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9/05/2010 (Rosie): Mess and Procrastination

2010-05-09T21:49:00.000-03:00

I am, over all, a pretty amazing procrastinator. I know exactly how long I can push off revising or working on something and still get a pretty amazing grade on it. And today, sadly, was the day I had to start actually working on a French presentation.

When I work, I like to spread out all the stuff I could possibly need, and create huge mess :D That way, I have something to clean up while I procrastinate a bit more.

Rosie

8/05/2010 (Rosie): Colourful Flooring

2010-05-08T22:17:00.000-03:00

Today was pretty awesome. I got up early and walked down to the market, then we went to the flooring shop to choose the flooring for our soon to be renovated bathrooms.

And as we looked at piece of cork after piece of cork, something much more interesting caught my eye: something very colour full. When I asked my dad what marmoleum was (it's a flooring made out of linseed oil, pine resin, pine flour and colouring, and is apparently the most amazing thing since ever), turns out it's pretty much perfect for our house. So bright floors ahead :D

Rosie

7/05/2010 (Rosie): Cat in a Tree

2010-05-07T22:54:00.003-03:00

Wow, I went from almost a month without posting to two posts in one day! After I posted this morning, I took my cat outside and took a whole bunch of pictures. Like, hundreds. It was hard choosing just one.

What do you mean, she's a STUFFED cat? I assure you, Kissan is very much alive. SHE IS. After I made her pretend to be a panther and pose on a tree branch, she jumped off.

Rosie

PS: Yes, I know, I'm totally "taking inspiration" from Fin's photos way back from the days when the blog was young and we all posted frequently.

A good long while (Rosie): Oppps

2010-05-07T12:22:00.003-03:00

At the beginning of April I seem to recall saying I was going to get back on track and start taking a picture everyday again. Well, that didn't work out too well when my life sort of decided it had had enough of being shoved to the side. So I spent April having an amazing time, trying not to fail all my classes, having epiphanies, and not blogging or taking pictures. Then at around 1:30 am on May 1, I realized that it was MAY. And May seems like a good month to start blogging again, and so I'm back.

Like I said, I haven't taken many pictures this past month, but here are some random snapshots:

I was making icing and we didn't have any vanilla, so I improvised with mint and chocolate. And obviously made a MESS.

Umm, I didn't have my glasses on and all I could see clearly was the mesh on my window. I'm not going to go all deep on you, cause French class is taking all of my analyzing efforts right now.

My best friend got stuck in an elevator. I'm still pretty jealous.

Just like I realized it was May, I was going to a rehearsal the other day and sort of realized that it was spring. That was last Sunday, and it's pretty much full on Summer now.

I started wearing a whole bunch of hemp and leather bracelets. And I really want to get a tattoo. I'm also considering dropping out of school and backpacking around the world. Cause I need more teenage rebellion in my life :P Sadly, I can't get a tattoo till I'm sixteen and I should probably wait till I'm a legal adult before I set off around the world. So my teenage rebellion has been put on hold for the moment.

Rosie

12/04/2010 (Findlay) : Final Art project

2010-04-13T00:53:00.003-03:00

Today was a good day. In my Global Politics class we had a jeopardy themed day, and I had tons of fun, (I won chocolate!) I came home and walked around a bit. I bought a shirt at a thrift store, and some garlic fingers. I came home and hung out with Dominic. We played some Go, and I painted.

This is my final art project for the year.
The last day of classes is on Wednesday! I'm excited. :)
-Fin

10/04/2010 (findlay) : Stu-art

2010-04-10T23:23:00.002-03:00

Today I found that I would have three photos published in St. Thomas's new arts journal, "stuart."
I had submitted them back in February, and I just got the email today. I'm pretty excited. There's an opening on Sunday, April 25th, and I'm looking forward to it. :D

Two of the pictures were in my "Book on Fire" collection-thingy. The other was this picture of my handsome cousin Lucas.
I hope you're all having a lovely day.
-Fin

06-09/04/2010 (Rosie): Summer Seems to be Here

2010-04-09T22:35:00.001-03:00

The weather this week has been absolutely beautiful, and we have been spending all of our lunch hours outside, sunbathing, laughing, playing football*. Anyways, now that I don't spend my lunch hour in the library working, I have more homework. I have been taking pictures though :)

It was very sunny on the bus Tuesday morning.

