or under"
and he came back with "hey maybe we should date if you think I'm your age"
and I was like "Hey, yeah, hey you should go on a date with him! This is your big chance! You never get to go on dates, no one ever asks you out! You've always wanted a date!"
haha super enthusiastic-like. She gets asked out about 7 times a shift. That sort of took the piss out of him.
See that didn't translate well.
Hmm.
I dance around a lot at work. Sometimes they play songs I like I like at the end after mostly everyone is gone they play Closing Time by Leonard Cohen occasionally.

Um, is Drake growing on anyone else a bit?




Yeah I still have more photos like this. Laterz I guess.

Now I have to go try not to eat all the Nibs.

a bea see dee eeeee eff gee haych ai

Hopefully I didn't already post these photos from Raymi's birthday. That would be embarrassing.



Yesssss I got my Y membership all done and good today. Now I don't have to always go with Mrs. now I can go by myself, too. Holy shit I'm going to be so tough. I will have to swear more and wear more shirts with cut-off sleeves. ha, I wore a shirt to the Y the other day that I had cut the sleeves off. Mrs. liked it for sure.



I just spent a lot at the liquor store. I wasn't even thirsty.
Setting a little display on the table. Want to have more liquor around for me and my guests. It's a nice thing to be able to offer. And a nice thing to have to display. And a nice thing to drink forever.
I went to Mrs.'s house the other day and she had a tray in the front room with boozes on it. I was jealous. God, what is this blog, Mrs.'s life story??




I bought:
a) gin
b) scotch
c) TEQUILA




tequila tonics are my new favourite drink. I drank them last night on my drinking tour of ossington with Dollface. We went to Betty's, Commie's, and Lakeview Lunch. At the lakeview lunch we did not have
a) three-cheese grilled-cheese
b) onion rings
c) sweet potato fries
d) regular fries
e) veggie burger, no bun (my standard)

instead we got salads. Healthy timez. yeah as well as being tough I am going to be filled with vitamins.




TEQUILA AND VITAMINS.

hey have you tried those gummy vitamins from Shoppers? They make me remember to take
my vitamins because they are delicious.




I also spent a lot at Dollarama today. I always feel really guilty about shopping at Dollarama but not for shopping in chinatown and shit... I should just feel guilty all the time, cover my bases.
I bought:
a) bike lights (two sets. $1.50 each, so you know.)
b) batteries for the bike lights
c) compact florescent lightbulbs
d) a smooth egg-shaped stone
e) a ceramic plant pot
f) sunglasses (weirdly super comfortable)
g) cheese and broccoli rice
h) wicker basket
i) wicker basket
j) wicker basket
k) set of 5 pens
l) set of 4 pens
m) set of 6 pens
o) nibs
p) nylons

I think that's almost all. Pretty good haul, I'll tell you that much for free. And man, their wicker is so cheap! and shitty, I know I know.



So, yeah, I had that recall this morning but it was kind of like the beginning episode of ANTM where all the girls are there but then they tell some of them they can leave. Yeah I was told I could leave, some people got to stick around and compete for the chance of becoming Bagel's next top advocate.
That's okay though because usually you just never hear and eventually you sort of figure out that you didn't get it. At least I know.
Plus, I don't even eat bagels!

Though I wish I could.



In other news, I'm really looking for a funny babe who is very good at making me laugh all the time and who thinks I'm as funny as I am (very funny) and then wants to make jokes all day.
Just in case you were wondering.

Whoever came here by searching "saskatoon guy gets lucky with a hot redhead", that's awesome.

if I leave now I can get coffeeeee

today I drank tea and I listened to Clipse and I laughed at my own jokes. Oh, right, that's most days.

I wish I had a rap/dance band again.



Work last night was the longest EVER. I mean, did you even see that game (you probably didn't)? Super lot of runs for both sides and it was just like the battle of bad pitching from what I could tell. Heyyy this is a baseball blog now!
But I worked with my friend who just got a job as a flight attendant so she's been trying to improve her french so we were attempting to speak only french to each other. Terrible failure, but truly good times. Holy lord we were killing ourselves falling over laughing at our ridiculous lack of french knowledge.
Also I kept singing french voyageur songs and doing the actions. Obviously.



