2007 in a nutshell

JAN / 07
01 - not without coups. not without coups baby. my msn only works if i say fuck in my sentence.
02 - i am in love with him.
04 - i am without wisdom. i am swell. it won't stop bleeding. and i love Entourage.
05 - day one of my 12-day plan. i love Entourage.
09 - screw the 12-day plan. the earth is a mess and so are the people living in it.
10 - MY TEXT MESSAGING WORKS. wow i miss you.
12 - i'm sucha computer nerd.
13 - YES. i got permission from Jamie to steal her dirty laundry.
18 - biology studying? exceptionally well. biology final exam? exceptionally well. course change? Mr F for french YESSS
19 - listening does not mean agreeing.
21 - why yes, i am quite cynical when it comes to love.
22 - might as well call me Chandler and maybe i want to be immature. oh yeah, the math test..
24 - i just pulled out 30 eyelashes. that can't be good. there are some really beautiful people in this world.
25 - happy birthday to me. first person i talked to on this day? William Wynnyk. i am doomed.
26 - i definitely feel the Holy Spirit. do you?
27 - DAMN it's a good feeling knowing you're over someone. that shit was stupid.
29 - i think i have a Fever. HAHA wow i'm mildly lame..

FEB / 07
01 - semester two begins. this time, i'll have different motives and strategies. ones that lead to success.. possibly.
02 - "i'll show you mine if you show me yours first. let's compare scars, i'll tell you whose is worse." WHY DO I SEE THIS EVERYWHERE
04 - i am so ill i want to die. i wish i had a huge comfy rolly computer chair with armrests. like the villians in those tv shows.
06 - says she got it all, says she got it all, says got it. i don't wanna be the one to tell her that she don't.
08 - i love Headlights. i'm feeling light-headed.
11 - *sigh* four hours later and he's the cutest thing on the face of this earth. and i'm not scared to admit it. + my myspace profile looks so sweet. i am pleased.
12 - YESSS i have a valentine !! and his name is Jordan
13 - what happened to being straight with people and telling them straight up instead of broadcasting things in a clever way on their pages. like fuck.
17 - i am amazing. i got me and Will tickets to see The Killers in May. WHOO
18 - being caught in the middle sucks. i'm starting to hate high school. drama should only be for television. i'm considering a job as a director or something in film.
21 - what happened to please and thank you's ? you know, they're those things called manners ?? or maybe even a simple sincere act of appreciation.
24 - maybe i'm on a roll. and maybe i like it. maybe i might even love it. and to The OC : always remembered means never forgotten; rest in fucking peace.
25 - maybe i'm missing the point entirely.
27 - it was cute. to say the least.
28 - last day of February. i watched ANTM. my favorite is definitely Jael. and Kathleen made me laugh. too bad she's gone.

MAR / 07
01 - ahhhh controversy =) i am proposing a toast at Julie and Mark's wedding when they decide to get married. i'm pretty excited.
02 - 15 hours of driver's education with Brittany!! WHOO!!!
03 - 15 hours of in class driver's ed finally fucking done. i swear contemplated suicide.
06 - i love Alyssa with possibly my entire heart. and tumbleweed as well
07 - i think a change in setting and atmosphere is definitely needed for me at this time. i'm so bored
08 - i can't breathe.
09 - season finale of Dancelife. OH NO
10 - i want to marry Mortal Kombat. and make babies with it.
12 - hold your math book and feel the vibrations.
13 - awesome work out today. i'm quite proud of myself. LOCKDOWN. at least .. i'll.. die.. happ.. y
15 - what a day i tell ya. what a day. my fingers fucking HURT
21 - y'know i'm pretty speechless right now
23 - why do movies get to me. i mean, WHO CRIES FOR THE LITTLE GIANTS. i re-arranged the decor in my bedroom again. there is something seriously wrong with me.
25 - i love Beverly and the person who lives in it. B<3
27 - I HAVE LONG HAIR. compliments of Breanne. it's snowing. and my mom washed the windows yesterday LOL
29 - you know it's couture if you can see nipples.
30 - Will Ferrell day.
31 - FUCK how depressing. so depressing. Sam Roberts is kind of attractive. i love when people smoke cigarettes in movies.

APR / 07
01 - 8 hours of television. yessss. HAPPY APRIL FOOLS.
02 - my heart hurts.
05 - long time. i miss Pablo with my whole heart.
07 - i saw 300 it was amazing amazing amazing and now i'm bored. i thin k it could be destructive.
08 - why is easter on a different day every year. i feel so restricted. i'll break it to him when he gets back i'm thinking. i'm still totally & completely confused.
10 - SNOW PATROL AND OK GO ARE FUCKING AWESOME
11 - why do i feel like the biggest idiot in the world. FUCK, that was so totally uncalled for.
12 - i love those Malteser commercials. SO CUTE
13 - it's Friday the 13th and all i can think of is "light up, light up". but not sung by Snow Patrol...
14 - happy crime anniversary. WHOO
18 - i think it's really funny how all his friends hate me LOL
20 - 4/20 !!! blaze
21 - i didn't know soap could run so fast.
26 - "you've got blackmail". PABLO called me last night! ahhh he makes me so happy.
27 - anxiety.... GOD i hate that lonely feeling. get friendly with a pipe.
28 - i'm liking this niche.
29 - there is a huge mother fucking mosquito in my room and i'm afraid it's going to suck me to death one of these days. why can't we have summer weather instead of summer PESTS.

MAY / 07
02 - "let's get some shoes"... walking in Zellers with Olga and Breanne. can't believe i said that. DAMN what is UP with the new techno/rave crazeeee?!
03 - starting over
04 - bomb threat! crazzzy. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BREANNA I LOVE YOU
07 - AHH we can't find Baby =(
11 - another bomb threat. and i lost my bus pass. when you're stuck on a roof you realize how much you take the ground for granted.
13 - i hate immature fags who play immature games and think they're real cool.
14 - i've never been so smitten before. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PABLO I LOVE YOU come back to edmonton i miss you =(
18 - third evacuation. this is crazy. Shrek 3 kinda sucks.
19 - get friendly with a pipe.
21 - i love Enrique Iglesias.
22 - fourth evacuation.
23 - THE KILLERS WITH BREANNA> BEST TIME OF MY LIFE, COULDNT ASK FOR A BETTER EVENING.
24 - my head weighs about 50 lbs., i can't speak. i hate being sick !
30 - i am painstakingly consistantly inconsistant. and mighty impulsive ! oh no!
31 - THIEF!

JUN / 07
01 - oh glorious sun, how i love Beverly Hills 90210. i need an 80 GB pod immediately or i may have a breakdown.
02 - two J's.
06 - i love where i'm at right now. i did the right thing a while back.
07 - what's resin? protein. plastic. ok so plastic or protein.
09 - my brother has pretty sweet friends. Oliver designed his own pipe. got into a bar with Rachelle's ID =) Kelsey has a sweet penthouse, Jeff has a sweet room. and he's cute.
13 - why are you all up in my koolaid when you dont even know my flava?
15 - i handed in my resume, ten minutes later got a call for an interview, went to the interview and got hired. all under an hour. where, you ask? SECOND CUP.
19 - done done done done done done done done done done done done done done YAY.
21 - i love my brother. i've worked 13.5 hours in the past 2 days. i won't see my brother 'til August 30 =(
22 - i want some eggos. it's 4 pm in London right now... a five dollar bill flew away at drive-thru, i forgot the lid on the blender twice, and i dealt with angry customers. i wish i was with my brother =(
23 - i'm listening to ABBA. and i'm loving it. i work with an Edward Norton look-a-like. heaven.
27 - i've been thinkin 'bout my doorbell, when you gonna ring it?

