THIS CITY GIRL GONE BEACHED.

Dear summer,

I've spent these last two weekends at the lake with my best friends, my family, and the man close to my heart. It's been a slice. I've always prided myself on being a devout city girl. I like pubs, I like concerts, I like night life. BUT.. boy oh boy, I love the outdoors. I'm not super good at it. I don't mind bugs, they can do their thing, as long as they're not on me. I'm not big into fishing, I was when I was younger, but the interest has been a little lost since I've become a vegetarian. I like make-up and dying my hair - and both of these go to shit in the outdoors.
However, there's nothing like the smell of trees. The sounds of the lake. Shoulders warmed by sunshine. Campfires and beers. I found myself last night sitting on the dock, taking in the reflection of the moon on the lake and the laughter of my friends back at the cabin that bounced over the water to echo dance in my ears.. and I just.. wanted to be in these moments forever.

I might get a lil shook when a beaver splashes in the water at 2am, but other than that, I'm a great time. Can I housesit your cabin for you?! Need myself a little weekend getaway, life goals, for sure.

Thanks, summer. You've been great.

GONNA HAVE YOU TREMBLIN.

Hey guys, wanna hear about the best weekend of my life?! Then go ahead and get lost between god and a shot of scotch.



It started out Friday. Meet ups for the beautiful Kalliane's birthday. I don't think we've ever jumped that much in our life. Did I mention I have the baddest team in the universe?! I love my friends so much. You know when random strangers come up to you and tell you, "yo you girls are always the illest ones here".. that it was a good night. Drinks were spilling, fashion was blazing, and music was bomb. Not even gum in my hair and three girls ripping my hair out to get it out could ruin the night. It was actually kind of funny.

Botch: "my poor hair :( all this gum!"
Joe: "Ah don't worry Botch, you have tons of hair! Long hair!"
Botch: "Yeah you're right, fuck it". lol

The ONLY downfall of this night was having a pervy fucking cab driver pissing me off at 4 in the morning. It's never fun having to get out of a cab, drunk, in the blistering cold, at 4 am because you don't take shit from no one. Actually.. that was pretty awesome too. Don't fuck with Botch, thunn.

Saturday started out with some laughs. Which is exactly what I needed after hating the way things have been going lately. Whenever you're down in the dumps, surround yourself with good people. I think my favorite thing about going to comedy clubs is the food. It was my sister's birthday and she killed it. She's such a beauty:) The comedian was jokes too, "What flavor was this!? OH! GRAPE!.. maybe". BUT I THOROUGHLY enjoyed my dip platter, best hangover food ever. Spinach dip, HUMMUS! Omnomnom.



After that comedy trip.. It was time for dubstep Saturday. HOLY SHIT. I think we did a total of three locations, and each one was playing the most amount of dubstep you could ask for. Dj Araab Muzik was phenomenal. That guy puts in work when he djs! Oh my heart. How does a dj make you feel like you're up there playing what he's playing?! Well he did, and it was awesome.







Move on to Sunday, FUN DAY! Amber graced my life to give me a much needed haircut. Goodbye gum ripped hair! Amber time doesn't happen often with busy schedules and what not, so a night and a day with her, well.. it was a real treat.. After that, it was time for some much anticipated FEASTING. My family gets together what feels like every Sunday for some much needed eating. It's crazy. You'd think these Frenchies and Filipinos were Italians. THEY LIKE TO EAT. Seafood pasta, pasta salad, Chow Mein, Scalloped Potatoes, Roast, Lemon baked Tilapia, Battered Shrimp, dude! The list goes on. What's better than that?! Bringing Kalliane along for the ride and throwing in some rap karaoke.



After that fiasco, went to check out a cover band. They played the Beastie Boys AND the Ramones right after each other, so once that happened, I knew it would be a good night. I was right. I got a phone call at midnight that changed my entire perspective on my current situation. THANK YOU, for that. You're the reason I'm always getting faded! ANDDD it made my entire weekend. That's all I really wanted.. AND RIGHT AT MIDNIGHT! Not a minute later. Our next location was a set up for some mean hip hop. Foxy Brown, KRS ONE, Lost Boyz, AND all played by a female dj. She put on! Our next location was full of more dubstep. Dubstep all over the place!

Then.. this happened..


Don't you just love text message parties?! Afterwards finished half a bottle of wine and hit up even more dubstep. This night went til 7 in the morning. DEATH.

MONDAY! I hadn't slept but put on my "let's go get em" pants. Six hours of sleep in like four days can really fuck you up. "Rollin rollin rollin, I ain't slept in weeks". I met up with my friend Ryan for coffee. We could talk for hours, and I really miss that now that we each live in different cities. We stopped by his place and six years ago we started filling in a Wu-Tang symbol on his blinds. I think it took us like two months to finish filling. You try filling in a Wu on fucking blinds, with a sharpie, shit is hard. Plus I got to meet his turtle! What more could you ask for on a Sunday?! Then I came home and vomited my guts out. You know. Sexy type shit.





So, what did I learn this weekend?! I learned that I can't make anyone want what I want. I learned getting gum in your hair really fucking sucks. I learned that beer still rules. I learned that hip hop isn't dead, and never will be. I learned that no matter what happens to me, I have enough good to out-weigh the negative.

And fuck, if I have anything to be thankful for, it's definitely that.
Stay up.

Glorious darling, absolutely glorious.

TO ONTARIO AND BACK AGAIN..

