39.6

Iram is gone and I am drinking fizzy water.  Already painted my nails. Have to work tomorrow. Listening to Carrie Underwood, still. We came to the conclusion that we need to listen to Taylor Swift tomorrow to see how many songs Iram knows of hers. Because she didn't know that she sang You Belong With Me. So we need to see if I've deceived her into liking any of her other songs.

She also loaned me Wuthering Heights so I don't have to read it on my cracked iPod screen any longer. I loaned her the Spellman novels. Once she's done with them, I'm loaning her John Green. Which book should I start with?

I'm going to make a bunch of playlists on iTunes today. Then put them on my ZPod. It's going to be awesome. I looove playlists. I'm also going to put a bunch of Dexter episodes onto a flashdrive for Iram. Speaking of which, Shoshana, I still haven't gotten your letter. Sad face.

Alex, I admire your valiant efforts, but you got those Carrie Underwood lyrics wrong in the comments. Still love you. Also, you're number one on my text-message speed dial. Kind of. You're in group number one. And when I click on your picture, it gives me the option of calling, texting, picture messaging, etc. It's awesome. But you are the first one in group one. So it counts. Only five of you are in group one. Not telling you the rest.

So yeah - before I leave you with the song (which is Feelings Show by Colbie Caillat) let me know which John Green book you liked the best.

Right. Bye now.

xx

39.5

I actually remembered to do this on time. Also, it seems that a lot of you have gotten behind on reading my blog. Understandable. Makes me feel less guilty for being behind on writing it. I'm also thinking I need a break. I started this to keep in touch with Alex and Shoshana while they were away, but they're going to be back soon. Well, Shoshana will be back soon. Don't know about Alex. But I am going to see her in July! I promise I'll get my passport soon. Within the next couple weeks... heh.

Iram is coming over tomorrow so my next blog post will be a bit late. Nothing we're not used to. I'm going to make her a birthday cake, because she did not get one. And we're going to watch Hepburn movies. I cleaned my room (and bathroom) for the occasion. It was time. My sheets are in the laundry. So I guess I'm sleeping without them tonight. I might watch another episode of Skins. I'm really tired, but I also really want to watch an episode of something.

In other good news, Iram is going to lend me Wuthering Heights so I don't have to read it on my broken iPod screen any longer. Wahey!

I'm going to do something different today and not leave you with a video of anything. Like I was saying, I think I need a break. The blogging is not so taxing as trying to think of a new song all the time. Plus, I've been listening to a lot of girly country lately so the song would be along those lines.

Life is going well. Not a lot of complaints. Feel free to leave your complaints/non-complaints in the comments.

I love you all and I'm sorry this is so dull to read.

xx

39.4

Okay. So as I just said, I'm going to watch Skins soon. But work today was alright. Iram left early so I had the last hour and a bit to do nothing by myself. There was one customer. But I mostly sat. And texted a couple people. And decided that I want to get a different job. So that might happen at some point. I also need to make my lunch for tomorrow, which I fail at. It doesn't take long, I'm just lazy.

And I spoke to both my boyfriends today. Iram and I had an interesting conversation with William at Tim Horton's, who is known as "the guy that tells you what you can't have" because he's always like "you don't want green tea/we don't have that/so you want a medium size/" etc.

I also spoke to my actual future husband from Victora. His name is Rob and he has the most delicious accent. He's going back to the UK next week. He's just on a working holiday. I'm going to miss him. Today we had an e-mail conversation between our stores about some shorts we just got that smelled like mold. Pretty sure we were going to die.

My feet hurt. And I'm going to end this with a song. By Carrie Underwood because she kept me company after Iram left. What Can I Say.

I want to be her. Anyways, night.
xx

39.3

So it's Wednesday. Iram's birthday. In honor of the occasion, we wore our matching "That's What She Said" shirts into work. It was awesome. But I had to change because I forgot to bring pants. So I wore the same dress two days in a row. Stupid sleepovers. I also got home and re-painted my nails, but do you think I could NOT smudge them for once? No.

Anyways, I've been watching 10 Things I hate about you (the tv show) and I need to finish an episode of Skins before I go to bed, which was supposed to be an hour ago and I also need to post tomorrow's blog. So Wednesday's song is I'm on a Boat. Which I really don't need to embed because every single one of you should have it memorized.

39.2

Okay, so I've heard really good things about Skins (via Tumblr, mostly) and decided to give it a go. My first thought was "OH MY GOSH IS IT THAT KID FROM ABOUT A BOY?" when he flashed by in the intro. Then the opening scene had him in it and I was like "OMG ITS THAT KID FROM ABOUT A BOY. IT'S MARCUS."

That's about as far as I got before I started the blogging. But I am pleased so far. I don't really know what to tell you because it was all kind of written in the blog I posted two minutes ago. I'm eating chips?

Yeah, I'm done. The song is going to be the Luck of my Life by Hank Green because I was just thinking about how cute it was.

In the style of old school vlogbrothers. Miss those intros.

39.1

I'm not as far behind as I thought I was. So I guess I'll tell you about Sunday? Super uneventful. OH WAIT. No it wasn't. I spoke to Shoshana on the phone. During the last half hour or so, I got really tired and became very incoherent. I would like to apologize for this. Nursery rhymes are not always appropriate, apparently.

Also, we had sushi for dinner

Now Monday. Worked. Went to the beach after work with a bunch of friends. Went swimming. Cold. Also, remember that Lisa Lutz book I was really excited about in March? I found it today. And bought it. Along with the other book in the series I don't have. So pleased. Even though together, it was fifty dollars. That's a lot considering the first one cost me four dollars and the second cost me 25 cents. But still, totally worth it.

