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Sick to my stomach 2007-10-24 01:42:00 Do you ever feel like the world isn’t moving fast enough? Things aren’t quite up to speed, people are catching up slow… You feel like you’re the only one that’s trying to make all of it work. Others just don’t seem to care.That’s sort of the way my last week has been. Or I should say our week. BF and I have been trying to get all of our stuff arranged for the house, but the people we’re selling our house to, the building inspector for the new home and the bank are moving like a bunch of slugs on holiday!This is our LIFE we’re talking about. This house is a chance of a lifetime and I want it really bad. Can’t they see that?! Okay. I realize I’m a whiner. Probably of the worst kind. But you have to understand me here. I can’t stop these feelings. Yesterday I was physically sick because I was so afraid of not getting this house. I hate surprises. Unfortunately, this one is going to be a surprise either way. It’s not in our hands. As soon as we remove our subjects ...

Great escape 2007-10-18 01:23:00 Today BF and I turned off our cellphones, closed our laptops and hid behind closed blinds at a spa 30 minutes from our house. From 10 am to 4 pm we indulged in the following:- mineral pool- hot tub- soaker tub- foot scrub & massage- full body massage- lunch in our robes- facialWe really needed the relaxation! It was wonderful.The events of the last couple of days really stressed us out. We sold our own house and have an offer in on this house in Vancouver we really, REALLY want. BUT: our offer is a backup offer (i.e.: we were too late). The people that put the first offer in still have to sell their house. If they don’t sell it within two weeks, the house is ours. But if they do sell it, the house is theirs. Frickin’ rat race! How stressful is that?!Anyway, I’m real rosy right now. So if you don’t mind I’m going to turn myself in… ...

Who are we? 2007-10-16 14:26:00 I’m running out of time here. Minutes are quietly slipping away between my fingers, hours are spilling from my pockets like I’m handing them out and days pass by untouched. Chunks of time seem to come and go wherein I merely seem to exist; hours and hours of nothingness. No goals. No needs, wants or desires. I just go through the motions and finish yet another day.How f*cking BORING.But you know what’s worse than that? Realizing that I don’t even know what my goals are. What is it that I truly crave? Beats me!Since you am the only person that you have to spend the rest of you life with, they say you have to get to know yourself and start loving yourself. Because apparently you can’t live with someone or love someone before you can live with yourself and are loving yourself.Obviously I have no clue as to who I really am. And if I don’t know who I am, I would have to say it’s impossible to know whether I am capable of loving this person I don’t even know.GREAT!That’s ju ...

The gig... 2007-10-15 01:18:00 I haven’t posted in a couple of days. Part of that was because we’ve been very busy… but it was also because I was in Vancouver for the gig. Which went really well, taking everything in consideration… I hadn’t had much sleep the past week and was extremely tired, I almost didn’t make it to Vancouver on time, I was a little stressed because we were supposed to play some tunes that didn’t work at all during our last rehearsal and I still hadn’t decided what to wear.We made it in the nick of time for soundcheck. It was a great relief that both of my sax-mics were working, I’d never played with this setup before… At 6 pm we were free to go to our hotel rooms. Most of the band went for dinner, but I still had to get ready and wanted to chill a little. So I took a long shower, napped between the crisp white sheets for half an hour, picked at some of the room service my very thoughtful boyfriend (aka roadie and photographer) ordered for me, curled my hair, applied my make- ...

Saxy! 2007-10-11 13:54:00 Tomorrow night I have this major gig. MAJOR gig. I’m not kidding! I have all my dresses and most of my shoes packed, because I’m not sure what will look best standing next to the other band members. They’re all guys, so hopefully I can wear whatever I want and only be color restricted…Honestly, we’re providing 4 hours of entertainment for one of BC’s large corporations. These people all make good money and will show up dressed to kill. Since I’m on stage I have to look even better than they do. But I don’t own designer clothes. – I find shoes much more important! But, hey! I’m making a couple of hundred buck on this gig, so maybe I can do some designer shopping in the future… -I have a lot of things going for me though, which make me feel a lot more at ease. The first huge advantage is that I will most likely be the youngest person in the room. I love it when that happens (and in music it happens all the time; because old people have more time to waste…). It aut ...

