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Sunday, June 29, 2003
it's oh so quiet
i've always liked that bjork song, how it erupts into this joyous chorus every so often. the video is cool too, swing dancers out on the sunny side of the street. i think there are bears in it?? balloons maybe.
1)First Grade Teacher: Ms. ____ she was tall, with short salt and pepper hair. curses short term memory!
2) Last word you said: "Remy!!"
3) Last song you sang: John Mayer's 83
4) Last person you hugged: oh wow... can't remember... well there was that horrific hug w/Yasumura-san...
6) Last time you said 'I love you': yesterday i think?
7) Last time you cried: huh... it appears that i am an emotionless android. beep.
8) What's in your CD player: worship CD, Cranberries' first album
9) What color socks are you wearing: none
10) What's under your bed: 3 shoeboxes and my old agenda
11) What time did you wake up today: 8:50am
12) Current taste: cherries
13) Current hair: dented
14) Current clothes: my fancy trackpants and donald duck t-shirt
15) Current annoyance: lack of moolah, nails on keypad, bumpy skin, materialism
16) Current longing: grapes in the fridge, to be in shape
17) Current desktop picture: a lovely aqua screen (minimalist!)
18) Current worry: that i'll hate japan
19) Current hate: can't think of any right now
20) Story behind your blogspot username: i love the m-flo song "Orbit 3"
21) Current favourite articles of clothing: jean jacket, track pants
22) Favourite physical feature of the opposite sex: smile, shoulders
23) Last CD that you bought: norah jones
24) Favourite place to be: home
25) Least favourite place: in a car during rush hour traffic
26) Time you wake up in the morning: 9-10 am
27) If you could play an instrument, what would it be: guitar
28) Favorite colours: blue, black, white, red, pink, tan/beige, grey, yellow
29) Do you believe in an afterlife: heaven or bust
30) How tall are you: a tall 5"4
31) Current favourite word/saying: whatever
32) Favorite books: blind assassin by m.atwood, god of small things by arundhati roy, fugitive pieces by anne michaels
33) Favorite seasons: winter, fall, spring and summer
34) One person from your past you wish you could go back and talk to: my gr 3 French teacher, Ms Louise Tedford
35) Favorite day: saturday
36) Where do you want to go: thailand, indonesia, india, england, portugal, NYC
37) What is your career going to be like?: multi-tasking required
38) How many kids do you want?: 2 (one of each)
39) What kind of car will you have: corolla, mazda 6, civic, protege5
40) Type a line you remember from any book: "For God so loved the world he gave his one and only son..."
41) A random lyric: "It's destiny calling, I want you for the rest of my life, Together Forever..."
i've always liked that bjork song, how it erupts into this joyous chorus every so often. the video is cool too, swing dancers out on the sunny side of the street. i think there are bears in it?? balloons maybe.
1)First Grade Teacher: Ms. ____ she was tall, with short salt and pepper hair. curses short term memory!
2) Last word you said: "Remy!!"
3) Last song you sang: John Mayer's 83
4) Last person you hugged: oh wow... can't remember... well there was that horrific hug w/Yasumura-san...
6) Last time you said 'I love you': yesterday i think?
7) Last time you cried: huh... it appears that i am an emotionless android. beep.
8) What's in your CD player: worship CD, Cranberries' first album
9) What color socks are you wearing: none
10) What's under your bed: 3 shoeboxes and my old agenda
11) What time did you wake up today: 8:50am
12) Current taste: cherries
13) Current hair: dented
14) Current clothes: my fancy trackpants and donald duck t-shirt
15) Current annoyance: lack of moolah, nails on keypad, bumpy skin, materialism
16) Current longing: grapes in the fridge, to be in shape
17) Current desktop picture: a lovely aqua screen (minimalist!)
