Brian's Crazy/Cool Party!

we went to this cool, chill place called ?C'est What? right around the Esplanade around front street. it was an awesome place; lots of couches, pool tables, live music and crazy draft beer! raspberry! mmmm!!

Thanx Mr. Ham for inviting us to celebrate wit-cha!

and now...drum roll please....the pix!!















Hey dougy, don't our feet remind u of something? That project that nancy and i made u help us out with at eatoncentre! hahah! ps, these r my ultimate hottt, sex and the city, killer shooz!! i LUV em!

ps...Everyone! Come see how good i look!!
hahah (that was for u liz....i need to finish watching Anchorman!!)

xoxoxtina!

Finally, my FAB B-day Pics!!

Alright folks, here they are! Go gaga!

ps, thanx to everyone who came and braved the snow storm! (and to marky who got a ticket!!)
















Hope u love em as much as i did!

xoxoxtina!

"York Sux" VS "My Fab Final Year"

so which is it? at the moment i must say that i am torn. usually, i'm the first person to say that york is gay and that it highly sux. but not today. or for the majority of this year. yes, there have been some low points...and some super-duper low points...but there have been major high points as well. i will put this year into perspective:

the down lows:
-me having to petition to get the york health plan charge of $125 off my bill (cuz i was late).
-me not getting into the second semester digital photography class.
-me realizing that i forgot to apply to get MY $100 back from a damage deposit fee for a class i took last year.
-me not knowing when i should hand in my intern report cuz the FACS ADVISOR who was going to mark it decided to resign in the middle of the school year.
-york only having 3 freakin copies of DVD studio pro in the labs i work in.
-me making sure i don't use identifiable people (including friends and family) for a DVD project at the last minute (within a week of handing it it) because my anal teacher just found out that york could get sued (although they never have before!) if someone finds themselves in someone's work without permission and don't wanna be there.
-me almost not being able to graduate because a class that is no longer available is still on the required course list from the year i entered york, but became no longer available right after that.


the up highs:
-me getting my fabulous internship.
-me only having 4 classes 1st semester and 3 classes 2nd semester.
-me having 2 art shows this year; one last semester, and one coming up this week (in the winter's lab!)
-me being in 3 of Don's classes!
-me having Liz in all my classes except Greek.
-me taking fabulous grad pics.
-me getting 2 A's and a B+ for last semester's classes!! woo!!
-me finishing up my internship with a completely fab evaluation from Natalie (my director) and getting an A from her! (worth 60% of my mark).
-me being part of 2 classes that were mentioned in Y-file, York's online news source.
-me being allowed to use a fabulous website called a 'wiki' for class (along with everyone else in the class) to create awesome pages like this! (can you believe we can do this in a class and actually get marks for it? ps-we are also REQUIRED to use MSN in class and whenever! The class is called 'Vitual Communities')
-me only having one LAST semester left of possibly my LAST schooling experience EVER!

so, as you can see, the good basically outweighs the bad! although there have been many, many other bad issues i have had with york in past years that i do not wish to speak about because i am currently basking in it's goodness.

xoxoxtina

Being Sick Sux!

yes, i, Xtina, finally got sick this year....for a night at least!

last night i came home from work experiencing dizzyness and drowzyness. As the night progressed i felt cold and had to bundle up. Shauny was over and we were lying down on the couch all covered up and cozy. It was nice and warm. But then when i went upstairs to get something, i felt really dizzy, like i was gonna faint and then felt like i was gonna be sick! yuk!

so i ran to the washroom, but luckily nothing happened. phew! i continued to sit on the floor, holding myself up, and shaun decided to take my temperature....it was 100 degrees! He also put a cold cloth on my forehead to get me to cool down...he's gonna be a good daddy one day!

So i ended up not barfing and then going to bed (shauny tucked me in and went home!) and then woke up in the morning not feeling bad at all! I called into work however (actually, shauny called in the night before for me) cuz i didn't wanna chance it. plus it was snowing like a mother effer!

so that me sick! for a night!

Pelagos or Thalassa?!?

That is what i have in my tiho right now. I need it to leave....like...RIGHT NOW!
Seriously, i have greek overload in my head. I also need to piss like a gaithouri. I don't know the word for 'race horse' so donkey will have to do.

I just finished a stupid greek test that i crammed for and it seems like i studied for forever...any yet i still did crappy. Hopefully my prof gives me a better mark though cuz he does that for the ppl who don't speak greek too well.

