my 101th post is not such a chipper one.

it’s that wonderful time of the year when i lose my voice. that’s right kiddies! the coughing that i had for almost a week now is a viral infection of the throat. yay — i have a respiratory infection! (and people wonder why i am so paranoid about my lungs.) i went to the medicentre and i have meds for it. i’ll be drowning myself in pills for the next two weeks and, hopefully, i’ll be speaking fine and dandy again!

for the time being, i’m being extra careful when i’m using my voice. i’m trying not to make any excessive usages of my voice until i feel comfortable using it again. for the next two weeks, you may find me coughing, coughing, and coughing some more. the best way to get a hold of me is to leave a message on my phone, send me an email via phone or internet, or chatting with me online.

I AM MUTE

2:01am in the morning and i am typing away since i can’t sleep; mainly, i can’t sleep due to general excitement and my annoying cough.

five more days until i move into my place. five. it’s exciting and nerve-racking. i’m constantly worrying about money even though i think it’ll work out fine. i will have to become more squirrely with my money, making sure i count every loonie, toonie, and cent. plus, with all the extra utilities that will be in our place, i have to be ready to pay my half no problems.

other exciting news:

- Chris Nobis has a potential on the brain. ooh — i love watching drama unfurl. Oh! and he’s also heading out to Europe in 72 days and counting!

- a trip to the library with Jonathan to invade the Musical CD section is in the works

- a long awaited RISK get-together is in the works, as well, to be done in August

- Forrest’s 21st Birthday is coming up soon (in August as well)

- Victoria Bullock is the sweetest strawberry shortcake of a person i have ever met whose passion for literature is unrivalled.

- my sister, Lea, has broken her friendship with Christina!

there’s an appeal to living this vagabond-like life i have: you’ll never know where you’re going to end up and who’re you’re going to meet on the way there. it’s exciting. however, the appeal gets old after a long while.

i admit i like adventure and i like excitement. but adventure and excitement is a luxery, only if you have a home to go back to — someplace to call home.

it’s mainly for this reason that i can’t wait until i move into my new place. it’s somewhere i can call home. no matter how much i love travelling, i’ve been feeling lost and helpless sometimes because i had no place to go to call my own. (hmm. seems like i’ve been repeating myself in many different ways. haha.) no matter how chaotic my life gets, if there’s one thing i’ll like stability on, it would be where i live. i like establishing roots: only then i could grow.

the past two days have been most adventerous!

THURSDAY
thursday night was spent with my buddies Kristine and Chris Nobis. we began by meeting up at Steeps Tea Lounge. i’ve shown them the light that is tea! we had a great conversation (Kristine, you have some skeletons to share next time!) and then headed to Savoy for drinks and food.

i tried this goatcheese spinach salad chuntney-thingy — YUMMY!! YUMMY! YUMMY!! try it! for dessert, we went to Boston Pizza for brownies and cheesecake.

it was a great relaxing night, indeed.

FRIDAY
i escaped Alcatraz! Janine, my crazy controlling AGD ’sister’, has finally drove me off the cliff. i escaped and now in Millwoods for a week. yay.

Janine is this slob who tries to have her room mates clean up after her. she makes a mess and 72 hours later, it’s still there. even though she calls herself ‘landlord’ that doesn’t excuse the fact she lays all her shit in all the common areas: living room, kitchen, dining room, hall …

anyway, the problem is that she makes other people clean up after her. now, i’m pretty clean and neat — i clean up after myself and if it’s not out of my way, i’ll be cleaning up everyone else’s dishes, throw out the garbage, sweep up, etc.

now, because she’s a paranoid android, she wants to hire a cleaner in (at the expense of Hanan) from CALGARY. for some demented reason, she wants us to clean up BEFORE the cleaner gets in. (WHY? he’s a cleaner for a reason!) so, she woke me up early in the morning, tells me to do all these chores and i said i would so she could let me back to sleep. a week goes by and i reason that this ‘Cinderella Act’ has to go, so I didn’t do ‘my chores’ (one of which includes cleaning a microwave which she said she would clean herself personally at the beginning of the month). she talks to me how i’ve broken the agreement and how i would have to pay the rest of my rent or leave.

i chose the latter. Forrest picked me up 20 minutes after i called him and i left.

thank god.

CURRENT IDEAS

• Tim Burton Movie-athon
• Jim Carrey Movie-athon
• Riding the ETS the whole day

i’ve was restless yesterday, so after spending some time watching Ranma 1/2 episodes with Jonathan, i went home to cook and to watch Edward Scissorhands — twice: once through and one with a commentary with Tim Burton.

later that night, i still couldn’t sleep so i watched half of Beautiful Mind and watched the last half this morning.

it was one of those days where i felt that i should be creating something; doing something productive or creative; making songs, acting, etc. i have some material to work on, my Jubilations understudy stuff for example, but i didn’t want to do that — i want to do something else.

i need a new book to read. any suggestions?

James said to me, “Ana, we need to talk. You don’t seem to realize how much of a bad friend you’ve been to me.”

he is to call me tonight and we are to meet up and talk about all my crimes that i am suppose to be held accountable for against him. yay, this is the type of fun that awaits me after work.

he’s upset. he blames me for losing the original home that he wanted to move into in the upcoming school year. i’m pretty sure that this meeting is about that.
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what began as a quiet evening of hanging out with Jon in a rematch of chess (Star Trek style) and a video of Ranma 1/2 turned into something completely different within 45 minutes.

Jon’s friend Dave came into town with another friend, Billy, to drop in on Jon during our game. we hung out for a while contemplating what to do next: should we continue our game? should we all do something together? does it make sense that Data is the bishop?

we then decided to go out for a night of dancing in downtown’s The New City SubUrban.
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wow. i signed my very first lease today with Forrest. i will have a home for the upcoming year. knowing this is comforting as well as knowing that my roommate is dependable and someone i know. (wow, that’s a lot of “knows”.)

on a lighter side of this event, the place that Forrest and i will move into is the place that James and Richard were going to move into. i don’t really want to break it to James and neither does Forrest, so we’re going to let the landlord deal with that; Forrest and i will possibly throw a housewarming get-together. of course James and Richard are invited — it’s just a matter of seeing if they will come or not.
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i think that everyone should be walking/running/jogging. that being said, in order to do it properly, everyone needs to know their target heart rates and what they should be working towards. my running regime is geared towards two things:

1) active lifestyle, and
2) fat burning.

i run/jog three times a week, 30 minutes a session. and on days that i forget to jog/run or if i’m too lazy, i walk/power walk everywhere.

way to keep up the heartrate!