hmm. i like you.

Toyota Yaris

Pontiac G5

so.

i'm a university graduate! wahhhoooooooo! i convocate on june 6th, you're all invited!

for now, i'm still working at BX and i finally have benefits and a better salary and paid holidays and all that jazz. like real people.

now it's time for me to buy a fabulous car! i am going to the bank next week to be pre-approved and then i'm offfffff baby to the dealerships. call me crazy, or just 'mom', but i want a four door automatic... i'm so done with 2 doors and stick shifts. give me something i can eat a freaking sandwhich with while i drive and let people in the backseat without having to crawl all over the seats. thanks. i actually like jenna's ford focus so much and i might get one of those, also looking at a toyota yaris and a honda civic. all i really want is air conditioning and a cd player. it's really that simple!

i'm excited. i can't wait to have freedom again. i can't wait to go home for lunch sometimes. i can't wait to go to jenna's new house for lunch to see my favorite kids in the world. and go to the mall whenever i want. yesssssssssssssss. i've been such a loser since january. i can't wait to lose my loserness. it's gonna be great.

that's all i gots to say right now.

ta freaking da

i watch the office, and i found it particularly funny last night. thats where my title comes from. i also enjoyed, "dwight, you ignorant slut" and it was so darn funny that they said it twice for my viewing pleasure. hilarious! so if i ever say that to you, and insert your name in for dwight, do not be offended. just laugh, because i am sure that i will be laughing too.

it's friday friends! and its payday. blessed payday.

it's also friday the 13th. spooky. the first spooky thing that happened to me this morning was that i dropped my banana on the ground. what does this mean? what are the cosmos trying to tell me? i do wonder.

the second spooky event - the police called me. then they sent their best looking officer to come to my office to have me sign something. hot damn. haha. i've always wanted to say that and i felt that was a good place for it.

that's it for spooky events thus far. do tell me your friday the 13th story if you do have one.

last night i hosted the first bbq of the year! jeff called me and told me he wanted to bbq for supper and so we went and got a couple terriaki steaks. we had a couple extra, so i promply called my lovely dating friends, lynnel and denver, and we supped together. we had steaks, a huge garden salad, a vegetable melody, potato salad and fresh buns. lynnel and denny brought a homemade strawberry-rhubarb pie (technically homemade but purchased from mystic java) and though we didn't let it settle long enough after coming out of the oven, it was outstanding. NOW i know why you always see pictures of pies sitting on the counter all steamy and delicious looking. they need a few minutes to settle so they aren't runny! ah ha! that makes so much sense. but it didn't matter what it looked like. it still tastes the same. so we had a good night, watched some hockey (go flames, right lynnel?!) and some other thurs night tv shows, i.e. the office, 30 rock and my name is earl. good friends, good times.

horray horrah for 21 degrees tomorrow!

that's all for now!

"i'll be back"

yes i know, i haven't blogged in a week! how unlike me.

i've been really busy with school and it's been intense. but guess what friends, i only have 2 more weeks (and 3 papers and 3 exams) to go!

speaking of "i'll be back" did you know that arnold schwarzenegger is the only governor that opts out of a salary? i guess he thinks he made enough with the Terminator movies. its something like $250,000 a year. to my friend arnie, that's just petty cash.

i'd be glad to take it off his hands, but i guess The Governator doesn't know about little me, over here in saaaask-atch-a-wann.

i get to go to the Junos on Sunday night! i have some feelings of excitement about this. i don't know what to wear. oh nelly (furtado)! i am not going to that fanfare thing i won. i'm not interested in meeting absolutely NOBODY cool. and stand in line for their autographs? i'm not really that kind of girl. artists like Alexisonfire, Billy Talent, Eva Avila, Melissa O'Neil, Hedley (hello, Canadian Idol overload?), Stabilo, Three Days Grace, Tomi Swick, George (who the mother is george?)...look it up, here. No big artist will be at fanfare. just the actual show. The Junos are a huge event for this city. i think the city will be hip-hopping this weekend. hopefully i'll go to a few venues to see some live performances. maybe i'll see someone cool around our promiscuous town.

please note i've added a very cool feature, my facebook "badge." you can flip through some pictures by pressing "next". you don't need a facebook account to do this.

the other badge, "GlobalVoices" has awesome blogs from around the world, mostly the south (aka the developing world) and its super interesting with a ton of topics, many written by regular people. it's cool because good development really stresses giving a voice of the poor, rather than us western big wigs coming in and trying to fix things our way. it doesn't work.

another blog of note (link is under Amuse Me): the world bank has a blog called "Poverty and Growth" that i enjoy. poverty and development is my major at uni, and though i don't talk about it too much, i do love this subject. please note i do not agree with MANY of the actions the world bank & imf -they are the big wigs i was just talking about - have taken, yet this site has some great info and it is quite interesting.

i must go now. i have a 12 page paper that was due LAST tuesday that i must hand in tomorrow, and i am currently on page 19 with no intro and no conclusion. though this may sound like a good thing, it's deceivingly bad. very bad and very stressful.

love from, tired, frustrated, but can see the end of a long four years,
me.

p.s. please, in your comments, don't ask me what i'm going to do after i graduate. the thought stresses me out beyond belief. thanks. i'll blog about it when i know :)

Mac or Dell?

i'm buying myself a laptop as a grad gift to myself. i have only needed one for 4 years. i've got my lovely IBM but i find PCs to be rather anti-mobile. i just can't picture myself lugging my computer to night class each week. not that i will have night class anymore starting in THREE WEEKS! woot woot! anyway, still want a laptop and looking for some advice/opinions:

mac or dell? dell or mac?


