A note from the super on Christmas eve

"If this car is here in the morning it will be towed!"

Merry Christmas everyone.

Six-word Memoir

Smithmag is having a six-word memoir contest. Pat and I read about it on the Freakonomics blog.

As the site points out, this "could be the title of your autobiography, or maybe your epitaph."

Hemingway summed himself up with these six words:
"For sale: baby shoes, never used."
I guess that means he was born an old man?

I thought about mine for a while. On the one hand, I thought it wouldn't make sense to write a memoir at age 22, assuming I've got a ways to go. After all , nothing has "happened." No, that's bullshit. Really, I could write a memoir, if I thought it was anyone's business. It would be about as big as an encyclopedia and full of drama and adventure and romance.

The real challenge here is brevity. You have to know yourself well to be that succinct about your life. It really forces you to evaluate who you are and what you want your life to mean. Maybe next year I'll actually give NaNoWriMo a half-decent shot...but for now getting 6 words out about myself is tough enough.

If I had to sum up my life so far I would say that I am someone who has fun and isn't afraid to break the rules. I am someone who does what I want and follows my gut. Lastly, I am someone who leaves her mark and when I've been somewhere, you'll know I was there.

Bearing that in mind here's what I came up with. My memoir, in six words:

"I stepped barefoot in wet cement."

That'll do, for now but I'm not crazy about it...I guess life is a work in prorgress.

Life is a work in progress.

What would yours be?

Thoughts

People often think, erroneously, that they need more time.
What would more time do for you? What have you done with the time that passed?

What exams are like...

• You don't have time to cook so you eat mostly fast food and condiments
• Your first thought when you wake up in the morning is "shiiiiit"
• You sweat taurine
• Showers are rewards for a hard-day's work
• Cleaning and dishes are much welcomed study breaks
• You have a hunch back from leaning over your books
• You write exams in your dreams
• You post pointless blogs like this one - anything for a break
• You contemplate dropping the course, dropping out or dropping dead!

Good luck everyone...keep on truckin'!

Thoughts

The same place can't be the right place for everyone. And the wrong place won't feel right, no matter how long you stay there or what colour you paint it. It's still the same, wrong place.

Moon Boots!

Remember
Moon Boots?

They're coming back!...in a variety of forms. Tecnica, who makes ski boots as well as apres ski-wear, is still selling the classic moon boots as well as updated designs. They also have other styles, like shearling and "metro."

Like it or not, these are probably the next uggs.

Would you wear them?

FOUR THINGS you may have not known about me...

Compliments of April Robinson (and I added a music category, just cuz)

1) Four Jobs I have had in my life

Santa's helper
Waitress at a Bar
Blockbuster bitch
Salesperson at a bag store (hence my addiction)

2) Four Movies I watch over and over

Jerry Maguire
Rocky movies
Love Actually
Fight Club

3) Four Songs I listen to over and over

Sinnerman - Nina Simone
Get by - Talib Kweli
For the Widows in Paradise... - Sufjan Stevens
The Sea - Morcheeba

4) Four Places I have lived in

Toronto (North York)
Ottawa (Napean)
Richmond Hill
Waterpoo

5) Four Vacations I've been on

Paris
New York
Florida
Going to Scotland soon!!!

6) Four Favourite Foods

Steak and veg
Bacon breakfasts
Mr. Noodles
Mediterannean food

7) Four Websites I visit daily

Gmail/Hotmail
"People" gossip news
CBC news
People's blogs

8) Four Places I would rather be RIGHT NOW

At my cousin's in Staten Island playing with the baby
On a beach in Florida with Patty
Looking at the window displays in Manhattan
In TO with Karen, Irina and Julia

Alpacaheart

"They can take our fur...but they will never take our FREEDOM!!"

McHardy McWedding

I'm going to Scotland!!

With her Masters ordeal behind her, my sister has finally taken off the labcoat and emersed herself in some wedding planning. As maid of honour, I've been a little apprehensive about having to wear a cookie-cutter bridesmaid dress for the second time (sorry Marina, but there was a reason I changed after the ceremony).

So I'm thrilled to hear that the big fat wedding was cancelled and instead our families are going to Scotland next fall for a small, modest ceremony.

Looks like I'm wearing plaid!

Pat and I are so excited. No one in my family has ever been there. I myself have always wanted to see the UK, especially London, but now that I've been looking at pictures of Castles all morning I am soooo hyped! I want to watch Trainspotting and Four Weddings & a Funeral RIGHT NOW.

If anyone who reads this has been to Scotland and has any suggestions of where to get married or where to visit while we're there, please comment or email me!

Yipppeeeee!