It's August Already???

 On July 19th I got told that the following morning my sisters and I had to get up very early.  We got surprised by our parents and older sister and bro-in-law with airplane tickets from Buffalo to Orlando... We were floored! We were going to meet our sister, husband and niece to stay or 8 nights, 9 days in Disney World!!!  You can just imagine our excitement, no? I'm not half the Disney Freak my family is but oh my gosh I was soo stoked.  My entire family and I had been to Disney World once before, but I have very little to no recollection of this trip as I had yet to reach the age of 4.  So there we were, July 20th, 8am and loading up the van with roughly packed suitcases and one backpack (into which all our ''necessities'' were thrown).  It took just over an hour to get to Niagara and crossing the border into the US wasn't terrible.  We arrived at the Buffalo airport with a few hours before our flight, so we checked our baggage, grabbed some grub and settled in for the seemingly endless wait.

The first thing I was told on the momentous day of the 19th while packing was "your cell phone stays home... you're going to try a technology free experiment.  So there will be no accessing the internet or communicating with anyone."  Great.   After I got over that shock, I also realised I wouldn't be able to blog at all during the trip.. so I rushed out to he nearest paper goods store and got myself a lovely note book. (pictures to come)

Yep, I was back to using the tried and true paper and pen method of journal writing.  Which come to think of it, didn't actually work out as terrible as I had somewhat anticipated. I found it kind of nice being able to just flip the book open and start writing.. no internet loading time, no fear of having things erase or reset.. I think I'm going to try writing my next epic in a notebook.  I even got all into writing in journal entry form starting with the date and signing off at the end. I have decided to set a goal for myself  before I have to leave for WYD Madrid (in 6 days..AHH!!) and that goal is to transcribe everything I wrote down in my travel journal onto my blog.  SO starting from this post onward, I will be attaching my submissions to my blog posts :D


SO lets go back in time, back to the far away days that were my July Vacation, out of reality and into the past!

                                                  . . . Enroute To Orlando. . .

 The plane left on time and we boarded easily but it was not assigned seating.  My sisters and I sat together and one in the seats adjacent to us.  Take off went well, forgot to put in the "earplanes" but it was all good.  Occasional popping but no pressure from the SARPE so i'm happy.  The lack of assigned seating is a bit lame but at least we are all near each other. There are a lot of young families with children- most seem to be heading to Disney World like us!   We are all so stoked to get there but excited just as much to see our sister, bro-in-law and niece.  Mickey and Minnie are a bonus. 

While we were in the airport, we went to the restroom 3 times and each one was different in size... weird I know..clean floors though and nice no-touch sinks and paper towel dispensers and blow dryers.  I know what you must be thinking. how long is she going to be talking about air port washrooms?  Well, I assure you, not too much longer.  I just want to comment on the fact that the toilet paper i n the stalls was thin enough to see my hand through, which means you have to use a lot  more to feel clean enough.. I know- Too Much Info.

So it's 1:45 pm and we've been flying for just shy of an hour now.. about another hour and a bit to go.. (in British accent) I'm SO Excited! Took some gravol before we boarded and it seems to be holding because even though the rides a little bumpy i'm feeling sick.  I was a tad bit on the panicky side  before and during take off but I've gotten over it *high five for conquering fears!* There's a fifteen year old girl named Colleen sitting beside my sister who is making bracelets out of thread.  Her pattern is crazy.  She's talkative but very nice and polite, she's flying on her own.  I'm glad she's with us in the row because it's helping her not be so nervous... and us too!  It's nice to know that American teens are still 'good' and friendly these days.  The A/C is on max and the plane is comfy considering how many people are in here (2 rows of 3 seats with approximately 25 roms in the whole plane- do the math 3X2X25...150?)

Anyway, we're doing well except for the constant cold air that's being blown on our heads.  We are flying above the clouds and it's completely surreal until you look out the window.  This is what it must feel like for birds I guess.. Ah! to be a bird...

