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kissteam1

QUOTE (Electra @ Sep 19 2007, 11:07 PM)

Also - I've been asked to dissect a rat for our school's open evening. I'm quite excited!

lmao you get excited over the strangest things.

I managed to get through high school without ever having to dissect something. I went on strike every time it came up and spent the class sitting outside colouring in my school diary (which was totally against the rules, therefore I was uber rebellious).

manx9shrine

Katie, omg that is sooo weird, but totally awesome!!!!

Once I saw that picture I was like, "Ah, it's Val from Brink!" Ya, I'm lame, but I loved that movie! And you met him too. Too cool!

canoe7grape

surprisingly enough, he's SUPER nice, and really not all that big-headed about his "acting career" but its seriously so funny to me that he's on this show...

tune1shade

Things I have learned about life by living on my own (in Montreal):
1) Cheap Chinese food is your best friend. It can last as a snack for a week if you find a proper way to store it. MSGtastic!
2) Cars usually stop if you're in the way. Most of the time.
3) Bikers are more dangerous than cars. They have no mercy.
4) By walking a slightly different way home, it is possible to find anything from a organic food co-op (unfortunately for me owned by Concordia. I might coerce my Concordia friend into buying stuff for me. I loves me some co-op) to the best record store ever.
5) No matter where you live, there will always be one homeless crazy
6) Garbage day is one of the highlights of your week. It's like magic. Or reverse Christmas!
7) You start to make deals with yourself regarding money. "Alright, if I eat only veggies this week, I can totally go to the Gogol Bordello concert!"
8) WHY IS EVERYTHING SO DUSTY ALL THE TIME?
9) To get the best drinks, always ask the bartender what their favorite drink is. They can make that drink best, I guarantee. It's worth it considering $5/cocktail pricing around here.
10) Sometimes, having friends over for movie night and dinner and Scrabble can be the best thing in the world.
11) It's liberating to be able to put on shoes, put a $5 bill in your pocket, and literally walk right around the corner to pick up that one missing ingredient for dinner and be back before your water boils.
12) Bed bugs are stupid.
13) It's a weird mix of feeling terrified and yet, at the same time, completely free in realizing that this is MY life. I can do what I want. If I want to sit around and attempt to knit all afternoon, I can. If I want to have dinner parties, I can. Before, yes, it was still my life. However, there was always the feeling about being under the care of my parents. I'm still very close with them and value their opinion and love them more than anythung, but Montreal is my home as much as my parent's house is. Weird, right?

veinleo09

I know what you mean Amy - I love living on my own and being in control of my life. I like having a routine without having people in your face asking you what you're doing. If I want to wake up to a fresh pot of coffee and have a cup every morning and have tea at 4:30, I can! And if I want to have a friend over for tea time, I can! Ah, its a fantastic feeling. I hate having to explain all the details of where I'm going, whom I'm going with, when I'll be back, etc.

circlenepal20

QUOTE (tonetoile @ Sep 19 2007, 09:45 PM)

3) Bikers are more dangerous than cars. They have no mercy.

If they have to stop unexpectedly they fall. A lot of people don't know about clipless pedals, but a lot of cyclists shoes are clipped into their pedal (yeah, clipless pedals are the ones with clips, go figure). You twist your foot to get out of it and you can do it pretty quick, but if you have to stop NOW you fall over.

That being said they should really be on the road and not the sidewalk. Unless you're talking about a trail or something.


edit: wait, you said biker, not cyclist. Were you talking about pedal bikes or motorcycles?

tune1shade

QUOTE (amberdino @ Sep 20 2007, 02:53 AM)

I know what you mean Amy - I love living on my own and being in control of my life. I like having a routine without having people in your face asking you what you're doing. If I want to wake up to a fresh pot of coffee and have a cup every morning and have tea at 4:30, I can! And if I want to have a friend over for tea time, I can! Ah, its a fantastic feeling. I hate having to explain all the details of where I'm going, whom I'm going with, when I'll be back, etc.

Exactly! You also learn really quick how to take care of yourself.
"Why do I feel tired? Oh right because I haven't eaten anything of substance today, right."

My boyfriend's two pieces of advice for living on your own:
1) eat
2) sleep

Whenever I'm in a bad mood, he always asks if I've forgotten to do one or the other as it's usually the case.

