me forget

the most exciting part of my day. i bought socks today at zellers. not just any socks. they have a naked sponge bob on them (although he is tastefully covering his bits) and they say 'sponge bob no pants'. awesome. and other ones, that are pink with black sponge bob-style skull and cross bones. my feet are so stylish...grade 4 style.

oh, and that last post? my 200th. whoo.

you had me at taco.

not to make miss ky jealous, but i just found a taco bell in ottawa, and indulged in a crunchwrap supreme. mmm mmm mmm. for some reason, i love those things. they're like a little round tortilla slice of heaven. i think it's the cheesy goodness. plus, the lettuce gives the whole wrap the crunch it deserves. for serious.

and while i was out today, i picked me up something to keep me entertained for awhile. i'm so excited, i think i'm going to go drink 4L of milk. muwhaaa.

on to other things.

now that the olympics are over, i've got american idol to fill the gap that brian williams has left. although it didn't need it, ai has gained some major street cred with me, by having all of the contestants band together and sing the eagles' 'take it easy' last week. as if each idol wannabe singing their own bastardized versions of hits wasn't great enough, but now they're actually cranking out awesome songs! i love that show. i love ace. i shall call him squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my squishy.

and kenny vs spenny is on tonight. that show is totally going to be the next dvd set that i buy. because there is nothing more that i enjoy than watching those two piss eachother off. i love spenny, but every episode i secretly want kenny to win. he's such an evil mastermind, that i can't wait to see what he'll think of next.

ciao.

i'll admit it

i'm not ashamed. i love watching the olympics, almost as much as i love eating chocolate. if that is humanly possible.

so when i saw this link to some quotes from one of the flaming men's figure skaters, i almost peed my pants. this dude is awesome. and we share some common values. like him, i would never wear a boa to a press conference.

vancity, v.2.0

here they are, the last subset of photos which are suitable for public consumption.














now, i love vancouver and it's silly self-importantness. everyone hugs trees, loves dogs, and seems to be earthy and beautiful, yet it's like the city would cease to exist if suddenly there was a drought of grande-non-fat-mocha-frappa-yabba-dabba-doo-chinos. my favourite part is that there is at least two starbucks on every block. as my dad would say, 'you can't swing a cat without hitting a starbucks'. so, to fuel the fire, i ordered me up a caramel macchiato. oh, the goodness that is starbucks caffeine.
















look! more aquarium pictures. i love jellyfish, because they have no brains. and they can sting things. the irony of it all, is that the friends episode where monica gets stung by a jellyfish was on tv while i was there. too funny.
















now, this was my favourite fish of the whole trip. if this thing didn't inspire bloat from finding nemo, i dont' know what did. this fish was so dang cool, it made me so excited. it was the weirdest shaped fish in the history of weird shaped fish. i mean, its mouth was always open! it's head was so big! it was awesome, and i'm going to sit here and think about it's awesomeness for a few minutes.
















okay, back to it. this is the cutest thing ever. it's an upside-down beluga. he seemed to enjoy bobbing upside-down infront of the under water viewing tank. up top, you could see his tail going up and down...it was really rather odd...but it looks like he's smiling, and i think it's so sweet. i want to jump in the tank with him, and give him a hug whilst singing 'baby beluga in the deep blue sea..." raffi would be so proud.
















and now, what you've all been waiting for. i ran inside after i saw this to ask if indeed mr. bo-jangles was really a girl, but nobody seemed to have actually ever met mr. bo-jangles. either that, or it is really some kind of company secret that nobody can tell. kind of like the question about whether or not clay aiken is really gay. it's just overlooked, even though everybody already knows the answer.

and that is my trip to vancovuer. it was fun, and i wish i was still there, because now it's cold here and my skin is dry. i miss the smell of the ocean, and the ability to walk five feet from where i am in any direction to an orange-mocha-frappucino.

vancity!

i'm going to start with only a few picks from my trip to vancouver, since blogger is being dumb
and won't let me load everything up. so here it is....some photo documentation of my four day whirlwind spree to beautiful british columbia.















let's start with a view from my hotel window, downtown. the place has floor to ceiling windows, which makes from some great views. especially at night, when you turn off all the lights and look accross the way into other people apartments. or in the morning, when boys stand shirtless on their balconies.















another super zoom view from the hotel. the weather was beautiful the whole time we were there - i didn't see a drop of rain. sunny, blue skies, and plus fifteen, which made for lots of crazies, and birds swooping at my head. don't miss-read that. no crazies swooped at my head...just birds.















