they've been knockin' me sideways...

a few random texts from dylan the last couple days...

- "if we ever build a new house, can we build a victorian style house? i just love them."

- "i've embarked on my journey across the land in search of a legendary princess locked away in a distant tower. legend says she's burdened with work awaiting her prince. some say the reward is a magical mexicen delicacy" [he sent this to me when he was on his way over, and i working away on..yep, a paper. and we were having mexican pie for dinner]

-"i want to live in new york city. lets move to NYC" [YES! i've converted him! not that he didn't love it the first time i took him, but i think each time we visit, his love increases, and he is finally starting to understand my desire to live there]

-"imagine someday when we colonize another planet, like 20 years from now you might have followers from mars!"

-"god you're so pretty wearing that star wars t-shirt. i'm going to buy you some nerdy t-shirts that i like lol" [great. cannot. wait]

 look at those muscles. and that face. back off ladies, he's all mine!

when there's a burning in your heart...

quite possibly my favorite breakfast...

i've been having a toasted crumpet with peanut butter for months and months now (creature of habit and routine, right here). but recently, i've started adding a bunch of cut up strawberries. i don't know if it's thoughts of summer or if they're starting to come into season, but they are delicious, sweet, and juicy. shortly after, i add a yogurt, banana and apple. i'm definitely not one to skip on breakfast.

what's your favorite thing to eat in the morning?

**title from the new single from death cab for cutie-you are a tourist. i first heard it yesterday afternoon, and haven't stopped listening to it yet. i've heard it approximately 157x now. no less. i just love them so. me and dylan saw them live a few summers ago, and they were nothing short of amazing. go on, take a listen (title of the song will take you to the youtube link)

weekend debates..about serious stuff...

dylan has a problem with expiry dates/best before dates. god forbid it's like 2 or 3 before the best before date, he won't go near it! so when we were heating up dinner on friday (a delicious mexican pie mmm), i looked in my fridge, checked the sour cream and saw that it was 5 days past due. i thought nothing of it. if it smells fine, then to me it's no big deal. but dylan? well, he got all up in arms about it, saying he absolutely would not be eating it with his dinner, because ya know, it would have tiny micro species growing in it that we can't see or smell yet. whatever dylan, whatever. more for me.

so he again said, he never eats anything past due. and i said, "well what if i tell you that you have?" his face turned to me. so i say "remember that meal at my parents a month ago, when we had perogies? yeah, that sour cream was almost 2 weeks past the best before. i told my parents not to tell you because i knew you wouldn't eat it. but me and my parents smelt it, and we all agreed it was fine..." then he called my mom to ask her if it was true. she confirmed the fact. we debated about the fact some more. then he ate some nachos with said sour cream while waiting for dinner. and he's still kickin'. so i guess it was fine, wasn't it dyl??

what are your thoughts on 'best before' dates? are men worse than women!?

 sorry dyl, had to.

may the force be with you...

(is that what they say in star wars? or star trek? something like that..i don't even know)

one day visits from dylan...

me wearing his star wars shirt (which he insisted that i do)

and doing my hair like princess leia like he wanted me to...(except i don't have a lot of hair)

yep, random visits are good. and drowning in shirts that are 5x too big. and awkward hand motions.

i'm dating my own real life nerd..who likes star  wars, star trek, science and everything in between. (seriously, the kid knows everything)

wrongful convictions...

if you have no interest in the criminal law, then this post probably isn't for you ;) this is just my personal rant about a class i love and some problems i have...

first off, i am so happy that i am doing my major in something that i absolutely love. there is one class in particular which is hands down, my favorite class i have taken in the 4 years. next week is the last class and i don't want it to end. it also helps that the prof is totally amazing-she's a defence lawyer and i just love listening to her speak. there is no "ummm" or "welllll..." or any filler words, you know? i'm guessing it has to do with the fact she's a lawyer and needs to be a good, confident speaker ;)

anyways, i think this course has made me a cynic. the last couple classes have been about wrongful convictions. i sat there in every class just listening to her speak so intently (as i do every week), and i just don't want the class to end. learning about this particular topic has just made me so frustrated, to say the least. did you know, that in the US, a wrongfully convicted person will spend, on average, 13 years in prison, from the time of sentencing to exoneration. talk about unreal. of course, that's an average, so some people are a lot more, others a lot less. we've talked about the main causes of WC; things like tunnel vision, jailhouse informants, eyewitness identification, false confessions, prosecutorial misconduct, expert witnesses etc...

