A little pixel art for you.
Today was good, I actually slept well...and the first day of lessons was uneventful, and all the new instructors were early and listen well. Not to hot. Good day.
Fighting a cold though...must drink more orange juice.
Monday, July 31, 2006
Pixel Hanasu
A little pixel art for you.
Today was good, I actually slept well...and the first day of lessons was uneventful, and all the new instructors were early and listen well. Not to hot. Good day.
Fighting a cold though...must drink more orange juice.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Blessed be your name
Blessed be Your name in the land that is plentiful
Where Your streams of abundance flow, Blessed be Your name
And blessed be Your name when I’m found in the desert place,
Though I walk through the wilderness, Blessed be your name
Blessed be Your name when the sun’s shining down on me
When the world’s all as it should be Blessed be Your name
And blessed be Your name on the road marked with suffering
Though there’s pain in the offering Blessed be Your name
Every blessing You pour out I’ll turn back to praise
And when the darkness closes in Lord, Still I will say
Blessed be the name of the Lord, Blessed be Your glorious name
-Matt Redman
Where Your streams of abundance flow, Blessed be Your name
And blessed be Your name when I’m found in the desert place,
Though I walk through the wilderness, Blessed be your name
Blessed be Your name when the sun’s shining down on me
When the world’s all as it should be Blessed be Your name
And blessed be Your name on the road marked with suffering
Though there’s pain in the offering Blessed be Your name
Every blessing You pour out I’ll turn back to praise
And when the darkness closes in Lord, Still I will say
Blessed be the name of the Lord, Blessed be Your glorious name
-Matt Redman
Friday, July 28, 2006
Tropical Princess Hanna
What? If Barbie can be a million different kinds of princess so can I! Remember: Pretty Girls can do Anything!
Speaking of which:
hmmmm...about that...
Oh right, I'm a tropical princess because it was shipwreck survivor day at the pool and I wore a nifty grass (you know...that plastic grass) and a lei (sp?) all day. It made me too warm. But also very "friendly island native"
Also we had a shark that swims around...it's battery operated and looks quite real...except it's red and about a foot long. Sure freaked a couple of preschoolers out though...good times.
So Cashier Girl (aka: off to china! girl) made me a sign for my swimming lesson binder. I don't actually teach lessons this summer...but I didn't have a cover sign and Swimming Instructor #3 gave me two shiney stickers, a lobster and a puffer fish ( I love pufferfish...love them) and I need somewhere to put them so I said "Cashier Girl! make me a sign for my binder. (you still following here?) It can say 'Hanna is the best teacher in the universe and the prettiest' or something like that" (again with todays theme of vainity) So she made me a sign that says "Hanna the gypsy princess's spectacular lesson binder" and I put my stickers on it.
Also, I had a lowfat rasperry coconut mocha frappe. Today was a good day.
Speaking of which:
| You Are 70% Vain |
 You're a little vain, but you also work hard for your good looks. Just remember, everyone knows you are a total hottie. You don't have to remind them. |
hmmmm...about that...
Oh right, I'm a tropical princess because it was shipwreck survivor day at the pool and I wore a nifty grass (you know...that plastic grass) and a lei (sp?) all day. It made me too warm. But also very "friendly island native"
Also we had a shark that swims around...it's battery operated and looks quite real...except it's red and about a foot long. Sure freaked a couple of preschoolers out though...good times.
So Cashier Girl (aka: off to china! girl) made me a sign for my swimming lesson binder. I don't actually teach lessons this summer...but I didn't have a cover sign and Swimming Instructor #3 gave me two shiney stickers, a lobster and a puffer fish ( I love pufferfish...love them) and I need somewhere to put them so I said "Cashier Girl! make me a sign for my binder. (you still following here?) It can say 'Hanna is the best teacher in the universe and the prettiest' or something like that" (again with todays theme of vainity) So she made me a sign that says "Hanna the gypsy princess's spectacular lesson binder" and I put my stickers on it.
Also, I had a lowfat rasperry coconut mocha frappe. Today was a good day.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Onward to China!
Well maybe.
See one of my work friends (I only have work and church friends, because I'm a hermit. Oh and internet friends because I'm a nerd) Cashier Girl was on a camping thinger with her fiance's family (without said fiance sadly) and was talking to an uncle-in-law-to-be about what she does for a living, and it came up that she taught English in China for a few months last year and he says "Oh I go to China all the time!". Turns out he works for Air Canada and figures he can get her a round trip ticket for $60. At this part in the story I butted in and yelled "I want to go to China! Take me to China for $60!"
Sooo...she's trying to contact a couple of her friends in Beijing, she says it's super cheap to eat and live and whatnot there and figures we could stay for a week for around $50. Her u-i-l-t-b is planning on taking his daughter there in October for a week and would love for her to come (and she would love for me to come :P). So who knows...maybe I could see Beijing for a week on a hundred bucks or so. Maybe not...it does seem too good to be true. But if it could work out, I'm so going. Be crazy not to...just for the photography experience alone.
