Fame

So the one plus that came out of last nights game (which, btw, sucked. Honestly, I don't think they deserve it the way they are playing right now) was that my mom became "famous".

I guess she was sitting in front of Cam Ward's parents which got her in the sweet spot of the cameras. During O Canada they showed both of my parents, and then in the last 40 seconds of the game it was just her for like 10 seconds chanting "Go Oilers Go", the dedicated little fan. We were a little shocked sitting at home watching and all of a sudden it was like, Oh hi mom!

She came home and we told her and she was just so excited she didn't stop talking about it all night. She's been getting emails non-stop and phone calls and my dad just sulks because no one realised that he was on as well.

And you might be wondering how they were at the game. In the Gold Club seats ($310 a pop, btw). This is the third time he won a draw at work for the tickets...and the third time he didn't give them to me....

If anyone happened to tape the game let me know, she really wants to see herself on national televsion.

Shout-Outs

A few shout-outs...obviously:

- Shout out to Finola Hackett. Man, that girl can spell. Next year she'll take it, I just know it. She had about 100X the personality of her competitor, which makes her better as a person. German sucks as a language, anyway. Any language where a solid build-up of phlegm is a pre-req scores pretty low in my books. I took German for 3 years so I'm pretty much an expert on the subject. She did Canada proud and spelled French like she was friggin' Jacques Cartier.

- Shout out to Amy and Matt. I pray to the photo-gods that all my future models will be as easy to work with and direct as they were. They were troopers, braving mosquito infested woods just to get the shots. And their hard work paid off with some great results that I still need to finish working on. I love you like lovers.

- Shout out to the makers of Stargate. Season 3 is kicking ass!

- Shout out to the goslings at my golf course who make my beverage cart shifts much more enjoyable. Keep an eye on memoirsofaphotog for some pics of them soon. Hot damn are they cute.

- Shout out Occhiali Eyewear on Whyte. Seriously the best customer service ever. If you need new glasses go there. They get 5 stars in my books.

- And a final shout out to ouzo, for helping me get through my Ladies League shift! They don't call it "Bitches League" for nothing!

D.O.A

If you've ever watched ER, Friends, or pretty much any show, you'll likely know what D.O.A stands for...

Little did you know that it can also apply TO A COMPUTER.



FUCK!!!


At least its not mine.


Background (since I'm sure you're confuzzled):
My parents finally decided to shut me up by ordering an iMac. A 20", dual core beauty. Apple Care (good thinkin!), bluetooth, etc. et al. It came yesterday, I put in the 10 min it takes to get an Apple set up and ready to go. After putting a couple of hours in today moving contact names and emails, all of a sudden the thing decides that it is going to become possessed. It just shuts down, or stays on with a black screen and a solid sleep light. At one point, the sleep like was flashing like a strobe light at a disco of computer death!

So after an hour on the phone with Apple they finally decided it was DOA and will call me to tell me how to send back this poor soul and get a new one.

Certainly doesn't increase my parent's confidence in this new life path, now does it?

Do You Remember?

Besides being a wonderful Jack Johnson song, it is also a phrase often used as an introduction to reminiscing and nostalgia.

Here's a good one.

Do you remember when TV series would have a new episode every week and not as sporadic as a snowstorm in Edmonton?

I mean, if you aren't going to be able to perform, don't get into the business. It's a good three-week hiatus for Grey's Anatomy here.

3 weeks.

In three weeks you could hypothetically write 5 exams, 2 major research papers, and probably throw in a minor paper and a couple of assignments as well.

Oh wait, that's not hypothetical, that was this semester....

Anyway, back to the matter at hand. How did it suddenly become ok to just not show new episodes for the majority of the running season? Did anyone ask to see a special sneak peek of "What About Brian?". I know I sure as hell didn't.

When a show advertises the line "Did you ever have a day where you questioned every decision you ever made?" (Response: "Every day, Brian") as one of the *better* parts of the episode....well I think you get the picture.

Anyway, I just finished reading a tome for Psychology and I want to watch some hot doctors kill/save people and get into hijinx! Perhaps I'll have to settle for Sydney and Nigel running around the world looking for relics....

Anyone looking for a good laugh? Try searching the worst/weirdest/most ass-backwards retarded celebrity names. Seriously. If you thought "Apple" was bad (their new kid's name is Moses, by the way) then you haven't seen anything.

Hope about Moon Unit?
Not strange enough?
Maybe.....Pilot Inspektor?
Still not horrid enough?
Daisy Boo. 

It goes on and on and on and just when you think they couldn't get any stranger, they do.

Audio Science.

(Can you tell I have a final today?)

Colours of the Rainbow

And yes, this is my final semester, not my first.

20" iBook

20" iBook, originally uploaded by laurensimpson.

Wasn't Photoshopped my friends. We were just lucky enough to get our hands on a top secret 20" iBook...