Sunday, July 30, 2006
Ladies and gentlemen, guard your wallets
And I now think....Im slightly ok with it and iv come to terms with the whole situation.
In other news
The fringe festival is coming the fringe festival is coming!
nuh nuh nuh *does a dance*
Im going again and again and again and again.
This is my favorite time of year. the most intresting people crawl out of there homes and all gather on the most intresting street in town.
You look around and say " what the crap is that guy doing" But that thing hes doing that would normally would freak you out if you saw it, you now laugh. Because today its socially acceptable.
Anyone can set up anything they want wether it be playing a violin or a magic show.
People even have there own little kiosks
And the jewlerry they sell. OOOH the jewlery. Eccentric handmade bracelets and necklaces rock my face off and I dont know if I could ever leave them behind.
Although I always end up losing them or getting them stolen. This is what this event is all about. Stocking up on this sweeeeet sweeeeet crap.
Sidenote:
I FINALLY updated my photoblog, everyone ch-ch-check it out!
www.beautythroughtheviewfinder.blogspot.com
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Mr sun
I wish I had air conditioning but I heard that messes up your internal heating system or something and it makes you fatter because your body doesnt work to get your temperature down, something else does it for you or something.
I dont care. bunches of freezies glued onto my arms and face arent working anymore
Anywho as you can tell theres no real point to this except for whats coming next.
Its a song/poem by Bradley Hathaway called the hug poem. And it showed up on random on my playlist right at the perfect time.
I read about how you touched them and they were healed
Or even if someone just touched your cloak they were forever changed
You let a broken women bathe your feet in her tears
And you washed your best friend’s feet
I am just wondering though did you just ever hug people
I mean I know that it is a silly question and all I am sure you would have why wouldn’t you
But its one of those things that was never mentioned that got me thinking about it
And how whenever there was a touch from you sins were forgiven and sickness fell
I think I’m caught up in my sins last time I checked all my body parts were properly working, nothing special here
I am just a kid with a heavy heart these passing sunrises and sunsets
I don’t think our encounter would have ended up in the gospels or anything
Because all I really need is a hug
That is ok for me to imagine right
That’s not going to be conflicting with any sort of theology is it
Ok good, then hug me
But not one of these side ways one arm around the neck type hugs
Or the ghetto right hand clasp fists elbows to chest pit pat on the back back
Or you put your right arm over my right arm and I put my left arm over your left arm and we make this weird sort of diagonal thing
Nah none of those
BEAR HUG ME MAN
Take your old school carpenter arms and throw them over my upper body leaving my arms dangling underneath yours somewhere and I can barely move them because your squeezing so hard
But don’t pick me up and make my back pop because I hate it when people do that
And hold me, hold me here in your arms until I start to cry because
I WANT TO CRY
But I just can’t seem to do it on my own
I have been teary eyed once recently but not even enough for a drip down my cheek
Theres just hurt in my soul that needs to be purged so hold me in this hold pose until the pain is flowing from my eyes and nose
Saturday, July 22, 2006
I find a fatal flaw in the logic of love
Australia seems farther away then ever. 5 months may as well be 5 decades at the rate im going.
I'm looking in on the good life i might be doomed never to find
Because it was nothing like we ever dreamt, our lust for life had gone away...
This last month has left me feeling like a big massive mound of crap and wondering why I ever wanted to graduate. Im so sorry to everyone who said "Treasure this time, Highschool is the best years of your life" and then I laughed after they said it and totally didnt belive them, I didnt think it could possibly get worse than highschool. It did.
And now Im thinking it cant possibly get worse than THIS , but it will. man, i dont even have to pay rent and support kids and im complaining.
Shut up steph. Stop complaining.
Anyways. to the main point of this post.
You know how when you were a kid and all you wanted to do all day every day is be outside? You had dirt that was caked on to your feet and that 1 inch mass was considered your shoes because when your a kid its ok to be stinky and dirty, your feet were immune to cuts from being outside so long anyways.
You remember the fight you would put up when your mom even suggested coming inside?
What ever happend to those kind of kids? I work at a summer program and all the kids want to do is stay inside. If you mention going outside they put up such a fuss you practically have to drag them outside. And after 5 minutes of being outside they pull on your shirt and go " Im hot and thirsty, Im going inside"
the age of when kids start acting like teenagers is loweing at a very suprising and upsetting rate.