I seiously commend those of you who know greek...learning three effing genders really sux! Why does there need to be neuter?!? is masculine and feminine not enough?! The term "it's all greek to me" is seriously an understatement.

anyways, one more test and one last exam to go before i NEVER have to do either again! (although i probably will at somepoint)

alright. kali nikta!

Things Goin' On (my schedual)

well, it's the start of a new semester, and things r looking good thus far. here is my schedual:

mon: work 10:30->4:30, school 7->10
tues: school 10:30->2:30, free time (woohoo) although i may work at night!
wed: school 3:30->7:30
thurs: gallery 11->6
fri: free day (although again, i will probably be working here at some point)
sat: work 10:30->4:30 and sometimes 5:30->10ish as well, since lately those assess like screwing me over with double shifts!
sun: dance practice 5->7

so basically, it looks like i have some free time for myself (which is awesome) and i have the chance to make some more moulah!

about work (East Side Mario's, where I bartend):

some background knowledge first: Ron and Gail r the owners. Julia is the GM. Leon and April are the other managers. Vince is Gail's son and Ron is his stepfather. Vince used to be the GM at the restaurant. He used to come to work high on coke and was once found lying on the bar in the morning cuz he did some late that night. Most of the chefs do weed on their breaks. Gail is a 60 something year old nurse and gets facelifts and boob jobs to make herself look young. She comes into East Sides and gets drunk often, talks alot of trash and makes a fool of herself. Ron is a 70 something cheap old man who works as a financial advisor in the mall across from East Sides. He cheats many people out of money. He is so cheap that he takes used staff styrofoam cups out of the garbage can, rinses them in water only, and puts them back for other staff to use. He also refills tropicana oj containers with minute maid oj. This is where i work!

and now, here is the current situation at work: Julia our GM decided to walk out and quit cuz Gail (while drunk as usual) was mouthing off to her (since she outwardly hates her). she was gonna quit anyways since she's 8 months pregnant! Ron and Gail have sold the restaurant to 2 egyptian couples (who know nothing about restaurants) and we only actually have one real manager working as of now (Leon). Steve (Gail's other son) is now a temp manager along with his girlfriend Roxanne (who used to be a bartender there). my favourite manager April is still off on disability (since sept) due to her ankle and god knows when she will come back and rescue us. until then, im laughing at how screwed we r all gonna be....although i don't think these new owners could be as bad as Ron and Gail!

ps...the cheap old fucker (who is probably 75) has prostate cancer and his fake, face lift, boob job, nurse of a wife is taking him to Texas where they can all hopefully die in the home-state of that asshole of a president! they all deserve eachother!!

pps...im not bitter, thats how we all are!!

And a Happy New Year!

Alright folks, its what you've all been waitin for....our fabulous NYE pics!!

First we went to The Friendly Thai, located at Queen and Bathurst for some mouth watering Thai food. It was fabulous!

Here is moi and Shauny at dinner!


Sarah and Shauny looking fab.


Annie and moi.

Then we arrived at Studio 99, further West on Queen for a truly dirty (yet fabulous) party!

Low lighting and the bar.


Shauny and I!


Maryanne and her fab BF Steve (who saved the day from some drugged up freaks)!!


Loos and her girls!


The hott dance floor!


Moi and Loos!


The Girlz.


Happy New Year baby!

So, this concludes a fabulous holiday season...may everyone have a fab year in 2005! Thanx to Anna and Sarah for coming out and bringing along your girls, thanx to Maryanne and Steve for coming out, thanx to Loos for bringing your peeps and providing me with the most stylish purse on the dance floor, and especially thanx to my Shauny for dealing with me ;)! I luv you all!!

Can't wait for next year!

New Years Resolutions

Yes, as promised, I have made some New Years resolutions that i would like to try to stick to over the year (and hopefully beyond!) Here they are:

1. Eat Healthy. More specifically, eat less carbs. Although it has been said to be the biggest fad diet this past year, it seems like a good idea for me since i know that i eat way too many. It will be hard, but i have already seen some results from the 2 weeks before christmas that i started. I'm crossing my fingers anyways.

2. Save Money. This is for many reasons obviously, but the main reason is to move out. I realize that i'm getting older, and that i need to think about my future...thank goodness for my gift certificates from christmas!

3. Move Out. Yes, i definitely need to do this. Living in my house is no longer cool.

4. Get a REAL job. Since i graduate this year, i think it would be a good idea. Art world, here i come!

5. Support Shauny. He is quiting smoking for real this time and i need to put the pressure on him.

I think there r probably more things i could add to the list, but i can't think of them right now and these r the big ones.

What are your new years resolutions???