Sleepy

I'm yawning a lot today. Probably because I woke up twice this morning. I first woke at around 7, and heard dogs running around. Then I heard Mom upstairs, so I thought, 'Okay, I can go back to sleep.' I realized I was cold, so I grabbed the knit afghan I got from Value Village when we went there with Justin, and fell back asleep. I woke up again at around five minutes before 9:00.

Didn't feel like eating this morning, so I had a cup of hot chocolate and read Fruits Basket #6 for a bit whilst watching a program on Oasis HD. Then I put The View on because Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon were on. I ate the last of the chili and watched The View, and was just going to start working on my hat when Mom and Dad came home from the doctor's. They also went to the British imports shop and got chocolate and crisps. Yum. I wonder where they put the bag.

They went out again to look for some more pillows at Sears, and I stayed up here on my computer and watched a video of Anthony Stewart Head (aka Giles from Buffy) performing 'Planet Schmanet Janet' from Rocky Horror. Then I watched the video for a U2 song called 'Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me', which was part of the soundtrack from a Batman movie. I think it was Batman Forever. I've been listening to the song since yesterday, but didn't watch the video all the way through. It's cool. The first line, which is spoken-word, is greatness. I think it goes: "Riddle me this, riddle me that. Who's afraid of the big, black Bat?" That song makes me want to watch Batman movies. The only Batman movie I remember watching is Batman and Robin, and I only saw part of it. It's the one with Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy and Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze.

I vaguely remember the various Batman animated series that ran over the years. I used to watch them with Nathan (my brother) occasionally, but I was more into the Spider-Man animated series, because I thought Doc-Oc was boss, lols. Nathan said once that there was a Batman series that got cancelled after one or two seasons because it was dark and slightly controversial for family viewing, but I can't remember what it was called. Nathan said the story was something like Bruce Wayne developed a heart condition. I've got Wikipedia open, and I'm gonna look for it.

...Well, I can't seem to find one Batman series with Bruce Wayne having a heart condition, only Batman Beyond, where Bruce passes the torch to a young crime-fighter-to-be or something. I remember Batman Beyond, it was a pretty good series. Then there was The Batman, which was cool, but pretty dark. The Joker had green dreadlocks, which was pretty neat.

Oh yeah - is anyone else kinda weirded out by the fact that they changed Catwoman to a hero for the movie? She was originally a villain. I remember my mom was like, "That's not right, Catwoman is supposed to be a villain!" when the movie came out. I haven't seen the movie yet, though.

I think I'm going to check the library for movies based on comic books, because I haven't seen any of the X-Men movies from start to finish, and I haven't seen the second and third Spider-Man movies all the way through. And I haven't seen a Batman movie in years.

Oh yeah. I wanna see The Green Hornet when it comes out, 'cause Seth Rogen is playing The Green Hornet. Heck yes :) I remember Book TV used to run the TV series, as well as the live-action Batman series. I miss Book TV...

I'm yawning less now, but I still think I'm just going to focus on finishing my hat and hand in my neckwarmer as unfinished. I don't feel like blocking it and sewing buttons on it today. blech.

Off to the library site...

Knitting photos

I finally got around to uploading my photos, after a yelling match with my mother (don't ask...), and turned in my assignments for the House Cup. Here's my cowl for Charms...




I think I prefer leaving the flash off for photos of knitting and yarn. The end result is much better - less colour-washed-out-argh-my-eyes-hurt-ness.

And here's the Snoopy dishcloth for Herbology...




I love how the photo and the dishcloth turned out. Love the finished cowl, too. That green is my colour, I think. Pity I could only find one skein of it at the tent sale. I should've grabbed more colours, because the yarn is lovely and soft, and has a kind of springiness to it.

I'm currently uploading my mock bento photos to Flickr.

I also uploaded yarn photos from my computer to Ravelry, which saves a lot of space on my Flickr free account. I love that Ravelry has an upload from computer option :)

In other news, I watched the rest of season one of Pushing Daisies. Now I'll have to wait a while for season two to come in at the library, because it's still on order and over 30 people are ahead of me in line.

Now I'm hungryish. Maybe I'll have another bowl of leftover chili.

