kate middleton and william {insert last name here}

do you know what prince williams last name is? i do. the only reason i know this is because my sisters and i googled it. its not often written with the rest of his name. kate's last name is everywhere, the prince's is not. after googling we finally found his last name. its Mountbatten-Windsor, for those who dont know. id say its weird that this hasn't been questioned before, but its not weird at all. royalty does not often use surnames. come to think of it, i can't recall princess diana's last name. there is a whole history behind the name too but in my opinion its not important to know. i actually dont understand why this royal wedding is a big deal. is it only a big deal in the UK and in canada? do people have to be rich to attend, or do they have to just be acquainted with someone from royal family.. i mean, i heard kayne west was attending lol. is he friends with the prince? or did he go to school with kate? i dont know. dont get me wrong, i like weddings and i hope they have a beautiful wedding and it is the wedding of kate's dreams, but i dont know why everyone wants to watch it so bad. i think id enjoy watching a wedding of someone i know and love, then someone who i have no relationship with what so ever.

so i wont be watching the wedding at 3am. but i think i may wake up around 7am and make my mom and sisters who are watching it some banana muffins.  :)  

 

character is not inherited

have you ever done something you wanted to do and people are like wow thats so out of character? well i hate that. what is character? if character is me, i probably create my own character and therefore if i do something unexpected it is probably 'in my character' to do it. does that make sense? i understand sometimes, if you have someone whose morals are intact and they suddenly do something ethically/morally wrong.. you may be shocked by what they do, and yes possibly believe it is not something they would usually do. this i guess would be a more serious situation. im referring more about when you wear something new, maybe trying a new style and people are like wow i would never picture you wearing that.. and they say it in that judging way of why are you trying to be someone you are not. hey people.. if im wearing it, it is now part of my wardrobe and just because i normally dont wear it, it should not be ruled out of who i am and what i wear. again, we invent who we are as we go. we know whats right and wrong, but sticking to what is right why not try something new once in a while, whether it be a new haircut, a tattoo or piercing, writing a blog, dressing different, finding a new hobby. do it if you want. i like being me and i like doing new things and having new interests :)

options are unlimited. be creative with yourself.

"change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life" - anonymous 

its easter!

My mom asked my sisters and i if we wanted an easter egg hunt this year or if we would rather her not hide the chocolate. what!? what kind of questions is that!?  im 23 right but im definitely a kid at heart. i like the easter egg hunt. as long as im at home, i say we continue the hunt! so we had the egg hunt and ate a bunch of chocolate (mini eggs are delicious!).. good easter.

HAPPY EASTER!

now after all this chocolate i get to have a nice easter family dinner :). 

i hope the easter bunny was good to you. 

cameras dont lie

i like that cameras dont lie. they capture the world as it is at that exact moment. like the polaroid film cameras that instantly print out the photos, no editing, au naturale (i really want one but have no idea where to get them). our memories lie but photographs of the past dont. sure you can mess around with photos, add people and objects that were not there and enhance colours that in actual existence are dull, but the original is truthful.
im just making a statement. i actually love playing around with photos, i only wish i had photoshop. i was in blacks photography today and i asked about photoshop and the lady said.. wow thats a large investment! its complicated and expensive. haha i still want it! but as much as i like messing around with certain pictures, sometime an original picture is priceless.
i think cameras should be carried around as often as cellphones and wallets. why not!? i mean.. what if i see a purple sky, or a dancing dog? what if i see a 8'6" women or a chocolate bar the size of my dad? or even a neon blue car or a funny licence plate. i want evidence!! for my self and for any stories i want to tell. so anyways my camera hasn't had a charger for the past two years, long story. i've been using my moms, or my friends charger every time my battery dies. a few days ago my camera died and since my friend moved and my mom no longer has the charger i decided since my camera was 5 years plus it was time for a new one. so fitting i bought a camera.
just a snap and shoot. simple.
im excited.  

i need some geography 101

i haven't taken a geography course in a long time. i wish i had. i hate not knowing things. im a smart girl (although i dont write here with adequate grammar or appropriate punctuation) but when it comes to geography i dont know much at all. 
today was Earth day. my family and i decided to go on a hike along the niagra gorge. gorgeous, despite the lack of sunshine and temperatures above 10 degrees. anyways, way too many questions came to me and these questions are totally unanswered due to my lack of knowledge! it drives me insane! okay.. so why do rocks crack and split the way they do? my sister actually explained this to me. its because water settles in small cracks and when its cold enough for this water to freeze, it expands and causes rocks to crack. also, why are stones round? i mean i thought they were pieces of larger rocks. what is under the layers of rock? how far down are the rocks? how do trees form around layers and layers of rocks? do they have nutrients for the trees to grow? how are the roots of trees strong enough to loosen rocks from where they lay implanted in soil and dirt. Wait.. are soil and dirt the same thing? okay see.. not very intelligent when it comes to geography, geology and all this rock stuff.. but i took some nice pictures.

