poem shmoem

Disclaimer: I didn't write this, and I don't know who did. So props to them and if it's you please don't sue me. Also, I just realized it's not really a poem (duh), but I don't know what to call it instead. I just like it:

After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul, and you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning and company doesn’t mean security, and you begin to understand that kisses aren’t contracts and presents aren’t promises.

You begin to accept your defeats but with your head held high and your eyes open, with the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child.

You learn to build your roads today...because tomorrow’s too uncertain for plans, and futures have a way of falling down mid-flight.

After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much... So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone else to bring you flowers.

And you learn that you really can endure, that you really are strong, that you really do have worth, and that you really learn and learn...with every goodbye...learn.

The Sad Truth About Seniors... They Croak

As most of you know a requirement of me passing dental hygiene school was to do 104 hours of slave labour/advertising for my school... oh I mean VOLUNTEERING! Throughout my time doing this I worked at a wide variety of places with an even wider variety of people.

Some that I really enjoyed were the Vancouver Marathon ushering participants at the massage section because I got a free 40 minute massage while I was supposed to be working. It was great.

I also really enjoyed the Reilly Park Community Festival. There were so many volunteers that I barely had to do anything but walk around and eat different ethnic food all day (Indian, Vietnamese num num) and get my caricature taken. I urge anyone from Van to go to this... the food is amazing and CHEAP!

But... the one that will stick in my head forever is the South Granville Senior's Center bazaar. They put these on 2-3 times a year and there are garage sale items, and knit shit grannies made and cheap lunch. They also have a tonne of books at 50 cents each and I buy a box each time. It's like having a Chapters-Indigo card but better.

Anyways... working with the seniors can be... interesting. We all know that the way things have been done since the 1950's is the correct way to do things, right! Or feel the wrath of the old biddies!

At my most recent volunteer experience there something a little crazy happened. Two friends and I were on the advertising committee... meaning I walked around and handed out fliers and they jerked around and shopped. (I was gonna say jerked off but that's just wrong haha).

We got back to the center and the lady in charge was outside crying. We asked her why... and she said that there was a lady inside and they think she's dead. Well, she turned out to be dead all right... on the toilet. People had been using that bathroom for a half hour wondering what the hold up was while there was a dead person in the next stall. She had probably stroked out... while ummm "straining."

I know this is a senior's center and things like this are bound to happen... but it was sad because she didn't have ID on her and wasn't a regular at the center so no one recognized her. So... there was a good chance she attended because I gave her a flier! *Sniff sniff*

Kristen Stewart - New Moon

Kristen Stewart and New Moon Twilight...

The film adaptation for New Moon is scheduled for release sometime in November of 2009, with a tentative release date of November 20, 2009. It is based on the novel and is the sequel to 2008's Twilight, which is also based on the novel written by Stephenie Meyer. Summit Entertainment greenlit the sequel in late November 2008, which will be directed by Chris Weitz, with Melissa Rosenberg returning as the screenwriter. The draft for New Moon was handed in by Rosenberg during the opening weekend of Twilight. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson reprise their roles as Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, a teenage girl and a vampire who fall in love, as will Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black.

As you know New Moon Novel is a young adult fantasy-romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer. It is Meyer's 2nd novel in the Twilight saga. This book, unlike the previous entry, is about losing true love. It was originally published in hardcover in 2006.

New Moon rose to the #1 position on the New York Times Best Seller list for Children's Chapter Books in its second week on the list, and remained in that spot for eleven weeks. It spent over 30 weeks in total on the list.

Ghosts, Goblins and Idiot Boyfriend

Halloween was a bit of a shit show. Me and "Nick Lachey" had gotten tickets to go to Caprice with some of his peeps and my friends Cerina and Teddy were supposed to come too. Cerina and I had planned to go as 80's aerobics instructors... me neon pink, her fluorescent yellow. Anyways, those dumbass friends of mine waited too long to get tix and unfortunately didn't make it out. Too bad... they might have saved my sanity later on.

I met Nick at his house where he was getting ready. He was going as the Joker from the Dark Knight... nurse dress and all. I did his makeup for him and I must say I did a fantastic job. There were probably 3-4 jokers there that night and his was the best costume. I normally don't show pics of the guys I blog about... mainly because I don't wanna get sued for libel haha... but since he is in disguise I will break that rule one time. His makeup looked better before he got wasted and smudged it up.

On the way to the club we had a few drinks in the car. He actually brought limes and a knife in his backpack to do tequila shooters. Smart move or drunkass move? The jury is still out. By the time we hit the parking lot he was WASTED. And I mean not just drunk... but so drunk he was yelling stupid comments (about parts of a girl that might smell a lil fishy) and talking to bums and acting like he was literally retarded. I kinda felt like a babysitter.

Luckily a few of his friend that I knew got there before us so we hopped into line with them and I hung out with them most of the night... because Nick was off with his sister taking pics with almost every girl in the club. And in EVERY pic he was throwing up a peace sign. ALL of them. I mean yeah... everyone wishes they were Asian sometimes, but keep it to a minimum!

We're sitting at our table just chilling... and my drink is about halfway empty. This girl we were with who I don't know throws her used gum into my drink. I'm like "Ummm hey! I was only halfway done my drink!" and she's like "Oh... Sorry." She didn't offer to buy me a new drink or anything and her friend was looking at me like "I can't believe she just did that." I state: "OK! Next round's on you!" but she apparently still didn't get it. Oh well.

As the night night progressed I saw Nick a few times. Eventually I had enough and sat texting my friends in the corner all night. Finally we took off and were going to get some food... I really wanted Su Hangs (spelling??) but instead just went through a drive thru.

We got back to Nick's house where I was supposed to sleep over and instead I just grabbed my shit and left.

He didn't call me, I didn't call him... and that was the end of that.

Happy Halloween!

GHOST!

Well i was in class last period, bored. i was once again, not on task. i made 2 ghost pictures and i thought i should share it... BAHAHAHAHA!

So the pictures above are the originals.

the pictures below are the photoshopped ones.

Procrastination Kills

Well it's that time of the semester when everyone's cramping for study time and finishing big projects that are always due just before the exams. It seems everyone's busy doing that, everyone but me. it's currently past 3:45 AM and I'm still awake. Not awake to finish my essay that's due on Wednesday, or starting my portfolio that's due Friday. Instead, I'm awake and making my first blog on blogger dot com. I don't know if it's that I'm trying to kill myself with sleep deprivation, or I'm just that ADD. I've been making excuses for my procrastination but it seems i'm going to have to pull all nighters today and tomorrow to get the essay done. Since so far i hardly have the indroduction done. in addition to the essay, i must make a video supporting my essay. Oh joy.

Well i think i've wasted enough time on this first blog. Further, more interesting ones comming up! (hopfully, since i am a procrastinator, i might just abondon this blog lol)

And not to make this entry completely boring, i'll add a video from my youtube XD (also one with me procratinating! haha fuuunnn....)
www.youtube.com/bilin825

Kristen Stewart - Has Bigger Role

Kristen Stewart... Luckily, Twilight is still ranking in big bucks at the box office, but the real drama is taking place behind the scenes of the sequel New Moon, which has an expanded fifty million dollars budget and is set to start filming in March, 2009, according to reports. The Twilight in and out is incredible drama and some claim that both young stars Stewart and Pattinson will have bigger roles.

It makes sense as both Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart create buzz wherever both of them go and a report from Life & Style claims that Summit Entertainment has announced The Golden Compass director Chris Weitz will replace director Catherine Hardwicke at the helm of New Moon, the movie based on the second of Stephenie Meyer's best-selling vampire novels.

:)