In which Merenwen yells at her knitting

Me and my neckwarmer are not speaking to each other. I ripped back because I thought I had done a row of purling (I'm knitting the neckwarmer in garter stitch), but then I realized it was just stretched out. Then I screwed up my buttonholes, so I had to rip back again. Now I think I'm going to rip back four rows where the novelty yarn ends and do the first teal-yarn-only row with a k2tog in the middle so that I have an even number of stitches. That way, I can put three buttonholes in.

Aaaaaaaand I forgot to upload my photos again. But, in my defense, my dad went out to get chips to go with chili, and then we ate, and then I got sidetracked. Tomorrow I'll ask Mom to help me with it. Hopefully tomorrow I can cast off my neckwarmer tomorrow - not sure if I'll be able to find the right size buttons, though. If I can, I'll get that done, too. Or maybe I'll just work on my hat. Yeah... hat... I love my hat...

I want to be able to hand in Charms and Herbology tomorrow, though. And upload photos of my mock bentos :) Damn, now I wanna look at bento photos on Cooking Cute...

So, yesterday, I watched Sister Act, Sister Act 2 and six episodes of Pushing Daisies while Mom and Dad were at a pig roast. It rained quite a lot, but I didn't mind. It was refreshing - made me feel like carving pumpkins.

Right now I'm yawning (Dad woke me up early-ish) and half-watching the season premiere of The Amazing Race. I'm glad I finally caught a season from the beginning - I haven't been able to in a while, because something was always conflicting with the date and time of the premiere, and it's not as much fun if you don't catch it from the beginning. Right now it's a Roadblock task in Vietnam, and they're herding ducks into a pen. Then they have to go to a market or something and find a boat.

I'm hungry now. Maybe I'll eat some more chili. Or a bowl of chips. Hmm.

Oh yeah. My mom was badgering me to volunteer for the fall festival at church, and I was like, "Well, I don't know if it's during the day or during the evening." So I didn't. I mean, if they want a couple of folks from the youth group to sell tickets for the concert, then maybe I'll do that, but I don't want to chance not being able to go to the concert. I want to enjoy the concert, not work and half-listen to it. Maybe I'll knit something for the silent auction.

I love book sales

I couldn't find any knitting books at the downtown library book sale - just an old Patons Beehive booklet that didn't really float my boat - but I found five books that made me happy. We went down earlier than last year, so I was able to grab some good teen fiction. I got:

Mister Monday by Garth Nix (I had heard of this one but kept forgetting to get it out of the library)
Firewing by Kenneth Oppel (I haven't read Sunwing yet - I started it and lost track of it - but I figure I'll like Firewing)
Growing Wings by Laurel Winter (one I had borrowed from the library a long time ago - I never finished it, but want to try reading it again)
The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman (I have all three in one volume, but this one's a paperback, which will be easier to carry around. Haven't read The Subtle Knife yet, though)
Squire by Tamora Pierce (This one I've read, but I grabbed it because it's one I know I'll re-read)

Then me and Dad stopped at a coffee shop in the mall where the sale was taking place. Dad got a latte, and I got a strawberry Italian soda.

Oh, and something very weird happened as well. Mom and I decided to have Wendy's for dinner - Dad wasn't hungry because he'd gone out for wings with some of his coworkers - and I couldn't remember the name of their fried chicken sandwich, so I went with Dad. The guy that got my chicken sandwich and Mom's burger was bugging me to take some ranch sauce for my fries. Now both Mom and Dad think he was flirting. argh.

And after anger and tears and cursing, I switched to a bigger needle size for my hat, as the pattern instructs. At first I couldn't find a 16" circular needle in a US size 7, so I was going to use double-pointed needles, but I found another bag of circular needles, and found a size 7. I'm happy now, because this means I can work on my hat tomorrow while Mom and Dad are at a pig roast. I might start watching season one of Pushing Daisies tomorrow while they're out. I'll have to check to make sure there isn't a soccer match on, though. There may not be one, though, because I don't think Toronto FC made it into the playoffs.

And I must watch SNL tomorrow night. It's the premiere, and U2 are the musical guest!

Oh yeah, I installed my camera software today. I haven't uploaded photos yet, but I might do that tomorrow. What was weird was, when the program tried updating, it stopped responding. I guess it got confuzzled, lol.

