Not that much. Been working lots of hours, not going out as much, and saving up for my busy month in May. Gonna be an exciting month that’s for sure ;)  Beginning of May I’m expecting a visitor, and we’re going to a concert. I’m showing them around here and Toronto for the weekend. Shall be fun!!! Wonderland opens the first weekend in May, so I may possibly show them there, it’s always fun!! & Dave and Busters FUNN! YAY

May 15-18 - MAY 2-4 WEEKEND (Victoria Day holiday). Going to Blue Mountain for the weekend like we do every year. It’s nice to get away from the normal and have a mini holiday, drinking with Friends

END of May; Tickets are booked for Montreal YAYYY!  *EXCITED*

May come NOW!!!!

OHHH, My dad got his new car last weekend! He got a Smart fortwo car It’s a pretty sweet, and so much fun to drive. It’s pretty unreal  Check out my flickr, I posted 1 picture of it.. there will probably be more to come whenever I upload my new pictures from my cam.

I went to an orientation for college today with my dad. It all went really well. We asked questions about the program, saw students work and portfolios, and went on a school tour. Pretty full day even though it was only for 2 hours. I loved everything I saw.  The program I’m taking you get use of your own laptop, which is a Macbook Pro btw … There are no exams *Thumbs up* The program is all about projects, etc..  You learn everything media based basically. Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Web Design, Graphic Design.. etc. Looks like a good program. There is a placement at the end, so you get a bit of experience in the end at a company too. At the school it includes a bus pass within Durham (where I am), and gym membership Sounds like a pretty sweet deal. HAHA & when I was at the school I saw a bunch of people I already know and some of my friends are taking a new program in the fall too. I’ll have some people I already know going to school.  BONUS! ;P

Anyway, I went to Kingston on the 6th for Andrea’s Bday. I had a really great time. Lots of partying!! My fave. HAHA. It’s always good to get away from the normal. I love to travel so much. I’m planning on going back next week. So more fun to come! I can’t wait. This time, no crazy partying drinking… I think at least Planning on seeing Knowing. I love Nicolas Cage! His movies never disappoint me.

Last week I got a new laptop! :D I got this one from Best Buy it was on sale then. I picked it up last Thursday night. I’m pretty happy with it. It runs perfectly, so smooth and quick. I never thought I’d love a PC again. HAHAHAHA… I do miss my Mac OS though. oh well, soon September will come and I can use it again. har har. Laptops are so convenient,  love it. I’m not use to the webcam though. Sometimes I get freaked out that someone can see me. I’ve always had my webcam disconnected on my desktop, that’s just me being paranoid. A few weeks ago they had a episode on CSI (with Diddy btw) and they could access a stolen laptops webcam remotely.. that was freaky HAHA I know that’s all Hollywood though

IN MAY I am planning a trip to see Laurie in Montreal!!!!!! At the end of the month for her birthday. I haven’t seen her in a while. Like 2 years maybe? I forget. So I’m pretty stoked about that. Should be fun!!!

Umm, and I dunno what else…. ttyl

Well I had my ‘drawing test’ for one the the programs that I applied to. It was tough! There were 6 pages, first two pages of questions and the rest was all drawing. You had to draw a story board of whatever you wanted, 2 designs for a company, logos (x4) and then there was a free page where you drew whatever you wanted. It was definitely NOT what I expected. I’ve applied to a similar program at the same college, and they didn’t make you do THAT much drawing. I like drawing on the computer than in hand. I’ve kinda lost my sketching ability. I should practice LOL

BUT other news, I got into my 1st choice!  So I didn’t really have to take that test, but I wanted to keep my options open and have different choices. My tuition for the 1st year is $5,000.. So I gotta start saving. I am kinda depending on getting a OSAP loan. I don’t think I will be able to save up that much for July/Aug? :/ *Keeps fingers crossed*

This weekend I’m going up to Kingston for Andrea’s Birthday!! I’m really looking forward to it! Anywhere is better than where I am.. HAHA I am hoping that we don’t have a snowstorm on the night I have to drive up. Last year that’s what happened, and I was so sad. I’m praying that something like that doesn’t happen.

