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.

27.6

My Squirrel Rebellion video is being uploaded right nao.

And it's only 10:42 so it's on time. I filmed it yesterday but procrastinated on the editing part for a while.

I'm going to keep it short because I realize that my blogs have been ridiculously long lately.

Also because nothing interesting happened to me today, and American Idol wasn't on. Nor were any other tv shows that I watch.


Today's song is I Am Telling You I'm Not Going because it's been stuck in my head all day. I don't know who it's originally by but its on the Glee soundtrack, which I've been listening to non-stop. I'll just give you the Glee version, then.

Happy Saturday.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go see a man about the banana bread I might bake tonight. Provided my mum goes to bed before 3am.
(Also, I'm getting tired of this ending. I don't think it's me. Know what I'm saying? No? Okay.)

27.5

To all of you: If I don't comment on your blogs, I'm still reading them. I just caught up on like, fifty posts. I haven't actually been on Blogspot for a while, I've just been checking by typing in the URLs for a couple different blogs. And I don't even go into Blogspot to post, because I have an awesome Mozilla app, ScribeFire. So I just post directly from here to both my blogs.

AMERICAN IDOL. Yes, three times in a row. That's another thing. Didn't American Idol used to be ONE DAY A WEEK? And for just an hour instead of two hours? I mean, I love American Idol, but five hours a week is a bit much. I mean, I still watch it all, but seriously.

So Jermaine Sellers and John Park were voted off. I knew this would happen, but I'm just glad Andrew Garcia is still on. These were my original top three guys, I think. And I still love Jermaine, but I guess he isn't really Idol material. And the first guy they were talking about on whether he'd be voted off or not. It was Tim Urban, and when Seacrest, was all: After America's vote.... I was all "You are safe. Because you are gorgeous." And then Seacrest was all: You are safe.

And the girls.. Michelle Delamour/Delamor/Whatever was voted off. I'm kind of upset about that, but I was mostly just happy Didi stayed. And I was hoping Haeley would be voted off. That girl's voice just gets on my nerves for some reason. And Simon was right - it was obvious who would be leaving. Because Lacey was WAY better. Anyways.

I have three letters right now that I need to respond to. And one that I need to re-send. But I've been putting them off. I think I'll mail them once I move to the new house. Yeah, it's two weeks away, but I just haven't felt like leaving the house at all. Except to go down the front steps and get the mail. And to go places where I'm being driven. There goes my new year's resolution to be "less lazy". Although, I do think I've improved. I clean my room more often and vacuum WAY more often. And I cook a lot more, I've packed a ton of stuff already for the move.

Plus I've done a lot of online research regarding my university future. Scary stuff. But I looked through EVERY single English course from 101-492. So that took some time. I'm still confused about the whole applying process, but I'm still allowed to apply for the fall semester, according to Shanna. I might have mentioned this yesterday. Or I wrote it in a letter to one of you... Oh well. What this means though, if I am accepted to the fall semester, that will leave me maybe four/five months to save up a bunch of money before going back to Abbotsford. So in some ways it would be better to start in January, but I think being forced to find a job when I get back from Abbotsford in April and to save money before I go back to Abbotsford will help me more.

ANYWAYS. Today's song is one that I grew up with. On one trip up to my grandma's for Christmas, my mom and sister and I listened to this song about twenty times before we actually listened to the rest of the CD. My Favorite Mistake by Sheryl Crow.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go see a man about my dignity.

27.4

AMERICAN IDOL. It was on earlier than I expected so I got to watch it all before Jeremy picked me up.

I'm not going to talk about it as much as I did last night, but I would just like to say: Katelyn and Didi are still my favorites. I don't think I'd heard Siobhan before and she was amazing, and Lilly Scott was amazing, but both of them just annoy me for some reason. And everyone else tonight was... just okay. Wait, I lied. Michelle Delamor! I hate Creed, but I love her. So I guess those are my top three this week?