I should be eating...

But instead I'm blogging! Funny how that works. ROFLMAO!

I have another pointless orthodontist appointment, BUT, I get to go to the downtown library book sale after! Yay! After that I might ask Dad to help me get my camera software installed before he goes out for chicken wings with guys from work. I think it's guys from work, anyhow, because he doesn't generally go out for wings unless it's with co-workers.

I think I'm done the brim of my hat, which makes me happy. I might have to wait to work on it, though, because Mom doesn't think she has a 16 inch circular needle in a size 7. Aw, shucks, I might just have to go to Len's to buy a circ, and casually sneak over to the final sale yarn to see if there's any Moda Dea left... ;)

But wait - there's more!

My mother is also a paranoid freak!!!

She doesn't think we should shop at Wal-Mart anymore because she's been watching some documentary, and told me "I don't think we'll be going to Wal-Mart anymore, because of the things they're doing..." Apparently, a bunch of murders and attacks or something like that have happened in Wal-Mart parking lots in the United States. We're in Canada. Completely different country, non?

And the bitch of it? I was just saying yesterday that Wal-Mart has their job application form online, and that I might fill it out and drop it off. She can't stop me getting a job there, but I know she'll guilt-trip me. Then again, I don't have to apply there...

I'm still pissed, though.

No youth group tonight, but there's a potluck at church. I don't think we're going, though, because Mom said something about not being able to get Dad to go. Whatever, I'll stay home and watch Glee at it's regular time instead of at 10:00.

I ate a bun for breakfast

I felt like eating something bland :p

So, yesterday I tried on the white short-sleeved shirt I got from the Zellers clearance rack. It made me feel like Chrissie Hynde in the video for 'Brass in Pocket' ;)

And last night my mom traded pillows with me because hers' was uncomfortable. I didn't even TRY my pillow, and now I want it back. Hers' is so uncomfortable. I was trying to get comfortable, even when I was sitting with the pillow between me and the wall while reading, and it was just awful. So I switched to my old, slightly broken up ObusForm pillow. I want my pillow back, dammit.

Mom got me up at 8 to tell me that I need to be up and dressed in case the guy comes to install one of the doors. I get dressed, I go upstairs, and the TV is on FULL-BLAST on PBS. Grrr. I love PBS, but not that loudly.

Ugh, my head hurts. But that may be from loud music, loud PBS and no water. I forgot to drink some water this morning.

Whoa, it got lighter outside.

So, no youth group tomorrow, but in the e-mail Stephen sent, he suggested that we all go to the potluck and NOT hang around the loft and instead sit at one of the tables and socialize, because we might get a new youth adviser that way. WHY isn't Firefox set to Canadian English when I set it over and over to Canadian English?!?!

NOW I'm pissed...

My mother thinks I'm lazy because I haven't made an appointment to talk to a counselor at the local college. Well, DUH, I've been trying to figure out how the hell to write a resume. I haven't tried writing one yet because I don't have a clue as to what I should put down and what I shouldn't. And Mom hasn't offered to help. Bitch.

I might just ask Dad. He says there's a resume template in Microsoft Word '07, but I can't figure out how to set a template. I know there's a business card template. He says he'll have to sit down with me at my computer and help me set the template. At least he's willing to help me. I can also go down to another library in the area, because they have a job searching centre thingy. But if I already have the tools available on Word '07, I can save myself the walk or bus ride to the other library.

Shit, now my throat hurts. I'll have to take a Dequadin lozenge later.

I was looking through the local college's continuing education catalogue, and they have some neat-looking writing courses. I just don't know which ones I'll be able to take. I think I just need grade 12 English or equivalent. They might have me take a placement test to see where I'm at.

Oh yeah, I'm also on a Fleetwood Mac kick. I've managed to find 'Rhiannon' on YouTube, but I think it's slightly edited. It's still nice to listen to. It's a nice, loud video, too. Also, I'm borrowing their Rumors album from the library. I might buy it with my birthday money.

She thinks she's soooooo clever.

