farewell

today i have to say "until next time" to lee and ilia.

my heart hurts.

sask-vatch

tomorrow, after work, i am venturing down south to look for large furry animals. also known as, i'm going to sasquatch festival.

i have been looking forward to this for over three months. lee and i bought our tickets the second they went on sale and called each other once they were purchased. we've been talking about it at least once a week since.

it's one of those things, though, where i really hope the build up isn't more exciting than the actual event. i don't want it to come too quickly because it will be over all too soon. then what do i have to look forward to?

ilia is coming with us too. though i've known lee for almost three years (has it really been that long?) and only know ilia because he and lee are like, best friends, i've never actually hung out with the two of them together before. shit. as ilia aptly put it "i think mikhailas going to be seeing double by the end of the weekend...".
note to self: don't give them sugar!

ilia wasn't at my house for five minutes, when he ran out on to the patio, stood on the knee high (wobbly as fuck) coffee table, and was in the midst of shouting "what's up vancouver?" when the entire thing collapsed beneath him. i handed him the 'tool kit for dummies' my dad gave me for christmas. we now have a way sturdier table on our patio.

my guests have definitely made home in my previously semi-tidy living room. their belongings are strewn everywhere (kind of looks like my bedroom). i don't really mind though. i came home from work, and the dishes were clean. fair trade off.

what can i say? i love them. i love having them around. and i love their company. i wish they both lived here. although, i almost feel as if i would see even less of them if they lived in vancouver than i do when they live in edmonton.

so, all that being said, i will relish the time i have with the boys and also the time i have in george, washington, basking in the sun at the gorge (it is supposed to be nearly 30 degrees the entire weekend) and listening to some great music. it is something i will probably remember and talk about for a while to come.

i need to buy disposable cameras.

i already have bought a fanny pack.


but for now, the boys are bike riding around the sea wall (maybe they'll burn off some energy...not likely), and i'm going to eat a fudgesicle and pack my bags for the weekend.

Lila the Lazy Lion, A book of poetry by Mikhaila Christine Searle

today while sitting in the attic at my parents house, i found a book of poetry i wrote when i was in grade three for a school project. complete with illustrations.
according to the liner notes,
'in this book of poetry you will find lila the lazy lion, rainbow, you'll find out where rain comes from in the rain, you'll also find, rain, long beach, and many other great poems.'
here's a little taste of what i was made of at the ripe age of 8. you won't be able to get enough.

Lila the lazy lion

lila the lazy lion lounged on the ground.
lila the lazy lion snored without a sound.
lila the lazy lion was used to being served.
lila the lazy lion was happy when she purred.

lila the lazy lion roared when she was mad.
lila the lazy lion cried when she was sad.
lila the lazy lion didn't have any friends.
lila the lazy lion liked to play pretend.

lila the lazy lion ran across the road.
lila the lazy lion slipped on a toad.
lila the lazy lion was thrown right on the ground.
lila the lazy lion moved without a sound.
lila the lazy lion moaned, and groaned, and cried.
that's when lila the lazy lion almost died.
lila the lazy lion fainted after that.
boy lila the lazy lion was a fraidy cat!
lila the lazy lion was taken in a car.
lila the lazy lion didn't know how far.
lila the lazy lion was put into a bed.
lila the lazy lion had to rest her head.
lila the lazy lion was left at the doc's.
lila the lazy lion was not allowed to talk.
lila the lazy lion was sick for a year after that,
lila the lazy lion was no normal cat.
and that's the end of that!

i bought

i bought my mum
i bought my dad
because before i never had
i bought a dog
i bought a cat
i even bought a mexican hat
but
they all rotted and so did my brother
(I bought him too)
so i had to go out and by another
but they all turned out like the others
they rotted after a week or two
(thay started to go mouldy and blue)
so i decided to live on my own again,
and that's the end!

school bus

the bus is a tiger that
swallows you whole
and takes you for a ride
and the man at the front
is a mean guy
and
the bus is people screaming
and pack sacks
riding on children's backs
with leftover food from lunch.

piglets

messy messy
roll in mud always
cute pigs, baby pigs, little pigs,
piglets


if you want any more, you'll have to go out and buy the book. according to the vancouver sun it contains "fabulous poetry". the lybrary journalist says that it's "written with lots of imagination". the coast independant said that i was "written by someone who really knows how to write" and Ms Taggart, the school librarian claimed that it was the "best book of poetry ever written by a student". now that, is a claim to fame.

sometimes i want to write, but don't have anything to write about.

these glasses have no lenses

day to day life is different through frames,
but you can still do the day to day things










like yoga




















or meditation
















read a good book


















or complete a daily crossword
















but these glasses have no lenses


















so we should probably get jobs at american apparel

playlist

today i am listening to these albums:

1. one.be.lo
- S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.

2. MSTRKRFT
- Fist of God

4. Fleet Foxes
- Fleet Foxes

5. Bon Iver
- For Emma, Forever Ago

6. Cat Power
- You are Free

7. Soul Position
- Unlimted EP
- Things Go Better With RJ and AL
- 8 Million Stories: Instrumentals

8. Lucy Pearl
- Lucy Pearl

9. K'Naan
- Troubadour

10. Asher Roth
- Asleep in the Bread Isle

11. K-Os
- Yes!

i feel i'm in for quite the day.