Boston/Tdot

It was suuuper awesome to see my folks again! And tres bizarre to see their furnishings in a strange house. Glad to see my doggy too, even though she cries a lot and isn't doing well. She cried less after I walked her. Think she was exhausted. That must be the trick. Wear out the dog and the dog has no energy left to wear you out.

Their place is beautiful. Old house maybe 100 years old or a bit more? So probably expensive upkeep but they're just renting. It's a very nice quiet neighbourhood. Boston and the area is solo European looking, like you just stepped into London or something. Wide streets and boulevards, statues, old buildings, so nice and historical. I kind of want to move there now. But I want to get back to school first for a bit, and obv no way can I afford school in the States. Plus I have one of those boyfriend things. Would have to figure that out and it's easier to not go anywhere. Also, my furniture is here and too expensive to move unless I'm damn sure about it. And, the most obvious reason of all, I'm too lazy. Plus I'm sure my folks would love to have me, but would eventually get tired of a 27 year old leeching offa them.
(Even though I'm the favoured child.) (Right mumzy and daddy? :) )

But it was nice and I want to go back at least to visit. Once I win the lottery I'll visit more frequently.

Tdot is sort of false advertising seeing as I stayed in Oakville but hey. It was great being back. Lovely to see everyone. I really miss Toronto a whole whole bunch but although I loved seeing people I don't miss Oakville much except I had forgotten how huge and lovely my parents backyard is. So amazing and so don't want to lose access to that house. I had finally gotten rid of the ghost in my bedroom too! (I used to be so so sure there was a ghost in my room at night, I'd wake up and see someone standing there or see movement from the corner of my eye; one day I told Tina and she told me to yell at it to go away and the next time I saw it I just said "Go away! Leave me alone!" and it did. I never saw it again. Whether it was actually a ghosty thing or a psychological break I didn't care, it was gonners.) So I stopped hating the house and started liking it after that and now it's almost out of my grasp! So I walked around the yard with Kyle and said goodbye.

It's another page to turn over I guess, another chapter done and a new one I need to find!

CNN Live Drama!

I was really disappointed when I was in Boston watching CNN with my Dad. He kept flipping between it and Fox (hasn't subscribed to other stations yet) and although I expected it from Fox I had thought better of CNN. He was looking for updates on the situation in Egypt and all that was playing on the news was the Zimmerman trial. The worst part is that CNN was airing it as if it were some sort of reality TV show. "Next on CNN, they're presenting the evidence. After this commercial break." "Don't miss! our full coverage of the Zimmerman case." Really sad that people don't complain. Although I guess I didn't. Probably wouldn't matter either.

MAWWIAGE

WOOOOOOHOOOOOO MY BEAUTIFUL COUSIN MEL IS GETTING MARRIED!!!!!!!!!!!!! Steve finally popped the question!!!!!! HAAAAPPPYYYYY!!!!

101 Dalmatians

Remember the movie that starts off with the dog looking out at all the people walking their dogs, you notice how similar people look to their dogs?

In case not:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv1FlfdJxho

I think of this every time I see a dog/human pair that look very alike.

Like 5 minutes ago, the lady in a white frilly outfit with small pink flowers on it and the tiny white dog with small pink bows on it. Sometimes it's hard not to laugh out loud.

Panic! (Tuesday Morning's Don Jitsu Lesson)

*Final Fantasy X music plays* ("I want to tell you everything")
Me: Isn't that nice.
*keeps playing.*
Me: hmm hm hmmmm. Oh shit that's my alarm now, isn't it? But I don't wanna wake upppppppp I'm not ready to face the day! Damn it, FFX wins again, I'm up, I'm up.

20 minutes later:
Nice Mexican Lady Who's Name I Forget: Good morning, Jackie!
Me: Oh hiiii! How are you this morning!
Lady: I'm well thank you! I was so tired though, I didn't feel like coming this morning!
Me: Me too, I knew I'd be okay once I got here, but I just didn't want to get up.
Sensei: Okay everyone line up!

