MMVA Madness

MMVA's!

Aloha!!

It's officially SUMMER! Time to bust out the bikinis and BBQ's! This is my favourite time of the year where I am an official social butterfly and barely have anytime to chill. I feel like I have something planned every weekend, and I like it. I love when I am busy and when I have plans...I love getting the most out of life and feel like when I sit around I am wasting time. It must sound crazy, but I am young and have lots of energy and want to experience life to the fullest.

This past weekend were the Much Music Video Awards which I got to help work. It was fun checking everyone in (including some celebs). Just having bands come up and show me their driver's license was kind of funny. It kind of makes you remember that celebrities are regular people too, who still pay taxes, who still go to the bathroom and who still need to follow the rules with the rest of society. I was most excited to see Katy Perry, Down With Webster, Hedley and The Stereos at this year's award show. Too bad my faves Billy Talent were not there, because I would have loved to see them at the after party!! Oh well, maybe next year :)

So what's on tap for the rest of the summer?? Well....as far as I am aware....I SHOULD be moving out in August! I know, finally! I won't reveal too much details yet as nothing is set in stone....but I will keep you posted.

I am still doing my acting classes, they finish up pretty soon. After I am finished I will be able to join the agency and start auditioning for commercials. I am a little concerned though, as I am not sure how many auditions I will actually be able to do seeing as how I work full time. And I will need to somehow come up with some extra cash in order to pay for headshots. They are not cheap!! I know I will for sure need to get some part time gigs, maybe doing more promos, to help pay for things like this when I move out.

Anyways, that's all from me for now.

Later Loves

xox

Summer in the City

Greetings!
So it's been awhile! Sorry I have been terribly busy this month with work, social events and family. It seems as though I am always very busy in the summer months. Every weekend I have something planned and while I enjoy being busy, sometimes I get very overwhelmed and all I really want to do is sleep!
This weather has been up and down, last week was very hot and this week has been rainy and cold. This past Sunday I did my Becel Ride for Heart! Unfortunately I didn't end up doing the full 50k, it was far too windy and rainy for me to continue. But I did 25k which I was really happy about! It wasn't that bad of a ride physically, just the rain ruined it for me. I mean, how often do you get to take your bike and ride along the Gardiner Expressway and DVP! Not everyday!! It was pretty incredible and I promise that I will ride again next year, raise even more money and finish the full 50k!!

In other news...I am hoping to move out this summer. I think it's time. I don't want to jinx it though. I know I've said in the past I was moving....but this time I feel it for real!!! If I can do a bike ride in the disgusting cold rain for 2 hours, I can move downtown. I think in my mind I am making it a bigger deal than it really is. Yes it will be challenging at first, but I will get the hang of it. Kind of the same thing as starting a new job....it's scary at first but once you get the hang of it, it becomes comfortable. I think I just need to dive in and do it. It will take a lot of discipline that's for sure. I may even need an extra side job to support my extravagant lifestyle!!

Anywho, that's all for this post. Gotta go get me some sleep!!

Peace Love and Cocoa Puffs!
xox

It's HOT!

Greetings!

I know I have been really bad at blogging this month, but I've been really busy!!! I promise I wasn't being neglectful. Today is the first day of June!!! And it's HOT! All week it's been scorching hot, in the 30 plus degrees! Last week I was in Vegas with some of my closest friends and we had the most amazing time. It was a great vacation that was definately needed. I love my friends more than anything, and I truly value their friendship. These are the friends I can talk to about anything, the friends that know me best and the friends that make me laugh until I cry. I took tons of pictures and am currently in the process of getting them all developed. We also did a cool video-blog while we were there with about 20 videos in total. Watching them after the trip was quite hilarious. I am hoping we can get it posted online sometime soon. I am really interested in getting a video camera now; they are so much cooler than regular cameras! A little machine that can document a piece of histroy, bit by bit, word for word, action by action....it's really one of the best inventions in my opinion and worth every penny.

