Genevieve's Place

makin sweet sweet babies
So my legs are sore, I've got a achy chest. But enough about me, Holly's bum hurts!!! Yesterday we went to Waterton National Park and climbed this little wussy trail that I could barely even make it up, so a 15-20 minute hike turned into probably a 30 minute or more hike. Yes so the trail went up to Bear's Hump or whatever it would be called. The view was alright I guess. You could probably say that when you get to the top it's worth it, but only because you forget the searing pain in your legs, chest, abdomen, etc. I prayed for death and meant it. Anyway this proves to me I need to get out a bit more. But about Holly's bum...on the way down we were going pretty fast, because I mean it's all downhill. And a lot at the top is just snow and ice covered. Me and Joel were ahead of Holly and Phil, and all of a sudden I hear something, I turn around and see Holly sliding backwards on her bum...it was so funny. I got a few pictures but I haven't even filled up a whole film yet. Anywho, we went here and this was the view from Bear's Hump (except less green)

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So yes, we're still here. At the moment I'm using the computer that will in short order be mine...I just need to scronge up a new/different monitor. In a few minutes Joel is getting off work and we will be heading to Waterton...a place that is smaller than Banff but just as beautiful (or so we hear). anyhoo, off we go!

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Um, yeah so about that post that was previously on here, I had believed it had been deleted, well actually it had, but I had forgotten to republish it, so the world got to see what a horrible horrible writer/liar phillip tripp is. So yes about Lethbridge...I'm finding I can barely remember things and I don't think I will since I've taken all of two pictures so far.

Yesterday me and Joel walked to IGA and bought stuff for cookies and stuff for supper. Then we hung around at Dove Christian Bookstore...makes me wish they had a decent Christian bookstore at home. Then we came home and made cookies!! What fun...then I completely BS'd my way through making stir-fry...which turned out really good considering I'd never done anything like that before!! I'm such a deceiver.

Hmm...last night after we returned from a hurried trip to Wal-Mart (to buy jeans, yes I forgot jeans, and we had to get home before Survivor didn't start) Matt (Joel's brother and one their roommates Rob were about to go out to the club were Rob works called Spin...now we were looking 'forward' to a long night of watching movies I suppose so we were just going to let them go on their merry way. Then Rob suggests that we (me n holly) come with them...being bored out of my mind...I think why the hell not. Especially since it was ladies night and we could get a few drinks for free from the coupons that Rob had. But Spin was just another smoky dance club...where no one was dancing yet...but I don't blame them cuz it was only 10:30 when we left. So Rob had to get to work so me holly and matt head over to O'Reily's, a pretty cool pub where matt works...well he works upstairs in the restaurant. But anyhoosers...after that, that was pretty much it. We walked to the gate where Charmain (matt's girlfriend) was 'tearing down' after a wedding and she drove us the rest of the way home.

Today I went to Valu Vil and I actually found something!! My exuberance was only overshadowed by the fact that I thought I had lost my debit card for a second...whew...

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Hey! Let's pretend it's Tuesday! Yay! Tomorrow we're leeeeeeeeeeeeaving...on a jet plane! What?! Tomorrow? I haven't packed yet!! Well, not much of anything yet anyway. And Eric's probably-couldn't-see-why-not-for-sure coming with!! Wooooooo! I'm mostly excited because I get to spend time with Eric and Holly and get my computer!! Oh, yeah, and Phil and Joel too.

Tonight I was watching the Passionate Eye, the 'segment' or whatever was called American Virgins. It was...very interesting. It mostly focused on a program called The Silver Ring Thing. Vewwy interesting.

Anyhoo, it looks as if I won't be spending any time with my Cherisy before she leaves...although she did offer that we go to the bar tomorrow morning..hmmm...right.

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D'ya see that countdown there? Do ya? In ten minutes it will say 2 days until Lethbridge!! Wooooooo. Included in those two (actually three) days are 21 hours of work, including eight tomorrow. woo.

So people are slowly starting to sign (or post to) my guestmap. You wouldn't believe how pumped I get when a new person signed it. Funny thing is, none of my friends have signed it yet...hmmmm

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So, my parents settled on a Intrigue. It's not bad, I like driving it...it's better than our space-van. But anyhoo, we took it to Winnipeg today, hours after they bought it, and we went to Winkler Wal-mart. I got a new prescription, new glasses and new contacts. Isn't it great to see?

Last night me n Gina rented Mona Lisa Smile...it was...eeeh. Not was I was in the mood for, but how many chick-flicks with hot Irish guys in them are there?

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So that's the way it goes..
Look! Look! Someone signed my guestmap!! You won't believe how excited I was about that. So the countdown is on. Seven more sleeps and 31 more hours of work before we leave for Lethbridge. Today, I was so mad/frustrated, that during my break, I sat down and filled out a job application. Lets just say someone is making me mad because they are ignorant to their own blind abuse of their arrogant power. Make sense? Thought so. I know that I might be leaving this job for a job with even more problems, in addition to the fact that I can't just up and leave any job. I'm just so sick of 'policy' and crap like that that dictates every single movement I make. Oh well, my identity is just a number after all...

Oh, oh, and last night, I saw such a good movie on TV...it's called Watermelon...and...it's Irish...how pumped am I??

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Discount shopping is the life!! (just thought I'd share)

Tonight I will go out for coffee with Marce, amoung others, and it will be a last. I'm having many lasts. I'm constantly thinking "This will probably be the last time I..." or "I'm never going to be doing this again"...

My mum just announced that we're getting a new vehicle...well there are anyway. I'm just looking for a buyer for my car CD player...uh...any takers?

I've got an appointment on Saturday for an eye exam and getting glasses!! wooooooo...and probably new contacts too..woo.

