Eye to the Telescope

It's theme song time! I haven't had a theme song in a while; this one's my new obsession

Miniature Disasters*

I don't want to be second best

Don't want to stand in line

Don't want to fall behind

Don't want to get caught out

Don't want to do without

And the lesson I must learn

Is that I've got to wait my turn

Looks like I got to be hot and cold

I got to be taught and told

Got to be good as gold

But perfectly honestly

I think it would be good for me

Cuz it's a hindrance to my health

If I'm a stranger to myself

Miniature disasters and minor catastrophes

Bring me to my knees

Well I must be my own master

Or a miniature disaster will be

It will be the death of me

I don't have to raise my voice

Don't have to be underhand

Just got to understand

That it's gonna be up and down

It's gonna be lost and found

And I can't take to the sky

Before I like it on the ground

And I need to patient

And I need to be brave

Need to discover how I

Need to behave

And I'll find out the answers

When I know what to ask

But I speak a different language

And everybody's talking too fast

Well I must be my own master

I've got to run a little faster

I'll need to know I'll last if a little

Miniature disaster hits me

It could be the death of me

*Written and performed by KT Tunstall

Stinky's Conclusion

Hey, I never mentioned what happened to Stinky and posse, did I? Well, it seems they've left their den underneath our shed. My mom had been told that she should throw ammonia-soaked rags into the hole but she was too afraid to approach it so she came up with what I have to say was an ingenious little plan: she grabbed my dad's drill, went into the shed and drilled several holes in the floor right above the skunks' den. Then she stuck some tampons down the holes and stapled the strings to the floor of the shed so that the tampons would dangle from the ceiling of the den. Then she poured ammonia down the holes so that the tampons would soak it up and make the skunks den all stinky! Well, the skunks were gone within a week. Ironically, it seems they don't like bad smells!

It's a Hindrance to My Health if I'm a Stranger to Myself

It's so funny how sometimes things just seem to fall in to place, even though I know it's not necessarily what happened. I've just been rereading some of my past entries, going back to May when I first moved to Ottawa. It's fun to look back and remember what it was like to move to a strange city, not knowing anyone, not knowing how to get around, not knowing anything! But now, over three months later, I can finally say that I'm really happy. I enjoy my job, the people here are awesome, even my landlord and landlady ("landpeople"??) are really nice (they invite me up for a glass of wine every once in a while!) It's nice to sit back and look at my situation and say "Yep, I've got it good"! Because we all know things change, so we have to hold on to what we've got! I spent a good month in this basement apartment feeling lonely and missing my home. Although I still miss being home with everyone (and missing out on outings and events) I'm dealing with it much better than I used to. And that's a good thing, because I recently agreed to extend my stay in Ottawa. In fact, my time here will double.

Once my internship officially finishes (September 8th) I will be starting a casual position, which is a 90 (working) day term, which will come to roughly 4 - 4 1/2 months. So not only am I guaranteed work for another 4 months, but it will be a real position, rather than an internship, which will look pretty good on my resumé. The more experience I can get while I'm here, the better. Anyway, I should be getting an letter of offer within the next week. Then it will be official!

Chaotic

Okay, I've just encountered one interesting video... starring Britney Spears. Now, I know everyone loves to hate Britney Spears and this video will simply give you another reason... I don't really know whether I hope she's on drugs in this clip or not, but the sheer stupidity she displayes is utterly shocking...