I went to see.....

.....Céline: Through the Eyes of the World!! It's a movie that was released last Thursday allowing her fans an in-depth view of her Taking Chances World Tour in 2008. Now, there are 2 reasons why I really really wanted to go see the movie. 1. I am obsessed with her. 2. I had a chance to see her on her World Tour in Montréal on August 15, 2008, her first time back in Canada after not being here for 7 years. Let's just say that Montréal went a little crazy, (me included).

Since most of you know about my obsession with Céline this won't be news to you but I'm going to reminisce about my Céline experiences anyway....

I was living in Halifax at the time, with Clarisse and Lori on Inglis St. and in my 3rd year of university at Saint Mary's. Louanne, Cla's sister was also living in Halifax at the time and has a tiny Céline obsession as well. I don't remember exactly how and when I found out that Céline was going to be in Vegas for a few years but when I did, I told my mother I was going to see her. I think her exact words were: "Oh, yeah, must be nice." I think, scratch that, I know my parents were thinking I was being selfish hence they were paying for ALL of my university expenses at the time...I don't know why they would think that...
So I kind of put it in the back of my mind all the while knowing deep down that I was going to find some way to get there...

It's kind of strange how the world works. My grandfather passed away during my first year of university, in 2001, leaving everything to my grandmother. After he passed, she began to go downhill slowly from there and my mom was appointed power of attorney. Mom told us that Grammy had $1000 set aside in her account for each one of her grandchildren. Not only did she have that money set aside for us, she told Mom that she wanted the grandkids to spend the money on something they really wanted and nothing like school or loans, you know, stuff young adults should be spending their money on.

You can see where this is going....I took the $1000 and booked my flight to Vegas with Louanne and Marie-Belle!! (After some serious coaxing with phrases like: You only live once, you guys are going to get married soon and your lives will be over (haha), there will be kids to think about, blah, blah, you know, the normal make people feel guilty and want to come with you kinda stuff...

We were there 3 nights and 4 days and we had a blast! I think we were the poorest people there but it didn't matter! And then the big night came.....I couldn't sleep the night before nor eat the day of. I would post pics but they are in a photo album back home.

As you can imagine, the show was AMAZING and I bawled my eyes out the whole time. Thank god cameras were not allowed in the auditorium because Louanne and MB would still be blackmailing me with those today. Imagine someone smiling, singing, and crying at the same time.....not cute. Louanne and MB were pumped after the show and wanted to go downtown but I was emotionally exhausted! When I woke up the next morning all I wanted to do was go buy another ticket for that night's concert. I thought that after seeing her once in concert it would satisfy my urge, but it has done the exact opposite....it's like a drug!

So I find out she is planning a World Tour. She announces she's coming to Montréal. I lose it. I ask Joel if he will come with me cause he's the only person I know that will pay $300 for a ticket. He makes a deal with me: He will come see Céline with me if I go watch Iron Maiden with him. Agreed. Concert #2 is booked. Back in Moncton, all my girlfriends are super jealous that I have tickets and really want to come. Since Joel totally doesn't mind giving up his ticket, Steph and I head to Montréal. Here are some of the pics of that concert!

This is the morning of the concert...I was sporting the required paraphenalia


The crowds at the Bell Centre waiting for a glimpse of Céline


The red carpet


Montréal was very happy to have Céline back!


Steph and I patiently waiting for the concert to start!


And there she is!!!


Again, this show was fantastic and left me wanting more.....

So, Céline is returning to Vegas....I wonder how this trip will pan out?