hi kristin, i am cute little Apple iBook! look how sweet i would look at your desk. i'm so pretty and girly and have many creative options. i love to do fun things with your photos, videos, and webpages. i am a perfect companion to a young hot chick like yourself on the go as you enter a new career. i'm as clean as they come - never a virus for me! buy me because you and i are meant to be together! never mind that i cost so much! its okay. i'm cute. cute cute cute.

hi apple ibook, you look like so much fun i could eat you right up. HOT. HOT. HOT. (also nevermind that i don't exactly have a new career. yet.) i must decide if i only like you for your looks. are you as beautiful on the inside as you are on the outside? are you truly worth the extra effort i must put into paying for you? ibook. i think you are to me like izzie is to george. beautiful on the outside. stacked. a supermodel. my best friend. but probably not right for me???



hi kristin i am Inspiration 6400 dual core from Dell. you will love how much hardrive and memory i have for half the price of snobby ibook up there. i am fast, efficient and come with many free features. i am definitely the one for you. just think how professional you will look toting hot little silver me around. and guess what, i am just as skinny as snobbook above - i only weigh 6 lbs. furthermore, "inspiration" is even a better name than "ibook" - it speaks of your future, bright and successful, with me by your side.

hi inspiration 6400, i like you too. you're cheaper and somewhat cute. you have more memory and hardrive and its not that you're ugly. you simply don't have the same "presence" that ibook gives off. i am probably going to buy you, just don't be too jealous of my love affair with apple ibook. i love you for your beautiful inside, as the princess loved the frog. perhaps we just need a chance to get to know each other better.


any opinions (and not about me going to the crazy people place)???

this is the kind of thing i do when i have 2 essays due tomorrow and thus far i have 4 pages. but i always pull through! and with honors at that!

BU-BYE FRIENDS!

p.s. get this, i just booked my wisdom teeth pulling day for May 15, 2008! what is THAT? i think i should set an alarm on my cell phone in case i forget!

p.p.s. IBM COMPUTER FOR SALE..... i'll maybe post an "ad" later on sometime.

musings of a girl without a car

ah, yes so about 15 minutes ago it happened. i have been waiting all winter long for this event. i simply knew it would come at any moment and the suspense was killing me as i waited patiently for the time to come. my friends.

i fell on the ice. flat on my ass.

this event happens once per winter and this year it waited until the middle of MARCH! ohhhhh the irony. a week before the official first day of spring. and what a tease as the last few days have been almost spring-like, until the most brutal day of yesterday where all the lovely mushy, muddy, slushy streets and sidewalks turned into the ice that nearly killed me.

anyway i'm fine. except i kind hurt all over, especially on the right side where i kinda landed funny on my arm and almost froze my hand off in the snow.

i'm just glad it finally happened so i don't have to keep wondering when it would.

this event may have bypassed me if i hadn't been taking the 3 minute walk from the bus stop to my house. yes, i'm still taking the bus. i have many musings about my bus ride today. my mind was working overload as i took #50 today, i feel i could almost write a book, just my little sister, Jenna did. in fact she sent her manuscript off to the a publisher today! i am so proud. everyone buy her book when it gets published!!! i thought i'd throw that in there. anyways, so i have a few thoughts for bus riders.

the first thing you must decide after boarding the bus is where to sit. i recommend you move to the back to the bus (remember that awesome old outkast song?). why the back? no not because that is where people play truth or dare. although that reminds me of my first kiss.... its true. but no, go to the back because then when the old people board, you don't have to give up your seat to them. brilliant! i commend the lovely young people who so willingly offer their seat to the weak and feeble, i just don't want it to be me giving up my comfy seat.

even after taking the bus a total of 12 times since January (approx one trip per week) i worry that the driver will suddenly change the route and i will have to walk from one side of the city to the next. yet, this does not seem to happen. i need to settle my little brain down.

do not settle the brain too much down however. you see, i tried to have a little nap on the bus but my head kept brushing past the little wire you pull to get the next stop. once i actually did pull it with my head brushing against the window, and i was like oh my, how embarrassing, he is going to stop and nobody is going to get out. it turned out fine as someone else luckily had the same stop as "i" did. phew, everyone is fine.

it can be very difficult being a bus rider. for instance, i witnessed a young man running to catch the bus and the driver did not see him and mindlessly drove along. i didn't want to be the one to stop the driver for that would entail being quite disruptive, a big social no-no. i always try to be socially conscious. other distresses include sitting with someone. how is one to know when the person on the inside wants out? oh the terrible things a bus rider must face! or the distress of the young lady when the driver did not see she was standing at the door to get out and almost drove away without letting her off! oh, how happy i was not to be in her most difficult situation!

finally, my last dilemma. most of the bus stops are rather far and few between. but for some reason on my street there are two stops right after each other, about a block between them. i always feel rather ridiculous when someone gets off at the first stop and then as soon as the bus starts up again, i press the wire to be dropped off 10 seconds later. however i do it anyway. you know why? because its not MY fault someone put two stops so close to each other! it saves me at least 3 minutes in my walk. ha. so there. i always feel rather defiant when i do this (evil laugh, muwahahaahaha).

oh there are so many things i could say of the bus. there were three specific stereotypes that i had about people who rode the bus. but i no longer believe that:

1. only old people ride the bus. there are people of all ages there. such community. and i like how ALL the old people wear funny hats. see, you can get fashion advice from riding the bus!

2. only poor people ride the bus as i found by the numerous amounts of lululemon, ipods (they are everywhere! how do i not have one?), fancy sunglasses and expensive shoes. i was rather jealous. but i was wearing my cool H&M jacket which more than made up for my lack of ipod. too bad H&M isn't plastered all over my coat.... what am i, in high school here??? please excuse me.

3. people on the bus have guns and other various weapons. yet so far no one on the bus has pulled out their gun. i think have this impression from watching Speed one too many times in grade 8 (i'm slighly wary of elevators too).

it has been three long months since the engine in my car went, and i have to say it has not been the worst situation that i have ever found myself in. i've saved hundreds on gas, parking tickets and plates. i love getting a ride to school and to work. i get to chit chat with my dad or jeff or the lady from work and i don't even think about traffic, something that used to get my shorts in a knot.

