Nuit Blanche 2007

I’m amazed. Spending the night at Nuit Blanche has really opened my eyes to a more creative atmosphere. I wish I could immerse myself in the contemporary art culture. I guess technically speaking, I already am… being in journalism school and surrounded by other inspired artists, but in my private life, it would be unbelievable to be able to openly and freely express my creativity. Most of the people I meet don’t seem to understand my lifestyle choices; nor do I expect them to, but I definitely need to meet a few more like-minded individuals. My photography and writing speak for itself I guess.

My favourite Nuit Blanche event: Nightless City.

The Kingdom

I must say, everyone needs to go and check out the movie, The Kingdom. I saw it a few hours ago and it is unbelievably intense. Peter Berg directs this political film based in Saudi Arabia following a terrorist attack on a family housing compound for American oil-company employees. Four FBI agents (Jamie Foxx, Jason Bateman, Jeremy Piven and Jennifer Garner) enter Saudi Arabia after given permission for five days to investigate by the Saudi ambassador.

The commercials are right; the last 30 minutes are so powerful you won’t want to move.

This is definitely, by far, one of my favourite movies.

Nuit Blanche - 2 days!

Nuit Blanche is this weekend; an all night contemporary art event! I’m excited although the amount of homework I have is quite excessive. I’m scared of falling behind so my plan for tomorrow is to do as much work as I possibly can before my head explodes.

I’m hoping Sean and Caitlin can make it for the night on Saturday, and I know Anne will be there!

It’ll also be great to see Thierry if he can make it, we haven’t seen each other in years!!

*Squeals* I’m so ecstatic!

Also - I didn't get published in today's Et Cetera because my riding profile wasn't fully complete in time, which means I should possibly have two articles in next Thursday's paper, wish me luck!

My Shanelle had a bad day today, makes me sad because I can't be there to hug her. I'm thinking about you, sunshine!

Busy Girl

So, I’m not exactly sure what it is, possibly the insanely hot weather or my atrocious insecurities, but for the past little while I just haven’t felt like posting anything worthwhile. I’ve been trying to save everyone from reading whiney posts about absolutely nothing at all. I think this past summer is really starting to eat away at me because I have realized how lazy I have become. Journalism school is really whipping me into shape thank goodness because I couldn’t imagine spending any more time doing futile activities.

My mood has undeniably improved; everything sort of makes sense now and I’m happy because I’ve been off medication for going on two months. I can honestly say having something to look forward to changes things. But now, I feel insignificant because my whole life is revolved around the college and the paper and I hate that I’m not running around the city trying to spread my creativity. I guess I miss the people I used to do that with. I need to meet new exciting artsy people. Optimistically.

I’m still trying to sort out the whole roommate situation. I’m not quite certain what to do about it; my current roomie and I are best left as friends and not roommates. I’d love to move in with someone a little more imaginative and inspired. I love my apartment (it needs bursts of colour though) but I am sure I’ll be giving it up early next year when my lease is over. We shall see, won’t we?

Still missing that certain someone... :(

I wish I could curl up with a french vanilla cappuccino and write more of my memoir; unfortunately I have work to complete.

Et Cetera - here I come!

So, I have been published! I am so excited. It’s a huge accomplishment being this past summer was a huge letdown for me. I was hoping my loved ones would have been more excited but they weren’t. Oh well. I posted a copy of it on my journalism blog if you’d like to read it.

I’m so happy.

Diversion

Court was absolutely a waste. I was hoping I’d be able to speak with my lawyer about our plan of action prior to meeting with my diversion working, instead my lawyer barely made it on time and he didn’t actually go into the courtroom with me. Luckily Tara showed up and came in with me. So, still working on diversion and still waiting to hear about the other two offenses. And apparently, I might be in diversion for nine months for just these two offenses which means I am stuck in court for well over a year.

Whatever you do, don’t become a convict. Lol.

Election Profiles - so much fun!

Okay, so I know that being a journalist isn’t the easiest job in the world but I just wish I could write something more consequential to me. I enjoy being on the news beat but imagine what I could do in the A&E section or the editorial section. I love school, I love writing for the paper, and I love everything about the journalism world. I’m just stressed. This week is going to be difficult because I am writing an election piece on candidates in a ward I have never heard of. So, despite being super stressed for court on Wednesday, I am flipping through platforms trying to research enough information in order to conduct a semi-intelligent interview before Wednesday. Wow.

Only 193 kilometres south-west of me, yet still too far...

There is someone I wish was still right next to me like we used to always be...people say that absence makes the heart grow fonder - well, they couldn't be more right...it's just unfortunate that they fail to mention how much missing somebody can resemble sheer agony.

School Girl Night

Almost done the first article for my school paper!!! I’m pretty hyped about it; although I am sure I could have done a better job. Damn perfectionist. If I get published, I’ll post it here. It’s due Monday morning at 9 a.m. and the paper comes out Thursday so I will let everyone know.

Tonight is school girl night. I am excited. I missed it last year so I vowed I was going to make it to this year’s… I have already prepped my outfit (the famous kilt worn during the Pride 2006 parade – remember it?) I was going to put my hair in pig tails and be all innocent but my hair might possibly be too short but I am going to attempt to do it anyway. Matt and I are going. He is sexy.

Sorry I have been lacking in the updating the blog thing. I absolutely hate bloggers who never update, that definitely includes myself… so I am going to attempt to update more often despite being busy at school. Although, my web journalism class is teaching us how to build websites!! So maybe, by the end of the semester if I learn enough I can revamp this page to a new more improved-looking site. We shall see.

Celine was here last weekend. I wish she was here this weekend. It would be fun. Oh well.

Pete, now that you can access the internet for the first time in like what? 3 years? Almost 4?!? Wow, it has been that long since I first went to England? I need to go back – desperately. Anyway, I expect you keep updated. No, don’t anticipate any love. Lol. Just kidding! Love ya!

I love Journalism

School is great!

I am absolutely swamped with work. It’s unbelievable that a week into it and I have already done quite a few assignments. I’m currently working on my first Et Cetera (my college paper) article. I’m really excited about it because it’s about the rapes on campus at York University and the murder that happened at the high school in Scarborough. I’ll post it once I’m done. Every week I get to write for the paper, it’s difficult and time consuming but I can’t believe how happy I am. And to think I almost didn’t return to school because of court. This week was a little more hectic than I expected because Celine spent the entire weekend with me so I fell behind on work, catching up has been complicated. Everything piles up pretty quickly. I can’t wait for next week.

Small Update

I am so tired. I barely slept. Last night the journalism students (well a few of us anyway) went to the Mandarin for dinner and then came back to my place and got drunk… and high… it was fun but tiring. Matt came along and spent the night at my place… that was absolutely incredible since it was our first night together. I wish I wasn’t so shy.

School starts in two days. I am beyond excited. I finished reading one of the required books for my Comm 400 class and can’t wait to read the rest. I need the structure school provides. This summer being a total mess has sort of got me in a funk. I need to be in a more disciplined environment. I need to be doing something. I need to get out of my house. Thank goodness for college!