pixie's pad

A new kitty...

2006-12-30T11:41:00.000-05:00

May I present to you Peek-a-boo...

Happy Thanksgiving!...

2006-10-09T14:52:00.000-04:00

After School Special...

2006-09-12T11:04:00.000-04:00

Your body that had been soaking up the sun a week earlier, sits uncomfortably in a hard plastic seat. Your feet which danced barefoot in the waters nay but a couple days ago, sit sweating and itching in foreign socks and shoes. And surrounding you are the sleepy and unenthusiastic faces of students all wishing it was yesterday.

"Hello to all once again, and welcome to a new school year" the teacher would chirp.

...didn't you always love when teachers would say that? Then they would shut the classroom door, sealing your fate for another 10 months.

Yes indeed, another school year has reared it's ugly head. I suppose I don't have much to complain about. I didn't start until yesterday, since I somehow managed to schedule my thursdays and fridays off. It's deceptively decent sounding, but in return I have a night class, an online class and I'll still be working.

The two classes I had yesterday were...balanced. The first ruined my day and the second built it up again. The problem with my first class was that I learned four things:

I need SPSS (statistical program)
I need to frantically learn how to use SPSS since all my assignments apparently need it's use
The prof apparently is one who likes to painfully squeeze every last minute out of the lecture
Learning from a friend, my Addiction teacher is nuts, and not in the cool eccentric way

So I left the class feeling none-too-pleased at the less than stellar beginning to my school year. But luckily my Abnormal psych class was quite fun and seems fairly easy, so my foul mood was diminished.

I saw lotsa people I knew, spoke to most, missed a few I would have really liked to talk to...

Right... so that was that, not too shabby for a first day. Now I just have to get used to the fun-time isolation that accompanies the school year. Ironic how the campus has like 30,000 students, and I still feel alone. Well at least I'll see some civilization at badminton, and work. :)

Later,

Katie

Badminton Buddies you say? ...

2006-09-03T09:27:00.000-04:00

Oops...yet again I've managed to forget about my blog...but it's been busy as usual.

I am quite happy to have learned that some fellow Hillcrestians have also joined the Badminton Club so I won't be completely alone. (Yes people I joined a week ago) And why join you may ask? Other than the fact that it's an amazing opportunity to stay in shape (especially during those fatty winter months), it's a good way to socialize, and most importantly get rid of that fun-time aggression and stress I build up over the school semesters.

So that's that. I did buy all my books about a week ago as well. The fun thing about going early is that you can get the cheapest used books. So for four psych textbooks it set me back only 230$ I believe and I'm borrowing my last book from my sis, so not too shabby.

What else? Ah yes I'm going to go see Idle Wild this upcoming tuesday with a couple of co-workers. Don't know too much about it, but I guess that'll be half the fun...

Well I'm at a loss for words...which is odd.

Later

Toronto, Tires, and Tears...

2006-08-18T11:03:00.000-04:00

Well it's been an exhausting few weeks.

The Toronto trip last week turned out to be pretty fun. I made lots of money, ate nothing for four days, and had little to no sleep. But it was still fun...minus the completely insane Toronto suicide drivers.

This is pretty much my first real day back in Ottawa since the 8th of August. This is mainly because after I got home from Toronto, the very next morning I went up to my cottage and came back yesterday. Now it just so happened that the two shifts I had scheduled for this week were in Arnprior (20 mins out from cottage) so I had the death-defying experience..I mean pleasure, of driving there myself. (And let me clarify "driving myself" does not mean driving by myself- oh how the parents road shotgun)

Now why is this important? Because the second time driving up there, as im entering the Canadian Tire parking lot (where I was working that day) I smash into a curb while turning, and completely destroy a tire. Now this is Katie we're taking about so nothing is that simple.

Of course my dad happens to be in the car at the time, because for some reason they thought I needed more practice driving (boy were they wrong!). But to really pour salt in the wound I did this all in front of 10 of my co-workers! In fact I had been staring at them when I hit the curb...so really they are to blame!
...
Ok maybe not. Either way, this little "tire incident" has set me back 329$ Why so expensive for a tire? Well because it's really two tires! Apparently, on a front wheel drive van you can't have just one tire replaced because it screws things up, so two are needed. (Though I do think there is a conspiracy out there to make me never ever have money)

So this has become quite the problem, since I'm still trying to pay for tuition, and my yet-to-be purchased books. I was also thinking of joining the Hillcrest badminton club which costs money... so really, I'm going to be severely broke until mid October I figure. But I guess this will just be filed under "life-lesson".

Well, I'm off to do mindless housework so I can earn a few extra dollars to pay off...anything at this point

Cheers,

Katie

Back from the dead...

2006-08-04T10:25:00.000-04:00

To answer your question, no I did not forget about my blog...and yes I've become a pathological liar.

To sum up the month of July...

Working
Hair Cut
Wedding in Peterborough..not mine
Registered for third year courses
Cottage fun
Other stuff I guess...it's really quite a blur

Basically, I just worked 13 shifts in 11 days, most of them involving me getting up at 5 am. So really, the memory is a little fuzzy. I've been to the Airport, Cornwall, all the malls, and various other locations taking inventories so it's beeen a whirlwind adventure. I'm smelly, my work clothes need washing, and I haven't eaten or slept in a week but who cares it's my day off!

Not much more has happened. I will however, be heading to Toronto next week to count some Home Depots...we're talking a hotel and everything! It was rather funny yesterday...the manager was asking for a volunteer to do it, and when nobody stepped up, I slyly mentioned I had no plans. At that point I had about ten people shout "NO! Don't do it!" Followed by a day of horror stories.

(Ei. "Do you like doorknobs? Cause you'll be counting them all day", "Or maybe you'll get stuck counting all the little screws!", "I hope you don't room with this girl she's awful..." etc.)

But alas they cannot scare me away! I might come back a changed person, but I'll have me some money:D:D:D

Right, well I've got nothing to do and nowhere to be- just the way life should be

Cheers

Geckos are cool...

2006-07-08T13:13:00.000-04:00

Alas, here I sit trying to think of something to write for my inquiring audiences, yet nothing comes to mind.

Been doing the usual lately. Working, tanning, shopping, injuring myself, you know normal Katie stuff. I recently bought a new watch and some shoes (see picture below). I'm afraid I'm starting to turn into a girly girl (too much hanging around Casey! lol). But something tells me I still have a long way to go. ;)

Other than that I guess I've just been missing a few things, or people that would make summer complete. Neary knows what I'm talking about...then again I don't know if I would trust your memory neary...(lol j/k!)

Speaking of which, Neary I still can't access your blog. I think I did something to my computer, or perhaps it's that virus I haven't been able to remove yet...lol.

Well, I think I'm going to go watch Wire in the Blood. It's a British crime series which is pretty good, though only 11 two hour episodes have been made (more are coming out in october). I've sorta gotten quite sick of American tv being so predictable with weak plots, fake looking people, and excessive violence. British shows are nicely refreshing if not more realistic.

Anyway, that's what I've been up to. I hope your lives have been far more exciting than mine

peace out yo (lol neary)

2006-06-18T17:32:00.000-04:00

"Friendship improve happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief."
-Joseph Addison

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend." - Albert Camus

"Life without a friend is death without a witness." - Eugene Benge

zzz...

2006-06-09T13:42:00.000-04:00

Yes, I am still alive. I've been...

Working........Lots
Sleeping........Not a lot
Eating...........Who needs food?
Social life.......Gone
Sanity............Ran away with social life

...And that's about it. I did eventually get over my cold, minus a lingering cough.

For today I'm actually headed out to Pembroke (2 hours away) to take inventory. It's nice cause you get paid for travel time, and I'll be heading out that way 2 more times, for a grand total of 10-12 hours of travel clocked. Times that by 7.75$ an hour and thats a lot of money for sitting in a car doing nothing.

I've just been trying to figure out how to entertain myself crammed in a van with 10 other people. I've got music, magazines, and...origami paper so you know I'm going to start some crazy sh*t!

That's about all the news I have to tell y'all

later days

Oie Vey...

2006-05-31T20:08:00.000-04:00

Holy crap its been a crazy week! After I gave blood thursday I came down with a cold two days later, which nicely coincided with my first day at work. So every shift I've had so far I've been sick as a dog. I don't want to jinx it but I might be getting better...of course I think I'm doing like an 8 hour count at a Hull Loblaws tomorrow, that will kill anyone.

I just need to shake this cold and fast...after sat, I think I'm working like every day for a week. It's tiring since you start at are either 6:30 am or they start at 6pm and end at 12:30 am. It's fun when you have a night one, and then need to get up for a morning one....killer.

haha I'm falling asleep as I write this...maybe I should nap

later days

Oops...