AND i get to share exciting things with someone! today dad drove me to school, and there was a contest on C95, and i called in and WE WON! yes, we won "fanfair" tickets to the Junos...not actual tickets to the concert but where we get to meet all the artists or something. apparently you can't buy them, they have to be won. they are EXCLUSIVE. i loovvvve being exclusive. it's so posh. this is the third time in a year that i have won stuff on the radio. but never have i shared the experience with anyone! HA! what luck. and what a team we were! i love radio contests. the question in case you were wondering, was "which canadian artist made her way up through the 90s busking and playing in bars?" well i immediately thought alanis morisette & i called in and it kept ringing and ringing, and i waited and waited...but then when nobody was getting the answer, they added another clue - this artist was voted one of the most likely people to have their own talk show - and then dad said jann arden and i exclaimed OF COURSE. then suddenly i am ON THE RADIO with my absolutely, 100% correct answer and we were all very excited, me, dad, shauna foster and rambling dave, all so excited together. all this excitement. moral of the story: HAD I NOT had a ride today, i would've said alanis morrisette and can you imagine the disappointment?

so dad and i are going to meet all the artists. he is most excited to meet nelly furtado, isn't that funny? he talks about her all the time, i think because he can't remember them all so he picked her to be his favorite! the funniest thing is before i called in, he was saying (as he has said many times) he wants nelly furtado to come sing at elim, and now he can ask her personally! hahahaha. that is so funny, i just called him to tell him that and we had a big laugh.

ANYWAYS, despite the many "goodnesses" of carpooling, becoming more environmental and also more cultural by taking the bus, and saving mega bucks, i do hope to buy a car in May. like my very own, real cool car with air conditioning and a CD player! i have never had a cd player in my car ever before so i tell you, this is exciting to me. it's about time, as i am turning 25 this year. i am getting too old to have never had a cd player in my car. i'm so old fashioned!

i must leave you all. this really was too long of a post but i must say i had a lovely time writing it. i smiled and laughed at myself the entire way through this and after all, isn't that what blogging is all about?

ride em cowboy

greys anatomy was fantastic as always. i knew she would be okay. i loved the last moment with izzie and denny. and the last moments the chief had with merideth's mom. the "heaven/in merideths mind" thing was a little strange at first but i really got what they were doing. my mom predicted very early in the show that her mom would die and meet her there and she was soooo right. when merideths mom told her she was anything but ordinary... well done, well done. so emotional.

i also watched the series finale of the o.c. and it was really good. ctv didn't think it was good enough to show so i had to watch it at 11 pm on Fox. stupid ctv. i was so happy they went into the future and showed seth and summer get married. such closure :) but i'm okay with the o.c. ending. i hardly watched it at all the last two seasons. some day maybe i'll rent the dvds and watch them in the summer or something.

i wrote a paper ALL day yesterday and I had a midterm too. i dropped my paper off at the university at 10:30 pm b/c i knew i wouldn't have a chance to today. i made my dad come with me. i didn't want to go missing or anything. its scary there late at night! i managed to write a midterm, write my paper all day, take a break for greys, write for another hour, go to the uni and be home in time for the o.c. it was a very busy day! i missed my little bro's concert at walkers nite club (hello how is it that he is playing at night clubs??? he's 17!). anyway i heard it was a good time. sometimes i can't wait to not be a student anymore. my evenings will be free! and i'll have a SALARY! wow. what a thought.

jenna and i are going to Rascal Flatts tonight, sitting in the 15th row on the floor! its gonna be so awesome. i better get my camera all charged up. Yeeeee haww. i love country music! afterwards i am meeting up with Tanis and Regan for some white chocolate brownie at Moxies. delicious. what an almost perfect day (besides having to work!).

to make it even more perfect, jeff suprised me and took me out for lunch today. it was so nice! i was going to eat some yogurt and 2 oranges for lunch and instead i got a clubhouse wrap and salad. and it was especially nice to have a cup of coffee to help me make through the afternoon. today seems like my lucky day - free tix to an awesome concert, it was casual day at work today (yay jeans!), a suprise lunch, jenna making me lasanga for supper (yummmmm), and favorite girls to hang out with. maybe i should buy a lotto ticket too!

k bye ya'll!

what's with that?

i've had 95 visitors so far today, and 80 something yesterday - more than double what i have been getting on average for the last 2 months that i've been keeping track. most are from crazy places like china, india, south america, all over the world.

i feel weird about the crazy influx of readers in the last 2 days. i've talked about going private before and may still do this. you'd have to have a google account to read my blog. does anyone have any objections?

girl blog...

i bought a bridesmaid dress today! for my friend Angela (aka angelina jolie), getting married in August! i realize i have a no shopping rule for one more month but this is mandatory.

it's G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S! I'm in love with it. it's bright blue KIND OF LIKE THIS! except its more turquoise than that... anyway. it's so pretty. it's very light and flowy and 3/4 length and strapless and it is so far my most favorite dress ever. it's totally a "Kristin" color(after PINK).

side pause: Tania - no fear, i have no doubt that i will love our dresses for your wedding just as much!!! I just haven't seen them yet, he he. soon we will pick them out!

i love dresses and owning dresses. i love shopping for them and i love looking pretty in dresses and getting to wear high heels and pretty earrings and putting on make-up. i LOVE this part about being a girl. JUST LOVE IT.

i also love weddings, and i definitely have my fair share of them this year:

Kristy-Anne/Darryl - July 27/07
Jeff's cousin, Stephanie - July 07
Jeff's other cousin July 07
Kerri/Rob - Aug 11/07
Angela/Kim - Aug 18/07
Raina/Garrett (Jeff's friend) - Sept long
Tania/Clarke - Oct 13/07