Cheers to good friends! 2007-10-10 17:57:00 Last night we celebrated the sale of our house at my best friend M’s place. I took all my liquor and the entire content of my fridge and freezer with me. Otherwise it would all go to waste!All we had to do was pick up some vodka (that’s the only liquor that won’t last longer than a week at our place…) down the street. As we walked back from the liquor store someone from the bar next door screamed “Hey you working girls!”. WTF?! We turned around and it turned out to be G. Thank god for that; any other guy would’ve been in big trouble by that point. G’s a sweetie. He was hosting the jam tonight and invited us in. But, helas! We had other plans… I did invite him to come to JsG’s the next day. – which is tonight. It’ll be one of my last appearances at JsG’s and I guess it’ll sorta be like a goodbye party. - Back home we sat around M’s fireplace in our sweats and talked the night away. We made our own pina coladas, very berry martinis and cooked up some veggie ...

Pffffff... 2007-10-10 00:53:00 OMG!- I've been on the phone since 11 am this morning. Everyone is very disappointed because they'll miss me, but at the same time happy for me moving on with my life.- We are currently house-less trailer-trash. Just sold our house and moving into the trailer soon while looking for a new place in Vancouver.- I'm sooooo tired and have to get up EARLY tomorrow because someone is coming to fix our sprinkler system before we sell the house.OMFG! ...

A clean slate 2007-10-07 15:27:00 We’re on our way back home. We’ll be there around 3 pm this afternoon. I slept in this morning and am feeling a bit better. BF did all the work, hooked the trailer up to the car and left me in bed… peaceful, undisturbed. That’s one of the advantages to owning a trailer. Another one is that I was able to take a shower, wash my hair and such while parked on some parking lot. We’ve got everything we need right here!I’ve been thinking about all the work that’s waiting for me back home. And I’ve figured that there’s no reason for me to get all stressed out about it. Every single one of these things is completely doable; I just need to take action and focus on one thing at a time. That way, everything will be dealt with before I know it.At the same time I’m getting more and more excited about my new life in Vancouver. It’s going to be a blast! I also really want to start taking charge and life my life the way I want to live it. In the future, therefore, I will not join ...

Not quite right... 2007-10-07 01:05:00 The past four days we’ve seen a lot of homes. Some of them had the perfect floor plan, others had the perfect location and there was even one with the perfect view. But not one of these homes we could picture us living in. It’s funny how that works. Both of us just knew it wasn’t quite right.So we’re going back home tomorrow, only to return asap and view some more properties. We’ll find our dreamhouse, I’m sure!Not looking forward to going home, to be totally honest with you. Not because I don’t like it back home… It’s because I’m going to have to face everyone and tell them the truth. i.e.: I’m leaving town. Probably forever.Friendships are going to change or may even end (most people don’t handle long-distance relationships very well). I’ll have to resign form three bands. And we’re going to have to convince our family that we will be back to visit on a regular basis.Beside all that I’m definitely not looking even the slightest bit forward to packing all ...

Ogling 2007-10-05 23:33:00 Last night BF and I went out for a drink in a lounge downtown Vancouver. At the door we were welcomed by a set of boobs a girl with a heck of a lot of cleavage. After letting her know we wanted a spot for two, Boobgirl ran off, her assets heavily bouncing in her tight black dress. There wasn’t a person in the place that did not watch her two friends. Whether they were ogling her breasts and drooling with open mouths (hoping for one of her nipples to land in it) or staring in shock and hoping not to get hit KO by one of them while she was passing by; each and every one in the joint kept their eyes on her.Safely seated against the wall in our booth, the show had only just begun. We thought boobgirl was outrageous, but were we ever so wrong! Our waitress came to the table take our orders. Orchid martini for me, Bellini for BF. While she walked away from the table I noticed she was wearing a non-skirt. It almost looked like she put on a shirt, a skirt/pair of pants and a belt, but lost w ...

