1 year... Dec 29th

Dear: Love of my life

You ARE the Love of MY life.


Signed: the Love of YOUR life!


Ps. Thank you for being the most wonderful and amazing boyfriend ever! I never imagined that when I accepted to be your gf I would fall in love with you the way I have... I knew you were a great guy to hang out with cus you always had me smiling and laughing. I felt like I could really let my true colors show when I was with you, that I didnt have to try to impress you because you liked me for who I already was. As the week and months passed and spent more and more time together I quickly was falling inlove with you... I tried to control it by stopping it from happening too fast but then one day I said forget it and I just let it happen at its own pace. I know you knew I loved you and that you could see it in my eyes because there were many times before in which I looked into you eyes and saw you wanted to tell me you loved me. It wasnt untill we went to Cuba that we finally let go of our fears realted to getting hurt from saying the words " I love you". When it was finally said that was it, my heart was free to speak and it felt so good. It's been a year since I accepted to be you gf B and yes we may have run into a minor wrinkle during that time but which couple doesn't in their first year... I love you Babe A&f !

Hair cut

Pre hair cut

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I've decided its time for a new hair cut... New look for the upcoming New Year:)



UPDATESo now its short ! These are some after pics from my BB

Never had may hair this short before, its easier to wash and dry but some days I miss my long hair especially when making ponytails

...sigh....

This has been the semester from HELL and I’m glad that it’s finally over. Never in my life did I expect school to cause so much mental and emotional stress. I have to start off by saying that if anyone was affected by my mental and emotional breakdowns “I AM SORRY”.

I know that last year in nursing gets tough, I heard about how difficult it was and I tried to prepare myself for it. I think no matter how many horror stories you hear and words of advice you get, it’s never quiet enough because if you’re not living it and if you haven’t lived it then you will never really understand how HARD it really is. There were many times in which I contemplated quitting but I’ve been pursuing this for too damn long and I have invested too much damn time and money into this to just quit like that… plus this is what I want, and I always go after what I am passionate about.

The things that I love about being a nurse are indescribable because you have to have the heart that goes along with nursing to understand the feelings that are attached to it. I can sit and talk about the nasty poop stories, sad and painful bed ulcers or openings patients have, or about the funny crazy talk some patients have, maybe even share some love stories of dedicated spouses that come to the hospital day after day and care and stay true to wedding vows once said “in sickness and in health”, or maybe I can talk about how there are some patients that are left forgotten by their loves ones in the hospital with only the nursing staff to provide love and attention.

The academic aspect is really hard and with good reason, I personally would like to know that the person who is providing care for my health (nurse) is astute and apt for the job. They try to break you and in some cases it worked, I know of a few students that by mid semester had dropped out. In many cases most students just stuck with it and tried to deal with it as best possible. In my case I know that I cried many times mostly out of frustration due to the pressure and stress I was under, I dreaded going to some classes and other classes I really enjoyed, so there was a balance. The end of semester was the worst of it and I honestly don’t know how I survived it, but I went to exams and studied my butt off… Let’s just hope that it paid off. I feel confident that I passed all my exams, however the exams are worth a huge chunk of the final grade meaning it can change the final mark significantly. Marks will be up later this week so fingers crossed… Its finally over ... sigh... only 1 more semester till graduation

I love my boobies and you should too...

Just last month I went in for a yearly physical with my Family Doctor as he was examining my breasts he found two lumps one in each breast he sent me to go get an ultra sound and I got an appointment for later on that week. It is so important for women to do frequent self examinations of their boobs. I think that whole week I was freaking out and thinking of all the possibilities including the worst case scenario because I’d rather prepare myself for the worse rather than to think everything is fine and dandy and receive terrible news after that I didn’t prepare myself for. I was told to go back in about 4 weeks for all the results on my blood work plus the ultrasound and if there was anything to be concerned about that I would hear back from my Dr before that time... Well later on this week I have to go in and *fingers crossed* but I’m hoping that everything will turn out fine

Breast Cancer kills more women than it should because women aren't turning their breasts into pancakes for 10 seconds. And if you think that hurts, what do you think chemo and a mastectomy would feel like? Ladies, get your mammograms and don’t stop feeling your boobies. However it is important to mention that BECAUSE more women are doing regular self Breast exams and getting their boobies check out by their Doctors that there are MORE women who are saving their own lives by early detection. I gathered some Candian Stats from the "Candian Cancer Society"

