Halloween 2011

Alright, as I promised, some Halloween pictures! Here they are..

Yup! I was Princess Zelda, no big deal. Took me a month and about $300 to make it all from scratch, and I couldn't be more happy with it. Except a part of it broke at the beginning of the night, hence why I took most of it off near the end. It will just need some fixing before it's next appearance in a few months!

I also wish I got some better pictures..next time!

A Million Years Later..

Oh yeah! I have a blog! Whoops.

Honestly, there hasn't been much to blog about since, well, since two months ago. That's how exciting I live my life! Sometimes I don't even know why I bother writing on this thing, but I guess it's nice just to pretend there are people out there who find me interesting.

I'll tell you something that is exciting; I'm working on the craziest costume I've ever made for Halloween! Except I can't tell you what it is, because I've vowed to keep it a secret until the big reveal. Mostly because I've spent about $300 on it and it's seriously (I think, anyways) the best thing I've ever made. But, Halloween is almost in a week, so it's not too far away! Then I will post epic pictures of my most epic costume EVAAARR!

I have also been painting a lot lately, which I think is why I've been so absent from my internet life because I'm trying to get stuff done. Check out my art blog to see pictures of stuff later, when I get off my lazy ass and scan them..

In the meantime, I promise I will try to keep this lonely blog updated! Don't hate me!

The 23rd Birthday That Was

I would have posted about my amazing birthday yesterday, but I was just downright pooped after the night before. What an amazing birthday it was..

I did end up getting tattooed. It was something I have actually wanted for awhile, but I'm the worst for actually going to get things done. But I went for it, and I absolutely love it! First dork tattoo, out of many more to come I'm sure.

After getting tattooed I didn't have any clue what I was doing. I planned to have dinner at one place with some friends, but it was too far and all booked up, so we went for sushi instead. Best plan b ever! I have never seen that much sushi on one table at once. Holy fuck. Then we just pre drank at Sarah's and went out for more drunken debauchery. Then I got really drunk. Like, more drunk than I have been in awhile. But it was fantastic! Everyone was having a good time, I was having a good time, and I got to hang out with everyone. There were even some surprise friends at the bar that I haven't seen in awhile, so that was nice. Safe to say it was probably the best birthday so far! The only thing that would have made it the best EVER is if a few certain friends were here to celebrate it with me. But they're coming home soon, so that's ok! We'll have a late party.

Today is my mom's birthday (yeah, I was the best gift ever!), but I feel like a bum because I had to work all day. And it was crazy stormy outside today too. After work, I went outside to take the garbage out and I was blown away. Not actually blown away, no. The sky was all orange, and it had the craziest cloud formation. I have never seen anything like it, in my 23 years alive. I stood there for a bit, trying to grasp what I was looking at. Like, was I on drugs? No...is it the apocalypse? Yes. That must be it. The world is ending, so therefore I am witnessing this crazy fucked up sky. Which also, for some reason, resembled popcorn. I can't quite explain it, so I took lots of photos of it. And so did almost everyone else on the street. As I was walking to my bus stop, everyone was pulling out their iPhones (because you know they are superior! Admit it!), sticking out of car windows trying to snap a shot of this phenomenon. It was pretty incredible.

Birthday cupcake! And a cat.

Birthday tattoo! Cause I'm fucking cool. Don't fuck with me.

Crazy apocalyptic popcorn sky

And it was perfectly clear behind me!

Seriously, what the?

Same Shit

Well here goes another day where my plans go down the fucking toilet, just like every week.

The first half of my day was awesome. I went shoe shopping with my mom and bought myself some badass, expensive shoes that I don't need. Then we went out for lunch, where I held the cutest little canary (or budgie? Might have been too big to be a canary. But it was yellow!) and it sat on my head. Yup. That did happen.

