I feel slightly like a kangaroo right now. I have a wonderfully stretchy zip-up hoodie from when UFV was UCFV. Angel was sitting on the guest bedroom mattress shivering as I was busy working on something awesome for my best friend. I decided what I needed to do... I picked her up, put her on my lap, and zipped up my hoodie around her. So, here we are together, and it's like I'm carrying a baby in my pouch. I must admit, we're both cozy warm now! <3

"This LipDub has been produced during the integration week of UQAM (Quebec, Canada) with 172 communication students. Made on September 10th 2009 in 2h15min. "

Ah man, I'm listening to Miley's new music on youtube, and it is fantastic. It's totally music that's both awesome/in my vocal range/slow enough for me to play on various instruments. If you're thinking to yourself, "I have nothing to listen to while I go about my various facebooking/ljing/emailing/tweeting/etc", go give these a listen:



Live version:

( And in This Corner... The Hot Fat Girl Manifesto By Zoe Whittall )

"BECAUSE being a hot fat girl is a lot of work and is undervalued or unrecognized. Because a fat girl still has to pay more money for uglier clothes or spend 11 hours at the thrift store to find anything hot to wear. Because if you take the elevator people think you’re lazy but if you’re on the treadmill people laugh. Because men like John Goodman and Bernie Mac get to have careers on television but sitcom moms of three still have size-two waists. Because even feminist magazines publish fat-phobic articles under the guise of it being a “health issue.” Because anti-capitalist activists still use expressions like “fat capitalist pig.” Because girls are dieting at the age of nine. Because side effects of the most popular diet drugs are seizures, heart failure, fecal urgency, breast cancer, lung disease, insomnia, nausea and vomiting, dangerously high blood pressure, abnormal heartbeat, psychosis, strokes, hallucinations and sudden death. Because the Cooper Institute’s ongoing study of 30,000 people has found that those who are fittest live the longest, no matter what they weigh. Because the doctor who said that there were 30,000 “obesity-related” deaths each year received over $2 million in research funding from Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers. Because that study prompted the FDA to approve Phen-Phen and Redux. Because fat hatred is a money-making industry. Because fat people who exercise live longer than thin people who don’t. Because if you lose weight ’cause you’re sick people tell you how great you look. Because hatred is so ingrained in every single one of us, especially inside the heart of even the hottest fat girl. Because even the most progressive people don’t talk or write about it. Because I am tired of being ignored, invisible, de-sexualized and told that I have such a pretty face. Because it’s not fat that kills, it’s fear of fat. For all that and more I am a part of the HOT FAT GIRL REVOLUTION!"

Meme stolen from angellore78

Put Unfortunately followed by your name into google, and see what comes up! (The last one is my absolute favourite!!)

(The first thing that came up was a link to someone else named Karen who did the same meme here: http://homespunsimplicity.blogspot.com/2009/03/unfortunately-karen.html)

1. "Unfortunately, Karen had many problems. It became obvious from facts revealed after we moved to another neighborhood, that Karen had been a victim of some kind of abuse in her youth, whether physical or psychological or both. She could not get herself to look into your eyes when she spoke to you" (http://www.drwilliamluckey.com/index.cfm/2008/7/2/KAREN)

2. "Last week, the apartment of one of my favorite webcomics arist/writers, Karen Ellis (creator of the wonderful PLANET KAREN webcomic), was destroyed by fire, including almost all of her possessions. A neighbor was tragically killed, and unfortunately, Karen herself lost almost everything, including her home." (http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=20266)

3. "Unfortunately, Karen had ridden for awhile on a tire going flat. Rather than taking the time to repair the flat, she rode on it some more to finish the bike course. End of story, after going back out on the bike and then running the marathon in 3:45, she was tenth professional female." (http://www.runrichmond.com/id32.html)

4. "Unfortunately, Karen’s excitement met with a major obstacle. Her healthcare insurance company considered neurostimulators to be experimental devices, and wouldn’t cover it under her plan." (http://www.medtronic.com/your-health/gastroparesis/personal-stories/karen/index.htm)

5. "Unfortunately Karen Armstrong’s "The Case for God" is one of those books-one that is so monstrously bad, so hopelessly awful, so wretchedly miserable, that it took concerted effort just to finish it. Heck, even the cover stinks-a pile of religiously-significant books hovering at a strange angle over a plain background. I tell you what: I will concede the font. The book is set in Granjon, a very nice, classical font that is very consistent with the earliest Garamond type faces. It is classy and classical but without being antique. But that is as good as the book gets." (http://www.challies.com/archives/book-reviews/the-case-for-god.php)

Trying to figure out if we can hook a wii up to this setup without unplugging anything that's currently there?
( Pics. )

OMG GUYS. OMG. I ALMOST JUST DIED LAUGHING.

At first, I was just browsing thinkgeek.com because let's face it, they have awesome stuff there. I was checking out clearance items, then saw a "geek toys" link, and thought I'd explore a little more. I FOUND AN ELECTRONIC BUBBLE WRAP KEYCHAIN!

