| summer came |
[03 Jul 2008|02:17am] |
It has been a week of BBQs and lake swimming. so yeah...a really good week.
After i graduated i have lost all ability to recollect sequences of events and dates, oh well.
+ BBQs been to a few BBQs this week. and hey what more can i say about BBQs except food and beer?
proof of BBQ
( bee bee que )
+Madison Park Beach This is a beach on Lake Washington we decided to go swimming at. Me, Kyle, Little Eric and Aaron. First swim of the summer! It was lots of fun. Shock horror i lay in the sun, my poor skin got a teeny tiny sunburn. I ate orange creamsicles, read my new book The Sociopath Next Door, and cooled off in the water. Basically it was lots of fun until everyone's ex girlfriend showed up. ughh awkward.
( madison park beach )
+Green Lake Another beautiful day out. went down to Green Lake to go swimming with a bunch of people. It was lots of fun, i went off the high dive and had a swimming race even though i was dressed pretty inappropriately....bandeau bikini= bad for playing in the water. Totally lost my top a few times :( no worries i found it round my waist and nobody saw.
We went Kayaking! 5 of us decided we wanted to kayak. we rented three of them, two two seaters and one one seater. it was so much fun. there were pictures taken but unfortunately i dont have them :( maybe i will update with them if i ever get them. We kayaked to a little island on the lake that was full of geese and ducks and ducklings!
Afterwards, grilled cheese sandwiches and frozen yogurt! YUM
+Center for Wooden Boats After bugging him about it for awhile, Kyle and i finally went down to the Center for Wooden Boats, a little outdoor museum/marina i discovered on one of my walking adventures. Its basically this marina full of cute little wooden boats on display and they teach you some stuff about building wooden boats inside this small house in the middle of the marina, they also do rentals. But yeah the boats are the highlights...from small sailboats to big boats!
( one more )
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shout outs to p-chan for singing mariah carey with me all day.
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| Since moving to Seattle... |
[26 Jun 2008|12:21am] |
I have pretty much done shit all. Lack of a real life has left me bored, boredom left me depressed, depression makes me not want to do anything. Um but yeah, things are picking up, things are coming into place. I've been forcing myself to get off my butt and do stuff.
This Week I've signed up for GRE classes ($1200 later ewww) and I started classes this week. I have one or two modelling gigs lined up...nothing fancy. just playing around, getting back into modelling. I had a very casual photoshoot with my friend Alex yesterday. my last photoshoot was in late 2007 haha, i want to say im rusty. I stopped so i could concentrate on my last term of university. But now im back in the game! We went out for sushi with his assistant and then we headed out to Sandpoint and shot at an airplane hangar there. It was fun. Oh yes, we stopped for bubble tea on the way. Get this, Thai iced tea with bubbles! two awesome things.
Anyway i havent been updating regularly, so here's what i've done since i've moved here that sticks out in my mind:
+Cirque du Soleil's Corteo I think it was the week i moved here, i took kyle to see Corteo. This is one of the newer cirque du soleil productions. It's about a clown that dies and confronts his life. It was amazing. Same wonderful mysterious and whimsical setting Cirque du Soleil has always impressed me with. For those of you who don't know, i collect Cirque du Soleil experiences. My family collects Cirque experiences. First because they are amazing and totally worth it. Second, because we are French Canadian (gotta support your peeps!!!)
 +In a similar vein, that being the vein of paying ridiculous amounts of money for live entertainment, Kyle took me out this week to see Avenue Q, a broadway musical that has just started touring. It's basically Sesame street for adults, its really raunchy, dirty and downright hilarious. I laughed so hard. It was a really sweet date, before that kyle took me out to eat at the Queen City Grill, it was delicious. This was kinda like a week ago so i dont remember what i ate. but ummm, it was yummy. yay!
+Last weekend i went up to visit Vancouver for a few days. I stayed at kyla's home (thanks girl!) and took care of her stinky dog. Got lots done, ran alot of errands, saw some of my favourite people! Soma and i did some shopping and dinner. I got to use up my gift cards for The Keg.
On sunday, Kelsey and I checked out the car-free day on Commercial Drive. It was lots of fun. We went to Havana and got a patio seat. Drank a pitcher of sangria and ate yummy food and people watched. The weather was gorgeous, super hot and sunny. Afterwards we checked out some stores on the drive and then called it a day. For dinner that night i checked out a restaurant in Gastown called Chill Winston with Andrew, it was mediocre.