Troy recently fractured his rib, so he's taking time off work to recover. So there isn't really much we can do right now, but we were supposed to hang out today. This is where I get all frustrated and annoyed, and all that other shit girlfriends are supposed feel. One minute he'll be all "Yeah, we'll just chill out, watch a movie or play video games." then the next he will say, "I think I should stay home. Come over and watch TV or something." (which makes sense, sure!). Then, "I'm just going to sleep all day. You have fun with your mom. I'll call you later." What the fuck? Ok, so we won't hang out at all. How does that surprise me?

I seriously don't mind going over and spending time with him if he can't go anywhere. But this seriously happens all the fucking time. We will make plans, then at the last minute he will just ditch, or decide not to do anything at all, leaving me with nothing to do. And I don't have a whole lot of friends, so it's not like I can just go somewhere else and hang out. That's all I've got. So, this is 'the sad life of Taylor', I don't do much because I have a boyfriend who selfishly ditches his girlfriend constantly. Fuck. I'm getting sick of this.

Here's a picture of my beautiful shoes. And a bird on my head.

Next time I post, I will be 23. Holy moly.

23 in T-minus 9 days

9 days until my 23rd birthday and I still have no clue what to do for it.

For the past few years, I have given up all hope for my birthday, for a few reasons. A) I don't ever drink, so what else is there to do, really? and B) Most of my friends either live in another city or are away on vacation. So that pretty much leaves me with no plans. But this year I want to do something, I need to do something. So far, I have a couple of ideas, but nothing is for certain.

I really want to get tattooed. It has been way to long, and I have had the itch to get something new lately, but just going to get it done is the hard part. Mostly because I'm the biggest wuss in the industry, but also because I'm not 100% sure what I want. Although I have a pretty good idea, and I'm going to see if my friend will be available to do it. I hope so!

Troy wants to take me out for dinner I think. That would be really nice, just the two of us. But I also want to see a few of my other friends too. This is actually stressing me out a little, trying to think of something that everyone would enjoy. Like, fuck! Why can't I live in my own place and have normal gatherings like everyone else? That would solve everything. Things to look forward to when I turn 24, maybe 25, I guess.

Time for some major brainstorming.

Meanwhile..

Comic book babes.

Dang, I really miss this girl!

Memory Lane

For some reason, I had the urge to open a few old boxes that have been packed up since I moved 3 years ago, just to see what forgotten treasures I could find. Well, I didn't find much, except for an old Batman nutcracker and some of my old journals! You know those are always fun to read through. And oh what fun it was.

I started journaling later in junior high, and throughout most of high school, so you can imagine the kind of shit I would write about. And if you know me, and what I was like back then, it was definitely interesting. The majority was just mindless rantings about crushes I had on boys, relationships I went through, and a lot of heartbreak. Enough heartbreak to feed a village, figuratively speaking. I was one sad and depressed little girl, and now that I look back on it, it made sense at the time to freak out at these things, because that's all I knew.

Things are so different now, I worry about life goals and grown up things. Back then, all I cared about was whether or not this guy liked me. That was my whole world. So of course that's all I'm going to write about! And considering what crazy hormonal shit I was going through, I realized how much of a fucking 16 year old I was. I'm happy that I have mellowed out since then, or else I would be a crazy ass bitch wanting to kill my boyfriend's ex-girlfriend for no apparent reason. It was kind of funny looking back on all that. All of the things that made me want to die at the time, thinking 'This is it. This is all there is to life.', when really it's not. It makes me actually appreciate having to experience all that in order to be a stronger person in the real world. But in some ways, I really haven't changed. Almost 10 years later, and I am still struggling with some of the same problems I had when I was a teenager. I never realized it until now. Makes me wonder if it's ever going to change.

I still do keep a journal, aside from this blog of course, for those days where I feel like I need to get something out. I wonder what it will be like to read that in another 10 years?

...

The amount of loneliness that I'm experiencing right now is painful.

I didn't leave my house yesterday, and most likely won't again today, because I have no friends and my boyfriend is allusive. I need to stop getting my hopes up that someone will actually want or can hang out with me. I like my alone time, but living my life alone is enough to make it not worth anything.