18) Current worry: that i'll hate japan
19) Current hate: can't think of any right now
20) Story behind your blogspot username: i love the m-flo song "Orbit 3"
21) Current favourite articles of clothing: jean jacket, track pants
22) Favourite physical feature of the opposite sex: smile, shoulders
23) Last CD that you bought: norah jones
24) Favourite place to be: home
25) Least favourite place: in a car during rush hour traffic
26) Time you wake up in the morning: 9-10 am
27) If you could play an instrument, what would it be: guitar
28) Favorite colours: blue, black, white, red, pink, tan/beige, grey, yellow
29) Do you believe in an afterlife: heaven or bust
30) How tall are you: a tall 5"4
31) Current favourite word/saying: whatever
32) Favorite books: blind assassin by m.atwood, god of small things by arundhati roy, fugitive pieces by anne michaels
33) Favorite seasons: winter, fall, spring and summer
34) One person from your past you wish you could go back and talk to: my gr 3 French teacher, Ms Louise Tedford
35) Favorite day: saturday
36) Where do you want to go: thailand, indonesia, india, england, portugal, NYC
37) What is your career going to be like?: multi-tasking required
38) How many kids do you want?: 2 (one of each)
39) What kind of car will you have: corolla, mazda 6, civic, protege5
40) Type a line you remember from any book: "For God so loved the world he gave his one and only son..."
41) A random lyric: "It's destiny calling, I want you for the rest of my life, Together Forever..."
Saturday, June 21, 2003
bumming
so you know it's summer when all of your students start dropping out because they actually want to have fun this summer, and teaching them about reflexive pronouns and how to structure their writing does NOT mean fun times. *tear* it's gotten to the point where i probably will only be teaching from 11-1 on saturdays. talk about a pithy salary. forget all of those expensive outings that i wanted to experience this summer... it's Senorita Cheapo now! so i am basically limited to tennis, and rollerblading. sigh.
however, i think i will make an exception for buf-fal-oh... nothing says classy like cheektowaga and tonawanda! whenever i listened to 98.5 with nicholas picholas and the other chick, i'd get so annoyed at their accents, and ESPECIALLY the WNED Ch 17 telethon ladies with their velvet headbands and bland cooking tips. aaaaggghhh! i like most accents, but those flat and nasal accents from across the Falls... no THANK you
oohhh sweet deal! walden galleria has a jcrew!
i think i'm subconsciously trying out the Atkins diet, with all of the meal choices i'm making. and frankly my dear, i'm making myself sick. i can't even picture myself standing in front of a keg/biftheque let alone eating at one at this point. gag.
thursday was a really cool bible study. it was supposed to be the last one, but kelly shared that she hadn't finished the last section on abiding and almost immediately the ladies offered to meet again to help her out, as well as the others who couldn't make it to that section. super cool!! i think they are all really awesome role models for me... maybe one day...
do i want to start running again? i really want to be able to run 10k but i can't seem to start anymore. sigh. i actually do want to run, but this gross laziness has glommed onto me. nike has put out this ad campaign for people to run a 10k, and i have to admit, those pretty turquoisey blue and yellow ads are making me wanna do something. if only i had a running buddy, but the closest person, man yi wants nothing to do with running apparently.
i am random queen.
so okay, let's set another bunch of goals. for july basically.
i'm going to follow the beginner's 10k schedule from the runto.ca site which will help me i think. i'm committed! i'm motivated! i hope i'm not full of crap!!! i'm going to start tomorrow! God be with me!!!!!
so you know it's summer when all of your students start dropping out because they actually want to have fun this summer, and teaching them about reflexive pronouns and how to structure their writing does NOT mean fun times. *tear* it's gotten to the point where i probably will only be teaching from 11-1 on saturdays. talk about a pithy salary. forget all of those expensive outings that i wanted to experience this summer... it's Senorita Cheapo now! so i am basically limited to tennis, and rollerblading. sigh.
however, i think i will make an exception for buf-fal-oh... nothing says classy like cheektowaga and tonawanda! whenever i listened to 98.5 with nicholas picholas and the other chick, i'd get so annoyed at their accents, and ESPECIALLY the WNED Ch 17 telethon ladies with their velvet headbands and bland cooking tips. aaaaggghhh! i like most accents, but those flat and nasal accents from across the Falls... no THANK you
oohhh sweet deal! walden galleria has a jcrew!
i think i'm subconsciously trying out the Atkins diet, with all of the meal choices i'm making. and frankly my dear, i'm making myself sick. i can't even picture myself standing in front of a keg/biftheque let alone eating at one at this point. gag.
thursday was a really cool bible study. it was supposed to be the last one, but kelly shared that she hadn't finished the last section on abiding and almost immediately the ladies offered to meet again to help her out, as well as the others who couldn't make it to that section. super cool!! i think they are all really awesome role models for me... maybe one day...
do i want to start running again? i really want to be able to run 10k but i can't seem to start anymore. sigh. i actually do want to run, but this gross laziness has glommed onto me. nike has put out this ad campaign for people to run a 10k, and i have to admit, those pretty turquoisey blue and yellow ads are making me wanna do something. if only i had a running buddy, but the closest person, man yi wants nothing to do with running apparently.
i am random queen.
so okay, let's set another bunch of goals. for july basically.
i'm going to follow the beginner's 10k schedule from the runto.ca site which will help me i think. i'm committed! i'm motivated! i hope i'm not full of crap!!! i'm going to start tomorrow! God be with me!!!!!
