Whoops! and the Royal Wedding

So I may or may not have forgotten to blog till now....you'll never know whether it was planned or not eh? EH? Okay fine I totally forgot. There. I said it. And now I'm sad. Not really! ('Get Over It' anyone?)
It's gonna be short today cuz I got places to be! Soooo if you had asked me yesterday if I was gonna wake up at the ridiculous hour of 6am I would have denied it vehemently, saying something about how it's stupid to wake up that early just to watch two strangers in another country get married, mumbling about youtube and waking up at a more reasonable hour. However, this morning at around 6:07 am my mother came bursting into my room and cajoled me downstairs, sleepy-eyed and fuzzy-haired, handing me a glass of water telling me I just had to watch the wedding with her. Annnnnnnd......I enjoyed it :P It was actually a lot of fun to watch the ceremony and marvel at her GORGEOUS dress, also to finally see all the royal family members I keep hearing about and ooh and hahah over some of the humongous hats in the crowd. *Sigh her dress was actually so nice. I luuuurved it! I think I'd like lace sleeves sorta like that....maybe. But I know for a fact that the silhouette she wore would not flatter me in the slightest, so a different shape of dress for me. And I guess that answers the second part of friday question too. The only thing I usually fantasize about it the dress....or the man but you know, it'll happen when it happens :D

Till next time ma friends!
Evie :D

Shock and Awe

I sit here in a complete state of shock after watching the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 trailer, not once but three times. And my review of the trailer :HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. and OH MAN. I don't know what more to say. Here's another link if that ones too big for your viewing pleasure; at Leaky.
Ah, I honestly am too over whelmed by shock to write anything else. OMG. hahah no OMH (Oh-My-Harry!)
OK so today the only exciting thing I did was go to get my stuff and well my prof had all of his classes stuff all mixed up and it was frustrating to sift through so I didn't obtain all of my stuff. Ach I can't get over Harry Potter!!!! OK just watched it for the fourth time.
So my answers. I am coming to realize that I am a fewer of peoples who actually is excited about the Royal Wedding. I am going to watch, the point is... - OK so I just watched the trailer a fifth time and forgot what I was going to say. - I feel like this is an important and happy moment in history and I want to be able to say I watched it live. I dunno, I just do. I blame my nature of being a hopeless romantic, and fantasizing about love stories. Also being an Anne Hathaway fan I love Princess Diaries so that fantasy has seep into my being. Also Ella Enchanted, which BTW is the Kate and William love story (you know marrying a commoner, but minus the obedience.)
As far as my idea for my wedding I do want a Jewish wedding, with the gown and the people. I dunno I guess its cause in my life so many people have gotten married, and like I said before I'm a romantic. I do have an idea of what kind of dress I want, but my ideas change over time. But I'll probs go with straps cause I like straps. But I don't see my self getting married for a couple of years to my currently mysterious fiance. Soo... I guess I need that first.
OK I seriously can't blog anymore.
In shock and awe,
Miah
P.S. its too complicated for me to give the count down to HP today.
P.P.S. Gonna go show my dad the trailer now!

Royal Wedding! *bliss*

Hey-o peoples,

Miah, good 2-part question about weddings. I don't think I'll watch the royal wedding live, exactly, since I don't really have TV reception at my house. Although I saw on Youtube that they're showing it live, so maybe there.

I'm pretty positive about the royal wedding. I remember when Princess Di was alive and it was sweet having a pretty princess to follow in the news. Maybe Kate (sorry, "Catherine") will help liven up the royal family!

As for my own wedding, I don't think about it very much. Big wedding, small wedding, I have no idea. That's probably because my parents had such a tiny wedding (see photo in my last post – that's like half the wedding party right there haha). I honestly can't see myself having one of those huge weddings with the huge cake and the huge dress and the huge amount of people, DJ, reception, everything like that.

Personally, I've always concerned myself much more with life after the wedding. Married life, family life, those are more what I think about I guess.

But I can't wait to marvel at the ginormous royal wedding! :P

Off-topic, I'm reading "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood. She came to speak at my college, and I bought the book then, for her to sign (and to subsequently read, of course). It's really really interesting! Not much has happened, even though I'm about half-way through, but I can hardly stop reading. Very thought-provoking stuff.

