ms paint...i missed you

today i was wasting time. so i drew myself as a cartoon. wasn't sure how it'd turn out, but hey i'm pretty pleased! it took ages caz i did it on ms paint. i got too lazy to do a bod, so i'm just a floating head for now. i really should get photoshop, it would have been a lot easier...

i used to draw so much stuff on the computer when i had ridiculous amounts of free time. *sigh* one day...

mascots are evil

dunno where this pic came from, but it's scary. i hate all mascots.

merry belated christmas! hope everyone had a good one!

one of my gifts (while actually two of my gifts because my grandma and my parents got me the same things) were the last two books in the twilight series. ya, i still like em a lot. i read 300 pages yesterday :)
my folks also got me a book with photos by simon annand of theatre actors in the last 30 minutes before they go on stage. the images are pretty neat.
another book i got was 1001 movie to see before you die. thanks to my film classes and workin in a video store, i actually have seen a nice chunk of them! i think i probably will try to go through them, might as well. or at least the ones i want to see.
apparently everyone knows my love of books and coffee, because i got a chapters gift cert and 3 starbucks gift certs lol.

christmas eve was pretty good, we all ate too much, went to church (which was boring), and played cranium (my team kicked ass).

my sister and i watched some episodes of how i met you mother before we went to bed that night, actually a really cute show. the guy from forgetting sarah marshall is in it, so is neil patrick harris, and the band camp girl from amercian pie. (i'm awful with actors names and too lazy to look them up).

so, next up is new years! not sure what the plan is there yet, but i'm assuming it's going to be a good one.

oh p.s: craig and i totally got kelsey to name her cat grafty....which is short for skin graft....lol i don't know if this is funny or sad, i'll go with hilarious.

it's official! i'm the whitest color in the mac makeup rainbow.

life fail.

this picture has nothing to do with anything, i just like it. i saw it on upon the mountian top

ugh. i failed so hard, so many times today... and it's only 3pm.

1) i get a call at 10:30 from work "lauren, where are you?"
-shit, i thought i didn't work today. i toss on some clothes and run out of the house five minutes later to catch my buses
2) i forget my cell at home
-i can't tell them i'm on my way
3) i show up at 11:30
- i'm an hour and a half late for work
4) my owner is there
-since she's there and it's slow, they cancelled my shift
5) they tried to call me but since i flew out of the house so fast and forgot my phone, they couldn't get a hold of me

so i said that's cool whatever, i went shoppin in os and then the mall. here come some more fails:

6) clumsy me dropped a ring at aldo and it broke...i didn't say anything though lol

7) after buying some stuff at the mall, i waited for my bus to come, it was late so i took a different one
-i forgot a bag of mine on the bus. fuck.

so i officially failed 7 times in about 3 hours. a new record perhaps? my head has just not been on right the past week. my god.

edit: FUCK YA! SUSAN FROM WINNIPEG TRANSIT I HOPE YOU HAVE THE MERRIEST FUCKING CHRISTMAS! susan (the lady at lost and found wpgtransit) called the bus and asked if the driver could protect my bag! and i will have it in about an hour!! lets just hope i don't fail yet again and miss that bus lol.

excuse me while i go listen to queen "don't stop me now!"

thoughts

i think it's funny and a little bit sad, how when i'm doing shit all in my room, aka reading or on the interwebs, if i hear what i think is the garage door opening, i quickly panic. for fear that i forgot to do a chore i was asked to complete. lol my heart skips a beat on a regular basis.

it's because i forget to listen sometimes.

yesterday was all kinds of ridiculous. my brain was in a whole other universe. i think i started dozens of sentences that were left unfinished about thoughts i didn't realise i was talking about out loud lol. again, i think part of my problem was forgetting to listen when people were telling me what to do. after work my bosslady took us all out for drinks and eats at carlos and murphey's i had a lot of fun. i'd spaced out while drinking my ice tea and was singing "i neeeed someone to looove, can it beeee anyboddddyyyy???" apparently realy loud and then i caught kesley's eye just starring at me. and i went bright red and laughed until tears came. lol it was stupid. everyone got really buzzed and my bosslady broke a wine glass. i think i knew our waitress but i'm not sure. i really like my work girls.