That is SEVEN freaking weddings. i have to go "wedding guest" dress shopping! i was at Bryan's with Angela looking at dresses for her wedding to see if we could possibly go cheap (so didn't work) anyway they have ALL their summer/fall dresses on sale BIG TIME right now and i love about 100 of them. BUT NO CAN DO UNTIL MARCH. am i making the wrong decision? i mean i have 7 weddings to go to, 5 of which i will not be wearing a bridesmaid dress. i currently have 3 dresses that will work which not too many have seen...i think i need 2 more.

no i am still going to wait for my Edmonton extravaganza. oh is Jeff ever going to have fun!!!

quick lame-o blog

-i've added the most fun blog ever, VivaGlam101, as per Alison's blog, ch ch check it out
-was sick today...now i get to make up time by working at BX monday...super...
-i love the show Friday Night Lights, i think its one of the best dramas on TV
-American Idol was funny tonight. i loved that that one guy "learned to sing" with paula and randy. paula seemed with it tonight.
-have a test tomorrow, not cool, haven't studied.
-going bridesmaid dress shopping on saturday with angela! should be fun.
-looking for something to do saturday night...open for suggestions... someone should throw a shin dig.
-Jenna and I got free tix to Rascal Flats, it's gonna be wicked.
-thanks for the comments about my sweet niece. she really is so much fun.
-this is the lamest blog ever. i really just wanted to point out the fab new link for VivaGlam101 under "amuse me".
-done and done.

over and out.

i heart shopping. and the bus.

i have a confession to make. i went to centre mall. i mean, the circle at centre and eighth (i don't want lynnel to accuse me of being an old lady again). and i shopped a teeny bit. but i have to say, the ONLY reason i went there was to get some pants hemmed....and it was only going to take 1 hour....so i figured i could have a minature look around.... and i only spent $10.00.... here's how it went down. i went to bluenotes, which i don't even like, but i had to buy new mitts - new mitts are OBVIOUSLY an exception to my rule because i lost one of my mitts and i live in the coldest place on earth. so that is completely okay. right? then i bought a shirt. it was $4.00. is that okay? i had to think it was. like $4.00! really. you could hardly buy a bottle of water for less than that...in disneyland at least. so THEN, i was strolling by la senza, and ladies, ladies you need to pay attention here, bras for $8.50 and undies 5 for $10.00.... it was simply an opportunity one cannot pass up. you all understand right? to make it more okay, i had a gift card that i recently found from 2005! yes over a year ago. so, once again, i believe my actions are justified because i had a gift card. are we all okay with this? i felt i had to confess my shopping sins on here. okay i'm better now, moving on.

i took the freaking bus today. as mentioned, i no longer have a car since the stupid head gasket blew, so i rely on my daddy and jeff and my sister, and my mom drove me once, although she is my least favorite driver because she tried to drop me off on the street in front of my work place! everyone else takes me right to the door. and when jeff drives me, we stop at starbucks. all expenses paid. ha. anyway, all have proved themselves faithful in this horrible situation i am in. until this morning. so the bus, it really isn't that bad:

Pros:
i like how it is 2 seconds away from my house and that it drops me off right in front of the university. i like how it is toasty warm inside and that the driver this morning was kind of cute. i like how it is full of university students and as far as i can tell, none of them are carrying guns or bombs (i've been scared of busses since speed came out. you can never be too careful!). i like how the seats look like they have been recently recovered, and that they say "saskatoon shines!" on them. i like how if i actually make it to the bus stop on time that i will make it to History 10 minutes early, not 20 minutes late like usual.

Cons:
i dont like how i don't know what stop is the best to get off at because the driver passed the street i needed to go down and i'm too scared to ask him if he is going to go onto waterbury drive or not and that i got off way too early and had to walk 10 minutes to actually get home. ha ha, i laughed at myself. the walk was nice though, except that i had forgotten my new mittens at home that morning. oh well. i also don't like how it takes 25 minutes to get to school and that it won't wait for me if i sleep in a bit. i don't like that this morning i skipped two classes because i was dreading figuring out how to take the bus and then when i actually tried it it was very easy. i suppose that is more a con towards myself though. i love to sleep in so much.

so yes it was a cultural experience this morning. i love thursdays because i'm done at 1 and i don't have class tomorrow so that means no tests, no papers and nothing due on fridays. AND it is Grey's Anatomy night and The Office and even the stupid O.C. which i haven't been watching this season but i still have a small part in my heart open to it. i just saw the preview for "The Hills" starting Feb 5 and i'm super duper excited about that. i heart the hills.

well, my sis is here with my sweet baby and boy so its time for me to babysit for a couple hours. bye now!

italics are all mine!

