Kristine Anderson

Ok so I mentioned a girl I went to high school with. Her name is Kristine Anderson.

(I am totally going to laugh my ass off if in some way she Googles her name and this post comes up as a search result!!!)

I don't really remember her much until about the ninth grade. Hey! I had my own little world to contend with at time as well you know! Ironically enough though I remember her older sister Laura much better at that time. Essentially, two peas in a pod. Anyways in the ninth grade it turned out that we were in class together because we were in a self-directed program together. She was the jock and she had long hair that she would flap in face all the time in math class because she sat infront of me (this continued throughout high school ironically enough). She would rag on me because that year I busted up my knee and had surgery and gained weight, enough so that I ended up having to get some different clothes and they weren't as "name brand" as they used to be (ie: read- tough economic times! dad hitting the bottle ALOT!). The thing that really really chewed my ass was that she was making the fact that I lived on the wrong side of the tracks in a trailer court a huge issue. She was comparing me to people who skipped school because they could, used drugs, and got stinkin drunk every weekend! That was not me... hello! University Grad here!

I thought that after Grade 9 that would be the end of it. OOOOOhhhh soooo wrong on so many levels!! I dated the wrong guy! An Indian (nothing wrong with it by the way, unless you're a redneck) who wasn't exactly keen on school and was in the program to prove it. I remember walking into gym class one morning because of course we has to be in the same gym class (i loved gym in school, it was an easy subject to get a high mark on just for showing up!) and her and a few of her loving sidekicks (which were ever changing, and I'll get to that in a sec) were throwing condoms at me because word had gotten out that my boyfriend at the time were engaging in that certain activity. OOOOOhhhh did I ever get her back at the school ski trip! We had to take a 1 hour lesson, because at least it would look like we were learning something instead of taking a day off of classes just to go skiing, which was one of reasons why I signed up for gym in the first place, 2 or more ski trips a year!! Anyways Kristine came along because she didn't want to left out (awww, poor baby!) but when we were in the lodge getting ready she was crying because she has never done this before and it was soooo scary! So we get our gear and head out, we were all to meet on the top of the bunny hill so the instructors could tell us which level we were supposed to be at. I was in the highest level (which to me was totally cool because I had only been skiing for a few years) she was stuck with the beginners. So lessons were done and we were left to do our own thing. I was going at it alone because normally people slow me down and well I am a loner, I'm used to it. So I am coming to the end of another run and I turn the corner and here is Kristine wiped out and she's having a hard time getting back up. So I stop and ask her if she wants help, I was being honest and genuine, I have done nothing to her at all, and all she does is glare at me. Ok I get the hint and I ski off, but just for me I take the same run again. I come around the corner again she's up on her feet, but she's walking down the hill carrying her skis. I thought to myself wow there's not much depth to that one is there!!!

The next year when it came time to go skiing again, I casually asked her if she was going and she just glared at me again. WOW!

So fast forward to our last year of high school, pretty much the same shit keeps going on. She ragged me about not being smart (in this cast not even trying, I just showed up to make my parents happy), being trailer trash, and being virtually boyfriendless and friendless. Last year of high school, I snagged the foreign exchange student, and broke the biggest rumor that entire school had ever heard. She bragged to her girlfriends one morning that she hooked up with one girl's boyfriend on more than one occassion that previous weekend, but not only that she was hooking up with her own boyfriend at the same time! All I had to do was tell one person and by noon there was a catfight just waiting to break out. Yeah no one ever suspected the loner as the leak!!

It was because of her I didn't have many friends in high school. Trust me it wasn't for a lack of trying on my behalf! It was because of her that I didn't walk to get my diploma, I had it mailed.

Oh and how is this for fate. I took a year off between high school and university to travel and what not, but also to avoid as many people from my grad class as possible. My very first class, who proceeds to sit infront of me again! Kristine Anderson. This time very curious to see how my trip to Europe went and if Max and I were still an item! GGGGRRRRRRRR

So I hope that you found this when you Googled your name, and know that eventhough it was because of you my high school experience bit the big one, I will have graduated from university. And even with a crap knee I can ski better than you!!

Interesting day!

I got up and out of bed with only one mission in mind... my doctors appointment. I got in early which is always nice. I get into my doctors office and he told me that today I get to diagnose myself and I also get to prescribe myself what ever I want (SWEET!!) So I diagnosed myself as having an ear infection (I was right) and that to treat it I should have a round of Zythromax (right again... damn I knew I should have been a GP!) I also told him that I have been so excited by everything going on the last few days that I haven't slept and that I needed a renewal on some sleep meds that I had gotten back in the spring. He looked through my file and chuckled to himself, apparently the doctor that prescribed them prescribed one of the most addictive sleep meds on the market... and knowing my family history of substance abuse found it rather comical that it took me over 4 months to go through a 10 pill pack of sleep medication. He said that vouches well for me and he winked at me. (Damn this is like twice in a week a guy has winked at me). He said that given all the genetic garbage that I could have inherited it is amazing to see that I have turned out so well, and also congratulated me for graduating university! YAY!!!

So I went and got perscriptions filled and checked everything out at work, just to see if there were any "emergencies" to deal with. I guess with product not coming in on time, it's making for an interesting situation on the food floor. Glad I don't work there anymore!! It should be interesting come fall with some changes coming way. One that I hope is that I am no longer working there, and I can go back to Tim Hortons for an English Toffee Cappuccino...mmmmmmmmmmm!

