why don't you leave?

I'm really tired of hearing people complain about their hometowns. Most of them will be here for around a week, probably less, and they still feel the need to complain. Where do I start with the annoyances?
If your parents are making you come home for Christmas, then do just that. Come on the 23, spend the 24 and 25 with your family, then leave on the 26. Three days. You will probably stay in your pajamas at home the entire time anyways, the exact same thing you'd be doing in [Insert University/Big City Name Here].
If you are here for longer, make the most of it and see your friends. Nobody's asking you to go out clubbing while you're here for the holidays, nobody probably cares if you do. If you actually care, maybe you need to rethink what's important to you if you can't go one week without going to a club.
If you live here, and complain and hate it so much, why don't you leave? Myself and plenty of other people have gone travelling, so go do that. If it's about money, you can probably find a job ANYWHERE CLOSER TO VANCOUVER THAN HERE.
I mean, really, let's figure this one out. Okay, you want to move to Vancouver. You will need $200 for a plane ticket. $100-$150 for your parents to drive you (which is more likely, because your complaining shows a lack of money on your part, which means you spend it all on useless crap that you need to tote around). Then you'll need first and last months rent, so, realistically, around $1600. So, $1600 + $150 = $1750. If you get a full time (be real, you have nothing better to do) job at McDonalds, starting at $8.50 (that's probably training wage, now?), you can make that in a month and a half. And, seeing as you probably won't work at McDonalds, and will get an actual minimum wage of $9.75 down, that cuts down the time it will take to save the money. Most franchises/national chains will be able to transfer you to a place down there, and most small businesses will have connections, or look good on a resume for a similar position. So homies living here, you have nothing to complain about. Leave. Sick of your toxic attitude.
So, the long and short of it is this, people. This is where you grew up. Or at least where your family is. So for one week out of the frigging year, shut up and make the most of being back here. At least we have a ski hill.

put on your shades, cause i'll be dancing in the flames

Okay, seriously, people need to bugger on off about what I want to do with my life. I was sitting in math tutorial the other day, and this 30 year old chick was sitting beside me and asked why I was taking business. And I was like, "oh, I want to be a financial planner!" and she was like "really?" and I said "...yeah" and she starts telling me about how that's what she did and she just wrote the exam and they gave her a job at Investors Group. So, as she basically tells me it was a waste for me to go to college when I could just take some exam, she also tells me that it sucks telling people to invest their money when the economy is bad and blah blah blah. And it's like, okay girlfriend, a) I'm in my first year first semester of business. I may and probably will change my mind a few times. and b) I HAVE FOUR FREAKING YEARS UNTIL I GRADUATE, THE ECONOMY CHANGES. Seriously. Also, if you feel bad telling them to invest, then don't. Tell them how you can help them out in this economy.
Then I had some guy come into work today, and, while it is very fair to say he may have been crazy, he told me that getting into business was a bad idea because of the economy. Once again, homeboy, I'm in my first year at college. The economy has it's ups and downs. It changes. And quickly. But without people who took business in school, it would be much harder to get out of a down economy, aiight? So lay off me.
Also, the girl in my class who works with IG and didn't go to college for it, yeah...I'm doing better in all of the courses we have together. So, pt II, suck on it. Again.

Okay and on a completely separate topic (I may have a few of those in this blog, I'm Ranty McGee today) people suck at driving. Seriously, today I was almost at an intersection with green lights, and some guy was turning right from the red light side, and he had one of those little helpful right-hand turn barricades with a yield sign on it, and instead of turning right, he just pulled a U-turn into the complete opposite direction of the right turn. As if he didn't have the extra three minutes to wait at a red light to turn left, or to take a series of right hand turns if he made a mistake. Nope, a U-turn into oncoming traffic was definitely the best way to solve his problem. And you know what? I probably would be a lot more lenient if he was old or from Alberta. But nope. This douchebag was from BC and driving an ugly early 90's jacked up pickup.
Then, tonight I was driving home from Wendy's, and was on a dark road, and this guy was speeding at me with both of his lights off! IN THE DARK. AT NIGHT. Like, I'm pretty sure the one was burnt out, and the other just wasn't on full power, but still. Don't drive around when it's dark and raining if you don't have proper headlights.
And then, to top it all off, I was going through an intersection, and some chick was turning right at her red light, and instead of being all, Oh hey, I'll just creep forward a bit so you know I won't hit you, she like, sped towards the intersection, then slammed on her breaks as I drove past. I'm so surprised we didn't swipe it's insane. Who drives like that? It's dark and raining, there is no way in hell you didn't notice that big red light in front of you.

