Home from tour and exhaaauuusted. I've written an epic post about it but it needs to be edited before I post it and I am far too tired now.

I don't want to be home.

Yes! I got my email about tickets for the Sanctuary con! I was stressed for a while. Registering three hours late and all. But now, SO EXCITED.

Tonight I am going to see the AMERICAN IDOLS. But Jennifer, you say, you don't watch American Idol. True, I say, BUT Adam Lambert is going to be in my city, so, YOU KNOW. I HAVE TO GO SEE HIM. Even though I'm pretty sure I only know about three of the other people's names. OH WELL.

And then tomorrow we leave for Tour! I SURE HOPE EVERYONE IS COMING TO THE SHOW IN VANCOUVER ON FRIDAY. PotterCast, The Remus Lupins and The Whomping Willows, 6:00, at the downtown library, BE THERE.

Oh man, I've only just started looking for apartments, but I just found two this evening that are GORGEOUS. Both in New West, and only slightly higher prices than what I was hoping for, but still really quite reasonable. And these are like, brand new buildings. Well, one is brand brand new, the other is two years old. I can't wait till tomorrow to call and try and set up viewings for before tour. Of course, they're both two bedroom places, so I have to find myself a roommate, but I can deal with that later. I'M JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT THESE PLACES.

Oh man, I totally forgot that preregistration for the Sanctuary con was today. I woke up and turned on my computer and was very quickly reminded by twitter and lj. LOL, thanks guys. So now I've preregistered and I feel like I can stop panicking, although I just bought the one ticket for myself and I'm stressing now about the fact that maybe I should have asked other people? OH WELL.

Anyone know how many tickets there are going to be? Any rough estimate, like from fandom response or anything, of how many people preregistered?

Ugghhhh, I fail at the internet. I seriously am going to post about Vegas and MEETING AMANDA TAPPING, (still not over that, btw) but just...not now. I pretty much need to dedicate a large chunk of time to that.

Buuuut...SANCTUARY CON INFO. I AM SO EXCITED. But dear god, why does the Gabit website have to be so horrendous?? It hurts me inside.

Working on planning my courses for next semester. Finally. This is the first step to sorting out my life next year because once I know what courses I'm taking, I'll know which campuses I'll be at which means I can start finding a place to live...oh joy. Apartment hunting. What fun.

I feel like there's a ton of things I've been meaning to post about and just haven't got around to. I think I need to start carrying around a notebook so I don't forget all this stuff...Oh well.

TOUR SOON.

OMG.

OMG OMG.

SO TODAY I MET AMANDA TAPPING.

YOU GUYS, SHE IS SO GORGEOUS.

UNFORTUNATELY, I'M INCREDIBLY TIRED AND WILL BE ON A PLANE TO VEGAS IN UNDER 12 HOURS, SO THIS WILL HAVE TO SERVE AS A PLACEHOLDER POST TO BE UPDATED WHEN I GET HOME.

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O HAI INTERNETS! Currently in Van for a few days before ruchi and I head to Vegas. I got here Friday night after madly packing in about twenty minutes. Yesterday we went downtown to do a bit of (window) shopping, and random errands and stuff. We ended up meeting up with Taylor and a few other people from High school who came over for Taylor's birthday. I bought am awesome new purple bathing suit from H&M, but for the most part we were very good about not buying stuff since we're planning on doing TONS of shopping in Vegas. So we left Taylor, Nikki, and Rebecca, and then Lucy and I headed towards Robson to do a few other things. We went past Coach on the way, and lo and behold, THEY WERE HAVING A SALE. OMG. I almost bought a little purse for $100 (Regular $200) but decided not to. Both Lucy and I got little leather clutches for $30. OMG. Hers is a pinky reddish, and mine is a pinky purple mauve kind of colour. They are AWESOME.

After shopping, we came home and got ready for Taylor's birthday party, then headed over to her place. She lives in the building next to Lucy's, so it's pretty convenient. We pre-drank a bit, did tequila shots, and headed to the bus stop, most of us with drinks in our hands. LOL, drinking in public FTW. We went to Lola's, a bar on Broadway. It was awesome. They were playing Star Wars, guys. I mean really. How awesome is a bar that plays Star Wars? I had a fabulous time. I drank enough that I ended up dancing most of the night, even though my shoes were KILLING me, and I spent most of the night barefoot. (Ew, my feet were so disgusting this morning.) I was feeling really awkward at Taylor's at first cause I didn't really know anyone, but I love that when you drink suddenly everyone becomes your best friend.

