Many of These Trees were my Friends

I need your grace to remind me to find my own.

2010-07-21T14:43:00.000-07:00

New blog post! less than a month after my last one! *checks outside* The world hasn't ended!
So I'm at work... bored out of my mind, and I thought to myself "what a better way to waste my time than to self indulgently complain about my day to about six anonymous people and Rae?" The answer from myself to myself was "no better way self, you brilliant human being you, no better way." But actually I did nothing at work escept complete the few menial tasks that had to be done (it took me 2 hours), answer phones (4 phone calls), go on facebook, read Fanfiction, get caught up on all the latest facts and throries of my favorite TV shows and check all my favorite blogs. (post secret, failblog, and even MLIA, Rae.)All this makes me a horrible employee and an excellent Nerd. Which seems to be the theme of my life "I'm a horrible student, instead of studying I caught up on Lost, But at least I now know absolutely everything about it!!!" or "I'm a horrible daughter, instead of cleaning my room like my parents asked (begged), I read fanfiction and trolled message boards about all the best shows!" Sometimes I think this nerd mentality is a curse. When I like somthing I don't just like it, I obssess over it, and I obssess HARD. I've heard this from a bunch of other nerds so I know it's not just me. It's like this obsessive complusive need to know everything about something. If I find something I like I must immediatly watch/ read everything to do with it and then troll the internet for any extra theories/facts/oppinions/cannon, and screw anything else I have to do. This is obviously more importanant. I mean I know other people who love The U.K. and the culture and the history but not a lot of them would go out of their way to learn Welsh (so hard.)For abosolutely no reason at all. Oh man... It just leads me to believe that there is a certain predisposition to being a nerd. I just do a study. I could make millions, win a nobel prize... I'd probably need a psych degree... too much work. Maybe I'll make it a YA novel. They're always more profound than people give them credit for.

In other news Savy is staying at my house for august long, which is exciting. i'll get to see Rae again which is lovely!
I also through a successful surprise party on Sunday! I was pleased that she had no idea! Woo!
I am so ready to be done with work and go back to school. although I know that the minute I get there I'll be done with school and ready to go back to doing Jack all. I think I'm going to travel next summer. That'll be nice, and I deserve some off time. I've been in school for the past 14 years and working the entire summer for the past 6. thats six years of just getting weekends off. I think if I work another summer without taking a break I'm going to throw something through a window.

Update for those who care: I have twenty minutes left! Woo! This post has successfully wasted time and I Should probably go tidy things up before I leave. Blogs out of boredom.... hopefully it's not too boring.

TTFN,

Julie

Tienes un amigo en mí Sí Usted tiene un amigo en mí.

2010-07-07T19:56:00.001-07:00

So I suck. I've told Rae this many many times in the past couple of days... usually the day after I promised her I'd blog. So I suck. Sorry.

Alot's happend since the last time I blogged. Lost ended which was tragic. I thought it ended brilliantly. It was emotionally fulfilling and it was everything I wanted it to be. Toy Story 3 came out!!!!! Can I just say I've been waiting 11 years for this sucker? It lived up to, and surpassed, my every expectation So that's nice. I also have the spanish version of "You've got a Friend in me" Stuck in my head, Which is bad because I don't particularly speak Spanish so I just pretend to know the words and hope I'm not saying anything embarrassing. I've gotten obsessed with Doctor Who and Torchwood. D'ONT LAUGH. Both shows are beyond amazing and I love them to pieces.

Soccer (I hate calling it that, but I feel like an impostor if I call it Football) has started and almost finished. I love the world cup. So much. It makes me happy. I love sports for the way they can bring a nation together. Canada saw it with the Vancouver Olympics in 2010 and many countries around the world are seeing it now. I started out cheering For England, because I always cheer for England, But they played like crap for most of it and ended up getting knocked out of the Round of 16 by Germany, much to my disappointment and embarrassment (Adam will never let me hear the end of it.) I also cheered for New Zeland. They were supposed to be a lightweight team, but they ended up playing brilliantly and even though they got knocked out in the group stage, they still held their own (Even Tying Italy, The reining champs) After that I cheered for Netherlands on one side and Spain on the other. Of course it's just my luck that They both made the final. I totally should have put money down. I'm going to cheer for Spain, not only because they beat Germany (!!!) but because they also played absolutely Brilliantly in that game, they have excellent Ball handling skills (That's what she said?) This is also the first time they've been in the World cup final. Ever. So I'm pleased for them. Plus their colours are red and gold so they must be Gryffindors and that means I have to cheer for them.

In me news, I'm learning Welsh, which is a bitch of a language. Seriously I can' make half the sounds that it requires, it's also not a stagnant language, they have what they call mutations which change how certain consonants and vowels sound. But there's no trick you just have to know. I love languages but next time I decide to learn one please remind me to pick one with the same alphabet as english, and not a language that not even it's own people speak! (only about 40% of welsh people speak welsh.) I've also developed an affection for Wales, and all the UK really, but The Welsh have the best accents ever. I'm thinking I'm going to move to the UK when I'm done with school. I can apply for a Ancestry Visa because I have a grandparent that was born there, and after 5 years I can apply for Citizenship.
I've been writing. Sorta. I always come up with a good idea and I'll start writing it, then I'll get stuck, get bored, and give up. I so don't have the patience.
I'm going to BC this weekend to meet up with my parents. It was supposed to be a trip with a couple of friends, but only my Ex boyfriend can come. we're really good friends but I can see it being a bit awkward. I'll let you know how it goes.

Julie

Baby I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey.

2010-05-12T00:10:00.000-07:00

I would like to launch a formal apology (mostly to Rae) For my complete lack of blogging. I was super busy and didn't have time, and after that everything stopped and I suffered from a lack of anything interesting to blog about. Seriously. I've become obsessed with doctor Who and Torchwood (freaken great!), I've caught up on Lost (AWESOME!) I've started a new Comic series called Y the Last Man (Brilliant!) I've spent an inordinate amount of money on aforementioned pastimes and I've gone out more times in the past week and a half then I did this past semester, I'm SO Far behind on TV and Podcasts it's not even funny and OH!! I just remembered I have $15 for itunes sitting in my purse that I haven't used yet! sweet! Also I'm nocturnal now (be proud Rae) I haven't gone to bed before 4:00am since I've been home and I haven't slept for more than 6 hours. Oof. But really nothing interesting has been happening It's just been ridiculous. I've been getting more into guitar and I'm learning more more songs (Hint Hint Rae!) and maybe I'll learn songs written by a friend of mine (hint hint rae!). I start work soon. I'm both looking forward to it and not. Money= Yay! Having to actually do something= BOO!