JUL / 07
03 - i'm back =)
05 - i love that. i've made someone feel better about their situation.
09 - blonde. haven't felt this way since i was 15.
13 - it's Friday. first paycheck yeah. almost 500 bucks !
15 - Mark Wahlberg should marry me.
21 - came back from Vancouver yesterday. rainy all week but fun nonetheless.
22 - i am currently a thousand-aire. because of this, i'm sure i will be taken advantage of soon.
23 - lemon detox here we go.
25 - it better fucking be uphill from here.
27 - day 5. oh god.
31 - a cousin was born today. his name's Adriano.

AUG / 07
04 - my dad is 60 today.
06 - most things i do are a result of complete procrastination.
09 - oh my goodness! i graduate next year. who on earth am i going to go to PROM with?!?!
10 - i just scheduled my first tanning session. i've given in to the pressures of the media.
11 - i have just discovered the meaning of life. his name is Neil Cicierega.
14 - i have a crush on a Jahova's Witness, i make coffee for a hustler and the Hills is through the roof dramatic.
15 - by the time September 1st rolls by, i will have worked 229.5 hours this summer. times that by 8 and you will see how rich i really am. not including tips, thank you very much.
20 - it's ironic how one's name was Fidel, and yet did not possess a morsel of fidelity within his being.
22 - SUPERBAD. Michael Cera is pretty cute.
24 - i'm ready for a total rearrange.
27 - a little getting used to... never hurt anyone.
28 - is it possible that i'm in love someone on the other side of this country?
29 - sometimes i think, that in the future, i will do something totally absolutely completely insane, out of character, out of this world crazy, that it will determine the rest of my life from that moment on.
30 - it hasn't really occurred to me until now,

SEP / 07
02 - i love my brother. best nerd dancer hands down.
03 - two different emotions found on opposite sides of the spectrum, sometimes i'm not sure which side is worse.
07 - i'm not sure anymore. that is, i'm not sure who.
10 - the french man asked my name and tipped me a dollar.
11 - "i am totally in it right now."
14 - we got high and drunk in a boat in the west end. special people were involved.
16 - the search for random always finds me the best, music that is.
18 - student driver no more!
19 - procrastination levels are at an all time high.
22 - i am an imperfectionist. that's what i learned from reading my sweater.
23 - hype machine = life saver.
24 - there was a bomb threat in Beverly Hills 90210 today. i can totally relate.
26 - saw Tyler at northgate again. i miss him.
27 - i'm so lovesick. and i have been for awhile. i think about him all the time =(
29 - my mom is the only person who e-mails me. i love her.

OCT / 07
01 - why do girls have to wear extra long extensions, and straighten them incredibly straight. it looks so fake.. what happened to the natural look ?
03 - club fit is my new best friend. it's just so easy.
05 - i almost died when Drew was drifting tonight.
09 - oh well what can you do. it was worth a try.
10 - i'm pretty sure, at this point in time, that in order to evolve in a positive direction, one must swallow their pride. apologies were due, and i sincerely meant them.
12 - only a matter of time before moving on makes a full circle and leaves you back at the beginning.
17 - i'm working on it. 30 all the way down to 18.
20 - Jim Sturgess <3
25 - happy right here.
31 - it's Halloween. i not only dressed, but i also acted as myself today. didn't even straighten my hair.

NOV / 07
03 - Fernando Pisani came through our drive thru today. and i took his order. OMG.
07 - a confidence booster.
08 - extreme measures are crucial right now. my future is at stake and i won't let it wash away like the many tears i cried tonight.
11 - planning doesn't help the execution of dreadful things, so i created the Fleeting Second Method... a hopeful mindset.
12 - Kenny Wormald makes me weak in the knees.
13 - who will be our modern day revolutionary?
18 - crystal beaches never turned me on.
19 - i'm so excited for Grad now.
20 - i was invisible today. motion censored doors wouldn't even open for me.
23 - People like myself should never be given the opportunity to analyze and figure out their feelings. Especially publicly.
26 - high school is a joke. and so are the people. i can't wait for it to be over.
29 - i didn't know butterflies came out in the winter time. but they did.

DEC / 07
01 - complication is my claim to fame.
02 - my brother is 22 today. my mother is 51. happy birthday!
05 - it'll happen. and when it does, i won't ever feel like this again.
06 - hot chocolate everyday.
07 - he was the nicest he's ever been. i felt like i had a true friend.
14 - hopefully on my own in a new setting, next year.
17 - lame lame lame. the only person i have emotional attachment to at this point is BB.
18 - i can't put the book down. i love you, Anthony Kiedis.
22 - emotional attachment, OH NO! lol
26 - i worked a lot on my children's book today. i really really really love AK. he's my favorite famous person right now.
27 - i finished Scar Tissue today.
30 - i started reading 'Che'.
31 - i didn't pass out this time! .. i'm talking about the blood test.

Aquarius - Wednesday December 26, 2007

Your intuition has probably been very strong of late, and you may have even had some very powerful dreams recently. You shouldn't be afraid to figure out where you'd like to go and then follow your intuition in the coming days to help you get there.

Christmas went well. i cannot use my phone as a conversation starter, that's for sure, because i got a new one that doesn't need a bobby pin antenna. i got the GOLD LG shine phone. yes, it's gold. most people think its hideous, i, for one, think it's incredible. reminds me of the 60s, pulp fiction era, old fashioned.. gold brick. very classy.

today me and Daniel went to Heather's empty condo to do some work. we used her scanner to scan my big sketches for my children's book. he showed me how to do different stuff on Adobe InDesign to edit my sketches. it's really sweet and i finished the basic edits. i still have to add color and play around with text and stuff. i can't wait.
after spending about three hours there, we went to Phobulous, a vietnamese restaurant. it was really good. then we came home and watched some tv, read a little bit, i worked some more on my portfolio while watching Good Will Hunting.

i think Breanne might sleep over tomorrow night. and we can finally watch American History X, i've been wanting her to see it for SO long because it's one of my favorites, but i want to see it with her so she's been waiting a while.

i'm not really sure what else to write. the best things come unexpectedly, so next time i have some sort of crazy idea, i'll write it in my GOLD LG shine cellphone notepad and save it =)

Breanne gave me my Christmas present today. i opened it at home and inside the box was a really really sweet cover for my iPod and a huge book on Che Guevara. once i'm done reading Scar Tissue, i'll start reading Che. i can't wait.

the best part of the present, however, was the card. it was a picture of us that was photoshopped so it didn't really look like us. on it, this is was typed:

"For the hidden depths of dusty parkades and the highest rooftops beside the sun,
For apple perfume and perpetual matching
For Brenda and Kelly, Steve and Brandon
And maybe a little for Dylan,
For memories and motives, and of course for Mortal Kombat:
The world is ours for the taking,
and only your mom will stop us!"

the hidden depths of dusty parkades refers to our smoking spot in the Kingsway parking lot
the highest rooftops beside the sun refers to the time we climbed onto the roof of her garage and sunbathed.. and later got stuck on the roof.
the apple perfume refers to the candy apple perfume we were introduced to at Sears.
the perpetual matching refers to our similarities. people have called us twins/sisters before.
the Brenda, Kelly, Steve, Brandon and Dylan refer to the characters on Beverly Hills 90210, a show she introduced to me, and a show we are equally obsessed with.
Mortal Kombat refers to our matches in the game on Sega.
and my mom in there refers to how strict she is.

to conclude, the poem is really good and very touching. i laughed and wanted to cry and i love her.

it's been ok.

i found a book that i am totally obsessed with. it's called Scar Tissue, story of the life of Anthony Kiedis. i've made a vow to myself that i will always have a book to read. i really miss reading, i used to do a lot of it. and my life just seems more complete when i can look forward to a good read.

