Pure Randomosity

Apparently I've got two-thirds of my life's to do list already under my belt.

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:29:54 GMT

Below is a list of things to do before I die that I posted on LJ in February 2003! So looks like I've accomplished 10 out of these 15 goals. Not too shabby.

- ride on a train (DONE AND DONE!)
- see the pyramids
- go to paris (BEEN THERE!)
- stay up all night and watch the sunrise (If the half hour nap I took at 3am doesn't count then I did this in Israel!)
- fly first class
- see New York (DID THAT TWICE!)
- go on a safari
- have a romantic fling while on vacation somewhere exotic (CHECK!)
- get so drunk that I can't remember anything the next morning (I don't want this to be a goal of mine anymore. I've gotten so drunk that I couldn't recall certain parts of the night before and that's frightening enough.)
- pet a tiger
- experience true love (I've been in love but then I changed as a person and the love I felt changed accordingly, and now I'm moving on and searching for a new and better love. What's true love anyway?)
- eat an entire 20 pack of McNuggets (I am so proud of this accomplishment)
- travel through whatever Italian city it is that is filled with water, Venice, right?
- learn to crochet (I started to learn, got bored and quit. Close enough.)
- go on a cruise

I'm hungry

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:18:06 GMT

I think I'm going to go make some popcorn because my tummy is nagging at me. I wish that didn't happen so much. Think of how much more time I'd have on my hands if I didn't have to feed myself.

I'm going skiing tomorrow with Erin! Very excited. Never been to Tremblant before.

I have to finish making the comic book I'm working on for her secret santa gift. She has these roller blades that say Alexis Speed on them, so that's become her alter ego. The comic book will document her first great adventure - saving kids at a cancer camp from MacDonald's attempt to make them really fat and get paid by Merck, the pharmeceutical company that invented Gardasil, because the company has been developing a new drug to combat obesity so it wants lots and lots of people to get fat. It makes sense. Don't question my plot. Its loosely based on events from her life okay, trust me.

Anyways, off to make the popcorn...

TA TA

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:22:16 GMT

My head hurts. Probably because I haven't breathed any fresh air today. I left my res room once to tunnel over to the cafeteria and grab a bagged lunch, which I brought back to eat in my room while watching youtube videos.

Going to dinner now - meeting the regular 6:30 crew at the cafeteria: Muhommad (a super-cool philosophy grad student), Erin (the 6th Leeds res fellow), Craig (the engineering exchange student from Scotland who I wish was single but sadly is not) and Adam (the 5th Leeds res fellow). Theresa will also be joining the crew tonight (she's a Frontenac res fellow who I've been friends with since we were neighbours on 2nd Dundas back in first year). Should be goodtimes. All of these people will be gone next year. I don't know how I'll go on without them. I live for these 6:30 dinners. Honestly. They're often the only reason I leave my room.

LJ REVIVAL!!!

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:46:29 GMT

So Lisa and I are bringing LJ back. There are probably some people who have never stopped posting, and koodos to them. Is that how you spell koodos? But anyways, reading through my old posts I realized how awesome it was that I used to write all the random revelations I had down so now I can read them and remember feeling that way and understand myself better by seeing where I've come from.

Also, I used to post about funny things that happened. And I'm glad I did. Because there's no way I'd remember most of that stuff if I hadn't written it down. High school would have just been a vague memory, but now I have concrete excerpts of high school life to refer back to and its great! And I've decided I want to have that for the rest of my life too.

I did recently start a blog: http://marleedoesjournalism.wordpress.com/
But I'm trying to keep it focused on topics related to being an aspiring journalist. LJ is for more personal stuff - a place where I can post whatever thoughts float through my head and record whatever pointless yet personally historical moments transpire throughout the day.

