The Tool Concert.
It was an experience.
Actually, it was the Pot Smoker's Convention which had rolled into Hamilton.
Spencer and I were some of the few people who weren't smoking pot at the concert. Almost everyone in our row were smoking pot.
I think it is safe to say that the people successfully hot boxed the colliseum.
The girl next to Spencer was doing this crazy robot dancing thing that was scaring the crap outta me. She was scaring the crap out of Spencer as well and eventually he was able to put some distance between him and crazy robot drug induced dancing girl.
I was so amazed by the fans though because the band wasn't even on stage yet and people were excited, screaming, cheering.
I'm still not a big Tool fan though. The concert didn't transform me into a hardcore fan or anything like that but it was interesting to say the least.
On the upside of all the pot smoking and people rocking out to music that is not my favorite, I got an awesome t-shirt out of the deal. It's probably my fav concert shirt.

Please come now I think I'm falling
I'm holding to all I think is safe
It seems I found the road to nowhere
And I'm trying to escapeI yelled back when I heard thunder
But I'm down to one last breath
And with it let me say
Let me say
Hold me nowI'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
That maybe six feet
Ain't so far down
I'm looking down now that it's over
Reflecting on all of my mistakes
I thought I found the road to somewhere
Somewhere in His grace
I cried out heaven save me
But I'm down to one last breath
And with it let me say
Let me say
Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
That maybe six feet
Ain't so far down
Sad eyes follow me
But I still believe there's something left for me
So please come stay with me
'Cause I still believe there's something left for you and me
For you and me
For you and me
Hold me nowI'm six feet from the edge and
I'm thinking

The White Stripes were totally kick ass.

There are a few things I have learned about the White Stripes.

1. They have such a weird fan base. It doesn't consist of one or two types of people but several.

2. They are not a typical band. For example, they opened with a song I had never heard before. Third song in, they played their newest release "Icky Thump" (which is a bitchin' song by the way), and they closed with a song we had never heard of either. But when they played Seven Nation Army the place went nuts. Unfortunately they didn't play conquest, blue orchid, denial twist or walking with a ghost.

When they played "We are going to be friends" drunk rocker mom, got up in her chair started dancing and then fell. I laughed hysterically. She was funny before she was drunk, but when she fell, that was the best.

3. I love Meg White she is so awesome. She was playing the drums all night with her eyes closed.

I now understand why the one guy was wearing a t-shirt that said "Meg me." She is totally kick ass and she is a female rocker with talent. Talent that is not engineered in a studio somewhere in the United States.

4. The White Stripes are not just a concert, they are an experience. It is something that you must see for yourself.

p.s. I love this dress, Meg is wearing.

Tomorrow, I will tell you the things I don't understand about the Stripes and funny concert goers.

Tonight is the White Stripes concert,

but first we are going to Ontario Place.

I'm so excited.

I'll let you know how it goes.

Dates and places for the Spice Girls Farewell Tour have been released. Unfortunately the girls are NOT COMING to CANADA. *cough* bitches *cough* Come to Canada...*bitches*

I am so disappointed. I have been waiting for a Spice Girls reunion for years and now that there is a reunion they won't even come to Canada. Don't they know that some of their biggest fans are here? In fact, there are four in this household. I am so upset. I have been waiting since I was 8 years old to see these girls in concert.

I just want to know how I can Spice Up My Life if they don't come to Canada.

Smelly Passenger

Today Spencer and I were on the bus going back to my house to wrap some birthday presents for my mom. We were enjoying public transportation when the stink arrived. A few passengers got on the bus and one of them smelled very bad. The smell was absolutely undescribeable. Actually, it was rotting onion, Burger King grease, McDonald's grease and east india spices. There may have been some rotting garbage in there as well.
The smell was so bad.
I dug through my purse looking for some minty gum that I could chew that would mask the horrid smell. Nothing.
That's when it hit me. I had a brilliant idea whether or not Spencer agreed, I was prepared to do this anyways.
I had my Lipsyl Aloha Breeze chapstick in my bag. I knew that the fruity fragrance would mask the disgustingness I was suffering through.
I quickly dabbed some on the end of my nose and asked Spencer if he would like some. He replied "Oh God, yes." I dabbed some on the end of his nose.
Halfway home the smell got off the bus and once again we enjoyed public transportation.

