Sunday

December 13th, 2009.

Well, as the year ends, I guess I should say something. Too much has happened to really recap, including my camera fritzing out on me completely. Maybe I'll try again in 2010? Hmm.

Anyway, today I woke up in whistler at 9. Studied briefly before leaving for Vancouver after a quick stop at a local coffeeshop. One of the baristas was a friend of mine, so giant delicious turkey-avocado sandwiches and frothy coffees on the cheaps. My mom drove us down, we listened to dance music and talked about ... music?

It was still snowing as we got to Vancouver a few hours later, which was awesome. We drove by me and Matt's old house and I missed it a lot. Got home and Matt met me in the stairwell, dancing to welcome me. I tried to take a quick nap and failed. Dolled myself up and headed to the craft fair where I sat at the burlesque festival table and sold memberships to the association.

Made a lot of friends, networked like a mad-person, drank 3 free mimosas and a cupcake, bought a magnet with my friend's body on it, sold 4 memberships, and made 3 houses of cards. I also officially applied for chickenship but kept interrupting the application process by talking about Mr T because I was so stir crazy and tipsy after 4 hours of selling no memberships and making best friends with total strangers. Pretty sure I'm in.(?)

Matt met me for dinner at the cafe next door. I ate a salmon steak, mashed potatoes and coffee. He had fish and chips and a coke. It snowed while we walked home. I read come over come over in bed for the 4th time and took a ten minute nap before my phone rang and a polish striptease artist was outside the apartment to pick up the money and the membership cards.

Came back upstairs and am now lying in bed listening to ridiculous music and trying not to study. I emailed my mom a lady gaga video and am reading about amanda knox for the upteenth time this week.

Bye./.

Friday

November 6th, 2009.


X died yesterday. I haven't cried like that in a really long time. Everything was just really quiet all day. Seeing a living thing you've loved so much and raised and welcomed as such a big part of your life, dead like that -- having to do the practical things like freezing and planning a burial place and getting dressed for school while you're numb with horror and disbelief-- is more than surreal. I've had animals die in my childhood, but it was so different this time, confronting death unpolished and unmade-up. It broke my heart to see my little guy like that. All night we just reminisced and listened to songs that reminded us of him and would just cry and cry and cry over the tiniest memories. Its funny how that is. Pets mean so much more to people than other people realize.

I miss that weight on my shoulder, that little wheezy cough, seeing him scuttle across the floor. We keep listening to all the surf and the benny hill theme and the punk we would play whenever X was little and escaped through the bars or fought with Viktor or chased a cat...its shitty realizing that those days are to be filed into the past now. I can reach him so easily in my memory, but physically hes gone forever and ever. It so strange.

Matt made a little coffin and filled it with fabric scraps and vials of beer and treats and pictures. I decorated it with hearts and wrote the lyrics to The Last Beat of my Heart on the lid. We're burying him tonight in this park by the beach that we go to all the time.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ul7bqFguPg

I know newspapers and such don't really embrace pet obituaries, so this is mine. I love my X so much, always and always.

http://lizziemongoose.blogspot.com/2009/05/may-2nd-2009.html

Wednesday

Since 2 months ago, I...

did a bunch of stuff. All the technology in my life has failed me, even my camera was acting up this morning. Blah.


In other news I'm going to dance on a float in a parade next week! This is the best.

Main things:
-helped birth and raise 5 kittens
-went to saskatoon and got in my first car accident
-signed up for German lessons
-watched crybaby on hastings and main (ha)
-changed my hair color once
-bought incredible sunglasses
-and green body glitter
-made 8 rolls of sushi
-kittens. B-]

Sunday

June 6th, 2009.


Today we had a warhead showdown and made way too big a deal out of it.

Saturday

June 2nd, 2009.



A stray kitten spent the day on our lawn, so we did too. We've named her Sputnik, she meows too much. Its cute. Isn't our lawn luscious? Thank you Matt and Franco.