It was super slow and so luckily we were entertaining each other and luckily it was a pretty smooth night, not terrible issues at the end or anything. And made a bit of change, so, yeah, I can take you out on the town now if you wanna go.



Magpie after work where two groups of my friends were there sort of separately. Stayed later than I intended and then bought taquitos. FUCK YOU, TAQUITO.



HAHA
my agent just called and was like "Recall tomorrow at 11" and I was like "nooooo then I have to blow off aquafit"
we laughed. and laughed.
and then in my head I was like "YESSSSSSS FIFTY BUCKS" just like that in my mind.

I'm ready to book GIGS and then I'm ready to book more gigs!

I think I'm going to have a clothing swap next week. Do you want to come? It may also be the official unveiling of my new apartment (ahah this gets dumber because I didn't even change anything, really. I mean, how much can you do with 100 square feet??)!

monday is a monday for me this monday

Don't tell Mrs., but in Australia recently, an alligator invaded a pool where an aquafit class was being held, so the class had to be evacuated.
ahahaaha don't tell Mrs. because she hates swimming for fear that the sharks will get her, she will only go to aquafit with me because there's lots of other people closer to the deep end who will get eaten first!
Amazing.



I just had an audition that was way across town and I left way later than I intended so I had to book it like crazy on my bike then I rode back and now I'm tired but I told Mrs. I'd meet her at the gym in half an hour. So I guess I'll go...



I really want to be a TOUGH kind of kid. Pipe dreams, and I can hear everyone laughing at me already. Whatever, I can dream.
Hhahaa "PIPE" dreams



Also, all I go out for these days are fast food commercials, it's kind of dragging me down, maybe it's because I look like I eat fast food??

Work today and then all the way through Sunday. I better have a billion dollars otherwise too annoying.



I'm very, very close to getting all the redecorating/reorganizing done in my tiny attic. Just a lot of cleaning and cleaning to do (fucking dishes fucking piled up like no one's business).
Cpt. Heh got a sneak peek last night when he walked me home from The Weather Station's show.
Fucking love Miss Lindeman and her Weather Station. So outrageously good.



Anyway very pleased with things around here so far. I even have a tiny office nook! Now I will get WORK done.
On my face.



Oh yeah, dyed my hairs back to redder so now I assume I will book all the gigs in the world and become very famous. Or at least be able to afford a very fancy camera and a macbook pro.
Want.



Okaaaay byee Mrs. is going to be mad that I'm late already!

the kind of bad mood that seems fundamental, obvious, inherent, bone-based.
it's the kind of mood where I feel really really beautiful in scraggly hair, no make-up and in this ugly t-shirt, though the scratch of my nylons is almost impossible to take.

this bad mood that makes blogging impossible and makes partying pointless. even in my state of extreme inebriation last night, surrounded by a bunch of people I generally really like, I just felt annoyed and annoying and mean.

oh, I also feel fine. I feel really fine and okay and quiet on the inside a bit. and when I'm at home by myself avoiding doing the cleaning that needs to get done so that this place can be finally finished and re-decorated and nice again, I feel okay.
when I watch several hours of internet television in a row, I feel fine.

tempted to say that it's just the time of the month, but I'm not sure that's all. and I'm tempted to say it's just the time of year, but it's other things too. oh, of course. of course, it's just everything. and I'm just tired and I need a nap.

you have no idea how annoying I found this bit of bull when I read it back over. holy shit.


I'm really, really homesick.

orange slices to start

Luckily today Mrs. posted to her FB something about wanting lunch and so I go in contact with her and she invited me over for omelets! I boiled up some potatoes which I turned into hashbrowns at her place. She also made peanut-butter banana smoothies and tea. I love tea.

For some reason I just wanted so much tea today. I even had a couple more cups when I got home in the late afternoon.


