This is probably the best Valentine's Day ever. It's a snow day! Below you'll find a video Melissa created chronicling the buildup of snow over the past two days. We went sledding last night while the snow was still coming down pretty hard. It is easily up to my knees in most places. Most schools are closed, including ours! Happy Snow-Day everyone!
In researching for my presentation on Frodo Sam and Gollum I discovered this movie clip. Apparantly there was an animated version of Lord of the Rings made in the late 70's. Needless to say, I thought it was pretty awesome/hilarious.
The music is pretty catchy, but I have no idea how children could have sat through more than 10 minutes of this.
I don't really know if I'm allowed to post pictures of someone else's artwork online but here I am doing it anyway. I am such a law-breaker. Jenny used a picture of my little sister Eliza in her art show. Isn't she great?
The piece is titled "Little Dancer". All of Jenny's works feature pictures of children. She even got a bunch of kids from downtown to come to her opening. It was so funny to see the hoard of 6-12 year old girls running down the hallways. If you are interested, go look at the pieces hanging in the art gallery. They are awesome!
| You Are 72% Gross |
 You're pretty dirty, and there's a good chance you're living in a total dump. And your body? Not too clean either. Watch out for killer bacteria, Pig Pen! |
I've been back at school for a few weeks now. I'm taking Creative Writing and the pressure 0f trying to produce something good really clams me up. So I thought I might post a few pathetic paragraphs in my blog in order to relieve some of the pressure.
On another note, last year at this time I was be in Charlbury, England. I can't believe it's been a year already. I really miss it sometimes.
I feel like England is an ex-lover I can't get out of my system: sometimes I hated it, sometimes I loved it, but I would go crawling back to it in a second.
So, I was going through some old pictures on my computer and stumbled upon these priceless moments. To think I will be with these urchins again in less than a week.
Oh Christmas Break, you can not come fast enough!
I've seen a few other people do this and it looked like fun, so...
1. put your music player on shuffle
2. press forward for each question
3. use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn't make sense
How are you feeling today?
A Hard Day's Night -- The Beatles
How do your friends see you?
The Lion Sleeps Tonight -- Paul Simon
Will you get married?
Love is a Crime -- Anastacia
What is your best friend's theme song?
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard -- Paul Simon
What is the story of your life?
The Song of the Cebu -- Veggie Tales
What was highschool like?
Good Vibrations -- The Beach Boys
How can you get ahead in life?
Sky is Falling -- Lifehouse
What is the best thing about your friends?
Tougher Than It Is -- Cake
What is tonight going to be like?
Nowadays -- Chicago
and What is in store for this weekend?
Morning Song -- Jewel
Some of the answers are pretty spot on... I guess what you listen to says more about you than you think.
My last day of classes was yesterday. I sort of have mixed feelings about it. Part of me is a bit burned out and looking foward to the next few weeks, but I have some classes I really enjoyed that I'm going to miss. I'm going to post a couple poems I wrote for my Creative Writing class. I'm taking another Creative Writing class next semester so maybe they'll be more of this if I write anything good. I didn't think I was a poetry writing person but I actually enjoyed writing them.
Words are all I have
I tinker with words
like a child with toys
changing one for another
losing sight of what was there to start.
Threading ideas together
like an old woman knitting a sweater.
If you find the right place to pull
will it all unravel?
Still, words are all I have
so I keep playing the game
Gossip Brew
Her gnarled hands grasp the delicate china;
I fear she will drop the cups.
All offers of help denied,
she always insists on tea.
When I was young
I fancifully believed tea to be
a mystical potion Grandma drank
for strength
Grandma hungers for conversation,
the details of a story
she stores up like crumbs
from tea-cakes
to savor later
when the tea has grown cold
“Tell me more,” she says.
I tell her the unimportant facts of me
that mean nothing and everything.
Looking down at the tea I had forgotten to sip,
I realize it’s not the warmth of the brew
from which she draws her strength
Last night I was supposed to be cleaning the fridge. I took all the food out and noticed that there was blue jello residue underneath the bottom shelf on the fridge. I did what any normal person would to and took out the shelf to wash it. Unfortnately the shelf was quite frosty and the water I was using was too warm and the thing exploded in my hands sending shards of glass all the way across the kitchen. There was a few inches of glass in the bottom of the sink and even some piece down my shirt. Fortunately I only cut my thumb which bled pretty severely but is ok now. That was a stupid thing to do.