I couldn't resist. Spider monkey looked so cute on the piece of wood thing.

I love tea :) When I'm not at school all day, I drink at least two pots a day.

The grass was green, the sun was shining, everyone was outside. It was easy to forget that it's only April and that we still have months of school. Those of us still in high school do anyways.

~ Rosie

*I prefer to watch. I like sports, but my school outfits don't mesh very well with anything more than walking or dancing. They usually involving precariously balanced hats and shirts, very tight jeans or skirts and high heels. That makes me sound like a total slut, which I'm not, I just like slightly extravagant clothing.

April 8th and 9th (Mark):

2010-04-09T19:15:00.002-03:00

Philosophy paper, thinking about stuff, writing the draft of the first poem I`ve written since middle school, feeling depressed for the first time in a while. Study party in the GRID room I had confused for the middle classroom lead to not feeling depressed.

And nothing worth noting for today, which kind of sucks but I did not have the energy to seek adventure. Or do work. I got an alright picture though, I`ve actually been liking the shakiness of low iso settings, and thought it would add to the picture.

04/09/2010 (Findlay) : ReNEW'd

2010-04-09T16:12:00.003-03:00

Oh yes, like the others I have missed a lot of posting. I have been taking pictures, but utterly failing to upload them. I have a period of relative ease for the next few days, and I should take that time to upload more pictures.

So here we go. This is from a photoshoot I did with mark and my roommate Dominic a while ago.
Unlike Mark and Rosie, I think I will just upload one, and then continue with it from there.

Forever ago to the present (Mark)

2010-04-07T22:07:00.002-03:00

Hello, I bring photos. Screw the bunches, I'm going to go back to one a day. Lisa scolds all of us for being sloths, and the last three pictures and the one of my drawn-on arm weren't actually taken BY me, just with my camera

oops

2010-04-06T15:01:00.003-03:00

I somehow managed to post this on the wrong blog. Sorry. Pictures SOON, I promise.

11/03-05/04/2010 (Rosie): SORRY!

2010-04-05T20:52:00.000-03:00

If anyone is still reading after all this time: I'm sorry! My march break ended, and I haven't had time to look back since. There was the theatre production, and then a big event to coordinate with another group I'm in, not to mention tons of homework and trying not to dye of exhaustion. I don't want to sound whiny, or like I'm making excuses, but I honestly have been way too busy to take many pictures or to blog much.

I by no means have a photo from every day for the last month, but here are some random snapshots:

Things are looking a bit calmer, for a few weeks anyways, so I should be back to my daily posting schedule. The end of April is looking insanely awesome (in other words, really busy), but I'll cross that bridge when I get there.

9-10/03/2010 (Rosie): Sleep and Sleeping Sister

2010-03-10T21:48:00.000-04:00

Yesterday was insane. I left at 8:20 am, and only got home at 8:45 pm. By that point I had either been on my feet* or doing complicated classwork for almost twelve hours straight, and I was tired. So I ate dinner, did my French homework (badly, as I found out today) and went to bed.

I had forgotten just how much I love pillows.

Today was pretty normal, but I happened to sneak into my sisters bedroom to "borrow" her hand cream, and I had to take a picture of her sleeping. She was just too cute!

~Rosie

*I should point out that those feet were wearing absolutely adorable pumps. And fishnets. With a pencil skirt. Not at all practical for climbing ladders and painting walls, but practicality isn't my main goal.

5-8/03/2010 (Rosie): Just That Cool

2010-03-08T22:17:00.000-04:00

A person would think that when I'm on vacation and have nothing to do, I would be a great blogger and post my photos as soon as I take them. The opposite is true, And I spent most of the week in a semi-comatose state, watching Buffy and eating icing. I'm back now though, still eating icing and watching Buffy, but working on just about a million different things at the same time.

I managed to get out of the house and go skiing on Friday. The ice on the trees was so pretty!

I got a haircut! And wore my white faux fur coat, and my big black sunglasses.

