| new year is here but i want you near |
[Jan. 7th, 2007|11:56 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Cambridge | ] |
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| |  bored | ] |
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| | kitty kitty meow meow | ] |
It's only been about 3 months since I've posted on here. What can I say, there's no excuse.
Recap:
October - Worked at Sobeys until Thanksgiving then went to Calgary to see my girl for 3 weeks. Visit with my brother and Michelle out there as well.
November - Didn't work, moved back home with mom, was a complete bum and kinda enjoyed it, but was ready to do something.
December - Got a job, got another concussion, did a lot of drinking while concussed and don't remember much. Jennelle came home for Christmas and we patched things up pretty good and she even gave me a ring.
January - Isn't going so well so far. New computer didn't work, Girlfriend left - won't see her for at least 6 weeks, Car got broken into, No promise of job being available past Feb.
Still playing hockey of course. Catching up with lots of old friends while back in Cambridge. Going to England in May for a month, then probably moving out west.
Got a new cat since Squeak died, his name is Sparko and he's insane. |
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| hockey players dont slip on ice |
[Aug. 3rd, 2006|10:44 am] |
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| |  sore | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Rise Against - Ready to Fall | ] |
So what does that say for me? I fell at work yesterday in the freezer and hit my head off the concrete floor. went to the hospital and I have a concussion. fun. I always thought if I ever got a concussion it would be in hockey. Well it was on ice, but not exactly what I was expecting. Oh well two paid days off work and Jennelle got to stay over to wake me up every two hours and make sure I'm alive.
Also I have an infected tooth that is fucking killing me, that's been bugging me for about 3 weeks now and I have to wait another 2 weeks until I can get it pulled. Yay dentist! I'm shaking just thinking about it. Dentist is my one weekness. I went to just get an x-ray and I was trembling and sweating.
I have a date on sunday, I'm not quite sure what to wear. I have these jeans I know she thinks look good, but she is wearing a skirt and dressing up so can I wear jeans? or what? I'm bad with this. Someone help me. We're going out for dinner then out to a dance club. Someone tell me the jeans are ok cause I really have nothing much else haha.
I'm planning on going down to Baltimore in October, I'm really excited. I haven't seen Z in forever and I'm excited for the trip itself. I also might fly down to St.Louis for a visit sometime before xmas so a bus trip to Indiana isn't out of the question.
My car broke down on the hottest day of the year and we had to sit in it for almost an hour sweating our asses off waiting for a tow truck. Luckily it was only some faulty wires that needed replacing so I didn't have to buy any huge parts. Less than a hundred bucks for a tow and an hours labour at the local Canadian Tire.
My cat Squeak died. He was only 8 years old. He died in his sleep and we have no idea why. It's better we don't find out cause then we'd kill ourselves for not doing anything about it if it was treatable. I was sad, I cried. My mom had him cremated and put into an urn.
I've kind of had a rough couple of weeks. It happens though. It'll just make the next couple of weeks that much better. If I didn't have Jennelle here to take care of me and keep me from going insane I dont know what I'd do. It's going to be sad when she leaves at the end of the month. I'm going to miss her a lot.
I'm stuck up here in smalltown ontario until canadian thanksgiving - so mid october I think. Columbus day for you yanks. I hope I can survive after all the friends I have made go off to school in September. This town kind of dies after labour day. Just me and the locals. No more tourists for entertainment haha.
I went to visit my mom in Cambridge and met up with my friend Sarah while I was there and we caught up and she told me how almost all of our friends from high school are either engaged or having kids or both, its really kind of weird. It means I'm getting older and that kind of sucks! Oh well I'm always going to be young at heart I doubt I'll ever settle down. It drove me nuts how Jenn domesticated me I don't think I'll ever get to that point again.
I'm hoping to go to England for 6 months next spring. Live with my cousin and maybe work under the table at a bar or soemthing. I would love to just experience life over there instead of rushing through it like when I was there before. Just take my time. Travel around to other countries like Spain, Germany, Czech, Poland it would just be wicked. I really hope I can do that. Maybe go back to school when I get back for something I really want to do instead of going to school for the sake of going.
right-o then there's your update |
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[Jun. 2nd, 2006|06:22 pm] |
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| | Seinfeld | ] |
Greetings from Kincardine, Ontario -3 hours northwest of Toronto.
