31.3

So it's a little after two am, and I was just about to go to bed (having finished Boy Meets World season 7 - which was the LAST SEASON EVER). And then I remembered I still had to post a blog. I would have left it for tomorrow but I am kind of OCD. Ashley will confirm this. Anyways, yeah. I went for a nice bike ride in a T-SHIRT today because it was so warm and sunny. And then I watched the entire season 7. And now I'm sad that it's over. I don't know if there will ever be a show as wonderful as Boy Meets World. Especially when you think that almost every episode was rated G. And there are probably like three PG episodes. Just such an incredible show.

I am starting another show now (meaning tomorrow). I am pretty sure I'll hate it, but I've heard repeatedly about how awesome it is. I'm not going to tell you what the show is until I've reached my verdict. You can speculate in the comments/on Facebook/Twitter, if you wish.

Anyways, I want to get this show on the road, and to get Marissa to sleepies. So today's British song is by Laura Marling. Parce que je l'aime. Or something. Goodbye England (covered in Snow). So it's double-British. But not really. Good night.

Alex - I know I said I would send that music today but I was totally engrossed in Boy Meets World. But tomorrow, I promise I'll send them.

Love you all
xx

31.2

AHH. I've been meaning to add my egg sandwich tally back. I meant to do it every time I blogged for the last week or so, but then when I got down to it, I forgot all about it. Then Alex reminded me. So my tally is back (temporarily). I'm just going to have it whenever it changes. Right now, my tally is at 8 (which is one more than Alex, so suck it).

So in Anna's TSR video today, she was talking about a story about a squirrel that would bite your leg off and how it was so scary. And it reminded me of something almost entirely unrelated. But the point is, she reminded me of it. And now I have to share the story with everyone.

When I was about eight years old, my brother Connor crashed my birthday party. And he started telling us about leprechauns. He said there were different colored leprechauns and they were all horrible. He eventually convinced us of this, saying the purple ones pinched you, and the blue ones bit your ankles and so on. He even convinced us that the yellow ones would kill you in your sleep. So all my friends were like "A PURPLE ONE JUST PINCHED ME" and we were terrified and got no sleep that night. So yeah, had absolutely nothing to do with Anna's story but whatever.

SOOO tonight. We watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and ate pizza (plus the leftover food from the dance). And I was all regretting leaving the cookies in Jeremy's car on Saturday so I took a LEFTOVER COSTCO PIZZA. Now I have dinner for the rest of the week. As long as no one else takes it. But yeah, the movie was alright. I wasn't really focusing on the movie because there was a hottie hot hot squished beside me on the couch.




Totally kidding. Well, no. Jeremy is attractive(even if you can't tell in the picture), and he was squished beside me on the couch (Four people. Three cushions. An epic love story), but I had no trouble focusing on the movie. I just had to find a way to segue into that picture with his popped collar - the collar he popped purely for the entertainment of Toni and Amanda, who were also taking pictures of him. But yeah. I guess if I'm going to talk Jeremy up to all my equally attractive blog readers, I should mention he still listens to Savage Garden. The car ride today was more fun than usual. Although the Hilary Duff day was pretty awesome. And Yellowcard day wasn't bad. Okay, so yeah. Car rides with Jeremy are awesome. If any of you come visit me in two years, I'll introduce you ;)

SO THE SONG. I know I had the Smiths about a week and a half ago, but it is British week, and they are British. And awesome. So really, I don't need an excuse to use them twice. Stop Me if You Think You've Heard This One Before.

To make up for my complete lack of themes, next week will have a theme as well. Because Alex loves them so much, and so do I.

Love you all,
xx

31.1

I pretty much did nothing today except eat my Oscar(s) and hate myself for leaving cookies in Jeremy's car. I hope they're still there tonight. Oh yeah, and I just got off the phone with SHOSHANA. We were talking to Alex for about a half hour because she had to study, the bum. So I talked to Shoshana until ten. Here. There, it's one am. So you understand. And I'm about to watch It's Complicated, on Shoshana's suggestion. I'll let you know what I think of it later on. I also commandeered a shoe box to keep my letters in. I just feel like it's a bit more organized than a pile on my bookshelf. Except now it's a shoe box on my bookshelf and it's not as aesthetically pleasing.

Anyways. I pretty much have nothing to say, so I'm going to leave you with a song. I was going to give you an All Caps song, but then I remembered that I promised a themed week. And the theme is British Music. As much as I love British music, I want nothing more than to give you a WoW related song today. But British it shall be. I'm going to go with Mama Do by Pixie Lott because for some reason I really like it. It also gives me a chance to pimp out my musician friend, Melissa Leonard (again). Go subscribe to her on youtube. She's British, if you couldn't tell from the accent, so it STILL counts for British Music week.

OKAY. So pretty much all her songs are under copyright so to listen to it, go here.

And here's Melissa's version:

Alex and Shoshana, this reminds me. Our surprise for Melissa. GIT 'ER DONE.

Love you all,
xx

30.7

SOOO the Oscars. First of all, thanks to all of you who voted on the earrings and dresses. Even though I like it less, I might have chosen the dress with straps. Because then it wouldn't have fallen down when I was dancing.... But the shirt saved me. And for most of the dance, I was wearing an apron and oven mitts anyways (it was hott, everyone loved it). I think after I took off the apron and oven mitts, my dance moves weren't the same. But because Jeremy and I were on the food committee thing, we got PRIZES.

There were left-over prizes because only four movies were actually submitted. Ours didn't get finished because Zak decided to run off to Calgary, the skank. But it was still good fun. But yeah, the "Oscars" were really just cans of Pringles with gold spray paint. I gave mine to Daniel because he was on the food committee, but decided to take pictures instead of accept an award. But before he went home, he took one of the left-over ones anyways, so I got mine back (salt and vinegar) and then they gave me an extra one (regular). So I have two cans of Pringles. And I was going to take the cookies home but I decided to leave them in Jeremy's car and SAVE MYSELF. I did, however, take home the leftover salad dressing. Gonna have fun tonight!

So yeah. Along with out Pringles, we also got BEADS. I was so excited. Let me give you a bit of back story first. (Not lots, I promise). Jeremy was wearing a purple tie. And I was wearing a red top under my dress. Back story done.

So they gave ME purple beads and they gave Jeremy RED beads. So we accepted out awards, then went back to the kitchen. Then we kind of looked at each other, looked at each other's beads, looked at each other again. We started taking our beads off and he was like "wanna trade?" so we did.

For most of the night, I was in the kitchen. I didn't watch any of the movies but Jeremy said they were really last-minute. Except the last one, but the last one was like 20 minutes long. No thanks. It sounded really awesome (I could hear the laughter) but I was like, I'm putting the OARDERVES in the oven.

(I know it's hors d'oeuvres but I like things to be spelled phonetically. So OARDERVES).

Anyways. It was a fun night. I ate SO MUCH HONEYDEW. Love it. We only bought one but it was HUGE and delicious and Jeremy and I ate a lot of it before people even arrived. Heh... But it was good. We had fun just cutting away until Daniel came (late) with... a girl whose name I keep forgetting. I want to say Danielle but it just seems weird that Daniel and Danielle would be arriving together. BUT she was reading the same book as me! It's called Marked and it's a vampire book. Spencer sent me a copy over msn, and I thought it was weird that she was reading it too.

So after a certain point, Fiona kicked me and Jeremy out of the kitchen and told us to go dance, so dance we did. And it was fun. The VERRRY first song played was Backstreet Boys and while Jeremy was all "I LOVE THIS SONG" (Bonus points, Jeremy. Bonus points) I was all "Aw, this makes me miss Alex and Shoshana." But yeah, the music was not that great. And it seemed to end way too soon. Phil was like "this is the last dance of the evening" and I was all OMG RLY?

So then the guy that likes me (who will not be named on the blog. I doubt he'll ever find out about the blog, but I'd like for his pride to remain intact. I care enough about him as a friend to give him his privacy.) came up and grabbed me and started dancing with me. Then he was like "I guess I should have asked, but I think you're fine with it because you're dancing". I was kind of waiting for him to ask me to dance anyways because I knew he was going to. He did at the last dance. And this time, he came over to me like every single slow song, but then changed his mind at the last second and asked one of my friends. Anyways. It was a good night. I GOT BEADS. But my feet hurt because I wore my prom shoes. And I barely took them off (SURVIVOR).