Anyways! I'll blog more often I promise
Julie

Tattoos (Image Heavy)

2010-03-10T18:39:00.000-08:00

So the really good thing about this blog is that it allows me to lay things out in a way that I can really visualize them. Feedback helps but is not required. This blog is mostly for me.

That being said: The following is a short list of tattoos I want! unfortunately it's 14 items long. That's not gonna happen right away. So Time to narrow down the list. If you have input feel free to comment!

Tattoos in no particular order. For the writing, I'm really not sue of the font at all so I just use the same font for all of them. * Note: Sorry about formatting but You get it, right? *

1.
Invictus is the latin word for Unconquerable. I have an obsession with latin, and I also Have an obsession with the poem of the same name.

2.
These are the last two lines from that poem, and they really resonate with me. This is one of my "Definitely getting" Tattoos

3.
So this is a quote from Lord of the Rings. Which I love and have read one a year since I was 9. That's Ten years!!! It's really important to me.
If I get that one it'll be coupled with this:

4.
The white tree of Gondor. Symbolizing hope.

5.
This is from the Kurt Vonnegut novel "Slaughterhouse V" It's the thing they say when ever someone dies. It symbolizes that the character is moving on. The problem with this tattoo is that everyone and their dog has it.
This tatto is interchangeable with this one:

6.
Another Quote from Slaughterhouse V. again Everyone has it. But I really love the symbolism.

7.
Harry Potter! It's been such an influence on my life and the Marauders are my favorite. I think this is a tasteful and non-strange way of showing my love for the books. as apposed to, say, getting a lightning bolt tattooed on my forehead. (Which I would totally do.)

8.

From Alice in wonderland, another one of my loves. It's always been a favorite quote of mine and I love the childish nature of it.

9.

Narnia is yet another one of my childhood loves. I would get the lamppost from this illustration. In fact I could see myself getting this whole illustration done. (Side note: I hate the word lamppost. It just looks stupid. It's been driving me crazy all night.)

10.

(Gryffin)This has triple meaning. Not only is it my favorite mythological creature it's also the symbol of gryffindor, the house I Identify with. And It's Peter Pevensie's symbol as the High King of narnia (my favorite character) I'd probably get it done in red and gold (the right colours for both) and maybe just the outline.

11.

It's from a Walt Whitman poem (another of my favorites). I love the sentiment of it and i love to travel.

12.

a line from yet another favorite poem of mine. I've always wanted to fly.

13.

So yes anotherone that EVERYONE has. BUT! I love Hamlet. It's a favorite of mine. Maybe I need to find a new quote maybe this one?

14.

The last tattoo is another "Absolutely will get." I have a small Petit Prince obssesion. And the fox is the best, So I would get a picture of just the fox and either this quote:

One phrase or the other or both.
or this one:

but possibly in english because For once the English sounds better "You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed"

or lastly this one:

Whew! so that was long and possibly obnoxious. Thanks for tolerating!
Julie

Re: Rae Lemke

2010-02-19T14:52:00.000-08:00

So this blog post will mostly be responding Rae's blog.
You're a very postive influence as well Miss Lemke! we should do sushi and lost very soon. Because how amazing was that last episode? We should totally make a theory/ disscusion blog for the two of us to just talk about Lost! I'll link to a really good lost theory/ discusion at the end of the post. Also as well as sushi!lost!funtimes! (SLFT!) we have to start MRJ!!!! Soon!

I also have olympic fever. I can't stop watching it it's so awesome. I keep watching all the athletes and being so very excited for them. I think I've seen most of the medals actually being won live, and I have never felt more proud to be canadian than I have in the past week. It means so much more to us as well, with the olympics being on home soil and winter olympics being our thing, if you talk to people in the statesa lot of them don't give a crap about the winter Olympics. It's sad!
I love that the babies love the Olympics. That is so very adorable, I still have to meet the kids p.s. if you ever want some company with the babysitting, I can so help out. (I also love point out when the control flags go down.)
Did you watching figure skating? Poor Poor Patrick Chan. I was so nervous for him! man I'm so excited for Ice Dancing, I love Ice sports.
Thats ok. we won't do lost untill after the olympics. and Yes they are so awesome, I want a pair. seriously best freaken pants ever!

Also I love your new blog format. I really need to change mine.
link:
http://youblogeverybody.blogspot.com/
Julie

Poems, A letter to Evolution, and Bridges

2010-02-16T23:28:00.000-08:00

So If you've read most of my other blog posts you'll know, I have a thing for poetry. I've quoted lots of poems over the course of this blog and I think it's important to share with you some of my favorite stuff. Maybe later this week
I'll do a post on my favorite song quotes, as I mention those a lot too. Links to all poems mentioned will be at the end of this post.

So I'm pretty sure no poetry enthusiast can do a list of their favorite poetry and leave out Walt Whitman. The man has a way with words that is beyond beautiful and is often truly moving. My Favorite Whitman poem is Passage to India. It has, in my opinion, some of Whitman's most beautiful imagery and it also has a sense of hope and joy, which can be rare for Whitman. I know that many people would say that Song of Myself is his best work and I agree, Song of myself is amazing and wonderful, but Passage to India is still my favorite mostly due to these lines:
"Passage to India!
Lo, soul, seest thou not God's purpose from the first?
The earth to be spann'd, connected by network,
The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage,
The oceans to be cross'd, the distant brought near,
The lands to be welded together."
Earth be spann'd, The lands be welded together. I think these may be my favorite bits of poetry ever. I have a thing for bridges. I think they're a beautiful feat of engineering and I can't really describe it but I love them, and this poem, especially this passage represent everything I love about them.

Another favorite poem of mine isn't really a poem at all. It's actually an old nursery rhyme. A really creepy one at that. It's called A Man of Words and not of Deeds and it's pretty much warning children against being Full of shit. Or I suppose against bragging. It's telling children that actions speak louder than words, and I love it because it's Gothic and creepy and wonderful. It has really great imagery and I love the way it builds from the not very threatening "A man of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds" to the really terrifying "And when your heart begins to bleed, You're dead, and dead, and dead indeed" SO AWESOME!

Another Poem I'm going to share, I have already quoted in this blog and that is High Flight by John Gillespie Magee, Jr. I love the sky and I love flying and this poem encompasses everything I love about the sky. It makes me wish that humans could fly without the help of flying contraptions. It also makes me really want evolution to kick in.

