I love hospital gift shops.
But before I go on about those beauties, I should probably touch on my trip to New York-Jon Stewart was oranger than he looks on television; Stephen Colbert is a giggler and completely enthralled with Jon, clearly idolizing Jon; the West Side YMCA is shit; Kosher is Klassy; Cyndi Lauper is a sweet woman, and her guitarist is apologetic to the utmost when a show cannot go on; Young Frankenstein was amazing, even without Roger Bart; I love red carpets, even at The Tony's, since I got to see Bobby Cannavale (shut up and google him, for Christ's sakes!), Rufus Sewell, John Lithgow and more; Time Square is always crowded and it is disgusting in the heat; No cab drivers speak English; Three hour crusies around the island pass quickly when the tour guide likes you.
Done!
So, gift shops.
No tax, right? Great, I got to say. I work in a hospital now and am five feet from the gift store and the chocolate bars are only a dollar and the jujubes are a dollar ten. Hello. Not to mention the cookies! It's fab.
Not to mention the fact that my job-which, to be clear, I am currently at-is just sitting in front of a computer all day, watching other people use computers. Klassy like Kosher.
A side note? I'm sunburnt from New York (um, 74 fucking degrees? What?) and am in the awful stage of peeling. God, humans are disgusting.
Anyway. The cute doctor who comes in daily is here, and well-Lady's gotta work!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Love Left A Window In The Skies
This isn't a post about love. The title is misleading.
But then again, my titles never fit, so what cha gonna do?
Anyway, I've been sick. I think it's the cold from Hell's crotch, this sickness, as it's not going away and it just makes me want to sleep. I just slept two hours between that first sentence and the second one, that is how bad it is. I lost my voice, or rather, I wish I did, for at this moment it sounds like a young boy whose voice is cracking or a soon-to-be retired phone sex operator. Either way, it's not sexy so much as ridiculously annoying. I spoke up in class today and my professor bulked. As if he was thinking 'Good Lord, what the Hell was that?' He didn't even know where my voice was coming from, and he looked terrified for a moment. '...Beelzebub?'
The weather has been shitty lately, but then, it's Newfoundland, surprise surprise. It's rained, it's snowed, Saturday was frigging freezing. My Goodness, makes me glad I'm a shut-in, it does!
I've been rewatching Oz the last few weeks. I forgot how much love Beecher/Keller was. Ooh, to see Toby yelling 'I'm nobodies bitch!' is so romantic. Why can't real relationships be like that? Actually, come to think, my first relationship here ended like that...Hm. Anyway, I'm mid way through season four and have decided I'd love to own these babies. I have all the House seasons so far, all of A Bit of Fry and Laurie, half of Blackadder and half of Dexter, and I think I can happily add all of Oz to that. I need to make a run to Hmv this weekend anyway to pick up The Merchant of Venice, so I might eye the prices on Oz seasons. Surely to God they cannot be more than twenty dollars each. Who the hell watches Oz anymore? Me. Exactly.
Moving on; The Oscars. First of all, Jon Stewart was a lovely host. He had his awkward moments, he had his flops, but he let that woman who co-wrote the song that one best original song come out on his time to give her thank you. Forget anything else he did that night, that was an amazing gesture and kudos to him. The only problem people could find in his hosting is that he sees the awards for what they are and points out their flaws-however, this quality also allowed him to put things aside for a moment to let her come out and say her piece. And that just ain't something I can criticise a man for.
Second of all, thank all that is holy and high that Ellen Page did not win the Oscar. I think the Oscar should go to someone who pushed themselves, stretched themselves, transformed themselves to something that was all on it's own. Hence my anger about Reese Witherspoon being given the oscar for being June Carter Cash. I rant about this all the time; She is the little girl from Tenessee who played...the little girl from tenessee. She's been playing that role all her life. Likewise, Ellen Page has only played teenage girls so far, she has only played sarcastic teenage girls, she has only played sarcastic teenage girls who are witty. Marion Cottilard (sp does not matter. Thank you.) was AMAZING in La Vie en Rose. She was just spectacular as Edith Piaf-yes, Marion is a french woman, but Edith was a far leap from who Marion is, and she was so different in that film, so close to Edith, it was shocking. Like when Philip Seymour Hoffman played Capote, she WAS Edith and my mind exploded (and not for the basic 'I'm watching a French movie' reason).
Third? The best screenplay went to Juno. Whatever, fine, okay, not surprising. Harrison Ford was presenter, right? So, the girl (ex stripper, but you could NEVER tell.) goes up, Harrison offers a hug and she shuns. Excuse me? Pardon me? You hug indy when he offers. Weird thing to get my goat, you know, but still. Lady shunned Harrison. I get she was surprised, shocked, shaking but she like pushed against him to get to that mike. Holy Hella What?
Oh. And I love Javier. Lovelovelove.
Sigh. I have a paper due in two days, so I should get to working on that.
Until I yet again think I need to rant about celebrities and my love for prison porn, lovelies!
But then again, my titles never fit, so what cha gonna do?
Anyway, I've been sick. I think it's the cold from Hell's crotch, this sickness, as it's not going away and it just makes me want to sleep. I just slept two hours between that first sentence and the second one, that is how bad it is. I lost my voice, or rather, I wish I did, for at this moment it sounds like a young boy whose voice is cracking or a soon-to-be retired phone sex operator. Either way, it's not sexy so much as ridiculously annoying. I spoke up in class today and my professor bulked. As if he was thinking 'Good Lord, what the Hell was that?' He didn't even know where my voice was coming from, and he looked terrified for a moment. '...Beelzebub?'
The weather has been shitty lately, but then, it's Newfoundland, surprise surprise. It's rained, it's snowed, Saturday was frigging freezing. My Goodness, makes me glad I'm a shut-in, it does!
I've been rewatching Oz the last few weeks. I forgot how much love Beecher/Keller was. Ooh, to see Toby yelling 'I'm nobodies bitch!' is so romantic. Why can't real relationships be like that? Actually, come to think, my first relationship here ended like that...Hm. Anyway, I'm mid way through season four and have decided I'd love to own these babies. I have all the House seasons so far, all of A Bit of Fry and Laurie, half of Blackadder and half of Dexter, and I think I can happily add all of Oz to that. I need to make a run to Hmv this weekend anyway to pick up The Merchant of Venice, so I might eye the prices on Oz seasons. Surely to God they cannot be more than twenty dollars each. Who the hell watches Oz anymore? Me. Exactly.
