It has been ages since I posted, but I have been busy. I'm not going to go into a lot of detail here, other than...
I HAVE BEEN ADMITTED TO UVic!!!!!!!!
AAAHHHH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
I'm so HAPPY!!!
AHHH!!!!!
So I have been slow on the blog again. I guess I have the blog blahs. There really isn’t any other reason as to why I haven’t been blogging lately. I just feel like everyone who reads this (thank you, by the way) already know me well enough to know exactly what is going on in my life. But then there are the randoms, and that is part of the joy of blogging.
Oh, and the INSANE BUSINESS!!!!!
So I have been busy, but things are settling down once more. The Gelateria finally opened at work, to much success, and I am already sick of gelato. Not so much sick of gelato itself, but of people being excited by it. It’s freaking gelato people! Judging by some people’s reactions, you’d think it was from outer space. The Italians have been eating it for centuries! “What’s sorbetto?” Use your freaking brain! Here is a step-by-step guide for you:
What does “sorbetto” sound and look like?
Could it be “sorbet?” or even “sherbert” for the uninitiated? Oh, and “limone” is pronounced just like it looks. lee-moan. Not ley-mawn-ay.
Oh well, you can’t win all the time.
It’s really not that bad, it is just the same thing, day in day out, the same flavours, the same comments, you know the drill. Anyone who has worked in retail or hospitality will understand what I am going through. As for the next time I get asked if we take “dollars,” I am going to respond “Sorry ma’am. We only accept beaver pelts here in
Because up here in
But on to greener pastures. In my last post I talked about the Corporate Rowing Challenge. Well, we had our big regatta this past Saturday, and we whooped some serious ass! Namely, we are the city champions for defender quads! We beat out KMPG Management Services with a time of 1:19. Not too shabby. And we got the big-ass trophy! It is about 3 feet tall, biggest I’ve ever seen. The other Butchart team didn’t do too badly either, coming in first in the “B” heat. The beauty of having two teams in the the program is that it increases the companies odds; Butchart has taken a championship for three of the last four years. Once I have some pictures I’ll be sure to post them.
I’ve spent the last two days (first days off in two weeks) up in
I started a new book. “Anil’s Ghost” by Michael Ondaatje. A solid read, and some pretty heavy material, but I need a good book to read right now.
Anyways, it’s time for me to jet. I need to get to bed so that I can drive to
I don't really know why I do these things, but I saw it on Spencer's blog, and decided to do it for myself. The ides is that you copy it onto your blog and re-do the answers (and comments) to suit your own responses. Here goes...
Have you ever: (check all that apply)
(X) smoked a cigarette?
( ) smoked a cigar?
(X) smoked anything else?
(X) made out with a member of the same sex?
( ) crashed a friend's car?
(X) been in love?
(X) been dumped?
(X) shoplifted?
( ) been fired?
( ) been in a fist fight?
(X) had feelings for someone who didn't have them back?
( ) been arrested?
( ) made out with a stranger?
( ) gone on a blind date?
(X) lied to a friend?
( ) had a crush on a teacher?
(X) skipped school?
(X) slept with a co-worker?
(X) saw someone die (not on TV)?
(X) drank till you puked?
( ) been in an abusive relationship?
( ) been attracted to someone that your friends thought was unattractive?
(X) cheated while playing a game?
(X) been lonely?
( ) used a fake ID?
(X) had deja vu?
(X) felt an earthquake?
(X) been robbed? (twice. Fucking Nanaimo...)
(X) robbed someone? (unfortunately, in a weak moment MANY many years ago)
( ) been suspended from school?
(X) been in a car accident?
( ) witnessed a crime?
(X) had deja vu? (gotcha!)
(X) questioned your heart?
(X) been lost? (rarely, but hey, shit happens, right?)
(X) been to the opposite side of the country? (twice)
(X) swam in the ocean?
(X) cried yourself to sleep?
(X) sung karaoke? (ah, Club Grad)
(X) not had enough money for food? (how about right now?)
( ) paid for a meal with only coins?
(X) made prank phone calls?
(X) laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose?
(X) kissed in the rain?
( ) crashed a party?
(X) have traveled more than 5 days with a car full of people?