Seeeee ya,

Lee

UPDATE!

K, so I know it's not my day to post but there has been an update on my parents story - I finally talked to my dad about it. So check out my last post! :D

5 Days

Ok, I get it Royal Weddings don’t happen every day but I think that this is a bit much! I was walking from my room to math class today and in doing so I have to pass the TV in the lobby and on the CBC morning news there was ‘The Royal Forecast’ seriously people a royal forecast?!?! Maybe it is a generation thing because my Mom and Grandmothers are very excited about it. I will watch it just because I feel like I have but I could live my life having not watched it. As for my own wedding, the biggest thing I think about it my dress. One of my favourite shows is “Say Yes to the Dress” on TLC so I have been thinking about it for years. All I know is that I don’t want to have tool out like 5 feet but I also want straps but not frumpy old lady straps.

Now, I have had a very interesting day... I went to math class and went and picked up a test from last week but then with nothing else to do I went to my English class to watch presentations (it was not mandatory to go unless you were presenting) and we were just about to start when the fire alarm went off! No joke, the fire alarm went off and we had to wait outside for like 15 mins until it went off! That was kinda exciting and annoying at the same time. After presentations were over I came back and ate cheese whiz in the only way I know to be ok, on matzo! Then I decided that I needed to start packing and so I spent like 2 hours just going through stuff. I never realized how much stuff I have!

On a random note, this weekend I started watching the TV show “United States of Tara” (I watched season 1) it is a very interesting show... look it up!

I’m off to do more packing and watch more “United States of Tara”.

Till next time,

Rae <3

F-ING SNAKE

I kinda forgot what else I wanted to blog about... so yeah...
So I've started writing again, well by writing I mean character development. I'm following the path I did last year in my Writers' Craft class cause it was the only time I've actually finished a story of mine with good characters and stuff, so yeah. Not gonna tell you what the story is via the Internet cause well what if some one reads my idea and takes it, then makes millions?!?!?!!? Yeah, yeah, getting ahead of my self.
Hmm what else?! Oh yesterday I bought Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 on Blu-ray, and so today at lunch my brother, dad and I watched the lovely movie. AND OMG I HATE THAT F-ING SNAKE! Every time I watch that scene (if you've seen the movie then you know the scene with the bloody snake, if you haven't seen the movies then may I ask WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!? ha ha I kid, but seriously watch the movies,) I jump like 10 freakin feet from my chair plus a squeal!!!! And like no other scene in the series has that reaction ever happened for me, especially when I know its coming after the second time! Anyway good movie, good behind the scenes stuff. So yeah Harry Potter! 83 Days left until the end, ugh I seriously don't know how I feel about it, you know ending.
Today we booked our bus tickets for the lovely nearly 11 hours to New York :/ by we, I mean ELM and Sloan. So now its officially, official we're going to New York and I'm seeing Daniel Radcliffe. Yep I will melt and vanish, so enjoy these last few blogs from me. Also I'm kinda getting more excited to meet other cast members, cause they seem really cool and are also more likely to say a more personal hello.
OK onto the Friday question, which shall be a two parter. With the upcoming Royal wedding firstly do you plan on watching it live? Also whats one thing you fantasize about your wedding? (Cause if you're anything like me all of this talk about Willy and Katie has been making me imagine my own.)
Yahooo short Miah Blog!
Miah
P.S. I keep forgetting that its passover, yesterday I was upset we didn't have rice with our fish and today i asked my brother if he wanted to get a doughnut with me... :S

I actually love hearing my parents' stories...is that weird?

