Lately I've been day dreaming about far off places where people speak with marvelous accents.
Having just visited England and Scotland, I find myself wanting to go back.
Of course no one can see all that these countries have to offer in only a week each, so it makes sense wanting to go back and experience other things.
I'd love to visit Ireland and even more so Australia/New Zealand. I remember back in the day when I was still in high school, I 'planned' to stay in Australia for a month. I went as far as looking for apartments that offered monthly rates, and even how I could go about maybe getting a small job while I was there.
It's amazing how costly travelling really is, having not travelled much at all. It took me until Christmas to finally pay off everything, which I guess isn't too bad considering it was a 3 week trip to Europe! But I guess, in the end, it was worth it.
But now I'm hooked! And who knows when I'll be able to afford another expedition to some far off place? I'd love to live in a place like England for a small amount of time.
As much as I'm always saying how I always want to live somewhere close to where I grew up, there's a whole other part of me that wants to go on adventures, and experience life in someplace new.
Now, if only I were rich and famous. Then I could just buy a house in each country I love and everything would be 100% easier.
I'd love to visit the southern united states as well. I have some strange fondness for places like Louisiana, or Dallas, maybe its because of all these movies I see and books I read that are set in these places. I just want to visit and see what its all about.
I definitely need to visit New York City, and I also have to go back to Florida and see the new Harry Potter Exhibit in Universal Studios.
Anyway, just a short post today. See you tomorrow!
Later days
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Whistle While You Work...
...But really don't, because it's really annoying.
As much as I don't want to talk about work, it's really starting to tick me off.
Basically, without going into too much detail about it all, I am not enjoying any type of management person right now.
We recently changed district leaders to someone who I really do not enjoy at all. And this said person told my assistant manager to tell me(couldn't even tell me himself while I was right there) that I need to go buy new work pants because mine are unacceptable. Ok granted, the policy says 'slacks' and 'no jeans', but my pants aren't jeans! They are black pants. They may be sewn the same way jeans are, but that does not make them jeans!
I don't know why this little thing bothers me so much. Maybe because it is such a little thing to worry about when the company is going bankrupt right under their feet.
Go look at 70% of your employees and then come and tell me to change what I'm wearing.
I just bought new work pants, and I'm not willing to go spend another $30 on new ones because you don't like them.
I'd be glad to go shopping on Blockbuster's dime anytime. You show me the exact pair of pants that I need to buy and give me the money to do so, and I will be happy to.
But since you wont, then just please shut your mouth right now.
Sorry to get so angry Blogger, but it really grinds my gears.
This Monday started our new store manager. I met her for the first time and after meeting her, was not at all entirely impressed. Not looking forward to seeing her again today, I showed up and offered a friendly 'Hello'. We had about a 20 minute overlap in which she seemed really nice and not at all trying to enforce herself as the new 'boss-man' like the day before.
I have a feeling this is going to be a sort of 'wait and see' situation to find out what she's really like.
Already the schedule has not been made in time, and she has failed to give 2 managers their new alarm codes so they can close/open the store. Off to a good start.
But I gotta give her a chance, I can imagine how she must be feeling coming to an entirely new store and having to be the 'boss' when you're the new kid. It's gotta be hard.
Anyways, that's enough steam off my chest. Work is starting to suck and I need new pants. Maybe I'll throw a pants party. Who knows.
Later Days
As much as I don't want to talk about work, it's really starting to tick me off.
Basically, without going into too much detail about it all, I am not enjoying any type of management person right now.
We recently changed district leaders to someone who I really do not enjoy at all. And this said person told my assistant manager to tell me(couldn't even tell me himself while I was right there) that I need to go buy new work pants because mine are unacceptable. Ok granted, the policy says 'slacks' and 'no jeans', but my pants aren't jeans! They are black pants. They may be sewn the same way jeans are, but that does not make them jeans!
I don't know why this little thing bothers me so much. Maybe because it is such a little thing to worry about when the company is going bankrupt right under their feet.