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The Friday Five
Because I'm bored...

1. What was the last song you heard? relient k - 17 Magazine

2. What were the last two movies you saw? Well, the Passion obviously and...oh I don't know, Bend it like Beckham? ;)

3. What were the last three things you purchased? Diet Pepsi, chips, and Mini Eggs

4. What four things do you need to do this weekend? Work, shop, cry, and say goodbye

5. Who are the last five people you talked to? My little sisters, my mom, and my aunt. hah

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So, please view my little guest map down there...and leave your mark, I'd be much obliged.

Yes so The Passion. I cried and I have a headache. I do recommend it for those who are able to discriminate what's real from what's CLEARLY not. I mean, it's, should I say 'good'? to see what our Saviour might've gone through. For you. I mean, if you were the only person ever to believe in Him, He'd still do it. I really didn't feel the love from the movie though. At all. It was very relicy. Yeah, I know that didn't make sense. It's just that catholicism creeps the heck out of me. Most people seem content to glaze over and just watch the movie, unawares as to how brainwashy it is. I mean to Christians. To some, it'll be there first exposure to Christianity, which is sad, because they should be experiencing the love of Christ through Christians around them. But anyway, all that stuff that involved Mary was so....I guess it was creepy. Mel thinks we should worship Mary I guess. As someone that's not terribly educated in the Bible, all I can say is TOO MANY RELICS....you know what I mean...like icons (which are very unBibley).

You know what I mean.

Ok ok, for instance, when that lady with the shroud (apparently "Veronica") wiped 'Jesus'' face, I recognized it as being the Shroud of Turin, and that was not a good feeling :S....

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Say goodnight, not goodbye
We'll have to say goodbye to Marcia soon. I will cry. I cried reading her easyjournal. (shh!) I also cried reading Joel's, but that's a whole other issue. And soon, I'll be the one saying bye, but only for the summer. I can't help thinking about everything I will miss. I've never been away from my family for more than about a week at a time...How will they (I) handle three and a half months. I'll be missing: Eva's wedding, Marcia coming home for her sister's wedding, harvest festival (not actually that important), well, basically all of summer. I don't even know how different the weather gets up there. Cold at night apparently, and if there's heat, it'll be humid, which I despise.

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Mirror
Mirror, Mirror on the wall; Have I got it?
'Cause Mirror you've always told me who I am
I'm finding It's not easy to be perfect
So sorry, you won't define me
Sorry, you don't own me

Who are you to tell me
that I'm less than what I should be?
Who are you? Who are you?
I don't need to listen
to the list of things I should do
I won't try; I won't try
You don't define me; You don't define me

Mirror I am seeing a new reflection
I'm looking into the eyes of He who made me
To Him I have beauty beyond compare
I know He defines me

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alright already
I guess everyone pretty much knows by now, but I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!! Could I be more pumped??? I don't think so. Anyhoo, it was a complete and totally utter surprise...I was just finished a refund at customer service when the phone rang at the desk, so I sorta ran over and answered it. Sometimes I just let it ring. This lady says, "Is Jen...Wall there?" I said it was me, and I had nooo idea who it could be. So she says who she is, and goes into the whole "I had another look at your resume and based on your interview, I believe you are suited for the job"...I was so shocked I must've had the stupidest expression on my face, I even jumped around a little and no one noticed. But this is huger than a summer job. This is my life, without student loans. This is me not having to go to school for four consecutive years. Now I'm just nervous, waiting for her to email me the list of stuff I should bring and stuff like that. I also have to take a probably 11-hour bus ride from Winnipeg to Cranberry Portage (yes, and actual town).

Well, of course my mother told the aunties, and they're like, "She's going all alone?!?!?!?" They seem to always be shocked and surprised. At everything. Even my mom seems to be wary of me going alone. Realistically, alone is all I've ever known. Have I ever been known to be dependant on other people? Have I ever had a best friend? Well, there's your answer.

I'll be bussing back for Eva's wedding...one and a half crazy days of no sleep!!! That'll be a joy.

Oh yeah, does anyone want to go see 'The Passion' with me? I kinda promised God in a desparate pleading way that if I got the job that I'd go see it. Any takers?

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Decisions, decisions, decisions
Well, I'll let you know what I decide when I'm given a choice. Kidding. I do have a few things on my mind right now though. Like the lady from Grass River was supposed to call today, which she didn't...which could mean one of two things, first, that the weather was bad on Sunday and she could only finish her interviews today, or second, she didn't know my phone number because she didn't have my resume at the interview. I knew I should've brought a copy along. Oh well, her daughter-in-law better have a copy. I'm still still waiting for the lodge from Ontario to call back...but apparently you have to wait forever, says people who've gone there before. I don't really care what I do this summer, I just want to make enough money so that I can live at least comfortably next year.

As for where I'm going to live, I definetly have more than a few options. A few that probably won't work out, a few that could, and one that will. Which one that is...I don't know quite yet.

Well, do you think that I should get a PC or a notebook for school next year? Like I said to Kenny, I don't want to be the dorky freshman that carries her laptop around to each class with her. I would love to have a full PC system at home that could do virtually anything...but a notebook would be good for taking home on the weekend...hmm...I suppose that's a decision in itself. I'll have to consult people who actually know what they're doing, cause I sure don't.

Last night I lay awake, thinking that the thing that was going to wake me up was a call from grass river. I even dreamt I slept in until I woke up and saw that the clock said 7:30. Then I dozed in and out til 11:00 when I finally decided that I should get out of bed. I had answered at least four calls that were all not for me, which is weird because I rarely ever ever answer the phone because I hate it. So, whether the call comes tomorrow or not, I'm trying not to care too much.

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