I work from 1 to 5 so i can definitely come after work. i'll help you pack if you need help chels. Happy early new years to everyone :)

ann

All my bags aren't packed, I'm not ready to go...

Yep, I'm fine with meeting earlier. I've yet to throw snow at Ann's face too. What time are you thinking, Chels? Shall I bring some super cool games?


Aaron

suggestions?

hey guys

dan's dinner got postponed so we don't have to leave at any specific time

also, i know we don't usually hang out so early, but would you guys mind meeting in the morning? then ann could come and then i could have the rest of the day to pack (still procrastinating... i know i know!!!)..? it's okay if not; just thought it would be great to get everyone there if possible.

see you soon,
chels :)

Canceling the meeting on New Year's Eve.

Plans for New Years:

Meet at Dan's house at 1 pm.
Note: Ann has work from 1-9pm so she will not be able to make it.
Also note: Dan has a family dinner at 5-ish pm on New Years Day so we will need to leave before.
Have a great New year's eve. See you (except Ann) on New year's day.

-lily

I'm home everyone!!
My flight was delayed for 3 hours but since I had to arrive at the airport 3 hours in advance, i stayed in the airport for 6 hours.
Are we have a group gathering tomorrow? we should have one before chels goes. Are you all free?

-Lily

Have a merry christmas everyone. See you when i get back from vegas!
Love you all!!
LILY

It's December in our town

Hey everyone. Hope you had a good trip, Joanne, and that your grandpa's doing alright. It's really snowing here right now, so much so that the Festival of Lights was closed for today, which was good, I guess. More snow to play in!

I'm suddenly trying to send my short film out to a ton of festivals. I made a giant list the day before I graduated (all on a spreadsheet on my computer) but a lot of them were already over for the year. A lot of other films are also submitted on this one site, withoutabox.com, but most have entry fees, and since I wasn't working at the time, I didn't enter any online. But now that I'm working and plus the sum of money I've been given for my birthday/christmas, I've found a lot more that I can enter, which is really exciting! At the same time, I have to tell one of guys back at VFS which festivals/competitions/contests I want to enter my film into before sending it in (the school owns the films and they won't broadcast the film on tv or anything, except on their youtube channel), which is a bit of a drawback because some deadlines are coming up and I don't know if the guy will respond in time for me to submit things. I guess we'll see though.

Wish I had more to say, but I don't. I still have to throw a snowball in Ann's face! When are you free for that, Ann? Or anyone, actually.


Aaron

HAPPY B-DAY AARON!!

HAPPY EARLY B-DAY CHELSEA!!

Aww sorry guys but I can't make it today.  Plus I just woke up (don't judge me!  I stayed up all night for physio!!)  There has been a slight change of plans.  Apparently my grandparents aren't going to be in Korea during Christmas after all.  They're in the states right now because my grandfather is getting an eye surgery (I'm scared for him) so I'm going this weekend to visit them there instead.  My aunt (the one who just had a baby) is also going to be staying with us in the states before coming with me to Vancouver.  Apparently she wants to stay for a month.  It was very unexpected and we have nothing prepared to accommodate her, the baby and a nanny so we've been busting our asses off just trying to get the place cleaned up XD  I'm so tired after all the exams!!  

Aaron and Chelsea I must see you tomorrow before I leave!!!  Especially you Chels, since I'm coming back in January and you won't be here =(  When are you guys free?  Dont worry if you guys can't meet up for too long.  I have a lot of stuff to get done before my trip >_<  I'm supposed to evaluate my group members for a course and the instructions are so complicated.

I can't do the 18th, i can only be there until 5pm. sorry if i'm the only one but i have to do a closing shift for pizza hut tomorrow :P i can do the 19th, 20th, and the 21st at nighttime.

ann

one wrong click and...

you get "puke green." thanks aaron :P

yeah sorry i didn't call you after my shift on mon. i wrote down your sched (which you probably have by now) but got home and fell asleep. i was working that day from 930am to 930pm with only two half hour breaks :| so i was pretty dead.

also, lately (since that night aaron and i went to timmy's with bekki... sunday?) one of my wisdom teeth has been really bothering me. i think it's somewhat swollen and it hurts when i swallow or chew. i can barely open my mouth. don't know what to do (i think it's just breaking the gums more so yeah...).

anyhow, yes. aaron shall we get together today or tomorrow to do more planning? everyone, be available on thursday then! at... 1pm?

call me for questions
call me aarie

-chels

Just had my 2nd to last exam. It went okay but sad-ish.
18th is good for me.
Here is Mariah's version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSpPxW1ZbyI
Yea I do sound nasal and out of breath at certain parts.
I'm still sad-ish :( I got a pharm assignment back and i thought i would do well but i didn't do so hot. I think that's the main reason. The exam was okay but i really thought i would do well.