I'm here for the summer. Living with Mom and Dad. Which is kinda weird. I'm a baker now. I'm doing my best not to eat everything I make. I'm playing slo-pitch with some of the people I know here. It's definately not fastball but it's a sport. I'm biking a lot. I bought a little bike computer that tells you how fast you're going, how far you've gone, how hot it is outside and just about anything else you want to know. It's great. I left my rollerblades in Hamilton though, I'm pissed cause there's a skatepark here. I did try to use my skateboard at this skatepark, but I can't use it very much so I want to go with my rollerblades. I haven't been swimming yet as the lake is too cold, as it's freaking huge and all.
I've already got a sunburn, a huge scrape on my achilles heel (ow!) from my bike pedal, a bruise from a grounder that i missed and hit my leg and the scrape is definately the shape of the stitching from the ball and a bruise on my shoulder from the pitcher hitting me with the ball. I've only been here just over a week and I've already done this to myself, it's gonna be an interesting summer haha.
I want to go to Warped Tour but I don't have anyone to go with, Jenn was kinda my concert buddy. I wonder if Ela will be back by then. Also there's about 10 cd's I want to get and I'm so pissed cause to buy them on half.com you have to have a stupid American address. And of course that's where they are the cheapest. bah!
I helped my dad buy a new computer the other day. We looked online and in flyers for days and finally decided on one. The store happend to be in town so we went down. They had one new computer and it was the one we decided on, how crazy is that? And how sad is it that the biggest computer store in town (The Source!) has ONE NEW COMPUTER. haha. Oh speaking of computers, mine is already screwed. I just got it completely redone like new and its sucking now. Good thing my dad has a laptop....
I miss my kitties. I went and bought photo paper and printed off some pictures but I think it just makes me miss them more cause I look at them all the time. I can't wait till I'm closer to them...then we could have joint custody of the kids haha
Z (have you changed it yet? sorry!) I guess you figured out that since you bumped up your moving date, I cannot come down to see you. I'm so sorry and it sucks so much. I was really looking forward to seeing you, but we'll just have to plan another way to visit soon. Maybe I can mean Kael too.
Dinner time, peace out dawg. |
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| 4 months later.... |
[May. 15th, 2006|11:14 pm] |
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| | restless | ] |
| [ | music |
| | CSI: Miami | ] |
I realized today that I haven't updated this in 4 months. Wow. Where does the time go? Funny enough the last post I did was about how I miss the internet.
So I'm going back up to Kincardine for the summer. It's about 3 hours from Toronto. I owe about $2700 out to various things and people so I'm going to live rent free with my Dad for the summer. Oh and my mom lives there too. We're going to be a happy family for the first time ever.
Which means I don't have to work at Winners anymore. Fuck I'm so happy to get out of that place. I'm going to miss a few people, but some I'm glad to get rid of. That place drives me crazy.
I'm going to be a baker this summer so I'm mentally preparing myself for when I gain 20 pounds from eating cookies.
I have a problem with shopping lately. In that past week or so I've purchased an AFI cd, a harness for my cd player in my car, a wireless reciever for my laptop, actually paid for drinks at the bar and tomorrow I plan to buy new shoes and a shirt. I think I'm trying to make myself happy with material objects to fill a gap. The thing is, I don't care cause it's the only thing that works.
Does anyone watch Prison Break? What the hell kind of ending was that? I'm quite upset about that.
So I've been packing all my stuff, which means throwing lots of stuff out as well. The less I have to pack the better. So I'm down to about one box of Toy Story items. And if you know me, that isn't much. I threw out a lot of stuff over the past couple years with all the moving I've done. (7 times in the past 4 years)
I thought about selling them, but I'd rather just get rid of them in one shot cause if I don't, I might change my mind.
If you haven't listened to Ember Swift's new CD yet (the dirty pulse) then I suggest you do that now, it's great. Probably the only CD she has out of 8 or 9 that I can actually listen to.
So uhh...for the bigger news of the update, after two years, Jenn and I have decided to end things. We both want different things and I realized I'm just not in love anymore. We're doing well getting along, but I'm eager to get out of here. I need more space and independance. I'm sure we'll be good friends again one day, but you can't have that right away and we both realize that.
Going to Darien Lake this weekend! Sooooo excited! Two nights of camping and 3 days at the park with all my hockey bitches. I can just imagine the adventures....
Oh, and I have to wear glasses now. Since I started driving I was getting headaches especially at night so I went to get my eyes tested and turns out I have astigmatism. I don't know how to post pictures so I can't show you unless I upload one as my user pic. I'll see what I can do.
