I'm sitting at Serissa Caté by the window and it's just beautiful out. It's too bad I'm stuck inside, writing my French composition. Bonnie insists that I finish it soon, so that I have time to go sing karaoke tomorrow night. I'm not entirely sure if I'm up for late-night karaoke, though, since I just remembered that I scheduled to have my graduation photos taken Wednesday right after class. If I were a nice, obedient, little girl, I would stay in tomorrow night to get a good night's rest.

The weekend has been fairly uneventful. On Saturday, I finished writing up my students' report cards, and all within my 1-hour break. I felt pretty accomplished. :) That night, I went out with the gang to see Watchmen in theatres. I will admit that I was one of those girls, expecting to see a more politically controversial version of X-Men, but instead was met with excessive blood, gore, and sex. I really did not enjoy the movie and neither did most of the gang, but Maurice said he enjoyed its "what-if" scenario.

I could have also sworn that Nixon's nose wasn't that big. Although they did change history, the least they could have done was make Nixon look a little more believable. That nose was distracting, as was another particular part of the movie. Julia enjoyed that part immensely. Two movies I'm looking forward to watching are Transformers and Half-Blood Prince. Oh, especially the HBP. I haven't been this excited for a movie, in a long time. In fact, I believe the previous movie that had me brimming over with excitement was The Order of the Phoenix. :P

An auction is ending tonight for a used Adios Star Buon Viaggio. I'm still debating how much I'm willing to pay for an Adios Star, but it is a BV which would be perfect to use for school. It's only at around $31 at the moment, and I hope it stays that way. It would even match my new Caramella. <3

Gossip Girl finally returns tonight with a new episode. :D It's my guilty pleasure.

So, my plan to go work on that French composition at the bubble tea place across from me totally failed. Depending on what I'm doing later tonight, I may do it later. I have absolutely no clue what to write, so I know I'll need some time to think about it.

My Adios Star Caramella arrived today. :D I didn't expect it to be so big and it fits a lot more than my Dooney & Bourke wristlet. I was debating using it as a pencil case for school (and for when I teach in Japan if JET accepts me, teehee), but it's too nice so I'm using it as a wristlet. D&B will have to hang out in the drawer for now unless I decide to sell it, which is likely as I've no use for more than one wristlet, even if it is made of cruelty-free canvas and not leather like most of their products.

I also bought a used Paradiso Denaro from someone on the forum. I've been watching it for a while, but I always thought the Denaro was too small for my wallet-needs, especially when I have so many cards and receipts to keep track of. In the end, I caved after the seller lowered the price again. It doesn't have the sushi boy, which is my favorite part of the print, but it does have two birds, a little angel in diapers painting the rainbow, and an iPod girl with pigtails! :D

I had a really weird dream last night, but I can barely remember what it was about. I do remember Calvin was there, who was asking me out again? That was really unusual and completely out of the blue. The only times he's been on my mind, since he moved to Kingston, was last year when he climbed the CN Tower with us, and this year when I saw him at Damon's funeral. I did invite him to the climb with us again last week, but he hasn't responded.

Rainbow and Xiang are supposed to be coming anytime now to help me with my tax returns. I should really take a shower before they come, though. I look like a complete mess. I'm not entirely sure what we're going to do afterwards. In most likely case, they'll just head home. Andrea and the gang might want to get a coffee later tonight, as per usual, but what I really want is to have Gal Sushi for dinner. :)

Gaaah, online shopping can be so exasperating! I bought a pair of UGGs in the Snow Peak style on eBay which sell here for $299 so when I got it for only $83 (plus killer s/h of course), I couldn't let it get away. The seller had stupidly marked the value on the UPS package as $300 U.S. which was not only extremely inconsiderate, especially considering the ridiculous customs and bokerage fees we, Canadians, need to face, but also odd because I know for a fact that this style sells in the U.S. for only $250.

So the UPS man came demanding that I pay $101, which I of course had adamantly refused. I contacted the seller, informing him that he needs to fax in another invoice to change the value to only $83, as is appropriate because that was how much I paid and the boots weren't even packaged in the original box and hence, could be "second-hand" for all I know. He e-mailed me yesterday morning about faxing it later that day and I called UPS to double-check just now, and it turns out he still hasn't done it. That asshole. It was snowing earlier today and I want my damn boots!

I also bought an Adios Star Caramella on eBay for $10 U.S., but after shipping and conversion, the total came out $24 CDN which is of course ridiculous because the girl only lives like 25 minutes away from me. What's even more ridiculous is that she mailed it out over two days ago and Canada Post still hasn't delivered it to me yet. I've had packages from Japan arrive faster than this damn thing! Not only does Canada Post have extremely high shipping rates, but it is perhaps one of the world's slowest and least dependable postal services. If I get into the JET Programme, I will take advantage of Japan's speedy postal service as much as possible. :D

I went to work today, which was quite uneventful. I got to see him briefly (<3), but he's always working in the back so I never get to chat with him properly at work. :( I haven't been hanging out with anyone lately, especially not the usual gang (other than the girls) so I really haven't spoken to him much at all. Maybe when summer finally roles around...