10 minutes later:
Sensei: Okay good warm up, everyone. Let's get the white belts over here, please. Okay, Jackie you'll be practising your Form 1 on ------ (lady who's name I forget) (me, not the sensei) and ----- you can practise your Form 7 on Jackie.
Lady: Oh, Sensei, is that a good idea? I can't do that to Jackie!
Me: *impending feeling of doom*
Sensei: Oh yes, Jackie's going to have to learn to cope with pain, it's part of training!
Me: *doom* *doom* *doom* *doom*
Sensei: Okay, go ahead, start on Jackie; Jackie, lunge forward and grab -----'s wrist. Okay, hajime!"
Lady: (whispers) I think you had the right idea about not coming today! sorry!
Jackie: *doom* *doom* *doom*
Lady: (does something to my elbow and I'm on my knees. slight push followed by sharp pain.)
Me: (taps my leg to let her know i can feel it. a lot.)
Lady: (grabs my collar and throws me to the ground, swings her leg over my neck and bends my arm backwards)
Me: (tap! tap!)
Lady: (does 4 more variations of this move, then: ) okay now you need to punch me!
Me: Here? (punches at stomach )
Lady: yup. (bends my whole arm around again by barely touching me)
Me: owowowowow! that is so cool! ow!
Lady: I'm sorry I'm sorry! I hate doing this!
Me: (I still think it's cool)

aaand etcetera. and then I had to do somersaults for a half hour.
anyway I'M GONNA LEARN THAT ONE DAY! IT WAS SOO COOL SHE BARELY TOUCHED ME AND I WAS ON THE GROUND LIKE WOOAH!
the end

Birthdays and Other Thoughts

My bro's bday reminded me how old I'm getting. How depressing. I probably wouldn't mind if I had something in life, like a job, or a house. But minimum wage doesn't count as a job I don't care how you look at it. And renting doesn't count as a house. Especially when shared with roommates. I guess I need to be thankful that I decided last year to start aging backwards and turn 25 instead of 26. That means I'll only be turning 24. So it's not so bad. I mean I still get IDed buying lotto tickets which you need to be 18 for, so, I think I can do 24.

Looking forward to visiting home. Well. Boston and then Oakville where I have no house. I miss my dog. And my parents too, of course. But they're not as likely to die soon. Macko's turning 15 in a couple of weeks. So she gets missed more by proxy. Plus she smells like corn chips which I find endearing in a weird way. And she cuddles better because she doesn't get annoyed when I throw myself on her. Well, she sighs a bit. And I miss her snore. It's cute. My dad's snore from the next room, not so cute. Anyway, it's sad wondering how many more times I can see my dog. She's getting slow and lost and just old. Anyway gotta stop talking about that coz I'm a cry baby and making myself teary.

But Boston will be fun. I have never been before, so lots and lots to see! It's still weird that my parents are living in the states now. My mom was finally going to get her Canadian citizenship, too! Maybe some day. I secretly think she's just holding out until she's a senior because you don't have to swear allegiance to the Queen then, and the American in her won't let herself do it.

Busy weeks coming up, looking for a serving job because it pays more and i don't have a real job yet. Hopefully I'll find one. Looking into going back to school but not sure what they'll say about getting in with my poopy marks and if I can afford it. Maybe with that serving job.

My boss gave me some movie tix. We get them at work sometimes for free. So next Wednesday is prescreening of Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing. Really close to my house! I didn't know there was a theatre there haha. Not sure what it is all about yet, but the maker of Firefly and Buffy hasn't let me down yet. Hopefully Chris can come with me! (Hurry to my house after work, ok? You can even use my shower to get the car grease off you!)Soo that's the Jackie update for now! Gotta get to bed (AKA make a hot chocolate, read, eat, pass out)

Note to Self

Next time I want something with chocolate chips in it, I must remember not to make it whilst hungry. The result is that I don't wait for it to cool before putting in the chips, making them melt and everything chocolatey. Not too bad, because of how much I like chocolate, but really not what I was going for.