2 days left of school!

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass -
it's about learning to dance in the rain.

thanks for remembering

Pitance of time

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i LOVE Saskatchewan! tee hee

Top 10 Reasons To Live In Saskatchewan, Canada...

1.You never run out of wheat

2.Those cool Saskatchewan Wheat Pool hats

3.Cruise control takes on a whole new meaning

4.Your province is really easy to draw

5.You never have to worry about roll-back if you have a standard

6.It takes you two weeks to walk to your neighbor's house

7.YOUR Roughriders survived

8.You can watch the dog run away from home for hours

9.You know what a quanset is

10.Buying a huge John Deere mower makes sense


SASKATCHEWANISMS

How do you know when you're staying in a Moose Jaw hotel?

When you call the front desk and say, "I gotta leak in my sink," and the clerk replies, "Go ahead."

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How can you tell if a Saskatoon redneck is married?
There's dried tobacco juice on both sides of his pickup truck.

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Did you hear that they have raised the minimum drinking age in Kindersley to 32?
It seems they want to keep alcohol out of the high schools.

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What do they call reruns of "Hee Haw" in Saskatchewan?
Documentaries.

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Where was the toothbrush invented?
Swift Current. If it had been invented anywhere else, it would have been called a teeth brush.

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An RCMP officer pulls over a pickup on the Trans Canada and says to the driver, "Got any I.D.?" and the driver replies "Bout wut?"

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Did you hear about the $3 million Saskatchewan Lottery?
The winner gets $3.00 a year for a million years.

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The Premiers mansion in Regina burned down! Yep. Pert' near took out the whole trailer park. The library was a total loss, too. Both books- POOF - up in flames and he hadn't even finished coloring one of them.

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A new law was recently passed in Saskatchewan. When a couple gets divorced, they are STILL cousins.

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A guy walks into a bar in Prince Albert and orders a mudslide. The bartender looks at the man and says, "You ain't from 'round here are ya? "No," replies the man, "I'm from Winnipeg". The bartender looks at him and says, "Well, what do ya do in Winnipeg?" "I'm a taxidermist," said the man. The bartender, looking very bewildered now, asks, "What in the world is a tax-e-derm-ist? "The man says,"I mount animals".
The bartender stands back and hollers to the whole bar...
"It's okay boys, he's one of us" !

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A big city lawyer went duck hunting in rural Saskatchewan. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence. As the lawyer was climbing over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked what he was doing. The litigator responded, "I shot a duck and it fell in this field, and I'm just going over to retrieve it." The old farmer replied, "This is my property, and you are not coming over."
The indignant lawyer said, "Listen, I'm one of the best trial attorneys in Canada and, if you don't let me get that duck, I'll sue you and take everything you own."
The old farmer smiled and said, "Apparently, you don't know how we settle disputes in Saskatchewan. We settle small disagreements like this with the 'Saskatchewan Three Kick Rule'." The lawyer asked, "What's the 'Saskatchewan Three Kick Rule'?!?"
The Farmer replied, "Well, because the dispute occurs on my land, first I kick you three times and then you kick me three times and so on back and forth until someone gives up."
The attorney quickly thought about this rule and decided that he could easily take the old codger. So he agreed to abide by the local custom.
The old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor and walked up to the attorney. His first kick planted the toe of his heavy steel toed work boot into the lawyer's groin and dropped him to his knees. His second kick to the midriff sent the lawyer's last meal gushing from his mouth. The barrister was on all fours when the farmer's third kick to his rear-end sent him face-first into a fresh cow pie.
The lawyer summoned every bit of his will and managed to get to his feet. Wiping his face with the arm of his jacket, he said, "Okay, you old coot. Now it's my turn."
The old farmer smiled and said, "Naw, I give up. You can have the duck."

i'm free falling...

Tom Petty - Free Falling Lyrics

She’s a good girl,loves her mamma,
loves je -sus,and america too.
She’s a good girl, crazy ‘bout elvis, loves horses,
and her boyfriend too.
And it's a long day, livin’ in reseda,
there’s a freeway, runnin’ thru the yard
And i’m a bad boy, ‘cause i don’t even miss her,
i’m a bad boy, for breaking her heart

And i'm free, free falling.
Yeah i'm free, free falling.
And all the vampires walkin'
through the valley move west down ventura Boulevard.
And all the bad boys are standin' in the shadows,
and the good girls
Are home with broken hearts.

I wanna glide down over mulholland
i wanna write her name in the sky.
I'm gonna free fall out into nothin',
gonna leave this world for a while.

love you always

This morning i had an epiphany. Don't worry. it didn't really hurt that much. But seriously - i figured out why i was feeling all grumpy in my previous rant, er... post. I was reading a book over the summer with Abbey called "The five love languages of Children", and guess what? They apply to adults too! There are 5 "languages" which people use to communicate love to each other: service, touch, quality time, gifts and words of affirmation. For me i think increasingly that my love language is quality time - which is ironically something i'm only learning to communicate back with.... hrrrmm.. something to think about today i guess. BUT! The bell has rung. life as i know it has begun again.
Onwards and upwards.
C

randomness and general apathy

do you ever feel like you're mired down in a mass of monotony which is slowly pulling you downwards with its maudlin blahness. its not like there's anything wrong or even boring - its just not right somehow. You're fighting desparately hard to regain ground you've lost and you're screaming silently in your head, hoping with all your heart that those who know you best and love you most will somehow figure out what's wrong with you so that you can fix it. And then you realize that all and any change that you expect to occur has to come from within and above and has really got nothing at all to do with anybody else or any situations you're in.
i have to face up to being me with all my quirks and quandries and general misanthropy. its wierd, because up until this moment i don't think i'd ever have described myself as mysanthropic. but i think maybe its something thats growing in me as i get older. i have these strange urges just to go home sometimes when i'm in a crowd (*gasp, shudder*). Maybe i'm just tired of feeling new again. it takes so much energy not to care, and even more energy to care, and maybe i'm just not up for that. how do i feel new? i don't know. but it feels like starting again.
or maybe i'm just up for hanging out with a close friend, having a random conversation about nothing instead of running off to McD.

conclusion of this garble: i think i'm tired.
i am. therefore i sleep.
c

good point

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." (Charles Schultz)

a party's afoot!

Hear ye, hear ye!
Its that time of year again, when Evan and Carie celebrate their birthdays with a giant bash! Since every good party needs a theme, we're gonna have a medieval pop - luck (ie: bring - or kidnap- somebody else's pop or chips or something) and come dressed to party medieval style with us!

Ye olde palace: 96 Carleton Drive (just off 14th St , just near the Circle Dr off-ramp)

The ancient of times: the seventh hour and one half in the evening, on this twenty ninth day of September in the year of our Lord, 2006. ( 7:30pm , 29th Sept 2006 for you young punks)

Hope to see ye there! (feel free to bring ye lords and ladies!)

Where has the time gone?? It is now the 22nd of September and life is a busy thing!! I have been at school at Rosthern Elementary for almost one month, and it has been a good time so far! I really like my class and the staff here, and i'm even getting used to getting up at 6:15 to get to school on time.... UGGG! Ah well, such is life. Now if only it would stop raining.
I am teaching Gr 5 -> 2 lessons a day - which has been keeping me pretty busy. Next we go to 3 lessons, then 6!! Eek! but i'm sure it will be ok. Its so nice to have an affirmation of what you're doing. Being out here really assures me that i am supposed to be a teacher, because i like it so much. The rest of the education program i'm not so sure about!

Anyway, i was taking advantage of a few minutes before staff meeting, so i should run. (YES! We get PD days!)

later,
C

Ever feel like this?

Hope you're having a better day then me!

Thought for the Day:

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.

If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.

He sends you flowers every spring.

He sends you a sunrise every morning Face it, friend - He is crazy about you!