You know it's weird to think of your parents as a young couple being all shy with each other or at least a little awkward like everyone when they first meet. I just know how my parents are now, as two people who have known each other for forever (as far as I'm concerned) and are completely comfortable with each other. So asking my mom about how she met my dad and hearing her say things like "I thought he was so cute and sexy!" is kinda.......strange? uncomfortable? blush inducing? Take your pick, whatever it is it's also hilarious :P

So how did my parents meet? Slash marry? Well so far I only have my mom's side of things, so I may add some comments from my dad later when he gets home from work. But my mom's story goes something like this:

My parents were both living in Fort McMurray, Alberta (click here and scroll down for the map - don't worry I had no idea where it was either :P) when they met at a Halloween dance. My mom was dressed as a very risque version of the little green sprout - you know the green giant on the canned green bean labels? well apparently there used to be a little green sprout too - and my dad was dressed as the safety dinosaur who's name I can't remember - he was an electrical engineer at the time, safety first! And they danced! How cute right? It was five months of meeting randomly at parties where my mom thought my dad was super cute and funny too, before he asked her out "finally!" says my mom. Well clearly my mom was a bit more outspoken so about a year later she asked my dad if he wanted to get married...it was a no go, but don't worry there was a second time too and this time he said yes! :D
They were married in the summer <3

Not sure if I have a good photo, I'll post it later if I find one!

Well unless my dad has something to say I'll see you next week!
Evie :)

PS. Okay there has been an update from my dad. Apparently my mom was actually living with her ex-boyfriend in Fort McMurray when she and my dad met, so after the dance when my dad saw her leave with this other guy it made things a tad confusing and complicated. That's why he waited; he was trying to figure out what her relationship status was! Also, just because it's so romantic and sweet, I'd like to add that it was my dad who approached my mom and asked her to dance. My mom said that their courtship (yes she actually used that word, amazing!) was completely idyllic and very romantic. Isn't that so nice? I thought so too :D

The Lazy Blog

So my new favourite song is this one its been stuck in my head since the day that Rae showed it to me... which I can't remember but yes. Awesome song, and awesome video.
It also is my motto for my my FIRST DAY OF FREEDOM!!!!!!!! (Which is why the blog is so late, I didn't want to do anything I didn't have to do... until last minute :P )Yep that's right little ole Miah here finished her first year of University yesterday during her exam. OK back to first person. So yesterday I had my final exam of first year university and well I passed I know that. But by how much is a mystery. But the worst thing that happened during my exam was that I had two pens, two pens of the same brand and the same colour that both decided to die half way through my exam. Not like, one died at the 50% mark and the other one at the 100% mark both virtually simultaneously died at the 50%!!!! WTF? Anyway I raised my hand to ask a T.A. if I could get another pen from my bag, but the girl next to me lent me her's which was really really nice. But it was a weird shade of grey, and if you know me you know that i get annoyed by things that don't match. Its probably why I go to art school, I like things too look the same.
Anyway today like Bruno Mars I spent my day doing nothing, well I did stuff but nothing of productive value. I played the Sims, played Wii Fit, watched T.V., spend a little time on the Internet, and knitted.
So as Rae mentioned last week its currently the lovely holiday of Passover. Which I would totally be lying if I told you it was like the best holiday ever, cause well its my least favourite. Matzoh and my stomach historically don't get along and even though my parents remind me that I can break Passover, that no one is making me. Its just that I feel bad, I dunno its a holiday, one of the more important ones and well I can take a week out of my life to ignore my cravings for cookies, pasta, pizza, cake, pancakes, waffles, and everything else that tastes good, to celebrate and observe something that's important to my culture (which is how I'm starting to see my Judaism more as rather then a religion)
OK I have more to talk about, but I'll save it for my Friday post.
So to answer the question... Lee I'm sorry but I kinda forgot to ask my parents about a picture... and they are both sleeping now... not that they would've said yes, my parents are really... for lack of another phrase scared of the Internet, well putting stuff out on the Internet. (I've told them I don't post images here :P) Anyway their love story as I remember goes like this. My dad knew this lady from either the Liberal campaign or some Jewish organization... OK that i guess doesn't totally matter, my dad knew this lady. Any way this lady also happened to go to the same shule as my mom and her family. And she apparently bumped into my mom and my grandmother at a grocery store and said I know a nice young man for you, would you like to meet him? So like Rae's parents my parents met on a blind date. Apparently the date went fine/well depending on which parent you talk too. A fact I learned recently is that my dad wasn't going to see my mom again, but after talking about her to my uncle, my uncle convinced my dad to see my mom again. And they were engaged 2 months later, and married a year after that.
What I find more interesting are actually that both sets of my grandparents also met on blind dates. So guys, if you know anyone... save it for a couple of years but I think it may be genetic. My paternal grand parents had a mutual friend (but they had seen each other many times waiting for a bus, my grandfather though my grandmother looked stuck up.) And my maternal grandparents went on a double date, though I don't know how it was arraigned. I do know that they originally weren't paired off, but my grandmother was too tall for her original date so she and a girl switched, thus landing with my grandmother. Over answering your question... but that little tid bit of info is too funny to pass up.
Ok. I wanna go watch the news know.
Miah
P.S. OMG yesterday night I watched the season finally of Parenthood and I cried the whole time!!!! I never cry when watching television or movies!!!