So, I went to Value Village yesterday and got a bunch of nice skirts, including three everyday skirts that can go in the wash with t-shirts and such. Two of those everyday skirts are kinda Pretty in Pink-ish, and they're both made by the same company, lol. They're both long skirts, one is yellowy and bluey, the other is mainly red. The third skirt is a short navy skirt with some white print thing on it. The nicer skirts I got were a pink wraparound skirt, a green, orange and black plaid skirt and a black and white summery skirt with a black ribbon sewn on. I also got a cute little black cardigan and a pea-green fooler shirt.

And then today I went to Zellers, and there were clearance racks out front, so I got three shirts - one brown, one blue and white and one white - and a cami (which MOM picked out, but I'll get to that later).

Here's the catch:

Mom and I went into Zellers to catch up with Dad, and she said to me, "You know how you're paying for the shirts?" I was going to suggest that I'd pay, and then she says...

"By going to the leadership course at church."

*Bangs head against wall* I KNEW IT!!!!!

She says that it's $10 for the course because I'm an adherent, and she doesn't have to pay because she's a member. I don't know if she's doing this stupid course or not. Nor do I know how long this stupid course is. And I looked at the church newsletter online, and it's described as a 'spiritual leadership course' for 'spiritual leaders and potential leaders'. 1) I am not a church minister, and 2) I don't plan on being a church minister (bit of a Ferris Bueller reference there ;P). Mom says she's paying for me to go, but still....!$#$!#@# She is such a bitch sometimes. I'll go to this stupid course if she absolutely WANTS me to, but as soon as I get home, I'm blasting some Green Day. Grrr.

Maybe I should fake an illness. Or maybe I can talk my way out of going. Or maybe I can casually schedule a dentist appointment on that day. Wait, I wonder if my appointment at Dr. G's (the dental surgeon who's going to put my fake tooth in) is on that day? *crosses fingers*

I'm just not into all that cutesy leadership shit. All that 'fall backwards and let the person behind you catch you' shit. It's pointless. AND tasteless. And this stupid course is all because of our 'new settled minister'. Gawd. I hope this minister isn't weird.

I think I'm going to ask Dad if he can help me replaces the batteries in my watches. That way I can keep track of time during days of bullshit.

Maybe I'll sign up for the sushi-making course. Or tai chi. Maybe I can convince Mom that tai chi would be better in the long run than some stupid spiritual leadership course (which doesn't sound non-minister friendly ANYWAY).

I have also been trying to figure out how to change the template on Word '07, because my dad says there's a resume template. I'll have to ask him.

Ah, Smokey Robinson. I love this guy. And YouTube.

I also need to install my camera software. And see about getting my computer's power switch looked at.

ETA: oh yeah, I decided to frog my novelty yarn sunglasses case and instead make a scarf with the same two yarns.

My mission...

...is to be the Molly Ringwald of the youth group, a la Pretty in Pink.

Yup, I watched Pretty in Pink today. It's a great movie. Jon Cryer is adorable in it. I now want to go to Value Village and look for some cotton skirts and dresses. I don't plan on altering them like Andie in Pretty in Pink, but I sure do plan on dressing like her.

I started the sunglasses case I've been plotting in my head. It's my Defense Against the Dark Arts homework - "What I fought on my summer vacation". I'm making the case with bulky-weight yarn (I made my first sunglasses case out of worsted, which resulted in the gauge being wrong and the case turning into a knitting supplies pouch) and novelty yarn held together, because I fought novelty yarn on my summer vacation ;) I plan on adding googley eyes, a forked tongue and a pair of fangs. The fangs and tongue I'll make out of felt.

I also painted my nails with this electric blue Cover Girl nail polish. I messed it up a little, but I don't think I'll bother redoing the nails I botched. The nail polish is a bit thick, so I think I'll thin it out next time.

In other news, I wrote a side-story for one of my stories. It sounds interesting. I may work on it for a little while and add it into the main story later.

I took some photos on my birthday camera today. I decided my Vanna's Choice and my novelty yarn needed photographing. I still have to install my camera software, though.

Youth group was good and bad. The rest of the youth decided to doll up the loft and make cupcakes because it was Elyssa's last meeting before going to a volunteer thingy for nine months. I'm glad she's going... Long story short, Stephen had his head up his rear end.

