My Mind's Made Up, I'm Outta Luck

Yesterday, Michel and I came to the conclusion that the absolute cutest thing that a couple can do is cook something together. I have some stale pizza waiting to be nuked.

I didn't get the chance to sleep in today, as I had to go to my first period msip class and read as much of The Handmaid's Tale as I possibly could. Which is what I should be doing right now. It has to be finished for third period on Thursday, and I think I'll be able to make it.

I also have a chimney sweep costume to assemble for Thursday for a presentation in History class.

The audio quality is lacking to say the least, but fuck do I ever love this song.

Please, No Sex in the Trenches

I had an especially great Monday. Not only did I sleep in, I didn't go to my last two classes, as I went to see Passchendaele with my History class instead.
I went into the movie with pretty low expectations. Despite the fact that it stars Paul Gross (we'll discuss him later), the movie has been plagued with relatively negative reviews and little publicity. I'm also not much of a 'war movie person'. Hell, I've never even seen Saving Private Ryan.
All things considered, I was impressed. The movie was solid in almost every way- it was well edited, acted and shot. In fact, Passchendaele's best feature was it's cinematography. The most was made of rural Alberta's landscape, and the greys of Passchendaele were never redundant.
While the storyline was not always captivating, and the ending a tad disappointing, it was still interesting enough to hold everyone's attention for two hours. I have absolutely no idea why the most common complaint about the movie was it's length; the last thing I would label this movie as is "too long".

And my god, Paul Gross. Really, I would pay to watch this man read the phone book.

Back At It

So I'm back here. I feel like I now have the time to blog, and maybe even something to blog about.

The past month and a half has been... solid, I guess. I've gone to a few shows at Trepid, seen a few movies, the usual. Midterms were absolute hell, and my marks aren't where they should be. I have to fix that.

The reason why I thought about blogging again is because of a dream I had last night. I rarely, if ever, remember my dreams, but I can recall this one pretty vividly. I'm not going to get into specifics, because that's not necessary nor is it interesting. Basically, I had a conversation with someone that I used to be involved with. It was strange to hear his side of the story, especially since I've been wanting to have that conversation with him for quite a while.

Also, he looked pretty fat. What's with that?

Long Weekend

My neck hurts from all of the dancing I've been doing, and my work clothes smell from of all the working I've been doing.

Why-Emm-See-Ehh

It seems that all I ever do on this thing is recap my day-to-day living, so why stop now?

Yesterday, Anna and I ventured over to Queen of Hearts Costumes and I finally bought what is perched atop my head as I type, a Native headdress! Unfortunately, the Devo costume doesn't look like it's going to work out, so this Native headdress is my main squeeze on Halloween.
Last night I went out on a little date with Michel, and we saw Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. I liked the movie, as it definitely delivered on the 'cute' front. It's been a while since I've seen a movie in which I didn't mind leaving to go to the bathroom/buy snacks, which is indicative of the content, I think. I'd give it a 7/10.

Today seemed like a flashback to a year ago, as I slept in and walked home from school, which are two things that I made a habit of last year. Actually, this whole season feels like a flashback. On one hand, it's a good thing, as last fall was memorable to say the least, but on the other hand, it's not really fair to constantly compare the present and the past. I feel like I should be more focused on the present and, of course, the future.

Anyway, there's a Ryerson seminar at school tomorrow, and the nerd within me is squirming in their seat.

Oh, and I found a really neat bench/record storage space combo in my basement, and I've already claimed it as mine. I hope to take it with me when I move out. Hurrah!

It's All Autumn

Sitting here, having just devoured two plates of Shepherd's Pie, with an apple pie waiting in the kitchen, I can't help but be excited for Autumn.
It seems pointless to go on about why I love this season, so instead I'll just list some of my October resolutions.
1. Carve at least two pumpkins. Last year I didn't carve any. What's with that?!
2. Jump in a few piles of leaves, preferably with Anna.
3. Get my paws on a DEVO energy dome hat and a Native Indian headdress, and have a memorable Halloween. Complete with Rocky Horror Picture Show.
4. Buy a ticket for Shout Out Out Out Out, and dance my ass off.
5. Finish three rolls of film.
6. Continue to look for colourful kitchen wear/furnishings.
7. Find a great pair of mens Oxfords and riding boots.
I'm sure I'll think of a few more.

No Bananas

It's been almost a week since I have had the time or energy to post here. Ridiculous! I've spent most of the past week either at school, at work, filming, or sitting in front of my computer writing as many essays as I could pump out.
And yes, you read that right, we actually started filming! We were initially going to shoot at City Cafe, but they close at 6, so we had to trek over to Matter of Taste. We were supposed to film today as well, but I think those plans have fallen apart. Ah well, maybe tomorrow?
Yesterday I finally caved in, and bought three more coffee mugs which will one day sit in my own apartment! I'm slowly building a collection of furnishings to bring with me to Toronto/Vancouver/wherever I end up. Colourful kitchenware is a must!
Speaking of moving out, I finally downloaded Google Earth! I figure it can be both a cool time waster and a way to kind of check out the area around VFS. Hurrah!
Last night was the last party in Kylie's basement...ever. The end of an era!

Today, I'm taking the day off, catching up on things like blogging. I'm off to go make myself a cup of tea!

Music of today: anything by Shad or MURS

"I was born under unusual circumstances."

