Exercise and the black lung

Wow, it has been so long since I posted anything! I keep putting it off because I am planning on starting my very own little blog about food! I think that will be up this week, but I make no promises. The last month has been a giant blur of final papers, running around alberta, and now exercising. Shocking I know, but my brother has been in town... Look here he is




Let's just say he is fairly fit: he often exercises twice a day, goes swimming every second morning, and eats super healthy. He is also a great cook. Ugh so having a brother who is better at life then me and nearby has forced me into action. I've been going to the gym, running, and doing turbo jam. Overall it has been really good, I got slowed down a bit by the fact that I was crazy sick last week. But now I'm feeling better and back at it. Though now thinking about this is making me tired. Nap time?

My niece is a bad influence now this has been playing in my head constantly

That time of year again

I've officially checked out. My stress is at maximum levels which means that I'm gradually less productive. I have at least been keeping up with the deadlines of my in class assignments and starting to cook quite a bit again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrfUXuBaJ1E

I love this. Basically jersey shore spoofs will never get old to me.

Nutrition ftw

I'm ashamed to admit but out of the last four days I have eaten macdonalds food four times, potato chips twice, greasy western asian food, and a instant soup. Now I'm not fanatical about having to eat healthy constantly but this seems a bit excessive, perhaps because I've been reading this blog, http://www.choosingraw.com/ , where Gena talks about her vegan with a focus on raw food diet. I feel inspired to try to eat healthier and also cheaper! Meaning I probably should stop obsessively buying roll up the rim drinks from tim hortons and bringing some homemade lunches to school. I remember when I did the wild rose cleanse I ended up really eating healthy and also having to really plan and watch what I ate. Now I don't think I'm going to go to that extreme but perhaps something similar.

so there are a lot of great things happening this week, my friend's Elyse and Melanie's birthdays on wednesday and thursday respectively. I'm also headed off to edmonton to visit my favorite frenchie Charlotte this weekend. But to be completely honest I'm most excited for this, http://www.downtowncalgary.com/dineoutcalgary! I'm taking my baby sisters for sushi on sunday at blowfish sushi and then I hope to go for many more lunches throughout the week.

My favorite picks for restaurants are:
-CHARCUT roast house
-Farm
-River Cafe
but really if I was not a poor student I would go to them all!

This week

I have been fairly sick for the past week and also have a lot of schoolwork to do, and also have a lot of social activities in the next while, so in theory I should be trying to get
a) get rid of my sickness
b) doing some schoolwork
c) getting organized for my social events

So of course instead I am watching house online and reading food blogs. My new favorite being

she is funny, honest, unpretentious, and talks about delicious food. What's not to love?

Oh Canada

I consider myself to be a good normal Canadian. I love bacon, maple syrup and poutine. I enjoy winter and don’t bother wearing a winter coat unless it is colder then minus ten. I often wear red plaid and been called a lumberjack more than once, (I’m hoping this is due to the red plaid not my burliness). I have traveled across this lovely country of ours and have been too all the territories and provinces besides the Maritimes, (which I hope to visit in the near future). My bestest friend is a French-Canadian. I am a polite, nice, and fairly socialist, although I have never bothered to vote, which brings me to another thing that makes me a normal Canadian, apathy. I dare to infer this is normal since only 59% of our population voted in our last election. Perhaps apathetic is not exactly the right word, basically I’m not very competitive, the only sport I consistently follow is hockey, (again look how Canadian I am!), and my favourite team is currently last in the league and it honestly does not bother me that much, sorry Oilers. So when the winter Olympics rolled around I figured it would be like every other four years and I would hear a bit about it here and there and it wouldn’t really affect my normal lifestyle. To be honest I always found loud patriotism a bit disconcerting and made fun of those who jumped hard onto Olympic bandwagons, like my lovely roommate Sarah. Well I ended up watching a lot in the first couple days which can be explained that the fact that my aforementioned roommate Sarah and other roommate Karla are nuts about these types of things. Karla the crazy foreigner that she is even had the audacity to tell me she is teaching me to be Canadian, which I thought was hilarious, but it could just have been her funny south African accent. Anyways more days went by and I continued to watch, I mean I love gingers so Jon Montgomery was an obvious choice, but it hit me last Wednesday when I was sitting on my couch, the men hockey quarter finals had just been won by Canada and I was watching the women’s bobsled racing with my heart in my throat as the USA team raced down the track trying to beat the Canadians first place. I realized at that moment that I had gotten sucked into the whole Olympic trap. I LOVED it. No wether this means I should check myself in for an MRI or just accept the fact that a little competetive patriotism never hurt anyone I'm not to sure.

All that I want

- my very own darts
-uno
-a library card

Captain Lymphocyte and his team of infection fighters

I'm attempting to study for an exam I'm writing tonight and the unit I'm working on is the Immune sytem, now this is not the first time I've studied this bad boy. It definitely brings me back to the days of biology and pathophysiology. Being the hard working student I am, I used to draw comics in patho based on whatever we were learning. The immune system became one of my favorites. My main characters were these: Captain Lymphocyte- the brave white blood cell who leads his team of scouts (b-cells), trainers (helper t-cells), and highly trained killers (cytotoxic t-cells). His sidekick is a chubby likeable fellow by the name of neutro-phil who eats bacteria like it is going out of style. My personal favorite of the team is C.R. protein who coats bacteria with delicious frosting to be eaten by Neutro-phil. I'm pretty sure I only used to draw these comics to avoid paying attention while pretending to be learning. But I still think they are funny.

yum

Inspiration for a roadtrip www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/03/dining/vancouver-dining-guide.html I think so!

I feel like this schedule is somewhat unhealthy. Staying up till 3am, getting up at 9am and then afternoon naps. I'm keeping a toddlers lifestyle.