Usually these sorts of things drive me crazy, but today i like it :) I have had so many good intentions of updating this blog regarding St Vincent, but i keep faltering at the thought of where to begin...

As Christina said (and i hope she doesn't mind me quoting her)

"May you know with all your heart how much our heavenly father wants to lavish his love upon you, and May you walk along by his side, and open your arms!!! My Heart is Full with the Blessings i have recieved!! i want to let it overflow now so that i can Bless others. May the Lamb of God dwell among you!! God Bless!!!"

We're HERE!

We're finally in St VINCENT!!! YAY! Well! Today was definately a better day! I got a good couple of hours of sleep lying stretched out in Toronto and then a couple more on the plane to Barbados. the flight from Saskatoon to toronto wa sfun. Sat next to a Saskatonian who moved from mexico City wehn he wa s9 years old adn now goes to school in montreal. Very interesting to chat to, but also an awesome seat mate who wanted to nap as much as I did, so after talkign for an hour or so, we both fell asleep. It would be funny to run into him in Saskatoon some day. And Julia's sure she knows him from somewhere, but i never found out his name... too personal. funny - after talking to somebody for ages and finding out all sorts of personal details that a name is still the most personal for some reason...
The flight from toronto to barbados was a bit smoother and a lot more sleep filled. I felt a million times better by the time we landed. Customs in both Toronto and Barbados were painless (surprisingly) adn lead to us getting on the tiny LIAT plane for St Vincent. Fortuanetly LIAT did not hold up to its acronym of Luggage In Another Terminal, and all arrived safe and sound. It was a funny little plane that was so small that they wouldn't let us disembark until they unloaded the luggage because the plane would tip over! the Gibsons picked us up at the tiny, boiling 1 room airport where we had to wait in line for what seemed like an hour. We finally go through adn drove in "mini busses" (combis!!!) to "the Big house" where we are staying. Its this gorgous old colonial house with this odd mish mash of exceptioally beautiful old wooden furniture scattered all over the place. i just want to move in and renovatate!!!

St Vincent is interetsting that way - seems to be completly dilapidated - even in an amazing house like this. reminds me a lot of an African township. And oh! do i remember this crazy heat/ humidity well! I've finally almost caught up on my beauty sleep (i KNOW I KNOW -doesn't take a lot to make me beautiful!) but the heat is draining. i'd forgoten life with humidity. Its good to be back in it though! I LOVE IT! We woke up this morning to paw paw for breakfast - we used to eat it EVERY day for months at home in SA! then we rushed out the door for church - we led worship, and even though we're still getting into it, i don't thiink we did too badly. tonight was definatley better though. We came home and had lunch then headed out to Indian Beach for the afternoon for some swimming and snorkeling! it was gorgeoius. the water was nice and warm with no waves! Its fantastic to be back in the ocean!! Life here is so funny and so african! its so oddly familiar in its flora and fauna and general attitude to life! Being back in the ocean and surrounded by black people was so much like home, with the exception that all the women were a little smaller and fully clothed!... a rarity on SA beaches!! (tee hee!)

Anyway, i'm sure i've more than used up my dial up time in this post...

Keep praying for us - the heat makes us all really tired, and i think we're all a little nervous about VBS starting in... EEK! 9 hours!

blessings,
C

4 more sleeps!

My New BABY!

My parents bought me my new baby as an early birthday pressie, so that i could take her to St Vincent with me! YIPEE! I get to go pick her up on Wednesday evening!
Prepare to be shot!!

later,
C

So the COUNTDOWN begins... 10, 9, 8... YAY! I'm pretty excited! This is St Vincent - in the chain of islands near S America... It looks beautiful. We are going to do VBS for the first week, and services during the 2nd week, with a bit of beach time in between... yippee! I can't WAIT to be at the ocean again. Watched "Blue Crush" tonight... now i'm ITCHING to be in salt water. I'm actually homesick for KEATS.... I hope the summer is going well there. It's so odd being in the city for the summer - i think i'm going to try be out at the lake or ocean again next year - i just love it... we'll see what happens i guess.
I've moved (again) - this time in with Julia - I think we're going to have a good time together, and PLEEEESE: NO MORE MOVING! Ugg! I think i'm done with that for a while. Now just have to start thinking about Rosthern. But first i need to get through the boxes on my floor, a pile of laundry and important paper work. Will it never end?? I did get my Hep shot though, so chances are high that i will NOT die of scary tropical diseases whilst in St Vincent. (here's hoping!)

But i should go catch up on some beauty rest (not that i need it!) while i have the chance.

THIS ONE'S FOR THE GIRLS

Naturally, because I posted the previous post BEFORE finishing off my work week, one more thing had to go wrong - something is leaking at the church, so i was running around trying to fix it/ clean up... ugg. finally just called Greg and left. HERE'S TO A BETTER WEEK!
(This all sounds very pessimistic - but NOBODY died this week, an I didn't even hit any blasted deer on the road from Regina- so there is HOPE)

I heard this song at the wedding - i've heard it before and liked it, so i thought i'd put it up here.... (I know, I know... it's country... but its an ok country song KARLA!)

Artist: Martina Mcbride
Song: This Ones For The Girls

This one's for all you girls about thirteen
High school can be so rough, can be so mean
Hold onto, on to your innocence
Stand your ground when everyone's giving in

This one's for the girls

This is for all you girls about twenty-five
In a little apartment, just trying to get by
Living on, on dreams and spaghetti-o's
Wondering where you life is gonna go

This one's for the girls
Who've ever had a broken heart
Who've wished upon a shooting star
You're beautiful the way you are
This one's for the girls
Who love without holding back
Who dream with everything they have
All around the world
This one's for the girls

This is for all you girls about forty-two
Tossing pennies into the Fountain of Youth
Every laugh, laugh line on your face
Made you who you are today

Yeah, we're all the same inside
From 1 to 99

This one's for the girls
Who've ever had a broken heart
Who've wished upon a shooting star
You're beautiful the way you are
This one's for the girls
Who love without holding back
Who dream with everything they have
All around the world
This one's for the girls
Yeah, this one's for the girls

I'm a survivor...

so i survived my crazy week and crazier weekend, and i am now moved in, wedding-ed up, churched and ready for bed. YAY Monday!
Hopefully i'll have a chance to be a REAL person next week!

ciao for now,
Carie

lego mania

Check this out! This is amazing! Someone certainly is talented and patient to create such a masterpiece. (or has way too little to do, and way too much time on his hands!)

THE LEGO CHURCH:
A few quick facts:
How long to build it? It was about a year and a half of planning, building and photographing.
How many pieces of LEGO to build ! it? more than 75,000
How big is it? About 7 feet by 5 1/2 feet by 30 inches (2.2 m x 1.7 m x .76 m)
How many LEGO people does it seat? 1,372
How many windows? 3,976

It features a balcony, a Narthex, stairs to the balcony, restrooms, coat rooms, several mosaics, a nave, a baptistry, an altar, a crucifix, a pulpit and an elaborate pipe organ.

crazy huh? And i was impressed with making "Zoos" out of a line of lego and some plastic animals... haha... apparently i have less elaborate taste.

the ants go marching...

UGG! Its been THAT week and its going to be THAT weekend... Tuesday's exciting event was the demise of KRONOS - our time machine / poor excuse for a bus. Good times. Wednesday was the day of meetings (and driving aimlessly around the city looking for an address which didn't exist.)Thursday was fencing again - VERY satisfactory to get the WHOLE farm down... YEAH POST BUSTERS! (Maybe i'll put up a slide show of the whole postinators team.) With names like "im-post-ers","postman", etc... how could things go wrong?
Today was moving day. I rushed home after work, tried to get everything packed up and then called my dad to come help. It is now 1:49 am and i have just finished unpacking mostly everything. BLESSED SLEEP COME QUICK!
Tomorrow is Jill's wedding! ANOTHER good friend all grown up and married! WEIRD! But i'm really looking forward to it. Its just the driving there and back that i'm not so excited about. And then the usual stuff for Sunday.