What the fuck am I doing here? This fucking sucks.

That Time I Went Rafting

Well, work has been absolutely exhausting and crazy, but I'm loving it. I'm usually fully booked everyday, sometimes with just a little bit of time to work on things, but oh man. I'm not used to this much of a work load, so on my days off I'm pretty much just a corpse. At least I get a three day weekend!

I totally forgot to post pictures from the rafting adventure I had with Kelsey and her boyfriend Carson. So, to make up for my heinous mistake, here are a few shots from one of the best days off I've had in a long time. We first went rafting for 3 hours, then almost immediately went on a 3 hour bike ride. I burnt my legs pretty good. Good enough to cause one of my feet to swell up and freak the shit out of me. I thought I was dying. But thats all well and good, now I'm just peeling like the lizard woman I am.

Raftin' it up!

We discovered, and conquered, a log!

Kelsey and Carson

I found a piece of the Triforce!

My extremely swollen feet. Ooooh man.

Me vs. Myself

If you asked me, 'Could you get any lazier?', I would have to say no. Having three days off in a row is proving to be very nice, but also not so good for my motivation. Not that I have lots to do or places to be, but I find it very hard to actually start things and finish them when I have so much free time.

Today I've thought about what I did when I was younger, like fresh into high school younger. I had two whole months off, and I didn't have a job, so what the hell did I do in my spare time? I figured, pretty much the same as what I do now; sit around, go on the computer, play video games, do some artwork, and at that time I used to play guitar. I also used to hang out with my friends a lot. But that's the big difference. None of us had anything better to do, so we would all just hang out, have sleep overs, and do teenagery type things. Now, we all have jobs, some go to university, and a few live in a different city. So it's hard to do those things anymore.

If I thought that growing up would be this socially damaging, I would have opted out of it all together. But unfortunately that's not an option. Just kind of sucks that once you get older, you get those responsibilities that you wanted so badly as a teenager, but it sucks the fun out of everything. Or maybe I'm not trying hard enough? It's hard though, when your best friends are all out there doing their own thing, and I'm here doing my thing, which doesn't really seem like that much. I mean, sure, I'm a tattoo artist. That's a really hard, mentally and physically exhausting job. But I don't go to school, I don't live on my own, and definitely in the same city as I have always been in. I am really busy at work, but I seem to have so much free time on my hands that I don't know what to do. I think too much about what I could be doing that I just waste most of my time. I need to be more productive, I need to keep myself busy, otherwise I just get super bummed out. Maybe I need to disconnect my TV for a week, shut myself off from anything distracting, I don't know.

I just want to have that same level of contentment that I used to have. Right now I'm struggling with myself, which is my biggest problem. Not sure what I'm planning on doing, but today I'm going to take the first step of getting out of my own way.

Summer Days

Know what I haven't done in awhile? Blogged. You know why that is? Cause I'm a lazy fuck, and I've been busy, you know, doing stuff. Like, going out and enjoying the summer kind of stuff. And working a shit tonne.

But Kelsey is in town for a few days, so we're getting up to shenanigans. Today we're going rafting! Like in t-minus 1 hour. And plus I get to wear my new super-awesome-and-cute bathing suit. I'm going to try to squeeze as much fun stuff in this summer as I can. Since I'm not going on vacation this summer (boo!), I'm going to just have to make do with what Calgary has to offer (which is not much). Well, there is the Stampede, but I think I would rather save my money for something worthwhile. Sorry douche bags! But there are lots of things to do if you put your mind to it.

Well, I better go get ready for my rafting escapade, there will be documentation!

Gettin' Shit Done..Sort Of

Doin' mah nails! See? Sometimes days off are productive!

PLUS I'm going to Ikea today. Take that laziness!

Return of the Comic Expo

This weekend was the annual Comic Expo! I went yesterday with Troy and my two little brothers, Connor and Cooper. They have never been before, including Troy, so I figured it would be a fun day!