Well that's all for now, gotta remember to put the "earplanes" in before descending.  Bit of turbulance but it's okay, i'm still writing and trying to remain calm.  Going to read some more from Laura Kate's novel "Torment" (book two of the Fallen series)- oh! am so excited to find that most of the signs and stuff in the airport is in English and Spanish!!!!!

XOXO
C

Hottest Monday of Life!!!!

As I sit here typing I am literally dripping sweat! It's soo gross!  This fan overhead is scarcely relieving the heat in this room.  My house is becoming a puddle, even my piano is sweating... Eww. i know.. So nasty.  Gotta love this country we live in.. O Canada, where crazy weather snows, provinces flood and everything where else burns" .. no.. don't like my new rendition of  our national anthem? hehe

I spent a wonderful weekend out in the sun, going to the beach at P. D and misting it up at "the Falls"..  I guess we shouldn't complain too much.. we could be stuck in the middle of the Sahara desert with no water.. it could always be worse (thx MC).. or it could be 40 degree below zero with blizzarding snow.. I guess for 2 months it's easy enough to handle the heat.. and they say sweating is good for your skin.. right?

Right now i'm listening to this Christian musical group called Starfield and they are pretty awesome!!  I think you should check them out and listen to their stuff.. whether or not Christian contemporary worship music interests you at all *giggles* It is all reallly awesome!! Talk about rocking out with JC! God Bless guys!  I'm listening to their album I Will Go and I'm totally hooked on them!! Gonna go out and get me their other albums (i'm borrowing this one from one of my totally awesome "crazy" christian friends who intru'd me to this amazingly talented worship group ... XOXO)

Here's their wiki page so you can read all about them and their site+ youtube vids so give em a listen if you've got a few mins <3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfield

http://www.starfieldonline.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omQPs9nVDfw

Did you know that there is Christian rock, rap, alternative and scream-o?? No really, you should listen to the band called Skillet, they are also awesome!!!  So is the group HillSong.. Amazing vocal and musical talents working together to praise God, it's just Awesome!

Anyway I've got to go change shirts cuz my current one is soaked and I've gotta put my 'darks' into the washer cuz I'm now running out of clean shirts.. the heat won't last much longer.. right?

Stay Frosty my friends.. and please leave me your comments (with an initial or identifier) cuz so far lately the only one reading me is  allegedly Mr. O. Wilde and i'm pretty sure he's been dead a long time :P THX

XOXO
C

Wednesday Again.. How The Week Just Flies By..

Can't believe its another Wednesday.. Insanity!!!! Here i've been spending each spare moment in the great outdoors with family when I ought to be posting... oh well.. better late than never, right?

I've been spending so much time chilling with my siblings and family members I can barely recall the last time I had a moment alone.. but its a good thing.. i think.. No for sure it is because I've been able to make some good food, have some fun trips and outings and plenty of interesting, exciting and fulfilling conversation :) So So far So Good!

I've been feeling a little down lately about having to leave some more people behind, especially this past few days but sometimes you just have to do what you have to do.. If you know me, you know how time I devote to other people.. so if I need to take some "me" time, I think it's well warranted..  A smart person told me that other people can live without you for 5 minutes, but you can't live without yourself so get back in tune with you before you try giving yourself out again. Everything happens for a reason and you have to take the good with the bad. Sound advice for sure. It's hard to "smile that is happened" when your thinking about the fact that "your sad cuz its over" but things happen the way they are meant to.. Sometimes you just have to let the chips fall, know when you can hold em, know when to fold em and especially know when you have to walk away.

**to those of you still reading me.. I am so sorry for letting go but honestly, it's the only way either of us could move forward and be happy.. trust me.  So don't be angry ok?  Sometimes we get hit, but we have to keep moving forward <3XoX**

Glad to be back to sort of normal right now.. so exhausted from all the traveling i've been doing and all the family visiting to be had but it's well worth it because soon enough I will be traveling more and then it will be shortly the end of the summer and I'll be getting my lower braces bonded (August 30th!! Eeeep!) and then its off to school for my final year... oh.. my..gosh....*stares in frozen shocked terror at the screen holding breath*
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*breathes again finally and flattens a pesky fly on the screen tossing it into the trash can*

I've been addicted to country music the last 24 hours and can't get some songs out of my head.. It's all good, everyone needs to go a little country sometimes right? Anyway, here's the lyrics to the song that I'm stuck on lately and i know they definitely make sense for my current (and past) life...

