hobs 2.0

So, remember when I said I needed a new hobby? Well, this evening I attempted something with my buddy Ruth....I painted! haha. Definitely tried to set the mood to let the artist in me blossom: had some chill music, scented candle burning, and had a glass of wine. Let me just say, my skills need to be honed a bit better (aka I paint like crap), but here's my feeble attempts at bringing out the Picasso, Rembrandt, O'Keefe, and Monet out in me:

sweet disposition

This song by the band The Temper Trap was on the soundtrack for the movie "500 Days of Summer" and I love it. It is best played in one's iPod pumping while walking in the dark through the woods on a deserted, snowy road lit only by the moon...purely hypothetical......................

But seriously.

blonde

Just a funny moment I just barely had: as I sat here fb-ing, a song came on my iTunes shuffle that happens to be my ringtone on my phone. I jumped up and got all excited that I had a phone call!

A disappointing, yet hilarious, false alarm.

Ah well, at least I got to hear the whole song rather than just the first 30 seconds of it.

such is life

Really long time since I've posted! Life's been busy, what can I say! You probably are wondering how my previously hyped up trip to Florida went! Well, I'm not telling you.....

Nah, I'm kidding.

It was good. In terms of volleyball, I was a little disappointed with the outcome. We ended up placing 6th out of 10 (boo). I honestly believed we should have made at least top 4. But we did manage to pull off a win against the 3rd ranked team (a team from Kentucky). The last game was an emotional loss for me, being finished my volleyball career and all after four years with my team and having gone into that game completely, and whole-heartedly believing that we'd continue onto the next day (only top 4 teams could continue on after round robin). So, having my hopes dashed kind of sucked...a lot. BUT, I'm okay. Life goes on, I had fun, I got to go to Nationals in my final year....in Florida! Florida was wonderful. I lovd the sun, the beach, the fresh air, the bronzing of my skin...in mid-November.

Now, onto the next part 0f my post: Lights! Yep, I went to the Canadian artist Lights concert. I'm going to be honest, this summer a co-worker of mine was obsessed with her and I could not help but tease. But, I got the album and actually quite enjoyed it. So, a few of us (Manny, Jennie, and Cam) ended up going to the concert in Winnipeg last night. Maybe Manny will put up some videos that he recorded? She's not my favourite artist of all time, but the concert was pretty sweet! I liked the opening band too, Jets Overhead. I could appreciate them in my Shuffle Perfection playlist. I'll tell you that when my song "Face Up" came on, I got a little.....a lot...excited, kind of like the battalion of teeny-boppers there (with their little copy-cat Lights headbands). Ironically, she wasn't even wearing a headband at the concert last night. Teeny-boppers didn't get the memo. Lights team, how many headband-ers did we actually end up counting?? 712? 713?

Give or take a few...

But now it is back to school, homework, and (now that volleyball is over) basketball.

C'est la vie.

heart of a champion

I don't even know where to begin on this post. I am in the highest of high spirits ever! My volleyball team has just won Regionals for the 2nd year in a row (only the 3rd time in our school's history) and are headed for Nationals in Florida!!

Throughout our season, my team struggled with staying consistent and staying mentally stable. With such a fresh, young team it was quite typical. Despite our struggles, I still had faith that my team had something hidden inside them that could be brought out. I just prayed it would come out before it was too late! I can say to you right now, I could not be more proud of my girls as they stepped up and played their hearts out on that court all weekend without giving up. They pulled out those special "something"s hidden away and then some! I felt like a proud mother :) We were a completely different team...the team that was hiding was who we really are!
So, now that I sit here (caressing the significantly large, red 2009 Regional banner), I am pulling up old mental (and .jpg) files of my time in Florida last year with volleyball and how wonderful it felt to have the warm sun on my face whilst the rest of the people in my life shivered in the Northern autumn chill (slightly devilish of me...nay, it's honesty).
Thanks to everyone for the support and in 10 days, I'll be on a jet plane (with the soccer guys! Woohoo on their Regional win too!!).

Ciao~

dreams should come true

Weird. Last night I had a dream about me owning some huge, comfy over-sized sweaters. Coincidently, today in my email, I got an update from Urban Outfitters about their new stock of SWEATERS. It is fate, I must have. Considering my little apartment is consistently an icebox, I think it's only fitting (pun kind of intended).

Also, 1 month countdown until I see Lights live in Winnipeg. My favorite song off her album The Listening would have to be Face Up. It's so epic sounding :)

Was reeeeally hoping to go see Moulin Rouge at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet this weekend, but I doubt that will happen...haven't bought a ticket yet. So sad :'(

Fourthly, saw Law Abiding Citizen yesterday. More gory than I thought, but definitely kept me wanting to know what happens!

On a final note.....I freakin' LOVE CANADA!!! I just got word today that the government has given me another Canadian Millennium Bursary to go towards paying back my ghastly amounts of students loans!! This one's even bigger than the last!! O CANADA!!! I'm in love...

Mad Women

So Cam wanted to see everyone "Mad Men'd" (create yourself in the caricature of the show Mad Men). I suppose this is the best I could come up with. Don't know who the mystery man is I'm tappin' martini's with there is, but I look awesome. Except I know I'm not that skinny :) Who cares, I created it, it's my fantasy hehe.