So it's really happening, I'm going to university. It just kind of hit me this weekend when I was up in PG and found an apartment. When I stood in the room I kind of realized, holy shit...I'm going to be spending the next three years of my life in here...alone. Hopefully I'll meet some people and don't die while driving in all the snow and ice, and hopefully I can stick with it. I was kind of freaked out, then I went to Chapters to pick up a biography on Queen Elizabeth I, but I couldn't find one and instead opted for the biography of John A MacDonald. I felt so sentimental as I looked it over, because here I was just starting my little journey through University and in my hands I'm holding the story of the man who started Canada, who gave me the most wonderful country in the world to live in. Seriously next to my pets and father, the most important thing in the world to me is my canadian citizenship.
So basically I love you Canada, I really do, because even though I was freaked and pissed off by all the anti-abortion billboards up north, I'm happy that in BC (and most of Canada) abortion clinics are fully-funded by the provincial government. I'm even happier that most of the billboards were ripped apart and graffitied over, (only those billboards too, the Tim Hortons and Holiday Inn ones were untouched). Canada will always be there to keep us safe, and allow us to make choices for ourselves, no matter what large oppressive groups say.
I'm back on my rock now, I won't be moving up north for good until the end of August. I don't get to take any of my pets with me, which breaks my heart, because all the places that did allow pets where noisy, crowded, overpriced, and had major security problems. But the place I did find was in a nice quiet building (most of the tenants are elderly), and is decently priced with a fenced in parking lot and locked front doors. I will be nice and safe.

So in conclusion: Holy fuck, when did I grow up? MacDonald is awesome. I love Canada. I'm such a hermit.

(I should have posted this on July 1st, but I figure MacDonald would have just gotten over his hangover today)

EDIT: I forgot, Happy Pride Victoria! I missed it, yet again, next year maybe?

With school finished I have no idea what to do with all my free time. I've been selling things on ebay, crocheting until I ran out of yarn, and finally rereading my Hellsing manga. I rarely read manga because I dislike the art form of most, but Hellsing has always had me hooked with its story line.
Last night I was downloading the anime, and holy crap it's ridiculous. Perhaps it is just the dubbed version but some the things they say are so random and some of the characters and story lines they introduced are completely ludicrous, I mean what was with Helena? Is she supposed to be the Claudia of the series? Overall it all had me laughing my ass off, but I will admit that the animation is brilliant and the art is pretty good, hell I even made a AMV of it (seriously, I have sooo much free time it's scary, and yet I'm still failing at maintaining my internet accounts)



The only other anime I watch is egoproxy occasionally, which again has great animation, and a decent storyline.

So I did the whole graduation ceremony thing last week, which was long and painful but I was given a thousand dollar bursary and I won the governor general award. The governor general award is given to the person with the highest marks in their graduating class, and although there is no money to it, you get this wicked medal:


(The motto says "Briser les solitudes", which means "breaking down solitudes")

Was it worth twelve years of pointless essays, humiliation, and mental abuse? Not quite, but once I get my doctorate of Veterinary Medicine then hell yeah. Next fall I start my 6+ years of post secondary education.

I don't have any grad photos, but summer has begun and I have some pictures to share that I have taken over the last week, which I will post in a friends only entry.

So I got home at twelve last night after a two hour drive with my gaslight on and blinking for the last 30km (but I made it home without stopping, I love my car) from the best concert ever. The crowd was good, the opening act was great, there wasn't any smoking inside, and Bif was...unfuckingbelievable! Seriously, holy fucking crap she rocked that stage and I couldn't take my eyes off her for a second, plus she touched my hand (if there is a culture out there that considers that marriage then let me know). She played a great selection, I tried to remember them all but my mind was simply screaming "It's her! Oh my fucking god it is bif! BIF! Eeeeek" of course I tried my best to keep my cool, despite my rabid brain, and stood there with my mouth hanging open. She also had the World Vision program with her, which just proves further that she is indeed a superhero, seriously big bands like Motley or Bon Jovi (Rise Against gets props for having peta even though I'm not a fan of peta) should take a page from her book. The only annoying thing about the evening was when the security guards made us all sit down, even she was pissed about that. At the end of the concert though she got us all standing again and used her superpowers to freeze the security guards and let us rock. (or she talked to somebody backstage, but either way Super Bif is super awesome) Seriously though, there is nothing not inspiring about her. She is a strong, healthy woman who overcame breast cancer, who rocks a raw food vegan diet, who helps kids in need, who is a positive role model for bisexualism (seriously katy perry, fuck off), who is beautiful, who is canadian, who is funny, and who is just a brilliant fucking singer.