In other news...I was so hot today that my kneecaps were sweating. Ew. I'm off to the cold shower (my third shower today, but who's counting?)
See one of my work friends (I only have work and church friends, because I'm a hermit. Oh and internet friends because I'm a nerd) Cashier Girl was on a camping thinger with her fiance's family (without said fiance sadly) and was talking to an uncle-in-law-to-be about what she does for a living, and it came up that she taught English in China for a few months last year and he says "Oh I go to China all the time!". Turns out he works for Air Canada and figures he can get her a round trip ticket for $60. At this part in the story I butted in and yelled "I want to go to China! Take me to China for $60!"
Sooo...she's trying to contact a couple of her friends in Beijing, she says it's super cheap to eat and live and whatnot there and figures we could stay for a week for around $50. Her u-i-l-t-b is planning on taking his daughter there in October for a week and would love for her to come (and she would love for me to come :P). So who knows...maybe I could see Beijing for a week on a hundred bucks or so. Maybe not...it does seem too good to be true. But if it could work out, I'm so going. Be crazy not to...just for the photography experience alone.
In other news...I was so hot today that my kneecaps were sweating. Ew. I'm off to the cold shower (my third shower today, but who's counting?)
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Hanna the Gypsy Princess who can do anything!
Before todays story, here is a fun fact about snacks. Do you know how many pringles light equals 100 calories. 12. 12 whole chips. So if you buy the little 100 calories pringles packs...each pack will contain 12 chips. Seems like a great idea. How do you only eat one pack though? Next weeks plan: only take one to work...NOT the whole box. (I have low blood pressure so I get salt cravings/light headed when I diet...seemed perfect).
Okay so, today was photo shoot day. So two girls from the salon that I don't really know (they have a lot of new staff...I don't really know half of them) picked me up as I was carless. We were talking about how I am a lifeguard (as they picked me up from the pool....not the school as they had thought for 20 minutes...I guess they rhyme?) and one of the girls said "So you're like a lifeguard and an artist and a photographer? What are you, like a gypsy or something?".
Ah yes....lifeguarding...art...photography...that equals gypsy. I didn't have the heart to tell her I also write, do some graphic design work and make jewlery. Thus I am Hanna the Gypsy Princess who can do anything!
I think the shoot went okay...the light was good...the film was good...the site was good...the girls were rather surly however. "I hate having my picture taken!" Seemed wierd to me as A)They work in a beauty industry! and B)I love having my picture taken. But maybe I'm just wierd. And by wierd I mean vain. Anyway, the film will take a week or two to come back as it's professional black and white...till then I wait I guess. And hope that they come out well so I don't have to make those girls pose for more.
Okay so, today was photo shoot day. So two girls from the salon that I don't really know (they have a lot of new staff...I don't really know half of them) picked me up as I was carless. We were talking about how I am a lifeguard (as they picked me up from the pool....not the school as they had thought for 20 minutes...I guess they rhyme?) and one of the girls said "So you're like a lifeguard and an artist and a photographer? What are you, like a gypsy or something?".
Ah yes....lifeguarding...art...photography...that equals gypsy. I didn't have the heart to tell her I also write, do some graphic design work and make jewlery. Thus I am Hanna the Gypsy Princess who can do anything!
I think the shoot went okay...the light was good...the film was good...the site was good...the girls were rather surly however. "I hate having my picture taken!" Seemed wierd to me as A)They work in a beauty industry! and B)I love having my picture taken. But maybe I'm just wierd. And by wierd I mean vain. Anyway, the film will take a week or two to come back as it's professional black and white...till then I wait I guess. And hope that they come out well so I don't have to make those girls pose for more.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
eek
So tomorrow I am doing a photo shoot. One of my good friends is a stylist at a salon downtown and I paint their window for them. Anyway, she asked me to take headshots of the stylists for them to hang up in the salon. Kind of a big deal. I'm kind of freaking out actually. I usually take really nice photos...but every now and then they flop...and I've never actually been a paid photographer before. We're not going to tell them that. And I did do my brothers wedding pics and those did turn out excellently. So hopefully these will too. Fingers crossed.
So if my amusing self passes through your mind tomorrow (as I'm sure it often does) prayers and well wishes would be wonderful. I shall be pep talking myself up all day.
So if my amusing self passes through your mind tomorrow (as I'm sure it often does) prayers and well wishes would be wonderful. I shall be pep talking myself up all day.
Monday, July 24, 2006
floofy skirt
So first off I'll give you the cranky post.
I did not sleep well last night.
Suprised? Apparently my body feels that sleeping on a sunday night is useless and no longer wants to do it. Also, Craig neglected me for WOW for the entire evening/night/morning which made me tired and cranky.