Also I'm pretty sure that the crazy guy at work started talking to me about how not enough babies were being born because there were more women working than making babies. I don't think he understands that overpopulation is a huge issue right now. And dude, just cause I want to work, doesn't mean I'm going baby free my whole life.

This was a good ranting session. I just needed to let it all (most of it) out. My journal will be hearing the rest.
--t

Amelia Grace

I have a new baby cousin! She is so beautiful and I love her so much and feel so blessed to have her in my life! My aunt, Mary, was my age when I was born, and we've always been extremely close, and I pray that I can be as close with her as I am with Mary.
Anyways, she was also the first baby born in the new Polson Tower, and Mary was the first person in the operating room! Well, not the first person ever, but the first person to get operated on, that's for sure!
But yes, I have a new baby cousin whom I love and cherish forever and ever amen.

Congratulations, Mary and Martin.
You guys will make the great parents.  ♥

--t

blah.

i had a blood test today, i got tested for celiac.

and now i can't stop sneezing. 

they aren't related, but they both suck.

Someday.

I've realized that I have a dream. I wish it was as ambitious as Martin Luther King, Jr's. But, alas, not as much.
Anyways, my dream is purely selfish, no matter how pretentious I act once I have achieve said goal, it will not be beneficial to anyone except myself. I want to go to every continent. Just to be able to say I've been on every continent. I've got North America and Europe down! And when it comes to North America, it's not just because I live here. I've been to New York and San Francisco and Nicaragua (I guess it's central America, but that's not technically it's own continent. So I think it counts as North?) as well as some pretty cool cities in Canada (Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, technically I've been to Toronto (but I don't remember it)).
Anyways, I've also done western Europe. I do hope to expand this into all of Europe (not every country, per se, but all over the map of Europe). I want to travel through the Baltic's and all through to Turkey.
I want to spend a year travelling Australia, New Zealand, and southeast Asia. I would love to explore all through central/northern Asia, and would love to do something out of the ordinary with it, such as North Korea. Russia would be interesting, as well. I want to travel South America, too. And I can't wait to go through Africa. I want to do a safari, and see giraffes and elephants and zebras.
And, last, and in my books, least, I would like to travel Antarctica. I don't have an extreme urge to do so, and it isn't my first place I want to travel when I have the money, but I still think it'd be cool to say I've been to Antarctica. So, sometime in the future, I'd like to do that.

I really need to win the lottery.
--t

it's funtastic.

Okay, seriously? It is Funtastic. Not Funtastics. It is not plural. It is a singular event. And, while it may last the span of several days, you do not say 'oh, on Thursday I am going to Funtastics.' and you know why? Because that doesn't make sense. At all. You cannot just add letters to words. If you could iajd couleda jeast sturtttat talkaicngg laek thsssis. And I won't talk like that. So stop calling it Funtastics. It's only one place, and one event. Stop. Please.

and it kinda looks just like you, mixed with zach galifianakis.

So I guess I gave up for that trip, sorry! San Francisco was beautiful weather, and we had a good time. I think a week in one place is just a bit too much for me, I wish we'd had a third city in there to break it up a bit. Oh well. I'm home now. And everything is the same. I turned  19 on Wednesday, which was fun. I went to a casino! I lost money, but it was still fun. 

