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What-About Wednesday?

What could I possibly write about this beautiful Wednesday afternoon?
Something that the general public (being you, the one who is reading this) might not know about?
Something interesting in Kristen's relatively normal life.
Hmm, what could it be?
Could it possibly be that KRISTEN'S BEST FRIEND JANELLE IS GOING TO CALL HER TONIGHT ALL THE WAY FROM EQUADOR?
Yes, yes it's true! I kid you not!
Janelle, Kristen's long lost best friend is scheduled to be calling Kristen this evening.
It has been far far FAR too long since they last talked... the last time being the night before Janelle left... which was way back on November 2nd.
Yay! I am happy. I am excited! My energy has been renewed.

Debbie Downer

Today my name is Debbie Downer. Or Negative Nancy, if you so prefer. These last couple weeks have just been trying. But alas, I am alive and I love life. So even with down days, life is still good. Because, well because God is still good.

I just haven't been quite myself as of late. What with Janelle being gone and all. As cheesy as it is, part of my heart left with her. I miss her a lot.

Lately I've just been thinking about leaving for Australia. And today I let Nutri-Health Group know of my last day with them. It makes me sad. I love working here. I love being in Niverville. I love my friends, my family, my situation. But, I know that I need to leave. Just for a while. I need to focus on other things. I need to focus on God more. I need to focus on who I am, what God wants for me, where my passions can be applied... etc. It will be good. All will be well. I am just very very sad to leave my friends. For most of my life, I just haven't attached myself to anyone. I like staying somewhat distant. Of course, I can share my heart and dreams, but part of me likes to keep to myself. Actually, part of me LOVES to keep to myself. I've just realized lately how attached I am to my friends. It's never really been like this before. With Janelle leaving, I got this whole shock at how much I miss her- simply because we shared everything together for these past couple years. And I had never had a friend like that before. Even with my other friends, I've just grown to love them all so much. And I am sad with the fact that they can't come to Australia with me.

But, God has a purpose for me. Every day. Now. And I want to live that purpose. I want to enjoy the time I have here before I leave, and be excited for what God holds in my future. Because I want him to take care of it, not me. He's just so much better at taking care of things than I am! And I want to let him in. And let him take control. Because he loves me.

My Halloween

Kristen as Marilyn Monroe, Bones as himself, and Lana as Little Bo Peep... just a taste of my halloween with friends. You see, halloween is Bones' birthday. A year ago from this halloween, Bones was born. He showed up at a halloween party, and he's been a friend ever since. Basically this is an inside joke that I'm trying to explain to you all. Bones is a player, he likes the ladies. So, in this picture, he's definitely in his element. Two beautiful ladies kissing him on the... skull? Well, Bones, even though you're kind of deflating now, and Trisha and Beverly hate you, you are still loved by Lana and myself. You've become a special little part of our group. You may not be very handsome, but it's personality that counts, right? And you're welcome to attend any one of our Halloween parties. Well, you tend to make yourself welcome at whatever party you want to. You're one fun skeleton Bones!

when you're the best of friends...

basically, i've got the best friends in the entire world. here's just to name a few (in no particular order):

janelle- my darling, where to start? you are amazing
bethany- my sister, i love you like no other
matthew- you are so fun and really great to talk to
jesse- sarcasm is the best humour (to a certain degree)
lana- beautiful, fun, peaceful, confident lana
trisha- you make any situation fun
beverly- when i want to laugh, i know who to turn to!
kevin- always singing, always dealing with life confidently
nick- amazing director, friend, accomplice (heh), confidante
marc gomez- can anyone say FUNNY?! i'm always smiling with you
caley- good at everything you do, just great to be around
stephanie- my mentor and friend, i love our times together
katherine- i love how we always pick up where we left off
jill and danae- i love you to pieces... all those times on grandma and grandpa's bed, talking, laughing, and sharing the deepest parts of our hearts with each other- no judgement, only love

you guys are all the best of friends. and you all mean the world to me! you are all so special and unique with such purpose! you all help me live life and enjoy life to the fullest. without you all, a special part of me would be missing. i'm so proud and happy to call you all friends- and not only friends, but best friends. i love you guys.

thompson'd

so, i went to thompson this weekend. for a film festival. "the reel north film festival." it was basically really disorganized, but i had a lot of fun with friends. the strange thing was that we went to a mall in thompson (yes, thompson is actually pretty big... my friend marc stated that "thompson is the 3rd largest city in manitoba. however its population is steadily declining"... oh marc) and as we were walking around looking for random things, we felt everyone's eyes peering at us. it was as if we had huge stickers on our foreheads saying "OUTSIDER". very odd, i tell you. i've never felt so judged in my life. none of us did anything wrong, all we were doing was walking around the mall. but everywhere we went in thompson, we were glared at. maybe they were threatened by us because we are big-shot filmmakers... haha, rrrrrriiiiiiiiiight... well, all in all it was a lot of fun. scary driving home because for the first couple of hours outside thompson, it was pure sheets of ice. horrible. but alas, the weekend is over and i must get back to normal life. but we all had to admit that we appreciate winnipeg more now than before. i would be ok with not going back to thompson... unless my friends are going again. good fun time though, very very fun.

What-About Wednesdays

Every Wednesday, one of my best friends, Nick Friesen (yes, also the director) hosts a radio show on 92.9 Kick FM (the college station). Check it out people. 1pm-4pm. Good music, funny guy... it's all good.

RENT, anyone?

A heart can freeze
Or it can burn
The pain will ease
If I can learn
There is no future
There is no past
I live each moment as my last...

Sorry, just in a little bit of "Rent" mood... seen that movie? Well, all in all the message is good- not to judge people for what they do, that sort of thing. But, it's mostly about homosexuals and transvestites, and that sort of thing... Amazing music though. And those words above are from my favourite "Rent" song.

"...No day but today..."