A few things new since I last updated. I applied to school, so if all goes well, I will be a student again in the fall! I’ve been accepted to one of my choices (3rd). Now I’m just waiting on my first choice, the school which is the closest to me (20 min drive away). *Keeps my fingers crossed* A few of my friends are going to school in the fall too, so we were thinking about getting a house together. LOL … but that’s still in the works. I don’t actually think it will happen. haha.

I have another opportunity to go to Las Vegas again next month. A friend of mine is going at the end of March for the weekend, it’s so tempting!!! I really want to go for longer than that though. There’s still so many things that I haven’t seen yet! Like go to a strip club, see a wedding chapel, shows, see the outlets, Fremont St…the grand canyon. etc… & I’ve seen some deals on car rentals and they are SO CHEAP!! ..except I’m not 25 yet So I don’t know how that will work… BUT I am going for sure at the end of August again for my friend’s 21st birthday, so maybe I should wait until then. :/ *SIGH.. I don’t think I can wait THAT long! LOL

First off, I just wanna say if you’re ever downtown Toronto wanting to go clubbing, don’t go to Reign Nightclub. I had another bad experience there last Saturday.

So we had reserved a booth and bottle service at the club for my friend Melissa’s birthday. When we got to the club, the bouncer/guy with the list said we weren’t on it. My first reaction was .. what the fuck ? We made the arrangements weeks in advance!! The guy continued to tell us we did not. This was while we were waiting out in the arctic temperature outside. It went on for about 10 minutes. Lucky thing the girl who arranged everything (my friends sister) remembered the guys name she had been talking to on the phone. Well the guy remembered, and he had booked us for the weekend after. I really don’t see how you can confuse the dates. It’s January 30th.. next week is a whole different month! You can’t confuse January and February. :/ He talked to someone and he finally let us in. Another peeve of mine was the carpet at the door was wet with slush and was on a slant. All of us were clearly slipping, and the 3 guys standing at the door didn’t even bother to help us. Luckily none of us slipped.

Good thing was we all got in for free. Bottles were $100 + tax and 19% Gratuity. So the bill came to $280? Not bad for downtown. The host was fun and energetic. AND pretty hot. But she kept making us drink like 3/4 full drinks of alcohol. LOL We suspected that she didn’t want us to stay at the booth for long. BUT we did! HAHA for them.

Music was great as always. 4 Korners were DJing and they’re always good. By the end of the night we all had fun. We were all pretty sloshed, and all was well at the end.

Kitten!!

I got a kitten! He’s so full of love and is so cute! I’m currently up in the air for names. He was named Tigger, but I think that’s just a cop-out name LOL and I don’t really like Whinny The Pooh. :/ I really like when animals are named real human names.. So I was thinking Harrold. HAHA Harry for short. What do ya think?

He’s my first real pet. LOL I’ve never had cats & dogs before. It’s quite the experience. He never lets me sleep when I want to. I have to get use to his claws, they hurt like hell when he plays. :/ I would never de-claw.. it just seems so inhumane. How hard is it to trim claws? Does everyone do that?

Other than getting a kitten, I’ve been up to not much of anything. Still reading my books. Almost finished the entire Shopaholic series. I have a few more chapters left that I will finish today sometime. I’ve bought the rest of Sophie Kinsella’s books that I didn’t have, The Undomestic Goddess and Can You Keep A Secret? I’ve heard they are really good. I bought a few more 80% books from Chapters yesterday after work. So that should hold me over for at least a month. LOL

Today I’m going downtown shopping and then clubbing at Reign Nightclub for Melissa’s Birthday. We are getting a booth and bottles, so that should be pretty fun. The DJ(s) who are there tonight are the same ones from Circa Saturdays. So I know I’ll be having a great time. I hope my fave guy is there and I don’t make an ass out of myself like last time. rofl… Saturday is a bachelorette party at Circa Nightclub. I’m happy they chose to go there. It’s always so much fun there. I haven’t been since New Years Eve!

