Time to Relax

Dave and I went to Prescott for the weekend - it was such a nice relaxing time. Dad came and got us Friday and we sat around watching tv Friday night. Saturday we tried to find something to do in town seeing as how it was Harbour Days - unfortunately that wasn't any good. Brockville was pretty boring too. It was a nice drive around the two towns though. We ended up just sitting around the pool all day - during which time I got a nice burn on my shoulders. When it got dark we sat in the hot tub and watched the lightning bugs - it was really cool.
My brother Tyler and his girlfriend Lynn came on Sunday and showed us all the pictures they took when they went to Florida a couple weeks ago. Then Tyler and I went shopping around the house basically placing dibs on the different pieces of furniture that are up for grabs from Mom and Dad. I really enjoy going home - just long enough that you get to relax and whatnot but not long enough that you really get bored.

Searching on the Net

I wanted to see how long it would take me to find my blog ont he net so I searched my name. When I did it just normally it took a while and several pages to find anything relating to me. Then when I went selected pages from Canada I instantly found something about me http://www.now.carleton.ca/2007-3/1569.htm - it's an article about a project I did this past school year on the City of Ottawa's Green Waste Program. Also on the first page of sites was this: http://www.prescottjournal.com/2001_archives/11-14-01.html a list of honour students from my high school (grade 11) which was printed in the Prescott Journal. Another article from the paper shows up on the second page of results, its about the double cohort year I was a part of: http://www.prescottjournal.com/2003_archives/06-18-03.html.
The only way to get to this actual blog (or my blogger profile) is to search all the net and to actually add +blog to the end of my name. Eventually you can get to my profile and my blog - but not as easily as I had hoped. You would think that this being a Google owned operation that when searching Google.ca you would be able to find their blogs easier - silly program.

Tuition

I called Carleton just a little while ago and verified the cost of my part-time tuition and it is $1000 cheaper than what I had thought (and budgeted) so bonus. Tuition for the two courses is only $1090.32 instead of the $2100 I thought it was. So now - what am I going to do with that money...knowing me probably put it in my high interest savings account which gets and extra 0.75% interest for the rest of the summer - go ING Direct.

The West Side

Today we had a meeting at work and I got moved to the West Side of the building whcih is so the better side. I have my own little cubicle and have just finished setting it up just how I like it. YAY go West Side!

Ads - Part III

So I like seeing what AdSense seems to think are relevant ads for my blog. Lately they have been about memorializing lost loved ones or grief counselling and whatnot - because I was writing about Eddy so much (I still miss him). Today they are about gaming and virtual reality and whatnot as well as making money from your blog. I still haven't made any money from them and probably never will but I think it is neat that it puts ads that match what I have been writing about lately - it would be good for a blog devoted to one subject like literature or science or a trip or something.

Sick Day

When I woke up yesterday I had a massive headache and even after taking some pills and eating breakfast I was still feeling really gross - so I decided to call in sick. Best decision of the day really. I went back to bed and after watching some tv I fell right asleep and when I woke up several hours later I felt much much better. I then put on my pretty dress for a little bit(see previous post) to make myself feel really good and then I got to spend the rest fo the day gaming since it was too late to go into work. I am paying for it now though since I am thinking about staying late tonight to catch up on some work I should have done yesterday - don't know if I will but I probably should seeing as how we have a meeting tomorrow at 10. Oh well - it was a nice partial-day off. Yay to sick days and using banked time!
(What makes it even better is not only do I know have a 4-day work-week but I get paid soon too - Yay money!)

Fabulous Weekend

Friday night Chris came over (as previosuly mentioned), despite the crappy-stormy weather, and as planned we played Settlers with the guys and generally hung out all night. We then went to Cora's the next morning for brunch (though it took us a while to get there because we missed some buses because we were chatting at the house) - it was the best meal I have had there the fruit was so fresh and yummy. We then spent the rest of the day at St. Laurent Shopping Centre at which I spent way too much money but bought a new skirt, sweater and a pair of pants (for work), I also got two new movies: Lucky Number Slevin and The Notebook. After that we decided that we wanted chinese for dinner so we went to the Buffet on Merivale (just the two of us since none of the guys were really interested - at least none of the ones who were home when we called). Then we headed back to the house and ended up playing yet another game of Settlers. Sunday morning Dave and I drove Chris home so taht she could go to work for 11. It was a really great weekend.
It made me realize how much I miss living with Chris. We used to chat all night or randomly go shopping fairly often when we lived together. I enjoyed spending time with her then too but didn't really appreciate it fully until now since she's not in the room next to mine.
After Dave and I dropped Chris off on Sunday we eventually went to the Real Canadian Superstore on Innes. We bought some clothes there (the Joe Fresh Style line - really good prices for basic items) I got some tank tops and Dave got some polo style shirts. We also bought some groceries there and on the way out we went to a store for me and I ended up buying a dress that I had been looking at the day before - it was a little pricey (for me at least) but it looked so good - like it was made for me. Chris had seen it the day before and said it looked like a greek goddess dress and when I showed Dave he really liked it too. I had to get it - a special gift for myself I guess. But that dress pretty much ends my spending for this month and probably next month too, but I don't care because it is so pretty. :)

Something to look forward to

Chris is coming over tonight and I am reallye xcited. I haven't hung out with her in quite some time. We are playing Settlers with the guys and then going to Cora's for brunch tomorrow. Cora's is really yummy - kind of pricey but yummy nonetheless.
It is supposed to storm here in Ottawa tonight and I hope it holds out long enough that Chris can get to my house safely and as dry as possible.

Eddy is home now.

