Fan of.....Friday

Ok I changed my mind. Fridays are not going to just be for fashion. It's going to be all things I love! and today I love this.......



Have a great weekend!

First day ups and downs

I woke up in a very good mood this morning.
Maybe it was the good nights sleep......jokes that is an unknown phrase in my house. 
Maybe a nutritious breakfast?......not likely.
Oh right it was the first day of the rest of my life!
LeahR came over. She put a damper on my first day of school optimism. Kam has been saying things about me behind my back. To "our" friends. That sucked to hear. But it couldn't bring me down.
I walked over to the school and bought most of my books, just before my first class. 
Media Visual Tech. 
I walked Leah to her first class and then headed to mine. But since hers started a half an hour sooner than mine I had a bit of waiting to do. I walked awkwardly to my class and when see the lights off walked back to the other end of the hall. Two students were sitting talking; I sat in a chair next to them. 
The boy turned to me and said "What class are you in?"
A wave of relief swept over me, someone to talk to.
"Media Visual tech." I replied.
"Me too!" he said.
Another relief someone to sit with.
We kept talking and then went to class together and kept talking. We came to learn that we had all the same classes except one! This was great, he is super cool.
While standing in line at the book store with him, I discovered some thing even better.
He's gay!
I have waited my whole life to have a gay friend! This is the best day of my life!
After the book store we went back to my house and talked. We made plans to go to a hypnotism seminar together and a film festival next week.
So not only did I start to put my dreams of being a journalist into motion, I fulfilled a life long dream!
My teachers seemed to be very cool. They all like to be one first name basis. Especially Pete, my Audio Tech teacher. He was very interested to hear that I knew people in the media business. I think I got brownie points on that one! 
Of course now that schools over for the day, I have to deal with Kam. We planned to have a room mates meeting about doing dishes, and keeping your music quiet. So I may have to just add in a little comment about talking behind people's back. Go ahead do it, just be smart! I mean why would you talk about me to people I am friends with? You don't think they would tell me?
I'm telling you I a sick of this stupid drama. It ends tonight! lol
But school was great!

College tutorial

Guess what today is?
I'm sure you know. School time!
Today is the first day, yesterday I went to buy my books. This didn’t happen. I hide by bank card in a drawer of junk, making it impossible to find. Make it impossible to use, making it impossible to not have money!
Anyways, I then waited for the bus to go downtown. And here are a few things I noticed.

1. The boys are especially good looking the first day of school. As freshman's I'm sure they haven't had a chance to lose the first day of school nostalgia. And since grades k-12 you look spiffy the first day it must be that way in college! How ever after you first year, you realize two things.
First no one cares about your new clothes or how you look in college.
And second new clothes are just a tad to costly for a student who will be surviving of ichy-ban noodles for the next 8 months. So orientation day is the day to see hot, well dressed boys. The rest of the time you can forget it!

2. Books are still over priced. Who thought up this whole cost of college thing any ways? 
"Ok so the average cost of a BA will be $40,000. That’s about as much as a good job will make their parents in a year right?"
"Oh but lets not forget these books! They cost $2.00 to make. But since we are already robbing these young kids out of the first few years of their riches, lets make the average text book cost $150.00!"
Yup that makes total sense.

3. Why is there so much security the first week of school, and then they all go away? Normally there are about three security guards at our school. But the first day of school there is 20. Walking around doing literally nothing, since nothing happens in our college to warrant a security guard. Honestly even if something did happen, how is an 80 year man going to beak up a fight between two 20 year old kids?? His cane to the face, an orthopaedic shoe to the nose? Really that's what they are spending my tuition on? I, at least, would like it to go to someone who could protect me if necessary!

Old security guards, unshaven guys, and $150 text books still can't damper my mood. It's going to be great I can feel it!

Family Dinner Numoro Two.

