I don't think I've ever been as tired as I was at the end of this weekend.

Friday after work I met up with Lindsay & Dorian to go to the Cobrasnake yard sale across the street from Mareks house. I measured out my legal limit of Pear Cider in a 'to go' cup and drove us all over there just before it started to rain..



( skid sales.. )

Saturday morning was retarded. Eventually I managed to get out of my house and to the asian market for tp and sandwiches, then I photoshopped, showed and headed out to meet Lindsay & Tanis at the salon Tanis works at. Tanis is amazing and offered lindsay & I the sweetest deal ever, so long as we can get her some new clients, she'll style our hair for nights out! yesss..

After hair & dinner Lindsay & I were fading fast. Nigel got home from Barcelona around 8:00 and entertained us for a while with stories & presents but I honestly thought we might not make it out for a while. Thankfully, we found this.. and it got us in the mood..



( trann show.. )

ps - Amanda is coming back in July..!

The last of fauxtography...



Thank you so much Cherry xo

There was this roll of film in my camera from last fall to early last week that I just couldn't seem to finish. It felt like I took a million frames with it, but there was always a picture or two left on the roll.. ( well, finally I'm done.. )

Friday night I stayed out late. "YOU'RE still here?!" - Jordan 3:00am

( Apparently I am. )

So Saturday morning was mostly a write off. I TRIED to get out of bed and get to Mal & Amandas new place by 11, but I think I arrived there closer to 1:30 - we were supposed to go watch hockey but I'm pretty sure most other people slept in too. Next week. I need some more time outside on the weekends.

I have an amazing picture on my 'real' camera from Saturday of Amanda & Malloreigh jamming Mal's mattress through the rag top on my car, I need to hurry and finish that roll from September, I'm pretty sure there's some real gems on it.

Sunday I stayed in bed ALL DAY LONG. Nigel went to work and then came home and made us breakfast for dinner, then we watched Get Shorty and I climbed right back into bed. I love it. I'm going to enjoy the shit weather the only way I can so when it gets beautiful outside I'll be tired of sleeping.

Speaking of the future (what a poor segue), there are suddenly a million awesome shows coming up that I've bought tickets for. Bon Iver on March 25th, Vampire Weekend on March 27th, Why? on April 16th, Cut Copy on April 29th and Vetiver on May 3rd!

This week is going to be busy. I'm getting my hair did this afternoon, then Lindsay & I have a million things to do in preparation for the show on the 19th (I can't believe we're actually getting this done). Wednesday is still being figured out, Thursday is that art show with Nicola.. Friday Amber is coming out and her, Mal & I are going to have a sleepover before driving out to Maple Ridge Saturday morning to pick up Carly and hopefully *fingers crosses for the weather* shoot a new SG set for Amber. Right now the forecast says Cloudy with Sunny Breaks, 8 degrees. (what's the plan if it's raining ladies?) We'll see how it goes.

Sunday after the party I woke up early at home and had the best shower of my life. I can't believe how sweaty & gross I was the night before.. ew ew ew. So anyway, I showered and grabbed my laptop and left my poor sleeping boyfriend for ( Lindsays house.. )

The party went fantastically. *big happy sigh*

So Saturday morning Lindsay & I did a ton of running around - we had to pick up C Stands for Rony from my dads work and a fake palm (that we didn't end up using) for the photos, then pick up Tony and head to No Tofu to set some stuff up - then scarf down McDonalds (EWWW). Then there was hair (and makeup) and picking up Trevor & Rony & Lauren from the airport at 7:00 - which ended up being 8:15 (we missed Altairas birthday :( )and finally we get to No Tofu...


( LA Nights )

I got home around 3:30 and crashed pretty quick. Erica & Nigel were still up watching movies(??) but I seriously needed some sleep because the next morning we had breakfast planned as well as meeting up with Ben at the venue to survey the damages (WAY less then the one year party btw). I've got a ton more photos of karaoke that night and tubing on Mt. Seymour the next day that I want to post soon, but I haven't even uploaded them to the site yet. I can't believe how amazingly well documented their trip out here was, it's pretty awesome being around people who document as much as lindsay & I do, if not more. OH! and Ronys photos should be up soon - ronysphotobooth.com

Happy New Year!

