Bwahaha, apparently someone in the wolf pack is going to be living in Mulder and Scully's house.

We had lots of fun with the storm last night. Poor fireworks got shown up by mother nature.
( Some snaps )

Please, just watch this---> ( for the LULZ )

I didn't have to work today! woo! same for tomorrow too. Yee-haw.

I want to say that I accomplished a decent amount today...but I didn't. *shrugs* it was one of those Blah days.

Apparently the power goes out rather easily around here. I woke to discover that my clock was out and was mildly confused in my half asleep state. It's amazing what you can't do without power. It was even difficult to read because natural daylight was in such poor supply. Lucky me it went back on about 15 minutes after I got up.

My FUTURE a journey though the electronic underground came in the mail today. Hurray for packages. For some reason I hadn't realized that it's a two disc. Neat! It's a pretty good compilation actually.
I still have 8, nay, 10 items coming! I'm going to need more hangers...

The one thing I can say I did today was practice tattooing some more. This time I did a Koi just in black outline. I might attempt a colour version tomorrow. Before I put ink on the needle I felt compelled to just...you know...tattoo myself. No ink, just to see. It took me a good while to muster up the courage to do it, lol. Even though I know what it feels like and all that I was still being a chicken. It doesn't hurt, it's just a little annoying but there's something about doing it yourself and, well, with an untrained hand! I'll have to come up with something to put on my upper leg. Now if only I could actually put my mind to designing my fathers tattoo to get him off my back. He wants an Ouroboros of all things. I think I'm having trouble designing it mostly because I can't get past Scully's.

Thanks to the tradition of killing turkeys, translink doesn't run as early and as such I'm going to be late for work. Whatever.

Oh hey! it's 10/13!

I went and saw How to Lose Friends and Alienate People earlier which was fun. I'm still cracking up over Gillian's flailing at the awards show.

Internet shopping spree!
For some reason I just decided to buy 4 books, 4 DVD's, 1 CD and 2 shirts. I should really be buying more clothing than media but...well, that's me. Priority for next buy: Jacket.
I would kill for a 3/4 length black wool coat where the sleeves were actually long enough. Seriously, it's absurd how hard they are to find.

Blech, this mosaic is coming along very slowly. And my dad is nagging again about tattoos. BLECH.

I am sooo bitter about having to bus to work tomorrow. So bitter. I'm also bitter about the fact that I have to work with Lyz tomorrow. I like Lyz but she's turned into one of those shift leaders who is "just too busy" with shift leader stuff to do anything else. We'll both being doing some task of our own and without fail, if someone approaches the till I get a "could you jump on till?" Even if she's closer!! it annoys me.

Tomorrow is going to be...yeah. *shakes head*

yeah.

I should probably give my mum my banking information or something...You never know when you're going to die and then the government takes your money or something stupid. *is still bitter about last years taxes*

The brother of my crazy friend from elementary school is in the top 20 for So You Think You Can Dance Canada. How random.
He used to insist that rubbing my mothers head would bring him good luck. Something about the red hair or something...

I hate these 24 hour colds. They suck. A lot.

The only good that came out of today was that due to Chelsea I was able to take an hour break and make it to the mall where I bought some piercing cleaner. It looks and smells like mouth wash...doesn't seem like a wise thing to me.

God, I am so so congested right now. Brutal.

Blech.

Do you think screaming into a pillow would help? probably not.

There's so much that I need to do, to take care of and I don't know how to go forward.

Anyway.

Rogers is trying to make me their Wireless rep.
Pardon?
It's because designated wireless shifts are 10-6...and I work every day during the week 10-6 despite the fact that I only actually want to work there part time...if at all anymore. "It's more money!" IS IT!? IS IT REALLY?! because I don't see anyone making any kind of decent commission from all this BS that they put us through.

I'm thinking about applying at Chapters. No doubt they will be looking for seasonal workers soon.

I get the day off tomorrow since I managed to talk Lyz into randomly taking my shift. Yes. So I'm going to go into N Van and buy a bunch of tea from The Blue Teapot and get some vitamins. Woo. I kinda wanted to just stay in PoMo but I'll get more done if I take the trip in.

