Painless

Until this empty place is filled, I’ll keep pretending

Consider "this emply place" filled

Here's to good friends who have the ability to make me feel better with such surprising compliments.

I really needed that today, Thanks!
L

Isn't it about Time

So I'm sure some of you have noticed already...

I've decided it's time to start using the Google calendar feature. Nathan H will be happy to hear this and I hope he's excited when he gets the invitation I sent. I was sending an email this morning and happened to look at the top where it tells you all the other features Google has to offer, I don't use a single one of them. I'm going to change that.

I'm taking advantage of those features available... don't be surprised if you get an invitation via your google calendar :)
L

p.s. I suspect the novelty will wear off quickly

Shiny, Happy People

Greatest new discovery of last night...

The Hush Sound

Check them out, worth your time.


I went to the Hellogoodbye concert. Honestly, it’s not a band I’m all that fond of but Boys Like Girls was with them and they’re a band I LOVE, so I jumped at the chance to go when a free ticket was offered to me. Hellogoodbye is a band that is much loved by 14 year old girls, needless to say I was pretty much the oldest one there. The band is poppy and a little synthesized, I’m trying to paint you a picture of the band so you can envision the group that was there to see them. Shiny, happy, colorful boys and girls (there’s a point to this, really).

The concert was at Mac Hall in the upstairs ballroom, there just happened to be a concert in the downstairs ballroom too... Black Label Society was playing. They are most definitely a metal band.

So we walked in to get in line for our concert and were immediately worried that we’d got the date wrong or maybe the location... stretching out in front of us is this black and scary looking line up full of tough guys in leather and did I mention black?

Picture it, two long lines stretched out across the food court, on one side you have black, scary, death, on the other shiny, happy, bubbly teens. Funny.
L

Pleasure in Pain

I have a problem
It can be summed up in 4 small words

Salt and Vinegar Chips

I’m only allowed to eat small bags now. That’s usually enough to fix the problem.
On Tuesday I ate a small bag of chips, on Wednesday I ate another. Bad Laura

“In a perfect world, every bag of salt and vinegar chips would burn off my tongue, but that's just me.”
- Chris Stewart, Beware the Cheese

I can absolutely understand this thinking. I love the burning, the intense flavour. Yet here I am days later with this “fuzzy” tongue.

The burning gets worse as I get older... you’d think I’d learn but part of me loves the pain!
L

One Shoe, Two Shoe, Red Shoe, Blue Shoe

A couple years ago I was a bridesmaid at a friends wedding.
As is usual the bride had a specific set of clothing in mind for us to wear so she provided a skirt, shirt, earrings, necklace and shoes. I lucked out and the clothing provided was all really cute, something I was comfortable in.

Let me talk about the shoes for a minute.
They were flat, and black, rounded toe with this cute “leather” bow that came across. They were cute, I liked them. I wore them to the wedding and was comfortable all day; my feet didn’t hurt, even after standing in the receiving line.

So why now and every time after, when I try to wear these shoes again are they incredibly painful?! I can go for about an hour, and that’s a stretch. But I wore them all day! With no complaints! I don’t’ understand.
L

Eyebrow Eve Redux

I’m giving in to the pressure.
I cannot take one more mean comment about Eyebrow Eve and so I’ve removed it.
You’ve refused to leave it, to let it go. I thought it best for me to stay out of it, to not respond to comments, to let us agree to disagree but that wasn’t enough for you.
I was trying to stay true to the blog... to leave my thoughts on, to not give in and remove it but you felt that you should make me feel terrible because you didn’t like what I said.

I read and re-read the blog entry and I just do not find it offensive. I’m sorry that it offended you and I’m also sorry that you felt it necessary to leave me mean comments.

I never claimed my blog to be anything but my thoughts...

I’m sure you won’t agree with this but comments will not be allowed on this post. Because it’s my blog I can do that. I know how you feel; you think I’m a bully. You think that I was trying to impress my friends, you think I’m mean. I get it. I don’t need to hear it from you again. You’re wrong. You didn’t understand me.

I want to move on. I don’t want to rehash this topic over and over so if more comments are left regarding it I will remove them.

If I’ve offended you and you feel the need to stop reading the blog then I can understand that... if you want to stick around then I’m more than happy to have you here.

Let’s just be friends again
L

4 Things About Me

An email forward I received that I surprisingly chose to not only respond to but post here

1. Four Places I have Lived
   - Magrath
   - 3 different houses in Calgary
   
   
2. Four TV Shows I love to watch
   - Veronica Mars
   - Buffy the Vampire Slayer :)
   - Lois & Clark
   - Grey's Anatomy
   
   
3. Four of my favorite Foods
   - Lime Grilled Chicken
   - Really Greasy Pizza :)
   - Cheesecake
   - Callebaut Dark Chocolate
   
   
4. Four Places I would rather be right now
   - Somewhere warm alternating between the beach and in the ocean
   - Eating Breakfast
   - I'm in bed... it's pretty awesome
   - On my honeymoon
   
   
5. Four Movies I could watch over & over
   - The Cutting Edge
   - Dirty Dancing
   - Centre Stage
   - Girl on the Bridge
   

Feel free to add your own
L

Conversing with Betty

Betty - "Bless you"

Me - "Bless me?" Confused, bless you is normally something one would say after a sneeze but I didn't just sneeze.

Betty - "Oh you sneezed about 20 minutes ago"

20 minutes ago? Are you for real? Let it go!
L

I'm Not Alone

I Hate Facebook!

I REFUSE to join, don't try and convince me!!!

It's a fad, that's all, I don't think it will last. I have a blog and email addresses, I'm good. I don't need more.

People always say, "I joined Facebook and reconnected with all these people I haven't talked to in years." If I haven't talked to them in years then I don't need to start now.

I feel very strongly about my hate of Facebook and it turns out I'm not alone!

Thanks to CATTY, I found this great article

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070330.facebook31/BNStory/Front/home

A quote to sum up my general feelings on Facebook

"Facebook brings back behaviour that went out with plaid shirts, Tuffs boots and Nirvana. From competing over who has the most friends to sending snide notes to “check out so-and-so's ‘friends,' ” it's Grade 11 all over again.

“Facebook gives people the ability to maintain the high-school mentality,” says Tracy Cohen, a 28-year-old television producer in Toronto. “You judge others based on the number of friends they have, and the people who were nerds or losers in high school try to say to the cool high-school people, ‘Hey, look at me now!' ”

I don't need another invite to your Facebook page so that you look like you have more friends. I want real friends, not electronic friends.
L

List Time

I think it's time for a good list or two...

Music I love right now

1. Boys Like Girls - The Great Escape
2. Relient K - Bite My Tongue
3. Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
4. Relient K - Deathbed
5. Anything by Run Kid Run
6. Anything by Mae (they've been rediscovered)

Concerts I've been to, or am going to in the near future

1. The Producers (does that count as a concert?) - March 27th
2. The CPO with Barb Wiebe (Future Mother-in-law) - March 30th
3. Snow Patrol/Silversun Pickups/OK Go - April 9th
4. Hellogoodbye/Boys Like Girls - April 11
5. Jann Arden - May 17th

That is all for today
L