it was when we talked about expert witnesses that really got me thinking. it's like you just can't trust anyone. sometimes the language they use can mislead a jury. i mean, how is a jury full of average people, supposed to take what the expert says, but then think, "well, i don't think they're right!" or "that's nice, but i'm going to disagree with you." i mean, it's just not likely! we call them 'experts' !! we put them on a pedestal. they say things like, "if i were a betting man, i would say it's more likely that ... a polar bear caused those wounds to a child, rather than a dog (as the defence was saying)" [that's a true quote, which this expert often said]. so the jury gets it in their mind that this expert must absolutely be right, because hey, he'd bet on it! they also say things like, 'well the fibers could have come from place X"  but they're not forward in saying the chances of it not likely coming from that place..(i realize this may not be making any sense to anyone else ha).

to hear so many cases of wrongful convictions, it just blows my mind. they're not as uncommon as you may think. there was one mother whose baby had died. she was charged with the murder. for whatever reason, she was not put in prison, but she was kept in custody for 22 months. she had 2 other children. with no one else to care for them, they were put in foster care. what happens after 12 months in foster care? children can go up for adoption. so not only did this mother lose her baby, and was charged with committing the murder herself, her other 2 children were adopted! it's heartbreaking. do you take the children out of the stable family they've now become part of? (i believe they were young when it happened)..i don't know the rest of it, the prof didn't go into it, but obviously, whatever choice is made, it won't be easy for the children...
one dr. was known as "the guy" in canada for a particular field. however, 45 of his cases were recently called to review. 20 of those 45, he made errors  which may have caused errors of the outcomes. 12 led to wrongful convictions.

anyways, this was just my mini rant, which i wrote in a fury haha. there are certain recommendations that have come into place since particular cases, that help eliminate particular language used by expert witnesses, but i just don't know if i'll ever be able to trust what they're saying, 100% ever again after hearing this lecture.
those poor, poor people whose lives are completely ruined  by the system.

and just 2 examples of canadian cases: Donald Marshall, Jr. 11 years in prison for a for a murder he didn't commit. sentence the guilty person received when the caught him? 1 year.
David Milgaard-22 years in prison for a rape and murder he didn't commit.

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i always seem to write weird, downer posts on fridays?? anyways, enjoy your weekend :)

no more chip tooth...

the sun is certainly shining and it's a crisp, cold day. but seeing as the temperature is going to hover around 0 or below for the next few days, the snow isn't going anyway (hehe, i'm secretly smiling). today i'm off to the market to get a bunch of fruit and veggies to start making smoothies. i really gotta find a way to curb my 8pm chip tooth (like a sweet tooth, but with chips) so i figure maybe making a smoothie will help? i'll start with fruit ones, even though i know they're not as healthy as veggie ones. but i gotta start somewhere, alright?

on monday when i got home from class, i made the 'poor mans' smoothie as i called it. strawberries (because that was the only fruit i had), one yogurt, and a bit of orange juice. but i must say, it was delish. plus, it would be hard for me to crush up veggies considering i only have a hand blender; i don't think it's strong enough.

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ahhh dream! apples, my favorite!! (especially those, they look like golden delicious) via

anyways, i woke up with cramps, which is always lovely. i've gotta motor through 2 more papers this weekend. however, they are my last 2 papers of my undergrad!! woohoo. i swear, i'll stop talking about papers soon enough, and maybe actually have something interesting to post about once i get my life back. ♥

oh hey, it's you again...

woke up to snow this morning. last week, we were all in light jackets and it got to about 15 degrees. but once spring officially showed up, the snow decided to sneak back in. probably the last snow fall, so i'm kind of loving it. don't hate me! (i had a nice little heart drawn until chloe stuck her little paw in the top left corner).

and my day is made better by finding out that last night my mom did my taxes. i'm getting back enough to cover the whole cost of our 4 nights at the b&b in NYC and more! woohoo. now that moolah doesn't have to come out of my pocket! *37 days*

krazy, kool, celeb enkounter...

did the k's give anything away?

when my girl friend was here on saturday night, she brought over the kardashian konfidential book. still not sure if she left it here by accident, or left it because she knew i wanted to read it, but either way, i was excited. but....i was a good little student and worked on my paper while it sat there staring at me, begging for it to be read. but then, at night, when my paper work for the day was done, i started reading it :)

anyways, i took a picture of myself with the book because i know they always ask for pics of their fans with it. oh gosh, i'm such a nerd..

yes, yes, another shoddy webcam pic. i was trying to be quick!