I met Robert and Matt in the morning. They were sitting on the benches outside Ripcurl, just staring at their store. So I was all "Why are you sitting outside the store?" and Robert was like "Have you ever eaten at East Side Marios?" So although he didn't answer the question, I learned that they both went out to dinner and ate chicken. And got sick from the chicken. Robert threw up and was good to go, but Matt's body refuses to throw up, ever. Jill called in sick to work, so Robert had to go in on his day off and Matt went home. So when I went to see them over lunch, Marina, Amy, and Robert were working. Then Robert got a text and was like "Apparently all Matt had to do in order to puke, was go to bed". So that was way too much information. But whatevs. So yeah, my day was alright. Got lots of compliments on my purple tights as well.

And I got a ride home from work, so that was a bonus.

Okay, I'm going to start my next blog now because that seems to be what I do. Get behind and then post two at a time. Here's the song: We're Going to be Friends by the White Stripes.

38.7

Okay. So here's the deal. Tomorrow I'm going to apply for another job. Because I just found out that we're on the closing out promo, meaning our store will probably be shut down. My DM is a total douche so he probably won't tell the truth about that because he'll want to screw us over when it's closed. So Iram and I have decided instead to screw them over by getting new jobs and leaving. So Moni will basically be working by herself. Muahaha. So yeah, I'm taking my resumes in and I'm going to apply probably to Suzy Shier because they're looking for an assistant manager.

So yeah. I'm also going to call said douche-y DM and ask for my money. Which I was supposed to get three weeks ago. The effing company is trying to screw us over in every way. I was actually speaking to Rob (from a Victoria store) and he was telling me all the stuff that had happened to them and how much the company had screwed them over and about all the horrible things the company does. So I want to get out. With my money. Otherwise I'm taking them to the labor board.

And thus ends another segment of Marissa complaining about her life. Actually, no. It's a quarter to 1am. I have to be up at 6:30. But my parents have a friend over and they are so loud and they will not go to bed/leave so I can't sleep. And I only got five hours of sleep the night before, so I'm going to be dead on my feet tomorrow. Didn't even have the energy to shower today. Maybe tomorrow morning. Or now. To send the message that I CAN NOT SLEEP.

But anyways, I'm going to leave you with a song as I try to sleep-

Sleep by My Chemical Romance. Because I'm feeling that emo right now.

38.6

I totally forgot about blogging while I've been working. I'm just going to keep this one short because I'll have to do another right after anyways. I got a phone today, though. Which is exciting. And I've been catching up on all my shows since I got my MacBook back. But I think I'll be getting it exchanged. Because after all those repairs, they ruined my microphone. So I think I'll just get a new one. I don't know why this one's been so shoddy but ah well.

Speaking of my shows, I am super proud of Richard for his macho showdown on Grey's Anatomy. He's definitely awesome. And I've missed him since Derek became Chief. Evs.

So the song is We Built This City by Jefferson Starship because I've been listening to it a lot.

38.5

Fridayyy! I got paid today, which means I will try to buy a cell phone. And I got my MacBook back! They said they fixed every part that could be causing problems (one the first time, two this time) so hopefully it works. So far, so good :) And the tech guy (who happens to be attractive enough to make me want to go back even if they had poor customer service) was all "Hopefully next time we see you, it's for something happier."

Which they will. I'm buying an iPod case once my screen is fixed. Although maybe I should buy one sooner, given that I dropped it again yesterday. Also. It's 7am. I was awake at 6:30 so I decided not to waste the opportunity, and I went pee. But because it's light out, my body is all "IT'S NOON, GET UP" and I'm like "Noooo, I"m so tired. Please let me sleep." And it's saying back to me "Suffer, you whore". So I'm really tired right now.

Shoshana wanted to know how my mom crushed my dreams of becoming a teacher. She didn't really. She just went on about how I was better than dealing with annoying children who don't understand anything all day. And I was just thinking, well, the reason I want to become an English teacher is to help kids understand things and thereby get a sense of fulfillment out of my day to day life. I don't think I'd get that if I blogged for money. I'd actually feel kind of lazy. This blog here, is good. Because I'm writing it to keep in touch with friends that are far away and also to force them to listen to my music so they hopefully don't come back listening to Justin Bieber.

I don't work until twelve thirty. Being up this early would have served me well tomorrow, when I work at 8:30. But at this point, it's just ridiculous. What am I going to do for four hours? *cries* *flailing muppet arms* also *becomes giant squid of anger* Speaking of which, wasn't John's lullaby to Henry so freaking adorable? Ahhh.

Well, guess I better catch up on my Youtube videos. Here is Boxcar Blood by Luke Conard and Alan Lastufka.

Have a good weekend, everybody!

xx

38.4

I would like you all to know that I am missing Clueless for this. But I taped it, so I can watch it later. When I actually have time that doesn't need to be filled with sleep.

So my day was alright. I didn't even speak to Satan/The Dragon Lady all that much. Those are actually Robert's nicknames for Carrie, but I'm using them for someone else. I had been at work for half an hour when she decided to take her break. Then ten minutes after she got back, I took my break. Then I did paperwork. Then Iram came in and saved me. So yeah, not bad. But I mean, she was still there for two and a half hours after Iram arrived, so I went to see Robert and Chelsea and make beach plans for next weekend.

Then I spent a while trying to figure out how to work the fax machine so I could fax Robert and Chelsea. The first response we received was "Faxed it the wrong way, lmfao" so I had to re-fax it the RIGHT way. I kind of fail. Then Iram and I wrote them a note that said "We are watching you" and put it into an envelope, addressed it to "Management" and shoved it under the Ripcurl door at closing. They knew it was us. The return address says Randy River, and who else would it be? We just like to be stalkerish.