Friday

June 1st, 2009.


Went to the San Diego Zoo with Mom, Dad and Vanessa. (Pictured. Who is coming to Van in a few weeks to run with me! Sweet.) Saw a hippo. Flew home. Good to be home, but I miss the family.

the end.

May 31st, 2009.



RAN A FUCKING MARATHOOOOOOOOOOOOON! The first 20 miles were pie. The last 6.2 miles felt like someone was hammering steel into every bone in my body. Not easy, but the afterparty was awesome. So proud of my parents. And myself. And my "team." Super happy day.

May 30th, 2009.


Marathon expo. Found some Elvi, ate some free kiwi and drank some free chocolatemilk. Bonded with my more-than-amazing running team, and ate a taco.

May 28th, 2009.


Got scared crapless about the flight to San Diego, so bought an $11 bottle of wine and opened it in a toilet stall with house keys and an eyeliner pencil. I got McGuyver-drunk, then flew to sunny San Diego.

Thursday

May 25th, 2009.



After months of working at it, the boyfriend finished up his minotaur and whisked it off to the Circle gallery. We celebrated with pink drinks that magically inspired triangle-shaped ice cube formations. Gettit? Get the pose? Anyway our kitchen counter is pretty festive.

May 24th, 2009.


I don't remember. But I took step-by-step pictures of me making hair extensions, in case someone ever needs a visual guide. You can never be too careful.

Sunday

May 23rd, 2009.



Went to Matt/Muffin/Trevor/etc concert in Crab Park today. It was shockingly succesful, unstopped by THE MAN!!! and all that. Even drew some curious, unlikely onlookers. We got pizza on the other side of town with the cast and crew afterwards, and then home.

May 22nd, 2009.


Saw this, and another bear, on the drive down to Vancouver today. (whoa)

Friday

May 21st, 2009.


IVE BEEN WORKING OUT A LOT LATELY CAN YA TELL

Thursday

May 20th, 2009.

I didn't take any pictures today, I went to school and then ran for 5 hours and ate a huge dinner. My mom gave me a flashdrive of old pictures, so here's some for your hungry eyeballs.

I loves me some HALLOWEEN


My parents are ready for A NIGHT ON THE TOWN. (i want that bag.)

Kitteeeeens. This is Korbel and Winchester, who moved with us everywhere and lived until my teens. I love these cats.

May 19th, 2009.


Took a very empty bus home, ordered pizza and played with animals.

May 18th, 2009.


Went up to Whistler to visit mumsy. If I were more assertive I would have taken an amazing photo of Matt and my mom dancing SO HARD to (Feelin') Hot, Hot, Hot in the kitchen, but I was too busy giggling. Instead, here is a photo of our virtual band. POW!

May 17th, 2009.




Had a hangover day, and went out for late night Chinese and drive-thru walking.

Sunday

May 16th, 2009.

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Dear Christine,
Please move back to Vancouver soon so we can spend every night drinking liquor and saying really mean things about other girls for ever and ever.

Thanks,

Lizzie.

Saturday

May 15th, 2009,

Finally tried my hand at stencils today. The actual spraying of these didn't come out perfectly, but the 'carving' went well, and I've already stuck 'em on a bunch of stuff. Also: made a Lynda Barry Tshirt, Cinema Strange freehand patch, bone bracelet, and dyed the bleach-splatter pants purple.

Also, I cooked Matt some Skyline like a good Cincinnatian girl. I got this in return:


Friday

May 14th, 2009.

Went running late at night, then we walked around NewBrighton and Callister park in the dark. Heard some awesome freight-boat whistles.

May 13th, 2009.


Made a lot of stuff today, like a headband, headpiece, bleach-splatter-pants, and a Nick Cave leotard. I'm not happy with the lettering yet, but...its a Nick Cave leotard. (ftw.)

May 12th, 2009.


This might look like normal glitter. But its not. This is Glitter You Can EAT! Time for some beautiful spaghetti.
(Also got glittery shark stickers, but I already stuck 'em over everything else I own.)

