Thursday December 2, 2004
Let's add injury to insult...
So Andrew just called me to say that he changed his mind and is not coming over right now... That sucks, but what's pissing me off a lot more is that when he called me to tell me this, I had to disconnect and I lost this half-done download that was going amazingly fast... And now it has to start all over, and it's going really slow. :P Dammit, it's injury to insult... Damn you Andrew! :P
So sorry for not updating lately... I've had a crazy-stupid last few days... Like, on Tuesday I had to do those interviews, but NO ONE would call me back. :P So at the last minute I had to switch topics and just make it work... And I wrote it the morning that it was due, and I found out at almostly literally the last minute that it had to be 500-600 words, not 300-400, so I had to quickly write some crap, and I was 15 minutes late for class. :P But oh well, that's all done and now I can just chill and do crap. :)
Oh good, now my download is almost as far along as it was before, although it's still not going as fast. Oh well.
So I don't actually have anything much to talk about, so I'll update more later.
~Shayla
Monday November 29, 2004
Band practice at my house...
So there are like four -whoops, make that five- noisy grade tens having a band practice in my basement... They're practicing for the christmas assembly at Ward... Awwww.... my sister's going to carry on the Duval legacy and sing again, this time on her own... I'm just so proud... *sniff, sniff*
This house is gonna get HELLA noisy pretty soon, if they manage to find enough guitar cables (silly people, bring your own damn cables! :P). It's a very merry Blink 182 Christmas. ;)
So I spent the day trying to get in touch with two people for an interview for my last assignment of the semester!! :D I'm writing a news article on health fraud, and I'm waiting to be called back by someone either from the Ontario Medical Association or the Police... Damn people, call me back when you say you're going to. :P Ooooh man, if they don't get back to me and I have to miss class tomorrow to take their stupid phone calls I'm going to phone them ALL day until they answer my bloody questions. :P (This is how I know I'm going to make it big in the journalism business -I'm a natural pain in the ass ;))
Lalala... So tomorrow cuzin Mary is coming over to take pictures of Katie and I... I don't know what kind of pictures, but all posing is fun anyway so YAY. :)
Oh no... Julien discovered the drum kit... There'll be no silence in this house for the rest of the night now. :P
Aaaaanyway, I'm going to go try to do something SOMEWHAT productive, because aside from calling people I've done NOTHING all day...
Hey, those kids don't sound half bad! :D
~Shayla
Sunday November 28, 2004 Clean Actually...
So I'm remembering my 80's roots because Katie and I watched "Pretty in Pink" last night... Urrrrg, that movie pisses me off though... Like, SHE SHOULD HAVE ENDED UP WITH DUCKIE!!! FIRSTLY, he is totally, truly in love with her, and will stand up for her (he kicked that other guy's ass for her). SECONDLY, he cracks me up (like when he's on her bed singing that song to her dog... that was so great... and when he danced in the music store). THIRDLY, he is a MILLION TIMES BETTER LOOKING THAN THE GUY SHE ENDED UP WITH!!! Like, he was so EWWWWW!!! He reminds me of someone who I probably shouldn't say here because what if he reads it someday... Oh, what are the chances of that? Okay, he looked like Ryan Baker. :P WHY would she not go for Duckie instead?? I would have picked him... Stupid redhead...
OH, and the mean guy in that is haattt... If only he wasn't a huge asshole. :P
So I've been having a pretty chill weekend... I did clean my room, FINALLY!!! You should all be very proud of me, because I mean I ACTUALLY cleaned it. Like, I took all the shit out of the closet and drawers and actually went through it. My room hasn't ACTUALLY been clean since... oh God, since when?? Wow, this is really scary...
Okay, I just called Andrew, and we figured out that I haven't actually had a clean room since February/March 2001!! Isn't that CRRRAZZZYY?? He's never really seen my room clean... Damn it all, now I HAVE to dust it and make it look nice because I haven't gotten to this point in about four years...
I do have ONE distraction though... I recently pulled out the Super Nintendo Andrew got me for my birthday... Donkey Kong 3 is SERIOUSLY the best game in the whole entire world... Oh my God, I LOVE this game... Mary, you have to come over some time and play with me like the old days!! :D
Okay, I'd better go because Andrew's coming over and I REALLY need a shower. EVERYONE, GO CLEAN YOUR ROOMS!!
~Shayla
Friday November 26, 2004 @ 4:08 PM
Andrew cheats at checkers...