Like I think I've already said, Mrs. and her BF have just moved in together. They have a two-bedroom main/basement a few streets over from me and a HUGE backyard. It's got a mess in it right now but once the landlord cleans that up it'll be so awesome.

There's even a clothing line. And Mrs. is planting a garden. I'm going to eat the vegetables that come from it.

She should plant a raspberry bush.
And a saskatoon berry bush. Do saskatoon berries grow here?


I don't have any pictures from today, so this is an old one of another friend's backyard instead. Because posts without pictures make people nervous.

I'm very, very jealous over their space. So many rooms to go into. So many different places to sit. I'm also jealous of their things and stuff and how Mrs. is very good at decorating.

After we ate we had a glass of whiskey and watched videos on youtube. A beautiful waste of an afternoon.


Oh, here is my mum's backyard, too. With Adventure Cat.
Mrs. has the same teapot as my mum.

I did get a bunch of work done around my house this evening, which is great. I have two HUGE garbage bags of clothes that are ready to get the hell out of my house.

I may or may not be able to fit all my clothes into my make-shift wardrobe and into my one dresser. That would be a miracle. So far I am very, very happy with how things are going, but I still have a bunch more to do.
And this place is still a disaster.

On the phone with my mother yesterday I was about to buy a hyacinth and I said "it'll be like putting a bow on top of a trash heap"
And it was.

At work on Saturday I got moved up into a 200 level bar where I never work and I made much more money than I was expecting, so afterwards I went to Winners. I told my cousin I was about to buy work-out clothes but I definitely didn't.
I did buy a cotton-onesie-shorts thing, a weird printed strapless jean dress, a weird lace almost-cardigan thing, and a black cardigan.

Yep, only one of those things was something I needed. I'll let you guess which.


I didn't go out last night.
Unless you count "going for a run".
I just ran down to Dollface's to walk Kaya, then ran back home. And I use the term "run" liberally here.
Jog. Intermittent jogging. But it's still pretty good.
And I felt okay about it.

Except I ran into a bunch of my friends on Dundas and they were on their way to party and I was like, "sorry, I have to go for a run and then go to bed"
Yikes.

And tonight I didn't go out. I stayed in and cleaned and organized and watched the Junos, which were super weird to watch but kind of entertaining.
Also Nickelback wasn't there, so that's good.
Also some solid people won, I'd say. Not that I know anything about the state of music today. Honestly, I pretty much exclusively listen to things people recommend to me or things that get played at the stadiums.

Aquafit tomorrow at 10 a.m. -- gotta go to bed now!

Lissie and Gravity

Okay, it turns out that I'm just going to re-post things I find off Perez Hilton.

I like this girl! I like these two songs especially. You should listen to them. Or just go to grooveshark and make your own little playlist of her stuff.
So lovely.
God, Little Lovin' is so fun to sing along to. I think family and Steph especially will get this.
Lissie myspace



Heyyy I went to the gym yesterday. I know, right?
Today my pecs hurts. And arms. My weak little fat little pipes are super hurty. Hahah reread "hurty" and wanted to barf. Sometimes I just write shit without thinking.

Also abs are hurty, sitting up this morning was a bit of a chore. Not too bad, though.

Went with Mrs. to the West End YMCA, I used to have a membership there, and am going to maybe get one again.
I was in the WORST temper as I was leaving to go meet her and I almost bailed. I have zero okay clothes for the gym. And even worse shoes. (obviously, I'm a lazy hippie!)

I'm really glad I went, though. They didn't charge me the friend fee (yesss) and Mrs. and I went to this intro class for these weird new machines, Gravity machines.
here is an article about them I didn't read it.

AHAHAHAHAHAAHAAAA

especially funny because on the door to the Gravity room (a whole room, just for these guys) it says "shirts must be worn" they must have googled these machines too and found this.










But, yeah, you use "Gravity" as the resistance and you push and pull yourself up and down this mat-on-an-incline. I still hate working out, but this was pretty fun. Mostly because it's kind of funny and like a weird game or as Mrs. put it "a weird ride that you have to put effort into to have fun on" not quite as good at the "Gravatron" but almost.
I love the Gravatron.

