Help, I'm alive!

: oneinodd; December 3rd, 19:41

Where do I start?

My new elliptical is fantastic. I love it. It's gotten me back into a groove which is fantastic. My dad is an amazing person for driving it up to the city for me and in turn, giving me a ride back to Fonthill. I enjoyed happy hour with my parents on Friday night a lot. I love them so incredibly much.

Dana (

phonetic_mess )

DANA.

Man, did I ever miss her. We got in a great dinner (won ton nachos? DAMN), drinks at the merch and even the ever so hilarious joint/car/music time. I look forward to many more evenings like this with her!

Sunday Traci, Evan and I did lunch @ MTs.. and man was Evan on a ROLL. He had me crying I was laughing so hard. Fucking stellar times.

My raise takes into effect next week. I dig money.

I got a wicked discount on a Crumpler through this lovely dude Francis that works for them. 35% off of the 4 million dollar home = win.

Tomorrow night = epic hang outs with

finefinemusic and

applebite for

amaaanda 's birthday! STOKED!

Happy Friday tomorrow folks. I fucking worked my ass off this week and am totally looking forward to the weekend.

:)

Just 'cause my mom and I were talking about him..

: oneinodd; November 27th, 23:47

Look at how handsome my baby brother is! The gal is his gf Lauren who is super cute from what I've heard.

FYI.. it was Halloween!

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: oneinodd; November 19th, 11:30

Good morning Thursday, so nice to see you again!

Let's recap the awesome:

finefinemusic 's birthday celebration was a GREAT TIME. Drinks/pizza @ her place, random photo ops at Christie/Bloor and a wicked time dancing/laughing/being silly at Clinton's Tavern. Lex, Lisa (

applebite ) and I were the last three standing. Afterwards we walked down to Pizza Pizza where Lex bought ME a slice (on her birthday) 'cause I lost my money! AND in the morning, I thought I had lost my metro pass but as luck will have it, I just dropped it in front of our apartment door.. ha. I was BEYOND hurting the next day, and thanks to a Saturday full of cardio/walking/dancing my legs were absolutely destroyed. Last night was the first night I've been able to work out since then!

Speaking of working out, I FOUND A NEW ELLIPTICAL! I'm going to check it out next weekend whilst in Niagara. Fucking excited.

Stephen King/David Cronenberg tonight - should be interesting.

So, I'm solo this weekend! Mixed feelings about this. I'm excited because I can get a lot done and be lazy at the same time but I wouldn't mind having SOME thing to do, you know? Maybe I'll get out and shoot on Sunday..

In other news, I am freaking starving. Come on 12:30!

I love her art..

: oneinodd; November 14th, 11:10

Nava Waxman:

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: oneinodd; November 14th, 9:01

You're staring at the sun
You're standing in the sea
Your mouth is open wide
You're trying hard to breathe
The water's at your neck
There's lightning in your teeth
Your body's over me

Blah blah blah. Point form this!

: oneinodd; November 12th, 11:06

- Dana and I have made amends which is super awesome. I've missed our car nights, listening to tunes and laughing over nothing and everything. We've got plans to hang when I'm down at the end of the month. Stoked!

- Friday night @ Lex's started off interesting..

I arrive and Lex/Andrew are outside having a smoke. I'm not even there for two minutes when some random dude comes running down the street yelling help and rambling about some guy stealing his car. So, we call 911 and buddy describes the scene: He apparently dropped his keys and some random dude picked them up. Dude starting yelling "get the fuck out of here!" and then took off in his car. So, we get off the phone with 911 after a call back to confirm the address and buddy is like, "Wait, I have my keys!" and I'm not sure if this was before or after he randomly knocked on some guys door and then just walked away.. causing the man to come outside (whilst Lex is attempting to tactfully ask this guy if he's on drugs) and ask if someone had just knocked on his door. Random right?

Cops drive up and buddy runs up to the car, gets in and they drive off. lex, Andrew and I proceed on to the hanging out part of our evening. The end.

- Cam and I have tickets to an evening that is to be hosted by George Stroumboulopoulos and shall include none other than Stephen King and David Cronenberg. STOKED!
- We ended up scoring free Leafs tickets courtesy of Kim on Tuesday evening. They lost (awesome) and I got to sit beside a really cool kid.
- Tonight is the 101 Exhibit at miss Ana Belic's studio. Free wine and photography.. pretty sure it doesn't get any better than that.
- Lex's birthday @ Clintons Saturday night! I've never been there! Must pre-drink because of dancing! Ha.