There's some things that I regret,

Some words i wish had gone unsaid,

Some starts,

That had some bitter endings,

Been some bad times I've been through,

Damage I cannot undo, 

Some things,

I wish I could so all over again,

But it don't really matter;

Life gets that much harder,

It makes you that much stronger,

Oh, some pages turned,

Some bridges burned,

But there were,

Lessons learned.

[Chorus:]
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned.

There's mistakes that I have made,
Some chances I just threw away,
Some roads,
I never should've taken,
Been some signs I didn't see,
Hearts that I hurt needlessly,
Some wounds,
That I wish I could have one more chance to mend,
But it don't make no difference,
The past can't be rewritten,
You get the life you're given,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were,
Lessons learned.

[Chorus:]
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned.

And all the things that break you,
Are all the things that make you strong,
You can't change the past,
Cause it's gone,
And you just gotta move on,
Because it's all,
Lessons learned.

[Chorus:]
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned,
Lessons learned.  
            ~Carrie Underwood: Lessons Learned~


Well, Im off to bed so I can get an early start in the morning, got some major sewing to do and some cleaning up left over i've been putting off, bed sheets to change and a computer room that's in dire need of straightening out..  What are you up to this week? comment or e-mail me what your Wednesday's gonna be about..

XOXO
C

...Had a Good Day For a Wednesday..

Surprisingly my Wednesday this week went really well.  I had a good time with some people im just nuts over and got to nap and rest and just plain chill.

You know what a good movie is? One with Jack Black in it!! Watched the "Tenacious D- The Pick Of Destiny" today for the third time and I fall back into love with it :D Such epic music and come on, you gotta love Jabels and Kage.. such a dynamic duo! Thumbs up if you love Sasquatch! *RIP*R. J. Dio*- the rock world is missing a bright bright star!! "..you must face your inner demons, now go my son and ROCK!"

So what did you do today? nothing? anything?

i was told today that I should post more, and so i decided that im going to start fulfilling one of afore-posted to-do list entries and post as much as possible until i can post no further! Thanks to my inspirations out there!

Over the weekend I found out that one of my faithful comment giving people was a certain cousin of mine who chose to remain anonymous (VS! u know who u are!) and sadly is away at camp until the end of July.. so someone else better start up the comments or i'm going to be so so sad.. by the way, if you do comment please leave me something to recognize you by.. like an initial or nic-name or atleast be the "<3" person.. come on people.. stop being lazy and just comment.. remember also you can e-mail.. do I have to say it in every post? :P

I posted 5 more songs of youtube!!! So now there are 7, which im both nervous and excited about.. my cover of Zombie so far is the most viewed and the responses have been positive.  *high five to me* I decided to put up videos that boast my piano playing abilities and not so much my lame haircut of the past and my inconsistent pitch singing hehe.. i know I know.. use a capo blah blah blah.. note to self- steal a capo off my bro..  Anywho, I'm hoping you'll take a listen to my instrumental covers and give me some feedback either on youtube directly or on here or through e-mail..  let me know what you think, liked or didn't, etc. lets try to keep it positive and constructive though ok?

If you haven't found me yet just search BilichC on youtube for my vids/my channel.. now to leave you with a little something from my friend and yours, JB.. Enjoy!

Down where the sasquatch hide,
In the misty mountainside,
He's got shiny diamonds that he's got to protect,
Look into the sasquatch eye,
Did you know that sass could fly?
Sasquatch is my daddy and he's going to protect, me!
Half man, half machine,
On the cover of a magazine,
Bigfoot is my father and he's got to protect, me!
These lyrics don't make sense,
Think i've found the evidence,
That yeti is my papa and he wants to protect, me!

 -Tenacious D: Papagenu (he's my sassafrass)-

XOXO
C 

"To-Do"...

