Happy Birthday To Me

Toooday, I went downtown to buy a train ticket home to Windsor and hung out at Eaton Centre for a bit. I managed to find myself in Indigo, which was cool. They were having some crazy sale, so I picked up some books for myself. I got the PETA Vegan College Cookbook, where every recipe only requires a microwave to cook and they all seem suuuper badass. I also got "Roots" by Alex Haley, "On The Road" by Jack Kerouac, and "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey.

Sliding In The Rain

The day before my birthday, my friend and I went riding downtown in the rain. We had some reason for doing this... Oh. Right. We were going to go see if Fressen had any openings. But... we got side-tracked by riding around in the rain with the riot cops who had come to celebrate my birthday and sort of forgot. We ended up getting some super nommy sushi instead. But anyway my (least) favourite part of the night was when I rode into some street car tracks and was vaulted from my bike and onto the wet asphalt. I slid 3 feet along the road... which was sort of fun and would have been more fun if I had been wearing pants and shoes instead of shorts and flip-flops.

Every time I fall off my bike, my first reaction is, "BAHAHAHA!!!" my second is, "OH GOD, IS MY BIKE OKAY?!?!?!" and on Saturday, my third was, "Where the fuck has my flip-flop gotten to?". I let everyone else worry about the, "OH GOD ARE YOU OKAY!?!!?" part.

As evidenced in the photograph above, I took off some layers of skin. Which didn't hurt at all just then because of the adrenaline coursing through my veins. They started to hurt a bit later on our way to get sushi. And while I was sitting in the sushi restaurant, everything decided to swell from impact and it just super sucked.

It kinda ruined my whole birthday a little bit, since the original plan had been to get a soccer ball (which I did get from my bestfriend) and play soccer the whole weekend. Unfortunately for me, I won't be able to play with the lovely ball properly until everything heals and I'm home again. By which point in time, it'll be the end of July. What a bummer!!!

On the bright side, my bike was technically an early birthday present from my late mother, so I've been getting a whole lot of use out of that! I'm a superfan of it, and it's a real pal. Too bad I can't take it to California with me... but then again, with those hills, would I really want to?

To Put It Bluntly...

When someone unattractive tells me I'm hot, I don't think much of it.
When someone unintelligent tells me they think I'm really smart, I don't think much of it.
When someone I don't really respect, tells me they think I'm awesome, I really don't care.

However, when someone I have a great deal of respect and admiration for, sends me a thank you card telling me that I saved them in somehow, and that I'm heroic, it means a lot to me. It turns my insides into nommy happy warm gooey, and makes me smile all day.

Thanks for the card Mum.

What The FUCK Koman Coulibaly?!

What the hell was that call?!

No one was offsides, that goal was PRISTINE. Seriously! You can even see it in the re-plays.

Observe:


Okay. So. That WOULD have been the winning goal, but Coulibaly called it offsides... which it CLEARLY was not.

Suffice it to say, we were robbed and I am angry.

Photoxcursions

I went on a photo excursion this morning.
And since today was terrible and I woke up far to early, I am now going to sleep.
But before I forget, I edited and uploaded all photos from said excursion to my photoblog. That's here. When I wake up, it'll only be 9 days until I turn twenty.
What an unpleasant thought. Nine days is ever so close to a week.

The Only Thing Worse...

The only thing worse than you mother dying,
is having a dream where she was still alive... and then died.
And then waking up to realize that, in fact,
your mother actually is dead.

It really fucking sucks.

Zpeshul FX Zomg

Yeah. I don't know what's up with that title. Oh wells.

Anyway, go check out my photo blog because I did some really awesome photo-editing.

That would be here. < Clicky.

I'm Late. I Know.

I went to New York, etc, back in April and took a bunch of pictures... annnnnd then never posted them up anywhere. So here they are on my photoblog.

World Cup Summer

!!!! YES!!! FINALLY!!! IT'S HERE!!! THE WORLD CUP!!!

