Back To The Trunk, Winter!

Dug my summer clothes out

And hid my winter clothes away

Sadly, I also tried on some of my summer clothes... Hello, motivation to get back into working out.

PMA til I'm DOA

Last night rocked.

After work, I got to go with my friend while he interviewed the lead singer to one of my favorite bands. I snapped pictures while they chatted, and got to hang out with them for almost an hour before the show.

Liam+Howie - My favorite picture (despite the blurriness)

The interview went longer than expected, so afterwards I had to book it home to meet my friends and grab my ticket. Got changed, went down to the venue... and oh my good god. One of the best shows of my life, if not the best. Cancer Bats fucking tear it up. I was up at the front, center stage, the entire show (I'm so sore today that I can't really move - not quickly at least). 

When I got home

I bought their first album on vinyl, and a patch that's pretty sweet. BUT, I got something else tooooo. Best moment of the night: after their set, Liam walked back to the drum set and grabbed the set list, and gave it directly to me. Not "oh, I'll hold this out and anyone can grab it;" he put it right in my hands. Directly. From on stage. I hugged it for about the next fifteen minutes. 

Last night was so great. I'm still smiling.

Summer Mind-Set

Heyyy there,
quick update because I know I've been a slacker lately...

• I'm all done exams!
• Back to work full-time tomorrow (cha-ching)
• Going to update soon with a shirt I made this week
• Check out my Tumblr because I'm addicted to that shit
• Really happy with life atm b/c
• I think I did well on exams
• Changed the font on my BB and it makes the whole thing look nicer
• Czech trip is getting ever closer
• I bought tickets to Osheaga 
• I've been catching up with old friends that I missed a shit-ton <3
• Mixed feelings about my current roomie moving out (boo!) and my new roomie moving in (yay!)

Hope all is well on your side of the screen!

Backstage Fo' Eva.

I'm the Head Dresser for DalTheatre's last production of the season, The Country Wife, and with this past weekend being tech weekend, and it running all this week, I feel like I've been living backstage (and, more annoyingly, in my blacks!).

Sitting in the green room

I'm getting so annoyed with my hair, especially my bangs. I need to figure out more ways to keep them up and out of my face until I decide what to do with them. And the rest of my hair.

On the plus side, the theatre department gave us this!

I think they're bribing us with sugar because they started the play a half hour late tonight, which means laundry won't be done until after midnight.

St Patrick's Day!

St Patty's is one of my favorite holidays, no contest. Dressing in green is always fun, and everyone's just so cheerful and friendly!

Yesterday, I had an appointment to get my headshot done for Dal's upcoming production (I'm the head dresser!) so I got a bit more dolled up than I normally would. I'm not usually one for foundation, powder, etc, but I went for it yesterday and I'm pretty pleased.

With my Dollar Store tiara

We went to one of the Irish pubs downtown, stayed there from about one until eight. It was such a fun day! As all the pictures prove :)

Work Field Trip!

At my work, we train a lot of people who work in the oil and gas industry, mostly on rigs. My dad used to work on rigs as well, so not only do I have lots of information from work, but I've been hearing stories my whole life which involve them and the people on them. I've run into a lot of the people, but I hadn't been on one... until yesterday!! I got to go on a tour of the Rowan Gorilla III with some of my coworkers.

Me on the drill floor 

This is a picture of the derrick from the deck

Remnants of the deep ocean

The RG3 is a jack-up rig, which means it has legs that it sets on the ocean floor and the deck and derrick, etc, gets jacked up so that it is above the ocean surface. We went on our tour while the RG3 was docked on the shore of the harbour so the deck didn't have to be up too high on the legs. This meant that all the build up on the lower parts of the legs were visible since it was in so much shallower water than normal. They looked fuzzy... someone said "it's almost like they belong on Sesame Street." It was a bit reminiscent of Snuffleupagus.
It was really neat to finally see the work environment of so many people I meet/have known.

Organizing with a pinch of personality

Up until last month, this apartment has kind of felt like a temporary resting place. I signed a lease for the place for next year, though, and it finally came time to make my room look like a living space instead of a hovel.
I went out to Walmart and Michael's today, and got a nice shelf and some boxes and organizers. I'm so happy with how it's looking now!! I just have to get all my pictures up on the wall and it will finally feel like my home.