PS back to you helping me choose the earrings. My favorites were 2-4, and Alex liked 2 best, then 4 second most. I showed all four to my mom and she liked number 2. So I went with number 2 and got tons of compliments on them. So thank you to all of you for helping me choose. I feel like I should do that every time I have a clothing crisis. SO TELL ME WHAT TO PACK FOR ABBOTSFORD? Kidding. I'm going to stop before this gets way too long. Because all I talked about was the Oscars. I didn't tell you about any other part of my day. ALSO, when I got back home, my hair was PERFECT still. Which means I either executed the hairspray perfectly or I wasn't dancing hard enough. I think the hairspray. RIGHT. STOPPING. BAI.

The song is going to be... Um. Waves and the Both of Us by Charlotte Sometimes. This is maybe not the greatest Sunday song but I pressed "next" on shuffle fifteen times, and it came up. So we're sticking with it. Remember next week is going to be THEMED. I am very excited. Also excited for the phone call with Alex and Shoshana tonight. Provided they actually make it. Sometimes I'm not so sure.

Love you all,
xx

Now it's 1am and I am beat. But I think I'll watch a couple more Boy Meets World episodes before bed. I had trouble stopping earlier, so I only left myself twenty minutes to get ready. Still did it. I'm amazing.

Also, my stomach kind of hurts. I'm not sure if it's from dancing (so a good pain) or from eating too much fruit, or some other reason. Anyways. Leaving now. Love you.

30.6

This is up early because Mitchell is demanding and wanted to see my earring pictures (which will be posted at the end of the blog.)

So yeah, Oscars tomorrow. My only decision left is earrings. And possibly shoes. I can never make up my mind. I guess I'll decide which ones I like best once my mum brings them back from the cobbler. I'm going to hurry this post along because I'm in the middle of a Boy Meets World episode and Feeny is doing his inspirational speech thing. Also, Topanga is moving to Pittsburgh and it's heart-crushing. (Update-Topanga moved, but ran away and now her aunt is letting her live with her so she can STAY)

So since the man from Shaw came today, ALL THE PHONE JACKS IN OUR HOUSE WORK. So I commandeered one of the phones and put it in my room :) This means I don't have to leave my room (or my bed) to answer a phone call, and because I took the cord phone, I don't have to be all "Sorry, my battery is dying" and stop talking to Shoshana like I had to do last night.

So I'm looking at my bookshelf and I'm really pleased that my John Green paperbacks are all the same size. Well, except my second paperback copy of Looking for Alaska. It's tiny. But I'm comparing them to my Sarah Dessen books and Just Listen is about a centimeter shorter than the others. It's unsettling. Plus Dreamland is not as thick as the others. John Green's books are all the same height and about the same width. It's a beautiful sight. Anyways.

Saturday's song is I Hope you Dance by Lee Ann Womack because Alex used to sing it to me at dances when I stopped dancing and she got mad. But I haven't been doing that as of late. You'd be proud. Alex was also saying she feels special when I mention her on my blog, and then I realize this blog started because of her. I also realized that I have NEVER BEEN MENTIONED ON HER BLOG. Thanks, Alex. I see what this relationship is about. Anyways, the song.

Love you all
xx

And the pictures -

30.5

Tomorrow, the man from Shaw is coming to hook up our TV, internet and phone. It seems kind of ridiculous because we currently have all of it. Also because I won't be able to leave the house until he comes, so I don't know if I can go for a bike ride or not, which walks with about a thousand limps.

Anyways, LAST night (like Wednesday night, after I posted my blog), Spencer and I had a really long, funny chat on msn. We were talking about going out for coffee when I get back to Abbotsford (I'd get hot chocolate or something instead) and I was like "Yeah, just let me know when you're not working" and he was all "Okay". Then out of nowhere, he says/writes "I just realized that time travel is impossible." Then we had a totally random conversation about time travel, and somewhere in there I took the Keirsey Personality Test. I'm a Guardian. Not that I know what that means. There are like, four types of guardians. And I forget which one I am. But I also took the Myers-Briggs test and it told me that I was INTJ, which is the same thing it's been telling me since grade 8. Haven't changed at all through high school.

And TONIGHT, I got to talk to Alex and Shoshana on the phoan. It was pretty steamy, not gonna lie.

So Supernatural was back on tonight. Zombies. And I was catching up on Grey's online but because I had it loaded twice, I couldn't finish it. I loaded it once and then it was going too fast, like it was being fast-forwarded. So I had to re-load it. FAIL. Also, my room is very hot. I'm good at segues, I know.

ABBOTSFORD IS 8 DAYS AWAY. I've made most of my plans so far and there are a few yet to be solidified, but Hailey has volunteered her house as a home base, lovely as she is. So I'll pretty much be staying there. I can't wait to see everybody again (except Alex and Shoshana, who won't be there. Makes me sad). Buuuut anyways.

BEDA. I kind of already Blog Every Day, but when I Blog Every Day in April, it'll be a special occasion. Lo and some friends are doing a theme for each day and I might follow along, just with my own themes. I don't want to copy them too much <3.

So now that the Oscars are approaching, I'm panicking a little. Not huge panicking, but it's more like- do I curl my hair or just leave it? Because I have a lot of hair. And it's been a while since I've curled it, so I don't know if I could do it. And do I wear flats or heels? Because if I wear heels, I need to bring a pair of socks to dance in. Do I remember how to put make-up on? Stuff like that.

ANYWAYS, getting to the music. Self Inflicted by Katy Perry. You guys might not know this, but I do like Katy Perry. A little. BABY, YOU ARE THE WEAPON I CHOOSE. Kay, stopping.

Enjoy the weekend, everybody. Don't be too stressed out ;)

Love you all
xx

30.4

So I just got back from seeing Alice in Wonderland, with my mum. I hadn't seen a movie in a theatre for a looong time (especially considering that I used to go every Monday night). It was alright. We were watching it (started at 7) and then it froze. So a guy came into the theatre and was all "She has the CD on the wrong side, so she's going to switch it over to the 3D side. It'll just be a few minutes." Then we were watching and it was kind of 3D and then it froze again. So the guy came back and was like "A technician is coming to fix this. You can get a refund, or go to theatre 5, because it's playing the same movie, and it's still in commercials. Oooor you can wait a while for the technician."

So my mum and I went across to theatre 5 and only had to wait a few minutes for the movie to start. But we had to watch the first ten minutes over again. At least it was in 3D that time.

BRB AMERICAN IDOL IS ON. Ewww, Demi Lovato and a Jonas Brother. I just want to know who's leaving. (Commercial).

I'll update you later. So BEFORE we went to the movie, I watched Fantastic Mr. Fox, and I started the Blind Side. I'm going to resume the Blind Side in like, ten or fifteen minutes, whenever Idol is over and I finish this. So those of you that commented yesterday said you liked option number three best. That's what I was leaning towards too, so I'm going with that. It was my first thought, but then I was all "I could just wear my prom dress" and then I was thinking "Heey, what if I wear the red shirt AND the prom dress?" But after seeing the picture, I don't like it. You also mentioned that the pictures were super blurry. I KNOW THIS. I took the pictures late at night so it was dark. But when I used flash, it completely blocked out the picture so you could see even less. I'm sorry. Best I could do.

Also, my mum and I went to the library today (nerd runs in the family. and it's about the only thing nerds run in.) I got season one of Little Britain and I ALSO got... MOTOWN CHARTBUSTERS. WOOOOT.

Paige was voted off. THANK GOODNESS. My lovely Tim is still on the show <3 We're going to have very pretty babies one day and I don't want him to always be going "If Paige had been voted off instead of me that night..." Plus "Under My Thumb" is a much better song to sing than "Honky Tonk Woman". I have no idea what they did this week, but I'm sure Paige didn't match up.

Anyways. Haiii. So I'm going to finish watching The Blind Side. Alex, Shosh, talk to you toniiiight!

Song: Baby Love. by Diana Ross and the Supremes. Cuss, I LOVE MOTOWN.  (You'd get "cuss" if you saw Fantastic Mr. Fox. Basically any time there was a swear word, they would replace it with "cuss". More child-friendly this way)

KTHXBAI.

Love you all,
xx

PS- I just remembered that I've kind of forgotten about themed weeks. So rest assured, next week will have a THEME.
PPS - I found out (while I put it on last night for the pictures) that my prom dress had boob pads. The only thing worse than shoulder pads are boob pads. I cut them out. On that note, have a nice day.

