Dear Diary...

New blog...

2010-06-28T00:47:00.000-07:00

Annoying, yes I know...

But so is having two google accounts. I use one for youtube and one for here, but its been a pain having to log in and out between the two over and over again. Whenever I want to post here it logs me out on youtube and then i have to log back in, and the circle never ends!!

This blog will still be alive for me too look back on, ect - but I won't post here much.

Here is the new blog

http://whitehexe.blogspot.com/

peace!

btw

2010-06-13T02:46:00.001-07:00

I can't get you out of my mind. I keep thinking of how much I love talking to you, how good you look when you smile, how much I love your laugh... I day-dream about you off and on, replaying pieces of our conversation, laughing at funny things that you said or did... I've memorized your face and the way that you look at me. I catch myself smiling again at what I imagine and I wonder what will happen the next time we are together.

But I'm scared. I'm scared of what I feel and what I've said. I dont know how you feel about me, and it scares me more than anything... Sometimes you act like you feel the same way, but then the next minute you're not... You confuse me. I just get used to the fact that we will be only friends, but then you do that thing you always do, and its like I'm back at the start all over again. I don't know how much more of this I can handle.

I know I need to move on. Hopefully a summer apart will help things, but I'm pretty sure I'll just end up as head-over-heels when we see eachother again in the fall. Till then, all I can do is hope I can get my mind off you long enough to enjoy summer, and maybe, maybe, move on.

formspring.me

2010-06-06T16:50:00.001-07:00

http://www.formspring.me/whitehexe

hit er up && ask away!

Top Places I wanna go

2010-06-05T22:18:00.001-07:00

I've been looking into jobs with the UN, as well as volunteering jobs overseas over the past few days.... There are just so many places I wanna see and people I want to help!

Well, I have 2 lists.

First is places I want to vacation or possibly live/work in. These are more typical "tourist" places so I wanted to give them their own list.

1. Japan
2. Germany
3. Russia
4. Australia
5. Dubai

Second are places I want to volunteer in.

1. India
2. Thailand
3. Mexico (again)
4. Kenya
5. Middle East (Afghanistan mainly)

I'm gonna try and save up $3,000 for next summer to go to India. That would cover everything for 4-6 weeks with lots of spending money left over, while I volunteer in an orphanage with the IFRE. It would be so amazing!!

...

2010-05-29T16:05:00.001-07:00

Nothing really new still, just posting for the sake of posting.

New Avenged Sevenfold CD coming out next month - pretty excited.
A few friends from Kamloops are supposed to be visiting me over the next week or so.
Got new electric blue nailpolish - it's to die for.
Another author to add to my favorites list: Cheyenne McCray. She writes adult, urban fantasy/paranormal type stories, its heaven on earth.
Reading a new series by her, The Night Tracker Series - It's awsome.
It has Paranormal creatures (elves! and every other kind as well) and Cops/Detectives... and SMUT.
The first book has already layed out a few fantasies of mine
I need a bf that has similar RP'ing tastes LOL

Spirit Bound & other Nonsense

2010-05-23T22:54:00.000-07:00

I'm offically moved back to Vernon for the summer, though havn't gotten to hang out with many people yet. Mainly just Jake, and Callum, whom I went longboarding with, and destroyed my foot. Well, its not destroyed, but w/e.

Otherwise, nothing has really happened. Paperwork for getting my job on base, and a lot of sitting around, and reading. LOTS of reading.

Spirit Bound came out a few days ago (the 18th) and though I'm not able to purchase the acctual book yet, I got an online copy. I still want the real book, it was so f**king epic!

Rose, Lissa, ect all graduated, Rose with flying colors obviously. They broke into a prison, and got Victor outta there. After getting the info they needed, they LOST him... Dimitri was brought back, but he was all "I don't deserve you Rose, gtfo" and then after making a few comments that are very Rose-like to the Queen, the Queen happened to get murdered leaving Rose and the prime suspect... and then the book just ends, with her getting hauled away and her dad saying that she isnt going to prison but that "they execute traitors."
that is LITERATLY the last line! WTF right? I know!!

Soo there are lots of insane theories running around about who did what, ect ect. I honestly can't figure some of it out. I know some who are deffinetly involved, but as I'm re-reading the series I'm noticing lots of things that I didn't before so I'll probably end up changing my theory a hundred times over before December, and Last Sacrifice.

In the meantime, I wanna go to the library after the long weekend and see if they have the Succubus series by Richelle Mead as I wanna read that as well (I've heard good things about it, and I believe it, her writing is amazing).

A friend from TRU might come visit me next week sometime. Hes a cool guy, shares a lot of my interests about world cultures, and photography with me. We've met on and off since the international festival, and he's also a friend of Maaya (another good friend of mine) so we've been chatting on and off since her birthday party a few weeks ago. He loves Vernon cus it has Vietnames and Indonesian food, where as kamloops dosn't, saddly.

Anyway, back to reading.

few things...

2010-05-12T03:36:00.003-07:00

First things first, I'm going back to Vernon at the end of the week.

Why?

Well, for one, I can't afford rent here seeing as Walmart is F**king me for hours

(seriously, who can live on 4 hours a week at that wage?)

And, I'll be a CI on base by the looks of it, teaching tenor, so once I got booted here I figured there isn't much point trying to rush and find a new place here in Kamloops for like, a month?

And, even if I don't get the job on base, staying with my parents is free, even if it IS annoying (more so because of my sister, not because of my parents, and the fact that I'll be sleeping in the living room, joy!... NOT)

Second thing, I totally found my summer song:

It's so upbeat, makes me happy, and wanna dance!

Everything one would ask for in a "Summer Song"

Anyway, I gotta get up at a decent time tomorrow (today?) so I better go to bed...

next post will prob come from vernon, not sure how much I'll post, especially once I'm on base (as my laptop is de-mobalized due to a broken screen), but i'll try to post as much as possible, pce!

Exams

2010-04-23T00:44:00.001-07:00

have been killing me....

BUT

I'm all done for the summer now!!!

Oh, and I might get to be a CI on base this summer too... MAYBE, if my paperwork gets in quickly...

Courses I'm hoping for in september? all 1st year classes still, saddly:

English 111
History 103
Astronomy 114
Theater 111
Anthropology 121

IF I get all the classes and sections I want, I wont have a class past 530 ever, and wed. I'll be done at noon, and NO classes on friday at all.

That means early classes, as in 830am early... but hopefully I'll be sharing a place with my friend Donald and maybe Brittany too - closer to the school - which means I wont have to get up at 6am to get to school in time.... YEAY!

I also need to start blogging more...
I swear I say that in nearly every post tho... LOL

lenses & vampires

2010-04-09T08:21:00.000-07:00

waiting for my $$ to go onto my paypal so I can order my first pair of circle lenses.

I'm still debating which I want exactly - I know I want brown/dark ones.

Ones I'm debating are GEO MAGIC ULTRA BLACK or GEO MAGIC Honey Wing

hmmm....

In other ramblings....

the next book in the Vampire academy series comes out in a month (May 18th!!!)

I am so excited! I recently acctually bought the first 4 in the series, and have re-read them all in the last week. In all honesty I will probably read all of them yet again before "Spirit Bound" comes out.

Thenn.... i just have to hold myself until December for "Last Sacrifice" which will be the last in the series...

I'm scared, cus Richelle (author) commented that she was creating a spin off series with the characters that "don't die in the main series" which is making me FREAK cus I dont want anybody else to die!!!!
It's bad enough that Dimka is Strigoi and Rose has to kill him (or he kills her, though I doubt that)....

*sigh* oh well....

lalalalalalala

2010-04-02T22:49:00.000-07:00

yah yah, its been a while.
w/e I've been busy.

Just saying I'm alive.
exams are coming (shoot me!)

Editing Photo's

2010-03-13T22:31:00.000-08:00

I'm getting better huh?

I really need a proper version of photoshop, trial versions just don't have all the cook stuff!!

*cries*

I have decided....

2010-03-06T15:53:00.000-08:00

that I'll be moving to Edmonton this summer.

Nothing is CONFIRMED yet... as I have to apply to a University there, and still arrange a lot of things; but I'm working hard to do so.

Right now, I'm applying to Grant MacEwan University, and my advisor says that thats the best option for me. It seems like a great school, a lot like TRU in size so thats good. Also, they offer Japanese so I can still take it there - I don't like UofA offers Japanese - but they offer russian! So cool!

WE WON

2010-02-28T15:15:00.000-08:00

WE WON! WE FUCKING WON!!!!!
Sidney Crosby scored!!!

FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

14 GOLD TOTAL FOR CANADA!!!!
World record @ winter olympics!!!!!!
AMAZING!

Overtime

2010-02-28T14:46:00.000-08:00

Canada VS USA

We were winning 2-1 ..... then USA got a goal with like 30 seconds left in the last period!!!
GAHHHHH!!!!!!!

Currently in Overtime...... I Hope we win............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOLD!

2010-02-25T22:43:00.000-08:00

As, like, everyone in the world knows - the olympics are in vancouver.
I am so close (like 3 hrs away) but I can't go.... but I am watching the games as much as I can online and at school, as I don't have a working TV where I am living right now.

Women's hockey won gold today against the USA - and our boys play Slovakia tomorrow in the final semi-final round. If they win this, they will be playing for the gold.

Wouldn't it be epic if both our ladies and men won gold on home ground?

Yup.... epic!

Also watched figure skating tonight. Yuna Kim from South Korea broke a record score, and obviously won gold, with Japan getting silver and Canada getting bronze.

Gahhhhh

2010-02-25T00:54:00.000-08:00

Cramps, killer cramps...... gahhhhhhhh

feels like I'm gonna DIE

I'm gonna go take a few midol and tylenol, and see if I can numb myself enough to sleep through the night.....

Sorry!

2010-02-23T01:06:00.000-08:00

No, I'm not dead - Just pretty busy!

Two weekends ago was valentines day, and my bf came down from edmonton to see me.
It was a great weekend

Last week was also reading break - I worked monday and tuesday but went back to Vernon for wed-sat. It was great! Got to go visit some teachers at Fulton, and talked with ms Walburg for 3 hours straight! I also took my sister shopping at the mall, and hung out with lindsay and visited some other friends!

Now its back to school and work at walmart...
but I think I have found myself a waitressing job while talking with a lady on the bus today
shes the manager at a restaurant near the mall here in kamloops and is desprately looking for waitresses and is really excited to have me apply.

wish me luck!!

wow!

2010-02-04T05:35:00.000-08:00

Hot guy huh? Can you believe I went to elementary school with this guy? Infact we were pretty close friends! It was Serena, Kitty, Jan (him) and me. Huh, he's changed quite a bit now, going to a performing arts school in Victoria. Back then we watched Inuyasha and other anime together, lol.

FF XIII

2010-02-04T05:20:00.000-08:00

....... *speachless* .......

SO FUCKING EXCITED!!! MARCH 9TH BABY!!

Olympic Torch

2010-02-01T00:52:00.001-08:00

Sorry I didn't write sooner, ended up in the hospital friday night and have been busy recovering/working ever since.

The Onlympic Torch Ceremony was AMAZING!!

I got right up close and before the ceremony I was able to talk to one of the other torch barrers that had already ran with it, and he let me hold the torch...

