The Evolution of Jenn

Not much to say here

2008-04-06T21:49:00.002-07:00

But the old post was driving me nuts so i thought i'd add a new one.

Not really sure what to tell you. I've been slowly trying to finish my backlog of drawings, before it grows into another backlog of drawings. I've also taken up indoor wall climbing again so that takes up 2 nights which is fun. i'm also planning on taking up a Yoga class again, and between the walls, yoga and badminton i'm hoping to get my body back into some sort of condition.

I'm also going to be training for doing a biking wine tour for the MS Bike tour, should be 2 days of "fun" if all works out. Otherwise it'll be 2 days of hell but for a good cause.

Oh, also hoping to go to a music festival or 2 this summer. Depends on how it all works out.

Anyways i must run and maybe finish a drawing.
ttfn
Nim

Fun and Games

2007-04-22T22:00:00.000-07:00

saw this on a friend of mines page and thought i'd post it.

Rules:
You can ask me THREE questions
No matter how crazy, inappropriate, or random they are

I will answer 100% truthfully (be wary i'm a crazy honest person, so if you actually don't want to know the answer, don't ask the question that's the only warning you'll get )

You must do the same in your journal if you ask me something!

Otherwise, things are well here, i bought some books that rock, The Golden Book of Faerie (it's the 4 books in the chronicles of faerie) by O.R. Melling and also Wicked (i can't remember who that is by) anyways, the golden book of Faerie is already cool.

A little reorganizing

2007-04-01T20:46:00.000-07:00

So you may have noticed the new layout, or not as it were. But if you do could you please tell me if it actually falls like it's supposed to with the links etc on the right hand side and not on the bottom like seems to occur in my view at the moment.

Otherwise not much is new. Other then that i've asked a guy at work out a few times, we go for lunch. I have no idea where it's going if anywhere, but it's fun and i like him so i guess to quote my grandfather it's better then a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. If things progress to any point similar to a significant other status i'll let y'all know and post a few more dets etc. Though honestly i can't tell one way or the other where this is going as i can't read him to save my life, which i guess is the Gods' fun way of balancing things out. Oh well, i guess i'll just have to wait and see like everyone else. LOL

hmm other then that my stomach has been an absolute ass of late. I'm not sure what i ate to piss it off, but if it didn't involve soy then i'll blame it on forgetting to clean my brita at work and ending up drinking some green water. As it appears that my biotic content is totally out of wack. XP i think in the next few days i'm going to start eating yogurt again (the bioactive stuff) and i'll be avoiding corn (popcorn etc) and onions like the plague. Otherwise rice, though it really doesn't fill me up is my friend. YAY rice, i always hated it and i have a feeling i won't be eating much of it for a long time after this. I'm also apparently avoiding junk food, not fun but i think necessary. Fingers crossed my stomach will forgive me and go back to enjoying food as much as my mouth does.

Oooh i did go see Dracula done by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. What a riot that was, very fun/energetic/funny and well put together on a whole. If you get an opportunity to go see it i highly recommend it. The "Red Dance" i admit was a bit weird but the wolf costume rocked and well the wolf's dance skills were fabu. So i guess i'll forgive the bizarre dance interlude.

Anyways if you could let me know if the new layout is working i'd really appreciate it.

ttfn
nim

Soy What?!?

2007-02-04T22:26:00.000-08:00

So i was just poking through this wee little paper that gets delivered to our house and what to i find but an article titled, you guessed it, "Soy What?". It was exalting in the "joy" that is soy. Telling us that even though soy isn't the wonder food that we were all led to believe it's still a wondrous thing to eat and everyone should have some in their life.
What bugs me about this, and well many other articles like it is that everyone forgets about the "poor souls" who are soy intolerant, like myself. So now that everyone has joined on the "soy-is-god" band wagon what are us poor soy intolerant people to do?
Well some of you may think, "sure whatever soy intolerant! next thing you'll be selling me ..." I should know i've encountered such responses in my own family. For example, my sister (bless her) who figured since she was gluten/lactose intolerant that really must be my problem and the "soy" issue was just my way of not giving up milk. One soy-protein boosted shake unknowingly consumed by me relieved her of these beliefs as i spent 3 days curled in a ball in screaming pain as my body tried to process something it couldn't digest. I really have to say it wasn't fun. But then again it proved my point so in the end i sorta have to thank her, 'cause there was always that doubt that maybe it wasn't the soy.
Now i'm sure you're wondering why am i ranting about this now?
Well i don't know about you but have y'all noticed the number of products that come with "soy" of some form or another added to them. To clarify, it appears to be the soy protein, soy flour and soy oil (in really high doses) that sets me off. Soy sauce (thank the gods) and soya lecthin don't seem to bother me in the least. or possibly i just never eat enough of either to notice anything. So to continue, they're plunking soy into everything. Not even peanut butter is safe. Damn them at Kraft and Skippy for swapping to the soy oil, i'm now relegated to the crappy not-quite-smooth organic stuff.
There is so far that i can tell only one granola bar on the market that doesn't have soy in it. The salty sweet line by Nature Valley. What i'll never understand is how soy flour makes it into all their other bars but not these to. Either way i thank them for the small graces.
So then there's power bars, in an earthquake i'm shafted, hell even chicken strips aren't safe. I'd been wondering why these chicken strips my mom bought were making my tummy upset. well turns out they're only 20% meat protein, the rest is soy. YARGH!!
my food supply has become severly limited, there's not "Mr. Noodles" like things, many types of bread, or even some types of chips. It's nuts.
Though i guess in a way i do eat healthier because of it, but it's still worrisome as this "soy" bandwagon doesn't seem to be slowing down, and it appears that it will eventually leave those of us who are soy intolerant in the dust.
Either way i dare you to start reading the labels just to find out how many random things people are adding to your "faithful" foods. Probably one of the most hilarious things about soy is the amount of processing it needs to go through so that it's digestible by most humans. The list of chemicals on to tofu pack is rather disturbing especially if you aren't splurging for the organic. And even still, calcium chloride yum.
happy trails
nim

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

2007-01-07T23:07:00.000-08:00

Hey all. I hope you had a fabulous Christmas and New Years!!

I did, though it was super busy. Well new years was relaxed and wonderful over in Vancouver, eating cupcakes and watching movies with the best bud whom i met in grade 3. Sooo much fun.

Hmm then this weekend, yesterday to be specific myself, Evil and Tim went over to Vancouver to go see Body Worlds. Holy Cow!!! it was soooo cool. And i'm not just saying that. It was really cool and rather overwhelming but so stunning. it was nuts. If you have a chance to go see it I'd highly recommend it. It's REALLY neat!

Anyways not much else to report other then that i'm currently addicted to Snow Patrol's CD, i loved them when i lived in Scotland but never got around to buying a CD, but i got it for christmas this year. YAY!!! I like all the songs on the CD
this one in particular:

Set The Fire To The Third Bar
Snow Patrol Feat. Martha Wainwright

I find the map and draw a straight line
Over rivers, farms, and state lines
The distance from here to where you'd be
It's only finger-lengths that I see
I touch the place where I'd find your face
My finger in creases of distant dark places

I hang my coat up in the first bar
There is no peace that I've found so far
The laughter penetrates my silence
As drunken men find flaws in science

Their words mostly noises
Ghosts with just voices
Your words in my memory
Are like music to me

I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
I, I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms

After I have travelled so far
We'd set the fire to the third bar
We'd share each other like an island
Until exhausted, close our eyelids
And dreaming, pick up from
The last place we left off
Your soft skin is weeping
A joy you can't keep in

I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
And I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms

And miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
and I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms

Merry Christmas Everyone

2006-12-24T14:38:00.000-08:00

Hello all and Merry Christmas. It's a nice little wind storm here on the west coast of Canada. Lots of rain and blustery weather, but it's all good just adds to the fun.

I hope you are all doing well this Yule, Christmas and New Year!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

2006-10-31T20:50:00.000-08:00

Well Happy Halloween or Samhain, whichever you choose, to Everyone!!

Today was a bizzar but fun day with our entire branch off on retreat. Lots of fun to be had including a funkiest etc hat contest as there was no costuming it to the retreat. But lots of fun none the less. For those of you who knew me at UNBSJ i pulled a classic "hat" idea from my Halloween costume closet and went as a "red-eyed susan". That is i took a bandana and used a stapler to attached some petals (though for any of you know know botany and red-eyed susans we know they're actually bracts ^_~) from this funky foam stuff you can get in most craft stores, drew a few bugs on (spider and a ladybug) and put my bandana on my head pulled the petals down and BOO! it's a flower hat.

Lots of fun, won the wackiest hat award, and got lots of complements.

Otherwise the retreat was quite interesting, and maybe that's because it's my first time going to this type of retreat, but i found it highly education (always important).

Anyways i hope y'all had as colourfull a Halloween as i did ^__^;

later days

Sea fan

2006-10-09T15:17:00.000-07:00

Click the title to see a video of a sea fan that it took while volunteering this past weekend. i'll post more videos as i get them up, or i'll just edit all my videos together and post them that way :D
whichever is easier
laterdays ppl

Oh the places you go...

2006-07-21T18:08:00.000-07:00

So yeah here's a quirky little map thingy that's fun to do.

create your own visited countries map
or vertaling Duits Nederlands

PLUS my new favourite song (well one of many)

Butterfly Boucher Lyrics

I Can't Make Me Lyrics

All the things I want to say but I can't
All the things I want to do but I won't
Hold me tight
Not too tight
I'm in knots but you tie me in bows
I feel pretty
I know that you care
You're so sweet
You're so so sweet

It's not a hurry tha we're in
It's the pollen
It's the spring

I can't make me love you
And you can't make me either
Patience Boy I need it
I can't make me love yooooooou

Oh oh oh

Paper pen and a piece of your heart
I can read it but where do I start?
What to do
What do I do?
An I am going but I'm gonna come back
And maybe then this maybe that
Hold me tight
Not too tight

It's not a hurry that were in
There's no problem
That's the thing!

But I can't make me love you
And you can't make me either
Patience Boy I need it
I can't make me love yooooooou

Oooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Everyday there's something new to hold onto toooooooooo a little more of yoooooooouu

I Can't make me love you
And you can't make me either
Patience Boy I need it
I can't make me love yooooooou
Patience Boy I'm strange days
I can't make me love yooooooooouu

Oh oh oh

Long time no post

2006-06-10T16:38:00.000-07:00

So it's been a while, i admit it. I've totally not been keeping this or any of my 5 or is it 6 other blogs up to date.

Oh well, the new job is good. having lots of fun as an Information and Privacy analyst. I'd tell you about my job but then i'd have to kill you so best to leave it at i love my job.

Um i also have an interview with the RCMP coming up soon. To be a forensic tech. So fingers crossed everyone!!!

um what else, Oh yes i just bought a new computer, it's a Macbook. Not the pro but i like it anyways. i'm slowly figuring out all the macy goodness, and all the stupid Mac things like how to make a right click and how to acess messenger through Adium etc. other fun stuff like that. So it's working out well. And if my tablet works proper with Photoshop when i get it on here i'll be compltely stoked and forgive Mac it's stupid quirks.

anyways that's it for me and my pretty new comptuer.
ttfn
n

DOES HAPPY DANCE OF JOY

2006-03-27T11:54:00.000-08:00

I GOT A JOB YAY!!! I START WORK THE DAY AFTER EASTER MONDAY YAY!!

current addiction

2006-03-13T11:58:00.000-08:00

Tears from the Moon
by Conjure One feat. Sinead O'Conner

Couldn't sleep so I went out walking
Thinking about you and hearing us talking
And all the things I should have said
Echo now, inside my head

I feel something falling from the sky
I'm so sad I made the angels cry

Tears from the moon
Fall down like rain
I reach for you
I reach in vain

Tears from the moon, tears from the moon

It just ain't fair this thing called loving
When one step there and the other feels nothing
I would have done anything for you
I still love you, baby I adore you

All day I keep from falling apart
But at night when the sky gets dark

Tears from the moon
Fall down like rain
I reach for you
I reach in vain

Stop, Stop haunting me
It should be easy
As easy as when you stopped wanting me

Tears from the moon
Fall down like rain
I reach for you
I reach in vain

Tears from the moon
Fall down like rain
but tears from the moon
can't wash away the pain

Tears from the moon, tears from the moon
Tears from the moon, tears from the moon

I can't remember if i posted this here before or not, but it works and i'm addicted to it at current so whatever.

