I think I have lost my mind, like for real this time.
I can't stop looking at vacations- hahaha! I guess that's what happens when you get the taste of it...
I've decided this year though that I am going to take advantage of my two weeks vacation in July and do something fun! I don't know what yet, or with who but I know that I won't be spending all 14 days in Montreal.
I can't wait!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Angels & Demons- The BOOK, not the Movie. ***SPOILERS***
So I went to see Angels & Demons last night, and I guess you can say that I was disappointed. Of course, I was expecting it but there were a lot of changes that were made to the story and the fact that Tom Hanks played Robert Langdon in both Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code, ruins things all on its own.
The movie was okay... I'll give it that much credit, but nothing will compare to the well put together novel by Dan Brown.
My friends that I saw the movie with were complaining that I was not satisfied with the film, but having thought of it for a bit afterwards, I came to realize that a lot was missing from the movie's plot:
- In the book, Robert Langdon found the clues to each of his locations (which was so interesting), but in the book it was so secondary.
- Langdon didn't ride the ultra high speed jet going to the Vatican, but instead took a 10 second helicopter and pretty much appeared in Rome
- The character Max Kohler, CERN director, was not present. He was the one that originally found the body and eye of Vetra's father (and not co-worker!) in the lab when the anti-matter was stolen. In the movie, Vetra found his body.
- Ewan McGregor played The Camerlengo named Patrick McKenna; in the novel, he is named Carlo Ventresca.
- The fourth prefereti was branded with a Water ambigram and was chained but was eventually saved by Langdon but in the book, he dies and does not tell Langdon the location of the Hassasin. In the book, Langdon completed the Path of Illumination on his own to find the Hassasin.
- The fifth ambigram was not the Illuminati diamond! They instead used two crossed keys
- The killer is an arab man with strong ties to ancient assassins
- Vittoria was not captured by the Hassasin.
- The Camerlengo retrieved the antimatter and got into the helicopter alone. In the novel, the Camerlengo and Langdon took the helicopter together.
- The fourth preferati became the new pope in the movie. Whereas in the book, Saverio Mortati becomes the new pope.
- The new pope loaned the book which contained material he needed for research to Langdon. In the book, the Illuminati Diamond brand was loaned to Langdon.
- The carmelengo burned himself in the church(the only diffenrece that I liked, it made more sense)instead of publicly in St Peter's Square.
I would say, go see the movie if you haven't read the book. The movie is definitely better than The Da Vinci Code, but at the same time the missing elements and the movie altogether does not outweigh the book. I LOVED the book, and almost hated the movie.
The movie was okay... I'll give it that much credit, but nothing will compare to the well put together novel by Dan Brown.
My friends that I saw the movie with were complaining that I was not satisfied with the film, but having thought of it for a bit afterwards, I came to realize that a lot was missing from the movie's plot:
- In the book, Robert Langdon found the clues to each of his locations (which was so interesting), but in the book it was so secondary.
- Langdon didn't ride the ultra high speed jet going to the Vatican, but instead took a 10 second helicopter and pretty much appeared in Rome
- The character Max Kohler, CERN director, was not present. He was the one that originally found the body and eye of Vetra's father (and not co-worker!) in the lab when the anti-matter was stolen. In the movie, Vetra found his body.
- Ewan McGregor played The Camerlengo named Patrick McKenna; in the novel, he is named Carlo Ventresca.
- The fourth prefereti was branded with a Water ambigram and was chained but was eventually saved by Langdon but in the book, he dies and does not tell Langdon the location of the Hassasin. In the book, Langdon completed the Path of Illumination on his own to find the Hassasin.
- The fifth ambigram was not the Illuminati diamond! They instead used two crossed keys
- The killer is an arab man with strong ties to ancient assassins
- Vittoria was not captured by the Hassasin.
- The Camerlengo retrieved the antimatter and got into the helicopter alone. In the novel, the Camerlengo and Langdon took the helicopter together.
- The fourth preferati became the new pope in the movie. Whereas in the book, Saverio Mortati becomes the new pope.
- The new pope loaned the book which contained material he needed for research to Langdon. In the book, the Illuminati Diamond brand was loaned to Langdon.
