aznsunrise

At a loss for words

2006-06-30T20:22:38Z

The Oiler's didn't win. Now the other teams are finally going to take us seriously and treat us like the treated Calgary after they made their Stanley Cup run. And we're about lose half of our team because of something called unrestricted free agency! Peca, Horcoff, Roloson.... roloson most likely will demand more. Peca wants to play out east. Pisani will demand a raise. Pronger wants out. All that everyone really knows is that Pronger's wife is a bag and wants him out. Okay, well, it's partly true. Being slightly in the know because my friends are in the Pronger circle..... Lauren (Pronger's wife) is from a rich St.Louis family. Very wealthy people. But she was alright with staying in Edmonton. But, as all pro athletes are, they are sluts. Chris Pronger slept with a Sportscaster who covered the Oilers Season, Christine Chorley is her name. Apparently, she's pretty good looking, but I don't find her so. Chris could've done way better. Anyways, now this part is a rumour, apparently, she's preggers now. Who the hell doesn't use birth control and condoms!??!?!?!? Stupid. So of course, Pronger's wife said, "I don't care, but we are NOT staying in Edmonton." I'm sure that she had a few more choice words. Just to get away from Chorley. Anyways, apparently, the wifey has a clout because the rumour is that she basically threatened to end his career if he didn't leave. It's funny because he signed a five year deal last year, so he's got four years left. If we don't trade him and he doesn't play, then he's screwed because he won't get paid. Easy as that. So, that's the down and dirty of it. You know, usually, they will just say, "I want to be traded", not leaving for personal reasons. Not like when Mike Comrie and Tommy Salo were here. Apparently, Tommy Salo's wife was the Russian chick in the first of Pierce Bronsan's James Bond movies. But anyways, Mike Comrie was banging her. That's why all of the sudden, Tommy was playing so poorly and they were both traded. Shameful! Everyone of them! Totally dirty! but yeah....

Anyways, HAPPY CANADA DAY!

OMG! We will, we will ROCK YOU!

2006-06-16T18:33:18Z

What can I say? The game on Wednesday night totally rocked. Though, I have a couple of negative things to say.....about the reffing. It's like they were paid. Think: Ethan Moreau's disallowed goal because the ref (the same ref - mind you) thought that the puck was covered...even though he had a great view of it being loose (there was a camera positioned with the same line of sight as the ref and the ref was even closer!)...and then last night....that goal scored by Staal....Jussi had it covered up. No whistle, so Staal kept hacking away at it until it came loose. What's up with that? And how about all those really bad calls on the penalties? The Steve Staios penalty in OT??? Bad, Bad call. The stick was held under Recchi's arm. Not caught up between his legs? Must admit, Pisani's SH goal was a beaute. I wonder why macT keeps playing Matt Greene when all that he ever does is take penalties? Seriously! I mean, the guy was crying on the bench afterwards. The dude has more penalty minutes than he has ice time! For sure, it looks like we've got a series. Not a moment too late. I wonder who lit the fire under torres's ass? Taking out Doug Weight and Aaron Ward (too bad it wasn't Cory Stillman...or Eric Staal. Without them, I don't think that Brind D'amour would be that effective). I hope that Weight and Ward are out for the rest of the series though. That'd be nice. I wonder why the Oil didn't pull out the physical play until now? It's great! You know, the more that they let Pronger fire the puck at net, the less likely Carolina players will throw themselves in front of the puck to stop it. Dude is dangerous. And notice how they haven't been? Pansies. Notice how they don't like being hit by Jason Smith either? Hence they aren't taking shots or making passes in the opposite corners? I hope though, that Peca stays. he's an unrestricted free agent (I think), come end of season. We should get rid of MA Bergeron (I like him though, but it's his fault that Roli was out) and Conklin. Speaking of which. I wish that Jussi would stay in net a little more. I mean, the dude comes out of his crease to play the puck behind the net....it stops my heart EACH time because he's not as talented as Roli and yet, he acts like he is? Make no mistake, he's been good during the series, but not GREAT! It stops my heart because it's like he's not paying attention when he's passing the puck and there's always a carolina player there to scoop up the puck once he misplays it. Tsk, Tsk.

My girlfriend's birthday is tonight. She's going to celebrate tonight in Calgary (where she lives) make the drive up here tomorrow and celebrate with her Edmonton friends. EXCEPT! There's a game on tomorrow night. And if we win, then Whyte Ave will definately be out of the question. She doesn't want to go to a club, but a lounge....hmmm....good luck!!!!!! She's having a hard time with planning it too.....and it'll most likely be so last minute....because it depends on how the game goes!

I never thought that this would be a five game series. I always knew in my heart that it would be a six or seven game series. It is disheartening to see your team crap out the way that they did the first two games. But remember the san Jose series? Where they won the first two games? Or how about the Anaheim series? Where they whooped our ass that one game? GO OILERS GO!!!!!!

93 more days until I go on Vacation! man, I really can't wait until I pick up more vacation time. That way, I can spread them out a little more. Oh well. Later.

Boo!!!!!!!

2006-06-13T19:10:28Z

I've got one leg off the wagon. It ain't over til it's over!!!!! I can't believe how poorly we were outplayed last night. It's like a freaking cake walk. I can't believe that we beat the President's Trophy Cup winners and the future Pres Cup winner (San Jose)...and yet, we can't beat Carolina.... For shame! What does Brind D'Amour, Williams, Stillman, Recchi and Staal all have that Thorton, Cheechoo and company don't have??? God, if anything San Jose was a harder team...not to mention that the boys (Oilers) were sick with the flu!!!! I can't believe it. It's almost embarassing. Everything! Forget about the Power Play. What power play. GOD! If we win the Cup, I swear, I will eat my foam puck hat. And I will do the dishes, cook and put away the dishes for a week!!!!! For every game that we win! I'm ashamed that I live in a city that calls itself, "the City of Champions" when all that we've won is the Grey Cup (which was pretty cool), but we could have the stanley cup!

I did pilates exercises focusing on the abs. You don't do a lot of reps, but WOW!!! I'm feeling it today. I was surprised. Pleasantly surprised. I'm not saying that I'm going to be all obsessed, but it's pretty good. I mean, you don't break out into a sweat, but you do huff and puff. Who would've thunk? Not me...that's for sure. And it's not like yoga at all!

I Believe!!

2006-06-12T00:12:02Z

Okay, I must apologize. I was ONE of the first so-called fans who jumped off the bandwagon as soon as Roloson was out. Yesterday, my belief was restored. One win was all that we needed to jumpstart the boys and for real, I hope that it did the trick. I know that it for sure did it for the fans. At least the celebrations on Whyte Avenue were dampened a little by the pouring rain. But not enough to stop those 50 idiots who were arrested and charged for different things. I mean, when the local police need to call in 50 RCMP to help them out, it's really not something to be proud of. Go Oilers Go!!! Let's tie up the series!!!!!

I Lament

2006-06-07T16:11:59Z

So much for our Stanley cup run. With Roloson out and nothing but fourth string goalies to take over. It's over. especially when Conklin made that mistake of getting caught behind the net last game. This isn't the first time that he's made that bad judgement. Awful. Not happy whatever. And they should bench MA Bergeron. For good. God, so man mistakes. I'm actually joining a drop in pilates group today just so I don't have to watch the game (there's nothing on tv!). If they win, then yes, I'll renew my hope. But I tell ya, things are looking bleak. Sad, sad, sad.

I don't know if I've complained about the parking lot fees that I have to pay lately. The thing is, I don't work or park right downtown. I'm probably on the edge of it. I expect parking DOWNTOWN to cost something like $15.00 a day. That's fine. But for where I park....I don't think so. My parking lot is paved, got some plugs ins...got some pot holes.... But it's not worth $9.00 for early bird. Seriously. Just a month and a half ago, it was $7.50. And a year ago it was $6.00. I suppose that I could always take the public limo. Heck, I live probably a ten minute drive from work and it would take me 45 minutes to get to work by bus. I think not.

My boss isn't in today. And it's been really slow. I haven't been working the projects that I'm supposed to be. How on earth am I supposed to develop a survey? I'm an accountant! I guess that it's important to ensure that we are satisfying our members given our budget. I don't know. It's not like I have a real deadline on it.