Taylor randomly disappeared at some point in the night though, so we all left to go find her. I don't really remember what happened, but somehow we ended up getting split up, and Lucy and I and two guys were going somewhere...IDK. We ended up at the bus stop at Broadway and Alma for like, ever because the bus took forever to show up. The 711 there became my favourite place ever because I could buy water. Had conversations with the guys about TV. I remember one of their names was Sam, because we were talking about SPN (he was a fan). I tried to get them to watch Sanctuary. Um...I don't really remember what else, except that I had to use a bus ticket to get from Broadway and Alma to UBC at 3 AM. NOT COOL. But it was funny that when the bus got to the stop in front of the McDonalds on campus he called out "MCDONALDS BREAK!" And we all jumped out cheering. There was something about me making one of the guys pick up a can from the ground to recycle because he dropped his cup on the ground somewhere and I was mad at him for littering. I said if he recycled that can he's make up for it. Yes, that sounds like me, doesn't it?

Before we went out last night, Lucy and I made a list of all the stuff we had to do today; my favourite on the list was "recover from hangover". Which we did for most of the day. We tried to go tanning, but that place was closed, even though it was supposed to be open till 5. She packed for Vegas, and now she's out at a hair appointment, and I am at her place to update my resume for the co-op thing I have to go to tomorrow. Yeah, we can see how well THAT'S going.

Tomorrow I'm meeting with talkofcake to go to the Sanctuary studios! I can't wait! And then Lucy and I leave for Vegas on Tuesday! YAY.

So my dad left today for his trip up north. IDEK really where he's going. He flew up to Fort St John today, and he and my grandpa and step grandma are leaving tomorrow or something to drive up to Inuvik. They'll be up there right at the solstice, so midnight sun, ftw. So for a few weeks it's just my mom and me at home, since Kirsten is in Ottawa still. I foresee lots of seafood and fruit in the future. Also wine. Lots of wine.

I had a bunch of crappy days at work, but the last few have been really good. It totally depends on who else is working. The last couple days have had some truly hilarious moments, thanks to items such as MOLDABLE FOAM BATH SOAP. AGES THREE AND UP. YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT. THINK ABOUT IT. I just. I have no words. I was crying with laughter the other day because of this. THERE WERE DISNEY PRINCESSES ON THE CONTAINER. Matt offered to cross out the other princesses except for Belle for me because she is the only on I really liked. I didn't like the other two.

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OKAY SO MAYBE THIS IS HILARIOUS TO NO ONE ELSE. But trust me, at the end of an eight hour cash shift, EVERYTHING is hilarious.

HOWEVER, The last few weeks with the gorgeous weather has been hell at work, cause everyone is in there buying sunscreen, tanning oil, sunglasses, water...all the beach stuff, and I am stuck at work and I hate it. SO VICTORIA PEOPLE, who wants to come with me to go to the beach tomorrow? I know I am totally throwing this together last minute, but. It will be fun. Let me know.

THIS MUST BE WHAT DAMIAN KINDLER WAS TALKING ABOUT ON TWITTER. WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS HOW HAPPY THIS MAKES ME. I need it to be October nowwww.


( Work rant )

Okay, I actually feel a lot better getting all that out.

And on top of all that, I'm having computer issues again. It frustrates me that I have something very specific in mind for what I want in a computer, but it doesn't seem to exist. Sigh. FML.

Sanctuary is finally going to be on Space! HALLELUJAH. ABOUT TIME.


I just watched 2001 A Space Odyssey with my dad...I think I'm gonna make a separate post about it tomorrow because. WHAT. Has anyone else seen that?

I went to bed at like 5:00 yesterday evening and so now I'm incredibly behind on the internet...and I can't be bothered to catch up tonight. Blahhh.

WOW. This less internet thing is really working out for me. Yesterday my dad and I rode our bikes (and by 'our', I mean he rode his and I rode my mom's...I don't have a bike anymore) out to Mattick's Farm to buy a chicken for dinner. It was the first time I had been on a bike since the dreadful bike trip at Lake Como. But this one was really good. I had done that trail a few years ago. It's a nice ride. HOWEVER, I am in a lot of pain today. Ugh, my body is so not used to that kind of exercise. Or, you know, any exercise. Then I came home and COMPLETELY cleaned my room. Like, woah. I am SO PROUD of my bookshelves and am tempted to post pictures. I had to pack away two big rubbermaid totes of old books. NOT TO GET RID OF, just to put away till I get another bookshelf. Then today, I went up to my grandma's to hem a pair of shorts I bought for Vegas. Except she really did all the hemming and I...made the tea.