30.3

ALEX AND SHOSHANA! Yes, this has to be first. The rest of you can skip it if you like. I HAVE BIG NEWS. I actually found this out on Monday but by the time I found out, my blog was already posted. YOU BETTER BE THERE ON THURSDAY SO I CAN TELL YOU. I AM SO FREAKING HAPPY RIGHT NOW AND ONLY YOU TWO WILL UNDERSTAND THE ENORMITY OF THIS SITUATION. AHHHHHHHHH!

Also, my Aunt Francine (mom's sister) called me today and we talked for a bit. She told me my mom almost named me Tegan. That would have been SO AWESOME. But apparently when I was born, I didn't look like a Tegan. But there are no cool bands named Marissa and Sara. And I've just always loved the name Tegan, ever since I first heard it. And because my mum didn't use the name for me, Auntie Francine stole it for one of her twins. So her twins are Tegan and Ian. They're younger than me by about a year. Anyways, we had a nice talk. This is like the second time we've spoken so I was kind of surprised when she started talking about global warming and God and a bunch of other deep stuff.

Okay, so LOST.

RICHARD ALPERT! That's pretty much it. I'm just so glad that at least two/three questions were answered this episode. For once.

OH! I was on Twitter the other day and I said something like: life sucks when you only have 27 cents on iTunes. And then this random guy was like: You should buy my hit single on iTunes blah blah blah. So I was like: Dude. What did I just say? Plus I doubt it was a "hit" single, and I doubt I'd be interested.

So I was watching the performances from last week's American Idol (Rolling Stones episode) and I was kind of surprised. Obviously I loved Didi's. I'm just sad that Katelyn was voted off the week before because she would have absolutely ROCKED this one. Lacey Brown was voted off, and thank goodness. She sang Ruby Tuesday. That is my FAVORITE Rolling Stones song and she butchered it. I don't know, the other ones did like, songs I like, so it was fine that they changed it a bit. But when Lacey changed Ruby Tuesday I wanted to stab her. I don't think that's too harsh, because every performance should be enjoyable for everyone. And obviously America agreed with me that she wasn't.

So yeah, other than that, my day was pretty good. Tomorrow my mom and I are going to the Notary Public. WOOOT. I'm just glad I got all the stuff done for it that I could. I mean, I didn't want to make two trips to the bank yesterday. I thought I was done everything for the day, then I was like: Crap, I don't know this stuff. Some people at the bank need to fill it out for me. So I went back anyways, to save my mom the trip. And then my legs felt all jello-y. Speaking of Jell-O, I have the OSCARS this Saturday night. That joke will only work on the Abbotsford stake. Seriously, tried it in Kelowna. They don't understand. KELOWNA (Vernon, technically) STAKE DOESN'T DO THE JELLO THING. But the lemon water is universal.

Anyways, I don't know what to wear. I've got a couple black dresses. Maybe I should post pictures and let you guys decide. I'll do that.

Today's song is going to be Ruby Tuesday by the Stones. You know why.

Love it.

And I love you guys.


xx

PS Pictures - I know they aren't super different, but that makes it harder to choose.



Let me know which one you like best.

30.2

I was out on my bike for like, four hours today. I went to Save-On to see if I could find green salsa for my mum, but they didn't have any. So I went to Cooper's. They didn't have it either. But at Coopers, I bought something. I can't tell you until Friday because it's going to be in my video, and it's not as epic as I thought it would be, but I don't care. Then I went back to the bike place because my seat was squeaking and it was annoying. So the guy tightened some stuff and oiled it while I checked out the bells and baskets (in time, I will have them).
 
Then I came home and checked the mail. And I got a letter from Ontario! Not from Alex, but from the Ministry of the Attorney General or something. So I had to go to the bank to get a void cheque for direct deposit. Then I went home and looked at the forms again, and I realized I needed more information from the bank so I had to go back and get them to fill it out for me. Now I have all the information and my mom just needs to go to the Notary Public and fill some stuff out (I'm not allowed to fill it out myself). Then the Notary Public signs the Affidavit and we mail the letter back to Ontario. Our appointment is for Wednesday. Then in a week and some time, I'll have money. And that bell and basket will be mine! And I'll go to Abbotsford :) So I'm hoping to get the money by the 2nd. Because the day before Greyhound would be perfect. Prevents me from spending money before I go. Kind of.

Kay, so I'm kind of mad at Hotmail right now. It has this whole "New Busy" thing that's supposed to make everything easier. I'm supposed to be able to set up my FOUR e-mail accounts so that I can get all my messages sent to ONE inbox. Which would be nicer. Right now, my accounts are linked. So I still have to click something to switch to another account. And I'm tired of it. So I did what it told me to do to get everything into one inbox, and it wouldn't LET ME! It was all: Oh, you're trying to add another e-mail? Why don't you link your accounts to make it easier to switch between them? AND I WAS LIKE: I ALREADY HAVE THAT AND IT'S NOT EASIER YOU FRACKIN WEBSITE GRAWWWWRRL. But in my head.

I'm also kind of mad at people. In cars. If I hadn't been looking today, I would have been run over about five times. Because people don't look. They check one way for cars and then they go. I watch them the whole time and they don't even look in my direction. I hate them.

Anyways! I was about to do the dishes when Jeremy called and was like "So do you need a ride tonight?" And I was all: sure. So he's like "Kay, I'll be there in like, eight and a half minutes."

WHAAT? So I had to rush to get things done. I changed my clothes and did my make-up and went pee and then he was on the phone, all "I'm here." And it DID take him eight and a half minutes. That's weird. But anyways, we had a good time at YSA and then on the way back he gave me his CD pouch (on the way we listened to Owl City) and I was going through the song lists of one of the CDs and I was like "Hilary Duff?"

He wasn't even ashamed. This is why we're friends. So I put that CD in. He skipped the first song because it had bad words, and the second song was Yellowcard. I haven't listened to them for so long! It was definitely an old CD, but we had fun singing along. That whole ride back just somehow made my day so much better. It only takes little things, like cranking the stereo and screaming the words to a song to make me happy. In memory of this awesome night, I am going to post THAT song. So it was... Breathing.

And as long as Ashley promises not to hold an intervention in my honor, I think I'll download some Yellowcard tonight. Heh.

Love you all
xx

30.1

Today I signed into hotmail, expecting to find one, maybe two e-mails. Instead, I found out that Ashley left me like TWENTY blog comments. Closer to ten. Either way, she's crazy <3
She also thinks I need an Apple intervention. To her credit, I now have 16.12GB on iTunes. And it's moving up. Heh

And it's Sunday so it's time for the bi-weekly chat. I called Alex at 10 (their time) and she wasn't home. Then I called Shoshana and I got a busy signal. So I watched a movie with my parents. I'd seen it already but mom got mad that I didn't watch it with her so I watched it with her. Then Jeremy called so we could plan for the Oscars (we're on the food committee). We talked for a half hour about food. Then I called Alex and Shoshana again. At midnight. Usually when they go to bed. Shoshana was actually on her way to bed when we called, but she's staying up. I'm listening to her recount one of her harrowing tales of bicycles. It's because she doesn't have an Electra. Muahaha.

Anyways, I'm going to Abbotsford in 13 days! I'm so excited! And Shoshana gets back in 100 days. Alex comes back the DAY AFTER (or maybe after that. I think she's staying for the Canada Day celebration). This means mucho partying in July. I know it's 100 days away so that's a long time, but it used to be like 280 or something. Much improved. But I'll be in Abbotsford for the first half of April, and then working until they get back. At which point I'll be moving to Abbotsford (provided I get into UFV and Shoshana wants to be my roommate).

Mitchell and I used to be in a competitive Solitaire thing. We'd message each other our scores whenever we went up a percent. But eventually we played too many games and it got too hard to move up. We've both accepted that we're failures and are doomed to stay at 62% for the rest of our lives. I used to be higher, but I lost so many in a row all at once.

Also, I know a few of you were excited about the news of Spencer and I joking about starting a band. But he wrote a country-ish song the other night and we talked kind of seriously about starting a band. I don't think it'll actually happen, but it sounds fun.

So, the song. Uh. I totally had one but Air Supply distracted me. Let's go with... Love and Marriage by Frank Sinatra. I love it. Shoshana actually made an obscure joke about it a couple weeks ago when I was talking to her on the phone. It would have been upsetting if I didn't get it. Most people wouldn't have...