****'s mean YES I HAVE. (Thanks to Heather for the survey!)

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink **** (it doesn't ask how many people were in the bar)
02. Swam with wild dolphins (i did this at canada's wonderland but they were hardly wild)
03. Climbed a mountain ****
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone ****
08. Said “I love you” and meant it ****
09. Hugged a tree ****
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea (i'm pretty sure this is just as cool on the prairies, in which case, ****!)
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise ****
14. Seen the Northern Lights ****
15. Gone to a huge sports game ****
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables **** (okay so my mom did the actual growing!)
18. Touched an iceberg ****
19. Slept under the stars ****
20. Changed a baby’s diaper ****
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity ****
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope ****
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment ****
27. Had a food fight ****
28. Bet on a winning horse ****
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight ****
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can ****
32. Held a lamb ****
33. Seen a total eclipse ****
34. Ridden a roller coaster ****
35. Hit a home run **** (don't laugh. it's true!)
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking ****
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day ****(well part of a day. more like an hour).
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment **** (definitely!)
39. Had two hard drives for your computer (i need another one though)
40. Visited all 50 states (it's on my list of things to do!)
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk ****
42. Had amazing friends ****
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales ****
45. Stolen a sign ****
46. Backpacked in Europe (another wish on the list)
47. Taken a road-trip ****
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach ****
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Greece
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them **** (a married man bought me dinner and a drink in the minneapolis airport at TGI Fridays!)
54. Visited Belgium (why aren't any of these about places i HAVE visited?!)
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs ****
57. Pretended to be a superhero ****
58. Sung karaoke **** (for the first time this last weekend!!)
59. Lounged around in bed all day ****
60. Played touch football ****
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain ****
63. Played in the mud ****
64. Played in the rain ****
65. Gone to a drive-in theater ****
66. Visited the San Marco
67. Started a business (just the lemonade stand when i was a kid)
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites ****
70. Taken a martial arts class ****
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party ****
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch ****
78. Won first prize in a costume contest **** (this halloween for my paper-bag princess costume!)
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Tyrol River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Got flowers for no reason ****
84. Performed on stage ****
85. Been to Las Vegas ****
86. Recorded music ****
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date ****
89. Gone to Thailand ****
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone **** (ha ha, in Israel someone hit me with a rock, so I like to say i was involved in the war there) (this maybe isn't funny to some...)
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship ****
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge (seen it, not walked it)
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking ****
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray ****
110. Broken someone’s heart ****
111. Helped an animal give birth (i watched a calf being born once though)
112. Won money on a radio show **** (in the form of gift certificates!)
113. Broken a bone **** (i was six, broke the femer bone!)
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears ****
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol ****
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse ****
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon **** (modification - part way around the rim!)
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states (i just counted, i've been to 20 states and 10 foreign countries)
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper ****
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about ****
130. Gone back to school ****
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey (just parts of them - but they are on my list of books to read)
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read ****
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (do fish count?!)
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language ****
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream ****
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts (as if)
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair ***
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life
and

151. Participated in stupid online survey's because I was bored. ****

analysis of poll

2 responses will do. (see last post if you don't know what i'm talking about.)

so the reason i was thinking about it. i've been writing a few christmas cards lately and i like to end it, "love me" if it's someone like my sister or lynnel or jeff, or just someone close. but everytime i do it i completely hesitate BECAUSE...

hahahaha... hope it's okay to write about this on a BLOG for pete's sake... when i dated this guy a long while back, like seven/six years ago, we used to write little notes and one day i ended it "love me".

well i thought i was so cute. but when the next time i got a letter from him, it ended,

love me kristin. (completely serious too) (parenthesis mine) (hahaha.)
love you-know-who.

(i'm sure most of you know who, hehe, but i'm pretty sure he doesn't even have access to the internet.... i'm hoping not anyway... not like he'd google me first if he did.... anyway, i don't even care.)

ahhhhhh i was like oh that is NOT what i meant when i wrote it!!!! i TOTALLY have a complex about it!!! so i've been wondering all these years if i am completely crazy or if HE was completely insecure and basically wrote please love me kristin, oh please do. oh dear oh dear. so i feel better that at least jenn and leah are okay with the love me. thing.

maybe i should've added a comma? love, me. perhaps?

ai ai ya yai, in china they never grow chilly

LAST DAY OF CLASSES TODAY!!!!

you guys i'm seriously thinking i might actually make it through! i don't know how many times i told lynnel i was going to drop out of school and she would just laugh oh haha haha ha. ha. ha. not. so. funny. when. i'm. half. serious. (do the periods emphasize that sentence or are they just distracting???) (i like them).

i have one more paper to write... by midnight tonight...that i haven't started...but you know what, THAT IS OKAY! i don't care. it might be a teensy bit late. but still okay.

so i'm soooooooooooooooooooo looking forward to just going to work and coming home AND GET A DECENT PAYCHECK, and not having stuff to worry about! school stuff stays with me day after day after day. i dream about it. it comes with me on my weekends. books lay piled up on my bed and on my desk. the computer never shuts off. papers are everywhere. i LOATHE this.

work on the other hand, ends at 5 pm SHARP.

i am so excited. i'm going to watch all my girl movies over the holidays. my chick flick movie collection includes:

The Notebook
In Her Shoes
Bridget Jones' Diary
Bridget Jones' DiarY: The Edge of Reason
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days

I'm going to watch them all over the holidays. I'm so mad at myself, i was at walmart on saturday and "Mean Girls" was $12 and i didn't buy it..... and there were only 2 copies left, so i'm sure its gone by now. biggest mistake of my weekend. that'd be a great christmas present if anyone wants to buy me it. hehe. i love that movie. i loved the old lindsay lohan. now she is one of my favorite people to see on "go fug yourself". her and mary-kate olson. J'ADORE that funny little website! go check out the one today its laugh out loud. LOL!

k so i have exams coming up but i am at peace with exams. i like them better than mad paper writing. and guess what i have the BEST day ever planned for next monday. i'm getting a massage in the morning. at 1 i'm off to the spa for THREE glorious hours, for a pedicure, spa manicure and aromatherapy massage (my birthday present from jeff). now, 2 massages in one day seems a little crazy but i wanted the real deal cuz my back feels like bricks, so a real one is in order here. i'll definitely be relaxed for studying. i was thinking about getting an eyebrow wax that day too. then i should finish off with getting my hair done. but thats a little overboard since it doesn't really need a cut yet. and i usually only get highlights when i'm absolutely dying over my roots and i'm not there yet. january i will be there. mmm can't wait for monday.

kayden got his little teeth fixed today and he was at the hospital in regina and he told kyle "i like these pajamas daddy, i didn't know i got to wear pajamas here!" regarding the hospital scrubs they put you in. he came through the surgery a little groggy but he just thought it was a fun family trip to regina, which is so cute. he couldn't wait to go watersliding. imagine if he wrecked his teeth the same night? oh dear. don't tell jenna i said that.

