we collected a plate that was there since her 40th birthday
i'll get the boring, bad pictures out of the way..
here's hannah (standing in pink) presenting her mom (in pink, seated) with the birthday cherry tart.
the party was at the woolaver's house.. which is a building associated with their church. it's a really nice place now.
here's our (i.e. my mom's) gift to mrs.woolaver. a vase with rocks and bamboo. how zen.
bad picture of the two gaelic musicians. and rambo's tail. the girl musician was frowning the whole night, but the guy seemed pleasent. she made a mean face when she saw a bunch of aduls holding hands and spinning in a circle (dancing..?), but the guy laughed.
wow, this is a really awful picture. i think they wanted me to take another one but YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT SECOND PICTURES!!
hahha oh man..
.. yeah i don't know what i thought was so funny.
i hope everyone who looked at that one tilted their heads though.
now for the good ones..(relatively speaking..as you'll see)
A CHERRY TART, COOLING ON THE STOVETOP!!!!!@!@(*!!
hannah with said tart. she's pretty photogenic.
hannah's dad, max, the minister, said that they get about 35,000 people in on saturday nights in that area. she's in the muchmusic neighbourhood.
there were a lot of people there.. mostly from brighton and area. i already mentioned the "dancing" in the spinning circle, but there was also a friend who started highland dancing. it was great.
mark's reaction to the dancing brightonians..
hahaha
i don't know what i'm doing anymore
all my brothers have developped pronounced moobs. or else they've just all impoved their postures. but either way, look at how big chris' moobs are! one of them is obscuring a whole 2 to 3 letters from his shirt!
hannah with mixer. RAWK OHNNNN!!
highlight of the night: hannah's pointy shoes. they had bows on them, but the best part is that they are flats!!!!!! whoooOOOAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!
...
so anyhoo..
hannah's at durham in england, taking law (not pre-law. law). in two years she'll graduate with all the necessary documents (more or less) to practice law. but since she's saying she'll go back to canada (but really she's not sure), she'll still have a year more to do in canada.
still, it's pretty neat.
she said she ran into vic son on her plane back to canada from the UK. bizarro, no? vic told her someone had moved away.. we couldn't figure out who though. she couldn't rememberrrr
someone from the un-trip started one of those msn groups. i joined, but i've forgotten who everyone is. i still don't know who most of the other people who've joined are.. iiiee...
i've been chauffeuring everyone everywhere today. and it's not even 11am yet. andrew thought he had to work but my dad wasn't at his place so instead we rode around on the ATV (aka big red. hahaha). it was fun. and surprisingly tricky at first.
From : Pat
Sent : July 24, 2004 4:35:54 AM
To : Steph
Subject : Wei-ming!!
Steph,
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhha, that is fucking hilarious I had forgotten about all that stuff, but its hilarious how nerdy we were....are.. Anyways, holy shit, its been a long damn time since I have seen you. I bet you look the same, maybe with longer hair, actually maybe its shorter now?!? Anyways, yeah this summer I am doing nothing but working and jamming and hanging out with people. No goals really, except to try to pay all my tuition in cash. Yeah yeah, I know what you're thinking righht now.... "Tuition?!? What the fuck" Yes believe it or not Paddy made it to college. So yeah, going to St. Lawerence for graphic design, which isn't too bad, but my actual plan for college is to get signed to a record label. We'll see how that goes, I might just end up doing my homework, but I still want to play lots of shows. It's gonna be great. But that's enough for now, till you learn to write more words this is all you get. Take Care,
Paddy
figures he's going to school with a friend (or more?). julia had told me mike is going to st.lawrence as well. i remember mike saying he wanted to be a civil engineer. i wonder what he's going to college for. it's cool he's going to school though. pat, that is. like i said before, i had tried to write him back during my last month at mac, because i had been sitting in the mills reading room and was suddenly reminded of our wierd zelda obsession.
i think it had to do with the blind boy who was studying in front of me, and gossiping with his short friend girl. they were talking about sex and one was explaining the hidden meaning between 69 to the other. hahaha i'm sure i was annoyed at the time, but now it's just funny.
andrew found a father's day letter/card to my dad in the boathouse today. it was written by sara and octavio, joan's daughter and her husband (sara's). i didn't have any reaction at first, but now it reminds me of how joan shows me all of sara's baby's pictures, and tells me "oh you just have to meet her, she's the cutest thing!" and how octavio is "this nice roman boy.." and gives me a disco wink. how they have sara and octavio over, and how octavio loves my dad and my dad takes him and joan's dad out on cruises and such..