Well thats all i remember from that weekend for now so here are some pictures!
( more under the cut )
+This weekend, I saw The Hulk It was good, but not Iron Man good. On the weekend i did some things too but i dont really remember. Too tired. too frazzled. Oh oh oh, i also saw Get Smart. It was...not...good.
anyway this entry was way too long. i promise more regular updates!
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| Suzzallo Library at UW |
[25 Jun 2008|06:21pm] |
This is where I'm sitting right now
It's making me feel all scholarly and shit
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| This weekend at the movie theatre... |
[25 Jun 2008|01:36am] |
mixed flavours
when i went to the concession stand, the lady at the counter said:
"Excuse me, are you mixed flavours!?"
"Well yes actually, i'm half Chinese and half French-Canadian"
"Damn girl! I thought you was half white!"
....uhhh, actually i am half white.
haha highlight of my weekend.
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| Im turning into my father |
[13 Jun 2008|01:22pm] |
Yesterday i took a 2 hour walk to chinatown. It was really nice and it made me appreciate the city a bit more...that is until i walked into chinatown hahahhaa, it was kinda ghetto there...as is every chinatown in the world. But i had bulgogi (korean beef with rice) for dinner and then did a little shopping at Uwajimaya, this chain japanese supermarket (T&T= way better...this place did not meet all of my honger food needs).
 This rice scare is insane! i went to buy a sack of rice. Im picky, I NEED Golden Elephant thai jasmine rice. I wont settle for anything else. That being said, golden elephant rice is pretty damn common. well what do you know SOLD OUT. In fact, HALF the rice shelf was empty! the salesboy told me people had been freaking out and hoarding rice. fuckers.
Unfortunately, i forgot to bring my camera. I had walked through South Lake Union and Downtown and there were some pretty sights to see. Well, ill probably do this walk again so next time next time!
In regards to the title of this post. My dad is retired and he travels the world and lives out of his suitcase (its his life dream). He spends a few months in one place and just goes running, meditates and goes walking to take in the sights. He's a complete loner. Thats why he can handle it. most people would probably go insane doing that. So, i took a 2 hour walk yesterday, had an afternoon coffee and read the new york times alone, had dinner alone, everything alone. Not really my choice though, but i need to learn to enjoy my own company (outside of lounging at home lurking the internet and watching TV).
Tonight i am coming HOME to vancouver. i have a shit ton of stuff to take care of so i will be doing that. I will be seeing my dear friends. and eating delicious food. generally just spending money i dont have. yay!
xo
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| its gray outside |
[04 Jun 2008|03:57pm] |
give me a summer day, my bestest friends, and a sandy beach to lie down on.
i am so bored and so tired of moving. yesterday i dropped $1300 on a new mattress. and thats AFTER i talked $600 off the sale price. i keep telling myself my back will thank me for this later. and you know if mattresses last 10 years thats only really $120 a year, or 33 cents a day. not so bad, not so bad.
this week i have to go buy new furniture. and then new food, new kitchen appliances, new dishes, living products (you know toilet tissue and such), new bedding, new shower curtains, hangers, electronics. im burning a hole in my poor little wallet. poor little wallet, in the eye of the storm.
where the hell did summer go?
i need to relax.
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| It's official |
[01 Jun 2008|03:41pm] |
I havent been very open about this and it's been a long process but, I've now officially moved to Seattle
I have a cute little studio apartment in a building built in the 1920s located in the Eastlake neighbourhood. The moving process has definitely made me appreciate how awesome vancouver is and i will definitely come home lots and lots (in fact i will be back in 2 weeks). I'm excited to discover a whole new city though, i barely know anything about this town! It will be a nice change of scenery.
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| moving is more expensive than i thought |
[28 May 2008|01:47pm] |
today i paid $60 to have people come in and THROW my bed away
in the process of moving i have also completely destroyed 2 of my favourite pairs of Citizen jeans. thats like $500 down the drain. UGHHH
note to self: dont wear fancy pants when trying to drag heavy objects across the floor.
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| sigh |
[27 May 2008|12:11pm] |
i hate moving. hate hate hate hate hate it.
i hate moving so much i dont even really feel like posting about my weekend. but ill attempt it.