Pictures as Promised in no particular order

At Planet Hollywood. Spencer kissing an alien.














The falls of course.














We went to the Hershey's Chocolate store but we never bought anything.
When Spencer went to hug the kiss, he almost toppled it over.















Haha, folded toilet paper...I am so immature.















The most comfortable bed I have ever slept in,
if there was one thing that I could have brought back from Niagara Falls
it would have been this bed
















At the Ripley's "Believe it or Not" muesum. . .



















On our last nite in Niagara Falls we took it upon oursleves to be juvenile deliquents. By covering our faces we're hoping to not get caught.

This is Spencer and I at the Harley Davidson store,

we asked an elderly couple to take the picture.

The Magical Land of Niagara Falls: Day Three

On the third day of our trip we didn't get up until 1pm and then we decided to go out to Clifton Hill once again. We walked the length of the falls and felt the mist from the falls hit our faces it was so cool. After we walked the length of the falls we went to Planet Hollywood. I had always wanted to go to Planet Hollywood and I was so excited when we finally made it there. Unfortunately Planet Hollywood was extremely overpriced, the food was terrible and there was very little celebrity memorbilia. We barely ate the food, and we hurried to get out of there. After the Planet Hollywood experience we both felt sick, so we went back to the hotel and spent the rest of the day laying in bed, and making several trips to the bathroom.
I finally said to Spencer "This is our last night in Niagara Falls and I don't want to spend it laying in bed, feeling sick. I want to go out to dinner and we will go somewhere where we know the food is consistent and if we feel too sick, then we can come back to the hotel." We got dressed and ready for dinner, then we went to Kelsey's which is one of our fav restaurants. After Kelsey's we walked around, deciding what we wanted to do, we went to the Midway and played some games. Not only did we play games, we sniped the occassional game ticket from kids, played the games where the tickets were overdue and they ran out so the people of the midway had to give us extra tickets and then Spencer got himself some "souvenirs." My boyfriend the juvenile deliquent did not pay for one single souvenir. No he took, the paddle from an air hockey table, kept his cloth napkin from Kelsey's restaurant, the pencil from the mini golf course and a postcard from a convience store where we had an incident with the owner. I on the other hand, paid for all my souvenirs and used the tickets from the midway to get a shot glass.
After our fun at the midway, we went to wait for the shuttle bus back to the hotel. On the way there we passed this indoor maze with the annoying voice overs...that not once did we enter the whole time we were there. Since it was so annoying, I took a handful of their brochures for Spencer. Well, Spencer had a better idea. When we went to the casino to wait for our shuttle bus, Spencer took the velvet ropes and built his own maze, then he took the brochures from the annoying maze and posted them all over his maze. Then he laughed. Then I laughed, then I tried to calm him down because I did not want the casino security to come over.
When the bus finally arrived, Spencer asked the driver if he could take his picture with him, just to further his deliquentness for the evening.
Thursday morning we got up early to pack our things and go downstairs for one last free breakfast. We were so sad to leave, and the whole walk back to the bus terminal we tried to think of reasons we could use to stay in Niagara Falls. We couldn't really come up with anything, unfortunately. And on Friday we returned to work, where I realised that my job is slowly sucking the soul out of me. I wanted to cry when I returned to work, not because my vacation was over but because I truly hate my job and everything that goes along with it. I just wanted to be back in Niagara, with the sun beaming down on me, walking the length of the falls, cracking jokes, taking pictures and enjoying myself. If I could go back there tomorrow I would.
Anyways, I have a ton of pictures and I will do a collage of them soon, just to prove that I really was there.