But... it's so addictive!

Chocolate, that is. I keep eating these individually wrapped squares of Swiss chocolate that my parents bought at Costco. They're very nice and very creamy, which makes my throat a bit weird and slimy. Yaaaay seasonal allergies! lol. The tastiness of the chocolate makes up for the throat residue it leaves behind, though. If my throat wasn't aching on and off, I'd probably enjoy it more.

My Snoopy dishcloth is close to completion. I think I have 20-ish rows left. Or maybe it's a little less than 20. Basically, I'm just at Snoopy's sunglasses. I think Buffy accelerates my knitting.

Speaking of Buffy, I finished watching season one today. 'Twas coolness. If I didn't have Little Britain Abroad waiting for me at the library and Pretty in Pink in transit, I'd reserve season two. I think I have another DVD in... oh yeah, I remember. A DVD on Amelia Earhart. Oh, and I have Green Day's first album, Kerplunk!, in at the library, and a book on trees and forests in the US. I might look for The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Mythology when I go to the library. I didn't get to renew it the first time I had it out, and I would either forget to look for it or I had a lot of books out and didn't want to add more to the load. haha.

I have a lot to take back tomorrow, actually: my two DVDs (Buffy and U2 - I'll watch the U2 one tomorrow), my two knitting books (Bags That Rock and Knitting in the Sun), Bruce Springsteen's most recent album, and I want to take back Fullmetal Alchemist #1, because I don't have time to juggle it, Terrier by Tamora Pierce, and Fruits Basket #6. I might takes U2's most recent album back, too, because it's due back soon. I think I'll listen to the rest of that album tonight. And do my nails. Oh yeah, I think I'll take Super-Cute Crochet back, too. Like I said, a lot ;P

I want to start writing vampire fiction now, but it's a bit difficult to come up with a vampire story that hasn't been written before. I don't intend it to be like Twilight at ALL - I think Twilight was a mediocre book. Too much 'Edward is beautiful and sparkly' and no vampire-on-vampire fighting. I'm not sure if I want to try reading New Moon again - last time I abandoned it because I couldn't finish it by the time it was due back to the library. Note to future Twilight Saga readers: chances are, you won't be able to renew the books if you're borrowing them from the library. That is, unless you're in a small town where the Twilight Saga doesn't have as big a fanbase.

Crap, I'm outta water.

There, I have water now.

So yeah, that's me today.

My hands smell like hand sanitizer.

...from the hospital. I went down to see Grandma, and I even washed my hands when we got home, but they still smell like the hand sanitizer. It's gross, but I can't stop sniffing them. Weeeiiirrdd.

So, my birthday present from Grandma and Grandpa was $25 and a September Happy Birthday CD of nature sounds and stuff. Grandpa said something about how he was going to get me a Chapters gift certificate, but it 'wasn't convenient'. Uhh, there's an Indigo location a half hour's drive away, and unless I'm mistaken, you clean the house, cook and eat, and garden most of the day. And I think he could even order a card online. But, he's kind of a luddite, so him ordering things online would be like my dad knitting (lol). I'm not sure what I'll spend the money on - yarn, a book, or a CD? Or maybe knitting needles? I do need DPNs...

Oh yeah, and Angel = hotness ;) Yup, I was watching Buffy yesterday. Might watch more tomorrow while Dad's at work. I have to watch U2 Live at Red Rocks as well.

edited to fix spelling

Snoopy and Giles are bros

Okay, so that was a rip-off of Doyle's 'me and lactose are bros' line in an episode of Gilmore Girls. Believe it or not, I don't remember that quote.

But anyway. I say 'Snoopy and Giles are bros' because today I worked on my Snoopy dishcloth whilst watching season one of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. So far I've only watched the first disc - the first four episodes - but already I love it. I didn't really get to watch it when the first season originally ran on TV, because I was too young. And my Snoopy dishcloth is blossoming. I might have it done by Monday or Tuesday, even. I'm at the belly and back of Snoopy. Sounds weird, but it's true.