My mom called the night before last to tell me that Eddy came home. We had him cremated so that if mom and dad move, Eddy can move with them. It takes about 2 weeks after you put him to sleep to get his ashes back and I had asekd them to call me when he returned. At first I thought it was Chris and she was upset since all I intially heard was mom crying - then I realized what was going on. She says that his urn is the size of a mustard jar - which is fitting because he was a little dog. I was okay while we were talking but then later when I was trying to fall asleep I got really sad thinking that he really is gone and when I go home next weekend he won't be there to greet me. I am dealing with it and eventually I will stop blogging about him - but not yet.

A Geek

Yep so I was surfing the net again at klunch today and once again spent most of my time on www.pointlesswasteoftime.com. I was reading a couple articles there and came across this:
"...because the whole world knows a sci-fi geek is about six steps up the social ladder from a fantasy geek and studies show they have more sex."
Now that got me thinkning - is this really true. Personally I believe I am more of a fantasy geek than a sci-fi geek as I collect Myth and Magic figures and play Warcraft (and other such games) from time to time and of course - I generally enjoy dragons and anything having to do with dragons. So obviously I am a little baised when judging this comment as I would like to think that fantasy geeks were above sci-fi geeks wheni t comes to the social ladder. Now the guys I live with they are a sort of hybrid of sci-fi and fantasy geeks. They play Magic the Gathering and Warcraft and enjoy dragons but they also play Starcraft and enjoy Star Wars. So does that mean that they are above both sci-fi and fantasy geeks? Or are they rejected by both communities since they 'won't chose a side' and 'sit on the fence'?
When you think about it should we really be further dividing ourselves? I mean, society already identifies us as social outcasts unable to partake in a simple dinner conversation, should we really be further encouraging this by fighting amongst ourselves and creating a ranking order? Will there come a time when a sci-fi geek wants to date a fantasy geek and his friends turn on him and he is tossed aside? Come on now, a geek is a geek, right?
I know this isn't the most intellectual or enlightening topic but it gave me a way to pass the time until 3 0'clock rolls around and I get to go home and play RPGs like the geek I am.

An Interesting Article

While surfing the net at work, during my designated break time of course, I came across this article about MMORPG - specifically WoW...it was actually really insightful and interesting.
This is one of my favourite lines of the article:
"But it's not just the physical image that changes. In that world, I am a dragon slayer. There, my reptutation and history are just as awe-inspiring as my look. Even now, much of the satisfaction for WoW gamers is in the very real sense of accomplishment they get, a person glowing with a burst of golden light when they gain a level in experience and strength. How can the real world compete with that? Wouldn't those long Calculus lectures have been easier to sit through if, every time you learned something important, gold light shot out from your body?"
Check it out: http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/games/wowworld.html

Bubbles

On the way into work I noticed there weer bubbles all over the grass behind my work - along the path between the baseline station and the neighbourhood beside the City of Ottawa building. They look like bath bubbles - it's weird. Probably the result of some kids or something since there is a skate park nearby - or maybe due to the Sens losing the hockey game last night (which should have been foreseen as though the Sens aren't a bad team they always end up choking in the playoffs). But yeah so there are weird bubbles all over the grass by my work and its weird.

Pirates of The Caribbean: At World's End

I went to see Pirates of the caribbean: At World's End yesterday with my roommates. It was a good movie but I still feel like they should have stopped after the first one. The second and third movies, though good, were unnecessary as the frist was the best one. It really was just greedy of them to make more - though I did fall for it as I went to see both movies in theatres and therefore paid the $9.95 it costs to go see them at South Keys.

Another thing I noticed is that Orlando Bloom (picture from imdb.com) was actually good looking in this movie. I have never really been a fan of his, never really a part of that school-girl following he has, mostly just because he was always made to look so young in all of his movies. But in this movie they actually made him look closer to his age (which I couldn't tell you). And once they got rid of the silly pony-tail thing (at the END of the movie) he looked quite nice.

Mondays

I hate Mondays. You have to get up early after getting to sleep in on the weekends, you have to be alert while at work and nice to people you don't want to be nice to or even just at times you don't want to be nice. The worst thing about Mondays is that the leak into Sundays and contaminate them too. Halfway through Sunday you realize that you need to go to bed early so that you get enough sleep for Monday morning...stupid Mondays.

I have noticed however, that I have been tired all the time. Even when I get a full 8 hours (or more) of sleep I am still tired. I think I am going to ask my doctor about it when I go to see her later in the summer...just in case.

One Week Later...

A week had passed since Eddy left this world and I still miss him so much. He was so much more than just a dog or a pet. I called my parents at 9:30 this morning - the same time that we made the decision last Saturday. It still hurts to think that they are all alone there or that if I go home he won't be at the top of the stairs twirling. I love you so much Eddy.

TGIF?

I was thinking about this yesterday and I came tot he realization that I like every other Thursday a whole lot better than Fridays, since I get paid every other Thursday. So would the anagram be TGIEOT no I suppose it would be TGIPD for payday. Oh I wish it was two weeks from yesterday and therefore pay day again...I love payday.

Summer?

May is gone and June has come and still it doesn't really feel like summer. There have been a couple warm/hot days so far but lately it has just been raining. Isn't it supposed to rain in April? I bought a new dress for work when I was home last weekend and haven't been able to wear it due to the weather - I hate it when that happens. Mind you the lightning and thunder last night was really nice to fall asleep to, though I did have to get up unplug computers and set backup alarms in case the power went off. Perhaps the weather will get warmer next week and it will start to feel like summer although when that happens I will probably end up complaining that it is too hot and humid or something along those lines...