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Canadian women (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer). In 2009:

• 
  An estimated 22,700 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 5,400 will die of it.
• An estimated 180 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 50 will die of it.
• On average, 437 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer every week.
• On average, 104 Canadian women will die of breast cancer every week.
• Probability of developing or dying from breast cancer One in 9 women is expected to develop breast cancer during her lifetime and one in 28 will die of it.
• Trends in breast cancer Breast cancer death rates have declined in every age group since at least the mid 1990s.
• In women aged 20-39, breast cancer incidence and death rates have declined since 1969

Breast Cancer Stats Males Females
Cases .......................180 ..... 22,700
Incident rate ............. -- ......... 102
Deaths .................50 .........5,400
5Year Survival ..........84% ........87%

*age-standardized to the 1991 Canadian Standard Population (per 100,000)

............I love my boobies and I don’t ever wanna loose them... Ladies LOVE your boobies, let’s Change the numbers of these Breast cancer stats and let’s screen our boobies more often, screening is your “Breast” defense!

End of summer...

The end of summer has finally come! After a crazy busy and stressful summer involving school and dance, I can finally relax and enjoy what is left of summer. The girls all came together for the first time in a really really long time. We celebrated 3 birthdays at once at my house in a BBQ that I called “Birthday Threesome”... We gossiped, ate, laughed and drank some sexy drinks. My gf Mel from Dubai and her boyfriend were here, my gf Dav from Texas, and then the locals girls plus a rare appearance from our friend Grace. The bf’s were all in attendance and my brother played chef over the hot bbq... all in all a delicious success with a piece of delish ice cream cake to end the night.

The CNE for many represents the last couple weeks before school begins, for me its all that plus the craziest two weeks of dance before school starts. So on Friday Aug21 the CNE opened and we went as a dance group to perform in the international pavilion and it was a great show like every year... After my performance I walked around the CNE with B then we walked across to the Molson amphitheatre to see if we could score some tickets to see Pearl Jam for their Sold Out show... So we asked a scalper if he had tickets and he only had one *tear*. So Bruno just kept walking and went in and I said to him “We can’t just walk in if we don’t have tickets, we need to go back out there and find a scalper who has tickets” his response was “ What for we have tickets” and he pulled out a pair of tickets he bought months ago. It was an amazing concert I don’t think I can ever get tired of seeing Pearl Jam and I can’t believe he kept a secret from me for so long.

Labour Day weekend I went to the CNE again but this time for fun and for yet another concert. This time it was B, his friend and my gf Yvette. As girls we were interested in playing games and winning stuffed animals and we both ended up winning a little Miss Sunshine, Keroppi and I got a Crazy frog from Bruno while Yvette went home with some other stuffed friends. The guys on the other hand were interested in winning a pocket bike or an acoustic guitar. At the amphitheatre we saw The Killers and the evening was kindda cool and breezy but other than that it was a good concert. After the concert was over we went back to the CNE for a while longer to play some more games, food and BINGO... I won! And Yvette and I play some free games and the guy didn’t even know haha, we’re so sneaky lol

September rolls around and school begins and surely enough I had to get tons of homework on my first day back but who am I to complain, I’m just really excited that I have finally entered my last year and that I am now ¾ of the way to completing my education.... I look forward to graduating.

I was expecting to do something special for Bruno’s Birthday since he has done so much for me in these last few months... The original plan was to take him out to watch “We will rock you” because I know he likes Queen however when I was looking for tickets I saw that the last show was earlier this summer at the end June. So I was stumped but I finally came up with an idea and after a lucky search I found a great deal for floor tickets to go see U2 for their 360 tour. So when I gave B his card at first he was happy but after I think it really hit him and he was excited. I think we both had a great time at the concert and it was so far the BEST concert I have seen all year.

Well another summer has come and gone and like all things that are fun and exciting... all good things must come to an end

Je T'aime....

My boyfriend asked me if I could leave a little free time in my schedule because he wanted to take me somewhere for the weekend. Unfortunately August is ALWAYS my busiest month for dance so I find it merely impossible to just walk away from it for an entire weekend. So we negotiated and came up with leave on Friday come back late Saturday, which worked really well for me.
So the whole week I was trying to figure out where he was going to take me and I came up with 3 possible ideas 1. Niagara (falls or on the lake) 2. Up north somewhere, not camping but to a resort/lodge/ B& B type place OR 3. Montreal..... It was Montreal!!!He kept it a secret and it was a good surprise, I really loved it. I honestly had my mind set on Niagara and since I have never been to Montreal but always wanted to go I was pleasantly surprised when I realized where we were going.