This & that.

: oneinodd; November 5th, 14:23

The air is terribly dry in here.

New role @ work is going swimmingly well! I really enjoy the steady pace and dealing with the candidates. So, all is good on that front.

Last night, Cam and I got into a war in our apartment with hair elastics. I would hide behind a door and shoot some at him and he would hide behind a couch etc. etc. REALLY fun but did I ever bang my knee up something fierce. Ouch!

Speaking of random injuries, I think I'm developing carpal tunnel. It's been getting progressively worse over the past few days. I shall not be visiting a walk-in clinic ('cause really.. why would I want to do that in the midst of a pandemic) so I'm going to ibuprofen a shot. Hopefully it'll work, even if temporarily.

So yes. I dig life. It's been good to me lately. Minus the whole losing day light thing - I haven't had time to get out and shoot in TWO WEEKS!

( More! )

& we looked at them eleven ways..

: oneinodd; November 4th, 19:22

Watch out Cupid
Stuck me with a sickness
Pull your little arrows out
Let me live my life

You better watch out Cupid
Stuck me with a sickness
Pull your little arrows out
Let me live my life
The one I'd better lead
All the blondes are fantasies

And we looked at them eleven ways
You said, "Look at me". And looked away
And you wrote the song I wanna play
I'll write you harmony in C

Everybody just wanna fall in love
Everybody just wanna play the lead

Watch out Cupid
Money is a sick muse
Pull your little arrows out
And let me live my life

She said, "I'm with stupid"
Money is a sick muse
Pull your little arrows out
Let me live my life
The one I'd better lead
All the blondes are fantasies

And we looked at them eleven ways
You said, "Look at me". And looked away
And you wrote the song I wanna play
I'll write you harmony in C

Everybody just wanna fall in love
Everybody just wana play the lead

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: oneinodd; October 31st, 14:59

Last night I totally blood splattered up my scrubs along with the wall.. and the floor. BUT, I think the end result is pretty rad and I'm going to bring the rest of the fake blood with me to Kim's in a bit in case I want to use it.

I also dirtied up Cam's prison jump suit (get this) using brown eye shadow I crushed up in a bowl! See, we wanted to make it look like he's on the lam without actually using dirt (ha) and I don't use brown eye shadow soooooooooooooooo yeah. It looks pretty wicked.

Off to Kim's to assist in getting the house ready/perhaps pre-drink..

Happy Halloween folks!

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: oneinodd; October 30th, 14:04

I am SO FULL. Today may be gray and raining but Lindsey and Beth are in NYC because Lindsey is running the NYC Marathon AND it's Natalie's last day for the next year! So to celebrate the lack of management/Natalie's send-off, Hannah and I picked up Spring Rolls and we all ate lunch together for the first time ever (not kidding, I'd cover Nat for lunch so we never once ate together unless it was an out out office holiday lunch).

Nat is such a sweetheart. She gave me a neat candle set thing as a thank you for covering her during all of her doctor's appointments etc. It will certainly suck without her here but at the same time I'm really excited to start this new role.

After work tonight I am going to have a couple of drinks and perfect my Halloween costume (psycho nurse). Must figure out the best way to do the blood splatter.. 'cause if I'm going to do this business up period, it better look right.

Tomorrow night is Kim's party and Sunday will be lazy time/photo walk. I haven't shot anything in almost two weeks and it kind of sucks.

I finally feel like I've lost weight. It took me awhile to really see it even though I knew it was happening (I've gone down two sizes) but the positive reinforcement and compliments I've received from family, friends and colleagues alike has REALLY helped. I look forward to seeing more changes over the next few months!

Oh, I'm also growing out my hair. I'm not sure why I'm even announcing this given how easily I cave but I'm going to give it my best shot! Regular trims only and some shitty in between lengths hair days.. but I'll get there.

I hope everyone has fun and as always, safe Halloween weekend. Lex, I hope you have a great time at your shindig and I'm sorry I can't make it!

Lately.

: oneinodd; October 21st, 13:03

True Blood. Cam picked up the first season with a gift card my parents had given him for his birthday and I am in love. Unfortunately we're almost completely through it but I'm thinking we'll be getting season two soonish. Also, Lex is awesome for lending us season one of Mad Men.. oh, TV on DVD how I love thee.