This long weekend was.. something. Fifteen hours of it were spent on the road. At least ten were spent in the lake.. half of it was spent on drama.. and some was dedicated to sunshine and wine. I'm tired and exhausted and am extremely ready for some alone time. I won't be going anywhere for awhile. I just wanna be alone now.. Perhaps I can actually get some blog entries in. I spent like a billion dollars.. and by a billion I mean $1200, in like a week. Terrible, just terrible. So Bianca, Perla and I will probably spend New York sleeping on a park bench. WHY IS EVERYTHING SO EXPENNSIIIVVEEE?! UGH! Being in Ontario was terrific because my belmont cigarettes were $8 instead of the fucking $15 they charge me here. I dunno why I find that $7 justifiable when I spent $1200.
Whatever. Rock the Bells is coming and until then I will be M.I.A. from the real world and all about the blogging world. Til the next entry ladies and germs.

ROLLIN, ROLLIN, ROLLIN, I AIN'T SLEPT IN WEEKS.

I feel if anything, I got like a total of like.. fifteen hours of sleep in the past six days. YIKES. Aside from being extremely tired.. I had an amazing long weekend. So let's run it down.

THURSDAY - I really wanted to take my brother to big dancing, and he was game. Well literally one beer in, we lost each other. After searching for each other for days, we both kind of gave up. I ended up meeting the boys, which was fab. Then Bianca and I met with Amber. After some more Academy, we headed to the martini bar. Ate some hot dogs, and then we found my brother again. He had pizza! So we sat on a table and drank and ate pizza. Don't you just love summer? The celebration continued over We talked for days, some heavy deep shit lol.

FRIDAY - Along with my family, Kaitlyn, Maribeth and I took a visit to my dad. We left him some Canada Day flags and reminisced. Then we ate out and my grandpa's favorite Chinese restaurant, to honor both. My grandma ended up calling us and we all had a phone toast in honour of my dad's love for Canada. Then it was to more Canada day celebrations. Met some guys from Illinois. One of them looked like the lead singer from the Drums. We had a pretty good time. I mean, THEY PLAYED ALMOST ALL OF MY FAVORITE SONGS. The Fratellis, The Weeknd, MGMT, Justice, A Tribe Called Quest ANNDDD Dragonette?! I was one happy camper.

SATURDAY - Craig's birthday! Amazing place, amazing people. I love my friends sooo much. & I love summer night fires ! It was four loko night part three, and I have no objections to four loko.

SUNDAY - I decided to finally catch up on my sleep.. about two hours into my nap after barely catching three hours in the night, I hear, "WAKE UP!". Alex showed up! Here for one night only! After a mean make out session, we made mac and cheese, watched Titanic, and made fun of each other. I wouldn't have spent the nine hours we shared together any other way. I forget how much of a stud he is.

HEYHEYHEY.

"THE BEST PART ABOUT CAMPING IS THE FIRE, AND THE S'MORES, AND THE SINGING, AND THE MUSIC, AND THE FRIENDS, AND THAT EVERYBODY BUYS SO MUCH ALCOHOL SO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH, NO ONE'S CHEAP BECAUSE THEY JUST HAVE TOO MUCH ALCOHOL. SO IT'S LIKE, 'CAN YOU PLEASE DRINK THIS FOR ME, I'M SOO DRUNK'."

So I went camping this weekend in Red Lake Falls, Minnesota. The whole thing about it is that you can go tubing on a hour and a half trail, and you're allowed to bring your alcohol with you. It was literally nice for one day and then it rained for the rest of it. Well, no one was really down for tubing the rain, so we didn't. That was completely fine though. We had a smashing good time hanging out by the fire. Not to mention the cheap booze. Four lokos for $2?! Bottles of vodka for $6?! Yo. Getting drunk at 11am seemed too easy.
It's nice to be away. Back to reality. Applied for another student loan today, let's get approved son! As soon as you come back home, you're swamped with the reality of school and work.
Camping cost about $30 for two nights, including food.. but when you're in the states, it is so easy to blow money on booze and shopping. I blew about $500 all together.. I do however, have a case of four loko in my fridge, and enough underwear to last me a year! I had to go in and buy a shit load because Esco eats mine all the time :S

I'm pretty broke now! I still haven't gotten my Rock the Bells tickets in the mail and I am very annoyed about that. WHAT IS GOING ON!
I'll have to sift through my e-mails eventually. Ugh, 143 new emails is something I am not looking forward to. *ignore.

THE ONLY THING GOOD ABOUT MONDAYS IS GOSSIP GIRL.

i'm in hardcore hibernation mode. i'm too busy for myself to handle. i'm straying away from the "to do" list to write a blog entry cuz fuck it! procrastinating is the best policy in my books! well .. maybe not the best, but definitely the most frequent. the boyfriend leaves for a canadian road trip this saturday.. montreal!! i was desperately trying to figure out a way to join him.. but i'm not going to make it.. rats. a couple weeks without the boyfriend, will i ever get used to this shit?!
i am so freaking excited for this long weekend, you can't even imagine. i am excited to have thanksgiving with my family. i miss my brother (what?) terribly. YEAH. i miss him. i can't fucking wait for everyone to be under one roof drinkin' beer and eatin turkey. not to mention grippin grain. i am so freaking stoked for grippin grain, it's embarrassing. but, MOST IMPORTANTLY.. i am excited to have a break! a much needed break at that.
if you're not at grippin grain this saturday, i'm cutting off all ties with you.. but until then, don't blow up my phone. i won't answer :) ha!