While i was moving all my stuff, my imfamous quote board got a little smudged, so i thought i should put it up here post haste... if you have to ask questions then... DON'T. (try working with 50 6year olds if you want to learn how to block out questions). Just know that i did not write any of these except the last.

so with no further ado, and in somewhat of ad hoc fashion:

"THE QUOTE BOARD"

> "indy... put your pants back on"
> Apparently they weren't white"
> " T'wass"
> "Tee Hee...?"
> "Carie is ALMOST wearing a hotwheels shirt"
> "Pants are a thing of the past"
> "What? We're snapping bras?"
> "I like pineapple!"
> "Dis-ney-land!"
> "What? Puptits?"
> "ITS NOT MAN PORN!"

Just a stranger on the bus

I distinctly remember the who-ha this song caused when it came out, and me in my rebellious grade 8- ness thinking, "well, what if?"... I was watching a movie tonight and they played this song, and i was reminded of the truth of it as it struck me 10 years (EEK!) ago... what if he's the old smelly guy riding next to me on the bus?? "as you do to the least of these, you do to me"... (Matt 25)

If God Was One of Us Lyrics - Joan Osbourne

If God had a name, what would it be
And would you call it to his face
If you were faced with him in all his glory
What would you ask if you had just one question

And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah God is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home

If God had a face what would it look like
And would you want to see
If seeing meant that you would have to believe
In things like heaven and in Jesus and the saints and all the prophets

And yeah yeah god is great yeah yeah god is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home
He's trying to make his way home
Back up to heaven all alone
Nobody calling on the phone
Except for the pope maybe in rome

And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah God is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if god was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home
Just trying to make his way home
Like a holy rolling stone
Back up to heaven all alone
Just trying to make his way home
Nobody calling on the phone
Except for the pope maybe in rome

I have ignored God for such a long time. He's a big part of my daily life, in that i run around "DOING" things for him, but have somehow allowed my Bible to get dusty next to my bed. I feel like a hypocrit teaching kids to "SPEAK UP" for him, when i don't even have the courage of my convictions to explain to to my co-workers why i don't get "Shit faced" every weekend or sleep with my boyfriend, or any of the other things they assume about me. How can i convice kids of a Godly lifestyle when i'm living just the bare skeleton of it, mostly out of habit?

I know all the sunday school answers and i could argue theology with a priest, but God looks inside my soul, and i think i haven't done much to make him proud. I sometimes feel like faith is a back-up plan, just in case he is real and i'll be standing before him one day, with no other options. But then i look back on my life and see him in action in every aspect of my life, and know that he has been present in every moment and every tear.
Why am i posting this here? i don't know except that i feel that by hiding it and pretending that i am the perfect Christian girl with no doubts or insecurities or faith hiccups that i cannot go on a missions trip to tell other people about Jesus. I know he is able to use me regardless of my flaws, but i have come to realize that i am done with hypocrisy. In my various friendships and relationships with people, i have to be real. I know that God is my creator and perfect author of my life story, and I know that i am saved through Jesus Christ, and i do want to "speak up". Maybe we are placed in various situations in life to remind us of who we really are and what we really believe. Perhaps teaching Faith Kids and Connection Kids has been God's little post-it to me of the fact that he really is writing my story, and i just have to let go of the pen for a little while.

For the last 3 summers i have allowed myself to shine for him at camp, for a brief 3 months of the year, and then slidden back into my old grunge of daily life and grind. In each summer i have really had the opportunity to develop my relationship with him, and they have been awesome learning and growing experiences which i have somehow relinquished when life returned to normal. I don't want to be living on the outskirts of faith anymore, but i can't seem to claw my way back in. I know - sunday school answer - read your Bible and pray everyday (and you'll grow, grow, grow...) but that seems to be the easy "doing" way out. I want the RELATIONSHIP part. I want to be HUNGRY. I'm not hungry for God... i cry out to him in tough times, and i know he's there, but in everyday life i don't seek his face the way i want too. I want to be passionate but don't know how to get there.

ugg. this post should not be for public reading except that i need to make it public. I want to be growing and passionate, but i know that i'll fake it every time somebody asks. Even in writing this, i am so concerned about what people will think. I'm worried about all the church people who will see me preaching to the kids and see the dirt on the inside of my cup. I'm worried that i won't be good enough to fit into the church mould. I'm worried that the people i care about most will see how much i am losing my grip on what i believe and will want to jump ship. But i HAVE to be honest. I can't go on being so shallow and empty.
Pray for me.

Carie's craziness

This is another of those funny personalized quiz things, (stolen from Smaj's blog) but this time with pics... The idea is to answer the survey by putting the first image you find on google image when you type in your answer.

The age on your next birthday:


Your favourite colour:


A guilty pleasure:


Your favourite fruit or veg:


The town you live in:


Name of your favourite pet/ sibling:



Your first name: (thanks mom!)



Your Middle name:
(not suitable pic material... ugg! GROSS diane!)

about me in pics (cont.)

Your last name:


Your nick name:


Your favourite book:


Your favourite actor/ actress:


Your favourite composer:


your Alma Mata:

sticks and stones

URRG! Its 12:56am and i have NOTHING to wear tomorrow/today for camp. CAVEMAN outfit???? Uggg. i'm debating just smoshing up my hair and putting sticks and dirt in it tomorrow and telling the kids that cavemen didn't wear clothes, so i have to wear my regular clothes or else i'd be naked. Do you think they'll believe me? Regardless, i think it might have to be what i do. Have i ever mentioned how much i hate dressing up??? I think its because i don't have the halloween background. Costumes just seem like so much work for no reason. The princess outfit worked really well until i got caught in the middle of a giant game of sponge bombardment, which resulted in me dripping wet and covered in green dye from the inside of my dress. NICE.

Today we had a medieval battle. It was AWESOMES. i really wish i had caught it on camera. We devided the kids in 2 teams, had them line up on each end of the field and then had them charge each other, shields in hand, YELLING insults, a la Braveheart. It was fantastic!!
Its so hard to have 6 year olds at camp for a week. They're just too little. Half of them cried all day today from sheer exhaustion, and missed out on the beauty of the Middle Ages. I mean you know its a bad sign (or a really GOOD sign) when they sleep all 20 minutes home - traintracks, potholes and all. Tomorrow they should be really tired again because we're swimming all afternoon. I think those are going to be my favourite days. All 50 of them corralled in one place with a bunch of lifeguards to watch them :) Sweet. And all i have to do is swim or suntan for 3 hours. What a tough afternoon.

Anyway, my eyes are starting to water, so i should get to bed...
farewell my friends, far and wide.


I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night. ~Calvin & Hobbes

carie the pirate had one leg

does it ever feel to you like life is whirling around on its axis so fast that you can't keep up? I sometimes feel like if i just lie in my bed and do suduku puzzles, all the problems, issues and errands will just sort themselves out. i won't have to worry about internship, i won't have to figure our where to live or with whom, i won't have to deal with people coming and going and feeling happy or sad or anything at all. Its not that i'm unhappy with life, in fact if anything, i have been really happy over the last little while, i just sometimes don't feel like i have a grip on what i need to do to live. Maybe its just this week catching up. I started 2 new jobs yesterday and today - Boys and Girls Club and the Church, so its made for a busy weekend... added to not sleeping very much and dropping Indy off at the airport this morning early... i would like to be the proverbial ostrich.