Either he cheats, or I'm just bitter that he beat me at it... Whichever is more likely. ;)
So I went downtown today to look for a coat, and I may or may not have found one... I found one I liked at H&M (dear God I love that store!!) but I'm just not sure if it's warm enough... It's a red pea coat... It's purdy... My mom and sister and I are going on a hardcore Christmas shopping excursion a week from today, so I'm going to show it to her then and we'll see if I buy it.
I honestly don't know what I'm going to do when I move out someday... Like, how will I ever decide what to wear? I mean, I may be artsy or whatever, but I actually have NO eye for colour... Before I go out I have to ask my mom or my sister if what I'm wearing clashes... Although I'm getting better and figuring it out for myself, which is good news. I know I'm a huge dork at this, but I seriously I'm pretty helpless when it comes to colours.
Now, DESIGN, that's what I like. I can tell if a piece is taken from a fashion/design era in the last century, but I'm pretty useless with colour.
Hey, that reminds me... Yesterday Katie, my mom and I got in a HUGE fight over furtinure and sentimental belongings. Okay, because like every time my parents want to get rid of something I ask to have it. It's not my fault that she doesn't ask until I have it. Or, like, certain things I've said my whole life that I wanted, so when my parents are planning to get rid of it, they know I want it.
Confused? Okay, we were talking about the old knocker that used to be on our old door. It has "Duval" engraved on it and it's pretty battered up, but I've always wanted it, and when they took the old door down and I asked to have it. Now she desperately wants it, but I'm not giving it to her dammit! I'm never going to change my last name, so I'd like to put that on my door to my house someday, maybe... I like in the assumption that my kids will take my last name, which probably won't happen but it would be nice. :P
Aaaanyway, so I wouldn't give her the damn knocker, and then she's like, "You have everything from this house. I'd like something to take with me when I leave." Honestly, what a drama queen. I got the stuff I have by asking for it. I have the clock that was given to my mother as an engagement present. I have the little doo-hickey thing from the front hood of our old purple car. My mom said I may be allowed to take the furniture from my room with me when I go (but maybe not, because they're like antiques from the '40s and they're probably worth a lot, so I understand, but it would be awesome if she let me take them with me). The conversation actually started when I asked for my Dad's dresser, if my mom ever plans to get ride of it... It's this awesome old dresser that reminds me of a jukebox... I dunno how to describe it, but it would look really awesome in a room.
On a tangent, I would like to have an art deco kitchen some day... I think that would be just awesome... Like, the kind of kitchen you would have seen from the 40s-50s... Honestly, my first year in my own house, it's going to be like a season of trading spaces... And I've learned from the best -my mom. She ALWAYS does the rooms herself, she NEVER hires anyone... And if I can get my dad to teach me about electric stuff, I can even install the light fixtures myself. :D
Aaaanyway, so tonight I'm watching the old claymation Rudolph... Hey, I just noticed that "Rudolph" sounds and is spelled a lot like "Adolf." Think he's a Nazi??
Annnnyway, have a good night everyone! :D
~Shayla
Thursday November 25, 2004 @ 3:07 PM
The breakfast of champions...
Okay, so my sister stayed home today because it was a scheduled day, and really, who goes to school on scheduled days?? So I decided that because I didn't do the readings for my politics course anyway, I would stay home too (I told my parents it got cancelled, just so they wouldn't bug me... shhh!). Oh my God, though... We have had the GROSSEST day ever!!!
Okay, so when I got up it was like almost noon, and Katie was starving... She kept bugging me to walk with her to Tim Horton's or take the bus to our usual family restaurant and stuff, but I didn't want to... So we decided eventually to make pasta salad, but it came out pretty nasty because we didn't have any vegetables to add to it and because it had WAY too much oil (I also used Olive oil instead of veggie oil :P). So when we ate it, there was like a pool of oil at the bottom... It was really nasty, and we both thought we were going to barf (especially Katie, because she ate two bowls of it). So that was breakfast.
Then we decided to walk to Beckers and get a pint of ice cream each (the ice cream was really good). But it was f-f-fucking f-f-freezing... We had to walk by this school of children outside for lunch recess... I think that teachers and the board of education are actually masochists. C'mon, who sends kids out in f-f-freezing weather for an hour??? HONESTLY, I used to HATE recess at about this time every year... There's not even snow, just COLD and WIND (and those poor damn kids have it doubly worse because their playground is in a particularily windy spot). Yes, so anyway, it was SOOO cold... That was hours ago, and my fingers STILL feel a little numb.
Yeah, so we bought ice cream and coke and came home and watched a few episodes of Clone High, which I actually haven't watched in a pretty long time... But, never fear, I can still recite most of the lines in the episodes (don't worry, I don't actually do that... I'm not THAT big of a dork). Oh my God, I love that show... "UNACCEPTABLE?? Did you see the pool?? THEY FLIPPED THE BITCH!!" Ahahahaha what a great show...