2006-05-25T19:47:00.000-04:00

Wow, gave blood today, then tried to die...good times. Okay, it wasn't that bad let's just say i tried to collapse in a parking lot. But that's a story for another time!

Off to sleep.

:D...

2006-05-23T14:06:00.000-04:00

Yay I got the job!!! YESSSSSSS!!!!!! So happy x 10000000!!!

Ah, fridays...

2006-05-19T14:49:00.000-04:00

Heeeeeyyyy! It's friday!!! The magical day! lol (somehow I just invisioned SpongeBob saying that...)

Anyway, it's gloom and doom weather around here once again. Since it's been raining for the past week I've been unable to mow the lawn, so it's beginning to look like a small jungle. At least my cat enjoys it, he loves to hide in the grass and stare at the garden for mice...little bugger.

Oh! and I got a job interview for this upcoming tuesday! That should be exiciting. Since my last job damn near killed me, it would mean a great deal to get back on the horse. And thanks to all the well-wishers, it really means a lot guys :D (Ps. Neary I know I havent told you yet, so I wrote a blog...just for you..lol)

Right, well that's my only big news, I do believe I'm heading up to the lake tomorrow, maybe go for a swim? Who cares if the water is still a little chilly! Details, details.

Rain rain go away...

2006-05-15T13:01:00.000-04:00

For lack of anything better to say...bllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I blame the weather! It's been dreary and wet the last few days, and we're not supposed to see sun until the end of the week. Which actually isn't too bad since I might be heading up to the lake this weekend, but things are still a little uncertain.

Of course can't do any boating at the lake because the boat is currently sitting in a marina right now after needing some repairs. Oh and the marina...it's about four hours away! lol, it's in Bobcaygeon (Just a little ways off of Peterborough). Though apparently it's ready to be picked up, can you say road trip? :D

Other than that, it was mother's day yesterday. So there was one pampered mom in the Jones household. Ended the day by taking her out to a really fancy restaurant and giving her gifts. But at the restaurant I swear to god the guy tried to light me on fire!...yah good times.

Katie Fact #4: Katie doesn't like being lit on fire

Really I'm just so uninspired at the moment...and Neary I really think you should have a planting party in your backyard, haha.

Buenos Dias

2006-05-10T13:54:00.000-04:00

The price we pay...

2006-05-07T07:02:00.002-04:00

Oh man...
Katie Fact #3: Katie + Whisky= trouble
That is all.
Cheers.

At the Cottage..

2006-05-04T14:13:00.000-04:00

Yep, I'm up at Calabogie once again. Had an absolutely gorgeous day yesterday, sunny, 23, slight breeze, if the water wasn't ice cold I would have gone swimming. Instead I went canoeing with my daddy, and got eaten alive by bugs...bringing us to...

Katie Fact #2: I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm like crack to all bugs. They can't get enough of me. One time I was bitten over 70 times on Canada day.

Well it's thunderstorming right now, so I should just publish this quick before I lose power or something

later days

Summer! (lol for you Matt)

2006-05-01T18:22:00.000-04:00

yay! School is finally over, and it's beautiful outside! You can't ask for much more. Okay maybe a good drink, the beach and some friends, but come on we've got four months of freedom! (For all those summer-schoolers I apologize, for any and all thoughts of fun)

I think I'll just go live up at my cottage. Swim every day, get some wakeboarding in, play some pool it'll be great. (And Neary Plan: KNATHTMCTTHTS*, is going into effect!) Speaking of the cottage, I believe it's time for the Katie fact of the day!

Katie Fact #1: Though Katie owns many bathing suits, she still tends to swim in her clothes!

Wow, isn't that interesting? And if I so feel like it I'll add more Katie facts as the summer progresses...but I'm lazy who knows what will happen!

Either way, I hope you guys are happy and getting a chance to relax (But avoid the sun! I got burnt today and it's not even summer!Oh I saw that! Shaking your heads! Hey it can happen...)

Later Days

*The Kidnap Neary And Take Her To Cottage To Teach Her How To Swim...plan

...

2006-04-24T07:14:00.000-04:00

ARG! 9 am exams are wrong! Whose bright idea was it to have them so early??? Those evil people should have to write one every day for a month!!! Ney a year! A LIFETIME! Bastards!

Matt you better have some crazy DDR ready for me after the exam...lol

ps. curses!

2006-04-18T11:47:00.000-04:00

KABLAMMO! (Katie's brain)

...did you just hear something?

Happy Easter

2006-04-16T17:01:00.000-04:00

Happy Easter!!! Don't eat too much chocolate...

Summer Dreams...

2006-04-09T14:10:00.000-04:00

yo and hello to all those out in blog land,

Isn't life just sooo exciting? I mean it's exam season, summer is in the air... can't you hardly wait to be free of school? It's all tres excitant.

I'm not sure what I'll do over summer. I'd like to get a job so maybe I can pay for tuition, but we'll see. I was thinking about buying an archery set (actually I've been thinking about this for like a year). The problem has been you can't legally shoot arrows in the confinds of the city limits. (something about if you miss your target and get your neighbour there might be trouble, it's the same as if you decided to take pot shots with a gun in your backyard)

But I've decided I can circumvent this problem by shooting arrows up at my cottage. There's lots of room and chances are I won't kill any one. And don't worry I have no intentions about hunting or anything (evil!) it's just for fun to hit a target and maybe get out some frustrations.

I have other plans for summer, I can't really remember them..I made an actual list one day when I was bored. I know I wanted to read a bunch of books I bought around xmas time, and I need to fix up my room but I can't really remember the rest...too much exam knowledge floating around has pushed aside normal thoughts for the time being.

Anywho, I would suggest going outside and getting some fresh air...i think it's supposed to rain again. boo-urns. April showers bring May flowers my foot! lol, they only bring tulips and I hate tulips!...

later

It's too nice out to think up a title

2006-04-02T18:06:00.000-04:00

Buenos dias mis amigos,

Yes spring is certainly in the air.!..as is the lovely smell of cow poop too, but really who minds? Here in Ottawa spring has come with a vengeance. It seems the minute March 20th rolled around telling the world it's spring time some magic clock turned on and melted everything away..which is odd since we usually have winter weather for another few weeks at least.

Either way, we've had great sunny days and the temp even went up to 20C the other day- pretty crazy. Of course there is still some stubborn snow that refuses to melt here and there but it can't last long.

In terms of news I suppose there isn't too much. I helped my sis move into her first apartment today. She had so much stuff no one could figure out where it all came from. Millions of boxes filled with books and trinkets and clothes...oh the clothes! and shoes...geez. While unpacking her junk I had the pleasure of talking to this woman who lived in the building. Apparently she had dropped her keys down the garbage shoot and the poor maintenance man had to go get them...yah she was a bit odd and her face was all orange- I assumed from too much tanning.

Other than moving, school is almost over (next tues) and all I have left are 4-5 exams and then freeeeedom.
Oh and like two papers.

Right well that's enough, I'm going to go enjoy some sun

peace

Bled me dry they did!

2006-03-24T12:15:00.000-05:00

Well, as of like an hour ago I have officially become a blood donor. It's a little intimidating at first but the whole thing is such a non event.

Nothing much to it really. Go in, get iron tested, fill out forms, get asked many questions (the best of which: "have you ever had sex with a man who has had sex with a man after 1977?" lol- I hesitated. hehe kidding!) Then they sit you down and jab you with a needle and away you go!

Almost two cups of blood later you can go...eat free donuts and get some juice!

Of course, it took forever to get the blood out of me, something about they put it in a small vein...silly.

Either way, you go out feeling the same way you came in..minus a bit of a stiff arm. I would recommend doing it, and I'll most likely do it again! ..yes it was that fun!

Cheers!

ouch

2006-03-17T22:06:00.000-05:00

My statistics test just robbed my soul with a 9 mm...

In other news, happy st. patricks day!

Happy Birthday!!!

2006-03-04T11:12:00.000-05:00

Happy 20th Neary! Enjoy.

2006-02-28T09:53:00.000-05:00

Omg...as of 8:14 am this morning, I am officially 20. I feel so old, but hey that's not going to stop me from watching cartoons and sleeping with my stuffed bear (yes I said BEAR Neary, it is NOT a PIG!!) lol and I'll enjoy being older than you for another 4 days.

2006-02-26T17:48:00.000-05:00

Way to go Canada!!! 24 medals!! YAHHHHH

2006-02-18T16:18:00.000-05:00

BREAKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK ...time!

ps. GO CANADA!

Happy Valentines Day!