So, Buffy. I like. Specifically, I like Willow and Giles. And Buffy. And pretty much the whole cast, lol. I might watch more tomorrow, if possible (i.e. if my parents don't hog the TV), and I'll probably work on the dishcloth some more. Or my cowl. Probably the dishcloth, so that I can say over and over in my head, "Snoopy and Giles are bros." Haha. I just keep grinning because of the awesomeness of that show. And the awesomeness of Snoopy, of course.

Okay, so they're junebugs

Mom says they're junebugs, not cicadas, because cicadas only come every 7 years or something. Whatever, mom.

The door is installed and looks very nice. Smiles loves looking out the window.

I think the power supply is fading away on my computer, but my dad thinks I'm just not pushing the power button all the way in. How he managed to start my computer this morning is beyond me, because I tried and tried and it wouldn't start. Ah well. I still think the power supply is going. After all, the computer is six or seven years old, I think.

So, The Vampire Diaries was good last night. I really liked it. And Big Brother was fab, too, mainly because JORDAN kicked Natalie's ASS in the second part of the three-part Head of Household competition, which means Jordan and Kevin will compete in part three! I really don't like Natalie. She's a troublemaker, and she clung to Jesse like the plague to survive in the game (the plague? is that a good description? ;P).

My cowl is coming along nicely. I might have it done by Monday or Tuesday!

ETA: oh yeah. When I started my cowl, I decided to use the skein of green Berroco Pure Merino Heather that I got at the tent sale instead, because it's softer. The teal mystery yarn is kinda scratchy.

Cicadas are driving me insane

So are wasps. And humidity. And my mother. Oops, did I say that out loud? ;)

The guy FINALLY came to install the door at around ten to two. I could've stayed in my pajamas all day, but noooo, miss Bossy Boots made me get dressed. I might change back into my PJs and robe after the dude leaves. So there.

Actually, maybe I should stay dressed in case we go out later. But the chances of that are very slim. I think I'll change into a pair of pants, though, because there's a breeze blowing through the back window. I dunno, I'm comfortable in my shorts at the moment.

I can't think of anything else to say, aside from ♪LOVE STINKS! YEAAAAH!♪

iTunes is annoying me

SOMEHOW some songs from 21st Century Breakdown skip on iTunes. The only possible reason that I can think of is that the disc skipped when I ripped it. But, I don't remember bumping into my desk or anything! Augh! It did the same thing with a song from Maximum Cowbell, too! Stupid friggin' iTunes! I might have to re-rip the whole disc now!

And after I got off my computer the first time this morning, I went downstairs and said something like, "Wow, the SUN came out while I was on my computer!" and she was all, "You should be dressed for when the guy comes to put the door in! That's why I wanted you up early!" Uh, I was in pajamas and a robe. I was covered. But that wasn't good enough for HER, so I put on my black t-shirt and the green shorts I wore to youth group last night. Screw her. I might go to the park or the library later to escape her constant friggin' CRITICISM. Grrr.

At least the Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack ripped properly. And I do have 21st Century Breakdown on a CD, so that's cool.

We're getting ORGANIZED, DUDES!

Yes. The youth group is finally getting organized and shit. I'm very happy about this.

I'm NOT happy about having to get up at 7 this morning because a dude from Lowe's is installing our new side door SOMETIME this morning. I also haven't eaten, but that's because I felt like shit this morning. It didn't help that I was having a good but strange dream and then my alarm clock jolted me awake and NOBODY was up because Mom was sleeping or whatever and Dad's at work, so I had to let the bratty little dogs out and Lulu of course jumped over the baby gate to bother Mom and the dogs spent, like, 5-10 minutes outside and started wailing to come in, and then I couldn't find Goldie, who turned out to be in Smiles' bed, and Mom was all "See? There was no need to panic!" Whatever, mom.

But yeah. Youth group. Pretty exciting. I was the first to arrive, and then Emma and Seanna arrived after me. Emma asked me if I could help her and Seanna with negative exponents or something like that and I was like, "I haven't done that it a long time, so I'm no help, sorry." And Emma was wearing these glasses that she bought at a dollar store and was like, "My grade is so going up now", which was really funny. And then she was eavesdropping on Jeff and Gail (Gail is a member on one or more of the committees, and she's helping us get organized), and whispered, "They're gona kill us!", meaning that they were going to overwork us with all this structure and order, and I was like, "Well, we need some kind of structure..." And Stone brought this super-strong breath spray and sprayed a little bit in Micaela's mouth and she started coughing. She's fine, though. Riley came too, with his friend Adria. She's pretty cool.