Well, it was fun, but exhausting. The boys are so young, so they got tired very quickly. And every booth we stooped at they would see something they wanted and they would try to convince me to buy it for them. Trying to teach them the value of a dollar is very difficult. But they got a few things they wanted, and I did as well. I FINALLY have the Hylian Shield added to my collection! I have been looking for it for a few years now, so when I saw it I instantly wanted to buy it. I also randomly found a Ganondorf action figure from Ocarina of Time, and a couple of posters. It was hard to look at anything when you have two little guys that keep getting distracted and wondering off. I'm going to have to take full advantage of the weekend next year. I might even dress up! Now that I have the shield, I could be Link.

George A. Romero was supposed to make an appearance, but he sustained an injury, so hopefully he will be there next year. William Shatner was there as well, but I didn't get to see him. Would have been cool though! We did see endless amounts of people dressed in Star Wars gear, and other awesome characters. They boys were a little shy to get their pictures taken, but with a little reassurance they got lots of pictures.

I could have stayed for at least a few more hours, but the boys wanted to go home so we left earlier than anticipated. Sadly, it was the only day I could go, but I had lots of fun and I'm sure they did too. After all, I finally have what I've been looking for for along time! Until we meet again, comic expo.

Ooooh yes..

My baaabyyy!

I had to. He was $4!

Troy piggybacking Connor back from the bathroom.

Cool!

Finally, someone their size!

Looks like we're about to pound it!

Scorpion is terrifying in real life.

Batman Vs. Scorpion. FIGHT!

Some cute hats they didn't buy.

Connor and Lord Vader himself.

Sucky Day

Today was so terrible I don't even know where to start. Well, it wasn't HORRIFIC, but it was just full of things going badly/not the way I'd like them to.

I guess I can start off with when I woke up. Actually, before that. I had a fucking terrible sleep. One of those nights where I would try so hard to fall asleep, but hours would go by without getting anywhere close to it. I eventually did fall asleep, but then woke up soon after with a minor headache/sore throat. Sweet. Also not to mention that I originally had today off, but was booked an appointment, so I had to go into work. Oh well, whatever, it'll be a quick in and out thing. Or so I thought.

So on my way to work, I remember that they started doing construction on the street where my bus stop is, and so I walk to the next one. Well, that one's closed too! So 6 blocks after, I finally arrive at the bus stop and I'm finally on my way to work. When I get to work, I was already in such a horrible mood that I forgot to prepare myself for the worst. Note to self: when it's someone's last day, DO NOT expect them to finish it off with any respect for other people. I have learned that the hard way once, and it happened again today. I get to work, and the studio was a fucking massacre. There was garbage on the floor, everything was strewn about, and nothing was cleaned. And I had that appointment coming in a little less than an hour and I still haven't drawn up their design. Awesome. Plus there was so much re-organizing to do. So I started to clean like I have never cleaned before. Then 1:00 rolls around, the time for my appointment, aaaaand there was no one to be seen. Ok, so maybe he's a little late? Well, I will continue with my cleaning. 1:30: where is my appointment? Not here! Ok, so, I will just clean for the rest of the day. Why am I even here again? I thought this was my day off? Oh yeah, and I had potential dinner plans with my boy later, but his friend made him feel bad for not hanging out with him, so that didn't happen. THIS DAY IS SOOOOO GREAT! Also, to top it off, a bulldog was in our store, as cute as can be, but he sat on my leg and left a nice poop smear on my boot. Best thing about that was that I didn't notice until I was on my way home, out in public. And I was wondering my it smelt like poop so bad. Fuck.

Good news that came out of today: I have an appointment tomorrow, so good thing I spent 3 hours cleaning today to make the room look presentable! Also, I will never have to deal with that ever again. If there is a mess to clean up, it's my own, and I don't mind doing that. And, I got cheesecake.

So that is what my 'day off' consisted of today. I was happy when I got to leave early to go home and make a nice big dinner with my mom and watch TV. And now I'm going to eat some cheesecake to make all my troubles disappear.