i tweeted this message along with it...

look what my friend left here! def reading it tonight after my paper ;) @khloekardashian @kimkardashian @kourtneykardash http://twitpic.com/4bi8o8

and then...

 i did a double take. really? and it was almost right away. i know a lot of celebs have their 'people' run their twitter, so whether or not it was really her? that's questionable. but still, made my day. haha her and kourt are my faves.

even though i have 4 day weekends, they go by far too fast...

considering this weekend was dedicated to writing my 20 pager, it was surprisingly good! 

i went to forever 21 on thursday and it was a madhouse (hello march break!) and i don't know how i survived, but i ended up grabbing a cute summer dress, coral shorts and a plain white tee ($4 for a t shirt? i'll take it).

 chalk art-the guys that do these drawings are so talented

friday all day i worked on my paper, then dylan decided to come over after work at 7.

i made cupcakes. we watched some criminal minds. then we went to bed.

then on saturday, he left at 9:30 the next morning to go back to work again.

i was stuck still working on my paper.

then my girl friend messaged me and asked if i wanted company for the night.

that was certainly welcome, i needed a break.

so we watched 27 dresses, drank sangria, and watched youtube/funny or die videos.

 we also saw the supermoon. looked the same to me, but i guess now i get to be all cool, and say "yeah, i saw the supermoon that was the brightest in 18 years, DID YOU!?" maybe? i tried taking pictures of it.

 they turned out like this...

and this...

once again, when school is done, i am learning how to use that damn camera!!

oh, and i added formspring to the left there
in case anyone wanted to know...

it's just a little crush...

except not so little, it's a big crush...

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can't remember where this is from...

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matthew gray guber,

you're so gosh darn cute!

if you ever come to toronto (which you totally should), can we go on a date?
awesome.

i like nerds. smart, sexy, nerds. like you.
♥

oh, and happy st. patrick's day!

**i think Krysten will appreciate this post ;)

it's all an illusion...

over the weekend, i got photoshop cs5. now granted, this program is currently way beyond my comprehension, but once school is over, i can't wait to learn a few tips and tricks to go along with my nikon. be prepared to be blown out of the water with my soon to be skills. ok, not likely, but it'll be fun once i learn the basics.
after playing with eye color (and dylan showing me how), next thing i thought about is, "ok, lets make me freakishly thin." totally normal thoughts... so google pulled up a super easy tutorial and BAM... i was 20lbs lighter. care to see?

 this is the photo we worked with. unaltered and unedited, right from my camera (using canon powershot); i look normal (body wise) and i was having a good time running towards dyl and he snapped the pic. moving on...

the first one is the original again. then we did a pretty normal looking slim down, nothing overly dramatic that absolutely screams photoshop. then, the next step was to make me look like a runway model, fake looking waif. (ya, you can also see that my legs got quite burned that day; it was cloudy and i forgot to put sun screen on..it got 10x worse when i got home at night. never again)

the editing certainly isn't perfect, but we did it in like, 5 minutes.

now looking at them all beside each other, i actually look 'big' in the regular picture, but when looked at alone, i look normal. so, i played a trick on my mom, and asked her to guess which was real (obviously between 1 & 2). she guessed 2. dammit! lol

 and then dylan took it a step further and emailed me this picture later in the day ..he gave me a tan, made me skinnier and gave me bigger boobs lol ridiculous. the subject to the email-"i love you the way you are-just having fun♥ "--damn right you do! because i'm quite happy with my small boobs and you couldn't pay me to get a boob job! although, i kind of like this body..i may keep this in mind when running the stairs, doing yoga and using the nike training camp app ;)

in all seriousness though, don't think that i edit all my pictures (except for some effects, but that's a given)..because i don't. and now that i have photoshop, i still won't. maybe the odd blemish or under eye circle..but that will be the extent of it. i don't have time to make myself skinnier in every picture lol nor do i need to.

it really makes you realize the powers of photoshop from magazines and hollywood in general. of course, i always knew they did it (duh), but seeing it so easily done on myself, it's mind-blowing!

and lastly, sorry to bombard you with pictures of me in a bathing suit :P

i'm going bonkers!

i can feel my stress levels rising. well, they've been rising at a slow and steady pace all semester, but now it's escalating. the end is near. 3 weeks of classes left before finals start. i still can't wrap my head around that. that, and the fact that i'm graduating. can i just show you all what my next few weeks looks like?