2006-02-14T09:23:00.000-05:00

Okay, that midterm is out of the way and my studying psychosis has simmered down. And sorry to Neil..I should accept your difference in opinion, even though it is uncool...I mean..er...

hey! it's Valentine's day...yay! Chocolate mmm, the best part. I mean a hot date...lol not. I did have some guy ask me out last week but I ran down the hall screaming WITCH! and pointing at him...think he maybe got the idea? I mean he's a conservative...ewwwww...(er sorry again Neil, conservatives are cool...sorta) lol, I'm not that shallow to not date a guy due to his political opinion. He has red hair too... ewwww ;)

Either way, my focus today is handing in my paper, writing my social psych exam and then FREEDOM.

So close...

2006-02-13T16:21:00.000-05:00

This is it people....the last stretch...just a few more midterms and then we get to break!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhahahahahahahhahaha!

ps. Neil we haven't talked about Lost or House in forever! Come online man. Oh and does anyone other than me watch Grey's Anatomy? The last two episodes were so insane and I've got no one to talk to!

pps. Neil hates Grey's Anatomy! sooooo uncool Neil, I still haven't gotten over that. I think a part of me died when I heard that...*sigh*

ppps I'd rather talk to Dave with his banana-coffee-drugged laced-mysterious substance drinks, at least he watches Grey's.

ppppps SO UNCOOL

pppppps. I'm sorry I have an exam to go to and I'm a little antsy...k I really gotta go.

Got Balance?

2006-02-10T22:08:00.000-05:00

Ah, two midterms down, another two to go, throw in a paper and I'll be set! And they all come to a big end on Valentine's day...oh fun!

Actually, I just wrote my stats midterm tonight. It was pretty easy, except I had to write it in a lecture room, where you only have those half tables thingies attached to the side of the seat (you know what I'm talking about). Yeah well this is fun, when you have a calculator, pencils, an eraser, your student card, a scantron sheet, cheat sheet, your exam, z-score distribution sheets and a work sheet all in a space no bigger than your textbook.

I tried to solve this problem by also using the half table thing beside me, as well as blancing papers on my legs, arms, and any other uselful part of me that could hold something. As it turned out, I didn't really use my cheat sheet because it kept getting buried under things, I gave up trying to use the work sheet, and just did all my quick calculations in the book, as for the other junk who knows what happened to it.

Either way, I'm glad it's done. And here's hoping V-day comes soon- I'll finish my stuff and get to eat lots of chocolate! Mmmmmm. Oh and two weeks after that I turn the big 2-0. Scary.

Stress shall be the death of me

2006-01-31T23:06:00.000-05:00

Seriously, someone shoot me...or run me over with a car...or maybe poison me! Anything is better than all this school work!

There are two groups of professors- the ones who think they're doing you a favour by giving you all the assignments/midterms before the break, and there are those who give them to you after.

With my lovely luck, I struck gold and ALL of them stand by the first above mentioned philosophy.
I'm talking midterms the 4th, 10th, 13th, 14th as well as a history paper due the 14th.

And most of them are psych! It's challenging due to the shear amount of information one must learn. It's all names and theories you'll never need to know ever again. My easiest one is stats, only a couple definitions and equations...the math is moronically easy when compared to the crap we must learn in psych. I envy you science/math majors, never having to know the true pain of an Arts program. (Though I acknowledge you feel pain in other ways...ie labs)

However, to the professors, I must ask them- what good is a break if it takes that long for your nerves and sanity to recover?!?

Happy b-day

2006-01-23T12:15:00.000-05:00

Happy 20th birthday Phil!

(You can wish him happy b-day in my "comments" if you like!)

Driving Disasters

2006-01-21T13:29:00.000-05:00

Well, it's a blimy winter wonderland outside today isn't it? (For those of you not in Ottawa, we've had about 2 feet of snow drop in about half a day, in fact it's still going...)

So I thought since I haven't posted in a week or two, today's as good as any- not because it's snowing but perhaps since I started my day by getting in a car accident.

Okay, let me rephrase I didn't really start my day by getting in a car accident. It's not like I rolled out of bed and was hit by a car. I had gotten up early to do some long-awaited shopping with my mommy.

All was going pretty well, we were driving nice and slow in the snow, but as we were turning a corner, someone hit the car beside us and then ricoched into our bumper. I suppose that was my first official accident- but it was so minor (I'm talking a scratch on the bumper).

However, the story does not end there (or else why would I tell it?). So my mom gets out and talks to the other drivers, making sure everyone is okay- which they were thankfully. But then the guy who hit both our car and the first car, decides he'll just drive away. Yeah, that's not a good plan, because he had caused a fair bit of damage to the first car he hit.

So he basically just left the scene of a crime-he committed. Luckily the girl from the first car got his license plate and the police were called. The officer came within 5-10 minutes which was surprising, especially with the bad weather. (And may I just make a note that it was a young, dreamy constable, who had a good sense of humour...come to think of it, he did leave us his number...)

My mom had to fill out some paper work giving a statement (I had never left the car, so I was no good). Of course there was the fun debate whether the man was east indian, and what regions that actually encompasses. She eventually got a description of some sort down. Oh! I never mentioned how we needed to give the police officer proof of insurance and registration...yah, I open the glove compartment, and there's like milllion bits of paper that could possibly be insurance, but damned if I know! ( We gave the poor man something...I think)

Either way, almost exactly an hour later we were on our way to the shopping mall, making jokes about how my mother should have tried to set the young constable up with me. Shopping wise, I bought a bunch of shirts, and some pull-over type things, so it was found with great success.

On our way home, we saw a bus jack-knifed in one of our lanes, but we couldn't quite figure out what was wrong with it, other then the fact that it was not where it was supposed to be. And when we came home, we learned that my dad had spun out in his car and hit some cement thing (again luckily he wasn't hurt, and neither was the car). As well, as I am writing this blog, I am speaking to my friend who apparently got hit by a car today and has a sprained back.

So, it's pretty bad driving out there today which is odd, because us Canadians...or more so Ottawains should be used to such things, but I guess there will always be those people who drive to fast and don't pay attention. Shame on them!

Oh well...All's well that ends well!

* oh as a side note, they did catch the guy who hit both cars, and apparently officer dreamy is coming over here sometime to close the matter (a.k.a- more paper work!) (a.k.a. where did I put my sexy dress?)

This is actually a real time (more or less) picture of the parliament buildings, I think it refreshes every minute or so..

I think I'm in love...with tv

2006-01-10T10:03:00.000-05:00

New House tonight! 9 pm be there or be...somewhere else...

hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe

School...waaaaa!

2006-01-04T15:37:00.000-05:00

Nooooooooo. The dreaded day has finally returned! Yes school is back in full swing once again...or at least for this Wednesday. Since I have my Thursdays and Fridays off this semester, technically the two classes I have today are the extent of my educational training this first week of 2006. It's kinda like a trial run (a very short one mind you).

It's funny, I seem to keep thinking about that commercial on TV. It's the one where all these people are doing normal things and suddenly they smack into a large brick wall (because they haven't eaten all day and were hitting the 3pm "wall"). That's what going to school after a nice christmas break feels like.

Oh well, I hope y'all enjoy returning to school (minus Dave who is just a lucky bum and doesn't start 'till later)
Off to my second class...

*SMACK*!!!!!

son-of-a @#$%#*!@!@#$@.

*cough damn wall*

Happy New Years!

2006-01-02T11:12:00.000-05:00

Let me begin by saying HAPPY 2006 everyone! Personally, I feel like I've been living in 2006 for the last 5 months but hey now it's official.

For New Years I went to Casey's. Other than her and myself, there was Neary, Kim and her fiance ..Steve...Jim...John? I honestly forget. After eating, we all sat down for a rousing game of "Simpsons" LIFE. Yeah Neary and I had never played which became quite obvious when I ended up being Mayor Quimby with only a 20,000$ salary and a house that cost 180,000$. I was also the only player who managed to acquire two children ( I later drowned them and my husband in the Springfield river).

We spent half the time talking about men, or other random topics (poor steve...or Tom, men dont like talking about men- who knew?) Neary actually won the game by 20, 000$ (beating steve at the last minute). After that we started watching the thrilling movie D.E.B.S. and eventually we watched the ball drop with Carson Daily.

I slept over at Casey's and in the morning was woken up by her dog trying to break down the bedroom door. Casey made eggs for breakfast which miraculously she didnt burn (hehe neary...). I eventually came home and just crashed. Exciting.

So yeah that was that. I hope the rest of you crazy people didn't get too drunk during the celebrations. *cough* and may I just say Peach Schnapps goes down waaaayy tooo easily...

Anyway, in other news, my House buddy Neil, has left some more excellent House songs which I will now dutifully post. So a big thanks again to Neil....

Take A Pill

(sung to Let It Snow...extended version)

Oh, the pain in your leg is frightful
And your bedside manner spiteful
But since you need to cure the ill
Take a pill! Take a pill! Take a pill!

