I have watched the Saddam Hussein execution a couple times now, and each time all I want to do is cry. Don't get me wrong, he was a horrible man, but I don't believe in capital punishment. Comes around to the "Two wrongs don't make a right." thing.
Right... I have a journal here too! Haha. I'm just going to repost what I put on LiveJournal Christmas night...
So my dad and Jeffrey let me sleep in until 8 am! I know, I was amazed. I was expecting a five am wake up call. LOL. So I get up... Jeff got me Jerry McGuire and Fools Rush In and The Vanishing (Kiefer!!!). Dad got me a $50 gift card for Zellers (Canada's Walmart), a fish aquarium and $300. Yup, good haul. Around twelve we went to my mom's and then to my aunt's. And then we get to the surprise...
Jay is on the island. :\ Yeah, shocked me to. I mean, how could he fly to the island from Alberta and not let me know he's coming??? My aunt Darlene is there and my cousin Danny. My uncle Wayne, aunt Pat and my grandmother showed up. We're all goofing around (it's actually going better than expected)... Danny is trying to swap my present for his (he got red, I got black) and we're watching the football game when there's a knock on the door. We're not expecting anyone so my aunt opens it slowly and we could hear these muffled voices. All of a sudden Jay is in the middle of the room. He's taller than I remember... and he's been working out. He stood there in ragged blue jeans and a half open work shirt. I was speechless.
I was still half turned towards my cousin in mid joke and everything just froze. It was like something out of a movie, no joke. He stood there, apparently with more of an audience then he expected, and everyone else was confused. No one knows Jay... no one knows of Jay for Christ's sake! He's standing there, hair hanging in his eyes... couple days growth on his face and he's fucking silent?!?!?!?! Frustrating.
Finally after what felt like forever (just two or three seconds no doubt, lol) he cleared his throat. He swallowed, smiled, mumbled something I never caught (Merry Christmas maybe???) and handed me this beautifully wrapped gift. I sat there just looking at him for a minute but he motioned to the gift so I unwrapped it. Poor guy... I'm such a pain. I carefully pull tape off and open gifts so slowly. LOL. But I really wanted to keep the beautiful silver wrapping paper. When I finally opened it it was a beautiful dark wood box, about 5"x5". Inside is twelve beautiful stones all shaped like hearts and two chains (one long, one short) and a braclet. It's absolutely beautiful.
The stone's are Amethyst, Red Jasper, Aventurine, Pink Quartz, New Jade, Rose Quartz, Crystal, Turquoise, Tiger's Eye, Hematite, Goldstone and Sodalite. They're all amazing!
Anyways, I'm looking at this and Danny is right beside me and even he's speechless. I heard him gasp a little even! I looked up at Jay and he looked like he was about to pass out. I wanted to comfort him but I just... it's Jay!!! Finally I managed a smile and his looked just as awkward as mine felt. He said, "I know you're not big on jewelry but I saw those and just... they're perfect for you." He came over and knelt down in front of me... pretty sure he was ignoring the audience we had, and took the Red Jasper one out and put it on the long chain. "This one is why I bought it. It reminded me of... well you remember the sunrise in Jasper? It was this color almost." With that he put it around my neck.
He wasn't kidding when he said it was perfect! The chain is the exact right length. The charm sits perfectly at the top of my cleavage. And it's so beautiful. He whispered "Merry Christmas" and said he's at his parents for the week and... left. :\ My family was cool, no one asked. Danny looked like he was about to explode so I pulled him aside and told him about Jay. And for those of you who don't know....
Jay and I met when I moved to Alberta. He lived in Red Deer, just an hour and a bit south of me. He was older... I was 18 he was 35ish (yes... I actually don't remember his exact age.) He wasn't the perfect guy... not even close. But he was a sweet guy and a good friend. He was originally from the island so he understood what I missed. He bought me a beautiful poster of a sunset over the ocean once when I was holed up in my dorm room sick as a dog to give me something to look at while I was laid up. He also delivered chicken noodle soup and tea.
Anyways, he was always interested in a relationship but I was eighteen. And I was missing Darren. And he... stuck with me. He was such a good friend. Then there was this one weekend where he "kidnapped" me and took me to Jasper to get away from everything... right before I met Roy. It was still winter and cold as hell... but it was all good. We stayed up all night watching movies and laughing and then he kissed me. We were laughing on a bed but he never even made the suggestion of something else. But I... turned away. I went out to get fresh air just as the sun was rising and he came out behind me. I tried forgetting about that night... but I remember he put his hand on my shoulder and I never turned around. I never looked at him, but I can't forget what he said. "When... if you're ever ready, find me." And then he was gone. (We'd driven my truck so I dunno how he got home)
After that we never saw each other, rarely spoke on the phone. Mainly it was MSN. He was still there when I needed someone to rant to at 4am. He was there through all the Roy stuff, and the Rick bullshit. Oh my God... he was ready to go kill Rick when he took my stuff! And when I got in that car accident he wanted to drop everything and come get me. When I moved home he was so mad, he felt I would be better off with him but I couldn't do that... rely on him that much.