It was so cool, and a lot heavier than I assumed it would be.

Coka Cola team had acrobats on stage,

and there was a real sweet local swing band that opened up the whole show along with some dances and songs by the local Native American groups.

All together a very fun night with a friend from the sorority.

Friday afternoon I blacked out/fained again and woke up with the worst migraine yet

so I went to the hospital...

while waiting my migraine died a little, with the help of tylenol

but I also got into a big fight with Casy again.... grr that girl makes me mad!!

but, we're soooo over being friends now, she crossed the line!

Just finished doing my nails, just a simple nude color

Tomorrow I'm in the international days fashion show, wearing a Yukata.

I'm pretty excited

Also have to go to the library tomorrow to return these manga and get some new ones!!!!

I'm gonna take lots of pics over the next week, so check out facebook.

No Sleep

2010-01-27T05:29:00.000-08:00

Havn't slept all night.

I "went to bed" at like... 130am?
I ended up laying there for 3.5 hours tossing and turning with a horible migraine.
So here I am now, still with a headache, though it's dulled with the help of tylenol, and refusing to go to bed now that its 530am....
My logic is that if I am finally able to fall asleep NOW, I won't wanna get up in 3 hours for school.
Therefore.... I will have no sleep tonight....
Probably won't help the migraines I have been having pretty much daily for about 2 weeks now, but no amount of sleep/rest/medicine have helped them so far so I give up.
I'll probably go see a doc during reading week if they are still occuring then.

The olympic torch comes into town tonight, I'll be sure to take lots of pictures.
We also have a movie hosted by the sorority tonight....
Oh and another girl is leaving the sorority now. Making the total something like... 4 girls that have left from my pledge class? Kinda sad...

urg, maybe I should get some sleep.....

p.s - isn't this gyarumoji cute? I love them ♥

LIKE MARY WARNER - SEREBRO

2010-01-25T03:25:00.000-08:00

Nice right?

Sexy right?

Amazing right?

Yup, I thought so too.

I LOVE Serebro

Russians know how make sexy girl groups

Blarg

2010-01-19T16:05:00.000-08:00

Yeah, thats right. Blarg.

Still kinda sick, but not really. Confused?
Ok, good. So am I.
I'm still sick cus I have a terrible stuffy nose and a crappy cough that makes my throat hurt.
But I don't feel exhausted or sick other than that, so fuck it, I'm moving on with my life!!
People don't like me coughing at school or work, then can just deal.

Anyway....

Hmm, think I will finally watch Star Trek tonight. I downloaded it a few days ago but never got around to watching it. Also I wanna download AVATAR but can't find any good copies to download yet cus it's still in theaters... poo.

I handed out a couple resumes yesterday, just to a couple places I knew were taking applicants.
It was amusing. I still need to take some resumes to places closer to where I live though, like Denny's....

Not much else to say/talk about now....
Erm.... yeah....

Up!

2010-01-16T23:33:00.001-08:00

Just finished watching the movie Up! for the first time, it was really good!! Omg, it had me crying within the first, like, 15 minutes! Poor guy, loosing Ellie! The little boy made me laugh though, and Doug (the dog) reminds me of my bf saddly! Haha!

I ate ramen noodles while watching it... very yummy ♥

Cute? I guess.... Japanese at the top says "Gyaru" - look it up if you don't know what it is... lol

Ive been looking at a coupld Puricura online sites.... most really suck. I really want a puricura booth here in kamloops... I would go everytime I had the money to go.... probably wouldn't be very often considering they are usually like $8 per time here..... but I would try!!

Bah, anyway... I should get to bed. I have to be up at 9am tomorrow, even though I don't work till 1130.... grr I hate the sunday bus system!!

Oh, also downloading star trek (even though I've seen it in theaters) as well as the glee soundtrack (eek!). So excited, need to charge my ipod tonight, Its been dead since like christmas... o.O

Poupee Suprise Bags

2010-01-14T19:25:00.000-08:00

Sooooo Cuuutteee!

Well not really, they are more "sexy" look than "cute" - for the 2 that I had gotten anyway.
Click on my doll to the left and check out my poupee girl!!

AVATAR

2010-01-13T01:00:00.000-08:00

No, I have never seen the movie.
BUT I did watch this make-up tutorial the other day:

and I wanted to try it out for myself.

Obviously it didnt turn out as good as Michelle Phan's but I was going purely by memory of her steps while mixing in my own edge.

I did get a few really great eye shots, and edited my favorite. So here is a little treat, it isn't on facebook yet so, enjoy!!

Movies

2010-01-12T16:02:00.000-08:00

I love walmart, it is helping me slowly build up my dvd collection, $10 at a time!
You can get 2 DVDs there for $10, so I usually get a couple every now and again. Recently I got these two fine movies:

Great movies, both of them! Ive already watched Romeo + Juliet the first night I bought them, and I am going to watch Mean Girls tonight.

My movie collection when I moved to Kamloops consisted of:
-RENT
-Twilight
-Across the Universe
-Golden Compass

and a few VACSTC DVDs from the past few years.
Though its not many, I've been able (on a very small budget) to add these titles to my collection over the past few months:

-Cinderella Story
-Troy
-Memoirs of a Geisha
-Mean Girls
-Romeo and Juliet

Like I said, not many, but pretty good for the small budget I have - I'm suprised I can even buy dvd's. They are ALL from the $5 each bin though - hahahaha, oh well, still great movies!

Also, I went to dollarama the other day, and got SCENTED GARBAGE BAGS!!! Its awsome, and they smell amazing! I got Rose and Vanilla scented ones for now. They are cheap too, only $1 for a roll of 25!!

Sick Days

2010-01-12T03:03:00.000-08:00

I get sick lots, though its usually not to bad, and I'm only out of class/work for a day or so.

So has been the case for sunday and today.

Colds suck. Ive had a bad headache, nasal congstion, and the chills.
The worst part is the weakness. I mean, if I wasn't so weak, I would probably go to school and work anyway, but when I start to black out nearly everytime I get up, no matter how slowly and carefully I do so, its just not such a great idea to walk around campus/town.

I think I'm feeling much better though, except for a horid headache that keeps returning.
But a headache a can deal with, seeing as I only have one class tomorrow, and no work.
I'm sure i'll survive.

P.S.
Boyfriend is probably coming to BC for Valentines Day to see me!
I'm so excited!
I am head-over-heals for this man ♥

Tropic Thunder

2010-01-10T03:04:00.000-08:00

Today was the Tropic Thunder party at the school, hosted by our boys, Kappa Sigma.
It was acctually really awsome, great music and lots of fun.
There was limbo, and hula hoops.
It made my day.

Lots of people wore costumes - hawaiian themed of course!
I did my hair in a 40's/50's pin up style,
and wore a grass skirt, green tube top, and flip flops...
oh and of course, a lei ☻
this picture was my inspiration:

Its 3am, and I have to be up at 10am.
But I'm waiting for DANCE ONLINE to finish downloading,
and thought I would share some info on what I did tonight.

Look for pics on facebook, I took loads.... ♥

I'm not dead!

2010-01-09T05:20:00.000-08:00

No, I didn't die.
I started a blog on ameba (a Japanese blogging website) that was more up to date...
but I lost my password, and am to lazy to go through all the translations to revive it....

So I'm back here...
yeay!

It's a new year! 2010 baby!
I'm making it my (late) New Years Resolution to blog more,
and I'm keeping it all on this blog.
So I guess I should update you on what has happened in my life since August huh?

I started university in September at TRU
It's an amazing school.
I loved all my classes, except geography
and I passes them all... except Geography...

I'm in a Sorority..
yes, thats right
a SORORITY
...
I know right?
me? a sorority girl?
But honestly, its amazing!
Not just the parties either (though they are pretty epic)
us Zeta's are really there for eachother
sisters till the end! ♥

I still work at walmart
it fucking sucks ass
I need a new job
ASAP

I got H1N1 (Swine Flu) in October, a few weeks after my birthday.
It sucked
Case closed.

Oh! Remember that "amazing guy" I started dating at camp?
He was a loser
he cheated on me, didn't have the guts to tell me
so he broke up with me instead,
and a few days later had a "new" relationship on facebook
complete with pictures of them kissing, dated from while we were still together..
oh, the joys of love....

In better news, I acctually found THE guy for me
he is ex-close friend's fiance's best friend (confusing?)
met him at my ex-close friend's birthday
he's also from Alberta, but he is a much nicer guy that the last one
he has a daughter, but is really dedicated
it was honestly love at first sight - for both of us

weve been dating since october 24th ♥

wondering about the "ex-close friend" thing?
well she swears that it was only cus of her that we are together
and.. well we may have had sex within the first week of dating
not that we find anything wrong with it
but she apparently does
and she finds it nessicary to call me a slut...
so yeah, I don't take that shit
from anyone
esspecially since our friendship has been on the rocks for over a year now

anyway....

hmm what else to say?

Im working on going to Japan next winter/spring
to study for a year
I'm applying to Bunkyo Gakuin University
In Tokyo
Its a nice school,
and I have a good chance of getting in,
depending how these next 2 semesters go...

OMG I just remembered,
I went to a three days grace concert on wednsday
it was EPIC
best concert EVER
I can't even describe it in words...
oh and Adam (lead singer) held my hand for like, 30 whole seconds
I almost died!

wow that sounds REALLY fan girl-ish
lol

anyway, peace!

I got a job! Yeay!

2009-08-27T13:09:00.000-07:00

I did. At Walmart. It seems a most decent place to work, and its close to the school! Yeay!
I just have to wait for my criminal record check to go through and its all a go.

In other news... well there really isnt any acctually. I love the New Moon prieview that recently came out. Oh, and I can't wait for school to start, im acctually getting pretty bored of sitting around doing nothing all day.....

Kamloops

2009-08-22T17:50:00.000-07:00

About time I made the "I'm here!" post...

Well...

IM HERE!

Its been interesting so far this week. Applying for jobs, checking out the school, meeting up with friends who live here... yuppers...

Not much to talk about really... My room is really nice - go on facebook it see pics, to lazy to put them on here right now.... blah

Summer 09

2009-08-16T19:25:00.000-07:00

I didn't know my life could change so much in a single summer. It's been months since I've written and so much has changed!

I'm done High school! still doesn't feel like it though. Grad was amazing, it was a long night (and that's an understatement!). I was going to write here the day after, but life has just been so busy!! After grad I had the DofE journey, then straight off to camp.

Camp was... both amazing and horrible - which is typical of camp. It was a lot of hard work, I was a platoon WO in charge of about 25 cadets in a Cadet Leader Military Band course. Yes, I was in BRAVO! So, while I wasn't in School of Music like I originally wanted, I was still in the music program. I apparently did really well this summer and got recomended to come back as a CSM. Even the STA wants me to come back as the Bravo CSM. Lots of people I knew were at camp and I also met a lot of new friends. I also met an amazing guy. Well, I didn't meet him this year, I met him in 2006 when I did CLI with him, but we never really got to know each other till this year. I had a small crush on him in CLI, and now we are dating. Today is our one month.

He also left this morning, not from base though. We both got PPU's yesterday and got to spend all day with each other but he left this morning to drive back to Grand Prairie with his parents. I cried so much. I'm gonna go up there in October for our birthdays, as his birthday is three days after mine! lol

I move tomorrow to Kamloops! Almost all my stuff is packed but it still doesn't really feel real. I registered today for Orientation day on the 8th, then I start classes on the 9th! It's exciting. I'm also nervous...