this is the 'view' looking out over the sandwich place we had lunch at. it touted panoramic views, but really it was this little balcony looking over the train yard. if you stood up, and looked around the corner, you could see things. this is the pan-pacific hotel, for hoitey toities.















i walked around this one part of town for an hour and a half, basically down one side of the street and up the other. and dang-it if i didn't see this store. now what the heck am i supposed to name my clothing store when it opens? all the good ones are taken. spank, zellers....what's next: the gap?

this is a tree. it is tall.















some of you may wonder what a 23 year-old almost professional likes to do in vancouver. why, it's obvious: visit the storyeum!! we went to this super crap-ola dinosaur exhibit, where my dad and i were the only people. generally, kids attend also, so the presentation by 'dinosaur dan' for just me and my dad was a little much. the part where the anamatronic t-rex started roaring would have made me drop one in my pants had i been seven.

but the vancouver aquarium made up for the lack of greatness at the storyeum. there is something about going to that place that makes me infinitely happy. perhaps part of it was the fact that tag, the gigantic sea lion, sprayed gross water on me.

or maybe it was the otters. i can safely say that otters are my most favourite thing in the universe. and the little boy standing next to me yelling 'i want to take them home' agrees. so cute! i want to shove them in my mouth.

and dolphins are fun too. and smart. i'm going to enlist one to write my exam in may. and hire one on to play on my pro bball team which i'll be starting. also to feature dave coullier.

and the last photo for part one involves this creepy octopus, sure to scare the pants off any and all readers. it did this weird circuit, where it squished itself behind this rock, came out the other side, then shot it's way back around bonking into the glass on the other side of the tank, before squishing behind the rock again. this picture was taking semi-shooting into glass on side of tank. i think if i was an octopus, i wouldn't mate with this octopus, even if it was the last one on earth. it's gross.

next post will feature more pictures from the aquarium, including the inspiration behind finding nemo, and i will address a question regarding the sexuality of one of our favourite characters.

brick man say what?

today at work the brick had a table set up giving away free mugs with flyers stuffed in them. the swag whore that i am, went over to the table to grab whatever freebies i could get my hands on. there were two styles of mugs to choose from, one with the words 'the big one' and the picture of some brick credit card, the other with the pictures of those dang maytag dudes. i was rooting through which one to choose, when the guy from the brick (gfb) told me (jag) i should pick the one with the maytag guys. our conversation was as follows:

jag: "are there just two styles?"
gfb: "yes. you should take the one with the picture of the maytag guys"
jag: "no thanks. that's not what i like to see first thing in the morning"
gfb: "oh yeah? you'd rather see a big one in the morning, is that it?"

i then grabbed my mug, said "uhhhhh...." gave him a look which said, 'you're crazy and just said something inappropriate to a stranger' and walked away. now i own a tained mug, and my brain is sad.

but i bought two cd's today. city and colour sometimes, and gorillaz demon days. i'm going to spend my night avoiding work, avoiding laundry, and eating pizza and watching house. booyeah.

tv is my best friend

i love tv. it gave me grey's anatomy. and i love love love grey's anatomy. last night's episode was so good it nearly gave me a code brown in my pants. not only was the plot so good, but one of my many boyfriends was guest starring! remember that show he was on? yeah, it wasn't the best, but he was super cute! plus, there was a blind girl, so it was politically correct.

i'm so ready to be done my first rotation. last day is tomorrow. then, to vancouver for four days. time to stay in a nice hotel, shop for things i can't afford, and hopefully go look at some fish. and maybe see some druggies. i plan on not using my brain at all, functioning at the lowest level possible, and perhaps actually going into a semi-comatose state. kind of like now, just in a different province...and closer to the ocean.

i want to go out tonight and buy the city and colour cd. but if i know me - and i think i do - i'll most likely end up eating supper, having a bath, doddling around, and going to sleep. so perhaps i'll rephrase. i want to buy the city and colour cd at some point. maybe wednesday before vancity. or, maybe i'll order it online. then, i don't even have to leave my house. perfect. laziness prevails.

movies and vaginas

i'm pretty sure that when this comes out, i'll be the first one camped out to get tickets. I just love a good love story.

in other news, i saw three vaginas today. which, is three more vaginas than anybody should ever have to see. but it was interesting - i was in an operating room, there to learn about the drugs they use for anesthesia. it's so cool - just put some stuff in an iv line, then *shazaaaam!* you're unconscious, and people start poking around your vagina. well, the vagina part isn't like that for all surgeries. but it was neat, i got to see inside a uterus, and you could actually see the entrance to the fallopian tubes where the eggs come out during ovulation! weeeird.

that's all the excitement i can blog about for one day.