And then today.... What the fuck was that??? I don't know what to think. I'm still... kind of numb. I haven't taken the necklace off yet. He's leaving Friday I guess, so I guess I should figure out what I'm doing. Maybe I'll call him tomorrow, pretty sure I have his mom's number somewhere.
Oh yeah, and my aunt couldn't believe these jewels. Apparently this box is worth well over $100 dollars. :\
Kirk Douglas Issues Editorial on His 90th Birthday, Saturday, December 9th
Saturday December 9, 9:00 am ET
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- My name is Kirk Douglas. You may know me. If you don't ... Google me. I was a movie star and I'm Michael Douglas' dad, Catherine Zeta-Jones' father-in-law, and the grandparents of their two children. Today I celebrate my 90th birthday.
I have a message to convey to America's young people. A 90th birthday is special. In my case, this birthday is not only special but miraculous. I survived World War II, a helicopter crash, a stroke, and two new knees.
It's a tradition that when a "birthday boy" stands over his cake he makes a silent wish for his life and then blows out the candles. I have followed that tradition for 89 years but on my 90th birthday, I have decided to rebel. Instead of making a silent wish for myself, I want to make a LOUD wish for THE WORLD.
Let's face it: THE WORLD IS IN A MESS and you are inheriting it. Generation Y, you are on the cusp. You are the group facing many problems: abject poverty, global warming, genocide, AIDS, and suicide bombers to name a few. These problems exist, and the world is silent. We have done very little to solve these problems. Now, we leave it to you. You have to fix it because the situation is intolerable.
You need to rebel, to speak up, write, vote, and care about people and the world you live in. We live in the best country in the world. I know. My parents were Russian immigrants. America is a country where EVERYONE, regardless of race, creed, or age has a chance. I had that chance. You are the generation that is most impacted and the generation that can make a difference.
I love this country because I came from a life of poverty. I was able to work my way through college and go into acting, the field that I love. There is no guarantee in this country that you will be successful. But you always have a chance. Nothing should interfere with it. You have to make sure that nothing stands in the way.
When I blow out my candles -- 90! ... it will take a long time ... but I'll be thinking of you.
What books did you love as a child?
Submitted by hearts.
The Hobbit! My dad made me read it when I was young, and the read the Lord of the Rings. I absolutely loved, and still do, Tolkien!
I also loved Rumplestilsken.
I have come to the conclusion Tom is insane! First he convinced me to ice skate down the street, then we got in a giant mud fight when I tried to help him get his car out the other day. Insane? Probabaly.
These First Nation treaties BC is handing out like candy right now really piss me off. Don't get me wrong, it sucks that the white people did what they did... but it was hundreds and hundreds of years ago. I don't think there should be reservations or status cards anymore. It's absolutely ridiculous. It just doesn't make sense to me. Everyone says they want a united and equal Canada, but how can we have one when first nations get special treatment???
And this is going to sound cruel but it's just an observation. Natives here don't deserve squat. That doesn't go for the rest of Canada at all, or even BC, I just mean right here in my town. I don't know why, but 90% of them are lazy bums. And I hate people who stereotype so I always ignored it when people have said that, but as I have started observing Natives through my work and such I've found it more than a stereo-type. They usually have like four or five kids, are overweight and continually call in to work because they stayed up all night drinking and are hung over. I'm serious, every native at my work is like this. And at the places around us.
It drives me insane. If I did that I would be screwed, but they do it and the government turns around and gives them status cards so they don't have to pay taxes, they get land, and hell they even get money! UGH!!! Why should they not have to pay taxes when they use the public services our taxes pay??? Over 75% of Natives in CR are on welfare. WTF???
I'm going to stop ranting now before I really offend somebody.
It looks a little white outside. Saturday night dumped us with about a foot of snow. It was insane. I live on Vancouver Island on the west coast of Canada... we don't get snow here. We definitely don't get snow in November! Temperatures have been about -10 celcius and today I woke up to it snowing again. And it hasn't stopped. There's now two feet out there and they say it's going to continue to snow right through until tomorrow morning, and then it'll turn to freezing rain. This is bad, this is really bad.
