tattoo o'clock

I called my mum up today to tell her I got a tattoo because that seems like something pertinent you tell your mother about and she sort of laughed at me. How classic!

When I got my lip pierced the summer I was 16 (before I even kissed anyone, really) my mum had to come with me and she was a bit annoyed with the whole idea and she said "I made you perfect, I don't know why you have to go messing around with it".
kind of true.
But also, I got a picture of a snowflake I drew tattooed on my wrist today!


so... that's cool.
I'm pretty pleased with it!
It's nice that it's something I've thought about for awhile and something I think really suits me and is 100% particular to me.



exciting!

last night I was idly talking about getting said tattoo as I am wont to do because in the past I talked a lot about doing stuff that I never actually got around to doing. And I said to Onesie, let's go tomorrow!
And I got home and I saw my new roommate (who just arrived on Friday from Germany and who doesn't have a nickname yet because I haven't discussed it with her yet and she's super sweet) and I mentioned to her about the tattoo and she was like "I really wanted to have roommate time tomorrow" so we agreed we should all go and get me a tattoo!

I drew it this morning. I combined two of our favourites that I'd drawn in the past. I'm pretty into it. (thankgod)
and it was super lovely to be out with my two beautiful roommates doing something... I don't know. doing something I'd never done before. It was neat.




this morning Onesie made us breakfast. Have you ever tried living with a chef? A chef who is sensitive of your dietary restrictions? I'd recommend it!!



I have roommates! How crazy is that? I have roommates and a tattoo now. When people ask me what's new I have something to say.

Oh yeah, also, I got into the Second City conservatory training program and I had my first class tonight and I'm super excited! I'm getting back into improv! What a treat!
I did improv a few years ago at Bad Dog and did a couple of shows and stuff and I liked it but you have to be kind of pushy about getting what you want and I've always lacked confidence about pretty much everything (you may not believe this because I am bossy and loud and rude and a know-it-all, but it's true).
so now I'm getting back into it. with new confidence. and a desire to really get great at it.
and I'm in a class with actually talented people. Not to be an asshole here, but... working with talented people is such a treat! So fucking fun. Not having to worry about them and looking forward to seeing what they're bringing and who they'll be and the jokes that'll happen.... fucking fucking fun. Ya know?

I'm going to be so funny!

Actually, I didn't even do that good of a job tonight. I was a bit stilted and in my head and still unused to being back at it. But it was still fun! and I do feel like I have a billion potential in my insides.



Aaaaand then Onesie made me dinner.
What is with this woman?
Honestly, she seems to legitimately like me. And care about me.
How did I end up with an insta-bff for a roommate? Remember how nervous I was?
Last night Onesie told me she was really proud to be out with me. What a lovely thing to say.


chive flower on the top!
We ate the shit out of this (ever had sea asparagus? so good!) and watched Soap.
I'm not saying I'm over the super-sadness that sort of crept through me all last week, but I am saying that, yeah, my life is fucking sweet.



I've taken a gatrillion photos these past few days. but I never turn on the computer. so these are only a few. So many good ones en route though.


these last few are from the island yesterday. What a sweet little vacation spot that little oasis is.
I have several more photos. Obviously. then you'll be extra jealous.


I really, really like the plane in this one.

goodgod I'm tired. And I finally have to go to work tomorrow. After so many days off.

I'm in the market for another job, jfyi (might as well change everything at once), so if you know of anything I may like.... let me know!

remember when they made cinnamon cream cheese?

maybe I've said this before, but, cloth napkins make me feel fancy.


as do all-neutral-tone outfits. I may have stolen this from Onesie a bit, but, hey... that's what roommates are for, right? to get creepily obsessive and copy you and climb into bed with you while you're sleeping. right?


rain, when I have things to do, gets very annoying. I wish I could bike in the rain to auditions but I'd get so muddy it'd take just as long to straighten everything out when I got there. hmmmm.

look, family,

stained-glass post-tops!
Mum, I was thinking you could do this sort of thing except with the broken blue-and-white china? rrrrright?


cakecakecakecake
if you are going on a diet you should tell me before I arrange for flourless chocolate cake with cinnamon cream cheese swirled in and popcorn for dinner. hahaaaa diet.

so fucking delicious!

