holiday update numéro deux: out every night!

hollaaa! It's December 21st, 2006. and I will continue my holiday updates and such until January 7/8/9, whenever I leave Saint John.

so I last updated on sunday night, right after I saw "Casino Royale," which was fucking awesome. let me recount what has happened since then.

monday: slept in harrrdcore, still recovering from mild jetlag. it was cool. I had a very chill day, and I met up with Justine that night. we drove everywhere before finally deciding to go to Jungle Jim's, and then we picked up katie after and chilled at the playground. it was a snowy/festive hangout.

tuesday: much of the same slacking, very exciting during the day. I did dishes and went for a run, but not in that order. and that night I went with J.F. to visit danielle's apartment, including her two cats 'Rambo' and 'Mo.' (cats grow SO FAST.) it was sooo nice to catch up with two of my closest friends. however = cats = NEVER AGAIN.

not only was I sneezing like a mofo at her apartment, but TERROR STRUCK in the middle of the night. I woke up shortly after falling asleep, only to feel my lips feel REALLY weird. and so I looked in the mirror, and I looked like a BLOWFISH. or an African-American woman, because my lips were HUGE. like... I looked... deformed. It was horrible. it took 12 hours to go away, had it gotten any worse I would be going to the hospital. but luckily it subsided... what a foolish allergic reaction eh?? anyway, moving on from this traumatising incident.

wednedsay: chilled around the house, hid from anything public before my lips looked normal again. and did dishes, as per usual. annnd then my mom came home, and we went out to McAllister Place to do some various shopping-related activities, such as browsing, conversing, walking, and purchasing.

then it was time to go to Nicole's CRUNK 20th birthday party! it was GREAT. I had a bunch of Coronas (WHICH INVOLVED ME BUYING FROM THE N.B. LIQUOR STORE FOR THE FIRST TIME!!) and I had a cruuunk time. lots of random shit - sorry, stuff - and I ended up sleeping over there. and when I woke up, it was

thursday: not even hungover (surprisingly enough) I chatted with nicole and some remaining guests, as a few of the guests cleaned, (not me.) Nicole eventually drove me home, I was back by noon. I decorated the kitchen for Tom's and Dad's birthday celebration. Tom's birthday is the 22nd, but we celebrated it tonight because he's doing something cooler than family on his actual birthday.

so I chilled all day, worked out, and then celebrated my brother's birthday... except he got KFC, which is cruel as fuck, and I wouldn't eat that if I was paid to. and then I went to the SJHS cabaret tonight, it was nice!!! Robin Hebb was my date, it was fun times - except I'm much too old for high school, it was still cool.

and so now I am chilling - my weekend plans are zippo basically, the way I want it, I will do what I want when I want it. YEAH. and so before I leave, enjoy these holiday goodies.

first, do you like Manatees? as in, the marine animals? oh baby, you sure will now, rawwrrr.

an oldie, but a goodie - the Foo Fighter's "Learn To Fly," one of the funniest music videos OF ALL TIME. and such a good song as well.

and finally, if you've not yet seen this festive holiday idea from Justin Timberlake and Andy What's-His-Face from SNL ... YOU ARE MISSING OUT.

yours,
Joel