I spent the weekend in Seattle. Spent alot of time out drinking. I'm kinda tired of drinking, id rather stay home and be in good sober company. i've just been in one of those moods lately...as in the "i just want to relax" mood. and relax does not equal bored. i want nice dinners, picnics, long conversations, walks, limited company. im just tired. i wanna take it easy. chillllll
Anyway i still had fun from what i can remember...(memory is bad not because of alcohol but only because i have bad memory and i'm too lazy to strain to remember) rented alot of movies, lots of hang outs, met some really awesome new people...which is rare, got some time with my man.
Today i craigslisted my dining table, antique korean cabinet and couch, they all sold by 11am. i love craigslist. people still have to come pick up their shit though...i have their money but i woudl really like to get rid of my furniture before tomorrow night.
if you want free shit. i have some shelving, side tables, stereo system, microwave, a really old TV/VCR that nobody wants, some pots and pans. im sure theres more, you just have to come over and point at what you want. if you dont take them ill throw it out. i didnt advertise this anywhere but here
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| Updateeeee |
[21 May 2008|12:49am] |
 Sunday I GRADUATED and this was a pretty poopy day surprisingly. you know one of those days where one or two things completely destroy what wouldve otherwise been an amazing day? After i handed in my paper I went to Skoah and treated myself to a much deserved "power hour" facial. (i like how they call it the power hour and its only forty-five minutes what a scam!).
Seriously, if you ever move into a hole and do nothing but study for 4 months straight and let yourself go...YOU NEED THIS for when the torture ends. it made my skin 100x better.
Okay after that i went to Milestone's on English Bay and then to the beach with some of my dearest friends. It was nice. once again, douche bags were out to play since it was nice and sunny. sushi for dinner and then home! FINALLY GOT POWER BACK- TOOK A SHOWER
Monday residual grumpy. woke up with the notion that i must have something to do. got ready and then realised i graduated and i have nothing to do. so i sat around and then went to Phnom Penh with Soma for greasy deep fried garlic chicken wings and then shopping where i proceeded to order a leather jacket...its so beautiful its worth it i swear...by Mackage. I already have one of their leather jackets they are amazing. and you know with this freaky northwest weather im sure there will be a day this summer when i can wear it.
Tuesday Today! Got woken up at 7am to my room rattling and car alarms being set off. I was convinced it was an earthquake and spent the next hour googling it on my phone (it wasnt). when i finally went back to sleep i had earthquake nightmares (that shit scared me).
Had my tattoo appointment. Cant believe i decided to get an intricate tattoo on my RIBS on a whim...i guess if i had planned it it would have never happened. sometimes i think im smarter than this. Anyway, it HURT SO BADDDD!!! but
(sorry couldnt take a photo without part boobage. um and as you can see its still swollen, you can even see the tape marks on my boob...god i feel scandalous)
End result: gorgeous.
Dan Smith: awesome.
New life lesson: never tattoo ribs again.
feels like: having your lungs and heart smashed with a bat while somebody slices you up with a little needle. yay!
After that i had work. the little boy liquid pooed in his pants and it dripped down his leg and he jumped on the upholstery. yeahhhh. guess who had to clean it? yuck. and then i was tickling him he chomped down on me THREE TIMES (he bites when he gets excited)! more pain. not to mention constantly smacking my fresh tattoo. so painful, it still hurts :(
Now i really have to get onto this moving business, but i really havent been in the mood to do anything
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| and just when you thought things couldnt get any worse... |
[19 May 2008|01:26am] |
god decides to show you how its done.
but i am exhausted from being upset and nobody likes dealing with a depresso. so instead im going to post random things i've enjoyed today.
random little animals with broken limbs. i want to sign his cast!
amazing. i want to play human monopoly. this is in chicago by the way
more like epic fail
i wonder if i manage to get tattooed tomorrow will i throw up from the pain, have a seizure or pass out? im taking bets.
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| Coffee Shop Part Two |
[18 May 2008|01:25pm] |
So i left this place at 4am last night. not because i was done but because something supremely upsetting to me happened and i just couldnt concentrate anymore. It takes A LOT to make me angry and make me feel betrayed/disrespected/misunderstood so what do you know...im still in a shitty mood. All i can think of is whether or not i can be understanding. i turn it around in my mind again and again trying to be understanding and so far it hasnt worked. Is this pain really worth it? whatever enough being cryptic.
i am BACK at the coffee shop 9 hours later after getting NO sleep whatsoever (insomnia + being upset = no sleep). I finished my paper at home this morning. All 46 pages of it. So i guess im completely done with my Bachelor's degree now. I have officially graduated from university. Strange. I don't really feel any relief. Everything still sucks.