I dont even know what else to write about.... I'm sure ill think of something soon

Bored

2009-06-15T09:43:00.000-07:00

Sitting bored in Peer Tutoring.... there isn't anything to do at all.

The students are just studying for a test, only a few are acctually working on a booklet so it's pretty boring.

English party tomorrow - exam the day after.
Grandma comes today!!
I still need to get together with Serena and watch out old video's from grade 8!!!!
Wow, that will be interesting....
Also will need to start packing after grad.
Shit, there is DofE too!! This is going to be a busy 2 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!

My phone is decorated again. I bought some cheap things from Dollarama but they work really well. Also decorated my ipod, compact and lipgloss with extra gems.

Also got my eyebrows waxed this weekend (not as bad as I thought it would be!) as well as my hair "trimmed" I say trimmed because thats what it was. Thing is, my hair was sooo damaged they had to cut off like 3-4 inches just to get all the split ends. So now it sits right at my shoulders. I love it, it's cute and it holds curls better which will be great for grad. Oh! I seen a perfect picture in a style book at the salon of what i want for grad, exactly! It has the flower and everything! It was a t a different salon so I took a picture with my phone, LMAO.

I'm going to cut it shorter after camp, up to my chin. Not sure which style is will be cut in, but i'll find something.

Graduation

2009-06-08T19:09:00.000-07:00

It's getting closer, I can sense it in the hallways.
English class was pretty interesting today. Everyone was talking about grad.
Whens your hair appointment? Where you getting your nails done. Ect, ect.

11 days till im done high school...
Only 5 years to go after that!!

Vancouver!

2009-06-01T11:49:00.000-07:00

Went to Vancouver this weekend for the Tri-Service Ball. It was a blast!

I left Vernon at 3pm, and got into Coquitlam at 10pm.

Saturday Queenie, Amy and I went to Metrotown to get our nails done.

Me and Amy also walked around a bit, when Queenie had to leave for a funeral.

Went to Sakura media - I was pretty disapointed as I'm not that into Manga and anime figures, ect. The Music collection there was really small and pretty crappy. The Best things they had were DVD Lives of Ayumi's tour from 2007 and the Koda Kumi Black Cherry Album.

They also had the XJAPAN DVD from the reunion concert, but it was hella expensive.. (100$)

We road transit to Tri, it was great. We all met at Hazels, and took the skytrain to downtown van.

Then we took the bus from Brodway station to UBC where it was being held.

Inside was decorated really cool, with a red carpet and everything. Very fitting for the "Hollywood" theme.

It was insanly crowded though, the room was decent for the amount of people, but they used half of it for the coat check and the DJ station so that made very little room for dancing. I felt really sorry for the girls that showed up in long dresses. The pic above was at the begining, from the back of the room.

The Dance went until midnight, then on our way back we almost seen a 7-11 get robbed (!!!)

It was harsh Sunday morning, Queenie's corps had their annual! So many of them were exhausted.

Still, they all did a great job. Band totally cleaned out the awards, all but
1 award went to band kids. Makes sence considering they have one of the best pipe bands in all the BC corps.

It was a great trip, and I am deffinetly going during spring reading break next year. Ill go for much longer though, and go shopping more! haha

Hospital

2009-05-17T06:36:00.000-07:00

First they thought it was a Kidney Infection again....

Then, they thought it was Kidney stones....

Then they had no fucking clue....

Turns out it was a pulled muscle....

waaaa! ~

2009-05-12T22:14:00.001-07:00

Wohh, It's been a while eh?

I have reasons! Don't bite my head off just yet!!

1) My laptop was broken... again! Stupid dell, I did some updates and dell deleted my harddrive... Joy... I have given up on the additional dell softwear... plain old vista it is! It works a lot better now, much faster... and Sleep mode works.

2) School, duh. This is always a reason though. But it is extra important because it is English 12, so I acctually have to study because I acctually have to try and get an amazing mark. (aiming for 90% but I only need 86%)

3) Plain lazyness. Yup I said it. I havn't been on the computer much at all really. Mostly, sleeping to be honest. I am always feeling tired lately. Like going to bed at 8pm and sleeping through till moring tired. All the late nights over the past 2 years are catching up to me. Better now than crashing when I start university.

Well then... thing that have happened...

Spring Fling was... last weekend? No the weekend before that... first weekend in May. Nelson was cool, lots of crazy people. We didn't win anything, but Kamloops won the overall. I also met Reid Maxwell - #1 Snare Drummer in the WORLD.
Epic, plain Epic.

In English we did an amazing Hamlet Film project. It was AMAZING. We got 21/25 loosing marks because we didn't use a vareity of lighting. Hard in a living room, but that dosn't matter. It was helarious. I'm going to ask Doug to put it on youtube, then I will post it here.

Erm... What else? Not much, sad to say.

New Favorite Song ♥

2009-04-12T16:15:00.000-07:00

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

What I'm Watchin...

2009-04-12T16:08:00.001-07:00

Finally started the second Gundam 00 episode. Yea, I said I was going to before, but the internet was messing up so I had to wait. It's pretty amazing so far, though only on like the 7th episode.

I'm also watching Atsu-hime! The 47th Taiga drama! ♥♥♥
Okatsu is so cute, such a rebel! haha

There are a few drama airing now that I want to see, mainly LOVE GAME.
I still have yet to find CeleBry3 subtitled.

Happy Easter

2009-04-12T15:55:00.000-07:00

I got chocolate, from my mum. It is pretty good, though there is far to much and will probably still be here come summer. Then it will melt. I hate melted chocolate.

I havn't written in a while, eh?

I finish my term this week, then I start Peer Tutoring and English 12, w00t!

I have the best English teacher in the school too, it will be a pretty amazing term.

Beltane is coming! Soon, only 18 days! Beltane is when the Tuatha de Danann arrived in Ireland, they are the folk fey, also known as faeries. May Eve is their strongest night, maybe if I am lucky I will see one, eh? Saddly it's a thursday, so me and Amanda can't really do anything. I might go for a walk, enjoy the spring night. Might go up to Alexis Park, with a candle and try a ritual.

Slumdog Millionare

2009-03-28T17:41:00.000-07:00

It's pretty much the best movie ever.
End of discussion.
The soundtrack is even amazing - and I am fussy when it comes to movie soundtracks.

Oh, I bought Twilight today - loving the bonus features. *drool* Peter is amazing in all his 35 year old goodness. He pwns Robert, hands down.

Other News

2009-03-28T01:53:00.000-07:00

1) I got the AKINA shirt when I got back from Honor Band, its awsome!

2) I have two different kinds of ear infection, one in each ear as well as strep throat. It's great...

3) Going shopping tomorrow for a Civilization Cooking Project for monday, as well as paying off the rest of my dress.

4) Need to meet with Casy sometime this week to play more Duke of E. stuff.

5) Started playing a new MMORPG called Perfect World - It's by far my most favorite I have played yet. I might not acctually get tired of this one.

6) Downloaded the new BoA and Ayu albums - they are both fantastic. BoA's is really upbeat and urban, sounds like the Pussycat Dolls cross breed with Britney Spears, only not so sex focused... I put a video of a Preview of the album below, my Favorites are I Did It For Love, Did Ya, Eat You Up, Scream, and Touched. And yes, Scream is the same song that ANYBAND also covered from the German (?) band Monrose. I also like the English version of Girls on Top, but not as much as the original.

As for the Ayu album, its one of my favorites of hers. My favorite by far is Sparkle, the video is amazing!! I really like the title track NEXY LEVEL as well, its a nice cool off song, not really a ballad but not really that upbeat either. There are only a couple tracks I don't like that much, but I am sure they will grow on me eventually.

To tired to write more... Here's the video:

BoA Album Preview

Ayumi Album Preview

Honor Band

2009-03-27T23:34:00.000-07:00

Soo... Almost a week after I get back I FINALLY decide that I should post my journal entries, so here we go!

Friday March 13th 3:12pm

I'm currently on the first of two flights, this one flys to Vancouver. I'm happy because I got window seats on both flights (yeay!). Honer is here, I'm so excited to get there... Not much to write about, though I think I should write in my Creative Writing journal. This plane is really small, only two seats on each side of the aisle and only 12 rows. The clouds are really pretty, it's sunny but still cloudy.

8:17pm

We've been on base for a few hours now, the Vancouver people just arrived. Queenie and Christy are here!! They are in the same room as me, so is Bonneville, the other tenor. I'm in the same room as last year, same bed too! Thats pretty sweet. Queenie has already dumped stuff on my bed. Tomorrow night we are going swimming, then sunday we are going to the IMAX to see a movie. Then on monday we have a party at the canteen like last year. Then it's showtime everyday till next sunday. Pipe Band people are already jamming in the laundry room, gonna go join them.

Saturday March 14th 6:20am

Woke up 20 minutes ago, I'm already ready to go to breakfast. Last night was entertaining, some reg. force guys were marching by and Christ ran to the window yelling, "Cool! Army Boys!!' They heard and did an eyes right just as they passed our window. It was amazing! It's been pretty boring here so far, we havn't really done anything.

7:20am

Just got back from breakfast, hashbrowns and sausage - the good stuff, yumm. Uren has already called another jam session to take place in 20 minutes, then we head to real practice. It's raining a lot, big suprise there. I miss Vernon's no-rain, but not the cold. It's much warmer here, I can almost walk outside with a T-Shirt, even when it is raining!

10:27am

At practice, we just got the list for our medley, and already wrote most of the mass band pieces. The set is pretty cool, I will make note to write it down in here later. Oh and I'm NOT PLAYING BASS! Thank Goodness!

5:40pm

Just got back from dinner, getting ready to go swimming. For lunch we went to NADEN mess hall - OMGosh it's even nicer than the workpoint mess hall... and thats sayin something!

10:10pm

Just about time for bed, just finished a practice for the past hour, and some highland dancing also. Really tired and will sleep well tonight! I have two out of the six tunes from the medley memorized, but I still have a long way to go. Bedtime soon. Bleh I only have up to journal # 43 written for Creative Writing. I need 70 by the end of spring break. Man, I feel like I have been here for ages, and it's only been one day.
Lmao, so at the pool there were these, like, 10 year old kids that were doing crazy flips and such off the diving board and totally pwning the guys.

Sunday March 15th 7:26am

Back from breakfast, and once again it was amazing. We can't go to the practice hall untill after 9am so we are stuck practicing here in the barracks until then. It's really windy outside, a cold costal wind too... Brrr
I'm already feeling exhausted ands it's only the second day. We have a long day ahead - we have to learn and write the rest of the medley. Queenie is playing Across the Universe songs on her laptop. I love that movie ♥
I really need to write more for writing...

1:49pm

Don't have much time to write, practice has been crazy!! We are pounding out the last of the tunes and trying to perfect the other ones. Hansen and the guys took Jamies van our for a "joyride" after lunch - lmao. My brain feels fried.