Really, nothing is happening, because I'm just working and not doing much. It's pretty boring. 

This post is kind of depressing. I'm sorry.

--t

On a plane!

Well oh haii! We are on the plane with wifi! So I am blogging somewhere over the state next to Wisconsin (I fell asleep over Wisconsin, and now we aren't there anymore, but I don't really now much about us geography...Iowa?)
Anywayyss we saw avenue q on Sunday, and it was hilarious. We also went to ground zero, and Chinatown. Chinatown was so brutal and scary and dirty and smelly. Never. Again. I wish we'd gotten to little italy, or katz's deli. But those are the only two places. Oh, and kind of coney island, but I'm not heartbroken over it.
We got to the hostel later Sunday night, and my bed was wet, alog wig my pajama top, and we were all 'wah happened!?' then in the middle of the night I woke up and the ceiling was dripping and falling apart kind of... I guess they'd had a leak. Sweet....
It was honestly justthe worst hostel, ever. We're covered in bedbug bites and it's the worst.The staff also parties till really early in the morning in he kitchen really loudly and our dorm room door is right beside the freaking kitchen!! Bt the hotel was so nice, we had two queen siZed beds to spread out on, a pretty nice view, and, well, mainly privacy. Which was awesome. I think we got the best sleep we've gotten in years.
Hopefully our hostel in San Francisco is really nice! Or at least bed bug free!
I think San Fran will be really nice, and I'm getting really excited for it. I'm alsO really happy we were able to see a show in new York! Okay, I'm off!!
Xoxo

T

One, two, sree, cheer!

We went to the emPire state building today. Lines are long and I don't like them. We saw the intrepid, which is an aircraft carrier. I guess it was cool. We're going to see avenue q tomorrow, if were able to get rush tickets. I am incredibly tired, my feet hurt, I have lots of bedbug bites, and I think I'm ready for some west coAst chill. Or just a hotel. But we also got stuff yesterday At the NBC store, which was really fun!

Ok bye-bye! Sleep now.

New York, New York!

Hi! So yesterday was our first full day here, and we were super excited to go out and exPlore. We went to Times Square and had a long look around, saw lots of the theaters and side streets. We wandered along until we got to central park. We got into thE park, when all of a sudden it started POURING rain. We had nowhere to run for shelter, and no umbrellas, so we had to run underneath the shady trees to try and get out of it. We ended up going into a lululemon, and I was able to get a sports bra on sale, and Jake was able to dry off. We then wandered around in between heavy bouts of rain until we finally bought a couple of umbrellas, which would've made the day a lot easier, were we not already soaking wet. So we came back to the hostel around 5 and changed, and pretty much stayed in the rest of the night, except to get supper. It continued rAining until late last night/ early this morning. Today was supposed to rain, but ended up being quite nice! We took the staten island ferry and saw the statue of liberty, walked around wall street and the financial district, and Rockefeller cEnter. We went back to times square, went in a couple of stores, saw the naked cowboy, and....then came back to the hostel until supppah. Oh and Jake has bedbugs. Aww.


Xoxoxo, t

Cynacism

"Don’t be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying yes begins things. Saying yes is how things grow. Saying yes leads to knowledge. “Yes” is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say yes.”

-Stephen Colbert

I'm sorry, but...

I just need to come right out and say it: baby bumps scare the poop outta me. I mean, I know, it's a beautiful thing, you don't know until you've had one, life is a miracle. I get it, I do. But people taking pictures of their creepy bellys gives me the willies. Nothing against pregnant people. I love them. And babies. It just kinda gives me the heeby jeebies. Like people holding chainsaws. They're probably nice people. But it kinda scares you.

quick punch.

i think if i give someone a good quick punch to the face i will feel a lot better about things.