BUT DIDI, HOMG. (Kay, fine, talking about it a little). Okay, so I think the judges were right in saying Lean on Me wasn't the right song and whatever, but it's just one of those songs that ALWAYS gets me. I had an obligation to love her performance tonight. And KATELYN. COLDPLAY. The judges were saying it was too slow, but I mean, I like that kind of music. I thought it was awesome. Totally loved it. She was incredible. Okay. Done. :) (And Ashley is friends with Katelyn. So I'm double-voting for her. Except I can't vote *sad face*)

Oh. So during Idol, there was some commercial with Cindy Crawford, and it showed her hugging her two children. HOLY CRAP. They are freaking GORGEOUS. I did not look like that when I was their age. Is it weird that I'm jealous of like... ten year olds right now?

So anyways, Jeremy picked me up for institute tonight, but he had to go to Vernon for his mission interview**. So he couldn't drive me back. And Zak went with him for his interview. So both people that routinely gave me rides weren't there. And the Rempels are going to be away for a couple weeks, so THEY couldn't drive me. So Fiona drove me home. I felt bad because she was also driving Kassandra and Rob home, and I think they live on the other side of town, so I was kind of out of the way. But I mean, I had to get home. I wasn't going to walk. On Friday I was willing to walk. Tonight, I wasn't.

Um. I was going to say something else. But I forgot. So yeah, moving again. Woot? In eleven days now. All my books are packed, I'm ready to go... But I'm not really ready. I just have that song stuck in my head so THAT will be the song of the day. I will post FOUR versions. The John Denver version, the Glee version, the Chantal Kreviazuk and the Armageddon version. Choose you this day whom you will... listen to.

Spanish subtitles make it sexier.

Dumbo makes it sexier.

This doesn't need anything to make it sexier. It's gorgeous.


** WOOOT, MISSION INTERVIEWS. So stoked for them both. They looked super snazzy in their suits.


So enjoy.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go see a man about a 1990s movie collection.

My favorite Movie(s)

So Ashley is doing this thing she and Anna have decided to call March Malarkey. Basically, she makes a blog post every day. I would be participating, but y'know... I've pretty much been posting every day since September.

BUT SHE MADE A POST ABOUT MOVIES.

And then I remembered I have a list of my favorite movies. I actually have a lot of lists. I started making them when I was at Shoshana's, I think in September. YES. It was the first day of school for her siblings and we went to the library and got Twilight the real book and the audio book. And we went to Dollar Giant. I bought a Harriet the Spy notebook. And started writing lists. So the list of my favorite movies is long.

But I shall take the time to bore you. Because this is MY BLOG. (See, I am learning. No apologies this time.)

These are in no order because I can't decide.

Good Will Hunting
Fight Club
Braveheart
The Princess Bride
Monty Python
Love Actually
Snatch
Groundhog Day
Lake Placid
The Fifth Element
Into the Wild
Lord of the Rings (all)
Star Wars (4-6)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Empire Records
Harry Potter 1, 2, 4, 5
How to Be
Bad Mother's Handbook
The Kite Runner
The Phone Call
Nacho Libre
Nappy D.
Also... 10 Things I Hate About You

Also, while I'm on the topic. I finally saw Zombieland. I was actually really impressed. It was awesome.

I love horror movies, but none made this list. I guess nothing scares me well enough anymore. I didn't even think the Exorcist was that scary. When I first started watching Supernatural, that scared the crap out of me. But now, nothing really bothers me. I am seriously desensitized.

Anyways. Maybe if Ashley makes another post about favorite somethings I'll make one too.

27.3

A couple people posted on the last blog about Dear John the book. For some reason, I don't like Nicholas Sparks' novels. I read the Notebook and hated it. But I guess that's just me. Anyways, I like the soundtrack and I might at some point illegally download the movie and watch it.

Okay, so after Idol tonight, I have DEFINITELY changed my minds on my top three guy choices. Before, I was going on like, just their auditions and I didn't listen to them completely and all that stuff. But I watched it all tonight and I saw the error of my ways.