Don't 'they' say that where you are and who you're with when the clock hits midnight directly influences how you'll spend the following year? If that's the case, I won't complain since I was in the company of those I love the most while ringing in the New Year.



( Auld Lang Syne )

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I spent New Years morning with Dustin, Jordon, jasmine & Shannon - they phoned me from the beach at 8:00am (heh heh Jake) and came over to warm up and have some tea and croissants. Eventually we left my apartment and went to wake up everyone at Prior St. for more tea and new years stories and eventually three LARGE pizza's from Uncle Fhatihs. By the time I got home I was so tired that all I could do was crash on the couch for a few hours of mindless television before bed.. it was perfect.

So today is the 3rd, it's Marg Martini day at Moxies and I have a date with Lindsay & Coral. If you're in the West End, you should join us.

Last Wednesday - Basil, a director of a company I work for, invited me over to his place for the fireworks. Lindsay & Mal ( came with me.. )

I got back from Penticton a week ago, but spent most of the time since then doing absolutely nothing and loving it.. that is until I saw the photos that malamaca had put up on our site (lindsaysdiet.com)and figured I better start photoshopping. (make sure you look at the other set of Japan photos too because they are absolutely surreal!)

So back to Pentitcon, for those of you who aren't familiar with the Okanagan, Penticton is a city in south central British Columbia between Okanagan Lake and Skaha Lake (at one time known officially as "Dog Lake"). Its 2006 population was 31,909 (41,574 in the greater area). The name Penticton is derived from a word in the Salish language, and it is roughly translated as ( a place to stay forever )
*caution - 100+ photos*

I had the rest of my film developed this afternoon, the guy at the store gave me an expired roll of 100iso slide film for free - so I spent all day at work trying to figure out cross processing & pushing slide film without much luck, I need help. (help?)

I love the way the rest of our Barcelona photos came out.. ( they've got more character then the digital pictures. )

Everything else is just bits of pieces of the past few weeks. Like when Nigel & I went for breakfast at The Templeton with Malloreigh & ( met Ali.. )

..and then when Lindsay & I went out to East Van one Saturday morning to get Adrienne & meet up with everyone ( for greasey eggs & toast )

Nigel & I went to Playland last Wednesday.. we were too cheap to buy the pictures they take on the rides, ( so we took our own. )

Then Sunday afternoon was my Dad's surprise 55th birthday party, Nigel & I went out early to help my mom.. Dad was amazed to see us there at noon with four cases of beer, I don't think he believed he was really having a party until the guests started showing up. ( Erica was there.. )

What I'm most excited about though, is that I was waiting to get some photos back before I posted about the most amazing thing I've ever owned IN MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE. (you may recall this post a few weeks ago..) omg omg omg omg omg ( I totally bought it!! )

It's Wednesday, you know what that means -

ANTM, my house, 7:00ish!! nikala, malamaca & I are having a grilled cheese sandwich party, I think Amanda will be there as well - you all should come too!

Boo - re-cap show!
"With the finale only five weeks away, never-before-seen footage includes Dionne and Renee going toe-to-toe in a heated argument. At the house the girls stage a mock fashion show, complete with impersonations of the top model judges. This episode recaps the process that the six remaining girls have survived in hopes of becoming "America's Next Top Model"."

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( my re-cap week! )

8:00am - no one is in the office yet except for me.

This morning I was checking my email and wasting time on my computer while waiting for Nigel to get out of the shower... I have this widget on my computer that tells me the wireless networks in my area and I noticed something kind of weird... Usually there's like four or five networks, mostly my neighbors, but this morning - in BIG GREY LETTERS, it said 'CIA Mobile Surveillance'. Half an hour later, the signal was gone. Does the CIA really check stuff out in Canada? How about the West End? More importantly, if they were watching someone, do you think they'd actually broadcast it? Yeah, I didn't think so either - but it's fun to speculate.