- The carmelengo burned himself in the church(the only diffenrece that I liked, it made more sense)instead of publicly in St Peter's Square.
I would say, go see the movie if you haven't read the book. The movie is definitely better than The Da Vinci Code, but at the same time the missing elements and the movie altogether does not outweigh the book. I LOVED the book, and almost hated the movie.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Two more pounds... GONE!
Weight lost to date: 10 pounds
Weight still to lose: A lot!
I'm determined though.
I won't give up this time.
This is a competition against myself.
I'm going for it.
Weight still to lose: A lot!
I'm determined though.
I won't give up this time.
This is a competition against myself.
I'm going for it.
Slow Me Down- Emmy Rossum
Rushing and racing
and running in circles
Moving so fast, I'm forgetting my purpose
Blur of the traffic is sending me spinning
Getting nowhere
My head and my heart are colliding, chaotic
Pace of the world
I just wish I could stop it
Try to appear like I've got it together
I'm falling apart
Save me
Somebody take my hand, and lead me
Slow me down
Don't let love pass me by
Just show me how
'Cause I'm ready to fall
Slow me down
Don't let me live a lie
Before my life flys by
I need you to slow me down
Sometimes I fear that I might dissapear
In the blur of fast forward I faulter again
Forgetting to breathe, I need to sleep
I'm getting nowhere
All that I've missed I see in the reflection
Passed me while I wasn't paying attention
Tired of rushing, racing and running
I'm falling apart
Tell me
Oh won't you take my hand and lead me
Slow me down
Don't let love pass me by
Just show me how
'Cause I'm ready to fall
Slow me down
Don't let me live a lie
Before my life flys by
I need you to slow me down
Just show me
I need you to slow me down
The noise of the world is getting me caught up
Chasing the clock and I wish I could stop it
Just need to breathe, somebody please
Slow me down
and running in circles
Moving so fast, I'm forgetting my purpose
Blur of the traffic is sending me spinning
Getting nowhere
My head and my heart are colliding, chaotic
Pace of the world
I just wish I could stop it
Try to appear like I've got it together
I'm falling apart
Save me
Somebody take my hand, and lead me
Slow me down
Don't let love pass me by
Just show me how
'Cause I'm ready to fall
Slow me down
Don't let me live a lie
Before my life flys by
I need you to slow me down
Sometimes I fear that I might dissapear
In the blur of fast forward I faulter again
Forgetting to breathe, I need to sleep
I'm getting nowhere
All that I've missed I see in the reflection
Passed me while I wasn't paying attention
Tired of rushing, racing and running
I'm falling apart
Tell me
Oh won't you take my hand and lead me
Slow me down
Don't let love pass me by
Just show me how
'Cause I'm ready to fall
Slow me down
Don't let me live a lie
Before my life flys by
I need you to slow me down
Just show me
I need you to slow me down
The noise of the world is getting me caught up
Chasing the clock and I wish I could stop it
Just need to breathe, somebody please
Slow me down
Saturday, May 9, 2009
How can you embrace the future if the past is your present?
I just finished looking back on past blog posts and looking at other peoples' Facebook pages and blogs. I have to say that once again, it has hit me how much people are changing these last couple of months. I don't know if it's for the better or the worse, but one thing's for sure... everything is changing and I really haven't adapted to it. As much as I would like for things to be the way they once were, I don't think it'll ever happen. It saddens me.
I've never seen you happier
Congratulations James on your acceptance into the Biomedical Laboratory Technician program at Dawson! It was such an amazing experience to be there as you opened your letter, I'm so proud of you!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Unnatural Feeling
I've been staring at my keyboard for the last five minutes trying to think about how to write this. It's almost impossible to describe an emotion when the feeling cannot be expressed.
I feel sad, disapointed but occasionally content. I try and disregard the negative but somehow I feel it lurking in the background. I keep pushing the thoughts away but the more I neglect it, the more reoccuring they become. I have days when I am extremely happy with the way things are, and others where I feel alone.
Why is it that, when you're around me I am at my happiest but when I'm not around you, you can feel that same emotion? Weird.