Moving on; The Oscars. First of all, Jon Stewart was a lovely host. He had his awkward moments, he had his flops, but he let that woman who co-wrote the song that one best original song come out on his time to give her thank you. Forget anything else he did that night, that was an amazing gesture and kudos to him. The only problem people could find in his hosting is that he sees the awards for what they are and points out their flaws-however, this quality also allowed him to put things aside for a moment to let her come out and say her piece. And that just ain't something I can criticise a man for.
Second of all, thank all that is holy and high that Ellen Page did not win the Oscar. I think the Oscar should go to someone who pushed themselves, stretched themselves, transformed themselves to something that was all on it's own. Hence my anger about Reese Witherspoon being given the oscar for being June Carter Cash. I rant about this all the time; She is the little girl from Tenessee who played...the little girl from tenessee. She's been playing that role all her life. Likewise, Ellen Page has only played teenage girls so far, she has only played sarcastic teenage girls, she has only played sarcastic teenage girls who are witty. Marion Cottilard (sp does not matter. Thank you.) was AMAZING in La Vie en Rose. She was just spectacular as Edith Piaf-yes, Marion is a french woman, but Edith was a far leap from who Marion is, and she was so different in that film, so close to Edith, it was shocking. Like when Philip Seymour Hoffman played Capote, she WAS Edith and my mind exploded (and not for the basic 'I'm watching a French movie' reason).
Third? The best screenplay went to Juno. Whatever, fine, okay, not surprising. Harrison Ford was presenter, right? So, the girl (ex stripper, but you could NEVER tell.) goes up, Harrison offers a hug and she shuns. Excuse me? Pardon me? You hug indy when he offers. Weird thing to get my goat, you know, but still. Lady shunned Harrison. I get she was surprised, shocked, shaking but she like pushed against him to get to that mike. Holy Hella What?
Oh. And I love Javier. Lovelovelove.
Sigh. I have a paper due in two days, so I should get to working on that.
Until I yet again think I need to rant about celebrities and my love for prison porn, lovelies!
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Your Day Breaks, Your Mind Aches
I think I am going to spend tomorrow reading. All day. It's going to be nice, I imagine. Haven't had chance to do that for ages.
And I think I might do some of this at Coffee Matters. Because I want one of those Aztec Hot chocolates. Mmhmm.
Ps The Tom Petty show? No words.
well, a few, but I'm too lazy to form them into a good, strong sentence.
Even to lazy to capitalize that 'w'.
I was informed today that people from 'around the bay'-something that I still don't really know what means but don't want to ask and have people make fun-are shorter than most? I was speaking of my experience in the mall yesterday, midnight madness (which was insane, by the by), and how I was walking through a group of people that I towered over. My room mate replied they must have been from around the bay. And I...nodded and said 'okay' because what does one say to that?
And I think I might do some of this at Coffee Matters. Because I want one of those Aztec Hot chocolates. Mmhmm.
Ps The Tom Petty show? No words.
well, a few, but I'm too lazy to form them into a good, strong sentence.
Even to lazy to capitalize that 'w'.
I was informed today that people from 'around the bay'-something that I still don't really know what means but don't want to ask and have people make fun-are shorter than most? I was speaking of my experience in the mall yesterday, midnight madness (which was insane, by the by), and how I was walking through a group of people that I towered over. My room mate replied they must have been from around the bay. And I...nodded and said 'okay' because what does one say to that?
Thursday, November 8, 2007
My Sister Got Lucky, Married A Yuppie
Tom Petty tribute show at the Rock House tonight(Friday).
Oh my gosh. I'm so there.
With my old roomate, even. Yeah.
Oh my gosh. I'm so there.
With my old roomate, even. Yeah.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Do Your Dance, Quick Mama
I wish to see American Gangster or We Own the Night. I'm obviously in the mood for a gangster film. Maybe this weekend. Saturday...ish?
After seeing Eastern Promises, I suppose, I went on a kick. Though, Young Guns I and II don't count in that genre, they were still actionesque flicks. I've done 3,000 words for Nano since yesterday and I'm feeling productive. Still behind, but hey, I'm trying.
Tomorrow is my nerdy day of writing and reading Paradise lost and taking notes on it. Hoorah. I'm excited, actually, as Paradise Lost is wicked. For real(s).
I was walking home today after my classes and I passed a man with a bag of leaves and he gave me the biggest smile.
It made me wonder what was really in that bag of leaves.
After seeing Eastern Promises, I suppose, I went on a kick. Though, Young Guns I and II don't count in that genre, they were still actionesque flicks. I've done 3,000 words for Nano since yesterday and I'm feeling productive. Still behind, but hey, I'm trying.
Tomorrow is my nerdy day of writing and reading Paradise lost and taking notes on it. Hoorah. I'm excited, actually, as Paradise Lost is wicked. For real(s).
I was walking home today after my classes and I passed a man with a bag of leaves and he gave me the biggest smile.
It made me wonder what was really in that bag of leaves.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Tell Me Who Of Them Will Come To Be, How Many Of Them Are You And Me
I'm listening to 'Past Time Paradise' by Stevie Wonder waaay too much.
So, five days into NANO and I'm wicked behind. But, I am determined to write not only because I am shaming my good name by not keeping up, but because Angus told me to, and as a return favour for the ride home, I shall. Yeah, it's a lame pay back. Oh well. My bad?
Speaking of my bad, walking into my house tonight, I fell over my boots, then my high tops then caught myself on my shoelace to end up tumbling into the wall. I am the living end, huh? Oh well.
November 10, Cool Hand Luke is playing on the AMC network. I'm all excited. I've never seen it and I'm trying to get the classics in while I can. And next Tuesday, a double Jimmy Stewart feature, Vertigo and Rear Window, omg. I mean, really. How delightful! I cannot help but watch those movies though I have seen Rear Window way too many times, and Vertigo close to that. I would be set if Harvey was also on. That right there is my favourite Jimmy. Well, no, wait, Philidelphia story, when him and Cary are in the change room? Yep.