AAFS so fun

2006-02-26T14:33:00.000-08:00

So yeah, I up and went to AAFS for 2 days last week.
It was really cool, some very interesting talks on DNA, mtDNA, pathology, and biology stuff, strange crime scenes and such.
Not to mention the great exhibits section. Which was very neat, lots of people to talk to and fun things being given away. The UV ink pen being very neat, thatnks to the people at http://www.forensics.ca
I'll have to look up the other stuff and list them here.
The hotel i stayed at had a heating system that dissagreed with my nose, but it was so cold in my room i had no choice but use it. so my head is super stuffed up and i have a headache.
But hey it was well worth it because the conference was great.
ttfn
n

Music Rocks

2006-02-10T13:39:00.000-08:00

Today it's Sarah McLachlan. Gotta love her music. Especially this song, love to sing along to it. *giggle*

Possession
by: Sarah McLachlan

Listen as the wind blows
From across the great divide
Voices trapped in yearning
Memories trapped in time
The night is my companion
And solitude my guide
Would I spend forever here
And not be satisfied

And I would be the one
To hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I’ll take your breath away
And after I’d wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes dear

Through this world I’ve stumbled
So many times betrayed
Trying to find an honest word
To find the truth enslaved
Oh you speak to me in riddles and
You speak to me in rhymes
My body aches to breathe your breath
You words keep me alive

And I would be the one
To hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I’ll take your breath away
And after I’d wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes dear

Into this night I wander
It’s morning that I dread
Another day of knowing of
The path I fear to tread
Oh into the sea of waking dreams
I follow without pride
Nothing stands between us here
And I won’t be denied

And I would be the one
To hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I’ll take your breath away
And after I’d wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes dear

hehehe

Poe

2006-01-27T15:06:00.000-08:00

So i'm not this bad yet, but i like this song, and it calms me so *shrug*

Could've gone mad

I'm so glad that you decided to come

Go ahead make yourself comfortable darlin'
I've got a proposition for you
There's a room available inside of my heart
And I hope it will be taken by you

You can bring whatever you wanna bring baby
Each and everyone of your friends
And if you want a dog or a big bullfrog
Hell I've even got room for them

I'm so glad you decided to come

Another day and I could've gone mad
Another day and it might've gotten bad
Another day and I might have betrayed
Every scruple I have

You cause in me an impossible craving
That cannot be denied
If I decided to make you my religion
I think God would be kind

So I made a wish on a million of her stars
And registered your name on a few
That way if you forget who you are
You can look up and see a picture of you

I'm so glad you decided to come

Another day and I could've gone mad
Another day and it might've gotten bad
Another day and I might have betrayed
Every scruple I have I'm so glad you decided to come

Another day and I could've gone mad
Another day and it might've gotten bad
Another day and I might have betrayed
Every scruple

I have to keep a hold of myself
Is that really you or is it someone else
I swear it looks just like him
I wonder can he see what a state I'm in
Like a broken bridge
I gotta swing on him like a jungle gym

Father: I've been inside her house
I've experienced her madness
And I rejected the entire experience

Another day and I could've gone mad
Another day and it might've gotten bad
Another day and I might have betrayed
Every scruple I have I'm so glad you decided to come

Another day and I could've gone mad
Another day and it might've gotten bad
Another day and I might have betrayed
Every scruple

Gotta love music

2006-01-07T02:16:00.000-08:00

You gotta love Jack, the classic lazy bumbling along music that just flows along at a seemingly irregular pace.
SO here posted is:

Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson

Well can't you see that it's just raining
There ain't no need to go outside

But Baby
You hardly even notice
When I try to show you this
Song it’s meant to keep you
From doing what you’re supposed to
Waking up too early
Maybe we could sleep in
I’ll make you banana pancakes
Pretend like it’s the weekend now
And we could pretend it all the time, yeah
Can’t you see that it’s just raining
There ain’t no need to go outside

But just maybe, hala ka ukulele
Mama made a baby
I really don’t mind the practice
Because you’re my little lady
Lady, lady love me
'Cause I love to lay here lazy
We could close the curtains
Pretend like there’s no world outside
And we could pretend it all the time, no
And can’t you see that it’s just raining
There ain’t no need to go outside

Ain’t no need, ain’t no need
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
Can’t you see, can’t you see
Rain all day and I don’t mind

But the telephone singing, ringing
It’s too early, don’t pick it up
We don’t need to
We got everything we need right here
And everything we need is enough
It’s just so easy
When the whole world fits inside of your arms
Do we really need to pay attention to the alarm
Wake up slow, hmm, hmm, wake up slow

But baby, you hardly even notice
When I try to show you this
Song it’s meant to keep you
From doing what you’re supposed to
Waking up too early
Maybe we could sleep in
I’ll make you banana pancakes
Pretend like it’s the weekend now
And we could pretend it all the time, yeah
Can’t you see that it’s just raining
There ain’t no need to go outside

Ain’t no need, ain’t no need
Rain all day and I really really really don’t mind
Can’t you see, can’t you see
We’ve got to wake up slow

mmmmhmmm definatly a great song
n

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

2005-12-24T13:28:00.000-08:00

^^that's about it!

*Hugs* To Everyone!!
<3's too!
*dances a silly happy dance*
1 more sleep 'till Christmas
*dances a silly happy dance*

YAY!!!!

2005-12-13T17:34:00.000-08:00

WELCOME WELCOME to my NIECE Maren Jane
Born Saturday morning 02h58 (EST I Think =S)
8lbs 10ounces.

A butter ball ;) with lots o dark curly hair

*Does a silly dance*

later days ppl

Le Gasp

2005-12-01T21:28:00.000-08:00

AHH! it's a post free of lyrics and silly blog tests. NOOOO!!!! the world is coming to an end.
Yup it's ending i tell you.
Anyways enough of that weirdness. since my normal weirdness never seems to end. hmmm is that possible? Normal weirdness? oh well, that's too big a conundrum for my brain.
Besides there's so many other fun things to talke about .... like....um hmmm
oh yeah
The Niece still hasn't arrived yet. she's was anxious to get outta the gate a month ago, but now she seems to be all for the lazy life. Not even NL going bowling has helped. Well she's due Dec7th so i'm sure she'll arrive when she darn well pleases. I was predicting for Dec 1, but i guess i was wrong. i figured new moon, she already missed the full moon so *shrug* but there is some lee-way when you think about lunar cycles so whoo knows.
k i think i'm gonna nip this randomness in the bud before i go right off the wall.
later days ppl
25 sleeps till christmas AHH! i gotta go shop or something.

addiction time again...does it ever end? o.O

2005-11-29T16:25:00.000-08:00

Hear Me Out
by Frou Frou
I join the queue on your answerphone
And all I am is holding breath
Just pick up I know you're there
Can't you hear I'm not myself

Oh go ahead and lie to me
You could say anything
Small talk will be just fine
Your voice is everything
We owe it to love
And it all depends on you

So listen up
This sun hasn't set
I refuse to believe that it's only me feeling
Just hear me out, I'm not over you yet
It's love on the line can you handle it

So how do I do normal
A smile I fake
The permanent wave of
Cue-cards and fix-it kits
Can't you tell I'm not myself

I'm a slow motion accident
Lost in coffee rings and fingerprints
I don't wanna feel anything
But I do
And it all comes back to you

So listen up
This sun hasn't set
I refuse to believe that it's only me feeling
Just hear me out, I'm not over you yet
It's love on the line can you handle it

So listen up
Look at me straight
Just hear me out
Don't make me wait
I'm not myself
I can't take this
Love's on the line
Is that your final answer

I join the queue on your answerphone
And all I am is holding breath
Just pick up I know you're there

So listen up
This sun hasn't set
I refuse to believe that it's only me feeling
Just hear me out, I'm not over you yet
It's love on the line can you handle it

So listen up
This sun hasn't set
I refuse to believe that it's only me feeling
Just hear me out, I'm not over you
It's love on the line can you handle it

So listen up
This sun hasn't set
I refuse to believe that it's only me feeling
Just hear me out, I'm not over you
It's love on the line can you handle it

fun and easy....giggle

2005-11-25T11:48:00.000-08:00

You Are A Walnut Tree

You are strange and full of contrasts... the oddball of your group.

You are unrelenting and you have unlimited ambition.

Not always liked but always admired, you are more infamous than famous.

You are aggressive and spontaneous, and your reactions are often unexpected.

A jealous and passionate person, you are difficult in romantic relationships.

What is Your Celtic Horoscope?

Giggle vv

You Are 50% Weird

Normal enough to know that you're weird...
But too damn weird to do anything about it!

How Weird Are You?

Your Eyes Should Be Brown

Your eyes reflect: Depth and wisdom

What's hidden behind your eyes: A tender heart

What Color Should Your Eyes Be?

Close enough for gov't work they're hazel

Your Hair Should Be Purple

Intense, thoughtful, and unconventional.
You're always philosophizing and inspiring others with your insights.

What's Your Funky Inner Hair Color?

i'll stop.....
for now

Chemical Brothers Rock

2005-11-18T00:19:00.000-08:00

Hold Tight London

So do, I warn you
I see things when I hold you
But I’ve whispered: "it’s alright"
It is you and me and a long night

You're a ghost in the doorway,
I can see through, but I hold tight,
I’ll just stay on holding until it hurts,
I just want you to know your lovely,

You're a ghost in the doorway,
I can see through, but I hold tight,
I’ll just stay on holding until it hurts,
I just want you to know your lovely,

Don’t worry, nothing can go wrong,
Don’t worry, nothing can go wrong,
Don’t worry, nothing can go wrong,
Don’t worry, nothing can go wrong,
(nothing!!)

i really love music. it plays through many of my many moods and lately my mood has been rather "playful" bad word really but it's the best there is i suppose.
This song although not really playful, still calls to me, although it always has. There's just something about the arrangement that i really do love.
And it really sorta plays to the current way my brain is wandering along so many strange paths of late.
It's really weird how things can present themselves to you when you least expect it. and on a whole when they can be decidedly inconventient.
But on a whole, there are many things that we humans have no control over no matter how we strive to change that. And for somethings distance is just a non-issue, where as logically it makes no sense.
And i know there is one who will understand ^ and think it's about them, but not to worry it isn't. And there is another who knows excactly what i'm talking about and she prolly thinks i'm completely mad for sticking it up here for all to see. But i gotta put it some where. and really that's what a blog is for. If it disturbs ppl then they shouldn't read it.
But if i don't fix it down somewhere i might go mad, or let said ^ weirdness explode from me, which would be dumb for all concerned.
there are times to be blunt, and times to sit and wait to see where the path goes. i think this is a sit and wait time. BUt the "playful" part of my current mood is trying to convince me otherwise. but i think (and there in lies the problem i suppose, that i think) that slow and steady, may potentially win this race. Or maybe it'll just let me evolve outta this strange mood and i can stop thinking about bizzar paths and wander the more normal paths again.
Although really when i say that i know it'll prolly fail. me normal if only, but that isn't me, and i don't mind really.
i have a feeling it'll be a daily battle, as all things of the soul are, and i'll just have to see where that will take me.
*fingers crossed* it's somewhere fun
later days
n
ps: logic is telling me "DO NOT POST ^" but every once in a while one must give in to play *giggle*

Kosheen

2005-11-17T22:14:00.000-08:00

I so love this song, it's got a great beat and it makes me wanna dance around my room. unfortunatly everyone else is sleeping here so "there'll be none a that"
*Dances around room anyways*
WHEEEEEEEE!

Hungry

You're like a child with old eyes,
cynical and sensible, always full of surprises
you travel far and wide
looking for the feeling, lost inside you

They don't understand you, no
until it's too late
with everything they've handed you
on a silver plate

-CHORUS-
Are you hungry for a little more
than what you've had before?
Are you hungry for a taste of life?
whet your appetite, are you hungry?

Now give me this mountainside
cool waters to lie beside
give me these two strong eyes
to see the difference between truth and lies
Ah, give me this feeling when you kiss me baby
every day and every night
That's all I need, yes
Everything is gonna be all right

-CHORUS-

You're like a sight for sore eyes, lyrical and gentle
borderlining sentimental
You're like a dream realised
so why do I keep falling back to sleep,
I'm so serious and deep.

-CHORUS-

-CHORUS-

YAY finally found these lyrics

2005-11-17T16:43:00.000-08:00

Hooverphonic vs Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground (Shake the underground disease)
Take me down, 6 underground,
The ground beneath your feet,
Laid out low, nothing to go
Nowhere a way to meet
I've got a head full of drought,
Down here, so faroff losing out
Round here,

Overground, watch this space,
I'm open to falling from grace

Calm me down, bring it round
Too way high off your street
I can see like nothing else
In me you're better than I wannabe
Don't think 'cos I understand,
I care, don't think 'cos I'm talking we're friends,

Overground, watch this space,
I'm open to falling from grace

Talk me down, safe and sound
Too strung up to sleep
Wear me out, scream and shout
Swear my time's never cheap
I fake my life like I've lived
Too much, I take whatever you're given
Not enough,

Overground, watch this space,
I'm open

I fake my life like I've lived
Too much, I take whatever you're given
Not enough,

Overground, watch this space,
I'm open to falling from grace

i love this song, it's so great. so smooth and fun, easy going just sorta wanders along in a fun way.

WOOT! more music

2005-11-17T14:16:00.000-08:00

apparently my music mood isn't over. i still wanna play :D

(Benassi Bros. feat. Sandy)
ILLUSION
I wanna be your illusion
Be your illusion
To make you happy tonight
Enjoy this trip with me
I wanna be your emotion, be your emotion
Why don't you turn off the lights?
Imagine how we could be living….

Sometimes i wonder why
We have no limits
Everything we do is try
To find out who we are.
We won't stop playing
That special game of love
And when we get together
The time is running
I'll be a dream that you'll remember
Over and over
If only you try me, if only you touch me

I wanna be your illusion
Be your illusion
To make you happy tonight
Enjoy this trip with me
I wanna be your emotion, be your emotion
Why don't you turn off the lights?
Imagine how we could be living….

Through the darkness of the town
Looking for a lover
I'm praying you to stay,
To keep the promise you made
Can't you see it baby?
It's a part of the game.
And everytime that you say no
You got me going crazy,
I'm going out my mind
I'll do what you want me to
I'm a victim baby.
Just push me through

I wanna be your illusion
Be your illusion
To make you happy tonight
Enjoy this trip with me
I wanna be your emotion
Be your emotion,
Why don't you turn off the lights?
Imagine how we could be living…

I wanna be your illusion i
Wanna do what makes you feel all right
It's a matter of time now babe,
It's a matter of fact now babe
I'm gonna make you feel good.

