January 2008
Who Comes Up with This!?
Another weird email: Sodomizing_shadows…Oh.Em.Gee. EDIT: Clomastaflex
Another Day of Monotony
You know, my alarm went of at 8:50, but I still find that to be ungodly early. Like, I’m cranky now. I really cannot understand how I managed to get up at 5:30am everyday in high school for my 7am classes. I still can’t even figure out why we had to start that early in the first place… Anyways I had the PAPM tutorial this morning where I turned in my paper…we having some...
Irks and Quirks
It’s easy to say that it’s natural to be put into situations that just irritate you to no end, as we all have to deal with things we’d rather not. More often than not though, I’m finding that the ones which are most irksome are those that are dealt with on a regular basis. These things could be anything really, quirks about a person you see often, parts of your daily...
In the Swamp
I’m still totally bogged down with school work. Why did they make everything due the week I’m supposed to be taking my weekend mini-break in Toronto? I’m going to need sleep for all the shopping to be done! Don’t my professors understand this?? How inconsiderate…I kid, I kid. Kind of. I managed to get my PAPM paper done, now I’m working on my stats lab...
Progress
Alright, I’m making progress on the essay! While at work I’ve managed to get 683 of the required 1250 done! Only 567 words left to go! Hopefully I can get this done soon-ish. I really want to watch American Idol!
shoes and onions
shar: i have a few onions you can shove down her throat
tracy: oooo i love onions
erin: maybe we should put them in her shoes to counter-act the smell of her feet
i love life
We love taking jabs at each other at work...normally this only entails us hurling the word "tool" back and forth to each other, but this was a particularly funny outburst.
“Her email address is British_Babe…I’m going to die if she’s...”
– Shareen Sandhu This is what we do at work, analyze the email addresses of the people we call. So far today I’ve had “beautifulwaxybutterfly”, “injection-correction” and “forbidden_lullaby”.
Redeemed - Charlotte Martin Have you ever just had...
Changes Around Here
I’ve changed the title and description of my blog: “You’ve been crippled and you’ve walked, you’ve been shut up and you talked, so let’s talk some more…” The joy, the sorrow, the triumphs, and the heartache…the unedited life of me, Erin Shannon. I made the changes late last night, inspired by a friend’s raw honesty. It made me think of how I’m truly holding back what I’m...
Walter pt.7
I bought the phone from him today. All went smoothly. Thank heavens for having a cell phone again! WOOOO! Back to being connected. I still haven’t started my five page paper due tomorrow…I’m beyond screwed.
Walter pt. 6
This is turning into a crazy series of events here. This one is just completely random. So I was on usedottawa.com yesterday searching for a new phone, and one caught my interest, so I emailed the guy who was selling it. Well, he emailed me back, and it’s Walter. You’ve got to be kidding me. I really don’t want to be dealing with this person anymore…but the phone is...
Assignments
Well I managed to get my philosophy short essay outline down last night around 11:30pm and submitted it online. The outline I did was roughly half the length our paper is actually supposed to be. At least I know I have lots to talk about and won’t be scrambling to fill pages. I still have to get my 5 page PAPM (I realize I write papm a lot without explaining what it stands for: Public...
Canadian Tire
I finally got Charlie serviced today for le roadtrip to Toronto that this THIS WEEKEND! So excited, only a few days away! So the oil got changed, changed out my anti-freeze, refilled my wiper fluid, checked the breaks, checked the battery and all the belts, tires are good, and they fixed my passenger side wiper blade. It now actually wipes! How novel an idea… Just wish I didn’t have to...
Mom Love
I love how I can call my mom and just calm down. Things just don’t seem to be as bad after I talk to her, and she’s always there to help fix any problems I may be having, whether they be mental or school related. Sometimes I feel bad about this, like it makes me feel as though I’m not handling my life right, and I’m making the wrong choices which in turn is giving me all...
Working Furiously
I’m currently multitasking myself to death. I’m at work doing my actual job, reading philosophy while simultaneously working on the philosophy assignment due tomorrow, and then just doing shit nothing like being on Tumblr, Facebook, and Perezhilton.com. Seriously, the priorities need re-arranging.
Evil Rent People!
