| ...thursday, june third, two thousand four... Boys, I urge you to profusely thank the supernatural power of your choice that did not create you female. I spent last night attempting to sleep, curled tightly in the fetal position cuddling my aching uterus and holding back tears. Being a girl sucks somedays. This weekend is bound to be great. Jordy's coming up tonight, meeting me here upon the completion of tonight's Public Administration class. So, we will watch some Family Guy and some movies and the National and eat good food... as per usual. And I, I will be happy. And then Saturday I help out for the pre-Camp Day day at work... three hours of face painting here I come! And then my lovely Dar and Nicole are coming up to visit. Oh so exciting. I haven't seen those kids in ever. I'm giddy. And bouncy. And it almost makes me forget how much pain I'm in. And I collected some new bruises at work today. And threw timbits all over the floor. And laughed. A lot. Mama Jules makes me smile... she's not my real Momma Jules, but her name is the same, and well, she's here. So it's an acceptable substitute. And her endless supply of bus passes keep me happy. *smiles* I came home, finished up my assignment... and now, now I get ready for class. Au revoir mes amis. Bon soir. Je t'aime. |
...thursday, june tenth, two thousand four... ...got my mind set on you... Oh heavens. Yes, it's been awhile. It's been a long week... filled with working (I picked up two extra shifts) and studying (I had a midterm tonight). I had another pseudo-breakdown, but fortunately I was reassured and sent off to bed in record time. *laughs* Everyone is leaving me. Fan-Yee is returning to Toronto this week and then Fan-Ling and Danielle are leaving in a couple weeks when their respective classes are through. I will have this big beautiful house to myself. Adam gets married this weekend. My little mind cannot even fathom getting married at this age. The thought of committing yourself to spend your entire life together at such an extremely young age... *shudders*. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I can't be committed or that I don't want to get married someday, it's just that it seems so... strange... to be getting married now. Maybe it's merely my relationship track record, maybe it's just my independent self, maybe it's just my ambition to advance and do things that marriage might prevent... *shrugs* It still feels strange. Ah man, listening to some Helix, April Wine, Steppenwolf... and the impending Hawk Rocks the Park has me more excited than I should be as the event is still over a month away. I have a feeling this will be my happiest birthday ever. Last day of classes, loads of people partying it up, supersweet classic rock... *sigh* It's going to be fabulous. Buy your ticket TODAY. I'm glad it's the weekend... I'm excited to go shopping with Steph tomorrow, and back to Tillsonburg with her... to the wedding on Saturday and family reunion on Sunday... and then some quality Jordy-Leanne time. It's a mini vacation. *laughs* Vacation from work... vacation from class... vacation from loneliness. What more could I ask for? Honestly! Darlene and Nicole came up last weekend; we hit up the town. It was so good to just sit on the porch and catch up, comsuming exhuberant amounts of Wild Vines... *laughs* The bar was... interesting. Creepy Dave/Mike/John/?? grinding up against me, ignoring our laughter and the disgusted look on my face. Stealing away; going to the "washroom". Running into Aaron, Finn, Chris and Rob. Hitting up Sammy's and mystic walking it home. Waking up early to go for breakfast at Christinas. Reminiscing of highschool break-fasts at Dianas. Lazy-ing around watching Family Guy. Ice cream. It was great. Definitely a bright spot in my summer. It's been good to have people visit. First Boat and Brent and now Dar and Nicole. Highschool revisited. *smiles* And today I got pictures of Meggie and I in a mysterious package in the mail. Simply beautiful. If I had a scanner I would post them here... maybe someday. And hey, check out 3Geeks will you? It's hilarious. *giggles* Oh man... so many days have been cheered up by the genius of 3Geeks. Anyway, I think I'm going to read the Banner, watch the National and head to bed. I have a feeling tomorrow's going to be a wonderfully long day. Before I forget, I found this Editorial in the Gazette slightly entertaining, as well as it echoed my own thoughts to a certain extent... so I thought I would post it for the masses to enjoy. *smiles* Line Up for the Hypocrisy Derby! Mark Polishuk, A&E Editor "Deciding who to vote for in the federal election is like choosing teams on the schoolyard and having to pick either the fat kid or the kid with asthma. It's not a question of who's the most impressive, but one of who's the most inoffensive. The template for a politician in 2004 is to be as middle-of-the-road as possible so as not to lose any potential votes. A politician will talk at length about his opponents' flaws, but when pressed on his own views the Hypocrisy Derby is off and running. For example: Jack Layton says a lot of stuff that sounds good in theory, but avoids that little detail of how we're going to pay for it. Layton also delivers his message in a way that makes me think he's going to offer me a lease on a '93 Chevy Cavalier. Stephen harper bashes the Liberals' wasteful spending, then turns around and presents his plan to have national referendums to solve issues like gun registry and the same-sex marriage debate. After all, the role of a government isn't to actually make decisions, it's to act as a glorified version of Ryan Seacrest. Paul Martin is the master of vague generality, promising changes without saying what was wrong with the last decade of Liberale rule for fear of pissing off the Chretien loyalists within the party. Don't worry, Mr. Martin -- so what if a sizable chunk of your party doesn't like you? They're just jealous because you hang out with Bono. Despite all of their screw ups and the fact that Martin reminds me of Gil from The Simpsons, I'm still going to vote Liberal. I get a feeling of impending doom wiht Layton and Harper, but with Martin, it's just a feeling of impending "meh". Go back to the 1974 election. You had Pierre Trudeau, Ed Broadbent (the most successful leader in the history of the New Democratic Party) or Robert Stanfield, leader of the Progressive Conservatives and generally considered to be the best Canadian politician to never become Prime Minister. You can argue about their personalities or their politics, but if push had ever come to shove with any of these men leading the country, Canada would've been in pretty good shape behind a leader that was at least respected, if nothing else. Given that there will likely be a minority government, the legacy of the new prime minister will be Joe Clark-esque in his inability to get anything done. Is it too much to ask that out of three candidates -- or four if you count Gilles Duceppe -- we get at least ONE who is a leader by merit rather than a leader by default?" ...how's that for a long awaited post? Not bad I say... Night kids. Love y'all. |