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The past four or so days have been exactly what I needed. On Thursday I went to malloreigh's house for dinner and to show her all the photos from my trip (and get some Mal lovin' in.) She made the most amazing cous cous/tomato/chick pea creation (which I plan on making myself this week) and we gossiped until late (my idea of late) and nikala came home. Nicola shed some light on a roll of slide film I'd stolen from her room about three weeks ago, thinking it was half mine, and had developed - only to find a picture of someone I didn't know, sitting on a chair, in my own house! ( This beauty was also on the roll.. )

Friday night was the usual debauchery. An impromptu party at Louis' was followed by a short cab ride to Mod Club and an even shorter walk to ( the Columbia.. )

I woke up Saturday feeling a lot better then I should have. Nigel & I were out the door by 11:00 and headed down Granville to Urban Outfitters to do some serious shopping. Unfortunately, it was only Nigel who got serious. Like Joanna said, I'm just not feeling the 'Spring & Summer 2007' Collection... I'll probably go back and get some shoes though at some point.
rijjer's Housewarming/St. Paddy's day party started at 3:00, we went over to decorate & check out here new pad early.. braving the ants (and then the aunts). I'm not sure if I ever mentioned it, but I booked my trip over the Meatloaf concert I'd bought tickets for (for Nigel, for christmas). Erica went as the replacement girlfriend and she had some amazingly sneaky footage to show me of Nigel singing to Paradise by the Dash Board Light (thank you!).
Mid-hockey game Nigel & I headed home to relax and watch the rest of the game, mostly I just wanted to edit some of the photos from Wednesdays Fake Shark! Real Zombie! show at the Lamplighter.

SUNDAY:
I didn't even leave the house Sunday. Nigel & I spent the entire day watching missed episodes of LOST, drinking tea & making food. ♥

So there's my weekend.. It's an hour later and everyone has made it into work so I guess that means I have to actually work too.. xo

What a relaxing, chilled out weekend that was...

Friday.

Karl trimmed my bangs, first he made fun of them though.
Then I was off to malloreigh's work for a beer and boxing (and tennis and bowling) on her bosses new Wii
*stiff for three days*
Mal & I headed over to that East Indian restaurant on Davie around six (that one where all the employee's are white) for Arinn & Gregs celebratory dinner! I'm an asshole cause I drank too many martini's and called Maggie, Amy. oops.
Back at home I lit a bunch of candles cause the wind was windy and I worried the power would go out.. then I snuggled with the kitties and waited for smokes_outside to get home from his boyfriends.

Saturday.

Over to Leo's to spend (+ some) my christmas gift certificate - new lens and an extra battery. Wish I'd brough my camera with me so I could have taken pictures of Nigel eating pancakes at The Templeton next door.. we sat there for a while and played Meatloaf on the jukebox instead.
Later we forgot to look east down Robson to see poor deflated BC Place but remembered to go to Future Shop in search of a Wii. I played Guitar Hero.
*several hours later*
Bored with Xbox live (so many video games this weekend!) I went upstairs downstairs to help malamaca set up for teens surprise party..

( SURPRISE! )

Sunday.

Sleeeeep & tea & sushi for breakfast with Lindsay & Nigel.
We'd planned on heading out to the old/new apartment in Burnaby to pack up some of Neil's clothes now that he's away in Africa so that Nigel can rent it out - we could have gone to Sammy J. Peppers to spend more christmas gift certificates after, but we got lazy and Lindsay & I worked on the site while Nigel played a slide show of pictures of ourselves on our beast of a television. Editing photos of ourselves while watching photos of ourselves on tv. I wish someone had taken a picture.
Lindsay went home at dinner time and Nigel & I made veggie burritos and watched click, then snuggled up for the night...
mellow & warm & cozy.

♥

I woke up January 1st, 2007 with my cat chewing on the plastic bracelet still around my wrist from the Dirty.Dirty New Years Party and my eyelids heavy and black with makeup.. it had been a good night.

New Years Eve was spent with all of my favourite people (save Malloreigh who I miss tremendously), drinking at Louis' place, looking forward to the upcoming year and looking to the past for musical inspiration (1990's dance party anyone?). All of the pictures have been posted already on lindsaysdiet.com, but I wanted to post my favourites here for posterity.

( December 31st, 2006 )

So now it's 2007 and I'm back at work.. no more long weekends until Easter, when Lindsay & I have plans to take a weekend visit down south.

I thought about making resolutions since the ones I'd made last year were actually kept and made my life a hell of a lot better.. but I think I'll just keep going like I have been and hopefully this year will be even better then the last. Enough of looking back though, it's all looking to the future from here.