Radiohead’s 15 Step from Scotch Mist (my favorite version and my favorite song)
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To the person who stole my BlackBerry..
Dear UBC Student who stole my BlackBerry,
I wanted to wish you all the best on your new adventures through life with my cell phone. Since you have now taken my best friend away from me, I thought you should know a little bit about it. If you are wondering why the screen is fading in the top left corner it is because I stabbed it with a ruler in my studio art class a few weeks ago without noticing. In my eyes, it adds character. I hope you treat my phone with the same respect and care that obviously I have shown it. Please do remember to take it for walks and to take photos around UBC such as I have. In addition, I hope purple is your colour and you appreciate the $30 purple protector case I bought from Rogers only 3 weeks ago.
When you grabbed my phone from the forks, spoons and lack of knives section of the Totem Dining Hall, I just want to let you know I was about to enjoy the best meal of yams and gravy that you have ever witnessed. It was going to be magical. Instead, half of them are nestled in my garbage can since I spent my evening asking every UBC desk if anyone had turned in my phone. I wonder what you were purchasing that lead you to be gifted with a new Blackberry.
I always thought people would be sincere and return lost items. Now, I get to go visit my lovely friends at Rogers and buy another $600 phone. It’s just what I wanted for Thanksgiving. Tell my phone I miss it very much and I hope that one day we could be reunited and share in a very quickly typed email together.
All the best,
Erica who is stuck in the Okanagan without any means of communication.
Update: I went to Rogers. New Blackberry Bold: $699 plus taxes. Hello savings account. Fml.
The Ubyssey’s 91 Things to do before you graduate
I have just lived through my first month at UBC. I’ve witnessed a shirtless middle age man on the 99 B-Line riding with an open beer on a Tuesday afternoon. It got better when he spilt it all over the bus, started giggling and then the man with no shoes came on the bus and started wiggling his toes in the spilt beer. My bus stop was Granville. We had some quality time together.
Besides my new friend, who I will nickname Bob, I have also witnessed students bringing road blockades into Totem Park in the middle of the night. Where they ended up, I have no idea.
I have had a bicycle fall on top of me from a bicycle rack which officially makes me fit for living in Vancouver. I’ve watched the sun set over wreck beach from the Marine Drive Parkade. I’ve recieved 7 “I’m thinking of you..” or “Welcome home!” cards from my mother.. and I’ve only known my mailing address for not even 5 weeks. I haven’t even included the junk mail she’s forwarding me.. like flyers for gym memberships to Ontario only facilities… or a pay stub from work.. or that random pen..
Then my friend told me about the ’91 Things to do before you graduate’ list put out by The Ubyssey in August. You can check it out for yourself here. And seriously- check it out. I laughed pretty hard and I couldn’t include it all. It got me thinking, if all of these experiences have already happened to me I wonder what I can cross off the list already. Or maybe I can pick out what I really want to set out to accomplish. I know that there are so many of them out there that are so completely true about UBC that it makes me proud.
2 Hotbox an elevator in the Rose Garden Parkade and scare Chan Centre patrons as they leave a lovely evening at the theatre. – I was just told last night that people actually do this, and that is hilarious, but as a Blog Squaddy, I can not approve of such actions, yo.
5 Deface the “E” (engineering cairn on Main Mall) with your faculty’s colours. – I have not defaced the “E” yet but, my favorite moment is when I walked past the Ski and Board Club defacing it and then taking photos of them jumping in front of their piece of art.. with pieces of their clothes removed..
14 Snowball fight. We don’t like snow that much, but if it’s there, you might as well set up a fortress and launch ice grenades at your mortal enemy (eg. TA). Don’t forget to snag a cafeteria tray and sled down the Knoll, while it’s still around. – I’m game.
17 Make an ass of yourself in front of everyone in the room at Karaoke night at the Gallery.
18 No, impress the pants off of every-one in the room at Karaoke night. – The day will come.
24 Find the Farm (and then help us find it, if you don’t mind). – Hahahaha. I have to say, UBC Farm squash in Honour Roll Sushi in October is a swell idea. But yet, no one knows where this farm is.
34 Jump on the bouncy bushes, sober or drunk. – Just don’t rip open your butt on them and then have to call 911 and try to explain to them that your location is the bouncy bushes and you need help at 3am on a Monday. Happy 18th Birthday Katie!
