the tightest pants i’ve ever owned and my new favourite denim jacket, bought during reading week.
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i went to my first introduction to watercolours class today and it was super fun!!
(except for the part where i found out i’m going to have to spend more money on materials – like these things should be noted when you sign up)
i painted this shitty picture and i’m pretty sure the teacher thinks i’m a rebel without a cause because i started painting the background even though she specifically told us not to. but it’s okay because i’m still learning!
then laura invited me over for dinner.
she made pumpkin pasta and it was super yummy.
i was tentatively planning on going to gerts with joe and joffjoff but i chose to sit at home all warm and snuggly and do some leisure reading instead.
it’s been a good day!!
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tuesday, jan. 7: i turned 21!
luke made me cookies in the shape of the number 21 for when i got home on the 6th. they were left out on the counter overnight so they were kind of stale by the time i ate them the next day. for my actual birthday he took me out for lunch at three amigos because i wanted to wear a sombrero.
it was super cute and he was super sweet and i got to drink a pina colada and steal a sombrero which now hangs from a chair in our living/dining room.
i actually really love our roommate dates.
then i went to watch ‘the wolf of wall street’ with nellie. the movie had a lot of drugs and a lot of sex and it was pretty good. i didn’t really think there was much of a plot but maybe that’s just me.
i met up with ashton, he walked me home and we hung out with luke for a little bit before luke and i headed to joe and joffjoff’s to figure out what we wanted to do for the night.
we ended up going to gerts.
well, they ended up going to gerts. i stopped by a house party to use the bathroom on the way. they kept going and by the time i reached gerts, last call had already happened and the bouncers wouldn’t let me in even though all of my friends were inside and it was my birthday.
i got pissed, called joe, told him what was up and left.
i headed to bdp by myself, saw some familiar faces (thank God), and then chris came to meet me.
all of my friends eventually showed up too and i wasn’t even mad at gerts anymore. and it was all very cute.
and then i went back to chris’ place and there were snuggles and it was cozy.
all in all, it was a pretty good birthday.
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sunday, jan. 5: yodit and elaha took me to ripley’s’ aquarium and then for sushi for my birthday (sadiq made an appearance at sushi)!
omfg, the aquarium was so cool – or maybe i’m just easily pleased, but like i don’t even care if it means i get to have a great time.
i think i was more excited than any of the children there. i was literally yelling at the fish at some points.
“WHAT ARE YOU.”
“WHAT DO YOU DO.”
etc.i had a blast. going to the aquarium was high up on my to do list for toronto, and i’m so glad i got to cross it off.
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saturday jan. 4: the family celebrated my birthday because i wasn’t going to be in toronto on my actual birthday.
my mom originally wanted to have a huge birthday party for me because turning 21 is a huge deal in filipino culture, but i didn’t want the pressure and i don’t have enough friends in toronto to fill a venue, so i asked to have a nice family dinner at the red lobster instead (a completely arbitrary decision which turned out alright).
it was cute, and i made sure the dinner was all about me.
“orpah, who are you texting on my birthday?”
“ophir, why are you falling asleep on my birthday?”
etc.and then we went home to cut my specially made cake and open presents. my parents got me this really nice pen with my birthstone and my name engraved in it. and i also got a new phone, which was much needed since my old phone was a barely-functioning piece of shit.
i love celebrating my birthday with the fam!
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friday, jan. 3: i went to an all ages rave with elaha and her boyfriend, kind of as a joke and kind of just to see what all ages raves are actually like.
we did some stuff before going to make sure we were nice and prepped, and honestly i actually had fun, even though getting the stuff took way too long and was a huge pain in the ass.
i spent most of the time dancing and making friends. everyone was super friendly – probably because they’d done some stuff too.
i started feeling sick on the busride home – the stuff didn’t mix too well with alcohol, i guess – so i had to get off the bus and the only way to do that was by going to watch a movie at raf’s house.
my brother came and picked me up at raf’s house and drove me home where i basically died.
fun night! and it turns out i don’t actually hate ravers!
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went to futures with these beautiful people tonight.
went home early to work on my essay.
i’m still taking notes…
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went out with the aberkidz last saturday night.
i hadn’t been to a club in so long and it was nice. i love dancing, and the aberkidz are always a great time.
we got bottle service and everyone was sloppy and it was just a beautiful mess.
did some pretty questionable things, ditched everyone (gonna stop doing that) and ended up watching ‘the spectacular now’ while everyone else faced a horrible snow storm on their way home.
it was a fun night!
gotta love the aberfam.
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being back home has been rejuvinating.
it’s always nice to be surrounded by unconditional love.
had a beautiful christmas with the fam again. it was filled with beyonce and movies and a master chef junior marathon.
but even though i’m enjoying my time here, there are still a couple of things casting shadows in the sun.
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this year’s halloween festivities spanned two whole weekends thanks to the planning of events: kill halloween and 4floors were the two major ones that i went to, and there were house parties interspersed the whole way through.
luke and i planed our halloween outfits about a week before. we decided he would be a sexy farmer and i would be a slutty cow for kill, and then he would be the joker in the nurse’s outfit a la dark knight and i would be catwoman for 4floors.
kill halloween was on friday, october 25th.
luke, jared and i went to a pre at our friend d’arcy’s. it’s always nice to see the costumes that people come up with. i encountered a lot of minions (re: http://matteroffactsblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/despicable_me_2_minions-1920×1080.jpg) throughout the course of the night.
we thought we were late leaving the pre, but there weren’t as many people as i expected when we arrived at the venue. it was alright though – the night was young, and i had faith and a few pills to pull me through it.
we took our first ones and the effects didn’t take long to hit. jared was wired and i was smiling and luke was there.
the rest of my experience at kill halloween happened in a flash. i remember dancing and loud music, seeing friends and leaving them, flashing lights, getting soaked in low-quality fake blood, twerking, etc etc etc.
i stayed at the front of the stage for the majority of the time, and i made connections with a few of the stage performers. i think they liked my enthusiasm.
luke stayed by my side for the most part and jared went on a rampage or something, but we managed to find him later.
it all went by really fast.
and then we went to mcdonalds and had some coffee at like 3 am.
chris wanted me to go to stereo with him, and he had a ticket for me, so i accepted. luke decided to tag along, and jared decided to go home.
i remember stroking luke’s arm at mcdonalds and having weird lyfchatz before chris arrived and took us to meet his friends.
i’m not sure how i feel about stereo. i guess it was fun and dark and moody, and the minimalist beats set a kind of tone, but i don’t think it’s really my scene.
luke left shortly after arriving (sorry for the lost $35 luke xoxo), but i stayed there with chris the entire time, which was nice. he spent a lot of time with his head in my lap, and i spent a lot of time stroking his face, i think.
there was a character of a boy among chris’ friends who kept trying to make out with us.
i was like, whatever.
at one point he told me that we were similar in the sense that we were both fabulous, but i think i can spot a few differences.
he also told me he was jealous of me because boys seemed to like me so much. i think that might have something to do with the the fact that i don’t try to hook up with every single one of them.
i don’t really try to hookup with people at all.
chris and i left at around 9 am. we went to his house and to sleep.
and that was kill halloween.