Um, yeah. I'm a bit of a movie whore. Oooh well.
I'm kinda digging The Weepies at the moment. And Hot Hot Heat. I miss those fellows.
So, five days into NANO and I'm wicked behind. But, I am determined to write not only because I am shaming my good name by not keeping up, but because Angus told me to, and as a return favour for the ride home, I shall. Yeah, it's a lame pay back. Oh well. My bad?
Speaking of my bad, walking into my house tonight, I fell over my boots, then my high tops then caught myself on my shoelace to end up tumbling into the wall. I am the living end, huh? Oh well.
November 10, Cool Hand Luke is playing on the AMC network. I'm all excited. I've never seen it and I'm trying to get the classics in while I can. And next Tuesday, a double Jimmy Stewart feature, Vertigo and Rear Window, omg. I mean, really. How delightful! I cannot help but watch those movies though I have seen Rear Window way too many times, and Vertigo close to that. I would be set if Harvey was also on. That right there is my favourite Jimmy. Well, no, wait, Philidelphia story, when him and Cary are in the change room? Yep.
Um, yeah. I'm a bit of a movie whore. Oooh well.
I'm kinda digging The Weepies at the moment. And Hot Hot Heat. I miss those fellows.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Candy Gonna Ride Your Soul
It is not good news that 'nothing is wrong' when you are in pain. Just so you know.
Varick and Ben might come see Night of the Living Dead with me, hooha! Nothing says I'm devouted to getting my paper due monday done as well as getting on NANO like going to see a random zombie flick.
Varick and Ben might come see Night of the Living Dead with me, hooha! Nothing says I'm devouted to getting my paper due monday done as well as getting on NANO like going to see a random zombie flick.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Paradise Lost by the Dashboard Light
Night of the Living Dead is being shown on Friday night, as a post Halloween Zombie flick.
I kind of want to go. But...I am failing at thinking who would go see it with me. Bummer. It might be a solo zombie endeavour.
I kind of want to go. But...I am failing at thinking who would go see it with me. Bummer. It might be a solo zombie endeavour.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Got To Be More Careful When You Walk The Streets Alone
You never realize how sick you were until you see the state of your room afterwards. Good gracious.
I got Kevin Smith's book in the mail a few days ago and want to read it so very badly. But I've still got to finish Dexter, pretend to read Great Expectations, read Raw shark Texts, and The Book With No Name (that gets more and more tempting as I look at it). As well as waiting patiently for Hugh Laurie's new book in the mail. Not really patiently so much as checking the mail box like ever twenty minutes. I cannot wait. His writing just relaxes me, I don't know why.
I am loving the House soundtrack. It was worth the $14 I shovelled out for it, certainly. 'Got to be more careful' and 'Beautiful' (covered by Elvis Costello) make it wonderful, though one of my all time favourite songs, 'Feelin' Alright' by Joe Cocker is also there to appeal my whiney inner voice that says I am spending too much money on shit lately. Shut up, inner voice, and listen to the music.
That's good advice in general, really. Shut up and listen to the music.
On that pretentious note...I'm off.
I got Kevin Smith's book in the mail a few days ago and want to read it so very badly. But I've still got to finish Dexter, pretend to read Great Expectations, read Raw shark Texts, and The Book With No Name (that gets more and more tempting as I look at it). As well as waiting patiently for Hugh Laurie's new book in the mail. Not really patiently so much as checking the mail box like ever twenty minutes. I cannot wait. His writing just relaxes me, I don't know why.
I am loving the House soundtrack. It was worth the $14 I shovelled out for it, certainly. 'Got to be more careful' and 'Beautiful' (covered by Elvis Costello) make it wonderful, though one of my all time favourite songs, 'Feelin' Alright' by Joe Cocker is also there to appeal my whiney inner voice that says I am spending too much money on shit lately. Shut up, inner voice, and listen to the music.
That's good advice in general, really. Shut up and listen to the music.
On that pretentious note...I'm off.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
I Lost My Faith In The Summer Time
Still no idea for NANO. Though I know I want to write it about two people, friends/whatever, who have chats like I have with friends. Vain, maybe. But come on. I would need to credit like Ben and Varick and James for almost every other line, but hey. whatever.
Think about it. Like this, based off a discussion Ben, Varick and I had after watching Red Dragon. Mainly me ranting to B & V.
"I think my greatest fear is putting my fingers in somebody's face socket."
"'Face Socket'? You mean mouth?"
"No, I mean face socket. Like if someone got shot in the face at close range by a shot gun, I would not want my fingers in the socket left in their face. And who calls mouths 'face sockets'?"
"It was a wild stab in the dark, an attempt to decode your verbal rubix cube gone awry."
"It would be gross."
"Back to the face sockets. Thank God. I felt incomplete with that close."
"I would be so discontent."
"Imagine the owner of the face socket."
"Oh, God, I don't think I can. They'd be so gross."
"Of course. That would be their main issue, naturally, that you thought them gross. Never mind the gaping hole where their face used to be."
And yeah. So, I dunno. Just need plot, characters and that stuff, but I so have dialogue going.
Think about it. Like this, based off a discussion Ben, Varick and I had after watching Red Dragon. Mainly me ranting to B & V.
"I think my greatest fear is putting my fingers in somebody's face socket."
"'Face Socket'? You mean mouth?"
"No, I mean face socket. Like if someone got shot in the face at close range by a shot gun, I would not want my fingers in the socket left in their face. And who calls mouths 'face sockets'?"
"It was a wild stab in the dark, an attempt to decode your verbal rubix cube gone awry."
"It would be gross."
"Back to the face sockets. Thank God. I felt incomplete with that close."
"I would be so discontent."
"Imagine the owner of the face socket."
"Oh, God, I don't think I can. They'd be so gross."
"Of course. That would be their main issue, naturally, that you thought them gross. Never mind the gaping hole where their face used to be."
And yeah. So, I dunno. Just need plot, characters and that stuff, but I so have dialogue going.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Just the nature of my Game
Has anyone ever watched the sympathy for the devil (Rolling Stones, kids!) video from Rock and Roll circus and thought 'what's up with the fake Tats, Mick?' besides me?