I would like to take this moment right now to proclaim my love and appreciation for Lisa Baumander. She called me last night to rant about an awkward first date she had just suffered through and some of the things she said really hit home for me and made me realize how right I was for leaving Dan and that however difficult it might be to keep on searching for someone who meets my standards I have to keep up the hunt because I won't be satisfied with anything less. Just like Lisa won't settle for a guy who makes her feel stupid for loving tiny cheeseburgers, I should never again let a guy make me feel stupid for any of the things I love to say or do - or the things my friends say or do. Ideally, my guy would share my love for all the silly things I love, but even if he doesn't, he shouldn't make me feel dumb for loving these things, he should just accept me for who I am and treat me with dignity regardless. LIKE TALKING DURING MOVIES! When a movie gets intense I start blabbering. SO DEAL WITH IT! I can't hold the tension inside. Its just the way I am. Lisa wrote out a checklist of criteria her future life partner must satisfy. My favourite item on her checklist was #5:

5. Height.

I know this one is shallow, but I need someone to reach tall spaces when I am 5'7 there are not many places I cannot reach, but part of the reason I want a man in my life is to reach these spaces. Anyone shorter then me cannot reach any higher then I can.

As well a way shorter man makes sexual intercourse awkward.

------

Here's my list:

1) Nice (cuz if I'm afraid to be myself around someone, then what's the point?)
2) Funny (really really witty)
3) Handsome (I agree with Lisa on the necessity of a tall man. And scrawny just doesn't work for me. Everything else is variable I guess.)
4) Smart (a guy doesn't need to be a genius but he needs to be intelligent and knowledgeable so that we're able to have interesting conversations and so there are things I can learn from this person)
5) Motivated (this is important. motivated people bring out my better side. but I need a guy who understands that I'm often lazy and who doesn't make me feel bad about it but instead finds ways to encourage me not to be lazy.)

It's not so specific, this list, but there have been very few guys I've ever met who have actually fulfilled all five criteria - and they're usually taken! C'est la vie, I guess.

And the hunt continues ...

Writer's Block: Coast Range

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:43:36 GMT

OCEAN!

hello lj old friend

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:21:45 GMT

Suffering from a huge nostalgia attack.
Thought returning here would ease the feelings of disatisfaction, a little at least.

The following rambling is ALL for my benefit. Don't feel obliged to read. In fact, don't read it at all unless you're one of those few people out there who gets me and knows how i get like this and just really need to rant right now.
Even then, this is going to be a bunch of self-bashing practically emo bullshit about how i suck. so yeah, there's my warning.

I'm 19 years old.
I'm in 2nd year university.
But in some ways I feel like I'm going backwards.
Or at least im descelerating, I don't know ... I'm just not happy with what I'm doing. Because I'm doing nothing. And that's my own fault.

And I guess I was always like this. But I don't know, I'm feeling like I accomplished so much more in high school than I've accomplished since I've graduated ... and I'm probably just overglorifying my experiences at UHS, but you know what, I fucking took them for granted.

my program is great and all, but everything's moving so slowly ... and no one encourages you anymore and points out opportunities and opens doors to you ... you have to find those doors and encourage yourself and make shit happen ... and i don't

So to all of you still at UHS, feel lucky, feel priveleged ... soak it all up.
And take advantage of every opportunity.

I don't know if the documenting history course is still running, but SIGN UP!

I think I'll blame that course for most of my present misery, because it gave me a taste for something I never realized I could do and could love so much ... and now I have to wait so long before I can do something like that again. Unless I make it happen on my own, but I'm a lazy coward and tend to never do things unless they're thrown in my lap.

Fuck.

I don't know why I always do this. Complain complain complain about how I'm lazy and spineless and do everything half assed ... instead of just DOING shit

I need to grow up.
Suck it up.
Make stuff happen.

