The game of life

Tonight was a great night. I got married, (to a guy fondly called "the hottest man on earth" - who can go wrong with that?), won $1.3 million dollars and hung out with some very cool people.
Overall, its been a pretty good day. Dragging myself out of bed this morning was unpleasant as usual (but i was only 1 min late for work... i think my butt is used riding furiously to work again on really bumpy SK roads..) and in the 10 mins i was awake and talking before i left for work, i managed to have a gynormous fight with my mom, which hasn't happened in ages (thank goodness!).

The day improved with getting a bunch done, and then going for lunch with Alexa at the Mendel. Really the main displays sucked, but it was fun to hang out with her and look at all the great artwork done by 8 year olds who could take me in any art competition. its really kinda sad, but i guess its good to know your limitations...

The evening got better with making up with my mom (not like that you sickos), and got even greater when Jill arrived to stay over... she's actually putting herself thru the whole torture of grad... can't say i'm sad to be missing that, the photo op in the studio proves to me that i wore a cap and gown, and the certificate on my wall will make me very happy. (esp in the free frame sponsored by evan ;) Although i'll have to find something good to do with my "indemnity diploma" yay, i get to be as south african as i like... (as if that ever stopped me before!) Evan's fake boyfriend value is definatly going up, but he may still have to work a little harder to get the fake break up status removed ;)

Since i feel like i started out well, here's my quote for the night from another fav book - Hitch Hiker's guide to the Galaxy... there may be lots of these quotes in the future, its so hard to choose!


He stood up straight and looked the world squarely in the fields and hills. To add weight to his words he stuck the rabbit bone in his hair. He spread his arms out wide. "I will go mad! he announced".
- HHGTTG

shalom

joining the rant - waggon

Today i decided that enough was enough - i need to catch up with technology and start making my rants public... i figure blogging will be way easier - everyone can just read them and i won't have to try and explain what i'm talking about all the time!
HOWEVER i do know me better than to think that this is going to be an everyday event - really i don't have that much to rant about and my life isn't that interesting (and my attention span is very short!)... so there may not be that much to say.

I've just gotten back from a great camping turned sleepover weekend at Shannon's in Edmonton, (yes we're wusses and it WAS COLD!)and all i can say is... crazy people! Seriously a fun weekend tho - just missing a few key funk family members ;)

since this is my first venture into cyberspace, i thought i should end it on a classy note, i'm sure TS Elliot would have something a little more elloquent to say, but here's his thought on friends:

"You do not know how much they mean to me, my friends,
And how, how rare and strange it is, to find
In a life composed so much, so much of odds and ends,
[for indeed I do not love it.. you knew? you are not blind! How keen you are!]
To find a friend who has tehse qualities,
Who has, and gives
Those qualities upon which friendship lives.
How much more it means that i say this to you -
without these friendships - life, what cauchemar!"

- Portrait of a lady (TS Elliot)

(and before you ask - i don't know what cauchemar is... i'm just an igorant English major... i think it's french for "nightmare")

so that's me... signing off on my very first post ever. YAY.
~ carie