Sunday night I made today's lunch. Yup, I pack a lunch everyday. I'm just that cool :)

I took some outfit photos today. And once again you guys get the cool one that wasn't really right for my other blog.

Posting should be back to normal now that I'm back at school and have a schedule/life again.

Hello again

2010-03-06T22:45:00.000-04:00

So, I'm back. I realized that I would probably never actually start posting here again if I waited until I got my scattered photos together and figure out their dates. So instead, I'm starting afresh now. Lets just forget that little episode happened, okay?

Today, I went out driving for the second time in my life, then the third. My mother and instructor seem to think I'm doing well. The rest of the day I pretty much just procrastinated on my paper and learned about Tarot. I got this beginners Tarot thing which came with a deck and a book. I'm kind of frustrated with it, the cards don't feel right. A tarot deck should be old, and the cards should be heavy. If I actually get into this I'll shell out some cash for that feeling. I probably won't though, I don't really believe in the psychic or anything like that; I just think the cards are really cool. Besides, it's not like my deck won't get worn eventually. Here is a picture of my slobbish lifestyle, and Tarot cards.

06/03/2010 (Findlay) : A long while gone

2010-03-06T22:24:00.010-04:00

Here are a lot of pictures. Info about what has been going on in my life is at the bottom. As you can imagine, this took a long time to upload. Enjoy slogging through all 33/34 of them. :D
Sunset from Spyglass hill

Self Portrait
This is my current desktop. It's me... creepin'

The Wonderful Book I am currently reading. :D

Very interesting posters. Apparently this is true in NYC. These buttons don't actually work in 75% of the places.

I really like graffiti, so there are a couple photos throughout.

Everyone loves the city market! I got a pesto baguette :D

Went for a walk at the Rec Center this morning. We went to the Dogpark and saw the future Q-plex site.

The sight of all these fallen trees was exspruciating. It was excedaringly sad. (I know, bad oak.)

My mother is a troll!?! :O

This will be quite the massive post. I haven't really been doing my duty since February. That's just not decent.

Points of Interest -
-My sister left for Katimavik for a 6 month Program. She will be in Ontario, and then Quebec, and finally PEI. I miss her.
-Zara's 18th Birthday.
-March Break Axis&Allies game with some of my best friends: Dan, Dave, Dominic and my cousin Ryan.-March Break in general. I like school, but everyone enjoys a break from time to time. It's quite nice to be with family for a while.
-Buying a new bag, and starting to read Jack Kerouac. I also bought a Fedora that fits me.
-Deciding what to do for the summer.
-Parties, we had a few goodbye/birthday parties for Zara. A lot of games were played, like Mafia and Kungfu, and we watched horrible movies, and good movies.
-Grace's visit. My great friend Grace McNee came down for the weekend, and it was delightful to see her again. The weather was crappy, so we watched "Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe, "Casablanca" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

Those are the main things. Now, for an impressive picture count, mostly from four separate days.

-Fin

2-4/03/2010 (Rosie): Assorted Randomness

2010-03-04T23:13:00.001-04:00

I've got several day's worth of photos for you today. I've been so busy enjoying my March Break that I haven't really been doing much online other than watch old episodes of Bones and Buffy.

On Tuesday I reorganized the plastic ware cupboard. As you can see, my family believes in recycling, and I believe in cream cheese icing. I use the cream cheese tubs to bring my muffins in my lunch. Everyday. (I made around 250 zucchini muffins this summer, and I take one every single day because they are delicious!)

On Saturday I bought a new phone. My old phone was leading to bruised thumbs, because the keypad was icky, but this one is wonderful. I named her Elizabeth. (Yes, I name my stuff. ) I was bored yesterday, so I took some pictures.

Today there was a snow storm! Of course, it was completely wasted since I was home anyways, but who am I to turn down the challenge of taking pictures of snow? There was an adorable little sluchicle*, and I had to take a picture.

~Rosie

*Like an icicle, only made of slush.

1/03/2010 (Rosie): WITHOUT BEING ASKED

2010-03-01T22:36:00.003-04:00

Do you know what I love? March Break. One whole week during which the most taxing thing I have to do is cook the occasional soya dog or let the dogs out. In fact, today I was in such a good mood I went out and shovelled the drive way WITH OUT BEING ASKED. I know, I'm so mature and helpful.