Love you all,
xx

29.7

I went for another bike ride today! It was awesome. I went to the mall. I was actually going to the Mac store, so I'd know where it was and see how far away it was, and if I needed an actual car to get there or not. But it ended up being right across the street from the mall. I originally thought the mall was super far away and that I wouldn't be able to get there. But it only took half an hour, so I was pleased.

Then I came back home and left again to go to the store. I just needed more cream cheese and didn't know if my parents would buy any. Plus I ate the last two good flavored energy bars (chocolate almond fudge) so I decided to be nice and restock our cupboard.

The one thing I will say about bike riding- my bum hurts.

ALEX AND SHOSHANA! I'm going to have to leave our phone call early. I can still call you at 10, but I have to be off by 11. Jeremy just signed me on for the food committee for our Oscars on the 27th. And we're having a conference call tomorrow at that time. Sorry :( Also Alex, I'll be e-mailing you some music (Tomorrow, because I need my sleep). I can't find it on Youtube but you NEED to hear it. Actually, maybe you already have it. Did I give you any Griffin House? I'll send it anyways.

So I'm still in the process of locating/re-downloading my music and gathering it all onto iTunes. Last night before I went to bed, iTunes was analyzing the volume or something. It was only on 17 of 353 when I went to bed. So yeah... that much music. I have three or more CDs to rip back onto my computer and that should be it, unless I discover more bands soon. Which is possible. Right now it's on 3 of 358. That's how much music I have. So ridiculous!

Anyways. Today's song... Now that I have over 2200 to choose from (kill me now). My friend Paul actually told me about this band called Mumford and Sons. I have been listening to them non-stop on my bike rides. I love them! The song today is going to be Sigh No More.

Love you all
xx

29.6

Today I woke up too early, in my opinion. The strange thing is that whenever my step-dad is up in the morning, he doesn't wake me up. But if my mum is up at the same time, I can't sleep. She's just so loud. I also think it might have to do with the fact that women have been engineered to hear high pitched noises easily, even in their sleep. It's supposed to be there for when your baby is crying, because then it wakes you up right away. And while my mom is an alto, she still has a high-pitched cackle of a laugh. So there's pretty much no way for me to sleep.

Anyways. I had an english muffin (delicious) and then packed a backpack and went for a bike ride. I don't remember when I left, so I don't know how long it was. But the one thing I don't like about bike riding is that it always seems to take more time than it actually does. I mean, I love riding bikes. But it doesn't take up enough of my day. I would have stayed out longer but I was getting cold. Then I got home and stayed cold for like, two hours. Meep.

But I stopped off at the grocery store to buy cereal. But then I stood in the aisle, thinking I would also need milk and I didn't want to buy milk (I don't know why, I just didn't want to) so I got Pringles instead. And then I was walking down the bulk section (which shares an aisle with the BOOKS) so I was browsing to see Paper Towns paperback IRL because until then, it had been a myth. And I saw it. And it was only 12.50 so I bought it. So now I have two copies of Looking for Alaska, and two copies of Paper Towns. However, I think I would like to own happy Margo hard cover as well as sad Margo. And I want the hard cover of Katherines and Alaska. I was also roped into buying an Aero bar because they were RIGHT THERE by the self checkout, and they taste so good with Pringles. But the one thing I wanted to talk about was that, on the receipt, it just said BOOK. I got a good laugh out of that. I'm strange...

THEN I took a nap. And then I filmed my Friday videos and downloaded more music. I'm up to 13.67GB, according to iTunes. I'm surprised my computer hasn't died yet. Anyways, my Friday video. I promised I'd put up the tour video on here. So here you go:

OKAY. Now the song.

The song was GOING to be Sleep, Don't Weep by Damien Rice. But Damien Rice isn't on youtube a lot, as far as recordings go. But he has tons of LIVE footage on there. And there was one video of the recorded version set to scenes from Doctor Who. Mostly from when Rose and the Doctor were separated. But the pain was still too great for me and I couldn't watch it, so I can't post it. The song is instead going to be There is a Light that Never Goes Out by the Smiths because I've been listening to it all day. And if you watched (500) Days of Summer, you'll recognize it.

Love you all
xx

PS I told John Green that I blamed him for my lack of money, because I keep buying copies of his books that I don't need and he responded! Best day evurr.

29.5

So it's Thursday night. Meaning it's time for the bi-weekly chat with Alex and Aread. Alex and I have decided that, because Shoshana has failed to show up TOO OFTEN, we are replacing her with someone who can be there for us. Aread is reliable, and generally knows what day (AND TIME) it is. We just feel that you, being Shoshana, are holding us back. And if we want to succeed in life, we can't talk online anymore. So Shoshana, this is the end of our friendship. It's been fun. A little bumpy. A couple bruises, some scrapes, and a lot of geographical confusion on both our parts.

Don't see this as being let go. See this as an opportunity to explore new horizons, start over; to turn your life now into the life you want to have. We're not rejecting you. We've just chosen to go in another direction.

PS would it maim you to check facebook every once in a while?

Anyways, today. Today, today, today. I got my bike. Yesterday I gave you some links to the Electra, and linked to the two bikes I might want. Well, we got to the bike store, and the Blanc et Noir model wasn't there. I have a feeling it might have been in their storage space across the street, but I also have a feeling it might have been ridiculously expensive, kind of like the Jenny model, which was about 700 dollars. So yeah. We went with the Custom I model which was only 429. Heh.

I would have gone with this purple Norco beast because it was only 300-something, but the guy showed us there were more Electras that were cheaper, and my mom said she would spring for that. So it's a beauty in all its tangerine glory. I won't bother linking to it again, because I'm sure you've all seen it on Facebook, but I LOVE IT.

I went on two bike rides yesterday. The first was after my mom paid for the bike, and then she was like: Okay, I guess you'll ride home, I'll see you there.

And the second was later on because I felt like it and wanted to get more use out of it. Plus I wanted to check out some of the stores downtown. They were pretty sweet, actually. One was a consignment boutique but they had lots of new dresses that I was super tempted to buy but they were kind of short and I couldn't picture what they would really look like when I was wearing a real bra instead of a sports bra, so I didn't want to take the chance.

And another store was like, all earth tones and hippie dresses and I totally loved their stuff, but it was all in like XS or XL, which is way too small, and then way too big. Lame. So I just came back home and ate some (read: three) wagon wheels. So that's backwards progress. I think the problem comes from me feeling no guilt when I overeat. I am not normal. I totally almost hit up a chinese buffet, because it's been so long. But I didn't because I'm stupid.

I even considered a third bike ride, because I wanted some unhealthy cereal. But I think I'll wait until tomorrow to see if I feel the same. Either way, I'm riding my bike tomorrow. Just don't know if I'm buying cereal.

Anywaaays. Man, how do you people not get bored reading this stuff? I bet you do, but you just don't tell me you're bored. To spare my feelings. You emotion-sparing people.

Well, I'll spare you back. And send you to the song. Now. This is It by Michael Jackson. I literally just typed "song" into the Youtube search bad, and that was the first one there. Ladies and gentlemen, my decision process. I bet you're proud of me right now.

PS I didn't watch Idol tonight, but I found Lacey Brown was voted off. I'm okay with that. Found out because apparently Ryan Seacrest, the douche, spoiled the results on Twitter and then nobody watched the show. For the first time, I half-wished I followed him on Twitter. But then I regained my senses.

So enjoy that, have a nice weekend. And enjoy spring break.

Love you all,
xx

29.4

Today I did pretty much nothing. And it was awesome. Okay, that's a lie.

Not the awesome part. Definitely an awesome day. But I did do some stuff. I mean, it's impossible to do nothing. But... y'know.

Today I watched some Boy Meets World (obviously), and read some of the e-book Spencer sent me; not bad. And I also decided to put all my music back on to my computer (I mean, some of it. I need to rip lots of CDs and download/buy a lot more) but anyways. So I had to go through my three USB drives (one of which is technically my iPod that is useless for anything else, and another is my mom's old mp3 player that she doesn't use. The third one is legit.)

Anyways, I took all the music off those and put them onto my computer. It's at around 10GBs right now, which solved my dilemma of an 8GB touch or a 32GB touch. I definitely need the 32. Especially considering the television episodes I will load onto it in order to prevent me from learning anything once I actually make it to university.