Go look at 70% of your employees and then come and tell me to change what I'm wearing.
I just bought new work pants, and I'm not willing to go spend another $30 on new ones because you don't like them.
I'd be glad to go shopping on Blockbuster's dime anytime. You show me the exact pair of pants that I need to buy and give me the money to do so, and I will be happy to.
But since you wont, then just please shut your mouth right now.
Sorry to get so angry Blogger, but it really grinds my gears.
This Monday started our new store manager. I met her for the first time and after meeting her, was not at all entirely impressed. Not looking forward to seeing her again today, I showed up and offered a friendly 'Hello'. We had about a 20 minute overlap in which she seemed really nice and not at all trying to enforce herself as the new 'boss-man' like the day before.
I have a feeling this is going to be a sort of 'wait and see' situation to find out what she's really like.
Already the schedule has not been made in time, and she has failed to give 2 managers their new alarm codes so they can close/open the store. Off to a good start.
But I gotta give her a chance, I can imagine how she must be feeling coming to an entirely new store and having to be the 'boss' when you're the new kid. It's gotta be hard.
Anyways, that's enough steam off my chest. Work is starting to suck and I need new pants. Maybe I'll throw a pants party. Who knows.
Later Days
Monday, March 29, 2010
Here Comes the Sun..
...doo doo doo doo!
Other than being my favourite Beatles song, it also brings with it my favourite season.
Summer! Hurrah!
After getting a taste of spring weather earlier in March, I'm dying for some summer heat.
This coming weekend is supposed to be pretty nice, so says the weather man.
So let's all roll up our sleeves and get dirty! Perhaps it might even be car wash weather.
So now I know what I'll be doing Saturday.
With summer comes shorts, dresses, tank tops, and dare I say, bathing suits...all things I loath since gaining my graduationmen 30. (get it? freshmen 15?)
Since leaving school, my routines haven't changed at all, other than leaving school. I still work at the same place, approximately the same amount of hours, and spend my leisure time at home..sitting on the couch, and eating.
And it's all led me to here. 30 lbs heavier than I was 3 years ago. 20 of those pounds all joining me as graduation gifts.
So Ive decided to FINALLY(I'm pretty good at emphasizing finally eh?) put my foot down!
No more saying I'm on a diet and not keeping to it. This time it's for serious.
I'd love to lose all 30 of it in 2 months, but I don't think that's realistic for me. So I'm going to aim for 20 by the end of May. Then I'll concentrate on getting to exactly where I want to be after that, but for now, it's crunch time!
Maybe I'll turn Mondays into updates on how everything is progressing. Will I ever post my weight? Probably not, until I get to my goal, then you can know how fat I actually was. Key word, was. Should I do pictures? We'll see. And again, probably wont show until I get to where I want to be.
So how does one motivate ones self into taking on such a huge challenge? I don't know. Perhaps YouTube 'thinspiration'? NO! That stuff is ridiculous. If you have time, you should check out what girls do to themselves by watching that crap. They're videos consisting of pictures of anorexic/bulimic girls showing off their rib cages and skeletons. It's disgusting. But it's supposed to 'thinspire' you to lose weight. Because OMG I wish I looked like Skeletor.
Anyways, I have joined 2 hockey teams this summer, so here's hoping that helps me out with things.
My 2 big problems are portion control, and what time I eat. So I really need to work on them.
I'm proud of myself for completely switching from pop to water, and pretty much not eating junk food anymore. I find that after a while, you don't crave these foods anymore, and when you have them once in a while, it's really not that hard to eat just a bit.
I haven't had fast food(McDonald's, Harvey's..)in a REALLY long time, which is awesome!
But I do want to cut someone every time they send me McDonald's coupons.
So what have we learned today? That even my Wii Fit thinks I'm overweight and it's time to make some changes! So here goes nothing!
Later Days
Other than being my favourite Beatles song, it also brings with it my favourite season.
Summer! Hurrah!
After getting a taste of spring weather earlier in March, I'm dying for some summer heat.