So I worked for my sister last week because she was sick, and today I don't feel like going to outside anymore or working, so I made her go to work for me. :) YAY! I'm having a super-lazy day today, but I think everyone deserves one of those once in a while. :)
Whoa, my sister's science homework is sitting here in front of me right now... and it's CRAAZY... "Oxyacids are compounds formed when hydrogen combines with polyatomic ions that contain oxygen." That's freakin' insane... Man, I didn't have to do this crap back in grade ten... DAAAAMN, I admire all you people who took chemistry, because this is some crazy shit.
Okay, so remember when I said I felt like barfing during our walk to the store?? Like, what exactly is the etiquette for barfing in public?? Like, if I throw up on someone's lawn do I have to go find a bag and pick it up like dog poop? Can I just leave it there? Should I go appoligize or something? If I throw up on a TTC bus in the middle of an isle and everyone stares at me, what is the "proper" thing to do? Should I just save myself the embarrassment and get off the bus and catch the next one? What if a throw up on a stranger? Can they sue me? These are just some things I've been thinking about, and I wondered what you guys thought?
Aaaaanyway, I'm gonna go eat more ice cream and do more nothing. Thanks for your comments!! :D
~Shayla
Wednesday November 24, 2004 @ 6:09 PM
Baby, it's cold outside...
Heheheh I decided that's Andrew-and-my Christmas song... except, he would have to sing the girl part, and me the guy part, because he always tries to leave and I try to get him to stay longer.
So today was a pretty good day... I had my last history tutorial (YES!!!) which means that instead of going in for 10 AM on Wednesdays to talk about a course that I rarely do the readings for, I can now sleep instead. ;)
And my final assignment of the semester is due a week from today, but it's kind of a fun assignment because it's for journalism. Since it's the last assignment, he's letting us pick our own topic, but he wants us to get it approved. So today in class (because no one had any idea what to do) he was asking if anyone wanted to talk to him (in front of the class) as to what they wanted to do for their assignment... Oh, by the way, this isn't a big scary lecture or anything, there's only 40 people in the course per year. So yeah, I was the second person to volunteer and he liked my idea, so YAY! :D So I'm writing an article on Health Card Fraud. I got the idea from working at Dr.B's because this one lady Eileen always tells patients that their healthcard is worth $20 000 on the black market (that is, the old healthcards without your picture on it). Should be exciting enough... Maybe I'll post it here when it's done... Maybe I'll submit it to the Scarborough Mirror instead and buy you all copies if it gets published. ;)
So anyway, after class I decided to go to Fairview to buy my mom's Christmas presents. I was happy because Andrew came with me, and we ate lunch there and took pictures in one of those photo booth thingies. It's kinda funny that that was our first time ever doing that together, after all these years... And unfortunately, I pressed the pictures in one of my textbooks so it wouldn't get bent on my way home, but I think it was still a little wet or something because it ended up getting stuck to one of the pages and now there's bits of page stuck on my pictures. :P Oh well, they weren't overly good pictures anyway, because Andrew's never used the photo booth before, and he thought you had to press a button or something to make the thing take the picture, so when it randomly started taking pictures he wasn't expecting it... So in the first, like, three pictures Andrew's making this stunned, hey-what's-going-on face. Oh well, there's always more photo booths, right? :D
And while we were at Fairview I bought dark chocolate rose buds (my favourite!)... And Sonali, you'd be so proud of me because I spent under three dollars at Bulk Barn. :D Yeah, but anyway, I was eating them on the bus, and then I got up to switch seats, but I'd forgotten that the bag was open and on top of my bag, so they spilled all over the floor of the bus and everyone stared at me. :P Ooops!
Ahahaha while I was on the bus, sitting behind me were three stereotypically loud black girls... The whole bus was glaring at them because they were so loud, but I thought they were kinda fun. Sometimes I see groups of people who remind me of my friends, and I want to go and sit and talk with them... Like those loud girls... Or like two weeks ago there were these three brown girls sitting in the meeting place at UTSC and talking about brown stuff and I had this huge urge to go and join them... :P Dammit, I really miss all of you guys!!
But anyway, I hope my mom likes what I (and by "I" I mean "the family" since most of it was my dad's money and it will come from all of us) got her. Actually, I know she will, because she picked it all out when we were at Fairview last Friday... My mom is in love with Le Chateau. Seriously. I bought her these two black lace/beaded coaty-things to go over a dress, and this brooch with red stones that she likes... That, plus the black and white purse I'd forgotten I got her, and I think my mom's pretty much taken care of for Christmas.
