Back?

WOW, it's been wayyy too long since I last wrote.  This is always the problem I have with blogging - I'm so faithful and good at updating for a while, and once I start forgetting more, I just don't know where to start... so, I don't.  Ugh.  I know I've said it many times, but I'm honestly going to try to start writing more.  Even if it's just really short.

I don't have time to update on my life right now, but here is a quick (VERY brief) summary:

Who needs sun??

"To all my friends in Cuba: Pffft, who needs sun and warmth to have a good time in a bathing suit?? Pfffft, not me... pfffft, I'm not jealous... no, what are you talking about...

Btw the blizzard literally only let up for a few minutes, which is when this pic was taken. It's blizzarding again..."

Originally posted on Facebook for my sister and many friends who are currently soaking up the sun on a choir/band trip.

Ahhh, being Canadian...

P.S. - If I was born a few months later, I would be there now too... =P

Anime??

...Me? Into ANIME?!

That's right folks, I'm hooked.

I never understood people's obsessions with it before. I had never watched any, but it seemed... I don't know, weird. But thanks to my boyfriend, Peter, I tried watching some a few weeks ago - Fullmetal Alchemist, to be exact - and now there's no going back.

And I figured, hey, I've already done something crazy - why not try something else? 

So I tried drawing some anime.

AND IT WORKED!!

I honestly have never considered myself a drawer, but after trying to draw 3 of the main FMA characters, I'm fairly pleased with myself.
(click picture for full thing)

It's still pretty rough, so I might go back and clean it up a bit, but I'm pretty happy with it since I literally started drawing anime yesterday, with this as my first picture.

BRB, gotta go watch another FMA episode!! (Err, I mean, do homework...)

Procrastination...

Here I am, blogging, when I have a 10 page paper due tomorrow morning that I've barely started...

All I want to do is think about Christmas.

I want to start making cards and gifts.

I want to hang out with my best friend.

I want to siiiiing!

I do NOT want to write a stinky story for Creative Writing (Personal Narrative) about someone I used to think was wonderful, but now can't stand.

Whine, whine, whine.

Kai, gotta get back to writing. Blah.

Peace!

PLEASE VOTE!! (Fido Casting Call)

Hello blogging world!

I have a request... can everyone PLEASE vote for my friends' dog?

It's for the chance for him (Sparky) to appear in a Fido commercial! If he won, him and his owner (my friend Lizzy) would get to fly to Montreal for the filming!!

I know things like this can get annoying, but it'll literally only take about 5 seconds of your time.

Sparky is an AMAZINGLY talented dog, even to the point of performing at the PNE in the Superdogs one year!

He's VERY well trained. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZv-8mmoACI&feature=channel_video_title

He even dances!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=rJY-ntxw-DI

So please, PLEASE vote!! You can vote once per day, with different browsers!! So if you have multiple computers and multiple browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Safari...), you could be helping a LOT!

They entered the contest 2 weeks late, so they need all the votes they can get!!

Voting ends in 6 days - GO GO GO!!

Thanks everyone!!


http://www.fidocastingcall.ca/dogs/16635

Epi-c Day

Busy, BUSY day today!! Well, yesterday... it's nearly 1am.

First, off to the doctors to talk about allergies, specifically about my face resembling a platypus when I last ate a kiwi. I was prescribed an epi-pen, and referred to a specialist. Umm... an epi-pen?! I mean, yes, my reaction was pretty severe, but I didn't completely stop breathing... ahem. Yeah, not too excited about the thought of possibly needing to shove a needle into my thigh. My various allergies to things such as vinegar and garlic really aren't looking all that bad right now.

After the doctor appointment, I went downstairs in the building to get some bloodwork done for my EDS specialist appointment coming up, and then walked down the street to buy some liquorice for a cake I needed to make for a costume party later that night. On the way home, the liquorice froze... yes, it was that cold, and YES, I'm completely serious. It was really an odd thing.

When I got home, I starting making the cake immediately, as I knew it would take FOREVER. You had to bring a snack to match your costume, so I decided to make a horse cake to go with my cowgirl costume. When I finally got the cake in the oven, my time was spent making two different types of icing. When the icing was made and the cake finally done and cooling, I cleaned up all the dishes. Then, I put the cake in the freezer (makes it easier to work with), and headed off to physio.

I walked home just in time to take the cake out of the freezer, and start the fun - cutting the cake into the shape of a horse, icing it, and decorating. SO. MUCH. FUN.

The party was a ton of fun, and my cake was a hit! I went WAY more full-out than I needed to, but it was a ton of fun, so I don't mind in the least. I even got to take the leftovers home!

Now, I should really be asleep... I'm tutoring Math at 9am tomorrow (today), and then I have a job interview at noon. More on that later!

GOODNIGHT!

When life gives you lemons, make orange juice and let people wonder how you did it.

...but if anyone figures out the steps necessary to make this possible, would you please make an exception and tell me?!


The title of this post is a pretty common saying now, so that part isn't unique to me, but neither is the second part, even if people don't generally follow it up like that.

What the heck am I trying to say?

Well, that saying is very cheery, a bit funny, and definitely optimistic. But it's missing a pretty crucial part.

HOW DO WE MAKE THE STUPID ORANGE JUICE?!?

Maybe it's the realist in me, or some might argue, the pessimist, but you can't tell me that I'm the only one who wonders. Life is basically like this, isn't it? We usually at least have a very basic loose idea of the right thing to strive for, but the difficult part is knowing HOW to get to it. Like I said in an earlier post, our ultimate goal is eudaimonia - ultimate happiness, whatever that means for that person. Are there many different ways per person to reach that, or only one set way that we're all searching for? How do we know if we found that way anyways??

How do we know if anything is real or correct? If we're born into a family who thinks a certain way, even if we really search and examine our thinking and motives, how do we know for sure that it's a personal thing if we've never experienced anything else? Yes, it could very well be a personal thing apart from a family thing, but how can you really tell if that's all you've ever known?

How do we know with certainty that the grass isn't greener on the other side in certain cases?

We don't.

The question is, should we strive to find out, or shut up and accept the seemingly inevitable lemonade?

These are the sort of thoughts that keep me up at night.