dear diary;

i need a vacation.
and for it to get hot out! it's supposed to be 85 on saturday. i'm supposed to work a jewellery trade show saturday. just my luck.

operation find a closet for less than 500 bones has begun! i found a place i think. i'm sure it'll be just big enough to sleep standing up and maybe fit a few pairs of shoes. the lady also said i can't have sleepovers which is going to be a big problem. it's not my fault i'm a born cuddler. i need to sleep beside someone, i just do. she's older so she probably thinks i'm going to bring boys home. little does she know i'm over boys and everyone knows boys don't go for gingers.

TWO WEEKS UNTIL I GO HOOOOOME. this time i'm excited! mostly to not remember anything while i'm there! hitting the duty free the second i cross that beautiful border.

i also decided that i owe it to myself to do some serious shopping before i come home. i called my mom today and told her to put my life savings in my account! let the good times roll. it's not like i need anything but i'm sick of budgeting and shopping at deals and target and coupon cutting. i'm sick of it. i feel like i deserve to go a little nuts. AND GO NUTS I WILL.

i'm so excited for summer. not going back to niagara, but for the weather and for all the summer time wonders.
i made a list of things i want to do. this list didn't include sleeping as i feel i need to monitor my free time in the best way possible.
1. campfires! and camping for that matter! there is no better smell than a blazing FIYAA.
2. peaches. i love peaches.
3. drinkdrinkdrink.rumrumrum.
4. rock the bells? perhaps?
5. find a job that allows for me to make bank. in a hurry.
6. start gambling. because really the chino is dope. free beverages, great oxygen flow, and a great place to meet new friends with possible gambling addictions.
7. start running
8. come back to new york for a week and hit up the hamptons. it's how i do.
9. palm bitch? maybe? if the cheddz is in my favor.
10. roadtrip with kynna.
11. cherry pick.
12. have a backyard fiesta!
13. forget the fact that i'm still in school. and still need to be doing work online while basking in sweet summertime.
14. make each and everyone of my friends a t-shirt that best represents our friendship.
15. blog everyday.
16. meet boys that don't treat me like dog's dinner and proceed to have a beautiful summer fling.
17. kick my serious bubblegum addiction.
18. patio it up at every dive bar st. catharines has to offer.
19. swim everyday..in pools that i B& E into. bad to the asssssss.
20. forget the fact that i'm away from my big city princess corrrrboo.
21. find a dope ass new apartment in the city to move into come september.
22. hangout with my mom as much as possible.
23. make my sister hate me less.
24. make a concious effort to not get a 3rd degree burn this year. SPF 32908234098. YESSS.
25. not have a cellphone.
26. cheapgreeeeeeen.
27. grow my hair as long as i can without looking amazonwoman-esque.
28. make ammends with all the people that are haters.
29. tequila.
30. have a 4th of july party! cause why not!
31. FIND WORLD PEACE.

>.<

my throat is starting to tickle. not good, not goooooood. someone needs to get more than 2 1/2 hours of z's! (i say zee now not zed) i also say soda now, not pop.
weird!

AMERICA, FUCK YA.

17 DAYS UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY.

it's saturday night,

and it feels so good to be doing absolutely nothing except watch iron chef in my christmas pyjamas.
i woke up this morning trying to figure out what day it was.
TOO. MUCH. ALCOHOL.


lately i've been having really large spurts of bad luck. this includes:
1.losing a twenty.
2.almost twisting my ankle walking on cobblestone in 6 inch heels. (BEWARE LADIES. IT'S AS PAINFUL AS CHILD BIRTH. IM GUESSING)
3.getting a misdemeanor.
4.making my bestfriend pee her pants.
5.attracting every single male pathological liar on planet earth!
siiiiiiiigh.

that's why i hangout with homo's for the most part. they don't bring the drama, they ARE the drama and it's fabulous! i'm so over playing games. none of this would even be a problem if jake gyllenhaul would just date me.

i'm starting a new business. it's called yumyums; a cupcake company! this city is the cupcake capital. soon it'll be an oddity for people to come here to experience new york's pizza or cheesecake, but instead frosted delightful whittle cupcakes! i'm gonna sell them in union square and people are gonna BUY EM. fingers crossed the cops don't catch on because i'm guessing selling food without a permit in short shorts is illegal.
this bitch does not need another fine.

my birthday is in three short weeks which is really putting the pressure on.
every year i stressss the importance of a perfect birthday outfit. i already found the shoes. now the dress.
i went to top shop today for inspiration/another reason to hate the fact that i'm broke.