Well, I'm pretty sleepy, so I think I'm going to spend the rest of the night showering, watching "Oliver and Company" (we just got it on DVD), eating Wendy's with my sister when she comes home from work (she works at Dr.B's now too), drinking green tea (I drink three cups a day now... it's REALLY good for you!), and chatting with Andrew on the phone. :D I could clean my room or do laundry (which I haven't done in almost a month)... But, meh, it'll still be there tomorrow, so what's the rush? ;)
Good night everyone!! Plan some chill-time for yourselves, if you can afford it.
~Shayla
Wednesday November 24, 2004 @ 12:17 AM
If kissing made you pregnant...
So I handed in my last essay of the semester today... Not my best work, but how on earth am I suppose to cram the million questions they wanted me to answer into three pages in essay format?? Seriously, like I have great ideas, but would you give me a space to write them??
So today was okay at school... I'm thinking of trying out to be part of the singing ensemble in this opera they're doing at my school... But I'm kinda nervous. I mean, I'm not part of the drama program or society or anything, but you don't have to be, but I mean I don't know anyone there... And what if I try out they look at me and like... Like, I don't want them to think I'm one of those people who think they can sing but ultimately suck. And I haven't sung in SOOO long, and I'm terrified of the audition and what if I get in and they make you practice too much or something?? I'm just pretty nervous and I'm not sure if I should try out.
Aaaaanyway, so I handed in my essay today, which means that I felt the right to look like crap for the whole day. I just basically wore those red sweatpants that I love and had slept in the night before and a black shirt. And my coat was lost/stolen last week (the black one with the grey dog-looking fur) so I wore this long grey fleece coat my sister owns... I dunno... It's weird taking Women's Studies because now I analyse everything. Like, I noticed that all day I was sort of making excuses for myself (I had an exam due today, I was up all night, I think I'm getting sick) and almost appologizing for looking so bad. It's like we feel bad for making people be seen with us when we look so bad... Which is crazy, if you think about it. Like, men don't think like that, right? So why do women?
Any feedback on that? Have you had that happen to you before, and why do you think you feel the need to make excuses/appologize for yourself? I'm sorry if this seems weird to anyone, but I'm actually really interested. In Women Studies they tell you that beauty is a mechanism of patriarchal society, designed to keep women so caught up in it and unhappy with themselves that they don't interfere with "men's issues" or have to heavy a presence in society. I'm interested to hear what other people think about this.
Okay, so if you're wondering about the title of this entry, well, it has a story to go along with it:
This is a scene that has to go into one of Alexis's movies someday... Until then, I own the credit for it!!!
Girl: When I was in grade eight, one of my friends thought you could get pregnant from kissing... Imagine if you could get pregnant from kissing... like, what would we do?
Boy: I dunno... Have sex?
(Flash to the scene of a married couple, the husband comes home and greets his wife with a quick, casual thrust into her vagina. Then he pulls out just as fast and casually and they both zip up their pants. The children smile and carry on about their business as though nothing has happened.
Flash to the scene of two teenage puppy-lovers, humping up against the wall of their high school. An old teacher comes out, looks at them, shakes her head and says, "Now, now, you know the rules about that sort of thing in school..."
Flash to a young couple, in the backseat of a car, mouths close together. The girl says, "Did you bring protection?" He says, "Don't worry, I won't use my tongue." She says, "That doesn't work, and anyway you don't have the self-control.")
Aaaanyway, that's what Andrew and I came up with tonight... but it has to be randomly inserted into a movie someday (I call having my name put in the credits for that ;)).
So I think I'm gonna go to bed because I'm tired, but moreso I'm hungry, but you shouldn't eat this late at night so I'm just going to go to bed so that I don't have to be hungry and I can wake up and be hungry for breakfast. So, good night!
~Shayla
Tuesday November 23, 2004 @ 12:15 AM Harry Potter 3 comes out on DVD today...
Technically, it's the 23rd, but it's like midnight so I still consider it to be the 22nd, really. YAY, new sites are so fun!! It's like when you make something pretty, and you just keep going back and looking at it... I guess you get that a lot with your photos, eh Mary? ...If only photos had comment boxes, you'd never go away from them...
That reminds me, Son and Carly, go check my FAQ because I answered your questions. ;) Don't mind my including your location... I did it because it reminds me of those magazines where people write in with questions, and it amused me greatly for about 2.3 seconds.