We all have separate lives, although we fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. I just hope that due to life's unexpected nature, I won't lose a piece.
I feel sad, disapointed but occasionally content. I try and disregard the negative but somehow I feel it lurking in the background. I keep pushing the thoughts away but the more I neglect it, the more reoccuring they become. I have days when I am extremely happy with the way things are, and others where I feel alone.
Why is it that, when you're around me I am at my happiest but when I'm not around you, you can feel that same emotion? Weird.
We all have separate lives, although we fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. I just hope that due to life's unexpected nature, I won't lose a piece.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Spick and span!
So my room is nice and clean now! It took me literally all day yesterday to do it, but 4 grocery bags full of garbage and 2 for the recycling, and I am done! It is always so much fun to go through old stuff... I definitely got a good laugh last night when I came across some lost treasures:
- a lamenated picture of Mel Pels and I, dressed up as Spice Girls for a Grade 4 show at Edgewater
- old photo booth pictures
- a note that Selina and I passed around, talking about how James liked her and Jess but they both didnt have feelings for him! Oh how things have changed...
- old mixed tapes and cds that I had made
- my Edgewater yearbook
- an old project on Polar Bears that I did in Grade 3 and got A+ on
- numerous letters from Melissa Tamilia (my Winnipeg buddy)
- a bunch of dried out smelly-markers
- old diary entries
- a very old agenda that Maria and I used when we would play School or House. I apparently was a lawyer at some point too because I have jotted down how much I was charging people for different legal situations, haha!
- old concert tickets
- metro and bus transfers dated back to 2004
- movie ticket stubs (from movies as old as Bring it On! haha)
- very old bright blue nail polish
- birthday + holiday cards
Who knew that cleaning could be so amusing
- a lamenated picture of Mel Pels and I, dressed up as Spice Girls for a Grade 4 show at Edgewater
- old photo booth pictures
- a note that Selina and I passed around, talking about how James liked her and Jess but they both didnt have feelings for him! Oh how things have changed...
- old mixed tapes and cds that I had made
- my Edgewater yearbook
- an old project on Polar Bears that I did in Grade 3 and got A+ on
- numerous letters from Melissa Tamilia (my Winnipeg buddy)
- a bunch of dried out smelly-markers
- old diary entries
- a very old agenda that Maria and I used when we would play School or House. I apparently was a lawyer at some point too because I have jotted down how much I was charging people for different legal situations, haha!
- old concert tickets
- metro and bus transfers dated back to 2004
- movie ticket stubs (from movies as old as Bring it On! haha)
- very old bright blue nail polish
- birthday + holiday cards
Who knew that cleaning could be so amusing
Monday, May 4, 2009
What a nice day!
It's so beautiful outside and although I am not outside to spend it in the sun, I am having a good day indoors. Today I decided to take advantage of my day off to finally clean my room in it's entirety: draws, closet, desk, shelves! Everything that can hold and contain more of a mess! Being a pack-rat, it's always good to do this every once and a while... especially to get rid of the stupid Maxi promotional t-shirts that they give us (I got rid of 12 just today! I had one for every occasion and color of the rainbow!)
Other than that, I am having fun just dancing and singing around in my room and being a total goof ball in front of Janna- poor thing has a ped-day today and has to endure my excessive energy.
Anyway, back to cleaning and dancing to the Black-Eyed Peas' new hit "Boom Boom Pow." hahahaha! The sun makes me happy!
Other than that, I am having fun just dancing and singing around in my room and being a total goof ball in front of Janna- poor thing has a ped-day today and has to endure my excessive energy.
Anyway, back to cleaning and dancing to the Black-Eyed Peas' new hit "Boom Boom Pow." hahahaha! The sun makes me happy!
Untitled
"Sipping wine, killing time, trying to solve life's mysteries."
It amazes me how the simplest things in life can supersede most extravagent situations. How common interests and values can bring together a group of people. How after all of these years, we still fit together so well. Thanks for making me smile.
This feeling never gets old.
It amazes me how the simplest things in life can supersede most extravagent situations. How common interests and values can bring together a group of people. How after all of these years, we still fit together so well. Thanks for making me smile.
This feeling never gets old.
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