i did more Christmas shopping these past weeks than i have in my whole life. i have been de-scrooged, in a way. not that i don't like Christmas (because it is by far my favorite holiday during my favorite season), but i used to be so commercial about it. the presents and all. my mom has taken away my presents and i didn't even care. i just love Christmas so much that it's not even about presents anymore. i love the excitement and anticipation. and the snow outside and the drive to my aunt's for Christmas dinner.

i was sitting on the bus one morning last week, reading Scar Tissue and listening to Red Hot Chili Peppers on random. i got to a part where Anthony Kiedis was feeling depressed in his car and he started writing a song right then. he wrote the lyrics and just as i started reading the lyrics (Under The Bridge), the song was on and as my brain interpreted the words on the page, it also interpreted the words i was hearing. it was a complete coincidence that gave me the biggest smile. i love Anthony Kiedis.

as for my current personal relationships. i can safely and confidently say that Breanne is my best friend. i haven't been able to call someone a best friend in awhile. i'm kind of walk through the hallways of my school as un-distinguished. i'm definitely not those out there type of people, i'm not cut out for that constant bubbliness of a life, and i don't really go out of my way for people. i just stick to my own, do my own stuff and move on. and i'm happy that Breanne and me have become as close as we have. i think it's important to have something like that for me. and she's not ditzy or shallow. she's definitely got a deep personality and she's into light-hearted fun. we're very similar and the differences we have only help by presenting other perspective's on things. we can be very philosophical sometimes and then we can be completely not.

for example, we were at Kingsway mall and i was buying my mom some vacuum bags at Sears. the lady working in the Vacuum department was ridiculously gorgeous.. here is the conversation that followed:

Christine- i don't understand when good looking people work in shitty places.
Breanne- maybe it's a part time job.. but she really is good looking.
Christine- yeah she really is. i don't think there's anything wrong with her.
Breanne- everyone has something wrong with them.. and if there isn't, they always find something.
Christine- i think she's perfect.
Breanne- i'll find something...
(after talking to her)
Breanne- her mouth.
Christine- her mouth? are you kidding me? whats wrong with it?
Breanne- it protrudes a little bit
Christine- i think it contributes to how gorgeous she is. if all her features were standardly beautiful, she wouldn't be that attractive.
Breanne- yeah i guess you're right. bitch.

i guess i have emotional attachment to Breanne. see, i was thinking about how if i get into ACAD next year and move to Calgary, it wouldn't be difficult because i don't really have any emotional attachment to anyone. and then i evaluated my friendship with Breanne, and it definitely is something i would miss.. she kinda grew on me and i didn't even realize it.

i spent $70 on her Christmas present... i don't think i've ever spent that much on a friend. but i guess that's what happens when you're employed haha..

as for men. i think it's important in a relationship with a guy that silence is comfortable. silence says a lot if you think about it. comfortable silences say that the two separate parties don't feel the need to entertain one another constantly. it has a bigger impact i think.
anyways.. there's always someone i think about more often than not, but like most of the time, it goes away in a few months, nothings ever permanent, it seems. it can be unfortunate.

but to look on the brighter side, it's Christmas eve eve in about two minutes!

Your heartbeat is pulsing at night in your chest
It's gold and it's glowing with all the life you have left
I received your words from hospitals where you felt alone
Your words like smoke, they made me sick but they kept me warm

Run where you'll be safe
Through the garden gates
To the shelter of magnolias

Your eyes are like sea glass, so weathered and worn
From all they've seen of adolescence torn
The lovers who have tainted you, they pulled you into the night
They touched your skin with velvet gloves and made you feel alive

Run where you'll be safe
Through the garden gates
To the shelter of magnolias
There's not much time
The blush in the sky begins to fade

You are weathered and worn
Your petals soft and torn
The fading color
You have bent your shoulders
To hold the weight of the world
You will surely shatter

Run where you'll be safe
Through the garden gates
To the shelter of magnolias
There's not much time
The blush in the sky begins to fade

"Ready for a role reversal in a relationship? You're about to realize the tides have changed."

I opened my eyes
While you were kissing me once more than once
And you looked as sincere as a dog
Just as sincere as a dog does,
When it's the food on your lips with which it's in love

I took off my glasses
While you were yelling at me once more than once
So as not to see you see me react
Should've put 'em, should've put 'em on again
So I could see you see me sincerely yelling back

Oh you silly stupid pastime of mine
You were always good for a rhyme
And from the first to all the last times, all the signs
Said 'Stop' - but we went on whole-hearted
It ended bad, but I love what we started

there are some things in this world that, even though you want to find flaws within, are purely joyful. they're those things, objects, people or moments that if even for a minute, seem incomprehensibly irreplacable.

He simply said i was pretty, said he'd always be there for me. She went shopping with me, we laughed, we watched television together and talked about the random things in this world that make it so unique yet beautiful.
sitting here, curled up on my couch with genetics worksheets on my lap, i cannot help but sing out loud the lyrics to all my favorite Coldplay songs. That is, precisely, when i realized those joyful moments in life. it may feel like the world is on my shoulders. it may feel like i have no escape, like i have a million things i should be doing. it may feel like my whole life is determined in this one short year but i sit nice and warm on my couch and sing. i sing loud so potential passerbys can hear these pure words and know that within those walls there is a girl who despite the wrongs in life, is experiencing bliss that nobody can take away from her.

it was then i realized how incredibly amazing Coldplay is. their melodies, and lyrics, the paino, drums, his voice, seem so unlike anything else in this world. who is so in touch with emotions and humans to be able to put such ridiculously powerful words together? if ones heart could talk, it would recite Coldplay lyrics.

some songs create an image in my mind of someplace or someone, and despite the bitter or resentful feelings that lay so close to my surface, i feel happy. the sadness is suddenly not so bad.

the songs spark emotion in me and whatever emotion it is, it's OK. it's been years and for words and harmonies to still give me a sense of self, of surroundings, of my heart, of my mind... it's something that cannot be expressed in words. it must be experienced.

Come on can’t I dream for one day
There’s nothing that can’t be done
But how long should it take somebody
Before they can be someone

I’ve lived through my share of misfortune
And I’ve worked in the blazing sun
But how long should it take somebody
Before they can be someone.

Because it’s dragging me down
I’d like to know about when
When does it all turn around

Cause I know there’s got to be another level
Somewhere closer to the other side
And I’m feeling like it’s now or never.
Can I break the spell of the typical.
The typical
I’m just the typical
Can I break the spell of the typical

i weighed myself this morning. i lost 5 pounds =D

we texted until 2 in the morning and he said the sweetest things that gave me butterflies. is that weird??
i've known him for over 3 years and we liked each other the summer before grade 9 and i kind of shut him down when i told him i liked someone else. our relationship was the never the same after that.. it's always on and off. i can never really trust him because he's played with my head in the past. a lot of the time he would just tell me mean things and i'd tell him to fuck off, only to be talking to him a few months later.

then i realized he's only telling me the truth and i didn't want to believe it so i told him to fuck off.

he's being really nice and i really like talking to him. he even said i was pretty.

i had my first personal conversation with God two nights ago.

he was there for me

i felt like i had two true friends today. and that's the best feeling in the world.

after school i went shopping with Breanne and bought myself a pair of dark brown boots, a pair of really nice jeans, and a dark purple paisley scarf *love*

then at 4 i went to work and so did Breanne. after work i went to her house until 11 and we just watched television and talked.

she's someone i truly love. when i'm with her, it's just like.. amazing. we always have so much to talk about and it's so much fun. she has all the best qualities a friend could ask for, and she is an awesome person to consult when having important text conversations.

which brings me to Brian. today he made me so happy.
do you ever get those moments when you feel like pond scum and then the right person says the right thing at that moment??
thats what Brian did, i was ridiculously sad, and he sent me a text right before i could have had a breakdown. we talked and i told him i was lonely, he said he was too.

this morning he asked me if i was still sad. he told me he would give me a hug and that me and him are tight friends. he said he'll always be there for me and i'll always be there for him. and then he told me if i ever need to talk i can call him.

i hadn't felt so happy in a very long time.