Then I naturally overslept. I woke up at the time I should have been leaving the house. I triiiied to get moving and out the door quickly but I was so tired and still a little sleeping pill dopey, so it didn't really work. I was late for work which was okay because no one was there (I opened) but still not the best start for the day. Then I taught aquafit, and I still wasn't moving very quickly...tired, groggy ect. As I was putting the equipment away I found out that Swimming Instructor #3 had called in sick Ten Minutes before her classes started which meant I immediatly started teaching lessons.
Her children are brutal.
One kid had this nasty hacking cough. He coughed constantly for the 30 minutes. I told him that if he was still coughing like that tomorrow he should tell his mom I told him not to come. He seemed confused as to why. I am so going to get sick now.
Three kids cried. One kid purposefully half drowned herself to prove that she couldn't float. Honestly, I'm sure she inhaled water on purpose so she could come up dramatically choking and crying and I would feel bad for trying to make her do it. I didn't feel bad.
Many of the children she thinks are good enough to complete the levels are in fact...not.
So that was fun. Then Swimming Instructor #2 who take 25 minutes instead of the 15 she's supposed to take to shower and change everyday (10 minutes is a lot in lifeguard land) was supposed to be on deck at 12...well it took her 5 minutes to wrap a towel around her waist and grab a tank top. 5 minutes. While my other lifeguard who had rescued us by coming in and guarding while I taught waited saying "I'm not being paid for this 5 minutes!" (5 minutes is also a lot in lifeguard land.) Swimming Instructor #2 finally comes out and is eating on deck. She's not allowed to which I pointed out. Her reply "well I'm hungry!"
I miss having people fear me. I'll have to work on that again.
Soooo....anyway after work Craig picked me up (we were both off at 4 today which was nice) and we went downtown. You see, at the staff BBQ on saturday I fiiiinally (it's my 4th staff BBQ party) won the scavenger hunt. I have to take the credit for it, even though my team was great. We couldn't find a lot of the items, at least not in time, so I printed pictures off Google images. And we got full points. The organizer said "well, I didn't say they had to be real!" fantastic, although not everyone thought so. Whatever, I was due. And it was the right year to win...with the old company the prizes were as follows:
1st year: nothing
2nd year: nothing
3rd year: candy (and the winners were pretty excited about the candy)
this year: $50 gift certificates to the mall! hoorah!
So yes, today I bought a wonderful swooshy skirt with my winnings. It's black and kind of layer with a ruffly hem...it's hard to explain, but it's so wonderful. I've been wanting a new summer skirt but couldn't justify it as...well I wear a uniform almost every day. But it was free! And I love it soooooo much.
We also went out to dinner to Moxies...we had avacado spring rolls as an appetizer, soooo good. And I had some kind of chicken, asperagus, roasted red pepper thing on naan bread. I really recommend it if you go to Moxies before the end of summer.
And we visited the pet store, they had the cutest bunnys, they were lionhead...
I want a bunny! Craig informs me that I do not in fact want a bunny. I'm not convinced. Sure they're not kitties and they don't purr. But they are sooooo soft and so amusing to watch hop around. Nothing amuses me more than hopping bunnies...
Okay I'm done.
I did not sleep well last night.
Suprised? Apparently my body feels that sleeping on a sunday night is useless and no longer wants to do it. Also, Craig neglected me for WOW for the entire evening/night/morning which made me tired and cranky.
Then I naturally overslept. I woke up at the time I should have been leaving the house. I triiiied to get moving and out the door quickly but I was so tired and still a little sleeping pill dopey, so it didn't really work. I was late for work which was okay because no one was there (I opened) but still not the best start for the day. Then I taught aquafit, and I still wasn't moving very quickly...tired, groggy ect. As I was putting the equipment away I found out that Swimming Instructor #3 had called in sick Ten Minutes before her classes started which meant I immediatly started teaching lessons.
Her children are brutal.
One kid had this nasty hacking cough. He coughed constantly for the 30 minutes. I told him that if he was still coughing like that tomorrow he should tell his mom I told him not to come. He seemed confused as to why. I am so going to get sick now.
Three kids cried. One kid purposefully half drowned herself to prove that she couldn't float. Honestly, I'm sure she inhaled water on purpose so she could come up dramatically choking and crying and I would feel bad for trying to make her do it. I didn't feel bad.
Many of the children she thinks are good enough to complete the levels are in fact...not.
So that was fun. Then Swimming Instructor #2 who take 25 minutes instead of the 15 she's supposed to take to shower and change everyday (10 minutes is a lot in lifeguard land) was supposed to be on deck at 12...well it took her 5 minutes to wrap a towel around her waist and grab a tank top. 5 minutes. While my other lifeguard who had rescued us by coming in and guarding while I taught waited saying "I'm not being paid for this 5 minutes!" (5 minutes is also a lot in lifeguard land.) Swimming Instructor #2 finally comes out and is eating on deck. She's not allowed to which I pointed out. Her reply "well I'm hungry!"