The power on my block is STILL out. its been almost 24 hours now. I completely underestimated my inability to live without electricity. I havent been able to wash my hair. I havent been able to take a shower because the water is ICE COLD.
Today i compensated by wiping my entire body down with WET WIPES.
Holy shit.
I booked a facial that i cant afford for this afternoon. Watch it ruin my skin. I think i will attempt to book a tattoo appointment i cant afford for tomorrow...it will be on my ribs, im fucking terrified. I am so bad with pain.
Dear life, stop letting me down.
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| what the fuck |
[17 May 2008|09:37pm] |
this afternoon, the day before my final university paper (EVER) is due, a large explosion happens and all the power on my block gets knocked out. Mind you, i need the internet to do my paper and my computer is slowly running out of batteries.
Also was supposed to go to a show tonight...not really sure what happened with that
but now ive walked to the coffee shop, its too hot inside so im sitting outside in the dim light, i have power here, i have internet. this is better than sitting in the dark at home. im probably gonna be here til some atrocious hour of the morning (thank you 24 hour coffee shop with free wi fi, i would be doomed without you)
Im in a ridiculously bad mood.
33 pages down, god knows how many to go...im guessing 7.
and then i have to do the formatting... ughhhh, APA i hate you.
old eastern european man who is complaining out loud next to me right now i hate you.
oh yeah...and why is it that whenever the weather gets awesome all the douche bags of the world come out to play? Ive had people singing soccer songs out loud all afternoon, rapping along to bad hip hop out loud, screaming obnoxiously, gossiping, pumping their stereos, seriously.... just cuz its nice out doesnt mean you can let loose and make a scene. Also there was a guy upstairs who was saying the dumbest hick shit and his voice sounded like Ray Romano's brother in Everybody Loves Raymond except louder and more Canadian. STOP IT! let me work in peace!
ugh, okay. concentrate.
i think i might get tattooed on a whim on monday... you know reward the end of pain by paying for more pain.
PS.
If Kyle had done this when he met me the first time, he wouldve had me at "hello"
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[15 May 2008|01:57am] |
Thank you everyone for all the kind words, i really appreciate it
<3 <3 <3
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| Pookie :( |
[13 May 2008|06:43pm] |
I had to put Pookie down today.
( story )
Pookie lived a super long life. 2 years. That's very long in dwarf hamster years. I love him so much though and im so bummed out. I know alot of people dont get it but just try to imagine if your dog died. It makes no difference i love him just as much as someone would love their dog.
Oh well, life.
I miss you little bear
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| hamster with a broken leg |
[12 May 2008|04:25pm] |
this just made me laugh so hard
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| Pookie= trooper |
[10 May 2008|11:41pm] |
Pookie is sick. his butt is bleeding again (hamster wet tail, its a really dangerous infection that hamsters can get...pookie had it about one year ago but was cured after 2 weeks of antibiotics). I've booked for him to go to the vet on monday morning but for now he is just being a sick little nugget at home.
he's stopped bleeding so that's good.
I've noticed his fur is thinning on the back of his neck, he's about 2 years old now he's a super super old man! awww!
Also, this is really sweet. when he was bleeding i put a little piece of toilet paper in one of his beds (he has two that he uses, i didnt make them, he built them out of his pine shavings) so that he could have a little more softness on his bum bum...and now, he moves the little piece of toilet paper to whichever bed he decides to sleep in. its so cute! ahh!
i love my hamster way more than what might be considered a normal level of love for a hamster.
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| you're a needy girl |
[10 May 2008|07:06pm] |
i can tell when i look in your big brown eyes!
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| hallo |
[05 May 2008|05:02pm] |
im in seattle right now, trying to study hard and put my paper together but for some reason i cant concentrate. here's a tiny update...
1) i got my hair cut!
2) in my boredom and inability to study last night i doodled a little
3) i've been eating a lot of gummi bears lately
4) last time i checked, pookie is alive and well
except i left him at home and the landlord decided to show my apartment and technically im not supposed to have pets...im scared for pookie's life :(
bored. i wish i had friends in this city.
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| eeee!!! |
[29 Apr 2008|12:22am] |
omg
cute overload
hai kelsey
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