can't wait for the weekend to watch the christmas presentation and hang with alison and leon. and lynnel and i are dying for some quality time, although we did have some on friday night at Moxies with 2 bad-girl desserts and some fancy girly drinks. then chad and aaron came to intrude on girl time. but i can't really blame them. i suppose we did call them. can't get too mad.

my christmas wish list (besides 'mean girls') - shopping spree. and that super soft baby pink robe from la senza. pure luxery. please jeff come through for me. a calander. slippers. love. trip to jamaica. is that really too much to ask?

love to all.

ugly day (and i don't mean the rain)!

ever have an ugly day? ladies you know exactly what i mean. hair is flat. hair is dull. hair doesn't even look nice in a ponytail. little tiny zit that feels very not so tiny. the oh so trendy "dewy" skin just feels greasy and shiny. jeans feel slightly tight so you make up for it by having a bag of m&m's. haha i'm just really laughing at myself here because this is me today. i'm a real lovely picture! but don't worry it's just an ugly day! i am fine with myself this way because it just means that i get to hide away in my house (besides going to class of course which i did already) and curl up on the couch and watch my favoritist of all favorite TV nights. i'm okay with ugly days because my family doesn't notice and jeff is out of town (not that he would notice either... i hope ;) ) it's also okay because i'll be extra sure to make tomorrow a "Hot Stylin' Chick Day". so here's to all the girls who are having an ugly day! eat chocolate! wear pj's! watch tv! wow has this day ever just turned around!!!

so speaking of outward beauty and vanity, i am so happy that America's Next Top Model (from this point on, ANTM) started last night. i can't help but be in love with this show. i was so happy to come home from my exhausting seminar class (globalization boo, alternatives to it, no ideas - do we truly need 3 hours to discuss this?) to find it on at 9 pm, and what a nice suprise, it was a two hour special! score! i couldn't believe they started the girls off with a nude portrait. i am pretty sure i could never do that (haha, see above and i'm pretty sure nobody would want to see it anyway! haha).

so i have a few opinions about the girls. first of all, monique what a nasty little girl, i couldn't believe she took that bed like that. and yet she's so beautiful. OKAY SO those twins...um i'm not sure about anyone else but do they not look like Hutterites? what are they doing on this show? am i blind? okay their pictures turned out pretty good in the end, and i had to laugh when they had to do "bulimic girl" and "anorexic girl" because they are so freaking skinny, but to me they scream homely and very very plain. and they BOTH made it. unbelievable. tyra sees something i don't i guess. i was okay with that one girl being sent home (i can't even remember her name). i'm obviously not emotionally attached yet. and i was soooooo annoyed with A.J. when she got all stupid at the end "i'm not as beautiful as the other girls, i'm different than them" when in her home video to GET ON the show was all about her being a different type of beauty! that was annoying. and i want melrose gone she bugs me.

okay so more on TV - tonight is going to be superb. My Name is Earl and The Office, what better appetizers?! soooooo darn hilarious. my problem is going to be watching Survivor, Grey's Anatomy, ER and trying out the new show 6 Degrees - which are all on in the same 2 hours. luckily i have all the higher channels which play everything over again around 9pm. because there's no way i'm missing a second of Grey's Anatomy. i'm very excited. there is not going to be any textbook reading this evening that is one thing for sure.

i was just listening to oprah in the background (ha, so i watch the morning news when i get ready in the AM, and today they were talking about how there is this website to "vote oprah for president" it's some little thinger in the states which i think is hilarious) anyways, john legend was on and i LOVE john legend and i am going to buy his cd next month. that can be my birthday present to myself! super. usually i buy underwear from lasenza but i did that already this month. haha. now THAT is a remedy for ugly day!

lynnel is coming home this weekend! yay for my friend! and carmen, my carmen is moving to england, like in a week. i am so proud. and jenna is having a baby so soo sooooooooooo soon!!!! i can't wait to meet my first little neice. i just love her so much already.

so with that, i have laundry to do and pj's to put on (i love it, it's 3:30 pm and i'm AT HOME!!! this is so much better than working full time!) and lots of reading to finish before 6 pm.

love kristin

my friday pm thoughts

-snapple lemonade is tastier than the kiwi strawberry drink. i know this because macs had a sale on, 2 snapples for $3.00. i had to buy 2 of course.
-the PBR (professional bull riding) is in town this weekend! i'm soooooo excited. this is my favorite event ever. it's so dangerous and thrilling. cowboys are hot.
-walmart has some great summer sandles. i got a good pair for $19.99, and all i had to do was cut the lame little flower off the top of each sandle to make them cool. why does walmart always have to go and add a stupid detail to an otherwise cool product?
-i also bought two pairs of shoes at zellers last week for $12.50 each. i'm so thrilled that i have a shoe collection from walmart and zellers. very classy.
-carmen is in town with her new baby this weekend, and i finally get to meet her! that is going to be so fun.
-my grade 9 yearbook was returned to my yesterday after 10 years of MIA! i haven't had a chance to look through it yet, but it sure was a suprise to get that. oh grade 9. my first year in saskatoon.
-reality TV: can't believe chris got kicked off american idol. i hope kathryn wins now. can't believe jade is still on ANTM but she does do nice pictures, and its hard to kick her off just b/c she is nasty. i hope that the frat brother win amazing race. i wish i could go on that show. ER was the saddest ER i have ever seen last night. i cried the entire hour. survivor, ehhhh don't really care actually.
-going for supper tonight at manos for a birthday. gotta eat fast so jeff and i aren't late for the bull riding.
-jeff thinks may long is still too cold to go camping, i'm not so sure but better safe than sorry probably.
-mothers day is on sunday. i like mothers day b/c we always go for a nice brunch and so i hope this weekend is no exception. plus i love my mom.
-have i mentioned that i can speak 61% spanish? hehe.
-i'm scared of ruining jeffs flower bed...he's given me free reign to do whatever i please, but i'd rather it be a nice bed of top soil than a bunch of dead flowers and ugly shrubs!!! so far we've got two ceders... to date they are still alive... it's been a week.
-the phantom of the opera is going to calgary this july. i sooooo want to go.
-speaking of shows, the producers, aladdin and Jesus Christ Superstar are all coming to saskatoon this year. i saw the producers on broadway in new york last december so i won't go see that one but aladdin and JC superstar would both be amazing i am sure.
-a year ago today i was in either vienna, prague or london. sigh.
-a year ago from now i will be a university graduate.
-my dear friend lynnel is leaving me for the summer to move to calgary. i'm sure gonna miss her.
-the last CD i bought was Keith Urban, "Be Here". its quite sexy.
-it's the weekend for me in 35 more minutes! YAY! have a good one everyone!