WHY IS EVERYTHING SO BEAUTIFUL IN THAT STORE?


usually kanye pisses me right off. but this jam is so good.

love santogold.


oh my sweet baby jesus. this is possible the most disgusting thing i have ever seen.
i dunno if this exists in canada, but here in the land of the deepfryer, KFC is selling a chicken sandwich sans a bun.
TWO CHICKEN SLABS with BACON and CHEESE and MAYOOONASTY.
on top of that recipe for cardiac arrest, somebody decided to put it in between a glazed donut.

see below.



why...








this is possibly the most bizarre thing i've ever seen. this dude was standing here for hours with this sign the other day.
CLICK TO ENLARGE
megan, if you're reading this, he learned his lesson aaaand his pride is officially shot to hell.

gettagrip

well don't i wish i went to coachella 2010!
gorillaz, MUSE, LCD soundsystem, de la soul, COOoOoheed, JIGGAMAN.

so beaaaaaauty.

CAN THEY PLEASE PROCREATE ALREADY.

yesterday was such a shitty day;
GURU passed, RIP.
it was 420 and i didn't even light one up aaaaaand i had a crater of a blister all friggan day.
i did find three dollars on the ground though! thank you to whomever bought me a venti! mucho appreciated!

i've decided that after i finished my AA degree in march, i'm going to (attempt) to move to Cali to finish my BA. I've been applying to FIDM, a pretty decent fashion school out in San Fran. With luck i'll get in and be a WEST COAST GAL. i feel like now's my only time to just shoot the shit and move around. i know a few people out there and i think it'd be dope to explore california in all it's sunshine and sandal wearing glory! I figure i'm gonna spend the most, if not the rest of my life working in NYC so why not experience a different place while i'm a youngin'(and my parents are supporting me. teehee)



INCASE A REMINDER IS NECESSARY, BIRTHDAY IS TMINUS 24 BIG ONNNNNES.
i booked my flight for May 12th. so pumped to see all my naders!

hehehehehehe.

warning:

what you are about to read might get you in the mood to hit me.
and/or be extremely jealous of my life..and/orthink i'm being a snob.

i fucking love new york city.

you know what though? i worked hard to live here. i served chicken day in and day out to save a small and almost worthless amount of benjamins.
i left a shitty canadian university and hated my life for months and couldn't wait to escape.
i planned on this shit for a long time.

so sit there and be jealous.

needless to say i'm not living luxuriously. i over drafted the other day and blew my bank account in charges. i curse the day i was born every time i need to get up at 6 30 and hike to the subway when i'd rather be in bed. i whine and complain because i walk everywhere and because my feet hurt and because my bestfriend(s) had to leave and because my life isn't simple all the time.
you know what though?
i don't care if i'm 2498423098234 trillion dollar in debt.
MY LIFE ROOLS.
HARD.

i've been reading a really awesome book lately entitled "you are young, broke and beautiful"
it gives shout outs to all the dope places in this city. it goes through every borough and highlights the best and most economically saaavy places to dine, shop, see and experience. it talks about the mystique and awesomness of everything new york. it even talks about Palace Fried Chicken, the piece of shit fried chicken place right near my place. it's hilarious, it's innovative and it's the real new york.
you don't need to be loaded to have a good time here. you don't need a blackberry, you don't need marc by marc jacobs everything and you don't need to drink vitamin water with every meal. you need to walk around, talk to people and take advantage of all the free shit you can find here.
free shit=good shit.

whoever said it was glamourous to live here obviously has never experienced a winter here. or coming into contact with 14 douche bags who say rude things to you when you walk down the street wearing fishnets. i have never EVER been more stressed out in my life. i've also never had more fun in my life.

for the record, i tell everyone who will listen where i'm from.
"IM CANADIAN, EH?"
"EVERYTHINGS CLEANER IN CANADA"
"IF WE WERE IN CANADA THIS WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE"
"NICE TO MEET YOU. I'M JULIA, AND CANADIAN."
i love my country. make no dootaboot it.

i think all new yorkers should read this book. and maybe start to smile more. i look around and everyone has bags under their eyes or a cellphone in their hand or a place they need to be.

smile. everyone's more beautiful when they smile.

CAN WE GET SOME WHEAT THINS FOR ALL THE CHEEEEEEEESE I'M DISHING OUT.

peace from the east!

RENEGADE

BIRTHDAY ALERT: t-minus a month and one day! getexcitedgetexcited!

ooooooh, the most wonderful time of the year! i kinda wanna go all out. i was thinking limo, but that's lame-o and a waste of money that i could spend on thee most ferosh birthday dress.
i was thinking tequilllllla , but then i remembered last year.
i promise i'll make it out this year friends!
that was, hands down, the most embarassing night of my life. not making it out to MY OWN birthday. kynna told everyone D&G called and i was rushed out to milan.
obvi no one believed her but the thought was there.

