The Back Roads

I can't believe I'm only getting around to this now, but I wanted to share some photos from a weekend back in June that was spent driving around a lot. This actually gives you a pretty good idea of the area where I lived in my mid-late teens. Gorgeous, though I never appreciated it while living there. Figures.

Remind me to clean the van windows next time, yikes.

currently listening to: "Army of Me" by Björk

Unexpected Hiatus

I really wish I could have written this post when it first happened, but my laptop decided it had lived a long enough life last month, and called it quits for good. I don't have the money to get myself another one right now, so I'm taking an indefinite hiatus until I scrape together the cash for a new one. The good news is, in the last month I've finally managed to find steady work, so I'm kind of ecstatic about that. Everyone I work with is an absolute doll too, I really love the place.

I hate how rushed this post is going to be, but I'm flying by the seat of my pants. I'm home visiting for the holidays, so I wanted to let you all into the loop while I have access to a computer. I'd just like to wish everyone very happy holidays, no matter how or what you celebrate. I hope everyone is doing great, and I'll be back here as soon as I can, I miss all of you a ton. Here's to an awesome new year, best wishes for all my readers and all the new friends I've made through The Myopic Squid.

Before I take off again, I'd like to share a few of the photos I've taken in the last little while. As some of you might know, Toronto was hit pretty hard by an ice storm last week. I personally had no power from Saturday to Monday night, and I know some people were still out even yesterday. It was awesome to see so many people reaching out to help out neighbours and their communities. While the storm and the effects felt by the city were not so pretty, the result of it was. I regret not taking more photos, but I wasn't brave enough to take on the icy conditions for too long. Here's a look at the aftermath, and a couple shots from back home where they got a lot of snow:

Halloween Photos

...of me. I didn't bring my camera with me Halloween night, or the next night when I went out. So here are some not-so-great photos from 3:00AM November second when I felt exactly how I looked - like a zombie. I ended up working my first shift that day. I left the house forty minutes before I actually needed to thinking I could grab something to eat, and ended up not having time due to bus delays. I gave myself nearly two hours to get there, and still ended up being ten minutes late. Talk about good first impressions.
It took me over two hours to get home too, so after waking up at 6:30AM and not getting home until 8:30PM I rushed to get into my costume so my makeup didn't turn out how I wanted it at all :(
At least I had fun though!

And hey, if the sight of blood (even fake blood) and bullet wounds and such makes you cringe you may want to avoid the following pictures (and I'm sorry!)

I really love doing SFX makeup. I should get back into it. My work here is shabby, but it's here nonetheless:

Zombie Ballerina. I couldn't find ribbon for my leg laces in time :C

Costume malfunction, oops! Can you tell how half assed these photos are?

 

My signing off tagline has never felt more appropriate than now.

A WEEKEND OF FIRSTS

So, life has been busy. I've been staying at my Grandpa's for two weeks now helping my Aunt clean the basement out, hence the lack of blog activity. It's been a pretty huge job and I'm glad we got through as much as we did. We still aren't done, but there's been definite progress. In the meantime, I found some photos I took at the Pacific Mall last month before I saw any of the signs asking for photos not to be taken. Oops. They're just so colourful and bright I couldn't resist sharing. Enjoy!

First order of business, get some money. You'll need it. Trust me.

So conceited, tsk tsk

I love how bright it is in here, and how everything is set up. It's like a giant maze!

Love the cat and dog pair! And the platforms! And the stripy high tops! And- okay I want them all.

Some of the coolest tattoo tights I've seen

Yummy!

 

Love me some Sailor Moon!

I met my roommate's friend Katherine that day, and I adore her. She's the one who figured out how to get us here, and kept giving me interesting tidbits on various parts of Japanese culture all day. She's kind of the bomb. You'll see her in later photos from Nuit Blanche (oops those are overdue too!)

My cousin was up from the States to visit this weekend, and it was a weekend of firsts for me thanks to her. I had my first karaoke night (so much fun. I can't wait to drag Katrina out with me), first bubble tea (which I'm addicted to now. Thanks Ashley), first pedicure (I'm waaaaay too ticklish for those, my goodness), and first time trying red bean ice cream, which is delicious. My Aunt also showed me how to make káposztás tészta, so it was my first time making that. And it turned out pretty good if I do say so myself! I've learned to make a couple simple Hungarian dishes the past couple weeks and I can't wait to try it all out on Katrina (poor Katrina). 

All-in-all life has kept me pretty busy. I've become a bit of an instagram addict  over the past couple weeks because it's much quicker to throw up a photo than it is to write a blog post, so I can do just that while taking a break from the dust and basement-y smelling stuff (yuck). I'm going back home tomorrow to sort out some things there, and figure out a Halloween costume. I'm thinking a zombie of some sort. 
Happy Monday!