May 11th, 2009.


Aw, boys napping.

Monday

May 10th, 2009.


This mornin' I woke up for a mothers day breakfast with my brother and mother. We bought some gravy, then I headed over to Brianne's to watch unicorn movies and bake an absurd amount of cupcakes.
Went on to Vince's birthday party, pet some cats and dogs, drank some wine and ate some strawberries. When I had my fill of drunk thirty-somethings getting into catfights, I went home.

May 9th, 2009.



Today I ran 20 miles! It took me 4 hours and I probably almost died but thankfully I was able to drag my weary joints over to Kevin's birthday party and take this once-in-a-lifetime photo. I mean, seriously. Look at those three.

May 8th, 2009.


Hallooo.

These are the cats in Matt's robe. This happens every morning.

Friday

May 5th, 2009.


If that don't scare you, nothing will.

May 3rd, 2009.


Mmmmmmmmm, cozy.

Sunday

May 2nd, 2009


My mom arrived in Vancouver tonight. The boyfriend and I made fancypasta and fancysalad and brownies. We all drank wine and talked about Bhutan and marathons and movies and religion and who is getting married and who died and who's dating and who's graduating and such. It was extremely nice.

After she left Matt and I finished the two bottles and cleaned up and slowdanced to Bowie in the living room. Then I took a picture of X. God I love that little rat.

May 1st, 2009.


Cleaned up the house. A lot. There's the filthy half of the sink and there's the clean half. Impressive, no?

Friday

April 30th, 2009.

April 29th, 2009.


Met Matt's grandma and great aunt for delicious lunch again. (Same waitress as last time, oooooeeeooooo)

Then I went downtown to pick up my new GLASSES. Picture wouldn't rotate. Silly, huh?

April 28th, 2009.


Today I broke my boyfriend's heart.

April 27th, 2009.


Blew bubbles for the cats. B-)

Monday

April 26th, 2009.

Went running in the morning and got attacked by a herd of little dogs. Came home, Ben left, and we did some house cleaning. Zack came over with a pizza and homemade beer and we all played computer/videogames until it was time to go home. I felt really low about my brother leaving the country soon so my cute boyfriend cheered me up in cute ways. Gaaaaaaah, lookat'im! Just look! He's so cute.
B-)

April 25th, 2009.


My brother came back for a visit :) We planted fruits and vegetables and flowers in the backyard before heading inside and flaking out on 3 parties in the interests of watching Anaconda. I miss my brother so much all the time.

April 23rd, 2009.


Oh, forgive me hungry readers. I've been out of school and out of commission for one whole week now. Its all been a blur of computer games and different beers. I have never been more serious about anything. So. Many. Computer games.
Ohwell. On the 23rd I went out for a SCREWJJ drinking night with lot's of ex-employees of my former workplace. It was a hipster concert so nothing was really worth photographing, but here's Brad fresh out of the hospital after a heart attack, DrUnk. That's my kinda friend.

April 20th, 2009.


Look who we ran into today!

April 19th, 2009.


Sun Run numbahhhh...I ran 10 k in 58 minutes and got my name in the paper, sweet!

Sunday

April 18th, 2009.


Grrr, can't find my camera charger so I yanked this photo off the internet. On this saturday Matt and I walked to New Brighton Park about a mile from our house. We went on the swings and spent a lot of time under this pier, (above) and found about 5 huge purple starfish underneath barnacle-infested-stones. Explored tiny beaches and looked for shells, seagull bones, and feathers until it got too cold.

Saturday

April 17th, 2009.



Studied allll dayyy long. Beginning at 9 AM! Went for a long run, then to Katie's birthday party. Then to Anya's housewarming party. Drinking and celebrating ensued. Look at me drinking that alcohol like I need it or something. College students are just disgusting. PS I tried rotating the first photo for a good 10 minutes and now I'm just giving it up. Whatever, blogspot.