Anyways, tell me the time and place when you have that all figured out. I won't have time to get you stuff unless you want to me just get you whatever but it would be best if you guys can wait.

love you all :)
Lily

Party time is here!

That's an interesting shade of green. Almost like puke green... anyway, yay! Possible party on my birthday! Van Dusen didn't phone me yesterday... but Dusty phoned me a couple minutes ago, which was good because he said I'd be in on Tuesday but never told me a time until now. I don't know if you're working today, Chels... how was last night? Apparently Beejay was there, haha.

Lily: Your recording sounds good (although I didn't hear the original so I can't really compare). There were a few times where it sounded like you weren't using your full chest voice, and it almost sounded nasal/your nose was plugged, but other than that, it's pretty good!

Ann: Good luck with your last final!

Joanne: Good luck with yours too! How do you feel about smoothies?

See you all soon!


Aaron

dec 18th?

does that work for everyone?

here is what i know so far:
aaron and i are not working on that day
everyone is done exams
no one has a christmas dinner/party (unless ann does and didn't tell me..!)

let me know!

-CHels

ps-sorry for late notice. aaron and i just got our week schedules yesterday night.

Miss you most at christmas time

Hi everyone,

I heard this song on the radio. It's Mariah Carey's (not surprised)" Miss you most at christmas time".

I slightly obsessed with it so i decided to sing it. I think it sounds okay. I was trying to harass my brother on his opinion of how i sound but he's a being a wiener and slightly annoyed.

Should be studying.

Tell me what you think. I didn't finish singing the whole song because the last part is hard to sing haha

lsiuvs Podcast- - Lily

whoops

sorry for confusing your exam time lily/joanne :( (btw, aarie, it's a morning exam on the 17th)

aarie and i spent yesterday throwing magnets around and planning our party :) let us know if there are days you can't attend (joanne, when are you leaving on the 18th? like, what time?)

oh yeah, lily, sorry it took me so long to post; things keep coming up.

i got new glasses yesterday (and contacts, but that will look the same so it's not exciting) though i think they look kind of funny now. oh well. anyhows, let's see... well, i've had training for both jobs now (van deusen festival of lights concession stand and the bay oakridge) and it's okay. i think it will be better once i get better at my job. it's frustrating being in training!!!

i had a dream my phone could take pics (mine can't)..?

dan and i baked brownies yesterday... they're okay but need more cocoa :| i also wish they turned out more gooey :)

i hope everyone is doing well and no one is sick.

btw, it's SNOWING! i'm not sure if i like it or not :| luckily, i have snow boots.

gotta go now. see you at work, aarie.

-chels

Ann...thanks. All i can say with your school thing is to work harder and study more efficiently which i don't think will help since you already know that. If you want, this winter we can go over your study habits. Good luck on the rest of your exams.

Good luck on your audition Aaron!

I want Kettle corn.

I took a wonderful nap for 3 hours. :) Mmmmm. I had my second exam today. It was anatomy. It went okay. My next one is on sat. So my exam schedule is like:

FNH on SAT
PHARM on TUE (next week)
PHYSIO on WED (next week) --> ending on 17!

I'm excited for your birthday party Aaron and Chels! I'll help after i'm done but i think by then you'll have everything figured out.

Joanne, i called you but i couldn't get a hold of you. Good luck studying.

Chels, i hope you had a good first day of work!

Take care y'all,

Lily

in case you still feel bad about your boobs lily, i didn't say that to make you feel bad..i don't know why i said that really. i guess i just don't want you to look unflattering because of the dress. your boobs are fine

i really screwed myself over this semester, i took way too many courses and i'm honestly worried about being put on academic probation :( I spent 45mins yesterday trying to calculate my CGPA and if my calculations are correct i cannot fail more than 3 courses, which doesn't sound like its gonna happen but i'm always pessimistic when it comes to my grades

I'm glad you concocted a back up plan aaron, although i'm still bitter you didn't get into SFU. Langara looks like alot of fun, i was there for my LPI. it looked like highschool without the morons, i think you'll enjoy that

sounds like everyone is done except for me. i want some kettle corn as well. do we get it for free if you guys work there?
btw, when is your audition aaron? do you need someone to go with you?

ann

Mmmoron is mmme.