Montreal is everything I had imagined it to be and more... As a child I remember spending time with an aunt in Québec city. I remember it to this day even though that took place in my early childhood years. I must have been no much older that 6yrs and I remember vividly the beauty and charm of the city. It must have made such an impression on me to have these memories etched in my mind to this day.

So from those memories I had an idea of what Montreal should look like. What I saw was beautiful; it was old and new at the same time. A perfectly executed combination of old world charm meets new modern chic. The architecture is absolutely amazing; the energy of the city is so vibrant and full of life. I love to hear groups of girls or people talking to each other in French. The food well let just say I think I can live off of Crêpes and poutine for a good while.

After having a little dab of Montreal I come to realize that asides the French name that I hold I might have been French in my past life... maybe even French Canadian. I love the language, food, eating baguettes with cheese especially brie, don’t get me started on the patisseries, and Wine...let not forget the romance! Now tell me how can anyone get that wrong? Somewhere in my heart there is a fleur the lies and I love my wonderful bf for taking me on this wondrous delightful trip even though it was as short as it was.

Je T’aime mon amour et montreal aussi. xoxo

Civic Holiday

So we decided to spend the day together on the holiday monday but had no plans. We has already seen eachother on the saturday & sunday night before and I suggested that we make a day in the park out of it. We went to center island and I forgot how nice it is to go there and just walk around... we went to the pier sat and enjoyed the windy air people watched a little and then we were off to find a nice place to set our blanket down and relax. Then off we were to the "far enough farm" in the kids village and saw peacocks in the club (haha) and walk around some more... not a day full of highlights but a day well spent with someone I care about really really truly truly :) Mostly it was just fun to be together and trying to make it on to the ferry.

what did you say?

When mouthed the words
" Elephant Shoes"

or

"Olive Juice"

 

it can be misread as...

I LOVE YOU.

Oh Canada...Eh!

What a gorgeous day it was for Canada celebrations, I unexpectedly spent my day at Mississauga city hall and it was pretty fun. I have never really gone to Canada day celebrations in Mississauga except for once when I had to perform but even on that day I still didn’t stick around after. We walked around and watched the entertainment ( Chinese dragon dancers, martial arts school, variety show… etc)
Later on in the evening they had performances by Kreesha turner & Sloan and to finish off the evening right a spectacular show of fireworks right above city hall … Okay well maybe not so spectacular but its was LONGGG.
I thought that the fire works would be kind of limited and maybe 5 10 minutes but nooo not at all. The fire works display went on for what looked like 30 minutes or so, and that’s when I thought “Hey that where my dad money for taxes goes” I’m sure those fireworks didn’t come cheap.

Being a first generation Canadian born, I can say that although I am proud of my heritage I’m also really proud to be Canadian. So what makes us so different or unique from out neighbors to the south? What makes us Canadian? So I’ve composed a small list of things Canadian invented, made or inspired.
Maple Leaf, Beaver, Timbits, Maple Syrup, Poutine, Nanimo Bars, Back Bacon, Lacrosse, Hockey, Basketball, Insulin, Walkie Talkies, Zippers, Roller Skates, Toques, Cuban vacations, Metric Measurements, Robertson Screwdriver, IMAX, Cirque du Soleil, Loonie, Toonie, Canadian Tire money, Winnie the pooh and Superman are all things CANADIAN!!!

Oh, and we cant forget Joe's canadian speech....
Enjoy and Happy CANADA Day to All !

Hey.
I'm not a lumberjack, or a fur trader, and I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber, or own a dog sled, and I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzy from Canada, although I'm certain they're really, really nice.

I have a Prime Minister, not a President. I speak English and French, not American, and I pronounce it 'about', not 'a boot'.

I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack. I believe in peacekeeping, not policing; diversity, not assimilation; and that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal.

A tuque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch, and it is pronounced zed: not zee – zed!!
Canada is the second largest land mass! The first nation of hockey! And the best part of North America!

My name is Joe!! And I am Canadian!
... Thank you

METRIC! ...at Edgefest

Yellow rain poncho, black rain boots and tickets to Edgefest!

