were you lookin at my girl quit lookin at my girl

I kind of wish that I lived on the ground floor so that I'd be giving out candy right now I really want to see all the little babies in their costumes that's all.
I did see a cute little girl at Nirvana today and she had a cute dad and I was like "I think I'm ready to be a step-mum". Also watching babes interact with kids makes feel a bit insane. Whatever!

Nirvana has the ultimate worst service ever, hey? no but really. it's actually remarkable!
I think I was still drunk at our 4 p.m. brunch. I was also the only one who ordered a bloody mary. to be fair I had been dreaming about that bloody mary for about 1.5 hours prior to actually getting to brunch.



HALLOWE'EN HALLOWE'EN HALLOWE'EN.
ah man I had such a good time last night! Totally fucking did it up right. I laughed SO MUCH. that's how you know you're having fun. the laughing.



Started off at a parkdale house party with Mrs. and that crew hosted by miss Sub Rosa. I ate too many chips and spinach dip so gross I felt sick pretty quickly after that.
My friend who was dressed as Carmen Sandiego came and met me there. Pretty sweet costume but most especially because she acted the part as well. Actors are the best.





We then left to head to Dundas west thinking about hitting up Garrison as swag was there and he said it was fun but on the way we found a big plastic kid's wagon and so Carmen Sandiego was pulling me in it. We needed to get a cab though so we got one and the lovely cab driver let us put the wagon in the trunk!

FUCK YEAH, CAB DRIVER made my night.
so sweet.




We got deposited on Dundas a few blocks away so that Carmen Sandiego could pull me down the street hahahaaaa oh man did I love that I was laughing so hard.

We made Swag come out to see us also we went back and forth in on dundas for awhile but it was lined up so we couldn't go inside.



But that turned out fine because we went and met Norman at a house party basically in the park.
Carmen Sandiego and I took turns pulling each other in the wagon on the way there hahahaaa talking on your iphone while being pulled in a wagon is so silly!


oh yeah we found a bed on the road as well. We sat there for a spell.



We pulled up in front the house and we weren't sure if it was the right place so we yelled up at the people on the balcony and then one of them was like "is that meredith?" so classic! I had no idea who it was at all and they weren't responding. but then we went instead and found Norman and other people and then it turned out it had been Chris Locke yelling at me!
I love Chris Locke! He's too funny.
How the fuck he recognized me I'll never know. Ha, though also I went to drop off Dollface's keys at her work last night and forgot I was in costume and my fav door guy still recognized me. hahaaa I make such a good boy. I'm so sexy.



So, yeah, Carmen Sandiego and I stayed and partied forever.
We went out on the various balconies and climbed ladders up onto the roof. All smart activities like responsible people.

the house was so nice. seriously fucking nice. serious balconies. I'm very very jealous.



We told the one girl who lived there that she could keep the wagon but then when I left I felt like taking it home (I left rather abruptly after noticing that I was too drunk to be allowed around people anymore, actually I don't remember the last bits of interactions with a bunch of people. yikes) so I dragged it for a little while but then ended up depositing it in front of Violet's parents' house for some reason! hahaha ughh sorry parentssss.


I fell asleep wrapped around my computer and with my contacts in. I'm glad I slept for 8 hours because otherwise I would be more of a wreck today I'm pretty sure. What's with this week? it's fuckin' nuts, eh?

Also being in character last night was SO FUN and I got to say things like "Hold on I gotta pick my fuckin' dick up"  obviously.
and I got to leer at everyone pretty much.


Hallowe'en is so fun wearing costumes is the best. I don't know if I'm going to wear one tonight it's so cold out. Yeah I realize that it's actually Hallowe'en but still..
Also I think I lost my mustache

Me and Flash Gordon are going to go to this:

hahahaaaa good video that makes me want to go. not kidding.

OH YEAH I ALMOST FORGOT TO TELL YOU:
Chris Locke admitted to me that he thinks I'm funny.

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwesome.

hallow hallow's eve

HAPPY HALLOWE'EN!