Okay, so the two songs I got Dan to help me put into my phone by Bluetooth apparently can't be ring tunes. I don't know why... that's kinda really disappointing.

Work was fun. I actually started on Thursday, where I learned the secrets of making kettle corn in the giant kettle corn bowl-y thing. It's kind of scary when it starts popping wildly and you get hot sugary particles on your hand... but other than that, it's pretty fun. If you come, there's free kettle corn to try! You just gotta stay near it and I'll constantly refill it.

I can't believe my audition is tomorrow. I don't feel entirely prepared, but when I got through the list of stuff that'll happen, it all seems alright. I guess I can only do my best and see how things go. Oh, and I figured out a plan if I don't get into Berklee (hooray for finally planning things out.) I looked up some stuff at Langara and I could get an Arts degree in two years, and the courses they have are actually of interest to me. I have no idea what I'd do with that, but I think it would be kinda cool. Plus, I could take some languages since Je heart parler francais y espanol tambien.

I really don't have much to say about the weight stuff except that being under a hundred pounds is probably not so great...

See you guys soon! (birthday party plans are in the works...)


Aaron

actually chels, i'm glad you brought that up cause i wasn't even thinking of that. Actually i don't think they went smaller until my sis said something. I'm not sure if i told you this but i lost 5lbs during school, no on purpose, but it really freaked me out because i've never weighed that less. Anyways, i'll try to workout during the break but that's what i always say.

I hope you have a good day at work, chels and aaron. I WANT KETTLE CORN :D
I finished my first exam. WOO Hoo! A lot easier than i expected. Only 6 pages.
Anyways i have to study Anat!

<3 Lily

lily!

i totally know what you mean! i woke up at 7am this morning and could not go back to sleep arg! and last night i was getting really sleepy so i wanted to nap quickly before studying more, and i fell asleep from 8pm to 1130pm!!! i was really mad.

i am so sleepy... i just got home. it was okay; somewhat better than last time. i think it's because i had 2.5 drinks and last time i only had 2.

i am semi excited to work tomorrow! i will tell you aaaaall about it later.

have a great day everyone! especially lily who has an exam!

let me know if i can do anything to help you guys since i basically don't have anything to do anymore until january (really)!

oh yeah and lily, (i honestly don't mean to patronize or anything; if you already knew this, please ignore) your bra/cup size can change especially if you gained/lost weight. i've lost more weight (not on purpose, of course) and i think i dropped half a cup size. i think. hopefully i can put on a bit of weight before i leave vancouver (i'm less than 100lbs now... is that scary or what? it really does freak me out...)... but anyways, lily, i haven't seen you for a while, but i think you've got a great body. i watch "what not to wear" enough to know that it's NOT YOU, it's the clothes! there is nothing wrong with your body! honestly. take care of yourself!

-chels

GOOD LUCK CHELS!
i'm glad you feel better. I, on the other hand, feel like crap. I woke up at 8:30 to study and then i went back to sleep at 10 to take a nap only a 30 mins nap but i slept till 1. My exam is tmw.

I need to go bra shopping. I went dress shopping with my sis and i kept on trying strapless dresses (tubetop style) which are not the most flattering on my body. BUt after trying on 3 dresses my sister asked me if i were lying about my bra size!!! because the dresses i tried on made me look flat. Which reminds me of the time when Ann told me to get boobs. lol

Anyways, i've been feeling a little self-conscious after that. I did manage to find a dress though which was very very difficult!!! Anyways, i don't know if i should be shopping because i've been such a procrastinator whcih explains why i'm stressed right now.

BTW, i'm going to las vegas with my sis and my baby bro from 25-28!!! It's kinda last mins and i found out yesterday so woo hoo!
Back to FNH!