There I was despite all the rain and mud flying everywhere I enjoyed every moment of it. The last of the Birthday concert tickets where used and needless to say my dear lovely bf was there right next to me.

So asides all the people soaking wet or covered in mud there was some pretty well known bands playing that day THE ARKELLS, K-OS AFI, MONEEN, THE STILLS,ALEXISONFIRE, BILLY TALENT (the head lining act) and of course what I was waiting for METRIC!!!

I was so excited and I wish I could have gotten closer, however that comes with a price and that price included being covered in mud so I stayed a safe distance from the stage and sang my little heart out along with Emily Haines.

All in all I loved being there and has loads of fun, despite all the rain and mud. I was fun watching people walk around in the mud and have their flipflops sucked in by the mud, and as gross as it was I'll never forget the portapotty that had a urinal 3/4 full of Mens dirty piss and my stupid poncho got caught in the door as i was goin in and the stench... Lol the memories I take with me from this day are worth standing in the rain for .

No Doubt...

So last night I went to the No Doubt concert and it was AWESOME! For Part II of my Birthday concert tickets that my awesome bf gave me.

The concert started off with good performance by Bedouin. They did a few songs and then after that followed Paramore and they were really good. I have to say that I really enjoyed their performance, even though I am not a huge fan I do know a few of their songs and I got to hear some more of their material and I’m really liking it. Apparently they are coming back in Oct sometime because they are releasing a new album soon, so that might be something to look forward to.
Anyways the main event was No Doubt and they were so good. I think what I really like about whole was watching Stephen and his dance moves, at time he was more entertaining to watch than Gwen. I love love love his dancing. Anyways, some people were invited on stage a guy with a No doubt tattoo on his bicep, a guy who printed out the lyrics to a song on poster size paper and the lyrics where wrong... Hahaha.
Oh! And there was these two teeny girls sitting in front of us and they obviously were huge Paramore fans cus i think they might have creamed their panties a few times when certain songs were played.

Anyways they were just being stupid teenage girls but as they were dancing to songs one of them *ucking wacked me with her stupid flailing arms. She turned around to say sorry but I gave her the nastiest look just for my own amusement and I think she felt bad cus she stop waving her arms in the air like she just didn’t care. She was waving them but I think always careful to not hit me again Hahaha.
Omg! I tried to take a picture of the stupid girls in front of me cus her and her friend were wearing stupid 80’s sunglasses that said State Farm on the side... lol they were lame looking.

And I saw “Flyer Man”!!!! lol I pointed him out and my boyfriend thought I said “spider man “ and he was looking for someone coming down the ceiling hahaha I love it cus that really would have been cool, but anyways I haven’t seen Flyer Man in forever and I just got excited for like a second when I saw him. Thank you “B” for part 2 of birthday concert tickets

Barcelona ...Icecream!

So my bother remembers that he has an asignment due for class the next day, Assignment: Go to a restaurant that serves fine dinning but one thats not an established buisness chain and order 3 course meal (appetizer, main course, dessert) and a beverage, then make a review of the restaurant and food. Nice assignment eh? Well he asked me to come along with him because he would be embarassed to take pictures of the food because that "is a thing that girls do". Anyways I accepted and off we went. So our destination was the Royal york/Kingsway neighbourhood and off we went in search of a restaurant that fit the criteria. We found "Barcelona" a spanish tapas restaurant and went in to try out some tapas.
So heres MY review on it:
Restaurant - intimate setting, dimmly lit with lots of Spanish related articles such as framed bullfighting posters, a giant bulls head coming out of the wall and flamenco dancer doll at the bar. Good service and very clean!

Price-Not a expensive and deffinately not cheap place to go eat its moderately priced. The tapas are $10 and under, the main course $15 and upward, and as for desserts anywhere from $4- $10.

Food- It was delicious ! my brother ordered a Spicy traditional paella (main course) and I ordered a bunch of tapas (appetizers) such as Caramelized Onions with Goat cheese, spanish style Calimari, Warm salad which included potatoes bell peppers tomatoes and leafy greens, and a mini chicken paella. The mini paella was adorable in size but so delicious! Finally we orderd for dessert a banana churro and I had a bit of it and it was delish!....
Final verdit: I reccomend it for a special occasion type dinner and Yes I would go again.

After dinner I had a coffee date later on with my girls and it was soo good to see them ALL! As usual we had lots to talk about and catch up on but all the while enjoying each others company:)
I think it was the perfect ending to a crazy week !