HOMELESSNESS ALERT: i have uuuuh a month and some to figure out where i'm going to live for the month of june.
if you have a couch, love seat or even a recliner, i'd love to throw you some loot to let me stay! just me and a suitcase!
i never thought i'd have to ask someone if i could live on their couch for a month.

IF LOVING RU PAUL IS WRONG THEN I DON'T WANNA BE RIGHT.
his show "drag race" is fucking hilarious. i don't care if you don't like drag queens! you'll love these men (women?) and their ass cheek pads. they're so pretty. i watched a marathon of episodes last night. after "growing up gotti" stop airing i thought i'd lost all hope in T.V.
thanks ru!



so taaaaaaday, i got booked to do a bridal shoot next week which is exciting. i'm getting together a meeaaaan portfolio which is exactly what i've been trying to do for the last 6 ish months. woo!

last night i saw "the last song" with miley cyrus. i don't know why exactly, but just watching her makes me wanna attack. she just bothers me.
it was decent though.a sad, typical nicholas sparks movie; teen angst, someone gets sick, someone falls in love, tears, wah, death, wah, happy ending. wah wah.
i just saved you 12 precious dollars!
still, it got me. makes you wanna find true love and all that garbage.


so POTLUCK, MY PLACE. THIS SUNDAY FRIENDS. now that i re arranged my entire place at 2 am the other night there's loads of space for a fiestafiesta! i have bruises all over my body from moving my fuckin' boat of a bed alone. i fell all over the place. i'm surprised i didn't get a complaint for playing cam'ron reaaaaaaal loud and shuffling around that late at night, but the other tenants know NOT TO MESS WITH APARTMENT NUMBER FIVE-AH.

sooooo pretty stoked for next saturday. mets game! woo! we all know i'm not even close to being a sports junky, and we'll probably have no clue what's going on, but baseball games are exciting! and so is getting beligerant! i whined about not being able to go with anyone and yooooooou got tickets!
someone knows how to light my fiiiiiya.

i think i'm gonna start blogging in pig latin. just to spice things up. make people work haaaard to read my words of wisdom!

the time has come, the walrus said.

TO TALK OF MANY THINGS.
OF SHOES AND SHIPS AND CEILING WAX. OF CABBAGES AND KINGS!
google and read that poem. do it. you won't do it. do it.


in the meantime! this weekend was nothing short of wonderful!

usually i hibernate all day on saturdays, recovering from getting in from work at 5 am oooooor from drinking too much wine. this weekend it was all about getting thangs done!
operation: carpe the SHIT outta the diem!

i also found a street full of free books when i was walking home from getting a cup o' joe! literally a street with loads and loads of free novellas! obviously i scooped up the comic books cos' i bet they'll be worth something some day. just like all my furby's and tamagotchi's and beanie babies i kept.
i'll be rollin' in the benjamins one of these days, just you wait.



really really good, genuine people are so hard to find these days. being a girl with little to no luck with stand up gents, i was happy i got to the chance to get to know you this weekend. it might've been the hummus, or the fact that your tall dark and handsome, orrrr your ridiculous charm, but i'm pretty positive i'd like to keep this gettin' to know each other a regular affair.

..and you bet your bottom dollar you'll be getting a nice packed lunch from this gingerSPYCE. and you bet your other bottom dollar that we're gonna walk that bk bridge together this week!
;]


i have wicked friends. like THEE funniest people alive. that alone, is another reason i'm so grateful i live in new york. i've met people i'll keep in my life forever. me, corinne and jermaine literally diiiiiiie laughing everytime we get together. mix my multiple quirks and fucked up lingo with corinne's cuteness/vulnerability plus jerm's just straight up I DONT GIVE A FUCK 'TUDE and we're a match made in goodtime heaven!












today! i did a shoooot in central park. sometimes i really really dislike shooting. today, was so beyond enjoyable. i honestly didn't want to stop. the pictures also turned out really nicely. JOB WELL DONE LADIES.


i was also introduced to a really gooodjam this weekend via NAVI
download 'humdrum town' by theophilus london. you won't be letdown. so catchy, so summertime, so money.





i love bodega's. i hope you americans realize the simplicity and convienence of being able to go buy brews wherever you want.
i also love how someone asked me if they could "eat my legs" today. WHAT THE DEUCE DOES THAT EVEN MEAN. i was mortified. some people are fucked beyond repair.
i also love how when i wear my huge sunglasses people think i can't see them. or that i'm not looking at them when i really am. today, on the train (where i spend a solid 88% of my day) i saw this girl literally attached herself to her man. like full on leach status. she CLUNG ON. waiting for the train, sitting on the train, getting off the train. she rubbed his arms, his hair, his legs. if i were a dude, i would hate that. some broad just velcro-ing herself to my body. especially right out in the open!

