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>password for my OSAP account is “brian”

No, not because I’m pining for my good friend, Brian, with whom my sister-in-law is obsessed but because in 1998, that was the name of my favourite Backstreet Boy.

*sigh*

1. Get out all the books, notes, laptop, power cord and healthy snacks.
2….but first I need to check out facebook.
3. …and my email.
4. …and then my college email.
5. …anything going on on perez hilton? what about canoe? or eonline?
6. google reader!! What if someone blogged and I missed it?!!
7. Are my test marks up yet? I should check.
8. Oh, look. A friend is talking to me on msn.
9. Bills must be paid. I should pay them now.
10. Are there any new pictures on flickr?
11. Time to vote soon. Better check the election coverage.
12. What the hell? Let’s check the American election too.
13. Stare at a blank Word document.
14. Repeat numbers 1 through 13 for the next week until suddenly, I now have two papers due. I haven’t really started any of them and I am now experiencing major anxiety.

*Recently, I returned to the land of higher learning. This time, I am going to the college taking Human Resource Management.

*pauses for the Internet to think about this for a second and shout, “WHAT?!?!*

Yeah…I don’t know either.

Utterz cut me off and I was just getting started. I came across this site tonight and it reminded me of when sarah and I used to audioblog on our adventures. Thus, I was inspired to sing some reebs (her pet name from…me) for everyone. I will try again because obviously, this is very important. Clean the house, pack a suitcase, register for school..that can wait. I need to sing some Reba for the six people who read my online diary.

Seriously though, I have loved Reba McEntire since I was a kid. In high school, I watched a ton of CMT and her videos were always awesome. My alltime favourite was her duet, “The Heart Won’t Lie”, with Vince Gill. My heart smiles when they are touching hands over a pane of glass. Fifteen years later, I am still waiting for someone to reenact this moment with me. When they finally do, watch out; I will POUNCE.

“The Heart Won’t Lie” also had personal relevance when my first crush and I were seperated by the distance of two southward high schools because, you know the heart won’t lie and sometimes life gets in the way. I had the romantic notion that we would one day finally get together -perhaps at the Sacred Heart senior elementary school reunion. The fact that I never once declared my feelings to him didn’t figure into this equation.*

I could go on about Reba McEntire videos from 1993 and beyond, but I will refrain. for now. Come to think about it, I could devote an entire entry to “Is their life out there?” and reflections on my own return to higher education. (Christ, give me some ceiling fans and a pork chop and I could somehow connect it to my life.)

I also love Reba, the tv show. I own most of the series on dvd. I always loved it but after I became a single parent, I found new meaning in it. Some of my life’s challenges include a baby daddy and his new family and sometimes during the dark times, I think to myself, “What would Reba do?” It’s like WWJD but funnier with hints of bitterness and a kickass soundtrack.

Anyway, September 25: I will singing loudly into a makeshift microphone aka my fists. I will pound my chest to pump me up for the powerful parts. Reba and Kelly**, watch out.

* By “never once declaring my feelings”, I mean that once I realized that I liked him, I never spoke to him again unless he started the conversation. When he did speak, I refused to look at him and spoke in grunts. I added him to facebook recently. It only took me a year to work up to it.

** I may have neglected Ms. Clarkson in this entry and I apologize. Obviously, I love the Kelly Clarkson as well. Heck, she encouraged me to try Pro-Activ and for that my uncomplicated acne and I are eternally grateful.

Inspired by meg fowler*:

Random Things that I LOVE:

sweatpant-capris (the best of both worlds)
purring cats
fruit punch
love’s baby soft
podgy
mr. sketch markers
big macs
postsecret
the smell of water straight from the hose
cake
sleigh rides
Tom Selleck
first kisses
random acts of kindness
fireflies
summer holidays
clothes from clotheslines
sandboxes
yard sales (and other people’s junk in general)
parker’s stories
cake
people who feel
tetris
The Friday Night Knitting Club
imdb
lilacs
reading Saturday’s newspaper
when people update their facebook status
boys in hawaiian shirts
fruit stands
inside jokes
iced tea
kaaral dazzling
the sound of flip-flops
backrubs
bonfires and marshmallows
cinnamon flavoured toothpaste
field trips
messy hair days
neutrogena ultra sheer dry touch sunblock spf 55
monster rock ballads

*I know I have been talking a lot about megfowler lately. I cannot help myself; I think her blog is fantastic. I am this close to claiming to be her “super-fan laura-anne” and stalk her when I am in Vancouver this summer….