"It is difficult to see why lace should be so expensive; it's mostly holes." - Mary Wilson Little

Since I didn't have time to post yesterday's quote...here it is:
"I've always thought any sane woman would be a lover of women because loving men is such a mess. I have always wished I'd fall in love with a woman. Damn." - Germaine Greer

Today's quote is:
"I travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are." Diane von Furstenberg

"I have the height of a model, the breasts that people pay for, and the lips that everybody wants, so why would I change?" - Jennifer Hudson

"Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends." - Shirley MacLaine

"A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self in the mirror of some woman's eyes." - Clare Boothe Luce

Technology.....

is great when it works like it's supposed to. Today was NOT one of those days. As most of you were probably on the receiving end of an e-mail sent "from me" this afternoon, so was the rest of my contact list, including my boss. Yeah, that's right. He thought I was trying to sell him Viagra. Well, I don't actually think he clicked on the link so he doesn't know I was secretly trying to sell him Viagra. But seriously, do these spam people actually think this is funny? Cause it's not. It all started when I got an e-mail from my brother this morning. He almost never sends me e-mails so I thought maybe he wanted to show me a link to something important. I checked the other people that he had sent it to and it made sense, he had sent it to some of his close friends and my sister. Wrong. The second I clicked on the link I got the virus in my hotmail and everyone on my contact list was e-mailed. I don't pretend to understand how spam works and how people actually corrupt other people's computer but then again I just figured Monday how to comment on people's blogs (and it wasn't even me that figured that out.) I have also been trying to install Internet Explorer for the last 2 weeks and although I know I have downloaded it, it's somewhere on the outer space of my computer and I can't connect the outer space to the earth of my computer. Anyway, that's probably enough ranting about technology but let me just say that the only thing that consoles me about my mass e-mail sent out today is that everyone has received a piece of spam mail at some point and knows it goes with the technology territory.

In other news, my Valentine's day was very uneventful. I might even go as far as saying that it was the most uneventful day in a very long time. I napped from 2 until 4 and went to bed at 7pm for the night. Lianne and Sara came up Friday for the weekend and stayed here with me. On Friday night we have some wine and watched the Olympic opening ceremonies. They were awesome!! I was thinking of you when I was watching them Terri! My favorite part was right at the beginning when the snowboarder jumped out and the fireworks went off. We missed the torch lighting ceremony at the end cause we were off to bed. On Saturday morning we went to the market. I heart the market. Being 4 girls and taking our time getting ready we only got there around 11am and I've discovered that that's the best time to go! There was wayyyy less crowds and still a lot of food and stuff left. I have a tendency to always buy too much at the market so this time I only bought some gluten-free samosas for Mom.

We went out Saturday night for some drinks and dancing and as always we had a blast!

We even saw Ricky from the Trailer Park Boys at the Split Crow! The bar wasn't too too packed so there were a lot of people asking for pictures with him but we didn't dare...I know, we are lame.






So back to getting 13 hours sleep in a day...I wonder if that's normal and needed once in awhile? I actually think that I could handle 13 hours of sleep every night. It doesn't matter what time I go to bed at night, I still can't get up in the morning. And it doesn't help that I get a boost of energy every night at like 9:30pm. I especially like this bit by Jerry Seinfeld:

JERRY: I never get enough sleep. I stay up late at night, cause I'm Night Guy. Night Guy wants to stay up late. 'What about getting up after five hours sleep?" you say oh that's Morning Guy's problem. That's not my problem, I'm Night Guy. I stay up as late as I want. So you get up in the morning, you're exhausted, groggy, and you say oooh I hate that Night Guy! See, Night Guy always screws Morning Guy. There's nothing Morning Guy can do. The only thing Morning Guy can do is try and oversleep often enough so that Day Guy looses his job and Night Guy has no money to go out anymore.

Hope everyone else had a great Valentine's Day and remember that I love you all!

"Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself." - Katharine Hepburn

"Rebellion is the only thing that keeps you alive." - Marianne Faithfull

"We live very comfortable lives, and unfortunately, we have to have our noses rubbed in other people's pain and suffering to realize how much we have and how much we have to be grateful for." - Madonna

"Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them." - Marlene Dietrich

Carrie Underwood

"I've learned this, that haters wanna hate. You could sing a song perfectly, you could write the songs perfectly, and some people are absolutely going to hate you." - Carrie Underwood

Catherine Deneuve

"Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around." - Catherine Deneuve

I got to wake up to this on Saturday morning.....Miss Mya.