I got home and thought that I should go and have a good long extended nap because I work all by myself the next three days (yeah I know I am tooo damn nice!) nope what do I do?? I end up finding Laguna Beach 3 episodes on the web!! I am soooo excited for Sept 6!!! So I played around on the computer for about 4 hours and decided that maybe I should have a nap up on the couch, that I did accomplish. I slept for about an hour and a half, or at least my mind went completely bank for that amount of time. Thank god it did! I actually felt some what human tonight, could it be the lack of Kleenex stuck up my nose!??! Could be.

Watching tv tonight was going to be a complete waste of time tonight until I realized that I could be watching one of the last tennis matches that Andre Agassi might ever play (professionally that is)! Boy was I ever in for a treat! That possibly is one of the best matches that I have ever seen. It kinda reminds me of when Jimmy Connors was trying to make a comeback at the 1992 US Open. Watching that match reminded me of how much I enjoy watching tennis and how much I miss getting out on to the courts to play. Mind you it's been since high school since I played but I loved it. Partially because I was getting pretty good (with practice), and partially because it was one of two sports (the other being skiing (another love of mine)) that I was better at then Kristine Anderson, and it totally pissed her off! I'll post about that in a sec!

So here's to you Andre, from a girl who dreamed about kissing you when she was 12!!! I am going to be sitting front row center for your next match, hopefully I'll be up to popcorn by then!

The waiting offically begins!

I got an e-mail today from our immigration consultant, our papers have officially been filed with Immigration!! Yayyyy! So now we have to wait the 8-9 months to hear back and see what happens! Knowing Max this could get interesting!

I gotta get one of those jobs!

I got playing around online and again and discovered that I definitely want to get one of the two jobs that I am being considered for! For starters I would be making double the money! OH MY GOSH!! I am going to be debt free! That is until Max and I find our own living arrangements and then all hell is going to break loose!

What a day!

I reluctantly got out of bed this morning. I kinda had to, eventhough the warehouse where I order most of my product from is having staffing problems of their own, I had to order some product in. So I went to work for like a whole hour.

And by the way I should also mention that whatever I am suffering from has moved into my sinuses, which means that I am basically reduced to sticking kleenex up my nose to catch the nasal drip. LOVELY!

So after going into work for the shortest amount of time in a while, I went home. Sat in my chaise and debated about crawling back into bed. I decided to get the mail instead. Good choice!!! I found two letters addressed to me from Human Resources! YAY!!!! The one I was expecting, the other one was a pleasant surprise!! YAY!!! So the second week of September it's going to be like going back to school for me because I have to write two exams, and I should take my CPR/First Aid course as well. I haven't been this excited about something since Max and I started working on the application for him to immigrate here!!!

Oh and less than 10 days and counting till he's here for good!!!!

Some people know how to waste more time than I do!

So with being sick today I thought that I would catch up on the news. I try to watch about three hours a day, different networks, different perspective. So something caught my lacking attention today (hey I'm sick leave me alone!).

Apparently there are people out there with bigger imaginations than me (hard to believe, but I guess that it's true!). On the second page of the new Ikea catalogue there is a dog which some may describe as having a male sexual organ instead of a leg. They wouldn't show it on the newscast so I thought that I would Google Swedish Sausage and low and behold I found a scanned photo of the page in question, if you glance at it quickly you can understand why any red-blooded male would be jelous, but if you examine it more closely you can see it is indeed a leg!

What is also interesting as well is if you Google 2006 Ikea Catalogue, you will find comparisons to the bible! Okay, um, no! But then again this would make an interesting dissertation on the insaitable need for consumer goods that we seem to possess in this day and age!

I am going to bed now. What will they think of next!??!

My dog is loving this!

It's now something like 11:30 and I have only gotten out of bed to go to the bathroom, make a cup of tea and get the mail. My new drivers licence showed up!Yayyyy I can go to the bar again! Meanwhile my dog has no budged an inch. No he's not dead, he occasionally does his paw twitch thing which tells me two things, he's still alive (thank god for that) and that he's probably dreaming, either of eating food he's not supposed to or chasing tail, his or someone elses!

I think he's taking advantage of the fact that I am sick because normally he is left home alone all day and he doesn't like that. He has cried and whined so much that when he barks he goes arf arf, which makes one of the neighbours laugh becuase he sounds more like a seal than a dog! And he has taken to panting quite a bit, I think it's because he gets all worked up when we're not home.

Why is that? Well for most of his life he was rarely left home alone. My grandmother lived out her last 3 1/2 years here with us. My dog never left her side, he was a regular visitor when she was in hospital recouperating from hip replacement surgery. It's kinda funny when you think about it because she was never the type to have animals in the house but some how Tinker weasled his way into her heart. My father on the other hand was unemployed for most of my dog's life so they spent a great deal of time together, when my dad died that is when most of my dog's anxiety began.

Needless to say the dog gets to go out for alot more car rides than he used when he was younger. At one point I was taking him to school with me, when I only had an hour long class that is!

He's an old fart, he'll be 16 in October, which I guess is about average for a small mutt like him. He's pretty deaf and blind, but most days you'd swear he was a puppy! He still flies (some pretty sweet air for a dog!) off the automan when mom or I come home.

Anyways mom is home, he hasn't clued in so I guess that I better clue him in that she is.