Anyways, there was a five second power outage that freaked me out. I installed Flashlight onto my iPod because of it, and I couldn't find candles so I got an actual flashlight and I've been carrying them with me everywhere. I hate power outages when I'm alone. If I'm with people, it's fine. Just like I can't sleep in the dark unless someone else is there. I'm strange.

I should probably also mention that Iram went to Tim Horton's and bought me a Long John, just so she could say "I got you a long john. That's what she said". And we're both pretty sure we're going to buy "That's What She Said" shirts, because we have some right now. And I might buy a couple for Shoshana and the other one (I'm not mad, just bugging you).

Also, last night my mom was on Facebook, and then she was all "I have no friends on FB so your status updates are always there, and you're the funniest person I know. You should write a blog and get famous and get a book deal etc". Well, I have a blog. Not working, mom. She also shattered my dreams of being an English teacher. But whatever.

Right, so. Food. Meaning I need to give you a song.

Warwick Avenue by Duffy.



Have a good day with hopefully no power outages, rain, hail, thunder, lightning, or any unpleasantness, weather-related or otherwise.

xx

38.3

Sooo, here's the thing. It's midnight, and I should be getting to bed soon. I did lots of catching up today, on a bunch of things, but I wrote about that in the last blog. Alex just posted a blog of 50 confessions. I'm going to do the same. At some point. It's going to take a while for me to compile my list because I usually tell you things about as they come up and I'm not very secretive. Usually. *cue Mission Impossible soundtrack* even though I hate Tom Cruise.

This blogging thing is really annoying for me because I don't have Elle to type on. I also just realize that my bike is named CarmELLa, and my computer is named ELLE. I guess I really like the sound. Plus I was going to name my bike Carmen (so it would be Carmen Electra) but I hate the name Carmen and I like the name Carmella. And I named my computer Elle because of Il/Elle. But still, it sounds nice. My hair is braided right now. Because I got tired of dealing with it. Even though it's super easy to deal with. Just because I usually shower before bed and then it screws my hair up and blach.

Shoshana, and other friend (I am referring to you this way because I am third from the bottom of your best friends list) - we need to work on Melissa's (who happened to be higher up than me on said BF list) surprise going away present thing. You guys kind of fail. But one of you more than the other. Just saying.

Now. Ze song is going to be a Britney Spears one. That I've been listening to a lot. Because I love her. Don't judge me. It's called Amnesia and it's better than Kesha's song of the same name.



Hokayyy, good day.

xx

PS: I said "good day", sir!

38.2

So I'm behind again because I don't have a fracking computer. I had the day off, though. So without a computer to distract me, I got lots done. I cleaned my room, did laundry, talked to Shoshana on the phone for a bit until hers died, and then I wrote some letters - to Alex and Karen (a relative) and also mailed Napoleon Dynamite to Shoshana. It almost didn't fit in the mail slot, so I had to bend the crap out of the envelope. Sorry for the crinkles.

Anyways, Glee has been over for an hour but I taped it so I might just just go watch it. After I eat dinner. A bit late on that. It's 8. Oh, and I got an almost eleven hours of sleep last night. So pleased. These last few weeks I've been sleeping horribly, even on my days off. But I went to bed early (not 2 am early - 10pm early) Aren't you proud of me?

And I was supposed to get my contract in my e-mail today, but DO YOU THINK ITS THERE? Of course it isn't. However, there's an email from Jorin that I need to respond to. And Zak Facebook'd me saying I owed him money. Well, it was a mass message. A lot of us owe him upwards of thirteen dollars. He's basically the Kelowna mafia. By himself.

Um, so I'm pretty sure you all know this song I've chosen for today. If not, you're about to. Summer of 09 by All Caps (lyrics by Alan Lastufka). Dancing by... a lot of cool people.



HAVE A GOOD DAY. PS I made you a grilled cheese sandwich but I eated it.

xx

38.1

So the bad news is... my computer is being dumb again. Same problem. So I might just ask for a new one.

Good news... my job is really close to the Mac Store? Blech. This sucks. I don't want a new one. Anyways, I've got 12% battery right now and it's also 1:30am and I need to get to sleep (if it's not too hot to do so).

I don't know why I got a defective Mac but I'm really unhappy about it. Anyways, yeah. Taking it back tomorrow to the Mac store. If they can't exchange it for me, I'll have to go to Best Buy, which is... somewhere.

So Shoshana seemed to enjoy the Vicky Pollard clip from yesterday, and as she is the only one who actually commented, her opinion matters most. Here is another clip of her from Little Britain (USA, this time)

But I'm also going to include a song today. Like anyone cares. Starry Eyed by Ellie Goulding.

Yeah, but no, but yeah, but no, see this whole thing happened or something or nothing which I don't know nothing about...

xx

37.7

 Now that I think on it, I'm pretty sure I have used Lincoln Hawk before. Oh well.

So Saturday was good. Worked with Iram. Mostly folded shirts. Hopefully Iram and Moni are doing the inventory today. If Moni doesn't, I will be super angry and want to strangle her more than I do now. But deep breath. Michael is doing the Chris Rock routine right now. Wow...

Kay, so I don't have much else to day except Joe's friend has ordered a new screen for my iPod and he'll fix it soon :) So happy.

Um, yes. Instead of doing a song today, I'm going to leave you with a video clip. Because sometimes I think we all get tired of the songs.

Here's Vicky's visit from the social worker.

Love her.

Have a nice Sunday.....

xx

37.6

So I got an e-mail from Shoshana saying "Did you not post a blog yesterday?"

No, I did not. I completely forgot because of work. It's much harder to post blogs regularly when you're working 40 hours a week.

Or when you're watching the first season of both versions of the Office to see how they're different. The American one actually copies a lot of the original version. The Pilots are pretty much the same. I do prefer the American version when it comes to Jim and Dwight, though.

