a rich man's a thief or philanthropist

So sometimes I really like my job.

Also. I wish I was a philanthropist. I just recently learned what a philanthropist is. I had only really heard the word in a song from Wicked. And was like..hmm, I should probably look that word up. But I didn't. Then I saw it on the TV the other day and then asked L who promptly informed me. For those of you who are like me and don't know, here is the definition from wiki:

Philanthropy is the effort or inclination to increase the well-being of mankind, as by charitable aid or donations.


Or as L explained it to me, rich people who give money to people.

So yes, I would like to be a philanthropist so that I could give lots and lots of money to all the wonderful organizations and causes out there.

Side note: I normally don't like sharing a whole lot of personal info about myself with the internet world... but I figure the fact that I'm not a super rich rich person, isn't that much of a secret?

Anyways. Yes.  Getting back to why I love my job sometimes.  Well, tonight there was a dinner for the Terry Fox Run that is happening in a couple days.  It was to try to raise money for the Terry Fox Foundation.  And Betty and Rolly Fox were in attendance.  And Betty Fox gave a very moving and emotional speech.

She spoke of her son and his effort to raise money and awareness for finding the causes of cancer.  She spoke of what he wrote about PEI and Islanders when he was running here.  She spoke about his dedication towards his great cause.  It was very moving.

It made me realize that, while I don't have a lot of money, there is more that I can be doing to help various causes.  Even the smallest little bit, even just volunteering my time can make a difference.  I think anyways?

here we go now

Year 6 of my university career begins tomorrow. I'm excited. I really really am.

I have found again my love for Girl Talk.

This afternoon it rained and was windy and thundered. This was more of a storm then the "hurricane/tropical storm" Earl.

I've got left over brownies from supper at mom's. YUM!

This has been a random and probably useless post.

Oh well.

Have to start somewhere right?

cool. clear. water, water, water

They (my landlord and co) turned off the cold water in my whole apartment building. It's only for a couple of hours he said (and I hope). This at first didn't seem like that big of a deal. But now it's hitting me just how much I use water. It's like all of the sudden I realize that I must do all of these things that involve water. And I would like it to be back on right now.

Hello blogging world.
Work is work and can be busy and thus can make one quite tired at times. I have all intentions of updating, and then by the time that supper happens...I'm pooped and just want to sit and veg. Ah yes. Vegging, I've gotten quite good at this.

My birthday has been and gone. Happy birthday me!

Skratch is here this Friday! Yahoo!!!! Can't wait. After working the 2 jobs on what I'm sure will be a nice hot and humid day, skratch is just what I'll need!!

well that was a drive

Well that was a drive. Just as the tittle says.  I was supposed to have a meeting this morning, however never had it confirmed that it was going to be today.  But I thought better safe than sorry, and since the person the meeting was with was not as prompt as I am in replying to email, so I headed out for the meeting.
This thing is, it was not just in town, and so there was a little bit of a drive. I got there and realized that indeed the meeting was NOT a go for today; the person I was meeting with isn't even in the province today. Opps.
I am just slightly annoyed only for the fact that I could have slept for an extra 45 minutes. And I do love me my sleep. Oh well. Mistakes happen.

In other news, it is a dear friend's birthday today.  I like birthdays because you can say all day long "It's my birthday!", and try to get away with stuff.  Eg Dishes need to be done... "but it's my birthday!".  I feel like it's the one day one can and SHOULD be lazy and just do whatever.  However, my friend does have to work today. Which has happened to me in the past (in fact one year, I had to work Work #1 and Work #2 on my birthday).  But this is ok, as she can 1) try to take advantage of the "but it's my birthday" at work 2) celebrate after work and 3) get to celebrate all day long this weekend thus extending the birthday-ness.

What this long rant was really intended to say is: HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAUREN!!! *big virtual internet hug* I how you have a wonderful day. And here is your internet gift, a fun video that makes me think of you (because you introduce me to it) and is just plain fun!

dream on

This whole not really working thing... is starting to get boring. Luckily... I GOT A JOB!!!
Yes that's right: I GOT A JOB!!!
I don't know if you can tell, dear internet world, but I am pretty excited about this fact.

In other news, this weekend was beautiful (weather wise) and I would like for it to be summer already. That would be great.  Wearing fun cute outfits and going for fishbowls.  I really hope they will make a virgin fishbowl for me.. maybe if I smile really pretty and ask nicely? And tip big?

Oh! And there has been talk of karaoke taking place this summer too.  I think that's what I shall do with the rest of my time until my job (did you know that I got a job??!!) starts. I will find the best karaoke songs and start practicing, get the dance moves down and stuff.

You would think with all this time off I'd actually update my blog a bit more......meh.

I would like to buy this dress. Not sure though.

sour jellybeans

National high five day!! *Internet high five*

Only 4 more teaching days left.  I'm excited to be done and a little bit sad at the same time.  I really do enjoy teaching. I really do. I love the feeling of thinking "BAM. I taught you this and now you understand!"... or at least I hope you understand. Plus, I love Math.

Still don't have employment set up for the summer.  I know that I've got some part time work set up...but I think/know I need more then that. Thus, I'm stuck.  I should be panicking, but I'm not.  Obla di obla da.

Ps I had no idea panicking was spelled as it is.. thank you Google.