So Tracy and I’s rent is going up by $13.99 a month or 1.4%. We are not too thrilled. It’s not like we’re going to be looking for a new place or anything, but we are still pissed.
Name Game
Why do girls insist on naming their cars? It’s a car, you drive it from A to B. It doesn’t need to be personified! — gooneruk Oh, I haven’t just named my car. My mom’s huge SUV is named Gus, short for Augusta, and my Dad’s little sedan is Fiona. They may not need to be personified, but it’s basically something I do for fun, probably influenced by the episode of Gilmore...
Taking Care of Charlie
Charlie is my car. I only ever call him Charles when I’m angry with him, but it’s not very often. He’s a very trustworthy car, not ever really giving me any trouble. Tomorrow morning I have to get up early (ugh!) and take him into Canadian Tire for an oil change and to have the passenger side wiper blade fixed. Hopefully it doesn’t take hours.
Just for the Record...
I’m on team Evan Lysacek. Johnny Weir can kiss my ass.
Walter, Pt.5 (which better be the conclusion)
Alright, Walter emailed me back saying he would never scam anyone, and he fixed all of the software problems on the phone (trust me, there were none) with help from the internet. I told him that I was glad we cleared this up and wished him luck. I do not wish to hear one single other thing from him EVER again.
Walter pt. 4
OH. EM. GEE So Walter emails me today, asking for a refund because there are dings on the phone. Tracy and I both inspected it pre-sale and there was absolutely nothing wrong with the phone…it had only been used for about 2 days, and I take the best care when it comes to my electronics. I sent a message back saying that as far as I’m concerned the dings he supposedly found were caused...
Today's Mission Update
So Tracy and I went to Wal-Mart, got some household stuff and another shower curtain. I’ve been reading Philosophy, but Jesus Christ John Hosper’s in boring! I literally would rather listen to country music the whole day (which is quite excruciating, in my opinion) than read this self important and opinionated garbage any longer. I just keep thinking that this time next week I’ll...
Today's Mission:
-Go to Wal-Mart, even though I hate the corporation…Too bad there aren’t any Targets up in Canada. -Read Philosophy…heh. -Make tacos, huge craving -SCHOOL WORK! …and if there’s time: -Take a chance on Cashmere Mafia
My Cool - Adam Tensta This is the greatest hip hop...
Winner
Mirai Nagasu won the Women’s National Championship. It’s her second Senior level event, and her first Senior nationals. She’s 14 effing year old! And she won! And was fantastic! Insane!
So Far...
The cell phone search is not going well. They are too expensive to buy new, and none of the used phone sites have many Telus compatible phones.
Cell Phone
Well now that I’ve sold the media phone that was costing me a fortune, and managed to lose my more reasonably priced phone (still soo torn up about losing my white chocolate…) I need to find ANOTHER phone. Woe is me. I’ve been looking on UsedOttawa.com and have made a few inquiries, but so far I’ve heard nothing back. I fear this may be a long search.
Excitement!
I’m so super pumped for next weekend…this time next week I’ll be in Toronto, hopefully having what is going to be one of the greatest weekends of my life. I’ve only been to Toronto once before in my life, but I don’t really count it because I was 3-ish, only got to see the American Embassy, and don’t remember anything other than the VIA Rail train ride TO...
SCORE!
Okay, so a bit of a pick me up: U.S. Women’s Figure Skating Championships tonight! And I am supposedly getting the apartment to myself tonight. Maybe then some work will be accomplished.
Brain Enemy
Crap, crap, crap! I’m slipping back into that depressive mentality! Not that anyone really cares…and see! Thoughts like that are making it worse!!!! URG! Why the fuck can’t I just be happy?? It’s all I really want, and I try so hard to be cheerful. It’s might be partly to blame that I seem to make friends with people who have lots of drama, which makes me gloomy when...
School Work and Such
UGH! I can’t enjoy my Saturday. I HATE that! I have to read four HUGE articles for Philosophy in order to complete the essay outline due Tuesday. What really gets me at I have to do these readings in addition to the ones already assigned for the class in the syllabus. Not happy. In non-school related items, Cloverfield managed to give me and Tracy both sleep related problems…
Cloverfield
No spoilers! PROMISE! Lindsay and I loved it, Tracy didn’t like it all. I LOVED IT! LOVED IT! I will repeat this to anyone who asks for my opinion. Okay so maybe one half spoiler…if you don’t want to know what my fave non plot revealing line of the movie was TURN AWAY. “I don’t know…something else that’s terrible…” You will laugh. I guarantee....
