THIS IS HAPPENING.

dishes of wishes.

If I Could Have Anything for Christmas...
Don't ask about the fucking formatting, it's just being ridiculous.

My list of impossible Christmas wishess:


1. The ability to play the piano.
I sort of can do it, if I try and practice a lot a lot. But I'd really like to be able to play something impressive, and have like, adaptable skills. That'd be cool. Grant me this wish, and I will write you a song.

2. A catalog of everything I've ever written.
I used to write a lot, and I never thought I was very good at it. The more I read stuff I wrote when I was younger, the more I realize the very great possibility that I could have written something that would inspire me today, so I wish I could read a lot of the stuff I threw away. Grant me this wish, and I'll write a book with you in the jacket.

3. A Christmas party with all my friends.
This isn't really that impossible, but I'd appreciate if it just happened, also.. it would have to involve people in very distant places, so that wouldn't work. But, Grant me this wish, and I'll throw you a party.

4. A better sense of self.
I tend to question myself a lot, and there's nothing about me that seems solid. I just wish I were able to depend on myself more, and understand certain things about me. Or be able to be comfortable with myself more often. Grant me this wish, and I'll probably be happier than I've ever been.


5. Dinner with one person from my past.
This one is a little more complicated, because you'd have to find a way to make it not awkward. That'd be sweet. Grant me this wish, and I might cry a little.

6. Horse-drawn carriage ride in the snow.
This one wouldn't be impossible so much as improbable. I don't know where this happens, I don't know how this happens, and the timing would have to be right, and it would have to be with someone or some people I care about a lot. Grant me this wish, and I'll hug you for an hour.

7. The ability to speak Polish.
Without having to actually learn it. Grant me this wish, and I'll Kocham Cie forever.

8. An entire day to just watch movies with like four of my best friends.
Another one that's not so impossible, just weird with scheduling and people getting very bored with watching movies. Grant me this wish, and I'll owe you one.

9. A closet full of dresses, Christmas sweaters, and Lush products.
Just... yeah. Grant me this, and I'll probably just look, smell, and feel better.

10. This man.........

no snow like the show snow.

So it's December, and it has snuck up on me, AND SMACKED ME RIGHT IN THE FACE.

This is how I spent the first day of commercialist advent:

-Experiencing the most perfect snowfall ever. In my eyes, it was the first real snow. There were snowflakes, the real kind, the ones that look like cartoon snowflakes or the ones you cut out of paper in elementary school.

-Playing Christmas Music all day long! My school's concert band is trying something new this year: Winter tours! This means I got to spend my whole day playing mostly Christmas music to elementary school kids. It was awesome.

-This was also why I was able to experience the snow, AND REVISIT RECESS! Marije and I just definitely went out for recess at our second tourstop. funnnnn.

-Rapped in spanish and Nickizzy Manizzy's language to a girl in red sox. Yeah.

-Taught someone to play runaway by Kanye West

-Wore a tacky Christmas sweater and headband ensemble because it was red day.

-Ate candy canes and peanut butter rice crispie squares on an overcrowded overheated bus. YEAH.

Basically I'm really excited for Christmas now.

So here's your song of the day:



Husband of The Day:

Justin Timberlakeeeeee!

I don't even know how to explain this one, we're just married.

large amounts of time, but none of it free.

Wow!
I have not updated this in forever.
For that reason... I don't even know how I was going to end that sentence.
I wish I could write some really awesome blog post right now.
And maybe I will later tonight, to make up lost time.
But for now all I can do is explain why I haven't been so active on this.
HOLY SHIT AM I INVOLVED.
If you told me in grade nine that I would be as involved in this school as I am right now, I would smack you for being so stupid and wrong. But then I would deserve to be smacked.
Gah, I'm currently at almost every single extra curricular activity put on by the school due to the fact that I am on Student Cabinet.
Something that goes along with that: I have fucking weiiiird situations. I won't even go into it.
Also: just finished organizing my first official coffee house.
It went so well.
Except, My voice committed suicide halfway through my act. Which was lovely and exceptionally embarrassing. But I got through it. And so many people were so nice about it. So many unexpected people.
This year's been disorienting for me. Best way to describe it.
Anyway, BUSY BUSY BUSY.
I'm also writing for the paper this week which is sweet.
ONLY MY J-GEDZ DIDN'T GIVE ME AN INTERVIEW AND TOOK OFF TO T.O.
lame.
alright I'm done with my rant now. :)
and youuu caaaaaaaaan believe it.