I started watching Jamie Oliver's new show, The Ministry of Food, and it's put me on a real wanting to cook kick. I've been watching a bunch of his other shows online, and this evening I went though my mom's recipe books to pick out some recipes I want her to copy out for me. My sister and I each got a recipe card box for Christmas this year, and she copied out some recipes for my sister before she went back to school, but not for me since I was staying here. So now I've picked some out. I've also decided to start cooking more. I'm probably gonna practice a bit just for my parents, but then in a few months I want to have a proper grown up dinner party for my friends. Who wants to come??

Today when I was up at my grandma's, she passed me a book and said it was really good. I opened it up to read the first page, but I'll be honest, my grandma and I have pretty different tastes in books so I didn't have very high hopes. But WOW. I was hooked from the first page. I literally could not put it down till dinner, and even then it was a wrench. It's called The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Seriously. READ IT. It is so good. It's completely in the form of letters, and should be read by anyone who is a lover of books and reading, as that seems to be what it's about at it's core. I'm about 100 pages in, and I can't wait to read some more.

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@RobinDunne: Getting ready for Ireland vs Bulgaria.

ROBIN DUNNE, ARE YOU READING/WATCHING GOBLET OF FIRE? BECAUSE THAT IS TOTALLY THE PART I JUST FINISHED.

2. Had a really good day at work yesterday. I sold FOUR extended warranties, which, let me tell you, is HUGE. Usually I can go a full week at least without selling any. And that's not just me being a not very good sales person, that's I think pretty normal...people tend to think they're a waste of money. First I had a lady come up who had come in for an electric kettle and walked out with two small appliances and extended warranties for both. She was being helped by the assistant store manager and he gave me a big thank you late for asking her if she wanted the warranty. Then I sold another one to someone else and then another near the end of my shift and Ted, who was carrying out whatever it was came up and gave me a high five and a "good job" after, so I felt pretty good! Some days I hate my job, but other days it's really not so bad.

3. Dear Ryan Robbins,

Don't tell me the address of your favourite coffee shop. That is pretty much asking me to stalk you, I hope you realise.

Love,
Jennifer

4. Demons at the Helm arrived yesterday. It basically just made me really excited for Tour. Is it July yet?

5. My new psychologist is trying to get me to wean myself off the internet in preparation for going back to school, so...I might be around less? I do want to try and make more productive use of my time online though so, we'll see.

I totally had important things to post about, but then gleeslash existed, and now I am distracted discussing Will/Finn.

( Glee 101 Live Blogging )

OKAY SO I LOVED IT FROM LIKE, THE FIRST MINUTE.

Okay, what is this Glee show the whole world is talking about? Do I need to watch it? what is it about?

Well, today was a hellishly awful day. I totally thought I wanted to post about it to get it all out, but now I think I'm just too wiped out. Blah. Depression, y'all; don't try it.

Was eventually able to pick myself up and go out looking at new computers, but not till about five hours after I'd meant to. Found a couple, but I'm still thinking about it. My computer decided to turn on today. It seems to freeze and crash randomly and sometimes, like last night, it freezes before it finishes booting up. Other times it lasts a few minutes, or a few hours. So. We'll see.

Things that Make me Happy:

1. Departures
2. Vegas in 37 days
3. This video:

Finally voted in the WRPCA's. That was actually one of the most difficult things I have had to do for a while. I'm still not sure I made the right decisions for some of the categories. I changed my vote for Best Meta Wizard Rock Song about six times. For some reason, the more specific the category, the more difficult time I had with it. Like, the Best Folk/Blues/Country Song and Best Rap/Hip Hop Song categories were a lot harder than, like Best Album or Best group effort. Not that those ones weren't also hard.

Oh well, I can truthfully say that for almost all the categories, no matter what the outcome is, I'll be happy and the winner will deserve it. I do hope, though, that someone like TRL doesn't sweep the whole thing. I hope smaller bands like RiddleTM will win a bunch too.