Foooooour

The masters is on this weekend.  I am pretty excited to watch them.  Normally, I am not a big golf fan.  The one time I tried to play 18 holes, I got bored after 5 and skipped to the back 9, walked a few holes and played the last one. But watching it is a completely different story.

Now, I know many people will read this (and by many I mean the 4 people that read this), and think that the reason that I am watching this year is to do with Tiger Woods and his scandalous actions.  To be honest, yes I like watching Tiger Woods.  But this was before his scandal.  I just think he's a good player and his celebrity (before the scandal) is interesting. So yes, I was interested to see how he played but not because of the fact that he back from a sex addiction and because he's cheated repeatedly on his wife.  But because I want to see how he plays after the 5 months leave from the game he's had.

Yes, he did terrible things.  No, he's not really someone to look up to. But you can't take away from him that he is a good golfer. 

And the stories coming from this year's tournament.  There's the amazing back to back bogeys eagles (thanks L) that Phil Mickelson made this afternoon (one hole he made it from over 100 yards out).  Then the Fred Couples and his happy go lucky appearance including lack of socks.  Oh, and Anthony Kim who L and I have dubbed mini-Tiger.  Oh, and I throughly enjoy when people hit it into the crowd. So fun. 

Anyways. Enough about golf. I must go watch some more now. 

*Edit: I do know the difference between a bogey and an eagle. Really I do.

to tired to attempt to be clever

School is busy. Being a student teacher is fun because I get to teach. Which is what I want to do forever and a day.  It's tiring though.  Everything is new.  I keep learning different things everyday.  Plus, things don't work right for me all the time. Example: printers. Feck. It's quite annoying.

I could rant about quite a few things that have been going on lately. However. I am too tired.

The end for now.

you don't get a star

Curling started today!!! I love the Olympics. So many opportunities to watch sports. That's cool I guess. However. CTV’s reporting of the sports is not enjoyable.
I found it really hard to actually find sports to watch over the weekend. And while I think it’s great that they want to have pretty much 100% coverage all day every day for the 17 days; I don’t know if that is really necessary. Take 7:00 in the morning, when in BC it is 3:00am in BC. Do I really need to see the results of the last night’s party? Or is it necessary for me to hear about what celebrity ate where in BC the day before??? If they were talking about sports, and showing some recaps and replays of events, that would be fine. But come on. Like really CTV. Like really.

I made pancakes today. From a internet recipe. They were so so fluffy and yummy!! Using internet recipes sometimes unnerves me. You never know really. It could taste terrible. It is the internet after all. But indeed there was success.

everybody loves somebody sometime

Gah. So full. So full of food.
In other news, all of the maple leaf cookies I made are gone. Hmmm. Wonder who ate them all?

GO CANADA GO.

Happy Valentines day!!

bust the windows out your car

I bought Glee Season One, Volume One.  Watching it now. Love it.

The Olympics started yesterday, which means that the heaps of work I have to do, probably won't get done.  Well, it will get done.

Tried to check out the JackFrost activites this afternoon down on the waterfront.  You had to pay to get in, which put a stop to that plan. Oh well. We did get to see the GIANT mountain of snow! Yay snow.  And then this evening [at 7 o'clock], there was a fireworks display.  We just happened to be on way out and could see them in the distance.  Fireworks are happy.  I think there should be fireworks displays once a month. FUN!


Also. I want to wear teacher clothes like Emma Pilsbury  from Glee.

note to self:

Nail polish remover should NOT be used as eye makeup remover.
...even by accident.

can't read my poker face

I fail (again) on blog writing.

Oh well. Give me numbers. I can do numbers. Sorta. Sometimes.

I have actually been doing a lot of writing lately, oddly enough.

I just prepared my very first test from scratch. Yea. That's right folks. And let me tell you, it's not an easy feat. I think I will probably end up re-doing the test, once I get some very valuable and informative feedback. But yea. I have SO much more respect for teachers. So much. I just want to go back to all of my teachers in 1-12 and give them a great big hug! I can't believe how much they have done for me and I had no idea.

I am tired. Ready for eating of food. Wonder what supper will be tonight. My friend had some homemade chilli, nacho cheese dip, and Frito chips. She was eating them all together. Like it was no big deal. (Has anyone else heard of this? Sounds strange to me)

Going to trivia on Thursday. With people! I am really excited. Don't tell anyone, but I am be becoming a social person.

On a random note: I could totally bring 80s wear back.
(Probably not..but I would sure have fun trying!!)

jumping over the moon with blue soup and marmalade

Flipping between Rent and Bridget Jones Diary. Both such great movies. This is my second time in a few weeks for both actually.

Worked this afternoon/tonight. L and I were confused on the time we started, and showed up two hours early. Oops. We came home and played Mario Kart. Loving having the Wii. My sickness is getting in the way of the fitness routines and the Wii I was trying to get going. But this is hopefully going to go away within the next couple of days. Fingers crossed.

Tonight at work, one of my coworkers was telling me a story of how she has a friend (on PEI), who gave birth on Dec 26... AND DIDN"T EVEN KNOW SHE WAS PREGRANT!!! Just like the TLC show. I didn't really think that these sort of things happen. It's crazy. I was just shocked. Couldn't belive it.
This conversation gave way to some interesting conversations about scandalous actions. I giggled. And then we talked about girls and how the get date raped and drugged. Apparently this happens around here? Crazy. I'm so sheltered, I don't feel as though it's going on, but it is. BE CAREFUL!