I also went online and looked at more bikes for my birthday present. We're going to the store tomorrow to see if they have any left of the kind I want. What kind do I want? You so interestedly ask. I want an Electra. I had originally been thinking Pea Picker or some such, but I'll be happy with anything between the 40's and 80's. Electra was actually started in '93 but they make the kind I like. They're pretty much my heroes. I will now link you to a picture. That's a whole row of Electra cruisers, in various designs. The one in front is a Daisy, but I either want the Blanc et Noir, or the Jenny. In the end, it all depends on what they have. And I may end up leaving with something totally different, or finding out they don't have anything I like and leaving with nothing.

But yeah, I'm super excited about that. My mom's waking me up at 9am, which is like... early for me. Sad as that may be. Yeah, I woke up at 11 this morning. It's better than 3pm, which is some people's average, but it's still pretty bad considering I used to wake up at like 5 every day.

Anyways. My music is now being re-entered into iTunes, so I'll have fun re-labeling those. I am such a crazy person about not having duplicates, not having lower-cases where they don't belong, having the title and artist in separate boxes where they belong! And so forth... I take pride in the cleanliness of my iTunes library, though.

Also, when my mom and I went grocery shopping, we picked out a new shower curtain and mat for my bathroom and I am excited! We forgot to get shower curtain rings so she picked some up this morning, and now I can take actual showers. Not that I don't love baths, but showers are... showers. And no bath matches up to the bubble baths at my grandma's. She has a jet bath. I miss it. Anyways, I'm going to show you the bathroom in my Friday video for TSR this week. And I'll post it here, too. I'm actually going to do a house tour because what the girls want, the girls get.

The audio processing is my least favorite part. But at least I know what songs I have now and I can leave you with the song of the day :)

I'm going to go with Dashboard Confessional because I do believe it has been a while. I think the last one I used was Belle of the Boulevard. See that? That's how awesome my memory is. So that song was from Alter the Ending, and this song is from the same CD but from the deluxe version where everything is acoustic. Because Lo and I were talking about how much more lovely acoustic is. And I've always thought that way.

So anyways, here is Get Me Right.

I know a lot of people don't like Dashboard, but I was hooked at an early age and I'm afraid I am a lifer.

Love you all,
xx

LOOST REACTION BLOG

Where spoilers abound.

More like a really, really, long LOST play-by-play

I hate watching week to week because I always forget what happens. Blaaah.

So it's a Sawyer episode. I'm definitely mostly interested in the characters' alto's because they're all fracking confusing. So unless something huge happens on the island, I'll mostly be talking about that. Or... writing about that.

Sawyer was playing another scam. At first, I thought it was a flashback. But then it turned out he was actually working for the police. Whaaat? His alto is as a cop? This is so messed up! And Miles works with him? But Sawyer is still looking for Anthony Cooper so his dad must still be dead and he still must be looking for revenge.

And why is Claire being so nice to Kate? Didn't she say she was going to kill her?

I also find it interesting how the characters are still kind of pushed together in their alternates, and they always somehow end up being connected. Like Jin and Sayid. Kate and Claire. Linus and Alex. Now Sawyer and Miles. There are more, I think, but heck if I can remember.

So out comes the crushing revelation that John is, in fact, the Smoke Monster. But we already knew that. So really, no big deal.

And Charlotte! The other dude was in love with her on the island, and Miles was friends with her, and now he's setting her up with Sawyer, and AHHH. And Charlotte is rifling through his things, the skank. Then she sees the picture and he freaks out. Whatever Sawyer, like we're not used to that.

Ah. Claire just attacked Kate. That's better. And Sayid totally lets her. He's got to be out of the running for candidates. Anyways, then Locke throws her off Kate, and eventually slaps her to calm her down. Go Locke. Seriously, Claire is getting on my nerves, with all her crazy.

Ooh, Sawyer finds dead bodies. Nice.

Holy crap, now Charlie is connected to Sawyer because he was arrested, and his brother was there, and whaat. And Miles is all "Batch, you was in Australia without telling me? What happened to trusting me? I'm yo partner no mo', biotch."

And we learn some more about the Smoke Monster. And we learn that Claire is definitely crazy. Which we already knew. I mean, what a psycho.

Sawyer's trying to get Charlotte back, and she's all: I ain't havin' none of this, go away. So he's still a miserable person, no matter what life he has.

WIDMORE. Finally, the part we've all been waiting for. And Sawyer knows Locke won't get them off the island, so he's trying to kill Locke/SM in exchange for getting off the island. Somehow, though, I don't think Locke or Widmore will get anybody off the island. I'm basing this on the fact that we've got about 8 or 9 episodes left, and if they're getting off the island at all, it won't be happening soon. But at the same time, I don't want it to happen on the last episode, because then what happens to their other lives? I need to know what happens!

Now Claire is thanking Kate. Bi-polar much?

Anyways, back to what I was saying. I don't know if they ever will get off the island because otherwise there will be two of them and that will be messed up. So one half of them has to die, or they have to stay on the island.

Now Sawyer is telling Miles about his past, and why he was in Australia.

And I just know this is Kate that crashed into their car and is now running for her life. So Sawyer catches Kate, and he's all: Dang, it's that hot chick from the airport elevator that had the handcuffs on her wrists, and I totally let her get away and son of a crap.

So Sawyer has his own plan, I guess to kill off Locke and Widmore in order to get himself -and Kate- off the island.

That is how it freaking ends. And once again, I have more questions than I started with. Freakin' LOST.

29.3

So two things I noticed from yesterday's comments.

People prefer Lady GaGa's version to Pomplamoose's version of Telephone, and that my blog was too short. I'm sorry!

I just feel like you all have much better things to do than read my extremely long-winded blogs, so every now and then I like to make them short so you don't have to spend forever reading my daily novel.

But if you guys want long blogs, I'd be more than happy to oblige.

Now back to the topic of the people in my building being ghosts. I saw someone else who was not ghosty today. Although, by the looks of her, she could pretty much go either way.

Yesterday when my mom and I went grocery shopping, we picked up Greens+. I don't know if a couple of you remember those green drinks I used to bring into school and seminary in the morning. Shoshana said it looked like diarrhea, if that helps to spark the memory. Well, Julie did it differently because she put the Greens+ powder into the blender with a bunch of stuff. But we just put the powder into water and drink it like that. It's got a green apple kind of flavor and I like it because it tastes good and makes my water green. Plus it's good for you, but I'm a teenager so I don't care.

We also got a cheaper, slightly healthier version of wagon wheels. I'm going to refer to them as wagon wheels even though they were called Choco-Pies. Some of you may not know this about my mother, because she is a crazy health nut that refuses to buy me the kind of bread I like because it's just a tiny bit not healthy, what with its flour and all. That's right. We buy FLOURLESS BREAD. Squirrely bread. So on one hand, awesome squirrel reference. On the other hand, the only thing it's good for is toast. I can't make french toast, untoasted sandwiches, or even a really good grilled cheese.

Anyways, what you may not know about my mother is that she is powerless to resist a few things. One of them being my baking (I made chocolate chip cookies last night). Another being wagon wheels. The others are not important right now.

I pointed out there were wagon wheels and she picked up the box, then suggested there'd be nothing wrong with eating some while we shop. So we got wagon wheels. I take my victories where I can get them. And even though she didn't buy the bread I like, she caved on the bagels and English muffins. Again... the small victories. That's where it's at.

I hear Americans don't have wagon wheels (according to the internet). So I thought I'd provide you with the link to the Wikipedia page so you know what I'm talking about. Just in case. You probably have some equivalent, but I figure you won't know what I'm referring to because it doesn't have the same name. Anyways.

I'll be writing a separate blog about LOST because I can often go on for a while. And when I say a while, I mean the amount of time Edward Cullen has been seventeen. Plus I'll be writing it while I'm watching it, and I always have more to say that way. Also because there are spoilers and Alex is planning on watching LOST and I don't want to give anything away. Even though she'll probably forget all about it by the time she gets to season 6. Evs.

Anyways. I'll get on to the song so I can also get on to LOST. I think I used one of their songs before, but it was a long time ago. I present to you Misread, by the Kings of Convenience.

I need to stop eating cookies. Help.

Love you all,
xx

PS I just finished season 2 of Boy Meets World. On to season 3 tomorrow :)

29.2

As promised, today's blog will be a short one.

All I did today was go to the library and pick up two books, go grocery shopping with my mom, unpack the movies, books, and CDs, and bake cookies. And I watched lots of Boy Meets World. I've missed it.

Also found out that our phone here is working. We weren't supposed to have tv, internet, or phone until the 26th. We have tv and phone, but our internet isn't working. So I'm stealing it from our neighbors. I've never met them but I like them already. Shoshana thinks the people in my building are ghosts because I haven't seen any of them yet. BUT I SAW ONE TODAY. She was in the mail room, and then in the parking lot as I went to the library.