Me displeased.

(Good thing I was dressed like a 50's housewife today because I CLEANED SHIT UP!)

Bloggin' on the Balcony

It's so nice out today! For the past little while it's just been so rainy, so it's nice to have a day off where I can sit on the balcony with my cats and relax. Except they keep trying to eat this giant plant behind me and it's getting on my nerves. Brats.

The transition at work will be happening this weekend, where I will be the only artist in the studio, and I no longer work on the sales floor. It's strange, having my last floor shift yesterday, after working in the store for nearly 5 years. But I'm not completely gone, so it's not like I'm going to miss it much!

The studio got painted on Wednesday, which is exciting, except for the fact that it is now the colour of FLESH! Yeah, I had no choice in matter, even though I'm the one sitting back there for hours, and now we're stuck with a fake tan of a wall colour. I only hope it will look significantly (if not slightly) better once put stuff back up. But right now, I feel like having our dingy white walls back. Anything but flesh tone. I will post pictures so you too can feel my pain.

My friend is also opening a tattoo studio right above our store, and he showed me the progress yesterday and it is niiiiice. I'm so jealous. Dark hardwood floors, nice grey tone walls, ornate crown moulding, and that's pretty much what they've got done so far. I can't wait to see it when it's all done! Maybe I'll just hang out there all the time and pretend I work there so I don't have to sit in our gross studio. Ah well, I'll have to make the best of it.

Well, I'm just going to do what I do best today, which is laze around. Ciao.

I cooould take a nap..

Things To Come

Nothing is on TV. Nothing but Police Women of (Insert name of stuffy city here). As a result, I cannot express how much I love PVR. The only show I do watch religiously is Buffy. And thanks to PVR, I watch multiple episodes in one night, on any night I choose. A night like tonight was perfect! All I did was stay in a draw some future tattoos, and watched three episodes of Buffy goodness. Excellent. But now that I watched all of them, I'm back at square one. What to watch? Or maybe, I shouldn't even be trying to watch TV. It's just too captivating, it absorbs any shred of attention I may have for anything at this time of night.

But at least I am drawing. That is a step forward. I would usually be laying on my bed, watching the tube, and possibly trying to blog while falling almost asleep (I like to think of it more like 'zombie mode'. But, without the urge to eat brains). I think what helped was cleaning off my desk. For awhile it was home to piles of papers and sweaters and jackets. And having piles of everything makes me avoid the monstrosity, and therefore, avoiding productivity. Plus, right now, blogging from my newly cleaned desk is a breath of fresh air. SO, hurray for today, I got shit done. I also had a nap. Fuck yeah.

It's going to be nice having the next few days off work. Things have been very wishy washy lately. Lots of studio drama, and other shit I'm getting sick of. But things are about to change, mostly for me, and I'm pretty excited about it. A little while ago, someone contacted both Dana and I about a job at another shop. So we both decided to look into it, but when it came down to going and talking about the details, that's when I changed my mind. Very quickly. I had to call the lady to tell her I couldn't meet with them because it would have taken me forever. From the get go, I knew she was someone I didn't want to work for. She had no respect what-so-ever. And when I told her it wasn't going to work for me, and I went to thank her for the opportunity, she hung up on me. Sooo yeah. I think I made the right choice. Dana has decided to go work at this shop, which means I will be the only artist at the studio, and I get the whole room to myself. It's super awesome, but super scary at the same time.

For awhile, I was really hoping this was going to be a good thing for me. I was trying to picture what it would be like to work in a shop with other artists, and along side my mentor. But I am super glad that turned out the way it did. Not every opportunity will necessarily be the right one, but it will come around one day. I am happy where I am right now, and sure it has it's moments, but I need to stay true to myself and do what's right for me. And I hope that what is about to come is the right thing.

Vancouver Adventure: Day 7

Here it is, the last instalment of my Vancouver trip that happened 3 weeks ago.

