I'm getting married!!!

yup...it's true. :)

another cuh-razy dream

So...the other night I had another really long and strange dream.

It started off fairly normally. Julian and I were going on some sort of road trip. I think it was New Year's or something and all this crazy stuff happened, like this random lady was put in charge of keeping the drunk driver's off the road, and we got a ride somewhere with her, and then realized she was a bit nutty so decided to make our own way again...just a bunch of on and on stuff that didn't really make much sense...

Anyway...somewhere along the way Julian turned into somebody else: a boy from my choir named Andrew Malcolm, and in the dream I was now dating HIM! This was a problem for me for many reasons. First of all Andrew is kind of young for me, as he is just graduating high school this year. Also, like me, he has a different significant other...her name is Allison. I was very distraught about the problems that could come from this situation.

We came back from our road trip and he dropped me off at my parent's house, where I was to have a big party that night. One of the first groups of people to show up to the party was Allison, and I tried with all my might to avoid her at all costs. Inevitably she was able to catch my eye and with the coldest of glares proceeded to call me such names as "Boyfriend Stealer" and other unsavoury terms. The whole time I was just feeling terrible about how I possibly could have gotten myself into such a situation. More than just Allison's feelings were at stake here, and I was quite concerned with how Julian (my other boyfriend) would react to this news.

I eventually found him at the party too, and said "Julian, I've got bad news...I'm dating Andrew!" Julian seemed generally unperturbed by this bit of information. He reassured me that things would all work out and that I should just calm down. While Julian didn't seem to be bothered in the least, I was still pretty upset and tried to devise a way to let Andrew down easily so that I could live happily with only one boyfriend. Two was proving to be a bit stressful.

So, I went to find Andrew and found him in a room with a bunch of other people. I was trying to talk to him, but there were so many other people around I was having a hard time concentrating, so I asked the other people to leave so I could talk to him. They left, but other people kept coming back in the room. I remember telling Andrew that I didn't think this was going to work out, what with Allison and Julian and everything that made our being a couple far too complicated for my liking. Andrew responded much in the same way as Julian, reassuring me that everything would be alright and telling me that he would take care of Allison...he may have rubbed my arm in a loving manner and gazed at me a little too long which made the whole breaking up with him undoable at the moment, especially with other people around.

I left the room, and I remember seeing Allison again out of the corner of my eye talking to somebody else, so I quickly walked in the opposite direction to avoid another unpleasant encounter with her. At this point my house turned into a ferry boat and I was proceeding down a hallway to the outside deck of the boat. I stepped outside and it was a beautiful sunny day and on one of the benches sat my sister, Shelley, making friendship bracelets. I ran over to her and sat on her lap and tearfully explained my problems to her. She was sympathetic and tried to console me, but before she could give me any advice we were bothered by some random guy trying to sell us raffle tickets. Shelley bought one, and at that point I woke up.

The End.

just to get rid of the leprechaun for ashley...

1. What time did you get up this morning? 5:30, 6:00, 6:45, 9ish, 10ish, 11ish, 11:45 is when I atually woke up.

2. Diamonds or pearls? diamonds.

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Harry Potter 3 at the IMAX in Regina.

4. What is your favorite TV show? I don't really watch TV anymore...we only get fuzzy CBC.

5. What did you have for Breakfast? nothing. it's lunch time now.

6. What is your middle name? Elizabeth

7. What is your favorite cuisine? umm...does ice cream count?

8. What foods do you dislike? olives and coffee...but I'm starting to be able to tolerate these in small amounts. I don't think I like liver either, but it has been a long time since I've tried it. also I'm not a big fan of leeks, despite (or maybe because of) the fact that my parents have an entire cookbook devoted to them.

9. What is your favorite Potato chip? I usually buy Doritos when I buy chips, but I don't think they're potato chips.

10. What is your favorite CD at the moment? two CD's recently acquired from my older sister's music library. Jack Johnson album...it has a yellow cover. and Mother Goose Rocks IV...it's a compilation of Nursery Rhymes set to various pop artist styles and songs...for example: Dave Math Shoes sings Frere Jacques, or This Little Light of Mine by Stung.

11. What kind of car do you drive? I don't have a car, but I frequently drive a purple neon.

12. What is your favorite sandwich? umm...i only really like sandwiches if I haven't had them in a while...and i ate a lot of sandwiches while I was camping, recently. Although if the sandwich is on nice bread with fresh ingredients then you can't really go wrong....or grilled cheese sandwiches...or Peanut butter and jam.

13. What characteristics do you despise? Insincere, inconsiderate

14. Favorite item of clothing? my blue jeans I bought last summer at market days in courtenay. They just fit really nicely.