So tired after moving out of rezzzzzzzz

My parents were in the same class for medical school, so they met each other on the first day. My dad, seeing my mom from the back, thought she had a really nice… back… side. Then she turned around and he thought she was beauutiful. (I think my mom thought my dad was kind of goofy looking?)

They became friends, being committed to other people at the time, and stayed friends for about a year. Then they were single, and started dating each other! Many moons later, my mom asked my paternal grandfather for my dad's hand in marriage. I think she offered 2 cooked chickens as a dowry. (Of course it was a joke, I mean she's not crazy haha…)

As Rae says, the rest is history :P

See you guys!

-Lee

12 Days

I have had a long day... I wrote 2 tests today and I have one tomorrow along with a presentation; oh the joys of school! :P

I had a wonderful weekend, Saturday I had my Passover Seder at my Grandparent’s house and on Sunday I got to see the other ladies of RELM and it was a lot of fun just to hang out like we did.

Lee I love your question! Silly old me did not read it till this morning so I unfortunately don’t have a picture because I did not get one when I was home, sorry. But I do have a wonderful story!

So; they meet on a blind date set up by my Mom’s sister (AB) and my Dad’s friend (S). AB and S worked together on the factory line for Mars Bars (how cool is that?!?!) and AB was always talking about her single sister with S and S was talking about his single friend (my Dad). So AB gave S my Mom’s number and my Dad called her and they went out to dinner on a Wednesday night to a restaurant that is now gone :( and as they say the rest is history.

I’m excited to hear the story of all of your ladies parents!

Till next time,

Rae <3

It's Friiday Friiday

Hey guys, I'm 2/3 in terms of exams. Last one: organic chem on monday. Gotta study study study for that one, 'cause it's probably going to be a challenge.

Here is your Friiday question:

How did you parents meet? What's the story behind their dating/getting married and all that?

Oh my goodness if you can, you should try to scan in a pic of them in the old days! I'm so excited!

Haha ok time to study.

Byeeee,

Lee

Green Party wat?

So I did that CBC test thingy too, the one that tells you which political party shares your opinions or whatever, and I got the Green Party :0. Isn't that weird? I kinda thought I'd get the NDP cuz like my mom is a huge supporter and she's talking about them like all the time. Also she's campaigning for them right now for the election coming up. I was gonna vote NDP but now I'm confused. The next closest was NDP so I guess that's good. I was really far away from Liberal though :P I didn't think the NDP party and the Liberal party were so far apart in their views, though I guess they wouldn't be separate parties if their views were so similar. Any who it's sorta made me think. I don't want to be a Green Party supporter, they'll never get it! I mean, the NDP aren't even close and they've been around forever AND they aren't as far left as the NDP. My goodness this is all so confusing! Right now I'm thinking I'll probably vote NDP, but if I'm feeling really worried about Harper getting in then I might vote Liberal, just to make sure you know? I would be genuinely scared if Harper got a majority government. Look what he's already trying to do with a minority! Trying to buy frigging jets and build mega prisons that we don't need. It's a little worrisome :S

ANYways, not too much has been happening on this front. I'm excited that Rae will be hanging with us once again this weekend - Hooray!! And I'll get to see some friends that I haven't seen in months. Also there seem to be a whole lot of birthday parties happening all of the sudden :P So I guess that's nice too.

