Where the F Were the Carols?

Miss Jenny "Want Sum Figgy Pudding?" Siddle,
It's been barely a day since I've seen you, but as i am trying to force myself to write this paper i catch my mind wandering back to the excellent party you hosted last night. Siddle Christmas '06 was stupendous. Let's just do A quick recap of the highlights:

I got to finally meet the infamous Miles Shmendrick. A man whose name rivals that of Doan Galarno. At first I was immediately taken with him when he brought up his heartache in discovering the breakup of Pammy and Kid. This was clearly a man after my own heart. But then he started dissin' on the missus, talking about how disgusting she was, I mean, i know she's a Lion's fan but I doubt he would be able to rock a red one-piece to the same effect that she does.

Also, Cousin Jeff finally put in a half-decent performance this year. Footloose and Fancy-free without the GF on his coattails he dropped a couple pretty hilarious one-liners. And we also created a chorus of delayed elvis dolls much to the chagrin of your older brother.....Brian.

I witnessed the wrath of Lynn when it appeared that the timing of the meatballs might throw off the presentation of the cheese sauce....obviously at the pre-party meeting she didn't rally the troops as much as she thought she had.

I think i got a little bit too tipsy and invited all your guests to my birthday party?! Haha, shortly after that the two of us tried to crash into bed with rye-guywhich he was clearly not impressed with...even though the both of us were being quite charming. I seem to remember newman being equally irritated when Shandra and I decided that it was absolutely necessary we go jump on him with our Flames/Oilers outfits...if u calgary boy's keep dissing me it might eventually start to effect my ego. Haha, who am i kidding, i think the ego's pretty well intact.

All in all it was a enjoyable evening, lots of laughs, and i met a bunch of lovely people whose names i already forget. It was a bit sad to wake-up on my lonesome though, and realize you two had already jet-setted down south. Did you decide that the jacking my bra would somehow allow u to take a little piece of me with you? For future reference, panties are a lot less expensive! Haha. But I'm not gonna lie, this wouldn't be the first time i woke up hungover missing a piece of my apparel. Good Times, Good Times. But, I should go apply myself now, I hope you are enjoying the rest of your holiday's and I'll try to give you a call before I boot it to Kowea.
-Linny "i heart mistle-toe" Smithson
p.s. dont let rye stretch out my Victoria's Secret too much, Haha!

Battlestar, Johnny 5, and Swedish Meatballs - Who Could Ask For Anything More?

Linny,

I know, the lack of correspondance has broken all the rules of conventional blogging. Let me start with you (cause I know you've been chomping at the bit.) A bit too personal? Perhaps, but so very you. My opinion? Well, I have many of them, but with reference to your habit of choosing the "not so good guy" I have to refer to a conversation I had yesterday with an unlikely inspiration. The ex-boyfriend. We chatted yesterday and he was telling me about a relationship that he's been in now for roughly 8 months. Let me just remind you that he is now almost 35 and basically just wants a nice girl to settle down with and have babies. He's says the girl is attractive, she's cool, and they get along wonderfully - but he broke it off. Why? He claims she didn't get excited enough about him. Basically just too low key. To me, this is a kickass reason. Most guys in his situation (at35) would put a ring on any girl's finger they find attractive, are compatible with, and share the same ideas of a future. But he's holding off on finding a girl who is not afraid to show the world that she's crazy about him. How does this apply to you, I ask? Because Linny, life is too short not to be with the people who aren't afraid to fall head over heels for you, and you to them. It is too short to be with guys who can't admit they like you and whom you think are going to dump you in two months time.

As for your St. A friends, well, I don't know them. However, if you are constantly worried about how they will judge a person whom you know makes you really happy - well, then stop having friends that suck so bad.

Anyways, we will be seeing each other in one sleep!! Not that we are going to be stuck for things to talk about, but here is a brief itinerary of the last month or so of my life, it will be a nice warm up. Serge and I saw Killa Kela at the Commodore - the guy's a beatboxing freak, I have no idea how he does what he does with his mouth but his gf has got to be one happy woman. Very worth seeing. He opened for Ozo Matley, this 9 piece latin, hip-hop funk band that actually made a snake through the crowd at the end with their instruments before ending off the set with "When you're happy and you know it". It was right on. I've been wined and dined at two Vancouver Fairmont properties now, one by Uncey Claude (after our tough day drinking wine in Whistler) and John "spaghetti legs" Samms. That phone call came right out of the blue, but any night that ends with Johnny 5, and a Japanese karaoke bar and 3 bottles of sake pretty much takes the cake as best night of the year. You should of seen us play back up vocals to Pegs' closing number of RESPECT - sock it to me sock it to me sock it to me. We actually hi-tailed it outta there as our ovation was still going. Believe me, you were on my mind.

