October 30th

This is what my sister and I made for her Halloween costume- she's going to "dirty it up a bit" and make the sash a "prom queen" sash with sharpies, but otherwise. ..
Pretty uneventful (and only mildly time consuming) costume.

 see, I do still do crafts. Just when they're necessary though. 

In other news, I got my desk set up this past week. Ya!  More crafting to come, for sure now that I have a workspace!

Little bit disorganized at the moment, but that will fix itself during on a week when I am not quite as busy as I have been... 

Tata for now :D

October 25th 2014

Went to Canada's Wonderland again today on a whim with my brother and his girlfriend-- much more fun than halloween haunt was. Rides abounding. My bro and I hit up most of the coasters which was awesome. We did Behemoth and Leviathan, all the wooden ones, the good old fashioned ones and top gun-- aah, flight deck.
So much better this time than last.

I don't know about pictures. Apparently there's a picture of me on a carousel saying "WheeeeeEEEEeee".




Now I leave you with lyrics I have found particularly profound today.

3, 2, 1, you get right up and I'm the one done
You never say yes, not quite no
Say just enough to make me not go
You choose your words,
Careful voice, in the end I'm not the first choice
You say you want someone just like me

So then why am I your plan,
Why am I your plan,
Why am I your plan B?

You know, you know you love the way I linger and,
You keep me wrapped right round your finger,
But you say, you say, just wait a little longer, and
And in time, I could be the right one
Please, I'm the B team


-Marianas Trench, B Team

October 23, 2014

I went hiking on the Niagara escarpment in Burlington today with a buddy...

New rules of hiking: if you didn't get dirty, it was just a leisurely walk through some trees. 

This was an awesome hike, it was along the Bruce trail and all of the things that I like about hiking happened, including the guy being able to keep up with me. There are caves and trees, mud, interestingly placed geological features and it wasn't melt your face off warm-it was the perfect temperature to go. Also I didn't have to drive. 

Mount Nemo is a phenomenal place to hike, and I'll definitely go back again. 

Review: little ceaser's pretzel crust pepperoni
My initial response: smells like dirty, wet feet.
Looks wholly unappetizing.

My taste test: tastes like every other pizza only saltier. Because there's nacho cheese under it instead of sauce and they add salt after it's cooked so it gets all over the pizza itself.
I'm never getting another, especially since I was told it would take five minutes but they screwed up my first one and then made me another and did not compensate me for my inconvenience.
Waste of money, in my opinion.

October 20, 2014

This video makes you rethink everything you think you're reaching for.
I watched this at a work meeting yesterday. While I don't particularly care if I blow the grandfathers of the company out of the water making money like they intended the video to encourage, I do find this useful in application other places in my life.
So I thought that I'd share it, mostly so that I can find it again when I want to.

How Bad Do You Want It?

Kind of reminds me of this one, that we saw while playing varsity rugby:

Al Pacino Talks Again- Any Given Sunday



Work harder, kids, because it doesn't matter how hard you think you're working, you're not.
So work harder.

October 17th 2014

Canada's wonderland Halloween haunt... is it worth it?
Maybe. The lines are as long or longer for most rides. The cool thing though is the special mazes that they have set up. Not really mazes. Like... tours? Think of the scary houses at Niagara Falls, where people are paid to hop out and scare you ( but they aren't allowed to touch you). Not really scary, but hilarious just to watch kids go through because they all scream and squish into their boyfriends' sides.
I will say that I enjoyed wonderland as a date attraction, it's fun to go out to as a couple. Loooots of time to talk in line. Plus an excuse to put an arm around someone and "direct" them through crowds.
Aah, boys are cute sometimes.
Overall? I would probably go once more,  to see what changed.  Otherwise, I think that working there would be so much fun!

October 13th, 2014

Rockton fair was this weekend. I love the derbies! Tonight's was the figure 8 championship circuit and the mini van derby. My family and I went, and my new... friend... came too. They had a ninja turtles minivan, which was awesome. Our course, the frozen car won best dressed (ugh) but eh. What can you do?

Didn'the eat any fair food because the family was there, but that's okay because instead I went on a nice, long car ride with the guy I've started seeing recently and got to know him better, after having him drive me to Walmart for shortening for biscuits tomorrow!  It's nice to have someone trustworthy driving once in a while.

Just not those guys^^.

October 9th 2014

Yesterday I went on a date, it was pretty cool.
As a Canadian living in Ontario all of my life, I finally went up to the CN Tower after 25 years of not having done it but seeing at least once a year (so what? I like Toronto).
The first bubble is the general admin, but the second bubble was awesome and it was windy so you couldn't go outside.

We also went to the Ripley's Aquarium... Pretty place, very simple and for normal people. Not too much unabsorbable information. Wasn't enough information for me, but I have a bio degree so I'm not really surprised. Super pretty though!

I will say that it was super hard to get good pictures at the aquarium, because it was so dark. And the shark section flooded before we went so it was closed down... That is okay though because I get great pleasure from anemones.