i work all week, except christmas. not looking forward to working christmas eve or new years eve. ugh. dunno what we're doing yet for n.y.e, but i think it will be fun.


i can't find my super nintendo games, or my xbox games anywhere. i'm craving a game of tony hawk or super mario world. i just remembered i have the chronicles of narnia game too lol. sweet.

je ne comprends pas.

my parents decided it got too hot at night and turned the heat way down. i'm freezing. this is what i look like. yes, i'm drinking an ice cap, and yes i realise it probably doesn't help the whole warmth situation...

le brrrrrr. je suis froid.

p.s: i think this is the first year since the one piece snow suit age, that my winter jacket has actually kept me warm in -40 or colder. go espirit!


hey has anyone seen slumdog millionaire? i want to go, its playing at the globe. the globe's popcorn is extremely over priced which makes me dislike them a little. but only a little.

p.p.s: good song: wolves by phosphorescent

uhm can i have all of this outfit in real life please? k thx.

like a tiger gefying the laws of gravity

i've been listening to my queen greatest hits cd so much the past few days. my day yesterday was awful, and i just listened to don't stop me now on repeat and it brought my mood from a -12 to a +10. ya, it was that helpful. give it a try.

...guess what just came onto my ipod.........DON'T STOP ME NOOOOOOOOW



freddy sure had some chompers on him! hey has there ever been a movie made with queen songs? i would hope so! if they do so in mama mia with abba...you'd think someone would take queen out for a spin..

eye spy

just a clear out of some images i'd saved.

ana laura perez:




just two creepy dolls, not sure where from:



clothing brand mother:

i want it

hmmm. i probably shouldn't. actually i know i shouldn't. but i really want this. the angel and devil on my shoulders are both telling me yes. once i found out they ship to canada for an extra 20 bones (shitty, but at least they love us enough to do it), i think i was roped in. oh noooo. it's gonna happen i can feel it!

hi hello

love this rabbit.

hey internet,
i'm feeling great. just thought i'd share.
christmas is soon. i've finished my exams. work is picking up. i'm feeling spontaneous. i have a craving for a new pet, a fat droopy rabbit right now or a bitchy cat, i'd be pretty pleased with either! i've been listening to my music a lot more now that i have the time! i miss reading and really want a good book. i think i'm getting the next two twilight books for xmas, well maybe, thats pretty much all i asked for lol i don't need anything right now! i've noticed two book shaped packages for me under the tree, but who knows what books they actually are. i think i'm one of the few kids who get pumped on getting books as presents. i'm such a nerd in so many respects. oh well, i think i'm gonna hunt around in my basement for my super nintendo stuff this week. stellar! i also might do some xmas baking, so if i like you, be warned, i will be fattening you up for the hollidays. i hope you all are doing lovely, and speak to you soon!!
x.

p.s: i was online window shopping (the only kind i can afford to do), and i'm wanting all of these:






if my gram gives me cash for xmas, i'm definitely getting the camera ^ i've wanted one for ages, plus my digital hates me right now and wont turn on. (p.s: all from fredflare.com we get lots of this stuff at my work, like ice trays and things like that, but never anything i want, bummer).

asleep with a wallflower

upon the mountain top. i really like this blog. it has a lot of nice pictures and quotes. most will make your heart smile.

she had a few quotes from the perks of being a wallflower. i think stef told me to read that ages ago. i did, and i remember liking it. so here are some quotes from it that i just looked up:

"I am very interested and fascinated by how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other."

"Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life."