i promise i'm really not a bitter person.

i decided i'd buy myself flowers today. cause really why not. i don't see men lining up to get me a dozen tulips! i love flowers so much. they make my war zone of an apartment look so much more preeeedy!

it's about that time.

return of the ex.

i literally talked to every birdo of an ex boyfriend i've ever had today. unintentionally obvi.
SO WEIRD. i keep thinking, what did i see in you? why? how? como?
i guess it's good to look back and reflect once in a blue mooner.

today was HHHHHOT. i mean cook an egg on the sidewalk style caliente!
i was sweating buckets and chuggaluggin fluids like noboddddy's business. me and corinne just do things that don't cost money all day. window shop, try on expensive dresses, sit in bryant park, make friends, get #'s, be besties, you know.

i decided today i guess i'm gonna go back to niagara for the summer. not cos i want to, but because it's probably the only way i can afford to come back here come september. i need a job dear jeeebus! i'm putting my foot down at taking one atta call center though. and no shitty ass retail job selling expensive soaps and fragrances either. maybe i'll cherry pick. or bartend someplace.or demo at sears. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE REALLY JUST ENDLESS.

i need a man.

KICKIN IT IN THE CAN

MY HOME AND NATIVE LAAAAAND. it was good to go back for 5 days. and made me really intune and appreciative to it's many highlights.
st.catharines is so clean. i would eat my breakfast off the sidewalks.
i miss my friends so muuuuch. syd and jess and i brought it back orginial cherry platform shoes style. it was like grade 8 all over again and it rocked hard. it sounds ridiculously corny but it felt so goood to be back with them.
i also surprised kynner at her doorstep! i met her humper of a pooch.
i realized i need a chiapet/SOMEONE to talk now that i'm solo. i couldn't shut the fuck up when i was home. just a chatty kathy! i think it's lonliness..
i was re-united with my dad's concawkshions of dinners. with a good good/bad ratio of 45/55 which is improving. one time i found a sponge in my muffin. yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
i spent so much time with my mom which was wonderful. she's honestly my bestfriend of life and never chirps me ever.

we went shoppppppin, and went to NOTL for a stroll, sang frank sinatra and i told her of my doings and going ons.
i literally got as many tim horton's coffees in me as possible. i mean like 8 a day type thing. WHY DOES IT TASTE SO MUCH BETTER AS SOON AS YOU CROSS THE BORDER. must be all that yayo they're cramming in it. regardless, luh delicieux!
i saw so many people i missssssed so much. I WANT YOU ALL TO VISIT ME.
i know realize i can NEVER EVER live at home again.
i remembered how much having a car made my life excessively easy and wonderful. you don't even know. imagine not having to walk a mile the minute you get out of bed. GLORIOUS.
i got my free health care on like you wouldn't believe! dentist! doctor! orthodontist! podiatrist! chiropractor! i just wanted to remember the feeling of not getting a mother of a bill for medical attention!
apparently i have been a stressball of a girl these days. and the reasoning behind my allergic reaction is stress.
the doctor advised i sit back, relax, drink cosmos, shop as much as possible, lounge at cafe's, and get regular massages.
gotta follow doc's orders!

i'm always happy to come back to new york though. i miss it when i leave. partly because everything's always open here and partly cos the city is beautiful especially right now. life is so different here. i had nothing to think about in canada. here its GOGOGOGO. FASTERFASTERFASTER. NOWNOWNOW. they both definiately have their pros and cons.

it's literally like summer weather. i'm walking around half nakey and it just feels so riiight!
yesterday marylooooper and i went for a walk in c park. it was the best way i could've even spent easter sunday! so relaxing and gorgeous out. everyone was getting their tan on. before we left for the park loops roommate told me i looked like a vampire.
needless to say i went home that night and slathered the self tanner on. THANKS FRENCHIE. I LOOK LIKE I GREASED UP AND ROLLED IN DORITOS NOW.
it's really not my fault i'm a. a ginger and b. stayed covered up during the winter.

i realized the other day that i am the ultimate expiration dater. i like/fall for people that are so unrealistic to ever have anything more than a fling with. i also adore assholes. i was trying to explain it to a cabdriver the other day why girls always go for the most fucktastic, d baggiest men we can possibly find. if they'll break our hearts, we'll take em!
WE CANNOT HELP IT.

i started class today. my professor is 102. no joke.
he talked for three and a half hours. he was a storyteller too. everything had a story. financial planning had it's own anecdote. it was so odd.
THANKS BERKELEY ADVANTAGE.

feels good to be back!