Now Stacey thinks you're vile
'Cause you snooped in her file
But since she won't say she loves you still
Take a pill! Take a pill! Take a pill!

Now you know you probably shouldn't
Take another Vicoden today
But there's rumor going around
That you and Wilson are gay

So you down a bottle of whiskey
It ain't your fault that Stacey's pissy
'Cause Mark can't fit the bill
Take a pill! Take a pill! Take a pill!

Now we've heard that you and Chase
sent a patient to eternal rest
And you'll need to save your job
Just pry your eyes off Cuddy's chest.

Now we wondered if you were sane
When you jabbed that man with your cane
But House we really love you still
So Take a pill!Take a pill! Take a pill!

Steve The Agouti Rat

(sung to Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer)

Steve the agouti rat
Had a very crooked neck
And if you ever saw it
You would say “What the heck!?”

All of the other rats
Used to tease and give him snark
So poor Steve the agouti rat
Had to move in with Stacey and Mark

Then one sunny, fateful day
Dr. Greg House did come and say
“Steve, with your neck tilted to the right,
Let me fix you up..this just ain't right.”

All the other rats were jealous
Turning green with envy
'Cause Steve the agouti rat
He'll go down in history...
And he's now a star on T.V...
And co-stars with Hugh Laurie...
YEAH!

House M.D.

2005-12-29T11:57:00.000-05:00

Here's some cast pics...

Crazy Christmas Chaos

2005-12-27T16:59:00.000-05:00

ahh the days have moved by so fast it's like a giant blur. Okay let me try to sum up the last few days.

Seeing Friends
Shopping
Cooking
Christmas fun
Frantic present opening
Eating...oh god too much eating...and some drinking
Peterborough
Sleeping on hotel cot where I could feel every individual spring dig into my bones
Seeing lotsa relatives (my cousins are how old now???)
Long car ride back having to pee
Home once again...yay!
Time for more shopping with gift certificates!

...and breath! Okay that wasn't too bad. So life has been crazy, but good. I hope all of you are having enjoyable breaks and perhaps getting to see some family and friends.

One last thing... I know Neil posted this a couple days ago, but I re-read it and still think it's quite good, so if you happened to miss it, here it is again (being given proper recognition)
(P.S. It'll only make sense if you watch the show...so neary you should start watching...)

Dr. House Is Taking Your Case

(sung to Santa Claus Is Coming To Town)

You better watch out
You'd better not cry
You're feeling really sick
But you ain't gonna die
'Cause Dr. House has taken your case

He's listing your symptoms
Ordering every test they can do
But all the while he'll be on more drugs than you
Yes, Dr. House has taken your case

He'll insult you when you're sleeping
He'll insult you when you're awake
He'll treat for hep-E, destroy your liver
Then blame Cameron for the mistake

O! You better not pout
You better not whine
You might go into seizures
But you're gonna be fine
'Cause Dr. House has taken your case

2005-12-24T22:50:00.000-05:00

24...drool

2005-12-17T13:36:00.000-05:00

OMG I was checking out the nominations for the Golden globe awards (released Dec. 13th) and look at who they chose for best actors in a tv series:

a. Patrick Dempsey- Grey's Anatomy
b. Matthew Fox- Lost
c. Hugh Laurie- House
d. Wentworth Miller- Prison Break
e. Kiefer Sutherland- 24

That's insanity! I should also mention I am not only a Lost, House and Prison Break fan, but an obsessive 24 one as well. Speaking of which, check out the trailer for season five of 24 it looks SICK!!!! (http://www.fox.com/home.htm). I'll be counting the minutes...and seconds...and milliseconds...

Can you say Sexy?

Christmas is coming...

2005-12-15T18:56:00.000-05:00

Karma x2

2005-12-09T15:53:00.000-05:00

Damnit! I was late again! Stupid buses! At least I knew where I was going this time. I did however manage to walk through the wrong door of the room and was promptly scolded by the cranky proctor, at least I think... I sorta blew passed him in a frantic rush to get a seat...very uncharacteristic.

The exam itself sucked bum. She managed to reference every study under the sun that nobody had heard of! But whather, two exams down, two more to go.

So next exam I'm leaving my house three hours before the exam so I get get there good and early!

Karma

2005-12-09T11:20:00.000-05:00

Oh man I was late to my exam yesterday. But it was only 50% my fault, my first bus was late so it takes half the blame. Either way, I was actually there on time, but then I got lost in the maze of new buildings they put up and couldn't find an entrance that wouldn't set off some sort of firealarm.

So either way, I had to do the walk of shame past 90 rows of people to the very last seat at the other end of the sports arena thingy. But there were lots of people coming in late so it wasn't too bad. Of course my run of bad luck made perfect sense since it was an exam for my religion class. Can someone say karma? If there is a god of sorts I think she was having a little fun!

lol, oh my many years of agnosticism, how you didn't help me.

Off to exam numba 2 (developmental psych) in a few hours, I'll tell yah how it goes.

My Woodly adventures

2005-12-07T09:07:00.000-05:00

Well, I'm on my way home today. Thought I might pop back into Ottawa since I have an exam tomorrow. I must say it's been exceptionally relaxing and I got a phenomenal amount of studying in. But I have to tell you guys about yesterday!

I went for a walk with my daddy, and as usual we somehow ended up trekking through trees and brush (which is really pretty with the snow). We managed to track down the 4 wild turkeys that live around that area. (apparently there were five..but something happened to one of them...probably off playing with Bambi's mother)

So anyway, that wasn't the exciting part! lol. Right where the birds were was this little cabin thing no bigger then most people's bedroom. But it was so creepy and cool at the same time! It looked like it was out of a movie! It resembled some crackhouse squatter's room. Well in actuality it had two very small rooms, a third room about a meter wide, and a porch.

Of course this prompted my dad and myself to go investigate. Entering through the giant hole in the wall, the first thing you step on is broken glass, it really does sound like in the movies-crinkly. Looking in the rooms are the two dirtiest mattresses you'll ever see. The lime green paint is doing an insane job at peeling, and there's garbage and broken dishes everywhere! There's rusted out pots and clothes and everything you could imagine. The screens on the windows are all torn, it was great. It really looked like a stereotypical rundown, filthy drug house (minus the drugs, but I didn't have the urge to go digging).

I don't know why I found this of great interest but maybe next time I come up I'll take some pictures. It just seemed like this little shack out in the middle of nowhere had such a story. It was on a waterfront, and with the porch it looked like at one point it started off as perhaps lakeside guest quarters...but I just find it fascinating how it got turned into the dump it is now.

Okay...now that you all think I'm nuts going scrounging into ppl's old places...er..let me just reiterate that I am sane, I no longer practice cannibalism, I only pay homage to Satan twice a year and I am a proud member of the conservative party...okay that last one was a lie, Harper's a tool.

Exams and Sleds

2005-12-05T09:32:00.000-05:00

Well, I'm up at my cottage. Its been snowing the last day or two and it's absolutely beautiful. I spend most of my days making thousands of notes for my upcoming exams. I think the dates are the 8th, 9th, 14th, and 19th. This is a sucky schedule since I have two exams the first days of the exam schedule. I haven't been able to study earlier since I had a bunch of end of term projects due the last few days of classes.

I haven't started Christmas shopping or am even remotely in the mood. I'm hoping once I get some exams under my belt things will get better. I do however have the urge to go sledding, all this snow is making me antsy. Anyone know what a GT snowracer is? They were cool a few years back. Here's what one basically looks like...

Mine is black and hot pink. I haven't been on it in years, possibly because the thing is a bloody deathtrap, but really that's half the fun! The so-called "brakes" are hilarious. They are essentially useless, but every now and then if you push them down and they catch a piece of ice or land, it'll stop, but unfortunately you won't. Or sometimes they will dangerously bounce you a few inches in the air. Your best bet is just using your feet, well that is if you have a desire to live.

Well, back to religion and developmental psych...yay!
(And by "yay" I mean maybe I should go test how those brakes work on the steepest hill full of rocks!)

Katie

Robbed

2005-12-01T18:55:00.000-05:00

That episode robbed all my soul and then some. As if the timer didn't go out...I want my money back.

LOST INSANITY

2005-11-23T23:27:00.000-05:00

Ahhhh next week's Lost looks sick!

P.S. like who didn't get teary-eyed when Bernard and Rose finally got back together!

P.P.S. Does it make any sense that Kate looks like she picked Sawyer, but then next week we see her kissing Jack? Geez. Pick a man already.

P.P.P.S. Just remembered the timer goes out!!!! Ahh the insanity

P.P.P.P.S. Sadly I think I'm more excited over a preview for next week's episode. However, I still greatly enjoyed tonight's ep.