I have posted a few of my photos from the trip here. While in Vegas we stayed at two hotels, MGM and Treasure Island. While MGM was really nice, I don't think I would stay there again. It was way too big (the 2nd largest hotel in the world might I add) and getting from Point A to Point B was such a mission. We could barely find seats by the pool it was that crazy.

Treasure Island was the best. I am biased though because of my fetish for pirates. There was an amazing Pirate show called "Sirens" that they perform 4 times a night!! It takes place on the pirate ship outside the hotel and includes singing and dancing from the pirates and wenches. What a cool job that must be!! I would love to do something like that for a living.

Since returning from Vegas, I've been hit with this nasty cold!! It's been awful, it's been a week and I am still sniffling! Who gets a cold in warm weather anyways?! Sheesh!!

All in all, Vegas was an amazing trip and I definately want to go back. There is so much to do and see that one trip is not enough, heck 3 trips aren't even enough! I think I will just keep visiting until I am old and wrinkled, still yanking on those slot machines. :)

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the beautiful, loving Mothers out there, especially mine!!
Even though mothers should be thought of everyday, today is one of those Hallmark holidays where we can spoil our moms with fun presents and cards. Remember when you were little and just bringing home a handmade gift was enough? I miss those days because I used to love crafts. If I were a mom, I would want those handmade craft gifts over anything else. There's something special about homemade gifts, no one else will have them and they are personal.
This year I had a tough time deciding what to get my mom as I feel like I've gotten her everything already....pictures, flowers, spa packages...but in the end decided to go with a framed photo of Katrina, Beau, Mom and I, a cookbook, makeup and some cute salt and pepper shakers in the shape of Beau :)

I feel like MOTHER is a word that can be used to describe not only your biological mother, but the other mother figures in your life. A Mother is someone who cares for you, gives you advice, helps you when in need, lends an ear for listening, a shoulder to cry on. A Mother is someone you can trust and someone you can go to whenever you need. I feel like I have a lot of Mother like figures in my life and I am appreciative for each and every one of them.

I often wonder what it would be like to be a mother. Sometimes I feel like I am so darn selfish and would never be able to care for another human being. But I think once it does happen to you, you naturally become more selfless. Of all the moms I know, that is one word that can be used to describe them all. I hope one day I can be just as strong and wise as all of them.

My Buried Life List

Aloha friends, family and followers!
Hope you are all doing well. I think I am. And you know what? For once in my life, I don't care how "well" I am doing. Lately, I have been feeling a lot of pressure. Pressure that has accumulated over the past two years since graduating university...the pressure to succeed, the pressure to be somebody, the pressure to have my life figured out in one simple paragraph or less. This 1/4 life crisis has yet to cease, but I have decided to embrace it as opposed to fight it. Yes, the twenties are a stressful time in life because there are no guidelines or strict paths to follow in order to be "successful". I have come to realize that being successful is not determined by your title, your assets or your status in society. No, I truly believe that being successful is determined by how happy you are and by how much you get out of life.

I am sure you are all familiar with the MTV show, The Buried Life. A show about a group of guy friends who create a list of crazy things they want to accomplish before they die. Together they travel the country in a tour bus trying to accomplish the most craziest things ever known to man. It's quite hysterical and definately worth a watch.

Anyways, these boys have inspired me to reach beyond my limits! Sometimes I feel like I am so old and that my life needs to be figured out in every which way....I never feel totally fulfilled. While some aspects of my life seem to be figured out, there are huge gaps in others and then I begin to stress and dwell on them. This is NOT healthy. It's time for me to realize that having everything figured out doesn't make you more successful than someone who does. And figuring things out is part of the magical path that is life. In other words, it's not about the destination, it's about the journey. It's time for me to enjoy the journey of life and stop trying to rush through it.

So in reference to the Buried Life show, I have decided to make my own Buried Life List of things to do!! And I have already started a few!!!