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another great song
ELECTRO SHOCK FADERS
by HOOVERPHONIC

Long black dress
Hawaian shirt
Kicking pair of trainers
Electro shock faders

Guiding your voice through your veins
Sick of all this working
Longing for a sinking

Long black dress
Hawaian shirt
Kicking pair of trainers
Electro shock faders

Guiding your voice through your veins
Sick of all this working
Longing for a sinking

Ship that rules the bottom of the sea
A bottle as a prison not really my idea
Of a perfect environment it makes you see
Everything’s a blur
Do you know what I mean

Long black dress
Hawaian shirt
Kicking pair of trainers
Electro shock faders

Guiding your voice through your veins
Sick of all this working
Longing for a sinking
Ship that rules the bottom of the sea
A bottle as a prison not really my idea
Of a perfect environment it makes you see
Everything’s a blur
Do you know what I mean

it's a sorta strange but w/ music it's such a cool song. sorta rolls along, almost like a tide or something

Must be dreaming - Frou Frou

2005-11-15T13:24:00.000-08:00

Apparently i'm wandering a musical day or something, the next so in the playlist:

Must Be Dreaming

Pay close attention
Don't listen to me from now
George'll be flying this one
And it's anyone's guess how he does
This is the right turn wrong
Universe taking me in full bloom
Fireball careful with that there
See what you made me do

I must be dreaming or
We're onto something
I must be dreaming
For I don't fall in love lawlessly
I must be dreaming or
Pinch me to waking
So undeniably yours
As long as I'm losing it so completely

Incendiary glance
Be come and collide in me
Zoom in enhance hold
While I go helplessly sky high
Magic eye sugar rushing don't stop

I must be dreaming or
We're onto something
Hey just watcha make me for
I don't fall in love lawlessly
I must be dreaming or
Pinch me to waking
So undeniably yours
As long as i'm losing it so completely

Euphoria
I can't take any more of yah
Euphoria
I can't take any more of yah
I'm losing it

I must be dreaming or
We're onto something
Hey just watcha make me for
I don't fall in love lawlessly
I must be dreaming or
Pinch me to waking
So undeniably yours
As long as I'm losing it
I'm losing it
I'm losing it
I must be dreaming
I must be dreaming
I must be dreaming

i really love this song, i have no clue what it has to do with current mood but i'm floating along so must be something good.
:D
i may be back with more music who knows.

Free me - Foo Fighters

Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me
Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me, yeah!

Beautiful prisoner, let it be dead
Promises made it certain to end
Voices and visions are locked in my head
I could sing for sorrow
All of the words that we damn never speak
All of our ghosts and secrets do keep
Gather them all we'll bury them deep
I could sing for sorrow

Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me
Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me, hey!

One for forever
One in your name
Once in your member
We're one in the same
One to forget but it always remains
I could sing for sorrow

Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me
Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me
Could you free what's keepin' you?
Well I need somebody too

Free me! Free me!
Free me! Free me!
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh

Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me
Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me
Could you free what's keepin' you?
Well I need somebody too

Free me! Free me!
Free me! Free me!
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, yeah!

Weird how Landslide - the dixi chicks always pops up in my weird playlists. i really love this song, it just says something. anyways lyrics posted around here somewhere so i'll save u from having to scroll through more, and let u hunt for them yourself if u like ;)

Inside - bang gang

2005-11-15T13:16:00.000-08:00

Inside

How can someone feel like we did out there
Have you lost the dream that was in our hands
Is it okey now

How can someone feel like we did out there
Have you lost the dream that was in our hands
Is it okey now

Find me
Inside every heartbeat
Inside every worry
Keep me in your heart again

Find me
Inside every heartbeat (over the hills again)
Inside every worry
Inside your heart

How can someone feel like we did out there
Have you lost the dream that was in our hands
Is it okey now

Find me
Inside every heartbeat
Inside every worry
Keep me in your heart again

Find me
Inside every heartbeat (over the hills again)
Inside every worry
Inside your heart

You ran away
And i could not stay
Is it your time
Or is it mine
Is it our time

Find me
Inside every heartbeat
Inside every worry
Keep me in your heart again

Find me
Inside every heartbeat (over the hills again)
Inside every worry
Inside your heart

I love this song, and well the group, and i've prolly posted it here before. but oh well. there's just something about this song at current. prolly that it just popped up in my mega playlist ;)
later days
n

hehehe funky quiz

2005-11-07T14:46:00.000-08:00

Stole this quiz froma friends site, and did it, it was quite fun. hopefully inserting like this will work properly :D
ttfn
n
ps fancy that my love life sucks :P

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:	6.9
Mind:	8.1
Body:	8
Spirit:	8.3
Friends/Family:	5
Love:	0.8
Finance:	4.2
Take the Rate My Life Quiz

back from glasgow

2005-11-07T13:05:00.000-08:00

Well as u can see ^ i'm back from glasgow.
Grad was a riot. Got to see the whole gang what a blast. it was so strange we met up on Sunday night, sat for about an hr and chatted about what we'd been up to and then it was like *clicK* so what's on now? we going out? and wehre to? *bling* we just fell into place as though there wasn't a 4 month break in between when we'd seen one another. it's so strange and cool.
and i got to bum around a bit, see a few places i hadn't yet, and just sorta wander. it was great
picked up some gifts for the family and friends. always fun. If u ever get to glasgow u have to go to 23 Enigma, it's a great little Magicky stuff store, w/ inscence and tarot card readings and gazillions of jewelery. it's sooo cool, and the best part is the woman who runs it it's super friendly and they have some really beautiful jewelery which is really inexpensive. they have a web site (although i have yet to visit it) http://www.23enigma.com
so go visit them if u r in the country. the tarot card reader is GREAT!!! and a really nice person too ;)
so that's prolly enough gushing
other then that, it was a blast, i have grad pics well a few anyways. so i'll be email them out or posting them or something. i really gotta download pixema or whatever that program is.
anwyas gotta boot other blogs to update =P
nimaear

Traveling

2005-10-26T13:41:00.000-07:00

well i'm off to travel agin. first to Vancouver to visit some friends i haven't seen in years WHEEEEEE!!! and second to go to glasgow for Grad. So yuppu i graduated WHEEEEEEEE!!!!
so yeah i'll be back Nov 6th or something but i prolly won't be posting in btwn now and then. but who knows

later days
n

LOL

2005-10-23T21:46:00.000-07:00

"annonymous" comments gotta love em ;)
No worries, tickets booked to glasgow for grad, gotta hostel booked too. W00T!!
and who can forget i found out today that i actually Graduated
So congrats to me i now have a Masters of Science in Forensic Science.
So i'm flying out on the 29th and get back on the 6th. too fun.
now to email said annonymous posters and work out some vancouvery things ;)
later days

do you ever wonder..

2005-10-20T22:21:00.000-07:00

how no matter what you do, some things always seem catch back up with you. or maybe it's more, that u may think you've changed but when you really look at yourself you aren't entirely certain if you have.
i dunno, maybe i'm babbling again, and that wouldn't at all surprise me. but although i know i've changed, everything around me still seems the same. as though the world froze as i wandered along. but what's weird is that this freezing didn't seem to e/affect (whichever) everyone. i know of one who's trundled this path with me, and we seem to see things the same, or at least we can depend on each other for a swift "wap up side the head" when we seem to sit on the ground again.
maybe it's sorta like the frost giants, they've whispered everyone else into sleep, convincing them that in rest they will find warmth, when all it leads to is being frozen.
yep i'm definatly babbling
i think i should go to bed, or at least stop reading fantasy novels about vikings and frost giants. :D
later days
n
ps to quote the fabu cartoon again "There are trains leaving for reality every 30 minutes" unfortunatly i've never been good with time ;)

blah blah blah blah

2005-10-18T12:28:00.000-07:00

so i was gonna post some lyrics, but i was too lazy to go hunting for the weeping tile song i'd heard but couldn't remember the title of. oddly enough i did learn that Sarah Harmer used to be the lead singer for weeping tile. too funky. anyways.
Victoria is nice, i'm still jobless, and i have yet to buy my ticket back for grad or book a room in the hostel. i really gotta do that tonight or i'll never get anywhere.
anyways.
that's it for me
ttfn
n

Baxter Rocks!

2005-10-06T06:42:00.000-07:00

Love again

I heard a rumor from a friend
And another one said
It was impossible to push your feelings away

I heard it took a lifetime
For someone to forget a love
But she did yes she did forget it
At last

I need a friend
I need you
I need a friend
I need you

I need a friend to take me home again
I need you to make it true

They said it could be better
If I let my love be a part of me
To let in, to be brave without games
Or lies

But what if everything that I give to you
Make you scared, make you leave will I ever dare to
Love again

I need a friend
I need you
I need a friend
I need you

I need a friend to take me home again
I need you to make it true

I need a friend
I need you
I need a friend
I need you
I need a friend
I need you

So i'm in a listening to music mood and well posting what i'm listening to. call me strange but it makes me feel better.

here's another edit
Foo Fighters Rock
Best Of You

I've got another confession to make
I'm your fool
Everyone's got their chains to break
Holdin' you

Were you born to resist or be abused?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?

Are you gone and onto someone new?
I needed somewhere to hang my head
Without your noose
You gave me something that I didn't have
But had no use
I was too weak to give in
Too strong to lose
My heart is under arrest again
But I break loose
My head is giving me life or death
But I can't choose
I swear I'll never give in
I refuse

Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Has someone taken your faith?
Its real, the pain you feel
You trust, you must
Confess
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Oh...

Oh...Oh...Oh...Oh...

Has someone taken your faith?
Its real, the pain you feel
The life, the love
You die to heal
The hope that starts
The broken hearts
You trust, you must
Confess

Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?

I've got another confession my friend
I'm no fool
I'm getting tired of starting again
Somewhere new

Were you born to resist or be abused?
I swear I'll never give in
I refuse

Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Has someone taken your faith?
Its real, the pain you feel
You trust, you must
Confess
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Oh...

i'm not sure if it's worth reading anything into these or if it's just that my play list is following some theme for some unknown reason. there are something like 300 songs in it and not all of them are this depressing but these are the ones that are popping up.
patterns always the weirdest patterns.

back to Canada

2005-10-06T06:06:00.000-07:00

Well it appears i'm heading back to canada. prolly sooner rather then later but who knows. i'm hoping to be able to stay for grad, but that depends on money. blargh! money sucks.
So i'm hunting for flights home, not going super well. Air Transat doesn't fly after like the 12th or something of october. but i could be remembering that wrong. i know they don't fly btwn october and may to here. so GRRRR! to them.
Fly zoom still functions thankfully, but only on certain days. whc/ sucks as well. but if i try a regular airline the cost in like 5x as much. GAHHH!!
i thought airlines were there to serve ppl not the other way around.
And hell if the stupid funding thing had been resolved earlier then maybe i coulda gone to canada and then just come back for grad. that woulda prolly been cheaper then waiting around here.
or i coulda traveled a bit. taken a break from stuff. but no.
anyways. as u can prolly tell i'm a little miffed.
so here's some music so u don't have to read me whingeing <--- brit word similer to whining
Hear Me Out by Frou Frou

I join the queue on your answerphone
And all I am is holding breath
Just pick up I know you're there
Can't you hear I'm not myself

Oh go ahead and lie to me
You could say anything
Small talk will be just fine
Your voice is everything
We owe it to love
And it all depends on you

So listen up
This sun hasn't set
I refuse to believe that it's only me feeling
Just hear me out, I'm not over you yet
It's love on the line can you handle it

So how do I do normal
A smile I fake
The permanent wave of
Cue-cards and fix-it kits
Can't you tell I'm not myself

I'm a slow motion accident
Lost in coffee rings and fingerprints
I don't wanna feel anything
But I do
And it all comes back to you

So listen up
This sun hasn't set
I refuse to believe that it's only me feeling
Just hear me out, I'm not over you yet
It's love on the line can you handle it

So listen up
Look at me straight
Just hear me out
Don't make me wait
I'm not myself
I can't take this
Love's on the line
Is that your final answer

I join the queue on your answerphone
And all I am is holding breath
Just pick up I know you're there

So listen up
This sun hasn't set
I refuse to believe that it's only me feeling
Just hear me out, I'm not over you yet
It's love on the line can you handle it

So listen up
This sun hasn't set
I refuse to believe that it's only me feeling
Just hear me out, I'm not over you
It's love on the line can you handle it

So listen up
This sun hasn't set
I refuse to believe that it's only me feeling
Just hear me out, I'm not over you
It's love on the line can you handle it

it was the first song up in the list, anyways good song gotta love frou frou
hmm who else

James Blunt one very nice looking boy who happens to sing quite well too
Out Of My Mind"

Judging by the look on the organ-grinder,
He'll judge me by the fact that my face don't fit.
It's touching that the monkey sits on my shoulder.
He's waiting for the day when he gets me,
But I don't need no alibi - I'm a puppet on a string.
I just need this stage to be seen.
We all need a pantomime to remind us what is real.
Hold my eye and know what it means.

I'm out of my mind.

Judging by the look on the organ-grinder,
He'll judge me by the fact that my face don't fit.
It's touching that the monkey sits on my shoulder.
He's waiting for the day when he gets me,
But I won't be your concubine - I'm a puppet not a whore.
I just need this stage to be seen.
Will you be a friend of mine to remind me what is real?
Hold my heart and see that it bleeds.

I'm out of my mind.