a taste of everything

well friends, another school year has been wrapped up. i've been officially done as of one week today, and everything has gone pretty good. the best news is, i passed spanish. and i passed it with flying colors in fact... a whole 61 per cent. now, i know you're all thinking, 61? brutal! but for a girl who has failed it once already 2 years ago, and spent many sleepless nights worrying about espanol, i am as happy as if i had won the lottery. well, almost as happy. i'd probably actually rather win the lottery but anyway, i'm happy. so it's back to work i go, 8:30 to 5, monday to friday, with not a whole lot to look forward to this summer, besides nice weather and a few camping trips. and a couple visits from carmen and baby cate in may and hopefully alison and baby aria in june. i can't wait to meet these little girls!!!

speaking of babies i'm so excited about jenna giving me a new neice or nephew. i'm going to go with her to her ultrasound on tuesday because kyle has to be at work, and when we were talking about it yesterday i got all teary-eyed just at the thought of seeing the next baby in my life. i LOVE being an auntie so much. anyway my mom and sister were making fun of me for almost crying. i imagine i might cry at the ultrasound too. i hope there are two babies in there! wouldn't that be fun for me? i think so.

not much else to report. contrats to philly who won senior ring or pin or watch or some sort of jewllery at walter murray. so proud of that little guy.

the rest of this blog is about food. hope you're hungry!

yesterday we went to "a touch of ukraine" at lunch time. it was this teeny tiny little 'small town' restaraunt on 22nd st and ave X, and it was an awesome buffet of garlic farmers sausage, deep fried and regular perogies, borsht (ummm sorry guys i'm not ukrainian, can't spell that), salads, corn, noodle soup and pickles!!! for cheap too. soooooooo i would totally suggest that little place if you just need a good ukrainian meal. just don't expect fancy thats all. and the buffet ends at 1:30, just so you're not late.

i think next week we will go for chinese food. and the week after... thai. and then italian. and then.... um not sure. greek how about. does anyone have a suggestion as to a good restaraunt in saskatoon for these types of cuisines? we'll probably go to the saigon for chinese cuz its right down the street and i already know its awesome chinese.

as for now, it's greasy kfc chicken for moi.

Spring Cleaning

i decided i needed a "mini makeover." so i've made a few changes in my life.

-this whole thing started when i decided to start flossing 6 weeks before my dentist appointment so that i could honestly tell her that i really DO floss! and now i love flossing.
- bought crest whitening strips (i LOVE these things). i used them once about 5 years ago in bible college, and thought it was time to do it again.
-i dyed my hair back to my favorite color, blonde. i'm happiest this way.
-i've been drinking way more water. my water bottle comes with me everywhere.
-i've been tanning again. i love a bit of a tan. and i love GOING tanning. it's so relaxing and warm.
-i bought biore pore strips or whatever they're called - you know, you stick 'em to your nose and let it harden like paper mache and RIP it off! it's so neat!!!
-i actually use a toner before bedtime. i wonder if this is a waste of money?
-most importantly, for the 3rd time this year (haha), hitting the gym again. i love love love the gym once i'm there, but i make up a million excuses before i get there. lynnel is a very faithful partner, and we go together all the time.
-i have wearing way less make up - today i didn't wear any at all. This is amazing, as i have never ever gone to work or school wearing zero make-up, and it felt kind of nice! i like make-up, and i like putting it on and everything, but i also want to know i can feel comfortable with myself not wearing any.
-i'm trying to consume less sugar, especially after supper. i am always hungry after supper, and i don't know why! i love to eat cereal at night... this hasn't stopped yet :)

so those are my little changes. i hope that they make me a bit healthier. i'm hoping that some of them give me some more energy, as that has been seriously lacking lately. energy and motivation. most of them are little things that probably no one would ever notice, except for me and that's okay. the next life changes i need to make will involve organizing my life and having better time management. i really need to get my stuff organized as all of my things (files, school notes, money, papers, clothes, pictures, books, bills) are slightly out of control! my room is so bad that i almost need another flood to get it all cleaned up again. (i'm pretty sure last june i told everyone that the flood guaranteed me to be clean and organized with everything in rubbermaid... hasn't happened).

maybe when i've got all the little things under control i will be better able to make some more serious decisions, i.e what to do with my life and where i am going with it.

i feel like i'm being my own life coach! (a real life coach however, would never tell their client to write blogs instead of writing essays!!!). i'm definitely on my way to "spring cleaning" anyway.

