do NOT try this at home.

at lot of my friends wonder what i do on my days off at home. i think this is a prime example of the chaos that occurs when i try things on my own.
i'm starting this whole "saving money" thing ever since my hours got cut this year. so when i was about to book a waxing appointment for today, i realized, hey i have wax at home and i have alot of time before Ellen comes on tv. so i decided to wax my legs by myself. this was the first mistake.

i heated the wax in the microwave, all the while setting up a little station at the kitchen table. i put the wax on and was impressed with myself; i actually believed this would work out well. the minute i pulled the waxing paper back, it completely dissintegrated on my leg. half was in my hand and the other was condensed into the wax. i tried several and they did the same. so now i was stuck with hot wax/paper stuck to my leg and hands. i was frantic to get it off, so i decided to use magazine paper. second mistake. it did the exact same thing. not to mention as i was moving around, hot wax dripped onto the chair(which is material), forever ruined and beyond salvation.

i decided to try plastic sheets that come in another kit of wax. they worked. so i was able to complete my legs and remove most of the paper stuck on (probably the most painful thing imaginable). but now i was stuck with all the wax on my hands and legs. ASSUMING wax was water soluble, i decided to take a shower. third mistake.

this wax was not water soluble. what resulted was my hands sticking to my hair when i tried to use shampoo to get it off. at this point i was near tears based on how incredibly annoying this situation was. i get out of the shower with soap on my head and wax on my hand and read the box. this wax was oil soluble, and comes with a tiny capsule of oil. i emptied the whole thing onto my hands trying to get this stuff off. as it started to, i realized everything i touched since then was sticky (door knob, shower head, my clothes, the sink).

it took me about an hour to remove the greater part of wax from my house and self.

in conclusion, my legs were waxed in the most painful method, my chair is ruined, i lost a lot of head hair in the process, and i wasted an afternoon and patience.

ill spend the 60$ next time.

after having a friend go through my ipod and conclude that i listen to depressing music, i realized that actually is all i listen to lately. it might have to do with walking in the cold, and being on metros, and having too much time to think and too many things to think of.

but sad songs give me a lot to relate to.
i dont think i could survive downtown without my ipod. i dont know how anyone does. and im new to this whole thing; im used to the comfort of my car and stereo. but i dont dread it. its actually comforting knowing i have a metro ride to look forward to in which i can just sit with my music and think (and all the walking will hopefully benefit me in the long run).

on that note, being downtown for school made me appreciate how wonderful Montreal really is. its full of action, and at the same time is very serene and peaceful. the cold is sometimes painful and dreadful but at other times its refreshing. im beginning to enjoy my university experience; i finally feel a part of something important and productive. and university has given me reason to explore a city i realized i know very little about.

bffe.

a friend's dog passed away yesterday, which triggered a sudden sense of worry within me. he had the exact same dog as mine and his was 11 years old. brook is 10.

when i tell people she's my best friend they find it cute and smile. they don't actually think im weird enough to mean it, but believe me i do. (when i was young, id write poems about her for school and sing her lullabies.) she's been there through everything important that has happened for me. half of my living life was spent with her. i mean, what else can she be to me?

so i decided to devote this blog to my love for my pets. oliver is obviously included, though ive only known him 2 years. hes not a best friend yet, more like a cool friend who sometimes purposely tries to piss me off. but we have that kind of relationship. hes got into the habit now of sleeping on my pillow during the day so i wake up at night choking on his hair. he gets a kick out of it im sure. but i love him all the same.

mexico city '08

i guess to start off my blog i should write about the most exciting thing ive done in the past 3 months. taking a trip with my best friend to visit other best friends in mexico probably is it.

i would never trade that experience for anything, it was priceless. i had the greatest time with the greatest people, enjoying sun in the middle of december. i already established a second home with a second family in the span of a week, that is how much i love it there.

i visited so many places i never knew existed, and fell in love with them instantly.

pictures are worth a thousand words, so ill share some of my favorites.