I miss having people fear me. I'll have to work on that again.
Soooo....anyway after work Craig picked me up (we were both off at 4 today which was nice) and we went downtown. You see, at the staff BBQ on saturday I fiiiinally (it's my 4th staff BBQ party) won the scavenger hunt. I have to take the credit for it, even though my team was great. We couldn't find a lot of the items, at least not in time, so I printed pictures off Google images. And we got full points. The organizer said "well, I didn't say they had to be real!" fantastic, although not everyone thought so. Whatever, I was due. And it was the right year to win...with the old company the prizes were as follows:
1st year: nothing
2nd year: nothing
3rd year: candy (and the winners were pretty excited about the candy)
this year: $50 gift certificates to the mall! hoorah!
So yes, today I bought a wonderful swooshy skirt with my winnings. It's black and kind of layer with a ruffly hem...it's hard to explain, but it's so wonderful. I've been wanting a new summer skirt but couldn't justify it as...well I wear a uniform almost every day. But it was free! And I love it soooooo much.
We also went out to dinner to Moxies...we had avacado spring rolls as an appetizer, soooo good. And I had some kind of chicken, asperagus, roasted red pepper thing on naan bread. I really recommend it if you go to Moxies before the end of summer.
And we visited the pet store, they had the cutest bunnys, they were lionhead...
I want a bunny! Craig informs me that I do not in fact want a bunny. I'm not convinced. Sure they're not kitties and they don't purr. But they are sooooo soft and so amusing to watch hop around. Nothing amuses me more than hopping bunnies...
Okay I'm done.
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Oops
Hey look what I made. That was 6.5 hours of my saturday.
Did I not blog for almost a week? Bad Hanna!
Here's what this week was like:
-hot
-sleep deprived
that's all you need.
Oh last night we went and saw lady in the water. I really enjoyed it. It was very...fairytalish and a bit scary but more "things that go bump in the night" scary than "give you nightmares of bloood" scary, so that was good. And it is technically a PG movie.
Oh and I made a new layout for my pixel site: [Hana.Land] so go look! all the pages don't work yet...but it's cute!
So tonight is the Summer BBQ Party at work, so that's going to be fun...and that's all I've got for today!
Monday, July 17, 2006
Today was Fantastic!
Oh wait, that's a lie. Today was total crap.
Reasons Why today was total crap:
-I woke up at 3:30am
-I did not fall back asleep until 6:43am
-I had a panicked nightmare in which I was choking on my own vomit (sleep deprivation makes me queasy, and I had a co-worker die this way a while ago) and I couldn't talk or move and Craig was right there but I couldn't wake him up to save me.
-I work up in a cold sweat to my alarm at 7:00am
-Went to work cranky and sarcastic from lack of sleep (much like my entire grade 12 year)
-Supervisor was cranky because another staff member quit without notice.
-Cashier was cranky because the weekend & evening cashiers had messed up a bunch of lesson stuff (today was the first day of the lesson set)and parents were yelling at her.
**okay all of this so far isn't too bad because the supervisor, the cashier and I were not mad at each other, and we've worked together long enough not to take offense**
-Swimming lesson instructors were all late and unprepared (making the supervisor and I more cranky)
-Swimming instructor #1 is a shift supervisor. So she should know that the showers don't turn themselves off, yet she left them running every half hour...that's 6 times.
-Swimming instructor #2 did the best at teaching but we managed to annoy each other all morning anyway. It's bad to make first impressions on next to no sleep. We pretty much just snapped at each other every time we came into contact. Will try and be better tomorrow.
-Swimming instructor #3. Today was her first day ever teaching by herself. She showed up 3 minutes before her first lesson started and thus had no time to get equipment and was barely changed in time. She chewed gum for the full 3 hours and one of her children very nearly drowned. A parent stood up and yelled "Hey teachers, that kid is drowning!" before she noticed. She cried after her lessons. Her day was worse than mine.
-All the instructors got a talking to by the supervisor after lessons...making them cranky too.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaay for today!
Good things about today:
-I bought a little chocolate hedgehog from the grocery store and the girl let me have it for free (did she sense how in need I was?)
-It was sunny but not overly hot, just nice and a little breezy.
-One of my favourite co-workers is back from vacation and I miiissed him.
I'm taking the sleeping pills tonight. Just to be sure. No one wants another day of cranky sleep deprived Hanna.
Reasons Why today was total crap:
-I woke up at 3:30am
-I did not fall back asleep until 6:43am
-I had a panicked nightmare in which I was choking on my own vomit (sleep deprivation makes me queasy, and I had a co-worker die this way a while ago) and I couldn't talk or move and Craig was right there but I couldn't wake him up to save me.