I was totally stoked as I read about it - essentially, there's 8 bubbles that you "pop", complete with popping noise, but every 100th pop doesn't make a popping noise, it makes another random noise! Most geek toys have a demo video, and this demo video made me LAUGH SO HARD. OH, you have to watch it. I know you might just want to keep scrolling down your friends page, you have to spend 30 seconds and watch this, and you have to do it with the sound on otherwise it's not funny. Yes, those are grown adults. (Don't worry, totally work-friendly too)

I should mention that I'm getting a cold, have major congestion and the headache from hell, and therefore am extra-bitchy because of it. I should just go to bed!

Colbie Caillat - Fallin' For You

I don't know but
I think I maybe
Fallin' for you
Dropping so quickly
Maybe I should
Keep this to myself
Wait until I
Know you better

I am trying
Not to tell you
But I want to
I'm scared of what you'll say
So I'm hiding what I'm feeling
But I'm tired of
Holding this inside my head

I've been spending all my time
Just thinking about ya
I don't know what to do
I think I'm fallin' for you
I've been waiting all my life
And now I found ya
I don't know what to do
I think I'm fallin' for you
I'm fallin' for you

As I'm standing here
And you hold my hand
Pull me towards you
And we start to dance
All around us
I see nobody
Here in silence
It's just you and me

I'm trying
Not to tell you
But I want to
I'm scared of what you'll say
So I'm hiding what I'm feeling
But I'm tired of
Holding this inside my head

I've been spending all my time
Just thinking about ya
I don't know what to do
I think I'm fallin' for you
I've been waiting all my life
and now I found ya
I don't know what to do
I think I'm fallin' for you
I'm fallin' for you

Oh I just can't take it
My heart is racing
The emotions keep spinning out

I've been spending all my time
Just thinking about ya
I don't know what to do
I think I'm fallin' for you
I've been waiting all my life
and now I found ya
I don't know what to do
I think I'm fallin' for you
I'm fallin' for you
I think I'm fallin' for you

I can't stop thinking about it
I want you all around me
And now I just can't hide it
I think I'm fallin' for you (x2)

I'm fallin' for you

Today Kevin and I are officially "dating". Happy dance!

(I pretty much consider every outing up until now a date anyway though :p)

Barely remember getting and spending over an hour uploading and assigning the custom my little pony moodtheme last night... Still think it's cute though.

Was invited to dinner tonight with a friend I met at Stream. Even though neither of us has worked there for like 2 months, we'll still probably talk about how bad it was. Looking forward to seeing her and her little boy again.

Mom's out of town (in Victoria actually) for the next couple days visiting my sister and her baby. The upside - I have permission to buy groceries for thanksgiving and a few piano music books. And spend as much time at her house as I want. Thinking I might take Hannah Montana 3D over there again and watch it on her giant tv with surround sound. It'll probably be awesome. And the acoustics are great in that house too so I can play piano and sing as loudly as I want, and it'll both sound great and I'll have no neighbours to worry about! I'll try not to have separation anxiety - one time not too long ago when she went out of town (mind you it was for a week that time), I threw up because it was so stressful not having her here. *tries not to throw up*

Went on another couple outings with Kevin since the last time I wrote about it on here - the next one after that we went for lunch at an italian restaurant and window shopping, and the latest time I took him with me to Krispy Kreme Doughnuts in Delta and to Booster Juice. And then we awkwardly sat in the car for half an hour. And he looked like he wanted to make a move but couldn't bring himself to, or wanted to say something that he couldn't bring himself to say. And we all know how I feel about the situation, I guess unless you haven't been reading all my posts, in which case I'll just tell you that I am quite fond of him. And so later I text messaged him because I also am too much of a coward to say anything in person - "So are you suggesting you want to date or something? 'cause I'd be down with making moves instead of awkward goodbyes." I haven't heard anything back yet, so who knows? Here's what I know - I like him, he's really fun to be around, and opens doors for me... and let's not lie, he's good looking too. We'll see how it works out.

Thanks to sapphire_heaven over at cute_moodthemes for the My Little Pony mood theme! (and thanks to lenimonkey for posting about where she found her new (and the same) moodtheme!) I might actually want to start documenting moods or something now!

I just don't know what to do anymore.

I woke up Saturday morning, exhausted and with an ache in my legs. I wandered out to my living room to open the blinds and let the sunlight in from another beautiful day in early fall. At my patio door lay my sandy shoes, one balled up white sock inside each - proof that what happened the night before was real.

( I guess to start this story would really be to start with what happened two weeks ago. )

I'm bald again. Actually, I was bald again a few days ago, but am just posting about it now. Good ol' trich - it's like that pain in the ass friend you just can't get rid of. I'm just proud that I had the guts to swim at the lake sans-headscarf (and also in a bathing suit probably looking like some sort of mental patient or torture victim with my scars) yesterday with several people around. That's the nice thing about the lake on a weekday after school is back in - the only people there are mature adults, retirees, and residents - none of which really care what you look like because everyone's there just to enjoy themselves. Anyway, it was very nice. And I am bald. And sometimes I like it, and sometimes I wish I had my long curly golden-streaked hair back.

Today I went up to Cultus Lake to enjoy the scenery, swim, play guitar, and write. It was lovely.