I'm trying to start working out a little more. Not only because of the wedding, but just because. Marc's been getting a round around the edges. I've decided to try pilates (see what the hype is about). I bought a Specialized bike, been biking a little. I must admit, i don't like it. I really want to take up badminton again. I know that lots of people don't consider it a sport of exercise, but honestly, if you're playing it seriously, it's a workout. I can sometimes be pouring out sweat after a game. marc is one of those people that don't think that it's a sport. Which is really too bad. It's one of the cheapest sports that I know! LOL! $80 for a racket, $20 for the birdies....I already have a gym membership. That's it. None of this $20 for a exercise ball, $50 for the block and resistance bands. $30 for DVDs....$25 for the drop in class. I was thinking yoga would be good, but not much of a workout. But I think that I don't have the concentrating for yoga. Or balance.

Do NOT go see the Break-Up with vaughniston. UGH. I don't even know what compelled me to go in the first place. I guess that it looked funny. I ended up extremely disappointed. It had it's funny moments, but more stupid and not funny than funny moments. DON'T see it!!!!! A MUST see is X3. I saw it the day it came out, and it was good. Da Vinci Code was good too. I mean, a movie is a movie. You gotta forgive it for taking liberties with the book for pete's sake people. All my friends are like, no I didn't like it, it took too many liberties, I liked the book better, it wasn't even close to the book. Blah, Blah. God, pretentious. i liked it. And I would recommend it. The next movie that I'm kind of waiting for is the new Jack Black movie. Even though they are stupid movies, I find myself drawn to them! nacho Libre (or is it Libra?).

GO BUFFALO GO!

2006-05-31T03:27:46Z

To me, doesn't matter who we play, I hope that we win. But I'm hoping for buffalo because they've had so many injuries. But they may be able to bounce back after tonight's game. My pool is doing quite well...so I'm happy, but at the same, I don't want to lose Carolina out of my pool, luckily, I have quite a few oilers players.

The other day, I joined MySpace. I really don't like it. I don't know. I just don't like it. Even though I've had a few invites for groups, but no interest whatsoever. I think that I"m happy with this one and don't feel the need to expand my cyber group beyond what I have now. Maybe I'm past that period or point in my life where I don't need that anymore. I don't know. It's just weird. I thought that I would try out this new "craze" called MySpace and well....it's a little disappointing. It's less real, I suppose. Maybe I'm the crazy one. but I don't see what the hype is about. Half these bands that say that they have sites or whatever, are they for real? Whatever though.

EDMONTON ROCKS!

2006-05-29T18:32:24Z

GO OILERS GO! A little belated, but I forgot my password and struggled to get it resetted. Hopefully, I'll remember it this time around! Talk about Cinderella story! Doesn't matter who wins in the East, they have massive holes in their defense, so.... I must admit, I can't help to think that I had a hand in Game 4 loss, at home, against the Ducks. I went to the game. Yes, I sucked it up and spent a mighty penny to go see them lose terribly. It must've been because I was so sexy with that giant foam puck on my head. Couldn't concentrate on their game. Redeemed themselves though! And the Western conference is OVER BABY!!!! Too bad those idiots who partying for the heck of raising hell on Whyte Avenue are complete ruining everything. What an embarassment. Since when does lighting a bon fire in the middle of the street celebratory? Since when is flashing a sign of happiness? Hey, I'm very happy on my birthday, but you don't see me flashing. Absolutely a disgrace. We're becoming a laughingstock. Totally overshadowing our AMAZING playoff run. So if any of you readers are those types of whyte avenue partiers, you're pathetic. Enjoy your 5 minutes of drunken fame. Noone will remember you. But anyways, back to the topic on hand. Yeah, the oilers have been great to us! Taking Detroit, then the Sharks....And I'm a fan of Cheechoo. To be honest, I didn't think that we were going to make it past the sharks. yes, I'm hanging my head. But we did...and i was sure that we could take the ducks! I just hope that the break in between, while the Carolina and Buffalo series continues doesn't hurt them. Though they do need to recover, but it looks like that everyone that was sick has returned. Torres and Bergeron were all playing short shifts last game... Smith has played every game. Horcoff. I tell ya, that Horcoff. Took a puck in the face (well, it was really his arm), caught the flu bug, lost 12 lbs and played every darned game. Though I'm really confused as to why they played Dvorak. I don't understand that one. I don't really like him. He hasn't really produced. Though, Samsonov is about the same level with taking all those penalities with the exception of one and those really close call turn overs in our zone....in front of the goalie. But what the hell can I say about Roloson. If he weren't already married, I would. Sorry Marc, but it's true. He's soooooo wicked. I know that when he first arrived, we weren't happy with him (must admit, I was one of those doubters), but he was just trying to find his groove. But look at him now? He's racked up the MOST penalty minutes for a goalie and he's assisted on two goals. Registering two points for the playoffs. TWO POINTS! Not just ONE, but TWO. Pronger? Great for a guy who is supposed to be an enforcer, though that accidental penalty that he took in the third period of the last game nearly stopped my heart as they had a 6-3 man advantage. Feel bad for Giguiere....and Tosakla and Nabokov. Gigi most likely will be traded after a great start and then downhill from there. Tosakla took over Nabokov's job and then he was broken...and Nabokov was put in.... Unsure. They are both fighting for their jobs. I hope that we keep Peca though. He's been right on. In the beginning when he came here, we didn't play him so we didn't know where he fit in...but now? Speciality teams for sure! Anyways, lunch is over and I've ranted randomly about hockey enough.

Long time.

2005-12-30T17:22:03Z

I hope that everyone had a great over commercialized Xmas! Like I should be one to talk. Actually, I'm pretty happy with the Xmas that I had. Seriously. There was nary a flake of snow to be seen, though, it did rain on Xmas, causing all the roads to be dangerously slick come night time and Boxing Day. And let me tell you, when you're carrying a big computer box out to the car, it's not fun when you slip. Xmas was nice. We spent Xmas eve with Marc's side and then Xmas day with mine. And that was a struggle. Not that I really hate my family per se, I just don't really like hanging out with them for extended periods of time. Thank goodness we had an excuse to get out of hanging out with them for a super long time. We had to go home and sleep because we had Boxing day shopping to go to. Up at 430am and in line by 445 at Best Buy for this really good deal....computer. Marc nearly slipped while carrying it out to the car. Otherwise, I don't think that we bought much else. Even though we were there so early, we were still around the corner of the store. The line up at 510 was probably already half a kilmometer long. It was insane. Some people were there the night before at 930. I hope that they did alright. It was an experience that I probably NEVER want to go through again. I've had it with deals. But then again, Marc didn't mind because at least on Boxing day, it was only -5 degrees out at 5am. Whereas, the silly boy lined up at 530 am (for a 9 am opening) in minus 25 weather for an XBOX 360. Which he got, finally. He went for the second release, not when it was first released, we tried, but gave up. He was second in line....the funny part of it all is that my friend had to drop me off work, and I called Marc as soon as I got to work and Marc asked me if I wanted to ask my friend to see if he wanted to keep him company (I think that marc just wanted the extra console to sell on ebay). My friend said sure and headed down around 820. And my friend still managed to get a unit! It was hilarious! My friend got to sleep in and get a unit! It's pretty nice though. Surround sound...looks great on the 50 inch LCD. We're actually planning on getting another LCD tv. For the bedroom. Like a 32 inch or something. But I digress.

Xmas Day was a little bit of a struggle. There's nothing like being forced to spend time with people you don't like. I mean, I really don't like them. If I could, I would totally not invite them to my wedding. But since they are blood and I have to.

Another year has passed (well, close enough). And lots has happened. To the world and to everyone. it's been exciting, but I'm happy to say that i'm really glad that it's over. And we can all look forward to building a stronger future, and rebuilding lives that have been wrecked by various happenings. I know that I'm looking forward to another year. No resolutions that I can't keep though. So, I'm not making any resolutions at all! LOL! But it's true. I shouldn't have to make resolutions once a year in order to better myself and be a better person. I'm not saying that I'm going to be a nicer person, but a better person. You know, scratch less cars, get into less arguments. That sort of thing. But less confrontational. Sorta, let things go.... And definately focus on my health and sanity. More health though. I know for sure that I"m going to ring in the new year drunk as a skunk. LOL! Lots of sushi, sake and alcohol. I think that we have about four cases worth of alcohol. I don't mean beer. I mean, Alize, tequila, vodka (lots of stolichnka sp?, hypnotiq, spurlged on real champagne...none of that sparkling wine crap, Dom, Cristal, Bellini stuff, long island iced tea...lots of stuff.) It's going to be wild. I haven't drank in such a long time, and definately not with my sister because she's usually drinking and I'm the DD. This is going to be wild. marc will do a little drinking, and I was thinking that we'd start early. Nothing but friends and alcohol. Won't do wonders for my ulcer, but it'll be worth it. Haven't been sloshed in a LONG time. Anyways, I gotta go. I'm at work, and super bored. Even though I'm on the phone lines. I know, I know, I should've taken today off instead of yesterday. I just wasn't thinking. But at least I get a free lunch. I don't mind the phones actually. It'll take some getting used to. I usually don't get a lot of phone calls when I'm working in my real department. I'm on the phones because it's a skeleton crew today and they need people to still man the phone lines. It's alright. Just doing nothing and answering questions and stuff. So far, they're pretty easy...it's after lunch that they'll probably get complicated because people have warmed up their brains and are actually thinking. But I'm hoping to get off early. But I doubt it because it's only the 30th and not the 31st. Even though I know a lot of places having half day work days. Then again, everyone else had to return to work on the 27th and we didn't have to until the 29th. Oh well, whatever.