Dear Evolution,
I've been a big supporter and defender of yours for years and I was wondering if you could do me a favour. It IS necessary for humans to fly, please fit that into your plans for us.
Thanks,
Julie

But yes, I love this poem. I love this:
"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of --"
I Love this imagery. The surly bonds of earth, Sun-split clouds and Done a hundred things you have not dreamed of. I Love these lines they're some of my favorite lines ever.

More pieces of poetry that aren't actually poetry are Irish blessing. I love them, they're so pretty like this one:
An Old Irish Blessing:
"May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand."
I love the lines "May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be at your back" I find myself repeating them frequently, and that I think is the mark of a good poem. I'll link to a whole page of Irish blessings for you.

The Last Poem I'm going to share with you today is my favorite poem ever. It was what got me into poetry and I don't think it'll ever be surpassed in my mind. This poem moves me and it is pretty much my motto. It's a little dark on first read but I like to see the optimism in it. At it's base level it's about someone who has hardship and doesn't let them get it down. I'm going to put the whole poem here because if you don't go read any of the poems I link to I'll understand, but you absolutely need to read this one.

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

William Ernest Henley

Every time I read it, it gives me chills. "I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul" I think this is some of the most beautiful and inspiring words I've ever read. Or at any rate they're the words that have touched me the most. I want this tattooed on me somewhere. I could probably Squee and talk symbolism of this poem for a very long time, but this post has gone on for long enough so I'll leave it at that for now, but I may return to it later in more depth.

On that note if you guys have any poems you think I'd like, or just poems that you really love please post links in the comments! If you've made it to the end of this rather long winded post then thanks! I really appreciate it.

Julie

Links:

Passage To India: http://www.online-literature.com/walt-whitman/3328/

A Man of Words and not of Deeds: http://www.rhymes.org.uk/a4-a-man-of-words.htm

High Flight: http://www.davidpbrown.co.uk/poetry/john-magee.html

Irish Blessings: http://islandireland.com/Pages/folk/sets/bless.html

Invictus: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/invictus/

P.s. If anyone is curious what my favorite bridge is it's the New River Gorge Bridge. It's a steel-arch bridge in West-Virgina and is the second highest bridge in the world.

People Base jump off it! That is so Bad Ass!!!

In which there are tasty pictures ;)

2010-01-26T22:01:00.000-08:00

I'M SORRY!!!!
Ack. It's been forever and I feel like a horrible bloggy failure. I really have nothing to write about but I felt the need to write SOMETHING so here we go! Don't expect some crazy literary genius or anything.

So my life right now is really spectacularly uneventful in the real life and extremely eventful in my online life. Which I realize sounds totally nerdy and horrible but PREPARE TO BE INTRODUCED TO MY GEEKDOM! (imagine that in a evil genius voice and it'll be far more amusing.)

First off in the past couple of months I have discovered the wonderful awesome amazingness of Battlestar Galactica which as completed my life and renewd my adoration for Sci-fi and for Tv in general. Seriously I'm ruined for tv shows now. This tv show is so brilliant and well written and well acted that I can't watch my stupid mindless teen dramas anymore without thinking "man Battlestar is so much better!" All Tv shows except for LOST are truly lesser beings in my mind. Lost is equal for me (ONE WEEK GAH I"M SO STOKED!!!!) But more importantly BSG has introduced me to my new hero (Kara Thrace) and to the new love of my life (Lee Adama) and also the actor who plays him (Jamie Bamber) (Seriously! Look how pretty!)

and

But really these pictures do not even come close to the awesome hotness of Jamie Bamber. Ok thats enough Battlestar talk. (Ok one more picture:

How can you not love a show that gives you Lee Adama towel porn? Guh!)

OK! on to Harry Potter. With the earthquake in Haiti (which sucks hard core and I will dedicate a post to that once more research has been compiled) the Harry Potter Alliance (a charity organization of people who love harry potter and get together to do great things!) (www.theharrypotteralliance.org) has put on a internet telethon to raise money and as I volunteer for them, I have been INSANELY busy with that. It was succesfull! we raised $36,000 in 6 hours and since saturday The total is $47,000. SO GOOD! if anyone is interested in donating see here http://www.thehpalliance.org/haiti/prizes for some awesome prizes you could win!

Ok thats enough for me right now!
(one more:

Jamie Bamber towel porn!!)

Bye! <3

Julie

May the road rise up to meet you.

2009-11-22T20:51:00.000-08:00

I have decided that loss is a funny thing. Yesterday at 10:00 at night I found out that 3 girls who went to my high school, 2 of whom I knew and 1 of those I knew pretty well, were killed in a car accident on the way back from lethbridge. When I found this out I was kind of a "man that sucks" moment and then I went to sleep. I woke up this morning and it hit me like a truck. These were three girls, three 19/20 year old girls who lost their lives. They were my age, just like me, and they're never going to see their families again, their never going to influence someone or change someones life or make someone a little happier with one of their smiles, and that thought is sad. I wasn't good friends with any of them, I mean I knew them, especially Cayley who was in my drama class three years in a row and who did plays with me after school, but I wasn't really friends with them. I talked to them, had conversations with them and enjoyed their company.

I think the thing thats affecting me most is that I knew them at all. 3 people who I knew DIED yesterday and thats a hard thing to stomach for all of us. These 3 girls were popular, fun loving girls, and some of the nicest people you'd ever meet, Cayley especially was sweet and always had a nice thing to say, and all three of them left a mark on our graduating class so it's no surprise that their facebook memorial group and walls are flooded with outcries of grief and shock and surprise. It's not suposed to happen like this. You're not supposed to take a road trip with friends and then on the way home die, you're supposed to live to an old age and change lives and make the world a little better and make friends, especially when you've already shown people that you are capable of great things. I don't think any of us can understand how it is that these three girls will never tough anyone elses lives the way they touched ours. And I think there's a lot of regret that we didn't get to know them better while we had the chance.

I know that we should be sad when anyone dies but it's different when you knew them personally. It puts your own mortality in perspective it makes you think "That could have been me" and that isn't something thats easy to deal with. And knowing that this will only get worse, we can't add people to our graduating class anymore we can only take them away, and I'm waiting for them moment when it's one of my best friends who dies, my old or my new ones, or worse I'm waiting for the news that a family member is dead. It's not a happy thought, though I have thought about it before. I've made plans for the worst case senario of my parents dying and me having to take care of my brother, but it's never been a truly serious thought, just a big fear. Now it seems possible and all to close. i think this is the first moment in my life where i went "holy crap, this could happen to me or my friends or my family" and It's changed my life, it's changed all of us.