Domenico got kicked off!!! if i was Tila, which fortunately i am not, i would have kept him until the very end.

he was so cool and literally, ridiculously cute.

I was staring at the sky, just looking for a star
To pray on, or wish on, or something like that
I was having a sweet fix of a daydream of a boy
Whose reality I knew, was a hopeless to be had
But then the dove of hope began its downward slope
And I believed for a moment that my chances
Were approaching to be grabbed
But as it came down near, so did a weary tear
-i thought it was a bird, but it was just a paper bag

...i completely failed to be a best friend and i ruined something that some people wish they could have.
wouldn't it be nice if we could blame every problem we have on something out of our control? i need to take control of my situations, problems, difficulties, flaws etc. so i can fix them.

i've been by myself. it's odd. i came home today totally happy, telling myself that "i don't rely on anyone, and no one relies on me."
and then it hits me. i walk into my room and he had sent me a text message asking if i wanted to talk today.
hell yes i do. i want to talk to my best friend who lives on the other side of the country because i know he'll make me feel better.

one day i'll have that. it'll happen one day and i won't ever have to feel like this again.

i wish he still lived here so we could fall in love with each other.

my horoscope said "time to stop making excuses for someone. just because you want them to be a good person doesnt mean they are." this would have been completely accurate one year ago.

i'm not sure of myself. i really never was. i'm this alien to everyone. i've created this life in my mind, this world of pre-conceived notions about everyone. i think people are who i expect them to be, when they're really not. it makes me awkward and i can't have decent conversations because i make them this big intimidating person in my world.

he intimidates me. i can barely look at him in the face when i see him.. although i wish i could stare all day long. he doesn't know what he's missing, but he will.

i used to think better of him, and on some level i still do think the same of him, but it's like there's this force field or something. i turn red and feel like i may break into hives.

i could stare at him all day

he told me he wants to meet me again. i told him he will. and he said, "i know i will, and then i'll show you how i feel about you."

Montreal is so far away when you're as little and helpless as me.

it's me.

i am watching Jumanji with my brother. it's an ok movie. before that i finished watching Babel. i'm not really sure how to interpret that movie. it seemed a little bit pointless, i definitely wasn't everything i thought it would be.
a movie i really want to see is Green Street Hooligans but i can't find it anywhere. it's upsetting. i really hate that. there's a bunch of movies i would love to see, and once i get to the movie store, i can't seem to think of any of them. and the one movie i remember every single time, they never have.

me, my brother and Jocelyn rented Babel Thursday night. she bought me a lollipop. i still haven't finished it. i like to consider it a working progress.

i also started reading this book that my mom just finished reading. it's called "Eat, Pray, Love." about a woman who moves to Italy for four months to eat, then moves to India for four months to meditate, and then to Indonesia for four months where she meets her new husband. i forgot to mention that this travelling all takes place after her divorce, and it's all a true story. i really like it so far. i recommend it to you, whoever is reading this.

my mom says the only way i'll be comfortable with speaking Italian is if she sends me there by myself for 3 months. i've been there 7 times before, and i know how to speak it, but i never speak it. i get shy and i hate messing up so i don't really like speaking it. i would totally go to Italy by myself for 3 months under these conditions: 1) i had someone direct me through airports because they're intimidating and i'd get lost in Frankfurt for SURE, 2) i didn't visit family the whole time.

by the second condition, i mean i would want to go all over Italy, and not just stay in my mom's town where my family and friends are. that's when i tend to bottle up and not show my personality. i'm just afraid my family won't understand who i am if i attempted to show my personality more than i already do.

plus, when i'm in Italy i always wish i could meet people and flirt, you know, but my friends in Tuenno are all so tightly knit and everyone knows everyone so if i even attempted to get close with one of the guys, the whole town may find out by the next morning.

on another note, i had my graduation photos yesterday. it started with me really not wanting to go, i showed up with a nice shirt and then i had sweatpants tucked into my soccer socks on the bottom. i refused to take full body shots. the make up artist sat me down and powered my face. and all the while i was thinking about the particles of oil and grease and skin cells of the previous person nesting into my own skin.

but once it came down to it, i was sitting in front of the camera with all lights on me and she gave me a mirror and i couldn't believe how awesome i looked. my last picture i had the hat on and she passed me a mirror to see me with the hat and i half-gawked at my reflection. i looked really good, and i looked like a graduate. neither of those realizations i couldn't bring myself to believe.

she took about twenty shots. now i just need to graduate.

i was at school and in the hallway by the library there was a table set up and they were selling styrofoam cups of green juice. they were drugged but i can't remember if i was aware of it or not. i bought one. and then i drank it. i was with Alyssa at her locker when everything started getting blurry and things were in slow motion. people's conversations were dulled and dragging on.

and then i woke up 10 minutes late and i stumbled around and ran into the coffee table, and then ran into my couch until i finally made it into my closet.

what the hell kind of a dream is that.

on the news there was this lady talking about this huge fire she was in and how she lost everything.
i barely paid attention and later thought that if i was her, i wouldn't want to be interviewed just to be half-watched by fortunate families eating their dinner of shrimp pasta.

when i finish this post, i am going to read my posts one year ago and see exactly when i snuck out of the house with Joe.

I took a quiz on Facebook called "Which Entourage character are you?"

I'm Ari Gold. i love him. i miss him. i miss that show.

What Type of Chick Am I?

Down to earth Chick

Sometimes you can be a complete mystery but over all you are down to earth. You are smart and you have a great personality. People are attracted to you but you are careful about who you let into your life. You don't ask for a lot out of relationships but you do expect respect, honesty,trust, and values.

i am so bored!

i didn't know butterflies came out in the winter time. but they did.

i get to spend time with my cousin from Calgary tonight YES
this weekend we're going out for my brother and mother's birthday YES
snowboarding this weekend YES
there's snow on the ground YES
it's almost Christmas YES
diploma's are soon.

i'm not sure what it is, but i enjoy being alone.

most of the time, i enjoy sitting on my bed with Boots curled up beside me while i study and do my homework. i get this feeling of accomplishment, like the cloud over my head is gone.

it's like the time of day i can be myself.

i know there's probably no one out there who likes study time like i do.

recent days have been filled with reconciliations, reunions.

Nicole wants me to write more so she can read more. i have found an unusual niche in my life right now, that involves me being the most reasonable and responsible that i have ever been.

it's an odd personality change.

possible reasons for this change:
- last year of high school
- the real world next year, when none of this will matter
- my brother's speeches on how i should just buckle down this year and get through this bull shit

my social life is at a critical low this year, and i couldn't be happier. there probably is something wrong with me.

"People probably think i'm this emotional philosophical mess due to all my journal writing. People like myself should never be given the opportunity to analyze and figure out their feelings. Especially publicly."
by me.

when i'm awake, i might as well be sleeping. i'm becoming more and more speechless, but i'm fine with it.

if i don't plan to do something i most likely will do it, but it seems when i plan to do something, my subconscious does everything possible to avoid it.

i have to think about it for a fleeting second and forget about it, then walk a block in my house until i sit down comfortably in a temporary oasis and decide upon heads and tails in my mind, making both heads and tails the exact same thing, whichever i choose, which ultimately doesn't really matter, i should spontaneously do, although a period of time ago, i thought about it for a fleeting second.

that's how i should live my life, because if i plan to do dreadful things like studying, i will never do them.. unless i use the Fleeting Second method. if i plan things i love to do, as you all know, i will do them.


i don't speak English, i speak non-sense after long periods of study time.

i need to seriously buckle down or hell is going to freeze over.

i am confined to my house, school, work and the gym for the next few months and i'm happy about it. i am almost 18, and it's about time i focus on important things in life.