Chapters wants to organize a CN Tower Climb under their name. I'm seriously considering doing it twice this year, because if JET accepts me, I may not be able to come back to Canada in time to do it next year. Scott told me the company just wants to become more eco-friendly. I think it's because Heather Reisman wants to make her company look better. :P

So I ended up not really studying at all last night. I feel like such a bum. :P I read through the chapter very briefly in the morning which actually helped a bit because I was able to apply a lot of it to the test this morning. It was fairly straight forward and something expected of Madame Cyr since she's so nice and lenient. :)

I know I did quite badly on the last few questions, but that would be because I didn't get to reading through the last few sections of the chapter. I still can't figure out what the question about "gradation" meant and I know that a few people in my class were quite baffled as well.

All in all, I don't think I did horribly though I don't know if I'll end up scraping a B for this one. I feel really horrible about Melissa's situation. Oral French was never my strong suit, but she seems to be having an even worst time of it than me (is that even possible?).

But my god, can that girl whine. The concepts aren't that difficult to remember. The rules themselves are very easy to memorize, though I can see how easily one could mix them up because there're so many of them. Still, I wish she would stop rambling on and on about how unfortunate she is, if only for just a single moment. It's really draining to be listening to her ranting while trying to pay attention to a lesson spoken in a language I've only begun to get a grasp on.

On a lighter note, the new Tokidoki flats are available for purchase at Eilatan, which is where I bought the Tokidoki x Onitsuka Tiger sneakers last summer. They won't ship the flats outside of the U.S. though, which breaks my heart. :( I'll probably need to wait until Tokidoki.it has them. GRR, more waiting...

I went to LUSH after school today. I had a bit of a headache going to school (probably car-sickness from the bus ride there... those damn Viva drivers), but it's gotten better since I wrote the test and got some polluted fresh air.

I handed in my resume today, figuring that the student rush will be starting soon and I really want to land a job there. They know my face well enough and the girl informed me that I'll probably receive a call from them by next month... which is when I find out if I got into JET. So... more waiting for me.

I'll need to start working on my composition soon. Madame Cyr requested that we write about our thoughts and feelings on the York strike and I need to memorize a page in my textbook for the upcoming dictée. I'm seriously going to try to get a perfect score this time.

For now though, I think I'm going to do my facial regime. I bought the Cosmetic Warrior face mask when I was at LUSH since I've been breaking out a bit these past few weeks (I suppose that would be the junk food). I took a glance at the expiry date and it turns out the mask was made just yesterday, so it's uber, uber fresh! :D Go me!

Today was a complete bore. I initially planned to go to the bank and continue studying for my linguistics exam tomorrow but the weather outside was just so depressing, I couldn't put any effort into accomplishing anything. Madame Cyr sent us an e-mail with the rules we need to have memorized by tomorrow and I'm not too confident about what I've studied so far. At least I completed the homework packages she assigned to us last week and I'm nearly done the exam/dictée corrections.

What I did instead was catch up on some interesting videos I found on YouTube. Hearing Ann Coulter speak really peeves me, but at the very least I got to enjoy her getting picked on, on The View. I also love Ellen Degeneres. She's funny as hell and watching her shows always puts a smile on my face.

Ugh, I just realized that I'm going to have to start working out again very soon. The CN Tower climb is a little over a month away and I want to beat my previous record. I've been sitting on my ass all winter, especially with York going on strike for a solid 3 months, and I feel like such a couch-potato.

A few days ago on my way to work, I decided to pick up a drink from First Markham Place along the way and passed by a JCY House that wasn't open yet. Through the window, I was able to see a Tokidoki shirt from their Spring 2009 line. I was so desperate to go in and take a look but I knew I'd be late for work if I waited for them to open so I reluctantly walked away and haven't gone back since.

I did take a look at their new Summer 2009 line and I absolutely love it. It's made up of light blue pastel colours and features the unicorn everywhere which is a little juvenile, but anyone who knows me knows that I'm still quite juvenile for a 23-year-old. My only issue is that Chapters isn't giving me enough shifts and I'm really trying to save up for Japan (whether or not I get into the JET Programme) this year.

I've only been thinking about it, but I think I really will apply for another job at LUSH come spring time. I was also considering giving Notabilia full-time hours during the month of July like last year, but I think that will have to depend on whether or not I get accepted. Last year, I hardly had any time to enjoy the sunshine and warm weather, what with balancing a full-time and a part-time evening job. I mean, I love teaching kids but Alice just gave me way too much pressure and even now, I disagree with her business ethics.

If I'm lucky, I'll land a job at LUSH (and get the employee discount, yay!) around mid-April and perhaps Chapters will open up to giving away more hours at the same time so I can start doing some major saving. If only luck will have it my way. :D