Anyways, so I didn't post a blog. Yesterday or today. But I'm getting to it. I also really need to finish writing down the songs I've used so I have a complete record of PANSED. I suppose it doesn't really matter anymore. I might not even do it. Meh.

So my Friday was alright. District Manager showed up and spoke to me for like, two hours. Then he spoke to Moni for ten minutes, and Iram for an hour and a half. So I'm kind of confused. But I'm pretty sure I got manager. He said to Iram that he had his mind made up when he came in. But then he spoke to all of us and said he was confused, but when he left he said he was going to go with what Iram said. Which was that Moni would make a craptastic manager.

Anyways. I usually go to Ripcurl during my break to see Robert and Chelsea (old managers at Randy River) and I vent to them. Because they both hate Moni. Parm (DM) is a total douche though. But I'll stop complaining about work. The Office is going well. I still don't know which one I prefer overall. We'll see. I'm going to get onto the song so I can post today's blog, so the song is Everytime by Lincoln Hawk. Don't know if I've used this before but I keep hearing it on Gossip Girl and I love it.

BAII (for five minutes)
xx

37.5

Sooo I'm typing this on my MacBook. Finally got it back. And it was all covered by the warranty. And I was going to say on my blog that I hadn't gotten it back (or rather, not mention it at all) and then post a surprise video on the Squirrel Rebellion channel..

BUT MY MIC ISN'T WORKING. So I don't know if they effed it up during the repair or if I need to click something, but it's not working. So I can't make a video... Maybe some time next week? Arggh, this is so annoying. I was so excited to get my MacBook back, it actually made my day so much better. But this makes it a little worse. My overall mood is still happy because I got my MacBook and I'm not at work and I don't have to go in until 12:30 tomorrow so I can have a bit of a lie-in.

And I spoke to Chelsea and Robert about what to do with this girl I work with who is driving me crazy. I'm supposed to get an hour long break, but I normally take like, 20 minutes, and then adjust it in the time card so it looks like I took my full hour. But today I went to talk to Robert and Chelsea (it was on the way to Tim Horton's, and they happened to be working so I popped in for a visit) and I was there for a long time. Then Chelsea and I went to Tim's, and then went back and spoke more, then I went to get my MacBook. And I took like, an hour and a half.

So when I got back, apparently Moni had asked about me, and Iram was like "Oh, she left at a quarter to, she still has five minutes" and then I actually made it back within that time frame. Even though I left at a quarter after. She was covering for me, it was awesome. But yeah, even if she had said something to me I would have been like "You know what? You made me come in and work twelve hours yesterday because you have some fear of being by yourself and actually doing the work yourself, so I'm a little TIRED and thought I deserved a longer break".

Anyways, deep breath. She's getting on my nerves a bit. So I thought I'd update you on Wuthering Heights. I'm only on chapter six, but I'm quite enjoying it. I'm definitely intrigued to find out how the story ends up and Iram was talking it up tonight because she saw the list of books I wanted to read. She also said that I need to read Wuthering Heights, and then follow it up with Persuasion. So I think I'll do that. Just to see the contrast.

I've got to pee so I'm going to leave you with If You Don't, Don't by Jimmy Eat World and bid you all adieu.

Enjoy that. And enjoy your weekends, in this BEAUTIFUL weather. I'll be working. But, you can still have your fun. Unless you're cooped up inside studying. In which case, I urge you to take an hour-long break and bask in the glorious sunshine. Take a walk, get your mind off the stress of exams. And then get back to work. Maybe study outside? Work on your tan while working your brain. I'm stopping.

Laterz.

xx

37.4

So this freaking computer shut down while I was moving it and I have to start all over. But it saved the title, so it's all good. That's okay, nothing I wrote was very interesting. I was about to get to the good part - when I worked with Reign on Monday. He quit, actually. So he's no longer working with us but I worked with him on Monday and forgot to tell you the best part.

So he's really attractive, and he knows it. Iram actually thinks he's gay. So does Moni. But I think he's too into Iram to be gay. Anyways, I was going through the employee folders and looking at their resumes and stuff. And then I picked up his to see if his resume was in there because he was bragging about how awesome it was. Then when I had his folder, he was like "Are you checking me out?" And I was just like "I wouldn't need a folder to do that."

Even though I said it pretty quietly, I'm pretty sure he heard me. But he was all "what did you say?" And I was doing that whole "you're hearing things" routine. But I think he just wanted me to say it again for the satisfaction of someone other than his mum confirming his attractiveness.

So anyways, twelve hours of work sucks. Just throwing that out there. And I've got to do it again on the 21st. On a FRIDAY. Which is fine because I don't have any plans. I do have plans for this Saturday but I might not make it. I'm supposed to go to Amanda's for her birthday party but I'm kind of feeling tired and antisocial. Like maybe I'll buy her a gift and give it to her when I see her next. But I don't know if I can do the party thing because last time I did, it wore me out. I'm so OLD.

So I might do it, just to have fun. I'm so torn though. Ugggh. I'll make up my mind by then. Whatever. The song is going to be Wiener (Chatroulette) by Amy Kuney. I might have already used this but I just love it so much.



"Or a hot les" and they show Justin Bieber. MUAHAHAHA. Take that, Lo.

BAII


xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

So since I last posted (four hours ago), Moni called. Instead of going in at 12:30 tomorrow, I'm going in at 9:30. And staying until 9:30... We're getting more stock tomorrow. And we have to do a bunch of promotional garbage and clean the store because the stock has ruined it and Moni can't handle it by herself apparently so I have to go in early. She was going to ask Iram to come in early, but Iram hates being called in early, and then I'd be closing alone, which is less fun. I'd rather suffer through Moni until 6:30 then have the reprieve later.