This coming weekend is supposed to be pretty nice, so says the weather man.
So let's all roll up our sleeves and get dirty! Perhaps it might even be car wash weather.
So now I know what I'll be doing Saturday.
With summer comes shorts, dresses, tank tops, and dare I say, bathing suits...all things I loath since gaining my graduationmen 30. (get it? freshmen 15?)
Since leaving school, my routines haven't changed at all, other than leaving school. I still work at the same place, approximately the same amount of hours, and spend my leisure time at home..sitting on the couch, and eating.
And it's all led me to here. 30 lbs heavier than I was 3 years ago. 20 of those pounds all joining me as graduation gifts.
So Ive decided to FINALLY(I'm pretty good at emphasizing finally eh?) put my foot down!
No more saying I'm on a diet and not keeping to it. This time it's for serious.
I'd love to lose all 30 of it in 2 months, but I don't think that's realistic for me. So I'm going to aim for 20 by the end of May. Then I'll concentrate on getting to exactly where I want to be after that, but for now, it's crunch time!
Maybe I'll turn Mondays into updates on how everything is progressing. Will I ever post my weight? Probably not, until I get to my goal, then you can know how fat I actually was. Key word, was. Should I do pictures? We'll see. And again, probably wont show until I get to where I want to be.
So how does one motivate ones self into taking on such a huge challenge? I don't know. Perhaps YouTube 'thinspiration'? NO! That stuff is ridiculous. If you have time, you should check out what girls do to themselves by watching that crap. They're videos consisting of pictures of anorexic/bulimic girls showing off their rib cages and skeletons. It's disgusting. But it's supposed to 'thinspire' you to lose weight. Because OMG I wish I looked like Skeletor.
Anyways, I have joined 2 hockey teams this summer, so here's hoping that helps me out with things.
My 2 big problems are portion control, and what time I eat. So I really need to work on them.
I'm proud of myself for completely switching from pop to water, and pretty much not eating junk food anymore. I find that after a while, you don't crave these foods anymore, and when you have them once in a while, it's really not that hard to eat just a bit.
I haven't had fast food(McDonald's, Harvey's..)in a REALLY long time, which is awesome!
But I do want to cut someone every time they send me McDonald's coupons.
So what have we learned today? That even my Wii Fit thinks I'm overweight and it's time to make some changes! So here goes nothing!
Later Days
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Fearing the Postman
Ah yes, can you smell that?
It smells like school application responses.
That old familiar scent.
It's about that time again folks, the time for actually being afriad to look at the mail that has just been dropped through the mail slot. And not because it could contain anthrax, that was so 2001.
Yes it's true. I have applied to school yet again. For the third time.
Why cant I figure out what I want to do with my life? I guess that's who I am.
I love doing so many things, I dont think I could pick just one!
I mean take this past year for example.
First I finish photography school, let's go take some awesome pictures! OR...we could get really interested in baking and decorating cakes. Yea! That sounds like more fun, so lets take some courses on that. I could look into finding a job at a bakery, OR...I could get kind of excited about animation! Yea! So lets apply for that! Man it's taking a while for news to come as to whether I've been accepted. Im excited to get my next tattoo...Oh man! I want to become a tattoo artist!
It never ends! My mind keeps racing with things I want to do, things I want to try, places I want to go, people I want to meet!
I cant keep track of myself anymore. I feel like one day I could wake up and I'll want to change everything in my life.
What's even more strange is, change usually scares the crud out of me.
But maybe in a way, I applied to school to keep things the same. I dont want to have to look for a 'real' job yet, that means commitment, and potentially moving out. Where as, if I go back to school, I'll be at the same job, still living at home, with the same routine. Safe.
Who knows what the real deep down reason is that I applied for school, to get my mom to stop bugging me about Animation school, to become a better artist for myself, because drawing for a living might actually be fun, because it could take me in so many directions i.e. tattooing?
I dont know for sure, but what I do know is that Im actually excited.
