Date: 2009-10-15 07:57 Subject: Xenites Unite!... again. Security: Public

Hai guys.

I'm not dead, I swear.

I'm just REALLY obsessed with this website:

http://xena.yuku.com/

My username is cookingwithjuices, if anyone wants to check it out. :P Hope you guys are well!

Date: 2009-01-08 20:20 Subject: Excitement! Security: Public Mood: excited

Sooooooooo... I am busting at the seams because there is now a distinct possibility that we will be able to visit London in May. :O Jenny's mum found a great deal through her travel agent that includes airfare to and from Germany, two nights' accomodations (who knows where) and a 'show' (um, WICKED is the show) all for $325! Canadian dollars! And that's for TWO PEOPLE!

So, needless to say, I am actually giddy with excitement. It's not set in stone by any means, but be assured that you will know when I know. :D

Date: 2009-01-03 07:59 Subject: A Look Back @ 2008 Security: Public

Stolen from blob.

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Yay, bring on 2009!

Date: 2008-11-14 21:01 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public Mood: contemplative

It has been about 400 years since I did a proper entry. I'll try to make this one decent.

I'm married now! The wedding was great, I have to say. We spent the night in a really nice posh hotel room with fancy drinks and chocolates and a jacuzzi. It was really nice. The honey moon ended there, unfortunately, and we're now on month 3 of living with my ridiculous 18 year-old sister-in-law. It's madness. I think I'm losing my mind. She steals from us, eats non-stop and lays on the couch all day. Seriously. She's living with us in order to attend school but she hasn't bothered to go this week.

To make a long story short, I feel cheated and angry that we have been cheated out of our first year living together as a real live married couple in order to do this ungrateful tit a favour. Grrrrr. We're supposed to live with her for two years but there is NO WAY I am doing this again. NO WAY.

Anyway! Hmmm, news! I had my Birthday back in October, which was really nice. I turned the big 2-5, and we went to the Toronto Metro Zoo to celebrate with our friends Rachel and Blair. It was fun. They gave me an amazing sweatshirt that says "I'd rather be watching Xena: Warrior Princess" across the front. It's an apt statement about my life in general, I think.

This entry is going to be a bit all over the place. There's news on the me-potentially-doing-my-Masters Front: I have been told by my profs that my idea is doable, interesting, and that I should definitely follow through with it. My problem now is whether or not I actually want to do it. :S It would be a huge decision, as well as a huge expense. The tuition alone is $12,000 for the year, and I would have to drop down to part-time hours at work, and somehow pay for books and travel and things like this. I'm not sure it's what I want to do. I wonder if it's just a bandaid solution to me not knowing what to do with my life. Bah! It makes my head spin just thinking about it. I've also waited a ridiculous amount of time to start thinking about this again, since applications are due in February. I just don't know what to do. Yikes. :( So that's where that stands.

I'm really excited for Christmas, as I am every year. Jenny really wanted to put our tree up tonight but it's far too early in the season. We haven't even got any snow yet! Well, we did, but it's gone now. We may still not have any by December, but it's hard to get into the Christmas spirit without snow... for me, anyway.

Oh, for those of you who don't watch Grey's Anatomy, I should explain my icon. Callie Torrez (the brunette) finally hooked up with her ladycrush, Erica Hahn (blonde), and OMFG it was AWESOME. They were gorgeous together, although they had to do the whole Lesbian Panic thing. Once they finally got into it, the writers/producers decided it was JUST TOO HOT and they kicked Hahn off the show. >:O Jerks. Just way too hot for everyone involved. So now they're going to introduce a new lesbian character who will partake in some "mild flirtation" with the newly affirmed bisexual Callie. Damn! I hate politics.

And speaking of politics. Obama for the win, baby. California for the lose.

It's almost bedtime. Was there anything else I wanted to say? Did I mention I want to mangle my sister in law? Oh, I did. Hm. I feel bad for my co-workers who have to listen to my rants every day. I get greeted with a sympathetic, "How are things today?" every morning. Gah. I'm looking forward to her trip back to Germany over Christmas! She'll be gone for a full month. While I'm happy with our decision not to live with her for another year, this will force us to move yet again next summer. One option for this is to move in with my parents. Barf! I know. It would be rent-free, however, and they have an apartment in their basement. It would be slightly awkward but cheap and convenient. Well, convenient for Jenny. For me it would mean finding a new job or commuting two hours (total) every day. On the plus side, I could afford to work less, which would be handy. I'd be back with my horses, who I miss like crazy.

I'm working on the pros and cons of just about everything in my life right now.

Anyway, I'm now completely beat and am going to retire to bed with my hunny. Hope all is well with everyone. Good night, all. :)

Date: 2008-11-10 20:05 Subject: Huh? Security: Public

Clearly, Brittney Spears decided to use the distraction caused by the US Presidential Election to get hot again.

See here:

Brittney Spears - "Womanizer"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZSLIq6YiRY


*Is confused*

Date: 2008-09-18 18:41 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public Mood: happy

Can I just say that season 5 & 6 Gabby is hella sexy? See the icon. Love the icon. :D Such a saucepot. <3

Clearly I don't post in LJ enough anymore.

Date: 2008-08-01 06:31 Subject: So You Think You Can Dance Security: Public

I just need to share these two awesome performances from SYTYCD on Wednesday night!

Chelsie & Twitch, Hip Hop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDGul7j2TMo

Marc & Courtnie, Jazz (I LOVE this choreographer AND this song... and the dancing is amazing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr3sfkBHoQM

And now, upon watching it for a second time, I think the Marc & Courtnie one is easily my favourite performance of the season! Awweeessooommmeeeee...