But having said that, it was a wonderful weekend - Canada day was really fun with Susan & Jason's wedding at lunch, the river cruise in the afternoon and then jazz at the river and fireworks at the park. Sunday was a fun day too - spending sometime chilling in the afternoon and then hanging out in the evening at BP's and then the drive in. We stayed up all night watching movies and then took Indy to the airport at 4am. WHY do flights leave at 6am?? ugg! So early. I am very jealous! i would like to be leaving on a 6am flight tomorrow morning!

anyway, now that i have rambled on and my stream of consciousness is becoming a trickle, i think i might rotate my way towards my bed and suduku book...
early morning tomorrow with PIRATE DAY in the time machine. YARR!

love,
Carie

worth 1000

well, the saying is, "a picture's worth a thousand words", so this should keep you busy for a while. These are pics from about mid-may that i've been intending to put up here forever!



This film strip is from Greig Ave's house cooling/ Mels' birthday/ Kristie's Bon Voyage/ "we need to have a really big party" party. There were stacks of people there and we hawaained it up in an awesome way. I even made a new south african friend. Yay for meeting random people on the street!

These pics are from "Roomie supper". We all went out toMontana's for supper, and i dared Kristie and Karla to kiss the moose. Long and short of it is, desert won out over public humiliation and the moose has a better day than he's had for a while. haha.

Mel, Andrea and I decided to go shopping one beautiful Thursday. Shopping turned into picnic in the park, which in turn became posing like statues on top of the fountain. I think we amused the people around us, we definately got some applause ;)

Travel bug

I thought this was pretty cool. Most of these places i've only flown through... although i did spend time in England, Scotland, Zim and a little time in South Africa... I added St Vincent, i figure give or take a month. :) :) :)



create your own visited countries map


later...
Carie

catching up with carie

Oh my goodness, how is it June 16th already???? Where has time gone. As Jill adroitly pointed out tonight, a month ago i said "Sorry.. have to run... call you in 4 hours" and 4 weeks and 4 hours later... uggg. Sorry Jill. Its not that life got that much crazier, it just got that much simpler because i stopped doing fundamental things like Blogging and phoning people i love. So giant appology to everybody who once read this blog and has now moved on to greener (and more prolific) pastures.

So where to begin. I have now quit the Dub. Yup 5 weeks was just about it for me. I got awesome news in that i'm stationed in Rosthern for my internship, so only 45 mins away. AND i only have to start school on the 25th, which meant that i could take the full time job with Boys and Girls Clubs. We're doing day camps out at Pike Lake. I'm STOKED. Now the big question is whether or not to move out to Rosthern in the fall. I'm strongly leaning towards doing it, but Julia has invited me to live with her in September, which i'm also pretty tempted to do.. only move once again?? instead of 3 (YUP THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!) times in 7 months is hard to pass up. My teachers in Rosthern seem very nice... they have as much desire to do school work in the summer as i do, so i think i'll end up doing most of my planning and units in the fall when we get back, which suits me just fine.

BIG NEWS! i'm going on the Journey missions trip to St Vincent and the Grenadines. Because i only have to be back for my missions trip on the 25th instead of the 15th, i get to go!!!!! http://www.svgtourism.com/ check out this site... we're going to Fountain, (near Kingstown) - where Brendon is from. We're going to run a VBS and do some one on one young adult decipleship.
So that is very exciting. Got my passports and everything all lined up yesterday, should have it all back in 2 weeks. YAY!!!!

The wedding bug has bitten again. This is the line up for the summer: Susan and Jason (1st July) Daniel and Alisa (15th July), Jill and Dan (22th July), and Cory and Leisa sometime when i'm in St Vincent. Our Biblestudy group is going marraige CRAZY! haha. So i'm really glad to be home this summer for those weddings. God has worked things out so well. Cos technically, i should be at Keats right now if i had known my internship date. but then i'd be missing so much here. He is so good.

anyway - i'm having a really good catch up with carie type evening, so i'm going to go do some more of the things i've been intending to do for weeks.

blessings.
c

hula dancers

 finally a pic from the hawaiian bash... more to come !

Hey! I'm STOKED to have my computer back. So stoked that i wasted a bunch of time doing stupid online quizes. uggg... getting up for work isn't going to be fun tomorrow.
Anway, at least my inner quirky child will keep me entertained.

Have a good night.
C

Your Quirk Factor: 57%

You're a pretty quirky person, but you're just normal enough to hide it. Congratulations - you've fooled other people into thinking you're just like them!

How Quirky Are You?

Your Inner Child Is Surprised

You see many things through the eyes of a child. Meaning, you're rarely cynical or jaded. You cherish all of the details in life. Easily fascinated, you enjoy experiencing new things.

How Is Your Inner Child?

further lessons in South Africanisms

In an effort to help my international readers really "get" half of what i'm talking about... please take a look at this brief tutorial, regarding some South African terms, phrases and expressions. ** I stole it from Madam and Eve... so this might help you understand some of the brilliance of future cartoons...**

This is a work in progress, so if anyone out there has any to add ... feel free.

SNOEK LADY - Like a "Mielie Lady", only they sell snoek.
SNOEK - Oh. It would probably help to know what snoek is. It's a fish.
ROBOT - No, nothing to do with "Star Wars." Here, it's a traffic light.
BOOT - trunk of a car.
BOOTS - You wear them on your feet.
HONK - Has nothing to do with the horn of a car. Honk means "smells bad". (That perfume you're wearing really honks.)
HONK - The sound the hooter makes on your car when you push it. Called a "horn" in America.
MINIBUS TAXI - The inventors of "road rage" here. Rules of the road do not apply.
AFRICAN TIME - Whenever someone actually feels like showing up for a scheduled appointment.
"I'M COMING NOW" - In South Africa, it means "I am coming... but not sure exactly when."
"I'M COMING JUST NOW" - I'm coming...but don't hold your breath.
"I'M COMING NOW NOW." - Forget it. You could be waiting days.

More in our next installment of "South African phrases and expressions made easy".

I'm ALIVE!

Fear not dearest friends! for i am not dead, just internettly devoid. That is to say that since the last time i blogged, i have moved homes, stopped going to school, constructed and destructed some important relationships, searched and interviewed for many jobs and now sit here, reaquainted with my computer, jobbed and INTERNETTED!! yippee.

It has been an interesting transition from living with 4 girls (plus 2 boys we couldn't get rid of, yet who wouldn't pay rent) in a big house, to living with my sis in a small basement suite. Different, but awesome. I'm really liking this new place, and i don't think AJ and i have ever got on so well. life is good. PLUS! I have a whole separate world in the bottom of my bedroom. You'll have to come over someday and i'll show you NARNIA. Its pretty exciting, i'm not going to lie. Additionally, i don't think much has changed. I've hung out with Karla more in the last 2 weeks than i did the whole time we lived together, and Mel has already come to visit (i like to think she's visiting me, but i know the truth ;) I like pineapples!)

As for jobs, yes, i'm back at the Dub. I know, i know. i said last time was the last time. but i guess its not. I've looked all over the place, and things just haven't opened up for me the way i wanted. but this way, i'm able to still work at McNab and make full time hours at A&W. so not bad - back to last year. haha. i'm REGRESSING. so much for my newly educated status. But i'm pretty stoked to catch up with old friends.

anyway - i'm going to bed now - got to savour every last minute of being in bed before i start the 7-3 shifts again... uggg.

c

hmmm... interesting...

i always wonder who makes up this junk... but its funny anyway... and sometimes pretty accurate... wierd.
Now i need to find me a Newborn Soul, Prophet Soul, or Traveler Soul ;)

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Your vivid emotions and imagination takes you away from this world
So much so that you tend to live in your head most of the time
You have great dreams and ambitions that could be the envy of all...
But for you, following through with your dreams is a bit difficult

You are charming, endearing, and people tend to love you.
Forgiving and tolerant, you see the world through rose colored glasses.
Underneath it all, you have a ton of passion that you hide from others.
Always hopeful, you tend to expect positive outcomes in your life.