The snow removal contract in our city is for December to March too, so the roads are insane. Tom and I actually went ice skating down the street this morning! He was outside contemplating digging out his car, which he did the other morning while dad and I were inside laughing at his coldness. Anyways, I went out to get something out of my car (which is buried beneath two feet of snow except for the drivers side door!) and we started talking about the weather and all the snow.
I had been driving last night in my dad's car and was telling him about the road conditions, told him I bet you could ice skate down them. "Well this is a theory that must be tested!" he said and ran inside. He came back with ice skates!!!! He asked me if I had a pair... I'm Canadian, so yes I have a pair, so I went and grabbed mine and we went out to the street.
We sat on the curb laughing as we looked up and down the street. Finally we both laced up our skates. He went first and managed to do a full 360, it was hilarious. He helped me up and we literally skated up the entire street. It was so funny. People were looking at us like we were insane, so we started getting sillier and siller. We acted as though we're professional figure skaters. Hahaha.
Finally we went back home and he dug out his car because he had to go downtown. I decided to go along 'cause why not? Well we took our skates and we skated in the Tyee Plaza parking lot before realizing... OMG the puddle!!! To explain, behind the McDonald's downtown is this open area. Generally it's full of water, unless we're in a dry spell. In winter it turns to ice, but ice here is just the top little bit. You know, the ice you get in a puddle and you step on it it cracks into a million pieces? Imagine a giant puddle like that. Well anyways, we went there and sure enough it was frozen solid! So we started ice skating there. Then some guys showed up with hockey stuff in their truck and we had an impromptu game of hockey before Tom and I decided we were freezing cold.
All in all it took up like 45 minutes of our time, but it was incredibly random and absolutely hilarious. I have decided I'm going to write it into my latest story some how, so so so funny.
I hurt my jaw somehow and I don't know how. The other day I was talking to my mom on the phone, laying in a really weird position, and it started hurting at the joint on my right side. He was so bad I couldn't chew anything and hurt to talk. That lasted a couple days then went away, only to come back when I yawned. And today when I was singing. It's so weird. I finally broke and called the dentist, I have an appointment tomorrow at 1:30. I hate the dentist... hopefully it's not something really shitty like having to get my wisdom teeth out!
Sunday was my cousins baby shower at my mom's place. Of course, due to the snow no one showed, so it was my mom and I, my cousin Cathy (my mom's room mate), her sister Janice (the pregnant one) and my aunt Darlene, the grandma to be. Janice was feeling a lot of pressure and was pretty uncomfortable. Sure enough she delievered the next morning at six am. It was a girl, Adah Sheryl!!! So exciting.
I've been off work for the last little while because of my back. It's getting really bad. I can't seem to get it to relax at all. I don't understand what's going on. I have an appointment with a specialist in January, hopefully they can help.
Anyways, there's a bit of an update. I should check in with Vox more often eh?
What are your top 5 CDs/albums of 2006?
Submitted by eliz. s.
Eric Church's "Sinners Like Me"
George Strait's "It Just Comes Natural"
Trent Tomlinson's "Country Is My Rock"
Tracy Byrd's "Different Things"
Craig Morgan's "Little Bit Of Life"
When do you start your holiday shopping?
Submitted by Murphy.
It used to be the weekend after school let out. ow it's kind of random... whenever I see something I want to get for someone I start.
It is officially my Daniel Craig weekend! Tomorrow some friends and I are going to go see Casino Royale. I also intend to watch Munich and Tomb Raider, and possibly Layer Cake. Wooot for Daniel Craig!
Tuesday is the only night I worked this week. Harsh, I know, but my back has been that bad! Since I missed so much they want a doctors note, which isnt a problem. I have an appointment tomorrow morning. And I got a call today from the specialist... I have an appointment with him January 2nd. Happy New Year to me!!!
Tuesday night Dale Alexander came in (see previous posts with his tag). Awwwwkward. I tried to avoid him but he saw me and waved... eep. I suppose I shouldn't let it be awkward if he doesn't think it is, but it is. Ugh.
In better news I was dropping my mom off at work yesterday afternoon and I noticed someone paying that I recognized. He came out and saw me and came over and said hi and everything. I knew his name was David but it took me coming home and looking in my Phoenix yearbooks to realize it was David Southern! He was always a shy kid, no wonder I didn't recognize him right away. He has grown up. He's hoooooot now. He was heading to work so he got in his truck and pulled out as I got gas and he bombed up the highway showing off. I could hear him for about two minutes after he left! LMAO. Boys and their toys.
