| MORE SKI EQUIPMENT! |
[Oct. 7th, 2009|10:15 pm] |
And I don't even think I'm going to snowboard that much this year, but I've already gotten a new helmet, new goggles and now... I have a new ski jacket. WOOOOOOO! And then I'm probably gonna find out that my board is rusted or something and won't be able to go... ha ha..
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ha.. *knocks on wood*
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*runs to check on snowboard*
Anyway, it's been a little crazy ever since September started. Tomorrow is Thursday (my day off) and I'm really thankful for it. I'm also thankful for this coming Thanksgiving weekend just b/c I don't have painting, tai chi and indoor soccer. ha ha.. I mean, I love doing everything but it's kinda nice not having to worry about getting things done beforehand, making sure I have everything packed in my backpack if I'm not going home or making sure I get home on time to make it to wherever I'm going. Plus packing lunch. Having groceries to make lunch. .... yeah. It's just been a lot.
Watercolour painting is actually going slowly but nicely. No longer the EPIC FAIL that I mentioned in my last journal entry. I still feel like a bit of a dunce.. just b/c I didn't even know how to add water to the paint. But at least I feel like I'm progressing. The last couple of things I've painted out weren't too bad. Hated it (sorta) while painting, but liking it after walking away from it and letting the darn thing dry. ha ha...
The rest of the stuff I'm getting used to and I can almost do all of the 24 forms of tai chi! Weeee! Soccer skills are crap and hip hop is progressing slow enough that I'm actually follow along. I also think I've just gotten used to adding moves to the end of a routine that we would be working on... or at least no losing my composure when I screw up and everyone around me is doing the dancing perfectly. lol.
( Tai Chi - 24 forms (in case you're curious) )
In other news, my cousin has made me one of her bridesmaid. 0_o I just found out this week and though, my mom vaguely mentioned it a year ago... I didn't hear anything of it ... until well, this week. ha ha... We're gonna see if they can make a dress and I guess alter it in the two weeks I'm there before the wedding. I'm already dying b/c basically I'll be the blimp in the same dress as a whole bunch of stick thin (HK average size, dammit!) bridesmaids. I'm pretty sure my bridesmaid dress will have enough material to clothe all of them combined but I'll just have to bear with it. My cousin is actually a really nice person so I'm pretty excited for her. I hope she doesn't mind there's a bridesmaid hiding in the corner b/c she has absolutely no idea what she's supposed to do or say. I'm so uncultured. ha ha... I'll have to go bug the others to find out what happens at a traditional Chinese wedding. |
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[Jun. 3rd, 2009|09:28 am] |
There's a good chance that this is going to be one loooong entry. I'm not sure yet, because even though a lot has happened, I do have a tendency to give up towards the end. We shall see how it goes. I shall use the all powerful heading to separate topics and a little easier to read.
So YAY! Non-random entry. Tho, those are fun as well.
Injured again...
So a couple of weeks ago, our team (Watch your Shins!) did a double header. It was cold, it was windy, dark clouds were looming everywhere... it was great. So on my first shift, less than 10 minutes into the game, I go after this girl with the ball. I turn around to go after her, see Johnson in my way, but it's too late... I run into him. Now, this isn't the first time, I've crashed into a teammate. Not focusing on the time Tom had a muscle cramp and decided the best way to stay up was to grab my shoulder and slam me into the ground - Johnson and I crashed into each other last season. I looked to the side just to see Johnson running towards me. He ran into me, I flew sideways and rolled on the gymnasium floor today. Fast forward to 2 weeks ago, I run into Johnson, I fly backwards, land funny, roll my ankle and limp off the field.
Johnson: 2, Ali: 0
(Damn you Johnson... *shakes fist*)
Anyway, the clincher was I hobbled off the field, sat out for a few minutes and then promptly played that soccer game and the next one. Needless to say, by the end of the day, I was limping badly. So badly that I could barely get up and down the stairs, I thought I was going to die (seriously) trying to get in the tub to shower and I took the day off work the following day. ha ha..
My walking is back to normal but it took about a week or so to get there. There was some serious quasimodo action going on there for awhile and SWELLING. Hoooly cow! My left foot was always bigger than my right foot but duuuude, I couldn't see any of the bones on my feet for days. Just one bloated bag of skin. 0_o
Had the (world's oldest!) doctor check it out and got an x-ray. There are no fractures. So yeah, I've been lazy lately just b/c I had to stop playing soccer and I quit dance for this semester. *sigh* On the bright side, I'll be back in action next week, in a slightly more limited capacity. I actually played a little yesterday b/c one of the girls looked a little injured and other than some soreness in my ankle this morning, it wasn't too bad. I'll just have to wrap it up before a game for a little while.