There are only two months left before I have to return to the joys of  full time student life, and I've realized there is still so much work left to do that I might not get it all done before my time runs out.  I've decided to compile this list to keep me on track for the remainder of my summer break.  

In No Particular Order...

- Finish writing at least one of the 4 novels I've started
- Post 5 more video's on YouTube (at least)
- Blog at least once a week before September  
- Read another "for fun" book series in it's totality
- Use my sewing machine again
- Clean up my computer room
- Organize my documents and picture files on the computer
- Learn how to play the zombie theme for C.O.D on the piano!
- Clean out under my bed... eeep!
- Play the Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog sheet music until I just can't do it anymore.
- Get my cell phone fixed and talk to someone about my bill..
- Finish sorting out my schedule for school this upcoming year
- Eat as normally as I can before End of August lower braces bonding.. eeeeeep!
- Read more work by Hawthorne
- Watch my Jane Austen movie collection in full
- Re-organize my book shelves and see what I can sell.
- Get my sleep pattern back on track...

hmmm so much to do.. and so little time to do it in..  ahh! just remembered that 2 weeks in August i'm going to be in Spain... well.. luckily July just began.. Gotta get Moving! Less blogging more working..

XOXO
Cris
p.s I know my last post seemed a bit "emo" but rest worry free dearest blog followers, I was just going through a "moment" and im much better now.. I kind of felt like I'd hit rock bottom but now I've  begun moving in the only direction possible- UP!  Someone wise once told me, you are your own problem.. but as such, only You can be your solution.  Here's to a fresh start with no mistakes and a successfully satisfying remainder of the summer! <3

On The Road Again..

It is my first post for July, and all I have to say is that I've been doing a lot of thinking lately.  Weird I know. Thinking in the summer? you must be thinking "she's daft she is"! ..but anyway,

I've decided that it's time to set my feet back upon the road to self discovery and mental, spiritual and emotional growth.  I'm taking all the memories of people and places and things i've done with me, keeping the good close to me and leaving the bad behind.

The hardest and saddest part of all this was my decision to leave certain people behind too..  for reasons which i'm not at liberty to disclose I had to part with some friends, old and new so that in hopes that wiping clean the slate will help me better transition and allow me to travel unhindered and lightly down this path.  Sorry again to everyone that I've said GoodBye to.. Please don't hate me, I know in time you will all understand that it really wasn't you, but me (to be cliche).. and that I not only had to do it for me, but wanted to do it this way.  *sigh*

Not exactly an uplifting or informative, exciting or even partially entertaining post -not even 1/4 of my usual post size- I know, but If you knew what I've been through this past week you'd understand..

Anyway, I'm going to bed now and praying that my current battle with the demon insomnia is over with..

XOXO
C

It's Friday.. Again..

and I'm home with my parents... cuz everybody's busy working but me *sigh*

Sat around playing guitar and recording some new videos to post on YT - use your imagination if you wanna find me *sticks out tongue*

To respond to one of my previous posts comments- Yes! I eat eggs with my teeth.. If it wasn't for scrambled eggs I'd be so low on protein and utterly lost for breakfast foods so yeah *sticks out tongue again, at anonymous poster*

Didn't realise I was popular until I had 26 unread e-mails sitting in my inbox.. guess thats what I get for not checking for two days.  Most of it was spam anyway *sad sigh* guess i'm not as popular as I thought.

Can't believe the week flies by so quickly when I don't post much... kind of sucks cuz now it's the weekend again and in another week June will be over and it will be July and I'll have but two months of summer vacation left before September school hell! 8runs around screaming flailing arms*

Anywho, Gonna go spend some "mommy" time before getting back to guitaring and video-editing and chatting and all that fun stuff I do when im home alone bored..

please comment and e-mail and a giant THANKS! to all of you who commented last time - would be nice if I knew who you were.. maybe you might consider putting an initial at the end of your comment or some kind of identifying tag so I have an inclination of who is reading me.. or hey how about this.. E-mail me when you comment! or With your comment!  *giggles*

Take care ya'll,
XOXO
Cris