The thing that breaks my heart most of all is their friends, I know their best friends, one of them went to school with me since grade four and I think about what it would be like if one of my best friends died, and my heart breaks for them. So I'm taking this moment to stop lamenting my own mortality to extend my sympathies to their friends and family, the ones that truly knew them, inside and out, and I hope that they can be whole again.

Cayley, Joi and Emma,
You were three of the most beautiful, energetic, fun loving and kind girls, and while we didn't always get along or see eye to eye I respected you and you did change my life just by taking the time to talk to me, none of our lives will be the same after this but I don't think thats a bad thing. You have many friends and family who will miss you, but they will remember you for the wonderful people you were and I hope that's enough. You will not be forgotten. That is my promise to you.

I can only hope that, god forbid, if my time were to come earlier than it should, that people would remember me and say the same kind of things they said about you. You were loved, and thats what really matters I think.

Wow. Sorry for all the depressing, but it's something I needed to get off my chest.
untill the next time,

Julie

Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep
(An Irish Blessing)
Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there... I do not sleep.
I am the thousand winds that blow...
I am the diamond glints on snow...
I am the sunlight on ripened grain...
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you waken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of gentle birds in circling flight...
I am the soft star that shines at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry—
I am not there... I did not die...

Remembered Joy
(an Irish blessing)
Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free!
I follow the plan God laid for me.
I saw His face, I heard His call,
I took His hand and left it all...
I could not stay another day,
To love, to laugh, to work or play;
Tasks left undone must stay that way.
And if my parting has left a void,
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss...
Ah yes, these things I, too, shall miss.
My life's been full, I've savoured much:
Good times, good friends, a loved-one's touch.
Perhaps my time seemed all too brief—
Don't shorten yours with undue grief.
Be not burdened with tears of sorrow,
Enjoy the sunshine of the morrow.

In Time of Sorrow...
(An Irish blessing)
May you see God's light on the path ahead
When the road you walk is dark.
May you always hear,
Even in your hour of sorrow,
The gentle singing of the lark.
When times are hard may hardness
Never turn your heart to stone,
May you always remember
when the shadows fall—
You do not walk alone.

"My soul is in the sky." -- William Shakespeare, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' Act V. Scene I.

2009-10-04T19:49:00.000-07:00

So I saw Jason Mraz last night. He is the most wonderful singer/entertainer. He's cute, funny, has a great voice and can play a mean guitar. Also he lives on an avocado farm, so pretty much my perfect guy. 19 and 32 isn't that much of a difference is it? OH! speaking of I'm 19 now, Happy birthday to me. I bought shoes today, lovely lovely shoes <3.

I'm currently supposed to be doing my Lesson plan for my third grade class that I'm sitting in for my clinical. But I'm tired and I have that itchy trapped feeling under my skin that I get sometimes. It's really only solved by running which gets my endorphins up, or going really really fast. Since I can't drive, and my roommate won't let me run Maybe some self reflection will help. so far not so much. Which just means I'm going to get twitchy and restless and I'll have to sit outside and stare at the sky because that helps too, I love the sky. this happens more often than I'd like. It makes me really wish I could fly, maybe my next mission in life will be flying lessons. I love flying, I'm weird but I love getting on long flights because I'm up in the sky and I can't explain it but it makes me happy. So I figure it would be good for me to learn to fly. I've finally thought of a good tattoo for me:
"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings" ~John Gillespie Magee, Jr

Which, by the way, is a beautiful poem. Check it out. The message is beautiful but I have to decide between just the first part or both lines. I found this picture, which is beautiful but huge. Mine would be smaller and not on my back, but still much the same Idea

Hmm still not working, well I should get back to my work regardless. Deep breath julie.

"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things . . ." -- Antoine de St-Exupery
"Whether outwardly or inwardly, whether in space or time, the farther we penetrate the unknown, the vaster and more marvelous it becomes." -- Charles A. Lindbergh, 'Autobiography of Values.'
"Man must rise above the Earth -- to the top of the atmosphere and beyond -- for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives." -- Socrates
"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." -- Leonardo da Vinci
"More than anything else the sensation is one of perfect peace mingled with an excitement that strains every nerve to the utmost, if you can conceive of such a combination." -- Wilbur Wright

Impressions of a Pilot

Flight is freedom in its purest form,
To dance with the clouds which follow a storm;

To roll and glide, to wheel and spin,
To feel the joy that swells within;

To leave the earth with its troubles and fly,
And know the warmth of a clear spring sky;

Then back to earth at the end of a day,
Released from the tensions which melted away.

Should my end come while I am in flight,
Whether brightest day or darkest night;

Spare me your pity and shrug off the pain,
Secure in the knowledge that I'd do it again;

For each of us is created to die,
And within me I know,
I was born to fly.

— Gary Claud Stokor

2 things:

2009-09-01T22:13:00.000-07:00

1. Brainsplosion!!!!

2. I just ran around the field by my house for a good half-hour, because I didn't want to run alone in the dark, blasting Listen to your heart by Roxette and hero, us and the call by Regina Spektor. It turns out it's very therapeutic.

"I know there's something in the wake of your smile
I get a notion from the look in your eyes yeah
You've built a love but that love falls apart
Your little piece of heaven turns to dark

Listen to your heart
When he's calling for you
Listen to your heart
There's nothing else you can do
I don't know where you're going
And I don't know why
But listen to your heart
Before you tell him goodbye

Sometimes you wonder if this fight is worthwhile
The precious moments are all lost in the tide yeah
They're swept away and nothing is what it seems
The feeling of belonging to your dreams

Listen to your heart
When he's calling for you
Listen to your heart
There's nothing else you can do
I don't know where you're going
And I don't know why
But listen to your heart
Before....

And there are voices that want to be heard
So much to mention but you can't find the words
The scent of magic, the beauty that's been
When love was wilder than the wind

Listen to your heart (take a listen to it)
When he's calling for you
Listen to your heart (take a listen to it)
There's nothing else you can do
I don't know where you're going
And I don't know why
But listen to your heart
Before oh...

Listen to your heart (take a listen to it)
When he's calling for you
Listen to your heart (take a listen to it)
There's nothing else you can do
I don't know where you're going
And I don't know why
But listen to your heart
Before you tell him goodbye"

I'm Sorry Too but Don't Give up on Me.

