Oh man today was pure jokes. We went bowling...oh excuse me, COSMIC bowling...for Pris' bday (her choice, cuz she felt like good old fashioned silly fun, I dunno) and you don't understand how much I LOVE these ppl. They make me laugh like no one can.

"It's actually ridiculous."
"I did NOT go running!"
"I'm spitting cuz I'm so mad!"
"Are you smellin my armpits? Secret."
LOL

And how Fish fell when she went up to bowl and apparently didn't know the rules of the game and you're not supposed to pass the line. Slippery flooring. I told her to roll up those draggin pants! She woulda slid right down the alley and crashed into the pins if she hadn't stopped herself. LOL I'm laughin about it right now...and probably every time I picture it. I'm sorry, it's the funniest thing in the world when someone falls. Of course not to the point where they hurt themselves, just when it's embarassing. And we saw Anita from hs there. She amazingly remembered every one of us and all our names too.

Kim's brother's ex works at the McD's around the bowling alley so her and Fish went to score some food. Kim's like, it's the extra stuff anyway (cuz she was a McD'er too) so she knows all the behind-the-scenes secrets, haha. So everyone puts in their requests and they came back with a bounty. Kim's pullin out pies and burgers outta her purse LOL Good times.

I ended up buyin Pris a lil magnetic Teacher's Calendar with job-inspiring quotes, to go along with the DVD. I figured it would be helpful when she has a hard day at work, haha...AND it's space-saving for her desk! :) And I got Al a big calendar of those stupid weiner dogs she loves, to go with her movie. Bday present shoppin is done for the month! Tomorrow should be sick tho...off the hizzy! Haha.

My grandma's in the hospital again. Went to see her before I had to go to class tonight. I know she's gonna be OK...in the way that she 'has to be' OK. But she really is fine now. Some things just hit you so hard in the face. Maybe I was just overly emotional cuz I was gettin watery-eyed at everythin! But anyway, life always goes on. Somethin happens and it passes and there I am laughin and la-di-da'ing again.

Nurses are amazing. I always recognized it but really, they don't get the credit they deserve. Much respect to ppl who do that work. I really don't understand how superstars get millions upon millions of dollars to do what they do. I'd pay a load of money to see a show and whatnot, but honestly what is it they do that trumps what overworked and underrated ppl do, times a thousand? Man, if I was rich, I'd give at least half to those who need it. Cuz honestly, I don't think you'd ever need more than a million dollars even if you bought everythin you wanted. I mean, what more could you possibly buy to actually do somethin with it? Get your cars, your mansion, your toys and clothes...is it necessary to have that extra 23 mil? Like Bill Gates, my god! I know he gives to charity and such but what is he up to, like 80 billion or whatever? How is 1 person capable of that much money? And how is the world still starving?? I know he's earned his riches (he's Microsoft for crap's sake), but damn...to a point! I don't get it, it's all very strange to me.

And a happy bday to Pris!!

Went shoppin for presents today...took forever. The Mastercard took a beating. Picked up my Av ticket. Saw Keisha from hs at the mall, eesh. If I was L, that would be a *shudder*, haha. Ignore, ignore! Got Pris a DVD, Al a DVD too, and L got a puffy vest, silk PJs (not that sexy or slutty, we're not pervs, haha), and a gift certificate to MAC. L got all that stuff cuz it's from me, Vick and G combined, not cuz she's special, haha. I still gotta get more stuff for Pris and Al. At least we convinced Pris to do somethin for her bday. Bein all teacherly, she woulda been fine stayin home and lettin it go by. So now we're goin out Fri :) And Sat for L's bday. Then Al's next week. Then Shy's. Then Halloween. Oct is an insane month.

I love how we all yelled at the same time at this woman in the parkin lot when she drove in from the other side into the spot we were waitin for. Haha, instinctive reaction. We saw this car sneak in and we're like, NOOOOOOOOO!! in the angry 'unh-unh-unh!' tone. We musta had a look on our faces cuz she realized we had been waitin and immediately gestured that she was just gonna drive out and not stay...cuz we probably looked like we were gonna kill her, hahaha. I wouldn't be surprised if she heard us from inside the car :P You had to be there.