Anyways. Today's song is Telephone! This may come as a shock to you because I don't like Lady Gaga. But I like covers of Lady Gaga. This one is by Pomplamoose. (For those of you that might not understand the origin of this, that's how you pronounce pamplamousse - the french word for grapefruit. Just another reason why I love them so. That's my favorite french word.)

Love you all
xx

29.1

My day:

-Woke up and complained about lack of food.
-Asked parents to pick up milk so I could make pancakes.
-Unpacked a couple boxes and sorted into piles while parents went mini-shopping.
-Made delicious pancakes. I told my mom they were the best I'd made since Abbotsford.
-She said this house had better chi than the other places. I told her chi had no effect on my pancakes.
-She said chi affected everything. I told her she was annoying.
-Parents napped while I tried to respond to letters.
-Unpacked the rest of my boxes.
-Hung up my towel-holder thing. I really don't know what it's called but it has hooks for my towels and bath robe. Also, I stripped the screws so badly that I had to use the squarehead. It used to be a crosshead. That bad.
-Responded to all your letters! So Ari, Anna, Alex, Shosh and Lo... expect letters some time soon. I put them in the mailbox so they'll be picked up and mailed tomorrow morning :)

Then I made my bed. I didn't make it last night because I wanted to wash my sheets first. Then I realized it'll be too hot for flannel soon, so I wanted different sheets. But the green ones I switch for the flannels in spring don't fit properly and I keep having to pull them back over the corners. Probably one of my five biggest pet peeves. I say probably because at the moment, I can't think of my other pet peeves.

Anyways, I explained this situation to my mom and she brought out the bag of linens, and gave me some nice sheets. I can't tell right now, but I think they're the ones. I'll let you know tomorrow if they've slipped off or not.

I wanted to decorate my room today, but it's almost 8 and I don't think I'll feel like it.

Also, I now have a legitimate CON to living here. There's no recycling. I don't even know what to say about that. It's just so... wrong.

And then I had my bi-weekly chat with Alex and Shoshana. While also talking to Ashley and Spencer. Spencer sent me some e-books. Yes, this is the same Spencer I am in the band with. He's lovely. And the bi-weekly chat with Shosh and Alex was amazing. They usually go to bed at midnight or so, but they stayed up after two this time. I have the best friends <3

Anyways, My mom and I are going real shopping tomorrow. Thank goodness. I miss food. And she's given me the responsibility to finish the shopping list. I am pro at this. You just sandwich something unhealthy in between a bunch of healthy stuff. For example:

-carrots
-apples
-chocolate chips
-oatmeal
-peanut butter

You may be saying that peanut butter and oatmeal aren't healthy, but the kinds we buy are. It's like... 100% natural peanut butter and we have to mix it before we use it because the oil separates. I hate it. And we call the oatmeal "goatmeal" because it's got fiber and flax and stuff in it and it's just that healthy.

TOMORROW I'M GOING TO THE LIBRARY TO PICK UP THE SWEET FAR THING. Gaaah, I'm so excited for that. I've been waiting for a WEEK, and it's been TORTURE. Sad, isn't it?

Anyways. I'm realizing that out of all my friends, my blogs seem to be the longest. And I apologize for that. I just ramble. And I kind of feel like this is my journal. I believe strongly in keeping a daily journal, even if it's mundane stuff. But it's really hard for me to write in an actual journal. So this is it. Except I don't delve into the innermost workings of my soul, or tell you my deepest, darkest secrets. I don't really have any, though. So you're not missing out on much.

But to the point... today's song. I can't use Carrie Underwood again so soon even though I'm enjoying her CDs immensely, so I'll give you... Motion City Soundtrack. Sound good? Hokay. Fell in Love Without You.

Ooh, acoustic. I like it. Gets the point across better.

Love you all
xx
PS I promise my blog tomorrow will be short! Unless something major happens.

28.7

So because it's ten pm and I'm absofruitly BEAT, I am going to sum up the pros and cons of our new place.

PROS:
It's a condo, so we never run out of hot water.
It's a condo, so I can steal internet from the neighbors (Suckaas)
I don't have to go outside to mail things or to pick up the mail.
We don't have to share the laundry machines with anyone.
We have two bathrooms.
My room is huge.
The blinds are excellent and ensure blockage of sunlight in the morning so I won't be woken up.
It's carpet, so I don't have to vacuum nearly as often - before I had to vacuum every week. When I lived with the Lucks, I think I vacuumed my carpet once. But I'll vacuum every month here, promise.
There's still cable, so we'll have TV until the 26th when the man from Shaw comes.
It's like, RIGHT across the street from the library.
Each room has its own individual baseboard heater (so my mom won't cook me to death)
It has ELEVATORS. I really like elevators.
There is a nice kitchen, so I can bake all I want without getting annoyed at the layout.
The toilets are nicely shaped. This doesn't change the urination experience, but it's fairly aesthetically pleasing.
We have a PEEPHOLE. I love those too. And I get to buzz people in.
I can't hear anything right now. No Rockband, no talking, no crying children, no cats fighting or meowing
It's joy... It's ecstasy... there's only one word for it... it's BLISS.

CONS:
The living room is like... super rectangular and we can't figure out how to position the TV and couches.
No phone until the 26th
The library isn't open until Monday. I generally don't go to the library on Sundays, but I would have made an exception for this book.

That's pretty much it. I love it here. And the last two aren't even real complaints about where we live.

So I totally downloaded Boy Meets World season 1 last night because I thought I'd be without internet and I wanted something to do. But I do have internet. So I downloaded the second season today. I am so pleased. I miss Boy Meets World.

Now since I have moved. Again. I thought I would use a song about starting over. I think Starting Over would be too obvious, and I've already used First Day of My Life, when Alex went away to school a million years ago. So I'm going to go with Get Out of This Town by Carrie Underwood. I haven't gotten out of the town, and it doesn't really fit, but I can justify it. Plus I really like Carrie Underwood. I didn't know this until yesterday, when I downloaded her discography and actually listened to her music. Heh.

So I might unpack a couple more boxes tonight. But I'm pretty sure I'm going to bed at midnight. I'm exhausted after today. Woke up at 7:22 too. What's up with that? Especially when I've been going to bed at 4 am. Then on Friday night, I went to bed at like 11, and woke up early. I guess I am good at the moving schedules.

So Shoshana, check your e-mail. Also, you and Alex.. I said Skype tonight, but Skype always fails, so how does msn sound? If you're able?
(Remember if you don't have msn you can go to meebo.com)
Ten pm, your time, yes?

Love you all
xx

PS I have lots of letters to respond to. I'll make that a priority this week. (And yes Alex, yours was the first I got. I checked the mail today, and there it was in all its glory)

28.6

It's... Friday, actually. It's eight thirty, so I shouldn't even be writing this yet, but tomorrow is moving day so I'll be going to bed (fairly) early. And I just watched Grey's Anatomy. We went out to pick up the keys for the new place, and we went there so I could see what it looked like. I'm excited. So yes, moving tomorrow. And we won't be able to get someone out until the 26th. But as I've mentioned before, the library is right across the street so I'll be able to go on for about an hour every day. That's worst case scenario. Best case scenario is me managing to steal wireless from a neighbor.

Also Alex, before we said goodbye on Thursday, you were all "Okay, talk to you Sunday." And I was like "oh yeah, for sure." But then I remembered that I won't have a phone then. I don't have phone, internet, or cable until the 26th of March. So you're going to have a few phone dates without me :( But best case scenario, if I am able to steal internet from a neighbor, we can just skype instead, maybe. I know it's not ideal but I hate not talking to you guys. We'll see.

ALSO, BIG NEWS. Not really. For me, it's big. Or exciting. Or both. I started requesting books for the Mission branch of the library, because that's the one we'll be closest to. And Libba Bray's last book, The Sweet Far Thing, just came in for me today. I'm pretty dang excited. I just finished Rebel Angels a few days ago, and I packed it up. So I can return that one and pick up the new one. That'll keep me occupied for like... a day.

So I mentioned maybe a month ago that I broke my window when I was super desperate for fresh air. I showed it to my mom today, because I figured we were moving and it wasn't a big deal. She didn't care. Then she came back later with Joe and she was like "Show him how your window opens now," and she was laughing. Then Joe congratulated me on my good thinking. Hands down, my parents are cooler than yours.

