Soccer, drawing class, the sorceress and catching fire

Well, it has been a while since I have written anything on here. I know I am bad, I cannot keep a daily blog. ;)

The only free nights I have during the week are thursdays and fridays, which will change around mid-october since I will have a photography class on thursdays. I know I might be nuts but I love to keep myself busy rather than work, go home and sit in front of the computer or tv.

On monday my soccer team won 18-2. I am goalie, ME, a girl who always has been afraid of the ball. I really didn't want to let any goals in though winning 18-0 would have been good. I might ask if sometimes I can play defense or offense sometimes though, I want to trya nd run a lot more and learn to play other positions.

I received the ball on my nose, from my own teammate of all people. By accident of course, I did not expert it. I am not certain to be human though since most people would have been bleeding, I did not. I don't think I have blood in my veins. lol

Yesterday was the drawing class I signed up for. I know what you will think, but you already can draw. True indeed but this class is different it teaches to draw from the right side of the brain, forget what you know and draw what you see, which sometimes I have trouble with especially when trying to draw hands. I can draw fantasy things because I can make them look any way I want, using my imagination, but when it comes to drawing something real I have always had some issues.

The class is quite interesting, it forces us to see the object as shapes, a bunch of shapes put together to create the said object. And it works! According to the teacher, anyone can draw and she tells us don't call it a hand, or eye or whatever the object is. Call it a shape.

Taking a drawing class also has gotten my creativity flowing once again, it has given me an idea for a painting, all I need to to find the time to paint. That is a whole other story.

Tonight I have volleyball. I quite loved the first game last week. The people are nice, and even though they are better than me and have been playing longer, they do not make me feel like I am not good. I still feel part of the team and allowed to try and if I miss it is ok. They gave me some good tips as well to improve. And I actually smashed the ball for the first time ever.

I am pretty good at serving I might say. Better even then the other time I played with the Alicats. I used to hit the ball over the net once and had trouble repeating that good move a second time, last week I was on fire! lol

I bought a wrist protector. It is just basically a cushioned wrist band that people can wear when they play sports, but I am hoping it will give me a little bit of protection until I learn to hit the ball properly. It is always the left wrist, the ball always ends up right on the bone on the side and it hurts. So I thought I would do something to protect my wrist.

I finished "the Sorceress". The third book of the serie by Michael Scott. One word comes to mind: AMAZING!

The story has everything, fantasy, based on historical landmarks and characters, adventure, magick, 21st century technology, etc. I love reading a novel and clearly seeing that the author spent a lot of time to do research and add some historical facts into his story.

I will review the book on my nerdfighter bookclub blog since this blog is just for quick updates on what I am doing or what excites me.

I just wanted to mention how amazing this book was. And that I suggest this serie to anyone who loves reading about magick, adventures, shadow realms, mixed with historical facts and characters and set in a 21st century environment.

And if you loved the Harry Potter serie, I do not doubt that you would get into this story as well. I am super excited to know that there is a fourth book being written. It is called the Necromancer. I can't wait.

In the meantime I have a lot of other great books to reads. I started Cathing Fire, the sequel to the Hunger Games. This two is an amazing storya nd the second novel is even better than the first. I have already read part one of this book. It is safe to say that I am devouring it, figuratively speakign of course. The story is quite different from Michael Scott novels but just as great. I highly recommend them.

I just picked up Dan's Brown new novel as well which came out mid September I believe. It is called The Lost Symbol. Ever since Angels and Demons and The DaVinci Code I have been a fan of Dan Brown's novels. Well written, captivating to the end, for the first two uncovering some hidden truths about christianity and the church. The lost symbols has a picture of the white house on the cover, I am hoping it will have some truths and mystery abotu what goes on in the united states.

The book ended up costing me 14 cents. hehe. It was not really 14 cents, it is just that I had this chapters' gift card and the amount left on it since I bought catching fire with it, covered the price of the book minus 14 cents.

I can't wait to start reading it. I have way too many books to read and not enough hours in a day.
Ok well, that is about it for now.

I will see you later. I will not say tomorrow since I am not sure if I can stick to blogging every day.

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