An Idea Is Bulletproof

I've had such a fun weekend! Hanging out with Jo yesterday and then today I met up with star_material for lunch and it's so nice to meet up with LJ friends :) Also it's fun to have another person to gush about all things VM related lol. And soon Firefly/Serenity ;)

Oh I'm going to start doing some friends only posts to give away my stuff as I get closer to moving (starting tonight) so be sure to sign in. I have SO much stuff that I just can't move and I'm already going to need to get storage space for my books, that's my luxury, everything else must go :)

Office work is making me crave excercise lately. That's my goal for after moving, at least buy some work out DVDs and get on that. I'm not a gym person but I need to be moving more than I am now. Walking is great and I've been totally on track with that this past week :)

It's also getting to be yardsale season. I'm looking out for fun apartment things. Mostly storage space for books and dvds. Thus far I've just seen people selling a lot of kids stuff, toys and clothes. Not so much for me. Viv when's the big sale on your street? I liked that one. Too bad you're not selling your old furniture this year lol.

I didn't do a whole lot this weekend. But I did go out to the movies where Ashley and I saw The Inside Man which was better than I'd been expecting. At least the twist kept me fooled until a few minutes before it was revealed :) Good job for them because usually I guess much faster :)

Then I got to see Ash's new apartment and visited with her roommates who both seem nice. Well I already knew one of them but the other was new to me :) They went out to grab some Wendy's food and I didn't feel like fast food so I ended up just chilling at their place for a bit, when I discovered that Scream was on The WB so we watched that (when they got back.) Of course since it was the WB all of the good stuff was edited out, ironic given Billy's opening speech about watching the Exorcist on tv. It didn't matter much, I have that movie memorized so I just filled in the blanks. Also we got a little high which was nice and relaxing... although I was a little paranoid on my way home... meh, this is what I get for watching scary movies then walking home at night.

Anyways then I ended up flipping between 2 movies when I got home. The Sphere and At First Sight before I went to sleep. So I had a 4 movie night, crazy! I also covered a wide range of genre's.

This weekend I also

- got my hair cut :)
- bought my new bus pass
- walked all over
- did not shop :)
- had a yummy falafal pita (although Viv you're right the Pita Pit ones are not as good at Pita To Go's ones were.
- made many Veronica Mars icons (I'll post 'em before I go to work tomorrow)

Bedtime now.

Oh random TO adventures, it feels like summer already when I start having these :) Viv and Mike are in town for the weekend and had their rental car with them so we drove all over today. We checked out surfboard stuff. I cannot wait to try surfing this summer. I will totally never even make it up on a board but still, it'll be amusing. Then we did a little more wandering around, checked out a crazy busy Winners and then drove to an Old Navy.

Viv got awesome new clothes and sandles and more and B dared to venture into the LCBO in Scarbourough lol The only other memory of that place that I have is having to hop a fence and some train tracks I believe after a random party out there to catch my bus home. I have no idea whose party this was even...

Viv had her great music going as usual which this summer includes some Sarah Slean :) *yay* and she's totally right, people do stare at you if you're driving around blaring Slean music. Meh.

Oh and I picked up the dvds of 'Closer' and 'The United States of Leland' and new headphones since my old ones just broke and it's a long commute every day with no music.

I am the coolest kid ever. I managed to get a hole in the bum of my pants on Tuesday... I think it was in the afternoon, lol I hope it was at least. I will miss working in a clothing store for the reason that I can buy new clothes very quickly when I need to. I must quote Phoebe "I need to live in a world where I can spill" seriously, I have no idea how I get so messy... I now have chocolate on my new winter coat... that one's not entirely my fault, but still, it's there.

Nomi is coming to TO this weekend but I'm missing seeing her. I'm SO tired this week and she's only just passing through to look at her new school and then heading straight home. We'll have to set a weekend to go explore our new neighbourhood sometime soonish. Then begins the apartment hunt.

And in other news I finally got my check from the a.s. to clear today. I spent my entire break between jobs, commuting-at the bank-commuting. But the money is now actually in my account so tomorrow when the gallery deposits my cheque everything is good. I was having a minor freak out about that today lol. Honestly, if that darn cheque hadn't have been released on time then technically I'd have stolen a painting. Not something I really would like to do in my life. I was working out the time to get the painting back to the gallery, make out a new cheque, and then pick it up again. Too much planning lol.

Anyways I should be off to bed. Too much commuting and balancing two jobs... it makes me sleepy.

How do I always get myself into these random adventures? Seriously!

Today I dropped by Neal's place and then we headed to the Spin Gallery to pick up our paintings (*yay*) Mine had made it's trip back from B.C. (thanks Joel :) ) and Neal's was just all paid for. All was good.

We got our paintings, mine was the right one all of the way back from BC! I bought my second one and got a nice deal on it AND they let me take it home today even though it's not paid for until next week. Very sweet. We chat for a bit then head back to Neal's place so I can pick up some records he wanted me to donate to Value Village for him. On our way up Church St. Neal remembers his friend has just moved into a building there so he calls, his friend is in and we go to stop by for a few minutes...

Now the building is under construction still. The elevator was still just plywood walls, it ran, and looked safe, just it wasn't finished yet. People just started moving into the lower floors, upper floors are still all uninhabitable. His friend lived on the second floor, and we go to take the elevator up (which sounds lazy but I didn't see a stairway... and I walk everywhere else these days lol) and then the elevator does not let us off at the second floor.... we were stopped there for quite some time but the door wouldn't open at all. Which was funny, until it lasted more than a minute... then not so much with the funny. It was great that Neal is totally not one to panic because being stuck in an elevator isn't bad for me, but when there might be a chance of dropping, that's when I start to freak out.