You Belong to Me

2005-08-25T22:08:42Z

Okay, so I have this lucky sob of a friend going to IBIZA next month. *sigh* I wish. I really wish. It's hard when you have non trance listening fiance. I know that I'd probably make friends there, but I think that I'd also get in trouble there too! I remember when I went, it was madness. I barely slept and I only went for a week and a half. I slept on the beach, used the hotel room as a storage place. And drank, drank, drank. I was 21 then. I wish that I could go again, now that I can appreciate the music more and probably appreciate the partying a little more. Back then it was a fine opportunity to meet hot guys, get laid and free drinks. Oops, did I say that? That's the truth. They don't call it the party capital of the world for nothing. I remember Cream and Amnesia.... Oh yeah.... I caught it when there weren't too many GOOD DJs playing, but it was an experience nonetheless! Poopy on you Porky!!!!! POOPY!!!!!!

Nothing much going on here. Gearing up for my engagement party. Looks like the wedding ceremony are going to be at an exclusive country club in the city. I can't wait. It's beautiful. My mom's boss is a member there. And she hired me a wedding planner. Don't really know if I need one, but she or he can offer me something more than what I've got in my head, then yeah, I'll keep them, otherwise, I'm not going to waste my mom's boss's money. Yeah, she's footing the bill. She's also offered to pay for the rental of the place. I think that she might just write it off. I didn't know that as soon as you say the word wedding, it jacks up the price. It's crazy!

Work's been busy as hell. A coworker has been consistently and constantly sick. Apparently she has gallstones, but since she leaves everything till the last minute, as soon as she's off sick, we're all screwed because everything of hers is due. But I got her caught up and I talked to my boss about that. And hopefully, my boss will talk to her about it, but nobody wants to say anything yet because poor little Lisa is still sick and blah, blah, blah. Freaking suck it up! I didn't get this shit when I was sick with my ulcer! So screw that! No sympathy from me. So I'm stuck looking like the bad person. Whatever, I'll switch departments of something like that.

oops!

2005-07-27T15:54:21Z

Oh, I forgot, probably the most important of my rabble. I passed my exam, so I got my promotion. Couldn't have come at a better time. Just when we're about to buy a new car and start saving up for our wedding. Marc makes over $100000, and I make just a little over half and with this promotion, I get bigger bonus cuts (which are also coming up) and I get a $6000 pay raise. Or I should say jump in pay! YAYAYAYAYAY!!!!! We should have a great downpayment for the car!!! And we might actually be able to tie the knot next year!!! I can't wait. I was thinking 2007 summer...but it might be 2006 winter. I don't like a winter wedding, it's just I think that you get restricted with your options, and it may cost more becuase you need more. So instead of just a dress, veil and bouquet, you now need a cape or a muff. UGH. But we'll see. YAY for me!

Fearless

2005-07-27T15:46:30Z

Ring is almost done. Just getting resized. Haven't seen it for a while now. I don't know where I put the sketch either.

Work is sooooo slow. So Slow. I can't even being to say how slow. That's the thing with the government. It comes in spurts. When we're busy, we're really busy and of course, no overtime allowed, which is definately fine by me! So I just don't work overtime. And when we're slow, we're slow. I'm playing games and talking on the phone. I just don't want to get caught. They condone slack behavior as long as they don't see it.

Moved our vacation up to October. Taking three weeks off in October, one week in November and one week in December. We're planning on driving along the coast in October. Well, just visit Vancouver again and probably hit up Seattle. It's going to be good. Last time, we only got to spend the day in Seattle, this time, we'll have a whole week to take in everything the city has to offer! I said that we should fly down to New York or something like that, but I think that it might be cheaper to do things this way, seeing how I absolutely LOVE the west coast and not too fond of the east. Plus, I don't think that Marc would want to head over to the East coast anytime soon. He was working out there for about a month in Newfoundland and New Brunswich. I've always hated TO. Wouldn't mind going to Montreal though. Ashley is in Montreal right now. Going to school (or should I say party?) there on a Government grant. So this is where 60% of my paycheck goes! She's having a blast. She's taking french at the Universite du montreal. She'll be home just in time for the engagement party.

When I started out my job here, there was this guy that absolutely hated me. Why? I don't know. But he in IT so he would come bug me if i were to spend more than say 15 minutes on the internet. Anyways, I found out soon enough why he didn't like me. He didn't like me because he thought that I was the one that was bursting all his bubbles of lies that he's told to build up a rep at work. Of course it wasn't me, it was my cousin who has known him since highschool, which apparently, he has not grown out of. Well, I just found out that one of my coworkers bumped into him this past weekend and he was telling them how he got a law degree. LIAR! He didn't get a law degree. Let's just say that the law faculty is small enough for everyone to know eachother. and he's not on the current roster or alumni roster. So.... And he claims that he got it here. But I was like, no, he doesn't have a law degree. He doesn't even have a Computing Science degree. He has a BSc. Trust me, it doesn't really take much to get into our IT department to do crap jobs. Why do people have to lie? Maybe that's why he got fired?

I don't know why I get so tired when Marc is in town. I usually go to bed about the same time and wake up even earlier when he's not home and I usually feel well rested. But when he's home, I can't seem to get a good night's sleep. What's up with that? It's not like I have change my sleeping habits. I mean, look at me. It's 9:38am and I'm yawning and ready to fall asleep. But if he were out of town, I wouldn't be going through this.

Speaking of which, I had to go pick up Marc from the airport last Friday. Air Canada kindly lost his luggage. His and 5 other peoples' (they all belong to the same company). That's fine, we just picked it up the next day. While we were there, there was a soccor coach from Australia (for the World Masters Games happening here in Edmonton) and well, I guess that all their gear was sent back or lost. Apparently, one of the workers saw the case a couple of days ago and now they can't find it. OMG! I would be freaking out, the guy was a little pissed off, but he was patient.

Anyways, it's time for a long break.

I think that I've Found IT!!!

2005-07-13T21:27:06Z

There is nothing more satisfying than being treated well, and then finding the ring of your dreams. Yeah, I think that it's going to be custom made. Marc and I went to this really upscale custom house (I've bought things from there before...my blue diamond ring..yeah, superficial) called Van Den Berg's. Definately worth the money. You definately wouldn't find this stuff at Spence or Ben Moss or any place like that. So we sat down with the owner/gemologist/designer and he drew out six sketches for us. I liked two, but I liked one more than the other. He's going to make a mould for us and we'll be looking at it on Saturday. It's going to be about $4000 more than what we expected to spend. YIPES! But the diamond is nearly perfect. The quality is excellent. i'd rather have quality over quantity (or at least that's what I keep telling myself). I wouldn't want a three carat ring with no fire or brillance. I'd laugh. The diamond is worth nearly $8200 by itself. Canadian diamond. Small carat, but excellent fire and few to no inclusions. It's one of the "rarest" ones that they had there. We also go our wedding bands sketched out too. But we'll see. We're planning on having this new cut of diamond called Excalibur in Marc's ring and I think that I'll just have bagettes. But I'd never thought that I'd be looking at rounds in my engagement ring. I've always wanted an emerald or princess cut. Boo Hoo, but it's beautiful. I'm happy with getting it custom because NO one else will have it! That's what I want. I didn't want a boring solitaire that you see on every other hand out there. So.... But yeah, it's Platinium, centre round with two round sidestones and bagettes down the side in a channel setting. Not too blingy. You sometimes just know when the right ring comes along. It's like the clouds have parted and the sun is coming out. LOL! Another thing I don't understand is how other girls can been happy with the ring that their man picked out for them )as a surprise?!?!)...I mean, they are usually boring and looks alike all the others. I would definately get involved with the choosing.

We're hoping for an earlier engagement. End of this month. Beginning of August the latest and then we'll have our engagement bbq. I LOVE planning parties!!!!!!! I wouldn't say that they are my forte, but I love planning them. I'm all about lists! I make lists for nearly everything! Do I refer to them much? No, usually the lists are for Marc! LOL!

