Open Bar and Adrien Brody

What do those two things have in common you ask? Well, as of Wednesday night, they had ME in common. My great roommate Alia won free passes to the Toronto premiere of Splice, the new movie with Adrien Brody. Around this time is when you should watch the Splice trailer, so you know what I'm referring to when I mention the film. I am not one to watch Horror films..of any kind. So, when I watched the trailer and found out that these scientists make a new species out of human and animal DNA, I was pretty scared. But, Alia said there was supposed to be a free cocktail reception afterward, and since my alcohol funds are on the fritz I figured I would suck it up and go. I have had flashbacks ever since. I think I yelled "Oh my god!" a couple of times in the movie, and Alia looked at me and was like calm down. I think I also had some nightmares. I did see Adrien Brody on stage before the movie, but obviously didn't think to get my camera out until he was walking away.

The theater we were in was the Elgin Winter Garden Theater, an old restored theater that is absolutely gorgeous. As I was trying to take pictures of the inside, I accidentally kept the flash on once and blinded everyone around me. Also, there was a woman in front of us that had both her thumbs bandaged up. This actually perplexed me more than the sci-fi ridiculousness that was the movie. I was trying to guess what happened to her, and Alia's friend thought she cut one thumb with a knife, and then switched hands, and accidentally cut the other thumb. In an effort to have him hear me two people away, I spoke up to say, "but wait, you think she'd cut her thumb and then just switch hands and continue chopping veggies?" Alia hit me on the arm and covered her face, reminding me that the woman was literally sitting in FRONT of me. Oops..story of my life. I don't think she heard me though.

On to the reception. We weren't sure whether there was going to be a reception, and then sort of got ushered into it. Found out it was open bar and the waiters had mini appetizers they were coming around with. Everything from chicken salad in a cone to brownies with almonds on top. I have NEVER been to an open bar. I was asking people, and most have been to a wedding with an open bar so they weren't excited. The only wedding I've been to I was underage, so none for me then. I was so excited it was like a kid in a candy store. I should also mention that when I worked at a new science museum for over a year in San Francisco, we had night events ALL the time with caterers and open bars...always watched, never partook. I actually considered this to be a check off on my bucket list. Needless to say Alia and I were pretty giggly by the time we left, having only had mini appetizers as sustenance. I will leave you with a couple pictures of the inside of the theater. It looks like an opera house, with those side booths where Abraham Lincoln got shot...or at least that's what I thought of when I saw them. And there are fake ferns hanging from the whole ceiling, not sure if you'll be able to tell. Enjoy!

J-O-B

You may or may not remember that I started an UNPAID internship at this Environmental Film Festival. Well two weeks ago I was informed that I might be able to get paid for my work if the organization could get grants. On Thursday, I was then informed that the grants they got require the employees paid by those grants to be CANADIAN CITIZENS. Perfect. Oh and I actually overheard, so they may not have told me for a while. That was a nice little slap in the face from Canada. Like, silly American, don't think it'll be that easy to get a job here and make money and LIVE. I told Paul I wouldn't make this another rant, so that's as much as I will talk about that situation. We'll see how it pans out.

I have been looking around for just a regular part-time job, not too successful, but I must also admit that I'm being slightly picky in that I don't want to sit in a small store by myself all summer, hating life. Also, I want to work during the weekdays, and not the weekends, because all of my friends and the boyfriend have weekends off, and plans I'm making are on the weekends..not too much to ask right? Again, we'll see. Oh funny tid bit, last Saturday marks a MONTH that I've been up in the great big north...so 5 weeks as of now. Crazy how time flies with this big adventure.

Finally got a fan, just in time for really warm weather, it's supposed to be mid-80s this week, which, if you add on the humidity, will be like mid-90s. This weekend is Victoria weekend, Monday is Victoria day, a holiday, and all night there have been fireworks at the elementary school right near my house..I can't see anything though..bummer! Side note: I was watching the Grey's Anatomy finale, and a shooter comes into the hospital shooting tons of people (I know, it was ridiculously scary, and I wasn't sure why I kept watching it) and those fireworks going off were scaring me so much while I was watching that show!! What are the odds. Also, my graduation ceremony was this weekend, I did not attend as the flight would've been too much money for me, but I wish Jazzy and my other friends who graduated all the best and I was thinking of you on Saturday!!

That's all for now from TO!

Midwest

As some of you may or may not know, Toronto is located north of New York, right on the edge of Lake Ontario..one of the Great Lakes. Because of this, the weather resembles that of the Midwest/East Coast. Being that my dad is from Iowa, I am very familiar with the humid Midwest, but did not think Toronto would be similar. Wednesday, Toronto was the epitome of those good old Midwest summers. It was warm and a bit humid with thunderstorms in the evening. I am being told to brace myself for the humidity which will come in the summer, and I have to get a fan for my room! But, it was still warm during the thunderstorm, so the roomies and I were sitting on the front porch (which EVERY house has) just watching the rain and listening to the thunder. This is also the same time that I heard which natural disaster to watch out for here: Tornadoes. Now I'm told that last summer was a fluke and that the "small" tornadoes in Toronto were extremely rare, but I'm going to brace myself nonetheless because the world has been full of rare weather these past couple of years.

Hopefully before the intense heat comes I can get my screen fixed, which has a cat-sized hole in it because...cats go on our roof and can potentially come into my room through that hole. I actually saw a cat right outside my window the other day as I'm on the 2nd floor, except this cat is not the cat that resides in our house. The black cat in our house goes by the name of Sketchy..he is sketchy too..if I leave my door open, he'll sneak in right as I step out the door, and I'll turn around a second later and he's on my window sill hoping to go on the roof. No, the cat that I saw was a tabby colored cat, not sure where it came from..but there's no way I'm letting it through that perfectly sized hole in my screen. So for now, I only prop one of my windows open with an empty cider can..a REALLY good cider by the way, Rekorderlig. It's Swedish, my friend Helena introduced me to it, and they don't have it in the States. And no, I don't drink in my room, or alone. That was from when Vanessa visited and we drank in my room, and I needed something to prop my window open and it works.

Updates are as follows: I've been passing out resumes, trying to see if I can't actually get a job and live, but for now I work twice a week at my internship...for free I might add. I had a revelation the other day, my life feels as though I'm retired. I try to find things to occupy my days, and I'm even volunteering (interning) to keep me sharp. Soon though, there will be Farmer's Markets and festivals that I can walk around in and HOPEFULLY, something to pay my rent..or someone? Just kidding, I'm too young for a sugar daddy...but let me leave you with this question of the day:

Is there an appropriate age at which it is ok to have a sugar daddy/momma?

Think about it, maybe get back to me if you have a good answer, and hopefully the stigma against the "sugar daddy" idea will vanish.

That's all for now from the T-bag (Toronto)!!

*These are a couple pics of the Distillery District where my internship is, it's all restored warehouses and looks so cool!