I’m giving Reign another shot tonight. I went last Saturday, and they made us line up for 30 minutes even though I put us on Guestlist, in the -20 degree weather. AND they only gave us 1 free pass. There were 3 of us there. Also they advertised that it would be 90’s music all night, which is why I went, BUT they didn’t not play all 90’s. Most of it was current. I was pretty pissed about that. OH and cover was $20… and the place was tiny. 2 floors and pretty rammed. I would’ve went to Circa if I knew my guests had to pay that… drink prices were okay, $6 .. which is good for downtown Toronto….

Well  I gotta shower and pack up my things for tonight. Have a good weekend!!!

This month so far has been uneventful.  I’ve been working less hours, and have tons of free time. I’ve finished 5 books already and it’s only the middle of the month. LOL. I’ve been reading a lot of  Chick Lit books by Sophie Kinsella. On Monday I bought 4 of her Shopaholic books. I have been obsessed with the series ever since I started the first one earlier this month. They’re really easy to get into, even if you’re not the type of person who reads. Like me. HAHA, never thought the day would come when I would choose reading over going out to the bar/club. It has given me some sort of peace in my life.

TV has taken over my life too. I’ve been obsessed with everything on the Discovery Channel. ESPECIALLY Dirty Jobs. Oh man, that show is fucking hilarious. Been watching CSI at least 4 times a day too. I like that it is on so much after I get home from work. It’s relaxing. Speaking of CSI, tomorrow/today (Thurs 15th) is Grissoms last day!! I’m definitely tuning into it tonight.

Monday I also picked up a classic Wii remote controller. I’m playing The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. A classic. It’s still fun to play even after all these years. By far one of the best classic games out there.

Sunday I ended up getting my new iPods. LOVE. It pretty much made my whole week. To answer the questions I got on my previous entry asking why do I have 2 iPods. It’s because I originally upgraded to the 160GB because my library wont fit on any smaller iPods. I have an obsession with music, and can’t bear not having it ALL with me. I had a nano as well because I got it for only $50 from a friend, and thought it was worth snatching that deal. I use the nano mainly for the gym. I would rather not bring the Classic iPod there because I fear ruining it. LOL ….. hope that answers the question.

BTW Gelaskins are amazing!!! I ordered a few earlier this week, and they came in today. I posted them on my flickr account. So check them out!! I’m pleased with the way they turned out. This one was my first iPod with Gelaskins a year ago or so. I love their designs. They are just so unique.

New Years was ok. Partying in the hotel, and at Circa. It was a pretty crazy night. There were so many people there, we ended up loosing a lot of people. Most of the night was spent going to room to room trying to find our friends. :/ I guess that’s something that always happens when you go all fancy at a busy place. I remember that happening to me a few years ago at the Liberty Grand. That was an awful night. HAHA. BUT the worse part of my new years was when I woke up. Someone at the hotel pulled the fire alarm at 9am. So for an hour the alarm was blasting in our room, with the same guy announcing they were looking into it.

I lied. That wasn’t the worse. Worse part was waking up again to go to the washroom, and finding that in the garbage was my case, empty, that was filled with my 2 iPods. Yeah someone stole my iPods (160GB Classic & 8GB Nano). Let’s say that just really pissed me off. They were stolen while I was asleep in the hotel room. Friends of Friends were in our room. People I didn’t know. So there is no way I can find out who stole them. I am shit out of luck. Yeah, happy fucking new years. I am just very thankful that I didn’t have my camera or my BlackBerry in my purse. Or those would’ve definitely been stolen. Oh yeah, they also stole the change from my wallet. Left my credit cards. They left my wallet in the cupboard underneath the sink in the room. People. I’ve been cursing them, praying to the gods above that they will get what’s coming to them. AND hey. That has worked before. Gods are in my favor. Karma IS really a bitch. *SIGH. On to a more happy note, I am getting my new iPods (120GB classic [i am so mad they downgraded the space!!] & 8GB nano) tomorrow from my savior. The only guy I know who can hook me up with electronics HAHA I will know for next time NEVER to bring them anywhere with people I can’t trust.