Hockey!

2005-11-17T16:55:00.000-05:00

Yay Sens are playing tonight and they better win! Who am I kidding? They've only lost three games so far. They're kicking some asssss. And Heatley is unstoppable!

Did you people read the Ottawa Citizen today? Apparently after their poll to name the crazy offensive line (Alfredson, Spezza and Heatley) the people voted for the "Cash line'. I believe they said it stood for two things: 1) Captain Afredson, Spezza, Heatley or 2) Cash, as in the amount of money they'll bring in. I think the runner up names were the "Dash line", and the "Dazzle line" (*cough* gay).

Ah well, I hope we do well, and that we haven't lost our winning streak. And just as a last note on hockey..I would just like to say CBC is totally biased towards showing the stupid toronto games instead of Ottawa games on saturday nights. They get a giant BOO from me! (And yes I do realize it's still only thurdsay, calm down)

2005-11-09T19:36:00.000-05:00

Duuuuude! Has it been a week since I last posted? Where does the time fly? OOOhhhh wait....now I remember last week was insanity with papers and such. My how my brain forgets.

Let's see what's new in Katie's life. Hmm...I'm going to be house sitting my neighbours house over winter (I get paid 10$ a week to go over to her house and make sure things haven't burnt down or anything... free money!). What else, oh yes, my grandparents are coming down from Sudbury to visit tomorrow. On friday, Neary is finally coming to Carleton so I can show her the cute research prof...and maybe make sure she's still alive. (neary sneak naralyn in your bag!!)

In other news, my orchid is still alive (touch wood) and I damn near killed my lucky bamboo by *cough* accidently giving them orchid food. Who knew lethal doses of nitrogen might make something almost die? Geez. Okay, I'm exaggerating, some of the leaves turned brown...not all is lost.

Speaking of LOST!!! OMG apparently tonight's episode is supposed to be total insanity!!! I can't wait. Personally, I've found the last few episodes a bit slow going, but I still have great faith in the show. I would honestly pay good money to see Dave and his friends watching it tonight. Hilarious.

Anyway, that's about it y'all. Goblin (my cat) says hi from his comatose sleep on my bed.

kate the great

2005-11-01T19:31:00.000-05:00

Ah, the insanity has finally settled down and all is well once again. Life is still pretty hectic, but things have actually been looking pretty good (and I'm not just talking about my Research professor hehe). I have a smallish paper due this Thursday, but after that I don't have anything due until November 18th! I won't know what to do with all the free time!!

Oh and Neary I forgot to tell you! My religion class can get a bit boring, so me and this guy I know were both pretty bored, so I made him an origami throwing star to give him something to play with. He was so impressed he decided to make me something...can you only guess? Yeah like ten minutes later he produces all these little people made out of paper. He then decided to make a plane to put them in, then he made some weird gun of sorts and a fortune teller. lol, it was cute.
Unfortunately I couldn't stop laughing and there was no one sitting in front of us, for literally ten rows, so I had to act all cool because the stupid teacher kept sending death signals my way, hehe. I'm a rebel.

I really hope you guys are keeping your cool through exam time. And Dave avoid the game...read a book! kidding. That would just be crazy talk now!

Katie :D

2005-10-31T07:56:00.000-05:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! MUAHAHAHAHA

Check out http://www.offthemark.com/halloween/halloween.htm for more comics!

2005-10-27T15:43:00.000-04:00

Well, it's official. School has finally sucked out my soul. *Groan* When will the insanity end?? lol

2005-10-23T11:31:00.000-04:00

I am an awful awful person. I think I'm having one of those "what the hell am I doing in my life" moments.

2005-10-22T11:08:00.000-04:00

I have no heat in my house. Yes you heard correctly, our furnace for some reason decided to kick the bucket, and alas I am to remain cold. Lol, I'm kidding it's really not that cold in here I just have to wear a sweater. But omg Neary thank god you weren't over here....I know about your parents thinking that my house might burn down. Really it is safe. I swear.

Other than that I think I'm haboring the plague...or the bird flu. Whatever it is, it's trying to get me sick, but I won't let it! No siree! I'm not giving up without a fight- I have way too many midterms and papers to write!

Hmm, in other news I actually bought alcohol for the first time. With my ID that is, I just gave people money before hand. And no I'm not planning on getting drunk, it's for my sister whose birthday is tomorrow. Got her some malibu and some phone cards (exciting I know). However, the very funny man (ie NOT funny) was like "you won't be needing this ID...in another 25 years". Come on do I look that young? My sister still gets ID'd and she's almost 24...okay yeah that's not that old. Anyway, I also learned that it's not socially acceptable to be walking around a mall with liquor not in a bag. So I stored it away safely in my inside pocket of my coat (made me feel like an alcoholic, lol)

So yeah, that's my exciting stories for today.

kate the great

2005-10-18T10:07:00.000-04:00

Arg, I think all this stress is going to give me a heart attack!

Coincidently, I have an exam today. Hmm I wonder... if I could just correlate the data..but first I'd have to come up with operational definitions to define my measures and..NO! Get out of my head useless information!

If I survive, I'll let you guys know how it went.

*UPDATE* Hey I survived! Of course the crazy woman put a crap load a questions on a topic she specifically told us not too study...but hey I only have bigger and brighter things to move on to! (In other words I have papers and more exams, so I don't have time to argue)

2005-10-17T18:52:00.000-04:00

*Drool*

2005-10-14T18:44:00.000-04:00

Uhg - My life summed up in a word.
All my school work is killing me!
Midterms, Papers and Projects Oh my!
To quote Dave, weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
Yes, I've lost it.

{off to cry}

...so in the mean time here's a psych joke!

{ah hem, Hermann Rorschach invented the inkblot test}
{Oh and I see someone grabbing a flying dog...how about you?}

2005-10-11T17:17:00.000-04:00

I woke up feeling pretty sick this morning, so what did I do when I felt better? Took pictures of my room of course! lol. Actually I've been redoing it over the summer and this is what I have so far. (Of course this will only be relevant to the few people who had seen my room before)

(1) My door (yes those are PPG) (2) My bed I've had since I was little
(3) My Hectic Desk.................. (4) Say is that a Lost screensaver?
(5) *Shudder* soo much reading............ (5) My beautiful Orchid
(7) Hmm you like Lost too eh Orchy? ...... (6) View out my window
(8) End of my bed (yah those are my feet). (8) Behind bed
(9) My sponge bob calendar................... (10) And the exit

haha, I just realized half the pictures have nothing to do with the changes in my room...but who cares!

Hope you people are keeping sane in this evil midterm time...

2005-10-09T20:19:00.000-04:00

Ohhhh, I'm soo full! All the food. Gunna be sick. Mashed potatoes, corn, brussell sprouts, veggies, stuffing, homemade buns, cooked carrots, cranberry sauce, gravy, squash, pumpkin pie, whip cream...ohh...and of course TURKEY!...Poor little guy...I'm sorry! You just tasted so good :(

2005-10-06T23:02:00.000-04:00

Wow I have this really weird feeling going on...I'm not depressed or angry..what could it be? Oh wait I think I'm actually happy! Yes, yes I know this is a rare phenomenon to occur smack in the middle of midterm hell, but still.

It's like my body is releasing happy endorphins ... and I'm liking it! I've just had this overwhelming feeling that none of my midterms and projects are really that bad, and the rest of my life is pretty good so what can I possibly complain about? I'm sure this is the calm before the storm, but for now I'm going to ride it out for as long as I can.

Share the love people, share the love. :D

2005-10-05T16:46:00.000-04:00

Ahhhhh! I have three midterms, one paper and a giant proposal due all in the next two weeks! Oh how I cry. This sucks because I have enormous problems balancing things. For some reason, I always have to finish something before beginning another. I can't really do that now unless I want to fail miserably.

But you know what keeps me sane? Pure, nonsensical fantasy. Now I'm not alluding to anything inappropriate, I'm yet again talking about tv and movies !!! (yah it doesn't get much better from here you better stop reading now if you disliked my last few blogs..)

But anyway, I just find escaping to a world not your own so exhilarating! Oh course lately I seem to be on a downloading kick. I just downloaded Fantastic 4 and am currently downloading Sin City. My bro showed me a great site where you can download almost anything (movies, tv shows, music..er applications and much much more MUAHAHAH!) So yes life is good in that department.

Now don't go rolling your eyes about me downloading while I have things do. I am getting plenty of studying in and I won't actually watch the movies until I have some free time...so in about 6 years.