politalkks

Okay, so on May 2nd Canada is having an election. Again. It's the fourth election in seven years for us. Which, you know, probably sucks a lot for taxpayers and whatever (they seem to be complaining about it a lot, along with the HST, possible prison, our government...) but, seeing as I wasn't of age for the last election, it's very exciting for me. I love that I have a voice. A voice that they are trying to hear. I love that we are a democratic country, and that people are telling us we have a say in the matter.
What I don't love is people not caring. People saying 'I don't care who wins, it doesn't matter anyways, so I'm just not going to vote.' That, my friends, is what I like to call, stupid. Because we all care who wins. That's why everyone is complaining about our government all the time. If you really don't care who our government is, then you shouldn't be complaining the rest of the year about if we have a crappy government. Seriously, how often do you see someone not voting, and then complaining about our government as soon as the decision is announced? Very often. See, people love to complain. About everything. But if you aren't doing anything about it, you aren't helping any situation.

If you want your voice heard, you need to speak up when you're given the chance. 

There are so many people in this world who don't have the opportunity to vote, who would give almost anything to be able to. Yet here we are, free to vote and pick our leaders and who runs our country and free to decide how our country is run; and we choose not to? This is completely bizarre to me. 

If you don't think one voice counts, go google Rosa Parks. Google Martin Luther King, Jr. Google Nelson Mandela. These are all examples of one person who was able to take a stand, and make a change. If all of the young people who were able to vote, did, think of the change that would be able to make? We are the future. If we don't start forming opinions now, when will we? When it's too late? That shouldn't even be an option. Do some research and find out which party you agree with the most. You'll never agree with anyone completely, and it's the same with your government. But there's going to be one party who you feel is the best suited to you, and on May 2nd, go out there and vote. Your vote could be the change.

--t

april fool's...

Well, now today sure was a very interesting day. So at work today, Jake got into a minor car accident (minor meaning that nobody was hurt, but his car sure was). Thank goodness that there was a witness who was all 'nuh uh, ain't your fault' and Jake was all 'thanks man'. So yeah, we'll see how that goes, it should be interesting. Also what happened today. I went to the bank to get coin, and on my way back I see two guys running around a corner with envelopes in their hands. I thought to myself 'Aw, thats cute, they're racing to Monashee's to go apply for a job!'. When I got back to the theater, Ed asked me if I had left anything behind the counter. I said that I had left the tips there, because I had been splitting up the tips ($83.48) for Zach, Caitlin and I. Well, it turns out those guys who were running had come in to drop off a resume, and then Ed went to give the resume to Jake. When he looked back down to the lobby, the two guys were booking it out of the theater. They had stolen $49.36 worth of tips. It was just ridiculous. We did call a cop, and he came in, and was a very nice guy. And the best part? The guy had left a real resume...with his real name and number on it. I feel like it should be on a 'Dumb Crooks' type thing. I went to tell Caitlin, and she just assumed that it was an April Fool's day joke. It very obviously wasn't. Blechh.
Also, I went to the grocery store, and it turns out Chelsea had been having a bad day, too, and was sick, so that stank for her. And another one of my friends boyfriends said they should take a break, because they'd been fighting so much. So all around, not a positive day for anyone. Quite a shame, but there's a reason for everything!
So, that seemed to be my day.
As well, I have completely paid off my flights to New York and San Francisco, and we have our San Francisco accommodations booked. All we need to book now is our New York accommodations, and budget out the rest of the trip to see what we need. I'm super pumped, and I'm sure everything's going to be so great.
Yay!

Hope you all had a great day, and didn't get fooled!
--t

i know this is short, but....

Today I feel happy.

feelin good.

Have you ever had someone just tell you 'you're so funny!' or 'oh, i love you!' for no reason at all? I had that happen, and it really was able to brighten my day. Compliments from strangers are nice, hearing 'I love you' from a loved one is nice, too. But hearing something like that from a pretty close acquaintance is just really able to brighten your day. Well, mine at least. I know I have the insecurity where although people act like they like me, I fear they talk about me behind my back. Or don't think I'm funny. And hearing it from someone just makes me feel so great about myself, and is really able to solidify my confidence in who I am. So today, or tomorrow, or whenever you get a chance, compliment an acquaintance. Make their day, make them feel good. 

ps. Happy St. Patrick's Day! (I'm not Irish.) 

full circle

YAY! 

