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typography
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type is my primary imagery... words are the best clipart.

they say a picture is worth a thousand words.... but then i say that type is worth more than that. you can do so much with words too. front fonts to different styles-- you are covered.
type is my weapon against the clipart force!

October 23, 2009 | 12:41 AM Comments  1 comments


i love illustrator
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September 20, 2009 | 11:15 PM Comments  0 comments
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Pug Angels hosts fundraiser Gala
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www.pugangels.com :

January 24, 2009 at 6:30 p.m.

LOCATION
Pawsway, 245 Queens Quay, North Building, Toronto, ON
www.pawsway.ca

COST
$40.00 per person

HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS
Note: Advance ticket sales only
Tickets available through Paypal on Pug Angels' website (www.pugangels.com)
and Pug Angel volunteers and the Pawsway
To purchase online: Please click the Paypal BUY NOW button on the gala page to purchase tickets.

COST INCLUDES
Chinese Buffet Dinner sponsored by Bright Pearl Chinese Restaurant
www.brightpearlseafood.com

CASH BAR AVAILABLE
Beer $4.00, Soft drinks $2.00, Wine $5.00

ENTERTAINMENT
Hosted by Maggie Cassella
PLUS live entertainment

DOOR PRIZES


Please join the Pug Angels Facebook group!

December 20, 2008 | 7:25 PM Comments  0 comments
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my active rank went sky high
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so i was just about to blog and what do i see? my active rank has changed BIG TIME! omg i can't believe this... i don't blog for a little while and i went from 300 to like 1000 something. that is crap. wow i just heard a big bang coming from outside.. that threw me off for a sec. speaking of a big bang, did u hear about that machine that was supposed to be set of today somewhere in switzerland? and apparently scientists wanted to recreate the big bang theory??? wtf? are they god? NO. do they have the power? NO.. well i guess they could acquire it somehow.. but still.. its not right! and google even had a picture of this godly machine when you go to search for something.. you know when they create an image with the word 'google'

what i wanted to blog about initially was how the Party Fardy Party went reallllly well! our friends/family had a blast as did e and i! we had a projector going, music vids, guitar hero, surround sound going.. wowzerz! totally rad. i am happy to say that this will be a yearly event as the first annual was amazing.

so im sitting here in the office at home with my e.. he's on his laptop and im on mine.. ive been on facebook for a couple of hours it seems.. getting back into it and looking at stuff that ive ignored for a while.. it can get really busy in facebook world.

woohoo tomorrow is thursday and friiiiiday is coming.. today's dad's bday and jacob's. so happy bday to them! and happy bday to everyone ive missed since the last time i've blogged. i keep saying im gunna get back into this but somehow i slip thru the cracks. i guess its because i've had so many freelance web design to do.. summer's almost over. thats why our party last weekend took place.. it was a summer send off.. the damn rain finally stopped for that ONE day :)and then the weather changed again on sunday... and this week has been kind of chilly.. specially in the morning.

blogging is mostly for myself.. so i can record things... i used to keep a diary but meh i have nothing to hide so i might as well stick it on the web... cuz we all know i cant carry a big book everywhere with me... but ofcourse i almost have my laptop everywhere i go. i love this house. its just right for us. im so proud of us for getting this place and for making it thus far.

im gunna get back into reading soon.. i've requested some books from the library and im gunna get back into it when the library has the books ready for pickup. it will be great for my brain, definately brain food. yum. i need real vitamins though. i think e and i should take something like one a day because it will really do us good. maybe i wouldnt fall asleep right away after watching tv. i swear as soon as u plop me down and make me watch tv... thats it for me.. it puts me right to sleep. i even skip the gerble eye part and go straight to dreaming! and then when the tv turns off at night, i wake up and im ready to like go ahead and do anything BUT sleep. i dunno what it is.. its only when we watch tv shows... sports im ok. reality tv im semi-ok.. movies im great though.. i could get through them.. ohhh speaking of movies.. i wanna see the dark knight in 3d.. i wanna see that movie again and again. i have the coolest joker shirt that i got at the ex. oh my im getting excited about it again...