 .. start of our hike

is this the work of a beaver? or am i dumb for thinking that?

my sisters and i

there was an ice chunk! thats how cold it was!

it was fun, although i would prefer if it was a bit warmer! ohh so after we walked around niagra on the lake and got some coffee to warm us up.

mother daughter days

i love my mom and i love spending time with her. i have two sisters so usually its a mother and all three daughters day. but today was a mother daughter day. our day consisted of coffee, shopping, lunch, and chatting, all of which i love.
i love coffee. we just got tim hortons because my mom had the roll up the rim free coffee win. i always call them coffee coupons lol. i usually get corrected when i call them that. anyways then we went to mapleview mall in burlington. im pretty sure this is one of my favourite malls. i seriously love forever 21. i feel a little bad i dragged my mom around the store for an hour. its not really her kind of store. but she puts up with me and i love her for that. she actually picked out half the clothes i got. an hour spent and i ended up with some denim pants for $19.95, and two shirts, $11.95 each. i love it. we also had to walk into la senza and bandeaus were $4.25. score!.
my mom didn't end up buying much for herself, only a cardigan from jacob...it is super cute!

umm oh i also needed jeans .. and obviously a headband

so after shopping i took my mom for lunch. we got lebanese food. ummm delish!!!  i've never had lebanese before but i was extremely impressed. :) 

now if the sun would only come out and the atmosphere would warm up.. id like to wear my new shirts please... with my birks. i love my birks. 

kobo.. you smell

i dont want a kobo (or kindle). they dont actually smell.. but thats the problem. i like books. i like the content of books, i like the idea of books and i love the way books can captivate a reader and allow them to  encompass a world or scenario that may not even exist. im sure a kobo can do all of those things too but books smell and i like the smell. whether its the smell of age, the smell of the paper or just the smell of the bookshelves they sit on, its comforting. 
i understand the concept of the kobo, its convenient. it must be. its a flat board with stories within it. i mean, for travelling purposes i approve of the creation. im not saying i will never own one, but i think for now i like turning pages.
i starting thinking about this because i am finally done school and im excited for the massive pile of books i now get to read. i couldn't imagine all the books fitting into this little kobo.
i wonder if this is what people who love records said when they came out with the ipod and internet downloading?

the rest is still unwritten

i just finished writing the last exam of my undergraduate degree. actually, technically i graduated last year but thats beside the point. the point is more along the lines of whats next. the final exam is written but the rest really isn't. it is still being written and we are each the writers of our own 'whats to come'. i guess it's too bad my writing kinda sucks! 


anyways. i got my bachelor of science. i went back to university for a year to do a research thesis project (my paper is due monday by the way). now im left with summer and the rest of my life. see, the summer i can deal with. i love the summer. its often pretty relaxing despite how busy i usually get. part time jobs, reading, road trips, shopping, traveling, catching up with friends and/or family that i dont see as much during the year. the summer is a time for me to catch up on everything i wanted to do but had to put off due to studying studying and more studying. 


the thing that scares me is when does summer end? usually summer ends in september when school begins. but this year it will be different. im not sure what to do with the apparently infinite summer. i guess i have to really think about this. i could treat summer like the summers im used to, take it easy and in september i could start looking for a career like job (maybe something specializing in kinesiology, since, that is what i spent my past 4 years studying). an other option would be pretty getting my resumes out there now (since its gonna take a while to actually get a job anyways). i guess i have some thinking to do :)

  

first things first

hey.
yup its my first post. i should be studying human cognition, i have an exam tomorrow. but im studying learning.. and apparently people learn best when you SPACE your study time. to me this means take time out of studying every once in a while to create a blog. plus i've been thinking for a while about starting a blog. you know, just so i can rant about whats on my mind and talk about things i'm looking forward too. don't expect much. my life isn't that exciting. i love it, but you may not. 


 chrissy *