September 13, 1999 - September 19, 1999
September 13, 1999 - September 19, 1999
September 13, 1999: maybe canada isn't so bad..
too lazy to retype this in update-format, so here's an email i sent to
el nan, edited a lil' of course. typos galore..i think i need a new
keyboard cuz the "A" key never works right. :P
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 09:51:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: L. Mai
To: Ellen! , Nan Salem
Subject: oh, canada..
hey ladies,
how were your weekends?
mine was verra goo!!
okay, so i went to my appts. dental = no cavities..and it ws pretty quick
at 25mins..and i had over 2hrs before the eye appt..and i was planning on
going der and waiting that full time, but i decided to go home and watch
some of DAYS. *heh* and i also called in beforehand and they told me they
were running about 15mins..eww..and my appt would take about 45mins.
i decided to go back then also..cuz i left the foodstuffs at home, which
was prolly a goo idea. so before i leave for eye appt i packed the food in
the back and left. i feel bad though..cuz mom called and left me a
message..cuz she ws expecting me to come bcak after the eye appt for the
foodstuffs..but i didn't pick up. d'aww.
so the eye appt place..it took me three tries to get der. *haw* this gir i
went to HS with was the receptionist..so she still verks der! i saw her
last year. i think we both know who the other is, but just don't say
anything..cuz i walked in like 15mins early and she just told me that
they'd try to get someone 'started on me'..and i was like: coo thanks!
so i waited...and some older woman did 'start' on me..meaning..that
machine where you canNOT blink..(i hate being told that!) and my chin
slipped really bad on the second scan of my left eye..but she ddin't say
anything. *shrug* then the machine that blows a puff of air in your
eye..she hd to do my left eye like FOUR TIMES. but i didn't like her..she
made me feel like..marlene did when i worked in the transportation office.
*blah*
then i waited MO..and then got in. and i think the dr was in
child-mode..cuz of the way he talked..he told me he was eating these
chips! and they were making him thirsty! so he'd be righ back! and the
chips were sooooo irresitable! etc etc. but he was alright..
he was just talking too much for me cuz i had to GO. but yeah..i need new
glasses (ie: just lenses) and i'll have to go home next week and then to
go this place where they grind my Rx..and go der so they can fit my frames
around them.
he asked me if i wanted my eyes dilated..and i passed cuz he said the odds
were few that i'd have anything, lalala..and i ws out of there at 3! drove
to seattle..and i would have been home in aan hour..but i didn't take
express lanes cuz the line was long..and then the exit i ws sitting at..i
ended up waiting there like 10mins before i did something else. *haw*
i drove around once for parking, gave up..and went to the W2 lot..and then
went in the apt and put stuffs away..jen came up for me..got my
shoes and left.
so it was nelson's saturn. annie wasa passenger and it would be me, jen,
and his friend nick in the back. since it wasa a friday and during rush
hour..there was lots of traffic and it took us a long time to get to
canada. jen got me a plastic pikachu wallet! she spoils me. *L*
but as luck would [not] have it, we got a flaat! nelson ran over this
metal rod..prolly came from the construction going on along the side of
the street..and we were like..500ft from the border. ARRRRRRRGH. jen
retreived the rod and nelson grabs it says: fuck! and throws it into the
flowers. *LOL*
now, i remember these saturn commericals..saying that they now hold
full-size spares...and i guess nelson's car wsn't one of them. the spare
was a BEBE tire! but nick did all of the changing tire aspect. and that
was really nice. ppl drove by and LOOKED at us, but no one stopped..grr!
but it was okay cuz we were having a good time. *ha*
then we got to the gate and passed through it no probs..and we're driving
and nelson's like: who can read a map? and everyone in the back said they
could..but nelson gives the map to NICK (btw..NOT nick wilson..another
nick, if you forgot..) prolly cuz he was a BOY. *L* but i
grabbed the map from him and lead him to our
hotel! ha HA! and it brought up bad memories for me cuz we were driving
along the SAME DAMN streets lar n i did months earlier.
which was the TALLEST one in the area..*whoa* we were supposed to meet
tyler&heather at 8.00? 8.30? but we got there late due to the tire. so the
girls stood with all the things while the boys went down to the lobby to
get keys..they take a while..and come back to say that we weren't
registered?!?!?!?!?
so nelson calls heather's mom from his car phone..and she gives us the
room number. so we go there, and they aren't THERE. so nelson's like: i
can't take this anymore..i'm going to cloud9 (top floor there with
restaurant/bar) for a drink! nick said he'd join..but i was iffy about
those two boys going off together, cuz they didn't seem to produce a key
between the toy of them, you know?