6:00pm

OMGosh it's been a LOOONNGG day! All afternoon everyone was so Blah... We know all the medley, we just suck at the last part, esspecially he jigs. Here is the list finally:
The Sorcerer (Hornpipe)
Campell Town Kiltie Ball (Strathspey)
Asleep at the Wheel (Reel)
La Bome (Slow Air)
Barbara's Jig (Jig)
Donald Willie and his Dog (Jig)
The Panda (Jig)
Also, instead of normal inter. rolls, the drummers are doing the first two lines of the reel as the pipers strike in. It sounds wicked.

8:35pm

Just got back from the IMAX. it was helarious, we watched Madagasgar II. The Pipe Band had soooooo many inside jokes. Shit I got to get to practice!

Monday March 16th 6:35am

Not a good morning so far. I have killer cramps, mixed in with little stress knots in my stomache. I almost have the medley memorized, Asleep at the Wheel is still crappy though. I don't even wanna think about music anymore.

4:40pm

LOONNGGG day.. wow
We've been on instruments pretty much all day. It's already dinner. Party tonight, also Queenies birthday!! Jamie is buying her a cake. Shaun hurt himself running into the door, helarious. Lmao.
5:40pm

Dinner was helarious. Kelly was making gay jokes to Cody the entire time. It's also snowing... O.o Kinda... It's a very wet snow, but it is snow. Not sure when the party is, Pipe Band never gets told the timings. Mill band kids are so loud outside... blah

Tuesday March 17th 6:30am

Fun night last night. Josh Macdonald (from last year) came to visit Queenie for her birthday. Jokes were flying between the pipeband! All we are doing this morning is uniforms, then we are off to Nanimo later this afternoon.
I havn't had much time to write and it sucks. I am still only on journal 46 of 70. Though, I will write more when we travel as we will have a lot more time.

Wendsday March 18th 10:01am

We just left the base about 30 min ago. I'm really tired, we didn't get back till late last night. I don't even know what time.
The performance last night was horible. For the first set, I not only had a terrible headache and craps, but I also had a safty pin stabbing into my stomache from my uniform. That made drumming slightly uncomfortable.
Jessica was there, she loved the show esspecially the pipe band.
Oh, I also fainted on the bus. I was feeling sick and had just run a lot back and forth trying to find Jamies pink mallets. I was loading the bus, then next thing I knew Cody was lifting me off the ground. It was great..... :'(
I think this is the longest entry I have writen since I got here. Being on the bus is relaxing, its a really nice bus too. Its a military issue one, not a rental like we had last night. Last night on the way back was helarious, everyone was so tired and hyped up on energy drinks. Shaun and Mcintire were cuddling on the floor, and now apparently Shaun dosn't even remember.
We are already at the ferrie terminal. the ferries is great, we are having lunch on board and after the ride we get to watch a movie on the bus.

Thursday March 19th 3:32pm

On our way back to the ferrie, it's been a crazy trip. We are watching another movie, not sure which one yet though. Me and Orrik are being sarcastic about how amazing the loading screens are. The Mission show was really good, our best yet, but the Chillawack one today was just funny. Uren ran around the main hall of the curch with the scotish flag yelling FREEDOM!!! Bushard almost killed him, he was sooo pissed...
We still have two shows in Victoria, then we are done. Ooh the movie is Ironman - I havn't seen it yet so I should watch it. Yeay!

Saturday March 21st 10:56am

Forgot to write yesterday. I've been getting sick (yuk). The show in Victoria yesterday was packed, the pressure was on. There was so many officals and high ranking officers there. Even the world champ Piper Jamie Troy was there after meeting the pipers earlier this week! It wasn't our best show, but not the worst either. It was ok.We got to sleep in the past two days, because we only had things planned for the afternoons. We have another show today, but it's just a fundraiser. Cody was helping Christ with her Physics homework and that got the attention of like a bunch of asian mill banders in the hall. Very funny.

Cody was just telling us how Daniel almost killed him today because he found out Cody and Queenie are dating. Lmao

Sunday March 22nd 9:51am

We just took off. We are on west jet this time so there are T.V's to watch. Planets Funniest Animals for the win! I'm excited to get home and sleep... and get some medicine for my dying throat. Blythe won the QUINN award, top Cadet musician in Canada! woot! Daniel got runner up for the P&D one too!

We're landing now - peace out!

Fashion Show, Honor Band & Randomness

2009-03-12T22:40:00.001-07:00

1) Grad Fashion Show - It went really well, except the begining. Mr. Smith, the MC thought it started at 7:30 so he was late... But after that everything was perfect! A couple people messed up some walks, but nothing really noticable. It was an exhausting night though, and the change room was REALLY hot... 37 girls changing at once - was pretty crazy.

2) HONOR BAND! I'm all packed and leave tomorrow morning! I'm pretty excited and will report on all the fun stuff when I get back. I bought a journal to write in, as well as my new Creative Writing Journal. Yeay!

3) Randomness. I got Utada's new american CD today, it's pretty epic. Some of the lyrics are like "WTF?" but it's got some great beats and flow. I also downloaded Se7en's new video for GIRLS and it's pretty... gangster, lmao. If i ever see an asian in real life trying to be gangster I swear I will beat them. A least se7en kinda pulls it off. Some of the camera angles make me dizzy though... I was hoping to get BoA's new album before I left, but looks like thats not gonna happen *Cries*
Oh, did I ever mention how much I LOVE the new Kelly Clarkson album? I never really liked much of her stuff in the past, but I liked "My life would suck without you" so I got the album - YEAY it's pretty much amazing. I like at least 90% of the tracks on it, which is suprising to me.

Finally got the picture of my grad dress to work:

Yea, picture sucks, and I look silly... but at least it shows the dress.

ANYWAY

Long day tomorrow && I need SLEEP

Oh

2009-03-08T01:14:00.000-08:00

I also put the first payment on my grad dress today - it's amazingly beautiful.

My phone is being slightly retarded right now though, so I can't get the picture.
But believe me... it's beautiful! ♥

Grad Photo's

2009-03-08T01:05:00.000-08:00

They turned out amazing!!

I am really happy with them,

Here are some other poses

(Yes, those are my books)

(Me and my Mom)

(Jesse, Me, and Jake)

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-03-06T17:34:00.000-08:00

The preview clips for both BoA's new video "I Did It For Love feat. Sean Garrett" and Se7en's video for "GIRLS" have been released.

I nearly died....
THEY ARE BOTH AMAZING

EEEEKKKK
ZOMFG

SNSD (Girls Generation) Gee

2009-03-04T18:45:00.000-08:00

So during my daily music browsing online, I came across something really cool.

So there is this song:

"Gee" by Korean Girl Pop Group SNSD (AKA Girls Generation)

But then I found this!

A classical/traditional Korean Instrumental!
I almost like it better, it sounds so cool!!!!!

Blah, Blah, Blah

2009-03-03T16:10:00.001-08:00

Fashion show fittings,
Modeling Practices,
Writing,
Homework,
Finding a Job,

.....

That is all my life has consisted of for the past week...

Lame... I know

I'll probably post more soon,
the fashion show is next week - and honour band starts that weekend.
Dunno if I am going to take my laptop though, but I'll write in a Journal for sure.

Tristan

2009-02-24T19:56:00.000-08:00

I walk down the busy make-shift street, dragging my feet at a sluggish pace. My freshly pressed uniform smothers me. The harsh rays of the sun beat down on me from directly above. I'm not quite used to the heat. Other Soldiers I don’t know rush past me, nodding a quick greeting before carrying on. Just like me, they are here for their loved ones – their wife, their child, their mother, and their friends. They are who they fight to protect. I study each face, praying silently for their safety.

I reach my destination; a small lounge near the bath houses. The walls are a deep beige canvas, held together with steel bars heated by the sun. It’s a little more crowded than usual, men playing a game of pool and enjoying drinks. I see a group of women laughing over a tabloid magazine I recognize as last month’s issue. In a dimly lit corner I see a group of men and women, still in their dusty uniform, standing out from the rest in the building. They sit around an unbalanced table in metal fold chairs, barely speaking to each other, eyes cast to the ground.
Greetings are simple, but warm. I can feel their stiff tired muscles when we share brief embraces. Two empty chairs are open and I find my place within the group.

Stories are shared. We all know them. Memories of peaceful times at home fill the air around us. Swimming at the lake side cabin. Jumping over the summer campfire. Skipping classes to go snowboarding. We push fake smiles to our faces as we remember these times; they all seem so far away now, so childish.

I glance at the last remaining empty chair, knowing its own story.
Tristan loved snowboarding, I say.
All eyes focus on the empty chair.

Change

2009-02-21T15:48:00.000-08:00

HOW MUCH HAVE YOU CHANGED IN 6 YEARS

-------------6 years ago----------

1.) How old were you? 11
2.) Where did you go to school? Ellison Elementary
3.) Where did you work? I didn't.
4.) Where did you live? South Vernon
5.) Where did you hang out? At Home
6.) Did you wear glasses? Yes
7.) Who was your best friend? Serena
8.) How many tattoos did you have? None
9.) How many piercings did you have? Just my ears
10.) What car did you drive? I didn't.
11.) Had you been to a real party? No
12.) Had You had your heart broken? no
13.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Single

-------------3 years ago----------

1.) How old were you? 14
2.) Where did you go to school? Clarence Fulton High
3.) Where did you work? A little at the Garden Parlor (2 months)
4.) Where did you live? South Vernon
5.) Where did you hang out? Home ot at friends houses
6.) Did you wear glasses? Yes
7.) Who was your best friend? Serena and Tyler
8.) How many tattoos did you have? None
9.) How many piercings did you have? Just my ears
10.) What car did you drive? Didn't
11.) Had your heart broken? No
12.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Dated for a little while

--------------------Today--------------------

1.) How old are you? 17
2.) Where do you go to school? Clarence Fulton High
3.) Where do you work? Don't.
4.) Where do you live? Downtown
5.) Where do you hang out? Home
6.) Who is your best friend? Jesse
7.) How many tattoos do you have? None yet.
8.) How many piercings do you have? Just my ears
9.) What car do you drive? Don't
10.) Had your heart broken? Ish?
11.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Single

WHAT WERE YOU DOING...
1 MINUTE AGO: Writing this quiz
1 HOUR AGO: Reading
1 DAY AGO: Grad Photo's / Hang out with Jesse
1 YEAR AGO: I don't know

I LOVE: Culture
I HATE: Steriotypes
I FEAR: Dying
I FEEL: Bored
I HIDE: My Thoughts
I MISS: The good ol' days
I NEED: A Job
I KNOW: Lots
I THINK: To Much

I AM: Stressed
I HAVE: a Cold
I LIKE: Reading
I WISH: I had a Job
I DANCE: Crazy
I CRY: Lots

FAVORITES..
NUMBER: 13
COLOR: Black, Blue, Pink
DAY(S): Friday, Saturday
MONTH(S): September, October, June, July
SEASON: Summer

IN THE LAST 2 DAYS, HAVE YOU...
CRIED? Yes
HELPED SOMEONE? Yes
GOTTEN SICK?: Still am, kinda
GONE TO THE MOVIES?: Nope
SAID 'I love you'?: no
TALKED TO AN EX?: no
WRITTEN IN A DIARY?: This? Ya, and my Writing Journal
HAD A SERIOUS TALK?: Yea, with Jesse

_______ Best ________

1. Male Friend: Jesse
2. Female Friend: Lindsay
3. Best Age: 20
4. Best Memory: Many

_______ Worst ________

1. Time Of Day: Morning
2. Day Of The Week: Monday
3. Food: Veggetables
4. Memory: I've repressed it.

_______ Last ________

1. Person you saw: My Sister?
2. Talk on the phone: Jesse
3. Person you kissed: Grayson
4: Instant Msg: Casy
5. Big car ride: Kelowna? Salmon Arm?
6. Movie seen in theaters: Twilight
7. Food consumed: Yogurt
8. Person you texted: Jesse
9. CD played: Heart Station
10. Drink: Orange Soda

_______ First ________

1. Kiss: Don't remember
2. Serious b/f or g/f: Steve
3. Job: Garden Parlor
4. Piercing: Ears
5. Credit card: n/a

_______ Today ________

1. What are you doing now: Listening to Music
2. Tonight: Chores & Writing
3. Wearing: Grad sweats and tank top
4. What did you eat for lunch: Nothing

_______ Tomorrow ________

1. Is: Sunday
2. Got any plans: Nope
3. Goal: Writing complete chapter of Selene, at least in rough
4. Dislikes about tomorrow: Mom will try to get me to go to church
5. Likes about tomorrow: No school

The Past few Years

2009-02-20T22:52:00.000-08:00

So, here I am, trying to write a story that I have an AMAZING idea for - but of course I am stuck on how to start it... I remembered something I wrote last year, and tried to find it, and came across my OLD blog. I started reading it and thinking about all the things I had to write about. It seems my life has completely flipped since then.