The girls +boy :)

Michelles Sexy Strawberry Cheese Cake !

Jen & Yvette both got some yummy Peanut butter dessert!

Joey & I had a scoop of ice cream with a HUGE waffle and it was Yummy!

My Bounty is as boundless...

"My bounty is as bounless as the sea, My love as deep; the more i give to thee, the more I have for both are infinte." - William Shakespeare (Romeo & Julliet)


My interpretation of non-shakspearian english:
What I have to give to you is as endless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to you the more I have for both are endless.

 

How do I love thee...

"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of being and ideal grace.

I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need,

by sun and candle-light.

I love thee freely, as men strive for right.

I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.

I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs,

and with my childhood's faith.

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints.

I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life;

and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.

-How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)" — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Its amazing how many people know the first line of this sonnet, but can't seem to finish the rest. Anyways I just wanted to post it because lastnight I was talking about it.

Janes Addiction & NIN

NIN JA !!!

June 02 , 2009 I went for part 1 of the concert tickets I got from my Hunky Bf on my Birthday! It was a good show I was expecting NIN to close but nooo it was Janes, a great show none the less... Im really happy that I got to see it with my bf, especially since its our first concert as a couple... I quiet enjoyed him holding me during the show, I always secretly was jealous of couples like that but now I have my turn and its a sweet feeling :)

Theses are some pics that I took at the NIN JA show the ones I took of NIN didnt turn out so great. The evening started off with a huge line up for parking, semi long walk to the entrance gate, massive line up, a ticket that printed out stupid and wouldnt scan, missing the first hour of the concert due to all the set backs, a gorgeous sunset and accidentally getting on the gardiner after.LOL All in all a perfect concert date!

 

 

I heart Cubaaaa!!!

So after a crazy month of finals I made a well needed escape to Cuba. My boyfriend and I had been talking about going away somewhere, and he found a great deal and next thing I knew I was Cuba bound.
We went to Cayo Coco and it was just what I needed... Sun, Beach, tanning and lots of RUM!!! Yum! We went for a week to Oasis Playa Coco and it was a nice 4 star resort. Spending every day relaxing at the Beach was the best part of the trip and was worth it, being under the sun, feeling the sand in between your toes, swimming in warm salt water TOTALLY worth every penny!!!



We had so much fun even though it was just us two, I feel that after this trip with “B” it’s drawn us closer and I’m so glad that I got to spend the time that I did with him. I don’t think it would have been the same with anyone else. I would go anywhere with him because he’s a great travel partner and just as always we were laughing at something everyday and just having a good old time. I was afraid that spending so much time together I would come to learn of a habit of his that would drive me nuts or maybe by a certain day we would just get sick of being with each other. However, it was the complete opposite and I love him more now than before this trip even happened. I look forward to many more trips with my SUN GOD of a boyfriend (he’s like a tanning King!).lol

Some highlights of our trip hmmm so many things...

RUM!!! All day, any time... RUM PUNCH, Pina Coladas, Miami Vice, Mojitos, Rum and coke, slushies with Rum, fruit juice with rum and well just any drink with RUM. Mmmmmm!

The Beach - sand, waves and Sunshine!!!

Resort Dance shows – On one particular night there was this drunk guy Dancing Man it was too funny!

Snorkelling – On our last day we went snorkelling and although I had fun, unfortunately we got pushed into shallow coral reef by some crazy waves... We both touched fire coral but I got the worst of it. Cuts on my leg and now I’m taking medication for a Neurotoxic infection in my leg from the coral. I have Neuropathic damage to the nerves in my left leg and I’m also taking steroid treatment for a chemical allergic reaction to the coral reef which made my skin flare up into hives, blisters and bright red patches.

I miss relaxing at the Beach everyday : ( and taking countless naps!

Eeeek!

Okay... this is definitely the longest that I’ve been away from my Blog. I’m gonna have to summarize what’s been going on for the last while since my last post in March! Yes, March and now it’s JUNE!!
April is Birthday time!!! So my birthday came and went. I am now 28! Woo. On my Birthday I went out with my Boyfriend to Milestones and he gave me a bunch of awesome gifts (several concert tickets and a special gift. I also had a fabulous birthday dinner with my girls and my Boyfriend... I wanted to do something BIG! But then taking into consideration my school schedule I became obvious that something BIG would require lots and lots of planning time... and “TIME” is something I could not afford to waste. So it was nice and simple “Maki Maki” for all you can eat Japanese and then everyone came back to my place for Rockband and Cake.