"I used to listen to it all the time when I was little and thinking about grown-up things. I would go to my bedroom window and stare at my reflection in the glass and the trees behind it and just listen to the song for hours. I decided then that when I met someone I thought was as beautiful as the song, I should give it to that person. And I didn’t mean beautiful on the outside. I meant beautiful in all ways."

i might make this my summer one-day re-read.
this is the book that got me into the smiths actually now that i think about it..

i'm feeling gooooood

today was a full, but good day!

1) i wrote my 2nd last exam, so only one more to go!
2) got a B on a paper
3) had a really nice lunch time :)
4) work went by ridiculously fast and we sold a lot
5) i met kelseys new kitten who craig and i have named skin graft (or grafty for short because it's pattern on it's fur looks like random blotches of skin tone all over it's dark grey fur)...i've also called it sharon because i thought it would be funny..
6) craig drew this picture of kels and i girl-talking about love and boys lol:



this weekend should be pretty great as well! tomorrow dunno what i'm doing but probably something with my favorites, then saturday i finish my LAST EXAM, and then go to a social with work pals and sunday i think i'll be recovering then movie watching!

oh p.s: i bought an advent calendar. i love cheap crappy chocolate.
and p.p.s: i watched a canadian film called these girls (it was pretty crappy), and they had 24-27 yr olds playing 16 and 17 year olds. the 16 yr old was played by the 27 year old. she looked 27. it was awkward. but hey, that's canadian film for ya! which i'm taking a whole course on text term...holla! i've only seen two canadian films so far that i liked, one of them was called Last Night, which is about a group of people and how they plan to deal with the end of the world when they only have six hours left. it's cute. if you have free time and an open mind, i'd say give it a try! sandra oh is in it. i like her.

oh janice

cool, so major blonde moment today. i woke up at 6 caz my dad said he could give me a ride to my bus stop at 7 so i wouldn't have to take two buses to school for my exam today. i get there at 8, and am surprised to see no one else around the room. oh well. so i just close my eyes and nap for a little bit, wake up 20 min later. stil no one. wait til 8:40 and think shit, k where is everyone. i call my dad to get him to check the online exam schedule....my exam is at 9am on thursday the 11th. not today, the 9th. LAME. lol i'm such a dweeb. worst part is, i totally checked the schedule this morning to make sure i went to the right room...and the date and time is right next to the location on the schedule, so i totally scanned right over it and never noticed.

so with all hope lost, and already out and ready for the day. i decide to just go to the mall and finish my xmas shopping. to bad the mall doesn't open at 9. ugh. so i waited around and talked to my friend andrew. i also ran into amy, so it turned out to be ok.

except in the bus shack waiting for my bus home there were about 8 little kids and they were all starring at me. really freaked me out, i hate when people stare, makes me feel so uncomfortable! normally if kids stare at me, i just stare back, but i was outnumbered! gash!

good news of the day:
-xmas shopping done
-jenna is hilarious because of her response: "dale, stop being such a woman." (lol sorry dale, but it was such a jenna comment i had to laugh!)
-my winter coat keeps me warm (so far)
-i found a clutch i like
-a whap daba lou bop a whap bam boo

1/3

rooooooar! art history has been slain! heck yes. i'm not sure how i did, it depends on if i guessed right titles. we'll see. either way i don't care, it's done! two more exams and one painting to go and i'm done this term. rawr.




here are some painting by goya. they're dark and badass. he went crazy at the end of his painting career and only painted crazy dark stuff. there's one image i don't feel like posting where there's this naked monster man thing which i've heard is supposed to be him, and it's biting off the head of some person who is already missing an arm. way to be creepy goya, way to be creepy.
i hope this is the kind of stuff i'll be studying next term. no more buildings. unless they're haunted. ok? ok.


update: ewwwwww. i just figured out i have to leave my house at 7:30 am to make it to school in time for my exam. whuff. why don't i have a caaaaar. complain complain wah wah wah. whatever.

you all look the saaaame

i'm not ready at all....