Souls you are most compatible with: Newborn Soul, Prophet Soul, and Traveler Soul

You Are a Dreaming Soul

What Kind of Soul Are You?

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

have you ever got to that place in your life where you just don't have words?? or if you start using you words you'll just never stop? i'm sorry my dearest Rochelle for not writing. but somebody somewhere wrote it better in a song than i could ever say.

"Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future,
And time future contained in time past.
If all time is eternally present
All time is unredeemable.
What might have been is an abstraction
Remaining a perpetual possibility
Only in a world of speculation.
What might have been and what has been
Point to one end, which is always present.
Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened"

BURNT NORTON (No. 1 of 'Four Quartets')
T.S. Eliot

I'm done.

Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?

In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights
In cups of coffee
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.

How about love? Measure in love
How do you measure the life
Of a woman or a man?

In truths that she learned,
Or in times that he cried.
In bridges he burned,
Or the way that she died.

If nothing else, watch this movie. ("RENT") it gives you a powerful reminder about how we use each one of the 525600 minutes we are granted a year.
Life changes so quickly in mere seconds, its astonishing to think in about the last 52559 minutes and what i've done with it.

SEASONS OF LOVE (Rent)

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And indeed there will be time
For the yellow smoke that slides along the street,
Rubbing its back upon the window-panes;
There will be time, there will be time
To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet;
There will be time to murder and create,
And time for all the works and days of hands
That lift and drop a question on your plate;
Time for you and time for me,
And time yet for a hundred indecisions,
And for a hundred visions and revisions,
Before the taking of a toast and tea.
...
And would it have been worth it, after all,
After the cups, the marmalade, the tea,
Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me,
Would it have been worth while,
To have bitten off the matter with a smile,
To have squeezed the universe into a ball
To roll it toward some overwhelming question,
To say: “I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all”—
If one, settling a pillow by her head,
Should say: “That is not what I meant at all.
That is not it, at all.”
...
And would it have been worth it, after all,
Would it have been worth while,
After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets,
After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor—
And this, and so much more?—
It is impossible to say just what I mean!
But as if a magic lantern threw the nerves in patterns on a screen:
Would it have been worth while
If one, settling a pillow or throwing off a shawl,
And turning toward the window, should say:
“That is not it at all,
That is not what I meant, at all.”

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
T.S. Elliot

Complicated

Uh-huh,
Life's like this
Uh-huh, uh-huh
That's the way it is
'Cause life's like this
Uh-huh, uh-huh
That's the way it is

Chill out,
What you yellin' for?
Lay back, it's all been done before
And if you could only let it be
You will see

I like you the way you are
When we're, driving in my car
And you're talking to me
One on one
But you become

Somebody else
'Round everyone else
Watchin' your back
Like you can't relax
You're tryin' to be cool
You look like a fool
To me

Tell me

Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're
Acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this, you
And you fall and you crawl
And you break and you take
What you get and you turn it into
Honesty Promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it

No, no, no

You come over unannounced
Dressed up like you're something else
Where you are and
Where you sat, you see
You're making me
Laugh out
When you strike a pose
Take off all your preppy clothes
You know
You're not fooling anyone
When you become

Somebody else
'Round everyone else
Watchin' your back
Like you can't relax
Tryin' to be cool
You look like a fool
To me

Tell me

Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're
Acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this, you
And you fall and you crawl
And you break and you take
What you get and you turn it into
Honesty Promise me
I'm never gonna find you fake it

No, no, no...

Chill out,
What you yellin' for?
Lay back, it's all been done before
And if you could let it be
You will see

Somebody else
'Round everyone else
You're watchin' your back
Like you can't relax
You're tryin' to be cool
You look like a fool
To me, to me

Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're
Acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this, you
And you fall and you crawl
And you break and you take
What you get and you turn it into
Honesty Promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it

No, no

Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're
Acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this, you
And you fall and you crawl
And you break and you take
What you get and you turn it into
Honesty Promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it

MADE IT - Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

I'VE BEEN THROUGH MANY HARD TRIALS,
I COULDN'T EXPLAIN IT NO, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHY.
WHY I HAD TO GO THROUGH SO MUCH PAIN,
BUT PRAISE THE LORD TODAY THERE'S HEALING IN HIS NAME

I MADE IT (AND I'M SO THANKFUL) SO THANKFUL
(I NEVER COULD HAVE MADE IT)
I NEVER COULD HAVE MADE IT THIS FAR WITHOUT THE LORD.
I MADE IT (AND I'M SO THANKFUL)SO THANKFUL
(I NEVER COULD HAVE MADE IT)
I NEVER COULD HAVE MADE IT THIS FAR WITHOUT THE LORD

SO YOU'VE BEEN HURT, FEEL SO ABUSED,
TRIED TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS, AND STILL GET USED.
I KNOW YOU'RE WONDERING WHY, SO MUCH PAIN.
BUT THANK THE LORD, THERE'S A BLESSING IN YOUR PAIN.
THE LORD WANTS YOU TO KNOW THERE'S HEALING IN HIS NAME

THROUGH SICKNESS (BY HIS STRIPES I'VE BEEN HEALED);
THROUGH SORROW (HE WAS MY COMFORT AND ALL MY STRENGTH);
THROUGH HEARTACHE (JESUS HEALED ALL OF MY PAIN);
DEPRESSION (NOW I CAN SING)

its been an interesting experience singing black gospel music - one i'd highly recommend to anybody. There's nothing quite like praising God at the top of your lungs ;)

the beauty of gospel music...

BLESSING IN THE STORM

When I cannot hear the sparrow sing
And I cannot feel the melody
There's a secret place that's full of grace
There's a blessing in the storm,
Help me sing it
There's a blessing in the storm.

Verse 2:
When the sickness won't leave my body
And the pain just won't leave my soul
I get on my knees and say "Jesus please"
There's a blessing in the storm,
Help me sing it
There's a blessing in the storm.

Verse 3:
When I cannot seem to love again
And the raindrops won't ever end
If you just hold on
Those clouds will soon be gone
There's a blessing in the storm
Help me sing it
There's a blessing in the storm.

hold me now

"Hold Me Now"

The spring of April is gone
The leaves have all turned brown
The children have all grown up
And there's no one around
I'm looking over my life and all the mistakes I made
And I'm afraid
Afraid
Somebody told me that You would wash all my sins
And cleanse me from the scars that are so deep within
So I'm calling to You
If you can hear me
I don't know how
I was wondering can you hold me now

You are the only one that's patient when I fall
Your angels come to save me every time I call
You don't laugh at me when I make mistakes and cry
You're not like man
You understand me
See people change one day
They don't like you the next they do
I wish that everyone could love me just like You
So here I am this sinful man peace won't allow

I was wondering can you hold me now
I was wondering can you hold me now

To every broken person that may hear this song
To every boy or girl that feels their smile is gone
I know exactly how it feels to lay in the bed at night
And cry
And cry
Don't you worry God is faithful and He cares
About the tears you drop and the pain you feel He there
When you are weak that's when he's strong
Even though you don't know how
God can and he will hold you now
God can and he will hold you now
God can and he will hold you now
Don't you worry he can hold you now

The h(ro)omies

Yo'... homies... a great year :)

so much for my happy ending

Wow, life is moving at rather a rapid pace. Finished school yesterday - FINALLY - seems like this semester has gone on forever. now for exams. yippee... After that maybe i'll just sleep for a whole week.
AJ and i have decided to move in together for the summer - we've found a place - but i think i'm going to check out a few other options today... regardless, our leases are up April 30, so i guess we'll be SOMEWHERE on May 1st. Its actually pretty exciting... i like moving into a new place and setting everything up. i just don't feel like moving 3 times in the next 8 months. And i'm sad to be loosing my roomies - shout out to Andrea, Mel, Karla and Kristie - i'll miss you guys, its been fun.

anyway - i'm going to go catch a shower...
life continues at max pace today.