HOTD:

Robert Downey Jr.

Reasons:

-Jewish
-He's old. but I would still date him

Something Corporate Concert (Husband Of Life.)

This is the overall winner of HOTD, and no matter how many of them I post, no one will ever top him.

Andrew McMahon.

This man is my hero. Basically, as I've already told my reasons for loving him in a previous post about why I want to meet him, I need to tell you my new reasons/other reasons.

So, I went to the Toronto date of the: "An Evening With Something Corporate Tour" and I am not sure I'll ever be the same again. The entire day was magical, beginning with a tour of the Harry Potter Exhibition at the Ontario Science Centre. Here's what I have to say about the show:

As excited as I was when I found out that Soco was reuntiting for a tour, the butterflies died down over the summer as I became immersed in so many other things. All the distractions, however melted away as I retreated from the Koolhaus building and stopped in my tracks when, through the black brick wall I was facing, floated the voice of Andrew McMahon distinctively singing the Something Corporate song "Hurricane." I quickly caught the attention of everyone on the street by waving my arms and "Shh"ing wildly. Silence fell just quickly enough for me to hear the end of the soundcheck and Andrews voice making requests for the adjustments of vocal equipment. Basically this is when I died.

The rest of the night might as well have been heaven, it was so good I couldn't even deal with it. Waiting in line for 2 and a half hours was all a part of this glorious experience. Time went by quickly as Mariel, Rebekah and I made friends with some fellow SOCO fans in front of us, conversation sped things up and soon enough we found ourselves walking into the concert hall to the sweet beatz of 'Such Great Heights' by the postal service, right on up to the barriers on the leftside of the stage. Anticipation built and built as the wait continued, now accompanied by a repeating playlist including The Postal Service, Dave Matthews Band, and an interrupted 'Lovesong' by the Cure. By the time Lovesong came on for the second time I was thuroughly annoyed when it was again cut short and this time by some cheesy Peaches and Herb song. It was then that the lights turned out and four of the five original members of Something Corporate (William Tell temporarily replaced by Bobby Anderson of Andrew's other band Jack's Mannequin), walked onto the stage and grooooved to the sounds of "Reunited and it feeeeeeeels so goood."

I COULD NOT DEAL.

I was pretty sure that there was no topping this but these boys proved me wrong again and again. Hurricane started the show off, and Andrew walked directly over to my corner to start singing, this is when it hit me that this night would be completely unforgettable. 'I Wanna Save You' followed with an equally good reaction from the crowd. Swooning teenage girls, and boys alike. The rest of the show was just glorious, here's the setlist:

Hurricane
("This is about a girl I knew")
I Wanna Save You
Me And The Moon
("Are you ready to get crazy Toronto?")
21 And Invincible
("This is something I wrote when I was kind of young and stupid")
Drunk Girl
Ruthless
Only Ashes
The Astronaut
Space
Cavanaugh Park
Wait
Fall
Strawdog
She Paints Me Blue
Watch The Sky
("We actually filmed a video for this next song right here in Toronto")
I Woke Up In A Car
Punk Rock Princess