Check this email everybody got from Fish about the Eagle Summit bein retired. She told us the story on Sat cuz she just couldn't contain her epic dramas to herself but here's all the details in her own writing....hence the typing errors :P

Hello friends,

Let me start off by apologizing for this mass email. I do intend to write personal emails/group emails to you all very soon. Because I want to hear what you are all up to. so expect those letters soon. well now for the real reason I am writing. Here's a quick little update for you all to enjoy!

Epilogue
At the tender age of sixteen, Fish is given her first vehicle to drive. A 92 red eagle summit. It was her dad's car and now is in her sole possession. So it begins on a frosty tuesday. With a cup of tea in one hand and the steering wheel in the other I am soaring down the 401 westbound express. The warm heat blowing my hair and 680 is blaring on the radio (that's the only station the eagle can receive). I am doing alright, well on my way to higher education. Alas, I hit a snag. The eagle decides she needs a rest. A rest that will last forever, for she has been overworked in the past 12 years. My vehicle has stalled on the highway during rush hour. I try to remain calm. I dial for help. In this case DADDY. There is no repsonse. I continue to re-dial. nothing. Passerbys in there newly minted suits adn vehicles hiss and glare as they pass me on the left and right. I am utterly hopeless (think Tom Hanks in Castaway). On the verge of tears I see a lifeboat. It is a woman in a vehicle fit for the pound. She has no cell. I at this moment have no more battery for my cellular phone. The light bulb turns on. We decide to let the eagle sleep and e drove off to a payphone. What seems like 2 hours and 16 minutes later (in real time 14 mintues) I am whisked from the eagles nest into the condors lair, a bell canada pay phone. I call the big bird. "Where are you?" I ask. To my astonishment father is at the nest. He was going down the 401 collectors west saw the eagle in trouble and stopped adn hopped right on over the cement barrier and is standing by the eagle. He calls the vet and they tow the eagle home. Father meets daughter at a gas station and he takes her to school. And so it ends. BUt not before we reveal who the mysterious super woman is. The saviour in this story is one Wanda Kowalski, editor and journalist for the globe review. I ask her for digits and I am rewarded.

prologue
The eagle now sleeps in markham for the time being. Father encourages fish to leave the nest and venture into a civic nation. She embraces the move slowly. Fish will have to learn to embrace her new role in the world. Wanda sits in her office and is awaiting her next mission. Meanwhile somewhere within the canadian postal system sits a card waiting to be delivered. Maybe its her next goal or maybe its just a note of thanks.

ps. Its black and I get it at the end of the week!
pps. thanks guys for listening/reading!

God I love her. She's so ridiculous.

Today was interesting. P came over to use my computer so I helped her with her hw :P Then we had enough of that and went to Timmy's. We purposely went to the one not near Q's cuz she was like, no we'd get tempted to play pool, haha. Well we went anyway. There was too many ppl at Timmy's so we just took our stuff to go. While we were in line, there were these 2 chicks in front of us ordering. One had left and came back and P was all, oh I thought that was you...that girl just brushed me, ugh. Or somethin like that. So we were standin there the whole time til the girl turned around and was like, P?? And P screamed. I wasn't payin attention so I was like, what the hell is goin on? Haha. They didn't realize they knew eachother til they saw eachother's faces :P I forgot her name but they go to hair school together. We got introduced and she's like, oh you! Apparently P talks about me, hee. So the girl's like, what are you doin around here? P's like, you ass, I live here...you even dropped me home once, hahaha.

Anyway, so we were back in the car and P's like, k let's play one game at Q's. I'm like, you wanna go to Q's to play one game?? She's like, OK we'll play 2! Or 3! Haha, she's a nut. We played a game, then another cuz she wanted a chance to win one back, then she got all excited when she won the 2nd that she was like, OK one more, one more! Then she lost so that was it for us.

Don't you like my stories?