Aunty Earl

My oldest sister Amber and her new little son! Also a picture of my niece Kyrie, I love being an Aunt.

over

My birthday is over. The one day you get numerous texts, phone calls, and postings on your facebook wall for nothing you have done. I love it!

Today is my 22nd birthday. I had a busy day, visited a lot of friends, but now I am happy to be home. Sitting on my couch reading a book

I don't serp just because I particularly like it. I generally don't mean to. I just am simultaneously afraid of commitment and searching for a serious relationship. I hate being alone so I sometimes throw myself into potential things to much but still have backup guys. I always thought when I met the right person I would miraculously outgrow it, but I'm now afraid I will mess up any meaningful relationship.

I like this

And that's what adulthood is: you wake from the nightmare and realize there's no bigger bed to climb into. -John Mayer

1337

So I played zelda for twelve hours today.. So in honor I'm posting this...

www.collegehumor.com/article:1794889

I think it is hilarious

Oh baby I got my groove back. Feeling good.

Happy groundhog day

-pretended to be a 17 year old mother of a ten month old in order to get information about resources... probably going to hell for that one
-my sister told me there`s an add for an escort in the sun, I think this may be a sign I really need a job
-drinking some tea and working on distance courses, not use to being home. Pretty nice but makes me slightly restless

This is from the snowboard trip I went last

weekend. I look so happy! Probably due

to the caramel popcorn I'm eating

or perhaps the Ginger sitting beside me.

Deadmonton, surgery, and confusion

So apparently my new favorite hobby is being conflicted over what to do with my life. I am super super broke, and my parents can't really afford to tide me over anymore, I need to move back to my parents home :( or get a job. I'm taking six classes so I don't feel like getting a job would be the best but moving home and commuting seems lame. I would have to quit my church and my life in calgary is pretty great these days. But lately I have really really enjoyed being in edmonton, which came as a huge shock. I think it has partly been that I have felt pretty useful being at the hospital with Sarah and also that I do have some pretty good friends up there. So if I was living in olds I could still spend quite a bit of time in both calgary and edmonton... while looking for undergrad jobs in both. It could work great or it could be the worst.

Snowboard trips, liver transplants, and french apple tarts

My life has been strangely alternating between chaotic and monotonous. The chaos comes from taking six classes and still trying to have some semblance of a social life while being supportive and present for my roommate who is donating her liver to her dad because he needs a transplant. I think the monotany comes from me being stressed and shutting down thus sitting on my couch watching foodtv for hours on end. Overall I think it's going to be a growing period for me for one thing. With finances, school work, and more commitments then I have ever carried in the past it is a bit of a sink or swim situation.

Jersey Shore ftw

http://www.babelgum.com/4022027/kids-reenact-mtvs-hit-series-jersey-shore.html

I am currently taking three online classes so I try to set aside at least part of everyday to dedicate to them which usually consists of me looking over my assignments then browsing facebook, reading food blogs and watching mad men or dexter, (I have a secret hunger for online television), while I may not be the most responsible and organized student ever I do believe I am rather charming and definitely a bit of a foodie. Here are some of my best finds of the day!

-http://www.bloglander.com/cheapeats/ Quite funny and I love the informal writing style although I do not think I will be partaking any of his reviewed cheap foods anytime soon.

-http://www.offalgood.com/chris-blog Chris Cosentino is kind of a big deal okay, I watched him on The Next Iron chef plus on an episode of No Reservations, (Anthony Bourdain is kind of my hero ok?), so when I saw he had a blog I was all over that like white on rice or any other bad metaphor.

-His brother-in-law Michael Hearst is also cool. Who wouldn't want to hear their favorite recipes made in to songs.

Good weekend I was less antisocial for the first time in awhile. Had a birthday party for Jane and I was pretty impressed with this french apple tart recipe, it was easy and quite tasty. Also went to church, volunteered and went to Lord Nelson's bar. It was nice but now im happy to have my own company. I really want to buy some more books and really focus on school as well.

Nice

I like this website

http://calgaryisawesome.com/

especially the chow down in cowtown obviously

Food love

Man I wanted to go to

this!.

Anthony Bourdain is one of my very favorite authors. His books combine my two very things food and reading. So I obviously wanted to go to this but I am way to broke and it is sold out now anyways.

Every night I tell myself, "I am the cosmos, I am the wind" But that don't get you back again Just when I was starting to feel okay You're on the phone I never wanna be alone Never wanna be alone I hate to have to take you home Wanted too much to say no, no, Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Never wanna be alone I hate to have to take you home Want you too much to say no, no Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah

My feeling's always happening Something I couldn't hide I can't confide Don't know what's going on inside So every night I tell myself "I am the cosmos, I am the wind" But that don't get you back again I'd really like to see you again I really wanna see you again I'd really like to see you again

buhah I really think I am overtired because I'm watching youtube videos about the Jonas brothers

Buffy vs Edward

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZwM3GvaTRM

Makes me lawl everytime

pity party

At this very moment I am wallowing in self pity, for missed chances, poor choices, and the hand life has dealt me. So this is it. I'm going to be very immature allow myself three minutes to be a baby and then get over it.

Laying in bed, I'm not tired at all but I really have to pee. Lol. But I refuse to get out of bed. It was my roommate Sarah'a 26th birthday today. Overall a really quiet day for me at home. I made potato and leek soup and just enjoyed being in my own home for once. I've decided I'm not going to talk to max anymore. I realized that I've just been lonely pathetic girl lately. But he obviously doesn't care about me at all and I don't have the same feelings for him that I once did, I just crave some comfortable intimacy but it really isn't worth it with him. I'm sort of excited to get back into the swing of school and need to really focus on that.

love like winter

Home sweet home.