Nick Rose is playing tonight at Cameron House and it's been too long since I've heard that guy's songs.
In case you NEEDED to know what I was doing tonight.

BYE NOW.

let's just all calm down a little, yeah?

last night I slept like I honestly haven't even slept before. this weekend was a bit intense.
by a bit I mean extremely.

this life is very very very fun I know I keep saying that but it's still true. there's still a lot of drama, though. and ups and downs. And both Onesie and I have decided to lay off the sauce for the next little bit.
this is the wisest move because we over-indulged this weekend and we both have things we'd like to get done both domestically and creatively.

(also, as a quick shout-out, Onesie cleaned basically the entire fucking giant house last night for hours while I was out at ikea and I cannot believe how much work she did and it was fucking amazing.)


(click through to see this bigger, I used autostitch app to get our entire top deck which has an unreal view!)

I'm hoping to spend some time this week decorating, crafting, arranging, painting, writing, reading, and watching the shit out of netflix on the flatscreen in our living room.

Last night Onesie and I watched the first four episodes of Soap (one of my very all-time favourite shows) and ate chocolate with seasalt and snacked around and cuddled up on our comfy couch/papasan and relaxed like there was no tomorrow. So sweet.


Also, when I got home from ikea we made salsa and virgin bloody marys and sat on the (newly cleaned!) top deck and enjoyed that last bit of sun.




oh yeah, here is the dawn after the party. everyone had left at this point, it was just me up on the roof.

it was really fucking lovely and I tried to make a video expressing how happy I was at that moment but it turned out suuuuuper dumb (surprisingly!) and is too embarrassing to post.


here is a sweet outtake, though!

the day after the party Onesie and I could barely walk or move around properly and we went to Golden Turtle and laughed for a billion years.


she really wanted me to take her photo.


we went to the park afterward which is a bit silly when you want to avoid seeing people you know because you're too out of it for interacting. whoops.




bdwf invited us to an MMVA after-party that my favourite motown cover band, Arkells, were playing at (jk they are good when they do they're own shit too!)

but we were so tired.
it was a super struggle to get up and at 'em for going out again. we may or may not have lay around whining for a good while. god, our lives are tough!


I had a lot of fun at the party when we finally got there, though!
I danced and danced!
bopped around like a little gremlin, mostly!

thank god I took such good and extensive pictures of this event. what would we have done without my coverage?
ugh. I apologize for even posting these pictures but I need some visuals. hahaa dayna's going to make fun of me.
It was nice to see those babes from Arkells again, I have to stop being so rude to DanGriff (at least to his face) something about him just begs it from me, though! I may have called him an asshole at least twice and told him I missed his long locks. Classssssic.
I am 12. 

He has a really lovely and sort of delicate new song that you can listen to and download!

 I like the park where he says sort of like, "wooohoo"  in it.


I posted about how you can screw a reg mason jar into your blender base instead of the jug and it's lead to an extennnnnsive fb conversation that is murdering me because it's so funny!

anyway, I think this is a genius thing to know about since this household drinks out of mason jars anyway and we all like our smoothies a bit different.
hahahahaaaa oh god.

okay. I need off the computer. even though I never spend time on it anymore. still. I hope I get to watch more Soap tonight. it's kind of the best.

entertaining myself!

I'm blogging from an audition room.
They are way behind schedule!

There are several very beautiful women here. One is exceptionally stunning. It's hard not to feel disheartened since I am medium-good-looking and have purple hair.
(it's not that purple anymore... Still too dark though)

I'm busy reassuring myself that this girl is prettier than Claire Danes in My So-Called Life, but I'd never want to see her do that part.
Almost makes sense.