2009-08-30T00:43:00.000-07:00

I'm sitting on a mattress on the floor of my new room in my new house and I'm realizing that It's insanely good to be back. I went to a party in residence tonight to welcome in the first years and I found myself talking to people who I had been friendly with but not necessarily friends with, And could now picture myself striking up a perfectly good friendship with them. It was nice and it made me think that maybe absence does make the heart grow fonder, because even the people who i didn't particularly like I was glad to see. It was also nice to hang out with Ruth and Matt again and do the things we did all the time last year and took for granted. y memories of watching 30 on Matt's computer while we're all squished onto Matt's bed, Ruth and I watching him out of the corner of our eyes to see if he does the funny hand gesture-thingy during the theme song, are some of the fondest memories that I have of last year and it's nice that we're able to recreate the same feelings four months later

I think the reason I haven't updated in a while is because of the sheer lack of newness in my life during the summer. It was a lot of working and dealing with pervy old men and annoying, overprotective mothers, and no one wants to read me bitching about work, But now I feel like I'll be able to update more often because I have actual stuff going on in my life.

On another note, Ikea products are a fickle bitch. Putting them together takes hours of work and once you get them together they work questionably. Oh well, they were cheap and as long as my bed doesn't break while I'm sleeping, I'm happy. Also I bought Bamboo and I have named him Bonzai and I love him very much and can't wait to plant him.

Julie

MJ, CNN Fail and 1.4 million dollars... Oh and freaken Harry Potter!

2009-07-11T15:03:00.000-07:00

So it's been a month... sorry...

On a substantially more annoying note, between the death of thousands in Iran and China and the death of one Michael Jackson, Guess which gets more media coverage, I'll give you three guesses... and the first two don't count. DingDingDing! you are correct.
Sadly enough MJ does get more media coverage, Now don't get me wrong He was a musical genius and an inspiration to many. I have no problem with entertainment media covering his death but after the first day major media channels should not be covering his death to the extent that they are. The other day I was watching the ten o'clock news and they mentioned for all of 2 minutes the riots in China, and then went back to MJ... they hadn't mentioned it at all in the six o'clock news, where more people would see it. Seriously SERIOUSLY CNN!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

On the same vein L.A. spent 1.4 million dollars on his memorial service. ARG!! in this economical situation no one should be spending 1.4 million let alone the freaken city of LA. There must be other things that need that money people. don't your school systems suck? or your health system? didn't you say that you don't have the money to put towards those causes? what? did you out aside a "Dead Famous Person Memorial Service fund"? God.

On a much happier note I got tickets the the midnight release of Harry Potter 6! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! I'm so excited!!!!

Bye,
Julie

A Crash course in what the F just happened in Iran

2009-06-15T21:41:00.000-07:00

Ok so It's come to my Attention that there are many of my friends, and many people who aren't my friends, who have no idea what's happening in Iran right now, or they know but they don't know exactly what it's about. I'm going to do my best to explain it in an easy, readable, poli-sci esq way. Forgive me if I get anything wrong there's not a lot of news coming out of Iran right now so it's hard to get the facts, but more on that later.

To start I'm going to talk about the 10th annual Iranian presidential elections that took place this weekend. The thing about Iran is that the president is really a figure head position. The country is really controlled by a religious faction (the interior ministry) which is lead by the Supreme Leader. Because the president is a figure head position, the voter turn out in Iran is usually low because moderate candidates are not usually allowed to run and people don't show up to vote for guys they don't like, so more conservative leaders like the current leader, Ahmadinejad, are put into power which suits the Supreme Leader just fine. This year however a (marginally) more moderate candidate by the name of Mousavi was actually favored to win in pre election polls and all sings were pointing to the fact that Ahmadinejad would not be returning for another year. The 2009 elections brought out an 85% voter turnout, which is amazing in any country. Two hours after the polls closed the interior ministry under direction from the supreme leader announced that Ahmadinejad was the winner.

There are a couple of things wrong with this picture. First, historically in Iran high voter turn out means that the moderate candidate wins. Ahmadinejad won last vote with a low turn out, why would 85% of the eligible population turn out this year when they didn't last year. Second the winner was announced after two hours which means they counted 10 million more ballots 30 times faster than they ever have before. Third was the fact that Ahmadinejad won with a reported 68% which is crap, because in the last elections when Ahmadinejad was more popular he still didn't get enough votes to avoid a run off. Fourth is a city called Tabreeze which always always votes for the moderate candidate, except reportedly in this election they voted 2 to 1 for Ahmadinejad, it would be like Alberta suddenly going liberal. Fifth, supposedly the interior ministry called Mousavi to tell him that he won, and then an hour later announced Ahmadinejad as the new president. (NOTE: this may not be reliable but i thought it was important to mention the possibility. So as you may be able to see there are many reasons that the Iranian election results may have been forged. Although Mousavi may not be much more moderate than Ahmadinejad it's important to note that this is what the people seem to want.

As a result of the forged election results there are many protests in the country, mostly in the city of Tehran. The protests are mostly lead by university students and have turned violent because of police evolvement, there have also been some very violent riots. In an attempt to stop information from leaking out of the country the government has put a ban on media and is blocking internet site out of Iran. Right now the most reliable source of information is Twitter. It's amazing really, all these young student are able to share information with each other and the world and they are able to make the story known. They have also organized protests through twitter, the biggest one being a protest on the roof tops of Tehran at four o'clock in the morning where they chanted Allah Akbar . These people are being hunted down and persecuted for seeking freedom. I marvel at the bravery of these people and I hope that this whole situation doesn't turn into Tian an men square. That would be heart breaking.

The revolution is being called the green revolution and I hope that it works out and I wish there was more I could do, but I hope after reading this more of you will be informed and you will spread the story of what is going on in Iran right now., Because the world needs to know what the Iranian government is trying to hide; It's people will not back down from their right to free speech anymore than any one in Canada or the United States or any Free democratic country would.

Here is a list of Iranian Twitters who are Tweeting right now from Iran. I urge you to go check it out because really I haven't even scratched the surface of what's going on, and really, they know better than I do.

http://www.h3x.no/2009/06/14/iranians-on-twitter-during-the-june-clashes/

Update: Here are some really amazing Pictures from Iran

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/06/irans_disputed_election.html

Thanks,
Julie

"When I feel I'm slipping further away"

2009-05-21T21:15:00.000-07:00

Despite it being almost two weeks since my last post, there has been a distinct lack of eventfulness in my life. I've completed my first aid/CPR class and I'm almost done the in class portion of Drivers Ed, besides that I've done pretty much nothing. I am starting my job on monday, so thats exciting... God. Apparently I'm freaken boring. Oh well. I've been writing some, though mostly it's just me jotting down ideas and then coming up with maybe a page before I scrap the idea. It's actually rather frustrating. Mostly though I'm just missing people. I'm thinking I'm going to make my way Edmonton soon. Sorry for the rather lackluster blog, I've been in a little bit of a funk lately, you know listening to a lot of Tegan and Sara, Where Does the Good Go? and also songs like The Funeral and Closer to you. Thats been my triad on repeat lately.

