come on baby light my fire (the doors)

spider = thomas
flames = kelly
"bite me" = robyn

this is halloween (the nightmare before christmas)

yay!! today is matt good!!

anyways, robyn, kelly and thomas are over here right now. they are all sitting on the couch watching the simpsons. last night was our annual halloweenie thing with the kids. they decorated our apartment, we watched cursed (not very good at all. robyn says the werewolf looked like a chia pet/mutant hamster!!) and they started to carve their pumpkins. they are gonna finish them this morning and we'll show ya the finished product later.




and now... here's the joke of the day... sorry daddy, i know it's not up to your standards, but this is a family show!!

tragically, three friends die in a car crash, and they find themselves at the gates of heaven. Before entering, they are each asked a question by St. Peter. "When you are in your casket and friends and family are mourning upon you, what would you like to hear them say about you?" asks St. Peter.

The first guy says, "I would like to hear them say that I was a great doctor of my time, and a great family man."

The second guy says, "I would like to hear that I was a wonderful husband and school teacher who made a huge difference in our children of tomorrow."

The last guy replies, "I would like to hear them say, "Look! He's moving!"

poprocks and coke (green day)

think this is cam, drinking a regular old a&w root beer?? let's take a closer look, shall we?

not only is it fruit beer, it's diet fruit beer!!

so what'cha want (beastie boys)

apparently, i'm not funny enough for some people. you want funny??? here we go...

where do you get virgin wool?
from ugly sheep

what do you call a dinosaur with lesbian tendencies?
a licalotapus

what do you call a male dinosaur who fancies other male dinosaurs?
a megasauras

Yo mama so fat, every time someone say "Kool Aid" she bust through the wall.

well, that's all i got for now... more funniness to come!!

extraordinary girl (green day)

we got our car back today, safe and sound. they had to keep it until today cuz they had some trouble getting all the glass in. because we are "such a great pair", they gave us a 50% deal on our deductible. now, don't go saying that it's general practice to do that, cuz i think we are special and that they really are just that nice at crystal glass on whyte ave. so there!

only 3 more sleeps till matt good!! have i mentioned that i'm excited? what am i going to wear? like i have a lot to choose from. maybe i'll wear my jeans, or... nope, nothing else to choose from. guess it's my jeans. but what shirt? i think i know. but i'm not telling... i'll let the pictures do the talkin'!

colors (ice-t)

c = purple
d = grey


Just so you know.


peace.

me & my old lady (offspring)

Here's what I did today..... we look goood (that's right, 3 o's, that's how good we look).

look what happened (less than jake)

Check out what happened last night...
Jen woke us up at 3:00am. Our car alarm was going off. In the morning... we found this. Surprisingly enough, nothing was taken. We'll have it back tomorrow.

This city can kiss my ass.

ps... the apartment building that you see on the left isn't ours. that's what we call the "trailer park building"... cuz of the ripped awnings and overall feel of the place.

daughters (john mayer)

everyone, this is ava. she is the little one. mike is the hairy guy holding her. i hope we can meet her sometime.

oooooooo whatcha gonna do? (run dmc)

this is what i do when i have nothing else to do. it's ok. i know i'm a geek.

wrong way (sublime)

which way do we go? which way should we go? then it's settled... we go east!!

today (smashing pumpkins)

mike has a daughter. her name is ava marie lynn. i haven't seen her yet, but he says she is "perfect and beautiful." awwwww!!

i think i'll go now and pick my husband up from work... c ya!!

ps.
one week till matt good!!

what you waiting for? (gwen stefani)

i talked to eduardo today!! for those of you who don't know, he was in my tesl course. he is in chile with his wife and kids right now. yay yay yay!!

and d talked to scott yesterday. him and candice moved in together and we got their new address and d said he sounds "much better than he did." yay yay yay!!!

robyn stayed over with us this weekend. (she is my 14 year old cousin). her and i went to see the corpse bride (which wasn't so great), but we had a great time anyways.

d went to a party at mat's house (which was apparently the best thing to ever happen to him). let me tell you about mat. mat is the lead singer of plainsay and one of the greatest, kindest guys i know. i work with him and the band's bassist, andrew. i have also worked with, at one time or another, jonathan (guitar) and tyrn (drums). these guys are great, and i love them. so anyways, this party at mat's was a "talk & jam" meaning that they had mics set up and their instruments plugged in. guess who mat convinced to play AND sing?!?!?! yup, darren. i'm pretty bitter about the whole thing, but also soooooooo very happy that d finally got up in front of people to play.