My house is still amazing. We're all pretty happy I think. Having our first party tomorrow night. You can come (unless you're even slightly a creeper)!

I have so much to do before tomorrow night and we're running out of time. And both Onesie and I have been at work so much.... I have this evening, though-- if they ever let me out of here, that is.
The theme is: Our Easy Birthdays
Not that I'm saying my household is easy but that's what I'm saying.

This is the first year I've not payed attention to NXNE at all.. I haven't posted my recommends or even mentioned it. Maybe next year. I still like band guys, so don't worry!!!

lounging

Everything still feels really new but also old and familiar already. I'm ignoring my old life. That's how I get on with things, right?
I still feel very much like I'm off at sleep-away camp and that this is going to end in the near future. I'm feeling really good about things, I mean.
I hope this continues until I'm just comfortable here and not sad about how things were.
Remember how a few months ago I was like "maybe I want roommates" and everyone was like "yeah, right"?
and now I have roommates. that's weird.
I'm famous (to me) for getting prematurely nostalgic about everything and even regular nostalgic. I really only like things that are familiar and cozy. So hopefully this just becomes that before the happy glow of newness fades away.









I still have lines from the pillows on my face.

Oh, what a lovely room I have.
I haven't really been home much this weekend. Not at all. Working working partying working. I'm looking forward to spending tomorrow in the park with the dog and then lying around a bit in my room and hopefully doing some more organizing and putting things together.
We're officially having a party on Saturday night we decided, so I'd like for it to look half-decent for all my guests! Yeeeah, motivation!





I'm actually over-tired right now and I should be asleep (I worked two jobs today like a real adult) but it's too lovely to be hanging out in my bed in my room working on the internets.



Onesie fully agreed with me on how I look better in photos than real life. No, what I mean is that I photograph well.
And I do think it's true that my personality and loud-mouth sometimes can really distract from my medium-beautiful features.
Probably true of most of us. But extra me.
Also, everyone really really likes my cackle-laugh and doesn't find it awful at all. So that's good.



Remind me that in the morning I'm going to make a smoothie!

this isn't going to become a habit, is it?

Should I be allowed to talk to a computer when I've been drinking? probably not!
Or maybe so.

you know who should make video blogs I was thinking? Niki. Niki, you should doooo it!
I have to work two jobs today which seems unfair since I worked all week already like the past six days already! God my life is roughhhh.

in case you haven't already had to look at this via fb/twit/etc, here ya go I made a vlog!

Also, it's really funny when babes do not find me funny at all. I don't even know how to handle it, really.
Also funny when babes straight-up don't like me. It's awkward.

One babe I was talking to has a healing broken collarbone and I asked him how it was doing and he said it was a bit contracted and I said "how are you going to keep your bra-strap up?"
Nothing. 

Mrs. asked me about my babes just now and I told her I didn't really have anything to report and that I was being good and she said "It's okay, you're just 'resting' "
ahahahahahaha haaa

No, I have been chilling out a bit lately. I push everything way too much and I take everything too seriously, it gets draining...  Plus, I would genuinely, 100% like to be a good person. I would like to treat people properly and deserve good treatment in return. And when things are casual or I know I'm not in a proper headspace... it's more difficult.
nxne this week, though. Plus I do have crushes, I'll tell ya that for free. Though none that are particularly babes-of-life or accessible or anything.
SUMMERTIME ALL THE TIME.

Today I had my first "living right beside the dakota" experience when I ran into my buds from Elliott Brood while they were loading out from last night. So funny. "what are you doing here?"
I live beside the Dakota!
I do wish I had gone to their show but I had a suuuuper weird migraine thing going on where I was having vision problems and numb extremities and communication issues so no dice on that one. Plus I was at Hoops mostly. I am always at Hoops.
Canucks are making me very worried.



Hoops on the other hand is FUCKING TOP NOTCH.

Did I tell you the other day I got there after working and it was fully at capacity and they weren't letting anyone in?
So I texted all my friends and they all immediately sprung to action and Norman and Carla Ghee told Ellefry (my favourite bartender) who got the manager who came to let me in!
VIP up in Hoops!