QUOTE (Wolf359 @ Sep 20 2007, 03:01 AM)

If they have to stop unexpectedly they fall. A lot of people don't know about clipless pedals, but a lot of cyclists shoes are clipped into their pedal (yeah, clipless pedals are the ones with clips, go figure). You twist your foot to get out of it and you can do it pretty quick, but if you have to stop NOW you fall over.

That being said they should really be on the road and not the sidewalk. Unless you're talking about a trail or something.
edit: wait, you said biker, not cyclist. Were you talking about pedal bikes or motorcycles?

Whoops. Cyclist, not biker.

I understand they are clipped in, but this is when I'm crossing the street. Montreal bikers cyclists are notorious for never following the rules of the road. So, even when I have a walk sign, I often have to look out for cyclists when I'm crossing the street. They do not stop. That an on campus. Most of those bikes are clipless (they're generally simple bikes, single gear, etc.) and people just come barreling down the hill. Thankfully, they're usually pretty careful. However, there's always that one rouge cyclist that loves to shoot down the hill midday when the campus is packed.

That being said, I do love the prevalence of bikes here. Montreal is a pretty eco-conscious city and it's great to see people biking or walking instead of using cars (which really are in the minority). I want to get a nice little used bike myself to use during the non-winter months (a.k.a about a month's worth of time during the school year. Hoorah Montreal winters!)

circlenepal20

Oh, I wasn't trying to correct you. I don't think biker is wrong; it's just ambiguous.

But yeah, the saying goes "Same Rules. Same Rights. Same RESPONSIBILITY!" A lot of cyclists forget that last part.
I have been known to roll through a stop sign, but I do that in my car too. I slow down to about 7 and if no one's coming I go, well on the bike I'm already doing 7 so I just go. But I don't ride through any campuses where there's a lot of people crossing either. The only real place I'm with a lot of people is on the dam bridge. I just unclip and go really slow. Other than that there's a few runners in the parks, but they're good about staying to the right.

My clipless pedal rant is main directed at cars. I got cut off at an insection and fell. It just scraped my leg a little, but lying in the road in the middle of an intersection is not fun times.

I wish I didn't work in the ghetto. I live 9 miles from work, it'd be a great twice a day ride. And 90 miles a week isn't a shabby workout. there's some good hills too. I rode it once on ride your bike to work day, but I wouldn't want to do it all the time. Once in a while I think will be fine, but I don't want to be predictable.

canoe7grape

they are super annoying here too... cyclists that is... we have bike lanes EVERYWHERE now, which, is nice, and precautionary and necessary BUT... if you are going to be riding in the fucking road, you have to follow the same rules. i can't TELL you how many times i have had the right away and started to drive through a 4 way stop when a bike rider comes barreling through the intersection, looking all put off that i almost hit him, EVEN THOUGH he was in the street and didn't stop at the stop sign. REALLY?! REALLLY!!!! And I'm talking busy intersection... always busy, cars flowing through at all hours type shit.flkdajsl;fds;kfjds;kljf drives me crazy

veinleo09

Does anyone know of a decent flat iron that isn't too expensive?
My hair isn't psycho curly, so I don't need a hardcore one..

kissteam1

Not unless you live in Australia lol. Sorry And it probably is expensive if you don't have hardcore curls, but it's cheap if you do... if that makes sense (I have spiral ringlets. They are a pain in the arse)

canoe7grape

QUOTE (amberdino @ Sep 20 2007, 12:37 AM)

Does anyone know of a decent flat iron that isn't too expensive?
My hair isn't psycho curly, so I don't need a hardcore one..

I love mine... but it's made more for short hair, which I had when I got it, but it says 'Curlmaster Ceramics' on the handle... so I'm guessing that's the maker... all I can say is, if its got ceramic/gold plates, it'll be better for your hair than anything else. Mine is tiny, like less than one inch wide, but it does the job if you get bigger/wider plates its better for longer hair. If you have a beauty supply store, they usually have a great selection. my hair is horrible. it's like, frizzy nasty if i don't dry and straighten it. super annoying.


edit to say: they are a LITTLE more expensive... but no more than $40 and it's worth it. doesn't damage your hair as much, and they LAST!

tune1shade

QUOTE (Wolf359 @ Sep 20 2007, 03:57 AM)

Oh, I wasn't trying to correct you. I don't think biker is wrong; it's just ambiguous.