thank u (alanis morissette)

thanksgiving saturday...

thanksgiving sunday...
fun and turkey and then more fun and more turkey!! too many pictures to choose from so i'll put more up later.

big city life (matt good)

things that are new (by chrissy boone)
~ i passed my TESL course
~ mike and ryan got a new house
~ my new job started on monday
~ d is giving thomas guitar lessons
~ bobby & allie sold their house (and they are having a baby!!)
~ i love spicy japanese peas

who's that girl? (madonna)

this is lia (and her doggie). lia is darren's 2nd cousin (i think... his cousin luisa's daughter, anyways). she is 7 and awesome and adorable. i met her when we were visiting in nova scotia and we went for an adventure down a giant hill on a gravel road and took some paths into the woods to see where they led. i had so much fun with her!! i got this email from luisa today...

Hi Chrissy,  I gave Lia her letter from you and she was so excited to get mail.
She read it and then sat down on the couch and said "Oh I Love Chrissy"

no one's leaving (jane's addiction)

dude, matt good is a god. no, i don't think you quite understand the godliness of his rockability. is it october 29th yet? no? damn! how 'bout now? shut up, chrissy? ok. sorry.

anyways, enough about matt... being back in school is a hard thing to adjust to. it's not really "school", but i have to go and sit through a day of class and do assignments and read and stuff. i can't believe that a 6 day course is going to give me all that i need to become a teacher in a foreign country. mama, i'm scared!!

so, i get an email from gayle the other day. she called herself a dink, etc. so i write her back a schpeel (i have no idea how to spell that) that was basically like "blah blah blah, i still love you" and crap like that and i end it with "where the hell are you?" so she sends me one of those "answer the questions" emails and she's filled it out and only sent it to me. question 20 asked "who do you miss the most?" and her answer was "my friends in edmonton" and then another question further down was "what are your living arrangements?". gayle lives in virginia. at least now i know where she is and that she's ok and she's talking at me again. big life changes though that i wish i could have been a part of. miss ya, loser!

~ sean is moving this weekend
~ scott and candice are living together
~ i wish i could do more for mike
~ going to lisa's for pie later
~ i'm a good cook
~ change isn't easy

now is it october 29th? damn it!!

oh be joyful (matt good)

"oh be joyful, 'cause that shit spreads"

matthew good is coming!! matthew good is coming!! i am so damn excited. seriously, like way more than ever before. it's his tour for the new album (out sept. 20th!!) which is kinda like a greatest hits collection. it's got a cd of all of his previously released singles, one of acoustically reworked songs and stuff from b-sides, AND a dvd of all the videos. needless to say, i've already ordered a copy!!

what's my name? (snoop dogg)

well, his name is simon. and that's his daddy, james. james and vicky are so freakin' happy!! it's so awesome. they are a family. it was so great to see them again. vicky wouldn't let me take her picture though. next time, she said.

new (no doubt)

more pictures... yay!! part of downtown edmonton at night, our popcorn poster that james drew for our wedding gift, cam & d watching football at cam's new place, and mike in our kitchen making juice...

happy sunday
happy mike with vicky
happy bobby and allie having a baby
happy sunflowers from j
happy autumn

8 days a week (the beatles)

happy wednesday, everyone!!

what's my age again? (blink 182)

C says: morning, geek

rottenbrain says: your a geek

C says: you are a bigger geek

rottenbrain says: nuh uh

C says: it's true, i heard it from somebody

rottenbrain says: well theyre a geek

rottenbrain just sent you a Nudge!

C says: not as big of a geek as you are

C winks: Play "Guitar Smash"

C says: so there

rottenbrain says: angela just called me a geek too. it must be true

C says: i already told you that it was true

rottenbrain says: she diddnt even know what we were talking about

C says: then it is definitely true

that was my conversation with sean this morning... we are very mature.

all that i need (blind melon)

so i'm trying out a new color cuz i am pretty bored with pink. and have you noticed the new font? huh? have ya? well... it's different, i swear.

what else is different? well, i didn't get the supervisor job. basically, i turned it down... after lots of thought and stress, i decided that i don't have any experience working with groups or community partners. and i was told lots of stuff in my interview that i wasn't really clear on before about what else the job would require of me. so... that's what happened. i decided that i would like to get some experience with groups so i am going to be the part-time youthworker for the project and get to do all of the fun stuff with the kids, but not have like any responsibility. and i am able to keep working with the kids i have right now 1:1. i feel better and better about the decision everyday. yay yay yay!!