and we protested..and nelson freaks on us..nothing bad..just really
funny..i gaave him the sour paatch kids i had in my baag..and he was
waving them around..chanting: what have we done? what have i done? and we laughed
and let them go..and afterwards, jen was doing the most hilarious
impression of him in the wallway.
but they came back soon cuz there was a dress code there. and then went
back down to the lobby and were gone while..but came back..with KEYS!
they spelled heather's last name wrong. *DOYYYYYYY* her lsat name is like:
calowinkski...doesn't that just seem like something hard to spell?
but point is..we finally got IN! the room was nice..pretty big and stuff.
saw that they had already claimed the bed next to the window/balcony.
gReat view!
we decided to eat at TGIFriday's..and sat outside by the heat
lamps..ordered drinks and food. i got a bay berry, which is pineapple,
cran, and vodka..and drank it fast..so i got another one. it was goo!
nelson had two as well..and then a white russian with two shots of vodka.
annie had a sea breeze which is same as mine but with grapefruit instead
of pineapple..jennifer had a strawberry shortcake which tasted GOO..and
nick got a 'wussy' strawberry daquari..which we teased him about.
since we didn't tell them to make separate checks..it was on one huge
one..and whenever that happens we usually end up short for one reason or
another, the first was because he put the next table's bill on our
bill..but when that was fixed..we were still short about $10..and i had it
in MIND not to tip him that much cuz i wasa poor..but i ended up putting
in like $3 extra dollars..haw.
annie and i went to the bathroom and while they others waited for us..the
wiater came by and asked if everything was alright = why didn't i get a
bigger tip? cuz i guess we left him like like..a dollr tip or
something..so they gave him more money..and im' like: no way! i'm not
giving you any more money!
so then we walked to aanaother big street..granville.. and vancouver
reminds me a lot of what i think LA is like..cuz there were these big,
nice, expensive stores..still open aat this hour..lots of people walking
around..mostly good-looking..lotsa cruising..lotsa NICE cars..i saw like 3
ferraris that night..and a few other cars with letters for names. *heh*
and we went to mahoney's sports bar and grill..and the special that night
was long island ice tea..annie just sucked thata one down and ordered
another one..and i was kicking myself cuz i could have had only one bay
berry and two of these! it was gooooooooooooooood.
we took pictures in the bafroom with the vending machine..*LOL* cuz it had
EVERYTHING! it hada...condoms..perfume..sanitary stuffs..stickers..*L*
then jen, nick, and nelson went to the bar. nick and nelson split a
pitcher of ale..but nick didn't drink any of it cuz he doesn't like that
stuff..but he did it to share with nelson..so that was nice of him. he
later ordered a black russian and didn't enjoy THAT either. *L*
but while they were there, annie and i talked a LONG TIME. when we
realized they weren't leaving any time soon. we went up to them and got a
key from em..and i took two drags from jen's clove..which surprised me cuz
i inhaledddddd it..whoa. i said i'd join them tomorra night though..
and we went to the room. tyler&heather were already in bed..but annie ws
being obnoxious..and laid in bed in between them.
*LOL* and told them whaat happened to us..and they told us what they did
today..
the others came back an hour later..stinking of smoke..annie and i were on
the flo..and all 3 were in the bed..*LOL* we talked for another hour (3am)
annie had her feet on nelson's part of the bed..he doesn't like feet okay,
he thinks they're dirty and stuffs..so he was like: i'll put my feet on
your bed..and runs to her bed, but at the corner, he slips and falls..and
we just laaaaaaaugh at him. *L* he was okay though.
and then went to bed. i slept pretty good. i woke up at 7.30 cuz nelson
dropped my glasses on my legs..and then showered..and we taalked..and jen
said that i was grinding my teeths again. *DAWWWWW!*
heather knew of a place that had $5 breakfast but we had to leave at 10.
and we actually managed to do that! only nick didn't shower
though..breakfast was goo..even though that deal was only on weekDAYS..but
nick spilled syrup on himself. *LOL* we were there a LONG time..and then
went to look for a liquor store..and that took a while..and lots walking.
found the place. jen, annie, and i were gonna share wine coolrs (yeah, i
know..wussy drinks..*L*) so we each bought a diffy flavor of a 6pack. jen
n i ended up getting a small bottle of vodka as well. the others bought
'hard stuff.'
but OH, the while time i wasn't carded yet! it's weird to not be carded.
anyways..
i took a group picture out front with the liquor sign and we walked back
to the room..nick showa'ed..and we rested a bit, i had a cooler. then we
went back out and walked ALL OVER DA PLACE. and i was wearing my
high-heeled boots. ug.