-I work up in a cold sweat to my alarm at 7:00am
-Went to work cranky and sarcastic from lack of sleep (much like my entire grade 12 year)
-Supervisor was cranky because another staff member quit without notice.
-Cashier was cranky because the weekend & evening cashiers had messed up a bunch of lesson stuff (today was the first day of the lesson set)and parents were yelling at her.
**okay all of this so far isn't too bad because the supervisor, the cashier and I were not mad at each other, and we've worked together long enough not to take offense**
-Swimming lesson instructors were all late and unprepared (making the supervisor and I more cranky)
-Swimming instructor #1 is a shift supervisor. So she should know that the showers don't turn themselves off, yet she left them running every half hour...that's 6 times.
-Swimming instructor #2 did the best at teaching but we managed to annoy each other all morning anyway. It's bad to make first impressions on next to no sleep. We pretty much just snapped at each other every time we came into contact. Will try and be better tomorrow.
-Swimming instructor #3. Today was her first day ever teaching by herself. She showed up 3 minutes before her first lesson started and thus had no time to get equipment and was barely changed in time. She chewed gum for the full 3 hours and one of her children very nearly drowned. A parent stood up and yelled "Hey teachers, that kid is drowning!" before she noticed. She cried after her lessons. Her day was worse than mine.
-All the instructors got a talking to by the supervisor after lessons...making them cranky too.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaay for today!
Good things about today:
-I bought a little chocolate hedgehog from the grocery store and the girl let me have it for free (did she sense how in need I was?)
-It was sunny but not overly hot, just nice and a little breezy.
-One of my favourite co-workers is back from vacation and I miiissed him.
I'm taking the sleeping pills tonight. Just to be sure. No one wants another day of cranky sleep deprived Hanna.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Don't tell Charli
I'm going to assume she doesn't read my blog...because when I finish things I must show them immediately! And I've already shown too much self restraint this week by not showing off the things I did for my mom, cause they're not public yet. So I have to show off this one, even though it's part of my package for the secret gift exchange on EE.
Hmmm...otherwise I have been doing a lot of cleaning...washed floors, washed out fridge (eew, tipped pickle jar! ew!) scrubbed bathroom and whatnot. Mmmmm.
The window went pretty well yesterday but I forget my camera so I'll take pics on Thursday on my way to the doctor. I found a lady doctor to take me on, so yaaaay.
Um, and I am coming down with a cold. Officially. I must buy a huge jug of pulpy orange juice and drink as much as possible.
Friday, July 14, 2006
Shhhhh
I can't show you my creativeness for today because it's for mom's top secret project. But trust me, it's cute.
Tomorrow I have to paint a window. It has to be western themed and for a salon. So far I've got a girl lasooing something with her really long hair as a rope. Help? Lasooing what anyways? I did a cowgirl with hair styling implements as guns last year and everyone liked it but I'd like to do something different this year (we have a western week/fair thing every year here).
Oh and the sewing of tank top armpitness worked wonderfully. Yay for my sewing skills (ahahaha)
Mmmmm...not much else to say. Charlie, I'm giving that program a try, thanks for the link!
Tomorrow I have to paint a window. It has to be western themed and for a salon. So far I've got a girl lasooing something with her really long hair as a rope. Help? Lasooing what anyways? I did a cowgirl with hair styling implements as guns last year and everyone liked it but I'd like to do something different this year (we have a western week/fair thing every year here).
Oh and the sewing of tank top armpitness worked wonderfully. Yay for my sewing skills (ahahaha)
Mmmmm...not much else to say. Charlie, I'm giving that program a try, thanks for the link!
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Sleepy Sleep soon......zzzzzzz
So apparently whining at my library does work. See a couple months ago I went in and noticed that they had Rebel Ice by S.L.Veihl which is book...6 I think...and not the rest of the series. And I told them that that was silly. And apparenly they agreed because they now have the full series. After I read them all by interlibrary loan of course. Oh well, I can reread them now if I want.
The tank tops at work were sadly made for either boys or breastless women. Which if you know me you know I am not. Neither one in fact. So they gap funny in the armpits. very annoying, I shall have to add a couple stitches I think. In related news I had to buy new sports bras today (related because of the gaping armits, bad for lacey bras) and apparently girls above a D cup simply don't work out? Arrrrrgh. *kicks bra making companies*
Yes, bedtime now.
Mother, you abandoned me...I am most displeased.
The tank tops at work were sadly made for either boys or breastless women. Which if you know me you know I am not. Neither one in fact. So they gap funny in the armpits. very annoying, I shall have to add a couple stitches I think. In related news I had to buy new sports bras today (related because of the gaping armits, bad for lacey bras) and apparently girls above a D cup simply don't work out? Arrrrrgh. *kicks bra making companies*
Yes, bedtime now.