It has some super good arm exercised that I couldn't do too many of because I am weak.
I liked it because it's more fun than free weights or circuit training and you get to stay in one place on one machine and the incline is adjustable so you can vary your level of difficulty plus the amount of weight is you so, yeah.
I don't know why I'm telling you all about these guys like I'm some sort of Gravity secret spy trying to convince you to go on these.

After Gravity I went on a bike for a bit and then did the rowing machine.

Then I felt okay. 

And I felt okay about going out on the town. 

And now it is my favourite o'clock - Brunch O'Clock!

Where's the love? it's not enough! makes the world go round and round

Guys remember when we all used to like Hanson so much?? REMEMBER?
I so into that record, I'll admit. Not MmmBop, I have more class than that, but the ones like Lucy and I Will Come To You the ones that were so fun to sing along to.
I was mostly into Jonathan Taylor Thomas (obvi) but I had a side-interest in Taylor Hanson. Yeah, I taped them when they were on Oprah.

It's kind of weird how I got so ridiculously into pop culture and celebrities, my mum hates all that kind of shit. I've always had a soft spot for crushes and cute boys though. An interest I've carefully cultivated for many years and has served me quite well....

ANYWAY:

Thinking 'Bout Somethin'

HANSON | MySpace Music Videos
Yeah, this is pretty fun. No, it is, though.
Also, it has Weird Al in it, in case that was more your bag.

thought I had little to say, proved myself quite wrong

Christ, child, why is that I can't seem to remember that I get the same kind of high off of being productive as I do off of having a sweet crush?
I cannot seem to bear that in mind as I go about planning and executing my life.



Today I had a great brunch with the Mrs., I drank a lot of coffee and got a bit of jitters but it was totally worth it. Then Mrs. and I went to that little Home Hardware on College where the old men are helpful and not helpful and pretty rude but also kind of endearing. I bet that store in particular gets a shit-tonne of stupid questions all day long. Lots of DIY hipsters (me and Mrs.) looking to start projects they have no idea how to actually do properly.
No, Mrs. knows how to do things. She does set dec. and props and buying and shit for films (hire her). She knows more about building than most people I know.

After the hardware store I came home to get down to work. I'm reorganizing everything in my apartment, repurposing furniture and getting rid of stuff. My place has been driving me bananas so it needs to be done. When I'm done I will have a super awesome, tidy little place that I will be proud to have people (BABES) over to.



This afternoon I managed to start the back shelves that I'm putting up on top of my desk (hard to explain why it's going to be awesome, it just hopefully will be), I put up a shelf and I started transitioning this weird shelf-cupboard-pantry thing that I had been using with the doors off as just a set of shelves that held my TV among other things, I'm turning it into a wardrobe.
I had been thinking of purchasing a wardrobe but I could not find anything that would fit into my apartment. The walls slope in such weird ways and there's just such limited room.

Is anyone else fully addicted to apartmenttherapy.com?? It's kind of great because it has such neat things and ideas but also bad because I just waste hours and hours reading through the site instead of getting to work on my own projects.

Super neat idea that I linked over to from Apartment Therapy, is this idea of starching fabric onto walls as wallpaper. Apparently it damages neither the walls nor the fabric! Whoaly.
I don't know how it would work with large pieces but it still seems pretty cool.



I would really, really love to not have the shittyuglyshitfuckbrutal carpeting in my attic. I'm thinking of buying some mats/rugs to cover it up. Apparently the girl before me had painted the floors blood-red so they "had" to cover it up. I would prefer blood-red floors to this ugly industrial blue never-clean carpet. Carpets are gross.

