And to add another waste of time on my blog I present... dum dum dum.. the comments! Yes. I am procrastinating. *shhhh* And now here's something for you to do. Step One - copy questions. Step Two - think of witty and exciting answers to entertain me.

1. Who are you?
2. When and how did we meet?
3. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.
4. Describe me in one word.
5. What was your first impression?
6. Do you still think that way about me now?
7. If you could give me anything what would it be?
8. How well do you know me?
9. Are you going to put this on your blog and see what I say about you?

Oh yeah. Good times all around. I'll write more later. Promise.

* song of the moment: Josh Kelley - Follow You *

Quick update time while I eat some J-E-L-L-O. Life's definitely same old same old around here. Jess is home for the weekend though so there should be some good times coming. I haven't been smash-ed in some time. Far too long. I've done barely anything embarrassing lately. That needs to be remedied.

I just downloaded a junkload of new music. While I was searching on hmv.ca for a Matt Nathanson album I discovered they have an "if you liked this album..." section. Started listening to some Damien Rice, which I'd never heard before. It's good times also. I also discovered that half a billion people have covered Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. I have to say so far I like Rufus' the best. Although I'm still waiting to hear Jonny's ;)

Well I devoured that Jello so I'm off to force myself to work at the library. I found something today that made me laugh. A baseball trading card from when I was 10. Apparently I weighed 63lbs and was 4 ft. 10 inches. Ha ha. I was also wearing a purple headband. Go me!

* song of the moment: Damien Rice - Delicate *

Here's the quote of the day. I enjoy.

"I'm just looking for that moment to drop my Jedi knickers and pull out my real light saber. "

Ewan McGregor

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What better ways to pass the time at 3am then to do silly quizzes. But apparently the one I'm trying to past is not working. Hmm. M'oh. Well here's another one. Who has time to make up these things (actually I could say who has time to do them).. oops.
I was just watching Waterworld. I actually like that movie. On June 7th everything is half off at value village! Woohoo! Ok my random train of thought has no caboose so I'm off to play internet backgammon.

Stolen from the one and only Jess...

15 Years Ago, I:
1. was in grade 1 and enjoying one of my favourite years of school.
2. played spy with my best friend all the time.
3. would have cared about the berlin wall coming down and the exxon valdez oil spill if I hadn't been 7 years old.
4. had a hamster named Skippy
5. was a scrawny kid.

10 Years Ago, I:
1. won the city wide bike rodeo.
2. was very very sick.
3. fought with my sister a lot.
4. was in a huge fight with all my classmates.
5. loved playing softball.

5 Years Ago, I:
1. was in CELP having the time of my life.
2. has superbly long hair.
3. still ran cross country religiously.
4. was not quite sure what "group" I fit into.
5. has just started my "damn the man" phase.

3 Years Ago, I:
1. finished up high school and was very happy about it.
2. was a member of the 'as-of-yet-untitled club of people who write stories'.
3. went to a U2 concert with Jessimica.
4. moved out.
5. got a tattoo.

1 Year Ago, I:
1. was missing working at the Boyne like crazy.
2. stopped singing with the GYS.
3. turned 21.
4. moved to Ottawa where I knew no one.
5. discovered I really liked it.

Yesterday, I:
1. ordered the Teitur CD.
2. had lunch with Karen and we giggled just like in high school and made fun of people walking by.
3. had messed up dreams about living in Alaska, trying to escape an abusive husband, being arrested, and seeing Nicole and Andrew (all in the same dream).
4. walked my sister's puppy.
5. cried during Joan of Arcadia.

Today, I:
1. talked to my cat an unhealthy amount.
2. looked at old photos and reminisced.
3. am going to go hang in the mall like a 16 year old with Grinwis.
4. got really mad and started swearing at the phone to someone who had put me on hold.
5. am enjoying the thunder.

Tomorrow, I:
1. will go on a value village shopping spree with my sister.
2. hopefully will finish all the work that I have due.
3. am going to go rollarblading with myself.
4. think I will be very tired of living along.
5. hope it is warmer out.

That was harder to remember than I thought. 15 years ago is a long time. Plus time gets all jangled in my head.

* song of the moment: Lazlo Bane - Superman *

Maybe the reason none of us can sleep is that the government is in the middle of an elaborate study on how lack of sleep drives a society to madness and we are all being fed hormones and chemicals through the water system. There's something to think about on a sunny Wednesday afternoon. At least I think it's Wednesday. Norton Antivirus just detected a malicious script?!?! What's that?!?!

My God-damned hippie name is Lilac Hickory.
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The quizzes at this site are really funny. I enjoy doing them not to see what answer I get, but to read the questions. You all should do some. The question "Have you ever obliterated a village?" is in all of them. I think I checked yes for that a few times. I'm sure I've obliterated some sort of village. Accidentally. Like an ant village.