First of all, when I woke up that morning, I couldn't really open my right eye. I noticed the night before it was feeling a little sore, and I kept poking it (if you think that is ever a good idea; news flash! It's not.). So I woke up with a swollen eyelid! Marvellous! But the swelling went down throughout the day, and by the time I got home I think it was pretty much gone. But, what a weird way to start the day! Still have no idea what the culprit was.

We didn't have much time to do much this day, since I had to be at the airport by 6:00pm, so we just went out for breakfast at a random sushi and breakfast/lunch diner. It was amazing! But it also just so happened to be May the 4th: unofficial Star Wars Day! (Get it? May the 4th be with you? I hope you do, or we can't be friends) And to celebrate this wonderful day of the year, Erin and I whipped open her Star Wars cookbook and made some Yoda Soda. It was delicious, but also possibly the most sugary beverage I have ever had. Then we just chilled out, played games before my departure.

It was sad. Having to say goodbye to Gambit, Erin's wonderful new cat, and to her humble abode that I have grown so fond of. And her boyfriend Kyle, who is really strange, but that's why he fits in with us so well. And of course, Erin, the greatest friend anyone could ever ask for. It was really hard, but I didn't want to admit it. I wanted to believe that I would be ok, and that going home was a good thing. I quickly came to realize that wasn't true, when I had to say goodbye for now at the airport. It has been a long time since I have had an overwhelming wave of emotions like that. I felt so empty, like I was leaving something behind. I didn't feel like that when I was leaving home..not at all. So, once I got home and had a good cry, I thought long and hard about it, and I really want to move there. I don't care what anyone says, or what they think about Vancouver. I don't want to move there because it's cool (and it is cool), I want to be there because it felt right. I have never felt so at home before, and especially with people that I love so much, makes it that much more like home. So...it won't happen for awhile, but it will happen. Someday.

And that concludes my week-long Vancouver Adventure. Feels good to finally have it all down so I never forget it.

Ps: Miss you guys! This seriously was one of the best weeks ever!

Such a handsome little guy!

Erin and Kyle at breakfast. This is the only normal picture of them.

Yoda Soda! (Erin has lots of Yoda stuff..)

Yoda Soda!

Last moments with Gambit. He clearly did not care.

I miss you, fuzzy butt!

Blood Rabbit

Black Rabbit, The Black Rabbit, and either of those with a hyphen were all taken as names for my new blog. Turns out that the people with these already existing blogs haven't even posted since 2003 or 2008! Get with it people! Other bloggers want to use those names too!

Anyways, enter Blood Rabbit! The next best thing to Black Rabbit (which is based off of Watership Down...I was so stoked!). Blood Rabbit, something I just came up with, and I am very happy with my brain sometimes. This is my new art blog! There, I will be posting my art, tattoos, and inspirational pieces from other artists, so check it out!

This blog, which has become way more like a diary, will stay as...a diary. I figured that separating my interests from my personal life will maybe help me with my artist block. It's all getting too muddled together, and I like the look of art blogs. Like my friend, Gwen's! Except that one of hers is all her artwork, her other one is art she likes and everyday stuff. I never really thought of managing more than one blog before, but now I think it makes sense. I'm excited!

So, click that link up there and follow the Blood Rabbit, if you so desire..

Vancouver Adventure: Day 6 and The Missing Day?

Oh geez, here I am again, being lazy and not keeping up with my posts. I need to finish my Vancouver adventure! Only two (or so) more days to go. Kind of sad that it has taken me like 3 weeks to post a weeks worth of happenings, but oh well. Deal with it.

Before I go ahead and resume, I have been thinking of maybe starting another blog. One for art and tattoos, nothing too personal. I just figured that some (or most) people might not care about what my life is like, and would probably be more interested in what I'm interested in. My friend Gwen has one, and that's what pretty much inspired me. Sorry, Gwen! I stole your idea! Also, I hope it will serve as a new source of inspiration for me, cause lately I have been having troubles even picking up a pencil outside of work. I'll post more about that as it happens! Possibly later today!