took a bus to 'gastown' and there were lotsa stores and everything, they
were pissing me off cuz someONE would stop at every other store..and
LIVE THERE...and NO ONE would stop with me cuz i wanted to exchange some
american money i had. haw. but eventually that happened.
and then we went back home on the bus..took some funny pics..
went back to the room..we wanted to take a bus though..which we MISSED>
d'oh..lotsa mo walking....and went back to the room..to get a 'pre-funk'
going..i dunno how that term got in there but we were talking like that
all weekend.
theybroke out the hard stuff..i got tired and napped for 30mins..annie for
an hour..when i woke up i had 2 coolers. and sat around.
and oh, the whole time we were there, they made paper airplanes out of
STUFF [magazine] (stuff-mag.com) and threw them out the window..we must
have done it over 50times..but it never lost its appeal. *heh* some went
reeeeeeally far though. *L* it was funny cuz you'd hear every once in a
while: hey..where's....stuffffffffff
? *LOL*
then jen had a shot of..bacardi 151 rum-whatever with some butterscotch
schnapps...so i did one too..and felt fine. i like the butter scotch. and
i waited a bit longer. but i guess not long enough..so i told nelson to
make me another one LIKE THAT LAST ONE. and i took that down..but only
afterwards, did i figure out and he told me..that it was JUST that rum
stuff! arrrrrrrrrrgh. and ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. it burnedddd.
jen had left the room and came back..and they told her i had another, so
she did too. *LOL* annie had some in the middle. *L*
nelson was pissed cuz he thought he wasn't buzzed yet..he hda the most to
drink that night. nick was pretty drunk too..skinny white boy!! so nelson
drank a lot and when it hit him, it got him baaaad.
but after that 2nd shot i was goooooooooone. not too bad cuz i still could
walk and i was aware enough that i didn't say stuff i'd regret (personal
things)
but so yeah..i was laying on the bed with jen and nick. i think his arm
was under my head, or over my head or something like that..they were being
friendly. and i was just petting his hair cuz it was soft and i ws
saying he ws like a giant fuzzy sticker. *L* and he wsa SOOOOOOO red. (my
nose got really red though. *L*) and he kept saying: i'm allllll about
touching! *LOOOL*
heather&tyler ended up taking care of those who needed it..like..mostly
nelson..he was in the bathroom like..2hrs..and you'd hear him once in a
while..saya: i'm such a bastard..*LOL*
but yeah..i like messed up for about 5hrs..from 5pm to 10'ish..oyyyyyy.
annie was falling all over the place and spilling on herself..jen and nick
were hanging out..i was laying really still on the OTHER bed.
tyler&heaather were just watching all of us. they said i was the loudest.
*heh*
nelson finally ws okayenough for us to go eat at red robin by 11.30..but
he was sooooooo funny. he ws like a little kid really. i wanted the
fettuccine alfredo but they were OUT and i guess i was loud when i said:
DAMN! *L* i got a bacon burger instead.
i just sucked that food dooooown i was starving. cuz when we had gone out
after the liquor store/before pre-funk..i had 1.5pieces of 93cent
pizza..so it was pretty much gone by the time we were drinking.
nick gavae the waitress a big tip cuz they messed up on his food and so he
wasn't on the bill..and nelson kept leering at the girls..*LOL@him*
and we just went straight to the room afterwards for sleep. i could have
had the bed..but those 3 were smoking on the jesus bench outside..and of
course jen and nick were getting the bed..and i didn't want to sleep with
smokies..so i was on the flo again.
i wish i brought my journal though. but i wrote on some hotel stationery.
the lights were out at 1am. but i felt REEEEEEALLY sick whenever i was
laying down though. UG.
i wasa sleeping but then felt so sick i got up and it was 1.40!!!!!!! i
heard jen and nick whispering so i go to them, fall on their legs..*L* and
tell them i reeeeeeally don't feel goo. i had already thought about
throwing up to feel better and they said that was prolly a goo idea and
nick gave me tips like have water next to you, etc. and jen said she'd
come in to help me...
and i was like, i'll turn on the showa so they can't hear me. haw...
so i was in there, and stared aat the toilet..i didn't want to, you know?
jen came in but i was only spitting, afterwwards i locked the room cuz i
didn't want her to see me like that.
having the shower on helped a lot.
and i threw up. *gross* i felt really disgusted with myself
afterwards.....
i was out there and i fell on them again, but i almost fell on
nick's..*ahem* action..cuz he was face up..but i was face up as well. i
thought i was laying on his butt. *L* but he hda his hands protecting
himself. *L* but he was really cool about it and all. jennifer was
stroking myhair which was
nice of her to do that.