***if anyone has any suggestions of little things they do that make them feel good about themselves, leave me a comment! i'd really love to hear some other ideas of what YOU do for YOU.***

yesterday i had my night class and my biggest presentation of the year. when i got to the university, i stopped at tim horton's for a tea and i didn't have enough for a large, but the girl didn't care, and she gave it to me anyway. that was so nice! funny thing is, i did have a $10 bill in my wallet, but she didn't see that. i didn't want to break it, just for 25 cents!

anyway then i went to my class, and i think our presentation went really well. i was nervous up until the time that i actually had to talk, and once i started i felt just fine. i pretended like i was talking to lynnel, or my mom. :) really, i did that!!! it was a conscious decision, and it helped me. (lynnel will be so happy to hear that!). plus i think my tea drinking made me feel nice and calm inside. so i should get my mark back some time this week.

right after my presentation, the fire alarm started going off. at first, we were all just sort of trying to ignore it, but then when we saw all the other classes leaving the building, we all packed up, and stood outside for 10 minutes, before we decided to just go to the health sciences building and finish up class there. we went to the cafeteria there and thought how nice it would be to have class there every week. it's all set up with round booths around a round table, and its so casual. another girl did her presentation in there, and i was thinking she was so lucky because we were all in there with our feet up and lounging so comfy. but she was so super nervous, she had the whole shaky hand thing going on, which is the ultimate indicator of nervousness. i'd WAY rather have shaky voice than shaky hands.

anyway, i can't tell you how much better i feel having that over with. my presentation was all about HIV/AIDS and how it specifically affects women and girls. this topic is my absolute favoritist topic in all development. not that it makes me happy, b/c it's so sad, but that i find it so interesting, and it's incredibly vital. so anyway, it's all over now!

next week is reading week. i am working full time Monday to Wednesday, and then i have two glorious days off. not that they will be glorious, because i truly have great plans to write TWO full essays. i need a topic for one of them yet. anything to do with western world religions - Judaism, Christianity or Islam. does anyone have any questions about one of these religions that i could perhaps to do a little research for?

so this weekend isn't too exciting. jeff and i were going to go with jenna and kyle to the mansion-cabin this weekend but it didn't work out, sadly. kayden called me this morning, asking for me specifically, to ask me if he could go see baby Ashton (his cousin - on the other side of the family, obviously). i was like, ummmm sure? jenna didn't know why he felt like he specifically needed to ask his auntie kristin if it was okay but i gave him my blessing to go see baby Ashton.

well, i realize i haven't been the greatest blogger of all time lately, but i will try to pick it up again! as for now, i'm getting back to work.

have a great weekend!

poor molly, she is upset because matthew is practicing the trumpet right now. just what i love to be listening to at 10:16 pm when i'm trying to wind down. urrgggggg, the joys of living at home. she is snuggled right down beside me laying at my feet, keeping them warm. and as most of you know, molly and i aren't even the best of friends. oh good mom is making matt going to bed.

well i had an extremely busy day yesterday, and today i made up for it by sleeping through my first and second classes. sunday night i was so worried about this week that i tossed and turned in bed until about 2 am before finally deciding that i would make myself wake up at 6 am monday morning and get some work done really early. so i did. i was up at 6, showered and ready for the day by 6:45, and on the computer working on a powerpoint presentation before 7 am. i'm telling you, getting up early is a really great way to start your day. for me at least. i am so much more efficient, and i can get all the things i am worried or stressed about out of the way so that my day goes by so much better.

so anyway when i got home from work on monday afternoon, i started a completely different assignment, and it was the dumbest assignment i have ever done. it was about saskatoon's wastewater treatment system. i.e. sewage. oh yes it was lovely. we had to write as though we were writing to a politician about what needs to be changed about our treatment system, and believe me i had a few things to say about the june 29th sewage back up!

take a wild guess, who do you think has the best sewage treatment system...
victoria, calgary, saskatoon or regina?

in case you were thinking about writing your politician about the quality of your clean up, i'll have you know that Saskatoon has a grade of C+, compared to Regina at a C. now people, i don't know about you, but i always thought regina was a "dirty" city... yet it seems they are doing a better job of keeping their water nice and clean than pretty little saskatoon is. as for who has the best treatment system in Canada, it's calgary. they rate an A+. yee haw.

alison you would be so proud to know that victoria has the worst sewage system in all of canada. in fact it went from a F- in 1999 to completely "suspended" in 2004. i don't exactly know what suspended means but i know its not cool! more than 34 billion litres of raw sewage are discharged back into the ocean every year, and they only do preliminary treatment, which isn't even technically treatment at all, which is just nasty. NASTY!!!!!!!!! don't go swimming in the ocean. and maybe invest in culligan.

that whole class has absolutely nothing to do with my major, it just is my natural science class requirement that i absolutely must pull through.

tomorrow is my presentation on development and global health. its a good topic. once i get over my nervousness, i'm sure it'll be a really great presentation. i'm quite proud of it actually because its the first time i put together a powerpoint point presentation, and after hours of work i think it looks fabulous. pictures, clip art and everything. but unfortunately i don't get graded on a red-hot powerpoint. i get graded on if i do a good job speaking. i'd rather sing a song in front of 2000 people!

my jeff is working in toronto and in surrounding area this week. him and his coworker are travelling down to detroit on thursday night to watch a hockey game which he is seriously stoked for. haha, instead of stoked i wrote "stocked" and then i started laughing at what that could mean... he is all stocked up for the game.... beer came to mind, and then i laughed.

well i went to young adults this evening and i have to say i really enjoy some of these girls that i have gotten to know this year through sunday night cell at charmaine's house. i love going there sunday nights because her house is so calm and warm and always smells like baking, and she always has smelly candles lit, and its just a really nice way to spend a sunday evening with some really fun and sweet girls that i just love. so yay for charmaine for putting up with us for the last year or so! and for baking cookies or bread with homemade jam or cake or whatever it is you have every week!

this blog is long enough. i'm going to practice my presentation to myself in front of the big huge mirror in my bedroom.

i can't wait for the week that i get to just reeeellllaaaaaaxxxx. its out there somewhere, i know it is......!