I'm very very happy that I have tomorrow fully off because for some reason instead of this week being a life-job working productivity week it has turned into an all-out shitshow of midsummer proportions.
I had people over after the bar last night (note, if you stock booze at your house your house will automatically become a party zone. which is fun if you like partyzones but pretty soon every glass in the house will be dirty) and we were up until like 7 a.m. or something silly like that I think they went out afterward actually pretty nutso.

We ate all the cheese and people were a bit displeased because I've run out of sweet tea vodka. Oh man sweet tea is so good.
I have such fun friends sometimes, eh?


Here is my costume from two years ago, I was a christmas elf:

 Fine, I realize you can't really see my costume. But my braid looks sweet.

From last year:

 I'm a ranch hand!

 JL was basically nothing. Just because you're wearing a leather jacket and you don't normally wear a leather jacket doesn't mean you're in costume. god.

 

More from this night here.
Man I am SO excited to wear my mustache again. I feel like it really really suits me.

Ha, my friend and I were joking about not having "committed to any parties" but really what we meant was we weren't invited to any....
I do have a couple of invitations now but boy do I ever not want to go to work beforehand... Hopefully it goes real quick and we get out early. I wonder if they'd let me wear my mustache... I bet no.

Not to keep just recycling content here but this from my blog two years ago I still think it's funny:

COSTUMES I THOUGHT ABOUT GOING AS:

A Wedding Vehicle
(dressed in white with the paper flowers in rows on me, a "just married" sign and tin cans trailing from my butt)

My Dad (circa 1983)
(Hahahahahahahah wearing a moustache and holding a dirty magazine and a cup 'o sperm)

hahaaaa I do kind of love costumes.  Good costumes are very impressive.
I want to meet up with Dayna tonight at some point specifically because she and her husband are THE BEST at costumes and hallowe'en. No, really.
Maybe I will steal some photos from her later to show you.
Good thing she found a husband who loves hallowe'en too, hey?
Now I just need to find a Christmas-husband.
MMMHMMM.

hbd df

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOLLFACE!!



that's all I got for now.



no wait, also my favourite work supervisor send me a link to this article: http://thehairpin.com/2010/10/all-dudes-learned-how-to-dress-and-it-sucks/! so funny!

Aaaaaand, for a moment I'll pretend I'm at all politically-minded. I know that pretty much everyone has seen this by now but it really is preeeetty amazing, I'll tell ya that for free.

From this article in Torontoist. Not united at all.

Okworktime then partytime gotta do it up for Dollface but hopefully it'll be a bit calmer than last night (at least for me)!

off track some more

okokok here's the skinny:

it gets dark too early and now that it's 7:13 a.m. that seems made up: sunsets and sunrises seem made up and arbitrary.
I feel like going to visit my friend who I hadn't seen in too long at 3 in the morning was a completely valid way to spend my time and maybe that's because anything seemed preferable to sitting in my house feeling a bit sad for too many tiny reasons that weren't adding up to anything solid.




it's less than two months until Christmas and I love Christmas I love Saskatoon at Christmastime I won't stop loving that. I booked all my flights and I'll be there for 15 days, that's more than two weeks because I can't bear the thought of getting older and maybe not being able to be there for all of it. I'm obsessed with the past and the future. If only I could concentrate of making this present the best.



just now we passed by ella's uncle and they were opening up shop and we passed by joggers, who jogs in the middle of the night? we asked each other, then realized it's morning.

speaking to my mum last night about my faulty heart and lack of surety, and she said "maybe it's not your heart that's faulty..."
I'm sure don't know what she was inferring but I'm sure we can all take guesses.



I'm very aware of how mean I've been in the past. I know how mean/rude/cold I can be and I know how needy/sad/asking I can be and trying to negotiate how to be an honest and a good person is a bit of hard work.
Thinking back to how awful I've been is a strange.
I do not mean to be awful. But my lack of patience I do not feel is my worst characteristic.

I'm loving where I mean it. The problem is that sometimes I only mean it for five minutes. Or I mean it mean it mean it for so long where it is not needed. I get hung up on the ideas of things. Good and bad.



It gets dark too early. Good news, though, the sun's coming up.

remember when i met you i couldn't say your name

Wowwow I am terrible when I am not spending enough time by myself.



