Category: soccer

04/16/06 12:45 - 47ºF - ID#25385

broken dream

I most likely will not be able to continue with my plans to visit Germany for the big FIFA World Cup 2006. It kills me to even think about it. I've waited 4 long years for this and now, just as I can see it on the horizon, a thick fog rolls in. So close, yet so far away.

Maybe it's selfish of me to want to go but it has been a dream of mine to watch my boys play in the end all be all of soccer championships (my opinion, yours may vary). My family needs me. More specifically, my pregnant sister needs me and I should do everything I can to help her, including missing my trip. I can't do both. I simply don't have the funding, nor the time. That makes me a little bit sad. Ciao.

....and you'll never walk alone.....

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Location: Niagara Falls, NY

Category: work

04/14/06 12:09 - 55ºF - ID#25384

the good, the bad, the indecision

I was offered a job that I really want. I'm waiting to hear if I am offered another job I want a little bit more. I'm supposed to give the first offer an answer on Monday. I most likely won't hear from the other until later in the week. I don't know what to do.

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Location: Niagara Falls, NY

Category: potpourri

04/13/06 10:35 - 50ºF - ID#25383

regretful bad friends

I just about cried this morning when I got this message from a long-lost once upon a time very good friend today .....

"Any room for regretful bad friends in yourspace?"

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Location: Niagara Falls, NY

Category: potpourri

04/13/06 12:21 - ID#25382

a tale of toronto

First and foremost, I want to wish a VERY Happy 30th Birthday to (e:imk2) today!!!!!

We headed up to Toronto last night to see the UB40 concert.

Long story short, we were 3 hours late. They wouldn't let us in, so we went round to the back stage door and grooved to the crystal clear sounds of the last 5 or 6 songs. Man I love that group.

We wandered around town for a bit.

We grabbed dinner at the local market. Here is Yvonne holding our noodle soup bowls and chopsticks amidst the colourful detergents. How much detergent does one need to stock in a little market anyway?

Today we hit H&M, Chinatown, the Shoe Museum and the Polish village.

These flip flops got my attention...I just don't know what to say

On second thought, I do.... "holy chow"!

Weird shoes...

Cool shoes....

I want these shoes! (made with a genuine Guinness beer can)

What exactly are these 'bubbles' in bubble tea? I ended up with a purple drink that tasted like coconut with green gelatinous balls as displayed by (e:imk2)

We enjoyed a tasty Polish dinner and made it back to the car just in time to stop an inspector from writing up a ticket...phew!

On the way home.

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Location: Niagara Falls, NY

Category: easter

04/08/06 12:31 - 32ºF - ID#25381

grab your lederhosen

I stuffed my face with a dozen Cadbury mini eggs last night at (e:jenks)'s. What does this tell you? Easter is upon us. Even if you don't believe in or celebrate the day, I'm sure you still indulge in all the tasty chocolate treats that emerge but once a year. That's not my point so I'll shut up now. Go here:

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Location: Niagara Falls, NY

Category: potpourri

04/06/06 10:56 - 42ºF - ID#25380

toy dancing

(e:Jenks) got me a package of Nintendo stickers for my iPOD. I really like the green mushrooms :)

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Location: Niagara Falls, NY

Category: potpourri

04/10/06 03:07 - ID#25379

a little bit like me again...

My friend Cory came over tonight. We played ping pong and he won - but I was very, very close. We played pool and he won - but I was very, very close. We played nut busters and I'm pretty sure I won, but maybe it was a draw.

He flipped me upside down and held me in the air, which made me smile ear to ear - because that impressed the shit out of me. We played old skool N64 Mario Kart and I kicked his ass to the moon!!! I was laughing, I was smiling, I was enjoying myself...I felt a little bit like me again...reigning champion of Mario Kart, mistress of the universe, cool girl on the block.....I felt a little bit like me again :)

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Location: Niagara Falls, NY

Category: rain

04/03/06 06:20 - 53ºF - ID#25378

i lost my earrings on elmwood

So...(e:nejifer) and I had a free class period today, so we thought we would enjoy the lovely weather with a SPOT coffee and a waltz down elmwood. We did a little shopping, then got caught in that wicked thunderstorm.

The rain was falling so heavily and the wind blowing so hard, I lost my earrings! They quite literally blew out of my ears! By the time we got to the car, we were soaked to the bone. We had presentations to do for class, but couldn't show up looking like sponges, so we had to make an emergency trip to Target.

New shirt, new socks, new panties, new bras, new shoes, new pants...and yes, new earrings. I look like a pink commando rock star. We would have taken a pic but Jen's camera was being fussy, so I drew one for you instead :)

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Location: Niagara Falls, NY

Category: potpourri

04/02/06 02:38 - 46ºF - ID#25377

sheepinator

So, part of my 'homework' this weekend was to lay low, not drink, not party, have dinner with a friend, and try to do something I used to enjoy. I've managed to make it through the weekend without a drink, didn't go out, had dinner with a friend, and I forced myself to play a video game last night. Yah..I know it sounds against nature to put 'forced' and 'video game' in the same sentence....but that is something I used to truly enjoy and over the last few months I've had hardly any incling to play them.

At any rate, I was playing Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal. There's this weapon called the Sheepinator. You shoot the beam at small violent creatures and it turns them into harmless little sheep that say 'baaaaaaaah'. It's very fluffy and cute. The point of this is, somehow I mutated a small cluster of creatures into a 3 headed sheep. :)