Finals & Exams... Ugh! The dreaded words a student doesn’t wanna hear. Well I was swamped what else can I say? It was hectic and I’m so glad it’s OVER! And I’m even more excited to say that I PASSED all my classes and that I’ve officially finished First YEAR! WOOO HOOO.... Schooools out for summer! )Not really Im doing Clinical and 1 other class but that’s till the end of July :)

NO time !!!

I have been missing in action for over the past month. I'm still ALIVE ... School has taken over my life these past few weeks and even tho I've had a bit of a social life, I've been finding it hard to keep up with everything on my plate. School, dance, Boyfriend, Friends, Family, Working out and looking for a job. I cant seem to juggle all these things anymore and im dropping the ball. I wish I knew how to manage everything all at once but seems that you have to be wonder woman to know how. Maybe even she wouldn't be able to do so with the ease and agility I dream of one day mastering. I'm feeling so stressed and the root of my stress is called School. I stress because I wanna do good in all my classes and at the current time my marks arnt reflecting that wish. I stress because I need to pay my bills and Im broke 'cept I have a secret stash of cash that Im saving for a vacation and I could use that money for bill but I NEEEEED a vacation. I stress because I need a job to get the money for my bills and i have to time to work but I feel since my grade are shitty I should just focus on that and put the job search on hiatus till after finals. I stress because I feel like a leach or some sort of parasite because my folks help me out with my bills. I hate how when I was in highschool or even first time in college I use to have a crazy work load for school and still managed to work 15-20hrs a week but now that my load is less Im having such a hard time keeping up. I fear that Old age is tapping me on the shoulder, they say as we get older we absorb less... I fear this might be true. I hate how I dont feel like a good gf b/c of the things mentioned above I cant treat my bf they way I would like to or give him more of my time... my time for him feels so limited I wish I could give him more. I wanna have more time for my girlfriends too I swear I feel like its been months that ive been so out of touch with them and its only really been a month since Ive last seen them.

I just want to end my semester and have a somewhat normal life AGAIN!

ps- I may be missing till mid -end April, school has taken time away from my life.

Valentines Day Commercial

I saw this commercial and I HAD to share it with everyone... LOL enjoy !

Happy Valentines Day!

Emo kids

"Pain doesn't hurt ... when its all you've ever felt " - Unknown

So I went to Tim's for coffee some with my girlfriends on sunday night, and there was this emo guy sitting in the corner of the shop at a table all alone with his fringed bangs sweeeping over his face covering it. We're pretty sure he was pretend calling someone on his cell phone....but anyways we overheard him on the phone.. and all we could catch was " Sometimes people don't understand that I need to be sad" ... I mean (lol) he makes a good point sometimes we do need to feel sad but it was such a cliche thing to hear him say and so sterotypical... well we found it amusing none the less... Usually if Im having a hormonal day I just tell people that Im feeling Emo, So what exactley is Emo? and how is it defined?

EMOS
Yes, Emo is short for emotional. Emo is one of the hardest things to explain because the are viewed as suicidal, cry babies, sensitive or weak...

"Suicide is painless it's only life that hurts" - Unknown

Although some people make them selves appear emo it's just the hair and looks emo is more of a state of mind and as the name states its emotional and harder to fake.
"Emo: Like a Goth, only a lot less darker and much more Harry Potter" - Unknown

Emo music is something that is rather ambiguously defined. It can be something that has heavy punk chords and influence such as what we've heard from the Sex Pistols, but it can also be something with soft melodic characteristics like what we've heard from the Cure. This is why emo is such a hard concept to define. It is an expression of emotion in some way. The Cure have been going strong now for over 20 years, writing songs that could make any 16 year old boy break into tears, even the football players. Their catchy guitar riffs and honest, emotional vocals have been mimicked by almost every emo artist to date. Another band from across the pond that has definitely influenced the emo music scene is Depeche Mode. They might be a primarily electronic band, but their moody lyrics and loner style has crept into every facet of the emo scene. Loosely defined, Emo music is music that is highly emotional and very straight forward in the expression of that emotion.