First up, Michael Lynche. So he's a really good singer, but he's still not one of my favorites. And I just don't like James Brown so maybe his song choice tonight threw me off.
John Park - not as good as I thought. Kicked out of my top three.
Casey James - not a fan of his music style, but he's alright.
Alex Lambert - so I originally hated him, pretty sure. And the mullet drives me crazy. But he can sing. I like him. I think he's in my top three now.
Todrick Hall - meh.
Jermaine Sellers - I loved the onesie. And I still love his voice, but I don't think he's that great. I mean, I think he can do better. But I agree with the judges saying he's just sucked lately (Paraphrasing).
Andrew Garcia - still in my top three. He was pitchy but I love him.
Aaron Kelly - okay. So when he was picked for the top 12 I didn't understand why. I just look at him and get annoyed. And they played a tape of him in Hollywood week and I thought it sucked. But tonight's performance was amazing and as much as I hate to admit it, I kind of like him. And I have a soft spot for the Temptations.
Tim Urban - I don't think he's Idol material, but he can sing to me anytime ;)
Lee Dewyze- Hate Hinder, love him.

So my top three guys:
Andrew Garcia
Alex Lambert
Aaron Kelly (as much as I don't want him to be)

And I won't get to see the top 10 girls tomorrow, so I don't know. I still love Didi and Katelyn the most.

So, enough about that. PARENTHOOD premiered tonight. I'm a Lauren Graham fan. And I'm not really sure how I feel about this show, but I'm willing to give it another couple episodes. Tonight's show was an hour long but it felt way shorter, and I don't think I've had enough time to judge.

ALEX: SKIP THIS PART. IT'S ABOUT LOST.

And enough about that. LOOOOOST. HOLY CRAP. I hate Sayid's non-crash life. HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE WITH NADIA. And then JIN! JIN JUST SHOWED UP IN THAT COOLER/WHATEVER. WHAT'S GOING ON? And Sun finally found where Jin was, and now he's GONE. Like, eff. And Claire and Sayid have officially got the crazies. I am just overall so confused with this.

But I saw the preview for next week. I AM SO HOPING BEN DIES. At that point in the episode where Ben found Sayid and was talking to him, I literally screamed at my tv "JUST KILL HIM, HE'S SUCH A DOUCHE". But I guess he's going down next week. The tv man said he would meet his demise. The TV man also said there were only TEN MORE EPISODES. I am going to be so sad when it's over. I only now caught up with it, and it'll be over in ten episodes. I wonder if Claire is going to kill Kate f'realzies. And I wonder if they get off the island, or if everyone dies. Or if the non-crashed lives die and they go back. And I want Sawyer to have Juliet back. I am still so torn about that. I just have so many questions though. But I will stop asking them on this blog because Lo and I need to have a discussion about it anyways. I'll save it for her. And because not a lot of you watch LOST anyways, so you'll be all: Just get on with it, woman! K, done.

ALEX: YOU CAN READ NOW.

So today's song is... oh crap. I hadn't thought this far ahead. I totally had a song in mind, and I was going to post it yesterday but nooo. OH. I remember now.

Romantic Comedy by Stars. I hope nobody gets mad that I'm posting so many Stars songs. They are just so delightful.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go see a man about solitaire.

27.2

WE MADE PIZZA TONIGHT.

Emily and I made the best pizza because I brought sausage from Illichman's, mushrooms, and onions. And Jeremy gave us some red peppers because he's spicy. I started calling him spicy to counteract all the girls that were calling him cute because he was wearing an apron. Anyways, yeah. Fiona brought a ton of cheese and Kassandra and I spent forty minutes grating it all before people showed up, and she also brought sauce and pepperoni. So we just had to bring toppings. Plus I brought way too many things for just our pizza so I gave it to Terra and Geoff and a couple other people. It got around.