tuesday march 15-policy paper on prostitution regulation due (40%, 10 pages); involved nearly 800pgs of required reading that was plopped down on us. (this one is nearly done)
wednesday march 23- paper due (35%, 20 pages); topic i picked? wrongful convictions
monday march 28-paper due about crime and gender and relating it to girl with a dragon tattoo (25%, 9-12 pages)
wednesday march 30-paper due (35%, 10-15 pages); haven't decided on a topic yet, but something in corrections
tuesday april 5- final (25%) and another final (25%)
wednesday april 6-yet another final (25%)

i mean, i'll be running around like a chicken with my head cut off. wait, no, that's not very accurate. i won't be running anywhere; i'll be buried in my apartment with my face stuck in my books and my computer. it's ridiculous. thank gosh my last 2 exams are later in the month, and they're 10 days apart, so i can put them on the back burner. but it doesn't help that my last exam of my university career is on the last possible day of the exam schedule. but, the day after that last exam, we will be off to NYC. so it kind of makes up for it. ok, it a lot makes up for it ;)

 books, work, books, work... ahhhh

stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. stress is an ignorant state. it believes that everything is an emergency. nothing is that important. just lie down.

- Natalie Goldberg

i should really listen to that. but then again, papers can't wait; try telling a prof that their paper isn't that important ha

i can feel my intelligence decreasing...

in class the other day, our prof was talking about a paper we have to hand in shortly. all basic stuff everyone already knows by now. then he reminded us that proper sentence structure and grammar are required. um, excuse me? isn't that a given? now, i know my sentence structure is all outta whack on this blog sometimes, mostly because i write like i talk, but i can assure you i know proper sentencing and grammar!

he then tells us about a student last year who handed in a paper and used 'u' in place of 'you' throughout the whole paper. and he reminded us not to do this. i mean, really? is this what we have to be reminded of now a days? we are in 4th year. we are not at a some joe-blow community college (relax, totally not knocking community college, i went there too; loved it). we are at one of the best universities in canada. sigh.

then he told us about a student who didn't site a single thing in their whole paper. why? well, they assumed the prof/TA 'should know where the information came from.' i'm sorry, did you go to high school? do you know what a works cited/in-text citation is? how did you get in university? how did you make it to 4th year?!?

proof--there will always be idiots in the world.

doh

to check out more blogs and link up, go here.

have a fantastic weekend!
♥♥

awkward and awesome...

thursday here, which means it's time for awkward and awesome once again. apparently i have lots to say this week :) lets get started...

awkward
-rain hair. or hair from dampness. whatever. it sucks. and makes me look awful in public. or i just wear a hat one too many days in a row.
-seeing a lady in the neighborhood who clearly just had work done. sunglasses on a cloudy day; nose strip thing; little tiny blood spots where needles were injected all over your face. botox, anyone? oh i wanted to stare, so badly. but i tried not to make it obvious. that would have been mean.
-doing a little dance on all the ice outside because no one puts down salt fast enough. and no, not actual dancing, i'm talking slipping and sliding. one day, i'm going down, i know it.
-trying an eye pencil on my hand in the drug store, and thinking, i probably shouldn't do this. then the sales girl came outta nowhere and told me i'm not allowed to test them. then why don't they have that plastic wrap on them so the cap can't come off?? answer me that. most of them do.
-having a dream about justin bieber. say what? i don't even like the kid. i'm not a belieber! or whatever else his little minions are being called these days. not to mention i'm like 7 years his senior...
-oh, i also had a dream about vinny (yes, from jersey shore). but in my dream he wasn't popular from the shore, he was just a regular guy. i won't complain about this dream though because he's the guy (ok person) on the whole show that i actually like and that's attractive. he's not a guido in my opinion (which is a good thing), he's not obnoxious and he's not a man whore like the rest. except the eyebrows, hate the shaped eyebrows.

awesome
-running the stairs on friday and waking up saturday and feeling the burn. hope that means the 1000 steps were worth it
-eating healthier all week than i have in a long time. extremely baby carrots help with my snacking addiction.
-reaching over 200 followers...thanks all!
-warm cinnamon rolls with lots of icing (woops, that doesn't really mesh with the whole 'eating healthier' thing does it? it was saturday night. whatever)
-dylan walking through the door at the *exact* moment the dinger went off for said rolls
-a free latte from starbucks..because their 'computers were going slow'-if you say so!
-the girls tell all. all a bunch of crazies. which equals entertainment. plus, the finale next week!
-actually knowing how to take a picture with the webcam on my new laptop; all of the 3 years with my other laptop, i didn't know how.

lets hear it for 1 or 2 megapixel webcam pics. old school. what what. 

oh, and this is also awesome, today until saturday starbucks is celebrating 40 years with new petites and cake pops! if you go in between 2pm-5pm and get a drink, you get a free mini dessert! i'll definitely be heading there this afternoon :) you should too ;)

link up at The Daybook.

happy 2 years little blog; things i love...