Timers on cameras are fun :)

~Rosie

28/02/2010

2010-02-28T21:48:00.000-04:00

This picture isn't totally mine. I was wiping rain from my camera and accidentally took it.

I'm pretty happy about it.

~Rosie

28/02/2010 (Findlay) : Apologies

2010-02-28T21:40:00.001-04:00

I am a very busy university student sometimes. I am sorry for the lull in posting. Within the next week a good number of photos will be up and I will be back to my schedule.

Thank you,
Fin

26-27/02/2010 (Rosie): Crazy Family

2010-02-27T23:36:00.005-04:00

Yesterday was a snow day, which was pretty awesome. There wasn't actually a storm, but it was nice to have an extra day added on to my March Break. Another nice thing was that Mummy stayed home for the morning, and made stew.

I had to snap a picture when she answered a business call while preparing stew in her children's art decorate kitchen while wearing pyjamas. I love my Mummy :)

And this morning I took some pictures of my Dad this morning, he was getting ready to go out skiing with the puppies*. It was just too funny to see him out working on his compost hear while wearing his goggles, helmet, and guides pack.

Do you understand why I'm so crazy now?

~Rosie

* The puppies aren't actually puppies any more, since they are over a year old, quite tall, and run at over twenty kilometers an hour. We just call them puppies because they are younger than the other two dogs.

25/02/2010 (Rosie): Shiny Nails

2010-02-25T23:05:00.000-04:00

I had no homework today, so I decided to be a bit girly, and paint my nails. Since my nails are now very shiny, I played around a bit with some lighting, and this is one of the resulting pictures:

I'm fairly happy with it.

~Rosie

21-24/02/2010 (Rosie): In A Dream

2010-02-24T21:31:00.000-04:00

I know I haven't posted much lately, but I've been really really busy. That doesn't mean I haven't been taking pictures though.

I was writing something, I can't remember what, and I like the way this B turned out. I wasn't planning on writing a B though, so I took a picture of it before I erased it. Because I was in a hurry, I didn't reset the white balance, and it turned out blue. Which I thought was pretty cool.

I handed in an art project on Monday, but I snapped a picture of it first. We had to take part of an object and make it bigger. I choose to draw a knife blade.

I wanted to take a picture of what I spend a good two hours a day looking at: the bus through mostly asleep eyes. I obviously had to edit this picture pretty significantly, But I got the result I wanted.

I wanted this picture to have the same feeling my dreams have: a sort of brightness, and vibrancy. Why? Because I feel a bit like I'm in a dream right now. A good one, but a some what strange one.

~Rosie

19-20/02/2010 (Rosie): Joe the Dragon

2010-02-20T12:08:00.000-04:00

I didn't get a chance to post a picture yesterday because I was too busy being "productive". Which meant I was watching Bones, designing a necklace, and doing my chemistry homework, while keeping track of the dogs and kids. In other words, I didn't get too much done.

In between all my productivity, I got started on actually making the necklaces. I snapped the picture while the clear nail polish I used to seal the maker with dried.

Then today I finished the necklace:

If you are wondering why I made a necklace with a dragon on it, it's a birthday present for my friend Nat. Joe (the dragon), is sort of her signature doodle, so I made her a necklace with him on it.

~Rosie

18/02/2010 (Rosie): Snowshoeing and Stalker Memory

2010-02-18T21:47:00.001-04:00

In gym class today we went snow shoeing. Which was fun, but somewhat strange. See, I have a creepy stalkerish memory, and last time I went snow shoeing I was wearing the same coat, same mittens, same boots. It was also the day I first time I came into contact with Findlay. I don't remember if we talked, I don't think we did, but I remember noticing the guy with the awesome rabbit hat. (BTW Fin, did you ever find the hat again after you lost it at the competition?) I could go on, but Fin is probably already trying to get a restraining order against me, so suffice to say, it made me realize how creepy me memory is. ANYWAYS, look at one of the pictures I took today:

Quite pretty for a wisp of forest between a high school and a high way.

~Rosie