Television by Baxter

I wish I had
Seen you in front of your T.V set
I wish I'd seen you
When you blew up
What seemed to be the whole world to you
I wish I woke up
When you were sad
I wish I had
Seen you in front of your T.V set

All alone in your room
You blew up your television
The whole world to you
And less of you is left

On your own in your room
You blew up your television
The whole world to you
And less of you is left

I wish I had
Seen you in front of your T.V set
I wish I'd seen you
When you blew up
What seemed to be the whole world to you

All alone in your room
You blew up your television
The whole world to you
And less of you is left

On your own in your room
You blew up your television
The whole world to you
And less of you is left

I wish I could take you outside and
I wish I saw the rest of you here

I wish I could take you outside and
I wish I saw the rest of you here

On your own in your room
You blew up your television
The whole world to you
And less of you is left

I wish I could take you outside and
I wish I saw the rest of you here ....

So that's it for me and music, otherwise i'll just start listing my playlist.

<.< >.< >.>

2005-10-03T07:41:00.000-07:00

EDIT: well i've changed it back so anyone can post but now they have to fill in a confirmation word. So FAMILY (hint hint, nudge nudge that means U) can post but advertisers can't. WOOHOO! i'd better see some family posting now that i've gone to all that trouble
i couldn't think of a title so i didn't bother well other then the cheezey emoticon bases.
so what's new and exciting. pretty much nothing. although my new roomie at the eurohostel is quite nice, she's from Denmark. Man i've met a wide variety of ppl living there.
the other night was a lady who works for the UN and b/c her flight was so early in the morning it was cheaper just to stay at the hostel then bother with a hotel. i was drawing on my comp and she saw some of my dragons and such and thought i should contact some card company and get them published, or submit them to the UN card making ppl for them to publish to get my name out there in the art world. gotta say i was shocked to hear that., my stuff is ok, but not what i'd consider publishing stuff. but apparently the fanciful stuff is what they like and the stuff i do'd make great kids cards. too strange. i'll have to look into that when i have more time.
hmm other then that i'm hunting for a job still, i've put one of my bags in jenni's storage closet and i'm heading to aberdeen on friday. hopefully i'll hear back from hostel booking soon.
anyways not much else on. still job hunting/phd funding hunting.
laterdays
n

..like a rolling stone...

2005-09-30T06:31:00.000-07:00

Well i'm gonna be traveling again soon. well a week from today i'm gonna head to Aberdeen, Scotland. Not sure how long i'll stay, prolly a week maybe more. so for those of u that have me on msn i may not be on as often as normal. oh well. i'll take lots of pictures and post them somewhere.
i should still have acess to email, hopefully. and i'll try and finish the pic i'm working on before then.
hopefully i'll have access to the library after today, and if not then i'll be on in the evenings via the common room at the uni, probably.
anyways. gotta boot lots of things to do yet today.,
later days

hmmmm

2005-09-23T10:33:00.000-07:00

So i haven't updated in a while, and i know there are those that read this even if they don't post comments :'(
*giggle*
so news from Sotty-land
well i'm still in the hostel, the hunt is on for funding (WOOT!) and i'm applying for jobs. YAY!
hmm other then that i'm going to an early grad party being thrown by Z b/c she won't be back for grad. so her parental units gave her some money for a party that should be a fun saturday night.

OHH there is some news, went shopping today with L. sure i really shouldn't be shopping but well, i've been looking for a new pair of trousers for a while (ACK! gods i can't believe i used trousers instead of pants, i've lived in the UK too long now lol). N-E ways. they're long enough actually i may roll them up one, which is cool, and they fit perfectly, they're grey, stylish cotton, and have sorta funky cargo look. quite nice. and i got a nice orange shirt to go with. it's one of those funky 3/4 sleeves ones and it has the wee bit of white at the bottom and in the v of the neck to make it look like u r wearing 2 shirts when u aren't
i love those.
anyways. that's it from this neck of the woods.
later days ppl
[RANT]
PS well if u can see that there are 2 deleted comments, it's not because they were rude or anything, part of each of them was quite nice, however the other part was an advertisement. i have no problem on a whole with ppl advertising stuff, but i do have a problem with ppl using my Blog as a place to push their stuff. it's annoying and on a whole not really very respectful. so now i have to change my settings to prevent anonymous posters. BLARGH! so all u family that don't do blogger can't comment anymore without setting up an account. but then again u didn't really comment before so on a whole i figure it's a fair trade. [/RANT]

woot

2005-09-12T05:20:00.000-07:00

slightlylonger post.
yesterday was insane. it took me about 30min to get my stuff down the stairs and out the front door to the metro (honsetly normally a 5min walk maybe) and then to the trainstation only to stand by my junk for 30min. then on funky littl train for about 1 and a 1/2 hrs to get to carlile. then to stand again for 40min and wait for next train. luckily i was in the last car, so there was a funky serviece ppl only area where on of the porter dudes from Virgin trains let me stow my large quantity of junk. and then another such dude let me out of there again. so much easier then lugging it through the train. then took a cab WOOT cost me all of 1.80 to the hostel and booked in.
u know it's so weird the things u miss when u r new to a city. for example i only knoticed the one resturant near the hostel the last time. the lemon tree chinese place. but there's actually a weatherspoons not far away. quite littereally spitting distance from the lemon tree and therefore the hostel. WOOT! spoons a great place for good cheap food and of course good cheap beer. so i had a nice roast chicken dinner (and wow talk about loads of white chicken a full HUGE center breast) i couldn't eat it all, and there were veggies and yorkshire puddings too. and then desert. where in i wish there were 5 other ppl with me b/c honestly u coulda fed an army with the treacle sponge pudding w/ custard that i got. for those of u that'd have seen them think full Heinze pudding only homemade. completely insane i think i might have eaten 1/3 of it maybe. oh well it was yummy.
anyways then it was attempt to sleep time. i always have a horrible time sleeping in a new place. GAH! and all the uncertainty doesn't help either. oh well. dems da breaks. it'll eventually get sorted i hope.
anyways gotta bust. oh and i found out Lela is back in glasgow too. so woot i have someone to hang w/ and gossip w/ again hehehehe *insert evil smiley here* bunnies beware.
ciao
j

woot back in scottyland

2005-09-11T11:15:00.000-07:00

yup i'm in glasgow again.
woot long trip with lots o junk but i made it in one piece,
more dets later
ciao
n

well again...

2005-09-04T07:52:00.000-07:00

Someone (u know who u R bunny :P) has twisted my rubber arm and insisted that i post, at least once a week. I'll try my best, but well who knows how long it will last *giggle*

So now for the news bulletins:

Thesis has been completed on time and sent in to arrive on due date ((WHOOHOOO!!!))

I have one week to see the sights i've missed so far and pack my junk + buy a train ticket to Glasgow and move ((AHHHHH!!! anyone wanna fly over and help me w/ this one?? :D))

Thoughts:

The world is a fun, new and wonderful place. WOOT!! bizzar adventures here i come ;)

((i hope that's good enough for u all, you'll have to complain very loudly if not ))

later days

the posting must go on..

2005-08-20T12:52:00.000-07:00

So here i am being told by my mom that i need to post more. or more that she thought it was about time for me to post again. so here it is mom another post :D
but hey i'm just being a pain. it does have an actual purpose. Classic shameless self promotion. (not that anyone other then my mom apparently read this but who cares).
on to the promotion.
So i'm writing my thesis, and you all roll your eyes "so what" well that tends to lead to stress and of course sleepless nighs when the brain just won't shut off. But i've found a way to get the brain to wander other courses, much easier to translate into dreams then "fibres under fingernails", and that's art. Not that i'm really an artist, i just happen to draw to let my mind unwind and then colour it using Photoshop 5.5 and post said drawings on the web.
So here comes the shameless self promotion...........wait for it....... ;)

Yup i have a Deviant Art site. A fabulous community of artist, and honestly there are ALOT of wonderful artist that do post real art here. Luckily they don't limit their membership to "real" artists, so i'm good to go.
and now you too can go and take a looksee if you like at the stuff i call my art

CLICK THIS LINKY

and if you don't consider that stuff art well then you can go wander the rest of the site as well :D
anyways
later days
n

whatever can go wrong will do

2005-08-05T14:43:00.000-07:00

It seems to be one of those weeks. I get back from NI thinking hmm, i got lots of work done i should be able to get this thesis done in the next 4wks, sure i have an extra experiment to do but the data base will be sorted so that's one less thing to worry about. right? WRONG!
Don't you just hate it when you are the student working for free in a business, essentially making their science better and sure it's not like i'd expect everything to go perfectly to plan. But i do expect a professional who tells me that they'll sort out the stupid fibres database while i'm away to do as they promised. i'm mean sure they have work to do, but i also gave them 3 FREAKING WEEKS!!!! i honestly think they stuck it on the backburner thinking it wouldn't be such a big thing to create a query to pull all the info i needed from the database. But if it was "No big thing" why the hell would i have asked?
So i get back and they're like welll... i haven't really had time to look at it yet, and i won't get to it this week either and i'm going on vacation next week i'll see what i can do when i get back.
FUZZY BUCKETS!!
So that would put me w/ a cool week to figure out my results and write my results and discussion up. Classic Thanks but no thanks!
Honestly, if they weren't gonna do it, or didn't think they'd get a chance they shoulda said from the get go and i coulda figured out what all the stupid ID numbers were and extracted the data into Excel long ago. And therefore not have to spend my weekend of touring sitting at home trying to consolidate the most illogically set up database in the world. Essentially the FREAK who designed the database had no sweet clue. Nothing is connected properly and none of the different sections talk to one another, so u can put the info in but it's like pulling hens teeth to get it back out in a sensible fashion again. And sure this isn't the person who said they'd sort this messes fault, but their lack of effort until 12h30 this afternoon when they pitched in a whopping 35min only to say, this database is crap u'll have to start over, was not what i would call helpfull.

And sure they're all appologietic but well that doesn't mean i can't rant about it anyways.

Oh and to top of the cake w/ a cherry, it appears that something i'm allergic to is pollinating so my nose is stuffed up, and running at the same time, i'm sneezing to beat the band (nearly took my eye out on the microscope this morning) and my throat is sore. Here's hoping that the bailey's and the hot chocolate and the icecream will have done something for that.

anyways i've ranted enough on 2 different accounts
later days
n

hehehe silly quizes

2005-08-01T15:06:00.000-07:00

u know w/ all my rescent posting i feel sorta like a post wh... well i'm sure u can fill in that blank. Just goes to show that i've been spending too much time on the best forum ever The Earthsong Forum

Anyways here's my quiz results WOOT! I'm Obi-Wan Kenobi
You too can take this quiz at YouThink.com

strange how lyrics can say so much

2005-07-31T15:13:00.000-07:00

anyways on occasion it's not the whole song but just a section from one
If this is the life
Why does it feel so good to die today?
Blue to gray
Grow up and blow away...
from the song Grow up and Blow away by Metric
and here's a full one that says alot too
Roads by Portishead
Oh, can't anybody see,
We've got a war to fight,
Never found our way,
Regardless of what they say.

How can it feel, this wrong,
From this moment,
How can it feel, this wrong.

Storm,
In the morning light,
I feel,
No more can I say,
Frozen to myself.

I got nobody on my side,
And surely that ain't right,
Surely that ain't right.

Oh, can't anybody see,
We've got a war to fight,
Never found our way,
Regardless of what they say.

How can it feel, this wrong,
From this moment,
How can it feel, this wrong.

How can it feel this wrong,
From this moment,
How can it feel, this wrong.

Oh, can't anybody see,
We've got a war to fight,
Never found our way,
Regardless of what they say.

How can it feel, this wrong,
From this moment,
How can it feel, this wrong.

so i'm in a strange mood today. hell i'm in a strange mood everyday i just happened to have posted that mood for once.
;)
n

lyrics

2005-07-31T10:57:00.000-07:00

Band: Mazzy Star
Song: Into Dust

Still falling
Breathless and on again
Inside today
Beside me today
A round broken in two
'til your eyes shed into dust
Like two strangers turning into dust
'til my hand shook the way i fear

I could possibly be fading
Or have something more to gain
I could feel myself growing colder
I could feel myself under your fate
Under...your fate

It was you
breathless and tall
I could feel my eyes turning into dust
And two strangers turning into dust
Turning into dust.

to u all who still read this

2005-07-29T11:39:00.000-07:00

I'm back from Northern Ireland. Gotta say i highly reccomend visiting there. what a riot, and i was only there for MSc stuff, but still it was fun.
And if you do go i reccomend staying at a B&B called Parklands located in Carrickfergus, the people who run it are really friendly and the food is great. Proper Ulster breaky every morning.
anyways, i saw the Giants Causeway, and Duluce castle and got to do work at some really cool microscopes and take lots of pretty pictures (yes i'm strange). The people in the lab were really friendly it was a riot on a whole
anyways i'll post more later
ttfn
j

well

2005-07-10T10:00:00.000-07:00

it's like about 1/2 way through the summer, in a week i'm gonna be in Northern Ireland for 2 wks and then it's back for analysis and writing GAH!
here's hoping all the samples will be back on monday. but i have a sinking suspision that that aint gonna happen.
hmm today has been super hot, i wnet for a wander but nothing too much. then i came back and continued my pretty much full body (minus feet - ran outta room) sketch of Fearn. and i'm sure there are a few of you wondering (well if anyone bothers to read this) who the hell is Fearn. Well Fearn will be my RPG (for all of you non geeks that Role Player Game) character. she's part of a native group, and therefore doesn't have many technological stuff. but she's got magic so that's much more fun. currently i've managed to sketch out what i consider a really good bottom 1/2 but i hate the top 1/2 :P i've figured out a really cool bottom to her "dress/trousers" combo, but the top still eludes me GRR! and then there's her arm (the one that is visible and the (i think) staff that she'll carry. gah. but no clue on how exactly to put that stuff. oh well i'll continue over sketching and see what happens.
ciao
j

Sad days

2005-06-29T14:43:00.000-07:00

well as the title implies this has been a sad series of days. First my (family) dog MacLaren dies of a heart attack on saturday night. He was old (around 10) so for a big dog he had a great long life. But still rather a shock.
And then to make matters even sadder Indy my (family) cat started acting really strange the other day so my sister CJ (whom she lives with) took her to the Vet. Apparently she's the healthiest looking cat suffering from 4th degree renal failure. So Indy is off to the vet tonight to be put down. At 12 yrs of age she lived a fruitful if not slightly over weight life.
And it's totally better that she got to spend her last day scarfing down loads of tuna and yogurt (her two favourite foods).
So now Indy is up there bossing Mac around just like she used to when we all lived in NB.
So, so long to my puppy and kitten, i'm sure they're happy up there watching the rest of us.
later days
n

WEEEEeeeeee!!!!!