But mine and Emily's was done first, and it was the best. Everyone knew it. I saw at least five different people eating it, other than me and Emily. So I didn't get to take any home. And we almost didn't get to eat any there because Kassandra was policing our pizza. It was kind of weird. I called her a skank. But I already explained to them that where I come from, skank is a good thing. So it's the insult that isn't an insult. But Emily and I just snuck some pizza when she wasn't looking anyways.

I've also been looking more into university the past couple weeks. And I was going back and forth between UBC-O, UFV, and ULeth. But I think ULeth is too far, and UBC-O might be too close. Plus it's pretty expensive and I can't maneuver the website that easily. (The website makes a difference to me.) I used to think UFV would be too close, but now that I've moved away from Abbotsford, it seems like a good distance. And now that my brothers have moved back to Abbotsford, I'd never get homesick. Not that I really do, anyways. And all my friends are there. I think it's a good distance so that I could live on campus, but still go see my parents on the weekends and everything.

So when I get into something, I really get into it. I've pretty much written down all the courses I want to take for lower and upper levels. I mean, I'll probably change my mind a lot after lower levels are done, but it's nice to have a bit of an outline. And as far as UFV goes, I can't apply for the winter semester yet. I have to wait until August, but I will be applying as soon as I can. And when I go to Abbotsford in April, I'm going to get my high school transcripts because I need those.

I'm actually more excited for university than I thought I would be. Probably because I've finally figured out what I want to do. Meh.

SO TODAY'S SONG is from the Dear John soundtrack. I haven't seen the movie, but I like the soundtrack. And I am really liking Amanda Seyfried's voice in this song. It's called Little House and I am so in love with it. It almost makes me want to see the movie.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go see a man about some real estate.

(Speaking of which, we're moving again. So I'll be pretty busy the next couple weeks, and I might be without internet for a few days. But we'll be living right across from the other library so I'll be able to go online and post songs. Because I could never abandon you.)

Alex and Shoshana - let me know if tonight's a good night for a phone call. I know it's not our usual night but it feels like it's been forever. And Shosh, every time you want to talk to me, I'm not home and I feel terrible about it. So I feel like we're due for a phone call.

LOVE YOU ALL.

27.1

I'm going to Abbotsford in April instead of March now. The YSA roped me into going to the Oscars so I can't leave until after. But I guess it's better because Louisa is coming down/over from Spruce Grove at the same time and she thinks April will be a better time frame anyways. Plus I'll have more time to get things together instead of leaving like, immediately after my birthday.

I wrote down the Greyhound schedule for April 3rd and what I'm allowed to bring, and I've already started making a list of things I need to pack, and whether or not they can go in checked baggage. Pretty much the only thing that can't go into checked baggage is a laptop. Which is fine because that will totally fit in my purse. Especially once I get a MacBook and it's smaller than this 15" piece of crap. Plus I'll be able to use it on the bus ride over. It'll only be four hours. I'm not complaining considering Louisa's ride is going to be 15 hours. Also not complaining because I'll have music and/or movies and I'm allowed to bring food on. I'm pretty sure I'll be fine.

But if you guys can think of any non-ordinary things I might need to bring, let me know. I mean, I know the obvious ones. But if there are non-obvious ones, like "that crayon you hide in that shoebox because you'll need it in Abbotsford." Or "that one item of clothing you don't like but need to bring anyways because one of your friends has the matching one and it'll be funny if you both wear them."

Something like that.*

Anyways, today's song is Pokemon, What Happened to You? By Alex Day.

*No, I don't actually have a crayon hiding in a shoebox. I just looked over and saw a crayon on my bookshelf.
And the only matching thing I can think of is earrings (Jade has the same pair in yellow. I used to have yellow and green but I recently threw them out. OH, and Hailey and I have the same hat.) But enough of this.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go see a man about a packing list.

26.7

So yesterday I ended the blog by saying something about Monet's ear. This was because I thought I wrote something at the beginning of the blog and I didn't. So I'm going to tell you now so I don't sound even more stupid.