My sleep is so messed up! Me, L, and Vick were plannin on goin to Buffalo today to shop but L couldn't find her birth certificate for the border. Then we decided to just go to Niagara for the casino but that was out too. L said 9:00 we'd head out. But last night I didn't get to bed til 2:30 and then I realized I didn't know why I was even goin cuz I don't have money to gamble :P Plus gas money and it's so freakin early she wants to go. But I wasn't gonna call her that late to tell her I wasn't goin. I know L and she'd piss. So I bitchingly got up at 8:30 only to return her missed call and find out that we weren't goin after all. Shitballs. But I was kinda glad still cuz that meant I could go back to bed. And my mouth was minty fresh cuz I already brushed my teeth, haha. But you know when you get up, you're up and it takes a while to fall asleep again? After about 20 mins, I had no problems at all tho. Slept til 1 :) Ahhhhhhh.

I did pretty much nuthin today too. Got my hair cut, caught up on 3 days worth of the newspaper, watched my tapes. G and L called to go to Timothy's or somethin but I was gettin my split ends chopped off :P

Guess how weird/practical I am, dependin on how you see it? The other day L asked if I'd be ready by 3 to hit the mall and I'm like, uhhh I dunno, I got up an hr ago and I'm eatin somethin right now...no promises. She's like, fiiiiiine, call when you're ready. So I was ready before 3, booyah, but she wasn't anticipating that at all so she wasn't ready yet, hahaha. I had some time to kill before she picked me up. I was walkin in the hall when I looked up and noticed gross spiderwebbing (not whole deals like you see in scary movies but bits) in the corners of the walls. I was thinkin, that's just nasty...I can't stand to look at this anymore, we shouldn't be livin like this, esp if ppl come over, geez. So I busted out the vacuum and cleaned. Then I noticed there was shit in like every room so I did them too, haha. All clean now!

So Sat I got up earlier than I woulda liked so I'm already kinda tired but I ended up goin out with Meen last night after all so that was a pretty frickin long day! She was already downtown for a party and we were gonna meet her there. Mo and Reema and co. picked me up and we all drove down. Mo and Reem are nuts on their own but when they're together? It's CRAZY. But it's the funniest thing in the world. Ever. They were singin songs the way Christina Aguilera sings the national anthem and bickering the ENTIRE time, but in the way that it's cute and amusing. Killed me.

They couldn't decide where to go so since we were already there, we hit Joker. We were way overdressed for Joker, haha but Meen had never been and it was like 12 already so there we went. "The fabulous ladies in white there in the window." "Oh where did her friend go? Where'd the other one go, her friend's gone!" LOL The lovely go-go girls.

It was fun. Downtown was madness that night. It seemed all the crazies came out. Or everybody got extra drunk, whatever. We left around 2:30-3 and there was traffic. When the impatient honking started, someone figured "oh I like this game" and evvvverybody wanted in on this game and started honking too, haha. There was even a big yellow school full of partiers (probably some bar-crawl) who waved and gave us the devil horns :)

The crew was hungry so the search was on for a place to eat that was open at 4 am. McD's it is. Ugh, I just can't eat a burger at that time. Breakfast maybe, but they weren't doin it til 5. Boo. So after droppin everyone home and Mo veering into the oncoming lane (no cars tho, it's dead at this hr, thank god) from dozin for a split second, I got home at 5. That was some good sleep. Weird cuz I still got up the normal time I do anyway.

So today me and L went shoppin, lookin for ideas for Halloween costumes and hittin Chapters. Jay called me to say bye before leavin for Europe.

Felt like takin a nap when I got home. Then tonight I picked up P at Woodside and went to Q's. This chick that we recognized who used to work at the bar was there but she was just chillin and playin too. There was this guy who was just hangin around and not even playin but he seemed to know a few ppl. I swear he musta been drinkin/high cuz you can just tell when somethin's off about someone. But he was still alright cuz he talked to us a bit, played a bit. Then the chick came over and asked if the dude was bothering us, cuz I think she was tryin to help us out. Apparently she told P that he had bothered her when she worked there and he just like, solicits and doesn't even come there with anybody, just by himself. Weird. And then he was like, what's she sayin about me? And that she doesn't like him cuz he doesn't buy drinks :P Anyhoo, that was a long passage about nothing.