Okay, so the song. I promised Shoshana that I would not post anything by Celine Dion or the Dixie Chicks. I posted ONE Dixie Chicks song, but that was at the very beginning when this was just for Alex. And I'm going to keep that promise today. Here is Taking Chances. But not by Celine Dion, by Kara DioGuardi, the person who actually wrote the song. Loopholes are awesome, aren't they?

I'm really sad that I'll be missing LOST and Idol and all my other shows for two weeks. I'll have fun catching up when we get internet back. Actually, if anyone is watching Idol, please just tweet me or FB message me. I'm not going to watch it online and I've got to know.

I want to go to bed but Mark is over and he won't leeeeave. I'll probably be up for a while longer. Eff. I'm tired.

Anyways, I hope everyone has an awesome weekend.

Love you all
xx

28.5

So it was my birthday. It started off normally enough, some Facebook messages at midnight and a bit after. While I was on the computer responding to some of the birthday messages, the back door kept banging against the house and I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep with all the noise. So I went to the door, opened the first one, and closed the second door. Then I locked the other door, because I get paranoid and always think I'm going to be murdered in my bed if I leave the back door open. Then when I was just about to go to bed, the doorbell rang. At 3am. So I walked to the back and opened the door for my mom. The only logical question I could think of was "What are you doing?" to which she answered "I don't know" and then I walked away to go to bed. I guess my mom was out celebrating my birthday early...

Then this morning, she came into my room, said happy birthday, and we talked for a while. I feel kind of weird talking about it on my blog, so I'll just say she's having a tough time lately. So she was just telling me all this stuff, and I vaguely remember saying "I know it's my party, but uh... you can cry if you want to."

I'm not the best at consoling people. All I'm good at is hugging and listening. But I never know what to say to make someone feel better.

Okay, now on to...AMERICAN IDOL.

I didn't watch the guys last night, which I'm starting to think was a mistake. It looked really intense, and the judges were crying, and I'm kind of sad I missed it now. But no matter. It was Top 12 night. And the people voted off were...

Katelyn. I AM SO UPSET ABOUT THIS. I thought she was doing WAAAY better than Paige. Stupid Americans voting for the wrong person. GRAWRFSC.

Todrick. I didn't see the performance yesterday, so I can't say for sure if I'm upset about this. But I don't think he was on my top 3 guys list. Still, listening to him performing Somebody to Love tonight... not so great.

Alex Lambert. I'm not ashamed to say that when Andrew made it instead of Alex, I did a little fist pump. I mean they're both awesome, but I'm so Team Andrew.

Lilly. I was not expecting that. At all. I think she was way better than Katie. Again, America... you suck.

Now that we're in the Top 12, I have a top three/four.

Andrew Garcia.
Tim Urban. I know he's not the greatest and he probably won't make it, but I hope he does.
Didi Benami. She is now my first choice for the girls. As great as all the other ones are, I'm hoping Didi will go far.
I kind of want to say my fourth is Michael Lynche but I don't know. He reminds me a lot of Reuben. I think Reuben beat Clay Aiken, right? I don't remember. But either way, I haven't even heard Reuben's name since that year, and I'm kind of scared that the same will happen to Lynche. So I don't want to like him too much. We'll see.

I think by the time I'm writing this, I had about 50 notifications on Facebook and a lovely video on youtube. Thank you to every single one of you <3

Today's song is a good one. It's an Ingrid Michaelson song because I love her music so much and I don't think I've ever posted one of her songs before (which is odd).

I present to you my current favorite song by Ingrid Michaelson: The Chain

I love love love her. Have a lovely Friday. And thank you once again to every single one of you for making my 18th special <3

Love you all,
xx

28.4

I just watched Breakfast at Tiffany's because it's been a while. And the movie always reminds me of this one girl on America's Next Top Model (back when I still watched it) that was all: I love Audrey Hepburn. My favorite movie is Dinner at Tiffany's. Then the judges gave her a weird look and she's like: I mean lunch! Breakfast!

I would have sent her home right there. It's like, if you're going to pretend to like something, at least get the name right. Don't pretend to like it because Audrey Hepburn is like, the icon of all icons. I hated that girl from that day on. She didn't win. Thank goodness.

Now... MUSIC.
Shoshana recommended Basia Bulat. What she didn't know was that I already had my Basia Bulat phase. And I think they were just a phase. I hate when that happens.

But I'm open for MOAR suggestions, because I am willing to listen to whatever is recommended. Like Joss Stone. Lo, I know you really love Joss Stone, so I went on youtube and checked out some of her songs. She is a really amazing singer, but there's something about her voice I can't get past, and I don't know. I really wanted to like her, but I just can't. I fear we shall forever remain casual acquaintances. Meaning I'm not going to shut her off when she comes on the radio, but I probably won't be buying her CDs.

But yes, any suggestions of bands not well known, or of bands that are well known and maybe I just didn't give them a chance, or forgot about them. Even if you don't have a suggestion, just tell me your favorite band/artist in the comments. Also, this isn't a one-time thing. I'm always open for music recommendations.

A huge thing happened today. I found out my Facebook page has a virus! Whaaat? It send wall posts to like, 24 or 25 people telling them to check out some awesome pictures, with a dangerous link attached. I have Vista so it blocked me from going to the website, and said the site was a suspected fake or whatever. So I quickly went to all those pages, and commented on them, telling them I had a virus and not to open them. Then I had to run anti-virus software. WHAT?

I haven't used anti-virus software... ever. I used to run a scan every week, but it always came back clean, so I just stopped using it. Now all of a sudden, my Facebook page is being a slut. Now, there is a bit of an inside joke in Kelowna first ward, which is: It's always Amanda's fault. If it's not Amanda's fault, it's Robert's fault. And an addendum to that rule since I moved here... if it's not Amanda's fault and it's not Robert's fault... It's Marissa's fault. The rule itself goes back a while, but the last part is only a couple weeks old. Now, I can't blame Amanda or Robert as neither have used my computer and Amanda is rarely on Facebook (Robert's page is inexistent). So the only person left to blame is... myself.

And Shoshana, who has been known to hack my profile page and change my name. On occasion. But she says her computer is fine, so it comes back to me. I'm running my anti-virus software, but nothing is coming up. It might have just been a freak accident, but I hope it's okay now.

Today's song is the new single from SHE AND HIM. I love them. It's their newest music video, from their newest CD. It's called In the Sun.

Shoshana and Alex! Phone call tonight! Ten pm your times.

Amelie will probably be finished downloading by tomorrow. It was done last night, and I tried to watch it. But the file size was too big so it was lagging. Hopefully this one works.

So...
I watched Harvey because Anna likes it. I watched Sabrina because Lo likes it. And I'm going to watch Amelie because Hazel likes it. I think the rest of you need to give me movies to watch. I want to have lots downloaded before I move, so I have something to occupy me. While we have no internet... :(

As always, leave your pessimism/optimism/what-have-you in the comments.

Love you all
xx

28.3

So American Idol was on tonight. I don't remember who my top three were last week. And I don't really have a top three anymore. My top two choices for the girls are Didi and Katelyn. If either of them won, I'd be pleased. Guys are on tomorrow, and then the results on Thursday. Then it'll be top twelve! Exciting stuff :)



LOST SPOILERS


So the episode itself wasn't that intense. I'm upset that Linus isn't dead. They didn't reveal too much. Except Jack knows that can't die, and neither can Richard. And more is coming out about the candidates. And also, did you guys notice the NUMBERS beside the candidate names at the lighthouse? Let me give you a hint. 4,8,15,16,23,42. There are SIX candidates left. Who else is willing to bet THOSE are the numbers of the people that are still alive? We still don't know which Kwon it is that is a candidate, and we don't know who is going to end up being the new Jacob, or if anyone is going to be, and whether they will accept the position or not. And what was going on with Linus' alto? Like, teaching Alex? Not being a douche? What's up with that? They didn't show like, any Kate/Sayid/Locke action, so I'm wondering what's going on there.

But the part that freaked me out the most was WIDMORE. CHARLES FREAKING WIDMORE, people. Why won't he get them off the island now that he's finally found it again? What is he going to do? Is he going to try and take over Jacob's position? Is he going to kill a bunch of people? WHAT'S GOING ONNNN? I agree with Lo. They SAID this season would answer a lot of questions, but that better be one heck of a finale because nothing is being explained to me here.


LOST SPOILERS OVER.