2 years. wow.
2 years since i started this nook in the world wide web.
i actually thought it was more into april or may, but i randomly checked when my first post was on saturday morning and saw that it was in 3 days!
i really didn't know if i would keep up with this when i started, but of course i'm glad i did.
who would have thought you could meet so many amazing people through the net? girls that i have stuff in common with! not me...but i was proven wrong.
whether you've been around here a while, or are new, here's some things that i love... that you've probably noticed. ready?

i met this man in october of 2006. this was one of our first pictures, taken with a cell phone. we were sitting in our college here.

i got this little girl at the beginning of 2008 and she's certainly brought me much love.

i have professed my undying love, obsession, fascination, adoration etc for NYC

i have also shared my love of a little thing called red velvet cake. or really, red velvet in any form...

and say it with me-cream cheese icing haha

books. i love a good book;  and used book stores. and this goes without saying, but in case not, reading them too (mostly true crime).

and lastly, camping and cottaging. good laughs and fun times in the summer.

and then of course, other things like coffee, toronto, my friends and more.
oh, and we (meaning dylan) has made some videos; NYC2009, NYC2010, and camping2010.

i love looking back on old posts (who doesn't); this really is like a diary. and now that i'm 2 years and 475 posts in, there's no stopping me now ;)
thanks to everyone who stops by, reads all the time, or once in a while and to those who leave sweet little comments  ♥♥♥

the bolded words will take you to all the posts under that label. and i couldn't tell ya why some of the bold is blue, some is grey and some is a darker grey.

giving back...

my parents have done a lot for me. and still do. given that i'm an only child, some say i'm spoiled. i wouldn't necessarily deny that, but i certainly never got everything i asked for as a kid. but i did pretty well. even now, i know i'm lucky. but i don't brag about what my parents get me (i actually very rarely talk about it to friends) and i certainly don't consider myself stuck-up.

anyways, when i went to college for 2 years, my parents paid for that, along with my books. but when i moved to toronto for university, i got a loan to cover my rent and tuition. they can't do it all. understandable. and i have never expected them to. but, they still cover my books ever semester, pay my cable, phone and internet bill, and buy my groceries. they also furnished my whole apartment. i mean, i wouldn't be here without them. they also cover the interest on my loans every month. they bought me my laptop 4 years ago and when it was on the verge of dying for the past month, they bought me a new one. even though i said i would buy it.

that being said, there's a lot of things they would like to do or buy for themselves, but just don't. when i graduate in 2 months, hopefully i can find a job fairly easily and start paying back my loans. but once i'm on track with that, i would love to be able to get something for my parents. i've been thinking about it for a while now. me and dylan actually talked about it the other night. my dad loves his computer, but it's an old one. they talk of getting a new one, but i know they won't, especially now because they just bought me one. so i would love to be able to get my dad a new computer. and my mom? she loves taking pictures. they got me my Nikon for christmas, and my mom fell in love. again, she says she would love to get a DSLR of her own, but i know that will never happen. so it would be amazing to get my mom a camera.

i really hope that in the near future i'm able to do this for them. as a thank you, for everything they have done for me. some people might think, a computer, a camera? but those are two things that i know they would love. and i'm sure it would shock the hell out of them too ;)
i hope this doesn't come across as me 'showing off' or something for how much they get me, but rather that i'm appreciative for all they do for me.

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i would upload a photo of the 3 of us, but my old laptop won't even turn on and i haven't transferred my pictures to my new one yet. they're still on an external hard drive.

oh hello, hello.

it's friday again. ( i woke up thinking it was saturday, but tweeted that i thought it was friday, but it is friday, it's confusing. i don't know my days )

wasn't it just friday? feels like it.

what am i doing this lovely, rainy weekend?

this is going to shock you...

reading and working on a paper!

whoa, right?

it's on regulating prostitution here in canada..interesting topic, i suppose.

anyways, today i'm linking up here! who wants to put me over the 200 hump ;)

and i'll leave your friday with this. a little come hither? just what you wanted, right? right? thought so :)

(lenses app for the funky heads {that app is hilariously awesome} + instagram)

have a good weekend!

any plans?

