Jeez Louise

I’ve been having so much of a hard time getting up the mental energy to write anything lately. I’ve come across this meme about 1000 different places out there and thought it would be a kind of good way to prime myself? We shall see.

Ten years ago (August 1995):
It was just after my first year in university. I was working a summer job running the childrens’ reading club at the local library. I was pining away for (er, obsessing over) a guy I’d dated briefly (very briefly– like, one-month briefly)– hey, he’d been my first kiss (yes, I realize– MY FIRST KISS WAS WHEN I WAS 18– actually it’s the first one I count because it was the first one that hadn’t been against my will), and had told me that the only reason he was dumping me was because I was going home for the summer. I was also getting myself ready for the fall, when I’d decided I would be taking extra classes so that I could get my BA in three years instead of four (it worked– I took extra courses and correspondence courses and worked at the uni. library etc. etc. etc. and managed to graduate in ’97). The guy? He turned out to be a total asshole as you will see.

Five years ago (August 2000):
In August 2000, I was finally “over” the guy. No, I didn’t pine away for him for five years– what happened was that I went to university, finished my BA, got my B.Ed, and had been teaching for a year. During the year that we’d been teaching, we ‘reconnected’, and were together (albeit long-distance) from December to about April, when he informed me that he had a new girlfriend so maybe I shouldn’t come visit him that weekend. So I’d been pissed and stuff about that, but around the beginning of August I was like ‘Fuck that dude’. End of August (25th? 26th?)was my friends’ wedding, where I met George, who I ended up dating for a year.

One year ago (August 2004):
Rob and I had been living together for about 8 months. His birthday’s in August and since I was off for the summer we were going out alot and sightseeing around Halifax. We saw Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare by the Sea with Shaun and Erika. August was a good month, although I was dreading the end of it, when I’d start working at The School Which Shall Not Be Named. Gee, prescience, anyone?

Yesterday:
I felt like crap all day (I hab a code, combined with some wicked allergies, which are making for interesting sneezing patterns)I actually cried because I couldn’t find my favourite.. ahem… personal item. When Rob pointed out that I do have other options, I screamed “But they’re not my favourite one! Where is my favourite one?!” Then I tried to play a video game and nearly ended up throwing the whole machiney thing out the window, because I couldn’t jump over this dragony thing. Things started going better when I realized I hadn’t yet taken my meds. I went grocery shopping with my parents. That is an experience in and of itself, let me tell you.

Today:
I’m still sneezing. We went over to my sister’s to visit with Emilio and Judd. We brought them back here for some snuggling and also to bathe them. Neither of them would let me at their nether regions (listen, this is not something I enjoy. But they need to be cleaned and Rob? is not so much about trying to make guinea pig phallus protrude) so instead they got their nails clipped. I stole a tablecloth from my sister (she’ll never notice, I swear). Oh! First thing this morning I baked banana bread. Poor Rob doesn’t like bananas but my parents have been pigging out on it. Okay, so have I. Whatever.

Tomorrow:
I’m not really sure what’s going to be happening tomorrow (Monday). If I’m still feeling this crappy then I’m staying in bed all day watching The Cosby Show (Rob just got me the first season on DVD– ohhhh, the first season was the best season!) and reading the 9000 wedding books I took out of the library.
That sounds really boring though so if you want, here’s an alternate answer:
Tomorrow is No Pants Day.

5 Snacks I Enjoy:
I love snacks. Fruit, mostly. Saltines. Errr… I guess chips and chocolate and junk food, except we don’t really buy it. If it’s around, I’ll eat it (who wouldn’t? Okay I know, lots of people wouldn’t), but I don’t really CRAVE it. Hmm. Toast. Cheese.

5 Bands/Singers that I know the lyrics of most of their songs:
This is difficult because I’m like Rain Man with song lyrics. I just hear the song, then I know the words. I can just name five bands whose CDs I own though because there you go:
Blue Rodeo. James Taylor. Simon and Garfunkel. Ray Charles. Kris Kristofferson. Neil Diamond. Wait, that was six, and it was also a list that would show everyone what a DORK I am. I swear, I *do* listen to cool music, too. I DO!

5 Things I Would Do With $100,000,000:
New car. New house. Charity. Babies, babies, babies. Make sure we and our families are debt-free and set up with like, retirement funds or whatever so that we could be rich forever.

5 Locations I’d Like to Run Away to:
Scotland, London, erm… I can’t think of anywhere else. The Netherlands. New York. Tokyo.
I’ve never been outside of Canada. Is that not sad?

5 Things I Like Doing:
Reading, writing, listening to music, knitting, edited for Adult Situations

5 TV Shows I Like:
Monkees, Cosby Show, Golden Girls, Numb3rs, Medium

5 Famous People I’d Like to Meet:

Liv Tyler (or her sister, Mia, whichever. Actually both. Hey, why not?), Oprah so that I can tell her that WE’RE NOT ALL RICH, Flea, JD Salinger, James Taylor.

5 Biggest Joys at the Moment:
Rob. My friends. My family (ohh my brother’s kids are so small and cute… my sister’s kids are big and wonderful). Emilio and Judd. The knowledge that our wedding is 370 days away. Our future house. Eh, that’s six. Deal with it.