Our flights are officially booked to New York City and San Francisco! I'm so darn excited! We leave in 76 days, according to the countdown on my phone! AH! I love travelling! And the best part is, the flights are only costing me $708.33. HOW CHEAP IS THAT?!?! Ridiculously cheap, thats how. 

Seriously, the original flights we looked at were $842.52, and I was thinking 'Holy cow, that's so cheap!' and now we are saving $134.18.

AHH! And our hostels are $200 (roughly) a week (each), so I'll be spending just over $1100 on flights and accommodation! Words cannot describe how excited I am. I'm going to post a couple pictures so you understand how much I love them.

I just haven't written anything..

So hi.
I guess I just haven't written anything for a while, and I feel like I should. Happy belated Valentine's Day! It's one of my favourite 'holidays'. It's not a real holiday, as I have been told many times, by many people, and I'm okay with that. I think I mostly like it best because Jake and I are really good at it. We don't stress out, or feel a need to get each other extravagant gifts (although, this year, I got a bit spoiled...). Our Valentine's Day has always been us, at his house, ordering a pizza and watching TV and movies all night. It's mostly just a day for us to not feel bad about eating a bunch of junk food, and a reason for prezzies. Jake, if you are reading this, I hope you didn't stress out. Really, there was no need, and for next year, now you know. :)
Uhm, as well as that, I don't really think much is new.
I have been home now for longer than I was gone, according to Jake, which makes me really sad. I don't like thinking about that, I just want to travel all the time, everywhere. Which is why I'm super looking forward to studying abroad, and I'm super hoping that happens. I love Berlin.
I realized one of the best things about Berlin was that right outside the hostel we were staying at, there were the best donairs ever. I really miss that. They grilled up peppers, potatoes, zucchini's and stuff, and put all that in there. And although you might think 'hm, yeah I'm not too sure I'd be down with that,' I promise you would be. Flipping love travelling and eating great things all the time.
Okay, I think that's all.
I love you very much.

--t

back in my day

You know when people start a sentence off with 'Back in my day...', and it's super annoying and you roll your eyes? You have to wonder how long this has been going on for. Because there has always been a 'back in my day'. Right now, everybody thinks that my generation (my generation is a very broad term, I don't even know if I am in the generation I am talking about), is the most selfish generation there is. 'Teenagers, nowadays,' and such on and so forth. But seriously, every generation is equally as selfish. All it takes is new technology or items to make someone selfish. But because I am in the age of technology, where almost everyone has a laptop/cellphone /iPod, we are selfish. No, these are not necessary products. But you know what else wasn't a necessary product when it first came out? Pre-made clothes. It used to be a big deal when people were able to go to a store and purchase clothes. Only the rich could afford it. And the rich girls and boys wouldn't really care about it, because they knew they'd be able to attain it.
Just as sewing machines, when they were first widely available. Everyone used to sew by hand. Sewing machines weren't necessary, and I can guarantee that quite a few rich people back in the day would complain when they're new machine broke on them.
Just because our generation has more new items than ever before, does not make us selfish. How could it? We are not the ones who are creating and inventing these new items, the new technology. We've adapted to living with this technology, just as people adapted to buying clothes, and sewing machines. No, they aren't necessary, and yes, there are other ways of doing things, but if things are constantly going to be invented, how are we to be held responsible for what we can and can't buy?
Women weren't able to or respected for working just 70 years ago, and now, at the age of 15, everyone is expected to have their own jobs. We are paying for what we get, most of us.
And for the spoiled children that everyone keeps complaining about, maybe you should start blaming your own generation on that one, as well. Because if their parents weren't teaching them it's okay to be spoiled, they wouldn't act like that. People aren't just spoiled brats for no reason, it's a learned thing. They learn it from their parents. Most teenagers have jobs and are able to afford cell phones, laptops, iPods, and the technologies we have adapted to loving. It doesn't mean we are selfish, it means we are accepting the times, just as generations before us have.
It doesn't mean we are spoiled, it means that a lot of us are working hard for the money to pay for them.
As for people getting these items as presents, yeah, I'm a little vague on how to defend that, but as I sit here, typing on my gift of a laptop, I'm not going to look too far into it.
Also, in case you were wondering, I do have an iPod. I have two. One I won in an electronic game, the other was given as a gift. My real iPod, the gift, recently broke. I haven't been completely hopeless without it, and I know, at this point, I cannot afford it.
Maybe people in other generations need to start looking at the positives, not the negatives, of the generations preceding them. And need to look at their own generations as spoiling the new ones.
Seriously, who gives a 12 year old a Blackberry?