(Did I mention beautiful?)

As for the opening act, Madshadow, they were pretty great as well, definitely worth checking out. I couldn't figure out how best to describe their sound, but at one point I was expecting the singer to burst out with Get Your Hands Off My Woman by the Darkness. Other times I thought they sounded a bit like JET. I also really want to steal the singer's shoes, and the guitarist's jacket and guitars (do I know how to play guitar? no but they where fucking awesome and I would learn). So check them out, especially if you like your 70's rock.

In summary, if bif naked ever graces your town, then be sure to go. Don't think about it, just go. I don't care if you have to wake up at four the next morning (I'm looking at you abe) or you haven't heard her new album (if you are thinking that then go out and buy it, it's my favourite of hers yet), just do yourself a huge favour and go, go, go!

Linkage:
Bif Naked
Bif Naked myspace
World Vision
Madshadow Myspace

UPDATE: She just released the music video for sick, so course here I am to pimp that too

So this is perhaps one of my favourite pictures that I've found in a textbook


(From Inquiry Into Life 11th edition by Sylvia S. Mader)

Those men may seem like they are just going for a nice harmless bike ride, but they are actually having sex! The Tour De France is nothing more then a big gay sex orgy!



At least they are wearing protection, unlike the men above, which is why they are going to get an STD. School has taught me so well, I'm going to go out and buy a helmet, goggles, and spandex right now and then hit the gay bars.


On a less fun note I've discovered that I've gained ten very-much-unwanted pounds over the winter, since I gave up tea and I've been replacing my urges with food. Damn PMS (painful menstruation syndrome, not Premenstrual syndrome) and it not allowing me caffeine. Tonight I decided to fuck it though, and made myself a nice strong cup of earl grey. It's lovely. I figure since I spent all last weekend puking my guts out, cutting off tea isn't working. If I can ride this PMS out long enough though, maybe one day not only can I be the first (real) female PM of Canada, but also the second PM to throw up in the house of commons (damn you Sir. John A. MacDonald for beating me). I never wanted to get a job in politics but now it's beginning to appeal to me.

For those of you who are wondering why the hell this would make me giggle insanely, you should note that, that man is apparently Pierre Trudeau in an issue of the X-men. I must find out what issue this is and have it framed; it is just too bloody brilliant.
Of course I did not find this, I got the link from hosertohoosier's comment on MacLean's interview with Kate Beaton.
For those of you who are still wondering why this is so awesome, well Pierre Trudeau = Best. Motherfuckin'. PM. eva'!

I'm in such a good mood I decided to share a magical tune
Love Today by Mika
(uploaded by me)
This is a song everybody should have on their iPod.

Okay, I just tried to do this with a fancy table but I nearly smashed my computer because it wasn't working, so let's just do it the easy way. Below the cut are 20 icons/bases I whipped up this morning, feel free to use and modify, simply comment and credit me.
1-4 Random Girls
5 Cyndi Lauper
6 Natalie Portman
7 Olga Kurylenko
8 Sigourney Weaver
9 Alicia Silverstone
10-11 Kate Beckinsale
12-15 Cate Blanchett
16-20 Tilda Swinton

Teasers:



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Guess who created her own community? Yes me, and yes I did use just one of the lamest segue (is that the right word?) intros ever.
But don't worry it isn't about me, it is about Batwoman! Last night I went geeking around the internet trying to find some good fanfictions, icons, and such, but came up nearly dry (thank you bats_femslash). I decided that something needed to be done about this so I created batwoman_fans! It isn't really that active yet, but I am hoping it will pick up after Batwoman makes her big debut story line in June.
Some more good news about this is that I won't be filling up this journal with a ton of batwoman related posts as my love for her continues to grow. Instead I will have a whole community to do so. So go check it out, batwoman_fans! (The current layout and banner is just temporary until I get some better pictures.)