Then:
-I had a boyfriend, Steve. It was good at first but then I suppose he lost interest because of being 14 hours away. Lame, he's the only boyfriend I ever introduced to my Parents.
- I was fighting with Jesse, and Jake... and pretty much didn't have many friends.
- I was getting low marks in school.
- Not much Confidence
- Not to many worries outside of boys, friends, grades and cadets.

All in all, It was a pretty depressing point socially. Looking back I sound so.... innocent?

Now:
- No Boyfriend... nada, zip, zilch. I like someone, but that is never gonna happen. He knows I like him but he lives in the next town over... and dosn't like me that way. So that was dead before it even started.
- Me and Jesse are friends again, but we've grown up. He's living with his boyfriend in Salmon Arm so we don't talk as much.
- My marks are quite good, sitting at an A average all this year.
- I have a lot more confidence, at least I think so. I have times where I'm down but I know what I want, know what I have to do to get it, and know I can do whatever it takes.
- LOTS of worries, all those from then, plus finding an apartment in Kamloops, getting a job, paying tuition, graduation... and the list goes on!

Wonder what the next year will bring? Where will I be? Kamloops? I hope so, but what I don't go? Where will I be? Sitting here in the same spot?

I am hoping to start a new blog when I move, as it will feel like a bug fresh start for me. Not only am I starting university and moving, I'm going to try and break a lot of bad habits too. So, expect a post this summer directing you to my new blog.

Of course thats granted I get the money... bah I dont want to think about that tonight :(

Forgoten note:

2009-02-20T19:46:00.001-08:00

I won that La Carmina contest!

I won a really cute shirt designed by Australian Designer Akina

Grad Photo's

2009-02-20T19:39:00.000-08:00

Got them done today.
Also got to see Jesse! We went out for lunch.
I got the typical ones in the grad gown,
as well as me with my favorite books, one with my mom, and one with Jake and Jesse.
I can't wait to see how they turned out!

Speaking of books, I'm reading a really good one; A Great and Terrible Beauty.
Takes place in 1890's London, about a girl and her encounters with magic and other realms while studying at a ladies finishing school due to her mothers death after growing up in India all her life.
Because of this book, I have neglected to watch any more than 2 episodes of gundam.

I am so tired, and will sleep very well tonight - It's a long weekend too!!
Lucky me!

Gundam 00

2009-02-15T13:57:00.001-08:00

So I started watching this Anime last fall when the first season came out, but of course, as the episodes grew harder and harder to find, I gave up.

Now the new season is airing in Japan, and due to 1) explaining the show to a friend at school; and 2) listening to both the openings and endings on youtube - I have gained an interest in the show again.

Now - the biggest question was where to find all the episodes...

Well, thanks to some kind people at crunchyroll, they shared a link to where I can watch all the episodes.

So I'm starting from the begining, as I forget a lot of the first season's story.
w00t!

Sick (ya, what else is new?)

2009-02-14T14:53:00.000-08:00

So I'm sick again... Head cold this time
So I won't be writing much as my head feels like it is going to explode.

No word back from ORA on getting the job... I really hope I did - training aparently starts on tuesday there.

I need to write 5 journal entries by monday for creative writing - I probably won't as not feeling well dosn't make for great ideas to write about.

Oh yea, Valentines Day sucks

Modeling/Fashion Show

2009-02-11T01:35:00.000-08:00

Started practices for the Grad Fashion show today. I get to model for this high-fashion store that is considered "coture" as all the clothes are hand made. Jeans there go for about $200-$500 each!

*faints*

The set is pretty sweet too, gonna be tricky to walk up and down stairs and try not to trip and fall on my face... that would be plesant!

Oh and about the job interview - it went pretty good I suppose. I'll know for sure when I get a call saying I got the job. (fingers crossed!!)
If I don't hear from them by next tuesday, I know I didn't make it. Thats when they are starting training...
So yea, I'll have to miss cadets... again... because I didn't go this week... because I have KILLER CRAMPS

I swear, they are out to get me...

La Carmina - Reader Appreciation Week - Enter to Win!!!

2009-02-09T00:30:00.000-08:00

I've been reading La Carmina's blog for a long time now, admiring her take on Japanese fashion and seeing what is new and different idea's to try.
Well this week is her reader appreciation week, and she is giving away some sweet prizes!!
So go to her blog, and enter quick!
www.lacarmina.com/blog

Contest ends Febuary 15th (SO GO!!....... NOW!!)

Oh, and this is my first time mentioning this site on my blog - it's really a cute site. Carmina is a writer with a couple cute and interesting books coming out, and her take on alternative fashion is great. It's a great blog for browsing, just for the sake of browsing. A must check out for sure!

ORA

2009-02-04T22:02:00.001-08:00

So I got a call today from the place I had an interview at on Monday... and they want me back for a second interview next monday!!!

This is the best news I've heard in over 3 months, I really need this job.

Cadets

2009-02-04T00:04:00.000-08:00

Decided that I'm probably gonna quit soon - esspecially if I do get this job. I will make more working 8 hrs a day than I would at camp.

I would totally choose camp over a summer job if money wasn't an issue - but university isn't gonna be cheap and I have no idea how many scholarships I'm gonna be able to get so if I have the chance to make more money I need to take it.

I really don't want to get a shit load of student loans - that would suck

But, I'm still not fully decided yet, it depends on if I get this job or if I can get another one soon. Then I'll have to see if they will hire me FULL TIME over the summer... 4 hours a day will be pointless and I might as well go to camp.

I'm so sleepy but I need to finish my short story by thursday (EEK!!) and I only have like half the first copy done (SHIT!!)

Job Interview & New Classes

2009-02-02T17:18:00.000-08:00

Just got back from one, for a restaurant called "ORA" in the Prestige Inn. It seemed to go well, but I guess i'll find out if I get a phone call this week for a call-back.

Band tonight, bleh. I probably won't do much. In fact I'll take my journal and see if it can figure out a short story.

Oh yea, New classes started today. Creative Writing 12 and Civilizations 12 - both seem to be pretty fantastic classes so far!

In Writing we did some silent reading, journal exercizes and did a cool meet & greet where we had to sit and talk with people we didn't know. I talked with a classmate Melissa first, and found out she loves country and is a farm girl at heart, even though she chills a lot with the preppy-rap-sporty crowd. I also talked with a guy named Nolan, found out his parents are from Belgium but he was born in Argentina and has traveled A LOT. With him he asked me a lot about me, mostly about my trip to mexico. Last, I talked to DJ - a Nigerian exchange student. He told me that I would get good english teaching jobs in Africa. He also told me he would remember my name easy because Its a common name in Nigeria (COOL!!)
For homework in writing i have to have a short story finished by thursday. Its cus I'm in the first "group" - there are 3 groups and every week, every person in each group will present a finished piece of work. I might do a narrative or discriptive piece instead.

Civ was boring today, but thats mostly because we were just doing basic starter things like "what is civilization" "what makes history, history?" ect ect
But the teacher i have for that class "dosen't believe in homework" which is great >.<

J-Drama

2009-02-01T00:07:00.000-08:00

Almost finished watching Innocent Love! ♥
It's definitely a roller coaster drama. I'm really happy for Kanon and Junya one minute, then I'm crying my eyes out for her! The last episode I seen ended so well - I love the Junya & Kanon paring but I can't help but feel sad for the way Kiyoka got upset when she finally remembered about Junya. The next episode is the finale and it looks like a tear-jerker. From what I have seen of the "next time on..." was that Kiyoka commits suicide by jumping off a building at Junya & Kanon's wedding but Junya breaks her fall. Dunno what happens to him but it shows him lying there with blood all around him and Kanon freaking out...

I can't decide which drama to watch next. Mei-chan no Shitsuji and Love Shuffle are on my watch list, but they are only just starting to air in Japan so it will be a while before I watch them yet. I started watching Aishiteru to Itte Kure but not really getting that into it, so it will be more of one I watch on the side...

I'm thinking maybe First Kiss (with Inoue Mao) or Rookies (with a BUNCH of hot guys).

I also REALLY need to find the new season of Code Geass R2 and Gundam 00 - both I haven't been watching since like last spring o.O

Tired of Studying

2009-01-29T21:13:00.000-08:00

I soo sick of studying - I have been for the past 6 hours... BLAH

So Nolan was found guilty, so now he's got alot of crap on his plate, including house arrenst and being listed as a sex offender for like 10 years... We havn't gotten to hang out yet, but Casy is working tonight so at 11 I'm gonna go over there and we'll all chill in the lobby for a bit.

Provincial tomorrow - I'm not too worried, I found out I got 85% on my in-class exam and my teacher told me what I should focus on. I've pretty much gone over everything again though.

A good night sleep will also be helping me, so I'm not gonna be able to stay at the hotel for long. :(

But, when I get the $1000 dollars at grad, it will be well worth cutting a visit short.

Casy and Darcy came over to my house while we waited to hear from Nolan - Casy was going on and on about having all the stuff we need for when we move to kamloops (Cups, Plates, Pots, livingroom stuff, ect)

I need a break from studying...
I should go play sims

Exams

2009-01-28T23:34:00.000-08:00

Took my Geography 12 in-class exams today, and it wasn't too bad - easier than I expected. My hand hurt for like 20 minutes after, considering my essay at the end was like 4 pages long...

Oh, and I was not even done the exam for a whole 5 minutes when someone pulled the fire drill. All the other classes were still in exams LOL

So yea, the fire truck came (2 acctually) and we got to stand around in the snow for 20 minutes... with no jackets...

YEAY

Tomorrow a friend from camp, Nolan Stewart, is in town for court (he got sent home this summer for "flirting with a underage girl" - I choose not to take sides as I don't know the whole story). My, Casy and Darcy are gonna meet up with him and hang out, as I don't have school tomorrow and won't know what I need to study until the afternoon/evening.