i've been thinking about d lots already today. i love him. especially like this...

talk dirty to me (poison)

the 40-year old virgin is possibly THE funniest movie i have ever seen!! i can't tell you about it, because i think i missed a lot of stuff because i was laughing so hard and so very loud. so so so funny. we also watched anchorman today. we got the dvd from columbia house and my god, that is a ridiculously funny show. if anyone wants to borrow it, you let me know!!

same in the end (sublime)

ok, so... sorry about the bit of a rant the other day. just had it on my mind... you know.

nothing really new going on with us. pretty uneventful, actually. but... here are some pictures taken with our new digital camera!!! (by the way, it is probably like my favorite toy ever. seriously.)

so i called gayle yesterday to let her know that the family we stayed with in scotland is going to be in town this week. my call couldn't be connected as dialed. what the fuck. (sorry granny!) so then i called her at work. the voicemail at her extention was still her voice, so i left her a message (if she is even really still there). i thought i was sad about this whole deal with gayle, but i discovered yesterday when i was talking about it that i am really pissed off. mostly because i feel like i didn't really matter to her. i just want to know what the hell is going on inside her head. that's all. not too much to ask. i don't even know where she is.

good people (jack johnson)

i love the east coast. i love it, i love it, i love it. the air is different, the stores are kinda the same (i got laughed at though when i asked for a safeway bag... "oh, isn't she so sweet? we can get ya a sobey's bag, will that do?" ha ha, pick on the girl from the west. poor little thing :)

d's family (families?) are awesome. i felt right at home. as it turns out, d's family is just as crazy as mine when they get together (maybe even a bit more, but only because they don't see each other as often).

more pictures later... and maybe the one of d's glowing white backside with a giant spider bite on it. stay tuned!!

the cause (nofx)

hi... we're back!! pics will be up soon. they turned out great!! i am so in love with that digital camera!! i'm being a nerd right now and signing up for things online, so this is a link to some silly thing for a free ipod. humor me and check it out... we'll see if it works (or if i get defrauded and have my identity stolen... whichever happens, i'll let ya know!)

http://www.freeiPods.com/?r=21441747

so that's all for right now. i'll get some pictures up later tonight hopefully if mike doesn't hog the computer all night writing his resume and doing the right thing and looking for a decent job and stuff. c ya!!

hey baby (no doubt)

"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed."
~Carl Jung

this is a quote that my friend melanie put on her blog yesterday. underneath the quote is a picture of the two of us. she is so very dear to me, and i don't think that i tell her that nearly enough. so... MELANIE, I LOVE YOU!!

running for home (matthew good band)

sorry for the long absence... lots of thinkin' time lately.

we are off to nova scotia on saturday, but we are driving to calgary tomorrow. scott is there (somewhere!!) and that's where we takeoff from. no one has talked to scott for like at least a month. he only has a pay-as-you-go cell phone that doesn't always have minutes on it. and now... his voicemail is full so we can't even leave him a message!! and... he's working nights but we don't know the hours. and we don't know if he even remembers that we are going or if he took time off!!! so when (and if) we see him, i get to kick him in the ass... TWICE... once for their mom and once for me. so that's an upside!!

ummm... that's bout all for awhile... we'll post pics of the trip when we get back... love you all!! this is jen, i mean, tyranosaurus jen. i just love her so much!!

last night, i did the hardest thing i've ever had to do. i told my mom that her dad died while she was on holidays. i never again want to see that much sadness come from words i say.

we love you grandpa
william james o'keefe
1920-2005

wish you were here (pink floyd)

we've been living the seedy life for a whole year. crazy.

i love it. cuz it's the same. we're the same. i love how in love we are. and how it's for always.

******seedy for life******

d,
jerk! i know you knew it would make me cry! i love you so much and can't wait for the seediness to continue. and also, how did you do that?!?!?

chronicles of life and death (good charlotte)

i know, i know. it's been like a month since we've posted anything. so, to the 2 people who read this blog... sorry, but nothing much has been going on.

me and my lovely cousin robyn went to see good charlotte on sunday, the 17th. it was her first concert ever!! she was so excited while we waited in line, yapping the whole time about nothing. she's so awesome. she got a bit tired during the opening band and i was worried she wasn't having a good time. i was sooooo wrong. when good charlotte was on, she was bouncin' and singin' and cheerin'... it was great!!

i had my interview today for the "youth project coordinator". i think it went ok. it was hard to prepare though. they already know what i do, so i wasn't sure what was going to go on. so basically, i didn't really prepare at all. i was asked to tell "my story", how and why chrissy is where she is today. and they also asked me explain how i do my job and what "gifts" i leave my clients with. blah, blah, blah... in the end, they told me that i need to do some work on being able to articulate what it is that i do and how i go about doing it. both pauline and eileen gave me huge compliments... they told me that i do "tremendous work" and that i need to look back over my past clients and give myself more credit for their successes, because without me, the change couldn't have happened. huge compliments...

tomorrow is our anniversary... one whole year... i know, crazy!!

anyways, see how boring things are??? maybe more fun and funniness soon... i hope.

