So, another delayed update that I'm sure few will bother reading...

I managed to get myself an awesome boyfriend, Brian, who plays in 2 local metal bands, he drums for Akakor and plays guitar for Nusquam Esse (though they're still looking for a new vocalist ). He's super cute and likes to go out and do lots of different things. I think I've done more in the 3 months we've been together than I have with any of my other boyfriends put together. He's really opened my eyes to a lot of different things, and especially lots of different foods (his favourite thing! ). He skateboards, which is super hot , and likes movies like The NeverEnding Story. What more could a girl ask for?

Next on the list of new things, I've been accepted to SAIT (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology) for the fall semester starting in September for New Media Production & Design. It's basically digital design, website design, flash, video editing and lots of html and css coding. I'm super excited! I've paid my $250 tuition deposit, so my seat in the course is guaranteed Now all I need to do is pay the rest of the tuition and start prepping myself for starting school again after being out for so long haha. But it should be fun. It's going to be a super small class (64 students), so there'll be lots of one on one with the teachers.

Thirdly, I'm going on a cruise to Alaska, and a 7 day land tour of Alaska in 5 DAYS!! I'm super excited Although, while I'm away, I'm going to really miss my sister and Brian. We leave for Vancouver on Friday, and we'll spend a couple days there until everyone meets up. My Aunt from Australia is coming, and a couple of my Aunts and Uncles from Ontario are coming, my Aunt from here in Calgary is coming with us, and we're meeting up with some more family in Vancouver, so it'll be a family filled affair! We board the cruise ship on the 8th, and sail for 2 days, until we get to Ketchikan, Alaska, where my mom and I will go on a Rainforest hike and feed the reindeer at the wildlife sanctuary. After sailing for another day, we'll stop in Juneau, Alaska and go whale watching! We'll be going along the side of the glacier so there will be lots of seals and other wildlife as well as lots of killer whales (apparently). Our last land trip will be in Skagway where we will take a motor coach through Alaska along the White Pass rail, all the way through to the Yukon, back in Canada. It'll be awesome seeing one of the northernmost territories in my own country Once the cruise is over, we will disembark the ship in Anchorage, Alaska and go to an iditarod camp where they train the dogs how to pull sleds. We will watch them being trained, get to play with the pups in training, and go on a "sleigh ride" with them, but really they're just pulling us in a golf cart put into neutral After that, I'm not exactly sure what we're doing, but no matter what, it's going to be great.

Fourth, I have a new job. It really isn't great, but I enjoy it. My sister, myself and two of her friends got a job together removing graffiti from the downtown core here in Calgary. We wander around downtown and remove anything illegal, including stickers, posters and of course, graffiti. It really doesn't sound great, but we have no one monitoring us, we just wander around and talk, sometimes sing in an out-of-tune quartet, and clean up the city we live in, and an added bonus... you don't have to dress up for the job! hahaha my sister and I go to work everyday in sweatpants (with shorts for the afternoon, it's much too hot for sweats ALL day ) and our work shirts which are a highlighter blue, with highlighter orange hats. It's the worst work uniform probably ever seen, but at least people don't think we're homeless kids defacing private property, like they did before we had our shirts and hats

Other than that... there is nothing new going on. If there is... I probably won't take the time to write about it because I'm lazy, so you'll probably never find out... or probably just not care to find out haha. I hope all is well with everyone else, I haven't been on DA much lately to keep in touch with people, which I apologize for.

My Stock:


My BFF:

Upon quitting Wal-Mart, I received more money than expected. I didn't think I would get any vacation pay because I had JUST taken vacation before I quit... but, what do you know? With my last pay cheque, I also received a cheque for $723 some dollars. Now, I have a burning sensation in my pocket...

So, yesterday, I went and spent some of that money. I bought a regular point-and-shoot. And seriously, some of them are so nice, I tend to forget that with having a DSLR. The one I bought is super rad. Instead of photoshopping all my pictures to make only the reds (or any other colour I so choose) saturated, I can do that on this camera. WTF? And it's just handy to have around when you can't go places with a DSLR. Now I remember why I've missed having a point-and-shoot!

