So I started writing this somewhere around last September (05)… haha… I’ve already started on a few of these - some just happened to me!! (I’ll let you figure out which ones!)
Its funny how life changes in 16 months. (and SAD how much i still want to get done of these mundane little tasks!) You'll notice that i've also posted "THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE" in the sidebar - so that i can see them all the time. Still working on a few formatting bugs, but i figure it might be good incentive.
1. Throw my sis a good b-day party
2. Go sky diving
3. Finish hanging up posters and stuff in my room
4. Take pics of my home and church and car and make a photo collage of my life
5. Actually do my homework (instead of procrastinating and making lists…), finish off my degree
6. Clean the bathroom more often
7. Travel somewhere far away - just for the heck of it
8. Spend more time with my sister
9. Read my Bible regularly
10. Find and develop new musical tastes
11. Write to family and friends - just because
12. Pay back my parents
13. Find a good guy… actually think about dating him…
14. Move to Vancouver
15. Learn & become fluent in sign language
16. Find a job in education, love my life!
17. Figure out what I’m going to do with all the crap I have at my parent’s house!
18. Buy and fill a freezer with real meals
19. Eat real meals (aka: not peanut butter sandwiches)
20. Take more care of my appearances… buy real work clothes, wear makeup, do my hair!
21. Figure out what went wrong in a couple of friendships, and work them out.
22. Gossip less
23. Read more fiction
24. Spend more time outside
25. Organise all my photos
26. Pray more
27. Exercise more often
28. Write more hand written notes to friends and mail them letters
29. Take more time to show the friends that I really love that I really love them.
30. Relearn piano and drums
31. Memorize a beautiful poem just because
32. Learn about how my car works
33. Run a marathon (even a mini one)
34. Design a webpage
35. Learn how to play ICE hockey (pffft!)
36. Kiss a boy
37. Play outside in the rain
38. Watch thunderstorms
39. Do more back flips
40. Get a suntan
41. Worry less
42. Wear sunscreen
43. Floss
44. DANCE!
45. Get to know my parents… spend lots of time with them
46. Plan to be poor
47. Treasure my mind- value what goes in to it
48. Spend more time doing silly things that will last in my memory forever and less time doing mundane things that I won’t care about tomorrow
49. Finish this list!
50.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
the winning quote of the day...
"Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind."
--General William Westmoreland
--General William Westmoreland
Monday, January 08, 2007
so true
"We're all informavores now, hunting down and consuming data as our ancestors once sought woolly mammoths and witchetty grubs."
Rachel Chalmers, "Surf Like A Bushman," New Scientist
Rachel Chalmers, "Surf Like A Bushman," New Scientist
So we are now in day 3 of classes. I am currently being bored to death by my computer mediated computer class. GO FIGURE. oh well. Easy credit and hopefully i'l learn something exciting sometime soon. Until then i decided to semi-zone and blog instead. The greatest thing is the people who have no idea how to even log into PAWS let alone how to zip files or anthing remotely easy. When emailing is a challenge, life loses a lot of its luster in terms of interst factor. BAH. At least i don't just have to sit here. It would be way WAY worse if he had the Blackboard ability to control my screen. EEK> Its annoying because after wasting most of the leason, he throws our hour long assignment at us in the last 20 mins. EXCELLENT.
ANYWAY - enough of that. I am glad to be back at school. There are a lot of things that i should be thinking about already - resumes, job hunts, career fairs, etc, etc... Just thinking about it is slightly alarming. But it is nice to be able to do nothing of consequence on weekends, and do my homework when i feel like it. I guess i just need to be a little more organized. (hehe!)
Definately the best thing about being back is the chance to catch up with old friends and classmates. Its really fun to compare experiences (good and bad) and see what everybody's been up too. Its been 8 months since i've seen most so there's a lot of catching up to do.
Its been a yucky winter so far. driving out to Rosthern was pretty brutal for much of November, but it let up nicely for Christmas. We had another snowfal again this last week, but apart from the death defying experience of walking to work, its not too bad out right now.
EEK - he's started to talk about something vaguely important, so i should go...
later!
C
ANYWAY - enough of that. I am glad to be back at school. There are a lot of things that i should be thinking about already - resumes, job hunts, career fairs, etc, etc... Just thinking about it is slightly alarming. But it is nice to be able to do nothing of consequence on weekends, and do my homework when i feel like it. I guess i just need to be a little more organized. (hehe!)
Definately the best thing about being back is the chance to catch up with old friends and classmates. Its really fun to compare experiences (good and bad) and see what everybody's been up too. Its been 8 months since i've seen most so there's a lot of catching up to do.
Its been a yucky winter so far. driving out to Rosthern was pretty brutal for much of November, but it let up nicely for Christmas. We had another snowfal again this last week, but apart from the death defying experience of walking to work, its not too bad out right now.
EEK - he's started to talk about something vaguely important, so i should go...
later!
C
Monday, January 01, 2007
honey, i'm hoooooome!
YIPEE! I'm officially back! Christmas'ed, New Years'ed, house-sitted, and ready to face the mass (and mess) of stuff that i brought back from Rosthern. Hard to believe that these holidays have flown by and school starts in 2 days! Eek!
I am excited at the same time, but it seems wierd to be considering my life as a student again. Oh well.
anyway - i'm going to go enjoy my last couple days of freedom!!
peace out.
I am excited at the same time, but it seems wierd to be considering my life as a student again. Oh well.
anyway - i'm going to go enjoy my last couple days of freedom!!
peace out.
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
2 days left of school!
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass -
it's about learning to dance in the rain.
it's about learning to dance in the rain.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Thursday, October 26, 2006
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.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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."
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."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
How can you tell if a Saskatoon redneck is married?
There's dried tobacco juice on both sides of his pickup truck.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What do they call reruns of "Hee Haw" in Saskatchewan?
Documentaries.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Where was the toothbrush invented?
Swift Current. If it had been invented anywhere else, it would have been called a teeth brush.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Did you hear about the $3 million Saskatchewan Lottery?
The winner gets $3.00 a year for a million years.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A new law was recently passed in Saskatchewan. When a couple gets divorced, they are STILL cousins.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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" !
------------------------------------------------
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."
Sunday, October 15, 2006
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.
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.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
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
Onwards and upwards.
C
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