The Magical Land of Niagara Falls: Day Two

We slept in on Tuesday morning and when we decided to drag our butts out of bed, we went back to Clifton Hill. When we arrived at Clifton Hill we used our two for one tickets and went into the Ripley's Believe it Or Not muesem. It was pretty entertaining. There is some weird stuff in there. I would show you pictures but the boyfriend has yet to upload them from the digital camera. At the very end of the tour, there was a fun house that we played in for about half an hour. Especially the moving tunnel, with the glowing lights.

After the muesem we decided to play mini golf. Glow in the dark style. Needless to say, I should not be allowed to play mini golf. I was way over par by almost 40 points...is that even what you call it? I don't know. The golf course really pissed us off. With the obstacles 'n' shit.

Last but not least we went to a souvenir shop and has this done....

The woman taking the picture asked if I would like to hold anything such as an umbrella or a bouquet of flowers and I said in semi southern drawl "I wanna gun."

And a gun was what I got.

After the photos we went back to the hotel for a swim in the pool before going out to dinner.

to be continued. . .

The Magical Land of Niagara Falls: Day One

On Thursday, Spencer and I returned from Niagara Falls despite the fact that we didn't want to. Our trip was highly successful to say the least, there were only a few minor problems that were solved easily and they didn't ruin the trip.
On Monday, we took the greyhound bus from our hometown to Niagara Falls so it took five hours, then when we arrived I got us lost. I gave Spencer the unofficial tour of Niagara Falls but on the upside we found a liquor store. It's like I can smell them. Eventually Spencer took the map from me and got us to the hotel.
The hotel we stayed at was absolutely gorgeous. King size pillow top bed, free HBO, indoor swimming pool, sauna, gym and even the toilet paper was folded. We found that hilarious and to be a waste of the maid's time but whatever. We had a free shuttle bus that ran from the hotel to Clifton Hill every hour and it picked us up at Clifton Hill every hour.
The first thing we did in Niagara Falls was go to Clifton Hill and check out some of the muesums. We went to the moving theatre, and the Believe it or not muesum of oddities. Then we went to Montana's for dinner. We walked up and down the hill and picked out the things we were going to do the next day. We also walked to the falls, to see if there were going to be any fireworks but the whole time we were there, we didn't see any fireworks by the falls.
So at 11pm we went back to the hotel and went swimming then went to bed. . .

Tomorrow morning we leave for our trip to Niagara Falls.

I have nothing new to say.

This is my best friend Liz, you all know her as "L." Yesterday she left for Holland. She moved back there to live with her mom and younger siblings. She may return in January. It all depends on how things go in Holland and if she can get a job there making more money than here. She's a millright...is that how you spell it? i have no idea. We all have to wait until January and hope that she decides to come back. While she's gone, we won't be able to celebrate her birthday with her, she won't be here to celebrate her boyfriend's birthday, she won't be here to get drunk of her ass with me this summer which is what we were all looking forward to, this is so bizarre for all of us. She only told us she was leaving two weeks ago and we all thought she was just talking but when she came to see me at work earlier this week to say her goodbyes to me, I knew that she really was going away. Hopefully she will return, I really hope she does.

I'm not exactly sure what this means...

Three Things

I was watching the very last episode of 7th Heaven today and I didn't like the ending. The whole family decides to get in a RV and go across the country with no destination and there is one stipulation - that each person can only bring three items not including clothes or personal items such as hygenic products.
This got me thinking, if I were to get in a RV and be able to bring only three things what would I bring? I couldn't decide between the following items:
- my hair straightener
- my ipod
- my bear that I've had since I was a baby
- photo albums
- a journal to keep track of my adventures

I really don't know what I would I would bring. Tell me what you would bring on an adventure with no destination and your clothes /hygenic products are already taken care of and your immediate family members are with you.