I've literally been waiting for this week since I was like fifteen years old, nearly sixteen. The World Cup has begun and all hell has broken loose over in Europe. I'm so jealous that I am not over there. I am determined to be there in 2014.

But I digress.

None of my friends seem to care that it's a World Cup summer... which is sad, because if they had ever been to Europe during one... gah... it's like magic.

I wish it were more like that over here. I mean... it's way better in Canada than in the United States. I went to Sneaky Dee's last night and they had flags of the World up... and College St. was a party. But it's nothing compared to Europe.

I really miss being in Amsterdam... party city. I remember when France won the quarter finals or something like that, there were literally people screaming and running through the streets with the French flag, celebrating.

I somewhat doubt that will happen here.

Oh well, it's better than being in Michigan where no one has a clue that the rest of the world is in a celebratory uproar the size of the Olympics. So lame. I wish North America was more European... I bet they're going crazy down in South America.

My South African friend Lees is so lucky! She's going to see Germany play Australia tonight!!! SO. JEALOUS! I would LOVE to see either of those teams play, and I'll for sure be watching it on a livestream... but it's not the same as being there! I remember being sixteen and all I wanted was to go to Germany and watch the matches from the stadiums. But being in Italy was for sure the next best thing.

I'm so disappointed in North America... ugh.

I Want To Go Wash Birds

Seriously. I wanna go down to the Gulf of Mexico and go clean those poor oil covered birds off.

Sailing, Sailing, Over the Bounding Main

I want to sail around the world.
Just sayin'... sounds fun.

Lots of fun. Since... y'know... you get to see the entire world, and don't have to pay rent at all. ^_^

Top Five

So, I've decided to compile a bunch of top-5 lists. Five because I'm fairly certain I won't be able to come up with 10 things and any other number would irritate me. I'm a little (lot) bit OCD. ALSO. I'm a total cinema geek, so most of this list is about films/actors/directors.

Male Actors:
1. Bill Nighy
2. Ewan McGregor
3. Robert Downey Jr.
4. Christoph Waltz
5. Terry O'Quinn
6. Russell Brand

Female Actors:
1. Kat Dennings
2. Drew Barrymore
3. Kate Winslet
4. Kristen Stewart
5. Ari Graynor

British Comedies:
1. Love Actually
2. St. Trinian's
3. Bridget Jones
4. The Boat That Rocked
5. Billy Elliot

New Movies:
1. Get Him To The Greek
2. The Runaways
3. Iron Man 2

Dustin Hoffman Movies:
1. Wag The Dog
2. Hook
3. Finding Neverland
4. The Graduate
5. Perfume: Story Of A Murderer

Directors:
1. Steven Spielberg
2. Quentin Tarantino
3. Tim Burton
4. Peter Jackson
5. Ridley Scott

Burton Movies:
1. A Nightmare Before Christmas
2. Batman
3. Sweeney Todd
4. Sleepy Hollow
5. Edward Scissorhands

Spielberg Movies:
1. Jurassic Park
2. Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
3. Jaws
4. E.T.
5. Saving Private Ryan

Tarantino Movies:
1. Kill Bill 1&2
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Death Proof
4. Reservoir Dogs
5. Pulp Fiction

80s Movies:
1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
2. Sixteen Candles
3. The Breakfast Club
4. War Games
5. Pretty In Pink

Horror Films:
1. The Shining
2. Dracula
3. Frankenstein
4. A Nightmare On Elm Street
5. The Exorcist

TV Shows:
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. Coupling
3. Glee
4. Bones
5. The Mentalist

Guilty Pleasures:
1. Lost
2. "One Time" by Justin Bieber
3. Zac Efron
4. Reading bad fanfiction aloud
5. Going to the Trash Palace on Friday nights

Books:
1. Harry Potter 1-7
2. Where The Red Fern Grows
3. Fight Club
4. What My Mother Doesn't Know
5. Jurassic Park
6. Rebecca
7. Romeo and Juliet
8. Bridget Jones
9. To Kill A Mocking Bird
10. Angels and Demons

