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Sunday, July 3, 2011

Lazy day :)


It's lazy Sunday afternoon. Here's a meme thing I thought I'd do, since I've never done one before and this had decent questions. I was tagged by my both blogging and IRL friend Kaelen.

1. What’s for breakfast?
Coffee and whatever else is sitting around the house (ex: bagels, leftovers, yoghurt, crackers, whatever I can eat on the bus)
2. Do you read a newspaper daily?
Yes, whenever I have time. I read everything except the business section. I love the Saturday paper. I also watch the news a lot, willingly.
3. What do you do when you can’t sleep?
Read, walk, watch TV, make breakfast food, grow progressively more angry that I can't sleep.
4. Say a word that sums up your mood.
 Idle.
5. Do you remember your dreams?
Sometimes, I go in cycles of remembering. Lately, I've had a lot of brief moments where I realise I've had that moment in a dream before.
6. Name something from your dream last night.
No idea, I was exhausted from the beach.
7. Name a food that describes you.
Something that some people hate, others love. Something with a dry sense of humour. Something that can either be really good or really bad. I don't know.
8. Today you are wearing:
Jeans from Bluenotes, a green and white striped shirt from Old Navy, and a gray sweater also from Bluenotes.
9. What’s in your pockets?
Nothing. But earlier, there was a paper of notes for when I made an announcement in church about a fundraiser, which I promptly ignored and rambled terribly.
10. Did you sing in the shower today?
Probably, I usually do. Something Beatles, most likely.
11. What’s the last song you heard?
Enough To Let Me Go by Switchfoot when I woke up. One time I woke up to I'm Taking You With Me by Relient K on top volume. One of the most frightening experiences of my life, as loud bass solos are not pleasant to awaken to. The worst part is that I then pressed snooze and had the same frightening experience ten minutes later.
12. Looking forward to the holidays?
Summer holidays are the best. The Canada Day long weekend was (is?) pretty great, and I'm going to British Colombia and Alberta for two weeks at the end of August. I'm pumped. Despite being world travellers, nobody in my family has been out west.
13. Where do you want to be this instant?
I must agree with Kaelen; the Tardis. Or maybe a tropical place where everybody takes a siesta.
14. What’s for lunch?
Leftover butter chicken, about an hour ago. It was amazing.
15. What’s something you would like to do soon?
Play guitar in front of people without being so self conscious that I'm unable to play. That seems to be my only issue playing front of people. My guitar teacher once told me that as soon as I start to over think, I lose it.
16. Reading anything now?
The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy and Out of Africa are sitting on my desk, half read. I'll get there.
17. What’s for dinner?
Steak, which happens about once a month or so. Omnomnom.
18. A favorite part of the day is:
Late at night, especially if I go for a walk.
19. Are you happy?
Most of the time, especially in the summer, but catch me in a bad mood and you wouldn't think so.
20. Will your friends do this meme?
I wouldn't punish them so.

I survived both arriving at church at 8:15am and teaching 2-4 year olds in Sunday school. That group is so easy to teach because they play in the daycare room, where there are many things to entertain them, and the lesson only lasts around five minutes because of their short attention span. Also, I gave them a coloring sheet which kept them almost silent for around 10 minutes. They are ten joyous little people. 
Love,
-J-

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Task: become less pasty. Status: In progress.

A fountain composed of musical instruments at the gardens yesterday.
 Today was spent at Parlee Beach, one of the other golden summer spots in New Brunswick. I forgot how much I enjoy this place in the summer because of it's incredible blandness in the winter.

So, Parlee Beach is a place where families go to occupy their children, elderly people go to enjoy their retirement, many guys in their teens and early twenties go to show off their muscles and egos, and many girls of similar ages go to look pretty in their bathing suits which have never been in water, and my friends and I go to swim. We are a sad minority there.

Nevertheless, most of the crowding is contained to the sand and there is definitely plenty of room in the water to move freely.

After a few hours of swimming, we decided we were sick of the sand and moved to the nice soft grass just off the beach. There, I heard the woes of one of my more private friends who talked about a guy she's known for a week and is now seeing, and was worried that because she talked about it to us that it wouldn't work out (something about telepathy was thrown in there?). I, being me, replied that telepathy is not one of the top reasons that people seeing each other after a week don't work out. I'm sure I was a big help *sarcasm*.

I now have a nice tan, no burn, and am slowly becoming a less pasty human being. I guess being pasty is a side effect of intense schooling.
Love,
-J-
PS- I have decided the tack on a 'Currently Reading' note at the bottom of my posts for the summer.
Currently Reading: Out of Africa by Karen Blixen

Friday, July 1, 2011

Canada day adventures.

My family went on a Canada day excursion to Saint Andrews.
The patriotic facepaint was a necessity.
 

We went to some really awesome gardens and I got upwards of 300 pictures there... prepare for lots of flower photos in the upcoming weeks.

I didn't see the expression on this guy's face until I got home. It's priceless.
Love,
-J-

Thursday, June 30, 2011

I kidnapped a banjo ukulele.

The first two days of work were pretty awesome.

So, my job consists of me and three other students planning and going through with various kids' activities at my church all summer. So far, we have planned a fundraiser, tried to learn about basketball, wrote a skit (including rewritten lyrics of 'Old McDonald had a farm.'), and sat in an quite a few meetings. It's been a grand time.

My fellow summer students consist of Montgomery, a girl a year older than me, Catherine, who is headed to medical school next year, and Gerald, a guy in his early thirties who is going back to school for accounting. We make an interesting team. 
-J-
City buses taken: 42