Korean BBQ. We met up with Cam's friend John last Saturday at Yorkdale and he took us to this awesome place up in Richmond Hill with his sisters (we also met up with Jesse). Never had it before and was a wee bit apprehensive but it was REALLY tasty. We also convinced him it would be a great idea to come to Kim's Halloween party...

Kim's Halloween Party. Okay, so I've never really been a fan of Halloween. In fact, I hate dressing up in costumes but Kim swears up and down that the party last year was awesome so we're going. PEOPLE. Help figure something out that doesn't involve A) a wig or B) heavy face make up. KTHX

The Stills and Metric last night. This was Cam's present to me for our three year anniversary which comes up next week. First and foremost, I'd like to say that Massey Hall is a GREAT venue. We had seats in the right balcony and the view was fantastic. The Stills? A little disappointing but good overall. Tim was kinda like, "I'M SO COOL" and added some unnecessary theatrics. That, and they changed the sound of some of their older songs just a wee bit too much. Other than that, good times.

Metric.

Oh, Metric. Thank you! They are great performers that engage the audience and really make you want more. Emily has unnatural amounts of energy and a presence that you can't help but respect whether you like the music or not. Two thumbs way the fuck up. Took some vid but it kept cutting the song off midway through so I'll try to find someone else's capture on youtube later.

Coming up:

Dinner/drinks followed by Where The Wild Things Are, IMAX style Friday night
Dinner/dessert/yahtzee with Traci & Todd Saturday
Halloween costume hunting/laziness Sunday.

So yeah, Halloween. HELP ME OUT FOLKS.

FINALLY!

: oneinodd; October 20th, 11:33

THE STILLS AND METRIC TONIGHT AT MASSEY!

:D

Confession.

: oneinodd; October 16th, 23:53

I have a crush on Bill Compton.

I was on the fence and I never wanted your two cents...

: oneinodd; October 9th, 9:49

Current Music:: Timber Timbre - Demon Host

Love love love.

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: oneinodd; October 9th, 9:04

This is going to be a rather crude and unorganized update of the past few weeks.. just warning ya'll.

Cam's dad passed away two week ago on Monday. Although we knew he didn't have much time when we saw him the day before, no one thought it would happen that fast. He had been only been moved to Shaver a few days prior to our visit. Sadly, Joe had been more or less unconscious all week; a steady decline from his previous status at St. Catharines General. However, he was awake to hear Cam tell him he loved him and repeated my words when I told him to keep an eye on the troublemakers (two of his sisters were visiting also at the time).

We went home that night. The doctors had said that Joe's heart was strong so it was hard to say how much time he had. At work the next day, Donna called me in a panic. Joe wasn't doing well. His lungs were filling with fluid. She told me she would call back when she knew more as the doctor wasn't there yet. Around 12:30, she called and all she said was that we needed to get there as soon as possible. Cam's work was kind enough to lend us a van and off we went.

We were looking for parking when Brandon called. Joseph Choscinski had passed away about 15 minutes before we arrived.

The next few days were a whirlwind of picking out flowers, sorting through pictures and spending time with Cam and the family. Meeting Joe's old friends, work colleagues etc. Getting introduced to some of Cam's oldest pals under the most unfortunate of circumstances.

The thing that blew everyone's mind was how many people Joe knew. He really made an impression on quite a few people. I know he made a very lasting impression on me. He was always in a good mood. Always had a positive attitude. And he loved to pick on me.

I'lll miss that, a lot.

I want to thank everyone for their kind words over the past few weeks. For the cards, flowers and hugs. It means a lot to Cam, his family and myself.

Today, we are going to celebrate Joe's life at the Polish hall. It should be a really, really good time. No sadness, no tears. Just laughter and memories.

Okay. Moving on.

This week I finished my photography sessions with Ana. I think I've got a really solid understanding of all the camera functions now and look forward to putting everything into practice. Thinking of building a portfolio. We'll see where this goes!

I got promoted at work. I will be replacing Natalie when she goes on maternity leave and will be the Office/Recruiting Coordinator for all of the Consultants; handling everything from reception, to payroll and research etc. for the recruitment side. Looks great on a resume and I get a sweet raise!

This weekend:

- Lunch with Kim @ Frescos tomorrow (I have not seen this gal in over three years!)
- Webcam date/tea @ Deb's. I get to see Deny and Ethan!
- I hope to see Holly and Drewish. I should probably contact them.. har
- Thanksgiving Sunday at my 'rents place with dads fam featuring Cam, his mom and bro. We're creating our own traditions

I hope everyone is doing well. Toronto LJ gals: we need to seriously organize a hang out of epic proportions.