Cuz really, I was lucky before.
Things don't normally just FIND YOU, like that course did ... you have to find those opportunities on your own.

i'm talented
but i'm lazy
and i'm slowly becoming boring
and i think my imagination is deteriorating
and i feel like i need to find a more creative outlet and FAST or i'm just gonna lose any of those juices i have left in me

blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

i wish i was gutsier
i wish i would stop saying that and just BE gutsier
and saying that
and that
etc.'

fuck i'm annoying

Sun, 09 Apr 2006 04:05:22 GMT

Like old times, procrastination has brought me here to this wonderful site.

Hello all.
Sorry for abandoning you.
I have been a quite self-centred hermit this year, especially this past semester.

BUT...if I havn't actually talked to you in awhile and therefore haven't had the chance to tell you...

I WILL BE HOME THIS SUMMER :o)

at least for june, july and august ... the only months of summer that really matter anyways...psh, may, what is that

SO, YAYYYYY!!!

Ok, now to read about your lives and then back to globalization studying...

hugs.kisses.blowjobs.MWA

-Marlee

if you consider yourself a human being...

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 01:31:21 GMT

READ THIS:
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-3-30/39902.html

I never use live journal anymore, so trust me, this is important.

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:00:20 GMT

I love lisa.

Lisa says:
penises dont have brainsss!
Lisa says:
they look like they should

:o)

Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:02:55 GMT

... and three heart attacks later he's finally catching that fucking train
*marlee hits herself in head with large wooden object*

hi, my name is marlee and i'm an eighteen-year-old nag
ewwwwwww

i just want him to get here so i can stop being a crazy person

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 02:39:00 GMT

apparently jews are going extinct ( http://www.cjnews.com/viewarticle.asp?id=8014&s=1 )
i never wanted to have babies but now i'm thinking maybe i should have twelve.
haha

(i hope you all know i'm not being serious)

anyways...
my break has reached its end.
it's been a beatiful two weeks.
i've never appreciated my television more.
or food.
or guiltless/stressless sleep.

please everyone yell at me until i get a job for the new semester.

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 05:23:09 GMT

so who can get me a fake id??

enjoying the break
lots of sleeping and eating

happy chanukah and merry belated christmas
everyone have an amazing new years

for some reason the date on my lj is fucked and i have to make every post in 2006...but yeah, i'll fix that eventually

bye now
mwaaaaaaaaa

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 07:22:41 GMT

so apparently our econ exam marks are getting bell curved... i like the sound of that
and i didnt do as horribly on the english exam as i thought
greek, well, there's no way i didnt fail that one...
but i think i might actually come out with a decent average.
take that university! i survived!

yesterday i got roses for the first time...(except for maybe when i was young, someone probably gave me roses after a dance recital, but i can't remember, so whatever...) but i couldn't even enjoy them fully

fuckity fuck fuck
here we go again

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 01:18:31 GMT

I just looked up and thought I saw a dildo on the top shelf of the bookcase in this room (which is the front hall study)...but then i realized it was a flashlight.
I thought that was worth a post. It freaked me the fuck out.

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 01:08:18 GMT

my ribs hurt
and when i poke my stomach it makes a funny noise
wierd wierd wierd

i was hit on via facebook the other day
quite hilarious
gotta love that site

my brother is fucking amazing
he won $800 (for his team, not us, but he's still fucking kickass)
and more importantly...i was on the jumbotron!
jumbotron? or jumboscreen?

mmm... home has been nice
but surprisingly my bed at school is more comfortable than my bed here.

i depart tomorrow bitches
sorry i didnt get to see more of you all
its been a hectic few days

Fri, 09 Dec 2005 04:21:59 GMT

yay for chinese food
and yay for sex and the city
and yay for mariah carey's christmas song
and yay for going home tomorrow
and yay for being done my journalism exam
and yay for my room being decently clean
and yay for dreidels
and yay for having a superstar little brother
and yay for facebook

but boo for kristin leaving me
i will miss her emo antics and gay man music and our sex & the city marathons

i'm going to curl up in bed and cry now
or not
cuz im too hardcore for that

Wed, 07 Dec 2005 15:40:58 GMT

My little brother is only the coolest kid on the planet and so obviously he has been chosen from his single A hockey league to play against one other super awesome kid AT THE ACC BEFORE THE NEXT LEAFS GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so yes, i am going home this weekend
*big proud sister smile*