Announcement: Internet, I am going to BC.
*shrieking/flapping hands/wetting pants*

I had to work this evening (and make mixed tapes online.)

I’m sorry but mixwit may just be the coolest thing I have ever seen. This is totally highlight of the weekend material.

checkerout.

Some of you may have noticed the “30 for 30″ page. It has been updated with a list of thirty goals for me to reach before my 30th birthday. They will be crossed out once accomplished.

It should be interesting as I don’t do well with resolutions. My 2008 new year’s resolution was to watch the six seasons of Sex and the City on dvd before the movie was released. Talk about aiming for the stars.

It turns out that sitting on my arse, watching television, was far too challenging. I’m only about three episodes into the FIRST season.

Wish me luck on this endeavor. I turn 29 next month so I have a little over a year to make it happen.

…because if i am taking the time to answer meg fowler’s???????? questions, I’m going to paste them here.

1. How are you this fine Monday?
I’m good, thanks.

2. What’s the weather like where you are?
It’s actually really nice today. Sunny/capri weather/about 20…which is good for here.

3. What are you wearing? (Heh.)
burgundy capris and a white shirt with flowers. It is a “i look like i’m expecting” shirt but suitable work attire so I wear it anyway. Hot.

4. If you could be doing absolutely anything, absolutely anywhere, what would you be doing?
I would be on a holiday doing sweet nothing. Summer holidays cannot come fast enough.

5. Do you love your job, and if so, why? And if not… what do you wish you were doing?
Actually, I hate my job. I just can’t seem to find another one that will pay me as much which is kinda sad really. I wish I had another kid and was a SAHM for a bit. That’s so not happening either.

6. If there was a theme song for your day today, what would it be?
Holiday-Madonna

I’ve had it stuck in my head since question 4. You know, one day to come together to release the pressure…we need a holiday. That’s gold.

SCROLL DOWN. WAY DOWN.

My missing entries are back. After the incident, I tried to get cached copies off of google/yahoo etc. but no such luck. Since “let it go” is not in my vocabulary, I tried msn live search tonight and voila! Screams of joy were heard all over the east end. All blog comments are emailed me so after a few evenings of copy and pasting, I will be back where I started (excluding the violation part.) YAY! As an aside, do people actually use msn search? It’s brutal.

Having a blog is stupid. There are much more productive things to do with your time. If I am the stupid blogger, you guys are really dumb for reading it. Of course, there are so few of you that you wouldn’t even notice that posts are missing, I stopped writing or even died because blogging is utterly meaningless and we are all wasting our time.

Since a lot of my readers are also bloggers, I’m wondering how many of you would be upset if someone got into your wordpress-admin and deleted your posts simply out of sabotage. For me, it sometimes takes an hour to write even the “stupidest” entry. To be told, “rewrite it” hurts. I’ve resisted the urge to delete a flickr photostream or the 360 hard drive because “an eye for an eye” is not bringing my entries back.

Bitterly, I am moving on. Entries and comments are gone forever. I’ve taken precautions so this will not happen again. I won’t quit blogging because quitting means someone else is going to win.

Blog on (at least until your posts are deleted)
laura

PS. I am mentioned HERE twice. Librarian Babe also commented on my blog, take a look…..oh wait. YOU CAN’T.

yup, still bitter.

i have nothing to say. why am i even blogging?

it’s 1am. i was asleep for four hours and i am now sitting here in pajamas and with my head about five centimetres from the monitor as i do not have my contacts in.

on with junk that can’t possibly wait until morning….it is really important that i do the movie list that is on everyone’s facebook. i am not near 85 movies but i am positive no one is going to argue with me about the state of my life and whether or not i have one. besides, most of the movies that i watch didn’t even make the list. where is crazy little thing?” i’ve watched that like three times in the last week. i may be jenny mccarthy’s biggest and newest fan.

*2am update: i also decided to mutter unconsciously and share too much information. now i am going to wake up the kevin…he will love it.

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