Not that I don't like them.
Not that I don't like them.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Just Tune In, Tune Out, Drop In, Drop Out, Switch On, Switch Off, Explode.
Did you ever think about Lucifer before he fell?
Like, think about it, really. He was the most beautiful of God's angels, he was full of pride and damn he was pissed that man not only got free will but dangly bits ('Wait..what are-No. What?! What are those, Lord? I...Damn it!') to have fun with on the long weekends they had when there were bank holidays and the like.
Speaking of dangly bits, saw Elizabeth:The Golden Age.
Yeah.
Anyway, opened this post with an interesting premise, didn't I? Huh? Huh? Got my compliment diggin' boots on, y'all. To bad I'm not following through with it. I'm thinking about it, sure, but it doesn't mean I'm going to share my thoughts. What do you think I am, some kinda person who spreads my mind's legs and gives away it's thought virginity? Huh? An idea sharing WHORE?
I don't know...where that came from. Sorry.
I'm just feeling rather scattered, truthfully. Listening to Beatles music (For No One is sex in song form, just so you know. Yes, you.) and wondering around my house, much, I'm certain, to my roomates' (all of 'em) confusion. I should be thinking of topics for my papers due by the end of the monthish. I should be thinking about NANO and what the eff I'm going to write (ps, am a ML though that hasn't gone through yet. Looking forward to having 'municipal liaison' under my name in posts). But no. I'm thinking dirty thoughts about the Devil and Michael, the Arch Angel. And thinking about watching The Three Musketeers, because Kiefer Sutherland as Athos is just so wrong it's right. Or perhaps Boondock Saints, but I'm not really in the mood for a movie about vengenance. Though, one could say The Three Musketeers had elements of that, one could also say 'fuck it, Kiefer Sutherland is in it'. Which I do, often, say about things. That have Kiefer in them. Or things that don't, to confuse those around me.
'In this way, Mr.K will challenge the world...With the blue people! They're...groovy! Just great!'
Eddie Izzard makes me smile in general, but in Across the Universe? Uh.
Like, think about it, really. He was the most beautiful of God's angels, he was full of pride and damn he was pissed that man not only got free will but dangly bits ('Wait..what are-No. What?! What are those, Lord? I...Damn it!') to have fun with on the long weekends they had when there were bank holidays and the like.
Speaking of dangly bits, saw Elizabeth:The Golden Age.
Yeah.
Anyway, opened this post with an interesting premise, didn't I? Huh? Huh? Got my compliment diggin' boots on, y'all. To bad I'm not following through with it. I'm thinking about it, sure, but it doesn't mean I'm going to share my thoughts. What do you think I am, some kinda person who spreads my mind's legs and gives away it's thought virginity? Huh? An idea sharing WHORE?
I don't know...where that came from. Sorry.
I'm just feeling rather scattered, truthfully. Listening to Beatles music (For No One is sex in song form, just so you know. Yes, you.) and wondering around my house, much, I'm certain, to my roomates' (all of 'em) confusion. I should be thinking of topics for my papers due by the end of the monthish. I should be thinking about NANO and what the eff I'm going to write (ps, am a ML though that hasn't gone through yet. Looking forward to having 'municipal liaison' under my name in posts). But no. I'm thinking dirty thoughts about the Devil and Michael, the Arch Angel. And thinking about watching The Three Musketeers, because Kiefer Sutherland as Athos is just so wrong it's right. Or perhaps Boondock Saints, but I'm not really in the mood for a movie about vengenance. Though, one could say The Three Musketeers had elements of that, one could also say 'fuck it, Kiefer Sutherland is in it'. Which I do, often, say about things. That have Kiefer in them. Or things that don't, to confuse those around me.
'In this way, Mr.K will challenge the world...With the blue people! They're...groovy! Just great!'
Eddie Izzard makes me smile in general, but in Across the Universe? Uh.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
When You Change With Every New Day, Still I'm Going To Miss You
Oh my fuck.
Spoiler for House here, so like...Don't read it if you don't want to hear it.
BUT OH MY FUCK.
I don't care what context it was in, I don'tcareIdon'tcareIdon'tcare, House told Wilson he loved him. I am taking it and running with it, jumping around and waving my Hilson flag with pride, bitches. Cameron got a sarcastic I love you, Stacy got an in pain one...And Wilson got a 'I am trying to pass this off as a joke but Lilly doesn't care because she knows, she knows!' one. Yep. Not because he was giving him more pain killers, no.
That aside. Sadness. And woe that the blond bitch was who he paged. The idea of Wilson being the one to get his heart going again? Too sweet. But sigh.
Anyway. I should really be running to class. But. Thought I would vent.
Spoiler for House here, so like...Don't read it if you don't want to hear it.
BUT OH MY FUCK.
I don't care what context it was in, I don'tcareIdon'tcareIdon'tcare, House told Wilson he loved him. I am taking it and running with it, jumping around and waving my Hilson flag with pride, bitches. Cameron got a sarcastic I love you, Stacy got an in pain one...And Wilson got a 'I am trying to pass this off as a joke but Lilly doesn't care because she knows, she knows!' one. Yep. Not because he was giving him more pain killers, no.
That aside. Sadness. And woe that the blond bitch was who he paged. The idea of Wilson being the one to get his heart going again? Too sweet. But sigh.
Anyway. I should really be running to class. But. Thought I would vent.
Thursday, September 6, 2007
You Don't Need No Reason Or A Three Piece Suit To Argue The Truth
Well. I've been lame lately (see: w(here)tf is all my blog entries I said I'd do?), so I figured I'd start fresh. Hey hey, it's a info post! I did this a while back for some character profiles and the like, so why not for myself? Hm?
Ten Things You May or May Not Have Known About Lilly(Me!)
1. When I was little, my brother and I were kickin' it on the teeter totter swing when I fell off. Sadly, my brother kept on rollin' and bam. My two front teeth were shattered, so the bottom halves of those two teeth are fake.
2. I read out loud when I'm alone. I do the voices. I did this an insane amount when I was reading Hugh Laurie's book, The Gun Seller. Mind, I can hear his voice over mine. I did this often, as well, when Snape spoke in the harry potter books, mimocking Alan Rickman. I'm weird like that.