I also need to pick up my criminal record check from the police station... Stupid Office hours being ONLY from 8-4 which means there is NO WAY I could have picked it up after school... oh and it's closed on weekends... grrr

Magikal Journal

2009-01-25T00:41:00.000-08:00

I think I'm gonna start my own Magikal Journal to help with my studies.
Though I need to find a book to write it in, typing dosn't seem right to me.

Soon I'll start my book of shadows too, once I start writing my own charms and spells.

Der Weekender

2009-01-25T00:19:00.000-08:00

Boring weekend, again...
What was to be expected?

I was sick on Wednesday, tried to go to school on thrusday and ended up coming hom sick after lunch, and was sick on friday too. It started as a MAJOR headache and turned to a migrain then I started to get sick to my stomach, though that was probably just from the migrain. Bleh

So I spent my time studing for my geo exam thats on Wednesday, with the provincial on Friday.

Tomorrow I'll be doing pretty much the same thing... oh and going downtown to the library & to drop off some resumes.

Still no luck on getting a job, which kinda fails...

Watched Miss America tonight was pretty sweet...
Simpsons is on now, the Hurrican Episode >.<

Umm yurr...
blogging is boring when life fails >.<

Oh, full moon on monday night, think thats when I'm gonna do my purification ritual and make my charm bag for the exams. Wonder what I should use as my charm? I'll have to look up different herbs & charms tonight or tomorrow.

Movie

2009-01-21T01:10:00.001-08:00

Oh yea
Underworld comes out on Friday

Thank god for movie gift certficates
Though Jesse can't go until next weekend...

I dunno if I can wait that long

O.O

Ancient Greece

2009-01-21T00:58:00.000-08:00

We picked out theme for grad - Ancient Greece
It will be great, I make some epic toga's.
Pink ones.
With pretty broaches and sweet sandals.

Anyway...

Got grad gear today also. My sweater is super fuzy.
It's awsome.
The sweat pants are a little baggy, but they will shrink in the wash I am sure.

I should be doing my geolab right now, but I am feeling rather lazy
I've been studing straight since like 6pm

Exams are in a week
My provincial for geo is in 9 days
at least I'm holding a good 85% in the class so far...
I just need to get 86 on the provincal and I'm set

Got a bunch of new Visual Kei music today
some great bands like HERO, 176BIZ, D=OUT, and heidi.
also got some Emilie Autumn music put into my phone

ooh - My new ringtone is "Misery Buisness" by Paramore
I want people to call me so I can ignore them and just listen to the ring tone >.<

Oh - I need to remember to pre-order the Twilight DVD when I get the $100 back from SCIDES. Apparently these has never been as much demand expected for a DVD since Titanic.
Also lots of release parties... also not since Titanic.

I Need a Job & a Date for Grad

2009-01-18T23:09:00.000-08:00

Well I only really NEED a job, as I have a date for grad, but the person I'm going with isn't the person I REALLY want to ask - just a cheap replacement so to speak.

Of course I can't ask him, because I know he doesn't like me back - doesn't stop me from dreaming.....

Anyway...
I went job seeking again today - and used my Claire's gift card while I was at the mall. There was a 10 for $10 sale going on so I got A LOT of stuff. Feels nice to pamper myself - especially when I'm not really spending any money (or at least mine...)

It's exam week this week - I'm so NOT getting above 86 on my geo test like I need... fuck...

My life is like a Roller Coaster....

Did I mention I hate roller coasters?

University

2009-01-15T18:22:00.000-08:00

I got my acceptance letter from TRU today!!
They sent me all my info for reviewing courses and all that fun stuff.
I wasn't really worried about getting accepted - but now I at least know for sure I am going

Well, if I can come up with $6000 by August....
I need a job...

I suck at blogs....

2009-01-10T17:09:00.001-08:00

Well, I suck at updating this one anyway - LMAO
Its because I don't usually have anything interesting to write, because my life is lame...

Well, New Years was a BLAST - Jesse and Amanda got Jake high (he wanted to try it) and it was soooooo FUNNY! He wasn't tripping out really bad, but he was rambling about the most random things and would change topics lots. Very entertaining.
Other than laughing at Jake all night, we played video games (Little Big Planet was AWSOME - even funnier when we got Jake to play) and watched the countdown. We also watched some TV - mostly south park. All-in-all a very chill evening.

School started on Monday - which was decent. Geography has been kinda boring but its all most over. Then I get to start my 2 most FAVORITE classes!!!! Writing and World Civilizations!! SCORE
Words cant even describe how excited I am

I'm dropping my Literature course - I wanna get a job and it just takes so much of my time. I could do it if it was a course at school, but having it on top of my full course load at school, while being in cadets, Volunteering at the recreation center AND trying to get a job - there is no way I will stay sane while doing it. It's just not top on my priorities right now, and I don't really need the course that much now anyway...

Oh yea - Volunteering! Yesterday I went with Jake to this "Aqua Percepts" thing that he volunteers for. I was talking with the lady in charge, and I'm gonna start volunteering there too! It's on Fridays for 1-2 hours right after school. It's really fun.
Aqua Percepts works with "Socially Challenged" kids. They are all different; some have ADD, autism, tourette's, or bipolar disorder, ect; some have a mix of those and others; and some are undiagnosed. We play with them in the gym for a little bit, and then go into the pool to help them learn to swim and play games. Basically the goal is to build their confidence and help them learn good social interactions.

Anyway~ thats pretty much my life since my last post.

Oh - and I seriously need a job....

Holidays

2008-12-29T15:30:00.000-08:00

Christmas was ok, I got some sweet stuff. Gift card for Claires, some SIMS2 expansion packs, and some makeup stuff. I got Hello Kitty stuff from Casy and Lindsay, and a HK Calender from my Mom.

New Years I;m going to Jesse's house - I finally get to go out!

Though tonight I'm going to see Twilight again with my sister & cousin, but that dosn't really count...

I've been sick with a damn head cold that won't go away now since Christmas... :(
I think it's starting to go away though... (I hope...)

I've basically been spending my days writing, doing school work or chatting online - pretty lame really

Oh and I might start making Sailor Moon AMV's again soon :D
Alot of people on youtube and other places online have been asking me to make some new ones so yea ~

Between Lovers

2008-12-23T22:37:00.000-08:00

So I've finally gotten around to re-writing my Sailor Moon Fan-Fic "Between Lovers"

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4738460

Take a look, tell me what you think.
I'm always open to critism~

Oh... and Happy Holidays!!

Samurai Attack!!

2008-12-12T01:53:00.000-08:00

Ok so new little thing on the side!!

Its a Samurai, click him :P
He will chop up your mouse!! Haha

Do it over and over and he will do a special attack
The average is aboue 3-4 times of him chopping your mouse then he does it!

So wicked :P

I've seen him destroy my blog like.... 3 different ways now

Here is the code for the english text version of you wanna add it to your blog!

<~script src="http://download1.gamecity.ne.jp/blogparts/kunitori/en/samuraiWeapon.js" type="text/javascript">

Take out the first and last squiggly thing to make it work! ♥

Bleh...

2008-12-03T20:10:00.001-08:00

Suprise, Suprise! Guess who's finally posting in her blog, which she as been so rudely neglecting....

I'm going through a writing withdrawl I think. Not like blog writing, but story writing. Been wanting to work on "Between Lovers" for some time now... but can't get into writing like I used to. I've tried starting a new story... that never got past the first chapter....

Damn writers block....

Oh, I got 90% on my History 12 Provincial - better than I even expected to get. Which is good... really good. I just need to keep it up now, which means just as much, if not more, studying... w00t... bleh

So yea, I'm pretty lame...

I've really been in a rut lately. All I do is sit at home doing Homework, reading, or occasionally going online to check for new scholarships and maybe pop onto msn for a little while. I need to get out more, but there isn't many places to go. Most of my friends have jobs or live to far away. That OR I have a crap load of homework that I'm not finished until like... 8pm and by then it's to late to be heading across town to chill at a friends for like, 2 hours...

I'm gonna see if Jesse can hang out this weekend. Get myself out of this rut. I'm also gonna go and hand out more applications so I can get a job. I really need one...

fuck....

Guess What? - Yup busy again...

2008-11-28T19:17:00.001-08:00

Been really busy with mostly schoolwork - though also in the process of trying to get a job as well, which will probably NOT help my "No time for anything" problem - but it will start to help my "where the fuck as I gonna get $6000 by July" problem....

I'm sending in my University Application in a few days - as soon as I can scrap up $25 for the application fee. Why does everything need money? Bleh - whatever...

Studing like hell has been paying off - sitting at a pretty much perfect GPA right now - with a perfect 4.0 in the 1 quarter (*dances*)

To help get money for Uni i've also been applying for a load of scholarships - esspecially cadet ones and legion ones. I refuse to get a crap load of student loans - maybe like... $1000 just for the first year, because I also have to save money for moving to Kamloops, but I don't want to have to pay all them back while I'm getting ready to go overseas to teach once I'm done my degree. If i get it in the first year I can pay it off while I study and work my ass off. I'll be out of cadets after this summer so I'll have more time in the evenings (I hope) to work loads....

Fingers Crossed!

Twilight!!

2008-11-21T22:37:00.000-08:00

Photo taken at like 945pm Thursday night

(♥.♥)

The movie was a little better than I expected for some parts.

The effects were decent - not as good as they could be though.

And of course the casting could have been better

but Robert acctually did a decent job at playing Edward.

He really shows Edward as acctually being nervous around Bella,

which I don't really get from the book, but kind-of expected.

The movie has some pretty funny parts too

I love when Edward takes Bella to school for the first time,

he looks so "Oh yea, I'm better than all these retarded guys"

Which I guess makes sence considering what all the boys at school think of Bella.

Oh, on Bellas first day, Tyler kisses her on the cheek while she isnt looking - he hasn't even introduced himself at this point either - very funny

Anyway - I give the movie 4 out of 5 stars - the next one better be better with the effects

♥

BSB Concert Photo's & Twilight Movie news!

2008-11-19T20:02:00.000-08:00

So the concert was amazing. We got to Kamloops about 6pm, and had some Subway for dinner. Then we got to the Area and went down to where their buses are and waited there for a bit. It was really cold and the concert was starting soon so we went into the area. The show itself was amazing, Casy said it was better than the one in Vancouver! They played alot of their older songs which was fantastic! ♥ It was much better than I imagined. After the show, we again went to their buses but only got to see Brian because he came out to say hello - then it was to cold and getting late so we headed back to Vernon.

So...

There is a Premire show tomorrow night for Twilight - and Jake got both of our tickets yesterday!! It's going to be sooooooo kick ass!!!

Anyway - will take pictures at the premire tomorrow, and here's pictures of the BSB concert!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30392877@N06/sets/72157609511417478/

Matsudo High School Japanese Exchange Photo's

2008-11-19T19:35:00.000-08:00

So I finally updated my Flicker with pictures from the past month or so.

Here are the photo's from the Matsudo Exchange:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30392877@N06/sets/72157609509944528/

♥ BSB Tomorrow ♥

2008-11-17T00:29:00.001-08:00

So yea - I'm pretty exceited. Today I went to Casy's house and we decorated out matching vests with Fabric paint and gems. We also got some stuff ready for DoE.