Mother, you abandoned me...I am most displeased.
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
:)
I had the most delicious sleep last night. Truly. I'd do it all over again in a second. Actually I will do it all over again in an hour...or at least I hope so.
Also, we fiiiiiiiiinally got tank tops in at work today. I've been working in possibly the most hot and nasty and humid and sweaty indoor pool in the world in a thick large t-shirt. I just sweat all day. Gross. I shower like....3 times a day on average (today wasn't so hot, so I only had 2). And we finally got nice like meshyish tanks to wear so hopefully I will wear one tommorrow and then...life will be wonderful...or at least better.
Watched Pirates of the Caribbean 2 today. Enjoyed it. Much laughter. Much Jonny Depp prancing around like a fairy. Decent plot. Orlandos character was better than the first, less sidekicky and more...cool. Jonny's not quite as good. Not bad, but not quite as good. Can't tell you anything else, you'll just have to go watch it.
Alas, that killed my evening so I have no pretty shiney things to show you. I have been writting but my beta copy of word expired...yeah, didn't know it was a beta. Don't have another copy at the moment. Bit of a problem. I can still write and all but none of you get to see it...mwahaha...excuse me, I'm a little hyper today.
And that is all
Also, we fiiiiiiiiinally got tank tops in at work today. I've been working in possibly the most hot and nasty and humid and sweaty indoor pool in the world in a thick large t-shirt. I just sweat all day. Gross. I shower like....3 times a day on average (today wasn't so hot, so I only had 2). And we finally got nice like meshyish tanks to wear so hopefully I will wear one tommorrow and then...life will be wonderful...or at least better.
Watched Pirates of the Caribbean 2 today. Enjoyed it. Much laughter. Much Jonny Depp prancing around like a fairy. Decent plot. Orlandos character was better than the first, less sidekicky and more...cool. Jonny's not quite as good. Not bad, but not quite as good. Can't tell you anything else, you'll just have to go watch it.
Alas, that killed my evening so I have no pretty shiney things to show you. I have been writting but my beta copy of word expired...yeah, didn't know it was a beta. Don't have another copy at the moment. Bit of a problem. I can still write and all but none of you get to see it...mwahaha...excuse me, I'm a little hyper today.
And that is all
Monday, July 10, 2006
Bah
Hey look, it's pixel Hanna! I like how the jeans turned out, it's one of my favourite outfits.
So I was insomnic last night....fantastic fun. Left me feeling vaugely queasy today. I like sleep a lot...in fact I know few people who like sleep as much as I do, it doesn't seem fair to deprive me of it. Craig? He sleeps like a baby...makes me sick, plus he got to sleep in today and I had to get up at 7...when I had finally been asleep for a couple hours. Bah I say.
Also, I just found out today that my supervisor is quitting. Out of the blue, I honestly thought she was kidding. She wasn't. Which brings us back to whether I will be here in the fall or not. I don't know if I want the position even if I stay, it's only $2 more an hour than I'm currently making and a lot of unpaid overtime, which I believe is illegal?
Buuut, we still haven't heard back from Mt Royal, so who knows if Craig'll get in off the waiting list or not. Or maybe we'll just move. I don't know, I really don't feel like lifeguarding anymore.
On the plus side it's a lot cooler today. So perhaps I will sleep tonight anyway.
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Pretty and Shiney
So this is what I made while watching Futbal (soccer) last night. It's for a gift exchange at a forum I'm staff at. Sigh, I guess I can part with it, but I did wear it today (is that bad?).
Bah, it's too hot, it hasn't rained in...a few weeks. I'd like to you know, use my oven again someday...and my dryer...:P I am however going to make flatbread on the BBQ today, so hopefully that works.
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Doodly Doo
So this is my doodle of the day. I can't really take very much credit as I only did the colours, the lineart is by the delightful JethrynAnyway, today is delightful because it is Saturday and I doooon't work. And I got lots of sleep. And it is not 30+ degrees in my house. Hooray for Saturday.
| Your Inner Child Is Angry |
 You're not an angry person. But when you don't get your way, watch out. Like a very manipulative kid, you will get what you want. Even if it takes a little kicking and screaming. |
ahh, how frightening! I thought my inner child was just the part of me who likes pretty sparkly things!
Friday, July 07, 2006
How to remove a magpie.
1) Wait till the magpie is asleep in the rafters above the pool. Magpie must be actually sleeping and not faking it.
2) Spray the magpie with a hose. The magpie will then drop like a stone right into the pool.
3) Get the nearest lane swimmer to grab the stunned magpie and take him outside.
No joke, I guess this is what happened after I left yesterday. We came in to a note that said "The Bird is Gone!". Apparently some patrons were like "You should really get that magpie outside, it looks sad." And Katy said "really?" and the family of patrons said "mind if we come back later and try to remove him?" and Katy said "knock yourself out". I guess they technically knocked the bird out.