oh! did i 4get to mention that we went to the crue fest!! omg papa roach friggin roooooccked!!!!! motley crue wasnt bad.. but papa roach.. another story.. i kind of like sixx:am now. nikki sixx's new band... pretty good. i took some amazing shots of proach!

its time for me to say g'ybe now. ofcourse i can keep blogging... but i decided to stop to save u from boredom. and myself. im going to do something else like paint my nails.

September 10, 2008 | 11:21 PM Comments  0 comments
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Pug Angels
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Check out a website I just did...

http://www.pugangels.com

All for a great cause:

A little bit about them:
Pug Angels is committed to animal welfare and the well being of all animals breeds by providing financial support to challenge animal protection laws and raising awareness through educational tools. Pug Angels was formed by a group of like minded people who own and love pugs. Everything is run by volunteers.


August 4, 2008 | 8:32 PM Comments  1 comments
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e's first blog post
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below is e's first post... his side of the story as he explains it to my bro...
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Haha our weekend got really interesting last night at around 10:30. We were driving back home from my parents and you know how they live up there in Stoufville area with no streets lights or anything. It was pitch dark and raining. So we were driving and all of a sudden I see this pick up truck in my rear view mirror. So I speed up a little then he changes lanes and tries to get beside us driving in the other lane. So I thought he wanted to go at it. So I floor the gas pedal and before you know it I was doing 120 in a 50 zone (at one point I saw 120, it could’ve been more)

So then the pick up truck gets behind us and as I’m trying to make a left turn I see all these lights go off on his truck. So I’m like “ohhh shit, it’s a cop”

But he had a pick up truck and not a normal cop car and it was dark so I couldn’t see if he had any police signs and such on his truck.

So anyways I pull over and he stops behind us and at this point Monica’s freaking out and we’re wondering if it’s actually a cop or just a random sick person trying to play a game and there were no cars or lights where we stopped.

So then I see a flashlight in the mirror getting closer to the car. So this guy (in a cop uniform) asks for my driver’s license and insurance and at this point both Monica and I kept telling him that we weren’t sure if he was a cop or just some guy trying to chase us or something, that’s why I was speeding to get away from him.

So he goes to his car and comes back after like 5 mins. And then Monica told him that we were on the phone with our Moms wishing them a happy Mother’s Day and weren’t watching how fast the car was going. So he said it would cost us $240 and 4 points for this. And in my head I’m thinking “I need a ride to work tomorrow morning” because going 70 over speed limit is considered “racing” right? And they’ll take your car away? Haha

But anyways, he said he’s being nice to us and we’re free to go. But that was a pretty freaky few mins for both of us.

So that’s the story.