2005-06-07T15:29:00.000-07:00

bouncy bouncy.
what a weird day. i must have been dehydrated or something. spent the day totally wiped. came home had a 3hr nap still wiped. at supper, tummy got all ill, and then drank 3 huge mugs of grn tea w/ a touch of ginger and felt miles better. therefore steeped some tea to take as ice tea tomorrow. may help
and made rice pudding, it's not bad for a first attempt :D
yay breaky tomorrow pre made.
well that's it for me
ciao
n

GAH! Moving Day!

2005-05-22T00:57:00.000-07:00

Well, the next time i post here it'll be from Newcastle upon Tyne. So no more messages from Scotland, well until september. I'll have to edit the title to be Messages from Scotland (in Newcastle) or something ;)
So i'm up, it's the ungodly hr of 8-ish, i have to pack up my bed stuff, shower and generaly last min stuffing of stuff before 11:30 when Lela comes. Then we're walking to the train station and getting lunch on the way. i think the train will take 2 hrs, hopefully everything will go as planned. Keep your fingerst crossed. My room now looks empty. it's so crazy. just some basic pitching of beer bottles left now. sorta wish i could keep the 1.5L Grolsh bottle but maybe i'll just bring one back to Canada with me when i go.
Well i must finish breaky and get packing again.
See u on the flipside =D
n

I'm MOVING!!!

2005-05-17T10:02:00.000-07:00

hey all,
yup i'm moving from Glasgow, to Newcastle. Can't wait, and now that i have a place to stay i have much more incentive to pack etc and get ready. so I did a super clear out of junk today. that was fun. i'm sure there'll be another one later tonight after movie. myself and a few ppl are going to see the Jacket. Can't wait. it looks good, here's hoping.
well i'm off to shower, hair looks sorta similar to wolverine's today. =P so i need to do something about that before i go out.
I hope u all are well
later days
n

BOO!

2005-05-08T11:18:00.000-07:00

If anyone even checks this anymore
Hi all, exams are over well 2/3rds over so close enough. It's really warm here, shorts and sweatshirt weather :D
You can take the Newfie out a Newfoundland but you can't take the Newfoundland outta the Newfie ;)
Hmm, now that practical exam is over, i'm just trying to clean/pack up my room. so's to have less work to do later ;)
Although I'm still not sure how I'm going to get all my stuff from here to Durham. Oh well, I'm sure I'll think of something.
Well must go get cleaning =P
ciao
n

Dragon 050422 new

2005-04-26T17:37:00.000-07:00

Dragon 050422 new
Originally uploaded by Feaelen.

Hi all, teaching myself to draw dragons this is my first attempt. what do ya think.
i know there are no feet but well, at the time i couldn't figure out the feet bit ;)
ciao
f

happy birthday to me...

2005-04-26T04:59:00.000-07:00

as u may have guessed it's my bday. eep a whole year older, and no more mature ;) lol
oh well i'm sure maturity will come eventually, maybe.
so what am i doing for my birthday u might ask. studyng! :P stupid exam 3 days after my bday. >:P oh well. i guess i'll just have to party more on the weekend. we're going for big fancy dinner saturday, and prolly getting seriously drunk on friday. who knows. well must boot get food and thens tudy again.
:P
ciao
n

ARGH!! EXAMS!!!!

2005-04-17T15:27:00.000-07:00

yup it's exam time again. :P so this is me studying my ass off. well actually this is me taking a break from studying my ass off. but well... close enough for government work ;)
so if u don't hear from me for a while then u actually know why i've dissapeared.
oh and YAY!! got second beer t-shirt finally. well we'd filled the card eons ago, but they only just got the t-shirts in so YAY! i have a red shirt now =D (i need help)
well ttfn (keep your fingers crossed that i do well)
n

HEY EVERY1!

2005-04-07T09:35:00.000-07:00

just wanted to let u all know, well u all who have my msn address that i'll be offline. i'm not avoiding u all, i just upgraded and the damn thing didn't utilize my old settings so it may take me a while for it to get up a running again. stupid program.
oh well everything else is fine. went to Stirling and therefore Stirling Castle yesterday, u can follow that old picture link to the photo albums at care2. the password is still the same.
well i must bust and get some supper
ttfn
n

another one

2005-04-04T14:02:00.000-07:00

meet nim's friend mac...

hi all

2005-04-04T13:43:00.000-07:00

i have a week off, and have so far managed to catch up on all the sleep i lost last week. for whatever reason i wasn't sleeping well. don't seem to be suffering from that anymore. prolly just some cylical hormonal junk that u all don't want to hear about.
other then that things are going pretty good. it's a little crazy, was planning on going to Loch Ness this week then i calculated the cost, and vitoed the idea. instead i'm going to wander close to home and save the cost of staying overnight somewhere. :D so i'm hoping to go to sterling tomorrow. may not be super nice out, but another advantage to not going to loch ness is that scotland this week, w/ the exception of Aberdeen seems to be suffering from Rain :P so if sterling has showers it won't kill me but had i spent all that money to stay inside, i think i would have shot someone, barring i could have found a gun ;) lol
oh well. crisis averted so, i'll be doing some local travel and studying my ass off as incentive to get to travel. DON'T STUDY = NO TRAVEL! so far it has worked. btw this is a energy replenishment break (ie i needed to eat). so i'm off to the DNA torture again =P (eh it's actually pretty geeky and interesting, i just like to complain) hehehehe
so seeu on the flip side ever1
n

HAPPY EASTER EVERY1!!!

2005-03-25T13:36:00.000-08:00

hi all just wanted to say happy easter to u all.

To fun! mmmmmmm chocolate. it's weird i feels like saturday, not friday, but that may be b/c i slept until 12 and then watched LOTR:ROTK extended ed. today!! THANKS A BUNDLE M&D!!! love the pkg. prolly watch something else later, or maybe just back to sleep. MMMMM SLEEP!
well that's it for me. must go do something or i'll start drooling on my keyboard. poss go wash my dirty supper dishes. yeah dishes!=P!
well later days
n

I missed my cat so I got Cyber Pet instead...

2005-03-15T15:21:00.000-08:00

These guys rule, I now have my very own Cyber Tiger. Named Tae. You'll find her at the bottom of the blog, i tried to put her in the boarder, but well that messed everything up so wander down to the bottom of the blog and say hi.
She's so cute, and even follows the mouse and plays and u can pet her too.
have fun.
later days
n
ps to get your very own cyberpet u can either click on the title or, there's a link down by tae.

Another great song...

2005-03-15T13:25:00.000-08:00

Another great song, possibly even my theme song.

Avril Lavigne - Anything But Ordinary

Sometimes I get so weird
I even freak myself out
I laugh myself to sleep
It's my lullaby
Sometimes I drive so fast
Just to feel the danger
I wanna scream
It makes me feel alive

Is it enough to love?
Is it enough to breath?
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
Is it enough to die?
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be anything but ordinary please

To walk within the lines
Would make my life so boring
I want to know that I
Have been to the extreme
So knock me off my feet
Come on now give it to me
Anything to make me feel alive

Is it enough to love?
Is it enough to breath?
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
Is it enough to die?
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be anything but ordinary please
I'd rahter be anything but ordinary please.

Let down your defences
Use no common sense
If you look you will see
that this world is this beautiful
accident turbulent suculent
I'm feeling permanent
No way I won't taste it
Dont wanna waste it away

Sometimes I get so weird
I even freak myself out
I laugh my self to sleep
It's my lullaby

Is it enough?
Is it enough?
Is it enough to love?
Is it enough to breath?
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
Is it enough to die?
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be anything but ordinary please

Is it enough?
Is it enough to die?
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be anything but ordinary please
I'd rather be anything but ordinary please.

later days
n

Songs....

2005-03-15T13:01:00.000-08:00

Gods I love this song, especially the acustic version by Eva Cassidy. Either way, here it is, a great song...
Eva Cassidy- Time After Time (origional by Cyndi Lauper)

Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick,
and think of you
turning in circles confusion--
is nothing new
Flashback--warm nights--
almost left behind
suitcases of memories,
time after--

sometimes you picture me--
I'm walking too far ahead
you're calling to me, I can't hear
what you've said--
and you say--go slow--
I fallen behind--
the second hand unwinds

chorus:
if you're lost you can look--and you will find me
time after time
if you fall I will catch you--I'll be waiting
time after time
if you fall I will catch you--I'll be waiting
time after time
time after time

after your picture fades and darkness has
turned to gray
watching through windows--I'm wondering
if you're OK
And you say go slow I've fallen behind
the drum beats out of time

chorus:
if you're lost...

chorus:
...time after time
time after time
time after time
time after time

hehehe...

2005-03-07T15:22:00.000-08:00

U know i always look for updates on other ppls blogs and then usually complain to someone (if it's only my elephant TolRil). But tonight i remembered that i have NO CLUE when i last updated my blog, and was like OOPS!! so i'll try to be better about it in the future. and i know, anyone who reads this and knows me at all is already rolling their eyes. hehehe
but here's the update anyways.
So today was a blast, went shopping with Erin. What fun, went to a bunch of stores but only bought stuff at 2. the first place we bought stuff at was Dorothy Perkins. what a great store. Nice clothes but not super expensive. got some really nice dress shirts (Stuff for court and for work term). And i know u r all thinking :O she actually bought a shirt that doesn't have some COW'S logo on it? NO WAY! well i'll get pics up as soon as i can. i also got a really nice jean jacket. what fun. the second store i bought someone's bday present in (hint hint nudge nudge) [sis] Erin approved, and it's very pretty as well as unique. I'm sure if u r reading this the curiosity will drive u nuts until u get it in the mail ;)
hehehe
So then there's this weekend past. now that was fun. myself and Jenny wandered over to the beer cafe, intending to have only a few pints. she was 1/2 way to a t-shirt and well by the end of the night she had one. well other then that the order of t-shirts hasn't arrive yet and we have to go back next week in order to pick it up. oh well it's as good an excuse as any to go back.
then sunday, jenny, erin and i decided to go for brunch which turned into supper by the time we got our butts in gear. so jenny and i headed over to the B. C. b/c they have good nachos at around 6. unfortunatly they stopped serving food at 5. so we got a beer and waited for erin to arrive [she had been sidtracked by the dynamic duo]. So while we're waiting for E, Tony [for an explination read some lower entries] comes over with a beer b/c he was then off work, so we were chatting when E arrived and the 4 of us went out for supper. Which was a blast. if u want the dets better to email and ask b/c this is turning into quite the wander. so long story short we had a grand supper and convo and parted ways at 22h30.
too fun well that's it for me i'll try and update more often
ttfn
n

....boredom.....

2005-02-25T12:40:00.000-08:00

ergn blooken flog!
sorry had to get that out there. i'm a little bored, my phone is all funked up i can receieve messages but not send them b/c it says i haven't topped up even though i've put like 20 pounds on the damnd thing. grrr, so now i'm stuck w/o connections. GRRRR!
ttfn
n

Hi All...