2) Spray the magpie with a hose. The magpie will then drop like a stone right into the pool.
3) Get the nearest lane swimmer to grab the stunned magpie and take him outside.
No joke, I guess this is what happened after I left yesterday. We came in to a note that said "The Bird is Gone!". Apparently some patrons were like "You should really get that magpie outside, it looks sad." And Katy said "really?" and the family of patrons said "mind if we come back later and try to remove him?" and Katy said "knock yourself out". I guess they technically knocked the bird out.
The Importance of Being Ernie
Okay, here's a quick Ernie update before work. Yesterday morning Ernie was still indeed there. He looked none the worse for wear, in fact he seemed to be settling in quite well, despsite the fact that last night they tried the following to get rid of him:
*Catch him with the net
*Spray him with the hose
*Put dogfood by the door (which Ernie apparently quite liked and ate during the night when the door was closed.
*Shoot him with an airsoft gun (a gun that shoots, little plastic balls)
*Hold a mirror by the door (shiney reflective object?)
So we had roughly five miiiillion people come swimming yesterday, it was great :P. Ernie didn't seem to mind, he just swooped around in the rafters, occasionally coming down to drink pool water in a quiet moment. I had a million children come up to me ("lifeguard, there's a bird!" "Did you know there's a bird in here?!" "Is that bird supposed to be in here").
I'm frantically trying to make sure no one drowns in the crowded pool when french frie lady came back to discuss strategy with her friend in tow. I felt like screaming at her "I don't care if the bird is still in here! A 12 year old boy just bit a hole out of the new foam frisbee and that child is going to drown the second she lets go of her mat!" They didn't take the hint, sadly.
During lesson time we finally got an expert in. He came in with a net and a teenage boy in tow, looked at Ernie for a bit and left. Apparently it would cost $100 to get him out. Boss man says no. Too bad, I'd like to see him try, that net didn't look any better than ours.
So the plan is to leaave food and water in the lobby with the door open to entice him over. The lobby is also cooler so maybe he'll stay and we can get him this morning as it has a much lower ceiling. We'll see, I think Ernie is happy to be the pet bird for a while longer.
*Catch him with the net
*Spray him with the hose
*Put dogfood by the door (which Ernie apparently quite liked and ate during the night when the door was closed.
*Shoot him with an airsoft gun (a gun that shoots, little plastic balls)
*Hold a mirror by the door (shiney reflective object?)
So we had roughly five miiiillion people come swimming yesterday, it was great :P. Ernie didn't seem to mind, he just swooped around in the rafters, occasionally coming down to drink pool water in a quiet moment. I had a million children come up to me ("lifeguard, there's a bird!" "Did you know there's a bird in here?!" "Is that bird supposed to be in here").
I'm frantically trying to make sure no one drowns in the crowded pool when french frie lady came back to discuss strategy with her friend in tow. I felt like screaming at her "I don't care if the bird is still in here! A 12 year old boy just bit a hole out of the new foam frisbee and that child is going to drown the second she lets go of her mat!" They didn't take the hint, sadly.
During lesson time we finally got an expert in. He came in with a net and a teenage boy in tow, looked at Ernie for a bit and left. Apparently it would cost $100 to get him out. Boss man says no. Too bad, I'd like to see him try, that net didn't look any better than ours.
So the plan is to leaave food and water in the lobby with the door open to entice him over. The lobby is also cooler so maybe he'll stay and we can get him this morning as it has a much lower ceiling. We'll see, I think Ernie is happy to be the pet bird for a while longer.
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Try try again
So I'm trying the whole blogging thing again. Apparently writers are supposed to write everyday and I'm pretending to be a writter. I'm also supposed to be drawing everyday...so this will be a rambling sketch blog? Sadly I have no art to post today as I'm in a wee bit of a slump...tomorrow...I promise.
Today's fun and exciting story: The Adventures of Ernie the Magpie (intreigued?)
So I'm a lifeguard. Just incase you don't actually know me. And this morning I was guarding Aquafit while the seniors drove me insane ("why aren't you smiling?" "why aren't you smiling?" It's 8:00 in the morning and my bedroom was 30 degrees celcius last night...why would I be smiling?). Apparently the fifties music with the techno beat woke someone (sadly not me) up, because a magpie came out of nowwhere and started frantically flying around the pool. I should add that it's an indoor pool so we don't get a lot of wildlife. The cashier and I named him Ernie but he didn't respond to his name, too busy trying to fly out the windows. The seniors were full of fantastic advice.
-Open the windows (sealed double paned glass about 15 feet above the ground....riiight)
-Shoot it (in a pool? shoot it?)
-Place Bread in front of the door and lure it out (actually tried this one, no luck)
-Put salt on it's tail so it can't fly (!)