Update: I found a new puppy tears since I felt like an idiot for my star trek one, so yay, I hate you megan fox.

The subject line started off as just "Sexy vs. Not Sexy" but I thought this one is a little more original and will do until I think of a better one. Anyways this was inspired by my geek-out tonight when I was contemplating who is better, Batwoman or Ivy/Harley (jury is still out), and I was suddenly harassed by the Star Trek trailer on TV, which reminded me that the night of reckoning is upon us and I should honor it in someway even though I grew up with a different Star Trek.

Rainbows to: Batwoman!

Who is one of the few (if not only) lesbian superheros out there, and what makes it even better is the fact that Batwoman was originally introduced to disprove the rumours that batman and robin are gay! omg! noway!
Face it people, Batman is the gayest comic book franchise out there.

Puppy Tears: Megan Fox

Yes you are hot, physically, there is no point in denying it, but you are also very fucking idiotic. I like people coming out, I really do, but seriously?:

"I think people are born bisexual and then make subconscious choices based on the pressures of society. I have no question in my mind about being bisexual. But I'm also a hypocrite: I would never date a girl who was bisexual, because that means they also sleep with men, and men are so dirty that I'd never want to sleep with a girl who had slept with a man." (Esquire Magazine)

...what the hell? If you ever start a sentence with anything like "but I'm also a hypocrite" for the love of god just stop talking, take off your top, and we will forget you ever said anything. But she didn't, and the interview continued:

"I don't want to have to go on talk shows and pull out every single SAT word I've ever learned to prove, like, "Take me seriously, I am intelligent, I can speak." I don't want to have to do that. I resent having to prove that I'm not a retard — but I do."

Then don't say things like what you said before. There is so many things wrong with what you said and the ladies of afterellen handle it much more tactfully then I can right now.

This blog is pretty dead, and going to continue to be dead for a while because I have five school courses to finish in three months, two of which I haven't even started yet. If I get everything done in time, I should be going to UNBC (University of Northern British Columbia) next fall to start my pre-veterinary work.
Why am I going to UNBC? Because it is a lot cheaper than UVic and the school is smaller. I also really want to see a wolverine, which I know aren't that common there but I figure I will have a better chance there then here or in Saskatchewan.
So hopefully I will get this thing going again once my life stops being a turmoil of scholarship applications, provincial exam study books, section assignments, tests, online courses, course application, phone calls, apartment searching, job searching, and trying to figure out how I can bring my pets with me.
I wish I could just join the Enterprise

But sadly all I can do is stare at cate blanchett for a few minutes and then continue with my math work.

I was trying to remember how to do CSS when I came across some images in my photobucket that I thought I would share ( but behind this cut )

And no I don't mean penises, I mean wiener dogs. So I was reading my latest SPCA Animal Sense newsletter and it had the list of the dogs breeds that display the most and least aggression. So the lists goes like this:
Aggressive
1. Dachshunds
2. Chihuahuas
3. Jack Russell Terriers
4. Akitas
5. Australian Cattle Dogs
6. Pit Bulls
7. Beagles
8. English Springer Spaniels
9. Border Collies
10. German Shepherds

I was really surprised at the dachshunds, but I can understand the Chihuahuas, I mean wouldn't you be bitchy too if your owner was constantly dressing you up in doll clothes and carrying you around like a doll?

Least Aggressive
1. Golden Retrievers
2. Labrador Retrievers
3. Burnese Mountain Dogs
4. Brittany Spaniels
5. Greyhounds
6. Whippets

This list doesn't surprise me because I have had three Goldens and two of them used to let baby chicks climb all over them, and then Tika would probably be afraid of them. Also Burnese Mountain Dogs have the whole dumb loveable smuck thing to them. I had the pleasure of knowing one and he was just a big slobbery jolly goof who I'm sure would have gotten along great with Tika seeing how she shares his foot fetish.

My all time favourite gum is Juicy Fruit, whether it is my entire childhood filled with the theme song or the gum wrapper chains you can make from the packaging, I love it. So today I picked up the new kind "Juicy Fruit Squeeze". One thing people should be aware of, is that if there is ever some weird word following "contains:" in small, almost the same colour as the background, print on the packaging, it ain't good for you. So let's find out what the long list on this stuff is!