I also had an impromptu platanic sleepover with Nik. Never ask a Swede to come over for a sandwich - he won't leave until 8:30am and he'll drink all your wine. However, we actually got in some pretty heavy discussion about love, sex, relationships and shnoobles. It was pretty cool. As young and self-absorped as that guy can be, he has quickly filtered into my "real friend" category that night. It's always nice to know there are people you can count on when you're away from home.

Alright, now onto Adama. As you know I was KellyKat's date to the Battlestar Gallactica wrap up party, so it was time to bust out the cleavage and heels as I entered a parade of geekdom. To be honest, geekdom is not such a bad place. Good appetizers. And I did get to me the cast. First off is me and Deck Chief Captain Galen Tyrol and I - he's not the star or anything, I just simply think we look cute together and he was wearing a velvet suit jacket. Secondly is me and The Man - Captain Adama (also of Miami Vice and Blade Runner fame) and Helo. If I didn't look so down syndrome I would have put the one of Tricia Helfer and I - she used to be West Ed. model, don't ya know. It was lots of fun, and Kelly was kind enough to take pics and introduce me as a VFS student, so I had some pretty good chats with writers and producers as well. Speaking of the Kat, he won a Peabody Award today, which is quite a prestigious honour in TV and broadcasting. Kinda like one step down from an Emmy. So congrats to the Kat. He's being very humble about it.

Oh yeah, and school's going really well too. Ha ha.

That pretty much does it.

Can't wait to see you buddy. Good Luck with exams.

Hottata

get into the groove!

jenny,

i know u are toiling away on your blog as we speak. so u can put yours up over this one as soon as your done. It isn't really of any significance of point. I just am trying to pump myself up to start writing this paper. Blogging is so much easier it's bonkers. By the way, I busted out bonkers the other day to Other Jenny's Dave and he was pretty impressed. We are simultaneously tryin' to bring it back and are gonna wait and see how long it takes before it catches with our friends...I estimate not long, they are all sheep. haha. it's not really a catchphrase so much as a phrase that catches. haha

I had a studious day. I haven't actually even left the house. My entire day has revolved around studying in my room. I did however take a much needed break to watch the trailer park boys christmas special. It was lovely till daryl came home and yelled for the two flakes (seriously two flakes) of cereal that were on the kitchen floor. apparently he was grumpy 'cause his foot hurt. GeezLouise, I can't imagine how he'd react to the olive oil spill of 'o5 haha. It's prob all for the best, i am seeing my dad in just over a week. I've got to thicken the skin up a bit haha. Sometimes i feel really guity that im getting in the way of my mom's new life. i realized that she retires next year. She is retiring and still has a kid living at home..i really need to buck-up and get on my feet. haha. milk river has never looked so good! ps. i think amy and nola are both applying back at TA. i wonder if they are Dub-G bound....

I am resisting the idea to write a massive blog on Madonna...and how the assertion of her sexual prowess intimidated men...and how people use labels to perpetuate the patriarchical status-quo in western society. But I will save it for another day. i need to save my creative urges for actual school work.

But I pass on a rhetorical open question to all, that the other jenny posed to me today...is it a potentially good thing or bad thing if a girl has had substantially more experience than a guy going into a relationship? Can u build a good guy around the sex, or do u build the sex around a good guy? Haha, sounds suspiciously familiar to the cart before the horse...by the way, im pretty sure your boyfriend tried to call me a horse. Ha Ha jk. I should get back to school...to prove to dad that im not a fool?

-Linny- ( i, for some reason, am having the strange urge to take my pants off and fight haha!)

A Little Too Personal?