Where have all the children gone?
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Someday you will be loved
Heres the haps in my life
Just graduated, huzzah. Totally doesnt feel like 2 week since our grad....weird. It feels like 2 months
How Im feeling since then? Two words for you guys. Burnt...Out
I go from no job to 2 jobs working everyday, my only day off since july 3rd was this last sunday and I wont get another one until who knows when. maybe not until the end of the summer because im on call every sunday.Yippie, Not that I dont like my jobs, its just alot to juggle.
on top of that ( im not complaining about this this is TOTALLY 100% my fault ) I have been hanging out with the most unlikely group for the past week and a couple days until 2 am every night.
Whos this unlikely group you ask?
Me, Alyssa Pigglen, Brennan, Kendall, Cody, Kurtis, Nick, Alex Bolan, and the new kid
Oh thats right. We have a new kid. His names brandon and he likes hockey, thats about all I know about him because hes really quiet. Hes going into grade 12 though.
mmmm yep if my memory is serving me correctly thats about all thats new with me....Im boring.
Friday, June 30, 2006
Grad ramblings
But the banquet. ceremonies and after after rocked my face off.
Everyone was so nice to each other this whole week so it sucks that im going to have to leave them all and not be able to see them again. Honestly. that really makes me sad.
The banquet went well considering me and bryan were the MCs and they totally switched the order on us and didnt tell us. that rocked. but apparantly we pulled it off well.
Mr B didnt talk about dragon flies this time so that was cool
The ceremonies seemed pretty short for our class size, our history and prophecy rocked ( Ill put mine up here later. i dont have my memory book with me so i forget some of it ) and everyone seemed to have a good time.
it was so good seeing people you havent seen in forever, if any of you read this thank you SOO much for coming out, it means alot, seriosly. ( even the ones I see often )
The after after grad was suprisingly one of my highlights because nothing got out of hand , nobody started anything, I met a whole bunch of people and there wasnt much peer pressure.
Although I dont think iv ever gotten that many hugs in my life from people I dont know and from people who I didnt think ever would. But thats what you get mixing grad with alchahol.
Im very glad I went and even glad I stayed the whole night ( because my ride left without me )
Man im gonna miss some of those people.
Stink...
( ill put up photos when my laptop comes, this computer stinks )
Thursday, June 22, 2006
I'll name him crazy talk
He struck up a very odd conversation which was harmless enough so the least I could do was listen to the poor guy and add in a few " oh yah " s.
He first pointed towards the construction machines and he says " Those are from the GOVERMENT arent they?"
He continued with " you see all this dust blowing around? they need to clean up eh? they need to clean up these weeds eh, those wont do any good there eh. you see that dirt in the corner there? how are they gonna get that out eh??"
He then proceeded to talk about soil erosion and how he learned it in school and then started pointing at his eyepatch and explained how dust is blowing everywhere and bugs can fly into your eyes .
He bid me farewell at the corner as I walked across the cross walk and reminded me that mice were gross. He seemed satisfied at the information he presented me with and he was on his way.
He was an intresting man, although a little bit strange.
It was kind of sad to see but Im sure he hasn't talked to someone for a long time and meant no harm to anyone, he just needed to tell someone a story, so I thought Id humor him and pretended to be interested in his paranoid antics for that short walk to the crosswalk while most people just ignored him or told him off.
Thats my story about the kind of man most people dont have time for. I personally found him interesting/funny and a different start to my day.
Sunday, June 18, 2006
I am the (wo)man!
I rock!
Im forsurly leaving all you suckers to rot here in dalmeny!
....Aw that wasn't nice. Well...Im leaving all you while you have to STAY in dalmeny.
Better?
The point is im leaving. Forsure. And that makes me more happy then words can describe
I only have 2 more days of highschool life left....Better make the most of it and not do my homework for old times sake.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Im sorry, its my first day.
Im hoping its just a case of the "first day of work blues" but...I dont see the glamorous photography studio fantasy being unfurled before my eyes like I was expecting. (well not really "expecting" but you know what i mean )
Instead its kind of a crappy fantasy knock off with an evil perfectionist overlord and really mean servants (with the exception of one).
But thats alright...its my first day right?.....right!?
Bah, responsibilities are for the weak. Im going back to kindergarten.
So long suckas!
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Do you remember what it was like to dream, before you were 17?
But this isn't what I intended on blogging about. PSYCHE!
