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layarda
08 November 2009 @ 03:56 pm
I've spent years and years telling myself...

I am a product of my circumstances. I am not crazy.

Now I know

My circumstances are a product of me.

Now I know

I was meant to be this way.

I just wish I knew why.
 
 
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Current Mood: blah
 
 
layarda
23 June 2009 @ 09:46 pm
 
Sooo...

Been in the new digs for about two and half weeks. I really like it here. We gots nintendo., free cable and internet. Pretty awesome. Ah, and I finally got around to properly unpacking most of my stuff. I even have an oil painting. I love my oil painting. Its kinda tacky... but whatever.

I just made pancakes. I feel awesome.

Also, I've been reading more about my horoscope sign, and what it means to be a Scorpio Woman. I was never a big believer in the zodiac. Because really... its all just power of suggestion isn't it? Like seriously, when you see those daily horoscopes, they just seem to be a bunch of BS.

But if you read proper books about the your sign and the zodiac, you will be amazed. The similarities are uncanny.

Speaking of being a scorpio, I will be putting my feminine wiles to good use tomorrow by soliciting a free dinner. I feel awesome. 

Ta ta




 
 
layarda
06 June 2009 @ 08:19 pm
 
Attention all:

I have moved out.

This is my new pad.

Please come stop by.

I won't bite.





 
 
layarda
21 May 2009 @ 10:29 am

Yesterday was a pretty cool day for me. I shall explain.

Went to work a bit earlier than normal for my clinics Bi-Monthly meeting. Where we all just sit around and talk about the stuff we don't think is working for the clinic. I basically just wrote down the stuff the RMT's talked about. The consensus was that the flannal sheets on the massage tables should be put away in a different order, and the cords should be wrapped properly. A productive meeting indeed. But there was pastry, so it was alright. :)

alright this is going to get long... )
 
 
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Current Mood: chipper
 
 
layarda
19 May 2009 @ 07:44 pm
 
Good lord it has been a long time since I posted! I kinda feel bad for being that douhe who never reads her flist or comments, but oh well. Since I've all but given up on the blog, I'm gonna try and get into the swing of updating the old eljay again.

Y'know why? Because LJ is fantastic.Y'all are amazing people. And I am a failbatross.

So what has been happening in my life since April 4th? 

Too much to be discriptive. It's been  craaaazyness tho. I assure you.

What have YOU been up to?
 
 
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Current Mood: bored
 
 
layarda
04 April 2009 @ 03:18 pm
Haven't updated since the trip of awesome came to fruition. Yupp, I'm in sunny Barbados for the next 10 days or so.

It's nice here. Yeah, its epic hot. But not unbearable for most of the time. Especially at night when it cools down and theres a slight breeze. Very lovely.

Only everyone dirves like a maniac here. Their roads are more compact and it seems like people generally go double the speed limit. Even the cops. I don't really understand why. I mean, what could possibly be THAT urgent? o_0

Oh wells. Just wanted to throw in a quick update. Miss you all like woah. Later dudes. 
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Current Location: Barbados
Current Mood: lethargic
 
 
layarda
22 March 2009 @ 11:52 pm

Do people deserve a second chance?

Yes. Always and forever. I know there's good in everyone, and I need to see it. You may not recieve my trust, my respect, or my love. But you will always get another chance to show me your true colours. 

Thank you thats all. :)
 
 
 
Current Location: home
Current Mood: sleepy
 
 
layarda
13 March 2009 @ 05:58 pm
 
Me-me meme stolen from [info]rinygrin 

Answer the following 12 questions about yourself:
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you attend?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One word to describe you?
12. Your username?

Type your answer to each of the above questions into Flickr's search. Using only the images that appear on the first page, choose your favorite and copy and paste each of the URL’s into the Mosaic Maker (3 columns, 4 rows)... Enjoy!

Here! )

 
 
Current Location: home
Current Mood: mellow
Current Music: Alanis Morisette - Not The Doctor
 
 
layarda
12 March 2009 @ 10:22 pm
 
So its been about a week since I posted. And the only reason I am is cause twitter is down. Shameful, I know.

Watchmen was great! There were a few elements that I thought were questionable. But overall, fantastic. Watchmen fans everywhere should be proud.

Umm. Irish guy update? Yeah, turns out that we have absolutely no future. Turns out hes a very angry alcoholic. Just proves I'm attracted to all the wrong people. My love life is so made of fail. 

A commercial for Kinder Surprise just came on. I so want one now. The chocolate was delicious, and the toys were epic win. Lol, I could eat 3 of them at once. Which reminds me. I bought POCKY today. Found some in Richmond at Daiso. Haven't had some in years. :)

I had coffee with an old friend from high school today. It was awesome. I had a really goodtime. She was my best friend in grade eight, but we drifted apart after grade nine. By graduation we barely spoke. Always kinda sad about that. Anyways, it was really nice. Laughing at in-jokes long forgotten like... "She is hot because the meat is cold." Haha. You kinda had to be there.

Umm. I ate Pho for the first time! A bunch of folks in the twitter-sphere had been bugging me to get some. So I finally did. And boy was it tasty! Sooo going back soon. 

Yesterday felt so much like a Summer day of last year. Bright sunny skies. Drinking at Timbre, then walking down to Cafe Deux Soliel for a show. Lots of laughs. Made me miss those days hardcore. 

Alright, I'm done.

Love you all!


 
 
Current Location: home
Current Mood: tired
 
 
layarda
04 March 2009 @ 04:43 pm
 
So the life empowerment seminar eh?

Really epically boring. We just talked about our "problems" and "inventing a new possiblity". It was so dumb. I sat in the back and tried to stay away from all of the crazy people for three hours. That didn't work out so well, because this random dude in a plaid shirt decided I needed a one-on-one session! Argh! Leave me alone you crazy people!

