Going to Montreal was really great. I had one of the best times of my life. It was really interesting how almost all the places we were greeted in French so they actually thought we were from there! People were incredibly polite, even the cops! We got into a little bit of trouble by making a left in a straight-through only lane although we never saw any signs saying that you can't make a left. Apparently we were wrong. The cop who pulled us over told us we couldn't make a left where we just did and Josh (who was driving) told him that he was just following the instructions on the GPS to go to the Botanical Gardens from our hotel. He did not take us to the police station thankfully. He just looked at Josh's passport and registration and told him that he should follow the street signs instead of the GPS. Then he let us go. When we got to the gardens, we spent just about all day there. It was really huge so we only got to see the Chinese and Japanese gardens. They looked like the best parts from the brochure anyway. We spent another entire day at the Biodome, another day exploring parts of the underground city, walked all over St. Denis, Chinatown and other tourist spots.
Coming back to the U.S. wasn't fun because we knew we'd have a ton of work to catch up on and a heap of mail.
It also made me realize that some people whom I thought were my friends really aren't. These are some people who I have been there for 4.5 years and they just stopped calling me, wishing me a happy holiday, etc. I always had to go out of my way for them. So I thought if this was the way they want it then I might as well forget them.
However I am still grateful for the ones that I have kept in touch with - the ones who realize that the phone works both ways. It's really true that all you need is at least one good friend.
So I am just going to let go the ones that aren't worth keeping and live a new life.

Edit: (I included this here so I can remember these awesome moments)
One of my co-workers said the funniest thing I've heard all week. There is this hallway where all the directors sit (4 offices on either side of the hall) and we constantly have to walk through this hallway to get the mail, go to the Finance department, etc. All the directors there are male with the exception of one.
Me to Chrissi: Is it me or has it been a lot colder in that hallway?
Chrissi: Yes it's definitely colder but it's a good thing it's frigid because it keeps the directors awake. It also keeps the "boy" smell down.
Me: what?
Chrissi: You know, everytime I go down there I smell "boy": Old Spice deodorant, aftershave.. it just reeks of "boy"! With the air conditioning higher than normal you don't smell it as much!










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I'm updating mainly because I have been wanting to feature these few works for a month or so now. There's nothing too exciting about real life right now except a 4 night trip to Montreal with my fiance. That won't start until the day after my birthday next month. It'll be good to be out of the corporate office bullsh*t for a while even though I don't get paid time off yet.
I can't wait to get a new job. It was great for the first three months then things started to go downhill fast. I'd write about the retarded crap I went through (and sometimes still go through) but it'll take forever. The only good things that have come out of this job are a few co-workers who I can appreciate. Namely, other college grads in repayment and aren't freakin sheep like most people at my end of the department (these are the people who can't think for themselves).











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First I just want to apologize to everyone for not thanking people for s and wonderful comments people have left me (and for not commenting on journals and such too). I really do appreciate your support even if I don't thank you all individually. Second, I have been ridiculously busy so I haven't been online much. I haven't been working as much overtime as I used to but I have other crap to take care of like going car hunting and looking for a better job.
There is really nothing wrong with the job I have now - it's just that I need to make more money so I can pay off my loans FAST. I just want to get them done and out of the way but I understand that it's not really under my control. Obviously the economy still sucks so there aren't many job openings but I've been looking. I only found one (within the same company) and I will do the follow up phone call tomorrow.
Anyway here are the feature collection I've started back in late Febraury but I haven't been able to post until now. If you know of a deviation that has less than 100 s and you believe it deserves more recognition, feel free to let me know. Thanks!










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Next time you think your family is f'd up, read this first. I've always known that my "family" has been messed up but they have become worse as I've gotten older. I only have one younger sister, Victoria, but holy shit even if I was the only child I still have plenty of reasons for wanting to pump some bullets into my head.
So the latest scoop is that B*tchtoria asked me to help her move out her stuff from her dorm. She doesn't have a car or a driver's license and she is a graduating senior from the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY. Sure I don't mind helping out someone in need BUT
1. She has NEVER helped me in anyway. Not even when we were both growing up. She was always a self-centered spoiled brat
2. Even after I've explained the above to her, I told her that driving from where I work in NH to Rochester then moving her sh*t to NYC (where my parents reside) it would take a good 16 hours one way to hit all those three points and another 5 hours from NYC to NH on a good day.

Then she has the audacity to say that I'm "overdramatic." Umm did I mention that she is asking for a sh*tload when she hasn't ever done anything good for me in our lives, ever???

What's even more messed up is that my parents believe that I should have the sole responsibility of her. It's like they had us and then decided they didn't want kids anymore so made me look after her. I guess they didn't realize how much of a hassle Victoria was going to be. All she cares about is getting money from them. They help her pay her private tuition, her cell phone, EVERYTHING. So in a way they are reinforcing her to be this spoiled. They didn't do all this for me. I always got the hand-me-down clothes and toys from older cousins so I came out differently. I'm not complaining that my parents didn't pamper me - I'm just explaining why I don't expect everyone to bow down to me like my sister does.

Do I have the right to not help her? Of course. I don't owe her a f***in thing.







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I will be down in York, PA for a second training session tomorrow and I won't be back until Friday night. My new job is keeping me busy but that's fine because I'd rather have a lot to do than nothing at all. Sometimes I wish I had more time to make art but I haven't had much inspiration anyway. I'd describe my first time to York last week but it'll take forever. They do have some really nice understanding people and some of them have funny accents. Anyway, I will feature the winners of All Arts' Avatar and Webcam contest like I've promised. The winners are ::drum roll::
with his avatar entry and
with her webcam entry
Congrats!
Oh and I just noticed that 1. I have a shoutbox when you go to the comments section of this journal and 2. there is a comment there since Feb. 5th >.< Wow I am really oblivious 0_0







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