It's the "K to the dollar sign HA"

What a better way to start the week off but with a bit of Ke$ha, a.k.a " K to the dollar sign HA!"

But what on earth is going on in this video? Hello Dawson's Creek, where has he been hiding? (hear he has a new show coming up , the 'B*tch on the floor", next door or something rather...?)

So these are the following questions I want answers for: 1. Why is Ke$ha talking to Unicorn people? 2. Why is she pulling a shoe out of her dress, why is the Dawson's Creek guy pulling gout a bra? 3. And why does the ending have to be so awkward?

Well with only a month (April 6th) away from her show at the Kool Haus, it is time to get my Ke$ha on

All Good Things Come to an End

Officially Reading Week has ended an hour and 27 minutes ago, but not until I am back in the writing lab first thing in the morning well it end for me.

With that said, I just started to study for my mid term tomorrow..whoops! I am not sure where this lack of focus is coming from. I been quite busy and productive this past week (minus the countless hours trying to beat Donkey Kong).

This past week I have applied for various jobs online and received one call back from the wonderful H&M (as much as I've enjoyed working at Zara, H&M has always been my favorite shops). This Thursday I'll get to practice my interview skills-- I am quite excited, I've missed working, and the having money is always good.

I have also so found a listing for a great apartment downtown Toronto; however, it sounds too good to be true and it might all be a money scam, so my friend a.k.a future roommate and I are being apprehensive about it. Not sure how normal it is to wire half of the rent money before getting any documents from the owner. We'll see how this all plays out.

Well media relation's midterm studying is calling me back-- just find a lot of the material to be so common sense that my brain can't absorb as actually facts.

Wisdom from a 5 year old

This video just made my night. I wish all woman thought this...marriage isn't everything and a guy is just a guy-sorry for the less than positive outlook, but hey if a five year old feels that way then what does it say about you?

OM NOM NOM: A Day of Eating

Another day of Reading Week has come and gone...sigh..and what were my big accomplishments?

Well I ate a lot of food today. I managed to get my self out of bed and dressed by 10 a.m. and out the door to catch the bus to go get some breakfast/brunch with Michael ( the boyfriend-- this may the first time I have referred to him by his name).

After almost a year of having opened up various restaurant locations around Toronto, I decide it was time to try Eggsmart.......the verdict: MEH, it was the same price as Sunset Grill; however, not close in taste. By no means was it awful, it just wasn't as good.

I got the triple cheese omelette (I am usually the 3 eggs pouched with bacon and home fries, hold the toast, kind of gal), but i decide to change it up a little bit. Not sure if was just the omelette or the restaurant it self. Though it is a Canadian chain, so I don't mind supporting it..I guess I'll go back again, but if there is a Sunset Grill near by I'll be there instead.

With a 5 hour break in-between, we proceeded onto Sneaky Dee's for some dinner and drinks.

For the first time I decided to get something that wasn't just nachos (btw if you haven't heard, they got some of the best ones around town!) I tried the chicken enchiladas dish: it was pretty good, I am not the biggest fan of Mexican food, but it was tasty and different to what I usually eat when I go out.

Sneaky Dee's is really good place to hang out and relax. Also the prices aren't that crazy on food. And the fact that the waiting staff knows and understands what gluten free means makes me enjoy the food and the restaurant even more.

So what does tomorrow have in store for me?? Perhaps some studying and homework, that be a nice change : )

Hello Old Friend

So it has been a week's time I believe since I posted anything new..whoops..time flies when you have 5 assignments and midterms all in the same week.

Yesterday was the kick off to Reading Week for most college and university students. For the lucky few, they get to fly off some where warm and get to drink and enjoy the sun all week long, while the rest of us catch up on sleep and work = blah.

Thus far I haven't done anything, other then play Super Nintendo that my boyfriend lent me (bad idea on his part, I been playing Donkey Kong for 8+ hours now)

I am only good at the old video games. Today's games with all their 3D effects and "life like" simulation make it too hard for me to understand what it is I need to do.

Do I have any real plans? Hmm not really. I just plan to study and make notes (sounds like a PARTY! ,eh) and look for jobs online, which I did a bit of today, and found it's not all that easy to find a job. I'll need to take some time to write out a new cover letter and update my resume once again. I tend to want things to happen fairly quickly, so this whole waiting process and searching is not ideal for me. I wish that these job posting sites were designed a bit better. Typing in "Toronto" doesn't mean I am able to work in "London".