( ) had a wish come true?
( ) told a complete stranger you loved them? (I've wished to, but alas my questioning heart)
(X) had sex in a park?
(X) had a dream that you married someone? (and been in other people's dreams getting married)
(X) worn the opposite sex's clothes? (just don't ask)
(X) ever felt the presence of a ghost?
(X) worn a really ugly outfit to school? (I was in school in the 80's. Need you ask?)
(X) gone streaking?
(X) been pushed into a pool/lake with all of your clothes on?
(X) pushed someone into a pool/lake with all of their clothes on?
( ) been told you were hot by a complete stranger? (If only)
( ) broken a bone? (nose doesn't count)
( ) caught a fish then ate it?
( ) made porn?
(X) laughed so hard you cried?
( ) cried so hard you laughed?
(X) mooned/flashed someone?
(X) cheated on a test?
(X) gone skinny dipping?
( ) been kicked out of your house?
( ) cheated on a girlfriend?
(X) had casual sex with a close friend?
( ) had sex with someone and later were ashamed to admit it?
(X) felt crushing defeat?
(X) felt thrilling victory?
+++++
There, now you have all learned more about me!
Rachel, you wanted an update? Here you go!
So I’ve been bustin’ my buns lately, getting settled in my new place (I’ve been here almost a month, but I still am not quite unpacked). I have been working a lot lately. I wrapped up hosting in the Dining Room, and have been “promoted” to a supervisor in the Gelateria, which opens on Wednesday. I was lucky enough to meet my first new hires today and give them a quick low-down on what’s going on down there. There is still a
I got my swell uniform the other day, and man, is it something! Charcoal and white pinstriped short-sleeved shirts, with charcoal pants/shorts, and a black apron. The apron is very small. And I mean small. Like I should have a change purse clipped to the edge of my tray as I deliver beverages to gross old-men at bowling alleys. That’s right, the apron is cocktail waitress length. Doesn’t protect much from much of anything. But it does look pretty sharp. My only beef? The pants and shorts are pleated. Who makes pleats still? I thought they were extinct! But I owe a great big thank you to Rachel, for hemming this poor mans pants for him. May she have luck in finding appropriate jeans for Nick.
The Corporate Rowing Challenge is coming to an end. That’s right, inactive, beer belly (alright, it’s small enough to hide under a normal t-shirt) has been rowing. This is the third year in a row that I have been doing this. I’m rowing in an un-coxed quad this year, which is a bit of a change from the coxed eight I have done the past few years. We had our time-trials for the regatta on Thursday night. We tied with KPMG with a time of 1:26, not too shabby, if I may say so myself! The big Regatta is coming on June 4, at the
Anyways, I’m gonna wrap this up, I have to get back to the movie I am watching. “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” with Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russel, one of the best films ever!
Cheers everyone!
I just had one of LONGEST days at work. It was really only 6 1/4 hours, but it felt like a lifetime.
But what saved my poor tired legs?
These shoes from Denmark. They are quite possibly the best pair of shoes that I own. I have had them for more than a year now, and I still marvel at their comfort.
If you work in a job where you spend a lot of time on your feet, these are the shoes for you!
For those of you who don't know me, witness the emergence of my supreme nerdiness. If you feel unable to handle this nerdiness, leave now.
If you are a Star Trek: Enterprise fan, do not read this post. It contains spoiler information from the series finale. If you've already seen the finale, I am sure you will agree with me.
Now that the formalities are out of the way, I can get started. Last night on UPN, Star Trek: Enterprise came to its end. One of the shortest-lived Star Trek series, it began to show a lot of promise toward the end, after its cancellation was announced. The final episode had the tantalizing title "These are the voyages..." but was an absolute let down. I spent much of the episode trying to figure out what was going on, in what timeline. We are taken back to the Enterprise-D, with Riker and Troi. But NCC-1701-D was destroyed, and has been replaced with the Enterprise-E. And Riker and Troi look a lot different. Older.
The producers put a lot of work into re-building a lot of the sets from ST:TNG, no small feat since its cancellation 11 years ago. We saw Ten-Forward, crew quarters, hallways, and the observation lounge. But they didn't put enough effort in. All of the sets are different. A smaller observation lounge, hallways that are obviously Voyager set re-dressed (with the smaller, narrower corridors and sharp corners), and the wierdest-looking turbolift I have ever seen!