"I have bruises from Hoops" -Carla Ghee
"I didn't know you played basketball?" -her friend
"No, from cheering around and banging my legs on the barstools" -Carla Ghee

I have to go put all my new sheets on my bed!!!!

We may or may not have a party next weekend. You wanna come? I know it's nxne but you can come by whenever, YEAH? 

glass everything, everything in glass

I just spent so much at Value Village! Goddamn, I love thrift shopping.
Vintage glasswares, some blue-and-white china and I got a billion white and cream sheets and pillow-cases and even a light eyelet comforter. My cloud-bed is going to be fantastic. Get ready for it, babes!



Hahaha I worked the NKOTBSB (hahahaa) concert last night and I yelled, "I gotta go look at the old babes on stage" and my one supervisor was like "but they don't have beards!"
#knowsmetoowell

Is it cool to use hashtags not on twitter yet or no? NO.

You know, I really do love the internet, I just haven't much time/patience for it lately.

I'm not as over-the-moon excited about my new place as I have been, but I'm still doing a pretty good job enjoying it, I would say.



Haha, my mother said she had a dream the other night where I called her up to gush about how happy I am in my new place and her response was "well, that's all fine and good, but don't bother calling here again unless you've got something going with the acting".
classssssic

okay guy.

Working working working working. I know my jobs are super easy, but it's still annoying to have to have jobs, hey?
Especially since this weekend would be perfect for partying all the time. Luckily it's still early in the summer...

this new life

I still have little interest in the internet. I'd rather be decorating, arranging, considering, planning.
Setting up house!

It's still fun around here, in case you were concerned (haaaa, anyone who's on my fb or twitter feed has no worries about my state of mind these days) (Mrs. came over last evening and she was like "you're so happy right now" yeeeeeeahhh).

Last night Onesie and I had wine/cider on my front balcony and talked about babes forever and ever and about how happy we are to be living together and it's nice in a way that she's only here for two months because I'm not too worried about getting sick of her. But it's bad because so far she's a great roommate and how are we going to replace her?

I don't have time to upload pictures because I'm considering getting started on clothes mountain.
But, look, that zombie short I'm in is online now!


Now you can watch it, Mother, since you don't love me and didn't get around to it at Christmastime.
Also, I'm not really in it much, but if you only want to see me then fast forward towards the end!

we're grown-ups now, grown-ups use frames on their wall hangings.

It's raining!
Oh, right as I wrote that it stopped, I think. Sort of.

I have to work outside at the soccer pitch today so I would very much not mind it if it cleared up. especially because I'm going to bike. And then high-tail it over to Hoops right afterward, of course!


hahahaa stupid tired face. Tea on the deck yesterday morning and my roommates and I had a very, very hard time getting away from there. It sucks you in. Vitamin D forever and ever.

I feel so, so much like I am at a cottage. It's several things. Living out of bags, feeling at home not at home, the decks, multiple activities, people to share tea and food with, beers in the sun, wearing moomoos while hanging out, all the trees surrounding the kitchen deck...
Yep. Still pretty into my new place.



I love decorating and entertaining! What a treat! People around to take care of and get things for and bring tea to.
Obviously the bloom is going to come off that rose at some point but until then! Let's just smile around, ya know?
(probably sooner rather than later, as I am generally not that nice.)


This is my other roommate, Onesie. She only owns onesies. No, not really, she owns other clothes I think?
She was wearing an all-khaki outfit the other night. I like that a lot.
I also like Onesie a lot. It's super bizarre moving in with people you've never met and there's lotssss of people I'm not too keen on. It's relieving to me that Onesie seems pretty top-notch.
She likes babes a lot. And is very straightforward about stuff.  Things I like.




this guy hasn't got a nickname yet. Still thinking on it. He doesn't live here. Only almost.