Anyways. Every once in a while, I'm reminded of a certain artist whom I love and am kinda sorta friends with. I met her when I was in Surrey and we were in drama class together. I say kinda sorta because we were friends then but don't talk much anymore. Mostly because she has been... ON TOUR. And writing songs, and away. And I moved and all that garbage. She graduated a year earlier than me at Matheson and she is incredibly talented. The first time I heard her sing I knew she would be big. And she is now #38 on the Canadian AC Charts with her song Convicted.

So today she posted a status about her song being a hit (which it is) and then I was like "OH YEAH, ALISHA". So I went on to youtube and convicted has about 50,000 hits or something. I'm so proud of this girl, she works so hard for everything when she doesn't even need to because of her voice. Anyways, once I was reminded of her, I pimped her to Ashley and Ashley likes her so I thought I'd pimp her out to all my Twitter followers and to all of you :) So I've already linked to Convicted, here is Summer Love. Given that it feels like summer here.

So yeah. It's not even nine, but I think I'm going to clean my room a bit and then head off to bed because I have a twelve hour day tomorrow. Actually more than that because I'm waking up at 7. So it's going to be torture. Anyways, if you have time, watch ALL of Alisha Pillay's videos on youtube and follow her on twitter and facebook. Give her some good old-fashioned lovin'.

And take note that if any of you ever start... writing music, and stuff, I'll pimp you out here. Not that it'll do much good. With my twelve followers...

Anyways, love you all so much. Thanks for putting up with my erratic blog postage.

xx

37.2

This is late because I was not at home last night. I spent the night at Iram's (I think I told you I would) and it was lovely. We watched lots of David Tennant youtube videos and made fun of Vicki from Little Britain. We went out for curry (which I've brought home, because she didn't enjoy her lamb saag and I didn't eat all my butter chicken).

But Moni called her in to work today because they got a buttload of stock (I got 42 boxes yesterday and they had about 30 today). So Iram and I had to go to the mall and she worked and I sent Parm an e-mail and explained some things to Moni about paperwork and what was happening because apparently I don't communicate well enough, even though she was the one too busy to read what I left for her in the communication section of our binder, that SHE marked "To be read before every shift". Silly goose. Anyways, that was fun. I sent Parm an e-mail because Frankie is taking personal leave for two weeks and because Reign announced his resignation which was no surprise.

I think he's just at work now, flirting with poor Iram. My main concern is that we now have to hire someone new who meets with my cuteness expectations. Reign was pretty attractive and now that he's leaving, we need a suitable replacement. I'm also worried that Frankie will be fired while she's away. And then we'll have to hire someone ELSE maybe. I don't know. Anyways. I had a nice day. And it was nice to have a proper girls night. The last sleepover I had was with Hailey, but I don't know if that counts because I was there for two weeks, and the last one before that was.... with Hailey. On Halloween. So yeah, it was good to hang out and giggle like pre-teens.

Right so, the song is going to beeeeee Stacy's Mom. I assume everyone knows this song, but here's the link at any rate. I'd post the video but it takes a while for my computer to give me the embed code and it's tiring. BUUUT hopefully my MacBook will be back in my loving... lap (?) by Thursday. The part came in today and it should be fixed by then. I really miss Elle.

Okay, I'm done. I'm going to be posting again in a few hours anyways to give you 37.3

How has everyone been?

xx

37.1

WEEK THIRTY-SEVEN! My favorite number.

So today (Monday, when you read this), I'll be working. Then after work, Iram and I are going to get Indian food, and then I'll probably be spending the night at her place because the restaurant is out in Rutland and I don't want to bike that far to get home at night.

Anyways, I'm working with Reign tomorrow. Who I haven't told you about yet. So everyone was telling us how attractive he was. Then Moni was like "You guys probably won't like him, I don't think he's your type," but oh my gooodness. Every time Iram sees him, she has to remind herself that he's only 18 and she's almost 22. And Chelsea was the same. But the only obstacle I can see is us obviously not being on the same cute level. But on Saturday, Moni and Iram were bugging me because I was wearing a green shirt and he wore a green scarf to work (He also works at Ingledew, so we see him all the time) and Iram was like "They text and coordinate their outfits, didn't I tell you this? And they just bug me like that a lot because I obviously find him attractive and I'm going to stop because this is getting to be too much.

So yeah, working tomorrow. Fun fun. It's half eleven and I should be in bed but I'm waiting for my laundry to be laundered. And I don't know if I mentioned my computer, but I called and they said it would take a few more days because they had to order a part and it's so depressing. I also might get some bloodwork done. I think I'm going to go to VML on Tuesday and fill out a requisition then on my next day off, I'll get the actual bloodwork done. I'm just worried because for about a year I haven't been able to feel my big toe.

Peripheral neuropathy, it's called. And I'm a bit of a hypochondriac so I jump to conclusions. I'm probably fine though. It's probably just cancer. Right, so. I'm going to go to bed. And because it's still technically Mother's Day, I'm going to leave you with another Mother's Day song. I only know about it because it was in the related videos of the Faith Hill one on youtube, and because I was a huge Reba fan when I was younger (my sister and I had all the tapes. Loved them) so yeah. It's called I'll Be.



Have a nice Monday
xx

36.7

Sorry I'm so late on this one. I actually meant to start earlier. I signed on to Blogger and everything, and I caught up on reading your blogs, but then I forgot to post mine. My day was pretty uneventful. Gave my mom her Mother's Day present - she said it was just what she wanted, because she hasn't worn earrings in a while and she wanted to start wearing them again. So I'm glad it went over well. I was worried she wouldn't like them.

How did your Mother's Days go?

Theeen I was texting Connor for a while (my brother, for those that don't know), and my friend Andy on Twitter, and then Alex for a little while. I tried calling Shoshana for our Sunday night call but she didn't answer - shocker there.