PS: have you noticed an angry chick music vid trend? maybe i'm an angry chick. you should watch out!

MY HAPPY ENDING (Avril Lavigne)

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Oh, the tangled webs we weave When we practice to deceive.
Sir Walter Scott, "Marmion"
Scottish author & novelist (1771 - 1832)

'trippin'

It has been an interesting week. Monday night, i went with Mel, Andrea, Shaun and J to watch "Lucky number sleven" - a freebee from work. It was really weird but the end was excellent. Unfortunately, Indy's car blew up that day, so he didn't come. Uggg... i hate car trouble. it blows.
Tuesday was a fun morning of running errands. I suckered Indy into coming with me (bwahhaha) so that was entertaining at least! If you haven't been into the new admin building on campus, you should really go and check out the latex inflatable display. it really is quite something.

Thursday was Mom's birthday. I had more freebee tickets, this time to "take the lead" - which was FANTASTIC. I picked up mom and dad after work and we went to the movie. Then AJ and i had organized to go past Tony Thomas so that she could see mom on her birthday and give her flowers. Mom was totally blindsided, since she thought going to see AJ was her idea... haha... we're SCHNEAKY!

J, Indy and i have been planning on going on a road trip since like Sept => originally it was meant to be Vancouver (ditchers) but 2 weeks ago i was inspired to go see the tunnels in Moose Jaw.  So 8am on Sunday morning J picked up Indy and I, and we set off for "little Chicago". Naturally the day started with a stop for breakfast at McD's... here we see J caressing Indy's neck.. ah affection... Silly boys.

When we finally got to Moose jaw (after much tormenting from the two of them - WHY did i sign up for driving long distances with them??? You don't know either?) it was about 10:30. so we drove around and looked at the town for a while. Then we went for an early lunch, since the tunnels only open at 12. We went on the Chicago tour - it was excellent! really well done. We came out with the nicknames of gigit, doorstop and charlie... all booze-deprived bootleggers... (US? NEVER)

We decided that since we were in MJ, we should catch ALL the local attractions, so we headed over to the casino/ temple gardens spa. I lost then recovered than lost my $5 (it happens) and the boys played a bit before we went swimming :) GORGEOUS!
Indy managed to tell the same lady (on 2 diff occasions) that "sorry about her... she's not from here" - which was pretty hilarious considering we didn't notice that it was the same lady until she started laughing.... JERK!

Greg phoned to come and catch up with us on his way back to Briarcrest, so we visited with him for a while. Since we were in Moose Jaw, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to take pics with the giant moose  - Indy and J seem somewhat impressed with its anatomy... haha... so much to be said at this point.

awww.. more cuddling... so sweet.


And the love goes on and on. I did draw the line at wedding dress shopping. lol. life is good when you have a pair of crazy boys around :)

Anyway - to round off our day, we went to go watch "Ice age - the meltdown" at Galaxy. Very cute.
Its amazing - we packed so much stuff into one little day that by the time we were leaving the city at 9:30, it felt like we had been there for days. The perfect holiday.

Ah ha. the "richard" wave.  Really describes much of our drive home...

I'll be really disappointed if we don't get to go on another road trip - that would be a distinct plus for staying in 'toon for the summer - cos this one ROCKED!

anyway - i should REALLY be doing my very important paper right now.
So I'm going to SWITCH OFF my internet access and get going.

WISH ME WELL - ONLY 2 DAYS OF SCHOOL LEFT :) :) :) YIPPPEEE! (and EEEEKK!! This paper has to be in on THURSDAY!!!!)

ciao.

Just walk away.

I'm impressed: she manages to capture it all in one song. wow.

Walk Away Lyrics

You've got your mother and your brother, every other
Under cover telling you what to say
You think I'm stupid
But the truth is, that it's
CupidBaby, loving you has made me this way

So before you point your finger
Get your hands off of my trigger,oh yah
You need to know this situations getting old
And now the more you talk, the less I can say
I'm looking for attention
I don't know the question
Should you stay or should you go?
Well, if you don't have the answer
Why you still standing here

Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
Just walk awayJust walk away,
Just walk away

I waited here for you like a kid waiting after school
So tell me how come you never showed
I gave you everything and never asked for anything
And look at me, I'm all alone
So before you start defending, baby
Stop all your pretending
I know ,you know ,I know
So what's the point in being slow,
"Let's get this show on the road today"

Hey I'm looking for attention
Not another question
Should you stay or should you go
Well, if you don't have the answer
Why you still standing here
Hey,Hey, Hey, HeyJust walk away
Just walk away, Just Walk Away

I want a love
I want a fire
To feel the burn
My desires
I want a man by my side
Not a boy who runs and hides
Are you going to fight for me
Die for me
Live and breathe for me
Do you care for me
Cause if you don't then just leave

I'm looking for attention
I don't know the question
Should you stay or should you go
Well, if you don't have the answer
Why you still standing here
Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
Just walk away
If you dont have the answer
Walk Away
Just Walk Away
Then Just Leave

oh yeah walk away walk away

Blessed are the cracked: For it is they who let in the light

I own me. But my heavenly father made me and owns me more. so in some respects i'm just a caretaker of me??
wow - leave philosphy behind, i'm going back to grade two English.
ciao

if you accompany a friend... there is no detour too far - L Tolstoi

life is easier than you think.
All you have to do is:
- accept the impossible
- do without the indespensible
- bear the intolerable
- and be able to smile at anything!

(good luck!)


i've been neck deep in history over the last week. I had to do a big autobiography project (don't even ask me how that's related to education - it gives me rage. ANYWAY) and so i've been digging out old old pics and some newer ones. all in all i'm feeling a little nostalgic (and very tired) so here are a few gems from my friendship book - as i was leaving for Canada. Its a cool book - you should ask me to check it out some day.
(they're a little soppy - year book stuff, but i decided to only put the good stuff here.)

"Love life. Love each moment, each person, each special thing that happens in your lifetime. Enjoy each moment."

"There's a miracle called friendship, which dwells withing the heart.
You don't know how it happends, or where it gets its start.
But you know the happiness that friendship always brings,
and you realize that friendship is God's most perfect gift."

What is a friend? It is a person with whom you dare to be yourself. - F. Crane

"Friendship is loving rather than being in love"



"Behind These Hazel Eyes"

Seems like just yesterday
You were a part of me
I used to stand so tall
I used to be so strong
Your arms around me tight
Everything, it felt so right
Unbreakable, like nothin' could go wrong
Now I can't breathe
No, I can't sleep
I'm barely hanging on

Here I am, once again
I'm torn into pieces
Can't deny it, can't pretend
Just thought you were the one
Broken up, deep inside
But you won't get to see the tears I cry
Behind these hazel eyes

I told you everything
Opened up and let you in
You made me feel alright
For once in my life
Now all that's left of me
Is what I pretend to be
So together, but so broken up inside
'Cause I can't breathe
No, I can't sleep
I'm barely hangin' on

walk away

there's an awful lot of bootie shaking in this vid, but i like the song anyway.I'm really getting to like Kelly Clarkson actually... hazel eyes was brilliant, and i like the lyrics for this one too... i think the video sadly might in fact detract from the song... anyway.

to science unit plans and beyond. (YAY! ONLY 3 MORE WEEKS OF THIS SCHOOL CRAP! I'm PUMPED for summer. just wish i had any idea of what to do....eeek!)

have a gooder~!
Carie

WALK AWAY (Kelly Clarkson)

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you're missing me

i know all you've got lately is song lyrics. for some reason (maybe cos i'm procrastinating and listening to a lot of music), i keep finding songs which just say it or capture the moment better than i ever could. so here we go again. i guess extropolation is your friend, cos i'm just too tired.