As we learn part way through the episode, the 1701-D portion is set in the midst of Episode 264, when Riker is battling his personal demons regarding the violation of the Treaty of Algernon. He is viewing the last mission of the NX-01 on the holodeck in the hopes that it will help him make the right decision regarding whether or not to violate orders and reveal the Starfleet phasing cloak to Captain Picard.
All of this, and much more was covered in the series finale. It jumped back and forth through time (in 2369, the year that The Pegasus is set in), as well as jumping six years forward in time for the NX-01 sequences, to 10 years after the vessel was launched.
All in all, quite confusing and a let-down. But it wasn't all bad. The final moments of the episode, with all three Enterprise captains reciting "These are the voyages..." as each of three vessles (1701-D, 1701 {no bloody "A", "B", "C" or "D"} and NX-01) does a flyby, with Captain Archer finishing as the NX-01 sails off toward a gorgeous stellar-phenomenon was a stunning sequence, and a nice nod to the previous series.
It was interesting to note that Archer finshed with "To boldly go, where no man has gone before." On TNG, they had to change it from "no man" to "no one" in order to make it more politically correct. Did the writers of this final episode just forget?
As a final note to the producers and developers of Star Trek, DON'T DO ANOTHER PREQUEL! You almost killed the franchise with this current one. Let's see another series, but let's take a step back (or forward?) and continue the timeline. There are so many good stories left!
Anyways, this concludes my highly-nerdy rant about the series finale of Star Trek: Enterprise. All the best to the cast and crew, and perhaps we shall see you again the next Star Trek Movie.
I feel lately that all I ever write about now is my move and all of its difficulties and obstacles, but I do have more happening in my life than just the move.
Last Tuesday, my dad turned 70 years old! So on Saturday, we had a drop-in cake and tea/wine get together, and my mom invited everyone we've ever known. Some I have only heard of in passing conversation, some I have met and then forgotten, and others I was very happy to see again. It was great seeing the people who used to take care of us kids on professional development days when mom and dad where both teaching. They had the best toys!
Mother's Day was a little hectic, but was very nice as well. I worked all day at the Gardens, doing support for their Mother's Day Brunch (which was an absolute success) and then raced back to the house so that I could help make dinner. Liz had it mostly under control once I got there, but dinner took a million years to cook! A 4 pound roast shouldn't take 2.5 hours, and never has before. The scalloped potatoes took 2.5 hours as well! It was like every food and appliance was defying the laws of physics. But dinner was a success, and we wrapped up the evening watching The Simpsons with the parents. They both thought they were pretty funny.
On a related note, Fox has 'uncancelled' The Family Guy, one of the most hilarious shows ever. And the episode on Sunday night was not dissapointing. Good call Fox! I think the world is ready for Family Guy!
After moving, I finally have most of my clothes unpacked, and I am up in Nanaimo right now getting ready to move the last of it down this afternoon in the rental truck. It feels kinda strange to be moving in such a prolonged fashion, but I'll get there eventually. I thought I might have to buy a chest of drawers, but there is one that has been bequeathed to me, so I can save myself a little money there. It just needs sanding and painting at some point in the summer. I'll cross that bridge later.
I am really enjoying living at my new place. Samara and Crystal are both great people, and I am enjoying the positive energy in the house. All I have to do now is finish unpacking and buy a couple of good books, and I'll be set.
They are ripping up the street in front of Liz and Chris' condo up here, and they always start before seven. Have you ever been woken by a chainsaw outside your bedroom window? It ain't pleasant. Speaking of Liz and Chris, they just bought a new townhouse, so no more renting for them! It's good, cause renting is really a waste of money if you can afford to buy. They move at the end of June. I get to help them because Liz is helping me today...
Anyways, now you all know what is going on right now! Lindsay, I haven't forgotten about you, I just have been SUPER busy, as I am sure you understand. I hope you are doing well, and I will try and call you in the next few days.
Cheers!