I also painted my nails. Black. I changed my mind half way through but we're out of nail polish remover so I had to keep going. And I had to take the screen off my window because the windows are being cleaned tomorrow - Strata is really weird here. They power-washed our parkade, then re-painted the lines, now they're washing the windows. I can see the windows being necessary, but re-painting lines that are already clearly marked? Power washing a cement floor people are going to be driving on anyways? I don't understand.

Anyways, yeah. I read a bit more Franny and Zooey. I think I'm on chapter 6 of Wuthering Heights but I haven't read it in a couple days. Because of Franny and Zooey. Which is awesome, btw. Wuthering Heights isn't bad either.

I'm just going to end this because I need to post tomorrow's in a few minutes anyways, so bai. The song, in honor of Mother's Day, is You Can't Lose Me by Faith Hill. Or, according to this video, You Can't Loose Me.



Until five minutes,
xx

36.6

I had just given myself a foot massage and was about to go to sleep when I remembered this stupid blog.

So I bought a Mother's Day present (no help from you guys) and got two new shirts (the same; one green, one black) from Fairweather. 2 for 30, but with a discount of some sort. So that was cool. And for the first time probably ever, I still have money left over. I am proud of myself. And it was a small paycheck - like 250, and the mother's day gift cost half that. I know 250 seems like a lot of money, but I say it's small because my next paycheck will be upwards of 600. And I might buy a cell phone. I'm thinking iPhone. That way I won't even have to get my iPod fixed and if I want to end my contract, I'll still have an iPod. Win-win-win? I'll just make sure to buy a case this time.

Anyways, if you're wondering what I got my mom, I got her a pair of silver dangly-ish earrings with an Isreali Opal dangling in the middle. So it was like a silver tear-drop shape with the stone in the middle. It's green. I almost bought her the blue ones and thinking back, I liked them better because they were shiny. But my mom likes green too, so all shall be well.

And I got her a card, obvs. Right, so I'm off to bed. Mitchell is regaling me with the latest story of an angry customer. Kay, bed. Goooood night, my dears. I shall leave you with a Flight of the Conchords song - Frodo, Don't Wear the Ring.



Love you all an enormous amount.
xx

36.5

So this will be short because I'm crazy tired for some reason (probably because I got four hours of sleep last night and it's almost midnight now) and I should go to bed soon. Because I broke my iPod. Meaning I have to take it into the Mac store tomorrow before work (and also check up on my darling Elle) - so many problems. I mean, I'm definitely not going to get that covered under the warranty because I freaking dropped it. On pavement. While biking very very fast. So my fault.

The only thing that's wrong is the glass - completely shattered. I want to show Iram how bad it is but if they can fix it while I'm at work, even better. Speaking of work, I always forget that I can have hour-long breaks now. So I clock out for half an hour and get ripped off anyways because I have to change it to an hour on the computer. For payroll purposes, dontcha know.

Anyways. I don't work until 12/12:30 tomorrow which is good, but it sucks because it means I'm closing. But while I'm on my break I need to get a birthday present for Amanda and a Mother's Day gift for duh, my dad. (haha... I'm so not funny anymore).

Anyways, yeah. I was going to get my passport this week but it might have to wait a couple weeks for a possibly new iPod/new screen and/or MacBook repairs - IF the warranty fails me. I hope not. I have my doubts.

I just said anyways twice and I need new transitions. Maybe I should just not have transitions. Just leave you to figure out how exactly my train of thought jumps from passports to Kesha. The link - it's playing on my iPod right now and it's going to be the song of the day because I'm too lazy to press skip or to wait for it to end to find a different song on Shuffle. So Hungover it is. Lovely.



The song just changed. Frank Sinatra. Way better. But whatever. I was just about to be like "Crap, I've gotta make my lunch for tomorrow." But I get paid tomorrow so I can buy SUBWAY. I've been craving it forevaas. And I'm pretty sure we have one IN ZE MALL.

Anyways, yeah. Bye. ALSO - any mother's day gift ideas yet?

xx

36.4

Sooo my darling Elle is in the hospital. And I am missing her a whole lot. I'm back to using Il for the time being, and he is too slow. I mean, I love him because he was my first computer and I owe him a lot. Like meeting the Strangers, because without Il I would not have been such a huge nerd and I probably would not have re-discovered John Green and all the awesome that is attached to it. I probably would have done better in school and not had insomnia and a bunch of other things but anyways, I'm thankful for Il. I just prefer Elle, at this point. She actually works.

But anyways, I'm using Il to charge my Z-Pod (which has yet to be named. Suggestions welcome) and to blog because it would take a long time to blog on the A-Pod. Speaking of RandomLetterPod, that was Iram. She decided to call it by a different letter every time until she ran out. And it's way funnier when she does it, because she does it in her polished London accent.

Anyways, I have to work tomorrow and I'm making my mom make my lunch, kind of. We have canned salmon but she didn't buy the skinless boneless kind and I hate cleaning it out, so I'm making her do it for me so I have something to bring for lunch tomorrow. But I get paid on Friday so I'll buy lunch at the mall. Going to be awesome.

In other news, I am texting Alex right now. It's awesome. And Bones is on but I'm ignoring it for YOU guys. Also ignoring it because I missed the first 30 seconds or whatever so I'm going to watch it online later. Just using mah headphones before bed.

Back to my main concern, the computer. I'm worried that my stuff will be deleted because I didn't back anything up. And I told the people at the Mac store that I had backed everything up, because I had to sign the waiver that said it's not their fault if I lose my stuff, and I was all "don't worry, I read that on the apple site, so I made sure to back everything up" but my e-mail failed and it wasn't actually backed up and now I'm sad.