She is so precious and I can't believe it's going to be her 1st birthday soon!! Mya was born in England and I wasn't there to celebrate her being born so I am going to make up for that on her 1st birthday! If any of you have any good and original ideas as to what to get a 1yr old please let me know! Oh and Mabyn, I don't expect an answer from you :p.

On Sunday I left to come back to the city so I could make the Super Bowl party that my friend Nick and his wife Janice were hosting. I should have left earlier because it took me 4 HOURS to get back to Hali from home. (Normally the drive is only 2.5 hours) Yes, ok there was a little bit of snow on the road but it is absolutely unnecessary to drive 60km/hr and brake every 2 seconds. For those of you who are thinking, "why didn't she just pass the cars?", I inform you that there are about ummmm....let's see...maybe 5 passing lanes on the 300km single lane highway. That was probably the only good thing about living in Moncton. When I wanted to come to Halifax, I jumped on the highway and it was a double lane all the way so I just went along my merry way, passing all the cars and not worrying about meeting the po-po. When I finally did get a chance to pass the cars on the ride back home, I put on my 4-way flashers while doing so....it's my way of telling them that they are driving too slow. I know, I'm mean but it's not my fault I have road rage.

So I arrived late to the party but the game was only in the first quarter. Now, I'm going to be honest. Sunday was the 1st time I had ever watched a football game in my life. I would purposely find other things to do when I lived in residence at Saint Mary's and I could watch the SMU Huskies play on the field from my dorm room. I'm not a big fan of football players. But the company was good and we had a great time. All my boys from law school that are articling in Halifax were there and I got to socialize with their better halves which was refreshing change...hehe. One of the girlfriends had made these especially for the party...I was impressed!!!

The cupcake holders....I can't think of the proper word for them right now....are even football themed!

This gave me an idea for the gold medal hockey game that Canada will hopefully be in in a couple of weeks. Cross your fingers for them!!

Private Practice

I started to post last night but I was catching up on Grey's and Private Practice and they were wayyy to good to take my eyes off the TV. I remember when Grey's anatomy premiered. It was a HUGE hit. Then when Addison left and started her own show everyone was kind of skeptical. Let me just say that I think Private Practice is 10 times better than Grey's Anatomy. I can't pinpoint the exact reason why I think it's better, it just is. It is set in L.A. where there are 4 or 5 doctors who specialize in different areas of medicine who have their own practice. There is no lack of drama(break-ups, cheaters, pregnancies, etc) which I believe always makes for good TV. Some of you might already watch it but if you don't I highly recommend it! So, I will try and post about my weekend this evening but I will leave you with the quote of the day:

"I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times." - Elizabeth Taylor

Case of the Mondays

My god I hate Mondays. I didn't really understand what people were talking about when they would say they "felt" Mondays. When I say this, it reminds me of a Seinfeld episode when Jerry and Newman are talking about what day it feels like.
This is how the scene goes:

Newman: What day is it today?
Jerry: Thursday
Newman: It doesn't feel like Thursday, it feels like Tuesday
Jerry: Tuesday has no feel, Monday has a feel, Friday has a feel, but Tuesday has no feel!

Then I started working full-time and not going to school anymore......I soon found out that Monday DOES have a feel and boy do I hate it. The only good thing about this Monday is that today I got a new phone!!! A blackberry!!! Since I don't have too much time right now I will post again tonight in regards to my weekend and my new phone but I will leave you with the quote of the day:

"If your lens is prejudice, you're wearing the wrong prescription." - Carrie Latet

Yesterday and today

Yesterday's quote was by a lady by the name of Brooke Astor who said - "Money is like manure, it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around."