YUCK! I hate being sick!

The one and only day that I have off this week and I am stuck in bed! I am pretty sure that it is my tonsils that have flared up on me! Yeah I know what you're thinking, she doesn't have her tonsils out yet!?!

When I was younger it was pretty much guranteed that I would get tonsilitis at least once a year! When I was in high school it was one of those things that my doctor told me that the next time I got it that they would take them out. Still hasn't happened.

I guess I better phone for a doctors appointment! GRRRRRRR! Oh well at least it's not one of my signature ear, throat, sinus infections!! Those are doozies to get over.

I'm debating.

Ok so I have been left to my thoughts as to what I should do, if I can get into the training program. Do I want to work in Drumheller or Bowden?

I'm sick!!

I woke up this morning with a sore throat, even worse from the night before, and I knew it, I'm sick! It's probably because I have been so stressed out about alot of things lately namely my mother wanting to charge me rent, when I can barely make payments on my car, credit cards and a student loan.

So I am declaring Shenanagans on the day tomorrow and I am not getting out of bed unless a Katrina-like disaster is imminent and I have to evacuate.

Getting a few steps closer!

So I got another voicemail from a recruiter. I have to go through all sorts of testing first and if I get through all of that then I get to go through training! YEAHHHH! He also said that with me having my degree (or close to having) that I will be able to move up quite quickly and take advantage of those who are retiring early!!! Plus (and I can't believe that I am saying this) with the Harper government in power it will mean more jobs like this in the future for others!!

Do I have a back bone?

Can I take it? Can I take it working with a bunch of cons! I think so. I don't get pushed around easily! Dare I say that I am good at being a BITCH?!?!

Anyone up for some powder!!

Rumor has it we are going to get a hard winter, I guess this spring when the apple trees were flowering they were flowering quite a bit which could mean a hard winter. Good. I don't remember the last time we had a decent winter.

Oh and if you haven't figured it out I love winter. Yes, I do have a garage :) I even love to shovel the walks because usually I have the nicest, longest, and hottest showers/ bubble baths!! Not only that but winter is the only time of year when you can justify going to Tim Hortons multiple times a day. And whereby I can also justfy wearing sweatpants, sweatshirts, and Grandma Forsberg's hand kitted socks.

Ohhhh and it is also the only time of year wereby I can justify calling in sick so I can either stay in bed or go out to the mountains!! With hubby finally being able to come here I think that I am going to be calling in sick alot this winter to take advantage of a human heat source!

Things are lookin up!

Well nothing disasterous has happened yet this weekend. I had a good day yesterday. Business was steady, steady is good, wish it were busier but oh well. I can't wait for tomorrow morning. Finally getting a good lead, maybe I shouldn't have been grumpy about the whole resume thing afterall!! Figures!

Could this be the break that I am looking for?

So I went to the resume thing. I was the only one there so I ended up getting one custom made resume. It only took like two hours and I was out of there, so I went home and chilled out.

Actually what happened was I was trying to work the courage up to drive down to the Pen and drop my resume in on some unsuspecting human resources lady. Instead I found my friendly neighbour, he said that he would take it to this one guy, I turned around and there he was!!! Yeahhhh!

So I handed him my resume he took one look at it was impressed, nodded his head and looked happy, like a little boy at Christmas, he asked me what I was looking for and I told him a foot in the door, he said that he will call next week and then he gave me the wink of his eye! I think I made his day. Hope so because I really need to get out of the coffee business!

*UPDATE*
I got home from work today and found a voice mail. My resume got handed off to someone else who called and left me a voice mail!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

Performance Review Postponed!!!

Damn it!! Not that I care any but apparently this has to go to the big boss first. I guess that my boss is going to push for a raise of some sorts. I really don't care! So I should get it some time next week. Hopefully some time next week I'll hear about a different job by then!

300 Posts!!!

Wow! Really? That many already!!! Cool!

Here's to three hundred more! Bottoms up!

Have you seen what Bob Mills, MP of Red Deer South has been doing??

Ok I seen something in the Calgary Herald the other day about some Conservative Members of Parliament. Some of them have been MIA.

Now I must admit I am not that politcally minded, I tend to be highly opinionated when it comes to alot of things within our society. For instance, people are complaining about having to pay for school fees and some medical services but if we were to introduce some higher taxes we might have the money to fund the basics of our society.

However this article got me thinking, what exactly does Bob Mills do?? I honestly can't think of when he was in Innisfail campaigning for the election and taking on Kelly Bickford in a debate (although Kelly was a class mate of mine it would have been good to see the both of them go at it, maybe it would have tired her out and I wouldn't have to sit through a 3 hour lecture of hers instead of the prof, but right now that is besides the point). Anyways, today I find it rather ironic that I open up the Innisfail Province and find out what exactly Bob Mills, MP of Red Deer South is up to these days. He's spending the summer in Europe. Wow I wish that I could! Really, I have a wedding that I need to be at in three weeks, I wonder if I can get tax payers to fund part of my vacation. Ironically enough he was in Sweden. Damn, that's just where I need to be.