I feel very....inspired today. Too bad its 10:30 and I cant really do anything about it.
For some reason the rain effected me in a positive way today, it injected creativity into my veins and I picked up my camera for the first time in a while and a wrote a bit.
Maybe because it was the good kind of rain instead of a muggy mist but this refreshing rain stopped just in time for me to go out and catch a beautiful sunset tonight. That was pretty cool.
Its getting closer to my graduation day by the minute and I don't think ill have an abundance of these nights left in me. Im going to be SO busy this summer and after summer Im going to be working/being a youth sponsor again so I wont have as much spare time to just bum around.
I think thats the only part of highschool im going to miss....ever
last thought of the night.
I was cleaning/re-ogranizing my room today and i was looking around and if you ever want to find out what im all about or who I am. Look in there. Theres little peices of me everywhere ( not literally of course )
I like it better cleaned up other than in a mess.
Thats one thing about me my room doesn't reflect though.
Im a mess,... I guess.
Sorry about the lame post guys. I felt like writing something and it came out as ...written diahrea.
Friday, June 09, 2006
Gruff Rhys & Bright Eyes
I can die tomorrow and I wouldn't even care. my life has been completed!
Except for a few minor flaws, Tonight was overall perfect.
The whole night was packed with genius is all I can say.
Gruff Rhys amazed/surprised the heck out of me. He was halarious and that guy is the definition of creativity and only a live show will ever do him justice. I almost was peeing myself the whole time and thinking "how the crap is he doing that?" and "why is there a plastic bird on the stage?"
And Bright eyes. Well. Im still in awe they even came here. As I was looking up watching conor do his thing ( with alot of spit flying everywhere but thats ok ) with overflowing intensity. I was like....nope. Cant be happening, they wouldnt come to saskatoon. Why would they come to saskatoon?
But they were....and im glad.
Although they didnt play some of the songs I was hoping for ( aside from first day of my life and lover I dont have to love ) It was pretty good. I like it when bands play old stuff most people arent familiar with.
The whole band played with such intensity it was insane. The lyrics are perfect and I Loved every second of it
quote of the night said by Conor Oberst.
" this song is written about being put somewhere you dont belong.....like flamingos....in the west edmonton mall.........or a pirate ship.....in the west edmonton mall.....or me .....walking around in the west edmonton mall"
I have succeeded in seeing two of my favorite bands in two months....I do declare that I win.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Sometimes....
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Quest for a porcupine...day 1
One day. I walked outside and looked under the deck...there was big mounds of dirt and a hole. My first thought was. haha...bears stupid(my dog). Because he likes to lie in cool ground so I assumed it was him.
Fast forward a couple days...I find a bunch of porcupine quills in bear. and I think it was just from me and him walking on the railroad tracks when he was rolling around in the ditch. But the last few days we are finding more. Unless hes escaping to the railroad tracks everyday...it must be coming from somewhere close.
So the thought comes to me....wait a minute...porcupines live in holes....So me and brennan went to the backyard tonight to investigate, the hole definatly couldnt have been dug by bear because it goes like...under a lawn mower. But since porcupines are noctournal we figured me must be out and about doing his porcupine thing and he was nowhere to be seen.
Our adventure continues tomorow when hes fast asleep...perhaps.
I think I might be growing attached to him....if hes even there....if we discover him and isnt killed by brennan...I think I might have to name him..
Which makes me think...if there is...what the crap are we supposed to do to keep it from hurting our dog? Minus killing it...because i dont want to.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Im a workin girl now!
Our whole class ( minus adam and mark ) skipped today and went to Rickies all day grill and to the dollarama just to mess around. we came back and watched a movie at thomas's and baked cookies
But I come home expecting to get yelled at because the teachers called everyone and I got in trouble anyways. but instead i come home to call from the police dept. and im like...uhoh. But then I realize its them calling saying I got the job i applied for!!!
I am now offically the assistant summer program coordinator here in town and I start July 4th!
Huzaah!!
Monday, May 22, 2006
Worst...idea....ever
Hey! maybe ill go for a walk down the railroad tracks in this +30 weather. That should be fun!
.......it wasnt...im hot...and sticky...and muddy from chasing my dog into a puddle because he wouldnt get out of it.
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
A challenge from a dreamer
Seriosly, Its facinating seeing the dreams you have come true and be accomplished in such a short time.