i went back in there a bit later to write on that stationery..and then
sipped jen's water but it was geting nasty so i went to get ice..and it
was like 3am. we weren't supposed to use the ice machine but i was like if
anayone crosses me...they will KNOW I NEED THIS ICE.
oh yeah..when we left for red robin. jen and annie said the room down the
hall..were having a threesome cuz they heard one girl moaning and other
giggling..and i dunno if they heard a man or whatever, but *LMAAAAAAO*
but it sucked cuz the stairs were only for emergencies..elevator..uggggg.
so i got ice and sat in the chair with a binkie and sucked on ice for an
hour. and heard people partying downstairs outside..still! it was like 4
when i went to bed..i didn't want to, but i didn' tknow whaat else to do.
sleeping was alright, but man! i felt like i ws dying..i wanted SOOO bad
to call larry..but i'd have to go down to the lobby for a pay phone for my
calling card..and i'd prolly cry while i was down there and worry him, and
i wanted him to come get me soooooo bad, but i didn't think he'd do it and
that i could just wait it out and stuff. so i didn't call him while i ws
in canada.
when i talked to him about my trip..he said that he prepares every time
that i go home, or wherever, to come get me..so he would have come and
gotten me if i called him. *aww*
i woke up early again at 7.30...check out was ata noon. we slowly got
ready. nick took a couple shots of whiskey for breakfast..*L* and he was
all red again. *LOL* everyone showered and went to mcdonald's..but i
wasn't feeling up to being in a car yet..so i asked annie to get me stuff.
oh when nick showered..he didn't pull the curtain enough so a water spot
wsa growing from the bafroom door. i even saw it WITHOUT my glasses. so
nelson was pounding on the door and you could hear nick go: aay! i'm
taking a shower here! *L*
they were back and i was soo hungry! and while they were gone, i took a
long shower and took my time and all that stuff. i had a hard time
painting my nails though. *L* i felt ready for the trip
home by the time they got here. tyler&heather were gonna stay in canada to
do the art museum and science centRE...but the rest of us were leaving.
i got my pic taken on the jesus bench. *heh* and my roll is done! lar said
he'd go to kmart for me, i put it with his stuff but i wonder if he'll do
it today..cuz i WANNA NOWWWWWWWW. annie's roll wsa messed up cuz nelson
wanted to take a pic but ended up REWINDING it. d'OH! *L*
we WERE supposed to get souveniers..i wanted to get rid of my canadian
money but we never stopped. *pouty*
we stopped off at bellingham nelson's last home..and he showed us around.
and bees attacked us at haggen (grocery store..) *L* then home! i was
sleeping for the most part..but jen and nick kept
bumping my arm and my side and it got annoying. she
ended up taking annie nd my alcohol home..cuz i wanted NO MORE of this
stuff.
but i lightly punched her in the arm and told her to quit..and slept more.
but then they were doing it again, so i punched here again and started
yelling...jokingly, and i accused them of 'bumping
and grinding' next to me. *LLLLLLLLLL* she said she was trying to get
'comfortable'
i wanted to go to their show tonight but i was pretty tired and
missed larry. but there will be more shows..
so that was my trip to canada. i was bad, but not as bad as some (annie,
nelson, nick and jennifer. *LOL*) i don't think i can eat burgers any
more...
nick was a nice surprise. he was sooooooo nice the other night when i was
feeling sick. and i duno usually when i meet someone i dunno..i'm like
quiet. but we talked on our own a couple times. nd yesterday while we were
in gastown he wasa like: you know what? i don't realy know you..and i
agreed and we left it at that. *LOL*
as for the roll i picked up before i left..turned out well! the restaurant
pic on my bday ws cute..and some other stuffs as well. but i wanna THIS
ROLL!!!!!!!!!!! *L*
so lar gave me a GOO welcome..we talked. he was watching his football so i
went into the room to take a nap..and he came in soon enough, i knew he
would..and i told him about my trip and he talked about his weekend..and
then he was hungry, so he went for food..i just felt really useless.
got taco del mar and ated..and i'm surprised he watched the vma with me.
:P
a HUUUUUUUUUUGE spider was in the apt though! it was like.....big AND
tall. *GROSS!* larry whacked it a few times with my microchip box and
threw it out the winda..it was prolly still alive. EEEEEEEEEEEEEK.
went to bed at 10.15pm..and talked. and asked hypothetical
questions..which are fun. and then sleepa! he went to verka this morning
an dpissed me off cuz he wanted to know where his fleece wasa..