Sorry! 2007-10-05 01:59:00 I know I haven't been around today...Was supposed to write you a nice long blog.Here's the short version: We took a look at some more properties today. We found something we really really liked. We made an offer. We received a counter offer.And that's where we're at right now.Tomorrow will be a new day. We'll have to see what it brings.I'm so tired dragging my ass around town. I bet you I could sleep for 14 hours straight.Stay tuned for tomorrow; there'll be a good sized entertaining post for ya! I'll have lots to tell. Lots to dish as well. We just came back from a drink downtown...And please don't forget to VOTE (top right of the page).Thanks a bunch! ...

"Show me the money!" 2007-10-03 21:39:00 This morning we met our realtor. She was one of those ultra-driven, fast-paced, suited-up career women trying to juggle it all. I wondered whether she had kids. Just the thought of it all made me feel tired! We were taking her car and I chose to be seated in the back seat (BF was in the passenger seat). Bad idea! The back seat turned out to be the doggy-seat… There was dog hair everywhere! Dammit! I shouldn’t have worn black pants… In the meantime, she already started blabbering about price tags and square footage. I stared out the car window and realized “We’re really doing this, it’s actually happening! We’re finally going to live in Vancouver!”.We only had time to see 4 townhouses/condo’s. The keyword in Vancouver is location, location, location. Some of the views were spectacular. But the question remains whether we are we willing to pay the price that comes with it. Would we rather have a great house with an okay view than a house that needs a lot of work with an ...

The hunt is on! 2007-10-03 01:46:00 Before I get started, I feel like there are some things you need to know about me. Just a little introduction, so you know who you’re dealing with… - Now don’t get all disappointed; I promise I’ll keep it interesting! -I’m a 23 year old student and musician in the process of moving to Vancouver (that’s why I get to call myself “Citygirl”). English is my second language, so bear with me (which basically means you should keep your lingo-related comments to yourself). The past year I’ve taken a break from my studies. I’ll be continuing university (still have 1 year left on my BA and after that 2 on my MA) once I’m settled in my new place. As far as my music is concerned… I play saxophone (“SAX and the City” …. get it? … eh?! …) and I sing. Although the singing is a more recent thing. If you’re one that likes to label people, you can label me as a saxplayer. I’m part of 3 bands right now, but not for long. I’ll have to start from scratch as soon as I ...

Me bitch, you dog? 2007-10-02 19:07:00 After setting everything (email, blog, bloglog) up yesterday I must say I’m feeling a lot better. My throat is still hurting like hell, but I made good use of my time while playing hooky. Finally I’ve started my own public blog; something I’ve been dying to do for a while now.I have to admit. I’m not a blog virgin. I have blogged before. However, believe me when I tell you that most of these were one-night stands or short-term relationships. I tried to keep them private, like a diary. - For my eyes only. - But when you think of it, such a thing is kinda senseless. Why would anyone publish a private blog online? If one feels the need to report about his/her inner most private thoughts and feelings, wouldn’t the internet be a weird place to store them? It’s like leaving your diary out on a table in a Starbucks downtown New York. Of course it might be locked, but we all know someone will find or make a key that fits. And on the other hand, if you’re not writing about persona ...

Welcome to my peephole 2007-10-01 21:46:00 At the moment I'm laying low; hanging out on the couch because I'm sick. You would think that's a bad thing, but I'm not too worried. (To be completely honest with you; I'm not that sick... just sick enough to justify staying home.) It gives me a nice excuse to skip rehearsals and work on fun stuff like getting this blog together. It's all working out, baby!??This blog will function as a peephole to my life. You'll get the juciest parts served on a silver platter. Some of it will be real, some of it will be staged -but what the heck!- do we really care when dessert is served first...? ...