Never stop dreaming
Friday, May 12, 2006
i'm a creature and these are my THREE hot friends (including the man with his leg up on the water fountain)
So, as the title says. these pictures of my hot friends will summarize the events of my night....kind of.. Not really. but there fun anyways
normally Id post this excellence in my photoblog...but i signed onto this one instead by accident
Anyways..Meet Carrie Sawatzky.
This is not her first time modelling for me ( search through the archives and youll see some pretty nasty pictures of her....I mean....no...no thats what i meant)
She likes rain dances and men with long flowing hair
This is Jess Roberts. This IS in fact the first time she has graced the presence of my camera in an artistic form. A natural? You tell me
Two words to sum her up would be. Piano Pop
she is intrested in hot men from resturants ( specifically chiantis ) and little boys (specifically regan )
If your either one of those. Hit me up for her number. Shes totally single

Here is some of my creations with these two sexys


Oh yes...the REAL star in this picture is the guy in the background. he was the main focus initially hence carries expression.
hot.
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
I wouldnt call it church. the way these spirits work
I found out the way I deal with tradgedy this weekend.
Alot different than most people I know.
You see, it's 3 days later. And I dont even care. Its over. Were fine. Im praising the Lord for my life.
Im ready to move on but it just confuses me how people clutch onto this situation and dwell on it.
I mean, it impacted me and it affected my way of life. But im not going back to the crash site and be staring at the pictures for hours. Pondering about what COULD have happend
My philosphy is if you focus on the "what if" your going to be a lot worse off than if you focus on the "what did"
Were going to visit the bus driver today after school in the hospital.
They confirmed he had a heart attack. I think it will be interesting, Im looking forward to it.
Me personally have no resentment towards him at all, Even when it happend. I dont think its fair to put something like that on someone when you think of how bad they must feel already.
But moving on since you guys are probably sick and tired of hearing about this.
Its raining again today. Im not as happy as when its sunny out. But its a nice kind of rain today.
I look out the window and everythings green and pretty. I think im going out to take pictures today ( my camera is safe and sound and deisle free! huzzah! ) Today is inspiring
P.S. I got my bright eyes ticket yesterday!!!!!!!!!
And if anyone can think of a company name for a photography thing, Its more so for copyright purposes but anything thats catchy would do.
Saturday, May 06, 2006
One heck of a wake-up call
My head hurts and i ache. But God is SOOOOOOOOOOO good I cannot stress that enough to you.
If this is not a miracle I dont know what is.
You wanted your proof of an existance of God...well here you have it
Taken from Global Saskatoon
BORDEN, Sask. -- Three people are in hospital after a charter bus carrying 52 passengers slammed into a bridge abutment in central Saskatchewan.
RCMP say the bus left the westbound lane of Highway 16, crossed the ditch and crashed into the Borden Bridge, about 50 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon, but did not roll or flip.
Sgt. Brian Jones says the male bus driver and two passengers were sent to hospital in Saskatoon with undetermined injuries.
The remaining passengers were taken to the firehall in the nearby community of Langham to contact their families and make other travel arrangements.
Emergency crews had to contain some diesel fuel that spilled following the crash.
The name of the bus owner and the vehicle's final destination have not been released.
God is good. God is good.
And im not telling this story to be all " Oh man look what IV been through, im so much better than you "
Im sharing it because this was a moment in my life where im deciding to live my life in a different manor.
No more taking life for granted and saying the cliche " It will never happen to me. it only happens to people I dont know"
Well you are always a stranger to someone else. And anything can happen
Ack. One more time for good measure
God is GOOD
Monday, May 01, 2006
Mr.sun, Whats your problem?
"Oh dont worry about me, I get cranky when it rains"
Note to self: Dont move to the East Coast
Whats my problem? Im a horrible person.
But seriosly, You know those chocolate bars they call "fun size"? To me that's a blatant lie.
My philosophy of fun size is that bigger is better.
You give me a Mars bar that is 10 feet long, 4 feet high and 3 feet wide...THEN we're talking fun.
(why is it that I plan on a blog being short it ends up 3 times longer. Does that happen to anyone else or am I a mutant blogger of some sort)
Well for all of you who are the music savvy type
Look at this picture and tell me how many "bands" you see in it
Ie: Guns and roses...

Hmmm...its a little small....weeeellll...suck it up.