So according to Bob Mills this is what he's been up to (just for my reference and for the person who wrote the article in the Calgary Herald on Sunday)
-He has an offical role (NOT SPECIFIED)as Canada's representative to the Seventh Conference of the Arctic in Kiruna, Sweden. (oooohhhhh so Stevey boy is taking this whole arctic sovereignty issue seriously!)
-Then he notes that since he was in Europe, him and his wife should take a vacation to Spain. He takes the time to also note that they paid for this part themselves!! (I could just imagine him on a cheap Ryanair flight to the south of Spain can you?? Do you detect a sense of sarcasm here?? Please tell me you do!) He then goes on to say that while they were in Spain they went to visit garbage facilities. WHAT???? WHAT???? WHAT??? OH MY GOD!!!! YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME!!!

He had to go to Spain to see that? If anyone out there watches the CBC and I know you do, you'll know that back around April sometime (around Earth Day if I remember correctly) videographer Stefan Randstrom examined the exact same thing. And I betcha that it didn't cost as much as Mr. Mills trip to Spain. In Sweden they drive on dead cows, something we have alot of here in good old Alberta. Grrr, why can't we get some normal people to become politicians???

Oh and Mr. Mills I hope you took the opportunity to work on your tan on your trip to Spain!

Thanks but no thanks?

Got reading in the news today about a story which I find rather intriguing.

Math genius gives up million dollar prize for solving centuries old mystery.

Wow what was this guy thinking?? Apparently this guy lives with his mother and can be found hiding out in the basement of a Russian university in St. Petersburg.

Scientists are very special people. I have met many on occasion as my husband went to one of the most recognized technical universities in the world. I can only imagine how many of these people there are hiding out in their labs figuring out the ultimate mysteries of the world. I do worry about them though.

I met one guy who was a pure germaphobe. This guy tracked every cent he spent and he would get upset if he had to buy a new pen because you just happened to use it for one quick second. We have often joked about what he would do in the event that he ever found a girlfriend and wanted to take the relationship to "the next level"

Oh my all the things that I have thought about doing a masters thesis on!

Adventures in job hunting...

So today I had some time to go into Red Deer and get a few administrative things done. I also thought that I would take advantage of some free services that the government offers to those trying to seek a job. So I took my resume in to see what was wrong.

Yeah this guy tried to tell me that I should be happy with my crappy ass managerial position that I possess! I don't think so. So now I have been signed up for a day long seminar on resume writing and job searching. I think my job search needs aren't the average persons.

Still waiting...

nothing yet!!

So the waiting begins!

I just sent the last three pieces of paper needed for Max's immigration application. Now we get to wait... and wait... and wait. But there is sense of relief that finally something is getting done, that we have finally taken the first big step towards getting Max here permanently! Yaaaa!!

I'm waiting!!

So today I found out that my application for one position is being sent to the department for further examination. I will be contacted for an interview soon. Oh god I hope so, because I was virtually forced to sign up for benefits that I don't want nor need. So much for having money each pay day!

Can someone please tell me the answer to this question?

Why is it that ugly people have this amazing ability to procreate on a mass scale?
Are we doomed!?!

I am not in the slightest, surprised!

I read an article in the Calgary Sun about how there are so many job openings in the service sector because there aren't enough people willing to work these type of jobs. I can completely understand why. Things have changed so much in about the last 8 years. People used to be happy when they got good service and they would treat you good back. It was rewarding to work at such a place back then. Now people feel as though they should be ENTITLED to get good service, even when they are rotten and nasty AND DOWN RIGHT RUDE!!!! God forbid if they ever get me as a customer!!!

One Baccardi and coke coming up!

Ok I didn't spend all this time in university to get yelled at by some fat unemployed stinky housewife!

I've had about enough this job. I really don't care if I get a raise. I just want out.