I was on WikiAnswers the other day because I watched Ocean's Eleven and I got confused about Monet/Manet, and then I followed some "related questions" or whatever, and I got to one that was "Who cut off Monet's ear?" And the answer was just: "You mean Van Gogh's ear?" And I thought it was funny, but I forgot to mention it here, so the joke at the end of my blog failed.

Anyways. We went out for Indian food tonight. I was really disappointed. My mum had been talking this place up because her friend at work brought some food in and apparently it was perfection. So we went there for dinner and it wasn't even that good. Everything was just crap. Even the butter chicken. And the NAAN. I mean, how do you screw that up? My mom was really impressed but we weren't. I'm just thinking that maybe things taste better when you're drunk. Also, my mom decided to order a chicken dish with coconut, almonds, and saffron. And I thought it sounded gross so I told her not to order it. But she was all: Noooo, just try it. It's probably really good. You can't even taste the coconut.

Then she had it and didn't like it. Told her so. I didn't actually say that IRL so I have to say it here.

Um. Yeah. So today's song is You Can Always Come Home by Jason Castro. Because he was like my favorite Idol that season. And I stopped watching it when he got voted off, because at that moment, I lost all faith for America. I'm watching again this year because it's Simon's last year and Ellen's first, and because I know one of the guys on Youtube, and Ashley either directly or indirectly knows one of the top 12 girls. I think she's still in the top ten. I didn't see who got voted off, but I think Katelyn's still on. She has an awesome voice and is one of my favorites already. I have two favorites. I can't remember the other one. But oh well. Anyways, yeah. Jason Castro. I fell in love that season of Idol.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go see a man about a llama.


You don't have to read any of my PS. Just so I can remember who I liked from the beginning.
PS just checked the names online. My other favorite is Didi. In case anyone is watching Idol and wants to know...
I haven't really watched the guys yet because some that made it in were horrible. I was like, um hello, we're not looking for Jonas Brothers, we're looking for SINGERS. Y'know? But Ellen was saying the sound on tv is different than what the judges and audience are hearing live. And apparently they sound a lot better in the studio, so I don't know.

Aaand I kind of like that Katie girl because she did a Michael Buble song. So if any of those three made it, I'd be fine.

Okay so I'm totally finding all the guys online to pick my favorite. So far I don't like Aaron Kelly and Alex Lambert. I already knew that. Also, even though Ben Honeycutt has a nice voice, I hate him on principle. The principle being, his youtube video of a Kings of Leon cover. His tags: acoustic  gibson  pop  soul  ben  honeycutt  twilight  the  office  american  idol  tour  chuck  norris  star  wars  miley  cyrus  jonas  adam  lambert  kris  allen  michael  jackson  akon  beyonce  chris  brown  fred  halo  kelly  clarkson  lady  gaga  video  poker  face . Those people are annoying. Chris Golightly is a good enough singer, but he's annoying and I think he was disqualified. So no point. Jermaine Sellers. Okay, I love him. And John Park. I feel like I now have to choose a third, so I'm going with Andrew Garcia because I liked him on Youtube before he went on Idol. So my top three for each:

Katelyn Epperly
Didi Benami
Katie Stevens

Andrew Garcia
Jermaine Sellers
John Park

If any of those six make it, I'll be happy. Now to stop boring you. Bai.







Casey James

26.6

So tonight (still Friday) we started filming our Harry Potter spoof. It was the first movie spoof. And I was Mrs. Weasley for a scene, then I traded off filming with Zak because he had to go be Ron. My line, in case anyone was wondering: "Best do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous". I also brought my toy gun. Shoshana gave it to me for my birthday and I thought it might be a useful prop (Don't ask) but it just ended up being that Rob and I tried to make each other go deaf. His ears were ringing for a while. Muahaha. I was actually fine. I mean, I have brothers. I've met Shoshana's brothers. I know what noise is. The gun didn't phase me. Faze me? Meh.