So, I have moved most of my stuff to my new place with Samara and
I went to a play last night with Samara, Tara, Crystal, Oona and one of
I also went rowing again yesterday with the rest of the crew from the Corporate Challenge. This practice was a LOT better than the Tuesday practice, and if we get our act together, we might just be the city champions again (maybe)!
Anyways, I gotta go clean up my old room at my parents’ place.
So the moving van (a cargo van) was supposed to be $49.95, including 200 kilometers, then $0.25 per kilometer thereafter. I asked the guy “Will the van fit a queen size bed?” His answer was yes. What he didn’t clarify until my sister made the reservation was that it would only do it one piece at a time. Well, I am not making two trips to
So now I am renting a 15ft. cube van, which is $64.95, including 200 kms, but extra kms are $0.40 each! OUCH! And then there’s gas (about $45 worth), and the fact that we will need to buy insurance for my sister so that she can drive it, as her car insurance won’t transfer over, so there is another $29.95.
And the result is that I will now be moving next week. Oh well.
Darned scheduled paydays!
Friday can’t come soon enough, or maybe Tuesday can’t come soon enough…
:-D_
After residing at my parent’s house for a few weeks, I am now only days away from moving to my new digs with Samara and
But I have a busy week ahead of me. I have to work, a lot, move all of my things from my parents house to Samara’s, go to rowing practice, then hoof it to Nanaimo, pack up my crap there, pack the next morning. My sister is picking up the rental van in Nanaimo at 1pm, then we have to load my stuff in it, and then race down to Samara’s and unload, race to my parent’s house, pick up Liz and Chris’ spare bed, get back to Nanaimo, unload the bed at their condo, return the van, and I get to drive back to Victoria in my own little car that night. I get to unpack, and then I have to be at work for 12pm the next day, then another rowing practice!
AAHHHH!!!!!
But it is all worthwhile…
Sanity is approaching, rapidly.
Have a great week everyone!
Fighting with the mom. Again. About moving.
I am sick of having this argument with her. I'm moving, that's final, and I don't have to justify my decision or my life to her.
I explained to her that I can't live at the house, but that I couldn't explain all of it without hurting everyone who lives there. My mother's response?
"How North American!"
What the hell does that mean?! I don't want to live in filth! filth filth FILTH!!!!! How the HELL is that "North American" of me?!
I'm going to tell her that next time she brings it up.
Anyways, I do have some good to look forward to today. I'm going to the Irish Times to have a grand send-off for Lindsay, who is off to Vancouver this week.
So I'll just fixate on that.
Once upon a time,
in a land far away,
a beautiful, independent,
self-assured princess
happened upon a frog as she sat,
contemplating ecological issues
on the shores of an unpolluted pond
in a verdant meadow near her castle.
The frog hopped into the princess' lap
and said: Elegant Lady,
I was once a handsome prince,
until an evil witch cast a spell upon me.
One kiss from you, however,
and I will turn back
into the dapper, young prince that I am
and then, my sweet, we can marry
and set up housekeeping in your castle
with my mother,
where you can prepare my meals,
clean my clothes, bear my children,
and forever
feel grateful and happy doing so.
That night,
as the princess dined sumptuously
on a repast of lightly sautéed frog legs
seasoned in a white wine
and onion cream sauce,
she chuckled and thought to herself:
…I don't f***ing think so.
I just got my research paper back for Media Studies...
I GOT 93%!!!!!!!!
I have NEVER done that well on a research paper!
Obviously, the moral of the story is to write the paper the night before.
Honestly. I slaved over a research paper for 2 weeks in History last term and got 85%.
Yay!
Milton, my guardian from things that go bump in the night (or the middle of the day for that matter.)
Well, I moved back to Victoria.
And the hallway has mess in it again.
Meh.
I was having such a happy day!
until I got here...
One more exam, and then I am done!! No more school until September!!!
AHHH!!!!!!
So happy!!!
English- Good, I’ll miss my instructor.
Media Studies – Thank CHRIST that one is done! All I can say is never, ever again with that instructor. Ever.
Creative Writing – Best course EVER!!
Oh, I’m done. PHEW!!
Off to
KISS MY ASS, NANAIMO!!!!
Okay everyone. I am moving back to
If you want the number, please email me and I’ll let you know.
Cheers!
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