So that's what I've been up to...well that and wanting to murder the crows that scream at the top of their lungs between 5:30 am-7ish am. God! I don't know what their problem is but I haven't been able to sleep in because all I can hear is them shrieking. And I'm talking about 25 birds all doing it at the same time! Turf wars maybe??? It smells strangely like a psych experiment. Experimenter: "Let's have really annoying crows shriek for hours early in the morning so Subject A [me] can't get any sleep. After a week we'll test her sanity..." Yah well I'll show them! I'll show them gooooood.

Ah hem...I mean yes all is well.

kate the great

OMG x 100 I forgot...LOST TONIGHT 9 PM BE THER OR BE SQUARE!!!

2005-10-03T13:24:00.000-04:00

I think I broke my back...*groan* But who cares! Second half of Prison Break is on tonight! Ahahahahaaaaaa!!!!

2005-09-29T22:31:00.000-04:00

Okay, I don't know if it's all the over-stimulating Lost I've been watching or what, but lately I seem to be very hyper and have the overwhelming urge to say dddddduuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude to everyone I meet. Weird eh?

I think my dreadfully boring lectures wore down my resistance and left me very vulnerable to all the crazy insane season premieres my fav shows have been having. It's like taking a life-long hermit and dropping him in the middle of Las Vegas, it's sensory overload. I think I need to go watch the weather channel or something to calm me down...

2005-09-28T10:52:00.000-04:00

I would just like to tell everyone NOT to watch Lost. It is FAR too addictive. NEVER let friends give you downloaded episodes to watch. You get sucked in and then suddenly realize you've run through half the season and you haven't showered in days. Curse you crazy plot twists, and intriguing characters!

...mmm Lost....No! I must resist! Give into Lost.... No I refuse to! Resistance is futile, watch another episode.. No...But...I really shouldn't...Come on just one won't hurt... Well maybe.. just one, but you promise it won't leave me hanging wanting to see another episode? Noooo, of course not, you can trust me. But you're only a computer screen that plays my epi...WATCH LOST NOW OR ELSE!!!

er..I gotta lost...I mean go...I mean lost

Lost,

Kate...I mean Katie

2005-09-23T14:18:00.000-04:00

For you dave...

ZOMG Equation:

Lost + Dave= A very broken couch

(Lost) + (Dave) = (Couch)

2005-09-20T20:05:00.000-04:00

Everything is all better! :D

2005-09-18T23:36:00.000-04:00

I am...lost.
I am...scared.
I am...frustrated.
I am...intimidated.
I am...someone
I am...no one
I am...me

I am...

~"~

2005-09-16T17:00:00.000-04:00

Things just cease to amaze me.

*sigh*

2005-09-15T23:16:00.000-04:00

Well today was officially the worst day of my week. It sucked- badly. Neary I need more balloons...A LOT more balloons. I seriously don't think I'll make it to midterms with my sanity.

Off to scream and yell and throw things...

katie

2005-09-14T17:02:00.000-04:00

Let me just say I hate OC transpo buses. They are expensive. Ther are never on time. They are always over crowded. They contain smelly gross people. And they are just plain dangerous!

~"~

2005-09-11T21:47:00.000-04:00

Well, here I am having to go to bed early because my ten o'clock course got changed t..t....t0 8:30 tomorrow morning! I've never actually had a class this early so this should be interesting. I'm pretty sure it's gunna suck, but I don't really have a choice. Luckily, this is only a one semester course. So if anyone sees me curled up in a ball sleeping in one the the school park areas kindly poke me with a stick and send me to class.

Nighty night

~"~

2005-09-08T08:13:00.000-04:00

Ah yes, Thursday September 8th, 2005, the day we have all been fearing and dreading has finally arrived. It is indeed back to school for most university students (that is unless you're Dave who apparently doesn't start until monday boo!). So goodbye summer, goodbye friends, goodbye long nights, goodbye social life, and goodbye sanity, I'll miss you dearly.

Best of luck everyone!

2005-09-03T16:33:00.000-04:00

Heeeey! I am indeed still alive!

Yes it's day er..5? now since my surgery and I'm doing just fine. The first few days were rough as expected but hopefully it'll only get better from here. I was going to post before and after pictures of my face but I never got really swollen or bruised. I've actually had it quite good in comparison to my siblings who were black and blue after the surgery.

And I must say for those of you who are getting scared about having your teeth out it's really not that bad. Between heavy pain medication and icing there is virtually no pain. And when you get to the stage I'm at, it's more of an annoyance that you can't eat certain foods but it's not life threatning. Also some of you only need a couple teeth out, not everyone needs all four like me and neary.

With that said, I guess all I have to look forward to now is school which is slowly rearing it's ugly head. I like how you only have to do two days the first week, because honestly I think that's about all I can take. After a summer of pretty much only typing, my note taking hand needs some warming up, as does my brain. So far I haven't had my school reality check but give me a couple more days and I'll be crying.

Alright that's good enough for now, hope all you people who moved into dorms this weekend are nice and comfy :)

kate the great

2005-08-31T23:55:00.000-04:00

Oh...day two of recovery just got worse, but apparently the second and third day one is to see it peak in pain and what not. So I have much to look forward to yay. But i'm still alive for another day.

katie

2005-08-30T23:31:00.000-04:00

I survived surgery and am in quite a bit of pain, but what can you do. Ice and drugs are my two best friends right now.

2005-08-30T00:34:00.000-04:00

Well what's done is done. I wasn't driven totally insane and alas I can only look to the future now. I gave up on a few people, but really at this point in life, time and beyond it no longer matters. I shall take the remainder in strides and cherish the good days. So here I am to sign off, goodbye and good luck to all.

kate the great taking a deep breath before the plunge

2005-08-29T10:56:00.000-04:00

Over the past few days I've been thinking. Yes I know tis a dangerous thing, but I think I've decided to change my name to Stress-Sponge Girl!

Yes, I have the incredible ability to absorb other people's stress! The other super heroes think my power is useless, but I beg to differ. With this ability, I can double my own stress levels by being around a group of stressed individuals. Once I absorb their stress I get super human powers like...the inability to eat, constant headaches, nausea, fatigue, shaking, and the inability to sleep..to name a few!

Though I haven't perfected my powers yet, since I can absorb their stress but not actually make any of theirs go away. If anything I increase their stress! But alas I am a fledging super hero. I still have years to perfect my powers!

Of course I'll have to stay away from Stressy McGee, and Captain Angermanagement, otherwise I'll blow up. Minor details minor details. However, my cambodian super hero twin, neary the great, has the same powers except she's perfected the whole removing stress from your life part. Oh if only I could be as powerful! One day I'll make you proud sis..okay that sounded weird.

hehe oh well, if today doesn't kill me it'll only make me stron...well, no it'll probably weaken me so I have a nervous breakdown, but I'll join powers with neary and all will be well!

OH NO! I thought I heard something behind that bush..no..no....stay back Stressy!...this isn't funny..cap...captain angermanagement?? what are you tw...no get back! you'll kill me....ahhhhhhh

{to be continued...}

2005-08-28T18:10:00.000-04:00

...my mind is lost

2005-08-26T13:32:00.000-04:00

Hello hello, I'm back and I've posted a handful of pics from my camping trip. As always you can click to enlarge.

This is the front view of our campsite.
This is the back view.
Small river behind our site. This area had some very slow moving water so there was a bunch of pond scum and algae containing a million cute frogs.
Another view of the river.
This are tent caterpillars. They seem to have taken over half the tress in the place ewww.
Cute little frog by water.
Not so cute frog by water.

sleepovers, camping and teeth pulling oh my!

2005-08-22T16:09:00.000-04:00

Man so much has gone on but I'm so lazy and don't wanna type. Perhaps I should hire an assistant? Another day, another day.

Well in recent news, the sleepover I've been talking about..wait never mentioned it, okay I'll start over. The sleep over I should have been talking about is finally over. Yes you may be thinking sleepover? 19 year old girls? hmm bit old aren't they? Well not in my house!

Yes I had myself, neary and casey over the other night. We ate junk food, poured over mags and watched GuessWho..or at least made an attempt, there was a lot of talking during the movie. I think it was about a guy and a girl and someone named Jamal, hehe neary. We also played rousing games of mall madness (which I somehow won again) and clue (Neary is going to be a real life detective I swear!) Eventually after the movie we all tried to go to sleep. Well Neary went to sleep while Casey and I had a lengthy discussion on our emergency room visits and the poor quality of health care we received. It's amazing how a lot of people have similar experiences.

We finally stopped talking and tried to get some shut eye, but poor neary, bless her heart, likes to snore and we couldn't wake her up to save our lives. Example:

"N: Snore Snore Snore"
"K: Casey poke her" *poke*
"N: Snore"
"C: She's still sleeping"
"K: Poke her again" *poke poke*
"N: Snore"
"C: nothing"
whhhzzzz! {stuffed animal is thrown} Boing!{bounces off of neary with no progress}
"N: Snore"
"K: **groan** "K: I'm going upstairs!"
"C: Where you going"
"K: What did you say?"
" C: I don't remember..."
"N: Snore Snore Snore Snore"
"K: baa" thump thump thump up the stairs.