So on Friday Twilight comes out - I'm so going to watch it - its gonna be a blast! Also seeing if my friend Matt can come to Vernon to watch it with me and Casy (if I can get her to go - she likes twilight, but not the movie idea) at a later date - whenever he can get a ride from Kamloops. Havn't seen him since camp so it would be pretty cool.

Oh and I started my new classes on Friday - after taking my History exam on thursday. The exam went well though i wont know my mark for a few weeks. My new classes are Geography and Cafeteria - though I didn't go to cafe on friday. Instead I went out with Lindsay who is in town from Edmonton for the week - she's spending the night in tuesday so I'll get to see her then too!

I just noticed that with me all busy and that fun stuff - I havn't even mentioned that Matsudo High School came a few weeks ago. Was lots of fun - will post pictures another day though as it is getting late and I need sleep for my exciting day tomorrow!

I should be updating my blog alot more now that exams are finished.

Backstreet Boys!

2008-11-09T14:52:00.000-08:00

So yesterday, I bought tickets to the Backstreet Boys concert in Kamloops for me and Casy. It's her B-Day present and I'm soooooo excited!!

Anyway, short post. I've been neglicting this blog because I've been so busy. Exams are this week and I'm just heading out to apply for a few jobs.

OBAMA WINS PRESIDENCY

2008-11-04T23:05:00.000-08:00

So I just got back from Cadets to discover that Obama, an African American, has won the presidential election in the US. The first black president ~ Amazing, a date to remember for sure!

He won by over double McCains vote - about 380 VS 150 - Which really suprised me.

Sad thing though, that he might be assasinated. There has already been a few attempts so I'm quite worried.

I really hope he is safe, because he will bring great change to the US and the world.

Finally some time...

2008-10-26T18:41:00.001-07:00

So I just got back from my cadet weekend exercize... well I got back like at 1230 but i fell asleep.

We did lots this weekend, it was really fun. Saturday during the day we did repelling off the new tower on base as well as I taught classes on concealment and camo application. That was to get ready for saturday night.

Kelowna core was also on base and they were doing map and compass training all day. That night they were doing a compass course. Out task was to "stalk" them. They had no idea we were going out so it proved to be very funny when we told them we had been watching them all night! We were pretty good at hiding and moving undetected. None of our teams were caught by the kelowna team, but we got caught once each by on of our officers, whom we were also running from.

My team scared one of the officers near the end. 2 team members had gone ahead to scout out an area while the rest of us hid near a fence beside the tunnel. We waited there and lots of people passed us without even seeing us. One group, well half of one, was lost and waiting near us. an officer was helping them look for there team mates, so when our scouts came out of the tunnel and they got caught like 2 feet away from us hiding, the officer asked where the rest of there them was. The said they had no idea and thats when I sat up and said "We're right here mam!". I swear she jumped like 2 feet in the air. It was so funny.

During the night I hurt my knee quite bad. I was running and my knee locked when i hit a hole in the ground. It still really hurts and its really stiff. I've been icing it on and off and its getting better but still hurts....

Busy, Busy...

2008-10-22T16:24:00.001-07:00

I have been pretty busy lately, infact I'm leaving for school here in a few minutes for a History Tutorial.

Band Clinic was this past weekend, and I got my level 4. It's great considering I only have like 4 hours to prepare. I will go for my level 5 this summer.

This term is almost finished... finals are on Nov. 7th.

Kelly was there this weekend and recomended me to a snare instructor for the cadet band. She thinks she will be able to but not positive yet. I really hope so, im going nuts finding people to teach.

B-Day Prezzies

2008-10-16T22:00:00.001-07:00

I got this iPod from my family last friday. It's a new nano chromatic video iPod - and it's wicked cool.

It took me a while to figure out how to convert my video's but it's all good now. I love all the new features!

I just got a package from Lindsay today - and this is what she got me!

A Sailor Moon drawstring Back-bag,

Hello Kitty stationary,

Hello kitty mini stuffie!

I love it all!

I got this necklace from Casy at cadets on tuesday. I love it, its so beautiful!

Happy Birthday to Me...

2008-10-13T16:11:00.000-07:00

Yuppers - I'm 17!

Boring day today though - it's thanksgiving in Canada which means all my friends either have family over, or are out of town. Which makes for pretty lame celebrations...

Oh well - I just should be greatful that my birthday isn't on Christmas - that would suck even more.

My family didn't do much for thanksgiving - we never even made our own turkey. My mom just bought KFC... lmao

Death & DofE

2008-10-04T16:03:00.000-07:00

Whats it with death this fall?

First my Uncle died - now my good friend Shaun's dad has died.

Shaun is a close friend from cadets - his mom is an officer too. His dad has been really sick for about a year now - and he passed away last weekend, though I just found out about it on tuesday at cadets. Our core is all going to the funeral - or at least most of us - to support Shaun and his family.

Poor guy is taking it really hard too - he refuses to let it out and is keeping it all in... so i'm a little worried about him...

In happier news - my team DID win the Stalin trail, and I passed a test on Facist Italy only getting 6 questions wrong out of 35 - so not bad at all!
And in Psychology our serveys are going pretty well - though I got kicked out of Walmart yesterday! haha~

Last night Casy was working night shift at the Super 8 (right next door to my house, my mom also works there) so I went to visit her at 2am! I ended up staying untill nearly 430, but it was lots of fun. We even researched info about campsites for the Duke of Edinburgh's award we are going for together.

What is Duke of Edinburgh? Well...
"The DofE (or The Duke of Edinburgh's Award), is a programme of activities that can be undertaken by anyone aged from 14 to 25, regardless of personal ability. Activities include Community Service, Physical, Skills, and Expedition; with one more, Residential Skills, added for the Gold Award."

We're doing Silver, here's what we have to do:
"A Silver DofE programme has 4 sections, Volunteering, Physical, Skills and Expedition. You need to do at least 6 months Volunteering and a minimum of 6 months on either Physical or Skills and 3 months on the other. It’s up to you which one you do for longer.
The Expedition section involves planning, training for and doing a 3 day (2 night) expedition."

It's open to anyone in British Commonwealth between aged of 14-24 so if you interested here is some links:
Wiki Page
Home page

Stalin's Lawyer

2008-10-01T00:15:00.000-07:00

Life's been pretty boring - school and cadets mostly, as usual.

But school's been pretty sweet~

In Psychology we are creating a servey and a plan to help change the people of vernon from using lots of plastic bags when shopping - to largely using reuseable bags. We're studing different psychological marketing strategies and how and why they work. Really cool because we get to spend the next 3 afternoons at various stores around vernon handing out serveys and info cards.

History has been the best though - very interesting! Our latest project is a Role Play Trial of Joseph Stalin - my group is on the defending side. We thought it would be very hard at first, going against him "killing 30 million" ect. but we have found loads of sweet info. Here is our argument:
(The opposing team is using the Ukrain famine against us as well as "poor living conditions" the first two argue against their attacks)

1. The Famine in the Ukrain was simply the cause of the Great depression - western countries were not affected as drasticaly because they were more industralized. Stalin was trying desperatly to make all of the USSR strong - but obviously not fast enough for the Ukrain. The paper you use against us was written in Edmonton in 1983; western information is often exadurated. For example; the real number executed by Stalin was only between 6-10 million, - not the accused 30+ -and a great majority was not directly ordered by Stalin - many were caused by neighbors telling lies about others because of past quarels.

In fact - there is no possible way that Stalin could have killed anymore than 10 Million if you take into acount the total deaths in that area and the life expectancy, ect. What I mean is, if Stalin had even killed as much as 15 Million - according to data of the total deaths in Russia during that time - that would mean only 1 in every 1000 would die of natural causes every 4 years, which was simply impossible in those times concidering the low life expectancy just shortly before Stalin's Rule. According to Statistics - Stalin acctually improved the life expectany by over double during his rein!

2. Stalin greatly improved life of the people of Russia in many ways. His 5 year plans may not have been fully achieved but they did increase a majority of the industries by drastic numbers - esspecialy Steel and Oil. Russia was the ONLY county not affected drastically by the Great Depression - with the exception of states closer to western Europe. Stalin is still seen as a great leader in Russia because of the improvments he created. Illiteracy nearly disapeared, and women had much more rights than they would in the West. Health Care was given to everyone who needed it, no matter their status.

He did do some terrible things - but none fully under his control....

(These later points are our argument)

3. Stalin had a troubled childhood. As a witness we bring in Stalin's mother. We ask her about Stalin as a child; he says he was a "poor innocent boy, who always wanted to please his father. A Smart boy who loved books." We procede to ask her about stalins father: "He was a terrible drunk - and got mad very easy. He would often take his anger out on little stalin, and me when I got in the way. After His father died, stalin became very quiet, he never really made many friends and got into lots of fights. I sent him to a religious school - oh how i wanted him to become a priest! - but he was soon kicked out because of his behavior - oh my poor boy!"
Then she leaves.

4. Stalin loved books indeed, and many influenced him during his mentaly unstable childhood - such as a Manuscript of Dawrins, leading him to abandon religion completely; and another book, a Robin Hood like tale of a man named Koba who saved a girl from a village from a "tyrannic village governor". This story influenced Stalin so much, enought to make his favorite nickname "Koba", it could be said that many of his actions take root here; the woman representing the workers and the govenor representing the Tsar or the government - in Stalins eyes.

We now bring in a guard as a witness to tell a true story about stalin when he was in prison before he came into power.
"He would act out lots - He didn't care, nor was he affected by the beatings he recieved. Once, he was orderd to kneel to be flogged and he did so, but he was reading a book - of which was banned by the government - we ordered him to put it down but he refused. So we beat him, harder than we planned because of his disobediance - and it pained me to see him - he just took all the beatings, never once cried out. We asked him again to put the book down or the beatings would become worse - still he refused! We eventually tore the book from his hands and beat him till we ourselves grew tired. Stalin then picked his book back up and continued to read.

We now see the effects the beating and the books had on Stalin. It is clear that he was mentaly unstable - esspecially if one were to take advantage of his unstability.

5. In fact, many DID take advantage of Stalin - persuading him to do things through is unstable state.

A Huge example is Stalins "Cult of Personality" - most people believe that this was Stalins doing and what he wanted but infact it was forced and built up around him by revisionists. The fact of the existence of a revisionist majority in the leadership of the Communist Party was effectively concealed by the ‘cult of personality’ that was built up around Stalin. Stalin himself criticised and ridiculed this ‘cult’ on numerous occasions. Yet it continued! It follows that Stalin was either an utter hypocrite - or he was unable to put a stop to this ‘cult’. The initiator of the ‘cult of personality’ around Stalin was, in fact, Karl Radek. Stalin himself is on record as telling the German author Lion Feuchtwanger in 1936 that the ‘cult of his personality’ was being built up by his political opponents. So clearly his "Horrible Suspisions that made him kill innocent politions" was not so horrible after all?

This returns us to the accusations of Stalin Killing Millions - that too was persuaded upon him. Nikita Khrushchev said in his 1956 secret speech (and I quote):
“The question is complicated here by the fact that all this was done because Stalin was convinced that this was necessary for the defence of the interest of the working class against the plotting of ememies. He saw this from the position of the interests of the working class, of the interest of the victory of socialism.”