Also, because I didn't get a birthday cake due to us moving two days after my birthday, I was thinking about cupcakes because it was mentioned on Two and Half Men and I was like "I still need to make my birthday cake" so my mom was like "That's kind of pathetic. Let's make one on Sunday and have a nice birthday dinner." But it's going to be Mother's Day so it'll be like a two-in-one. Any ideas on what to get her? I'm thinking flowers or a plant and maybe some chocolate. I used to always get her a bar of chocolate on Mother's Day because I was poor but last year when I had a job, I got her a chocolate arrangement from Purdy's but I knew she wouldn't like lots of the chocolate in it, so I gave them to my co-workers and bought different chocolate to put into it for her. But she's into plants lately, so maybe a new one? And I don't mind getting her flowers but I kind of feel like they only last so long. Although the same could be said for chocolate.

Anyways, if you guys have any good ideas, let me know. I'm going to go shower and ready myself for work tomorrow so I don't have to wake up super early and do it all tomorrow.

The song is going to be... She Said by Plan B because I've been listening to it a lot lately and it's awesome. We've been listening to it at work because it's on my Work playlist.

Apparently some of the lyrics are wrong, but I haven't checked. Meh.




LOVE YOU

xx

36.3

I got another one of those e-mails.

"I have wondered alot about this moment every week forever. I have dreamed of writing this for weeks however I was afraid.....I've fallen in love with you. I won't keep surviving and not tell you anymore. I want to show myself to you. I typed all i want to say at a status for you. im very afraid though I know I need to send this or I wont be happy. If I get out of bed and you really have read this ill realize I wasnt dreaming."

Hahahahahahahaha. Where are they getting my e-mail? Crazy people.

Anyways, I've started on book number one of the BBC 100. I'm going backwards, so the first book is Wuthering Heights. If I was starting from the beginning, it'd be 1984 but I've already read it, so either way I'm good. Maybe I'll do one from the front, one from the back, and work towards the middle. Maybe? We'll see. I'm only a few pages into Wuthering Heights and it's not as dull as I'd imagined, but I don't know if I'll like it. Again, we'll see.

Also, I have to go to the Mac store tomorrow (MY DAY OFF. RAAAAWGRGH) because the stupid power adapter cord won't charge my computer. I'll plug it in and it won't charge. But then like, an hour later it will start charging. Because of this, my computer shut down on the blooper reel of Shanghai Knights. And Jackie Chan blooper reels just can't be interrupted. It's blasphemy. So I might have to return it at Best Buy, but I think the Mac store will do it because it's still under the g-darn warranty.

Hopefully the warranty covers it, though. Because apparently Apple warranties suck.

Anyways. Parm might be coming down to work tomorrow so I'll probably pop in after visiting the Mac store (it's right across the street, thankfully) just to check in. Best Buy is also pretty close. So if I have to go there, I'll do that. It sucks because I always get defective technology on the first go, and end up having to exchange it. And if I get a new one, I'll have to re-name it. And I like Elle. Also, I finally named my old computer (after three years) - his name is Il. That's funny if you know French. Il/Elle. Yeah? Next subject.

I've been downloading a bunch of Disney movies. Today I watched Hercules and Alice in Wonderland. I also watched A Cinderella Story, Another Cinderella Story (had to know) aaaand Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory because - and I have never told anybody this - I have never actually seen it. But I saw it today. And I loved it. But the candy store owner is a major creep.

Right, so the song. The Phrase That Pays by The Academy Is... delivered once again by iTunes' shuffle.

They were freaking amazing in concert. So in love with William Beckett.

Anyways, Baiii.

xx

36.2

OMG. I get to sleep in tomorrow. Which is why I'm still awake at one am. Because I can freaking sleep in. Then I'm going to clean my room and the bathroom and I am sooo excited. Work today wasn't too bad. We received a crapload of stock, but that's easy enough. We didn't finish it all so Moni and Frankie have to do it tomorrow. Muahaha. They hate each other. So I'm going to stay home and laugh at them. Hopefully Parm doesn't come down because then I might have to go into work. Which would suck.

Anyways. Anna, I just finished Wake. Part of the reason I'm up so late. It was awesome. I'm excited for Fade. Although I'm 8th in the library queue. May be a while. But I'll probably go to the library to pick up Uglies. I have also added two more things to my Bucket List.

1. Read the BBC 100 - they estimated that most people would have only read 6 books from the list. So I want to read them all. I have them on my iPod and I'm going to do it.

2. I forget. But it was awesome.

Anyways, I'm off to bed. Suuuuper tired. The song - Make Damn Sure by Taking Back Sunday. Why? Because I haven't listened to them forever but it just happened on Shuffle.

These lyrics are probably wrong. I don't curr.

Alex, text me about your cell phone long distance thingy. Can we call you this Sunday?

LOVE YOU BIZNATCHES.

xx

PS I always send e-mails to my old store when I'm working to ask them for help with certain things, and I sign it with stuff like "Love you with all the cellulite of a morbidly obese hooker in a mini skirt"... and now you understand why I googled hooker metaphors. I was running out of good ones...

36.1

I just got back home from work and now I'm eating dinner. This is probably the best broccoli I've ever tasted. And the best yagger schnitzel. Unfortunately, my mom was eating the VERY LAST cookie when I got in. So I was a bit s.o.l.

Speaking of being out of luck, today was pretty awful. I was able to open the store and everything, but this morning when my alarm went off, my first thought was "Oh no. Kill me now." And my second thought was "Crap. We forgot to finalize the payroll last night. We're not going to get paid. Crap. Crap. Crap."

And then my third thought was "KILL MEEEE".