ugh, it makes me so sick. i want to puke.
yet when she's actually telling me, that is to say, at the time, i'm all ooing and ahhing at the right times, like i would to anyone.
either my dad figures everything's alright and everyone's already well-adjusted to this whole situation, or he's just ignoring it.
he wanted to take andrew and myself to osh kosh (begosh!) for their famous airshow. he said we'd camp out under the wing of the plane in a field with all the other people who had flown in. it'd be soooo fun. then he mentioned joan would come too. she'd stay in a bed-and-breakfast of course. but he didnt' even run it by andrew and myself. the plane isn't even meant for four people. so andrew said that if joan was coming, he wouldn't go, and my dad got really angry about how andrew had "dropped this grenade" on him. even though we've written him letters about how we don't want to see her when we see him. ugh. she's is SO nice to me.
i don't like sara's child. joan referred to my dad being her grand"daddy". and it made my stomach feel watery and warm. it made me have diarrheaaaaa!
eugh. i think i mention diarrhea in every other post.
so a while ago there was an arbitration between my mom and my dad. my mom basically had the losing end, and so has to give up a lot of money that she doesn't have to various parties. my dad wants to use this money to rent planes to get andrew and i our licenses. i absolutely abhor the idea of my mom basically paying for flying lessons. it makes me so angry and scared of how good my dad is at having things go his way, and getting you stuck in a corner.
From : melissa
Sent : July 24, 2004 7:36:05 PM
To : steph
Subject : RE: hi
Hello!
Yeah, camping sounds good. I can definitely go on Saturday night. Just let me know if you guys are going for sure and what campsite number it is. Yes, my number is 475-5961. So call me closer to the day, just to make sure it is still on, and I will be there. I really want to see people at least once before I go. And I know Zac, we go way back! I talked to him at Sobeys the other day. We are like this _______. (my index and middle finger are crossed). Anyways, I hope it all works out. Can't wait to see you guys!
Melissa
aww mel!
she sounds so much more at ease in this email, compared to the other ones she's sent me. this one reminds me of the way she'd write letters back at st.peter's. this makes me happy.
here's an earlier one to compare with (and also for a recap if you were wondering what she's up to)..
From : melissa
Sent : June 14, 2004 4:22:50 PM
To : steph
Subject : RE: who ees this?
Steph,
I have to say, titling your email "who ees this?" shocked me. I thought that maybe you came across my email address and you couldnt remember who it belonged to or who I was. Then I read your email and it was all better. I was very happy to hear from you.
I am also very happy that you guys came to see Les Mis and I can't believe I didn't see you. I know I was busy and everything, though. Do you remember what night you went? I also saw Shannon there one night with a whole bunch of her friends that I didn't know. I also know it was partly my fault because I was supposed to call you guys and tell you when the play was. Sorry, I was so busy!!
But thats no excuse. Sorry. I'm really glad you guys liked it.
Yes, I have been working full time at Hollandale since the end of April. Yes, I am going to UBC, in Vancouver, in the fall. I dont know yet when I will leave. Probably the last week of August. I dont have an apartment yet, it is too early to look. I am moving there with my boyfriend, Mike, who will be at UBC as well. He is in Forestry, and did his first year at Lakehead. I will be in Arts for first year and then technical theatre second year and beyond. My parents are happy. They will miss me but they are really excited for me. Plus, we are driving there, so I'll get to see the rest of Canada, which I have never done.
All I do right now is work, go through my room and get rid of all the junk I have, hang out with friends whenever I can,etc. What are you doing? are you working? How did you like your first year of school? Now it is your turn to fill me in!
I would like to see all of you before I go, at least once, so call me next time you guys are going out, even if it is just a movie or dinner or something. What do you guys do? Do you hang out a lot. I mean you dont have to organize something specifically for me, but nxt time you are going out, maybe just give me a call.
Anyways, I'll talk to you later.