Backsplash is still in progress, though our place is looking less like a tornado hit it. I think that it's because I'm beginning to bring my binders and books back to work as I work through them at home. Clearing up some space. I mean, these suckers are those HUGE 4 inch binders.

So since we're sacrificing Hong Kong to do this whole engagement thing (more so now that I'm getting it custome), I've got about a month's worth of vacation and no where to go. Like I want to be hanging around home. It's not even like I have a yard to work with. I live on the 3rd floor of a 4 floor condo. Which reminds me, SEXYPORKY, if you're reading this, you still haven't seen my place!!!!!! GRRRRR.....

My sister is in Montreal learning the language at the Universite. I don't know why. She's taken it throughout highschool. I guess that it's an opportunity to get away from the rents. Can't blame her though. She's there for about a month and a half for school and then she's going to New York for about two weeks. The rents aren't letting, but she's going anyways. If I did that, they'd kick me out of the house before I EVEN left for Montreal! LOL! I hope that she has fun. Little communication though. The labs apparently close real early and she can't really call me because she's not supposed to be talking to me. I wonder what my mom would think if she knew that my sister's slept over a couple of times and has been over for dinner and to hang out even more times. HAHAHA!

So, I subscribe to Elle Magazine....but I haven't been receiving them for the past couple of months. I've been having to call in and get them to resend it to me. So finally after about four months of playing this game, I decided to call one more time. Usually, the phone number is on the website, they took it off. So I had to go through my old mags to find the stupid phone number. Finally, I found it and called. I basically told them that if I have to call in one more time, I was going to ending my subscription. So the guy on the phone finally told me that my account was suspended because the magazines have been coming back. I asked them if they used Canada post, he said that they did, well, I told him, they have a key to get into my complex. And they have the right address on file. I asked, well, were you ever going to tell me that my account was suspended? The answer, No! I have a phone number on file too. Not pleased. And the jerk on the other line was all like, well, okay, I guess that I could extend your account until such and such date. You guess? You damn well better. And the funny thing is, everytime that I've called to get them to send me one, it's gotten to me! How does that make any sense? Along the same vein....The other day, I turned on my phone and people were calling me. I noticed that numbers that should be displaying aren't...They are all coming up as unknown. And I KNOW that I wasn't in some weird analog or whatever mode. Turns out, someone removed my caller id. I didn't do it. So I got so pissed off....They gave me 6 months free for all bundles and extras that I had on. I couldn't believe it! I mean, it's ridiculous. Who's to say that they aren't charging other people's bills on my credit card too?!?!?!? And they chopped my phone bill into half. I don't understand how any one in their good conscience could EVER recommend Rogers to anyone else. I've been with Telus for Eight years and in that time, I've NEVER had to call them as many times as I've had to with Rogers. It's silly.

Done my rant for today!

It'll Be Done.

2005-07-10T05:59:38Z

Backsplash is almost done. We went with the stainless steel. It needs to be grouted and then sealed and the caulking. We'll be done by the middle of next week. It's looking something fierce. It's "hot".

Yes, it'll be done. Looks like I'm getting engaged by the end of the summer. We're going to start ring shopping in a couple of weeks because I want to finish off the backsplash and then study for my progression exam which would bring me up a classification and huge pay increase. I could use it. With all our financial duties. Mortgage and soon new car.

I'm not getting the ring that I've always wanted, but it'll come later in life. So, if I can't find a comparable one here in Canada (for some reason, diamonds period are more expensive, forget about Canadian diamonds, but period), we're ordering off of BLuenile. We were looking there for ideas and approximate ranges and stuff like that. It looks like that I'm either getting a 1 carat solitaire or I'm getting a 0.80 carat, princess cut, VVS1, E diamond. It'll either be set with three stones, .25 each about the same grading as the centre stone or with a pave side stones. About 10 of them, set in the band. The wedding won't be for a little bit just because of the car we're getting. Hey, $50000 isn't something to take lightly. So I may not get my dream ring, but I'm definately getting other girls would envy. I'm sure that it'll be the largest amongst the girls at my work. they all married young and married men without decent jobs. Blockbuster managers or welders. You know. I hope that ring shopping won't be like pulling teeth. I'm afraid that it might be. But Marc wants to look here before we order through Bluenile. Even though Bluenile has the exact ring. But I suppose that if I can find one that looks like it, I'll know what it looks like. But yeah. That's the good news!

I hate Lazy Coworkers

2005-07-03T07:33:59Z

Things on the Agenda today/tonight:

1. How much I hate lazy coworkers (even if they are my friend)
2. How I don't understand how ADULTS can act like idiots when it involves trailer trash sluts with kids.
3. Trials and Tribulations with finding the perfect backsplash.

I know how my life sometimes reads like a soap opera and stuff and how I like ramble, so i think that for the sake of easy reading,I'll try and keep it sweet.

1. I have this coworker who,also happens to be a good friend of mine. We hold different positions, but work on the same floor. Anyways, whenever she can, she'll dump her work on the new girl and just chat on MSN all day. Anyways, that burns me up because I work my ass off and she slides by. Anyways, so the other day, we were on break and she was complain about how the girl who she alwaysw dumps the work isn't there because she took the day off, and they were giving the new girl's work to her. I'm thinking, it's about time that you get your lazy ass in gear and do some work. So anyways, this past week, my friend hasn't been at work because she's been "sick". Our company policy is that you can be sick for three days without a doctors note, fourth day, you need a note. Well, my friend, S's Sister needs to go to Red Deer and whenever that happens, S takes the day off to go with her. And of course, this past week, her sister needed to go to Red Deer. Whole week, she was off. "Sick" was the excuse. Pretty funny because I called her to see how she was and she was out. Nice isn't it? She says that she has a doctor's note, but those aren't hard to get. You just have to pay. And of course her mother (who happens to work on my team) doesn't say anything. I mean, she's gotten into trouble to for giving all her work to the new girl, had people talk about how lazy she is and yet, she still does it and has the balls to complain that she's got too much work (everytime I walk by she's chatting away on the phone or chatting on msn..and I'm the one who gets into trouble for chatting!). The moral of my story is that the new girl is so overloaded that I'm stuck helping them out. On top of doing the job of three people, I have to do her work. That's why I'm pissed. I don't get paid to do clerk-work. Especially not hers. So i left a bunch of things which I'm going to neatly hand back to her on Monday and tell her that it's all due on tuesday. I hope that she has fun. I mean, I can't cut her breaks because she's my friend. Right or wrong.

2. So my friend who asked me sell my Louis Vuitton to help fund his whore has really pissed me off. I'm not really getting into it but let's just say that he'll be asking me to borrow money again because his little no good slut of a girlfriend wants to spend the weekend in Panorama. Where is he getting this money? I don't know, I don't care. I'm definately not lending him any money. I didn't last time and I'm not going to this time. If she wants money, bitch will have to ask me herself and I'll definately have the pleasure of telling her where to go and how she'll never be welcome. Highschoolish as it may sound, I know that she'll be hurt by it. That's why she wants all this money and fancy stuff because she'll never be able to afford it and she thinks that she needs this shit to hang with A's friends. Stupid. It's like she's really 16 and not 32.

3. The backsplash saga. So we've been looking for the past three weekends for the perfect backsplash. Marc is obsessed with getting a stainless steel. I think that it would be overkill. We've gone to quite a few tile places (I'm really tired or doing this, I wish that we would just agree and buy the shit. None of this, I want to keep exploring my options. I understand that it's a kitchen that we need to live , but it's not worth $35 and Square Foot. We need at least 8. We found some tile at Rona and it's fairly cheap. Like we'll spend under $50 for all the materials. And we'll be doing it ourselves. I thought that we had it settled, but nope. I guess that we're going to keep looking. As weak as it sounds, I'm about to give up and just let him do whatever he wants and I'll have NO part of it. It's just tiring and tough. I usually don't balk at decisions like that. Usually, even if I don't know what I want, I figure it out fast. I don't know. It's boring and I just want to get the stuff installed because right now, the wall behind the faucet looks just lovely with all of the dirty splashes from yucky dish water and all that. I want it to be DONE!!!!! ARGGGHHHHHH!!!! It's one of the those situations where I want to scream KILL ME NOW!

4. Signing off.

2nd Skin

2005-06-12T18:46:33Z

Saw Mr and Mrs Smith yesterday. I want to be Angelina Jolie. OMG, talk about HOT!!!!! I sat there and I was thinking to myself....how much money do I need to save up to have a body like hers? Hey, I'm all for easy outs. But I do start with my trainer this week. UGH. I was so motivated when it was in the planning stages! I was looking at her legs and thinking, no wonder Brad Pitt left Jennifer Aniston! Sorry, i'm not a big fan of Jen A, so anything that happens to her is all good! Nah, I don't care, but damn!