Somewhere we eventually got some sleep. And amazingly, against popular belief, we never wore see-threw nightgowns, had pillow fights, or anything else the male mind can sometimes conjure up.

What else? Not too much has happened. I've made some progress redoing my room, just need to buy a few things and put on some paint (oh how it sounds simple). I've got most of my school stuff ironed out, except for the fact that they moved one of my classes to 8:30 am!! {i'm crying on the inside}

I've also taken care of a few minors things here and there, been trying to finish them up before I go camping tomorrow. Hmm, haven't talked about that either eh? I'm going to Fitzroy campground for a couple days with my mommy. It should be fun, looks like we'll have pretty good weather {touch wood} We seem to have a nice site that backs onto water, so that should be cool. This place also has hiking trails and beaches, so we'll be occupied just fine.

Dooms day is slowly approaching a.k.a I'm getting all four of my wisdom teeth pulled next tuesday. Kinda scared, which is funny becasue I've had two major knee surgeries with not an ounce of fear, yet this of all things has me a bit unerved. At least I'll go through it with neary who also sheduled her teeth pulling the same day, ah the sign of a true friend. We'll be in pain together.

Well, that's just a quick update, hope y'all are enjoying the rest of summer.

kate the great

2005-08-16T09:38:00.000-04:00

Here's a monologue from the first season of seinfeld. Let's just say it's for the guys. It's not as funny reading it, but you get the gist. hehe.

[Scene: Comedy club.]

JERRY: I swear, I have absolutely no idea what women are thinking. I don't get it, OK? I admit, I'm not getting the signals. I am not getting it! Women, they're so subtle, their little...everything they do is subtle...men are not subtle, we are obvious. Women know what men want, men know what men want, what do we want? We want women, that's it!...It's the only thing we know for sure, it really is: we want women.

How do we get them? Oh, we don't know 'bout that. The next step after that we have no idea. This is why you see men honking car-horns, and yelling from construction sites. These are the best ideas we've had so far! The car-horn-honk, isn't that a beauty? Have you ever seen men doing this? What is this? The man is in the car, the woman walks by the front of the car, he honks: [imitates honk] e-eeehh, eehhh, eehhh - this man is out of ideas. How does it...? [imitates horn again] e-e-e-eeeehhhh, "I don't think she likes me"

The amazing thing is, that we still get women, don't we? Men, I mean, men are with women. You see men with women. How are men getting women, many people wonder. Let me tell you a little bit about our organization. "Where ever women are?", we have a man working on the situation right now. Now, he may not be our best man, OK, we have a lot of areas to cover, but someone from our staff is on the scene. That's why, I think, men get frustrated, when we see women reading articles, like: "Where to meet men?". We're here, we are everywhere! We're honking our horns to serve you better.

2005-08-14T16:19:00.000-04:00

I feel like poo.

2005-08-10T14:37:00.000-04:00

Waaaaa, registration was so awful today! I'm still trying to recover!

Everything was going fine to begin with. 10:30 on the nose I log in to register, yay! I input the first class, no problems. I go to input my second one which happens to be spanish, but nooooo, they don't want to let me take it. So after some nicely strung sentences of curse words, I figure I best try and get all my other classes in. So thank god, I got all the other ones I wanted in the times I wanted. Problem left however was how to fill a full credit which spanish would have occupied.

So I frantically start pouring over my course book trying to find a course. Literally I tried courses in Anthropology, Art History, Biology, Business, Criminology, Film Studies, History, Humanities, Human Rights, Religion, Social work, Sociology, and Women's studies. Of course I did this for two bloody hours! Would you like to know why? Because each time I tried to register I ran into one of these problems:

a) I had degree restrictions
b) I needed an A (friggin B+ will haunt be forever)
c) The course no longer existed
d) I needed a prerequisite
e) It was scheduled at the same time as my other courses I couldn't move
f) The course was full
g) The course was full...but it still allows you to click on that box getting your hopes up
h) The course was scheduled at 8:30 in the morning
i) The course was only offered on iTV but since I don't have digital it's not an option
j) This one I love, A warning would come up, but when I went to get help from this long list of warning explanations, it wasn't there. I think I found about three new ones that weren't on the list.

After the first hour I came to think there was a massive conspiracy against me. And by the second hour I knew it was true. Of just a few of the above listed problems, one of the worst was that they didn't offer certain classes this year, or that they don't exist anymore. I tried so hard to get in another history credit, but I think after trying about 6 credits and having them all not offered this year I gave up. I tried taking so many first year stupid intro courses, but I couldn't find any without running into the above mentioned problems.

So out of desperation I just snatched up the only two half credit courses it would allow me to take. One is religion 1205 which is something about different interpretations of religious beliefs from different view points. And secondly, I ended up with Anthropology something...about...something I don't remember (I signed up in a delusional flash) The courses themselves actually don't sound to bad verses some of the desperation attempts I had made before, but they ruin my perfect plan. The only day I had off this term had to be filled by the RELI class and next semester the ANTH class is a stupid night time one which are awful.

So right now I am thoroughly exhausted, pissed off and hungry. And to make matters worse last night I put out the wrong recycling, so I had do the walk of shame to bring it back in the house, but I had forgotten after the morning's events I hadn't really changed from my pj's so as I'm fuming from the registration, and trying very hard not to be seen because im an idiot who put the wrong stuff out, it's starting to dawn on me about the pj situtaion and who comes by? Ah yes my not-it -all anal neighbour pops out of her house. I freeze half down the drive way, spin around at Mach 3 and run back into my house. I eventually got the recycling back in, once I was positive she was gone (most likely staring out her window at that point)

Alas my day has just sucked, and apparently it's supposed to rain tonight...booo

katie

2005-08-07T16:38:00.000-04:00

Alas I am still up at my cottage but I think I'm actually setting foot in Ottawa tonight! Yes I know, you guys can hardly contain yourselves...(lock up the babies! hide the food! Keep all your valuables safe! Pretend a nuclear bomb hit us, she's coming back!!! NOOOO!!)...or something along those lines.

Again I have nothing really exciting to report. My dad is fixing up the massive garage/loft thing we have up here so I've been helping him stain some wood and then tack it to the wall (nail guns are fun!). Thrilling really. Usually after that we go for a swim, where the water has been hanging around 30 degrees C. (yes it's very nice and warm)

I did go into town (Renfrew) the other day and did a little shopping. I bought a couple things for Phil (be afraid) and some gum and a movie for myself (hold me back). The movie was the DVD of La femme Nikita. I figured I had a small obsession with the show a while back, I may as well see the movie that had a series spun off it. But it'll probably sit in my room for a month like Constantine, until I find some time alone to watch a movie in peace.

If anyone has an annoying family they'll understand wanting to watch something privately because otherwise you get parents strolling in wanting the entire plot summarized even though there is about 20 min left. Or those awkward sex scenes, that the one 2 minute scene in an entire boring movie, your mom comes in and says something like" oh god what are you watching?!?" So alas I always have to wait till they are gone or if I'm with phil..er..but for some reason we don't always watch the entire movie *cough* *cough*

Well, I best go start packing I can barely contain my excitement...whopie!...okay that was a little fake, lol

miss you all,

kate the great

hehe neary...

2005-08-03T16:53:00.000-04:00

Ahh where is everyone? Have you all fallen into some giant black hole*? Baa, I'm so bored up here. I mean sure I have cool things like a pool table, internet, a giant lake, satellite tv, and so on but they are very boring when no one else is here! I even played scrabble for two hours with my uncle! And don't anyone try and tell me "noid" is not a word.

He beat me claiming it was talent but I know it's because he's a priest. I mean really when god is on your side there's no way you can lose. I was so screwed the minute I started the game with the word "neat". Geez look at me, I'm writing about scrabble! Luckily I am coming home tomorrow, but since I have running theories that half of Ottawa has been wiped out, I'm not sure what I'll be coming back to.

Hope your guys are still alive when I return,

katie

*For more information on black holes, visit Phil...actually I think he's been sucked into one as well, I guess I'll have to start looking for a new bf with the vast selection of local hick boys up here. What isn't sexier than a man who hunts, drinks beer and finds bright orange and camouflage attractive colours? Hold me back.

2005-08-02T19:03:00.000-04:00

Ah a few days at the cottage can do wonders. Been having pretty good weather, though I may have burnt my cheeks a bit. Now don't go criticizing I put on sun block...but then I went swimming. Speaking of which my silly father tried drowning me today.