c

JACK JOHNSON - Bubble Toes Lyrics
It's as simple as something that nobody knows that her eyes are
as big as her bubbly toes
on the feet of a queen of the hearts of the cards and her feet
are all covered with tar balls and scars

It's as common as something that nobody knows that her beauty
will follow wherever she goes
up the hill in the back of her house in the would she love me
forever,
I know she could

I remember when you and me mmm how we used to be just good
friends
Wouldn't give me none
But all I wanted was some
She's got a whole lot of reasons
She cant think of a single one
That can justify leaving
and he got none but he thinks he got so many problems
Man he got, too much time to waste

His dreams are like commercials
But her dreams are picture perfect and
Our dreams are so related though they're often underestimated

It's as simple as something that nobody knows that
Her eyes are as big as her bubbly toes
On the feet of the queen of the hearts of the cards
And her feet are infested with tar balls and

La da da da da da

Well I was eating lunch at the D. L. G.
When this little girl came and she sat next to me
I never seen nobody move the way she did
Well she did and she does and she'll do it again

When you move like a jellyfish
Rhythm don't mean nothing
You go with the flow
You don't stop
Move like a jellyfish
Rhythm is nothing
You go with the flow
You don't stop

It's as common as something that nobody knows it
Her beauty will follow wherever she goes
Up the hill in the back of her house in the wood
She'll love me forever, I know she

If you would only listen
You might just realize what you're missing
You're missing me
If you would only listen
You might just realize what you're missing
You're missing me

I can speek English good too

Ha. I feel vindicated. Today, i discovered something which justifies my whole way of speaking, AND should be of special interest to some of you from a couple summers ago... you know who you are... BEE- BAH is thus compleetely acceptable as an ambulance sound!!!

check this out:

as kids we were all told that trains go "Choo - choo" and cars go "beep beep".. but in other languages that might not be the case.

AAH - CHOO!
portuguese: ah - chim!
German: Hat-Chee!
Greek: Ap Tsou!
Japanese: Hakshon!
Italian: EkChee!

EENY-MEENY-MINY-MO
Arabic: Hadi Badi!
Italian: Ambaraba chichicoco
Japanese: Hee-foo-mee-yo
Swedish: Ol-uh dol-uh doff
Polish: Ele mele dudki!

HILARIOUS!

Cory showed me this video prob a year ago, and i found it as hilarious then as i do now... especially considering our top secret dance - gym project... haha...
This guy is an Austrian interpretative mime artist (Johann Lippowitz) performing Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn". WOW>>> i'd LOVE to see him live!

ENJOY :)


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Walking On Sunshine

Jump 5

I used to think maybe you loved me, now baby I'm sure
And I just can’t wait ‘till the day when you knock on my door
Now everytime I go for the mailbox, gotta hold myself down
‘Cause I just can't wait ‘till you write me you're coming around

I’m walking on sunshine, wooah
I’m walking on sunshine, wooah
I’m walking on sunshine, wooah
And don’t it feel good!!

Hey, alright now
And don’t it feel good!!

I used to think maybe you loved me, now I know that it’s true
And I just can't spend my whole life just a waiting for you
I don’t want you back for the weekend
Not back for a day
'Cause baby I just want you back and I want you to stay

I’m walking on sunshine, wooah
I’m walking on sunshine, wooah
I’m walking on sunshine, wooah
And don’t it feel good!!

Hey, alright now
And don’t it feel good!!
wooo,
And don’t it feel good!!
(And don't it feel good!!)

I'm walking on sunshine
I'm walking on sunshine

I feel alive, I feel the love, do wop, do wop
I feel alive, I feel the love, do wop, do wop

I’m walking on sunshine, wooah
I’m walking on sunshine, wooah
I’m walking on sunshine, wooah wooah
And don’t it feel good!!
And don’t it feel good!!
And don't it feel good!!
And don't it feel good!!

Living life with arms wide open

NATASHA BEDINGFIELD

"Unwritten"

I am unwritten, can't read my mind, I'm undefined
I'm just beginning, the pen's in my hand, ending unplanned

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten

I break tradition, sometimes my tries, are outside the lines
We've been conditioned to not make mistakes, but I can't live that way

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins

Exciting week

it has been a very fun week - lots of playing, not a lot of sleeping and lots of good times. I've had the opportunity to work out at Allen all week, and its been a blast! I'm really going to miss them next week. Who knew that i'd actually like grade 2/3?? The last time i taught that age group was when i was 13. I also got my new glasses today... they're a very weird choice for me - way more funky than i was planning, but i really like them :) Not that i figure i'll be wearing them too much in public, you'll have to be extra special to see them for real. (no prob there - mel already is!)
BUT its going to be a SUPER long week - i finish off here on friday, then i have first aid/ CPR C all day sat and sunday, and a crap load of homework to catch up on for monday. EEK. guess i should stop blogging and start doing homework huh?

anyway -
lovies.
C

PS: the sheaf issue is going to the human rights commission - a little overboard?? I think so. I mean, ok - offended... but really?

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE??

This is one of those "get to know me" forwards which are actually quite fun to do, but i'm too lazy to send out to everybody. So if you want to play along: Place an X by all the things you've done, or remove the x from The ones you have not, and send it to all of your friends (including me). WOW.... Just getting to know yourself. Pass this on to all Your friends and back to me, also.
This is for your entire life:

( ) Smoked a cigarette
( ) Crashed a friend's car
( ) Stolen a car
(x) Been in love
( ) Been dumped
( ) Shoplifted
(X) Been fired
( ) Been in a fist fight
(X) Snuck out of your parent's house
(x) Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
( ) Been arrested
( ) Gone on a blind date
(x) Lied to a friend
(x) Skipped school
( ) Seen someone die
(x) Been to Canada
( ) Been to Mexico
(x) Been on a plane
(X) Purposely set a part of yourself on fire?
(x) Eaten sushi
( ) Been skiing
( ) Met someone from the Internet
(x) Been at a concert
(x) Taken painkillers
(x) Love someone right now
(x) Laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by
(x) Made a snow angel
(x) Had a tea party
(x) Flown a kite
(x) Built a sand castle
(x) Gone puddle jumping
(x) Jumped into a pile of leaves
(x) Gone sledding
(x) Cheated while playing a game.
(x) Been lonely
(x) Fallen asleep at work/school
( )Used a fake ID
(x) Watched the sun set
(X) Felt an earthquake
(X) Slept beneath the stars
(x) Been tickled
(x) Been robbed
(x) Been misunderstood
(x) Petted a reindeer/goat/kangaroo OR jackalope
( ) Won a contest
(x) Run a red light/stop sign
( ) Been suspended from school
(X) Been in a car crash (minor)
( ) Had braces
(x) Felt like an outcast/third person
( ) Eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night
(x) Had deja vu
(x) Danced in the moonlight
(x) Liked the way you looked
(X) Witnessed a crime
(X) Questioned your heart
(X) Been obsessed with post-it notes
(X) Squished mud through your bare feet
(x) Been lost
(X) Been on the opposite side of the country
(x) Swam in the ocean
(x) Felt like dying
(x) Cried yourself to sleep
(x) Played cops and robbers
(X) Recently colored with crayons
(x) Sang karaoke
(X) Paid for a meal with only coins
(x) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't-
(x) Made prank phone calls
(x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(x) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) Danced in the rain
(x) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(X) Watched the sun rise with someone you care about
(x) Blown bubbles
(X) Made a bonfire on the beach
(x) Crashed a party
(x) Gone roller-skating
(x) Had a wish come true
(x) jumped off a bridge