Today, thank god, is Friday. I went to bed too late last night and am feeling it this morning. It's been a CRAZY week and I am really looking forward to the weekend. I have some really fun things to do!! Tonight I am heading for home but making a pit stop in Digby to visit Mabyn, Adam and Mya!! It's really weird how I get addicted to little kiddies. The same thing happened when Anya was born. The minute they start showing off their little personalities I am hooked and love to be around them. I haven't seen Mya since the week before Christmas and she has grown sooo much since then. I will post some pics of her when I get back this weekend. So yeah, I am going to have a sleepover in Digby and then head home in the morning for some rest and relaxation with fam and friends. I find it really tough being away from the girls and only getting to see them on weekends. Yes, we talk to each other on the phone during the week but it's just not the same as hanging out with them.

When I was mulling over life decisions last year, one thing that kept me from putting my foot forward was the fact that over the years I had let friendships disconnect and fade away and now that I was facing a major event in my life I didn't want to all of a sudden rely on them 100% when I hadn't been giving 100% of myself to those same relationships. I felt that my friends deserved more. So, I did what I had to do for myself and leaned on my friends as much as I felt I should. I confessed to them that I felt I had not been as good a friend as I should have been and that I felt guilty for this. It felt very good to finally be able to express the way I felt and I believe it made them feel better as well that I had noticed and understood their feelings. I feel like I am rambling on and not making any sense but what I am really trying to say is that my friends are very important to me and I believe that I am a better person because of the people that I chose to have in my life. I don't believe that we tell each other enough that we love each other so I am telling you all now. I have a little quote of my own that I would like to share with you regarding friends and making time for them... "Don't let life get in the way"

On a lighter note, "We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation." - Lily Tomlin

Sandra Bullock

I really enjoy her. I loved her in Speed (I think that was the name of the movie - with Keanu Reeves...) and Miss Congeniality. I know I liked all her other movies but I can't think of their names right now. She just seems so down to earth and no one ever has anything bad to say about her. Anyway...she once said:

"Falling in love - you should go with it, regardless of whether or not your heart gets smashed. You'll be a better person."

I am entirely in agreement with this statement.

Greta Garbo

I'm going to cheat and change the date on this entry so that it's yesterday's date...

"I don't want to be a silly temptres, I cannot see any sense in getting dressed up and doing nothing but tempting men in pictures." - Greta Garbo

Already slacking

I know, I know...I said I was going to post everyday and I am already slacking in that department. It's just that I had such a relaxing weekend that I hardly even opened my computer! I really needed a weekend to myself which it exactly what it was..Friday night I laid on my couch and watched 3 straight hours of King of Queens re-runs. The neighbours probably thought I was having a party cause I was laughing so hard. Little did they know that I was by myself in my apartment....I know I'm a loser. I had every intention to sleep in on Saturday morning but of course my internal alarm clock was awake at 8:30 so I got up around 9 made some Kicking Horse coffee (best coffee ever) and read Generation X for a good two hours. It was great! Saturday afternoon I decided I needed more sleep so off to bed it was again...i LOVE naps.

I had decided early in the week last week that February was going to be the month that I got back on track with Weight Watchers. You see, last year I lost 30 pounds on Weight Watchers and I felt great! The only downside to this is that I gained it all back....

So Saturday evening I left with my WW cookbook in hand and headed out to do some smart grocery shopping. 3 hours and lots of money later I was ready to start my grand diet. I also stopped by the movie store and rented Doubt, Fried Green Tomatoes and Babel. If any of you have not seen Doubt, DON'T rent it! I thought it was horrible! Just when I thought the punch line of the movie was coming, the movie ended! If you did see it, did any of you like it? Fried Green Tomatoes is much more my style. I have yet to watch Babel but I'll let you know what I think of it.

So Sunday was a big day....I made WW blueberry streusel muffins, Chicken Saagwala; which is a chicken curry rice dish that was AMAZING and Creamy Spinach Spaghetti. This was a mixture of ricotta cheese, spinach, onions and garlic with whole wheat spaghetti. Basically I am set for the week, lunches and suppers. I am very proud of myself cause I don't usually like to cook. I did also find time to take yet another nap and finish reading my Generation X book which I am reading for Canada Reads (more about that later)

All in all it was an excellent weekend!

Oh and here is today's quote:
"I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end." - Margaret Thatcher