Jeremy gave me a ride home, which was awesome. I had actually started to walk, and then a car pulled up beside me. And I had been envisioning my death on the hour-long walk home, so I knew this was where it all went south and I was pulled roughly into the car and then murdered and thrown in a ditch. Instead, I saw Jeremy looking at me through the window, so I opened the door to him saying "you should really start asking me for rides."

Then I got home and had a taco. Also, for those of you who have seen that episode of Spongebob where he just goes WOO! WOO! WOO! WOO! WOO! over and over again... I did that when Harry, Ron, and Hermione became Gryffindors. What I really wanted to do was be out of the shot, and then as Malfoy got into Slytherin, I would cheer like that as everyone booed. But they made me go to the Gryffindor table to make it more "aesthetically pleasing" because it looked better with more people. Losers.

I'm pretty sure I wanted to write something else, but for the life of me, I can't think what. So I'll just leave you with this lovely song by O.A.R. called Shattered.

Also, Amy Kuney covered this song and she's hawt. I'd recommend you watch it, but she recently took down pretty much all her covers for some reason. I was kind of depressed.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go see a man about Monet's ear.

26.5

JENGUNERLAIVNCREQLIQCNIFREL.

Shoshana asked what movies I downloaded and watched, and I've decided that I'd tell you, since one of my New Year's Resolutions was to be more open and honest.

I should just warn you all now that after reading this list, you will lose all respect you might have had for me. I feel like I can safely say that because after watching these movies, I no longer have any respect for myself.

- Hannah Montana the Movie (which I had already seen, so it's twice as sad that I downloaded it to watch for a second, possibly third, time)

- Fame (Yeah. I went there.)

- Weather Girl (which was totally cliched and annoying. There was definitely a montage of them staring at the water/walking in the cold, wind mussing their hair about, bundled into scarves, after they broke up. Those are the worst kinds of montages.)

- The Proposal (I wanted to know what the fuss was about. Also totally cliched, but I love Sandra Bullock.)

- The Accidental Husband (I watched this a million years ago, before it was released into theatres and liked it. Uma Thurman. Colin Firth. Jeffery Dean Morgan. Haven't watched it yet, but I think I'll still like it. Nevermind. It was definitely better the first time.)

- The Time Traveler's Wife (not as good as I expected.)

- Labor Pains (For reasons unknown to me, I'm kind of a Lindsay Lohan fan. This movie was weird, though.)

- Paper Heart (Made it ten minutes. Turned it off. No thanks.)

- Post Grad (I was a fan of Gilmore Girls so I thought I might enjoy it. But no. It kind of seemed like I watched three
movies in a row that were exactly the same, but with different people. This was one of those three movies. The others were Weather Girl, and I think The Proposal.)

- Wild Child (Emma Roberts. Can't believe I just admitted that. Of all the movies I watched, I am most embarrassed of this one. But I give it props for this one:
"Sorry Mrs Kingsley, we just got a little bit carried away."
"Well, as I understand it, Drippy was completely carried away, by Mr Nellis and Ms Rees-Withers. After lying in a pool of her own vomit."
"Actually, it was Kate's vomit, Mrs Kingsley... I was just lying in it.")

I also downloaded, but have not yet watched - Adam, Bright Star, Zombieland, and Love Happens (which turned out to be in Spanish).
And Good Will Hunting, but I have already seen it, and love it immensely.

There might have been another movie, but I don't think so. If there was, I've blocked it out.

So today's song. We were watching Fringe the other day and it came on. My mum hates this song, and I knew this. So I started singing along. This song is wonderful. Can't Fight This Feeling by REO Speedwagon.

Just lovely.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go see a man about his mother.

PS I also watched the movie Dare. DON'T DO IT. I thought it would be awesome because it had Emmy Rossum in it, but it was the MOST awkward movie EVER. Like, clutching your face, pulling your hair out awkward. Not recommended.