1. What time is it? 8:26pm
2. What is your name? carie diane
3. Any nicknames? Care-bear or hugbug once upon a time
4. Mothers name? Diane
5. What is your favorite drink? Tea or smirnoff raspberry
6. Tattoos? none as yet
7. Body piercing? 5
8. How much do you love your job? (on a scale of 1-19) Um...about 17... i love the work... not a big fan of the pay scale...
9. Birthplace? Pietermaritzburg
10. Favorite vacation spot? BC - Sunshine Coast :) :)
11. Ever been to Africa? ummm. yes.
12. Ever steal any traffic signs? me? NO! I'm an angel!
13. A, B, C, D, DD cup size? haha... if i told you...
14. 2 Door or 4 Door? 2 - i love my Jamima... but 4 doors would def help
15. Salad dressing? Swings between 1000 island and raspberry vinegarette
16. Favorite pie? apple
17. Favorite number? 2
18. Favorite movie? wow... tough one. 10 things i hate about you? Moulin Rouge? i don't know!!!
19. Favorite holiday? may long
20. Favorite food? Cheesecake and chinese (not together)
21. Favorite day of the week? Friday
22. Favorite brand of body soap? ummm... whatever? I like the fruity smelling ones?
23. Favorite TV show? prob simpsons and CSI - i don't really watch TV much.
24. Favorite smell? rain
25. What do you do to relax? read and Sleep
26. How do you see yourself in 10 years? hopefully married with some sort of career, having traveled the world and done wildly exciting things!
27. What do you do when you are bored? surf the net, blog
28. What do you enjoy receiving? post! and surprise visits (yes- the bonfire was fun! i'll admit)
29. Furthest place you will send this message: from here? its between SA and Aus, mostly i'm just blogging it, so whoever reads it i guess.
30. Who will respond the fastest? nobody! only geeks respond! :)
31. Least likely to respond? well... as i said...
32. What time is it now? 8:36 pm

Distracted from distraction by distraction, Filled with fancies and empty of meaning

Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future,
And time future contained in time past.
If all time is eternally present
All time is unredeemable.
What might have been is an abstraction
Remaining a perpetual possibility
Only in a world of speculation.
What might have been and what has been
Point to one end, which is always present.
Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened
Into the rose-garden. My words echo
Thus, in your mind.

...

Time past and time future
Allow but a little consciousness.
To be conscious is not to be in time
But only in time can the moment in the rose-garden,
The moment in the arbour where the rain beat,
The moment in the draughty church at smokefall
Be remembered; involved with past and future.
Only through time time is conquered.

BUIRNT NORTON
(No. 1 of 'Four Quartets')
T.S. Eliot

Quotes of life

urg! I'm so distracted. i can't concentrate, and i'm having a hard time doing the 4 very big assignments i've put off this whole weekend, and that are due in the next 3 days.
so, i'm going to write down all the funny quotes on my whiteboard instead. They're all little snippets of the maddness that is my house!

"Tee hee"
"Andrea is GORGEOUS!"
"Tw'ass!"
"It's a perfect little triangle we have"
"karla is a killer of babies"
"indy is HUGE"
"That was VERY accidental"
"if i turn South African from this..."

later
C

"that's it... being alive. Living every moment. That's the real treasure." Philosophy from "Without a paddle"

AN AWESOME WEEK

its about time i got around to blogging! I've really had some good intentions, but i couldn't get photobucket to co-operate for the last couple of days, so short of throwing things around, i decided simply to walk away. that's right. be the bigger (wo)man.
ANYWAY - i promised a play by play with pics of my trip. This is why i love blogging. Nobody else really cares except me, and maybe you if you're reading this :) The biggest dilema for me is going to be figuring out which of my millions of pics to post here!

Tuesday was Valentines day, and being a group of single girls, we decided to celebrate in the most girly way possible - snowboarding followed by an evening of action movies with pizza and beer. I was too scared to take my daddy's camera up on the hill (good thing too... i did 2 really impressive and highly impactful (is that a word?) cartwheels (accidently) on the hill. The crazy thing is that it was like 2 degrees up in the mountains and there was not the tiniest sign of snow at Marlene's house, 5 minutes away. needless to say, there wasn't much powder, but it was AWESOME!! We even ran into Nate up on the hill - small world AGAIN! Unfortunately, we missed him somehow, so i'm just going to go back to NVan sometime i guess. Ahh, the sacrifices i'm willing to make :) This is my lift ticket - just to prove i was really there - i REALY wish i had the skill to get that sort of air, let alone co-ordinate 2 pieces of wood stuck to my feet ;) It was so weird to be going all afternoon in my shirt and spring coat - i think we should have winters like that in SK!

On wednesday i bribed Vangie to come with me to Gibsons - one of the most beautiful places in the entire world! These pics are from the ferry from Horseshoe bay. Man i could live my whole life there and be entirely happy! Isn't the snow-cover mountain touching ocean thing incredible!(yes, that's a happy expression. contrary to all popular oppinion, i am NOT stoned every time somebody takes a pic of me. that expression just happens!)
I went rather snappy happy at this point, but maybe i'll move on! These pics are of us looking over at Keats - you can see the long dock leading up the island - uggg, try running up that and then some very big hills to get to the main part of camp - makes me tired thinking about it. BEST place in the world for dock jumping at the right tide... my poor jeans went in there about 3 times! lol.
The expanse of water between where i am standing and keats is the closest place for us to come pick up groceries, etc - so we buy everything in Vancouver or Gibsons and boat it over to the island on a big barge or the "speed" boats... actually - not that speedy ;) Marlene and Corlea were nice enough to come pick us up in Horseshoe bay after Vangie and i wandered around the coastline all afternoon. They took us for supper at a sushi place - YUMMY!!!!!!!!! it was really good, but we were all feeling pretty sick. SOMEBODY neglected to tell us that we had to pay for the food that we didn't eat, adn we had a little ordering issue - ie: too much food, not enough space! But it was a really fun mean. we even had private entertainment by our own personal walruses. Very nice ones. but slightly crazy! How i miss them!!

Thursday was a nice quiet day. we hiked up to Cleaver dam, and stopped to look at the Salmon hatchery - pretty cool. Just gorgeous hiking thru the forrest. Another "i wish i had my camera here" moment. But never the less. i took mental pics. (as if that makes up for it!) The rest of the day i mostly hung out and msn'd.. Met Bradly Steyn for supper at Whitespot - ok, i take back "SMALL WORLD" - insert "TINY WORLD". its insane. We had a great time together, and i'm fully convinced that i REALLY REALLY REALLY want to go back to Keats this summer. i HAVE to figure out a way to make it work. Ugg. i wish life weren't so complicated! Marlene and i went out for coffee- which was fantastic - had a chance to catch up a little, and then hung out and chatted/watched tv/finished off Vangie's raspberry "juice". mmmm. prob explained why we both looked a little like this at 7 when we got up to catch the sea bus to surrey...
The trip home was pretty unevenful, albeit VERY long and gorgeous- like this place in Hell's Canyon. we left langley at about 10, hit Hindley at about 9:30 and stopped. It was a little bit of a sketchy motel, but at least it wasn't the saloon place next door. We ended up leaving the next morning (saturday)at about 8, to get to Ed in time for a little shopping and lunch. We were hoping ot catch up with friends, but it just didn't work out. we continued on our merry way, hitting edam at 6:15 for supper at Cindy's house. Finally home sweet home at 10.
Naturally, i wasn't home for long - went over to Indy's to watch "muskateer" with him and J. They took mean pics, but i could tell that they were happy to see me (even if it was just to torment me!) It was good to be home, even though i'd rather have stayed in Vancouver - maybe just transport people THERE... seems reasonable to me! YUCK! i hate goodbyes. but thank goodness for the ease of traveling 2000 miles in 1 day. pretty mindblowing when you compare it to the 3 yr treks of our ancestors.

Anyway - didn't get too much sleep this weekend, and i have to go to Allen early tomorrow morning so i should go get into my nice bed!