Okay, so today's song is another from a top ten list. I think it was top ten indie songs. But basically I was looking at the list, and I was like... "Oh yeah. I remember Tegan and Sara!" Because it's been THAT LONG since I've listened to them. Since all my music was deleted from my computer, I haven't really re-downloaded much. And I'm preparing to switch computers over, so all my music/movies are on three separate jump drives (one of which is already packed), and it's all a mess and I don't know what to do. And we're moving this Saturday. Just found out. So 13 days without internet. Full internet. Unless I manage to steal from the neighbors (best case scenario). Otherwise I have an hour a day at the library. And I'll manage. I always do. I need to make the PANSED list anyways.

I always write down the PANSED songs on paper so I have a tangible list to go through to check whether I've done a song before or not. But I've been slacking for the past... month or so. And I need to unpack all my stuff and organize it. I also think I need a dresser now. Hm. It's been about a year since I've used a dresser. I had a wardrobe in White Rock and this house has a built-in shelf unit thing with doors. So unless my closet is really big, I'll need a dresser. Anyways.

The song is Hell by Tegan and Sara. It's the single from their latest CD Sainthood.

I know they're twins, but I can always tell them apart.

Also because I will be switching computers over, and I'll need to rebuild my iTunes library, leave suggestions in the comments for which artists I should download. Also, I am leaving an open invitation to you all. If you are in a grumpy mood, or are just annoyed with something, feel free to complain in the comments.

I watched two movies today. Harvey and Sabrina. They were both lovely. Anna's blog title was inspired by one of the quotes from Harvey. I thought it was a Blues Brothers quote at first, because of Elwood. But I should have recognized the quote, because the scene she took it from shows up a lot in Scene It.

Now I'm going to watch Amelie because Hazel speaks so highly of it, and I'm going to watch Casablanca because I love it. :)

Love you all
xx

28.2

I have just found out some horrible news.

We are moving somewhere between the 13th-15th. So like, in 6 days or less. This is not the horrible news. I already knew this.

The horrible news is that the sexy man from Shaw won't be able to come to see us until the 26th of March. So I will be... without internet.... For over ten days. At least eleven. Possibly thirteen.

The silver lining to all this... We will live pretty close to the library. Like, it's just basically across the street. So I'll be able to go on Facebook and update the blog once a day. But I'll probably be updating the blog in the middle of the day, because I won't be going to the library at night, or super early in the morning.

The other downside to this... no phone. So while I do have my shiny new phone number, I won't be able to use it. Meaning.... Shoshana and Alex, you will have to go three whole phone sessions without me. :(

I'm hoping that I'll be able to steal internet from an unsuspecting neighbor (because we are going to be living in a condo) and then maybe we'll be able to Skype instead of phone. Maybe just for a bit?

Also, on Saturday I told you all to leave your complaints in the comments. Feel free to do that again. I think it's only fair that, whenever I complain about something, you should have the decency to do the same. Misery loves company, after all. And while I've never been truly miserable while writing a blog post, it's the thought that counts.

By the way, I thought I should also explain the song blog. To the new followers. Because I'm sure you all know I love music, but you might not know why I am obsessive about posting a new song each day.

A long time ago (August-ish), in a galaxy far, far away (Abbotsford), I was hanging out with Alex before she was bound to leave for school. We mentioned we had blogs. We talked about music. I thought it would be an awesome idea if I posted a blog every day for Alex (and Shoshana, once she left) so that while we were away from each other, they would know what was going on in my life, and they would know what I was listening to because they would obviously miss me recommending songs and/or burning them cds all the time. So PANSED FAAS was born. And I have rarely missed a day since then. But the days I missed were because of moving.

So yesterday I went on a website where they had a bunch of TOP TEN LISTS. I love lists. So I looked at all the top ten music lists, and listened to all the songs. You can bet that all the songs I post in the next week or two will be from those lists. Today's song is from Top Ten Best Songs about Friends :) Because friends are lovely.

And you have all most definitely heard this song before. You've Got a Friend in Me by Randy Newman and Lyle Lovett.

I love Toy Story. Part of the reason I posted this was because Ashley tagged me on Facebook as one of the Toy Story aliens, and I loved it haha.

ALSO Alex - you always said you'd try to make it up to me (because I sent you all those songs by e-mail) and today, you totally paid me back. Because last time I wiped my computer, it deleted all my iTunes songs and I had gone past the date to re-download them. So I checked the Sent folder of my e-mail and downloaded all the songs from there. So I have been saved having to re-purchase All Caps' first album, and both Julia Nunes albums. All because I sent them to you :) (I also got my Jordan West back, because it deleted those). Speaking of J-West, his new album is on iTunes, so if you still have 9.90 on your account, that might be a good idea. I'll probably buy it if you don't, though. So you'll most likely end up getting it either way. Technically not NEW, because it was released in 2007, but it's new to us. It's called What I Learned from the Prostitute. If that doesn't make ALL of you want to buy it, I don't know what will.

Love you all.
xx

28.1

Feeling marginally better today.

Watched Enchanted instead of the Oscars. It was on TV. I love that movie. So freaking cheesy.

My neck still hurts, though. And I didn't end up leaving the house today so the fact that my nails looked like crap didn't even matter. But on the other hand, my ride didn't show up so I didn't leave the house today.

I just checked the Oscar Winners List. Colin Firth didn't win best actor. I am not pleased. I also think that The Hurt Locker and Avatar won too many awards. I haven't seen either, but I don't think they deserved them all.

Anyways, today's song was... in a Barbie movie. I only found that out because I was looking through Katharine McPhee music videos. I like her best when she's doing duets with Andrea Bocelli, but I don't mind her other stuff. So anyways, I thought the song was good, regardless of the Barbie-relation. It's called Connected.

Enjoy.

I just finished talking to Alex and Shoshana on the phone. Actually, I was writing while speaking to them. But they just hung up. It's only half nine here, but it's after midnight there. That time difference walks with about a thousand limps.

Anyways.

I love you all. The Big Bang Theory is on tomorrow, make sure to tune in. Definitely one of my favorite shows. SPEAKING OF WHICH, there is Penny/Sheldon fan fiction. That is wrong on so many levels. I didn't read any. But I had to google it to be sure.

So on that note, enjoy your days. You're all very sexy.

Also, here's a nice comic-type thing I found on Tumblr:

27.7

I was totally just about to go to bed. Then I checked my Facebook and indirectly remembered.

It's only a quarter after 8, anyways. I know! Going to bed early, I hope. My mom woke me up early this morning to clean and pack the kitchen. Then when we were done, I sat down, and looked bored. So my mom was all: Are you not having fun?

Me: No.

Mom: Why not?

Me: Do you want a list?

Mom: Sure.

Me: My neck hurts, I'm still tired, I don't like this music, my nails are chipped from cleaning the fridge, and I want to take a shower. But I know that if I take a shower, it will only be ruined by the people downstairs.

Mom: You do have a list.

Me: Yeah.

Mom: Well, go take a shower then.

WTF? As it that's going to solve all my problems. And the people downstairs DID screw it up. I felt like the shower and I were in a Katy Perry music video. You're hot then you're cold....

Anyways. That's my complaint of the day. Or rather, my complaints. As all the above are still true. Painted my nails last night for a reason (so they'd be nice for tomorrow) but I chipped them and had to take the nail polish off. And because it was red, it ruined my nails. And I took a shower before I could re-paint them so my nails will look like crap tomorrow. I know it's not a big deal, but I was tired and cranky because she woke me up too early. And it bothered me because if she had told me the night before that she'd need help with the kitchen, I wouldn't have painted my nails. And it takes a long time for me to get them perfect so it's a pain when I get them all nice and then the very next day they get ruined.

Sort of like that time I spent 60 bucks on a pair of jeans and then got red paint on them the next day. Just one of the reasons I no longer buy nice clothes.

Anyways. The song is going to be You Take My Troubles Away by Dan Wilson and Rachael Yamagata.

Leave your complaints in the comments below. Let's wallow together. Although I'm sure by the time I read them I'll be in a better mood.

Love you all.

Shosh and Alex - phone call at ten pm your time. Seriously, you better BOTH be there this time.
I >E U


EDIT: three hours later. Still awake. Fail. Also, is it bad that I unplugged my mom's stereo so she won't be able to play music tonight? I mean, she could play it through the tv. But let's hope it doesn't come to that.

Another EDIT: It's almost one and I have just finished reading every single entry on the Texts From Last Night website.
I bet you're all so proud of me.