Today was babyFC's blessing. I got called into work and missed it. But I did make it for the family dinner though! Free food, is some thing I am always going to make it for.
Of course I don't feel like family around MammaF and the two youngest sisters. But the rest of the family loves me. Especially PrincessL and her hubby (babyFC's parents). Kristian’s (my missionary friend) family is also very close to the Fpack, so of course his cousin Olie and his wife were there along with his sis Star.
So here we are all jam packed into a small basement suite.....well not all of use, the mom's went for a walk together, and David sat on the stairs and ignored everyone, looking sad and anti social.

A side not e to my story is that David has become tre lame since coming home. Not only is he just not very fun, but he's just not willing to put the effort in. So I have taken to being very nostalgic about our friend ship.

So all of us packed into a basement suite, sitting around eating, laughing, talking about the baby to come. And of course playing with babyFC and her chunky cheeks! Soon it is time for a few to people to leave. The H's all got up to leave together, as we said our good bye's Kris's cousin, Olie, looks at me. I could feel it coming, and he said, "Well I hope to see you soon, who knows maybe you'll be part of the H clan before the years out!"
Really.
Really.
I mean really!
How many times does a girl have to say it!
I don't love your cousin/brother/son.
And as if his whole family knows about him liking me.........that's just overly awkward. That means every time they see me, they all think about the day we get married. That's just a little too creepy for my tastes. Nothing says romance like your whole family planning the day I fall in love with you.
Please prince charming I have 9 months......could you just sweep me off my dang feet all ready!?
Ok I'm done....lol......Mental note family dinners bring no good! None.

P.S. this is a legit picture of BabyFC and her Daddy. What a cute bunch! Aren't her cheeks just so chubby!

Lame......thats all I have to say.

I can't really express to you how lame Mormon dances are. For some reason people go to them. I go. I am a bit lame at times.
Last night I got a text, "Are you going to the dance tonight?"
That’s the only way I ever know there is a dance, Matea texts me.  Of course, after laying in my bed trying not to throw up all day, a lame dance didn’t sound to bad. So I said yes. And jumped on the band wagon, destination.....lame.
I got there an hour late. There was 12 people in the gym. Really? 12 people? Could we get any more pathetic? Lucky 6 of those people happen to be friends of mine. What does that say about your friends when they make up half of the people at the dance? Lol.
I do have to admit I went for a rather masochistic reason. I was hoping He who must not be named would be there. I just need to know if he is going to be in the bridge again. It's driving me mad, not knowing if I will have to deal with him or not. Mostly because I can't be caught off guard. See if I am off my guard I don’t know how things will play out. If I am aware that I will have to be dealing with him on a daily basis, then I can brace my self.
So I knew if I went to the lame dance he would either:
1. be there
2. not be there.
3.or had died from jerk over load (because Mormons like gossip, that would  be a good one to talk about….I think at least)
the answer was 2…….but I rather wish it was the first or the third.
So my question still goes unanswered. But things look hopeful that he will not be showing his face this semester or the next. That is fine with me....I'm just saying I would like to know. 
I should get some kind of court order, that has someone who lets me know when he will be in visual distance to me, and how long he will be there.
I know this all sounds very lame. Almost as lame as the dance that had 12 people. But I know me. I know what I want to do, and I know what I tend to do.
B this story is for you. Remember when you liked Jocelyn? The cute short girl from the bridge? I ran into her last night. Not that I recognized her, but she recognized me. I was standing by Matea and she said “Hey are you Cathy?”
I looked her not sure why she knew me and replied, “Yes.”
“Oh I took your room in the Mt. Alderson house, remember?”
Suddenly a memory of me extremely angry, swearing and saying really mean things about the girl who moved into my room before I moved out flashed into my head. Luckily she followed up with this comment, “And your Blaine’s cousin too, aren’t you?”
Then another memory of us driving home in your car, talking about how much you liked her came, came to mind. Well that and you thought she was short……and that just wasn’t ok.
So then without even thinking I blurted out, “Right you’re the girl he liked!”
So just let me take this time to apologize. You know I have a big mouth! But I didn’t even think about it…..she was just a memory, until she was standing in front of me with this look on her face.
I promptly followed that statement up with, “As a friend. He liked as a friend. And you know he’s in China and has a girl friend. He really loves her…..his new girlfriend I mean.”
Then a few awkward moments passed and I said, “Um well good talking to you.” And ducked back into the dance……Yeah, sorry B. I love you! But I don’t think it would have worked out with her any ways! lol
So in closing, regardless of he who must not be named and girls that didn’t know my cousin had a crush on them, I went to the dance. I had fun with my friends, and then came home to an empty house. Again. 
Yup I'm ready for a move, to a place where I have room mates. Or at least a place where if I don't have room mates I'm not cleaning up their messes. 
 Today I got home from work, Kam was standing in front of the fridge. Packing it full of her food, while throwing other peoples away. I do admit that I too have thrown a few things of my room mates out.......after they had expired and had been sitting in my fridge for a month rotting. I have two things in the freezer; the rest is packed with Kam's food.
Normally this would anger me. But not this time. This time I just find it amusing. 
Especially after she said, "When I got home I just couldn't stand how dirt our house was! So I did something about it."
I looked around at the house and saw the only thing she had done was throw away food so hers could fit in the fridge. 
I wanted to reply with "FINALLY! Not only is all the crap in the living room/dinning room yours, but you haven't washed a dish in 6 months. It's about time you got tired of me cleaning up your things for you! Next time could you maybe decide this oh I don't know 5 months sooner?"
Instead I chuckled to myself and drank some water.