However I did manage to get a very cool volunteer opportunity with Good News Toronto : a non profit paper simply reporting on Good News. It is pretty interesting and really does try to focus on the great bits of the city and highlight local heroes. My role is an event planner for this new event that the editor wants to throw; a community dinner. The idea is to promote community closeness and let people within Toronto's neighborhoods to come together and have a meal. It is funny how we are around people all the time in the city, but rarely do two people strike up a conversation. Even living in condos, neighbors rarely see each other let alone ask for a cup of sugar or butter. Living in a big city provide each of us a huge network, but no one really see it that way or takes advantage of it. This dinner is going to be a lot of hard work, as the editor hasn't ever done anything like this before. First thing that needs to be done this week is finding a venue to host this and starting up a Twitter account to twit the progress and involve the online community to help out and suggest ideas, as well as provide feedback.

In other news, The Black Keys announced their North American tour dates:

June 27 – Vancouver, British Columbia @ Deer Lake Park
June 28 – Calgary, Alberta @ Stampede Corral
June 29 – Edmonton, Alberta @ Rexall Place
June 30 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan @ TCU Place
July 02 – Winnipeg, Manitoba @ MTS Centre
July 03 – Minneapolis, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium
July 05 – Council Bluffs, IA @ Stir Cove Amphitheatre
July 07 – Toronto, Ontario @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
July 10 – Quebec City, Quebec @ Festival D’Ete
July 11 – Montreal, Quebec @ Bell Centre
July 12 – London, Ontario @ John Labatt Centre
July 13 – Buffalo, NY @ Artpark

I would like to grab a pair of ticket for my boyfriend and I to go (he is a huge fan of them)

And in spirit of TBK here is their somewhat new music video

The Wait is Over

The new Lady Gaga single is out...

OOPS!!

Every student's worst nightmare is having his/her essay,assignments,reports, etc, being either DELETED, not SAVED,the computer CRASHING the night before it is due.

When this happens, a sudden panic comes over the person with a screaming and swearing fit, all occurring at the same time. Followed by tears and the questioning of "Why me!!"



To my surprise I became a victim of this horrifying experience today. My story is as follows: I spent close to 3 hours (hungry and tired) in the computer lab after class to finish up my 1000 words comm plan, which doesn't seem all that much, cause it isn't; however, this assignment has been a nightmare for everyone, including the teacher. I felt so happy to be completed, and just have the editing left.

I recall saving it onto my USB before closing the computer. When I got home, I wanted to see it again before eating...that's when it happened...my USB opened up the old version from a few days back; which did not include any of the correct formating and so on. I checked over and over again, to make sure it was the right file...but it just kept popping up, the old file..

I proceeded to freak out, yell at the USB key, followed by a flood gate of tears and black makeup running down my face. My mum got a scared and wasn't sure what was wrong with me. I wasn't sure what could have be done. Crying and yelling felt as the only thing to do. This is def one of the worst feeling I have had in a long while.

Yes I realize there is no point in getting upset, that it won't amount to anything. That no matter how much I cried and yelled, my assignment wasn't going to come back to me.

I just think there has to be a better way of dealing with this. I am not the first and def not the last person to have this happen to. But considering how much stress students have to deal with already, this occurrence doesn't help what so ever. I wish I was smart about it and printed out a copy before I left, but how was I to know it wouldn't save correctly. Ugh this is why a time machine needs to be invented. It's funny how one little thing, such as emailing it to myself, or checking the USB or even printing the assignment would have helped avoid an hour of tears and now a killer headache.

Start to a New Week

Just to spark your imagination and motivation for the upcoming week, enjoy the video, because "YES WE CAN"

Super Bowl Commercials

I am not a fan of the Super Bowl but I do enjoy the commericals that are aired.

These were the top 10 that the Toronto Star released on their website today. Here are a few that I thought were really good.



Well isn't that just cute, no more Star Wars marathons for that little one!




If you blink you might miss that one, "front butt"





this commercial mastered the concept of "selling you a lifestyle and not a car"- I don't even drive and I just had the urge to go for a drive in one of those




my favorite by far


To see the whole article just go here TheStar Watch 2011's top 10 Super Bowl ads now

Falling Behind, Falling Off

Though it was nice to have a week off of classes due to a flood and to have another day off for a snow day, but everyone in my class would agree we are screwed in completing all over assignments on time.

I understand it is not the teachers' fault for having class cancelled, and neither is it the students'...however the students are the ones the have to pay the price.

The first month of classes seems to have just disappeared, and with Reading Week coming in a week, that is almost another month just GONE!

At the present moment I am sitting in my media relations class,trying to pay attention, but none of it seems to be sinking in. I just feel a lot of my classes are just there to waste time. The material covered in this class is straight from the textbook-so why did they make this class two days.

The teacher is talking about a "Perfect Pitch" and how to get journalist interested in using one's stories. I have some of my own ideas on this; however, I am pretty sure the teacher would disagree with me

"Be Friendly"...I have paid $3600 this year to be taught to be friendly to clients or journalist...I am sorry but I got say "no shit!"

This is my first ranting blog, and I didn't want to go down this path, but long and behold, here it is.