Seth's New Flick

So we went to "Observe and Report" last night and now I feel that I indeed did observe it and now I am going to report. I have one word for the movie....WEIRD! It was going along just fine, like a regular Seth Rogan movie, when all of a sudden it got absolutely crazy and whacked. He is a mall security guy....well head of mall security to be exact. He is bipolar, falls in love with the cosmetics girl in the mall(Anna Farris), stops taking his pills and proceeds to get really loopy. He and his fellow mall cop(Michael Pena who is absolutely hilarious!!)are beating up kids and cops, shooting up with heroin, snorting cocaine, smoking weed(well no surprise there really).Then Seth starts threatening the cinnamon bun man and getting his own butt whooped by an entire police squad. His rival is Ray Liotta who is a detective and is trying to take over his terrain at the mall when a pervert begins flashing women in the parking lot. In an attempt to get back at Ray and show what he is made of, Seth quits at the mall and tries out for the police force where he does not get accepted because he fails his psychological evaluation. It was all so bizarre that it was hard not to laugh at it. I am more of a fan of "Knocked Up" and "40 Year Old Virgin" still I would have to say. All in all, I love Seth but I can't say I loved this movie nor can I say that I liked the 10 minute scene at the end of the "flasher" running naked through the mall although it was very laughable. The end shocks as Seth blows out the "flashers" brains but then he gets up and is alive. We kept giving each other strange looks and half laughs through the duration. My point...if you want to sit through an hour of asking the person you are with "What the hell is going on here????" then definitely go see it!;) xoxo

Thought of the Day

As I sit here studying and drinking my large double double a thought came to me about my favorite coffee. If you are a Canadian you will most certainly know about Tim Hortons. It is THE place for a cup of joe in our country. The line ups are usually out the door and if you choose drive thru you can expect to wait even longer. The coffee there is highly addictive, no other coffee seems to cut it for me or for most of my friends. It is kind of "the starbucks of saskatchewan";)Anyway, now that you have a little bit of background I want to rant a little. There is an annual contest at Tim's called "Roll Up the Rim"...now I am not angry because of the fact that I have NEVER won anything in all my coffee's there but I am a little perturbed by how the contest is played. You get a paper cup and roll the actual rim up where it says "Please Play Again".(or this is what all of mine say anyway) They give you a coffee in a glass cup and then give you a paper cup so that you can look at the rim and then it is thrown in the garbage. I keep thinking of all the waste that this is creating, millions of cups are not even being used but just tossed after the dreaded "please play again". I realize maybe people find it fun and the highlight of their day to physically roll a rim up on an enormous paper cup but come on....couldn't they just give us a little slip of paper , maybe a scratch and win or even a miniature cup where less paper and cardboard is being used??? I find it strange that in this day and age where everyone is "going green" that Tim's would create all of this waste. McDonalds even makes all of their stuff out of recycled materials and it is well...McDonalds.

Year Ender Bender

Well the year is over and classes were done last Wednesday! I was so excited and hyper last week but now, alas, I am feeling a little sad. This year was so much fun and I met so many awesome people which I won't see now for 4 months. Oh well, I need a break and need to work and make some money for next year! This pic is from our Christmas party, can't seem to get my hands on any from last week's party...oh well. Our year ender bender was on Wednesday. A bunch of us girls went out to the Dakota Dunes Casino to watch our friend sing in the Idol competition complete with American Idol music between singers...haha. It was fun and she did really well. The prize is 10,000 buckeroos so I hope she wins so she can take us all out;) We had our party at Maguires which is an Irish pub in Saskatoon and we rented out the top floor for it, had a DJ and of course a jigging competition. We drank and danced all night...good times! I went home to Mom's for Easter weekend and worked Friday and Saturday night, ate a lot on Sunday and then came back to the city. I gotta buckle down now and study for my finals so I should probably stop writing this blog and go ahead and get on that;) xoxo

"Spring Cleaning"