Saturday, June 14, 2003
niiice
wow, amazingly gorgeous day right now. makes me feel like..rollerblading! yes folks, i have decided to buy rollerblades. but naomi, in this time of massive economic uncertainty, especially in your particular case of minimal income reaping, why buy them? well, i have basically given up on running. remember those beluga-like moments which had previously induced random bouts of running? i am no longer vulnerable to that power. alas. so i have to do something else, and a fun and cool alternative is blading! sure my one and only past experience with blading was slightly traumatic, but i'll get over it! yes indeedy! also, in my ongoing quest to be the coolest person alive (and having your mother as your one and only fanbase does not count... ahem...), i figure i could lug 'em over to japan, and possibly blade my way to the different schools? hmmm pipe dream? maybe... but on weekends perhaps. or in a paved area of the schoolground. i could go to a school on the weekends, and slowly do laps around the basketball court by myself. gaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh even my future sounds depressing!!
but anyway, this weekend is rollerblade weekend!
fun moments for today (so far):
1. renee asking her dad if she could continue coming to MoE during the summer b/c we were going to be making a boardgame =)
2. seeing there was no toilet paper on the roll in the upstairs washroom, then immediately spotting a full roll on the counter
wow, amazingly gorgeous day right now. makes me feel like..rollerblading! yes folks, i have decided to buy rollerblades. but naomi, in this time of massive economic uncertainty, especially in your particular case of minimal income reaping, why buy them? well, i have basically given up on running. remember those beluga-like moments which had previously induced random bouts of running? i am no longer vulnerable to that power. alas. so i have to do something else, and a fun and cool alternative is blading! sure my one and only past experience with blading was slightly traumatic, but i'll get over it! yes indeedy! also, in my ongoing quest to be the coolest person alive (and having your mother as your one and only fanbase does not count... ahem...), i figure i could lug 'em over to japan, and possibly blade my way to the different schools? hmmm pipe dream? maybe... but on weekends perhaps. or in a paved area of the schoolground. i could go to a school on the weekends, and slowly do laps around the basketball court by myself. gaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh even my future sounds depressing!!
but anyway, this weekend is rollerblade weekend!
fun moments for today (so far):
1. renee asking her dad if she could continue coming to MoE during the summer b/c we were going to be making a boardgame =)
2. seeing there was no toilet paper on the roll in the upstairs washroom, then immediately spotting a full roll on the counter
Wednesday, June 11, 2003
bloggeriffic
so i have finally achieved true cool status. the boom! section in the Star featured an article on blogs, and since we all know said section is the epitome of hipness, i am basically, the coolest person ever, or at least ranked.
so i saw Bruce Almighty last night after the AY grad. which by the way was super weird. i now understand why people are so reluctant to go to their hs reunions. it was very cliquey, but not in a really bad way. i mean how can you blame people for just talking to the ones they know? it's been eons for some people, and any possible commonalities are eroded over time. so it was a lot of surveying the room, seeing who was there, and furtively sneaking huge bunches of grapes. it was funny though, when john m. came into the room. as soon as he saw leo, he made a beeline for mr smiley, and every moment after that. leo is so good though, and was really cool every time. i know a few people who would have been really annoyed, but not leo. he's coolness. and as for the possibility of me going to a 10yr UHS reunion? i spout words of protest, but i bet that i will be seduced by the idea so much, that i'll end up going and having a not-so-good time =) i know myself TOO well.
anyways, as for Bruce, i was sort of reluctant to see it, thinking it would be a schticky riff on Christianity, and in some ways it was. but actually it was a lot more serious than i expected which was kind of cool. i liked the fact that jen aniston's character was a praying fiend (note to self: can copy jen a in this respect), and jim carrey's character arch was pretty strong. expected, but still solid. so good job tom shadyac, may your film-making skills be blessed =)
i went to my first JET orientation tonight... it was pretty cool. Tina is going to Japan too! and this guy John who used to go to UHS, and whose twin i think i met through tamanna during my forgettable stint in Canada FIRST. His twin Matt and he go to SCBC with Tina. I realized that i have a ton of prep work to do before I go over there. List? OK!!