BUT I CAN'T STUDY ANY MORE.

art history....you have won this battle. *sigh* see you tomorrow.




next term, my art history is evil and death in art. how appropriate.
my brain so doesn't function when it comes to memorizing buildings that ALL LOOK THE SAME. lame.

pinata man, the scariest thing since the mascot

this weekend was pretty great! although i'm studying every spare moment which is lame.

friday kelsey had people over to her apartment. ridiculous amounts of tequila were consumed. i'm not even sure how. pre-party, i thought kelsey needed some decorations, so i made a wreath, jemaine (from flight of the conchords) and me out of construction paper [picture above] and glued (yes GLUED) them to kelsey's wall. probably not the best idea in retrospect, but, uhm...we'll deal with that later. good people, fun night.

saturday, craig, kels and i went to a thing at the wag showing the best commercials of 2008. there were some super good ones, and then there were a bunch of short films for halo3 which were lame, because they were long, and you wouldn't get them unless you played the game...aka unless you were the 1 person in the auditorium who played...everyone else was mid 40's or older..whuff. i had a good time though, even though it was super cold and thought my lungs would freeze on the walk back to the car. then i remembered, oh wait, it only gets worse. hurray.

i like this


here's one about a pinata man...so surprised i didn't have nightmares.

i fail

so it took me an extra half hour to get home today, because i took two wrong turns. sad thing is, i took the same route home i've taken dozens of times. i missed the turn off onto aldgate, then ended up on the primeter, but i wasn't sure where i was on the perimeter, so instead of taking the turn off onto st.mary's i missed it and couldn't turn off until pembina, and then had to take the long way home. i'm directionally handicapped.

plus two christmas song related fails:
i just found out last year that no, mom is not cheating on dad with santa in "i saw mommy kissing santa clause"...because the dad is santa :P and i also learned that in "winter wonderland", the words are "later on we'll conspire, as we sit by the fire", not "perspire as we sit by the fire." yes, lets write a romantic christmas song about sweating in front of the fire, that would be brilliant.

sometimes, the blonde gets to me.
and sometimes, the blonde gets to other people:
funniest conversation during my staff party. april's bf's last name is ham, and she was listing off a bunch of first names you could give your kid to make a wicked name that's also funny, like may ham (aka mayhem). we all are giggling, then erika chimes in:
"ya! or like...BOB ham!!! or Janice ham!!! they're all so funny!!!"
lol, i don't think she got the joke, either way we all laughed really hard. ohhhh erika.

this is bobb bruno. he's my newest best friend. i hate mascots, but i can see his face, so he's okay. he makes me happy.

(pic from the selby)

hello.

egads, i've been having the strangest dreams.

last night was my staff xmas party, it was alright, i think we were all pretty tired and not in so much of a party mood. we played cranium but got the rules messed up so some teams (including mine) only got like, two turns. it was stll fun though, people got...creative...during the game to say the least haha. i watched my boss act out "vibrate" very hilariously and a girl named erika who's the most sweet ungangster girl ever shout out "I'M RICK JAMES BITCH! IIIYAAAA!!!" over and over as "dave chappelle" lol. i ate way too much food, but it was fun, i think we're going for a karaoke night after xmas when we all have energy again.

i'm looking forward to this weekend. kels is on holidays this week so i've been able to catch up with her and on friday she's havin people over then saturday a bunch of us are heading to the wag for the best commercials of 2008. it's kind of silly if you think about it, that we're going to pay to sit in a theatre and watch advertisements. i think it will be fun though. i really should be studying for my art history exam this week/weekend caz its on monday, but i'm just so not into that, i'd rather be having fun thanks.

check out these pictures, i thought they were pretty fantastic. i found a website of them but lost the URL. basically, someone took kids drawings and decided to make them real:




oh p.s: if you like really REALLY lame jokes i have two "funny" ones for you (i personally think they're hilarious, but it seems no one else does...both involve dancing..) and if you like super offensive jokes, i have a really awful one that you'll go to hell for laughing at, but guaranteed you will laugh. ask me to tell them in real life and i will.