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I'm Aisling. I'm a "dorkerella," on the never ending quest to be the world's greatest know-it-all. This is my story.30 July 2007
Heaven, neatly applied to a very nice weekend
Wow, what the difference a week makes! The week itself was pretty uneventful. I think the drama is over, for the most part, since everyone is talking again. So, that's good. Plus this was a BUSY BUSY weekend!
On Friday evening we drove up to Trois Pistoles, because it was Écho-Fête (http://echofete.ca/). We hung out with the other groups for a bit, and danced for a while to some really awesome folk music! Ha ha. But we were tired from work, so then we went back to the house to sleep.
On Saturday we were volunteering! Alex and I were at the Katimavik kiosk. It poured rain for the first few hours!!! I got completely soaked, and was freezing which was nice change from cooking-from-the-inside, which is what the weather in La Poc has been like! In the afternoon it stopped raining, and 2 bus loads of anglos studying French in the area got out! Jackpot as far as Katima-publicity goes! Ha ha. We handed out a bunch of pamphlets and talked to a bunch of really nice people! At one point there was a girl who asked me where I was from, why I speak French, etc. So, I told her, and she was also from Calgary! She asked me if I knew Sarah Petersen, and I told her we went to Jr. High together, and it turns out the girl (Amy Noel) went to Bob Edwards too! Small world, huh? It was really weird. I mean, I barely run into people from Bob Edwards in Calgary, yet I managed to find one in Trois Pistoles!
Anyway, I worked a bit longer, then went for dinner, went back, did some eco shopping (ha ha), went back to the house with Gwobs to eat chips, went back to Echo-Fête because Gwobs, Nick and Jade had to start a security shift at 9, and then the bands came on, and were SO GOOD, that even though I was exhausted, I stayed until 2am to party! Ha ha. It was a lot of fun. We're really lucky that Fred is so laid back, he was partying HARDER than us. It wasn't the same for the other groups though- Stacy (male PL in 3P) made 5 of his girls walk in a straight line, and threatened CTIs if they couldn't. Oh yeah, we also met this 17 year old boy from Ottawa, who starts Katimavik in September. They must've still served him alcohol though, because he was pretty mental during the concert! Like ALL OVER THE PLACE. Ha ha. It was kind of funny. Also, Anny met a cute boy from Coquitlam, BC, and she tried to pick him up, and was kind of smitten with him all day, and he turned out to be a bit of a FIF!!! Ha ha.
Our walk home was interesting too! We started off singing, and ended up talking about how Katimavik teaches you to smoke anything. Like I will take anything, light it on fire, and stick it in my mouth, which somehow got us on the topic of penises...and... oh, I was jealous because I can't pee in the street. Then, back at the house we were gathered around a fridge, giggling, and my back is SO GROSS AND PEELING from last weekend's burn, and...
Gwobs: Ew, it looks like you're shedding your husk to become...
Me: Corn?
Gwobs: *Hysterical laughter coming from him, Joelle, and I* You're totally on the cob!
... and that's the last thing I remember!
Yesterday was our fab trip to Québec. Seriously, I want to live in Vieux Québec one day. It's so gorgey. Anyway, we visited a chocolate museum (yum, samples), the observatory (yum, Quebec from 31 storeys in the air), the civilization museum...
Oh my God, I love civ museums! Ha ha. The museum was pretty nice, and what was even more nice is that Joelle, Anny, Gwobs and I, invaded MEDIEVAL DRESS-UP time! It's supposed to be for kids, but they have adult costumes for parents, so we went, and I had a cool dress, and we took pics, but our computer at the Katima-house is broken, so I can't upload any! But, it was so much fun!
Then we went around Vieux Québec for a bit, and then ate some yummy yummy Lebanese food! It was very good! And then we went home to crash!
That brings me to now, pretty much!
Obviously, I've finished Harry Potter. I finished on Thursday night. It took me about 16 hours to read.
I am sick of typing, and should probably do some work, and the SMART goals for our camping excursion!