26.4

So once LOST ended, I was feeling kind of empty. So I sought solace in your mum. When that proved to be anything but enough, I downloaded a whole bunch of movies. I won't tell you the titles because it's borderline embarrassing, the movies I watch when I'm bored.

I'll just leave you with a lovely song by the Sugababes, called About You Now.

Alex, Shoshana, calling you tonight. Make sure to be home and not in the library, or sleeping. :)

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go see a man about a beard.

26.3

Night number three of having a super effed up dream. Yeah, went to jail. No big. I can rock the orange jumpsuit. Seriously, I was hot in that thing. I mostly remember that my little sister was kidnapped (don't have one, so... weird) and I tried to kill the guy who did it. So we both ended up in the same prison. I remember when I was released, I had to take the garbage downstairs first, and the dude I tried to kill was sweeping. It was really weird. Made stranger by the fact that my little sister who was kidnapped, was my age when I was almost kidnapped as a youngin'. Emphasis on almost. Thank goodness.

I got a letter today. From Shoshana. And we finished the cheesecake. So I had to have carrots for my night-time snack. I'm flexible like that. AND LOST. OMGSEMNICMWCINlmoawciosink WOW. I finished it early Monday morning, and I totally forgot it was on tonight because the tv guide said it was all repeats. Until I finished the dishes, and went back to the guide, and saw LOST had been on for TWENTY MINUTES! ARHHRGH. So I watched until the commercial, then started the episode up on my computer. Then I caught up on the first twenty minutes during commercial breaks.

And Jack - what a douchebag of a dad, yeah? I mean, I guess he pulled it together in the end of the episode. But you shouldn't have to be that much of a douche in the first place in order to need to pull it together. Know what I'm saying? Anyways. I'm just so confused with what is going on right now. Will the two alternate realities collide? Because I know non-crashed Jack was all - when did my appendix get taken out? And what was up with that thing on his neck in the season premiere? I just want to know if non-crashed Jack will meet crashed-got-rescued-got-unrescued-went-back-in-time Jack.

And there was like, one scene with Kate in this episode. And what's happening with Locke now? I mean, he's the Smoke Monster, right? Would it be safe to assume that Christian Shepard and Mr. Eko's brother were also the Smoke Monster at some point? Because from what I understand, Smoke Monster is like... a demon. Because it used to be a man. And now it's this thing of black smoke that possesses other people, or like, becomes them. And it's trapped. So it's a bit like Supernatural. I'm still confused. And I'll stop right there because I have non-LOST-watching followers, and I don't want to bore them any longer. All I'm saying is, I'm excited for next week.

I made it halfway through Texts From Last Night. Accomplishment, or Crazy?

Also, I'm like seriously contemplating universities now. I did this before in the summer, but my resolve was not as great as it is now. I'm so far stuck between University of Lethbridge, and a university in BC, either in Kelowna/Kamloops or Abbotsford/Chilliwack area. And I'll probably be starting around December because the application process is pretty much over. I'm just going to decide on 3 colleges and then apply to all of them in March. I just need to figure out what I want to do. So in the meantime, I might just take random classes for things I wouldn't think I'd want to do and also things I'm interested in, so I can see if I like other things. Blah. Sorry to bore everyone with the super long blog posts lately. I wouldn't feel bad if I had no followers, but I have ten of you and I feel the need to constantly apologize for rambling.

Okay, so don't make fun of me for today's song. I know it's country, but I got addicted to it Red High Heels a long time ago and never stopped listening. Plus it's not like... bad country. Like I'm not posting Willie Nelson songs all the time. Anyways. It's Best Days of Your Life by Kellie Pickler. I still think I like RHH better, but oh well.

Oh yeah. Taylor Swift is in this too.

Have a lovely Wednesday.

Sean, if the Professor calls about that job, just tell him sorry; I have to go see about a girl.

(Good Will Hunting? No? Good movie.)