1. Make a video of T.O. including the following: UHS, UT, family incl. Remy, church, JCCC, Chinatown, Jays game, Loblaws, hmmmm... stouffville? oooh! strawberry picking!
2. raid Sandylion
3. ask MP for pins
4. omiyage a la LCBO... too bad Laura's not working there anymore
5. buy a suit... i think i really do need one
hmmm... laptop getting hot. shall leave and call Liz.
so i have finally achieved true cool status. the boom! section in the Star featured an article on blogs, and since we all know said section is the epitome of hipness, i am basically, the coolest person ever, or at least ranked.
so i saw Bruce Almighty last night after the AY grad. which by the way was super weird. i now understand why people are so reluctant to go to their hs reunions. it was very cliquey, but not in a really bad way. i mean how can you blame people for just talking to the ones they know? it's been eons for some people, and any possible commonalities are eroded over time. so it was a lot of surveying the room, seeing who was there, and furtively sneaking huge bunches of grapes. it was funny though, when john m. came into the room. as soon as he saw leo, he made a beeline for mr smiley, and every moment after that. leo is so good though, and was really cool every time. i know a few people who would have been really annoyed, but not leo. he's coolness. and as for the possibility of me going to a 10yr UHS reunion? i spout words of protest, but i bet that i will be seduced by the idea so much, that i'll end up going and having a not-so-good time =) i know myself TOO well.
anyways, as for Bruce, i was sort of reluctant to see it, thinking it would be a schticky riff on Christianity, and in some ways it was. but actually it was a lot more serious than i expected which was kind of cool. i liked the fact that jen aniston's character was a praying fiend (note to self: can copy jen a in this respect), and jim carrey's character arch was pretty strong. expected, but still solid. so good job tom shadyac, may your film-making skills be blessed =)
i went to my first JET orientation tonight... it was pretty cool. Tina is going to Japan too! and this guy John who used to go to UHS, and whose twin i think i met through tamanna during my forgettable stint in Canada FIRST. His twin Matt and he go to SCBC with Tina. I realized that i have a ton of prep work to do before I go over there. List? OK!!
1. Make a video of T.O. including the following: UHS, UT, family incl. Remy, church, JCCC, Chinatown, Jays game, Loblaws, hmmmm... stouffville? oooh! strawberry picking!
2. raid Sandylion
3. ask MP for pins
4. omiyage a la LCBO... too bad Laura's not working there anymore
5. buy a suit... i think i really do need one
hmmm... laptop getting hot. shall leave and call Liz.
Sunday, June 08, 2003
darn
i had this v.cool and SMRT entry ready to be posted last night but then the laptop pulled a dave matthews and crashed. tonight is my last night of yuppiedom, as the 'top has to return to its corporate digs tomorrow am. ugh, i had such a long weekend, i want to pass OUT. and then i have a sinking feeling that tomorrow will be a long day too. booooooooooooo.... i don't know how 9-5ers do it, i'd seriously be crying right about now.
it was funny, at dinner tonight. michelle mentioned that her tricep hurt but she didn't know why. she hadn't been doing any heavy lifting or anything and then wondered out loud what she had been lifting? then i said, "the weight of the world..." and she took it as a sarcastic remark (which it wasn't). she then observed that i was talking a lot more than usual, and was a lot more sarcastic. i think it was partly because of being around the girls at church, and then having a huge old-fashioned sarcasm-fest with seiji at pacific, while waiting for the slowest jewellery engravers on the face of the earth to engrave FOUR letters. oh, and maybe the tongue was a little loose because of the frustration i had since i mistakenly took bayview south from eglinton and ended up on the bayview extension. Thank you God for Otousan's car. I am SUPER blessed. so basically i felt normal at dinner, which was really cool. maybe it's because of emika too, b/c i find that when i'm around her i'm a lot more verbal. ooh, if i were a superhero, my secret name would be Super Sarcasmo... Here I come to sa-ave the day, spreading sarcastic comments for all to sa-ay...
well, actually.
i don't think i'm as sarcastic as i was in say, high school. back then i think it was bordering on acerbic, or even mean. i think it's now sarcasm lite. a lot more dependant on observation, more seinfeld-ish if you will. and a lot nicer. is there ever such a thing as a nice comic? i doubt it, because comedy usually works on a superiority complex i.e. hahah at least i'm not so silly to have done that. but is observation, judgement? hmmm well, i guess it depends on how the comic phrases it, or their motivation.