Maltitol: Is a liquid sugar replacer, that is less in calories and about 90% sweeter then regular sugar. It isn't too bad from what I can tell, but it does take longer to absorb which can lead to a laxative effect and cause bloating/gas. That is only if it is taken in large quantities so chewing gum probably isn't too bad.

Sorbitol: A sugar alcohol that again has the whole laxative effect. And is apperantly much worse for you as the Daily mail reports that "The first, a 21-year-old woman, chewed around 15 sticks of gum a day. Her weight plunged by almost 2st to just 6st 6lb.
The second patient, a 46-year-old man, chewed 20 sticks of gum and ate up to 200g of sweets each day. He lost more than 3st in a year." So I think I will avoid chewing that much a day, although I have already chewed six pieces. (2st= 28lbs, 6st=84 lbs, 3st=42lbs).

Mannitol: I'm not entirely sure about this one, basically I think it stabalizes the effects of the above Sorbitol? Maybe? I resulted to wikipedia to gather this: "Mannitol is also used as a sweetener for people with diabetes. Since mannitol has a positive heat of solution, it is used as a sweetener in "breath-freshening" candies, the cooling effect adding to the fresh feel. In oral doses larger than 20g, mannitol acts as an osmotic laxative, and is sometimes sold as a laxative for children." Yay! more Laxative!

Maltitol Syrup: I'm just going to assume it is more of the fun Maltitol from above.

Aspartame: Yay, the 'silent poison'. Basically it has been reported to cause kidney tumors/failures in test rats, and cancer, and a number of other things. It is one of the more controversial things, and I figure if there is that much doubt around it, I might as well just avoid it.

Acesulfame-potassium: Okay, my favourite thing about this one is that from what I read about Sorbitol, when potassium and sorbital combine they form a sort of rocket fuel...yay? Acesulfame-potassium is also been believed to be carcinogenic...which basically is a chemical directly involved in the promotion of cancer. Lets look at it's safety symbol:



So in summary, Most of these chemicals are a laxative, and then the last two cause cancer. Rocket Fuel is also involved. I think I am never going to buy this gum again, kthxs.

Also, this entry is the reason my schoolwork doesn't get done. I am easily distracted.

So I was waiting for my dad to do some shopping and wandered over to the toy department. Needless to say, kids get much cooler toys now, I had found some really awesome knights with moveable arms when a kid came out of nowhere and yanked it out of my hands. So I just picked up another one and the kid did the same thing. I asked him where his mom was and he just glared at me so I continued over to some dragons when the kid followed me, and what do you know?, tried to yank the dragon away, but I decided 'fuck this bugger' and hissed at the kid.
Apparently that works, the kid ran away, but later when I was at the feed store I locked my keys in my car with my dog who panted cheerfully at me through the window while I waited for my dad to come pick me up, who was two hours away. I totally blame the kid, but I had just listened to a buddhist tape and the part on retaliating came to mind. I figure scaring a kid is about equal to getting locked out of your car, then again I don't think it really works that fast, nor like that because I think the kid would have to have gained from it somehow. I dunno, I don't really understand all the fine points of karma yet.
I am happy today though because I found the Rick Mercer Book, The Paperback Book, on sale. I actually started reading it although I have two novel studies to read and three novels from the library. I figure I will learn more from his book about Canada then I will from some books about Chinese and Hungarian immigrants' life in Canada. I also have 18 more squares for an afghan I am making for somebody's xmas present, which will take me about 27 more hours. Luckily I have youtube and MST3K.

As you have probably noticed another hiatus on the sunday feature, that will continue till the end of December/beginning of January. School is being a pain in the ass and for some reason I got the brilliant idea to make all my gifts this year so I have been sewing, crocheting, and knitting my fingers to death. The only thing that is getting me through all this is my Rocky Horror Soundtrack, which I have developed frightening addiction to. If anybody is looking for a xmas present for me still, I recommend the movie soundtrack because I only have the live production one right now, which doesn't have all the songs.
Also somebody really has to set up a Rocky Horror viewing for the West Coast fans, preferably in Victoria.