Anyways,
bye
Julie

Star Trek: The Review

2009-05-09T16:40:00.000-07:00

So Yesterday I went to the movie theater at 7 oclock with my friend Murphy and bought tickets for the ten oclock showing of Star Trek. We then proceeded to spend two and a half hours waiting in line and then another half hour sitting in the theater... All for a movie that's two hours and seven minutes long. Was it worth it you ask? My answer: Yes, Yes a thousand times yes. First of all I've been to many Opening night showings but this was by far the most fun I've had at one. The line was great, we talked to a whole bunch of Treckies and had some great conversations with some really awesome people. The best thing about the line was that when murphy and I were talking about Lost and Star wars and making parody's of T.v. shows like a Zombie season of the O.C. I was listening around and Everyone else in line was talking about equally nerdy things. For once I felt like I belonged. It was awesome.

Now the movie: Non-spoilery ness- I've been a big Trek fan since I was little. I grew up on The next generation and Voyager and I eventually got in to Enterprise and The Original series, so I had high expectations of this movie, but I was also wary. I really needed this movie to be good because I needed it to revitalize my love for the series because there hasn't been anything good to come out of the Star Trek franchise in a long time. I was certainly not disappointed. This movie was Amazing!!!! It was brilliantly Directed and produced. The special effects were astounding and so was the music. Everything was just perfect including the acting. The young actors Did a brilliant job of portraying the familiar characters, and did a very accurate job of creating they're younger selves. Chris Pine as Kirk and Karl Urban as Bones were fantastic, they're friendship was perfect. Spock was excellent as well. The story was well written and fairly believeable despite some disputable physics. AHH! The movie was just to good to be true.

SPOILERS:

I loved the time travel thing. It was a smart way to reboot the series and it was fun and easy to follow. But Maybe thats just me, I'm good with time travel. I've watched far to much T.V. I also loved old Spock being there it was a treat.

END SPOILERS!

Over all it was a great movie for treckies and non-treckies alike!

My Music

2009-05-08T15:35:00.000-07:00

Omg It's a blog post!!!! Gah! The end is nigh!

I just really wanted to say that... Any ways I have news! I got a job!!!!! Yay! a job that pays 17.50 an hour! Double yay!!!
Also I'm going to see start Trek tonight and I'm SOOOO excited!!!!!!!! So if this blog is random and sporadic with Questionable punctuation And Capitalization it's because i'm SOO FREAKEN EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH!

So I promised a list of my favorite artists and my 5 favorite songs (in order) by them so here it is:

Oasis:
Masterplan (any rock song with a good use of strings makes me weak at the knees)
Half the world away
Stop crying your heart out
Don't look back in anger
Wonderwall

Coldplay:
Fix you
Yellow
Trouble
Warning sign
Violet hill

Jason Mraz:
The remedy (acoustic)
Wordplay
I'm yours (acoustic)
I'll do anything
Summer breeze

Death cab for cutie:
A lack of colour
I will follow you into the dark
Brothers on a hotel bed
Marching bands of manhattan
Title and registration

Teagan and Sara:
Where does the good go
You wouldn't like me
fix you up
take me any where
walking with a ghost

Kate Voegele:
Devil in me (Acoustic)
wish you were
Kindly unspoken
No good
Angel

Other Songs I love:
The funeral- Band of Horses
Set the fire to the third bar- Snowpatrol
Make this go on forever-Snow patrol
Hear you me- Jimmy eat world
Always love- Nada surf
Closer to you- wallflowers
Please please please- the shout out louds
To build a home- Cinematic orchestra
The call- regina spektor
Hide and seek- Imogen heap
Wagon wheel- Old crow medicine show
non-believer- La Rocca
Feeling a moment- Feeder
Hurt- johnny cash
West coast- coconut records
Love you till the end- the pogues
If i ever leave this world alive- Floging molly's
How to save a life-the Fray
you found me- The fray
Can't get it right today- joe purdy

All these songs are fantastic check them out! it's worth it

Bye!
Julie

Happy Birthday, Home and a Meme!

2009-04-28T20:09:00.001-07:00

First of all happy birthday to RaeRae whom I adore and is turning 19 today! have a great birthday darling! I wish i could be there!

Second of all, i'm now officially back home and I'm finding it very strange. It's weird to not be surrounded by people and to not always have something to do. I'm so bored here and I can't wait for my job to start.

A Meme!!!!:

so this may already exist but if not i'm creating it.

1.Go to Urbandictionary.com and type your name in the search bar and then copy and paste as many as you like. I'm doing all of them cause there aren't that many.
2.State the most accurate. there may be more than one
3.Tag people

1. Julie
Sweet and downy haired girl, changable, and often misunderstood and complex. A fearful creature as well as highly loyal. She will rule your affection and once you have hers it will be forever.
ex:You will love Julie forever.

2. julie
a girl who talks too much but also very hottt!
ex: omfgzz! shut up julie, your hot, lets make out ;)

3. Julie
1. A popular French name meaning youthful, soft-haired and vivacious.

2. A woman who is hated by woman due to her care free ways and ability to have men swoon at her very sight.
ex: Julie. You know which!!!

4. Julie
the quintessence of perfection displayed in a beautiful girl who is always there not only as a friend but as a companion as well. the closest thing to perfect on the face of the earth
ex: I met this girl who happens to be named Julie; and she immediately caught my eye and since then I couldn't take my eyes off of her

5. Julie
The most amazing girl that ever walked this earth.The most BEAUTIFUL eyes and shes funnny as hell. She is drop dead gorg. Ur mouth auotmaticly drops when u see her. Full of love and makes Thee funniest facil expressions ever. The best girlfriend imagineable..
ex: Isabela : Hows Julie?
Chris: She is AMAZING!

6. Julie
an awesome girl that loves her friends, family, and animals. cares for earth, and is a strong supporter of many opinions. a very opinionated person. open minded to all suggestions and loves to have a good time. straight-edge. always down for a partyyy.
ex: "Wow, that Julie is really cool!"

7. Julie
(Also see; Drama, subway, lusious lady lumps, marcus's bff)
Beautiful inside and out, has a gorgeous since of style like her knee socks, there a jewel. Has wonderful family values. Sandwich maker by day, nurse by night. Loves the crystal clear water that god provided to her. hotdog juice is a must have. and if you ever want a good time pick up that phone and call a julie.
ex: you wanna talk about people call a julie.