-Open the windows
-Hold a reaching hook up by him and wait for him to sit on it, then lower him down and out the door. (Okay, honestly, how do you make it through your daily life with that kind of brain? She was serious, she wanted me to try)
-Open the windows
So Aquafit is over and Ernie is still frantically flitting about the windows and ignoring the open door just a few feet lower. Swimming lesson time. I have to keep asking people to move to other parts of the deck because Ernie it turns out, is not housetrained. One lady puts her baby down on a towel to play, looks up, sees Ernie, and moves her kid to another spot right under where he's flying. Right next to Ernie poop. She looked at me like I was a crazy person when I suggested she move. "I did move!" It's all fun and games till someone gets pooped on.
Meanwhile the Cashier is calling people to come get our bird. No one wants Ernie. If Ernie were a Great Horned Owl they'd be over right away, but a magpie...no one cares. Poor Ernie...we care...but we can't get him out!
Their advice (this would be the humane shelter, fish and wildlife, the bird sancuary...ect)
-Wait till he flies out.
-Wait till he gets soo weak he falls into the pool and we can catch him
-Wait till he dies.
Thankyou experts.
Then I tried spraying it with the hose while the Cashier waited with the pooper scooper net (the ceiling is very high and Ernie is on the rafters, too high for the net). Ernie is completely traumatized by being sprayed but just flys randomly around in the rafters...not in the direction I was attempting to herd him. I did spray quite a few of the lane swimming patrons however.
Advice from the lane swimmers:
-Shoot the bird (again with the shooting!)
-buy french fries and put them by the door as the aroma will attract Ernie better than the bread. (she did not offer to buy the fries herself)
-Open the windows.
Anyway, long story....um well still long...by 4:30 Ernie was still there. One of our trainee instructors was going to bring in dog food to entice him out. Will it work? Will Ernie's dead body be floating in the pool in the morning? Will we all die of asian bird flu? Only time will tell.
Poor little Ernie
Today's fun and exciting story: The Adventures of Ernie the Magpie (intreigued?)
So I'm a lifeguard. Just incase you don't actually know me. And this morning I was guarding Aquafit while the seniors drove me insane ("why aren't you smiling?" "why aren't you smiling?" It's 8:00 in the morning and my bedroom was 30 degrees celcius last night...why would I be smiling?). Apparently the fifties music with the techno beat woke someone (sadly not me) up, because a magpie came out of nowwhere and started frantically flying around the pool. I should add that it's an indoor pool so we don't get a lot of wildlife. The cashier and I named him Ernie but he didn't respond to his name, too busy trying to fly out the windows. The seniors were full of fantastic advice.
-Open the windows (sealed double paned glass about 15 feet above the ground....riiight)
-Shoot it (in a pool? shoot it?)
-Place Bread in front of the door and lure it out (actually tried this one, no luck)
-Put salt on it's tail so it can't fly (!)
-Open the windows
-Hold a reaching hook up by him and wait for him to sit on it, then lower him down and out the door. (Okay, honestly, how do you make it through your daily life with that kind of brain? She was serious, she wanted me to try)
-Open the windows
So Aquafit is over and Ernie is still frantically flitting about the windows and ignoring the open door just a few feet lower. Swimming lesson time. I have to keep asking people to move to other parts of the deck because Ernie it turns out, is not housetrained. One lady puts her baby down on a towel to play, looks up, sees Ernie, and moves her kid to another spot right under where he's flying. Right next to Ernie poop. She looked at me like I was a crazy person when I suggested she move. "I did move!" It's all fun and games till someone gets pooped on.
Meanwhile the Cashier is calling people to come get our bird. No one wants Ernie. If Ernie were a Great Horned Owl they'd be over right away, but a magpie...no one cares. Poor Ernie...we care...but we can't get him out!
Their advice (this would be the humane shelter, fish and wildlife, the bird sancuary...ect)
-Wait till he flies out.
-Wait till he gets soo weak he falls into the pool and we can catch him
-Wait till he dies.
Thankyou experts.
Then I tried spraying it with the hose while the Cashier waited with the pooper scooper net (the ceiling is very high and Ernie is on the rafters, too high for the net). Ernie is completely traumatized by being sprayed but just flys randomly around in the rafters...not in the direction I was attempting to herd him. I did spray quite a few of the lane swimming patrons however.
Advice from the lane swimmers:
-Shoot the bird (again with the shooting!)
-buy french fries and put them by the door as the aroma will attract Ernie better than the bread. (she did not offer to buy the fries herself)
-Open the windows.
Anyway, long story....um well still long...by 4:30 Ernie was still there. One of our trainee instructors was going to bring in dog food to entice him out. Will it work? Will Ernie's dead body be floating in the pool in the morning? Will we all die of asian bird flu? Only time will tell.
Poor little Ernie
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