Emo is not only a classification or a type of music it's also taken over the way one expresses themself by dressing. It includes the tighter fiting pants to the dyed-black or dark hair with it covering your face. The longer hair in front with the spikes in the back is also a more Emo- or emotional look to dressing. Most times females and some males using heavy dark eyeliner or other makeup.

So one of my girlfriends asked me "Is it true that in Mexico they kill emo kids?" To that I had no reply so I went to my reliable Mexi sources at dance class and asked what the dealio was with this whole emo death rumour. It was explained to me that emos in Mexico (more in refernece to males) are considered to be homosexual because of the way they dress and act( makeup and being sensitive). I think its important to note that Mexico is a country where the religion is practically 98% Roman Catholic and because Mexicans are sooo hardcore catholic being homosexual is deeply frowed upon therefore leading to emo kids ( males specifically) to be targeted. Even to this day many homosexuals in Mexico are still in the closet because it is soo taboo... Another fator why emo kids are disliked among Mexican society is because of thier "suicidal image" and of course that is also frowned upon in the catholic religion. Dissatisfied with those being the only reasons that Emo Kids were being persecuted and killed I decided to investigate further and found several articles that explained what really triggered or initialized this movement.

"The violent attacks are partly being blamed on an on-air rant by ‘Televisa’ TV personality Kristoff who recently called emo ‘fucking bullshit’. Kristoff subsequently called for an end to the violence but it is thought he make take the fall if the government blames Televisa for the trouble...
On March 7 around 800 young people in the city of Querataro amassed against emos in the city resulting in many violent attacks, and a week later a similar incident occurred in Mexico City. Emos in both cities responded to the attacks by marching peacefully through the center of the cities...
Meanwhile, Chile is also seeing a wave of violence against emo, with TV station Chilevision showing an attack on a group of PokEMOns by skinheads. Emo’s in Chile are known as PokEMOns." - www.nme.com

It makes me wonder are we all a bit Emo? Maybe in order to function day to day we repress the little emo kid living inside of us...

"Sick of cryin.. tired of trying, yea im smiling but inside in DYING"

Its sooo Juicy !

So my family has a Jack La Lanne Power Juicer, but my mom hasn't used it in a while. I've been asking her to juice stuff for me cus well even though its not rocket science to juice I had no clue on how to take it apart for clean up. Anyways its Sunday morning and I figure now was more than an appropriate time to get familiar with the ins and outs of the juicer because of my new fitness regimen.

Once I got familiar with taking it apart I started Juicing and to my surprise it was realllly juicy. I had never seen this juicer in action but it really does work :)

So I made Carrot, apple strawberry juice. It was sooo delish :P mmmm!

I do have to say Warning, careful with carrtos cus they stain... I never would have thought but they do.

This is the part where I wasnt to fond of the juicer, the CLEAN UP :( Boooo I hate to wash dishes as it is but cleaning the juicer was not fast at all took me longer to clean it up and wash than it did for me to juice.

Anyways b/c it was easy to make, puting together and taking apart but sucked in clean up I think I might have to rate this Power Juicer 4 out 5 too bad clean up took so long.

P.S. I Love you

P.S. I Love you

Hillary Swank (Holly)

Gerard Butler ( Gerry)

Genre: Romantic Drama

Synopsis:

Holly is married to the love of her life( Gerry). So when Gerry's life is taken by an illness, it takes the life out of Holly. The only one who can help her is the person who is no longer there. Nobody knows Holly better than Gerry. So it's a good thing he planned ahead. Before he died, Gerry wrote Holly a series of letters that will guide her, not only through her grief, but in rediscovering herself. The first message arrives on Holly's 30th birthday in the form of a cake, and to her utter shock, a tape recording from Gerry, who proceeds to tell her to get out and "celebrate herself". In the weeks and months that follow, more letters from Gerry are delivered in surprising ways, each sending her on a new adventure and each signing off in the same way; P.S. I Love You. Holly's mother and best friends begin to worry that Gerry's letters are keeping Holly tied to the past, but in fact, each letter is pushing her further into a new future. With Gerry's words as her guide, Holly embarks on a journey of rediscovery in a story about marriage, friendship and how a love so strong can turn the finality of death into a new beginning for life. ( taken from IMBD)

 

Review:

Oh my fukken eyes!!! I NEVER expected to cry so much ( not sure if its cus I was hormonal at the time but I cried like a baby) the way the set up the scenes its so touching and emotional. Im usually not a crybaby but I kept telling myself after each cry fest that I wouldnt cry anymore only to cry once more over and over again... The story line was sortta predictable it wasnt the best movie but not the worst either. I guess its a good movies for girls to watch with thier girlfriends or mom if u wanna sit around and cry. Im not a huge fan of Hilary Swank I dont find her attractive I still think shes hotter as a dude with a ball of socks stuffed down her pants in "Boys dont cry". Maybe another actress could have convinced me to like this movie more than I did. I dunno maybe not all in all it was a good cry movie 4 out 5 for crying :(

FOTC !!!!!!!