My new shelf! I think I might paint it at some point, but I'm just
it's here for now :)

All the clutter on my bedside table finally has a home, so it's down
to just the basics.

Possibly most importantly, I got enough hangers and a shoe
organizer, so all my clothes and my heels now fit! YAY!!

Now the only big thing left to organize is my huge, messy jewelry collection. I need like five more jewelry stands, it's beyond ridiculous.

Also, everyone should go to Crissi Cochrane's myspace and listen to the song Mexico. I love it; I've had it on repeat all night.

Merry Christmas!!!

Hope you all had a great morning!!

Hope you got as exciting presents too!
(This was actually on my wishlist <3)

Christmas Spirit

It hasn't hit me like it used to, but I have fun wrapping presents!! I hope it snows; I think that would fix things.

My helpers

My shiniest present :)

[[edit]] I'm at Dad's, and it's snowing! The family will be over soon and my Christmas spirit is picking up :)

Good Old-Fashioned Fun

My Uncle, who lives in Spain, sent me a letter months and months ago. In the fine tradition of letter writing, it took me ages to write him back, and even longer to get it posted.
But I thoroughly enjoyed writing it! I took paper to the laundromat and rambled in ink and paper as opposed to quickly typing out a note to someone I miss.
I want pen pals now.

Exam Time

Exams are eating my life... That and all my friends also picked this as the time to want to celebrate everything by drinking. This picture pretty much defines my life right now

Guess what my preferences are! I'll try not to pass out while you think about it for a sec.

Real posts to come soon. Promisseeeee.

Comparing Campuses

When I went to Maine the other weekend, I got a nice tour of the U Maine campus. It's so pretty! I was a little jealous. Dal has a nice campus... sort of. The old buildings are ivy-covered beauties and I love them. But the new buildings (hello, Arts Center) are atrocious. U Maine also has beautiful old buildings, but they build the new ones to match! Imagine that! Their library is a prime example... hear that Killam?
Here are some snapshots:

Not sure what building this one is, just a pretty view.

This is their library, it's at the end of a big mall: think Henry Hicks, Dal kids

This last picture is from their make-up room. I nearly fell over when I went in!! They have a make-up room!! There's probably 8 sinks and mirrors against one wall and then 4 double-sided rows of those light-surrounded mirrors. It's so big! And this isn't even their dressing room, those are SEPARATE. It's ridiculous. They even have a class on theatrical make up (I saw the people walk out of it on Friday; they were learning fake facial hair... lotta chicks with beards). 

Here's the kicker, though: they're canceling their Theatre program. 

Long Weekend in Maine

On Remembrance Day I hopped on the Acadian Lines bus and took the twelve hour trip down to Bangor to see my friend for the long weekend. It was a blast! We did some shopping (sadly missed all the Black Friday deals) and hung out, went to parties and stuff.
Here are some snapshots.

Before we went out the first night

The first night we went out to a nearby club. It was so weird not being able to go up to the bar and order a drink!! Oh well, next time I visit I'm sure I'll be 21. 

(They had dollar shots!!! I may have cried a little that I couldn't drink.)

I love this photo! The house had amazing vintage wallpaper (I should have taken pictures of the red birds and pears on the wallpaper downstairs) and that mask is favorite mask from a production I saw (and my friend was in) in first year. Look at that wonderful mustache!!!!! So cute.

I went to U Maine since they still had classes on Thursday and Friday; this was a cute engraving in the music building. I had to get a picture of it :)

I have some pictures of my new clothes and U Maine's beautiful campus, hopefully I'll post them soon!

Headed Out

I'm sitting on my bedroom floor trying to get my laptop to suck up every bit of power its battery possibly can because I'm headed out in twenty minutes to catch a bus to Maine. The route is scheduled to take twelve hours.

That's gonna be a looonnggg bus ride, but it'll all be worth it :)
I can't wait to get there!!
Pictures to follow, obvs.

Old Books In A Modern Building

To me, libraries are a haven. I love the public ones the most, but even Dal's Killam (with its atmosphere of stressed out students) can be peaceful and cozy when you dash off into the stacks.

I just found an article talking about a new public library Halifax is planning. It will be downtown, a block away from the old one, and be about three times the size. I love that Halifax is investing in a new library, but when I saw the design... Well, I can't decide if I support it.