7 week until Diploma exams. i just need to suck it up and get my 80's and forget about everything else. friends, my social life, and fun are not nearly as important as my studies right now. i just need to get through this bull shit so i can get to the really good stuff next year. i just need to keep going and study my brains out.

i talked to Fernando Pisani yesterday, of course i didn't know it was him until Mitch told me it was later on. this was our conversation:

C: Hi, welcome to Second Cup what can we get for you?
FP: Hi, do you have any banana nut muffins left?
C: Give me a second, i'll go check.
...
C: we don't right now, sorry.
FP: do you have walnut muffins?
C: we have morning glory muffins, which have pieces of walnut on top
FP: does it have other nuts?
C: ya it does
FP: ok, i'll take two of those, and a small hot chocolate
C: did you want whip cream on that?
FP: no thanks
C: ok see you at the window.


OMG I KNOW

today is Halloween. and i am sitting here watching America's Next Top Model and doing sit ups during commercials.

i don't know if it's my exercise routines, or that i'm giving my friend (and also, myself, in a way) love life advice almost everyday, but i've become very at ease with things. i am totally believing my own words when i say them, and nothing could make me happier.

sometimes i feel so beyond high school, so beyond the things that happen around me that...

oh fuck, now there's a commercial. and now i've lost my train of thought.


on another note, i took a quiz on Facebook and i am the epic hero of King Kong. i think it's all the love based answers i gave. it's true. i think about it a lot. i just really wish i had someone around that i genuinely liked and cared about in that sort of way.

maybe it's too much to ask at this point in time. or maybe it's just the way God is intending it to be, so i can focus on more important things, like finishing my children's book. WHICH, is going really really good.

i'm calling Pablo on Friday. goodnight

i worked tonight. didn't feel much like work than it was "chill out with your friends" time. lots of people stopped by and i probably spent a little too much time talking to them rather than actually working. it's ok, though. i am on the rise to becoming an honour student once again, my children's book is set, and my social life is flourishing despite my one month grounding.

of course, there's always room for improvement. as me and my brother discussed today in the car, people who think creatively like us and designers, are never satisfied with what we do. i told him more about my blog, he was aware i had one, but i went into more detail this time. i told him how my old blog is absolutely embarrassing to read, as it reflects just how much of a 15 year old i really was, and he said he feels the same way about looking at his past projects in University and that it's amazing that i am aware of my "evolving" as a person. he said it's really cool that i am able to write in my blog like this, and be constantly documenting my growth and maturity and also being aware of it.

it made my heart smile =)

on another note, we just watched a movie called "Blow" with Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz. was a pretty intense movie. it's a crazy thought, when people actually live through things like what George Jung lived through.

anyways, my fortune cookie is telling me to not get carried away, so i'll finish this here.

i saw Across The Universe last night and even though i'm not a huge fan of the Beatles, i absolutely loved it. i fell in love with it right away. well, with Jim Sturgess, anyways....

i got my paycheck today. was in the 300's, so i was pretty happy, considering i spent a little over half of that on a haircut and dye last week. i've come to realize that i'm not sure i like my hair long as much as i thought i would. Heather told me my face has structure, so it looks good with short hair. and the way Amy G (my hairdresser) cut it made me want to just chop it. but i've agreed that i won't cut my hair short until i lose weight and/or graduation is done.

i downloaded some new soundtracks: Pan's Labryinth and Amelie. they are really really good. i would recommend them to anyone who actually appreciates music, and doesn't listen to shit =)

here's the update on my children's book: i've drawn out some various characters, i think i've narrowed it down to one character, and i'm basing the story on Grace Kelly by Mika. SWEET HEY?

it's gonna be a cute one

i fucking hate it when people say woot woot

i'm feeling really anxious again.

my brother is in the basement, my parents are gone. i feel like the only person in the world for a few minutes. that's when i feel the most anxiety. i don't know what it is. my stomach tightens, like it's being tied in a knot, and i want so badly to be in the middle of the city. or to be with the love of my life, whoever that may be. it makes me want to be in a car with the window open, with my favorite music playing, and even if the wind is cold against my skin, i couldn't care less.

i feel anxious when i seem to be forgotten. when i want to create something spectacular. when i can't seem to pick the right song. or when i picture the love of my life, whoever that may be, doing whatever they may be doing at this precise moment.

it's when i pick the perfect song, and it makes me want to yell out the lyrics, but i bask by myself in the lonely lamp light that fills my room.

it's when i see the pictures from Italy beside my keyboard and want to be there right now. so much it hurts along with everything else i may be feeling.

sometimes at night if my window is open and i can hear dogs outside, i close my eyes tight and think about the noises i hear in Italy. the dog in the alley. i make it so realistic. i make myself excited for the adventures to take place the next day, the ones that will vanish once i sit up in bed and realize i'm still at home.

i get anxious when i want to watch a million different movies at the same time. i can't decide which movie will be perfect, and once i pick the perfect one, i quickly realize it's not how perfect the movie is, it's how perfect the person next to you is.

anxiety is when i can relate perfectly to the lyrics of that song. i get anxious when i'm cold, when my hands are so cold i can barely write. or when i'm so warm and cozy, wishing i was being embraced with someone else's body heat and not my own.

it's the feeling i get when i think about reality. thinking about the next ten years of my life, and when those ten years are finished, i will be expected to have a husband. or have a degree and a steady career, my own place with a fireplace and kitchen. possibly expecting a child, who knows?
i could be living in Europe, or New Zealand. or i could be renting out my old house in Beverly, wishing i was still as tall as that old piece of tape on the wall.

the thing is, .. well i'm not really sure what the thing is. it's hard to choose my words when i can't even choose my feelings.

i think i have to focus on a time when i was truly happy. truly at ease. but even this is hard because happy memories can be depressing.

i think the times when i'm happy without any strings attached is when i sing the lyrics to all my favorite songs, while my attention is diverted to something my hands are doing.. like drawing or writing or doodling or even doing homework.

or maybe this Enrique Iglesias music is getting to me

only a matter of time before moving on makes a full circle and leaves you back at the beginning.

i'm pretty sure, at this point in time, that in order to evolve in a positive direction, one must swallow their pride. apologies were due, and i sincerely meant them.

so like yuh

for my first portfolio project, i'm going to design and write a children's book.

i am so excited.

I know you think that I shouldn't still love you,
Or tell you that.
But if I didn't say it, well I'd still have felt it
where's the sense in that?

I promise I'm not trying to make your life harder
Or return to where we were

I know I left too much mess and
destruction to come back again
And I caused nothing but trouble
I understand if you can't talk to me again
And if you live by the rules of "it's over"
then I'm sure that that makes sense

I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

And when we meet
Which I'm sure we will
All that was there
Will be there still
I'll let it pass
And hold my tongue
And you will think
That I've moved on....

i've been looking into ACAD (alberta college of art and design) for next year. i looked at all their first year courses and such. i'm so used to seeing all these things as options. it's gonna be so weird.

part of me wants to go to Calgary, to get out of here and start fresh somewhere else, be on my own, meet new people and such. but it's so scary. i have no idea what i'm going to do.

story of my life

Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are

I had to find you
Tell you I need you
Tell you I've set you apart

Tell me your secrets
And ask me your questions
oh, let's go back to the start

Running in circles
Comet tales
Heads on the science apart

Nobody said it was easy
Oh it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard

Oh take me back to the start

I was just guessing
The numbers and figures
Pulling your puzzles apart

Questions of science
Science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart

Tell me you love me
Come back and haunt me
Oh, when I rush to the start

Running in circles
Chasing our tails
Comin' back as we are

Nobody said it was easy
Oh, it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard

I’m going back to the start

i haven't written in a while. not a lot to talk about, and i'm really sick and not in the mood for paragraphs and nicely formed sentences.