So Flight of the Conchords have announce thier 2009 spring US tour. As you might have already guessed they will be making a stop in Toronto.

They have announced 2 shows April 21 & 22, 2009 at Massey Hall and tickets are $50 which is really not that bad at all.

Tickets will officially go on sale on Feb 6th & 7th, however as of Feb 2nd there are presale tickets avail and the pre sale password: sugalumps . I wanna go but unfortunatley I have a student budget ( self explanitory). Hopefully by the time the date nears I will have some sort of income and then I can get some off of a scalper... if not who cares, I'm still having Bret's baby !!!

OnDemand

I’ve recently upgraded my digital cable experience by upgrading the type of digital box I had to one that has PVR (personal video recorder). Well in addition to that we’ve also added some extra programming to our cable. Now I’m slowing becoming a TV whore with more channels to watch, my favorite shows available On Demand and the internal PVR… how could I not watch? Lately my life has come to a nightly routine Sex and the city from 1130 – 100 then I go On Demand catch up on Dexter season 3 (1 hr) and at 2 Yoga back to back till 3 …. Eeek!

This is where I’m glad that I’m not single anymore, because all this programming at my disposal plus my PVR… it’s like my NEW BFF, who needs a bf? Lol. I’ve already caught up with all of Summer Heights High half way through Dexter season3, Half done with Californication season 2 and now FOTC – Flight of the Conchords season 2 has started so HBO is my new friend : ) I love it !

YouAddiction

So recently I have become increasingly addicted to youtube, call it boredom, call it being a net loser, or call it what ever you want. It first started out as an occasional user and I had some gibberish user name because it was never my intention to share it with any of my friends. However, when I started adding videos to my favorites that’s when it started to get out of hand. So in my attempt to be a little more organized this year I tried to tidy up my account and put things into playlist folders. Well it became a bit of a headache. Finally I decided a new account with a name I actually like was in order iluvserendipity, now I’m half way done saving my old videos into proper folders plus some new additional video I thought of along the way. I have a bit of everything from music, yoga, cultural, fitness, makeup, and even a folder titled Lol, Rofl, Lmao where I just add random things that make me laugh. There’s just one thing missing though, I wanna start adding videos… but I don’t know what yet. I thought of all the things I like to do and even my talents and really I’m not sure what exactly but soon enough I’m going to be making my break into the youtube world. Anyways Just gonna add some videos from my playlist folders … enjoy!
Indian Nipple song (Lol, Rofl, Lmao Folder)

Money Korean Kareoke ( Lol, Rofl, Lmao Folder)
Yoga Sun Salutations (Yogaaaaaa folder)

Flavor wave TURBO oven

Lol .... This has become one of my favorite infomercials on tv these days. Mr T was one of my childhood heros and to see him endorsing this rocks my world. I have 2 girlfriends that swear this product is amazing and they had thiers for years. What makes this infomercial great is the lame acting by Darla and Mr T... some of my fav moments include:

1. the old lady in the audience when Mr T walks in the studio.
2. when Mr T says "I Pitty the fool ....." "das cooooo" "look ma, im cookin"
3. "das right boys and girls is always good to eat ur veggies"
4. Darla - I have a surprise for youMr T- Its not my birthday
Darla- It had to be your birthday sometime this yearMr T- Your not mistaken about THAT darla
lol .... enjoy!

Treadmill

So its been a week since I got my treadmill, so far I've been pretty consistant with my running. I found a preset program on there that I really enjoy using. It 20 mins long and its interval training it starts off with a walk then increases to a speed walk reaching a running point decreases to a speed walk and then a walk. It repeats this cycle 4 times which in the end I finish off with a good sweat. Ive been combining this with weights and ball exercises.

Ive been finding that my old back injury is slightly irritated from working out but I hope that my back can start to adjust and eventually I make my workouts longer and more intense.