We shall backtrack for a moment to mention that my parents talked me into riding that Tower of Terror ride in MGM studios by telling me that for sure it wouldn't drop the whole 13 stories, it would just be mostly simulation. Lies, all lies. I was so terrified of dropping after that ride that A. I made everyone spend a good hour out of the day just sitting down until I could feel my legs again, and B. I refused to go on Splash Mountain the next day regardless of the fact that I love the Briar Rabbit stories. I do not like the idea of dropping in an elevator at all. This is up there in my hysterical fears, along with clowns, only this one is much more sensible.

So back to present day, Neal and myself, stuck in the elevator, which suddenly starts lurching every few minutes and when it does the display reads that we've suddenly gone up 3-4 floors each time. So we hit the help button, had a very helpful lady who said she was sending someone right away.... We're waiting, and lurching and according to the display still going higher. Neal insisted that we weren't going up at all. I insisted that we were. By this time I was sitting on the floor, with my Slean art work in my lap and bracing my arms on either side of the elevator. Totally not liking the little lurches that are going on.. oh and the beeping, it was beeping at us too.

There are 28 floors plus the Penthouse floor in this building... so by the time we hit 20 I'm fully freaked out as to what happens when we get to the top.... so we called the help person again, and got a guy who was not so helpful. He didn't even know what city we were in. As we were giving him the info the doors opened finally and we just booked it off of the elevator, only to realize we'd gone all of the way up to the Penthouse floor! 29 freaking stories up! The moral of the story: Elizabeth knows when the elevator is moving, also don't ride in sketchy looking elevators.

Neal had cell service up there at least so we admired the view (beautiful, but oh so high up and so scary to think of dropping from there!) and he called his friend to let him know what had happened and that we'd be taking the stairs down. We did wander around a little just to see what it was like up there... it's still very much a construction site. Really really dusty and messy. However the apartments downstairs were very nice and his friend was great and gave me a drink so I calmed down a little. I still feel a little panic-y now but all is well. We are all home safely. I have my two beautiful paintings, and I survive to start my new job tomorrow :)

But seriously, how do I manage to get into these situations? I now really do understand why my favourite prof in LU would consistently be amused my my random adventures.

**eta** On our way out we did not take the elevator... and as a consiquence ended up having to go out this side door (the doors to the lobby were locked... so I guess we coudln't have taken the stairs up anyway) and ended up trapped in a construction site. I was about to attempt climbing over the fence when the building security pointed us to a fairly hidden exit lol. Where was he when we got stuck in the elevator and then ended up on the top floor of his building I do not know LOL.

LisaLisa's phone isn't working :S So I was supposed to call her and meet up with her tomorrow morning but it seems her phone has no service in TO or something... so I guess that's out unless she brought my number with her... le boo.

I watched Garden State tonight FINALLY. Actually part of the reason I'd not run out to see it was that I'd heard a lot of people saying that guys tended to love the movie while a lot of girls just thought it was alright. It was actually pretty darn good. Visually stunning. Zach Braff is a damn good director....writer and actor lol. Part of the plot seemed to be that guy mistake of thinking the girl wants you to be in love with them super fast, almost counteracting the old steriotype of the girl always being in love and the guy being indifferent. Yeah, if after 4 days someone said they loved me, I'd run. But other than that, I really liked the film. Also, that soundtrack is good music.

*squee*

I just got a roommate! As of next August Naomi is moving to TO! Life is making me smiley tonight :)

Now I just need a better job and we must find an apartment... details details....

Oh my goodness, is Veronica Mars back this week?! I think it's this week... phew :) This is the last chance to use this fun icon then. Goodbye hiatus icon :D While I dont think they should have taken the time off during sweeps (unless they've been guaranteed a third season) I do think that running the rest of the season with no reruns will work in their favour. They're getting to the big episodes that usually work best when viewed one right after the other.

I went out for coffee with Ashley today, who I realize I've not seen in forever again. Silly getting busy and also me becoming somewhat hermit like when it's cold lol. However next week we have plans to see V for Vendetta so that shall be cool :) It makes me feel old to hear about what people from highschool are up to now. I really am not in touch with many people from R.C.I anymore. I dunno, some people keep all of their friends forever and I have some great friends who I've known for years and years but there are a lot of people who I knew in classes etc and they're great people but I didn't have much in common with them outside of courses etc.

Hmmm I want dinner now, j'ai faim.

a little self promotion, for those who don't usually check out my icon journal, I made icons of the Natalie Portman rap from SNL last week. They are here.

Tomorrow, well later today, Neal and I are heading out for coffee... but I just saw Cam's littleslean post about Sarah having a photograph on display at the Spin Gallery just for yesterday and today... I'm thinking perhaps I'll see if Neal wants to go to that as well as for coffee... I have to ask about the Slean painting anyways :)

My alarm didn't go off this morning and as I was up late last night talking to Viv I was very close to being late for work. Thankfully I can get ready super quickly. However as it's late again and for sure It'll be after 3 when I get to bed I'll have to double check on what's wrong with my alarm (my guess is that I just set it totally wrong because I'm just that special) or else I'll be late meeting Neal and all he has to go on is my shabby directions and I think I was confusing lol.

MerClaire is coming to visit today and I'm missing it. :( Clearly I'm just going to have to travel to the East Coast as soon as I get a little extra cash. I have my day off tomorrow so it didn't quite work... le boo. However work is still fun. I'm being amused because now everyone will make the smalltalk along the lines of "what's new with you" and really... nothing is new, the 12 hour days pretty much keep everyone doing the same thing over and over lol But today I use my I hate my job icon NOT because I hate the actual job (that part is fun) but because I'm sad I'm missing out on visiting with Mer when I haven't seen her in years.

I managed to dream an entire plot for a silly teen movie last night. Seriously, beginning to end I invented one. My brain is so weird some nights.