And we went into the sanctuary to run through the chalice lighting procedure, and Gail told us when we had to be at the church. I think I'm gonna bring a book in case I'm early. Anyways. Before the chalice lighting stuff they all played sardines and I went to the bathroom, sat on the steps to the loft and sat in the loft until Gail told us we were going into the sanctuary. We went back up to the loft afterwards and decided on what we were wearing to the service, and we decided we'd just wear whatever we feel like. And somebody (I think it was either Riley or Micaela) said something like, "You watch, Stone's gonna come in a speedo." omg, that would be hilarious if he did. He'd turn some heads.

And before we did the whole playing-sardines-and-then-going-into-the-sanctuary thing, Micaela gave us more info on the volunteer opportunity at the Unitarian church in Toronto, but we'd have no adult supervision and we'd be going by bus and by subway, so Mom pulled her 'I'm-not-comfortable-with-the-idea-of-you-doing-that' BS. Whatever, mom.

And then I watched Glee when I got home, which was greatness.

I certainly like my hyphens today. - - - - - - - .

My arms hurt

But it's not the same kind of pain that I had with my knitter's elbow - it's a mix of muscle pain, two fingers falling asleep, and weird tingling. Advil and Myoflex are working well to ease it, though. In fact, I can take more Advil now.

It sucks, though, because I had a damn good idea for an essay, and I want to work on my Snoopy dishcloth and start my cowl. I might start my cowl in a few days when my arms are better, because the yarn I want to use is a mystery teal-coloured wool-acrylic mix. I know it has at least 50% wool in it, because when I wrap it around my finger and pull, it snaps. But it doesn't snap as easily as 100% wool, so I know it's part acrylic. The colour is lovely, though. When it's made up into a cowl, it'll most likely match my brown coat.

I also have to write up some kind of resume. I don't know who would count as a reference, though. I might ask Stephen if I could put him down as a reference, or maybe Jeff.

I also want to work on my pre-existing stories really badly. But, alas, it'll have to wait.

Well, I guess I'll take more Advil now. Toodles!

Epic win, I do declare

The cake turned out really well. The brown sugar icing got really thick and fudgy, but I didn't mind. I got to eat it off the beater :)

Mom forgot to bring down another pressie, so I got a very nice purse this morning. It's pink, but not overly girly pink. I love it.

Dad has this habit of playing with every single electronic device that someone in this family acquires. It's a tad annoying. Without asking me, he got my camera's battery and battery charger out of the box and started charging the battery yesterday afternoon. And then he went to play poker with the neighbors, so the battery was forgotten until the evening when me and Mom realized that it was still charging, so I unplugged it. I was going to bring it downstairs, but Mom told me to leave it up there, so I handed the case and floating strap (for underwater photos) to her and she put them on the coffee table.

Anyways. I had cake for breakfast, and we might be going to Indigo, because we need to go to PetSmart to get dog treats, and Indigo is in the same plaza.

I'm hungry. What to eat? Besides cake. Um... we have lunchmeat. Huzzah! And there's still a brownie-cookie-thing in the fridge.

My mother insists...

...that I have a cake today, because she forgot to buy one. God, I love her.

So I'm trying to decide where to work while at the same time telling myself, don't panic. You'll find a job you love. I'm thinking Value Village or Shoppers Drug Mart, because both are within walking distance. I may cruise the mall and hand out resumes to places like Coles, Hallmark and Old Navy. I want to work somewhere fairly quiet, because I have a feeling that if I work in a noisy environment, I'll go insane. I couldn't deal with noise and crowds as a kid, and even now I get edgy if things get really loud, or crowded. It was worse when I was a kid, though. For instance, I used to yell whenever I heard a bus or truck coming down the street. And my mom said that I couldn't handle walking through the mall during Christmas shopping season when I was little. So yeah. I wanna work somewhere quiet. I'll probably stop at Value Village and Shoppers first.

I also have to get my beginner's driver's license. It shouldn't take me long to read through the handbook - it's a skinny handbook, and only about two thirds of it are related to driving a car. The other third is off-road vehicles and the like.