I saw Andrea for the first time in about a month and a half today. I didn't get to talk to her much since there's always someone else more important to talk to but whatever. Ally got to go for coffee with her, JJ and Ruth got smoke breaks with her and I got squat *sad face* isn't it always the way.

I think I've made about 4 different TO DO lists for tomorrow. I keep losing them or setting them up badly and I discard them. I need to make a final one so I don't forget anything.

I ordered Bleak House from amazon.uk.
Whoops.
Well, c'mon! I gotta put this region free DVD player to use.
It was only £14.97 which works out to be $28.41 with shipping. That's almost half the cost of the No Special Features region 1 version.
Although...now I'm wondering if the whole PAL vs. NTSC thing is going to fuck it up. Bloody hell.
Anyone know anything about this?

Turtles remind us that the way to heaven is through the earth. In Mother Earth is all that we need. She will care for us, protect us, and nurture us, as long as we do the same for her. For that to happen, we must slow down and heighten our sensibilities. We must see the connection to all things. Just as the turtle cannot separate itself from its shell, neither can we separate ourselves from what we do to the earth.

Whoa, it's like an all things speech with turtles! Interesting...*rubs chin*

In the past two days I have had three people comment on my turtle necklace. It's random.

*just in case; yes, I do know that 'symbology' is not a word. It's a reference.

bleep.

positive traits
Modest and shy
Meticulous and reliable
Practical and diligent
Intelligent and analytical

negative traits
Fussy and a worrier
Overcritical and harsh
Perfectionist and conservative


heh

In other news! I'm sick.

I feel really hopeless right now but I don't really know why.

New song I must listen to often: Memories Child.

We ventured over to Newport today on our bikes and took the scenic route. It was quite pleasant! We needed some groceries for the dinner we're putting on for Erynn's mother and co. We shall see how it all turns out... We're doing curried chick'n burgers, a snappy salad with feta, and some potato skins. I'm sure we're being too ambitious...but whatever!

It concerns me how many giant spiders have been in my room. I currently have two spider corpses laying on my floor. I'm too creeped out right now to pick them up to dispose of them.

current art project: coasters made out of CD's. I really have no idea how well Tempra paint is going to hold up to condensation off cups and such...hmm. I'm trying to think of something I could put over it as a seal of sorts.

Now that it's 6am...
g'night

I really wish I would post at more reasonable hours so I could actually manage a decent and semi interesting post.

I always feel so bloody disorganized right before bed. I feel like I need to clear up all the dishes and make sure I have everything together for the next day. It's dumb.

The plan for tomorrow? Go see The X Files one last time before it leaves theatres. Woo. I think I might also be going to Olympia and picking up some tile before I go to work. busy busy busy.

Damn, this Ames job is tempting.

I made myself feel productive today by giving a melon tattoos and cleaning and organizing the kitchen some more. Finally moved the cups to a more reachable spot. Go me.

Anyway.
Bed.

I only ever seem to have bouts of creativity during the wee hours of the morning. Seriously, without fail. If I'm going to get caught up in something it's going to be at 1:30-2am and then it'll be like 3 or 4 am before I can let it go. Perhaps it's the only time I feel like I'm being left alone.

I took a walk today and proved that it does not take 15 minutes to walk to Newport Village. *shakes head at Erynn's dad* It took me about 35 minutes and I'm not a slow walker. I took the bus back, er, I mean community shuttle...but not before popping into Focus Video and inquiring about their help wanted sign. They want part time, about as much as I'm working at Rogers right now. I'd like to know how much they pay. I also grabbed an Iced Latte and called Erynn before heading home.

I talked to my sister today. Apparently she and Nick bought an Orange 1973 VW bus. Jealous. My birthday is coming up pretty quick so she was asking what I wanted. I keep forgetting it's this Saturday. I want to do something fun for it but I just can't think of anything/don't actually care enough to try. *shrugs* what is there to do?
I told Heather to get me a Magic Bullet, lol. She's totally going for it. Does it come with a copy of the infomercial? Seriously.

Not a bad day to myself.