The Day
So we decided to go to the 9:30 movie instead of the 7pm one. I have no idea why as we are all just sitting on our asses not really doing anything. We’ve been like this for the past hour…And I think I’ve changed my mind about the movie food choice for the evening, and I’m going to go with Nachos. Really, it’s a toss-up as they are both equally disgusting and horrible...
Movie time!
Tracy, Lindsay and I are maybe going to see Cloverfield tonight. I’m super duper excited… And I really want movie poutine.
Walter, pt. 3
I met with Walter at the Tim Hortons. He was fifteen minutes late, but made up for it with his adorableness. He definitely wasn’t what I had imagined, and was completely lovely. And the phone is now sold! Woot for an extra $250!
Walter, Pt. 2
I’m supposed to meet Walter in 45 minutes, and no word cancellation. I think this is a good sign. Also, no word from Jay. Guess he must have changed his mind.
I love this reinterpretation of Frank...
Random
Soo, on a whim, after I woke up this morning, I emailed Jakob Lodwick about the very negative post he wrote about Julia. I honestly don’t know what compelled me to do it, I am feeling rather ballsy today, so I’m going to go with that. Although, I did send it under my alias for fear of internet ridicule and retribution. I said I wasn’t trying to criticize, but for complaining...
Angry Over Little Things
So I’ve come to try and accept things that bother me: quirks about people, lack of cleaning, etc. But everytime I “get used” to something, a new one arises. Like right now. Very. Annoyed.
Walter
Okay, so Jay and I were supposed to meet on Tuesday to sell my phone, but he cancelled last minute due to a “work appointment”. I emailed back letting him know I needed to sell the phone asap, but haven’t heard back from him. So, rather than waste my time with Jay who may never buy the phone, I went ahead and set up a meeting with Walter for 1pm tomorrow. Tracy will be...
Bitch-fest Indeed
Christ, Tumblr turned into a bitch-fest overnight. And to think I was sleeping through the lot of it. For shame. For the record, I’m Team Julia. Can’t say I agree with everything the dappy girl says/does, but she (to my mind anyway) has a more interesting life than Jakob from a reader’s perspective. — gooneruk I agree, Team Julia. I think Julia’s making the better decisions right now....
Fighting The Man!
Ok, not really. I’m feeling soo much better today. Still a little confused as to my “purpose”, but I’ve climbed out of the dark hole. Thank God. My mom has been so worried. But as to the fighting the man stuff, I’m not going to Public Law. Too boring for today. What’s really odd is the prof is so enthusiastic about the material he teaches. He gets into his own...
Absent
I didn’t really blog today…too much stuff was going on in my head. I’m better now, and the thoughts have stopped being so scary, but I’m not “me” still. Right now I really just wish I could go home for a few days and be with my mom, but it’s so hard to go home in the first place. School is about 1500 miles away from home, so it;s not like I can just go for...
Suffocating
I had the biggest breakdown on the phone with my mom last night. It’s just like I feel I can’t do anything right, and that my entire world is collapsing all around me. It’s so hard to describe how exactly I’m feeling, but everytime I pluck up enough courage to tell someone what’s going on, it’s almost as if they don’t care. They say they appreciate the...
“Just spent the last few hours reporting from outside of Heath Ledger’s...”
– Noelle Hancock
Still in shock...
Sten, my boss: You need a break? You and Michelle will be holding hands at the funeral.
Renee, coworker: Don't make her cry!
“Are you okay? Do you some help? Some water?”
– Fareed, one of my supervisors, following my reaction to Heath Ledger’s death.
Holy Effing Shit
Heath Ledger is dead. I’m at work and I just found this out, and had a wee bit of a mental breakdown. People are saying my reaction is “priceless” but I’m grieving damn it. I’m just in a totally state of shock. Shock. I’m never going to be able to watch A Knight’s Tale again without crying.
Damn it!
Jay just cancelled on me, an hour before we were supposed to meet. He wants to meet later in the week… URG!