Edmonton Queen

2005-05-31T19:53:54Z

I've book a little dinner "cruise" aboard the little paddle boat that we have going around in ciricles down here in the rivervalley called the Edmonton Queen. It's actually quite nice and it been riding full (or seems like it) since it's opened May 21 for the season. So I thought, that I would do something nice for my baby boy and surprise him. The trouble is, I'm not good at keep secrets from him, so I'll be bursting by the end of the week. Though I did let slip that I have a surprise for him. I didn't say which day or anything else. So that will have to do it for me. I'm going to blind fold him and drive him there, hopefully, I'll be able to find my way to the landing! We'll see if he'll be surprised. Which brings me to say, i was thinking the other day and he hasn't surprised in the last little bit. Like 6 months. It's like all the little cute things that he used to do are gone. We're still happy, but he seems to be falling into the rhythm a little faster than me. I think. I don't know. Who knows. He's set to leave town AGAIN. This sunday. Oh well.

Okay, so I've been listening this one AWESOME track for the past couple of days...repeat. It's driving Marc mad, but I love it!!! Anyways, it's Beautiful Things (Photon Project Remix) - Andain. I can't describe it. It's trance. If you are interested and have a chance, listen to it. It's harder than the original. A little. Anyways, this one is going to be short because I just got a big pile of work plopped down on my desk. We're short handed this week on my team. It's terrible.

Time to Say Goodbye.

2005-05-27T15:48:56Z

The boss is gone and since we're working in this open space concept, there's nowhere to hide. i'm pissed. I mean, like disappointed pissed. I had two Louis Vuitton scarves stolen from me. And no, i didn't lose them. I wouldn't just lightly misplace a $400 worth of scarves. They were in my bag. And when I got back, they weren't anymore. Thank goodness I didn't put my Marc Jacobs one in there. ARGHHHHH!!! I could've bought a decent purse or bag with that kind of money. I could be the proud owner of my fifth Coach bag (which really aren't that expensive). Not a burberry...they don't come that cheap. I've got tons of work to do but very unmotivated to do any of it. I need to go away. Like Europe or something. I'm tired of travelling within Canada. Vegas would be nice, but I was just there a couple of months ago.

Okay, so there's this pathetic chick at work who thinks that she's the shitz because she's like 24 and married and own a house and everything. What she fails to mention is that her family bought her the house. And she likes to brag about how her husband wasn't taken seriously when he walked into Spence to buy the ring - all because he looked young... I laughed at her and she kind of doesn't like me anymore. I told her that all because he looks young doesn't have anything to do with it. If he looks like he has no money, then yeah, they might not pay attention. She was a little indigiant. I can't blame her actually. I didn't really mean to be nasty (okay, just a little). I told her how I got my two carat (her's is .6) at Van Den Bergs (everyone knows that they cater to the better off...and they do custom work...which is what I like about them. I would rather pay more to get what I want than pay less to have something that I don't want right?). Then she ups and goes that well, she's had stuff done there before and it's not so great (a lie of course) because I asked her what she had done. She said earrings. well, they don't really do that kind of stuff. More with stones. So if I purchased a diamond and asked them make them into earrings, they would...but they wouldn't make earring from gold. You know? So I was like, oh, that's odd, I didn't think that they did that. And my other coworker agreed because she bought her pink diamond there and I got my blue diamond fixed there. But yeah, truth finally came out and it turns out that she can't afford half the things that she keeps talking about because she works here as a clerk and her husband is a blockbuster manager. Hmmmm...... Highschoolish, but it's fun. I like being catty. Especially to people I don't like much.

I've been having trouble with my transflash on my phone. Can move songs back from my transflash memory to my phone memory to set up ringtones and stuff like that. Pretty pissed off about that. But I guess that the more bells and whistles that you have, the more troubles. Anyways, I gotta call Rogers about my service. I don't understand why people complain about Telus, which I've never had trouble with, but with Rogers it's an on going saga.

I'm addicted and ready to kick some ass

2005-05-15T06:06:34Z

Yes, I'm ready to kick some ass. It was so much nicer when my upstairs neighbour didn't move in. I should bought that condo loft instead. Phhhttt! They walk like freaking elephants at ungodly hours. I'm serious. At any given time after midnight, you'll hear a STOMP, STOMP, STOMP, STOMP. And yes, there's supposed to a layer of concrete and padding in between the floor and their chosen type of flooring. You would've thought that since I live in THE most expensive area in the river valley that it would better sound proofed than it is. I'm getting frustrated because I think that they are retirees and hence, don't have to work in the mornings, and being the light sleeper that I am, it WAKES me up and give me a headache for the rest of the day. And I'm at a crossroads because I don't know what to do. I can talk to them, but they can either make my life more miserable and jump even harder to get across the room or the can fix it. I know that it's probably not their fault that they have moon boots on and prance from one end to the other, but I don't know, it's called being considerate. I've already "yelled" at them from the balcony when they were out there with their little old buddies partying it up on a Thursday night at 1 am in the morning. OMG! I'm really to freak and of course Marc thinks that I"m exaggerating the situation, but honestly, if I'm ready to go upstairs and yell at them, I really doubt that i'm exaggerating about what's happening. Yeah, sure, i have a habit of exaggerating, but really, if I'm ready to wreck my own ceiling to hopefully get a point across, I really doubt that I am. After I yelled at them, they quieted it down for a couple of days. Wait, who am I trying to kid, one night I had peace and quiet. And it also sounds like that they are moving things....I'm going to break their legs....if I don't go insane first. Or, I could just launch a formal complaint, but I don't think that it's right without giving them a warning. marc told me to wait until he gets back from Newfoundland (he's out there for work) and he'll see if it's as bad as I say it is. well, let's just say that they walk so hard that I feel the vibrations. I mean, really, it's quarter to midnight and they're banging around up there. Piss on them.

Anyways, I got this new little phone called the Motorola V635. I believe that it's out on the market now. I'm not sure. But anyways, i got it about two weeks ago and it's totally wicked. It has this new technology that is used in phones from HK. You can basically video conference your call if the person you are talking to has the capabilities on their phone. You can send multimedia messages to my phone...So if you have slide show with voice dub overs and music and such, I can receive them as long as I have the memory, which I do because I just bought a new transflash card for my phone to store downloads and pictures and etc. the one that came with it was dinky....32 MB. I bought a 256, waiting for a 512 to hit the market. I already have a billion ringtones downloaded on my computer ready to be beamed over to my phone. It's bluetooth enabled. It's got a built in MP3 player, but I have a IPOD mini for that. it's got speakerphone functions, picture id, I can edit songs and make them into ringtones if I wanted to. I can make them into truetones/realtones...which is basically a shortened version of a song that's been turned into a ringtone. So many more functions...that I wish that I could play around with but I can't because I guess that I really love Marc enough to let him take it with him to Newfoundland. Awful. All that I can think about is if he's treating it right, charging it properly and etc. Just taking care of it in general. I really didn't want him to take it, but since I promised him, I couldn't back out right? It's just that he's really rough with phones and just charges them up whenever he feels like it and doesn't turn it off. Which is NOT how I do things. I just don't want to be replacing the battery because he doesn't feel like draining the battery. You know? But so far, he's been taking care of it because I've really stressed how unpleased I would be with him. He said that the first charge kind of got messed up, so if the battery does die early on, that he would replace it. So....yeah.... it's just I don't like people touching and messing with my electronics. Woe be the one that touches my PDA, cellphone, MD player, camera, or IPOD mini with out me looking over their shoulder. Obsessive? A little. Hey, i paid good money and I'll be damned if you drop it or wreck the battery life. I'll seriously never let you touch another thing of mine. for instance, my bestfriend joking and then really dropped my new (old) cellphone and after that, he hasn't been able to touch anything new of mine. I don't care if it was an accident, but you don't joke about dropping the thing and then really dropping it. Unforgiveable. Same would go for Marc. he actually offered to fed ex the new phone back to me earlier this week because I was griping so much about taking care of it. I said yes. He didn't because he needed the phone if he wanted to talk to me at all when he's in Newfoundland. Yes, he's out there because there's a contract job out there. he's only out there for roughly two weeks. It seems like forever though.