- on Monday my brother picked me up from school and we went downtown to the art gallery. and i saw REAL ANDY WARHOL ARTWORK. and i was introduced to new artists, one that i really liked was Patrick Caulfield. check him out when you have time.. and interest.
- i wrote a math chapter exam that i got 80% on YEAHH
- i work everyday this weekend and i feel so shitty so it's even more shitty.
- this girl who lives in New York messaged me on facebook. she told me i looked like Edie Sedgwick, and she's also a huge fan of Andy Warhol. whats even better? she works for Christian Dior and she's a make-up artist, who knows, she might be able to pull me some strings in the future.
- talked to the daughter of an assistant teacher i had in grade three. she had her baby girl this summer. and she's my age. i think it's incredible. and her boyfriend is there for her and everything.. i can't believe there's people my age actually going through that kind of thing
- it's Heather's birthday dinner this Sunday at our place. i'm kind of excited. and she's gonna give me a whole bunch of her old clothes which i am also excited for.
- i finally bought Alfie, which i looked for in every location that sells DVDs.
- i finished driver's training on Tuesday, now i just have to wait for December. i'm a pretty decent driver too, i drive everywhere =)

today was a really good day.

i wrote my math test, which i think i did reasonably well on. after school, i was actually able to finish all my homework during my spare, leaving me with no homework this weekend. at 1:30 i had driver's training which went pretty good as well. went home, took a bath and at 6:00 i went to northgate to meet up with Kari and Selena. from there we went to the west end where Etheriel was playing. i love going to their shows because it's just so sweet watching Keith on the drums.. he's actually amazing.

i met Hailey, Aislin's friend and Kelton's ex, she's a hoot. for real, she's really sweet, i wanna hang out with her more. then i met up with Jon, who i haven't seen in forever. he shared his two J's with us on the boats across the street. we reminisced about all our sweet times in grade nine when he sat behind me in homeroom. i also met Aislin's long time boyfriend, Shawn, who is also pretty cool.

Hailey gave me some booze and we smoked my 3 Ukrainian cigarettes that Sasha gave me. i don't think it mixed well with Kari thought, because she ended up throwing up in a bush outside.
it was a good night. something that i needed for a long time now.

i like to think i'm paying my dues.

once this year is done, i'll be having the time of my life.

the butterflies died. fortunately ?

i started a new journal today. i just had to.

today was really messed up.

this morning i was in a huge rush. i almost missed my bus and then i realized i left my wallet at work last night so i had to actually pay to get on the bus.

after school i had plans to get lunch with Andre so we got Taco Time with Amanda Kari and Selena. and then Kari and Selena had class, so me Andre and Amanda waited for what seemed like eternity for the bus. we got on the bus and got to northgate at 1. Andre and Amanda left me by myself to wait for the bus for 30 minutes. i went to namao a few bus stops early, leaving me to walk a while to get to my work. i picked up my wallet and walked to Breanne's. i got there about 1:50. i left her house at 2:30 and got to O'leary at 3:10 and then i waited until 3:30 for driver's training.

driving pissed me off today. when i'm with an instructor it seems everything is so much harder. because he nags me for everything and he keeps fucking talking and talking and it takes my attention away from what i'm doing. it's just kinda stressful sometimes. and today my biggest problem was keeping the speed limit. i just couldn't stay on fucking 50. IT'S SO FUCKING SLOW. and i did about 10 traffic circles. like holllllly shit.


goodnight.
and i felt butterflies today.

it could be a terrible thing. or a good thing. terrible, most likely.

an older guy came into my work today. had a french accent, still not sure whether it was real or fake. he asked my name and tipped me a dollar.

and i made him a cafe latte. he said i was beautiful

lol

i worked 12-8 yesterday, it was a really good shift, it went by reasonably fast, worked with people i like, and Peter even came in for awhile, even though his last day was on Tuesday.

i have another favorite customer. he is attractive, of course, he drives a really nice car, and he's studying business at the U of A. so i have three now: 1) the drug dealer guy, 2) the Jahova's witness guy, and 3) the business student.

i asked the name of the drug dealer guy today, i'm not sure how it's spelt, but it's pronounced Tagious, like the last two syllables of contagious. he's totally rich, he tipped us like 5 bucks yesterday, and he bought 3 drinks last night.

and the Jahova's witness guy started a conversation with me too. i told my mom he might like me and she said "oh my God".

so anyways, after work i met Breanne on the other side of 167th and we went to her house and watched Celebrity gossip television shows and talked about them and Beverly Hills 90210. we talked about rich man sports being tennis, golf, and when we flipped to a channel with Equestrian, we simultaneously added that one to our list. and then we laughed about it for about 5 minutes.

my mom picked me up at 11, and i went home and watched BH 90210.

today was weird. the original plan was to go to Matt's house after school, but i bailed due to my level of tired-ness, the shitty weather outside, and the fact that i didn't want to stay at school during my spare last block. so i took the bus to Belvedere, thinking i would be going home.

instead, i saw Levi on the bus, who i haven't seen in like half a year, and i met up with Carolina. she was going to city center to buy her boyfriend's birthday present. realizing no one was home, i decided to go to City Center with Carolina. we picked up her boyfriend's cologne and earrings. and coincidentally, we ran into him and his friend. we ate some lunch and took the train back to Clareview at 2:00.

and then i drove home from there =)

i work at 5. UGHHHHG

today was a good day. the first day of school was pretty horrible. i felt really shitty. but today went really well. at lunch i ran into Amanda and Matt and i went for a ride with them, Andre tagged along. we just went around with nowhere in mind, those drives are really the best. with awesome people, mediocre "death rap" music, any drive is bound to be good.

spare last block, i hung around and did nothing while i waited for 3:30 to roll around. driver's training. driving is so much fun. i even got to drive in the rain, and i went on major roads and such. really nice. 3 more sessions to go.

tomorrow i finish school at 1, i work at 5 so i'm gonna hang out with Amanda 'til then. should be fun. we have some fun things planned soon

i had another dream last night. it gets so frustrating, like you don't even know.

that month and a half wasn't worth this year and a half of heartache. if i had the option of keeping those memories, or erasing them like they didn't happen, i would erase them hands down, no questions asked.

two different emotions found on opposite sides of the spectrum, sometimes i'm not sure which side is worse

=(

i have to trust that something will come along. something better. it has to. right? that soulmate, future husband, high school sweetheart.. if it doesn't, i'm not sure how much more of this i can take.

and i'm not desperate for it out of lonliness, i'm desperate for it because i need to know that there wasn't only him, that it is possible to be just as happy and even happier with someone who isn't him

like a mat. i walk into work to work even when i wasn't scheduled to. gives me some kind of sense of accomplishment. at least now i have two people to go to when there's an emergency and i can't work.
'
i haven't even explained my brother's arrival yet. or have i? i'm no longer sure. it was like he never left. and these past few days it's like i learned to laugh again. just some things he does, it gets to me like nothing else. his little quirks and thoughts and words. sometimes it's too much. and i haven't been used to it for the past 2 and a half months.

i ripped out useless agenda pages and i covered the front and back in black tape. there's just something about cutting, taping, putting together, decorating, that put me at some unknown ease. even when i was little. just give me something to cut, something to paste, something to color.. i think i might try drawing.

my brother bought me this book in Milan, Andy Warhol's designs from the 1950s. his sketches are so awful that they're good. my brother told me: see Christine? you don't have to be an incredible drawer to be successful. all you need is creativity.

it's worth a try. he also got me these really nice scarves from a market in Madrid. my grandparents sent me money, Daniel also got me this handmade silver bracelet made by a woman in Croatia.

so i'm starting to accept the fact that this summer absolutely sucked. i guess it's what happens when you grow up and get a job. i guess it's not too bad. i can barely complain.