But only a person who was mentaly unstable could possibly be convinced that the arrest of innocent people could serve socialism.

In the 1960s, anti-Soviet propaganda originally published in Nazi Germany, was republished by a former British secret service agent named Robert Conquest under the more respectable cloak of Harvard University. In the 1980s, Conquest was alleging that there had been in 1939 a total of 25 to 30 million prisoners in the Soviet Union, that in 1950 there had been 12 million political prisoners.
But when, under Gorbachev, the archives of the Central Committee of the CPSU were opened up to researchers, it was found that the number of political prisoners in 1939 had been 454,000, not the millions claimed by Conquest. Once again we see that western society has exadurated real facts in order to make stalin look bad - to make communism look bad.

An then we carry on for a little bit longer just doing a conclusion ~
You think we will win? lol I Hope so!

Being sick sucks...

2008-09-24T17:08:00.000-07:00

An edit of mine - Flower girl and Ring Boy from my cousins wedding!

So cute!

Being sick is lame, which is why I am more than happy to be feeling well enough to go to school tomorrow. I am running out of movies to watch, and playing Sims 2 all day is getting boring. I've even caught up on all my homework, which I usually leave till the last minute when I'm sick.

I still have a sore throat and a really stuffy/runny nose, but I'm hoping it will be gone by tomorrow morning. If not - I'll just deal with it.

I can't wait to go back to classes - strange isn't it?

I just love my classes! I have to do a test in each of them when I go back, but that's cool. I'm only worried about the one in psychology - its on the structure and function of the Nervous System - which I missed a lot of classes on so I really suck. I'm sure I'll pass though.

History - well that's easy - its just a test on the league of nations and the weinmar republic. I've been getting top marks in that class, and I totally understand the subject matter of the test, so that's an easy one.

Tests aside, I still can't wait. Life sitting at home sick is BORING!

Weekend FTX

2008-09-22T11:07:00.000-07:00

It was a pretty kick ass exercize. I wasn't on the island, but I have gone like 4 times so I wasn't all that upset; infact I was happy because it was just Wo. Rowe, Chief Wo. Wangler and myself as staff on the mainland - us and Capt. Steck and Capt. Wangler (Chiefs Mother). So we had loads of fun. The cadets on the mainland were a few MCpl's and everyone under. Most worked hard, and it turns out that we had a better base camp than those on the island. It's funny because those on the island were supposed to be doing "advanced" training while those on the mainland did the basics, but it ended up partially the other way because those on the island didn't know much of the basics and 3 people on the mainland had gone to Whitehorse adventure camp for the summer, so they knew lots and helped the younger cadets learn lots.

As a Wo. I pretty much mainly suprivised and kept them busy so they weren't sitting around doing nothing for a long time. I taught them how to use a bow saw and an Axe, while Rowe taught them how to use a Shovel and Rake. The chief taught lighting a stove and lantern. It was pretty cool.

Our base camp had alot of sweet stuff. The cadets made: a table out of logs, positioned between 3 trees; 2 tripods for holding lanterns in the air; theirs houches - with trenches to keep out the rain; a shack/shelter for the fire wood to keep it dry; covers and shelters for the PLO point and tool area; and they made the fire pit - including digging the whole and laying the rocks in the middle.

On sunday I was feeling really sick - sore throut and a headache - on the way back and I knew I was getting sick. Sunday night, about 7 pm, after sleeping a little, I woke with a killer migraine and had to stumble down stairs to find my dad to give me some medicine for it. I don't know what exactly he gave me, but I took like 4 pills and within 20 minutes I was passed out cold.

I woke up this morning to my mom asking if I was going to school. I still felt like shit so said no.
Here it is 1120 and i still feel like shit - so chances are i wont be going tomorrow either....

Grad Retreat & School Dance

2008-09-18T22:49:00.000-07:00

Today was even more fun that I expected, but I am so exhausted now...

The Retreat was just grand. Breakfast was good, but kinda boring. At 830 we loaded the buses and left for Gardom Lake. Once there we had a little grad meeting and a speach from the principal. Then we played a game of Blob Tag, which decided our groups for team exercizes.

Those were fun, kinda hard though, but fun none the less. We then played some "This or That" games as a whole, then it was lunch. Hamburgers and fries for lunch, though it didn't fill many. There were more of us than expected so food was limited... :(

After Lunch we did our activities like kayaking, canoeing, hiking, rock climbing, and the ropes course. It was MAJOR fun!

This evening was also the first school dance of the year. It was SO MUCH FUN!!

One of the better dances I must say!

I havn't gotten a chance to upload the pics or video's from either events today, but when I do I'll post links here.

Blah, Blah, Blah

2008-09-16T23:10:00.000-07:00

Things have been pretty mellow since the weekend. School's been cool, but nothing really all that exciting has happend. Though Thursday is going to be a blast! Tomorrow I am going to Kat's house to tutor her in German, that should be fun.

I found out today that one of the "popular" guys in my psychology class has something in common with me; we both want to teach english overseas - mainly in Japan! We talked about it with our teacher for a while, as my teacher not only plans most of the ESL students at our school and the exchange Japanese class that comes once a year, but he has alsong taught in Japan before, for 3 years!
We talked about a bunch of options we would take to get that kind of job. He asked both of us if we wanted to be special guides with him when the japanese class comes for halloween. I said yes, but the other guy isnt sure if he is busy or not. Either way, I can't wait for halloween!!

Miss you!

2008-09-14T19:32:00.000-07:00

My Uncles funeral was yesterday, I cried so much. It never really hit me that he was gone untill we went to the private viewing before the service. He was a really good man, alwats putting everyone before himself. He gave his life to save his best friend and his girlfriend who were riding with him.

In not so sad news, there is a Dance on Tursday which is also the day of my Grad Retreat. All grade 12's go to school early for a pancake breakfast served by our teachers, then we head out to Gardom Lake where we do things like Rope Corses and fun stuff. We have lunch there then we come back and have a grad meeting. The theme of the dance is "Would you still be my friend if I wore this?" so I'm hopping to go to the mall tomorrow or wednsday to buy some clothing items for it. I think im going to wear my black wig also.

Defacing Historical People?!?! + New Flickr Account

2008-09-09T16:39:00.000-07:00

This is what happens when Michelle, Shayla, Tasha, Serena and I are bored in History Class -- We deface the historical people we were supposed to be studing....

But, if you look at it this way - we sure are not going to forget their names anytime soon!

"Who was Yasser again?"

"Remember? Aladdin?"

"Oh yea!! Table-cloth guy!"

Anyway I also now have a Flickr account, so you can see some pictures I have uploaded so far on there. You can also see even more of our comedic Defacing sheets in my Grad 2009 folder!

Flicker Photostream : http://www.flickr.com/photos/30392877@N06/

Grad 2009 Folder : http://www.flickr.com/photos/30392877@N06/sets/72157607208095983/

Begining of School!!

2008-09-08T16:21:00.001-07:00

Nice? I like it!

So life's been pretty plain the past week. Mostly spending my time unpacking, (my room is officially fully set up! - Minus my closet!), at school and at my friends house.

I just got internet hooked back up today, so I will hopefully be posting more now. My closet isn't set up yet, they need to put in a pole so I can hang my clothes up. Meanwhile I have been living basically out of my suitcase clothes-wise...

School is GREAT! I love my classes! I have History and Psychology, both with great teachers.

In history we started with the conflicts in the Middle East, with focus on the Israeli and the Arabs and what caused all the problems. We watched the move Munich, and did some worksheets. Thats pretty much all we have done the past week -- We have a test tomorrow though! I'm sure I will do well!

In Psychology we having been focusing on the history of psychology and the science behind it -- like scientific methods used for psychology. Today we started working on behaviorism and watched "The Truman Show". It was very mind joggling at the begining but made sense by the end. Out homework is to write a paragraph about if we think that ultimately the creator of "the truman show" was infact fully in control of truman, or was truman in control of all his actions and behaviors uninfluenced by the fake world around him -- very cool shit of you ask me :D

Cadets started last tuesday, and I already have some classes to teach! -- Joys of being at the top huh? Well not right at the top, but I'm getting up there! At least now we are getting to know ahead that we are teaching, last year they would only tell us last minute! It sucked!

We also have the Island Exercize coming up in a few weeks. Thats going to be loads of fun!

Jake and Tamara live near my new house, so I spent friday afternoon at Jakes house with them. We watched JUNO and chilled for a bit.

My Uncle (son of the man my grandma married recently), Mike died last week. He got hit by an SUV whike riding his motorbike. It was the SUV's fault, and Mike took the inpact to save his GF who was riding with him. It's very sad, and my family will all miss him very much. His funeral is this weekend in Kelowna so we are going to it.

It's been a long week.....

2008-08-30T20:01:00.000-07:00

The title says it all....

Friday I left for Kelowna to go to my cousin's wedding, I also went major shopping at the Kelowna Mall. The wedding was on Saturday, which I helped set up for as well as help my cousin and her bridesmaids get ready.

The wedding was really beautiful, the service was perfect! After the main service the bridal party went to "The Grand" waterfront arena/park/beach to take photo's. I got one of me with Marsha's Flowers (Marsha was the maid of Honour, another Cousin of mine & best friend to the bride). I bought that dress the day before the wedding at the mall. It's really cute!!

After the picutres was the reception, which was really nice as well.

After Saturday, I stayed in Kelowna until this thursday because my parents were moving me and my sisters things. We stayed at my grandmothers house, which was crowded but not to bad. I got lots of my Lit. 12 work done.

When me and my sister got back we went right to our new house and helped moved a few things inside. Things still arn't set up yet, but the will be soon.

School starts on the 3rd! Im excited, yet sad at the same time....

Packing...

2008-08-19T22:43:00.002-07:00

My room's almost all packed up now.... It looks so empty... its depressing almost....

All my walls are bare, my desks are all cleaned off and my book shelf & closet are totaly empty....

*sigh*

Though I can't wait to move, I am also gonna miss this house too. Here I am alot closer to my friends, at my new house I'm going to be alot farther away....

MAMMA MIA!

2008-08-18T23:27:00.000-07:00

Just got back fromt he movies! I went to see MAMMA MIA with my sister.

It was a great movie, and I bought the soundtrack right after when I was shopping for a notebook for my Lit. 12 class.

I have been listening to the soundtrack now since I got back like an hour ago. <3

There is a thunder storm going on right now, I hope the power dosn't go out!

Home... Finally...

2008-08-16T21:04:00.000-07:00

Well, camp was.... typical Army Camp...

Lots of Drama, lots of fun, lots of laughter, lots of friends, and of course, lots of tears (both of joy and sadness)

I'm not going to load any pictures onto my blog here, but if you have my facebook you can see them all there!

I got home ealier today, about 230pm. I chilled online then went for dinner with my family & helped clean part of our new house we will be moving into...

Its a scary house... an abandoned drug house but once its cleaned up it will be a very nice house. A little small for all of us but it will work, we'll make it work!

Don't really have all that much to write about... the final parade went prefectly... well it ran a little late and the sunset ceramony timing was off but that was just a minor detail that didn't matter to much. My sister came to watch the parade but I was not alowed to visit her after because she could not get a visitors pass.

I really need a full nights sleep....