Okay now I'm getting really mixed feelings about you America. Good for voting Obama (really good), bad for all the anti-lgbt rights this election! Holy shit! What is wrong with you? Adoption is even illegal now in Arkansas, because providing children with loving homes is a horrible, horrible thing!
All I have to say is fuck you to the assholes out there who can't get their heads out of their fucking asses enough to see that it is none of their business who somebody loves. Also that if they can't be happy for another human being for finding love in this fucked up world then they shouldn't be allowed to adopt or have children, because spreading that kind of hate is the thing that should be illegal. I know you are going on and on about how it is traditional, well slavery and women in the home where also once considered traditional. But we managed to get past that and now they are despicable ideals for someone to have. So stick to happy non-discriminative traditions, like caroling and christmas trees, and let love, love. Gay marriage doesn't hurt anybody, but your hatred does.
I know I am a Canadian, so what do I care? I'm fortunate enough to live in a country where I can get married to anybody I want and adopt children. Well I have friends in the US, including gay couples, who I care about. The fact that they don't have the same freedoms as me in this day and age, makes me sick.
Well that is all I have to say, I'm going to bed now.

Okay so I missed the Sunday feature, but I have an excuse, I was recovering from this hysterical piece of comedy



But regardless I do have a sunday feature! I had him picked out since last Tuesday.

"SHE LEFT" by *Leonidafremov on deviantART

FALL PARK_ by *Leonidafremov on deviantART
Website:http://www.afremov.com/
Deviantart: http://leonidafremov.deviantart.com/

Also one quick note,
Why are you reading this Entry? You should be out voting! Yes, you, america, I command you to vote! and for Obama too! and No on Prop 8 if you are in California, which I doubt since I don't know any californians. Still, I feel the need to inflict my own political beliefs on somebody, and since I don't exactly plan on having kids, this LJ will have to do.

EDIT: Good on you, America. Now let's set Palin a drift to russia, and go fight for the gay marriage that is being banned!

Nobody can accuse me of being late this weekend. This week feature is of Daaram, who I have recently discovered this week and literally spent hours going through his gallery. Sadly he doesn't have embedding enabled on his DeviantArt gallery, and I don't like reposting their art when they made the choice to disable that option. So I've posted some must see links to some of my favourite pieces so far.
http://daaram.deviantart.com/art/Humanity-32313714
http://daaram.deviantart.com/art/Just-a-boy-35321146
http://daaram.deviantart.com/art/Agnes-Indian-11393015
http://daaram.deviantart.com/art/Avalanche-23176042
http://daaram.deviantart.com/art/Ground-Zero-25065554

DeviantArt Account: http://daaram.deviantart.com/
Website/Blog:http://olivierj.canalblog.com/

Sorry if the grammar of this entry is bad, but I've been sick for the past week and writing rough drafts all day so I my brain is out of it. I might go through and spell check in the morning.

So one of my favourite artists of all time is Chili Thom. He does absolutely brilliant paintings that perfectly represents the beauty of my province, BC. I really can't explain the pure awesome he is but go check him at his website here: http://www.chilithom.com/home.html
When I have to go away to Saskatchewan for Veterinarian University I am going to buy one of his prints and some of his cards just to remind me of my home.

Guess who can drive by herself now? ME! and the corpse of Mary Shelley, but more importantly; ME!
Right now I totally feel like this:

I would also thank this man:

Why? Because on Tuesday I spent the whole day tiring myself out, then went back to the hotel I was staying at, ordered room service with chocolate vegetarian cheesecake and had the one of the best fucking movie-gasms ever to Iron Man. Holy shit that movie was rad, and not only because I love Robert Downey Jr., but because they probably made Iron Man one of my favourite super-heroes. Then on my test I tried to pretend I was Stark and believed I was driving his fucking hotrod and was fast enough to drive through a intersection before the semi-truck, that I ended up cutting off, rammed me. Luckily at the end of the test he asked if I knew the mistakes I made and I immediately talked my way out of that. So now, I have my N! (For the americans, the Canadian driving system is fuuucked up and it is easier not to try and understand the logic of the L and N and shit).