The world's longest meme

World’s Longest Meme
Your full name – Can’t disclose that one!!
Age – Can’t disclose that one either (I’m 26)
Height –About 6 feet
Natural hair colour –I really don’t know, light brown??
Eye colour – hazel, green/brown mix
Number of siblings – Zero
Glasses/contacts – Yes, glasses and contacts
Piercings – Just my ears, although I had my navel pierced for about a three week period when I was 19
Tattoos – Two, on my wrists and no it didn’t hurt
Braces – No, but I wish that I did, I have a huge gap
FAVOURITE Colour – blue
Band – Ohhh, too many to choose from… Kent
Song – Ohhhh, again too many to choose from… Karleken Vantar
Stuffed animal – don’t have one any more
Video game – Tetris
TV show – Laguna Beach/The Hills/ Gilmore Girls
Movie – Can’t pick just one!
Book – The Devil Wears Prada
Food – I like all food
Game on a cell phone – Snake on my old Nokia
CD cover – Du jag doden-Kent
Flower – Gerber daises
Scent – Max
Animal – Dogs
Comic book – Don’t have one
Cereal – Corn pops and fruit loops
Website – this one!
Cartoon – ahhh don’t have one!
DO YOU Play an instrument? Yes the Clarinet
Watch TV more than 60 hours a week? No
Like to sing? Yes, and out of tune
Have a job? Yes, unfortunately
Have a cell phone? Yes, how I could I live in Alberta and not have a cell phone!
Like to play sports? Yes, when I am up to it
Have a boyfriend/girlfriend? I have a husband
Have a crush on someone? Yes, my husband
Live somewhere NOT in the united states? Yes, I live in Canada, and I lived in Sweden for 10 months
Have more than 5 TVs in your house? No, only three, one of which is not in use
Have any special talents/skills? Procrastination
Excercise daily? Try to, a bit impossible with my crap knee
Like school? Yes, miss it actually, I have to grow up now!
Sing the alphabet backwards? If I try
Stand on your tip toes without wearing shoes? yes
Speak any other languages? Yes, Swedish
Go a day without food? No, I would get a headache
Stay up for more than 24 hours? Yes, I was a university student!!
Read music, not just tabs? Both treble and base clef
Roll your tongue? Yes
Eat a whole pizza? – Yes
HAVE YOU EVER Snuck out of the house? Yes
Cried to get out of trouble? Yes, I guess I should have put that under special talent
Gotten lost in your city? Ummmm no!
Seen a shooting star? Yes
Been to any other countries besides the united states? Yeah Sweden, Denmark, Finland, United Kindom, Greece, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Estonia
Had a serious surgery? I’ve had a scope on my knee
Stolen something important to someone else? No that I know maybe Max’s heart?
Solved a rubiks cube? I’m not that smart
Gone out in public in your pajamas? Yes, it goes with my casual attitude
Cried over a girl? Ummmm no
Cried over a boy? Ummmmm yeah
Kissed a random stranger? Yes, while drunk
Hugged a random stranger? Yes, while drunk
Been in a fist fight? No, can’t say that I have
Been arrested? Nope!
Done drugs? Yes.
Had alcohol? Yes.
Laughed and had milk come out of your nose? Yes, I have also had pop come up my nose which is worse. Thanx Noreen and Brittany
Pushed all the buttons on an elevator? Yes, all the time when I worked at the hospital, did it to kill time!
Gone to school only to find you had the day off because of a holiday/etc? Yeah, it usually happens at the spring term courses in Calgary
Swore at your parents? Yeah, shocked the hell out of my dad
Been to warped tour? No I haven’t
Kicked a guy where it hurts? Yeah, remember Tyler Waisman??
Been in love? Yes, duh, I’m married aren’t I!
Been close to love? Yes
Been to a casino? Yes
Ran over an animal and killed it? A gopher, but this is Alberta and I mean who hasn’t!
Broken a bone? Broke a bone chip off of my leg, which got stuck under my knee cap causing all sorts of damage!
Gotten stitches? Yes, when I threw my hand through a window
Had a waterballoon fight in winter? Nope
Drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour? Nope, but I one paid a guy $120 to drink a one liter of butter milk in 5 minutes!
Made homemade muffins? Yes, with my mom!
Bitten someone? Yes
Been to disneyland/disneyworld? Both, twice
More than 5 times? No!
Been to niagra falls? nope
Burped in someones face? Yes
Gotten the chicken pox? Yes, when I was six
WHENS THE LAST TIME YOU Brushed your teeth – this morning
Went to the bathroom – a few hours ago
Saw A Movie In Theaters – June 30th, 2006, opening night for the devil wears prada
Read a book –I am reading a book right now, the dirty girls social club? I think that is what it is called!
Had a snow day – Umm THIS IS ALBERTA!!
Had a party – Yes
Had a slumber party –Yes
Made fun of someone – Yes
Tripped in front of someone –All the time, at work!
Went to the grocery store – Today, duh I work in one!
Got sick – Would have been last November when I caught something from working in the laundry!
Cursed – Couldn’t tell ya
PICK ONE Fruit/vegetables –Fruit
Black/white – Black
Lights on/lights off –Lights off
TV/movie – Movie
Car/truck – ohhh hard one, car
Body spray/lotion – body lotion
Cash/check – cash
Pillows/blankets –blanket, cosy!
Headache/stomach ache – Headache, cause I got one right now
Paint/charcoal – paint
Chinese food/mexican food –chinese
Summer/winter – winter
Snow/rain – snow
Fog/misty – misty
Rock/rap – rock
Meat/vegetarian –vegetarian
Boy/girl – boy
Chocolate/vanilla – chocolate
Sprinkles/icing – icing
Cake/pie – cake
French toast/french fries – French toast
Strawberries/blueberries – strawberries
Ocean/swimming pool – ocean
Hugs/kisses – both, I’m greedy!
Cookies/muffins – cookies!
Wallet/pocket – wallet
Window/door – window
Pink/purple – purple
Cat/dog – dog. Because dog spelled backwards is god!
Long sleeve/short sleeve – long sleeve
Pants/shorts – shorts
Winter break/spring break – winter break (SKIING)
Spring/autumn – spring, new beginnings!
Clouds/clear sky – Clear sky
Moon/mars – moon
FRIENDSHIP How many friends do you have? Don’t know
What are their names? Don’t want to say
Do you have a best friend? yes
Have you ever liked one of your friends? yes
Do you have more guy friends or more girl friends? About an equal mix
Have you ever lost a friend? yes
Have you ever gone to an amusement park with a friend? yes
What’s an inside joke between you and a friend? Don’t want to say
Have you ever gotten in a big arguement with a friend? yes
What’s the nicest thing you’ve ever done for a friend? Married him! ;)
What’s the nicest thing a friend has ever done for you? Married me!
Do you miss any of your old friends? Yes Lanny!!
What friend have you known the longest? Tyler and Tara
Do you regret anything you’ve done to a friend? Yes
If so, what is it? Being mean to them
How often do you spend time with your friends? As much as I can
Do any of your friends drive? yes
Has a friend of yours ever died? no
What’s the dumbest thing you've done with a friend? Oh gosh, I don’t remember!
What do you think your friends think of you? I’m crazy
Have you ever been in love? Yes
If you have, with who? Max
Are you single? NO, married
Are you in a relationship? Yes
If so, for how long? Going on for almost 10 years now
Do you believe there is someone for everyone? Yes
What is your idea of the best date? Just being with them
What was your first kiss like? Nervewracking
How old were you when you got your first kiss? 14
Do you think love is a load of shit? No
What’s the best experience you've ever had with the opposite sex? Max is the only one that knows
Have you ever been dumped? Yes
Have you ever dumped someone? No
What’s the most sexual thing you’ve done with the opposite sex? I’m not going to say because OH MY GOD!
WORD ASSOCIATION Slippers – Bunnies
Hat – Bad hair day
Hard – on
Free – speech
Space – the final frontier
Taste – yummy
Good charlotte – rock band
Red – deer
Deep – purple
Heart – of stone
Cord – rip
Cheese – cake
Rain – bow
Work – sucks
Pedal – bike
Head – case
Bed – security
Fluff – shit
Hardcore –porn
Race – rat
Knife – kniv
Jump – off a bridge
I.... am – married
want – a different job
need – a different job
crave –a different job
love – Max Forsberg
hate – my job
did – nothing today
feel – tired
miss – Max
am annoyed by – stupid people
would rather – be in Sweden
am tired of – my job
will always – love my husband
SILLY STUFF What is your favourite genre of music? Rock/alternative
What time is it now? 10:00 p.m. on the dot
What day is it? Thursday
When is the last time you called someone? Amy last night
How much money do you have right now? Haven’t got a clue, hopefully enough to get me through to next pay day
Are you hungry? No, not really
Whatcha doin? This
Do you like parades? Yeah, I guess so
Do you like the moon? yes
What are you going to do when you’re done with this? Post it on my blog
Isn’t cup a funny word when you repeat it over and over? No not really
If you could have any magical power what would it be? To be invisible, you could over hear so much stuff that you’re not supposed to!!
Have you ever had a picnic? Yes
Did you ever have one of those skip-its when you were young? No I didn’t but my friends did!
What about sock em boppers? Nope
Are you wearing any socks right now? Hell no
DO YOU THINK YOU ARE funny? Yes
pretty? Sort of
sarcastic? Yes
lazy? Sort of
hyper? Can be
friendly? yes
evil? Oh yes yes yes!
smart? yes
strong? Not as much as I used to be
talented? yes
dorky? yes
FOR OR AGAINST: suicide –against
love – for
drunk drivers – against
airplanes – for
war – against
canada – for
united states – against
rock music – for
gay marriage – for
school – for
surveys – for
parents – for
cars – for
killing – against
britney spears –against (what the…)
coffee – for
pants – against
WOULD YOU EVER: Sky dive? Yes would love to
Play strip poker? Yes when I was younger
Run away? yes
Curse at a teacher? yes
Not take a shower for a week? Ewwwww no!
Ask someone out? I asked Max out
Lie to someone to make them think better of you? No
Visit a foreign country for more than a month? Yes, I lived in Sweden for 10 months
Go scuba diving? yes
Write a book? yes
Become a rockstar? yes
Have casual sex? Nooooo… what kind of floosy do you take me for?
LAST QUESTIONS: What shampoo do you use? I have like 6 different kinds at any given time.
Whens the last time you did something sexual with the opposite sex?.. That would have been before Max left
What kind of computer do you have? Sony Vaio
Do you like to throw popcorn at people in the movies? Only if they don’t shut up!
Or just make out? I make out with Max when he’s with me!
How many cds do you have? About 300
What time is it now?10:08 p.m.