15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, it would be: anywhere that i haven't been to yet. maybe spain or morocco, or italy, or australia, or england, or nova scotia. It would be fun to go back to places I've been too like Namibia and Malaysia and get a better look around. Or even just to Hornby Island for a week.

16. What color is your bathroom? Poo brown. not my choice.

17. Favorite brand of clothing? I don't really have any brand loyalty. I just buy whatever fits best and looks nice and isn't too expensive.

18. Where would you want to retire to? Close to my grandchildren if they exist.

19. Favorite time of day? Bedtime.

20. Where were you born? Comox, BC

21. Favorite sport to watch? I get to watch baseball with Julian a lot. I have started to get to know the players and stuff...he also took me to a CrackerCats game last year which was a lot of fun.

22. Who do you least expect to send this back? I don't think anyone will...nobody reads this except for maybe ashley, to my knowledge.

23. Person you expect to send it back first? see above

24. What type of detergent do you use? I know the bottle is bright blue...

25. Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi.

26. Are you a morning person or night owl? Definitely a night owl.

27. What size shoe do you wear? 7 and a half, usually.

28. Do you have pets? we acquired 2 fish at the Kokopelli reunion banquet on Saturday night. One died by the next morning. and I'll just check on the other one...he is still alive.

29. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with everybody? I am moving to Barrhead, AB, in a few weeks.

30. What did you want to be when you were little? In Kindergarten I wanted to be a firefighter.

31. Favorite Candy Bar? I think Skor.

32. What is your best childhood memory? I had a pretty great childhood...I don't think I could isolate any one memory.

33. What are the different jobs you have had in your life? violin/fiddle teacher, babysitting, marine feul dock attendant, busgirl at the Blackfin, server at the Filberg teahouse, juice booster, Sbarro (for 2 weeks), house/petsitting, aide for a little 4 year old boy with Down Syndrome in a daycare, gardening

34. What color underwear are you wearing? white.

35. Nicknames: Rosie, Rose, Rosaline McBrownface, ro ro, Rodie, Judy, Remy, Rosie-may, Down Town Rosie Brown, Sisterfriend, etc. those are the ones that are off the top of my head, but people tend to like to give me nicknames. I don't think anyone has actually ever called me by my given name except in Grade 7 Social Studies, and in official situations.

36. Piercing? One hole. in my nose.

37. Eye color? Brown

38. Ever been to Africa? Yes. I went to South Africa and Namibia with my choir two summers ago. SOOOO GREAT!!!

39. Ever been toilet papering? I don't think so...oh wait...i think I was present when my friends toilet papered the car of some guy I didn't know...I may or may not have participated...I can't remember.

40. Love someone so much it made you cry? Yes.

41. Been in a car accident? A few minor incidents.

42. Croutons or bacon bits? Bacon Bits

43. Favorite day of the week? Saturday.

44. Favorite restaurant? Kyoto, on Jasper Ave. in Edmonton. Although the Kingfisher seafood buffet I went to for a wedding a few weeks ago was pretty darn delicious.

45. Favorite flower? Roses and lilacs.

46. Favorite ice cream? at least 2 scoops.

47. Disney or Warner Brothers? Disney.

48. Favorite fast food restaurant? A&W.

49. What color is your bedroom carpet? parquet floor, with a brown and white rug that cannot be seen right now.

50. How many times did you fail your driver's test? I passed all my driving tests.

51. Before this one, from whom did you get your last e-mail? Scott Leithead, my choir director.

52. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? What kind of dumb question is that? This is a fun "fill in the answers" thing. Make the question read "Which store would you choose to blow 5000 dollars prize money, if you had to spend it all right now, all in one place?" Maybe IKEA.

53. What do you do most often when you are bored? Check my email or go on MSN if I have internet access...or if i'm driving with Julian somewhere for hours and hours, I ask him random questions, or play I Spy, or make up a song about the scenery around me, or simply stare off into the distance.

54. Who are you most curious about their responses to this questionnaire?

56. Last person you went to dinner with? Julian and his Mum and Dad last night.

57. Ford or Chevy? My parent's van is a Ford so we'll go with that.

58. What are you listening to right now? the window is open and I can hear a plane going over right now with traffic noises from Jasper Ave in the distance.

59. What is your favorite photograph? umm...I have no idea...this question is too broad...let's just go with that photograph of the leprechaun further down the page...he's up there with the finest art photography, in my humble opinion.

60. What person have you learned the most about life from? My parents, I suppose.

61. How many tattoos do you have? none.

62. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The egg.