I get to many damned pop-up ads I don't know what to do with myself. No I don't want an online date. No I don't want to find my classmates from high school. No I don't want a tiny camera I can put creepy places and freak people out.

Don't you see we have wings? It's the funniest thing, it's just that no one knows...

* song of the moment: The Cash Brothers - Night Shift Guru *

I'm having a most amusing msn conversation with Jon. He's being dirty and it's so unlike him i'm enjoying it thorougly. Funny. My life is pretty boring now with school/trying to sleep/work report/lack of social life that I don't really have a whole lot to say. I'm also mixing up words. Like before I typed hole instead of whole. Been doing it all day. Maybe it's a sign. Dum dum dum.

Today I spent way to much time looking at land and trucks. Apparently I have decided that even though I have a dollar and 37 cents to my name I should be shopping for acres of land and trucks. But there was some damn nice land. Anyone want to give me $150 000? What no takers? I'll cook for you. Provided you buy the ingredients. I'll even sing for you? Do a little dance?

In other news I have accepted that I'm addicted to Gilmore Girls. As pathetic as it is, the first step is acceptance that you have a problem. And I have a problem. I think I got an ulcer after watching the season finale. It is bad I have the hots for both Luke and Dean? Moving on. Well this cheese murderer is going to bed.

* song of the moment: Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah *

Woohoo. Wastes of time! This name thing is creepy. Considering the fact that I typed in Shmemily as my real name. And I end up with my actual first name..

My very British name is Emily Chamberlain.
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More wastes of time to come later!

* song of the moment: Teitur - Anything of his .. drool... *

And the procrastination begins again. One of the things university is teaching me most about is the ability to procrastinate to the ultimate level, then stress out and work hard (usually staying up all night), and hand things in just in the nick of time, without of course having a nervous breakdown. I guess it might be helpful later on.

Aiight I suppose it is time for a Cuba summary. I don’t feel like writing out poignant and eloquent sentences at this moment. So here’s the just of it:

- The resort that we stayed at was absolutely gorgeous. It had 5 pools that were all connected with waterfalls and the whole property and our rooms were really nice.
- The weather was also lovely when we were there. Except for one day when it was overcast. I was hoping for a big ole thunderstorm but no dice.
- Apparently the first week of May is off-season for travelling to Cuba. So in a resort that can hold 1800 there were 127 of us. Ha ha. And of course I was the only person under 30 and over 10. I mostly hung out with two girls that were 10 and 7 and a bunch of “adults”. But they were a good bunch so I enjoyed their company. And I made friends with the coolest bartender named Ivan. I think he was trying to get me drunk ;)
- Because of the above mentioned lack of young people I was forced to dance (on many occasions). Now normally I can hold a beat, but compared to these Cuban entertainers I’m really quite hilarious. I even ended up in a dance competition. My spotlight dance was the salsa. Laughing yet? You should be. Although the good thing in all this was the fact that I got to dance with a bunch of hot Cubans. So I guess it all equals itself out.
- Hola. Como estas? Yo estoy bien, grasias. Donde esta el bano? That’s how much Spanish I learned.
- Since I’ve never been out of Canada and the US going into town was a really … looking for the right word here… eye-opening experience for me. The poverty that they live in is just something that I’ve never seen before. It’s the kind of thing you see in books and you feel sorry for them for a minute and then it passes your mind. And then you are actually there, in real life, looking at these decrepit huts that they live in, the dirty children running around the yard, livestock everywhere, knowing they live off of about 16 bucks month. Wow. You just feel so helpless and really guilty at the same time. We are SO damn lucky. I think we all need a kick in the ass like that sometimes.
- I went snorkelling, which was pretty damn cool. Got stung by some coral while I was out there, and when I came back they warned me about it. Thanks. That was helpful. I also played a bunch of water polo. One time a few of us played with a bunch of locals and I ended up getting tackled first by an oversized German man, and then a bunch of other guys. Who tackles a 125lb white girl while playing water polo?
- The food bit. It was really bad. My mother and I survived off tomato and onion sandwiches.
- I noticed the ocean tastes really bad (go ahead and mock me for that but I’ve only ever seen the ocean once before and that was in the winter).
- I now know that I burn horribly. As one of the entertainers pointed out to me, I “ don’t take the sun in well”. That pretty much sums that up.
- Was depressed Tuesday night after the Leafs lost. It was so close too. Domi could have had that. Arg. Well I’m over than now. Sort of. And generally speaking, Cubans don’t like hockey. What’s that all about?

I’m sure there was more but this post is getting long and drawn out so I’ll leave it for another time. Summer is finally here. The temperature outside is 28. Go us!

* song of the moment: Pilate - Overrated *

Here I go! Off to Cuba. Have a good week everyone :)