A smart thing to do was switching to Blogger beta. it is so much easier to use and I was able to change my template and fiddle with colors to my hearts content. To any bloggers that haven't switched yet I highly recomend it.
I must really like Toronto because I've been there two weeks in a row now. Last Friday I met Abby there to see Wicked: we visited China Town, went out to eat, and saw the musical. The next day we shopped for a few hours and then went to see Happy Feet on the Imax. It was probably the best weekend of my month.... or semester. This Friday I was Lisa's escort to an information session at the University of Toronto. After that we went shopping and then had dinner with Nardeen. Aside from the pouring rain it was awesome. Here are some highlights of last week:
Wally with the CN tower. 
Me and Abby in China Town. The tower was supposed to be behind us but our heads are too big. But we got new hats there! Everything in China Town is rediculously cheap!
Salt and Pepper shakers... that really like each other.
Happy Feet!!! I LOVED this movie!
Father Penguin: What are you doing? (as baby penguin is spazing out all over the place)
Mumble: I'm happy!
Father: What are you doing with your feet???
Mumble: They're happy too! 
I am planning on posting some pictures of my amazing stay in Toronto with my amazing friend Abby. We saw Wicked and Happy Feet and went shopping in China-town. This week has been the most hectic week of my life. All I have to do is get through the next two days and then I can begin to live again. (pant, pant) The play that Paige and I have been working on for the past month or so is going to be performed Wed and Thurs night, it starts at 7:30. I am also going to be in chapel today. Come and watch if you feel so inclined.
Isn't it funny that something as simple as sunshine can have such a great impact on your mood?
Word of the day: Peregrination
per‧e‧gri‧na‧tion [per-i-gruh-ney-shuhn] –noun
1. travel from one place to another, esp. on foot.
2. a course of travel; journey.
There are two squirrels that live in our back yard. A grey squirrel and a black squirrel. I've named the black one Beatrix and grey one Potter. We often see them running as they make their peregrinations from one end of the housing strip to the other carrying acorns in their mouths. All of the backyards are seperated by fences and we all have our own little tree. I imagine it looks much different to the squirrels; all the yards are connected by the branches that spread from tree to tree.
This is where I live! Well, not here, in this park, but you get the idea.
Unfortunately you can't go swimming... for multiple reasons it appears.
Canada's version of a castle: built in the 1830's, more of a mansion really. The outside was actually pretty ugly compared to the inside which I unfortunately don't have any pictures of.
This was an entire building devoted to Cock-fights. Pitting roosters against each other to the death for those of you unfamiliar with the term. I guess they were really into it. The building was pretty large.
By Annie's suggestion... but I thought it was a good idea too...
isn't chico state a massive party school...? If so then yes, wally needs to be there!
Wally needs to remember that he is employed by the university and that employ carries with it the obligation to carry out his employer's policies.
Wally needs to make the program go
Wally needs to take a class on how cold temperatures affect water!
Wally needs an exterminator.
Wally needs a new suit for an upcoming dance,
Wally needs a nursemaid, someone always at hand and beck, to clean up the messes he makes all the time and to make runs for him, 
Carly needs help...
Carly needs someone who loves her for who she is - flaws and all - not judge her every time she makes a mistake...
Carly needs to realize what she and Jax did was wrong. Keeping a child from its biological parents isn't right...
Carly needs an actual new heart...
Carly needs to be operated on, and Victor mst sign the consent forms...
Carly needs someone to play fetch and tug-of-war with!
Carly needs... a life...
Sigh, I have felt really flustered lately trying to get all my work caught up. I am really looking forward to the long weekend. Mel and I are planning to explore downtown Hamilton on Thursday. I've spent most of my time here for almost 4 years and I still feel that I know very little of the city. I'm really looking forward to it and if we have any half-decent pictures I'll be sure to post them. I've found it to be true all over the world that people rarely take advantage of the attractions their own city has to offer them. The majority of people I talked to in Athens had never even been to see the Acropolis. I mean, they could see it from all over the city but they had never actually gone to it. I 've been to Niagra Falls, but I'd like to see a little more of what Southern Ontario has to offer.
Wally really enjoyed getting in touch with the more primative side of wildlife. I was hoping we'd get to see some penguins but instead we just saw polar bears. Actually, polar-bears and penguins don't even live on the same continent in real life but in zoos they can come together.
So, basically all day today I've been fooling around on my blog instead of studying. Having more important things to do seems to have re-kindled my interest in blogging. Hopefully I will be able to keep this up!
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