The Great Turtle Race
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/greatturtlerace-map/
Yeah, baaby! Seabiscuit came in 2nd!! The turtle race wasn't done in real time as we found out later. So you could have viewed the results if you changed the date on your computer a.k.a. psychic ability. XD It was a lot of fun, tho. I was borderline obsessive (or maybe _just_ obsessive) with how much fun I was having with this.
Calgary Expo
So, I haven't been to a comic expo or an anime festival for the longest time. The last anime festival..........was years ago. During university. Probably towards the beginning. I went to the first comic book expo in 2006, but I haven't had a chance to go ever since. When I went, I had nothing to sign autographs with and well, I just wanted to see two people: Humberto Ramos (I have his comics! I should have brought them...) and Kirby Morrow (sexiest... voice... LOL!). Humberto Ramos drew a little spiderman on my name tag and Kirby signed it as well. Saw some ppl dressed up as ghostbusters, took pictures w/ some stormtroopers, Udon Crew was there. It was good times and I bought my mom a little yoda figurine.
This year I decided to go because recently I started watching these people called Imaginism Studios on deviantArt. I loooove their art. So what happens at the Calgary Comic Expo?? It takes every fibre of my being not to go into fangirl. I swear, I should have been dubbed 'creepy girl who won't stop smiling'. I bought an ocean-themed artbook from there. I love it. I also bought the expo artbook this year and got a whole bunch of autographs. There were some really great artists. I got starstruck, really. I saw Jo Chen. She was really nice and her stuff was amaaazing. I think I practically idolize her. ha ha..
Oh and I saw Adama (zee daddy one) there. XD That was pretty damn cool. His hair is all grown out. ha ha..
Anyway, here's a link dump of some of the people I saw and their amazing art.
Imaginism Studio - GO HERE! CLICK! CLICK! CLICK! - http://www.imaginismstudios.com/
Jo Chen - She's famous for a lot of stuff. I remember her doing covers for the Buffy comics - http://jo-chen.com/main-data/jo.html
Sean "Cheeks" Galloway - http://gotcheeks.blogspot.com/
The Anthology Project - amaaazing art - http://www.theanthologyproject.com/
Joy Ang - what got me looking at the anthology - http://www.joyang.ca/
There's actually more, but I'll have to look for them. :D I'm definitely going next year. :D
Animal Crossing
Still playing. Still borderline possessive. I don't think I'll ever stop playing this game. O_O
Oh, and also got to play Punch Out! on the wii. Lots of fun. Gained one muscle on my right arm. ha ha... only the one.
OK... so I sorta died there towards the end. ha ha.. All done. Probably a mess and I'll have to edit but I shall do that later. |
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[Feb. 18th, 2009|08:15 pm] |
Just had my first snowboarding weekend and it was a lot of fun. It was more expensive than I thought it would be but the condo we stayed at was amazing. It was lacking in the practical stuff (like can opener!! So essential!) but we just borrowed the other condos. ha ha.. We snowboarded during the day and played board games / watched movies during the night. Good times all around. Couldn't ask for more.
I can't say I've improved in boarding. My stamina isn't very good, but I guess I can officially say I can board a little faster. .. Only problem is that when I was trying to go faster, I would be thinking 'holy shit! holy shit! holy shit!' the whole time. ha ha ha... No joke there. There were a couple of times where I would switch to my toe edge and think... oh... I wonder if I'll crash now. Oh and crash I did. There was the superman falling, the tumbleweed falling and of course, my favourite, the starfish falling. ha ha.. I did find out that Cindy is now added to my list of perfect 'snow buddy'. XDDDD
I also realised that I definitely can't board two days in a row. LOL. My muscles were so sore from the day before so I ended fairly early that day. It sucked, but I wasn't willing to go through runs with tired muscles. I make mistakes so quickly and unlike my superman/tumbleweed/etc. falling, falls when I'm tired hurt. I'm so... un-daring. (I know... not a word. :D)
Anywho, I am officially off to another snowboarding for this weekend. That's two weekends in a row going twice. We'll see how it goes. I'm probably going to take it easy. Especially on that last day. Blech. It's actually kind of funny b/c I'm putting my expectations so low that I'm hoping I won't be as disappointed. Smaller group of people and everyone is a better boarder than me. One of them can get impatient. *sigh* We'll see how it goes. I'm sure it'll be alright. I think I'm being pessimistic.
Next week I've decided to go back to soccer and dance. I haven't seen the doctor yet about this, but I figure I'll go insane if I don't participate. It's fun watching and all but I want to play too. ha ha..
P.S. I used a youth pass to go to Panorama (yay for shortness!!) and I figured out one thing. For me to be "turning 18", I would have to be born in 1991. *long pause* HOLY SHIT! That's so very far away from my actual birth year. I'm so old. *cries a little*
P.P.S. I should write up the story where me and 3 other ppl got ID'd at the liquor store just before the trip. O_O That hasn't happened for awhile. |
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