Date: 2008-07-16 16:38 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public

Just a quick update. We are in our new house! Yay! Space! The landlord is officially a git but he seems to respond to CONSTANT REMINDING.

Going to put dinner on. Hope all is good with you (and you and you and you)...

ed. reading this over I immediately thought of, "Constant vigilance!" hehe.

Date: 2008-05-12 08:50 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public

It has been a year since Germany. :( I console myself knowing we will be back there this time next year. :D



Jenny and I at the Schloss Hotel, May 6th 2007. Fresh off the plane... Jenny looks drunk, but she's not. Hehe.

Date: 2008-04-23 18:06 Subject: Comment and I'll... Security: Public

Stolen from blob :) as always.

Comment and I'll...

1. Tell you why I friended you.
2. Associate you with something - a fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, etc.
3. Tell you something I like about you.
4. Tell you a memory I have of you.
5. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
6. Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
7. In return, you must post this in your LJ. (whatevs.)

Date: 2008-04-17 19:31 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public

I heart my new icons. <3

Date: 2008-04-07 10:14 Subject: Meme Security: Public

Stolen from blob.

Answer the questions with words you would have used when you were a kid. :)

1. The space between two buildings containing a footpath: alley
2. A knitted item of clothing worn over a shirt, without buttons: sweater
3. The act of not going to something that you're supposed to go to: skipping
4. Playground game in which someone is "it" and has to touch someone else who then becomes "it": tag, freeze tag, tv tag, etc.
5. Playground truce term when you want a break from the above games: tee, and you had to make a "T" shape with your hands.
6. Playground term you say when you want to claim something: mine
7. Slip-on shoes worn for school sports in the days before trainers: runners
8. Small round bread: bun
9. Sweet course that follows the main course: dessert
10. Scone: pronounced to rhyme with "gone" or with "moan": "moan"
11. Generic term for a bird: bird
12. Round food stuff made with batter on a griddle, which is brown on the outside: pancake
13. A delicacy that you feel is particularly local to you: shipwreck
14. Term of endearment: dear, honey, sweetie
15. Someone who's soft and easily feels the cold: wimp
16. Tourists: em, tourists.
17. A field boundary: edge
18. You see a group of animals standing in a farm building. They have udders and go moo. Complete the following sentence: "Look at those ____ standing in that ____!" Cows, barn
19. You haven't had anything to eat in a long time, and your stomach is letting you know about it. You would also like to be warmer. You say: "I'm starving and freezing cold."
20. Your friends invite you to enter a haunted house: "Freaky!"
21. A man who dresses flashily with lots of expensive jewellery: pimp!
22. What do you say in a shop when you are handed your change?: thank you, thanks
23. Generic friendly greeting: Hey!
24. Slang term for a pair of trousers: pants, shorts
25. Slang term for left-handed person: I don't think I used one.
26. Pronunciation of Shrewsbury? Newcastle? Glasgow?: Never woulda said these names. ;)
27. Two pieces of bread with a filling: sandwich
28. A playground way of saying someone is out of order: "That's not fair, I'm telling" etc.
29. Dialect terms for hands, ears, face – and, indeed, for any other body parts: I think we just called things what they were supposed to be called, lol.
30. Terms for someone who looks miserable: ugly!
31. Potatoes: taters
32. Pale round food stuff with a brown base, lots of holes in it, which you serve hot with butter: crumpet...mmm crumpet.

Date: 2008-02-07 19:41 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public

Has anyone seen the new show, Exes and Ohs? It's supposed to be oh-so-lesbian chic, but it could be terribly stereotypical and written by pseudo intelligent power hungry dykes (a la The L Word)...

anyone? opinions/impressions?

Date: 2008-02-01 06:57 Subject: News & gratuitous picspam Security: Public

I ordered the whole Xena series on DVD.

Oh. em. gee. :X

I am too excited to be allowed!! And now for your viewing pleasure, wee picspam. Sorry flists.

Date: 2008-01-07 07:46 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public

two words: sweeney todd.

that is all. :)

***

it's really gorey, but brilliant. and i mean, come on! helena bonham carter! johnny depp! yaaaay!

i freaking love helena bonham carter. :D

Date: 2007-11-03 21:20 Subject: Wedding stuff! Security: Public

Venue is booked, in-laws are booking flights from Europe, caterer is booked, officiant is pending, ceremony is planned!

OMG *breathe*

OK, get this: we're having a Wiccan ceremony. It's going to be tweaked, obviously, but it's very nature-ish and feminist and not God-y. :D And we get to hold hands and have them tied together. :D

I'm a mad updater tonight. I have my driver's test on Monday... right now I only have my G1 which means I can only drive with someone who has had their license for 4 years. I can't drive alone, and I have all kinds of restrictions. I'm a good driver, I just failed the test to get my G2 last time (G2 allows me to drive on my own). Bleh! I don't want to take it! But I have to, and I hope I pass. :( The test was hard last time, but I didn't have much experience then... so we'll see! Wish me luck. :D

Date: 2007-11-03 21:18 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public

You should download:

Feist - When I Was a Young Girl
Feist - Secret Heart
Flight of the Conchords - Jenny

Date: 2007-11-03 21:14 Subject: Deathly Hallows Security: Public

Did I mention I sobbed like a child when Dobby died?
...Or that my heart feels like it's being squished when I think of Dumbledore's plan, and Snape's loyalty?
...Or that I always forget about Lupin and Tonks until I actually re-read the book?

Yarrrrrr... I LOVED this book. All three times. Oh, man.

P.S. Dumbledore is gay. :D

P.P.S. This icon makes me weepy.