I don't know whether it is the fact that spring has finally sprung but I am extremely (almost deliriously) happy. My life seems to be in order for once and everything is going swimmingly. It felt like a REALLY rough, long winter filled with hardships but now every day the snow melts a little more and I see more signs of life rather than death. I find it extremely euphoric because the period of trepidation is now over. It feels like I have been hibernating and can finally wake up and "smell the roses" so to speak. This time of year always makes me want to run...not away from people, but just go and see the world because the feeling of being confined has finally dissipated. The cleansing effect that spring seems to have on me is in it's process...the rain will wash away everything that has happened in the past year and allow me to start anew and refreshed. The cool raindrops drip down my skin and leave everything completely scarless yet again. The scars will always remain(I know that) yet I feel I will have another try at least. Let the past stay in the past, let me look forward to the future. My soul, my body and my mind all need a darn good scrubbing... Spring represents new things and rebirth to me and I guess that is why this ecstacy is pouring out of me. Just like the song says "For every season, there is a reason..."

Thoughts on the Inevitable...

It seems as though when one person dies it has a rippling effect. My Dad passed away 9 short months ago and this morning my Grandpa(his father) passed on as well. Death is a funny thing because it is inevitable and it will happen to all of us yet it is a difficult thing to deal with. It brings memories( and emotions that we carry along with those memories)to the forefront. I think of death as not being the end of life but the end of any sort of pain and suffering they were enduring. Everyone believes something different based on their individual spirituality. Some believe in heaven and hell, some believe in reincarnations, some believe they are still here or alive in spirit but their physical being no longer exists and some people believe they are just gone...asleep forever. Whatever the case is, they are no longer a part of our world and our daily lives but their memories live on in each of us that knew them. Death causes us to celebrate someone's life here on this earth and remember the things that they had done. Inevitable tragedy brings great strength to anyone who endures it...death is the perfect example of this. It is easier to cope when someone has lived a full life. My Dad died at only 52 years of age and it came quickly and as quite a shock, yet my Grandpa had lived a full life and had slowly been declining. This made me realize that depending on age and cause, death can have a very different impact on those left to mourn. The sun has set for the last time on the life of someone I loved but I will always remember the days when the sun was shining.
I don't make a habit out of quoting the bible but this Ecclesiastes quote epitomizes the point I am trying to make, there truly is a time for everything(good or bad):

"For everything there is a season,
And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace."

AURORA BOREALIS

YESTERDAY WAS(cue in drumroll)...... EARTH DAY! Everyone was to shut all of their lights off from 8:30pm-9:30pm to make a statement about energy conservation. Cities all over the globe took part, including my city of Saskatoon! I have just begun to realize how lucky I am to live in Canada. Canada is one of the most beautiful, least polluted places on the planet. There are moments of true natural beauty here in front of my very eyes. Saskatchewan is famous for it's Northern Lights(aka: Aurora Borealis). One of the most fascinating places to view the Northern Lights in Canada is along the shores of Hudson Bay in Manitoba ... polar bear country! The other prairie provinces of Canada(where I am living right now) are also excellent for viewing the Northern Lights as there are wide open spaces and very few towns meaning plenty of darkness to enjoy the spectacular sight. The hours around midnight are the most rewarding to watch "Nature's Fireworks". I thought I would show some of you living in other parts of the world what it looks like:) Let's keep our planet beautiful and try to take care of it. HAPPY EARTH DAY!

The Infamous Fork

I thought that the infamous fork in the road( that we all come to at some point in our lives) was divided into two. There are said to be two different paths and one has to decide to take one or the other. It is pretty black and white... choose A or B, left or right. The standard fork in North America has 5 prongs. I have come to the North American fork in the road where there are 5 different decisions I could make and all could inevitably change my life. I have never been one for making decisions. I ponder too much and think too much, and in the end, usually stay where I am and never fully make a decision one way or the other. Maybe this is because I am a Gemini? I have two personalities and my rational, intelligent person often disagrees with my "fly by the seat of my pants", heavily emotional person. Who really knows why I am the way that I am....I know I don't. So I won't get into the logistics of these private decisions but they are very hard ones to make. I hope I can get enough enlightenment to make the right decision and then enough courage to follow through with it. It is scary to think that I am in charge of my own destiny and whatever decisions I make are ones that I will have to live with forever. I wish there were less options because then I could just do eeny meeny miney mo;)