Melissa
maybe it had to do with the fact that the last time we talked led to me basically (and i regret to say..purposely.. only a little though) messing up our plans to get together.
she always refers to herself as melissa. i remember her mentioning how no one at enss called her mel, and once she ran into curtis w and he yelled out "mel!" and everyone was wondering who he was yelling at.
aw green bean.
yesterday everyone was home and it was very nice.
here's hannah (standing in pink) presenting her mom (in pink, seated) with the birthday cherry tart.
the party was at the woolaver's house.. which is a building associated with their church. it's a really nice place now.
here's our (i.e. my mom's) gift to mrs.woolaver. a vase with rocks and bamboo. how zen.
bad picture of the two gaelic musicians. and rambo's tail. the girl musician was frowning the whole night, but the guy seemed pleasent. she made a mean face when she saw a bunch of aduls holding hands and spinning in a circle (dancing..?), but the guy laughed.
wow, this is a really awful picture. i think they wanted me to take another one but YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT SECOND PICTURES!!
hahha oh man..
.. yeah i don't know what i thought was so funny.
i hope everyone who looked at that one tilted their heads though.
now for the good ones..(relatively speaking..as you'll see)
A CHERRY TART, COOLING ON THE STOVETOP!!!!!@!@(*!!
hannah with said tart. she's pretty photogenic.
hannah's dad, max, the minister, said that they get about 35,000 people in on saturday nights in that area. she's in the muchmusic neighbourhood.
there were a lot of people there.. mostly from brighton and area. i already mentioned the "dancing" in the spinning circle, but there was also a friend who started highland dancing. it was great.
mark's reaction to the dancing brightonians..
hahaha
i don't know what i'm doing anymore
all my brothers have developped pronounced moobs. or else they've just all impoved their postures. but either way, look at how big chris' moobs are! one of them is obscuring a whole 2 to 3 letters from his shirt!
hannah with mixer. RAWK OHNNNN!!
highlight of the night: hannah's pointy shoes. they had bows on them, but the best part is that they are flats!!!!!! whoooOOOAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!
...
so anyhoo..
hannah's at durham in england, taking law (not pre-law. law). in two years she'll graduate with all the necessary documents (more or less) to practice law. but since she's saying she'll go back to canada (but really she's not sure), she'll still have a year more to do in canada.
still, it's pretty neat.
she said she ran into vic son on her plane back to canada from the UK. bizarro, no? vic told her someone had moved away.. we couldn't figure out who though. she couldn't rememberrrr
someone from the un-trip started one of those msn groups. i joined, but i've forgotten who everyone is. i still don't know who most of the other people who've joined are.. iiiee...
i've been chauffeuring everyone everywhere today. and it's not even 11am yet. andrew thought he had to work but my dad wasn't at his place so instead we rode around on the ATV (aka big red. hahaha). it was fun. and surprisingly tricky at first.
From : Pat
Sent : July 24, 2004 4:35:54 AM
To : Steph
Subject : Wei-ming!!
Steph,
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhha, that is fucking hilarious I had forgotten about all that stuff, but its hilarious how nerdy we were....are.. Anyways, holy shit, its been a long damn time since I have seen you. I bet you look the same, maybe with longer hair, actually maybe its shorter now?!? Anyways, yeah this summer I am doing nothing but working and jamming and hanging out with people. No goals really, except to try to pay all my tuition in cash. Yeah yeah, I know what you're thinking righht now.... "Tuition?!? What the fuck" Yes believe it or not Paddy made it to college. So yeah, going to St. Lawerence for graphic design, which isn't too bad, but my actual plan for college is to get signed to a record label. We'll see how that goes, I might just end up doing my homework, but I still want to play lots of shows. It's gonna be great. But that's enough for now, till you learn to write more words this is all you get. Take Care,
Paddy
figures he's going to school with a friend (or more?). julia had told me mike is going to st.lawrence as well. i remember mike saying he wanted to be a civil engineer. i wonder what he's going to college for. it's cool he's going to school though. pat, that is. like i said before, i had tried to write him back during my last month at mac, because i had been sitting in the mills reading room and was suddenly reminded of our wierd zelda obsession.
i think it had to do with the blind boy who was studying in front of me, and gossiping with his short friend girl. they were talking about sex and one was explaining the hidden meaning between 69 to the other. hahaha i'm sure i was annoyed at the time, but now it's just funny.
andrew found a father's day letter/card to my dad in the boathouse today. it was written by sara and octavio, joan's daughter and her husband (sara's). i didn't have any reaction at first, but now it reminds me of how joan shows me all of sara's baby's pictures, and tells me "oh you just have to meet her, she's the cutest thing!" and how octavio is "this nice roman boy.." and gives me a disco wink. how they have sara and octavio over, and how octavio loves my dad and my dad takes him and joan's dad out on cruises and such..