This is an old article I read in 2005, but I loved it, and was thinking about it, so I'm posting a link to it.
http://www.ocweekly.com/music/music/this-shit-is-bananas/18901/
On Friday evening we drove up to Trois Pistoles, because it was Écho-Fête (http://echofete.ca/). We hung out with the other groups for a bit, and danced for a while to some really awesome folk music! Ha ha. But we were tired from work, so then we went back to the house to sleep.
On Saturday we were volunteering! Alex and I were at the Katimavik kiosk. It poured rain for the first few hours!!! I got completely soaked, and was freezing which was nice change from cooking-from-the-inside, which is what the weather in La Poc has been like! In the afternoon it stopped raining, and 2 bus loads of anglos studying French in the area got out! Jackpot as far as Katima-publicity goes! Ha ha. We handed out a bunch of pamphlets and talked to a bunch of really nice people! At one point there was a girl who asked me where I was from, why I speak French, etc. So, I told her, and she was also from Calgary! She asked me if I knew Sarah Petersen, and I told her we went to Jr. High together, and it turns out the girl (Amy Noel) went to Bob Edwards too! Small world, huh? It was really weird. I mean, I barely run into people from Bob Edwards in Calgary, yet I managed to find one in Trois Pistoles!
Anyway, I worked a bit longer, then went for dinner, went back, did some eco shopping (ha ha), went back to the house with Gwobs to eat chips, went back to Echo-Fête because Gwobs, Nick and Jade had to start a security shift at 9, and then the bands came on, and were SO GOOD, that even though I was exhausted, I stayed until 2am to party! Ha ha. It was a lot of fun. We're really lucky that Fred is so laid back, he was partying HARDER than us. It wasn't the same for the other groups though- Stacy (male PL in 3P) made 5 of his girls walk in a straight line, and threatened CTIs if they couldn't. Oh yeah, we also met this 17 year old boy from Ottawa, who starts Katimavik in September. They must've still served him alcohol though, because he was pretty mental during the concert! Like ALL OVER THE PLACE. Ha ha. It was kind of funny. Also, Anny met a cute boy from Coquitlam, BC, and she tried to pick him up, and was kind of smitten with him all day, and he turned out to be a bit of a FIF!!! Ha ha.
Our walk home was interesting too! We started off singing, and ended up talking about how Katimavik teaches you to smoke anything. Like I will take anything, light it on fire, and stick it in my mouth, which somehow got us on the topic of penises...and... oh, I was jealous because I can't pee in the street. Then, back at the house we were gathered around a fridge, giggling, and my back is SO GROSS AND PEELING from last weekend's burn, and...
Gwobs: Ew, it looks like you're shedding your husk to become...
Me: Corn?
Gwobs: *Hysterical laughter coming from him, Joelle, and I* You're totally on the cob!
... and that's the last thing I remember!
Yesterday was our fab trip to Québec. Seriously, I want to live in Vieux Québec one day. It's so gorgey. Anyway, we visited a chocolate museum (yum, samples), the observatory (yum, Quebec from 31 storeys in the air), the civilization museum...
Oh my God, I love civ museums! Ha ha. The museum was pretty nice, and what was even more nice is that Joelle, Anny, Gwobs and I, invaded MEDIEVAL DRESS-UP time! It's supposed to be for kids, but they have adult costumes for parents, so we went, and I had a cool dress, and we took pics, but our computer at the Katima-house is broken, so I can't upload any! But, it was so much fun!
Then we went around Vieux Québec for a bit, and then ate some yummy yummy Lebanese food! It was very good! And then we went home to crash!
That brings me to now, pretty much!
Obviously, I've finished Harry Potter. I finished on Thursday night. It took me about 16 hours to read.
I am sick of typing, and should probably do some work, and the SMART goals for our camping excursion!
This is an old article I read in 2005, but I loved it, and was thinking about it, so I'm posting a link to it.
http://www.ocweekly.com/music/music/this-shit-is-bananas/18901/
Labels: Journal, Katimavik, La Pocatière
posted by Aisling # 7:15 a.m. 
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You've given me inspiration. I'm buying HP in Bxl this week to read on the plane. I have a 21hr flight home...I CAN finish the book on the flight home. Bahahahahaha!!! And still have time to eat, and watch a movie on my cross-atlantic flight where I have a screen in the chair infront of me! Score!
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