Life needs change.

CHANGE #20070204    

YO LEX WHERE YOU AT? E-MAIL ME OR SOMETHING. I NEED INSPIRATION FROM YOUR HOPE AND PROMISE.

Dress-fittings. How inane, but hilarious. Especially when you hate pink and the first 3 dresses you try on for style are in various shades of pink and peach. GAH! I’ve discovered that I can put on a size 14 without unzipping it, and it can stand up on its own. ALL the dresses are made for chicks with boobage… hahaha I guess that’s normal eh? What am I going to do? Mebbe I’ll just cheat and go bra-less. There really isn’t much variety in style. Some are just TOO funny when you try them on. After 2 hours we found styles that we all agree on. FINALLY! It’s hard to find a style that suits 3 completely different body types. My size isn’t even on the spectrum, so they’re bringing in the smallest and then altering it like MAD for me. Teeheehee… oops. Sorry M. But I sacrificed myself and tried on those 3 dresses for you at the beginning. AND IF THERE ARE ANY OF YOU OUT THERE THAT ARE THINKING ABOUT GETTING MARRIED YOU’D BETTER NOT MAKE ME WEAR PINK IF YOU WANT ME TO BE A BRIDESMAID!!!!! Anyhoo, I still find it scary that my bestest friend in the whole wide world is getting married. But I’m muchos happy for her.

I’m really glad that they’re standardizing sizes in Spain, and that a lot of fashion houses are going to stop using models with low BMIs. I know it’s not an accurate measure, but it’s probably the most objective measure they can use because it’s not like a caregiver is around the model all the time. I wonder though, is there a prevalence of anorexia amongst male models and would this new ruling of age and BMI apply to them as well? Anybody know? The only problem, is that I will find less and less clothes to fit in. I’m not anorexic, you’ve all seen me eat and you all know I hate puking. I just have a high metabolism and Adonis complex. I have a small frame, I AM NOT TINY just short and proportionate. Well for the most part anyway. I know I’ve been blessed with an athletic frame and I hope I don’t change too much over time because I REALLY like the clothes I have and because it’s been so hard for me to find, I may seem materialistic, but it’s not that. I spent lots of time and effort finding things that fit me, and I usually want unique accessories and things so bite me.

I picked up a book called Memoirs by the famous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda for $2. Don’t worry, I’ve never heard of him until I began to read it too. It’s an autobiography of sorts, with stories of his travels as an ambassador – events in different countries, encounters with famous people, musings about life, stories of how he met his friends etc etc. Well, I’m not much for poetry, but I went out and bought a book of some of his writings because of what I read in Memoirs. I’ve only begun, but I wish I knew Spanish fluently so that I can enjoy them the way they’re meant to be. I always find that you lose certain things in translations.

…on the other hand, I want to read a biography about Ezra Pound. He had such a colourful life. I keep reading about him in various books, again, never read his works… but I just want to know more about him as a person.

R and J came by my place last night. THANK YOU! We were supposed to go out with other people… the 2 who really were supposed to go cancelled VERY last minute. (such BAD etiquette) and so rather than making me haul ass all the way back from bumfuck Markham in the minus 20-kill-me degrees with the windchill weather, J drove us over to my ‘hood where we picked up some YUMMY Dufflet pastries from World Class Bakery (replete with surly lady behind the counter with a voice that doesn’t match) and then went back to my humble abode. My roomie is over in Waterloo at her bf’s place metinks. So there wasn’t any awkwardness there. Funny how everyone always seems to think my room is cozy and I don’t. Maybe because I live in it and see it every day… hmm… And of course, I’ve already re-arranged the furniture because I just feel compelled to. I like the set-up for now… we’ll see in a few months.

Saw A on Friday. J arranged it all and R came later. It’s SO good to see you A. I’m so proud of you and how far you’ve come along in your MA program. I hope that you continue to have a successful year, and end off with an awesome job. It was nice to catch up. Amazing how much my babies have all grown up… and I feel like I haven’t gotten that far.

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