<3 Lily

thanks

lily and ann. i feel a bit better, actually.

i know what you mean, lily. when i have exams, i tend to have to also post on the blog/facebook/check my email the most :P although i did not have much breathing room this term so it has not been too bad...

i'm feeling super jittery. i mean, i was really excited before exams but now i'm starting to get nervous about everything (i mean, everything!!). i'm worried i'm doing crappily in my courses (i didn't get my marks back for a lot of assignments so i don't know how i'm doing going into the final) and about my application for food science major (since this will be my second application, and it's due jan 30 so i think i have to submit it in person before i leave) and i'm worried that me getting two jobs was a bad idea and things will not turn out very good (i keep feeling like people are talking about me..? that's not normal!) and i'm nervous about moving out (just because i get super apprehensive going to new places alone... even when i bus around vancouver, if a take a bus i don't usually take or go somewhere i don't usually go, i get really stressed out!).

most of this unsettlement is probably stemming from the intense study session (aka, high stress levels). i can't believe i will be done school until september (hopefully!! as long as i get a summer co-op job!) in... i don't know, less than seven hours? it's weird...

anyhows, have to study because i have not really kept up with this class (i missed some lectures because of interviews) so i have not even seen some of this stuff before! eeek!

i hope you guys are holding up. after 6pm today, i will be free whenever (unless i'm working but i don't know what's happening with all that so yeah...) to do stuff!

-chels

i forgot you were leaving chels, i feel more sad now

I knew you had your coop looming, but i didn't know it was going to be so soon. hopefully saying that doesn't make you more sad. Here are some of my reasons to get wet-your-pants excited for co-op in case you needed reasons not to be sad:
1. you can make money, and not crappy minimum wage the rest of us are churning
2. you get to live by yourself (i think, or with strangers, which can be full of fun surprises)
3. you'll get tons of experience for your future real job (which hopefully will be in more proximity to dan and us)
4. you get to enjoy delicious apples. okanagan apples :)
5. same with what you said to me, you're not going to be alone (although physically you are) but we'll still be here to talk, and you can befriend okanagan people whom will be physically close to you

i don't know chels, sounds pretty exciting to me. if i were you i'd be reaching for some dry pants..
but yeah, we will have a kick ass winter, and see you so much that you'll get sick of us which is the plan so you won't miss us that much.

i finish exams on the 12th. let me know when the birthday festivities are so i can not go to work those days.

ann

BAHHH i don't want to study. I've been super lazy lately which i know is my own fault.
Good luck CHELS TMW!

I deactivated facebook because it was distracting me.
sad...i bought a cute black dress for one of jon's accounting events. Anyways back to FNH!

why are people such poopheads?

i don't know... i just don't feel like liking people right now... no particular reason. just being surly. URGH! people annoy me so much. they are so petty and narrow-minded. or at least many people are.

and they take advantage of other people when there is any slight opportunity to do so! some people. many people. UGH. why can't we sometimes do things to benefit people other than ourselves?!

*frowns*

i am very wary of people right now. there are times when people are, well, let's face it, total douchebags, and although i always try to be pleasant towards everyone, it sucks! i was going to say i will always remember but i tend to not remember things like that... damn it!

well... i try to be nice to everyone and sometimes people are just too immature and self-centered to appreciate it. i think.

last exam tomorrow!

i hope your day went well aarie, tell me all about it!

i realized that after tomorrow, i will need to clean out "chels' corner" at dan's house (it's my study space with my laptop, texts, etc neatly organized) and that made me kind of sad because i will not need my corner next term or the term after... it's just becoming more real, you know?

everyone: hope to see you all soon!
-chels

haha

it's funny because lily messaged me on facebook and specifically said we shouldn't have a pinata again! (maybe if we did that again we should just be sure to make it a bit more ahead of time...)

aaron: oh and lily also requested that we not do our bday thing (that is, if we're doing it together... if not, then we should both not do our separate bday things) on the 17th (or before, i assume) because she has an evening exam (i hate those!) and is going out after.

aaron again: are we doing a joint bday thing? do you want to? i honestly don't care. though it would make planning a bit easier (since everyone seems to be busy this holiday season)...

all: i am leaving (or planning to) vancouver on jan 2nd, so we should have tons of fun this winter! more so than usual!

and lily, i might not be back for your bday! :( i just realized that now and it made me sad because even though your bday is so far away, i still might not be back by then... grr... i promise i will work hard on my job applications! i just know it's going to be super hard because the senior co-op students in my program go on work term during the summer so i'm nervous :|

anyhows, i should study more now...

talk to you guys soon, i hope! (you'd all better be studying! except aaron. you should be checking up on berklee application! and practicing for auditions!!)
-chels