Tue, 06 Dec 2005 06:02:53 GMT

kristin says we have the music taste of gay men
haha
yeah, michael jackson, bsb, george michae's christmas song, and the soundtrack to rent ... its a sweet combo

Mon, 05 Dec 2005 21:24:01 GMT

thank god for christmas carols

Mon, 05 Dec 2005 19:55:10 GMT

adfhafhahawehfalh

exams exams exams

too much thinking about boys
not enough thinking about mass media in canada

too much sleeping
not enough note making

too much whining

i'm more emo than my emo roommate
wtf

i pity the fool (who's reading this.ha)

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:12:29 GMT

yayyyyyyyy!!!!

Sat, 26 Nov 2005 21:25:44 GMT

I woke up in a boy's bed this morning.
The boy was on the floor.
I fell asleep in his bed and he was too much of a gentleman to wake me or sleep with me.
Oops.

I also nearly died last night during a piggyback race.
I was on top of a 6 foot sumthin giant of a man and we fell over and somehow I didn't smack my head.
Good times.

Everybody see Pride and Prejudice, unless you live near British boys.
I saw it last night and was dangerously turned on by its amazingness and when I came back to rez I was very close to accepting a British boy's invitation to spend the night with him at Chateau Laurier if he agreed to call himself Mr.Darcy.

I painted pottery yesterday! It made me miss my russian lover very much, though.

I wish I had snowpants here. Stupid me.

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 06:40:25 GMT

I didn't even know who Chuck Morris is, and this still made me pee my pants... so I'd like to share it with you all:

>
> >Chuck Norris FACTS
> >-------------
> >
> >Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.
> >
> >Chuck Norris once roundhouse kicked someone so hard that his foot broke
> >the speed of light, went back in time, and killed Amelia Earhart while
> >she was flying over the Pacific Ocean.
> >
> >Chuck Norris does not have AIDS but he gives it to people anyway.
> >
> >Chuck Norris has yet to get a Jeopardy question wrong. Jesus has missed
> >two.
> >
> >Rather than being birthed like a normal child, Chuck Norris instead
> >decided to punch his way out of his mother's womb. Shortly thereafter
>he
> >grew a beard.
> >
> >
> >Chuck Norris built a time machine and went back in time to stop the JFK
> >assassination. As Oswald shot, Chuck met all three bullets with his
> >beard, deflecting them. JFK's head exploded out of sheer amazement.
> >
> >Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil for his rugged good looks and
> >unparalleled martial arts ability. Shortly after the transaction was
> >finalized, Chuck roundhouse kicked the devil in the face and took his
> >soul back. The devil, who appreciates irony, couldn't stay mad and
> >admitted he should have seen it coming. They now play poker every
>second
> >Wednesday of the month.
> >
> >A man once asked Chuck Norris if his real name is "Charles". Chuck
> >Norris did not respond, he simply stared at him until he exploded.
> >
> >Chuck Norris's girlfriend once asked him how much wood a woodchuck
>could
> >chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. He then shouted, "HOW DARE YOU
> >RHYME IN THE PRESENCE OF CHUCK NORRIS!" and ripped out her throat.
> >Holding his girlfriend's bloody throat in his hand he bellowed, "Don't
> >fu%# with Chuck!" Two years and five months later he realized the irony
> >of this statement and laughed so hard that anyone within a hundred mile
> >radius of the blast went deaf.
> >
> >Chuck Norris recently had the idea to sell his urine as a canned
> >beverage. We know this beverage as Red Bull.
> >
> >The original theme song to the Transformers was actually "Chuck
> >Norris--more than meets the eye, Chuck Norris--robot in disguise," and
> >starred Chuck Norris as a Texas Ranger who defended the earth from
> >drug-dealing Decepticons and could turn into a pick-up. This was far
>too
> >much awesome for a single show, however, so it was divided.
> >
> >To prove it isn't that big of a deal to beat cancer. Chuck Norris
>smoked
> >15 cartons of cigarettes a day for 2 years and aquired 7 different
>kinds
> >of cancer only to rid them from his body by flexing for 30 minutes.
>Beat
> >that, Lance Armstrong.
> >
> >Chuck Norris was the fourth Wiseman. He brought baby Jesus the gift of
> >"beard". Jesus wore it proudly to his dying day. The other Wisemen,
> >jealous of Jesus' obvious gift favoritism, used their combined
>influence
> >to have Chuck omitted from the Bible. Shortly after all three died of
> >roundhouse kick related deaths.
> >
> >Chuck Norris can make a woman climax by simply pointing at her and
> >saying "booya".
> >
> >Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.
> >
> >Chuck Norris once shot a German plane down with his finger, by yelling,
> >"Bang!"
> >
> >Chuck Norris lives by only one rule: No Asian Chicks.
> >
> >The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.
> >
> >After much debate, President Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on
> >Hiroshima rather than the alternative of sending Chuck Norris. His
> >reasoning? It was more "humane".
> >
> >Chuck Norris once went to a frat party, and proceeded to roundhouse
> >every popped collar in sight. He then drank three kegs and shit on
>their
> >floor, just because he's Chuck Norris.
> >
> >Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are
> >trademarked names for his left and right legs.
> >
> >Chuck Norris found out about Conan O'Brien's lever that shows clips
>from
> >"Walker: Texas Ranger" and is working on a way to make it show clips of
> >Norris having sex with Conan's wife.
> >
> >If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck
> >Norris you may be only seconds away from death.
> >
> >Chuck Norris punched a woman in the vagina when she didn't give him
> >exact change.
> >
> >One of the greatest cover-ups of the last century was the fact that
> >Hitler did not commit suicide in his bunker, but was in fact tea-bagged
> >to death by Chuck Norris.
> >
> >Hellen Keller's favorite color is Chuck Norris.
> >
> >Chuck Norris took my virginity, and he will sure as hell take yours. If
> >you're thinking to yourself, "That's impossible, I already lost my
> >virginity.", then you are dead wrong.
> >
> >At the end of each week, Chuck Norris murders a dozen white people just
> >to prove he isn't a racist.
> >
> >Chuck Norris once pulled a bus full of school children teetering over
> >the edge of a cliff back onto the road with his bare hands, saving
> >everybody inside. Even as they cheered, he screamed, "I'm not your
> >savior!" and headbutted the bus over the edge, sending them all to
>their
> >horrible doom.
> >
> >CHUCK NORRIS RULES!!!

Sat, 19 Nov 2005 06:01:11 GMT

apparently a week isn't enough grieving time
what a waste of alchohol
fuck

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:24:38 GMT

i finished my first university essay yesterday
go me
you all probably hate me for not having any essays due until now
yeah, i hate myself too
what with my four day weekends and minimal workload
mwaha

kristin and i are considering veganism
but i don't think it's going to work
i love my cheese and chocolate

it's been a few days into this new absolutely single thing and i'm feeling ok
well, clearly the sad and angry feelings will take some time to disappear
but yesterday I gave Pat some glitter to decorate a card for his girlfriend at western and that didn't make me want to cry
so that's good
when sarah comes back from NY i'll start hitting up the shabbat dinners with her in search of cute jewish boys

i'm almost done reading pride and prejudice
i can't wait to see the movie
i am so in love with the way the talk, it's awesome

i'm also really happy because i was finally given permission to reveal really shocking news to the rest of my floor... :o)
oh, floor drama
so wonderful