But back to the second thought. It took TWO HOURS to finalize payroll. Normally it's a ten-minute deal. But we had problems with Moni's schedule (due to yesterday's problems - she clocked in about ten times) and Chelsea's, because she didn't clock out after she was fired (how inconsiderate) and we have records from previous employees that made it more difficult. So I was kind of upset.

Anyways. Then we had to do inventory of the entire store (we're missing about 350 pieces of clothing) and we had to size everything. Plus I was doing paperwork, AGAIN.

But because I'm so awesome, I managed to finish the paperwork for April and I set May's paperwork up so it would be SUPER EASY. So if Moni and I do eventually become managers, our jobs will be awesome.

Turns out I'm a BAMF when it comes to paperwork. And Moni is really good at organizing (she made the back room look amazing), and together we make a pretty sweet team. I think the first time I blogged about her, I was saying I hated her but I really don't. I told Parm I was going to judge her for myself when I met her, and I did. And she's awesome. I think she just hated Chelsea. And she still doesn't like Frankie, which is understandable. Because Frankie doesn't do that much work.

Anyways. So I got home, and received an e-mail that said "Marissa, please open this" and I was all "it's totally spam" but then I opened it and it was like a creeper letter.

i've sensed a lot of your face over and over for a very long time. I've been imagined telling you for a very long time though was frightened....i have fallen in love with you. I wont keep surviving and not tell you anymore. I have to reveal myself. I wrote down all of it in a blog privately. i am extremely afraid yet im positive I have to undertake this or I won't ever be with you. If I awake tomorrow and you really have read it i will realize i havent fantasized this.

Then there was a link to a blog and it was like "I have pictures on this website of your name all over my body. It's pretty risque. Go to the website and search my username "ILuvMarissa92". You might have to enter CC or Debit info to sign up. I had to.

And right away, I was like YEP. You're not taking my money. I think the fact that I actually clicked the link makes me stupid, but here's the link if you would like it: http://www.spotincharge.com/blogs/

Right. So I think I'm going to read Wake tonight because Anna wants me to keep her updated. I was going to read it on my break today but I ended up playing Traffic Rush on my iPod instead. Hopefully the book isn't too awesome because I need to go to be early tonight. Like, 9-ish. Which is why I'm posting this at a quarter after 7. Because I'm banning myself from the internet. I'm going to watch this week's episode of Gossip Girl, shower, read some of Wake and then go to bed. And possibly die in my sleep.

The song is going to be Today Will Be Better, I Swear! by Stars, because I really need tomorrow to be better than my last two days. If not, Tuesday and Wednesday will be amazing because I'm not working.

Awesome sauce. Oh, and I forgot to eat breakfast yesterday (I ate some vegetables and cookies once I got in to work, though) but this morning I remembered. And an English Muffin has never tasted so amazing. So pleased. Right, so... um, good night. Nevermind, I have to call Shoshana and Alex.

35.7

Pretty sure this entire blog will consist of me whining about my day, so feel free to skip ahead to the song.

I woke up at 7 (failed to do so at 6:30) and I was super tired because I went to bed at like 12:30 and I had been sleeping in all week. Plus I was tired because someone from Portugal (I'm not naming names) texted me at 4:30 in the morning. Normally it wouldn't wake me up but I woke up because I had to pee and then I heard this loud noise when I was almost asleep again. And even though I was crazy tired it took a while to get back to sleep. But I was fine with being super tired because I have a job and I wasn't going to complain.

Then I got to the store. I counted the till, and the float was exactly 300, which is what you want. Especially when we were under last night (I think Iram counted wrong - no big deal, like a quarter or something). But I knew I was working with Moni so I was going to dress extra professionally in my heels. That lasted three hours. Then I switched to flats. My feet are still hurting. Hurting so bad they're pulsating, actually. It's bad. And I had to ride against the wind to get to work and to get home. BUT back to my point.

My day sucked because I was not able to log onto the system. So I had to call Moni (even though she wasn't due to start for another two hours) and I think I woke her up. She told me to call Fairweather (I did. No one answered.) and then I called Moni back. She said to call Parm, which I did. His number didn't work, even though he's our District Manager. So he told me to call POS, which I did. And you know what? "Hi you've reached POS, our office is closed today".

Then Moni had to come in. And then Carrie came over from Fairweather. And we tried to figure it out. I tried using Ashley's number (from my old store) but there's a division between our stores so her number didn't work. Eventually (two and a half hours later), we got into the system by using Frankie's number (luckily - or stupidly - her password is the same as her employee number). Then POS came through (I called the emergency number and left a message) but they called Parm and were like "No, it should be working. Everything's fine on our end". So then Parm called POS back and told them to put me in the system as manager so this would never ever ever happen again. And a few hours later, they took over the system and put me in as manager with level 5 clearance for everything. And then I had to put Moni in as keyholder with level 3 clearance for all that good stuff so she could do stuff when I wasn't there.

Then, during the few hours when nothing was working, I looked at the paperwork and realized how screwed up it was and screwed over we were when Chelsea left, because she had no idea how to do anything, really. And she passed on no knowledge to us so even after the computer was working, I spent my day going through the paperwork and sorting through a bunch of crap to make life easier for Moni and I if we were eventually to become manager and assistant manager. Or if someone else is going to come in and be manager, it'll be easier for them. I just don't know.

And then Moni and I were in the back, changing things around, organizing, making room for things. And it was just hectic and annoying and I'm already going crazy. But at least Iram and I got to listen to some good British music a la UK top 40, and also some that I already had. I guess she likes Plan B too. And she likes Pixie Lott, which makes my life easier.

Anyways. I could complain until I ran out of space on the internet but I'd rather stop complaining and watch Doctor Who and leave you with a Plan B song called She Said.

So, enjoy that. I'm going to enjoy Matt Smith. But nowhere near as much as I enjoyed David Tennant. I love that man.