♥

award season continues in blogland...

i've gotten two awards lately, so here goes!

thank you to daniela at dk everyday  for this one!

and the survey that goes along with it...

what inspires you?
hmmm, i guess i would say any young, successful person who is doing what they want to do in life. gives me hope that i can do it too.

what is your favorite season and why?
i've come to the conclusion this year i really do like winter and the snow. but i also like fall and spring. i like the things that come along with warm weather, like walking the city easier, sitting on a patio, camping and going to the beach.


what are you most looking forward to this year?
graduating!! and finding a job...but i guess in a way i'm not looking forward to it all. it's scary.


if you could write a book about anything, what would it be about?
oh gosh, i honestly don't know. a compilation of my favorite recipes?


what is your greatest passion?
 i would say i love taking photos,  but i'm not very good at it. but i guess just because i'm not good at it (yet) doesn't mean it can't be a passion. i wish i could say yoga, because i really do want to get into it. and i also wish i could say my job, because i hope i get one i'll be passionate about and love, but i guess that's soon to be determined...

if you could change one thing about your life or yourself, what would it be and why?
i would  have been born in NYC :P lol but really? umm i would probably want to be not so shy. sometimes it sucks. i get nervous when i shouldn't and it takes me a while to open up.


lastly, what is your favorite novel?
well, i can't think of one off hand. i read mostly true crime, and it just doesn't seem right to pick one of those as a 'favorite' haha but i do love dead janitors club by jeff klima. it's pretty hilarious, about a guy who cleans up crime scenes. but, there is another book- sophies world by jostein gaarder - which is a philosophical book. i read it a few years ago and got 3/4 of the way through, and i plan on starting from the beginning when i read it again (hopefully soon) but i really enjoyed it.


and jennifer at a day in the life of a mom gave me this one...so thank you!

the rules are: link back to the person who gave you the award to let them know you accept; share 7 things about yourself; and pass the award on to 15 newly discovered bloggers and let them know about the award.

so, here's 7 things...
1) if i'm at home, you can almost gaurantee i'm wearing my housecoat. usually along with shorts/sweat pants and a tank top. seriously, i love it.
2) i am the opposite of an insomniac; i am asleep within 30 seconds of my head hitting the pillow 98% of the time.
3) pretty much the only way i can eat pie is warmed up with vanilla ice cream.
4) my room at my parents house, which i started redecorating in august, is still incomplete.
5) i didn't cry at the notebook. and i really didn't even like it. maybe that was the high school me.
6) i hate talking on the phone.
7) i very, very rarely shop anymore...props for me!

and for both of these awards, i'm going to cheat. if you read this blog, and want to take one, or both, you can go ahead and say it's from me!

you are still in the running.. to be americas next top model...

did anyone watch the premier of top model? see how they did the whole behind the scenes photos? well me and dyl watched it with my mom friday before getting ready. so when i started doing my makeup for the night, dyl decided to bust out the camera. let it be known i'm so awkward in front of the camera unless i'm just with friends and laughing or saying 'cheese.'

the only thing i use to edit is windows picture viewer--i change the contrast and saturation.

maybe me and dyl should start recreating the shoots every week? ha wouldn't that be something.

concrete jungle..i'm comin' for ya...

over reading week, i was able to book our trip to NYC. i think you all know that i live and breath that city. love. no words to describe. i think this will be my 8 or 9th time going. i was waiting for the megabus schedule to go up for the dates i wanted and i remember booking our bus tickets during reading week last year, so i knew it would be around this time. my exams finish april 28th and dylan starts summer classes may 5 or something, so we kind of had a small window to work with. anyways, early in the week, i was able to book our tickets.

$13 roundtrip from toronto to NYC each. can't.be.beat. wifi and plugs on the bus and everything. it's our 4th year taking this bus company to nyc and no complaints-we love it! we leave april 29th @ 10pm, get into the city around 7:30am and leave may 4th @ 10pm. i can't tell you how excited i am to have 4 nights and 5 days. it's my grad present to myself ;) then a few days later i was able to book our b&b in the east village. after staying in a vacation rental last year, i don't know that we'll ever stay in a hotel again. we have our own suite with a private bathroom, kitchen, queen bed, wifi, tv etc all the stuff a home would have. plus, there's a rooftop patio that everyone staying there has access to.

 from last year. look at my handsome man. do you like the ad for the gentlemen's club in the back?

59 days
of course i have a countdown!