--t

i ♥ old people

So, I've noticed that all old people have the same weird things, and I just wanted to know where they got them!

I mean, so many old ladies have those plastic hood things? And they kind of look like those caps you streak your hair with? And they wear them all the time when they're walking around town! Seriously, where do they get them? Have you ever seen them being sold places? I haven't.

And those walker things that carry their items? Yeah, I haven't seen them being sold anywhere. And the fun ones where they can fold it into seats! Those are pretty cool, but I'd have no idea where to buy them. 

Oh, old people. They're cute. I like them, when they're nice and not crotchety. 

And that was my topic of the day. 

xoxo 

--t

this.

Whatever happened to chivalry? Does it only exist in 80's movies?

I want John Cusack holding a boombox outside my window.

I wanna ride off on a lawnmower with Patrick Dempsey.

I want Jake from Sixteen Candles waiting outside the church for me.

I want Judd Nelson thrusting his fist into the air because he knows he got me.

Just once I want my life to be like an 80's movie, preferably one with a really awesome musical number for no apparent reason. 

But no, no, John Hughes did not direct my life.

how to deal

Sometimes, life's gonna be hard.

Most of the time, really, it's gonna be hard.

Each time harder than the last. 

You're going to have so many situations where you think to yourself, 'when will it be better?'

Until you're next bad situation comes along, you won't realize you WERE better. 

But maybe try coping with something different. Yes, it's hard, but you can't lash out because something went wrong in your life. The people who you lash out on, they have something wrong in their life, too. 

Nothing can go completely as planned. The only thing getting you past the hard times, is when you come to grips with not being in control.

Yeah, bad things will happen. But how is getting mad at someone else about your situation going to help that?

You gotta slow down, you're doing fine, you can't be everything you wanna be before your time. 

Take the advice from Billy Joel. 

Something good will wait for you.

--t

its okay to not be okay

so, our town has been hit by a bout of sadness. a girl, who was 18, hit a icy patch, and the nub and gist of it, she didnt make it. 
and yes, doing the math, i am also 18. i did know her. not extremely well, we went to different schools, but a couple of my close friends were close friends with her. so we've hung out before, she was on my soccer team when we were little, and we'd be in the same room every now and then. 
i can't imagine being one of her very close friends right now, or even her family. my thoughts and prayers go out to them, for sure. 
I didn't know her well enough to feel comfortable doing anything. like, making my facebook status 'rip' or 'the good die young' or anything like that. 
i just want her friends to know that if they need someone to cry to, i am here. 
i will listen, cry with you, stay strong for you, pray with you. whatever you need at the time. 
i will buy you chocolate and watch a girly movie with you, or anything. 
im so proud of everyone who is going through this, their group of friends has really banded together, and i'm sure that's what she would've wanted. from what i knew of her, she wanted everyone to have fun and be happy. and seeing all of her friends get together and reminisce about the good, the bad, and the ugly, must be a very beautiful thing for her. so don't give up hope, don't give up anything. just try and remember what she would've wanted.


♥
rest in peace.