Final Destination, District 9, Fantastic Beasts, Day Off and long overdue blog post

Yes I know, I know, I am terrible at keeping a daily blog. Sigh. I had the same problem as a child trying to keep a journal and ended up with about 20-some journals half empty, I would go the positive route and say half full but really they were half-empty, I am not even kidding.

The truth of the matter is that I am not one who enjoys commitment that much. I mean don't get me wrong some commitments are good when it comes to love or employment but to HAVE to do something every day and force myself to do it is just not fun for me. I am a go with the flow or go with the wind kind of girl, I need to feel like blogging or feel like doing something.

So, on to my long overdue blog post. Last weekend I saw two movies. Final Destinations 3D and District 9.

Final Destinations was interesting. I must admit I am not the biggest fan of the series, at least not as much as Shawn (boyfriend), but I enjoyed it quite a bit. The fact that it was 3D was amazing, really well done as well. I am not a slasher or blood and gore film enthusiast but I like the concept behind this one. The killer is someone that you cannot see: the killer is "death". The introduction of someone having visions of future events taking place and using it to try and save people, though in the end "death" finds them and resets the order, I must admit is a brilliant idea. I did not particularly enjoy the 3D snake coming at me though, not a big fan of slithery creatures.

District 9 was a very different type of movies, about aliens and government experiments and cover ups and in the form of a documentary, I found that awesome. A very different way of telling the story but I think it works well in this case. They confined the extra-terrestrials to a district and you find out that the government performs experiments on them by killing innocent beings sometimes. I loved that they presented the extra-terrestrials as living like humans, families, addicted to a drug which in their case was cat food. :) Just basically living in a community as we do. They always portray, or most of the times at least, aliens attacking us rather than showing them simply as a different types of beings and also ready to help the person who used to not think much of them until he was beginning to transform into one of them.

Just before Final Destinations, I stopped by chapters and I found something that I had been lookign for... forever or at least it seemed as such. A copy of Fantastic beasts and where to find them by JK Rowling. When I finally held a copy in my hand, I was holding it with both hands going to the cash to pay for it, I was not planning on buying this but I just could not leave it there.

I absolutely devoured this book, figuratively speaking of course. The book as also sparked my creativity and gave me ideas for drawings as well.

And on September 1st, another book I have just been waiting for, for so long. The sequel of The Hunger Games called Catching Fire. I haven't begun reading it as of now since I am currently reading Michael Scott's The Sorceress, but I cannot wait to start Catching Fire. If you have not read The Hunger Games, I would highly recommend it.

I have a day off tomorrow, part of my vacation, I thought it is labour day weekend and a long weekend, why not make it a longer long weekend. I deserve it I think. Plus, it is also Gatineau Balloon Festival time with two amazing shows that I am planning to see. The first one being tomorrow in fact, the french canadian group called Mes Aieux will be performing of the opening day of the festival. I cannot miss this.

The music is folk music, they have taken of folkloric french canadian songs and gave it a more modern twist. They are entertaining and quite energetic.

The second show is Eric Lapointe. I have just been waiting a year, no kidding, to see a summer concert. Last summer he got sick and into rehab and had to cancel almost every single summer concerts resulting in a girl needing of eric lapointe music dose really badly. This will definitely be the highlight of this long weekend.

I am planning on going for a run tomorrow morning, possibly rollerblade as well, do some apartment tidying, get ready to get to the concert, will bring a book, drawing pad since I will be there when they open at 4pm insuring a spot in the front row. This is a must.

Saturday I might take a little road trip to merrickville, I love this small and quaint artistic town. I really miss it, I used to go at least once if not more in the summer and I have not lately. So this is also long overdue.

Times I have eaten corn on the cob: 4
Days left until the eric lapointe concert: 4
Book I am reading: The Sorceress by Michael Scott

I believe that is it for this long overdue blog post. I will not make any promises of a post tomorrow but I will try if I have something interesting to express.

Being pooped on, old carnival, weather network rant and 80s movies

I had some plans, which anyone who knows me, knows that I don't really like set plans and prefer being spontaneous. Though I must admit sometimes, plans are necessary.

But with the weather (summer) we have been having I see the use of just being spontaneous. I had planned to go for a road trip to montreal, meeting my parents half way and go to this event called "la frénésie de la main" although I believe the name has been changed but I do not remember to what so I will just call it as I know it. Basically, they close down a part of St-Laurent street, this street used to be called "the main" as it was where everything happened, the main street. It is basically a giant sidewalk sale, you can find books for $1, unique article of clothing for cheaper than usual, eat may favourite: mango. Especially great on a sunny and hot day. They cut it to make it look like a flower. They usually do it twice in the summer, once in june and once in august.

Alas, this did not happen this weekend, because the weather network cannot predict the weather even one day in advance or a couple hours. I checked on friday and it was 95% chance of rain so I called my mom and we decided it would not be worth going since this event is outside.

I woke up sunday to, guess what, perfectly blue sky and sun. It stayed like this pretty much all day, some clouds but no rain at all. What was the 95% chance of rain, where did they get this from is what I would like to know.

On another note, one plan did happen. There is this old style carnivale event in Ottawa, which apparently I heard it is there every year but I had never heard of it. It is calle carnivale lune bleu. That is the site: http://www.carnivalelunebleue.com/. It takes place from july 23 until august 30.

We decided to go check it out, it was amazing. We only got the midway ticket which was $15. That gets you on the site, you can check out the museum which wasn't all that impressive though, basically just pictures of old time carnivale, great but I wish there had been more. The snake show. I was a little apprehensive about that one since snakes are my greatest phobia but I am proud that I actually sat through twice and the second time right in the first row. They also showed a tarentula and a scorpion. All the snakes and spider and scorpion were venimous or dangerous if you wish. Although they were carefully and knew how to handle them to make sure nothing tragic happened, that is great.

And I actually petted a Python. was not the bravest person, but I did. I always thought snakes were slimy for some reason and was shocked to see it was so. They still will scare me but I am glad I conquer my fear, at least a little bit.

The midway tickets also gets you on the two rides they had, the feris wheel and the carousel. I loved it , it felt like we went back in time, old signs everywhere, old games which I tried once even though I know it is always rigged, but I had to try it just for the carnivale experience.

If it comes back next year I might save some money to get the other tickets for the main show under the tent which is $80. I am sure it is worth it though, lots of people lined up for it and no one seemed to come out and say it was a waste of money.

But nonetheless it was a great experience. Just for the old time carnivale experience and that we just went back in time. That was great.

Before we went to the carnivale we went for a picnic and frisbee at mooney's bay. Was great until a street bird decided to make me his poop target. What did I do to them to deserve this? :@ Grrrr.

Will add some pictures of the old carnivale, I still need to go take a night shot of the entrance which I planned to go last night but totally forgot.

Well, that's it for now internet. Hopefully I will see you tomorrow.

Macbook pro fund: $2000
RRSP fund: $600

Times I have eaten corn on the cob this summer: 4

Days left until Eric Lapointe concert: 14

Book I am reading: The Sorceress by Michael Scott