1) Travel More (Vegas and Chicago trips lined up this spring/summer)
2) Learn to paint (I have started a few, but nothing too fancy. Want to sign up for lessons)
3) Get into acting (Joined an agency and am currently taking acting lessons)
4) Dance more
5) Get my own place (Eric and I are hoping to move in September)
6) Venture into new hair colours besides blonde!
7) Learn to cook
8) Have kids (not quite yet though!)
9) Swim with dolphins
10) Take more pictures and learn more about photography
11) Write a screenplay
12) Volunteer more with kids and the less fortunate
13) Get Married
14) Go to Europe

Those are just a few. But seriously this list gives me hope for the future. I hope I have maybe inspired you to get out of your shell and do something for YOU!!!!!!!!!! The best investment you will ever make will always be in yourself!!!

A picture is worth a thousand words

Pictures. This post is dedicated to pictures.

Lately I have been yearning to do something creative and fun that would allow me to learn something new. I've always been curious about painting and how to actually work a canvas! Today I decided to drive my bike to the dollar store and just for fun I purchased a few canvas boards, some acrylic paint and some brushes. Now, I am sitting here just admiring my new materials but I have no idea where to start with this whole painting thing. I tried viewing some videos on Youtube which weren't very helpful. I think I might just sketch something first in pencil and see where that takes me. Looking for inspiration is tough, as I am not sure entirely what I want to paint. I would prefer something easy that doesn't have too many details or colours. Perhaps I should have signed up for some type of art class before buying all these things, but where's the sense of fun in that?! Haha.

I was also thinking of taking a photography course. Taking pictures is so much fun, it would be great to learn how to take really neat ones! I am so used to being the story teller through words, that now I want to jump sides and tell stories via photographs.

I feel like all these types of classes are so expensive though and that I could probably teach myself through a book or youtube. It would be nice if there were more classes offered, but it seems there are very few. Art is such a wonderful thing that deserves to be shared amongst the rest of the world, it bothers me when classes are so limited. I remember when I was in grade school art class was only done once a week (usually Friday afternoons) and the teachers treated it as a "fun" class. So if a child was misbheaving, they were not allowed to participate! Can you believe that nonsense? I also remember art being pushed back or cancelled for the week if something else "more important" came about. The shame of it all!

In other news....this week I am going to meet with a Modelling/Acting agency. I have decided that I really want to get into commercials. I remember enrolling with an agency when I was younger with my sister and cousins and it was fun going to the auditions. I don't think my mom liked us doing it very much so we just stopped going. It's always been my dream to be a star, and while this won't get me famous or anything, it will be a nice outlet where I can at least try my luck at getting some TV time :)

That's all for now. Hope you are all enjoying this beautiful Sunny Sunday :)

Ride Your Heart Out

Hello Friends,
Can you believe it's already April? Where has the time gone? That's a question I always seem to ask myself, but the answer is always the same in that I just don't know!
I would like to bring to your attention some exciting news about a fundraising event I will be participating in this June. It's the annual Becel Ride For Heart happening in downtown Toronto on June 6th. I will be riding my bike all across Toronto with my coworkers for a grand total of 50km! Sounds crazy right? But I think this is something I can do if I really try. It's for a good cause and I have been kind of bored with my life lately and feel like a real challenge.
All I need is a little training, a little motivation and $100 to raise! This is where you pretty people come in :)
If you could help spread the word to help me raise my goal of $100 that would be awesome!! Every little bit helps and it's going to a great cause! I am sure everyone knows at least one person who has been affected by heart disease in some way or another. It's pretty scary to think about but it is one of the leading causes of death in Canada. With all this processed food we eat, and unhealthy busy, stressful lifestyles, it isn't that hard to believe.

So come on and be a sport, make a donation today :) Put your HEART into it!!

http://www.rideforheart.ca/faf/login/partMenu.asp?ievent=334877&lis=1&kntae334877=8C168FBD44D74D30833254571008E479

Thanks for all the support!
xox