I've been searching for free downloadable ringtones, especially good trance ones...or general will do. So if you know of a site, please let me know....here are a couple...

www.tones4free.com (you right click and save as on the music note beside the song that you want. Doesn't matter if it's compatible with your phone, as long as you've got a bluetooth or a USB cord for your phone)

www.polyphonic.com (you need to download the zipped file and uncompress it on your computer and once again, send it over to your computer)

www.myt610.net (though it's for a Sony ericsson t610, doesn't matter because it works on the same format as the tones4free site, right click to download and save on your computer.)

Enjoy.

I Can't Even Blow Out 6 Candles, How Am I Supposed to Blow Out 26?????!!!!

2005-03-24T18:22:04Z

Yeah, my bday is approaching fast. I'm not going through the usual crisis, but since I still have 5 days left, I'm expecting it to hit any day now. I remember when I was younger I couldn't wait to be all grown up and stuff like that. Now? I want to reverse! I think that 23 was a good age for me. But yeah, yesterday at work, my team bought me a cake and surprised me. I was truly embarassed and surprised because I wasn't expecting it at all, because my bday is on Tuesday and I have that day off. So they did. They put 6 candles on it and I managed to blow out 4 out of the 6. Call it weak, but yeah. And Marc said that he was putting 26 candles on mine!!! OMG! That would take me the whole night to blow those suckers out! Yesterday was the first time that I've had to cut the cake myself. It was hard! I did the main middle cut and left the rest up to my coworker. Hey, I've always had someone else cut the darned thing for me!!!! I don't want to ruin the cake. This year, I didn't plan a fancy bash or anything. Quite casual. Going to a Steakhouse for dinner and then we're heading to a bar...not club, bar. I was thinking that we might hit the casino for a little bit, we still might. I'm celebrating (well, kind of....she's tagging along.) with another chick. Her bday is the day after mine. So that's going to be kind of cool. And then there's another chick that is from TO (she's my friend's cousin who actually has the same bday as me.), so yeah, lots of ppl and hopefully lots of fun.

I really need to complain. So, I have this friend who is basically screw buddies with this chick. My friend makes a nice living, drives a nice car (Audi) and likes to wear nice clothes. I suppose that it's easy when you live at home. But he's completely desperate for a girlfriend. So he basically grabs on to every girl that comes along and holds on for dear life. Except, all these chicks only like to use him. Take him for money. He's in some serious debt because he lends soooo much money to them. Anyways, this new chick is a single mom. He says that he's not ready to be a father. He's told her that he can't see them being long term. And yet, he still clings on to her. Her? Well, she's quite plain and quite disdainful (needless to say, we don't quite get along), works in a call centre (making like $10 an hour), and of course has a 7 year old child. She's already borrowed $1000 from my friend and they've only been "seeing" eachother for about a month. Known eachother for about two months. She's disdainful as in, if you have a better job than her and wear better clothes, she doesn't like you, so i made it VERY clear that she's not welcome in my little group of friends. I know that it sounds totally highschoolish, but why on earth should I be friends with someone that is jealous of my job and clothes? That's pathetic. I really just don't need her drama in my life. So of course, I already don't think much of her. To add to this, she wants to go to Calgary the weekend of my bday. My friend KNEW about my Bday since January for sure, but yet, he's choosing to ditch me for her. Needless to say, I'm not happy with him, and I definately don't like her. Like that wasn't appearant. And he's trying to say stuff like, "oh yeah, I'm going to try and make it back into town, how about you don't go to Metro until I call you?". I told him to screw himself and that it was my bday and if he can't make, then fine...but I"m not going to change my plans for his ass and her slutty ass. But before that, I basically laid it all down for him. Honestly, I'm sick of him always ditching me for all these girls and then when they take him for all that they can, he comes crying on my shoulder even after I've warned him about these girls. It's like he's a glutton for punishment. I basically told him that since he knew about bday and still choose to go to Calgary with her, I hope that he's completely comfortable with making that decision (to dump a friend for a chick). I know that it's sex and stuff like that, but I don't know. I couldn't imagine doing that to any of my friends. Here's my letter actually.

"I am nearly certain that I told you about my birthday quite a while ago (even most probably before you made plans to make this trip to Calgary). The truth of the matter is that my birthday only come around once a year and its one of the most important days(to me anyways). I always thought that friends were suppose to be there for each other and make sacrifices if need be…I guess in this instance you don’t think it is…I guess if your comfortable with making that decision- then that’s up to you! A few of my other friends are going to be there- they too had other things to do and have stuff to do afterwords- but they are still going to be there with me to celebrate my birthday!"

I kind of laid down thick, but honestly, I think that I had to. Just to make him realize that I'm not joking this time around. The worst part about this all is that he tried to turn this on me. He accused me being a hypocrite because I skipped out on his bday last year to go to Vancouver. Which isn't true because he didn't tell me about his bday until 3 days I supposed to leave for Vancouver!!!! I booked mym ticket nearly a month in advance. I was so mad. And truth be told, I still am. I pissed off about the whole situation and I can't believe that he's making me change my plans. What a lark. Anyways, I'm slowly getting over it.

My guy is finally coming home today. Don't know what time he'll be getting in, but it'll be sometime this evening, I'm thinking. After I get home from work. I hope that he's home before I get home. That would be nice. He's here for a couple of days and then it's off to Regina for nearly a month and half. Which really doesn't make me happy, but I suppose that's just life right? I'm getting used to it now. It's still hard, but I'm getting used to it. Anyways, I have to do some updating on files...so this will be it.

Self Pitying Ramble. Don't read if you fear it might digust you.

2005-03-05T06:09:56Z

So, here I am on the computer on a Friday night...by myself. I just finished watching about 4 hours of CSI reruns. ALONE. Where is my other half? Funny you should ask that, I don't know. well, that's a lie, I know. He's at work. Like usual. When I leave in the mornings, he's coming home. When I get home at night, he's heading off to work. I guess that's just how his current project is working out. Don't get me wrong, my guy is pretty much perfect. Well, as perfect as perfect can be. I mean, he doesn't smoke, drinks socially (rarely...the only time that I've ever see him drink is when we have sushi at a REAL sushi place or on his bday!), he doesn't have a gambling habit, and he hasn't cheated. He picks up after himself (usually), and he does the dishes (usually). He does my every whim. But he's not here, and I'm alone. That's all that I can think about. To be honest, this year, I'm keeping track as to how many days he actually spends at home. And since this project is just based out of Edmonton, it counts as being at home, even though I think that I've probably seen him about 2 hours total since he started this job about two weeks ago. Sure, it could be a lot worse, he could be half way across the world. If that were to happen, I think that I would be single. it's just hard going from spending practically 24/7 together to none. You would've thought that we were the perfect couple. We rarely fight, we still manage to make eachother laugh.... We both make enough. He makes about 3 times as much as me and i make over $55 grand - take home (not bragging). he's got his toys. He's got both a playstation and Xbox, a nice little 50 inch LCD rear projection screen. Our condo in the rivervalley is worth more than half the houses in Edmonton, we own one car. Life is good right? Not when you know that you're in a relationship and you feel like you don't have a bf. You know, for those who are ready with a "reality check" for me, save it. I don't want to hear it. You think that you're soooooo right in your narrow way of thinking. Put yourself in my position. I spend 24/7 with my bf and his projects come up last minute and he has to leave the next day. Sure, it's nice to have a break. That's good for maybe, what? A week? And then you start to miss him (or her). And then it just becomes empty. And when you live the life that I live, I'm literally treated like a princess by him and then he's gone and there's no one there to coddle me. No attention. I guess that you have to understand me a little more. I'm pretty scrappy. I'm also really spoiled. not necessarily by him though...though usually it's him. Today for instance, I was presented with a 2 carat bauble just for "being his girl". Not many girls get 2 carat baubles just because. How many girls can brag about OWNING blue diamonds? Granted, they aren't of high carat weight (about 0.25 each?), but just the thought owning one.... even JLO doesn't have one probably. I own about 12 pieces of Louis Vuitton. That's the REAL Louis Vuitton, none of this fake "authentic" stuff. Not to mention the pieces of Coach that own. Spoiled, materialistic, call it what you will, but like I said princess. I'm wearing this 2 carat bauble and wonder how long until he gives me another impressive diamond ring with no promise behind it? Maybe I'm reaching that point where I want a stronger committment, even though I view marriage as just legalizing a relationship. Maybe I don't really view it that way. Who knows. And you know what? For those who complain that I never indent or paragraph my entries, I just don't feel like doing it for this one. When I make messes, I have to clean them up, yes ladies, he usually does it. I really don't know what the point of this whole entry is.... Maybe I just miss him?