2005-02-20T14:12:00.000-08:00

haven't posted in a while. but then again there wasn't much on the go. So far it's been a weird weekend. Mostly good but still weird. Got to see Michelle and Al Saturday which was fun, a bizzar yet interesting night, with lots of exchange in news/gossip etc. all in good fun of course.
As for the rest of the weekend, it sorta decended back into work and other stuff. which leads me to this next statement, so u'll have to excuse the sentimental sappy stuff for a sec, but it needs to be said.
ALL U FRIENDS/FAMILY OF MINE: NEAR AND FAR, OLD AND NEW, WELL AND LESS WELL KNOWN, ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME! NO MATTER WHAT!
well that felt good. no matter if the grammer is wrong, which i'm sure it is. I'm quite litteral in that it refers to all of u. i know there are 2 of u who will completely understand where this is coming from, and it especially applies to u both. the rest of u will just have to be in the dark on this one (sorry) but that's the way it has to be. but that doesn't mean it applies any less to u.
well i must go and do some work =P work. oh well
ttfn *hugs*
n

:D

2005-02-09T09:14:00.000-08:00

hi all, not much new here. Boy now has my number, i asked him for coffee we'll see what happens.
hmm, watched the first 1/2 of the super bowl what a riot that was, but finally had to walk home from pub or i would never have gotten any work done the next day. not that i did get any work done monday anyways. but at least i tried. :D
so this week so far has been uneventful. the Linacre assignment that we have to hear his lectures in order to be able to figure out actually wasn't super hard. did that yesterday took like 2 hrs. now all i gotta do is the stats and the court report. :P Linacre treats us all like we just fell off the turnip truck *GRRR!*
oh well. c'est la vie. that's pretty much all that's exciting for me.
ttfn
n

hey all

2005-02-04T13:18:00.000-08:00

another week over. YEAH! makes life all the more fun. well the 1.5L Grolsch drinking contest has been put off for a bit, but i'm sure it will crop up again. possibly tomorrow night. not super sure though. as for this week, the second run of PP16 worked swimingly for most. i was one of the ppl who got a profile. not perfect only 14 of the 16 Loci showed up. but :^) whatever.
we got even more paper work on the Linacre assignment. it's going to be fun, especially since we won't even learn about what we should be doing with 1/2 of the info until the last 3 lectures. GRRRR! u'd think they'd plan things a bit better. but well, c'est la vie.
so i guess i'll just have to start the paper on either non-STR dna profiling techniques or the funky machines that run the non-STR techniques this weekend and just get all the data for the other one into my comp and all set up so that it's ready to go when i can finally understand all the crap that linacre has put into his assignment.
but what can one do??? well i can rant on my blog for 1 :D
hey ranting is fun, especially when it prevents u from saying anything stupid to the offending prof. :D
and he most certainly is offending. some days he'll be nice and treat us like real humans who have a higher education and the next he'll be treating us like we R idiots. honestly he doesn't have any more degrees then i do, sure 1's a PhD.. but it's not even in forensic science 8- so it's just super anyoying when he treats us like idiots. for example he took me apart for the way i write the date, he couldn't figure it out. Honestly when u see 050204, it's just the mirror image of 040205 (the apparent UK convention for writing date) :P but i'm some how the idiot b/c he couldn't figure it out? :o Oh, and for everything i hand in to him I have to make sure it has the UK date on it properly. GRR! a classic time where i wanted to say "suck it up princess and get over yourself!" but i have a feeling if i said that, he probably wouldn't take it the right way. if there even is a right way to take that ;) LOL
well eventhough there is much more evidence of Linacre being an ASS! i'll save u all from the torture of reading it. and end this RANT before it really get's going ;)
so i should probably end it here, otherwise i'll get a good Flame on the go and u'll be reading for hrs. well if u actually read the whole caboodal.
so ciao
n

HI ALL

2005-02-03T10:38:00.000-08:00

it's still me, just a different log in name ;). Makes my life easier, but that's another story entirely.
well this week has been fun, got to see what my 10 loci dna sequence looks like. i'm pretty heterozygous <:o) PARTY! Hopefully our second attempt at the 16 Loci Kit will work better then the last. we put alot more dna extract in this time, so we may blow off the end of the scale but Result is better then No Result. Either way, it appears as though, contrary to popular belief, I am Human. either that or the Aliens who engineered me were really good at faking human DNA ;)
hehehe
yup i'm nuts, but it may just be that it's been a Happy month so far and i hope it continues to be :D
well later days
n
BTW Mikey if u are reading this HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! hopefully u don't have to work. i'll see if i can get through at around 23h30ish my time. here's hoping there's money on my card :D

So here's an actual update

2005-01-31T11:33:00.000-08:00

hmm, there's not much new and exciting here. Classes started last week, January was such a weird month, it flew by. But either way, we started class diving right in DNA, yup those fabu deoxyriboses. Super fun, ok so that classes haven't been super fun, but the labs so far have been pretty cool. Last week we extracted our own dna, this week we get to run the PCR's and hopefully get some results. I can't wait, i'd really like to see my dna profile, it will be curious to see if i get hits off possible non-caucasion loci b/c of the whole micmac ( i know not politically correct but i can't spell the politically correct term) and inu/inuit influence in my families genome. Could be interesting. i'm the only north american in the whole of biology, and i think i may be the only person with some serious mixing of decent, unless u consider a mix of Brit with scottish or Irish. Now i could be wrong, but from the ppl i've talked to i think i may be right. Could be cool. although knowing how well PCR didn't go last week, i'm not holding out much hope for results. all else fails we do get another crack at it the week after next.
well that's pretty much everything, although i think this weekend could be interesting, we biologists (ie D) challenged the chemist to a drinking contest. (the Chemists are so going down) and the Chemists challenged back a contest of drinking 1.5L Grolsch (beer) bottles. Could be fun. I'll let u know what happens, if i can remember what happens. :D
well that's everything for now. there'll be more later i'm sure.
ttfn
f

kk, i think i have it

2005-01-31T11:19:00.000-08:00

if u click the title here, and then log in with the email address and password u can view the prague pics. Stupid Firewall that makes ppl go to insane lengths to let their friends see their pictures. :P
oh well, i think i've cleared everything up with it, so if u had trouble before u can try it again, it should work. if u don't know the password etc just email me i'll send it to u ;)
ttfn
f

Well it appears..

2005-01-22T11:12:00.000-08:00

that u have to sign up for Care 2 to view the pics i have there. Sorry about that, but honestly. There site is so much better then MSN. it's unlimited pics so long as u don't upload more then 200 per day. Sweet deal me thinks. so please sign up and go view the pics. i won't be able to fit many pics into the MSN site, it's almost full :(
ttfn
f

Prague and Budapest

2005-01-21T13:52:00.000-08:00

well what a blast that trip was. Prague is a city that i highly recomend visiting, even in the winter when it's really COLD *brrrrr*. but hey it was a blast. we (Lela and myself) saw so many cool things. It was fabu. and Budapest although second to Prague was cool too. Better Hostel, but the buildings weren't as pretty with the exception of the Largest Synagogue in Europe. WOW! now there's a synagogue. So that was the Abstract, so u can avoid the dets, if u want *sniff*, or read on =D
(BTW for the pics click on the title [Prague and Budapest] u all should know the password but if not u should know my email so drop me a line and i'll send it to u)
Prague:
so we arrive, grab some money from the bank and catch a cab to the hostel. it was nothing to write home about (ie cold and foam mattresses) so i'm not going into more dets then that. So we ditch our stuff, it's already dark and we're bushed so we wander down the street to the pizza place. great pizza, had the mexican (it was strange but good and drizzled in hot sauce) oh and we had our first Czech beer in the Czech republic (Pilsner Urqual) i think that's how u spell it *shrug* "close enough for gov't work". so we had a little adventure wrt the pizza, we didn't have enough cash btwn us and they didn't take visa, so lela ran to the atm while i waited. *snore* but hey at least we didn't have to do dishes.
so day 1 (officially an all dayer) we got up really early and were at the subway by 9ish, the plan was for 08h30 but =P. so we hop on the subw, and navigate to the train station to pic up our tickets to budapest (long story short) we ended up having to go back in the afternoon and get them. so we went from there to Prague Castle. WOW!!!! and WOW!!!! again. that place was phenomenal. not really a castle but more a defense wall built around a palace (still occupied) and cathedral (looks so much like notre dame :O) and a bunch of other buildings. the architecture was phenomenal! go look at the pics. i can't describe it.
so from there we wandered down to the Oldest Synagogue in Europe (13th Century). too cool, small but beautiful none the less. i highly recomend a visit there. from there we bought sweatshirts with Praha (ie Prague) written on them (did i mention it was COLD in the hostel). and then we wandered around. found a fun little market ( i bought a cool hat matches the orange scarf janie gave me ) =D and then we found the Jewish town hall with it's phenomenal Astrological Clock (again see the pics) beautiful! so beautiful and we got to hear the bells (a few times) and then we wandered across the river (via the tube) and went for a wander through the Museum of Medeval Torture. well that was ,the only word i can think of for it is, "special" but not necessairly speical good just "special". ; ) it was really strange and informative. so then we went for supper in this small pub, honestly we ate like queens for less then 40$ CAD for the 2 of us. Lela had Duck which was phenomenal, i had this beef stuff which was equally great, and we had some fabu beer (mine was a smooth dark one and i can't remember the name of it) definatly not Krusovice though. then we had desert (and some milk with it). it was a 5 star meal for nothing. :D [btw we were listening to Leonard Cohen during dinner, too strange]
Day 2, we wandered about went to see the charles bridge (oh yeah we slept in late) and then we went to the a "frew frewy" pub (lela's words) but so true, for lunch to warm up, try the national drink and wait for the Haunte Prague walking tour we were going on at 16h00ish. The national drink, i can't remember how it's spelled but. EEEEAAAAWWWWW!! comes to mind. MAN that's stuff is NNNNAAAASSSSTTTTYYY!!! no doubt about it. it smells like Gin so u think, mmm this won't be that bad at all. Then u taste it, and WOW it tastes like a Pine forest. NO LIE! it was horrid!!! but hey an experience.
we were the only 2 on the walking tour, and it was great, and the tour ended with a wander through a wax museum of the history of Prague.
Day 3, get up painfully early to catch train to Budapest (7hr train ride). The classic "I AM CANADIAN" or tim's commercial moment happened, just underneath the display board for the train platforms. myself and Lela were looking up waiting for the platform to be anounced and this wide group of 6 backpackers wanders up, and i nudge lela and say "they're canadian" next moment we're talking about where we're from. Me of course from NL, but Lela (who's from the US but was traveling incognito as a canadian [ie she had a CAN flag on her backpack]) was like, i'm from michigan. they look a little weirded out but i explained that she was an Honorary canadian, so they gave her "the quiz": do u know any canadian words?, and where do u get your coffee from? I'm pleased to say lela passed with flying colours. =D so it turns out we were all going to the same place. so that was fun.
the train ride was a snoore (like this post is begining to be) ;) but i read and slept so it was good, the scenery was =P but hey u can't have everything.
so then Budapest. walked from train to hostel, ditched stuff and went for supper. go figure walk into a place called the Grill and order a Euro (pitta stuffed with meat and veggies) and then go to order a drink and what do i see??? CANADIAN DRY (no lie) they had good ol' can dry ginger ale so i had to have. it was good.
then wander around for a bit, grab a beer in a pub (austrian beer), then wandered home. and during the wander we found place that sold these things we affectionatly called Donut Tubes (a sweet bread dough wrapped about a wooden stick thingy and baked in an oven then rolled in cinnamon sugar) YUMMY! and hot off the spit so they helped keep us warm on the way to the hostel. This hostel much better then the first, heated, proper beds and although shared WC etc it was great.
so DAY1 in Budapest, we went to Pest Castle (ie on the Pest side of budapest) and wandered into a great cathedral (again castle more like big wall) had lunch of these great sandwiches, fed the little birdies, the pigeons were too dumb and slow to get any food from the little birds) and then wandered back down and onto the Buda side i think (i kept gettting confused) and went to the Largest Synagogue in Europe (technically the world if u go by sq ft, but it's measured in # of seats so the one in NY is larger). Again u'll have to look at the pics. breathtaking is one way to put it. look in the Budapest folder (pw still the same). then we went to Fat Mo's Speakeasy for supper. (we got a little lost trying to find it but hey it worked out in the end "thanks to misc. hotel dude in Kelvin ter") so we had a fabu supper, i had roast duck breast and these phenomenal potatoes (garlic and blue cheese) SOOOO GOOODD!!!! ask lela she agrees. I love DUCK! it's so tasty and odly enough sorta tastes like Beef, but a little more gamey. lela ordered the hungarian beef, but ended up with turkey wrapped in bacon. which wasn't what she wanted but tasted great anyways. our waiter was a little embarrased by that one. but it was fun, OOHH and we had a great hugarian beer a brown ale Borostyan [with an slash leaning twrds the right over the a]. then we had desert. i had a poppy seed flan with hot sour cherry sauce (YUMMY!!) and lela had an apple and ice cream crepe. good as well. and this was the pub where we tried the national drink of Hungary. if u want the dets email me, i'm too tired to write anymore.
So then we wandered to the hostel, grabbed some donut tubes on the way for breaky the next day. Got up painfully early again and headed to the airport and HOME!! to Scotland. =D YEAH! what a trip, but i'm glad to be back.
well, later days ppl (sorry for the length)
F

So i guess u r wondering....

2005-01-15T09:20:00.000-08:00

about that red headed bartender. or maybe you aren't but i'm going to talk about him anyways :D
So went back to beer cafe last night to celebrate end of EXAMS!!! yeah!
and the guy i mention in my drunken post was there, fancy that. and well by the end of the night we go to chatting and it turns out that last friday, during the t-shirt thing, he remembered my name of my stamped card :O which was much earlier in the evening then when i learned his name.
so last night we were chatting, and he kept bugging me to go back again tonight (so i am :D) what can i say he's nice. and then we started talking about school, and he learned that i'm working on my 3rd degree.... and well he's 19 :D hehehe. oh well. on a whole age doesn't matter. he doesn't look his age, maybe more 23ish if anything. everyone here is shocked at his age and are then like, "eh! who cares". so Age is IRRELEVANT!! i can't spell but u get the idea.
so now i'm getting ready to eat then wander over to the beer cafe around 9ish for 2 beers (max) i gotta save money for Prague. and since i'm flying there tomorrow, there isn't much time left to save. :D
well i'll see u all on the flip side
later days
j

Court reports :P

2005-01-13T08:58:00.000-08:00

yup the end is near for the pratical exam, but that means, MUST WRITE COURT REPORT :P so that's what i'm getting ready to do. well once i feed myself. but once that's outta the way it's all about the court report :P
ttfn
j

Drunken Post

2005-01-07T17:19:00.000-08:00

that's just to warn u all that i was drunk while i wrote this post. so essentially u can iggy anything from here on.
so today was the exam, i might have well not studied. nothing from the notes was really on the exam. Again i say, beyond all belief, Thanks for Philosopy of Science.
as for the rest of the day, it was spent farting around on the inet, chatting with jen etc. until finally at (7ish) going to the beer cafe to drink. so for all u who are wondering yes i have a new T-shirt and it says "i drank the world in beer at the Beer Cafe" what a hoot. and then we got a t-shirt for lela, which was fun. i only needed 5 more beer and lela needed 10 but btwn 3 of us that wasn't so bad. but well i took the cute red headed bar tenders suggestion and had the 9.5% beer, which was quit good. but now i think i'm a little further along then the rest of the gang. but sence i'm at home agian, waiting for the room to stop spinning it's all good. =D
So that's it for the drinking escapades of Jenn, until next weekend when we do it all over again, at the end of praticles, but hey there will be a whole nother t-shirt on the line, although the same red head will be working apparently ;)
gt's all around
later days ppl
j

AHHH! I HATE EXAMS!!!