Getting a wicked sunburn.. sort of on purpose?
At this point I was lying around on the deck after drinking one tall can in the sun and being unable to get moving in any way, shape, or form. I had my 45 spf on though, obviously. 




Onesie's also a chef, which is the best. It is extra the best because she has friends who are also gluten-free and she was vegetarian for a long time, so sort of gets my dietary restrictions and we've had a few good conversations about stuff.
Also, we've had some great talks about ALL THE FOOD WE CAN COOK FOREVER!
Goddamn the deliciousness we have planned and I'm so looking forward to learning how to make stuff!

I'm a pretty good cook, but I have a limited repertoire and would be very excited to learn a bunch more stuff and try new things.
We're going to make the best mayonnaise ever. And hummus, and have dueling guacamoles.
I wish she weren't leaving in two months and taking her food processor with her. hahaaah maybe I will buy one!
She's going on a chef's training tour of the country, spending a month in each province/territory and learning with different chefs. She's going to be in Saskatoon for a month, so you'll have to befriend her if you're there.

Pretty sure we're going to host a lovely afternoon clothing swap with dainties (if you're not from Saskatoon, that's a word for tiny pastries and treats, not undergarments like it maybe sounds like), snacks, and cocktails. We may or may not sun ourselves on the deck afterward.
I hope lovely ladies come over and we wear sundresses and shit. 

I'm gearing up to be the best hostess ever and to be the best wife ever.
Just kidding, best mum only. Medium-good wife.
Medium-good wife who is very lazy in bed.



Hahaaahahaha Violet is so sick of me mentioning The Good Wife whenever she talks about lawyer stuff.
Sorry dude, it's just my way of relating to you.
Actually, I got to hang with Violet twice yesterday. She has a break from lawyering for the next bit and I'm very happy to have her around. I wish she weren't going away for the whole summer, but.... you know.



It's super weird how far away everything is in here. You know how many places there are to lose things? ONE BILLION.
Especially since things are still a massive disaster around here.
It's possible for me to now miss phone calls or lose bags of candy. So bizarre. Also I had to talk myself out of my desire for more tea as it was too far away. 

I've taken to running from the kitchen which is at the back of the house, to my room at the front of the house. It just takes too long otherwise! Don't worry, it's quiet running.



I'm forsure the mum of the house. Which is alright and will hopefully stay alright.
The people here before us were (obviously) huge assholes and the neighbours hated them and I'd like to be nice to our neighbours, and not be hated.
It's a bit hard because our place just BEGS people to come over and hang out. Why have a deck the size of a tennis court if we can't party on it?
Why have 2.5 balconies unless we can have people on all three. Oh god, we're the worst.
We had maybe a dozen people over last night after the bars and it felt like nothing (to us, probably not to our neighbours). So much space, so many places to hang out. So fun.
I did a lot of shushing, though. And I don't want everyone to hate me for being the downer. But.. ya know. 



If you think I'm not building a snowfort/igloo on the kitchen deck in the wintertime you are sorely, sorely mistaken.

Onesie's mum brought us a lilac bush! How fucking lovely.
I'm going to re-pot it and keep it forever. I hope Onesie doesn't think she's taking it with her. 

And Violet brought over a bottle of wine! Niiiice.

I'm never moving out of this house.
My plan is to live here with roommates for a couple of years during which time I will meet the biggest babe of all time of my life who I will then set up a life with here and have kids and we'll be rich and have a guest bedroom and my mum can come and stay for months at a time. And the babies can ride their tricycles around on the deck. PERFECT.
I hope my future-babe likes my mum. Just kidding, everyone likes my mum. I'm more worried about him liking me. I'm the mean one!

All this week I've only slept for 6 hours a night. That's not like me. But I have too much too much too much going around and around and around in my head. I'm sure it'll calm down right away here.

Norman is super adorable sometimes and last night he was like "you're my good buddy and I'm here for you I know this is a big change for you" and that was so nice.
Then he put his mustache on my face and said "does it feel like a chinchilla??"