Okay, onto lighter stuff.... I was in the GUESS store with a friend (for some reason, she stoops to buying that stuff when she could afford better things.) and I had my COACH bag. The girl at the counter told me that it was a really cute GUESS knock off. I looked at her and stared. And Stared. Finally, I said, "Are you joking me?". She was completely clueless. So I clued her in. I basically told her that she shouldn't be working in this industry if she didn't know her labels. And that GUESS was the one knocking off COACH and that if she saved up everything that she made in the month, she STILL couldn't afford my special limited edition bag. I guess that the SNOB in me really comes out when I get rankled like that. Fine, another day, i was wearing an Armani Exchange t-shirt (great deal, got it from the states from the outlet...$4 US!), and this punk kid wokring in American Eagle told me that he's never seen that shirt in the AE stores before. Well, this shirt that I was wearing just said A/X in slightly big letters and "Armani Exchange" in slightly smaller letters (but still VISIBLE) underneath it.. Once again, I stared and stared. I told him that this was ARMANI EXCHANGE and NOT AMERICAN EAGLE. Then he clued in. At least he's HEARD of ARMANI. I could really choke sometimes. Here I am in a city where people don't know their labels. Or carry around these bad knock offs of LV...looking at mine and thinking that they are fake. Well, I have certificates...do you? Which leads me to my next thing.

My recent MAJOR acquisition (most people would think that it's a waste of money, but I of course, do not. Who cares how I spend my money as long as I"m socking away money for a good retirement and not running up a debt right?), was a small carry on piece of luggage (Pegasus) by Louis Vuittion. Now, that one set me a little back. So, I'm thinking that that will be my last LV acquisition for a little while. Okay, that's it for me. Another banal entry. But whatever. Like I care. Wait, like anyone really reads these things anyways.

Piss off.

2005-02-23T18:36:01Z

Came back from Vegas about a week ago. It was fun. It was nice. It was the first AWAY vacation that I've actually gone (sorry, trips to Calgary or Vancouver, just don't cut it for me). Just went for the weekend. Did lots of shopping and walking. So I guess that I've moved on from Louis Vuitton to Coach (of all things). I hit the outlet pretty hard. Walked the WHOLE strip and every darned casino on it. My legs were pretty much burning by lunch time. Those casinos are HUGE. We stayed at the Imperial Palace. It's this older, sad looking neon monstrosity right in the middle of the strip. Actually, it wasn't too bad. There were mirrors on the ceiling above the bed and jaccuzi! And for those who know me, it was a TREAT! HAHAHAHA! But yeah, it was great. We had a $30 buffet brunch at the Belliagio. That was crazy. But it was good. Who's ever heard of having a crab meat (real meat, mind you) omelet? Or Prime Rib for breakfast. Which it was because we were eating around 8am. We had to time to zip to Cali...didn't really much. Hit Primm, the outlet malls. Great! I got a Kenneth Cole watch for $30 US...which would normally cost me $250+ up here. That was a great deal. We found the Oakley outlet for Marc. He went a little Oakley crazy there. But all in all, I wish that I was there for more than just the weekend. I would like to gamble more. I only played the slots. Was down $2. Marc played the Blackjack tables. He went up a couple hundred. So that was good. Too bad we spent it all on a steak and lobster dinner at the Mirage. You know, I really all that impressed about the light show (LED) on Fremont Street. Really disappointed. It was lame, to be honest. I could skip out the downtown area. It's kind of divey.

My friend was in a car accident shortly before we left. It wasn't his fault, but the car that he just finished paying off is a complete write off. And he was stuck driving a Kia Spectra for the longest time. But now, he's got a new ride. 2002 black Honda Civic SiR. nice! I haven't seen it yet, he'll probably get it today. He's kind of hurting. He was hit by this young punk driving a brand new Altima. The punk was in my friend's lane, going fast apparently. So my friend is looking for a lawyer. I think that he should. The guy is obviously wrong and my friend is pretty bruised up. My friend had two other passengers with him too. Apparently, the punk's daddy is some big CEO of some HUGE importing company in the City. Oh well.

I finally got insurance on the pathfinder. It costs me nothing! YAY! Things that cost nothing are always good. It because me and Marc live together and I have a clean driving record. So now, I can drive without worries!

So this morning started off just wonderfully. Since I don't drive everyday, i don't have a parking pass. So I park in those Imperial Parking lots where it costs $6 a day (all because it's downtown). So I got to the parking lot on time (I have my timing down pat!), parked, got out of the car to purchase my tickets for the day. Pulled out my loonies and discover that the STUPID slot thing is BROKEN. I was vexed. So I looked around for another machine. And there it was. It was on the OTHER side of parking lot. A good 3 minute walk. I'm thinking, great, my Acting Supe is really going to get on my case (she's been watching me. I was pretty late yesterday, and I didn't really start doing work until about noon! Hey, it's not like I"m busy!). So I try and run across this really ICY parking lot, nearly falling and breaking my neck, which was nice. I bought the ticket, ran back to my car, got the vital info like my license plate and the parking lot number....I'm walking at a brisk pace now. I go to cross the MARKED crosswalk where there are cars stopped for me. And then this ACURA comes barrelling around all these STOPPED cars and tries to go around them, nearly hitting me because he's so preoccupied with going around these cars. Being in the pissed off mood I am, I put a fairly nice dent into his car and gave him an earful. Then I felt a lot more relaxed. Funny how things like that happen this way. And now, i'm alright. I'm not going to kill anyone. Today, at least.

I have this girlfriend who likes to complain about how her and her new boy toy don't get to spend too much time together because of the shifts that he works. First of all, I don't like him because we totally got off on the wrong foot. He's treating me like a freaking slave, so I kicked him out of my house. He's got a baby in Jamaica, where he is from. And he doesn't make enough to take care of my girl and I'll be damned if I'm going to let my girl take care of him. So on average, every week, they spend about 10 hours (minutes here and there) together. Except for, she's been picking fights with him...which really is the first sign that you want to break up with him. He treats my girl like she's a taxi service for the him and the girl that he's living with! And here's the kicker, she cheated on him this past weekend. Yeah. When someone cheats, there is something FUNDAMENTALLY wrong with the relationship! And plus, she's basically ruined her relationship with her parents because of this deadbeat jerk. And she was close with them. Yeah, I know that the choice was ultimately hers...but he's playing her so bad. He makes her pay for everything. He doesn't offer crap because I guess that this is the way that they do it in Jamaica? I don't know. But it's come down to, she's giving him two weeks to show that she means something to him or else he'll be kicked to the curb. HAPPINESS! Because i know that he won't. He's used to being treated like a KING back home, but this isn't how we do it here. And of course, we've had run ins. He thinks that I'm spoiled and a princess because of the way that Marc treats me. But I completely disagree. I do things for Marc too...So it's not like it's completely one sided. It's just that I"m not compelled to brag about what I've done for Marc more than I will about what Marc has done for me. Duh. But anyways, back to the moral of the story is that, even though me and my boy will be in the same town and live in the same place, I'll probably only see him once in a while because of his shifts. So she has nothing to complain about!!!! HA!

Valentine's day was alright. We went to this super swank restaurant in town...called Characters. I was not impressed by it. Though, I will admit that I am impressed by the way my sirloin was cooked. I asked for Medium rare and I got a delicious medium rare! It was wonderful. I honestly thought that i was in heaven. But I was kind of disappointed that I didn't get any flowers or anything like that. But he surprised me the next day. I went to go get my nails done and he hopped over to the Swarowski store and got me a pendant and matching earrings with my birthstone. I wanted it for my bday, but I guess that I got it early. So I had to go home and take it off my bday gift list. Hey, so what if I make a list of everything that I want for my bday? Geez, at least I'll be guaranteed what I want!

Yesterday was our anniversary. The little devil bought me a dozen gorgeous pink roses (my fav color...well, I like blue and black, but I don't think that they would've been appropriate). And he "made" dinner. Little Caesars pizza. At least he tried given the time constraints that he was under. But yeah. He's redeemed himself!

But yeah. My life in a small nutshell. I heard that my friend, sexyporky will be leaving this summer. This will be the last bday of mine that he will attend. Boo Hoo!!!!!! Sadness. Anyways, I gotta get back to work.

Nocturnal Delight

2005-01-21T20:48:35Z

I really admire those who can keep a long distance relationship together. I really do. I can't seem to do that. Not that I'm really in one, though sometimes, it feels like it. I'm so used to spending 24/7 with my guy that when he goes away on a job, I'm at a loss. I can't seem to adjust with coming home alone to an empty house, eating alone, grocery shopping alone, going to bed alone. It's different. He's been gone for about three weeks now. Hopefully, he'll get back end of next week. It seems like an eternity. I think that the two of us is feeling the strain. he's not sleeping well and calling me all of the time at work. I don't know.