Even Dollface reminded me that I need "alone timez" last night when I complained of being a bit irritable. Classic classic meredith r. mistletoe.



I got my new COUGAR BOOTS in the mail today, though. The winter boots are apparently good up to -30 if you're active while wearing them.
I am going to be so pleased trying these out this winter.
I walked to work the other day (little italy to union station basically kind of a hike) for the first time in awhile it went surprisingly fast. Fast and easy. I always forget just how much I love walking.
Also it was stormy out and the air felt a bit crazy which is always the best time for walking really.

I try to walk both ways as much as possible all winter and these boots I got seem to have serious grip plus are waterproof man I'm just going to stomp my way down to work with the happiest feet. I kind of wish it would snow. Okok snow in 2 weeks then we can get this christmas party started 'round here, yeah? 



My house is uncomfortably messy right now and I'm glad that I have tomorrow off.
Having a clothing swap in the evening (come! no, seriously, if you want to come you should) and so I want to get the house into shape for showing off. Or at least making a little cozy nest for us to drink sangria in and swap clothes and gossip.



Though cleaning is not high on my list of favourite activities I do very badly need some quiet and that's a good way to get some. Just tidying up and taking care of my space and things.
I don't think I even know if what I'm feeling today is valid or true or if I'm just tired and need some space.



I wonder if I'll get tired of Plastic Bullet the way I'm sort of tired of Hipstamatic (for my own use, I'm still into other people's photos)? So far still love it.

I will for sure not get tired of that tuque I've had it since grade 12 probably. I know the girl who gave it to me regrets letting it go now that I've gotten 10 years of wear out of it. Best hat, though.

bad at life job.

Here are some pictures where I look good:

 These are all from TIFF I stole them from Dayna's fb. thanks Day!

I wish my face looked like this more. Also I still love that fucking dress. I know everyone is tired of it now but man, it's just so great.
These are my shitty photos from that night. While we're at it.


(Dayna at work)







Hey Meredith, how is your Life as a Job plan working out?



Yeeeeaaahhhhh.

I'm back on the life-job wagon tomorrow I think. Maybe Monday and Tuesday were my weekend? Yes let's go with that.



I have too much of a headache to do anything today. Shouldn't drink so much! That's not good for life-job.



Night before last Dollface and I went out, maybe even drank after-hours with babes and I partied later than I should have.
though, to be fair, I only went out at 1 a.m, because I was busy really working on things. So.. that's good at least.Plus I was having a Good Time and Good Times are not to be sneezed at.
ha, I like the idea of sneezing at something.




These photos are from Mrs.'s birthday party a few weeks ago. I keep forgetting to post them but Dayna (who is newly employed! congratulations!) requested them, so here they are.
Mrs. was being very funny. Actually that was a great hang out night. I loved when people came over to my place afterwards for more drinking and cheese plates. I always have so much cheese. It's like when it's on sale I have to buy it, you know? 



Oh yeah so I went out with my crush from grade 4 last night. What a trip! He moved away at the end of grade 4 so obviously we had a bit of catching up to do. Hahahaa grade 4!
I ran into him last year at Dakota luckily he recognized me. Pretty crazy. I'm into nostalgia and getting hung up on the past, but you probably know that about me. 
He forgives me for hitting him with a skipping rope. Apparently it's not the worst thing that ever happened to him. Man, I had a sick feeling in my stomach when I thought about that for years and years. No joke.
It's pretty funny to talk about stuff that happened so long ago. And talk about what happened to everyone later in life. Gossip about grade 7, yep. 
also it's neat how we're still basically the same people and to think about how tiny we were!


swagger is wearing Mrs.'s glasses and Mrs. is wearing my glasses. Haha glasses parties happen way more than you'd think, hey?


I have no idea what's going on in this photo. But it looks amazing. 


cutecute barffff.
Also, I like Dayna's shirt combo so much. Well, she's generally the best at dressing. Hopefully she brings me some nice things at the clothing swap.

 
These two are from brunch a couple of weeks ago. Man, I'm bad at posting things sometimes.


Okay I'm going to meet miss lindeman for coffee I haven't actually really spoken to her in months like crazy long I'm excited to see her!