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: oneinodd; October 3rd, 13:58

Whilst I am not ready to dive into the details of this week (my concept of time is so incredibly warped) or up for being social and doing Nuit Blanche I will say this:

Boom?

Best fucking breakfast I may have ever had.

Carry on!

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: oneinodd; September 24th, 19:39

Can I just say that Blanche de Chambly is a SUPER awesome beer?

Battlestar Galactica and The Office own my Thursday night.

As do Chicken Parm and Pusateri's cupcakes.

Also: I love my pals.

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: oneinodd; September 24th, 10:47

It's nice hearing "Lisa! You're disappearing!" first thing on a Thursday morning when I've only worked out twice in the past week and a half. And it doesn't make me feel so bad about the booze I plan on buying on my lunch.. haha.

Tonight I'm cooking dinner for Cam. Saturday marks his 27th birthday and I think he's going to have a really good weekend. He could use some fun considering all the heavy shit he's been dealing with lately. Friday night we're meeting up with his buddy Jon @ Mystic's in St. Catharines and Saturday I'm driving us/Traci & Todd to the Jays game. That evening he has a draft @ Ty's and I hope to get my drink on with Holly!

Traci: Don't think I can make coffee on Sunday. Still haven't messaged Dan back! I'm terrible. We'll discuss Saturday.

Not going to lie though kids, as much as I'm looking forward to spending time with everyone in Niagara.. I am really looking forward to spending the weekend after in the city for Nuit Blanche and getting my apartment organized/super clean. We've been too back and forth/busy with other stuff to give our place the attention it truly deserves.

In other news:

Cam's dad is going to be moved to a hospice soon (we hope). Currently he's suck in the palliative wing at St. Catharines General due to administrative red tape/possible lack of space. The nurses there are horrid and the Doctors don't communicate properly to eachother. It's shitty. Joe is getting pretty thin and has pretty much stopped eating the hospital food (although he really enjoys all of the treats family, friends etc.) bring him. He was advised two weeks ago that they were stopping treatment and appears to have accepted it.

It seems like I've spent a lot of time discussing cancer, death and everything in between over the past few weeks. Sometimes when we visit Joe I feel like I'm sitting with a ghost.. he's slowly getting thinner and more tired; his funeral has been planned. It's numbing at times. But, it is what it is. All we can do is spend time with him and make he knows how loved he truly is.

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: oneinodd; September 17th, 5:55

I've got the most annoying flash ad playing beside the text window as I type this...

Tea. Early. Soothing. Eff this fucking cold. Seriously, worst timing EVER.

Work this week is far better than last week. Like, ten times better.

Had my first photography class on Monday night! Ana is super nice and it's a small group (only eight of us) so I anticipate I'll be able to get a lot out of it. And, AND I have an assignment this weekend (which I'll have more time for seeing as I'm sick & can't go to the hospital to visit Joe).

Friday night = my mom hemming all of my pants ('cause of the weight loss thing) and wine.
Saturday = early AM hair cut followed by shooting @ Cam's aunt Terri's place. She painted a mural on her wall that she wants to print/sell. The afternoon? Photo adventure. Traci, you in? I shall facebook you about this business.
Saturday evening I'd like to see Holly. Holly! I'll text you.

I miss my workouts but can't be doing that with this whole cold crap going on.

Thanks to everyone for their support and kind words over the past few weeks. I'm terrible at getting around to responding but please (please!) know how much it means to me.

My brothers, on Facebook. From their "wall-to-wall" today. Too cute.

: oneinodd; September 10th, 11:37

Current Mood:: CUTE.

Daniel hey patty! everything is good on the home front lol. i hope you are getting along with your roommate! i will have to come up sometime and check it out. and i will tell mom and dad you said hi

Patrick hey bro miss you guys, everything is going good up here, I love all of my classes so far and the people here are pretty cool, anyways I hope all is good on the home front and tell mom and dad I said hi

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Help, I'm alive!

My heart keeps beating like a hammer...

Daniel hey patty! everything is good on the home front lol. i hope you are getting along with your roommate! i will have to come up sometime and check it out. and i will tell mom and dad you said hi

Patrick hey bro miss you guys, everything is going good up here, I love all of my classes so far and the people here are pretty cool, anyways I hope all is good on the home front and tell mom and dad I said hi

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