*** one week till matt good ***

shower days (nofx)

today is laundry day. soon, me, d, and my little brother will be smelling much better. you're welcome.

i think i might have some gas. too many cherries. ouch. it hurts. so much for smelling better...

ode to my car (adam sandler)

the car wouldn't start again today. different problem though... i bet it would've started if it was raining... probably not.

found some info for walking myself skinny... it's a 6 week plan. starts tomorrow.

i'm boring so... see ya!!

san francisco (scott mckenzie , me first & the gimme gimmes)

lazy lazy lazy... i love lazy dayz!! no appointments, not really going anywhere, not much of anything. LOVE IT!!

so melanie finally had her very first birthday party last nite. first party, first cake, first anything. it was awesome!! she'll be 24 early in july, but out of town, so the party had to be last nite. F-U-N (spongebob says that "F is for FRIENDS that do stuff together, U is for YOU AND ME, N is for ANYWHERE AND ANYTIME AT ALL down here in the deep blue sea!")

update: car is fixed, job is ?????

oh, talked to lisa on her birthday on thursday... she was on fisherman's wharf in san francisco!! bitch!! tee hee...

girls, girls, girls (motley crue)

what about girls? well, let me tell ya!! first of all, mike will be having a baby girl in october. second, my cousin lisa is currently on a road trip to san francisco and i am so totally thrilled for her!! third, my friend melanie just got promoted and is so very happy about it and i am so very happy for her!!! (mel also just got a haircut and looks fabulous!!).

so YAY GIRLS!!

car update... it's in the shop right now getting tuned up and cleaned out and having the tires rotated and alligned and just getting some long overdue attention. i just hope that they can find the cause of the "rain" problem. since it's not rainy today it might be just a guess.

i've fallen a bit off of the wagon... i ate lots of crap this weekend. it's hard to start eating healthy again. but i decided yesterday that bread and it's buddies are no friends of mine. bye bye to most carbs!!

It's All Been Done (Barenaked Ladies)

I guess I had better write something since it is the SEEDY life (though C pretty much keeps you all up to date on everything). Let's see.....what's goin' on.....saw the new Batman.....oh, she already told you..... ok..... what else...... oh yeah, our car won't start and..... what?, she told you that too? Well...... has she told you that I love chicken?.... No?.... Well I do. And also....I love to skate. (pictures to follow....someday)

na na na na na na na na BATMAN!

again with the rain!! i love the rain and i also love driving in the rain, but that can't happen. why? CUZ THE CAR WON'T START!! and... and... batman is tonight. gotta figure something out. just gotta.

what would batman do if the batmobile didn't start. why he'd take the batwing of course. if only we had a seedywing...

I Gotta Pee (NoFX)

take that, nickelback! ha!!

finally, here is the picture i know at least one of you has been waiting for... don't know how well you'll be able to see it though, but trust me, the stream of pee is awesome!!

lift your head up high... (bloodhound gang)

aaaarrrrrrggggggg!!!

once again, it rained over night and once again, the car won't start. it is driving me crazy!! **how can it drive me crazy when it can't drive anywhere?** "well take it in and get it fixed." we would, except for one problem... $$$. we are working very hard to get back to even with everything but we're not quite there yet. i'd say one more month or so. until then, we just have to mind the forecast, i guess.

and the timing of it is always shitty... like this morning, i was up and ready to go to the gym. nothing kills motivation like a car that won't start.

so, again, i say aaaarrrrrrggggggg!!!

ps.
matthew good is coming to preform at kdays... i am so damn excited!!!

loser (beck)

so as it turns out, i am a winner. not the loser that some had pegged me as. you may be saying to yourself "yeah right!", but it's true. how am i a winner? well, let me tell you!! i won a double guest pass to the premiere of "Batman Begins". so HA!! no longer a weiner... i'm a winner.

breathe in (atmosphere)

resume: in
fingers: crossed
hopes: up