After so much denial and fighting with my mom about animation school for so long, I actually thought about it. It would be pretty awesome to be able to do what they do. After applying and going in for my orientation and FINALLY being able to see inside the animation studio at Seneca, I knew this was what I wanted to do for the next 3 years.
So this is the part where the postman is scaring the heck out of me. I dread hearing the slot click every day at 1pm. I walk to the door with fingers crossed that there will be a big letter from Seneca waiting for me beside my shoes. So far, false hope. But it's still too early. So Im working myself up for nothing.
Anyways, long story short. I applied for Animation at Seneca College, and when, not if, but when my acceptance package arrives, you better believe I'll let you know it.
Later days.
It smells like school application responses.
That old familiar scent.
It's about that time again folks, the time for actually being afriad to look at the mail that has just been dropped through the mail slot. And not because it could contain anthrax, that was so 2001.
Yes it's true. I have applied to school yet again. For the third time.
Why cant I figure out what I want to do with my life? I guess that's who I am.
I love doing so many things, I dont think I could pick just one!
I mean take this past year for example.
First I finish photography school, let's go take some awesome pictures! OR...we could get really interested in baking and decorating cakes. Yea! That sounds like more fun, so lets take some courses on that. I could look into finding a job at a bakery, OR...I could get kind of excited about animation! Yea! So lets apply for that! Man it's taking a while for news to come as to whether I've been accepted. Im excited to get my next tattoo...Oh man! I want to become a tattoo artist!
It never ends! My mind keeps racing with things I want to do, things I want to try, places I want to go, people I want to meet!
I cant keep track of myself anymore. I feel like one day I could wake up and I'll want to change everything in my life.
What's even more strange is, change usually scares the crud out of me.
But maybe in a way, I applied to school to keep things the same. I dont want to have to look for a 'real' job yet, that means commitment, and potentially moving out. Where as, if I go back to school, I'll be at the same job, still living at home, with the same routine. Safe.
Who knows what the real deep down reason is that I applied for school, to get my mom to stop bugging me about Animation school, to become a better artist for myself, because drawing for a living might actually be fun, because it could take me in so many directions i.e. tattooing?
I dont know for sure, but what I do know is that Im actually excited.
After so much denial and fighting with my mom about animation school for so long, I actually thought about it. It would be pretty awesome to be able to do what they do. After applying and going in for my orientation and FINALLY being able to see inside the animation studio at Seneca, I knew this was what I wanted to do for the next 3 years.
So this is the part where the postman is scaring the heck out of me. I dread hearing the slot click every day at 1pm. I walk to the door with fingers crossed that there will be a big letter from Seneca waiting for me beside my shoes. So far, false hope. But it's still too early. So Im working myself up for nothing.
Anyways, long story short. I applied for Animation at Seneca College, and when, not if, but when my acceptance package arrives, you better believe I'll let you know it.
Later days.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Ok, Let's get serious...
...Do I actually think it's possible to start a blog and keep up with it? Now, after 2 failed blogs in the last 3 years?
Maybe...
I was pretty good at the whole 'blogging' thing in highschool with livejournal. But of course back then it was worth it to post about boys, drama between best friends, and what I may have happened to eat that day.
Now I feel as though, if I dont have something absolutely spectacular to write about, then what's the point?
This is exactly what I hope to change about myself with this blog. I want to try to write every day, about ANYTHING! My problem with past blogs was that I tried to make them specific to what I was going through during that time in my life(photography blog).
All that changes today.
Welcome to my life. I hope I can find the courage to share my secrets with you.
Maybe...
I was pretty good at the whole 'blogging' thing in highschool with livejournal. But of course back then it was worth it to post about boys, drama between best friends, and what I may have happened to eat that day.
Now I feel as though, if I dont have something absolutely spectacular to write about, then what's the point?
This is exactly what I hope to change about myself with this blog. I want to try to write every day, about ANYTHING! My problem with past blogs was that I tried to make them specific to what I was going through during that time in my life(photography blog).
All that changes today.
Welcome to my life. I hope I can find the courage to share my secrets with you.
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