Everysong was executed flawlessly, and Andrew's banter between songs was captivating though maybe a little sparce. As he spoke of being "fucked up" while Josh added "space-age sounds" to the album, he introduced "She Paints Me Blue" as: "a victory that resulted from what I like to call The Mushroom Sessions." He went on to replace Atlanta with Toronto, ('Toronto started raining on me.") getting a huge reaction from the crowd. The man knows his fans. Eventually, the end of Punk Rock Princess meant the end of the show and after thanking the congregation for their participation and dedication, the band left the stage. Everyone seemed to think something was missing, which became obvious as the fist pumping and cries of "KON-STAN-TINE! KON-STAN-TINE!" Echoed through the hall. Leaving everyone waiting just enough to heighten the anticipation, Andrew reclaimed the stage taking a seat at his grand piano. He joked about how this song had become something bigger than itself, "...This song might as well have it's own zip code or something." He continued to revv up the excitement and letting the crowd know that they deserved this encore. "I've sort of eluded playing this song for the past five years, so... this is uh, check one for Toronto." With that, he began to play and the screams were deafening. The band slowly joined him on stage and the nine minutes of pure love resounded through the hall as every single diehard fan's dreams were realized.

The party was started up again with "Down", and the roof came down with everyone's favourite lyrical ''FUCK YOU!'' 'If You C Jordan' Ending the song by jumping up onto the keys of his Piano and stomping out the final notes, Andrew jumped up onto the top of his piano, pointed to Drummer Brian Ireland, and Jumped down on the stage on the last beat. Bobby's high pitched voice could barely be heard saying: 'Thank you very kindly, goodnight' through the insane noise of the crowd.

BASICALLY.
Best concert of life. Couldn't even deaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal.
So here's your song also:

EBHOTD!

ladies and gentlemen.
that stands for Emergency Bonus Husband Of The Day!

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Danny Pudi!
A.K.A: Abed from Community.

Yeaaaaaaaah! So not only is this guy completely awesome, and a wonderful character on Community, buuuuut HE HAS A SPECIAL BONUS HUSBAND QUALITY!
he is INFACT Fluent in POLISH. what up.
so he can speak and sing in polish.
he wins pretty much err'y

prize in my books.

that is all.

thanks.

:)

summertime, and the living's easy.

I thought to show each of their best qualities, I would write a list of my favourite things about each season. I'm going to go by each one, within each one, so that means this will be about summer! :D (I think that's what it means anyway.)

The best things summer has to offer:
1. No School.
Ah, school's out. No more projects to worry about, teachers to listen to, and in my case no more uniforms to wear. Phew. Using your phone whenever you want, listening to music as much as you like, wearing hats... if that's what floats your boat.

2. Speaking of Boats...Water sports! Ahh, the beach. Oh, the cottage. Sigh, the pool. Swimming, and boating and beaching and lounging and wading. Gah, it's all wonderful and summer presents the best opportunities. Especially for the beaching aspects. Everyday at the beach is like a mini-vacation.

3. Speaking of Vacations...
My family always goes on vacation at the end of the summer, and I adore traveling and seeing new sights!

4. Speaking of New Sights...
I always seem to see more movies in the summer than I do all the rest of the year. Also, is it just me, or do the best movies just seem to come out in the summer? I thought so.

5. Speaking of thinking...
It seems to me, that the extra time that summer brings leads me to learn new things, or do a lot of reading or just otherwise better myself in a plethora of ways. So even though there's know school, there's still a lot of learning... only the laid back kind.

6. Speaking of being laid back...
Everything seems to become lax in the summer. Everyone in my house is kinda doing their own thing, and we all just seem to get a long. The rules loosen, dinners aren't as formal, people are coming and going, friends and family alike. It's a good timee. I love it.

7. Speaking of Love...
These are the rest of the things I love about summer:
Concerts! New Music! Camp Fires! Barbecues! Porch Parties! Peaches! Cherries! Friends! My Birthday! Ivan's Birthday! London Trips With Ivan! Water Fights! Roof Days! Time To Clean! Watermelon! Movie Marathons! New Series!

WOOOOOOOOOO.

Song of the daay?Young and Able by Current Swell!



HOTD.

Cillian Murphy

So, even though it was somewhat difficult to find a picture in which he did not resemble a rapist, (And I'm not sure I've completely succeeded.) Cillian Murphy makes the husband list.
Bonus Husband Qualities: Bright piercing blue eyes, acting skillz, he was a musician before he began acting, but is content to keep it down to one career, HE'S IRISH, he lives in England and has no desire to move to Hollywood. Kudos!