So here's something funny. It's probably the most exciting thing that has happened to me in a long time. So a while ago, I discovered that I talked in my sleep. I kind of knew that I did, but I kind of just chalked it up to dreaming that I was talking. But one night, I fell asleep and Marc was up watching tv in bed. And apparently, I turned to him and said, "Don't worry baby, I'll save you." And then he asked what I was going to save him from and I mumbled something incomphrensible. So fine right? I've never done it again. So I guess that my affliction comes and goes at will. But now that I'm home alone...it's different. This morning, around 530 am...I woke up because I felt really uncomfortable. Like all of the sudden I was sleeping on a rough surface, which I was. Now, I'm wondering what the hell is going on? My bed is soft and fluffy (because of the bed sheets). So I get up and find I noticed a sound that I KNOW was not going on when I went to bed. The washing machine was on. I got off the bed and lifted the sheets. Apparently, sometime during the night, I took the bedsheets off and washed them. not only the bedsheets, but the mattress protector (not a pee sheet, it makes the mattress even fluffier!). But that's fine...at first, being the drama queen that I am, I didn't think that it was me who did it. I thought that someone broke into my house and did my laundry! I'm serious. I was still soooooo groggy! But then I noticed that the stupid motherF**ker didn't do the laundry in the hamper! Then it dawned on me. That motherf**ker is me! Strange isn't it? I serious didn't know what happened. I think that I need to get help. And I sure wasn't dreaming about doing laundry. I was dreaming about walking somewhere.

So I've finally decided to go to Hong Kong for about 12 days this november. it's the only time that I'm almost guaranteed time off and same with my boy. we were planning on going to Japan on a tour or something like that, but we decided against it because a tour for the both of us would've been kind of pricey. So we're going to Hong Kong Disneyland (hopefully it'll be open). It's supposed to the be most affordable disneyland in the world. We plan to stay there for about three days and then move on to Hong Kong where we'll stay with my aunts and uncle. M wants to get a hotel room, but I don't think that we should be wasting money if we don't have to! So even though it's so far off, I'm still excited. It'll be our first overseas trip together. We've been to Seattle and places like that, but it's weird, we both left at different times and were never on the same flight. So I guess that this would be our first official trip. Anyways, it's time for me to leave. I'm leaving early today. Nothing to do really.

Decade of Dance

2004-12-23T20:09:49Z

Okay, so, whenever I need to research, I usually head straight to the internet. Not that all sites are reliable, but it's better than nothing.....Anyways, me and Marc plan to go to Japan next year and to stop off in Hong Kong. Where do I even start?? I want to tour Japan and since I have relatives in Hong Kong, we can stay at their house...so that's no problem. But I don't know where to even begin!!!! I usually just to go Expedia and places like that...but that's only when I need say, hotels or plane tickets...because I usually buy tickets from there...but now I need a tour because I'm not nearly as adventurous to explore Japan by myself yet. HELP!!!

Yet Another Day.....

2004-12-17T21:08:34Z

Once again, I have left a HUGE gap between journal entries. It's not like I've been busy or anything. I know that I've said over and over again how great my job is (except for when I actually have to work)...but let me break it down for you again...because I've just discovered some new things about my position....It's not like I"m high up or nothing, but I'm due for a promotion (which comes with an increase in salary! YAY!!! More money!!!! Maybe I can finally afford my beamer....and pay off the mortgage a little faster!!!) coming January. Yeah, it takes me from a level 2 to a level 3....which means I have one more level to go. Nice.....not bad for working here for six months. I must've impressed them. Real government worker material I guess! It increases my perks too. Not in the way of vacation or nothing, but now, I'm eligible to go on to what is called a flex work week. Which means that I work slightly longer days and I get every (I choose) second Wednesday off. And I don't even have to work an hour longer each day either. It's like 45 minutes or something. So it might increase my work week to 40 hours a week. Because right now, it's under that, but yet I have fulltime benefits and stuff. I get two weeks vaca, 16 personal days, 1 moving day, 16 sick days. Of course if I don't take my personal days (we'll call all of them personal days), I get paid out for those day. Not at a regular rate, but just slightly lower. I get a meal allowance (even though I don't entertain) and a expense account (which I do use...I had one before, but there was a limit to how much and what I could claim...now it's upped). I have a health and personal wellness account (only $350) which I can spend on almost anything. Gym memberships, electronics....And oh, did I mention that I made snowcones today? Yeah, I got a snowcone maker for the new place from a coworker. It's for me and Marc, but I decided that since I"m the boss of him, I should open it. And when I did, I had to use it immediately and I've been making snowcones all day. People just walk by and ask for some. Where, you're probably asking, did I get the ice? Well, we have a kitchen and fridge with a dozen ice trays there so, i just use those. It's great.

So I start my vacation as of 430 today. I can't wait. I need a rest. From making snowcones! HAHAHAHAHAHA! I"m glad for it actually. I has been hectic for a while there. It was stressing me out because once again, I was having trouble with my assistant. She will be the end of me. But whatever, we get along and she does what I ask her (though, grudgingly). I don't plan much. We are having Xmas dinner at our place and Xmas eve dinner at marc's sis's place. I plan to learn how to make sushi during my vacation so I make it at home and not have to pay $$$$ to eat not so great sushi or pay $$$$$$$$$$$$$ to eat good sushi. This way, I have no one to blame but myself. I plan to do a lot of things around the house. I need to apply for a passport. I plan to get away for my birthday because with my carry over holidays and flex day, I get nearly a week and a half off around my birthday time. Plus, we plan to go to Japan and Hong Kong in November or so....after Hong Kong Disney has opened up! YAY!!!!! Otherwise, I plan to take things easy at home and get all my energy back....Yes, I do work. Like I've said before (but even my friends have a hard time believing this), but when I work, I really work. My days are long (relatively), but when I'm slow, I"m slow. See, I'm not a slacker all of the time!

I can't believe it, it's not even two yet. Oh yeah, people who know me will not believe this, but I've taken up crocheting. Yes...like knitting but with one needle. I started maybe at the end of November and already I've made four scarves, and now I'm working on a HUGE blanket. I was planning on making Marc a toque, but the coworker that was helping me...got the wrong instructions for them, so hence, I'm making the blanket. It's coming along. It's going to a hodge podge of colors because I"m using leftovers from the other scarves. But it's for me and the wool is super warm! Yeah, becoming a real little housewifey. Or that's what my coworkers say because I bake something new for them every week. I don't know, this is fun. I finally have my own kitchen and everything. It's great. But yeah. I think that it's time for me stop.

I'm Really Paper Pushing!

2004-11-26T20:06:38Z

Yeah, I can't believe it. I'm really paper pushing. Just pushing a bunch of papers around, trying to look like I'm busy. My deadlines are passed and as I wait for the interest rates to be updated in our system, I have nothing to do but special projects. Which, btw, are half done. One is fully completed and the other one, I can't do without the interest rates in place. So instead of asking for more work, I'm pushing the many (blank) papers around like there's no tomorrow. I should've taken the afternoon off and just went shopping or something. This is ridiculous. My friends will never let me live this one down. They call me a slacker and paper pusher because I'm an accountant. But that's not fair! You don't hear me calling them Sexual deviants because they're computer geeks and the closest that they've ever gotten to any females is in their computer games! just joking. But yeah....Not good. I'm practically begging people to talk to me on MSN! But I gave that up a little while ago. Too boring. Everyone is at work or school.

Sad thing. I had to miss the Johan Gielen show. I heard that it was good! Damn!!!! But he'll come again. He comes about three times a year to Alberta. But John '00' Fleming is coming Jan 14th. So I have to see if Porky wants to go with me!!!!!! PLUUUUUUUUHHHHHHLLLLLEEEESSSSSSSEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

Saw Alexander. I liked it a lot. A lot of people gave it bad reviews, but I really liked it. A little long, but it was GOOD!!!! Can't wait for Blade to come out in, what? Two weeks? NIceee...... And then Ocean's Twelve! Looking good!

Settling into the new place quite nicely. There's always things to get done, but the majority of it is DONE! We just have to put up the front entrance table/shelf thingy. We've also waiting for our coffee table to come in. It's ordered. Another couple more weeks? At least our kitchen chairs are in. They were supposed to be in a while ago. Just in time too, because we are having some people over for a dinner party. We've actually got a lot of room for the two of us. They should've made the closets a little bigger though. That would've been nice. But yeah, nothing much is happening right now. As you can tell....especially when I resort to talking about other ppl's sex lives.