Fashionable Fridays

I read this great blog "Clever girl goes blog". Lately she has gone through a bloggin rut. That’s fine, it happens to the best of us. She has sworn to post every week day. But Fridays are a tuffy; most people jam pack their Friday full of shenanigans and fun (unless you’re me.) The work week wears you down and you are ready to party with a capital P, or crash on your couch and watch Grey's. So she started fanged Friday's, her way to post a billion pictures of Edward Cullen/RPatz and not look like a stalker! Lol.
So I'm taking a leaf out of her book, and dedicating my Friday posts to my favourite F word. Fashion.

This week I'm going to tell you about a little duo called "The Blonds". The Blonds are two fabulous men (I know I bet from this pic you are going "oh"). But keep your prejudices to yourself, in my blog all people are accepted, especially when they are fabulous! Man, Women, Gay, or Strait everyone deserves love. And talent deserves note!

Here's a few of their genius works of art.....edgy/metallic sparkles are the words that come to my mind! The first three designs are from their Spring 09 line. The last two are Fall 09. The Blonds were featured in the finale of America's next top model. Where two lucky models stomped it out on The Blonds run way in some of the wildest colored couture out there! If only I had a place to wear one of these! Maybe to an interview, could you imagine, your waiting to interview this girl for the current position open with your business. You see me in the pink metalic dress stopping towards your office. I would make an impression that's for sure. Well  and look completely feirce!
Or I could wear one to work, maybe the tilty skirt and be-jewled corsett top at the bottem. "Hello welcome to Reitmans" smacks into a fixture and knocks it over, "um I'll just clean that up!" trying to bend over to clean anything up in that would be an adventure in it's own! lol.

 

  

 

Have a Fashionable Friday everyone!

Chocolate Cake

So much for my healthy life style. I picked a bad week to start my healthy living. I did, however, do a half an hour of yoga this morning. So my activity level is better than last week! Last night I was bored out of my mind, and trying desperately to not scream at my room mate. I did the dishes, cleaned my room, and cooked Shepard’s pie, I then ran out of things to do. I sat down and thought about what I would do next. As I sat I remembered the glorious smell of chocolate cake wafting through my window that afternoon. That did it.......I needed chocolate cake. So I whipped up a cake, thanks to the baking basics that my Mom stocked my cupboards with. When it was done I ate some. I ate some that night and some for breakfast this morning.  Then I went out with Blake and his GF, and ate a handful of McDonald's French fries.  I then came home and ate some cake for a snack, packed some Shepard’s pie for super and went to work. Needless to say I fail the diet part of the new goal. 
Oh well there's always next week. La sigh.