May 12, 2008 | 11:33 AM Comments  0 comments
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ankle sprain and past thoughts
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e and i were just going over some past blog posts of mine and ... wait.. hold on.. rewind.. e was just playing a basketball game on playstation and i was reading out loud my past blog posts.. and we both came to the conclusion that it was great of me to keep record of stuff that happened.. in everyday errands, you tend to forget the little details of what goes on in your life.. not that you want to forget because its still stored away in some corner of your mind.. but its just that life gets busy and u get stuck making new memories. tonight i realised that blogging was really worth it. i also realised how much better my writing habits were. u dont have to be a great writer to blog. anyone can do it. the more you practise it, the better you become at telling stories. e's watching jay leno and its sort of blocking my thoughts from coming out beneath my fingertips on the keyboard. im remembering that course i took in university. the best course by far. even better than all my design courses. the creative writing online course at york really helped to bring out my inner blogger. notice how i said blogger and not wrinter? times have changed.. change is good donkey! each day we were given a half hour (yes it was timed online) to type .. and type. we were told by our proff that we couldn't hit the delete button. what a great concept! you might think something you typed was boring.. but to someone else.. its part of the story. in that half hour we were asked to type whatever came to our minds. anything at all really.. there were no restrictions.. whether you wanted to talk about what u ate for breakfast, what u had planned for the weekend, what you dreamed about last night.. etc. our proff and classmates were open to anything. "look at ur face!" says emad... hehe im concentrating really hard now. and there is a perfect example of what my proff wanted. change in writing.. u could be talking about one thing in a sentence.. and then the next sentence u could be talking about something totally different. this keeps the reader interested. so today's good friday.. not for me though. i celebrate easter at the end of april. by the way.. i dont think ive blogged about our new house yet! yes we bought a house! and were moving soon. were super duper excited!!! today ppl came over to our condo to check it out. i think we've found potential renters! we can finally finish up what we slowly started--packing. oh how fan eh? NOT! ive never moved in my life.. and lemme tell u.. it is quite an experience. ill prolly cry when we leave here.. i get attached to things easily. im attached to teddy now.. were sitting right next to eachother.. his foot is up. ohhhh here is what my subject line says.. e sprained his ankle! get this. he was trying to act like his boi lebron james.. and he tried to dunk really kewl... and he fell on his ankle and sprained it. he comes home and ices it on wednesday night... when we woke up on thursday he could barely walk on it.. then he went to work.. and then that night we went to his parents house to celebrate persian new year.. happy narooz btw. oh shoot i keep forgetting! its spelt norooz! see how im not deleting? because i dont care.. i have nothing to hide! so anyway today (friday) comes. oh wait it will be saturday soon because its 11:57. anyway. we went to the hospital.. we checked in the emergency room.. the nurse asked if it was sprained or broken.. at this point we figured it was sprained. "still typing babe?" says e.. YES!!! back to my story.. so she took his temperature by sticking this long thing under his tongue.. then she took his blood pressure.. everything was normal.. his temp was i think 37.8? and then get this.. we waited 4 hours.. FOUR hours to see a doctor! i understand that its good friday and most ppl aren't working.. but still.. 4 hours man! in this long period of time we saw yucky stuff.. old ppl, young ppl, babies.. nothing was pretty. i hate hospitals and today reminded me how much i hate being there. hahahaha theres a new michelina's commercial.. heeeyyy michelina's. eww there was this old woman who came in by herself.. and she was baaadly burned in the face. there was a really nice big fishtank in the waiting room.. that was the only nice thing.. the nurses and doctors were a little on the mean side. i feel like im not getting anywhere.. i feel like i need a whatsitcalled to this story.. a climax i think its called. why cant i write about a climax? it seems like each story should have one. so the doc took x'rays.. turns out its not broken.. but its all bruised and black'n'blue. u can see the pic ive uploaded.. please just refer to that. and then after the hospital we rushed home to meet up with the potential condo renters.. my mom came too. and then we went over to my parents house.. and my bro and chrissy were there.. it was good to see them :) he's moving too! and uhh now were home.. somewhere in there is the climax and i guess its e's ankle. he's eating cheese again. haha speaking of cheese.. those cheese commercials are so cheesy! getting actors to sing about cheese.. haha but they make ppl laugh. im tired of typing. kiko is on his spiderman bed trying to sleep.. i duno why that little guy scratches his bed and turns round and round until he finds his special spot to sleep in.. he is such a character. tomorrow we have lots to do.. maybe ill write about it.. tomorrow.. or today.. its 12:05 and im done my blogging. out.