60 Become addicted to Facebook. Have it ruin your life. – Farmville too… shh..
68 Get safewalked. – Checkkkk. Not going to lie, one of them was pretty cute.
73 Go on a roadtrip with a group of friends. Try not to die. – I’ll try not to die, but I’m not promising anything.
77 Get those yam fries from Mahoney’s. – YAM FRIES? I’M THERE.
78 Get those apples from the annual Apple Festival at the Botanical Gardens. – Going this weekend with the girl from the mustache party!
91 Read every issue of The Ubyssey. Har har. – I pick you up in Lasserre all the time, my friend.
UBC from my BlackBerry camera: 2nd Edition
Last Saturday the fire alarm in Totem was pulled… again. Maegan was in the Commons Block when we had to exit our residence buildings. She went to a party and when she arrived they told her it was a mustache party. She excitedly agreed to let them draw a mustache on her face. Turns out, Maegan was the only one with a mustache at the mustache party. But obviously, she still had a good time. 🙂
Blog Squad pizza party! That’s Carman playing Taboo with us in Buchanan. She killed any competition.
IKBLC at night, UBC glowing with street lights, and all of the trees turning from vibrant green to raging red. These are a few of my favorite things.
It’s a good thing I always know where my Residence Advisor is…
Writing messages on your friends white board on their dorm room door is one of the best things about res.
Music Monday
This song is one of my favorites of the entire summer. I sang this song while I was on the trail in Algonquin Park in August. It popped up in my head especially when I was walking through swamp water up to my knees and I would come out covered in mud. It reminded me of Jenny Wilson (in the video above) and her white moon boots or what could be sneakers from the 90s… hard to tell but, I like the sound of moon boots. Super cool moon boots, Jenny. Her song, “Like a fading rainbow” is my choice for the day.
Third and final post on CTV.ca
Here is my final post for Vancouver We Day 2009 on CTV.ca. Did anyone watch the live webcast of Toronto We Day today? THE JONAS BROTHERS ARE INVOLVED WITH FREE THE CHILDREN? When did this happen?! Crazy business I tell ya’. I didn’t expect that one.
My life at UBC captured with the camera on my BlackBerry
Meet Harold, my freakin’ awesome venus fly trap. I didn’t even know you could own one of those as a house plant until I went to the Botanical Garden Indoor Plant Sale. He’s just chillin’ next to Marty, my other house plant and then Francis is a bunch of pink flowers that chill on my desk. I was told naming them will help them stay alive since my mother and I can’t even over water bamboo.
It was 1am. I was hungry. I convinced Sebastien to go to the village to grab some food with me. Turns out it it started to rain cats and dogs, so everyone from the frats decided it was a good idea to join us for food too. This is the only table that was free for us to eat at. Note the pickle on the wall. Straight up class.
Studying for one of my many French tests in IKBLC. I’ve been eating the grapes from the Totem Dining Hall for the last 3 weeks straight. It’s one of the only things I’ll go for. Now I’ve been adding honeydew melon into the mix. Not much else to eat when the pancakes are rock solid and I want to stay healthy.
Mr. Jason Mraz playing to me in a crowd of only 100 at GM Place the night before We Day 2009. Freaking awesome. He’s such a chill guy.
Totem food once again. It’s happy to be a shepherds pie.
COLOUR WARS.
Colour Wars is the one day where all of the houses in Totem come together to battle it out in tacky house colour themed outfits and face paint to determine which house wins the house cup. Nootka, ohhhhhh yeahhhhhhh, came in third and as you can tell from my photos, we’re really good at sporting our gold/yellow. I personally enjoyed waking up early on a Saturday to pots and pans banging in the hallway, my RA in a tight gold skirt, crushing other houses at tug-a-war and still not being able to throw a dodge ball. It’s all that upper body strength that I’m missing. All and all, it was a fun time showing my house spirit and I know that “at least I’m not Dene.”
Second Blog Post on CTV.ca!!
Click here to check out my second blog post on CTV.ca for Free the Children. It’s wild!
Music Monday
A few nights ago, someone came by my room and put some of their music into my iTunes Library. I’m enjoying all of their sweet tunes and it’s really relaxing. This song in particular keeps popping up when I put my library on shuffle and the part about bones always catch my ear. Band: Islands. Song: Don’t call me Whitney, Bobby.