I've taken up golf this year. I've had clubs for a few years but I would only go out once or twice a season. This year I have already been to the driving range 3 times and golfed 9 holes 4 times. My best score was a 45. Not bad, but I hope to improve. My goal is to get under 40 by the end of the season. I'm also going to be playing baseball so I should be very tanned and hopefully in good shape in time for hockey next year.
I guess that's all I have to say for now. Take care and until next time, which I promise won't be 4 months from now, toodles kids. |
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[Jan. 17th, 2006|11:50 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  awake | ] |
| [ | music |
| | noonhour news | ] |
So I realized this week how much I really miss the internet. I don't spend as much time on as I used to and have lost some close friendships that I'm not too happy about. I did it to myself. I don't regret spending less time on the internet, but I do regret not staying closer to some people. You know who you are. I just kept telling myself that I would get around to emails, livejournal but it doesn't happen as often as I'd like. So I'm sorry.
So my life off the internet has been pretty good. I finally got my car on the road. My dad paid for a year of insurance for xmas and Jenn and Michelle went and got me new tires, emissions test, safety done and took me to the motor vehicles office (that my uncle owns) and we got some plates that I picked out myself. It was amazing. So if you see a little green neon driving around with a Toronto Maple Leafs car flag flapping around, thats me!
Xmas was great. We invited everyone over to our house and had a drop in xmas eve party. Lots of family came from both our families and some finally got to meet. It went very smoothly and I couldn't have asked for a better night. We wanted to have a nice xmas because the house is getting torn down in the summer.
An ice rink has formed itself in the old neighbors yard (they tore down that house already) so we have a kick ass hockey rink right fuckin here. I love it! Although I quickly learned not to use a very low car on a lot of snow and ice to light up the ice rink at night. My cars' front end was suspended in the air and being front wheel drive it wasn't a fun situation to get out of. A good memory now that it's over.
I don't want to say much yet, but let's just say "Vancouver" and "future" may be in the cards.
Does anyone else watch Viva la Bam!? Oh jeez I'm so addicted to it. Last night I watched all of season 4 and half of season 5. It's so funny. I love Billy Idol.
Speaking of tv....L Word! Season 3 is 2 eps in and I'm loving it. It's not as good as it used to be but addictive nonetheless.
So Election...If Harper gets in, we're fucked. Like really fucked. He's like Bush but smart. I don't want to vote for Liberals cause they are corrupt, I want to vote for NDP but my vote could be wasted as its pretty much between the Liberals and Conservatives. Politics suck. I've never liked them. Blech.
Allright I should use my day off to do some productive things at home.
Toodles |
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| Lots of time to think... |
[Aug. 30th, 2005|08:47 pm] |
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| |  thirsty | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Static scratching at the screen in the window | ] |
I'm still contemplating whether too much thinking is a good thing or a bad thing for me. So far it hasn't had any negative consequences. At work all I do is hang clothes all day and no one talks because well I don't know. So this is kinda weird but this idea won't get out of my head of writing some kind of letter that won't get delivered to people in my life that I don't/can't talk to anymore. friends, ex's, family that sort of thing. Almost like I have some kind of backlog of things I didn't get to/never said to people. All I can think about at work is random people and random things I would say to them if we were still close. I dunno, my mind works in a very random unorganized thought process. I think I have to do this soon though, I keep thinking about people, things that happend, what I think looking back...I need to vent and ramble. It's good to have one of those every once in a while.
So, in other news.
There is construction surrounding our house. They tore down the house next to us so we took some bricks and wood to make something in the future. Kind of preserve what they ruined for "progress".
Static is now known as spider kitty. She likes to climb cupboards, mattresses, guitar cases, clothes in the closet, bricks and basically anything her little claws can grip to and make her go up. When she climbs your leg and right into your chest its kind of cute though. Even though your stomach and legs are scratched up.
I am going to sell my toy story things on ebay. This is really hard for me but I'm sick of dragging them around and I need some extra money. I must get my car insured so I can drive to hockey, Philly, Indiana, Montreal and anywhere else I decide.
Im going to a Leaf game!!! Well, pre-season, but still! I'm so excited, last winter was so hard. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Boston Bruins Tuesday September 20th I will be there. I don't think it's televised but I don't care cause I will be there!