March 21, 2008 | 11:38 PM Comments  0 comments
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the deadline and the conundrum
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Writer: Two days, twwwwwwwoooooo days, how am I supposed to write an Oscar winning, record breaking, best selling blockbuster movie in two days. But where to begin?, how do I start?, what do all blockbusters have?, they have actors, ok so there is a man and he is a short man, wait no he should be tall and good looking so there is a tall and handsome man, and a woman and they are deeply in love, and in clothes ... fancy dress clothes, because they are at a ball. He is none other then the handsome prince charming and she is a lowly peasant girl in disguise. They see each other from across the dance floor, and their eyes lock in a deep and penetrating gaze. He proceeds to ask her to dance and she accepts and they dance, and dance and fall deeply in love and live happily ever after THE END. ( dancers look stunned and disappointed with the work) That’s it --finished, its great its got romance and intrigue... (reads it over) Too bad its only 30 seconds long. What else can I do. What else do blockbusters have, they’ve go... got... I don’t know, lets think E.T , umm Independence Day, Alien... that’s it Aliens. Ok so They are dancing and falling in love when suddenly an alien spacecraft appears overhead and a space monster with tentacles, lots of eyes and really, really bad breath says to the lowly peasant girl “BLAKISH BACKIE JABINSKWISH“ or your coming with me. But the prince says NO! She is mine, I will fight you for her. So the Alien space monster and the Handsome prince dray their weapons. Their special ... LIGHTSABERS, and they duel. It is exciting and the crowd is roaring, and the Handsome Prince is hit, It looks as though he has been defeated, the Space Monster moves in for the kill and.....

Phone: RING, RING... (phone rings) RING, RING...

Writer: Hello

Friend: Hey, what are you doing?

Writer: Working, I don’t have time for this, I need to finish my script.

Friend: Oh come on you sound like you could use a break, lets go get a cup of coffee.

Writer: Coffee

Friend: Yes coffee you know its hot, and sometimes cold and you can drink it, in a coffee shop... duh

Writer: Yah, yah whatever, (hangs up phone) Oh brilliant, ok so scrap the space monster its too far fetched anyway, The Ball room is now a coffee shop, with some humorous yet obvious name and the prince is a stockbroker and the princess is now a.... I know she is the waitress. Ok so She is serving him his coffee and he asks her to join him, she says no because she is working but he asks her if she has a break coming up and she smiles and sits down. They Talk... and laugh... and ook deeply into each others eyes, then he reaches for her hand but hits the cup of hot coffee and it spills all over the waitress. She is horrified and he moves to help clean her up and she... SHE SLAPS HIM! “How dare you” she yells at him ... oh this is good stuff, so much emotion and drama the waitress feels violated and is furious and the stockbroker is insulted by the accusation they struggle and ....

Door: KNOCK, KNOCK ( door)

Writer: WHO IS IT?

Friend: You said yah, yah

Writer: I said yah, yah to what

Friend: Coffee!

Writer: Well I don’t have time I’m under a lot of pressure.

Friend: Oh whatever, come on now you need to relax, here I have it Knock ,Knock.

Writer: What are you doing

Friend: I’m telling you a joke. Knock, knock.

Writer: A joke, a comedy, that’s brilliant thanks for the idea, later! (slams door) Ok so back up The waitress and the stockbroker are sitting and talking and this time he leans to kiss her and falls off his chair, he is humiliated but tries to recover. Then waitress get up to help him and... and ... and slips on a banana peel! Everyone in the coffee shop laughs and they get up and sit back down, there they are joined by some friends all very different there is a jock and a brain, a prom queen and a freak and a rebel. However all of these individuals are united because of ... something they have in common. Humm, maybe they're all wearing green underpants? (pause) What if they all have evil twins? (pause) No I’ve got it... they are all united by their desire to become famous Broadway performers. Hit it! 1..2..3..4.. And they break out into song and dance. Yah yah yah yaaaah yahhhhh dopey do dupedy do blah blah (triggers cheesy musical score and watched dancers act like clowns for a bit) Ok that’s enough of that musicals are exhausting and they never make any money anyway, I mean Sound of music, what was that. How can I make this more appealing, I could have a cowboy and an Indian, and I need a cop, and a... villain, and an average Joe and they all find themselves at the center of an evil plan to destroy the world with a series of nuclear explosions, no a comet is about to crash in to the earth, no a man has brought dinosaurs back from the dead... oh shit. This really isn’t working. I should have stuck to poetry It doesn’t even have to make any sense for people to buy it. Oh geese I know what to do... I’ll just make a sequel, like Rambo & you don’t even need dialogue, just a truck load of fake blood and guns. Awesome!