I have to go to the library today, actually. The Wedding Singer is due today...

It's my birthday :)

I started off the day with loud music. Green Day, to be exact. I wasn't very happy about my birthday. I don't know why. Well, maybe I do. Anyway. Dad had a dental appointment, and came home talking funny because his face was numb from the fillings he had done. Yikes. He bought half a dozen Sicilian cannoli at our favourite bakery for breakfast, but I still hid upstairs and cried. After Mom asked me what was wrong and pretty much told me 'don't worry, be happy!', I went downstairs and ate some cannoli. Dad had a hard time eating his because of his numb mouth - I wasn't trying to be mean at all, but I couldn't help laughing. Even drinking coffee was a challenge for him.

For dinner we went to Mandarin, which was where I went last year. I was going to go to a new Japanese buffet restaurant, but I didn't know how busy it would be because it only just opened about a week ago, so we went to Mandarin instead. I think Mom felt bad because she forgot to buy a cake, but I didn't mind too much. I almost cried when Mom was asking me "Do you want some of this?" a lot at the dessert table, she was so sweet.

I got a camera, an SD card and ten skeins of Elann Sonata variegated in a cute black, pink and white colourway called 'Licorice Allsorts'. I cried again, because I felt like everything still went wrong. But I was happy nevertheless. Still am.

So tomorrow I might bake a cake with Mom, and watch The Soloist, which is due back to the library tomorrow. I have to go to the library, actually, because Coraline is overdue.

Oh yeah. After ripping out my Snoopy dishcloth three times, I restarted it in some of the red Peaches & Creme that I got from Juli as a prize from the 600 party in the teen group on Rav. So far it looks lovely.

It's humid.

I just thought you needed to know that :) lol.

So, youth group was fun last night. We're supposed to participate in the service the weekend after labour day, but I'm not sure if I'll be there. Mom said something about going to see my sister soon, but I'm not sure if and when that's happening.

I watched a concert on HDNet today. A Heart concert. And guess what??? THERE'S GONNA BE A MEATLOAF CONCERT ON SUNDAY. And I think True Blood is going to be a repeat, so my TV viewing won't be interrupted by that (I don't watch it, but my mom does).

I screwed up my nail polish, though. It's not that bad, but it annoys me. But, it is hot pink nail polish. heck yes.

Big Brother's on tonight! And it's eviction night!

Quick post before I leave for youth group...

I watched The Wedding Singer today, and it was awesome. Adam Sandler is so cute in it, with that curly mullet! And BILLY IDOL has a cameo in it. He's amazingly gorgeous. I was close to having a crazy-screaming-fan-girl moment.

Also, I started a Snoopy dishcloth for Herbology. I started it while watching The Wedding Singer, but ripped it out and started again because it looked weird on the wrong side. What a fussbudget I am.

She caught another one

Yup. Mouse caught another mouse. I woke up at 7AM-ish to see her (and hear her) chasing a mouse, and after telling her to 'just eat it, already' several times, I fell asleep.

Then I had two dreams in one. In the first one, I was in some kind of hospital ward in an evil headquarters, like something out of Metal Gear Solid. I managed to escape, and then me and my comrades were all lines up by these elevators with a menu screen, like a video game, and some of my 'characters' were 'locked'. Me and two women went onto an elevator and exited onto a circular hallway. Or maybe the circular hallway came after I escaped. And there was a woman. Evil woman, blond hair done up in a bun, white lab coat, like an evil scientist.

Then, I was back at my old dojo, only it wasn't like it used to be. I can't remember what we did in 'class', but we did go up against the wall to do an exercise of some kind (can't remember what it was), and I seem to remember green electrical tape on the floor. After class, we all sat around and drank pop. Peter from Coronation Street offered me a coke, but I said no thanks, because I 'brought a Fruitopia'. Then I sat with my sister and we relaxed and drank our pop.

And now I remember there also being a place in my dream, an all-female residence in Toronto with green blinds. WEEEIIIRRRDDDDDDDD.

I wonder if I'll have a dream about Rocky, because I saw bits and pieces of it on TV last night. Oh noes.