8. Julie
A beautiful woman who can make anyone smile. She snorts when she laughs, and is very quirky. A wonderful person to be around, and a great friend, the very best.
ex:Did you see that girl making everyone smile, her name must be julie.

9. Julie
A word that can be used to describe anything or anyone.
Ex:"Do you fancy a couple of julies?"
(do you fancy a couple of pints)
"Hello Julie"
(Hello Simon)
"What are yo up to today?, Oh just bobbing my Julies"
(I am playing with me testicals)

10. Julie
When someone hooks up in a school or town owned building in public. In most cases, a school.
ex: I pulled a Julie in the C gym last weekend.

11. julie
Pretty girl in Oakland
ex: So pretty wouldn't mind befriending is all Julie

12. julie
Abominable creature. See yeti
ex: Whoa, what up Julie?

13. Julie
Another term for 'Hippo Penis,' commonly used when at your grandparents house.
ex: Damn, did you see the size of that Julie?!

Most accurate: 1 and 6

I still can't get over the Yeti one...

It ain't hard to see who you are underneath but I'm in love with who I wish you were.

2009-04-26T23:46:00.000-07:00

"Wish You Were"
Kate Voegele

Gone away are the golden days
Just a page in my diary
So here I am, a utopian citizen
Still convinced there's no such thing as idealism

Memories they're following me like a shadow now
And I'm dreaming
And I've already suffered the fever of disbelief

I've seen your act
And I know all the facts
I'm still in love with who I wish you were
It ain't hard to see
Who you are underneath
I'm still in love with who I wish you were
And I wish you were here

I was true as the sky is blue
I couldn't soon say the same for you
So now I find denial in my eyes
I'm mesmerized by the picture that's in my mind

Tell me when I'll finally see your shallow heart
For what it is
Cause I don't want to keep on believing in illusions

I've seen your act
And I know all the facts
I'm still in love with who I wish you were
It ain't hard to see
Who you are underneath
I'm still in love with who I wish you were
And I wish you were here

Sometimes I can't explain
And I'm so sorry that I can't
I'll try to concentrate
On your true identity

I've seen your act
And I know all the facts
I'm still in love with who I wish you were
It ain't hard to see
Who you are underneath
I'm still in love with who I wish you were
And I wish you were here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNfAst0mroY&feature=player_embedded

I'll be back with an actual post tomorrow but this pretty much sums up what I'm feeling today.

Julie

Slushies for fun, Music, Stories and leaving

2009-04-22T11:21:00.000-07:00

I haven't blogged for a couple of days which is a shame because I have a lot to talk about, so this may very well be the blog post to end all blog posts. Probably not though. It'll probably just be me rambling for a couple hundred words, but hey it gives me something to do as I'm sitting here in "Steeps, Tea Lounge" sipping some very excellent tea (celtic twist) and getting to bored out of my mind... It turns out that I don't know how to have fun anymore. Exams have ruined my life. You see I'm almost done my first year of university, I'm done 4 out of 5 exams with only French left to go, which should be an easy exam, so I'm coming out of study mode. Yesterday my friends and I decided to go to 7-11 to get "Slushies for fun" instead of "Slurpies for studying" like we usually do. They're the same thing just with a different name. Today my friend Ruth and I decided to go to our favorite study spot, Steeps, just for fun. Gasp! and now I can't find anything to entertain myself. It's ridiculous. oh well, on with the blog!

The first thing I wanted to Talk about was my opinion on music. I'm big into music and I'm not particularly picky but I do have preferences. I'm a big fan of acoustic version of songs and good quality live versions. Anything that's as real and unchanged as possible. I get so much more out of the music if there's a lot feeling and I always find that there's more feeling if the song is as raw as possible. It's why I love jason Mraz so much because his studio recorded stuff is almost completely unchanged, but even his acoustic versions are better. The reason That I brought this up is because I was looking around on youtube and I found an acoustic version of one of my favorite songs "Always Love" by Nada Surf. It's so much better than the studio version. I love it too death. One of these days I'll post a list of my favorite bands/artists and songs.

Another thing I meant to talk about was the fact that yesterday I woke up and Into my mind popped a great story idea complete with an opening sentence, which is nice because I always have troubles with the opening sentences. So That means I get to start writing again when I have more time! yay!!!! I'm stoked. Here is my opening line, it needs work but I like it.

"There comes a time in every teenager’s life where the world does a 180. Suddenly you find yourself looking back at whats already happend, Thinking, « what could I have done differently? what could I have changed in my life so I wouldn’t have to be living this moment right now. »"

Anyways, I'm going to be leaving university in 4 days and going home to start my clerical job for the summer ($18-$19 an hour!). I'm really sad because I'm going to miss everyone to pieces and I'm going to miss res and Whyte ave. But I'm excited to see my family again which is nice. So I have mixed feelings about leaving, but either way I can't wait for next year when I get to move in to my house!!!!!!!

Julie

Epic fail

2009-04-18T11:25:00.000-07:00

So I feel like a failure on many many levels... let me lay them out for you:

1. I haven't blogged in a really long time... which makes me sad because I was supposed to blog at least 3 times a week. I do have an excuse though. I'm right in the middle of exam season which means that I spend 8+ hours a day studying for my 5 exams (3 down 2 to go!!!) so there. It was kind of a Do well in university vs. Keeping up with my blog which helps me put things in perspective kind of thing. So of course I went for the school. screw perspective... who needs it anyway. (me)

2.I'm moving into a house with two of my best friends, Rae and Craig, and an undisclosed other. I need to find this undisclosed other or I have to pull out of this house (which is really nice. I don't want to do this because I love Rae and Craig and I want to live with them, but it's the unfortunate truth of the situation. So my fail this time is my lack of roommate.

3. I've been so busy That I haven't read a book in forever. I love reading and unfortunately I just haven't kept up. I also haven't been writing... bad Julie... bad bad Julie

4. My fourth fail is that I'm supposed to be studying STATS right now....

Julie

Dust in the wind

2009-04-09T00:08:00.000-07:00

I forgot about how heartbreakingly beautiful this song is. I really need to stop forgetting about things that make me sad, instead I should remember them for how they make me happy.

Screw the schedule and LAST DAY OF CLASSES!!!

2009-04-08T15:09:00.000-07:00

So I've decided to screw the schedule. It's more fun to just talk about myself and what comes up in my life. I may still randomly post stuff about movies and books and news and especially t.v. but it'll be when I want it.

