so sorry

i'm sorry i haven't updated as of late. its been crazie trying to gwet use to my new routines of school, work, volunteering and finding time for myself and my friends. i promise before the weekend is out i will have a great blog for you all to read, laugh and shed a tear at.

i love gilmore girls

i just wanted you to know that. thankyou for your time.

the magic of osap... really they are magicians...

here's my osap time line... and i'll let you be the judge of where money dissappears to while waiting for it.

spet. 6:
-spent 1hr waiting in line to sign papers for osap (late for 2nd class due to this)

sept. 7:
-osap recieves my forms and processing begins.
-first snag apparently i have to pay left over interest from previous balance before they will release new osap (why they can't just take money from new loan i'll never know?)
-tansfer right amounts of money into osap's hands (i just gave money to get money, my mom warned about scams like this)they say it will take 2 business days to see this in their computer's... umm where did the money go for 2days?

sept. 9:
-in theory osap should have my money... should... but i don't know maybe its still on vacation somewhere
-now they say it will take 2 days to figure out new loan (what were they doing the last 2 days?) we hit a weekend so in theory all loan should be proccesed by the 13

sept.13:
-loan in fact not processed by this day

sept. 14:
-loan actually processed and released to my bank... and now for the super duper trick it will take 5 buisness day to be reflected in my account... 5 days... where is it? i asked the bank guy this and he wasn't sure either.

sept.16:
-wondering where my money may be... wondering if its having a good time... wondering if its eating well, or if it has clean clothes or gas for its adventures cause i'm not, i need to learn this magic.

the best part... if i'm a day late making a payment to osap, i'm in deep crap, i get charged extra, i get a bad credit mark etc. ... if they are late giving me the money... too bad for me. oh and best part, i thought i was paying interest of prime + 2% but really i'm paying prime +2.5%.... so i was thinking... do you think i can open my own osap business? they seem to be making a lot of money off of me, i'm just thinking how much money i could be making off of other poor students who are just trying to learn and get a decent job with a good pension. i'm going to move to a country with free education... and i thought canada was a free country, too bad only the rich really get ahead here...

sorry venting (oops ranting) needed.

skills i don't have

last night i was in stitches at work. i'm uncoordinated as many of you will know and many more of you find amusing. well i have a test for you. if you know how to twiddle your thumbs this will take it to the next level. while twiddling your thumbs your thumbs will be traveling in the same direction. so for an added challenge twiddle your thumbs so one is moving forward while the other is moving backwards. well as you can guess, i can't do it... much to rick's amusement i did try for the better part of 30min.... if you can do it... i want to see it!

what's the deal?

it seems to be the age old question that all singles hate.... "why aren't you dating anyone?" i would like to respond with "because dating is a waste of time and i want to be single and go through life all alone and just knit socks for my 200 cats until i'm 80." but that's not true(p.s. i'm not a big cat fan, but dogs wouldn't appreciate socks like a cat). the majority of my single friends all have the same complaints.

no offence to our happily married friends, and no offence to the children of our happily married friends, but being single completely sucks and a lot of us are jealous. this is not a world that is conducive to being single, many social occasions dates are deemed necessary. its only appropriate to bring your mum,dad, cousin, brother, friends (hot) brother (yes you crilly) as your date for so many years.

many times us singletons wonder "why can't i find someone?" (although i'm pretty sure i know why i'm single, more on that later). maybe we are being too picky, put we deserve to have someone that is great, not just ok, but wonderful. could it be that in the area where i live there is a lack of christians who would be considered dateable, that we either haven't dated, or one of our friends hasn't dated? one friend has suggested (must to my horror) that maybe we should start a blog looking for dates specifically just for fun (as in no pictures, no real names)... yes it would be fun, but would i ever venture to meet these people? no way.

i just look around at all my single friends, and i absolutely love them to death, and i know they deserve the best. and we want to have someone to share life with. but where are the people to date? if we all had $1 for everytime someone asked us is we were dating anyone i'm pretty sure we would all be living in more luxury. is there a solution? patience? getting everyone to invite their single christian friends to an event and have their single christian friends invite their single christian friends and hopefully have like 300 singles to meet? maybe a little desperate.

and yes i know why i'm single, its because i'm incapable of liking any guy that would actually be good for me. i instead insist on choosing guys who will walk all over me or treat me like dirt. but no more! not ever again! because i found my knitting needles and later i'm going looking for a stray cat!

p.s. thanks to all the crilly's who have been looking out for me this week, your the best siblings that i consider mine now!

who's in?

my friend has decided that possibly it would be a good idea to organize a trip into TO to help out with a soup kitchen or such. we are willing to organize such a trip if and only if YOU want to get in on it. so what do you think? it may be something other than a soup kitchen... i'll look into possible organizations we can help.... leave a comment and let me know.

what can we do?

how did we become such a passive society? and more importantly how did we become such passive christians? i know that i'll get into trouble for generalizing everyone, so excuse me, and to those that are above this blame you can help me.

hurricane katrina has caused a lot, a lot of damaged, people have died, people have lost everything. Relief has been slow to get to these people, and some people are angry and i don't blame them. 9/11 caused a lot of grief and a lot of suffering and we honour those people who were affected by this tragedy. but it seems that people are shaking their heads more and tsking at the loss because it is so published. i don't want to make light of these situations but....

everyday all over the world, even in my small town, people loose everything. they loose their homes, their family, they get ill. children all over the world wander and authorities just wait for them to die because they don't have resources for them. victim's of katrina will most likely receive aid to help them get back on their feet. the big easy may never exist again and their former inhabitants will have to find somewhere else to live. but what about those who are all around the world who have no where else to live? where they know that there aren't busses or army's or groups coming to pick them up so they can have a fresh start. these people have been on my mind for a couple weeks now.

in highschool i was more of an activist. i would stand up for these injustices, and try to make a difference. now, now i'm ashamed to say i haven't really done anything as of late. now i feel lost, like i don't know where to start. i see so many problems and i want to fix them all, but in know this is not possible. but i guess if i could just find one thing that makes a difference to someone, i would follow that.

i want to challenge everyone (including me), to make a difference. i'm not just talking financially because when i comes down to it i know a lot of people don't have money to give. i'm talking about donating some of that time that we all know we have that we waste in front of a tv, or strolling around a shopping center... or whatever you waste your time on. a couple hours a week, or a day a month, or something. if we all can do a little, it really does make a huge difference. we can do it, and i want to hear your stories!

and the toaster goes to...

a.d.d. has struck again, going to a conference over tired and caffinated was not such a great idea. so to all that were there who i annoyed, i'm very sorry. for all of those who i entertained, you're very welcome. for those of you who missed out, maybe some day i'll repeat it, you can count on that.

and on a side note, boi congrats on one life dream down, many many more to go!