Like part-time work and weekends??

I finally found two girls that don't mind the part-time hours and don't mind working every other weekend!! Sweet!

Post-academia depression!

I've kinda been in a funk since Max left. It's weird. I don't have reading to do for school. I don't have assignments to work on. I don't know what to do with myself! When I have a day off all I want to do is sleep and all I can think about is sleeping and yet it takes me forever in a day to fall asleep some nights!! Grrrr!

Performance review!!

I thought that now that I am a manager that I would be able to forgo the whole performance review (which to me is utterly pointless in a place such as this!). Nope! I was sooooo wrong on that one. My boss comes in for his morning boost and proceeds to inform me that my performance review is done and that we should get together some time next week and we will discuss some things. Hmmm this should be interesting!!

One last thing and then I am going to bed!

Ok here's yet another frustrating thing about my job. Ok, it's not that I would like to be the center of attention but a little recognition would be nice, it would be greatly appreciated.

Case in point.

One would think that because I worked there previously for 5 years that you know a little note to welcome me back would nice. Say a little something about why I left and why I am back. Say something about my experience and that I am somewhat OVERQUALIFIED to do the job but you know what the hell! Plus when someone else gets hired back who didn't have as stellar as a record as I did and gets a huge posting on every fuckin bulletin board in the fuckin place, HE'S THE FUCKIN HERO!!!

Man, I'd love to get just one interview, just one!

Cranky hubby!

I got a call from my hubby who is back in Sweden for a bit and I can tell that he is not sleeping well. I know because he's cranky!!! It's because circumstances are beyond his control right now and he doesn't like that. Yeah...

If you want $10/hr, go and work at Tim Hortons!