i had this v.cool and SMRT entry ready to be posted last night but then the laptop pulled a dave matthews and crashed. tonight is my last night of yuppiedom, as the 'top has to return to its corporate digs tomorrow am. ugh, i had such a long weekend, i want to pass OUT. and then i have a sinking feeling that tomorrow will be a long day too. booooooooooooo.... i don't know how 9-5ers do it, i'd seriously be crying right about now.
it was funny, at dinner tonight. michelle mentioned that her tricep hurt but she didn't know why. she hadn't been doing any heavy lifting or anything and then wondered out loud what she had been lifting? then i said, "the weight of the world..." and she took it as a sarcastic remark (which it wasn't). she then observed that i was talking a lot more than usual, and was a lot more sarcastic. i think it was partly because of being around the girls at church, and then having a huge old-fashioned sarcasm-fest with seiji at pacific, while waiting for the slowest jewellery engravers on the face of the earth to engrave FOUR letters. oh, and maybe the tongue was a little loose because of the frustration i had since i mistakenly took bayview south from eglinton and ended up on the bayview extension. Thank you God for Otousan's car. I am SUPER blessed. so basically i felt normal at dinner, which was really cool. maybe it's because of emika too, b/c i find that when i'm around her i'm a lot more verbal. ooh, if i were a superhero, my secret name would be Super Sarcasmo... Here I come to sa-ave the day, spreading sarcastic comments for all to sa-ay...
well, actually.
i don't think i'm as sarcastic as i was in say, high school. back then i think it was bordering on acerbic, or even mean. i think it's now sarcasm lite. a lot more dependant on observation, more seinfeld-ish if you will. and a lot nicer. is there ever such a thing as a nice comic? i doubt it, because comedy usually works on a superiority complex i.e. hahah at least i'm not so silly to have done that. but is observation, judgement? hmmm well, i guess it depends on how the comic phrases it, or their motivation.
Saturday, June 07, 2003
coool
laptops are mucho cool... like the one i'm using now... i feel super-yuppie-like now. ho ho. i wonder how i'll survive internet/computer-less in japan. withdrawal forcing me to take the fetal position? hmmmm... i know i said i wouldn't worry about japan till july, but the impending departure date is freaking me out. the clothing thing is getting better as I have discovered a jcrew in the vicinity (diamor osaka). but i have serious self-esteem issues that i need to work out in order to be okay i think. sigh.
i need to really start doing regular exercise... i feel yucky. if only people would want to play tennis like, everyday. i'd run but i'm starting to despise it, but it is not beneath me to run in times of desperation i.e. extremely beluga-like moments, like today. i went to the beaches this morning with people and REMY... it was pretty fun, but i was laden down with fruit, water bottles and remy supplies, so it wasn't totally fancy free times. it was pretty cool, but i was super sad at the sight of soo many empty vball nets, and the knowledge that there was no chance of me playing.
i'm sad that i don't get to go to boston, but i realized today that my JET training sessions are on that weekend so i really couldn't go, $ issues or not... unless i left with brian on tuesday and then came back on the friday... HUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM?????????????????????????
laptops are mucho cool... like the one i'm using now... i feel super-yuppie-like now. ho ho. i wonder how i'll survive internet/computer-less in japan. withdrawal forcing me to take the fetal position? hmmmm... i know i said i wouldn't worry about japan till july, but the impending departure date is freaking me out. the clothing thing is getting better as I have discovered a jcrew in the vicinity (diamor osaka). but i have serious self-esteem issues that i need to work out in order to be okay i think. sigh.
i need to really start doing regular exercise... i feel yucky. if only people would want to play tennis like, everyday. i'd run but i'm starting to despise it, but it is not beneath me to run in times of desperation i.e. extremely beluga-like moments, like today. i went to the beaches this morning with people and REMY... it was pretty fun, but i was laden down with fruit, water bottles and remy supplies, so it wasn't totally fancy free times. it was pretty cool, but i was super sad at the sight of soo many empty vball nets, and the knowledge that there was no chance of me playing.
i'm sad that i don't get to go to boston, but i realized today that my JET training sessions are on that weekend so i really couldn't go, $ issues or not... unless i left with brian on tuesday and then came back on the friday... HUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM?????????????????????????