ugh, it makes me so sick. i want to puke.
yet when she's actually telling me, that is to say, at the time, i'm all ooing and ahhing at the right times, like i would to anyone.
either my dad figures everything's alright and everyone's already well-adjusted to this whole situation, or he's just ignoring it.
he wanted to take andrew and myself to osh kosh (begosh!) for their famous airshow. he said we'd camp out under the wing of the plane in a field with all the other people who had flown in. it'd be soooo fun. then he mentioned joan would come too. she'd stay in a bed-and-breakfast of course. but he didnt' even run it by andrew and myself. the plane isn't even meant for four people. so andrew said that if joan was coming, he wouldn't go, and my dad got really angry about how andrew had "dropped this grenade" on him. even though we've written him letters about how we don't want to see her when we see him. ugh. she's is SO nice to me.
i don't like sara's child. joan referred to my dad being her grand"daddy". and it made my stomach feel watery and warm. it made me have diarrheaaaaa!
eugh. i think i mention diarrhea in every other post.
so a while ago there was an arbitration between my mom and my dad. my mom basically had the losing end, and so has to give up a lot of money that she doesn't have to various parties. my dad wants to use this money to rent planes to get andrew and i our licenses. i absolutely abhor the idea of my mom basically paying for flying lessons. it makes me so angry and scared of how good my dad is at having things go his way, and getting you stuck in a corner.
From : melissa
Sent : July 24, 2004 7:36:05 PM
To : steph
Subject : RE: hi
Hello!
Yeah, camping sounds good. I can definitely go on Saturday night. Just let me know if you guys are going for sure and what campsite number it is. Yes, my number is 475-5961. So call me closer to the day, just to make sure it is still on, and I will be there. I really want to see people at least once before I go. And I know Zac, we go way back! I talked to him at Sobeys the other day. We are like this _______. (my index and middle finger are crossed). Anyways, I hope it all works out. Can't wait to see you guys!
Melissa
aww mel!
she sounds so much more at ease in this email, compared to the other ones she's sent me. this one reminds me of the way she'd write letters back at st.peter's. this makes me happy.
here's an earlier one to compare with (and also for a recap if you were wondering what she's up to)..
From : melissa
Sent : June 14, 2004 4:22:50 PM
To : steph
Subject : RE: who ees this?
Steph,
I have to say, titling your email "who ees this?" shocked me. I thought that maybe you came across my email address and you couldnt remember who it belonged to or who I was. Then I read your email and it was all better. I was very happy to hear from you.
I am also very happy that you guys came to see Les Mis and I can't believe I didn't see you. I know I was busy and everything, though. Do you remember what night you went? I also saw Shannon there one night with a whole bunch of her friends that I didn't know. I also know it was partly my fault because I was supposed to call you guys and tell you when the play was. Sorry, I was so busy!!
But thats no excuse. Sorry. I'm really glad you guys liked it.
Yes, I have been working full time at Hollandale since the end of April. Yes, I am going to UBC, in Vancouver, in the fall. I dont know yet when I will leave. Probably the last week of August. I dont have an apartment yet, it is too early to look. I am moving there with my boyfriend, Mike, who will be at UBC as well. He is in Forestry, and did his first year at Lakehead. I will be in Arts for first year and then technical theatre second year and beyond. My parents are happy. They will miss me but they are really excited for me. Plus, we are driving there, so I'll get to see the rest of Canada, which I have never done.
All I do right now is work, go through my room and get rid of all the junk I have, hang out with friends whenever I can,etc. What are you doing? are you working? How did you like your first year of school? Now it is your turn to fill me in!
I would like to see all of you before I go, at least once, so call me next time you guys are going out, even if it is just a movie or dinner or something. What do you guys do? Do you hang out a lot. I mean you dont have to organize something specifically for me, but nxt time you are going out, maybe just give me a call.
Anyways, I'll talk to you later.
Melissa
maybe it had to do with the fact that the last time we talked led to me basically (and i regret to say..purposely.. only a little though) messing up our plans to get together.
she always refers to herself as melissa. i remember her mentioning how no one at enss called her mel, and once she ran into curtis w and he yelled out "mel!" and everyone was wondering who he was yelling at.
aw green bean.
yesterday everyone was home and it was very nice.