As for the Friday question, what am I glad I won't have to do because it's summer? I'm glad I won't feel like I have to/want to stay inside all day because the weather is gross and cold. I'm glad I won't freeze my fingers off when I bike to the subway. I'm glad I won't have to worry about what jacket to wear outside, I'll just bring a sweater in case it's breezy! And I'm glad I won't have to take forever tucking my jeans into my boots cuz I'll be wearing shorts so I can just slip on my sandals!

Well, ttfn!
Evie :D

ps. Make sure you vote during the election, exercise your right to kick Harper out of parliament! :P

Emptiness

Blerg. Blergy blerg blerg.
OK so you know how when its time for exams and projects how you organize your time? Or is that just me? I have a mere seven days until my one and only exam and 2 days until my last final project is due aaaand I am so behind! Not because I'm lazy (OK well Sunday/ Monday I was) but because I hurt my back yesterday. Its been happening for a while, I have my theories... like the possibility of it being my desk chair, and to my younger brothers disgust possibly my breast have grown... (yeah sharing info with strangers!) maybe it has to do with how I pack my knapsack... I honestly have no idea. Especially since I don't do any physical activity (I know its bad, but I HATED Gym as a child, and so if I do work out it needs to be fun or else I won't do it, and I haven't found something that's fun) which could also be the issue. Anyways I was hoping that by the end of today I would've studied 6/11 chapters and as of right now I've studied a lovely 1 3/4. Que music.
Also I have yet to totally start my final project because I'm playing email tag with my professor about my designs. I would've already started the printing process (we're making what I can only describe as stamps, but better.) because I finalized my designs on Thursday buuuut my teacher hated them! Like he didn't say it, but I saw it in his face. A face of total disgust. Ugh. And then I went back to my better idea but he hated that as well, OK well in all fairness I couldn't tell cause I couldn't see his face... but his email wasn't positive either. I asked my two friends in that class what they thought, and they told me it seemed like he liked it but it definitely had negative tones to it. UGH! I dunno with this teacher, if your style isn't his style its wrong.
Anyways because the only comfortable place I can sit at is on my couch homework was impossible. Oh the joys of going to art school. Oh and my studying isn't helped by the fact that the night before is the first night of Passover, which means I loose my night to study.
Sooo the debate last night, I do have to admit I watched the first 30 minuets... kinda... I was playing solitaire on my computer... and then it was dinner and then we watched Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution. So yeah... I did tape the debate how ever, so I may watch it at a later time. I dunno I found I lost more respect for all of them rather then gaining any, cause they were all so ruthless and mean. I guess that's that nature of a debate, but I think someone could've been more... classy about it then the others. Any who I'll probably vote Liberal cause well I know for sure that Conservative isn't my road, at ALL. I find the NDP kinda annoying... I dunno I find them to be too, hmm. Just annoying. And any other party would be a waste of my vote. But not just that, Liberal Politics is the way I think. I took the CBC vote test and it kinda assured me that Liberal is my way to go. Not that it wasn't something I didn't know for a while. But I believe in a lot of their policies, especially the help for Seniors, Students and payment for those who take off work to help with an ill relative. All of which I want for my future (minus the student bit, I would appreciate that now!)
Ok so what else.
Oh Saturday April 16th marks a year since my grand mother's passing. I can't believe its been a year! The first year is the toughest, because its the first year. Its the first Holiday with out her, the first Shule visit with out her, the first time neither grandparent is alive for their anniversary, the first Birthday she didn't live to see, the first Birthday with out her, graduating with out her, starting uni with out her, and so this Passover will be the first with out her. Even though she wasn't physically there last year as her health deteriorated too much for her to leave her bed, we knew she was at least still alive. I remember that day perfectly and I will for the rest of my life, I had the best field trip of my life that rainy day, it was so much fun and so relaxing! I then went to see our school's play which in it had an old lady that reminded me of my grandmother, and that character died at the end of the play. I then went over to my friends house which was also a lot of fun. I was home my 11:15, at 11:30 we got a call saying that my grandmother was nearing her end and it could be any day now, 11:45 another call saying she pasted. My brother was sleeping, my mom and dad were in their room I was on my computer already in my pajamas when my mom knocked on my door. She went to the seniors home my grand mother was at, and I stood at the top of the stairs just crying. I got the feeling I got when my grand father died, this weird emptiness, in my stomach. It feels like someone hollowed out your insides and just left air. I all at once become so aware that I'm alive and working, yet someone I loved and admired isn't. Easily one of the worst days of my life. But I got through it, I watched Ellen, and Glee, and I listened to the Lion King, and Rent, and Spring Awakening, and Natasha Bedingfield all of which I payed attention to the message cause I found them to help.
OK so don't want to completely depress you guys sooooo my summer what am I looking forward that I will no longer have to do from the rest of the year? I think its all been said really, not having homework, not having to put on numerous layers before leaving the house, not wishing I was reading a novel rather then a stupid textbook, not wishing to write a story rather then a stupid essay, and not wishing I could play the incredibly addictive Sims instead of homework. Oh and most importantly not having to wake up at 6 am for an 8:30am class! In July/August I will need to wake up earlier then I have been for camp, but it still beats having to wake up at 6 am!!!!
Ok that's it. I needs to study-udie!
OH P.S. I JUST REALIZED ITS LESS THEN 100 DAYS UNTIL THE MOVIE FINALLY OF OUR GENERATION!!!!! WE CURRENTLY SIT AT 93 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!
Bye
Miah