Well Hello There Friend,
The purpose of this blog is mainly so I don’t have to look at the picture of those people making out anymore. Life has been Bizzy Bizzy Bizzy! I’m pretty sure the last time we talked was forever ago so I will catch u up with what’s been goin’ on. (I’m sure you’ve been sitting up at night wondering about me as I have with you haha)

Well, Tuesday was the double-death-day of exams. On the one hand, they didn’t go great. On the other hand, they didn’t go good either haha. So I guess they went exactly the way I deserved them to go. But they are behind me finally and I can focus on writing cool stuff. I am still apprehensively thinking about writing about house music for my music final but I am kind of intimidated by it and not sure if my prof will reward me for taking the risk. I think I should just admit to myself that I’m gonna get raped on it by all the music buffs and artists in my class that actually know what they’re talking about. Speaking of music prof, Drama! Drama! He played a 2live crew song in class that this girl freaked out over due to sexist content and walked out of class. It was called “Put her In the Buck” which apparently is some sort of masochistic sex position. After she walked out he said something along the lines of “Geez, I didn’t put her in the Buck!” It was really, really funny but also very uncalled for. It figures I’m always attracted to the asshole haha. It reminds me of Stupac’s “sperm dumpster” comment which would have been ridiculously comedic if only directed towards a different target..like me. Haha.

Anywhoo..that was Tuesday, on to Waynesday. I had my first filthy mcnasty experience. It was also the first time I exposed Myke to my friends. I decided to do it like a band-aid hard and fast and just went straight for Megs and Katherine. It went surprisingly well; he ended up ditching his friends to go to the Attic with us. There was the typical “friend” drama to a degree when Megs dumped part of a drink on Moustafa for being a jerk-face but M handle handled it well and won over the girls and my guy friends pretty easily. He’s such a charmer... like a snake charmer. The next day he proceeded to tell me he’s maybe moving to Ft. Mac next semester...oh the games they play.

Thursday was Jodie’s birthday and the girls finally manned up and got together to do dinner and drinks at moxies. It was the first time all 7 of us hung out in a long time. The night actually was totally refreshing and healed my heart a bit. Which is so lame to say but I don’t know how else to say it. Other Jenny, Jodie, Clare, and I ended up going back to Clare’s to hang out and watch our old Grad Video that Clare made for us when we were 17-18. I knew I had changed quite a bit but I had no idea to what degree until I saw that shy (skinny) little girl blushing on camera like a big dork-face. Seeing videos of me with Matt made me admit to myself how much I freakin’ loved that guy as much as I try to deny it now. Also, watching the video’s of us partying and talking about sex made me realize we were far too young to be partying and talking about sex. HaHa. We were such little posers. But in the end, the four of us ended up laughing until we cried and I got a reminder of why I used to love those girls so much…and still do. They kind of ‘cornered me’ about my secret-life tendencies and were like, “dont hide your goofy side anymore”…it was quite touching. We had a really good talk about the people we were all individually becoming and how we were limiting ourselves sometimes when we get stuck in old “high school” ways of thinking. It's amazing how girls seem to have this instinct to keep each other in line...it's like we police eachother through fear of judgement or abandonment. It's why i like being friends with guys.

Last Night, I was wooed. It was my date with Andrew. The whole situation confuses me because when it comes to dating, whenever I encounter any form of competition I usually just get mad and fuck off. But he seriously stepped up and put so much thought into our night. He picked me up and took me to this teeny little Chilean restaurant where we had empanada’s and bbq chicken. The food was good, the conversation was better. :) So when dinner was done I started thanking him for the night sort of deal and he was like, “oh we’re not done.” And he took me to live-improv at Varscona theatre which was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. I once again laughed till I cried (two nights running.) Then he took me to Blues on Whyte to dance to Jazz music. The whole night was funny, and interesting, and I had no idea what to expect. I did feel a little bit tired at the end though, maybe because of 3 consecutive late nights but also I think the banter. He keeps me on my toes. Which I SHOULD like, but I also find it kind of uncomfortable to be with someone who challenges me so much…he takes me out of my comfort zone. It’s easier when you’re the smart one haha.

But overall the night was really cool, even though I denied him a kiss at the end of the night. Why, you might ask? Well, maybe because I’m a lady. Haha, ok seriously though, I don’t know why…. ‘cause I’m a stupid idiot that never goes for the nice guy. Haha. Ok, that’s the end of this very personal blog. I don’t even know if I will even post it in retrospect. I am going to study for the rest of the day and wait for your LATE boyfriend to get into town.
Miss You and See You Soon!
–Love Linny-