I had an older lady come in today with a application. Under salary expectation she put $10/hr! Hello! I only make $12! And on top of that they want me to sign up for benefits!! I don't think so! That would mean another $100 deduction on my paycheck, I don't think so!

I have to work tomorrow!

Ugh, I don't want to go to work.

Must stay in bed and sleep.

Start the car!!! Start the car!!!

I went to Ikea today with my mom and Arlene. Max and I got some gift cards as wedding gifts from Ikea and well seems Max got to go to Canadian Tire I get to go to Ikea. So I get the stuff that I think will be cool and I get up to the till and it's way less than I imagined it was, so I think back to that commercial for the summer sale. "START THE CAR!!! START THE CAR"


"WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

Checking comments!

Insomnia finds me once again! So I take advantage and check my entire blog for new comments!! The MRI one is interesting!! I think I found about three new ones!! Cool! Keep em coming, it helps to kill time!

U of C stickin it to Macleans magazine!

Poor U of C, it never gets the best of ratings from Macleans magazine in it's review of Canadian univerisities. I went to U of C and well I enjoyed the experience ( yeah I know that going there during spring and summer terms doesn't give you the feel for the place but I enjoyed the expereince none the less).

Anyways according to the CBC, 11 Canadian universities, U of T, U of A, and UBC just to mention a few, criticized Macleans comparison of apples to oranges approach. I say good on them.

Help! I am living in red neck hell!

I happen to overhear something today that really really scared me.

Now, I don't claim to be an all out expert on religion, I just took a course on Western religion back in the spring and I have come to the conclusion that I know less now about religion than what I did before I took the course. I do know a few things for certain:
-Western religions come from one base religion: Judaism. From this BOTH Christianity and Islam stem from this.
-The Middle East has been a battle ground since the beginning of time
-Islam is a peaceful religion.

Here's what people forget all the time:
-Western religions come from one base religion: Judaism. From this BOTH Christianity and Islam stem from this.
-The Middle East has been a battle ground since the beginning of time
-Islam is a peaceful religion.

Here's what we have forgotten to teach every other person in the western world!!
-Western religions come from one base religion: Judaism. From this BOTH Christianity and Islam stem from this.
-The Middle East has been a battle ground since the beginning of time
-Islam is a peaceful religion.

With that said, I happen to overhear the other day two people talking and one saying to the other that they can't understand why the world is so unstable. Take a look at the community around you for a start. You have ugly and stupid people reproducing (I know I sound brutal and absolutely inconsiderate, but if you lived around here, you'd know what I am talking about). Our society is failing and with that it spreads to the greater community around us and before you know it the whole world is infected.

This is why terrorism exists, this is why there is such social discord in this world. I fear for our existence.

A sign of domesticity!!

Some of you may never believe this when you read it. I peeled potatoes today with a peeler given to us as a wedding gift and guess what!! I actually enjoyed it! It wasn't so bad at all. I think this learning to cook thing might not be so bad after all! Being domesticated wouldn't be such a bad thing. Oh god I hope Max doesn't read this!!

Even more wedding pics!

More wedding pics!

Wedding picks!

Here they are... more photos from the wedding I still have some more to add, but I hope that this will help you get your fix!!

Wheeewwwwww! That was close!!

Ok for some unknown reason beknownst to me and my other friend/co-woker my boss has been coming in on Sundays. It's not like he doesn't get his "40" in my any means (and he's alot better than he used to be!) So he came in this morning to get his refill and he asks me a question, and being eager to the point that I want give him an answer as fast as I can, giving the front that I actually do like my job. So I hear that you... and as soon as I heard that I am thinking to myself that he knows that I have been actively seeking something that is somewhat related to my education. Shit what do I say? So I listen further and he says to me that he hears that I have a couple candidates for new employees! Oh yes! Thank god! Yes, yes I do! Man that was close. But I mean really come on! The guy has to have some sort of a clue right!! Hell if they can come up with some half baked lies about what I said about some one else then he has to know that I am not happy and need to be finding something else!!

Absolutely staggering!!

Just checked my stat counter and well wow! 24 hits yesterday. One found it by searching for some info about the restraining order that LC put out on Jason (Laguna Beach/The Hills). I am getting excited about season three coming up. It starts next week in the states but here in Canada we have to wait another month. GRRRR It kinda feels like a kid and you are watching Saturday morning cartoons and you see this really cool neat product advertised on tv but the only problem is that it is going to take like 6 months for it to come to Canada. I guess from that perspective a month isn't a whole lot. The nice thing is that I might be able to access the story lines from the MTV US site. The internet is such a wonderful thing!!!

I wait!

That is all I ever seem to do in the life... wait. I am waiting for my husband to come back from Sweden so we can start our married life together. I am waiting for word that I am going to recieve my degree in November, which of course that means that I wait even more. I am waiting to get Max's immigration application sent in. I am waiting to hear back from the dozen or more jobs that I have applied for in the last month or so. I've already gotten two rejection letters. I am waiting for my financial situation to be better because this totally sucks on living literally on less than $100 a week.

And right now I am waiting to feel tired enough to sleep but it is three in the morning already and it looks as though hope is fading somewhat. But for me hope is not lost entirely. I am paitent. It's been proven time and again. I waited 7 years to marry the love of my life. Not because I wasn't ready, and it wasn't because he wasn't ready either. We both knew what we wanted, education first and then love. It sounds reasonable don't you think. It's worked out so far. One year is fast approaching!!