We have a raft you can swim out to and he likes to push everyone off it. So the minute he stepped on the ladder to get up, I jumped off. About a second after I re-emerged, the sun is suddenly blocked out and all I see is my father jumping after me. He thought it would be funny to grab my shoulders and push me down. yah haha dad. I barely had time to take another breath from my original jump, and ended up with so much freaking water up my nose. He made some useless fatherly comment like I shouldn't inhale water and let me be. Thanks.

Well, just thought I'd drop a little hello in my blog. Don't waste your summer people.

katie

2005-07-31T20:36:00.000-04:00

Oh what a crazy few days. Yesterday was a little "hectic" as some may politely say. There was the Chinese restaurant scene from hell, however I shall remain silent on this matter since it is mostly between other parties and some would rather just repress that entire episode. But I must mention that, (after jacking the power from the queen) I have dubbed the group of boys from yesterday, official knights for their tremendous showing of chivalry and patience.

Moving on, I suppose I shall pick up from well..When I was picked up. When poor Phil came to pick me up he was severely stressed from the above mentioned incident. I was quickly informed as to last few hours and I was truly shocked and disappointed concerning the actions of certain people. I suppose this was one of those times where my faith in the human race sunk a little. Perhaps it's the psych student in me, but I was only left with more questions as to why people can act in such careless ways.

While in the car we sorta debated whether we should just get a bite to eat or go join the group to watch a movie. I chose a movie because I thought it would be fairly harmless and might lift his spirits. We got to Nishant's house early and had to wait until they came back from the store. Phil ever so kindly tutored me on black holes, dwarf stars and our universe.

Finally the boys came back with "Becool". Of course we didn't watch the movie until an hour later due to some unprecedented venting which at times had us all crying with laughter. The movie wasn't too bad, I had forgotten what it's like to watch movies with guys. Girls sit there quietly while boys hoot, holler, and jump up during the exciting moments. If anything it made quite the fun atmosphere. I sat on Phil most of the time, but I kept having to do a skirt check since I fell into some awkward positions. (Phil's arm had this permanent mark on it a while after since it had been wedged into the chair for an hour.)

When the movie was over Nishant and Dan went and played ping pong, Phil tried to sleep and Dave and Neil did some more animated and comical venting. I think we all gathered together again, and they talked about some more funny subjects which I don't want to repeat since some of them were quite embarrassing(*cough* mother's bed say what??)

Eventually we decided to all go home around 3 am. When I got home I found myself added to a convo with the knights and we discussed a new development that had reared it's ugly head. This of course took two hours. Realizing it was 5 in the morning, and that I had to get up at 7:30 (screwed) I signed off and went to the land of dreams.

I was woken by my mom at 8:10 the next morning seeming like there was a hurry, I packed, got dressed and ran down the stairs by 8:13 only to find she was "almost" ready to go but she was talking on msn with my aunt or something. Like 8:45 we leave for the cottage to try and beat the family friends who were coming to visit. I could barely stay awake, but finally around 4pm I just passed out and had many naps until 6. The rest is boring so I'll stop here.

I would just like to say I am proud to have the pleasure of knowing the nobel knights of Ottawa and that they all deserve good karma in their futures. (Perhaps more Phil and Andrew for going above the call of duty) Hope you guys enjoy the long weekend!

Katie

2005-07-28T12:06:00.000-04:00

Ah la la okay so perhaps I started yesterday with a few problems, but most of them got ironed out. I did indeed go biking and I didn't get wet from puddles since most of them had dried by the time we hit the trails. It tried to make a feeble attempt at raining off and on, but it was nothing too serious. We pretty much biked for like 4 hours, went near Carleton, then up along the canal, and a bit downtown, it's a nice little trail. Stopped off at Kavya's house which just happens to be the cutest ever! We hung out, talked to a ferret and listened to india's national anthem (eventually, lol). Was a little scared I wouldn't be able to make it home from carling, but as it turns out it's pretty easy.

Just about died when I came home, but of course after a quick nap, I went and did a little shopping to get a highlighting kit for my hair. Other than that nothing exciting has happened. I haven't exactly slept too well since I moved my bed. Apparently it's hard to break a ten year habit, so everything is offsetting. Hopefully I will get some better sleep tonight.

Right now I'm just waiting for phil to pick me up so we can go rent star wars (the first one) because he seems to be appalled at the fact that I've never really seen the entire series...or any of the series for that matter. But to give myself a break, I'm a star trek fan, and there is an unwritten rule where star trek fans cannot be star wars fans, or horrible and evil things will happen. So don't sue me because I haven't seen any of the classics!

K, that's about it

Enjoy the weather we are having!!

2005-07-27T09:31:00.000-04:00

GAAA, why??? I swear to god it's only 9:30 and my day has been shattered! I first wake up to the sound of rain, I think what's that? It couldn't possibly be rain because I specifically checked the weather last night so I could plan my day. Cloudy, high 21 it said, but noooo, it lied! So now I have a biking trip planned, and even if it's not raining my backside is going to get soaked from all the puddles! Curses I swear under my breath.

I go downstairs to watch Regis and Kelly for some mindless entertainment feeling lucky that I got up early enough to watch, but wait, Kelly has been replaced by so horrible singer person who doesn't shut up and so I am forced to actually turn the tv off. I suppose these things aren't too bad.

Then the dentist phones. Oh I have an appointment this friday do I? Greeeat. Who hasn't been flossing regularly? Me of course. Usually I have more notice and do the two week floss every two minute trick and it sometimes fools them. I don't have a chance now, I'll get the lecture. Actually I've found a way to bypass their typical question of how often do you floss? I've just started saying "not often enough" which seems to get no further lecturing about the dire need for better dental hygiene.

So of course this has all occurred at once, then I look out the window. Wait a minute where did the van go? Crap. Apparently today is the day we decided to get our air conditioning fixed. Another plan out the window.

And just minutes ago my mother suddenly declares that she is going up to the cottage a day early so her friend and her fat annoying kids can go there for the day. Since I don't want to go up there early, or entertain the Godzilla children (they are my age), I'll have to stay behind until thursday, which I am none too pleased.

So this is what has happened all before 9:30. And yet I truly fear since the day is still so young what else could possibly happen. Perhaps I can be hit by a car while biking, or maybe choke to death on a muffin, really the possibilities are endless. I just have one last thing to say...

I am never getting up early again!

ENOUGH DUFF

2005-07-26T16:51:00.000-04:00

They showed this picture to an anger management group and three people ended up with serious injuries.

2005-07-23T17:24:00.000-04:00

Son of a witch. I wrote this whole long blog and then I hit a bloody button and *poof* it disappeared. Well now I am in just a foul mood! I'll do a quick recap;

1) I'm alive
2) Been having fun with phil, though I smacked him in the jaw accidently (blame sugary ice cream)
3) At cottage bad time water skiing
4) Finished harry potter, disliked it
5) Visit link of the week. Especially the one about "duff" (middle of page, control + F + "duff" if you are lazy). Oh Neary how we need more members in the Hillary Duff anti-fan club!

Well I am still outraged at this stupid blog going to the land of half written internet documents!

katie

2005-07-20T19:24:00.000-04:00

I am still alive. No worries.

2005-07-15T12:11:00.000-04:00

Jerry: The bump into. The bump into always leads to the backslide.
Elaine: David and I will not be getting back together.
Jerry: Elaine, breaking up is like knocking over a Coke machine. You can't do it in one push, you got to rock it back and fourth a few times and then it goes over.
Elaine: That's beautiful.
{episode 158}

2005-07-13T10:05:00.000-04:00

If anyone has been following this week's comics in the Ottawa Citizen, you may have noticed that the comic "Zits" written by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman, has been running a series concerning Jeremy who has badly burnt his back after falling asleep in the sun. It's reminded me of recent events so I thought I'd post them for your enjoyment.
(you can click on it to enlarge the picture and text)

2005-07-12T19:05:00.000-04:00

Hey my guestbook is back up! Time for us to sign it again neary!

2005-07-12T09:21:00.000-04:00

Yes, as I woke up this morning, I noticed my stomach was a little sensitive. When I lifted up my shirt I noticed this big kinda oval shape in nice crimson red. Apparently when I went outside and read yesterday, exposing my stomach, it burnt!! I'm also afraid I burnt my shoulders a bit...i swear phil I was being careful!

2005-07-11T22:13:00.000-04:00

Your life is guided by the principles of Utilitarianism: You seek the greatest good for the greatest number.

Utilitarianism 75%
Hedonism 70%
Existentialism 65%
Kantianism 40%
Justice (Fairness) 35%
Divine Command 25%
Apathy 20%
Nihilism 15%
Strong Egoism 10%

But what does it all mean?!?

Take the Test!

2005-07-09T21:09:00.000-04:00

I hate hypocrites.