3. I love the television show 'Jonathan Creek'. No one has heard of it. For reals. I also love House, M.D., but the entire world over has heard of it. (House/Wilson=otp)
4. The song 'Minnie the Moocher' (either sung by Danny Kaye or Hugh Laurie) always, no doubt about it, cheers me up. If you look at the lyrics, that might seem odd.
5. From summer of grade ten on, my two friends and I tried to read as many shakespeare plays we could get our hands on. We read through these on the beach, at my friend's cottage, on the water front in Windsor and in Tim Hortons. We read Hamlet, A Midsummer's night Dream, Richard III and Much Ado About Nothing. Othello was our next in line.
6. In Grade 12, I stared in the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead with my best friend as Guildenstern and myself as Rosencrantz. The idea of doing the play for Dramafest came from seeing the Gary Oldman/Tim Roth film version of the play. I learned my lines in two weeks, due to massive procrastination, and my email comes from one of my favourite moments in the play, where they are playing 'Questions'. That year was no doubt my favourite year at Dramafest, even if it was only my second. People were awed by our ability to remember all our lines, do it in accents and deliver it so comically. I was in awe of the fact that I wasn't sick backstage before each cue.
7. A note on accents: I have the problem of being overly dramatic in the use of accents. Every once and a while, I will slip into one, comfortable there though it might seem odd to others. It started with doing British accents with my best friend, then it spiraled out. I picked up Scottish because we did a play called 'Mmmbeth' and I was Mmmbeth (I play male roles often. I like them more, simple as that. And I don't have the most womanly figure. I can pull off looking like a guy almost, unlike Kiera Knightley), then Australian because of an exchange student friend, Russian due to a 'Waiting for Godot' workshop where we decided it best that Vladimir had a russian accent (complete with broken english of the lines), and it just keeps going. I mimock a lot.
8. I am horribly nervous about being social. Once I get into a situation, I am fine, but leading up to anything (parties, outings, what have you) I get antsy. I hate being late to things, but I also hate being the first one there.
9. I suck at editing. I hate reading over my work more than once to fine tune.
10. I like hanging out with people and talking. Like, sitting around on couches or something. It is like one of my favourite things in the world. Laughing and talking about shit, making up stories. It is my crack. I love to talk.
Aaaand yes. That about wraps it up, kiddies. No, Lil needs some food.
(When did I start talking in third person, sounding like Liza with my 'tude? I dunno.)
Ten Things You May or May Not Have Known About Lilly(Me!)
1. When I was little, my brother and I were kickin' it on the teeter totter swing when I fell off. Sadly, my brother kept on rollin' and bam. My two front teeth were shattered, so the bottom halves of those two teeth are fake.
2. I read out loud when I'm alone. I do the voices. I did this an insane amount when I was reading Hugh Laurie's book, The Gun Seller. Mind, I can hear his voice over mine. I did this often, as well, when Snape spoke in the harry potter books, mimocking Alan Rickman. I'm weird like that.
3. I love the television show 'Jonathan Creek'. No one has heard of it. For reals. I also love House, M.D., but the entire world over has heard of it. (House/Wilson=otp)
4. The song 'Minnie the Moocher' (either sung by Danny Kaye or Hugh Laurie) always, no doubt about it, cheers me up. If you look at the lyrics, that might seem odd.
5. From summer of grade ten on, my two friends and I tried to read as many shakespeare plays we could get our hands on. We read through these on the beach, at my friend's cottage, on the water front in Windsor and in Tim Hortons. We read Hamlet, A Midsummer's night Dream, Richard III and Much Ado About Nothing. Othello was our next in line.
6. In Grade 12, I stared in the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead with my best friend as Guildenstern and myself as Rosencrantz. The idea of doing the play for Dramafest came from seeing the Gary Oldman/Tim Roth film version of the play. I learned my lines in two weeks, due to massive procrastination, and my email comes from one of my favourite moments in the play, where they are playing 'Questions'. That year was no doubt my favourite year at Dramafest, even if it was only my second. People were awed by our ability to remember all our lines, do it in accents and deliver it so comically. I was in awe of the fact that I wasn't sick backstage before each cue.
7. A note on accents: I have the problem of being overly dramatic in the use of accents. Every once and a while, I will slip into one, comfortable there though it might seem odd to others. It started with doing British accents with my best friend, then it spiraled out. I picked up Scottish because we did a play called 'Mmmbeth' and I was Mmmbeth (I play male roles often. I like them more, simple as that. And I don't have the most womanly figure. I can pull off looking like a guy almost, unlike Kiera Knightley), then Australian because of an exchange student friend, Russian due to a 'Waiting for Godot' workshop where we decided it best that Vladimir had a russian accent (complete with broken english of the lines), and it just keeps going. I mimock a lot.
8. I am horribly nervous about being social. Once I get into a situation, I am fine, but leading up to anything (parties, outings, what have you) I get antsy. I hate being late to things, but I also hate being the first one there.
9. I suck at editing. I hate reading over my work more than once to fine tune.
10. I like hanging out with people and talking. Like, sitting around on couches or something. It is like one of my favourite things in the world. Laughing and talking about shit, making up stories. It is my crack. I love to talk.
Aaaand yes. That about wraps it up, kiddies. No, Lil needs some food.
(When did I start talking in third person, sounding like Liza with my 'tude? I dunno.)
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Combat Baby
Said it all before...
I laughed with a man on the bus today.
Why do people look at you with 'that look' when you smile at them? Is it not a natural thing to do anymore? Was it ever? I'm not sure.
I've not been back three days and my apathy has returned. It's like nothing changes, but yet I know it has. I know I'm fucking miles from home, I know that school starts in a few days, hell, I know I just bought House season three on DVD, but yet I feel...like I could sit around all day and just exist like that. Not go out. Just sit around my room. Stare blankly sometimes, actually do stuff at others, like watch those dvds, write, whatever. I feel like I'm going through motions that, if I make a wrong step during them, I get antsy. Fuck it.
So emo, that paragraph, what.