...so okay! i was gone from thursday afternoon til sunday morning (i was
home by 3)...how can ONE person make such a MESS????i threw all the
clothes on the floor in THIS room into the laundry basket..including the
fleece.
i told him it was in the closet. but i could hear him mess with the
HANGERS and i was alike: IN THE BASKETTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.
and he was like: sheesh. *L*
i've been up for a while now..i think 7.30..this email is pretty long, i
think i'll use it to copy n pste onto my page insteaad of writing another
one like it.
so the trip was fun!
i'm gonna send this off now. annie is moving up today..so i'll free up the
line for her to call if she does, but tomorrow we're gonna go to the
bookstore together. i'm waiting for weese to get outta the showa!
talk soon,
jeama
latest
old entry is
september 9, 1999.
September 19, 1999: oh boy
so it's been a while since i've updated. i figure that everyone,
much like myself..needed time to digest the canada update! i'm
still tingling from the experience. *heh* and it's stronger
today because lar and i picked up my pictures.
it was a good roll! usually i throw out a picture or two because
i'm that vain. :P but this one..i liked them all..and then i
rearranged my photo album as well..so i'm feeling good here.
i'll go scanning this week..when i show annie where all her
classes are. :D new pics for all!
trying to remember the things i haven't told you guys...
oh! when i got in from canada, larry told me that bennetts'
van caught on fire! luckily no one was hurt..but the van..was
just sitting in the driveway and caught fire! he lost some
stuffs in there, such as his mattress...and his jacket is singed,
i think. but i'm just relieved everyone was okay. i'm glad
larry was home to help them out..by having them use our phone
and also offering to take them home. :)
larry and i ate at red robin rather late on, i think tuesday
night. we were stuffed full! i had to fight my urge
there however, since eating there was the last thing i had
before i got sick in canada. *ug* but it was alright. we
were in target looking around and larry lets out a huge
belch in the aisle. these people looked at us..and he
sheepishly apologizes and we run in the other direction. *L*
the next couple days i hung out with 'everyone'..meaning,
annie, nelson, and allan. their new apartments are pretty
nice--i still like mine. ;-) i met one of annie's roommates.
she didn't impress me greatly and she talked too much. i
gave up on trying to introduce myself after she refused to
come up for air. but she seems nice enough.
we helped annie pick out fish for her fish tank and also
set the thing up. well, allan did all the work. *heh*
the next day 'mac' (of mac & cheez..her fish names) died, so
we returned to the place, and there, they said we'd get the
fish (we picked out another one) when they tested our water?
back home we go, got some water from the tank and returned.
it was tested, but i guess it was like..typical of new tanks,
the status of the water..but i dunno. it was a blur here,
but we did NOT get the fish. so then we went to the next
door pet place and the guy said about the same dealy..only
he said to buy something else to put in the tank for a WEEK
and then we'd get fish. *snork* these fish people!
on thursday was a girls' volleyball game. we didn't end up
in it because, hello..i didn't have my ID card. because i
lent it to betty..to ride the bus here and pick up the car
last friday when i left for canada. i asked allan about it,
but he didn't say anything about it..so nelson and annie
pay $2 (in quarters) for parking and we end up leaving
after 45mins. whatever. we drove around and ate at paglacci's..
Yum!
nelson and annie went home for the weekend, allan's busy
with band stuffs once again.
wilson is settled in his dorm room and with RA responsibilities.
he met one of my middle school friends at camp because of
all those bonding activities. *heh* small world. i'll be
seeing him soon enough.
currently....what's on my mind:
jennifer just emailed to say she's coming up tomorrow night...
err..well, tonight, i'm typing this at 3.28am here, so of
course i think it's still saturday..but yeah! she's coming
and bringing someone so that's coo. we'll prolly go to
weese's and maybe out for some dessert or whotnot. i'm excited!
it's that time again: school. it begins in one week. i still
only have one text book, is there something wrong with that?
i emailed the law library before i left for canada. i feel
horrible that i haven't responded to their mail..but the
whole time i was wondering whether or not i wanted back in
the library system..since i had a bad experience with my
last one.
but yeah, i wrote em, i hope i can work something out. i need
to work, and the days i'm not working there, i plan on working
aa second job. my, i'm getting ambitious here! we'll see
what actually happens though....but this time, i think i'll
actually follow through. ;-)
i've read some new updates to these online journals i have
bookmarked. it's really interesting because..they're all
connected somehow. i found the first one just randomly,
eventually i read her friends' journals..which provided other
links and so on.
i guess that's it from this end, i logged on rather late
tonight..makes me tire from being online sooner. nite.
oh, and PS: i changed my
index2 page if you haven't noticed. *heh*
claireluv@hotmail.com