Oh I know! I tend to get worrds mixed up.

women60banana

QUOTE (tonetoile @ Sep 19 2007, 11:15 PM)

Montreal bikers cyclists are notorious for never following the rules of the road.

Oh, drivers too. Everyone in Ontario panics when they see Quebec plates.

tune1shade

Oh my god it's terrifying. I hate driving with people in Montreal because, honestly, local drivers don't give a shit (well, pedestrians don't either. The drivers hate the walkers and the walkers hate the drivers. It's a delicate balance of hate!). One of my first times up, my Mom got lost somewhere in Centre-Ville and I practically had a heart attack.

I think it's because they're so hardened due to driving during the winter that they just don't giver a shit when it's warm.

circlenepal20

I'm suddenly very depressed and I have no clue why. In 15 minutes I'm leaving for a road trip and an awesome weekend. So why do I feel like crying in the corner?


ETA: I guess I feel guilty for only working 42.5 hours this week when I'm so far behind. And I'm not working tomorrow to go see a band I've seen 8 times already in the past year and a half.

I also feel insecure because the floor just called me and I didn't know how to help them with their problem. I kinda swept them under the rug for now, because I have leave now.

that's what I figured out. I hope it goes away quick when I hit the road because I really want to enjoy this weekend and not feel guilty because I"m not working.

Tempe Arizona

QUOTE (Wolf359 @ Sep 21 2007, 01:46 PM)

I'm suddenly very depressed and I have no clue why. In 15 minutes I'm leaving for a road trip and an awesome weekend. So why do I feel like crying in the corner?
ETA: I guess I feel guilty for only working 42.5 hours this week when I'm so far behind. And I'm not working tomorrow to go see a band I've seen 8 times already in the past year and a half.

I also feel insecure because the floor just called me and I didn't know how to help them with their problem. I kinda swept them under the rug for now, because I have leave now.

that's what I figured out. I hope it goes away quick when I hit the road because I really want to enjoy this weekend and not feel guilty because I"m not working.

Aww, I get randomly depressed sometimes too. May be work related, or period related, or just a thing that happens.

Tempe Arizona

Help. I can't stop eating gummy bears!

The bears own me.

kissteam1

I'm leaving for Queensland tomorrow morning. Disconnecting my phone and internet in about ten minutes and packing up my car tonight. It's going to be a fucking bitch trying to get my TV into my car with just me and one of my girlfriends to help (last time we had males ) and I'll probably get lost driving through the city tomorrow and I'm petrified of the fact it'll probably be night by the time we arrive in Sydney and I can't handle driving strange places at night after that incident with the kangaroo last time, that and PEOPLE IN SYDNEY ARE FUCKING LUNATICS (No offence to juniperberry, but you people drive like you're trying to kill somebody).

I have 2000km to drive, which will probably take me 20 hours to drive all up and I just hate this so much.

I'm completely and utterly broken hearted to be leaving Melbourne and the fact that it's something that happened and not something I chose is not a comforting thought

fog05tile

QUOTE (God @ Sep 23 2007, 03:23 PM)

I'm leaving for Queensland tomorrow morning. Disconnecting my phone and internet in about ten minutes and packing up my car tonight. It's going to be a fucking bitch trying to get my TV into my car with just me and one of my girlfriends to help (last time we had males ) and I'll probably get lost driving through the city tomorrow and I'm petrified of the fact it'll probably be night by the time we arrive in Sydney and I can't handle driving strange places at night after that incident with the kangaroo last time, that and PEOPLE IN SYDNEY ARE FUCKING LUNATICS (No offence to juniperberry, but you people drive like you're trying to kill somebody).

I have 2000km to drive, which will probably take me 20 hours to drive all up and I just hate this so much.

I'm completely and utterly broken hearted to be leaving Melbourne and the fact that it's something that happened and not something I chose is not a comforting thought

oh dear.
don't worry, no offence taken since i don't drive (and for the same reason you're afraid of sydney roads)
kangaroos do silly things at night. poor things, they have no road sense

good luck God! hope it all works out