Want to hear something weird? I've only been back in town a few days and I've seen my ex twice (once with James, once while driving by on a bus), a fellow I was in history class with, a guy from my english class and two people from my first semester latin class. Wtf?
Aaaanyway. Enough of this. I have House to watch, books to read and sleep to be having. Moooore later. Watch for it.
I laughed with a man on the bus today.
Why do people look at you with 'that look' when you smile at them? Is it not a natural thing to do anymore? Was it ever? I'm not sure.
I've not been back three days and my apathy has returned. It's like nothing changes, but yet I know it has. I know I'm fucking miles from home, I know that school starts in a few days, hell, I know I just bought House season three on DVD, but yet I feel...like I could sit around all day and just exist like that. Not go out. Just sit around my room. Stare blankly sometimes, actually do stuff at others, like watch those dvds, write, whatever. I feel like I'm going through motions that, if I make a wrong step during them, I get antsy. Fuck it.
So emo, that paragraph, what.
Want to hear something weird? I've only been back in town a few days and I've seen my ex twice (once with James, once while driving by on a bus), a fellow I was in history class with, a guy from my english class and two people from my first semester latin class. Wtf?
Aaaanyway. Enough of this. I have House to watch, books to read and sleep to be having. Moooore later. Watch for it.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
See the World
I find myself staring into space a lot lately.
I'm going to update this like whoa in like..a week, K? K.
I'm going to update this like whoa in like..a week, K? K.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
One Man's Story Is Another Man's Shame
This is a story post.
Last August, the twenty fifth, to be exact, I was to leave home for the first time, off to Newfoundland to attend university there. I was nervous, I was fretful, my makeup was running and I was four hours early for my flight time. My mother had to attend a funeral, and I was rather understanding, for I hate being late for anything, at all, so being that early would give me time to adjust and settle and...Read my new Anne Rice novel (Blood and Gold, oy vey, love). I checked my luggage, I hugged my mother goodbye, nodded at my (now soon to be step-father) mother's boyfriend, David, and was off to go through security. I was okay.
I arrive at my gate, still another three and a half hours to go, and settle down, my carry-on on the chair beside me, my sweater to the side and my eyes not being able to settle on the words of my book, but rather people watching. I like doing that, another reason I didn't mind being early. It was about eight in the morning, and a tall fellow with long hair and a very kind smile walked by, giving me a nod. Returning it, I thought to myself 'Well, wasn't that nice' and finally settled into my seat to read.
Half an hour passed, and I'd gotten through maybe four pages, my eyes flying up whenever someone passed, which, as you can well imagine in an airport, happened often. However, one of these glances up was rewarded with the sight of the same tall fellow with long hair, smiling at me again. I smiled back, thinking 'Oh, how lovely, he's back' and thought that would be the end of the affair, but no. The fellow came over to sit diagonally across from me, and crossed his legs, and kept smiling.
Well, that was a delightful surprise.
Saying 'Hi' seemed like the right thing to do at this point, so, naturally, he did, and not I, for I was taken aback (for I get stupid around fellows I find attractive, and this fellow certainly was attractive, and not only by my hideously low physical ones, he was truly attractive, I assure you all, though that is not the point of this tale).
'Hello' I replied, rather intelligently and warmly, if I do say so myself, to which he asked 'How are you?' and I said 'Nervous.' and it really kicked off from there. His name was Marlon (after the actor and not Keith Richard's son, we discussed) and he was a nurse (or in-training to be one), and was in Nova Scotia to take pictures for a wedding. We talked about how I was just heading off to university and was nervous, and then, somehow, we got on the topic of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and how I had never heard the radio version, though I had loved the old BBC series (my dad having shown them to me one weekend, straight through), and suddenly his laptop was out and I had moved across the aisle and was sitting beside him, an earbud in my ear as we listened to the radio series. He pointed out it was 'better than reading Anne Rice' and we snickered together about the '...Behind the door marked 'Beware the Leopard'' line, mainly because I found it rather funny, and he seemed to think it was funny that I was giggling so. It was relaxing, and sadly, soon enough, my flight was being called. He was there for another few hours, his flight to British Columbia not leaving for some time.
I never got his email, I never asked him his last name, and as soon as I was on the plane, still smiling about it all, I was rather upset about that. He was a clever fellow. And I, obviously, still think about him time to time. Mainly recently, for some reason or another. He made me feel so much better for heading off to Newfoundland without any idea of what I was getting into, and he was so very friendly.=. Listening to the Hitchhiker's Guide with him was beyond lovely, gorgeous and spectacular, and I do wish I had had the sense to perhaps keep in contact. He seemed like a nice guy, someone easy to talk to. And it never hurts to have that. I had been worried about making new friends, for, although I am a nice and interesting person, I swear, I can be rather shy or over-whelmed in social situations. What if, once I got to university, I didn't make any new friends? What if no one wanted to talk to me in classes? I was worried, and yet, this fellow made those worries disappear. People were nice in the outside world, they were!
And it wasn't a romantic thing, and it's not that I have a crush on him. I just like people who are good listeners and talkers and clever-fun conversationalists, and he was one.
Sometimes, though, I do think of it as it was; a wonderful experience that won't go any further. He was a passing character in my life. But goodness, he was a nice one.
Hmph.
Last August, the twenty fifth, to be exact, I was to leave home for the first time, off to Newfoundland to attend university there. I was nervous, I was fretful, my makeup was running and I was four hours early for my flight time. My mother had to attend a funeral, and I was rather understanding, for I hate being late for anything, at all, so being that early would give me time to adjust and settle and...Read my new Anne Rice novel (Blood and Gold, oy vey, love). I checked my luggage, I hugged my mother goodbye, nodded at my (now soon to be step-father) mother's boyfriend, David, and was off to go through security. I was okay.
I arrive at my gate, still another three and a half hours to go, and settle down, my carry-on on the chair beside me, my sweater to the side and my eyes not being able to settle on the words of my book, but rather people watching. I like doing that, another reason I didn't mind being early. It was about eight in the morning, and a tall fellow with long hair and a very kind smile walked by, giving me a nod. Returning it, I thought to myself 'Well, wasn't that nice' and finally settled into my seat to read.