I was thinking about it, and I don't know how or why I can't figure this out, but I missed a day? On the Monday, we went down to Robson to do more shopping and met up with Erin's friend Willy. We hung out down there until I had to go meet my brother for dinner with him and his girlfriend Christine at their place. I haven't seen my brother for awhile, so I was very excited to hang out with them for a bit. I guess he was pretty busy while I was there, so I only got to see them once. But they cooked up a delicious dinner, and my brother bought some angel food cake for dessert. He showed me what he was learning and working on in school (video game design! Yeah, so cool!), and a new instalment in his short film series. It was very nice! But that's pretty much all I did on monday!

And now, without further ado, day 6 (I think?)!

Erin and I did a lot on this day, we went all over the place. I really wanted to see the campus at UBC, where she goes to school, and she needed to go there anyway to get something, so we spent a good portion of the day there. And oh my god, is it ever a beautiful campus. And huuuge! It's surrounded by forest, and there are so many cool, old buildings too. There is this hidden beach area that you have to get to via staircase shrouded by forest! I felt like I was on a deserted island (or Hyrule), it was amazing! I also discovered how huge slugs can grow!

After the ever so tiring, but amazing, hike back up the staircase, we made our way to the Japanese Memorial Garden. We didn't get to see the garden in China town, so I was very excited to see this one. It was much bigger, and more serene than the last one! Every statue, rock, or bridge had a specific meaning, and they even had a replica tea house! This was definitely one of my favourite parts of the trip.

From UBC, we headed all the way down to Main to do some shopping. There were loads of antique and vintage shops down there, and I wanted to check them all out. We were on a tight schedule though, as we were scheduled for a dinner night with Kat. So, already exhausted from our trek at UBC, we walked up the long road. We found this amazing antique store, filled with taxidermy and skulls, and everything else under the sun! It was incredible. I was very determined to buy a fox skull, but I couldn't justify $200 at that point. Buy I did find a gift for my mom for Mother's Day. It was a tiny little ornate metal box, but it had it's hinge repaired so it was much cheaper than the other ones like it. It still had so much character, and the man said it was probably from the early 1900's-1920's, so it has some history! And my mom loved it, so I did good! Erin and I then searched out this store called I Found. It is a brand that we carry at my work, and it's all deadstock vintage. Mostly old jewelry and findings, but has never been used or sold. And this store had thousands of different charms, beads, and pendants. Lots of them I recognized from my store, and lots of them were new treasures. I bought a few skull beads for future craft projects. Then it was time for dinner!

Dinner took place at a sushi restaurant called The Eatery. I was expecting a traditional sushi place, but it was far from it. It was dark, and hanging from the ceiling were these huge paper mache (or some other material) characters. Among them were Astro Boy, Aquaman, and cthulhu, who was hanging above our table. And none of the servers were Asian! I know that doesn't matter, but they usually are, you know, at a sushi restaurant. And the sushi was amazing. For dessert, I had a deep fried Mars bar. If you ever get the opportunity to try one,DO IT!! It's sooo goood! After being stuffed full of sushi and Mars bar goodness, we headed out to Kat's house so I could meet her new kitten, Bear! And what a cutie he is! We played some Scribblish, and then it was time for the long trek home to sleep!

Whew. It's getting harder to remember exactly what I did and when, so I hope I finish these posts soon! Now, time to work out.

Erin and a very content Gambit.

Pidgeys!

The staircase at Used. I'm in love.

Beautiful UBC.

Erin's favourite view.

No martinis?? What an outrage!

Our decent into the wilderness..

The beach!

ENORMOUS SLUG! It was bigger than my finger!

One of the many lanterns in the garden.

Me under the cherry blossoms.

Erin by the creek.

So beautiful..

The tea house I wanted to live in!

I felt like I was in Japan.

Cthulhu!

Deep fried Mars Bar. MmmmmM!

Bear!

Erin faces off Looshkin.

Kat and Tyrel!