hi

My mom is looking for a house to move into. I want to help her and project my design aesthetic of bright airy rooms with large windows, winding corridors and various nooks and crannies to hide out in into her choices, but chances are I am not going to be living with her.

She has even downsized her options from 4 bedrooms (one for each of us and her) to 3 bedrooms for just her and my brothers.

I really want to move so I have a solid concrete reason to get rid of all the shit that I have. Almost everything I own is unnecessary, but I'm a bit of a pack rat.

(I guess you can sort of see this conflict in personality - the desire for bright, clean, airy rooms and my tendency to hoard junk - in the pictures I posted..)

Also the thought of having a brand new house empty of stuff to start over with is soooo appealing to me. The house we're in now is a complete disaster, and I want to say that when my brothers move out, my dad and I will go and clean shit out, but it probably won't happen.

So that's is what's happening right now.

A little bit of a life update; I had my first shift at H&M today (well, not really a shift, but orientation). It's weird working in a big store again. Folding doesn't require a board, and sizing things is considered a waste of time. I could get used to this.

I was escorted out of Madison Pub by security on Friday night where I spent the whole night sitting on the front steps and throwing up, so this is a warning to all you who like to have parties and go out drinking on the town for your birthdays. I cannot go to the Madison again. Sorry.

Aaand I just spent 52.00 on a ticket to go see Fleet Foxes at Massey Hall on my own. I am sitting in row A seat #2 on the left side, so I probably won't be able to see shit. But hey, at least I'll be able to hear? (I'm right by a speaker, so I'll need ear plugs I guess.)

OLD SCHOOL

I found these while cleaning out my email awhile ago.
I figured someone out there will enjoy these.

picture time

so yeah. there are more, but i won't subject you to them. they mostly consist of me making gross drunk kissy faces at everyone.

webcam

since i got my laptop before it was the norm to have that little webcam at the top, i was kind of super excited when my mom came over with her laptop yesterday, and i found out that hers had it.

as a result, my brothers and i got instantly retarded trying to take the most ridiculous pictures ever. i can only imagine the mirth that wouldve ensued had we actually had a mac and were able to access all the goodness that is on photobooth. instead we had to settle with the stupid "effects" that were available.

it started my day off with a good 2 hours of laughing so hard, that at one point i thought i was going to die.

here are the results:

God help my mom when she finds these gems stored in her pictures folder. especially when she's trying to show her friends the pictures she took when she was in LA last week.

hahaha

So i've found some more pictures from my trip.

Churrasco - before and after.

the second picture is saved under "DRUNKMOUSTACHE"

@ Elliot and Gabi's party garage. Drunk and cold. The third is a picture of Jesus hanging in their living room... the text translates to "Jesus, you are my best friend"

I sewed puppets and we put on a play for our Educational Activity Day on culture.

Mid-project @ Fazenda Ytu, our first weekend in Brazil, chilling in Gabi and Elliot's backyard.

In Chinatown in Montreal.

GOD, I MISS THESE GUYS.