I also bought a lens cap for my telephoto (seeing as how I lost the original one while horseback riding, and have just been putting the lens hood on it to keep it from touching anything ), the super ultra cool D-BG3 battery grip for my K200D and got a wicked deal (check it online, minimum $70, I bought it on sale for $50!!), another 2GB memory card for the new camera (Canon SD880 IS), AAAAAAAAAAND 5 rolls of 120 film for the HOLGA (yes, a Holga 120N) my dear friend Glenn lent me.

I think, I am most pumped about the Holga right now though. I was about to put a roll of filmin it, when I realized, I didn't have any electrical tape to cover the light leaks in it though. So, I still haven't used it, but am contemplating using it without the tape to see how one roll turns out WITH leaks. If you have used a Holga and have any tips, please, let me know!! I'd be glad to hear em!!

After alllllllll that, I still need to buy an external hard drive for my computer to put all my pictures and music on, and then, the rest of the money that I got goes straight on my VISA. So, I'm guessing that I'll be able to put about.... $1000 onto my VISA, after I buy the hard drive. Which makes me super excited.

My Stock Account:


My BFF:

So, I've finally quit my crappy job, and am currently unemployed. Therefore, I have plenty of time on my hands, at the moment. I've decided to go through my many photos and update my stock account. I haven't added much there in a while, and hardly anything with my new camera. So, if you're interested, feel free to check it out over the next week or so and see if there's anything you like.

So, my lame stock account is .

P.S.!!! Check out my BFF . She's got some great photography and edits. She also has some photos of me that I don't have here on my account, or on my stock, so far, anyway.

Ok... So lots has happened since I last posted a journal (almost a year ago!). So much to say...

Dan and I have broken up. It was in April sometime, I think. Didn't really keep track. It was kind of mutual, in a way, but kind of forced because of the situation.

So, I've moved back to my mom's place. I've done a lot of growing up since Dan. I have realized that my whole reason for moving out of my moms in the first place was stupid. I moved out because I thought we fought too much. We didn't fight that much at all, really. I fought with her. All my mom tried to do was get my life going in the right direction. She was only trying to help. And had I listened to her, I might have done a lot more with my life by now. I would be done university or college, but now, I haven't even started. My younger sister will be done university before me, all because I chose to be stupid, without realizing it. I missed out on so much of my family because Dan and I lived so far away, and he didn't like visiting with them. He thought they were boring. So... I missed out on almost 4 years of my family. I may as well have lived in another country.

But my eyes are open now, I've done what growing up I can for now, and I'm doing the best I can to fix my mistakes and get my life on track. I'm quitting my shitty job soon, fixing up my resume to get a decent paying job, and one that I can move up in, getting a portfolio together to apply for schools, and getting re-acquainted with my family.

It's going to be tough proving myself to my family, proving myself to me, that I'm not going to let myself get in another situation like that. But I'm definitely going to do my best. I need to make myself me again. Make myself be who I want to be, not who someone else wanted me to be. I am who I am now because of the things I've done and the people I've met, but not everything is likable. And I'm planning on fixing that.

I am almost happy now. And I'm happy it's come before it's too late. The clock is ticking, I'm not getting any younger, and I've already screwed up too many things. Time to fix it, before the sands stop falling...

And in case anyone has noticed from my recent photos... I've got a new camera
My mom bought it for me so that I could use it to get in school, and of course, use it while I'm in school I LOVE IT!! Great camera for getting started in photography. All the menus are simple, the functions are easy to understand and it takes damn good pictures. I honestly think it does more work than me. Pentax K200D

I haven't really used my DA account in a looong time. I hope to change that though. I need to get myself more involved in my artwork again, I miss it. Hopefully I'll be able to get myself back in the habit of using DA... :S