My day was anything but noteworthy, so forget me, it's all about the trailer for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v3V5KAIyM4&feature=related
I'm determined to read the book before December 25th, as that is when the movie is released.
And now I know what I'm doing on Christmas!

Hmmm.

Using my Ryerson key chain thing: good karma or bad karma?

We're Parked on the Poultry Floor

Yesterday was a marathon.
As planned, I went to the University Fair in Toronto with Anna and her family. When we got to Toronto, we went to the infamous dumpling house in China Town, and we had a feast! I had a bowl of Hot and Sour soup, a few pieces of these Green Onion Cake type things, and a few handfuls of dumplings. Duh-lish.
After stuffing ourselves, we went to the Convention Center for the fair. I can't remember the last time I've been in a crowd that big! Shortly after we got there, Anna had a seminar for UO to go to, so I decided to go pick up the pair of headphones that I've been obsessing over lately. It didn't take me very long to walk up to Queen West and back, so I had more than enough time to check out some of the Universities back at the Convention Center. I picked up info from Ryerson, York and Carleton and well as some stuff from OCAD. Ryerson and York are looking promising, I'm looking forward to going to their seminars over the next month.
Once we were done with the Convention, we drove back to Kitchener and went out for dinner at a little Italian place that's actually just down the street from my place. Anna and I ordered the same thing, caesar salad and lasagna. T'was delectable!
After dinner, I was dropped off at 130 King for another Mixing Politics and Music show, this time featuring a representative from the NDP. It was a pretty hectic night, or at least it seemed that way. Rockenspiel was by far the highlight of the night, the dancing was top notch!

Today, I'm definitely feeling sicker than I was on Friday. I'm trying to keep it low key today, and hoping that that will make me feel better.

Mixing School and Work and Politics and Music and Scrabble

I woke up on Friday morning to a headache, a sore throat and general haziness, which convinced me to get at least another hour of sleep. I decided to get to school for second period, which was harder than I had expected, since my bus never came. Fuck you, GRT.

School on Friday couldn't have been very interesting, since I don't really remember what happened that day. I had to go to work after school, a typical Friday night at work ensued. I didn't plan on going to the Mixing Politics and Music show at the Grist Mill, since I figured that I should be well rested for Saturday. I ended up going anyway, and I'm glad that I did! Although I only got to see one band, Parlovr were incredible! Ali bought their album, so I'll have to borrow that asap.

After the show, the gang went to 1842 and we played my favourite board game ever: Scrabble. You cannot deny the fantasticness of Scrabble, don't even try.

Words Don't Even Begin!

This, this right here, is where it's at.

Big Pimpin'

T'was a great day.
Anna went to the UWO conference thing, which ended up being a source of much entertainment! As you may or may not know, Western is considered a bit of a "bro-versity", and somewhere that we generally want to avoid. So when Anna emerged from the seminar, we grabbed the information from her arms too see what this place was all about.
I found a popped collar within 10 seconds.

Anyway, we started watching the original 1963 version of Lord of the Flies in English, which I'm really enjoying, if just for the unintentional surreal nature and unintentional humour! It's shot in very faded black and white, and for the first five minutes or so, the lines were delivered stunningly slowly! Also, Ralph is easily the ugliest boy on the island, while Jack is the most, dare I say, attractive? And Simon looks like a young Thom Yorke! What is going on?!

So I spent most of today pondering those questions. We got our yearbooks today, and as usual, everyone looks hilarious. Especially a certain person.
After school, Dunners, Kylie and I went uptown for some 1842 smoothies, and we generally bummed around till Dunners went to work. I picked up Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada from Orange Monkey, which I have yet to listen to. I'll do that soon.

Filming was cancelled today, since we all agreed that we need better locations. We're hoping to get something done on Sunday.

This weekend is lookin' fine, by the way. I have not one, but two Trepid shows to look forward to, the University fair in Toronto, and a Sunday off!

Oh, and those headphones have been on my mind for days!

Farm Life as it Should Be

Today was an odd little day.

I got a lot of reading done this morning, and I'm almost done Hocus Pocus. It's an incredibly good read, and might just be eclipsing Slaughter-House Five as my second favourite Vonnegut book (my favourite being Breakfast of Champions).
Anyway, I had to suffer through "Luther" again in history. I have no idea how the filmmakers managed to take such an interesting story, and turn it into such a snooze-fest. Blah.
Believe it or not, work actually put me in a good mood today! Typical Wednesday, very quiet.
I was going to make a list of all of the things that i have to look forward to, but...nah. I'm trying to keep this thing as 'in the present' as possible.
That said, tomorrow we're supposed to start filming Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle! Hurrah!

music of today: Fear of Music by the Talking Heads

So Its Come to This.

I've started blogging.
I don't think I'm going to start this new venture with an introduction in the vein of "I'm Emma, I live in blah blah blah", because that just seems unnecessary. Instead, I'm just going to act like I've been at this for years.

I spent most of today an a half asleep daze, feeling as though I should be doing more, or at least trying to do more. Watching "Luther" didn't help with the whole 'being awake' thing. I finally wore my new bow tie, which I paired with a blazer, because I'm all manly like that. After school I went out for coffee with my dearest Dunners, and we came to this conclusion: Halloween will be a buh-last. I've spent most of tonight drumming and looking at University info, which is absolutely terrifying. On the plus side, I have found a few film programs in Ontario that sound appealing, so further researching lies ahead!