Fade to black!

February 21, 2008 | 8:31 PM Comments  0 comments
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our fish killed himself!
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what else can i say? our little fishy is flushed away.. no no.. thats not how he died.. he had a slow and painful death i presume. the poor little guy, also known as 'green goblin' (he wasn't green... we thought he was but then he changed colour)... well these are his last moments:

at exactly 11:43pm, green goblin was pronounced dead at the scene. it is lead to believe that he posed his own death. why? we do not know. he was a great fish and an amazing siamese fighter. green goblin came from the beta family - his ancestors gave him brilliant coloration, and long flowing fins which he loved to display before his friend in the mirror.
"what's that smell of burning?", asks monica as she made her way into the washroom. at this moment she knew something was wrong. earlier on in the evening she had lit a candle... the candle she always lights every so often. this candle is in the same spot at all times. there he lay. in the centre of the candle, was green goblin's corpse. his fins were now black and no longer vibrant red and blue. the stinch of death was near. emad thinks GG jumped out of his water and landed in the candle where he burned himself. why would a fish like this jump to his own death? he was given everything he could possibly wish for. from a designer bowl, to the best food out there... he lived to be 2 years old. never had he attempted to try this unforgiven act before. the candle wasn't even that close to the bowl. the bowl was on a stand and is higher than the candle. what a fall that was. it is in question that his water level might have exceeded the limit.

R.I.P. Green Goblin the 1st.
2006-2008

February 5, 2008 | 7:43 PM Comments  1 comments
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blah time

hey! 'member me?

some news in no particular order because i felt like blogging today...

2morrow is my koumbara's halloween party and e & i are gunna dress up.. i can't say what were gunna be because someone might read it and then it wont be a surprise.

work is going great.. the best ppl ever to work with.

marriage is still kicking strong :) fun times infinity. love rawks. he's the best.

kiko aka mr. personality is such a krazy little man. i swear he is like a little boy wearing a dog's costume for halloween. oh! speaking of halloween ill post a really funny pic.

our koumbare, e and i went to the queens of the stoneage concert last week i think it was... it was freakin sweet!! we all rawked and rolled along. its too bad the finger 11 & sum 41 concert got cancelled.. what a shame!

k u wanna know something really gross? grosser than eating cow dong or balls... even if they are chocolate covered? wellll.. nah nevermind... i changed my mind... i cant tell u...

my phone just rang and now i dont remember what else i was going to write..

October 25, 2007 | 6:00 PM Comments  0 comments
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gobble gobble


October 5, 2007 | 5:02 AM Comments  0 comments
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new mac :)

ok just to clear things up... its not totally new.. but its definately a hundred and one steps up compared to my little ibook g4. i now have a powerbook g4 because teddy got it for me :) its wicked stellar. yup thats right... wicked and stellar put together. its... STICKED! hahaha.

i love it off. its much more powerful because he fixed it up. way bigger screen than my little one. this is like the big mama of what i had before..

i guess i am truly a macaholic. it would be nice to get me one of them new mac notebooks... but until then.. this will suffice.

aside from this sticked news.. life is good. e and i are doing really well in our married life 2gether. trying to enjoy every day to its fullest and all. theres tons i have not written about.. not because i don't want to.. but because we are so busy!!! i shall get back to blogging soon because i need to keep track of all my memories somehow.

this past long weekend we went to niagara. it was really good to get away. we even had a jacuzzi in our room! we went on the simulation rides ripley has and the official niagara one near that tower. we bought some great souvenirs even though we've been there many times... hehe but the hershey and coke store was very hard to resist.. and the harley store... oh and we got this street sign that says "happy trail" .. aint that cute?