New years resolutions? What are yours? I know every year, EVERYONE says they want to lose weight, get fit, eat healthy. I’m thinking that might be mine. HAHA.. well I think I am gonna try to get onto my workout habits. I haven’t been to the gym in almost a month!! I kind of make excuses to not go. Like if I’ve worked all day, and am tired. OR if I don’t want to drive out. It’s terrible! I just wish I had someone to go with who was motivated enough to come with me every time I want to go. Any takers?

Wishing everyone the best in 2009! EXCITED for what comes this year!

Just thought I would update the layout since I’ve been sick of the old one for a while now. I just love predone themes. I can’t be bothered to learn new coding. It doesn’t interest me as much anymore.

So how was everyones Christmas? Hope it was good! Mine  was pretty good. Time spent with the family. Opening up presents, eating a delicious turkey dinner and watching some movies together. I got a pretty good haul this year and I was very surprised. My dad went all out on us, so much of what I got was from him. I got $350 worth of Gift Cards (Best Buy, La Senza, Petro Canada, Starbucks & Cineplex), $200 in cash, Books; Stephanie Meyer’s Host, Tori Spelling’s Bio [sTORI TELLING], Animal Crossing City Folk Guide book & Sophie Kinsella’s Remember Me?). 2x 2GB SD cards (for my Nintendo Wii), Card Reader, PS3 Game; Little BIG Planet, Neat little gadgets; Lock De-Icer w/ light, Light/laser pointer, Magnetic Sculpture, Portable [windup] cellphone charger. and Candy/Chocolate..

For Boxing Day, I used my Best Buy gift cards online and picked up another External Hard Drive. It was only $80! It is coming today in the mail. *EXCITED* AND I saw a Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert with my dad. It was pretty amazing! I took some videos and pictures. Pictures are on Facebook if you wanna check there. Video.. well I uploaded 1 song I took while I was there.

Tomorrow is NEW YEARS EVE! What is everyone doing? I’m going downtown to a club and staying in a hotel with friends. We’re going to Circa Nightclub. Surprise surprise! LOL. It shall be a crazy night, that place never fails to please me.

Well I will cut this short. I hope everyone had a great Christmas and will have a great new years. Stay safe everyone. Happy New Years. All the best to you!

Upgraded my Wordpress to 2.7 the other day, and what I must say is that it is a lot easier to navigate. I love the new changes they have done to the dashboard. It’s perfect

Upgrade #2 - I really want to upgrade my current BlackBerry Pearl to the new BlackBerry Storm. My only dilemma is that I still have a contract with my current provider, and I would have to pay the total phone price. Which is $599. Way overpriced for my liking. I’ve looked at forums to see if there is anyway to get it for cheaper, and there is one way. I would have to call client care, and basically demand that I get some sort of discount. I’ve read that some people have gotten from $50-400 credit. It all depends on luck, and if the CSR is willing to go out of their way for you. *sigh. I think it would still mean I’d have to front the entire sum though. Which I do not have right now. Ugh…. who knows

Upgrade #3 - My computer has been pissing me off lately. I always go through this with every one of my computers I’ve had in the past. They break down at the year mark. BUT thankfully my computer has made it past that. BUY MAC! .. but it doesn’t have enough memory for the all the things I do on it. I like multi-tasking, and like having everything running at once, for convenience. I find I have to “Force quit” a lot of apps, because my computer isn’t running fast enough & I wait a while for a lot of things. It’s annoying me. I’ve almost bought a new laptop through Dell… even when I thought I couldn’t bare to switch back to PC.. PC’s are cheap! So now I’ve been looking into Referb’d MacBook Pros.. You save A LOT of money. Sometimes even over a $1000… you get the same warranty too and the same option for AppleCare.

I gotta win the lottery or marry a very wealthy man. LMAO. jk… not about the lottery thing though I bought my Trans-Siberian Orchestra tickets on the weekend. I managed to snag floor seats. $150! The concert is on December 26th. I am so excited and cant wait to see my dad’s reaction when I give them to him. EEEEEE! It’s killing me to keep this from him! Christmas is so close now. I can’t believe it’s only next week! December has really flown by!!! THANK GOD