Half an hour passed, and I'd gotten through maybe four pages, my eyes flying up whenever someone passed, which, as you can well imagine in an airport, happened often. However, one of these glances up was rewarded with the sight of the same tall fellow with long hair, smiling at me again. I smiled back, thinking 'Oh, how lovely, he's back' and thought that would be the end of the affair, but no. The fellow came over to sit diagonally across from me, and crossed his legs, and kept smiling.
Well, that was a delightful surprise.
Saying 'Hi' seemed like the right thing to do at this point, so, naturally, he did, and not I, for I was taken aback (for I get stupid around fellows I find attractive, and this fellow certainly was attractive, and not only by my hideously low physical ones, he was truly attractive, I assure you all, though that is not the point of this tale).
'Hello' I replied, rather intelligently and warmly, if I do say so myself, to which he asked 'How are you?' and I said 'Nervous.' and it really kicked off from there. His name was Marlon (after the actor and not Keith Richard's son, we discussed) and he was a nurse (or in-training to be one), and was in Nova Scotia to take pictures for a wedding. We talked about how I was just heading off to university and was nervous, and then, somehow, we got on the topic of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and how I had never heard the radio version, though I had loved the old BBC series (my dad having shown them to me one weekend, straight through), and suddenly his laptop was out and I had moved across the aisle and was sitting beside him, an earbud in my ear as we listened to the radio series. He pointed out it was 'better than reading Anne Rice' and we snickered together about the '...Behind the door marked 'Beware the Leopard'' line, mainly because I found it rather funny, and he seemed to think it was funny that I was giggling so. It was relaxing, and sadly, soon enough, my flight was being called. He was there for another few hours, his flight to British Columbia not leaving for some time.
I never got his email, I never asked him his last name, and as soon as I was on the plane, still smiling about it all, I was rather upset about that. He was a clever fellow. And I, obviously, still think about him time to time. Mainly recently, for some reason or another. He made me feel so much better for heading off to Newfoundland without any idea of what I was getting into, and he was so very friendly.=. Listening to the Hitchhiker's Guide with him was beyond lovely, gorgeous and spectacular, and I do wish I had had the sense to perhaps keep in contact. He seemed like a nice guy, someone easy to talk to. And it never hurts to have that. I had been worried about making new friends, for, although I am a nice and interesting person, I swear, I can be rather shy or over-whelmed in social situations. What if, once I got to university, I didn't make any new friends? What if no one wanted to talk to me in classes? I was worried, and yet, this fellow made those worries disappear. People were nice in the outside world, they were!
And it wasn't a romantic thing, and it's not that I have a crush on him. I just like people who are good listeners and talkers and clever-fun conversationalists, and he was one.
Sometimes, though, I do think of it as it was; a wonderful experience that won't go any further. He was a passing character in my life. But goodness, he was a nice one.
Hmph.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Lovely...Never Ever Change.
You know what I like?
Warm rain. Just nice, warm rain. A lot of it, pouring down in buckets.
When you can hear the accent of a singer in their music (see: Malcolm Middleton).
Satire. Parody. Clever mockery of things, to a degree.
Wordplay and wit.
Puppies.
House, M.D. and the friendship of Greg House and James Wilson (Though God knows I want it to be more than friendship).
Too many actors to list (Though Hugh Laurie has been a love-of-my-life for some time now).
Watching those actors in interviews or movies or television shows.
Guitar music.
Lakes, with calm, smooth surfaces, clear as glass.
Wandering aimlessly with friends.
People who talk with their hands.
Short hair cuts on girls.
Long hair cuts on boys.
Freckles.
Light and fluffy snow in mid-December.
Christmas specials on television.
Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye.
M*A*S*H.
Big boots.
Talking with accents.
References in films, TV or books that I get, but few others don't.
Rock Musicals.
Harmonica music.
Monty Python, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Jeeves and Wooster and Black Adder (II-IV, III especially).
Playing the piano.
Writing random nonsense, my thoughts, stories, porn for friends, and so on.
Emails from friends that I'm not expecting. Emails from friends that I am expecting.
The word 'cello'.
Making people laugh.
Making myself laugh.
Playing with makeup.
Dress-up.
British slang.
Biopics.
Stories about Serial Killers ( the Hannibal Lector series, the Dexter series, American Psycho).
Inside jokes that I'm a part of.
Hugs.
People asking me things because they know I'm knowledgable on the subject.
Ice cream.
Nicknames.
Silly photoshoots.
Wearing jeans with no socks, and people who do the same.
Talking about nothing/everything.
Drawing with sharp pencils.
Writing with pen.
Acting.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
Minor characters' stories being told (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead).
Listing things.
Aha.
Warm rain. Just nice, warm rain. A lot of it, pouring down in buckets.
When you can hear the accent of a singer in their music (see: Malcolm Middleton).
Satire. Parody. Clever mockery of things, to a degree.
Wordplay and wit.
Puppies.
House, M.D. and the friendship of Greg House and James Wilson (Though God knows I want it to be more than friendship).
Too many actors to list (Though Hugh Laurie has been a love-of-my-life for some time now).
Watching those actors in interviews or movies or television shows.
Guitar music.
Lakes, with calm, smooth surfaces, clear as glass.
Wandering aimlessly with friends.
People who talk with their hands.
Short hair cuts on girls.
Long hair cuts on boys.
Freckles.
Light and fluffy snow in mid-December.
Christmas specials on television.
Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye.
M*A*S*H.
Big boots.
Talking with accents.
References in films, TV or books that I get, but few others don't.
Rock Musicals.
Harmonica music.
Monty Python, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Jeeves and Wooster and Black Adder (II-IV, III especially).
Playing the piano.
Writing random nonsense, my thoughts, stories, porn for friends, and so on.
Emails from friends that I'm not expecting. Emails from friends that I am expecting.
The word 'cello'.
Making people laugh.
Making myself laugh.
Playing with makeup.
Dress-up.
British slang.
Biopics.
Stories about Serial Killers ( the Hannibal Lector series, the Dexter series, American Psycho).
Inside jokes that I'm a part of.
Hugs.
People asking me things because they know I'm knowledgable on the subject.
Ice cream.
Nicknames.
Silly photoshoots.