P-type, F-type, V-type, ABC

The title of this post refers to four types of ATPases; active protein transporters. Why would I name my post such a thing? Because that's what I'm supposed to have on my mind before my bio exam ;)

But I guess now is as good a time as any to take a break and talk about that glorious time coming up: summer.

I look forward to not worrying about work this summer, and not being stressed out. Lazy summer, but maybe with a bit of jobness added in. Lemonade, watermelon, popsicles; can't wait!!

As far as the federal election goes, I feel like… what can I do but vote Liberal? Conservatives have gotta go, and as far as I know NDP doesn't have a legit chance of getting enough votes to chuck "sweater-vest Steve" out of parliament, nor do the other parties. The Liberal party may have its flaws but they were in power as far back as I can remember (minus our current regime), and I guess I trust them! Then again I am not very informed. Your opinions?

-Lee

19 Days

I am SO over school work! I spent all weekend working on a paper and was meant to work on it tonight but I just can’t anymore! Everyone has a point where they just can’t do any more and I have hit it! The thing is I have to finish it by this weekend because I’m going home! I’m very excited because next Tuesday is the start of Passover so on Saturday night I’m having Passover Seder and hopefully hang out time with the ladies other ladies of RELM!

I know that my question was worded a bit funny so hopefully in me answering it you will understand it better.

What I love about summer is that you can just though on a t-shirt, short and flip-flops and out the door you can go where as most of the rest of the year (at least here in Canada) you need to put thought into it based on weather etc. Also like I said before I’m SO done with school work and everything school related, not that I don’t love school I’m just tired of work.

Tomorrow at 7pm is the Leaders’ Debate (on pretty much any news channel on TV). I don’t know if you know this but soon we are having a federal election and the English Leaders’ Debate will inform viewers of what they thing, it is especially helpful for us first time voters to hear all the opinions that are out there. Hopefully you will tune in and become more educated about the subject!

Till next time,

Rae <3

22 Days!

So, Wednesday I had the worst computer troubles ever! I spent about 5 hours trying to rid my computer of a virus! It was the most frustrating thing ever! Beyond that I had a pretty good week. Got LOTS of school work done but still have LOTS left!

Lee – I hope things are going better, I know that when I talked to you earlier they were but I hope they still are!

Miah – Uggg! I hate rude sales people! Their job is to help you and all they do is act like jerks, that is just dumb!

Evie – I’m super proud of you for going to class with your sister, despite the fact that you hated it you did it!

Question time... this week we discussed what we look forward to about summer so my question is what do you look forward to NOT having to because it is summer?

Till next time,

Rae <3