Cities To Eat In:
1. Rome, Italy
2. New York City, USA
3. Sydney, Australia
4. Amsterdam, Netherlands
5. Fort Augustus, Scotland

Countries To Support In The World Cup:
1. England
2. Germany
3. USA
4. Italy
5. Denmark

Countries I Want To Visit:
1. Germany
2. Denmark
3. New Zealand
4. South Africa
5. Greece

Countries I want To Return To:
1. The United Kingdom
2. Australia
3. The United States
4. The Netherlands
5. Saint Lucia

People I Want To Meet:
1. Bill Nighy
2. JK Rowling
3. Barack Obama
4. Till Lindemann
5. Richard Kruspe
6. Christoph Schneider
7. Christoph Waltz
8. Paul Landers
9. Olli Riedel

Bands I'd Kill To See:
1. Rammstein
2. Jawbreaker
3. Lady GaGa
4. Kid Dynamite
5. The Hold Steady

Bands I Can Listen To All Day:
1. Rammstein
2. Jawbreaker
3. Silverstein
4. ABBA
5. The Beatles

Artists To Dance To:
1. Rammstein
2. Lady GaGa
3. Ke$ha
4. ABBA
5. The A-Teens

Stores:
1. American Apparel
2. Urban Outfitters
3. Salvation Army
4. Forever 21
5. Mother Fletcher's

Cities To Live In:
1. Edinburgh
2. London
3. Berlin
4. Seattle
5. Toronto

Summer Activities:
1. Biking
2. Swimming
3. Window shopping
4. Roller skating
5. Dancing in the streets

Winter Activities:
1. Snowboarding
2. Sledding
3. Driving
4. Snow angels
5. Cuddling

Reasons I Fall Off My Bike:
1. Rode into one of the street-car rails and my wheel got stuck
2. Hit an uneven sidewalk weird
3. Going too slow trying to squeeze through places
4. Tried to track-stand
5. Tried to pedal backwards

Dream Jobs:
1. Movie star
2. Paleontologist
3. Neurosurgeon
4. Piercer
5. Marine archaeologist
6. Photographer

Favourite Animals:
1. Mice
2. Snakes
3. Cats
4. Horses
5. Foxes

Favourite Dinosaurs:
1. Apatosaurus
2. Tyrannosaurus rex
3. Procompsognathus
4. Gallimimus
5. Brachiosaurus
6. Spinosaurus
7. Velociraptor
8. Triceratops
9. Stegosaurus
10. Supersaurus

This is all for now. I am open to suggestions.

Oh Hey

I was in a movie. Apparently.

I even have like... close ups.

Which are some-what mortifying...
because like. I'm definitely way shyer than I seem.

And like Till Lindemann, I am highly weirded out by people like... staring at me.

So I just got back from the film premier. Hahaha.

And I don't think I've ever blushed so hard in my entire life. Or laughed so hard in an "oh god people are looking at my face, fuck me and my life this is terrible" sort of way.

SO... to see my sweaty mug stealing a guitar pic for my friend, go buy Silverstein's DVD tomorrow. It's called Decade and should be in any music store for less than $20.

Blink

I don't know if I've ever written about this before, but I feel like writing about it now.

I distinctly remember the first time I ever heard anything by Blink 182. I was in like... 5th grade (i think). And some kid brought Cheshire Cat into music class and we listened to Carousel. I'd never heard anything like it in my life, and I was totally in awe. And I'm pretty sure, when I went home, I asked my parents for Cheshire Cat. But I thiiink it maybe had one of those pesky parental advisory stickers on it. So they wouldn't get it for me. =/

But I finally got my grubby little fingers on a copy and listened to it alll the time.

And then... I guess I kinda forgot about them because I met Travis Barker when I was 15 and didn't really know who he was.

Oh well. I do now.