Wearing jeans with no socks, and people who do the same.
Talking about nothing/everything.
Drawing with sharp pencils.
Writing with pen.
Acting.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
Minor characters' stories being told (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead).
Listing things.
Aha.
Friday, May 11, 2007
When the Scottish Sing
God, I wish I had more romance in my life.
I'm not interested in dating, though. Like, I want a story-book romance, something like Belle and the Beast, but with less singing cutlery. Those forks scared the shit out of me as a kid. Still do.
I want to find the one without having to go through the other guys. Maybe it's laziness. I like to think it's trust issues, though. I don't want to trust anyone enough to hurt me because I've seen friends be hurt again and again and well, forgive me if I'm not falling all over myself to get all up in that action, yo. I just want the guy who is right for me to be the one I give my trust to, and everything to be peachy keen.
Hey, hey, hey, I can hear the thunder of the clouds y'all have prepared to rain on my parade, and it sounds suspiciously like 'suck it up, princess', but damn it, No. I don't want to be hurt, I don't want to risk that, and I flat out hate embarassment. And with the one 'ex' moment I had at a grocery store (the thunder is now sounding like 'ONE ex moment?! Let me tell you, bi-otch, it gets WORSE') I Do NOT want it to happen again. I am open rather soon in the relationships I form, be it romantic or friendships, and I don't like the idea of someone going about who doesn't like me anymore knowing my life story. AndNO, I will not alter myself to be less open, because that is who I am and I rock that role.
And I keep dreaming about being in a relationship with this or that male, to make it all the more difficult for me not to think about this shit. And both my best friends are in relationships and have been for some time now, and it's like life is making me a third wheel no matter what. No blame goes to them (my friends), of course, and I don't actually feel like a third wheel quite often (having been the friend of a couple has weeded that instinct out of me over the years, as well as the fact that one or the other friend have been taken for several years now, steady) but life seems to think I would and will be ashamed of my singleton status and update to taken by the next fellow who seems acceptable.
F.U.C.K.
I'm not interested in dating, though. Like, I want a story-book romance, something like Belle and the Beast, but with less singing cutlery. Those forks scared the shit out of me as a kid. Still do.
I want to find the one without having to go through the other guys. Maybe it's laziness. I like to think it's trust issues, though. I don't want to trust anyone enough to hurt me because I've seen friends be hurt again and again and well, forgive me if I'm not falling all over myself to get all up in that action, yo. I just want the guy who is right for me to be the one I give my trust to, and everything to be peachy keen.
Hey, hey, hey, I can hear the thunder of the clouds y'all have prepared to rain on my parade, and it sounds suspiciously like 'suck it up, princess', but damn it, No. I don't want to be hurt, I don't want to risk that, and I flat out hate embarassment. And with the one 'ex' moment I had at a grocery store (the thunder is now sounding like 'ONE ex moment?! Let me tell you, bi-otch, it gets WORSE') I Do NOT want it to happen again. I am open rather soon in the relationships I form, be it romantic or friendships, and I don't like the idea of someone going about who doesn't like me anymore knowing my life story. AndNO, I will not alter myself to be less open, because that is who I am and I rock that role.
And I keep dreaming about being in a relationship with this or that male, to make it all the more difficult for me not to think about this shit. And both my best friends are in relationships and have been for some time now, and it's like life is making me a third wheel no matter what. No blame goes to them (my friends), of course, and I don't actually feel like a third wheel quite often (having been the friend of a couple has weeded that instinct out of me over the years, as well as the fact that one or the other friend have been taken for several years now, steady) but life seems to think I would and will be ashamed of my singleton status and update to taken by the next fellow who seems acceptable.
F.U.C.K.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Dream a Little Dream Of Me
Last night I dreamt of my ex-interests of the past. Bless my sub-counscious for making them all far more attractive than both they and I deserve credit for, but it was an interesting trip down memory lane. I always find the most disappointing thing about dreams is that they don't always end, you know? I have so many cliff hanger dreams kicking about. I just want to know how they end.
Though all the fellows of my dream shall remain nameless ( my most recent ex not actually making an appearance, for I thankfully woke up), it was certainly a start to look at the differences between those fellows I found attractive over the years. I know I have always been of the school of thought that since I am no 10, I cannot wish for more than...Oh, say a 6 to like me. My standards in physical attraction are quite low because of that self-esteem thing I have going, so it makes it all the more dreadful to look at the homely fellows of years past. I think, after that dream, my standards shifted. Seriously. Homely, homely fellows, some of them. All of them. It's just sad.
However, as I've mentioned before, I do have the issue of tearing boys apart within a week of actually dating them. They are no longer attractive, no longer intelligent, they are just annoying pricks with dicks (or vice versa, if you please). I dislike being around them and having to do things with them. I'm told I will eventually find someone I don't mind being around, that I can hang out with, but forgive me if I am pessimistic. I don't care that I haven't been at this dating thing for long, I'm not one to 'keep on truckin'. Fuck that. When everyone else is still truckin', I'm resting on the curb, sick and tired of that shit.
I've prematurely reached my dating climax. No one is satisfied, this way.
Though all the fellows of my dream shall remain nameless ( my most recent ex not actually making an appearance, for I thankfully woke up), it was certainly a start to look at the differences between those fellows I found attractive over the years. I know I have always been of the school of thought that since I am no 10, I cannot wish for more than...Oh, say a 6 to like me. My standards in physical attraction are quite low because of that self-esteem thing I have going, so it makes it all the more dreadful to look at the homely fellows of years past. I think, after that dream, my standards shifted. Seriously. Homely, homely fellows, some of them. All of them. It's just sad.
However, as I've mentioned before, I do have the issue of tearing boys apart within a week of actually dating them. They are no longer attractive, no longer intelligent, they are just annoying pricks with dicks (or vice versa, if you please). I dislike being around them and having to do things with them. I'm told I will eventually find someone I don't mind being around, that I can hang out with, but forgive me if I am pessimistic. I don't care that I haven't been at this dating thing for long, I'm not one to 'keep on truckin'. Fuck that. When everyone else is still truckin', I'm resting on the curb, sick and tired of that shit.
I've prematurely reached my dating climax. No one is satisfied, this way.
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