2005-01-04T15:28:00.000-08:00

yup, after being away from the whole EXAM STRESS for the last 3 years i get to revisit it again. :P gotta say i'm not looking forward to it. It's at some time on Friday. the school is locked up until tomorrow, so i can finally go check on when it is. not to mention stock up on cookies and salty things (i forgot those last time and it's been driving me around the bend). Maybe i'll go for Cadbury shots instead of cookies this time. Could be fun, they're like giant round brown smarties made with cadbury chocolate, i haven't tried them yet, but how can they be bad.
Hmm, it's really weird trying to study for an exam that will cover 3 months and probably 20 + subjects. especially when the exam is only 2 hrs long and u only have to answer 4 of the 6 questions.
very weird me thinks.
Oh well, i'll just have to keep on trucking. i'm through with stats and the evil baye's theorum, occasionally i think i understand but then someone switches off the light *i wish they'd stop doing that*. i think it's more that i have to turn off the logic centers of my brain (and yes i do have them), ignore the circular reasoning bits, and also iggy the fact that there's a qualitative section of the equation multiplied by the quantitative section of the equation (like having an equation that says: distribution = 30 (fish at a site) x it was a really sunny day = lots a fishies) it just doesn't work. but hey, according to forensic scientists it does, so what could a lowly community ecologist know *shrug*.
now i'm wandering through a field of fibers (or fibres as the brits spell) *eyes roll* it's actually quite interesting, there's some really cool things u can do if u find fibers at a crime scene. Even the ubiquitous (is that spelled right) jeans and black cotton fibers are no longer brushed aside as junk. too cool. i have a feeling there's a bad pun stuck in there somewheres, oh well.
so now that i've finished complaining about my exam, i can get on to the really weird stuff.
for some very odd and extremely weird reason i have the desire to dance my butt off at a dance club. and for those of u who know me well know, that 1. i'm not the biggest fan of going dancing, 2. i hate crowded places (which dance clubs usually are), and 3. this is totally out of character for me. so honestly, i have no clue what's on the go there. if anyone has any ideas, i'm open to suggestions. And no "your 'crazy jenn' that's explination enough" 's b/c we all know it's true but this is out side even my realm of crazy ;)
oh well i should probably go finish fibers. I hope everyones start to the new year has been a blast. And that the next 2 weeks go by SMOOTHLY and QUICKLY so that i can get to Prague and start drinking Czech beer again :D
see u all on the flip side
j

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

2005-01-01T07:36:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

well this has been a whorl wind Christmas / end of year. Kara arrived the 23rd, we had christmas in Glasgow and headed to Aberdeen on the 27th to wander there for a few days. managed to be locked out of Dunnottar Castle for a second time, hopefully 3rd time will be the charm.

Then back here to Glasgow for the 30th, off to the beer cafe that night (yeah i'm now at 16 beers) and i only need 22 to get the t-shirt =D yup that was a fun night, thank god the beer cafe is within staggering distance of my flat. oh and i scored a really cool pint glass from this fabulous czech beer that i had Krusovice (the dark one) so SMOOTH for a dark beer, VERY NICE!!! i HIGHLY reccomend. Kara and Lela scored really nice old fashioned Grolsh bottles with the resealable stopper tops.

Then new years, up to Lela's place for a potluck before heading to George Sq for the concert. It was raining so we left a little later then we would have, which was fine, more time to drink in the warm safety of the flat. the George Sq thing was fun, but only just barely worth the 2.50 for the ticket. But hey it was a hoot, the guest star band was actually a beatles cover band *eyes roll* so we ended up just heading back to Lela's for a few more beer.

Then we called Willies house in NL, the reception was horrible, but we managed to listen to each other laugh for a few min, and then off back home so Kara could get some sleep before heading out today.

So, this morning, we walked all the way up to the Bus Station only to discover that the buses weren't running :O *fill in the _______* !!! But through some devine intervention we managed to catch a cab. and all told today was my most expensive day this christmas, 25GBP to and from =P not fabulous but oh well on the way back the guy only actually charged me 23 even though he quoted 25 =D So i guess this will be frozen food week, but that's ok i have pork in the freezer and some froz veggies :D

well that's everything.

i hope everyone's Christmas and New Years was a BLAST!!!

I MISS u all !!
j
ps the Kite from CJ was flown on the 28th in front of Dunnottar Castle and the War Memorial, it was a beautiful sunny windy day, i'll try and post the video somewhere. ;-)

YEAH CHRISTMAS IS HERE!!

2004-12-25T17:25:00.000-08:00

so much fun. K has arrived, and christmas is here. it was so much fun, we lazed around, ate a horrible breaky (aka bad for u but tasted so good) of hash (ie potatoes and carrots and onions refried from lastnight), and curly tailed beef (bacon), and pita breads fried in butter and coated in cinnamon sugar. YUMMY!
we opened presents, had some of the hot chocolate that cj sent. so yummy. K gave me a Qatar flag, a note pad of very cool paper with pictures from egypt on each page, and a wood carving of this special type of necklace that's usually made of silver, it's mounted in a picture frame. Very cool and intricate, gotta love it. K loved the funky pic that i found for her at Kingdom (a funky shop in Glasgow). then there was the scarf (hand knitt by mom) and the calandar, the kite (from cj, which we haven't flown yet [it got dark]) and earrings from aunt L and uncle boob. =D super cool. and this funky little flute that i can wear around my neck that my dad found for me in a craft show. it's got a perfect pitch and if u tap your fingers on the holes it sounds like a little drum too. it's so cool.
then k and i watched the princess bride (too funny) and went for a wander, to see if there was anything open (we forgot to get wine yesterday) but we were s&%$ out of luck. but we did manage to find this funky little news stand that was open and score some chocolate, schweppe's lemonade, dessert (a cadbury chocolate sponge cake in a can that u boil) +devon custard, and some crisps (ie chips for all u canadians reading this). it was a great junk run. then we went back and started supper of a mini "turkey" (ie chicken), veggies, the best dressing ever [it turns out that there is no savory in scotland but rosemary works great, and crappy dry multigrain bread makes great stove top dressing], and garlic naan bread. not your normal fair for traditional newfie "turkey" dinner but good none the less. it was a good supper
then we watched the end of the first movie, cooked the pudding, did a reading, started watching LOTR ROTK (regular ed.)
k's parental units called 1/2 way through, then we chatted and now i'm off to bed.
yup i've finally stopped rambling.
so ttfn, the pics will be on the msn group tomorrow, i hope ;).
j

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

2004-12-23T14:05:00.000-08:00

like it says
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!
and just for good measure
HAPPY NEW YEAR TOO!!!!
christmas is coming! christmas is coming! and i'm not excited, not one bit!
*hehehehe*
yeah!
well i think the plan is set, some time in glasgow, some time in Aberdeen and some more time in glasgow. =D
see u all on the flip side ;)
j

YEAH PICTURES!!

2004-12-20T05:28:00.000-08:00

ok so they aren't on my site, but they are my pics., i just had to post them elsewhere because the stupid uni i go to blocks the hello program from acessing the internet. GRRR!
but hey, it's all good, because if u follow the link, there are the pretty pictures anyways. well if u have an invite that is ;)
ciao
j
ps click on the YEAH PICTURES! and it will take u there ;)

tic-tac christmas...

2004-12-18T07:07:00.000-08:00

yup i managed to make the template even cheesier. it was origionally tic-tac but now it's tic-tac CHRISTMAS! *giggles*
but considering the type of christmas tree i plan to get, and the decorations in my room, tacky christmas is just what the doctor ordered <:o)
the magic 8 ball says yes so it must be true ;)
ttfn dudes
j

i'm having a green day

2004-12-18T06:45:00.000-08:00

so i changed the template to green, and i'll try and find a way to change the heading colors to red so that it can be truely christmasy.
i've been shopping, i managed to "super score" a belt for 3quid. super cool. it's black and simple but it will hold up that jeans that are currently too big for me. YEAH jeans that are too big for me. well i must nap before going skating and then going to movie "series of unfortunate events" can't wait.
j

Christmas is Coming!!!

2004-12-16T10:22:00.000-08:00

yeah! christmas is almost here! 1 more tutorial to go before classes end. then tomorrow night off to the beer cafe to celebrate. YEAH!! then a few days 'till kara arrives, and then off to the wilds of scotland. or more then probably the beer cafe. can u see a trend? oh well christmas should still be fun, we'll definatly head to edinburgh for a bit, and possibly some other places. maybe lela will join us for wandering sterling castle. could be fun. then hogmonay (i have no clue how they spell it) but it's new years and it's a huge party in george's sq. can't wait. then definatly Prague and probably some other city that i can't spell the name during week 2 of the pratical exams (which erin, lela and myself have off). YEAH! this will be a fun few months. and i'll probably be very broke by the end. but that was a given with my moving to scotland. so hey!. and i think i may have found the perfect christmas tree. it's about 20cm high, cheap, metal with led lights attached and stands on a battery. perfect. :D and it's portable so it will come home with me to help furnish future flats. oh and comes pre decorated ;) well if u count the little green led lights. too fun!
YUP! i'm excited for christmas even though i won't be home, but hey it's all an adventure isn't it :D
ttfn
j

STEPS IS DONE!!

2004-12-10T06:14:00.000-08:00

hi all, yeah STEPS is done! not that i didn't enjoy the crime scene exercise. but, not having people to help and having frustratingly stupid people on your team can be anoying. especially when they refuse to follow instructions. sometimes i wonder if they've spent 3 months in the same course as i have. but oh well, it's over and passed in. the group report was not my best, but all my group thought it was fabulous so what can u do. i think my individual report was much better but gods only knows. or i guess Thorpe only knows ;)
so tonight is big party, going for supper at resturant with rest of class and most of the profs. should be intersting especially since we're all heading to a pub afterwards. or at least we'll try and con the profs into going. could be interesting. i've no intetion of getting completely smashed, but a few pints won't hurt.
oh well, i must go, gotta go buy some tights or something to go with my skirt for tonight. i think i may shock the world dressing up all girly. a classic get away from the everyday.
ciao
j

The dead arose and spoke to many...

2004-12-05T05:33:00.000-08:00

Hi all,
sorry i haven't posted in a while but (lame excues) i've been busy.
hmm, what's on the go here, well we have STEPS excercise on the go, essentially our mock crime scene excercise. to quote Dr Thorpe "the only time we will get to 'Play CSI' and take the evidence from crime scene to court" so last week was the begining of the excercise and our case conclusions are due this friday. after which we are all going out drinking :D <:o) the court section doesn't occur until may, so we have loads of time to forget our cases before we are grilled about them by lawyers and in front of a real judge <:o) :P
oh well gotta get used to that at some point. :D
i'd love to tell u all details of the case we're (ie my group) is working on but since it's an on going investigation i'm not allowed ;) *hehehehe* although i am the scene manager and therefore get to organize the tasks etc. but i'm not allowed to be a dictator. which i don't think i have been but gods only knows what my group thinks.
well i gotta boot and do research, i hope all is well with u all.
ttfn
J

to Skye and back....