YAY!! Questions are fun!! If any of your are ever bored and read one of my less interesting entries and don't know what to comment about, ask me a question so at least I can update my FAQ! :D Actually, that's kind of a lie, I mean calling it a FAQ -after all, most of these questions have not actually been frequently asked. :P
So this little window just popped up on my screen and said there was an error and some program is closing down... But both notepad and windows explorer are still up, so I haven't really noticed what obscure program just exited. Ahahaha... EXIT OUT OF MY FACE.
Wait, oh my God guys... Q. What kind of cheese isn't yours??? A. NACHO CHEESE! Ahahahahaha isn't that the funniest joke you've heard for months?? :D
Those kinds of jokes remind me of my mom and how she always screws up lyrics... "Though I try to hide it, it's clear, I blow bubbles when you are not here" and "Oo-ta bal-oo-ta 'cause we are the champions..." Geez.
Aaaaanyway, thanks everybody for commenting. :D I'll probably be on a crazy regular up-dating schedule until I get tired of looking at this site... Or until I start my final exams, whichever comes first. ;) Until then, I think it's time to say goodnight.
~Shayla
PS. Thanks Claud, for the Pitas suggestion, but I think I'll stay here... I miss having a site, not just a journal... And the updating doesn't really bother me... If I don't keep using these HTML skills I'm going to seriously forget them. :P
Monday November 22, 2004
Last Essay of the Semester
Tomorrow I have a history essay due. It is a three-page assignment and therefore, naturally, I haven't started it yet.
But, after tomorrow I have only one more assignment due, and it's just a journalism one (they tend to come very easily to me). So basically I'm free until exams! :D Hmmm... exams... I should start studying for those... Or at least reading some of the readings...
Wow, November has just FLOWN by! Like, it's the 22nd already today... What on earth was I doing during the 6th, 7th, 8th? I have no idea.
Aaaanyway, so I went for lunch with friends yesterday, which was great. :D Andrea was over an hour late, which I predicted (sorry Anne, but I know you ;)) so it didn't matter that I was half an hour late (which I didn't predict).
But yeah, it was me, Kath, Carly, Anne, Ricky and Adrian. God, I haven't seen those guys (especially Adrian and Ricky, who I haven't seen since summer) in FOREVER. Man, this trying to keep in touch thing is harder than it seems... Believe it or not, I am trying... I think it's hard because I don't really like MSN, so I don't get to chat casually with all of you... I know I should go on more. I guess that's why I keep this journal... No one else really reads it besides you guys (and Andrew and Mary). Surprisingly, I'm keeping in touch with Anne better than anyone else (not that I'm complaining! :D). I guess that's just funny because we rarely kept in touch through any summers (except in grade 3 or so, when you sent me letters on kitty-cat stationary and asked if I'd mail you a birthday gift ;)). Honestly though, e-mail is my saviour right now... I actually check it for letters and journalism assignments.
Hey, this guy on my history textbook looks like Adam Sandler... Isn't he in a new movie soon? OHHH!!! You know who's in a new movie soon?? TOPHER GRACE in IN GOOD COMPANY. I know I'm a huge HUGE dork, but I love him... :D What can I say, I have a thing for the nerdy types? ;)
So this journal is pretty good procrastination material, but I think it's about time I actually read what I have to read for this essay, and see exactly how much thinking this is going to require...
Wish me luck!
~Shayla
PS. Oh, and guys, USE the comment boxes! You guys used to love the comment boxes, remember? Remember, Mary??
Sunday November 21, 2004
The 100th Santa Claus Parade!
Well it's ten in the morning and I'm actually awake -thanks to an alarm clock and my sister's friend Marilyn who likes to call before twelve. ;)
So I'm going to have a bit of a busy day today, but in a good way, I think. The actual reason I'm up this early is to shower before the day starts, but I have time to do that in a bit. At eleven o'clock I have to place a phone call to this girl in my journalism class, who I have to interview and write an article on, as an assignment. We'll see how that goes.
I'm actually going to write the assignment as soon as I'm done the interview, and send it off and get it out of the way, because it's due tonight at 11:59 PM by e-mail. Then I'm meeting friends at Fairview at two o'clock for lunch -YAY! (Note to self: call someone and make sure it's still on at that time)
And today is the 100th annual Santa Claus parade! :D I LOVE the parade. Usually I watch it at home with my family (it's sort of a tradition) but this year I'm breaking it an watching it with Andrew's family (there was sort of a struggle between who gets who for the parade, in family terms, but he won out because I'm almost never at his house). It's a good thing that the parade starts at 4:30 today, or I'd miss lunch.
So I saw Bridget Jones 2 last night. Some of the jokes were predictable and redundant, but I thought it was just as good as the first one. Lots of surprises in this one too! :D ...I love Darcy...
Okay, well I think I'm going to go and shower now. BYE!
~Shayla