the big move

so i figure it would be healthy for me to document my big move.

yes i'm moving.

we decided on a perfect little slice of heaven in yaletown, around the middle of january. the first time we looked at it, i was already loving it but brian, being the more reasonable one of the two of us, suggested that we look at other places. so we looked and looked - no one answered our phone calls, so we decided to fill in the form and see what happens, i was wondering whether we'd get it or not but we would leave it to fate.

then, we received a phone call about signing a lease and it seemed like it happened so fast. i'm happy that my dad came to view the place before we signed the lease and we got the thumbs up from him.

so after that, my dad went crazy giving me everything for my new place : plates, cutlery, cups, mugs, rice, sugar, canned goods, you name it, he gave it to me.

i think the hardest part is packing my stuff because there's this looming feeling that i'm leaving - and although i'm so excited to move out, the reality is scary and sad because i've never been living on my own without my parents and i'm going to miss them dearly when i go.

god i can't even imagine if i moved all the way to toronto, i wonder how upset i would be!

anyway i hope that my parents come to visit me often and that i get to visit their place as much as i can.

i can't believe how much crap i have, i threw so much away but it seems like there's just more crap thats important to me than there is garbage. i feel awful because i dont want to clutter our brand new apartment with my junk, but for the time being, until i can get a chest of drawers and my desk and a filing cabinet, it will be a bit of an eye sore.

brian and i have been busy bees as of recently, in between work we are working on slowly moving into the apartment. the kitchen is set up and i just need to clean it up and buy some stuff for the fridge (monday). we went around today looking for beds and couches, we found a pretty affordable one in the brick (a bed ANd a sexy couch) - but my dad scored us a pretty nice deal at the bay so after much deliberation, we're going with the bay. the couch is out of stock so who knows when that'll come in, but we'll keep looking around for that.

i think the move is opening our eyes a little wider and we are starting to realize what the 'real' world is. we both are treading carefully in the waters, i know because we're both really tired from moving and working. but there are so many problems that need to be dealt with, hopefully they will be dealt with very soon.

anyway, thats all my thoughts for now. i have lots to do but i wanted to blog a bit about it and hopefully i'll continue to blog about my experience a bit more during the move.

happy new years

happy new years everyone.

i was reading one of my feeds and one of them was telling the story of richard roeper asking oprah a question that she was completely dumbfounded for any sort of answer.

and i want to pose this question.

what do you know for sure?

facebook celebrity

facebook, in a perverse way, has made us into our own celebrity. since it's conception and our submission to its power, we have been growing up in the public's eye - no more different than your regular celebrity (if there is such thing).

our breakups, our friendships, accomplishments, goals, and even what we have for dinner is up for a conversation starter amongst the people who subscribe to our daily lives.

but let us consider the true fact that it is us who is the perverse, we are the ultimate publicist to ourselves - what we filter of our lives and what we allow slip through the iron grip of our own little publicity mobile inside.