it hasn't really occurred to me until now, that Andy Warhol is dead. that a genius is no longer living, no longer able to share his magic with the world, and me.

it's truly depressing to think about. someone i idolize so much, cannot give me something new to learn from.

he is definitely a legend, someone who i've learned so much from, even if it was from books. it just really really sucks to finally come to terms with his death. he did some really great things, for me

ever since i was a kid, i always thought in patterns. what happened to one person, would happen to the following person. what happened one day, will happen the next.

for example, my brother must have been 12, i was 8. we went out to Dairy Queen for ice cream and he got sick later that evening. i made a mental note not to eat any Dairy Queen ice cream for the whole year i was twelve years old, because i thought if i did, what happened to my brother, would happen to me.

another example, when i was a kid, i woke up in the middle of the night and i felt sick, the next night it didn't happen, the night after, it happened again and from that night on, i had it engraved in my mind that it was something that only happened every other day. and as the whole "mind over matter" saying goes, that's exactly what ended up happening. i thought things happened in patterns, and that's how come i woke up feeling sick in the middle of every other night.

and i can't help but pick out another pattern, even though i am not a kid, and i have knowledge enough to know that life and what happens in it, is totally in your control and is a result of your own actions. my brother had a sucky high school experience, but he had an awesome awesome university experience. this makes me believe that you cannot have both experiences be positive, so because my high school experience has been quite positive thus far, my university experience is bound to be negative.

is it possible that i can take myself out of this pattern mind-set? i mean, it is possible to have positive experiences in every stage of life if that is how you see it!

i think at this point in time, i should stop writing because i've been thinking a lot today and reading a lot, and feeling different emotions. and i just can't wait until my brother comes home tomorrow. it seems like without him here for the past two months, i've been more down in the dumps than ever. he really is someone who makes me feel so much better about myself, my future, and about life in general.

sometimes i think, that in the future, i will do something totally absolutely completely insane, out of character, out of this world crazy, that it will determine the rest of my life from that moment on.

new living arrangements

i took a whole bunch of quizzes a long long time ago (ones that i never posted in this blog) and i printed the results out on a few pages.

The Aura Color Personality Quiz. Red has come to be associated with extreme emotions like passion and anger. and indeed, people with a red aura often experience love and rage more strongly than others on the aura spectrum. although they do have strong personalities, reds aren't just great balls of fire. they usually find a way to channel their feelings and express them physically. they tend to be extremely grounded in the body and prefer to work with their hands. they get a lot of satisfaction from completing tasks with tangible results-- building sets for a play, moving furniture around a room, or fixing a car, for example. as you can imagine, these down-to-earth types value action over thought or abstract ideas.

july 29, 2007 - 1 am

"a year and a half of feeling the need for closure but then thinking that something more has to happen. it weighs out in both hands and it's like a flag in the wind. it's like stalemate and spending eternity in the trenches, waiting for death or something better to come along and set a new high."

i registered today, my friends called me Cocaine Chic as a result of my bright yellow hair. i'm kind of starting to like it, it definitely gets people's attention. and it's just another odd modification i can add to my hair history. got another full locker, for the third time in my three years of high school. and it's in a pretty busy hallway, increasing my chances of seeing people, which is always good.

i taped my Johnny Bravo pictures in my locker for some artwork additions.

i told Keith about my personal comparisons to Eminem and Lisa Simpson and he has insisted he's going to call me Lisa from now on.

well ya know what, i am actually liking my yellow hair very much and i really hope it doesn't fade too much. i like this rocker crack addict chic look. and i semi-straightened my hair today and it's the length it was in grade ten.. finally!

=)

it has been almost a week since i've written. lots has happened, i'm a couple shades darker, several sit-ups stronger, a few bucks richer and i'm pretty anxious.
been all around Edmonton lately showing around another set of cousins, however these ones are more fun. Cristina is 21 and Roberta is 15. went to Fort Edmonton for the second time this summer. went to the Telus world of science (what is up with that name). was a pretty educational day and i think my brain's in gear for school. after an episode of heart disease on Oprah, solving the brain teasers at the odyssium, and a refreshment of constellations in our night sky, i can accomplish just about anything.

Kevin and Anthony also arrived today and tomorrow i'm going to Whyte Avenue. ooh yeah i bought this brilliant shirt from Quiksilver at west edmonton mall the other day.
i think i've reached total teeny bopper in this entry and i will even more after i say what i have to say next.

i think i have huge issues with dating or something. everytime i am presented with a situation where it may leave me interlocked with a guy, i get totally awkward.. well not awkward, just really really uptight. recently this guy i went to junior high with told me he wanted to take me a date. and i just sort of cringed at the idea. and i don't know why. he's pretty hot and everything, and i think it's cute that we "went out" in grade 5 and we'd be able to find ourself in the same position now. but it's like i have no idea how to react when he calls me babe or hun.. it's an oh my god moment. and not as good as i'd like it to be.

it's been way too long, i guess. i have lost all of my relationship knowledge and experience and returned to grade 3.

then again, i think i would totally go out with him if i thought better of myself. it seems for every decision i have to make, i avoid making it because of where i'm at. i have gained weight in the past year or so and no one seems to let me forget it. family friends and relatives who i don't see on a regular basis have comments on how i've changed and how they don't recognize me and how i used to be so skinny. and i sit there thinking, when was this time when i was so skinny?! i have no recollection of this time whatsoever. i absolutely hate shopping solely because it depresses me. i wear my sweatpants every day, it seems, and i am overflowing my closet with hoodies left right and center. i dress like it's winter.

there are those days that are better, of course, but i guess just like the first day on the job, i have to stick with it and suck it up, and as time progresses, things will get better.

i can't believe i'm letting this put me into a complete social prison

alright, so i got my school schedule. for grade twelve. my final year of High school. my senior year. somehow i am always blessed with an awesome schedule.

Semester one:
1,2 - Social 30 w/ Frank Filice
3,4 - Math 30 P w/ Gaborak
5, 6 - Bio 30 w/ Page

Semester two:
1,2 - English 30 AC w/ Sainchuk
3 - Cosmetology
5,6 - Chemistry 30 w/ Drew

pretty much exactly the same as last year. same courses same semesters. i'm just glad i have Cosmo in second semester, so i have an easy course where i can just go and talk to people.. it'll be an awesome senior year.

and my mom will surely 100% kick my ass if i don't get honours. i have no excuse with all my spares..

a little really does go a long way. it has been too long and it's never seemed so simple.. so easy.

i have started doing sit-ups again, and for some reason it feels so much easier than it used to be. i did 200 this morning, i just did 200 hundred and i feel like i could do 400 more. and i think i'll do just that.

my lower abs are the only problem. i thought i lost all hope until i started doing them a few days ago and my upper abs seemed to need just a stretch... they look amazing.

i think that's all the motivation i needed all along, something to let me know i can get out of the dumps. and this tan helps out, as well

cafe personalities

i have two favorite customers so far. there's this one east indian guy who always comes in, he calls Second Cup his best friend. basically, i think he's a hustler. he gives us huge tips, he's a student, has a motorcycle, always on his cell phone, and he is always in and out of that place meeting people left right and center. although this may or may not be true, he is hilarious and he always likes the drinks i recommend.. and the extra tip money isn't so bad either.

and then there's this really cute mid-twenty guy. very clean cut, has a boyish charm, adorable smile. it's hard not to make his vanilla bean latte's without so much love. he cracks some jokes, i make him laugh occassionally... he always comes in to read. and apparently he is Jahova's Witness. Jaime said all Jahova's Witness' are attractive.. that's how they lure people in. well he's definitely lured me in. i love when he comes in, even if we only talk for those few minutes and it made me so happy when he stayed right until closing tonight. soo cute.