This is our current library

This is what the new one will look like

I feel like an old fogey, bashing this new-fangled shit, but it worries me! I can't find anywhere what's going to happen to the old building, and I'll be heartbroken if it disappears, or even stops being a library. I love the old library, it's everything a library should be, to me. It's old stone, and its solid. You can descend into the bowels of it and pull ancient books off the paint-chipped shelves. Or, you can go up to the upper levels, spread all your work out on old, sturdy wooden tables, and be surrounded by reference works threatening to distract with all sorts of things you don't know (but could, if you just leave your work and open them!)

The new design looks neat, don't get me wrong. It's very modern, and it even has potential to be awe-inspiring to some small child. Maybe the child will be struck by the magnificence of it and will later reminisce about the atmosphere and how it was their haven growing up. But it looks so new. That's all I have against it really: the modernity. The old stone building can't go out of style. How will this new architecture age? It's all glass. It's the modern thing. But I look at other buildings built in the modern style of their time and I cringe. Have you seen the Dal Arts Centre? It's Horrible, with a capital H. Plus! All that glass and open-concept nonsense in a library! I want the books to surround me, to protect me from the outside and take me into their world. I don't want to grab an Asterix comic and go sit by a window to watch the bustle of downtown. I want to grab an Asterix Comic and go hole up in some corner, forgetting that I'm anywhere but in Roman-occupied Gaul.

These are very personal beefs. I realise I look at books and libraries a certain way. But something inside me still obstinately believes that a library is better off being a stately stone edifice than a shiny glass construct.
Also, the old library is a memorial to those that died in the two world wars. Announcing its replacement so close to Remembrance Day? Have a little class, Halifax.

(AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MY FAVORITE STATUE? Wrong-facing Winston??)

Happy Hallowe'en!

Since Hallowe'en is on a Sunday this year, my friends and I went out Friday and Saturday. On Saturday, I went all out: I made a gypsy costume and did my face up in the style of gypsy-sugar skull tattoos. I was super pleased with how it turned out :) I got a bunch of compliments through the night.

My full costume, at the end of the night.

I was super grateful to my friend Mike who kept me company while I put all that make up on, then took pictures of the costume for me so I could remember it :)

Gwaaarrrrrr

The Halifax Pop Explosion is going on right now, and last night I went to see one of the less "pop"-y acts. Gwar and the Casualties played at our local, seedy, club [The Palace]. It was a weird venue, but the concert was crazzzy good. I really like The Casualties, and I had heard about the ridiculous shows Gwar puts on, so going was a bit of a must. The girl I went with had seen them before and said, "I don't think everyone should go see a Gwar show: I think everyone needs to see a Gwar show."

The Casualties were everything I could have hoped for. So punk.
Gwar was so messy and theatrical. Lovelovelove.
Here are some of the better shots I got at the show;

Gwar!

Me at the end. So much fake blood.

When I took out my contacts at the end of the night they were pink.

They had a Lady Gaga costume, and I wish I had a good picture. They ripped her tits off. It was awesome.

Escape

I've been feeling so demotivated lately, and today was especially bad. Waking up with no power and no food in the house isn't a great start, and my pasta just boiled over hardcore and almost made the smoke alarm go off. So now I'm sitting in the living room getting chillier and chillier because the door is open to air out the house.
I can't wait to get out of the city this weekend and go up to visit St FX. I'll bring my camera, maybe I'll get some pictures worthy of the interwebs; their campus is really pretty.

New Phone!!

So my phone has been shitting the bed lately, and luckily, it seems I'm due for an upgrade!
Deciding between: Blackberry Curve and the Palm Pre
Thoughts I'm pondering: What makes the ideal phone? What do I neeeeeed in a phone?


[[went to the mall today and got some wickedly essential items. update to follow]]

We're Blogfriends

Myself and the lovely EK went out the other night for a wander around town. We went down to see NSCAD's Seeds gallery, which was having a showing of some paint by my other wonderfully initialed friend, KVC. We continued with Starbucks and sushi, as is appropriate for broke-but-in-denial university students.
I wore my Countessa Fluorescent lipstick from LimeCrime out for the first time, along with my new leather jacket!

Need to learn how to take outfit pictures when I'm alone!

And we caught up on each other's summer happenings, including blog-related news, at Starbucks, where we both made some fantastic impressions on our cups.

Secret: We aren't actually Blogfriends, we're HOST friends... but that'll just make us both think of Stargate.