17 hits a day!!

Wow, I just checked my stat counter and found that there was 17 hits to this site yesterday alone!! Cool, I am just curious as to how some of you found this!!! It's not like I am some really really interesting person with a life that has to be followed, although my life has seen more than it's fair share of drama. The last 4 to 5 years alone could fill a 200 page note book with every nasty and gritty detail of my drama. Actually had I had the time to write it all down I probably would have been able to fill a few notebooks!!

Anyways leave me a message telling me how you got here!! I am kinda interested to know! But thanx for reading and I hope that you're all entertained!!

Whoo hoo! I've got applicants!!!

Well this is pretty cool I came to work this morning and found out that I had two applicants for some positions that I am trying to fill at the coffee shop!!! One candidate looks like she has enough experience that I could make her a manager trainee!!! That is if I get a different job!!! Man I hope that I hear something soon. I need a boost like this, mentally, emotionally and mainly financially!! November is coming fast and right now as it stands I am going to be screwed. My student loans come through and if I don't get a different position I am going to have to be subsisting on $20 a paycheck with a husband to support as well! GRRRR!

I miss my mister!!

Okay I know that we are married now and so we should probably stop what I call the Affectionate Lovey Talk but Max has only been gone for a few days and it's sooo weird. Normally we are used to spending more time apart than time together. But it has been hard to get used to him not being here. I miss my mister, and he misses his mrs!!

A small indulgence

Ok, I have to admit that I am pretty happy that MTV Canada is back. It's more of something to have on as background noise than anything else. However something has captivated me. I guess it's because well I am rather facinated with teenagers, and nooooo I am not some sicko (HOW DARE YOU!!!) I am one of those that just likes to observe them. I think it's because I wasn't cool in high school, I was on the outside looking in. I think it's because I have such an old soul, I was never into the whole high school drama thing when I was in high school. I just wanted out. Now it's like I want back in. I guess that is why I have to admit it, I am a Laguna Beach/ The Hills addict!!!

And now I am pretty excited about something. Lauren getting the guts to put a restraining order on her boyfriend Jason. Now whether that is true or not I don't know. My research on the web tonight turned up nothing. Just a public statement that Lauren had ended her relationship with Jason. THANK GOD!!!!! I don't like the boy, he's bad news!!!! First of all he smokes, I don't like licking an ashtray and I can't believe someone like Lauren would also. Secondly, he freaks out at the slightest of things, one sign, he's insecure about something. And judging from the pictures on his Myspace page, he's riding on Lauren's coatails. Lauren thank god you got the guts to kick him out before you got so far into that relationship that getting out of it would have caused some serious psychological damage!!! I can't wait to see season 3 of Laguna which is supposed to starting next week on MTV in the states but I don't see anything about when it is coming to Canada. Probably when The Hills ends here in about two weeks time. Ahhhhh I finally found something to watch on Wednesday nights!!

I gotta find something different!

What a day. I went to work early, really really early this morning. I ended up going over somethings to try and figure out what to do and where to go. Well it didn't take that long to do, other than staring at a computer screen for a really really extended period of time I couldn't come to any conclusions. I tried to take as many little breaks as I could so that I could be able to work longer. I tried, I really really did, but it's one of those things that I gotta get this stuff done, but what do I do??? I play Ma Jong (I know I didn't spell that right) for over an hour!!! But tomorrow is another day and I got stuff to do then as well. But I have come to the serious conclusion that I have to find something better for the fall. I can't live on what I am making, hell I am barely able to make all my payments as it is. I hope that Corrections Canada wants me. It would nice to know that I worked on my degree with some purpose and I just didn't go to school for 8 years for nothing.

REJECTION!

So I got two letters this morning from the Correctional Service of Canada. One is about the parole officer position that I applied for about a month and a half ago. The other one was for an administrative services assistant position that I applied for two weeks ago. I am holding out for some other positions but I hope that I get something soon because I would really really like to start doing something related towards my education instead of just "being here".

I was #1 on Alberta Blogs!!!

Cool. I joined this group because it is interesting to see all the different perpectives from one little corner of the world. My little corner that is!!! COOL!!! So check the links out on the side, I find all sorts of interesting things like a cat that looks like Hitler!!!

Yeah I know those four legged things are evil (except for Niles, Rachy!!! That cat has some serious eight lives left!!!)

Here it is by request!

Here's the bridal party!!

Hire me already!!

I have just applied for my third position with Corrections Canada. I hope that they will have seen my name on enough applications that they will just finally give me something so that I can get going on my career!!

I can't wait to see what happens! It would be nice to get something that I use my education with. Something where I can make a positive impact on society. Afterall it seems lately that there are so many others that are making such a negative impact.

Another little task done!

So I am actually able to get some "office" stuff done for the cafe which is really nice, although I have a feeling that I am not going to get as much as I wanted done tomorrow because it's a sale day. ANYWAYS!!! I ended up taking the afternoon off to take my dear hubby to Calgary to run some errands. We dropped of signature pages off at the immigration consultant's office, and Max also completed his medical and it is all clear with the exception of his eyes, apparently he has to make an appointment to see an opthamologist to get something looked at. He also had to go the deep south of Calgary to get blood tests and chest x-rays. Yeah it was a pretty interesting drive home. I didn't realize Calgary has gotten so big.