2004-11-06T11:22:00.000-08:00

Well hello all,
like the title says i've been to skye and now i'm home. it was the ile of skye with 2 of my classmates. what a riot. we went horseback riding at a fabulous place on beautiful Clydesdales!! if u want to check them out go to http://www.westhighlandheavyhorses.com super cool, it was so much fun and we had a beautiful day so we got loads of pretty pictures.
what else, we went to 2 castles Donvegan (ie the oldest occupied by origional owners castle in britian) very cool, also home to the Fairie flag. Pretty neat too. the place was really interesting, the grounds outside were beautiful. I'm doing up the pics now, so eventually there will be a slide show in circulation. unfortunatly i can't post pics on the site b/c the uni's firewall blockes the program :P
hmm what else, OH! on the way to skye on Oct 29 we stopped at this little inn/pub and had dinner and u wouldn't believe what i had for dinner (and seriously enjoyed too!) Haggis, neeps (turnup) and tatties (potatoes). All i can say is if u EVER have the opportunity to try haggis do so it's fabulous! or at least these guys made great haggis!
hmm what else, we toured around in our little ford focus, those cars are pretty nifty, super fabulous for the blind narrow corners that many of the roads have, or the fabulous 1 lane roads that are predominant in skye.
Needless to say, it's a beautiful place and we had a fabulous weekend. it's actually strange driving there and around the island itself are very like the west coast of NL. go figure.
well on to other stuff...
For all those reading this who also had to suffer through Research Methods you won't believe this! i actually used something that i learned in the philosophy of science part of that class. too crazy no? We had a class friday on the UK legal system, and a discussion afterwards comparing Scotland to the rest of the UK and other places. It was pretty interesting until they started to focus on "truth" and being "biased" or not. it was getting to the point of rediculous and i rolled my eyes once to often and caught the eye of Dr T. who was leading the discussion. So i was "forced" to comment. :D Essentially asking "what is truth? it is different for everyone and it is impossible to be non-biased because just like the cat in the bag theorem states we bias everything as soon as we observe it". most people were looking around with that "what the hell is the cat in the bag theorem?" look but dr T was chuckeling and seemed empressed. So the moral of this story, no matter how boring philosophy of science is it apparently does have it's uses.
well that's it for me, i've taken enough of your time, and i have to get back to editing :D
i hope all is well with u all. (cj your post card is on the way :D)
ttfn
j

Hey yall

2004-10-23T14:01:00.000-07:00

i've still had no luck posting pics on the site :P i think it has something to do with the stupid uni's intranet. if only i could find the bypass. with the way it works i couldn't even create and update an web page. thankfully it doesn't recognize blooger as bad or i'd be done for. :P
oh well, today i went for a wander in glasgow. i'd actually not done so in a while which is weird. so i wandered up by St. Mungos (Harry Potter fans should recognize the name) there's a hospital there but i went to the near by church graveyard. it's really old. the oldest headstone that i could read was from 1635. too funky. the place is actually huge, but i only wandered the bit around the imediate area of the church, there was no time for me to wander the vast majority of the rest. so if it's nice tomorrow i'm going to pack a lunch (ie chocolate) and probably drag some of my friends along for a wander in the grave yard should be fun. it's an interesting spot with some really funky architecture.
well i should probably do some labs stuff since i will probably slack off tomorrow.
so ttfn, i hope all is well with everyone
jennifer

Blood splash is fun.....

2004-10-20T09:00:00.000-07:00

u know u've spent too much time in forensic science lab when...
well it was cool. there were different angles and patterns scalloped edges and long drops. super cool.....
the comparison microscope thing this afternoon was cool too. although one of my unknowns didn't match any of the knows. so i think it may have been a "trick" question. if not then someone will have to show me which one it matches because i won't believe it otherwise. nope, not one bit.
well i might be going to the ile of skye for halloween weekend. there's a group going for the weekend, and apparently there's a place where u can go to ride clydesdales around the island. super cool. nothing's definitive yet but, fingers crossed. should be fun if possible. i'll have to be diligent and write my labs up the night of though so i won't have work on the weekend. but i should probably be doing that anyways.
well i'm off to cook fish for dinner.
ttfn
j

CANON PRINTER'S ROCK!!!!

2004-10-18T11:59:00.000-07:00

yeah canon printers. i returned the crappy HP printer and bought a canon PIXMA iP1500 and it WORKS!!! so it was just the crappy HP and not my computer. the software auto started like it was supposed to and everything. so now i have a pretty new canon printer and it's print cartridges are cheap (black 9.99 and colour 11.99 GBP) so always good. now i must go and do some lab printing :D
i'll write more either later tonight or later in the week :D
ttfn
j

Hello everybody...

2004-10-17T15:11:00.000-07:00

well how's everyone doing? i'm pretty good, a little tired. i'm going to head to bed soon. but i may read the notes for tomorrow before then :P
i've just finished doing the LUCI spectrophotometer lab. YEAH!
i went to a party friday which was fun. one of the guys in the class held it at his flat. well at least that was the origional plan. but we ended up spending most of the night in a pub called weatherspoons or something to that effect. quite a nice place, good food. myself and some of the girls from the class went early to get supper, then the rest of the gang was supposed to show up and we were supposed to wander down the the flat. but we ended up not getting to the flat until about 23h30 or so. but hey. it was a really nice place hard wood floors etc, low celing though there was only an inch between my head and the roof, which was a little disconcerting.
so i didn't end up coming home from there until about 02h30 or so. i walked back with on of the other girls in the dorm. it wasn't super far but not something u want to do alone at night.
then i slept 'till about 15h00 the next day it was fabulous. :D
well i'm off for bed now
ttfn
jennifer

HP PRINTERS SUCK!!!!!

2004-10-14T13:33:00.000-07:00

like the heading says. they suck. i bought one for 40 pounds thinking that's a good deal. NOT! the frelling thing's essentially broken. i can't install it on my machine and the hp help people had the most outragous solution. to mess with the registry of my computer, delete the hp folder (thereby uninstalling my cd burner as well) and then trying to install the damn thing. no garuntees though, and the same problem could occur when i try to re-install my burner. they must honstly think all non-techies are sheep, and will blindly follow where ever they tell u to go! GRRRRRR!!!!! therefore my advice, never buy a HP PRINTER! as the title says THEY SUCK!!!!
well that felt good. i'll be returning my printer tomorrow, which will be even better.
oh u know what i found on the net the other day, u can download trials of popcap games to your pda. so i now have Rocket Mania, the best puzzle game ever.
so much fun. they have all kinds of different op systems too.
yeah
well my rant is over i must make a call now.
ttfn
j

HI ALL...

2004-10-10T13:59:00.000-07:00

well lets see. i'm currently writing up my labs from last week. i was trying to find some info on blood drying rates, but so far the search has been futile. although i did find an interesting paper on the errors involved in estimating fall distance and angle of blood drops. :D
i'm sure some of u reading this are thinking :O she's NUTS! :^) oh well c'est la vie. i find in interesting. i'm now trying to write up my blood spatter analysis lab. it was on computer but the week after next i get to play with real blood and droping it onto various surfaces from different heights. CAN'T WAIT!
hehehehe...
hmmm what else. OH yes. i swear the craziest things happen to me. the Gas monitor thingy in our flat is broken. essentially this is the thing that we stick our gas card into with a certain amount of money on, it reads that info off it and then counts down through the money as we utilize gas for hot water and heating. YEAH! so what does this mean? well we have no HOT WATER! :P which is crappy. so inorder to get hot water we have to boil the kettle. :P so no showers :P hopefully the will be able to fix it tomorrow. keep your fingers crossed. i must have been horrible in a past life or something (not allowing people acess to hot water or something) and this is just karma catching up with me. hehehe...
well if things really get bad, maybe jenni will let me use her flats shower.
oh well that's it. back to work for me :P
ttfn
j
ps jen a. what's on the go chick?

GRRR....

2004-10-06T12:47:00.000-07:00

so i'm a little grumpy today. well since yesterday. turns out the *^#$#... (fill in the blank) who sold me my cell phone lied to me. there wasn't 30 pound of talk time included in the price at all. So i brought the phone back today! so one week with new phone a waste!! and never go to Phones 4 U. they suck.... to make it even worse the guy doing the refund today actually argued with me, and tried to tell me that i wouldn't be getting a full refund because i bought insurance. I was getting nearly at the CABOOM! point when the manager looked up and said "just give her a full refund". thank god. i'm not the biggest fan of losing the ol' temper in public. but when push comes to shove sometimes it is necessary. so got all the money back (u all can disregard the number i sent u) and now i must start the phone shopping all over again. GRRRR!

on the lighter side, i went over to Jenni's for supper last night. we had 3 cheese kraft dinner. and it was actually pretty good. it's so weird, i never ate it while in canada but i have while in glasgow. hmmm....
so after the kd (oh and it was "Real" kd) we went to a movie 3.50pounds not bad. we say the bourne supremacy. for once the uk being behind canada movie thing is an advantage. YEAH! so it was a really good movei. but holy ..... was it raining both while walking there and back. so it was all about catching a cab. which aren't that bad here.

hmm. labs so far have been really fun. i had 2 today. the first was counterstaining using hematoxylin and eosine and then looking for spermatozooa, which was boring b/c of the staining bit, but once i was looking at the slides it was interesting. and then i had blood analysis in the afternoon. it's was essentially looking at the many methods of detecting blood in a sample. so i had to make a serial dilution of blood (8 vials) and then there were 12 different methods of detection. it was super cool. depending on what reagent u were using and the type of additional stuff u added u could influence the sensitivity of the test. very neat. although part of it i had to do under the fume hood b/c there were 2 sufur containing mineral salts in use. YEAH!
so tomorrow i'm doing blood drying time, and then friday i have the blood computer program thingy. should be fun.

anyways. i must write up labs and prep for tomorrow and fridays lab. WOO-HOO!

ttfn & i hope all is well with u all,
j

HI yall...

2004-10-02T09:10:00.000-07:00

How's life treating everyone? i finally have internet in my room! YEAH! although i haven't figured out how to use msn messenger yet. but give me time i'm sure there's a way around it, actually i think someone is going to send me a message with instructions. so hopefully before too long all will be right with the internet world... :D i'm actually just trying yahoo messenger. hopefully that will work...but i have a sinking suspision that it won't... and i was right. oh well. hopefully the solution won't take too long to implement.
well i must go and see if i can check my Strathclyde account. and get that all set up.
ttfn
j
ps later tonight i'll try and post some pics. but i have to get a program first. :D

school's started

2004-09-30T11:06:00.000-07:00

well the course has started. yeah! it seems like it will be a very interesting year. the lab is really cool. we have to wear these funky lab coats that we're provided with that close up off center. super funky. we haven't actually done any lab stuff. that's starting next week apparently so then we'll have labs tuesday through friday, with 1/2 days of labs on tues, thurs and fri and full day labs on wed. no labs on monday. too funky no? apparently ti's all the msc forensic science, diploma people and forensic informatics (computer stuff) people stuck together first term and then we divide up by specialty second term. i think i shall be doing forensic biology (dna, trace, blood spatter analysis, forensic botany etc) :D too fun!
yup i'm weird! but i love it!
so what else. well i'm finally registered. so u shall soon be recieving an email from me with my new uk uni address. yup universities over here are call uni. quite convenient.
oh, cj when u get a chance send me your snail mail address amazingly i don't have it and i have a post card with your name on it.
jen a. have u gotten ur snail mail yet? u 2 dad any mail from the uk?
well i gotta bolt, time's a runnin' short and i have to check the ol' email accounts. yeah:P
ttfn, i hope all is well.
j

Hello from Aberdeen...

2004-09-27T12:04:00.000-07:00

well hello all.
as u know from the title i'm currently in Aberdeen. YEAH! i'm here visiting Michelle and Alastair. gotta say it was loads of fun. we went to visit a castle (which was :( closed) we got to walk around out side. and it was
FAB-U-LOUS! super fun. then we poped back into the town by the castle and had a pub lunch and then went back to aberdeen to wander the univ of aberdeen's grounds. there was a perty church very nice. then we wandered over to this old church with a very old grave yard. dating back to the 1700's very cool. there were loads of headstones and some trees as well. very cool i have to say. there were even some funky trees like the mountain ash (aka dog berry) that had white berries they were too cute. then there was the holly tree. it was huge and apparently in the glasgow botanical gardens there's on that's even taller. i was always proud of our 'big' holly bush. but oh well it was fun. the inside of the curch was beautiful too.
then we came back to the apartment (which is beautiful) and michelle cooked dinner (which was fabulous) even the potatos were good, and i'm not the biggest fan of potatos. oh and i got to online chat with the parental units using the ol web cam. it was lots of fun, saw the cat and the dog. poor mac was scared to death of the camera. what a nutter. indy just looked pissed. hehehe....
once dinner was over we played some x-box a game called burnout3 takedown. mie if u r reading this both u and nora-lynn have to try this game. it's a riot. most difitivly girl friendly. the object of one of the 2 games is to make the most spectacular crash possible and cause the most damage, therefore racking up the $$ and making it to new rounds and getting new cars. it's SO much fun.
yup i'm a little nuts ;)
i'll have to get internet set up at home before putting some pics in. but not to worry there will be some soon. i hope...
well i should go i hope all is well with everyone...
ttfn
j =D

ps school starts tomorrow AHHH/YEAH!!

i think i'm in love....

2004-09-22T12:21:00.000-07:00

of course in a very mundane way. the yogurt here is fabulous. u know your life is boring when u blogg about yogurt. but it is fabulous. i bought the really cheap low fat stuff, and it's not at all like canadian low fat yogurt. it actually tastes good. and the best part is they have blackcurrent, rhubarb and gooseberry yogurt here. probably some of the best i've ever tried. super yummy! ;)
ok enough about yogurt. it's another glorious day here, sunny but crisp. i'm sure the wind will pick up later.
jen i've sent a post card (although with French Village rather than RothesaY) but the postal code should get it to u. once i get white out there'll be a letter too. the stationary here is very cool. :D
yup i'm NUTS!
well i must go check other email accounts. i hope all is well with everyone. ttfn
j

Hello all

2004-09-21T16:00:00.000-07:00

well lets see, today's weather is alot better than that of the last few days. typical i spend 9£ on an umbrella and then it stops raining. i've finally settled into my res. the reooms not exactly clean but it's now home. too weird not. i'll send u all the address tomorrow or the next day i only have 10 min left on the puter so i figured blog instead of wait for hotmail. the net here is really slow today :P
oh well. not much that can be done about that. i'll have to book time for tomorrow so that i can send more emails etc. hopefully i'll be registered soon so i can get all settled and email from newhome.
well i gotta run, i want to check on one other thing before time runs out. i hope all is well with everyone.
M&D how r cat and dog? have they cheered up yet?
well ttfn
j

today in scotland

2004-09-19T15:45:00.000-07:00

well it's raining and this is just a test. but all is well. i'm running out of comp time. so gtg. will write more later.
ttfn