I <3 Today! why? because I'm done with all of my first year classes!!! yay! Now all I have to do is write 6 exams and I'll be done first year completely!!! I'm really really super excited to get on with summer.

I do have one problem with being done though. It means I'm getting old and I'll have more responsibility. I'm starting to pay rent on my first house may 1st, I'm getting a full time 9 to 5 job and I'm expected to pay for more... ack. I'm so not ready for adulthood.

I love random thursdays. Yay! a meme!

2009-04-02T16:17:00.001-07:00

I fail... again! I'm sorry but I might aswell call writing wednesday writersblock wednesday. Next week I promise.

Because someone has to live far away:
Sam T

Because someone has to always be there:
Ruth G

Because someone has to be beautiful:
Fiona M-M

Because someone has to tell you they love you:
Fiona M-M

Because someone has to make you laugh:
Craig S

Because someone has to be crazy:
Alex C

Because someone has to have good taste in clothes:
Savannah K

Because someone has to be your friend since forever:
Shawna Y

Because someone has to give you great advice:
Fiona M-M

Because someone has to have known you since you were born:

Because someone has to brighten your day:
Ruth G

Because someone has to be pretty:
Rae L

Because someone has to be sweet:
Julie C

Because someone has to have nice eyes:
Janelle W

Because someone has to read this:
Rae L

Because someone has to have a lot of tattoos:
Devon

Because someone has to share a lot in common with you:
Ruth G Fiona M-M

Because you miss someone:
Shawna Y Emily P

Because someone has to make you actually LOL:
Fiona M-M, Alex C, Meaghan M, Catherine T, Craig S, Ruth G,

Omg two posts in one day!!!

2009-03-31T13:46:00.000-07:00

So I know I have my schedule that i'm very dedicated too, but I feel the need for a random update. So today we were doing blood sugar level tests in my physiology class and I was supposed to be first. So I'm up there in front of the whole class and I just cannot poke myself with the wimpy little needle. ugh. I hate needles. Even now almost an hour later I'm still shaking and I feel woozy . I DIDN"T EVEN POKE MYSELF!!! It's times like this that make me wonder about my career choice of nurse. oh dear.

AFarGreenCountry

Books, movies and an Epic fail

2009-03-31T09:46:00.000-07:00

Ok. First day I was supposed to post and I didn't. I was sick with a headache so that's my excuse. anyways, on with the books!

Books I'm reading: Ok so the book I'm reading right now is call Wizards first rule,by Terry goodkind which is the first book in a series of 11 called The sword of truth seires.This book is about a man named Richard Cypher who lives a normal life and then he meets a woman named Kahlan and his life changes. He becomes immersed in magic and he discovers he has a destiny to distroy the evil lord Darken Rhal who is ruling the land.

Holy Crap this book is amazing! It's descriptive without being boring or excessive, and the characters are so well thought out and relatable. I would recommend the whole series to anyone who enjoys a good fantasy books. Acctually I think even if you don't like fantasy you'd like this book, it has a little something for everyone, Romance, mystery, action, adventure and fantasy. It is a really amazing book.

What I'm reading next:When I finish Wizards First Rule I will start reading My Sisters Keeper, which is about a girl that was born so that she good be a donor for her sick sister. It's supposed to be very good and I'm excited to read it. although I hear that the ending of all of the authors books are horrible. Anyone else think so?

Movies: I haven't really seen any good movies lately. The last movie I saw in theaters was probably Milk, Which is amazing by the way. It was one of the best movies I have ever seen and Sean Penn defintely deserved the Oscar that he got. Anyways, As this movie isn't super recent I'll talk about movies I want to see. manely Monsters vs. Aliens in 3D. AHH! it looks so cute. Has anyone seen it?

Well that's it for now. See you tomorrow!

Remember Many of these trees are your Friends,
AFarGreenCountry

A little schedule.

2009-03-27T01:16:00.000-07:00

I often find the need to structure my life so I actually finish what I set out to do, so In order to achieve my goal of posting at least once every weekday I've made a schedule so as to divide all the things that happen in the week into separate days.
So here we go:

Monday: In the News. I will talk about various news stories for the week
Tuesday: Book talk/ movie Talk. I'll talk about books I'm reading, Books I want to read and books I recommend. Also I'll talk about movies.
Wednesday: Writing wednesday. I'll have some sort of writing here. Be it a poem or a song or even a plot idea.
Thursday: Random, This will be whatever I feel like. be it an update on my life or just random stuff.
Friday: Review of Tv shows for the week. I will go over the previous weeks tv. and my thoughts about it.

This will be starting monday

A Small Introduction

2009-03-26T20:17:00.000-07:00

Hello!

If you've managed to stumble upon this page then you are either clicking the random button on blogspot, or you're a very dedicated friend of mine who probably spent hours searching for this because I like to make it a challenge for you to find me. Now if you're the later then I'm very impressed and you deserve to read this but I'm not telling you where my other blog is. I needed a fresh start anyways. If however, you are the former then you may just glance at this blog and go "oh look... It's green..." and then click away, but on the off chance that you decide to stay a while and maybe even become a follower one day then I feel Like I owe you an introduction.

Business stuff: I'm an 18 year old girl attending the University of Alberta, in Canada. I'm studying Bilingual nursing and I really like it so far.

Fun stuff: I'm a nerd. I can openly call myself that now because I have come to terms with it. feel free to make fun of me. I don't really care. I know an astounding amount about Harry Potter and Star Wars and especially about Lord of the Rings. I'm an avid reader. I love books and comic books and graphic novels. I also watch far to much t.v. and you can expect some talking about t.v. shows here. I'm a ginormous movie buff. I love all movies <3.

Political stuff: My political views are very liberal, bordering on socialist, so be prepared for some ranting in that frame of mind and feel free to argue if you so choose, I love trying to understand the other side of the argument, as long as you're nice about it. I'm also an environmentalist. I'm big on the earth and i'd like it to not be covered by water or become some nuclear waste land. That would be lovely.

The reason behind the name: The name of the blog is two fold: First it is a line from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and I'm a HUGE Lord of the Rings fan so it represents me in that way, and it also speaks to the environmentalist side of me and How I feel about deforestation and the general destruction of the environment.

If you stayed to the end of this post, then thank you.

This Blog is mostly for me to right my thoughts down about anything and everything, but I do enjoy having comentors,

So thank you for reading,

AFarGreenCountry

p.s. expect a little review of grey's anatmoy tonight! It looks like a good one!