April 1st was my six-year anniversary of living in this teeny-tiny attic. SIX YEARS. I cannot move out of here because my rent is stupid-cheap and I love the location and the apartment. Most of the time.
Ruth Buzzi is hard to live with sometimes around here because she is very bored and wants to leave the room a lot. But there is nowhere to go. But I have to have a cat or else the place will be overrun with mice. Remember when that happened?? BRUTAL.
Way worse than having a vaguely annoying cat who is also kind of lovely and is asleep right now with her paw on my knee awwwwwwwww



You know, I didn't even feel too badly about missing out on park-time with Cpt. Heh or missing out on a shopping mission with Mrs. because I seriously got so much done.
All these projects would be 100% easier if I knew the first thing about carpentry. Trial-and-error isn't the worst, I guess. Well, it kinda is.



I think I'm getting tomorrow off, I'm working something like 24 of the 30 days this month? Super weird for me but it's also for the best. I have some billz to pay.
And tomorrow I'm doing a work-friend's headshots... and I like doing headshots.

Also, I do own other shirts, I just took my picture in so many different ways on that same day. Yeah there's more to come, even.

it's violet's birthday!

Hey, guess what?
it's Violet(the BFF, remember?)'s birthday today! I can think of no better excuse than this to post some pretty photos of her.


Niagara Falls! That's one of my best friends from childhood there with us, she was in town for a vacation and so we went to Niagara Falls and it was very fun. I love trips. Who wants to take me on trips??

hahaa nice.

aaaaahhhhhhahahaha. If you know me you'll know that I like to make my friends who don't know each other be friends with each other. I don't really have a specific friend group, I have lots of friends from different groups/circles/jobs/arts and I like to make them all interact. Sometimes it's awkward but not always. Anyway, look the Mrs. and Violet are being friends! Friends who just love talking about their periods!

These are from when I was still shooting on film. Remember film? That was hard work.

oh good, digital



Hey I have those exact same earrings I don't remember us both having them.

Violet like pink and purple and pearls but in a good way.  so if you're going to  buy her a birthday gift I would recommend something along those lines.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VIOLET!

Okay enough about her!

I worked the Jays home-opener last night just like I said I was going to and it was way less terrible than I had feared. Success!
I mean, sure, everything was a disaster and disorganized and the company and its employees were pitted against each other and we didn't have anywhere near enough supplies for the amount of sales we were doing. And I worked with one co-worker who we are all certain steals tips! (TIP STEALING?? ULTIMATE LOW)
But it was still way less awful that I thought it would be.
The dome used to be my absolute favourite job. But now that's it's run by a new company and after working at the other stadium and seeing how it could be properly.. well, it's hard not to get frustrated with how poorly things are run.
Am I going to get fired for bad-mouthing them?
Luckily we are unionized now so they'll have a tougher time.
Plus the union seems to be doing fuck-all for us except a TINY pay raise which just barely covers our union dues. 

Anyway, I have a sort of affection for the dome and kind of a lot of secret affection for the Jays like they are all my buds and we should hang out more because I know all their songs and stuff. haaha, I'm not good at sports.

Everyone I knew was at the game having a paaarty time without me and I was kind of jealous. I've been jonesing to go to a sports game lately. WHO'S GOING TO TAKE ME??

Wow, I'm being needy today, hey?

Okay okay, here's a photo of Violet and I in a pool at night. I got it off facebook. Obviously.

Oh yeah, speaking of facebook:

This whole thread is very funny because commenter #1 is someone who gave me his email address while I was working at the stadium and he told me that I looked very cute in my glasses. Which is a funny way of putting things because I assure you, I look cute frequently, glasses or no.

Yes, I did end up FB friends with someone who tried to pick me up at work, leave me alone.

PLUS, he had no follow-through. So we never hung out, now we're just awkwardly facebook friends. I hope he reads this just because it would add to the amazing amount of awkward.

Also it's funny because I frequently wear contact lenses, I just hadn't had any new ones in awhile. Sometimes you just don't feel like wearing glasses. Especially if you want to wear sunglasses. Or when it's rainy. Or when your nose is tired of supporting them.

Also I was being sarcastic! Obviously! Okay, they get that probably, I know. But still.

Fucking blogger post editing is getting to me, quit formatting things I don't need formatted!