Went to a housewarming party in the middle of nowhere up north and minus the stupid drive, it was really cool. It took us 8 hours for a 5 hour trip. We ended up in Moscow, Ontario and quickly bought a map to leave. Once at our destination I got some Quebec maple syrup (the only good thing out of that province), had a great volleyball game, an awesome bonfire with live music, had a bat fly at my head and went to sleep. A wonderful time it was, I reckon.
Did anyone watch Canadian Idol last year? When Jacob was on? Remember how he was in a band and always wore those hedley shirts? Well....I'm going to see hedley! Jacobs voice was so amazing and I am so excited to go to this concert. Still would have rather gone to see Story of the Year, but you can't have em all, bucko.
My mom now lives with my dad up in Kincardine about 4 hours from here. My brother has a place with his girlfriend down the street from where my mom used to live. He has my cats, Squeak and Sniper. He better take care of them or I will rip out his pencreas with a spoon.
This is a big update for me. I feel good about this. Im going to end it now.
Oh, one more thing, sorry to end on a bad note,
Carm's mother passed away on the weekend (RIP Mrs. G) She fought a hard fight with cancer for the past 2 years or so. I wish her all the best wherever she is and Carm - I'm here for you, whatever you need, whenever you need it. |
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[Aug. 4th, 2005|11:34 am] |
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| |  satisfied | ] |
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| | instrumental | ] |
yesterday was a great day.
-it's official. my mom and my dad are going to be living together. it's kinda funny cause i've never experienced this. my mom's just renting a room from him cause her disability screwed her over and she can't pay her rent. they aren't back together or anything, but they've always been friends and now they both have good company for a while.
-my brother is moving out on his own. obviously because of above statement. but he got hired full time at a job he loves and he's got a place and he seems to be doing well, for now. i still don't trust him and won't for a while but he's trying, i'll give him that. he hasn't touched drugs since the day after my mom kicked him out, which is good. i hope he really does it this time. i really do.
-i have the best dentist in the world. i hate dentists. im terrified of them. i hadn't been in the past 2 years and still it was 2 years before that visit. once every 4 years isn't a good habit to keep if i want teeth when i'm 40 so i had to do something. turns out one of jenn's friends is a dentist so i decided to check it out, might as well while im covered by insurance, right? so yesterday i went and i was supposed to get needles but i didn't and she was so gentle with me if anything hurt she stopped and tried something else. she filled my cavity without freezing, fixed it up cause it was yellow and grated from grinding AND THEN she saw my other tooth was chipped so she filled that in and grinded down the one that made it chip so it wouldn't anymore. she saved me so much money it's not even funny because all that work she did was cosmetic and the insurance doesn't cover that. she is so sweet and such an amazing person. i want to show her my appreciation but i don't really have anything to offer.
-i got approved for my loan! i went and re-submitted the one before cause the guy was a jerk and didn't fill the form out right so i got declined. tomorrow i will be the owner of a car! who knew you could afford that working at winners. i already have trips planned and i know a few americans who will be getting a visit :)
-my dad told me he's going to give me another $125 in future shop gift certificates so now we can get the tv we want!
-hockey is paid for. im so excited to start playing! only one more month of iceless pain
things are going well. im quite happy about things right now. |
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| it's official! |
[Jul. 25th, 2005|11:12 am] |
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i am not a resident of toronto anymore! (just 40 minutes away though)
yippee!
i now live in a wonderful 3 bedroom huge house for $320 cheaper than what we were paying in t.o.
i now have windows and space and carpet and hardwood floor and it's just great.
i am encouraging everyone to come visit, please! it's a great place and i want to share it! anyone who comes to visit will have their own room - how cool is that?
zara - is your email still that comcast one? just want to double check.
lots of stuff to find places for around the house....toodles! |
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| food! |
[Jul. 21st, 2005|04:52 pm] |
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| | hungry | ] |
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| | crunch crunch crunch | ] |
doritos and salsa is the best combo ever!!! mmmmmm
dentist tomorrow :(
car tomorrow i hope! :)
no more winners :|
jenns birthday was great. she doesn't want to cancel it anymore :)
hillside this weekend! :)
see ember and lyndell this weekend :)
gunner is fat again :(
its hot. |
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| who wants to see a cute kitty? |
[Jul. 20th, 2005|02:14 pm] |
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| | tired | ] |
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| | Arcade Fire | ] |
pictures of my new kitty Static are here, if you didn't get the email I sent out...
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