i watched The Hills after work today, it was quite dramatic. and i can't wait to see Jason on the show, i love him!! i've always wanted him to be in Lauren's life again.. just because i think he's like, THE ONE for her. if not for her, then for me =)

and i hate Heidi. i have hated her since day one of The Hills when Lauren almost got fired because Heidi barged in on her hollywood party. grrr

i bought my very first purchases from West 49 today. a hoodie and a knapsack YAY

i was always told that people who watch a lot of television are prone to depression. i now know why.
after watching the second episode of West Beverly's Class of 1993 graduation, i realized i myself am graduating this year, and this makes me very very depressed.

i want what they have, you know? that close group of friends.. the group of friends that you know, without even asking, are going to be sharing a limo with you. i got Breanne i know that for sure.

i remember before high school even began, my friend Samantha who was a senior the year i was in grade ten. she told me a story of how she had a friend in grade ten who she met just because they sat right next to each other in class and they became like best friends. and that's what Breanne kind of is to me. i don't really talk about her a lot because we've known each other for barely a year, but i can honestly say she's my best friend at this point in time. it's true, i began high school knowing i had Leigha at my side to conquer it with me, but after a year our friendship kind of fell apart on my account. i think the trouble with us was that we were with each other since we were 3 years old, we always grew up at dance together, and after the first year of high school took a toll on us, it also took a toll on our friendship. as we started growing into the people we're supposed to be (partly influenced by high school), we, well I, realized i wasn't enjoying my time around this person as much as i used to. there's always those hundreds maybe even thousands of pictures of memories together that i will never forget, but it's like that saying, it's not the pictures that change, it's the people in the pictures that do.

i feel like i'm the only person that realized it out of the two of us. i changed and so did she, and i constantly felt it was a struggle to enjoy myself. i know i'll always have a spot there for her in my heart, but it'll never be the way it used to.

Breanne's my partner in crime, it's a totally different friendship than i've ever had. it's not like my past ones where i tended to over-analyze them.. if something she does seems sketchy, i don't really question it like i used to do. another difference i find is that we don't need to see each other all the time in order to keep our friendship in tact. i only have one other friendship that's capable of doing that, and that is with my best friend Breanna who goes to AOB, and we only really see each other a few times a year.

i am so off track.


grade ten was all about getting to know people, falling in love and getting over a horrible break-up. grade eleven was about re-establishing myself. maybe those two years is all i need to really get going

my mom said that on Montel there was this lady who got fired from her job because of her employers found her online journal and facebook.
nice hey.

what i do today will come back in the future, my mom said. maybe so. which made me think. what if this journal and all these online things will come back when i'm older and prevent me from doing what i really want to do. it's enough to consider stopping this writing madness. or go private. i've considered making this private before.. just so i could write whatever i feel. i didn't think people actually read this until i said some controversial things here and there and got angry comments and such, and it was then i realized people actually read this.

it's like those adertisements everywhere that say "caught you looking" and at the end of the day, you feel like you've been sucked into looking at every single one of those advertisements, when you really looked at a reasonable average number of advertisements, but it seems like you've been sucked into the media because they tell you that you've been "caught looking".

i don't know what relevance that had to anything.

i mean, i can't keep writing in this forever, right? sometimes i think i'll end up with 15 000 entries, and talking about my children at my ripe age of 17.

i always thought 17 was the best year ever. you're not 16, which is sometimes perceived as a sweet year, 18 you're an adult, but 17 is the coolest year to be a teenager. yes you can go to bars when you're 18, but when i was a kid i always wanted to be 17 because i thought it was pretty darn cool to be 17 years old.

though i still have 170 days to enjoy being 17, it never feels like you always imagined.

i have always been a huge fan of pop art, but never of pop in general. if it had nothing to do with Andy or Roy, i didn't really have much interest.

i'm infatuated with this new look, attitude and color of things. it's a very pop type of look. i am no longer an indie-lover, although it is enjoyable once in awhile.


i just wrote a whole paragraph trying to explain myself. and deleted it. i'm not sure i really care if i have to establish anything in this blog regarding this outlook...

it's mine and i love it

i will admit to you with a pleasant smile on my face that i am money hungry. what i do with the money i get i like to save. which is totally not like me. every pay check i get, i am very unwilling to spend on clothes.
see, i am in this rut, where i will do anything to avoid buying clothing. shopping is not fun for me, whatsoever, simply because i will put my life (and spending habits) on hold until i lose some very unnecessary weight. i am sure that if i was ten or more pounds lighter, i would be a broke frantic shopping mess.

i like saving my money as a result of steering away from shopping malls, and dreaded clothing stores... but i really miss being a broke frantic shopping mess =(

so my boss finally sent me the Second Cup Module.

i have to say, i'm really learning lots about creating "cafe moments"....

i thought you'd be interested in seeing what i've been doing in my spare time these past few days...

just click on "my photography" over there. i think you'd like it

hello hello.

my parents have always told me to not be afraid to ask questions. and i've always been the kind of person to not ask questions because i'd rather keep a low profile. at work there's some people that talk to me like i'm mentally retarded and it really gets me down. like, i ask questions because i don't wanna screw up, you know? and then they talk down to me like i'm 5. and when i don't ask questions and do it wrong they do the exact same thing.
i wasn't born with the knowledge on how to work at a coffee place OK?!?! but i can't win either way. my parents told me not to take it personally. and then there's me who just worries my socks off for almost everything. at the end of the day, i'm only a high school student trying to make some money on the side. this job is definitely not my first priority even though it feels like it sometimes. if i get fired for doing something wrong, there's always other part-time jobs out there.

gawd, i have to stop giving myself pep talks for the lamest shit

so they voted Nick off of Big Brother 8. even though his motives were questionable at times, i really liked the guy, and not only for his looks either.

for now, Amber is pissing me off because i don't think i've ever seen her not cry. and it's getting to be a little annoying, overdone, dramatic, unnecessary, etc. i don't mind Dustin, Danielle, and Jessica, but my favorite players are Eric and Dick.

i just went through some old boxes of stuff. the thing i love about myself, is that i document everything. i write down everything about everything, and i keep everything. ever since i was little.
i have these little diary books with all my user names and passwords for anything i ever signed up for on the internet. i have some usernames for yabber.net and 4 hotmail accounts, and like 4 neopet accounts, angelfire, clairol.com, etc.

i found this book where you can only write in it with gel pens, and in it i have a conversation me and my mom had. and now i think back and i remember we wrote back and forth at the soccer center. it was during one of my brother's soccer games. we were sitting upstairs.

"Jan 23/2000

Dear Christine, You're almost ten years old! I can't believe a decade has already passed from the day you were born! Soon before we know it, you'll be going to University, and then on to your own independent life! Still, you'll always be our little girl -- whether smiling, pouting, making mess or being helpful. My advice to you: work as hard as you can every day (although you are allowed to have some fun, too!) and you'll be successful. Love, Mom"

this is what i wrote back: "My advice to you, is to let me do whatever i want and give me anything my heart desires. (just joking). write something else."

"Dear Christine, If i did what you asked, it would be irresponsible from my part. Remember that in life you cannot always have whatever your heart desires! You must make choices and many times you have to give up unimportant things in order for you to achieve the "big" things, the big, important goals."

wow. i was only ten. time flies like mad

Ok so don't make fun of me. i am so bored that i logged onto Neopets... and i'm in the process of making a neopet.

it's actually rather embarrassing because i chose a green Kacheek (i'll show a picture) and it took me a while to pick the perfect pet. now i'm looking up Buddhist female names to pick for my pet. LOL

ok so i oicked the name Kiran. it means ray of light. well, actually i had to spell it Kiirann because the other spellings are all taken. i have to admit this is kind of exciting.

aww she's so cute

oh yes, i can't leave out that my login name is andywarhol90 haha