work is really well. i love where i am right now because its the people that make it great! char, the other graphic designer there is totally rad.

our lia has gone off to grad school and already i miss her! jo jo is a few steps closer to becoming a real teacher.. hehe. and x and elle are doing great as well. im so proud of you all. g 4sure misses lia infinity times more. awww i can't imagine what that feels like. when e has to work overtime i miss him galore.

our little kiko monster is adjusting to his new home. i must say he is handling things quite well. aside from a few surprises he's left for us when we came home... he is still our baby dawg.

ok so thats it for now. more soon hopefully. testing the keyboard - successful!

September 6, 2007 | 11:31 PM Comments  0 comments
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almost the weekeeeend!

woohoo!

ain't it gr8?

im so happy i could just shout it out.

and funny.. that's all i had to say.

August 24, 2007 | 4:50 PM Comments  0 comments
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quick hi

ok my battery is running out...

HI!

... told ya it was quick.. grrr and i have so much to say!

August 23, 2007 | 8:02 PM Comments  0 comments
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its me again


August 21, 2007 | 7:11 AM Comments  0 comments
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simpsonize me

me simpsonized!

July 29, 2007 | 11:07 PM Comments  2 comments
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eat, drink and be married!

dun dun daraaaaan.
we did it!!!

woohooooo.

married are we :)
happily ever after is us.

and that is not the end my friend...
we'll touch base soon fur sure eh!

June 27, 2007 | 11:51 PM Comments  1 comments
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type 2

Enneagram

hey im not possessive! but the rest is true :)

May 2, 2007 | 11:47 PM Comments  0 comments
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missing him much.

I really wanted to add this on my last post but I accidently forgot.

Chrrrriiiisssssss when are you gunna come home :(

Umm, in case you're wondering, no he's not a lost cat or dog... he's my bro and I MISS HIM!
He moved to the U.S... and I havn't seen him in like forever and a day.

And I miss matt and ash!!!!! Ohhhh how I miss those little bums.

Ok I'm done venting now :)

March 8, 2007 | 3:26 PM Comments  0 comments
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ever gone furniture shopping?

E and I have been furniture shopping lately. In particular, we were looking to find a nice bedroom set. From small stores to big department stores, we saw it all-- canopy beds, sleigh beds, straight beds, metal beds, small beds, big beds .. man... all this chat about beds is making me tired. Finally, after a whole lot of looking.. we got the bed! ... and the night tables, and the whatcha-ma-call-it... the french name thing.. its like a closet.. oh the tv armoire! hahaha.. and that's basically it. We can't fit the dresser in our room because it was pretty lengthy and chunky. Our room is kind of small to begin with considering we'll be living in a one bedroom condo. It'll be delivered this coming Saturday.

The wallpaper is now up and it looks awesome. We'll be moving the sofas, the TV, and the bar stools next weekend. So really, by next weekend, our condo will be ready! It was sooo much fun going around with teddy to shop for things. The funniest thing that happened yesterday was how E was trying out the mattresses. He looked so cute each time he layed down and I swear he was about to fall asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

When we went to Ikea to buy our lights, we ended up getting a whole lotta spotlights! eeeeeeeekkkk the condo looks stellar. We have a few things left to do like put up our way kewl circular mirrors and small shelves here and there... but we're done w/ all the big stuff.

This Sunday teddy and I are going to a Raptor's game!! Can't wait! We always make the game fun even when those boys don't play too well hahaha.

Monday I start a new job!! I'm so excited I just can't hide it! Graphic designer = me.

What's up with facebook and why is everyone using it? Geez its like a whole new world. I will never ever sign up for something like that. People are obsessed its just ridiculous. tsk tsk tsk.

March 8, 2007 | 3:08 PM Comments  0 comments
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