I haven't been around in blogland recently. Mostly because I didn't know what to write about or what to say. I've bitched about work until I'm blue in the face, there's no more school to complain about. Right now, it's up to me to tell you about my every day adventures and to be honest, I never really thought my life was interesting or that my writing was that good.
This was just my place to vent and whine about how "unfair" my life is. I never suspected that anyone other than my mom and Heidi would read it. I didn't think that anyone would come across my blog and find it interesting.
Today I have a few readers who stop by my blog everyday and leave comments so I know that they were there.
Dilling nominated me for a Thinking Blogger award. I think that is awesome and I am really excited about this because it means that someone reads my blog and thinks its good. It's not just a rant line.
I have no idea who I will nominate. This is going to take some serious thinking. I enjoy all the blogs read and I think they are all great. I think they all have something to offer. So if you haven't already, check out my links list because they are all good.

CAMP OUT TONITE

Rubber + Heat = Fire

On Wednesday, after Spencer and I crawled our asses out of bed around 1pm we decided we were going to go to the Mandarin's All You Can Eat Buffet for an enjoyable eating experience. This was going well until we arrived at the Mandarin at 2:55pm at which point we were told that the buffet was closing in five minutes but we were more than welcome to go in and eat for five minutes. We decided that we would return around dinner time when they reopened.
Since Spencer's mother drove us up there we were forced to participate in her errands since we had about 90 minutes to kill.
She had to go to Canadian Tire to return a steering wheel cover that she didn't want for whatever reason. We decided to wait in the car. After what seemed like an eternity, she returned with a new steering wheel cover. As we were driving back to the house she told us that the representative from the Automotive department told her to put the cover in the microwave for a minute because it would allow for the cover to bend, and mold to the steering wheel better. Spencer and I looked at her like she was crazy and as Spencer tried to tell her that it would be a really bad idea to put the cover in the microwave I tried to maintain my laughter.
When we returned to the house, Spencer's mother tried to cram the cover into the microwave and go figure it didn't fit. Since she was determined to put the cover in the microwave, we needed to find a way to shove it in there. Spencer folded it about 3 times, threw it in the microwave and slammed the door closed before it could pop back open. I stood there laughing.
After debating how long it should be in there, they decided that they would check on it after 30 seconds. 30 seconds came and past. Spencer opened the microwave door to find a flaming steering wheel cover. Smoke and the scent of burning rubber filled the kitchen in a matter of seconds. Spencer's mom grabbed the cover and threw it out on the front porch at which point she proceeded to rant about the fool jackass who sold her the damn steering wheel cover and told her to put it in the microwave.
Spencer and I laughed.
Then we took pictures.
And we laughed some more.
I'm not sure if the steering wheel cover was returned to Canadian Tire or not but I'm sure it was or will be interesting when she returns to the store with the remains of a rubber steering wheel cover.

Last night was the Finger Eleven concert and it was also the first concert I had been to since March 2006. Some concertage was long overdue. We left the city around 5pm to get to the Kool Haus in Toronto.
Spencer and I looked pretty punk rock. . .for a non metal band. We painted our fingernails black and what not. Spencer wore a fishnet shirt. I on the otherhand wore some beat up jeans and a bright pink sweater. It didn't matter though because we bought some concert tees.
The first two opening bands really sucked. Seriously. The first band was so terrible I thought it was a joke. I was waiting for someone to come on stage and say "Haha, you are all on candid camera." It never happened.
When Finger Eleven finally came on I was so excited. I remained calm for fear of scaring the boyfriend with my stupidity and excitement. Heidi and my mother know exactly what I am talking about.
As usual with every concert, there is some idiot who gets too drunk and stumbles around and just makes a general ass of himself. This idiot found himself located in our general area. The first couple times we tolerated him, then he spilled beer all over me and started pushing me around.
SO, what did we do to get even? Well, Spencer pushed him and made him spill the remainder of his beer, while I elbowed him in the face, all before he was escorted out of the building by five bouncers. This idiot made me miss my fav song off the new album, but I still got to see "One Thing" and "Paralyzer" so it was pretty awesome.
The show seemed to go pretty fast and I wasn't done rocking out but like all good things it must come to an end.
Overall Finger Eleven puts on a really good show and I have yet to see a crappy concert. So I've only been to three but they have all been really good.
Spencer and I are already planning the next one because we hope that this will be a summer full of concerts.

Guess what today is. . .