When I first moved to the big city B gave me a book; "The elements of style".  I started reading it about a month after he gave it to me, but felt it was a little dry for my tastes. I picked it up again this morning, for some reason grammar has become worlds more exciting to me. In fact this post is taking me super long to write, because I constantly keep checking the book to see if I am using commas correctly! The worst part is that I am starting to find it fun. Grammar fun? I know what an exciting life I lead; I never saw grammar being one of my hobbies ever. So keep your head held high B, I really love your present. It just took me a rather long time to warm up to it.

Podcasts have become my life these past 3 days. I have downloaded countless podcasts, and love them deeply. This morning I was sitting in the living room talking with Blake and he heard some thing.
"Cathy, what is that noise? Is there some one in your room?"
"Nope. It's a podcast called 'what you missed in history class'"
"That sounds so lame."
I looked at him, and defensively smacked him and said, "It is not! It's educational!"
The moral of the story is I heart podcast.

Grammar Girl

Last night I needed something to pass the time. I just won a $20 itunes card at work. So I took a look at the itunes store. Man is that the greatest store ever. I can rent movies, buy music, and get free music, whole albums, audio book, games, pod cast, TV shows, and so much more. Not to mention I don't even have to leave my room to get all that!
But since I didn't really want to spend my $20 gift card on all those things (I needed to buy the new Imogen Heap CD) I checked out the free stuff. I got a few songs, and then I discovered the pod cast.

Don't get me wrong I've known about pod cast as long as I can remember. But always thought that it was rather lame. Like I want to listen to a bunch a famous people talk about their lives. Well I was wrong. Do you even understand the cool pod casts you can get for free!!!! I now get free yoga lessons, I can listen to moth radio (a spoken word program in NY) I can watch my favourite college humour duo and their funniest moments, stand up comedy. I can listen to documentaries, and CBC radio broadcast. But the best thing I stumbled upon is Grammar Girl.

Of course the name caught my eye.....Grammar Girl, Gossip Girl. It was oh so close. Assuming that it was a pod cast about grammar, I downloaded it! I need all the help that I can get with my grammar. I have over a hundred pod casts that give me tips about how to be better with my grammar. Tips about grammar, and publishing novels, the benefits of pod casting and how it can get you out there. 
I am hooked. Even though it is no where near as juicy and dramatic as "Gossip Girls", she simply tells you about grammar. There's no huge words that you can't understand, there isn't patterns and reasoning that is to over my head to get. It's just a girl who likes the English language. She says what she knows, she answers listener’s questions. She's good. So now that I am that much smarter I'm all ready to get back to school.

I suggest you go to itunes and check out her pod casts......everyone can use a little help with their grammar. Grammar Girl, Quick and dirty tips for writing better.

PS welcome to my new layout, I dedicate it to my new future! Fitting don't you think?

A not so family like family dinner

Today I made plans to go out with my prego BFF Stephy and her main man.
We met up and I soon found out it was a family dinner. Since I lived with her family for three years, I am included in family affairs. This is the first time I have spent more than ten minutes with them since Christmas.

They are a very small part of my life since I moved out on my own. We catch up when ever I drop in for a few. But it has been something like 8 months since we have had a real conversation.
However I have always been treated very much like a family member. 

Supper was great we chatted; there were a few hostile moments due to the illegitimate child growing in Stephy's womb. But for the most part it was nice.

But I won't lie I didn't feel like a part of the family. More like a family friend. Which doesn't bother me, it's more just different.

Of course, if I had not been able to get so close to my real family the past year, it would have felt like loosing my family. Lucky for me I finally realized that those family members were placed in my life for a reason. I should probably stop trying to replace them.

Either way the family that I once knew is very different, but very much the same.
MommaF still thinks it is important to put up the "I can kill you with one finger" persona when ever she meets someone new. 
PappaF still laughs at suggestive jokes, and talks about the conspiracies of the government.
LittleF is about four years older than I remember, but still acts like she is 8.
Stephy still is the buffer and conversationalist.

I realize that in a few years these people will be less then important in my current life. My family will only increase in importance. I guess that's how it supposes to be. I mean I can't take any of the Fclan with me. But as for the rest of you.......well sorry your stuck with me for eternity!