Ugh.

And I was mad because I didn't think the session would run that long, and because of that I didn't get to say goodbye to my mum. Who has now left for hawaii. On a cruise. Boourns. :(

So then I run into this random Irish guy. Next thing I know he's buying me a pint at Toby's. It was most enjoyable. Let him walk me (part way) home. Well, to a park two blocks from my place. He pulled out his guitar and sang me irish tunes. It was very nice. I should call him *ponders*

Lost today. Watchmen tomorrow! W00t! So stoked. Looks like there will be.. seven people?

[info]pureaddiction  [info]whispia [info]_illuminez [info]rinygrin Myself, of course. And two non-LJers. Yeah. This will be awesome. I have already decided. No one go ruining the awesome-plans you hear me? *points to caro* Always the trouble maker.

Oh. My. God. 

I lost my paid account!! *cries* Okay, so thats not SO bad. More so that I lost my 100 icons. What am I supposed to do with 6?? 

Ugh.

Oh well. At least it saved my favourite ones. *pets ozymandias* 

How  are YOU today?

 
 
Current Location: home
 
 
layarda
03 March 2009 @ 01:06 pm
 
I feel like this has been an eventful past few weeks. Yet I sit down to write this, and I feel like I have nothing to say. Ummm.

Spent the last two saturday nights drinking at the libra room with Jessica. It was much fun. Only I think we spent entirely too much time harrasing texting a fifteen year old kid. Umm. This fifteen year old kid. Yeah, and then this dude showed up last time. Awkward-ness ensued. Then some valuable life lessons were shared. An interesting experience indeed.

Anyways. Watchmen's happening very soon! Crikey. Two days? I remember standing out in the freezing rain just to catch a glimpse of them filming. Well, we did see Patrick Wilson. But didn't get anywhere near him. That was... a year and a half ago. I thought it'd never come out. Well, now it is. And I am sooo excited. Like woah!

I broke my bowling record yesterday! High fives for 140!  My accuracy has been improving alot these past two-three weeks. I am most impressed with my self.  ^_^

I am going to a life empowerment seminar today. I don't really want to go. I mean, I'm pretty gosh darn happy with my life. I don't think it will be much of a benefit. But we shall see. Maybe its a workshop. I don't know. I have no plans for tomorrow night. So I might as well go. Also it's free! How can you go wrong?

Going to work in... fifteen minutes. Which is good. Cause I'm kinda hungry. Free food for the win.

Later guys!


 
 
Current Location: home
Current Mood: cheerful
Current Music: Super Mario Theme Tune
 
 
layarda
27 February 2009 @ 07:09 pm

What's the story behind your username?

 


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So I was in my mums office, using the computer, when I decided to make a new LJ account. I hadn't really thought of what I wanted to change it to, so I was stuck scratching my head for a few minutes. My mother was in nursing school at the time, so I was looking around the room at all her medical textbooks for username inspiration. Medical latin terms make great words in general. I swore I saw a book written by a "Dr. Layarda". I thought that sounded cool, so I used it.

Later I looked for the textbook again and couldn't find it for the life of me. So I must have either misread, or hallucinated the entire book. Very strange.



100 TRUTHS )
 
 
Current Location: home
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: John Lennon - Watching The Wheels
 
 
layarda
13 February 2009 @ 04:34 pm

So Twestival was pretty much what I expected. Loads of marketers and tech geeks about ten years older than me. I didn't really find very many of them interesting. The coolest person I met was the really tall bouncer. He told me some awesome drunk stories. Anyways, I proceeded to start burning things in the raffle room. Just litle ones. Nobody noticed.

But yeah, it was neat to meet people that I have been following for months. It's kind of strange actually. You read all about thier lives, and the stuff they think about, but on some level they don't seem real. Sort of like a celebrity, in the sense that they seemed unattainable. And then you turn around and your like "Well, hello there.". Okay, so it's probably just me that feels this way. Moving along then.

I don't know. Lately, I feel disconnected from my community. Seems like all my free time is spent away from the Drive. Which is strange, as I live and work entirely in this neighbourhood. I guess I don't feel like I'm experiencing it anymore. I stopped going to the poetry slams for bowling, I never get out to Open Mics, I don't do any of the things down here that I used to. I miss the people, I miss the vibe.

Sad that I can miss a place that I go everyday. Life is funny like that.

The smell of peanut butter is thick in the air. I'm-a go and make a peanut butter and banana sandwich. So there.

:)


 
 
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Current Mood: discontent
 
 
layarda
12 February 2009 @ 04:24 pm

Killing time before heading out to the Vancouver Twestival. I'm pretty excited to go, and meet more people from the twitter-sphere. Kinda sad that I'm going by myself now. But oh wells, I am sure it will be a funtime. And apparently we all get a free beer. Niiice.

*cue guilt trip to [info]rinygrin  * ^_^

Either that or I will end up sitting in the corner yawning because they all can't stop talking about thier lousy iphones. Haha, it may seem unlikely. But I have been there on more than one occassion.

Um. I mopped the floors today. I couldn't help but thinking what an old-school task that was. I mean, there are so many anti-mopping products on the market these days, to make the task easier. No one likes mopping. It isn't easy and it's a pain in the ass. But none of these fake-mop products work nearly as well as the real thing. They pick up only a miniscule amount of dirt.

Look at me. Talking about mops. Did I turn 40 and forget?

I got my membership to the VAG renewed the other day. I was most happy. I wasn't used to have to PAY to see art. Well, may more than once a year. It looks like there's going to be some great stuff coming up this year.

Er, VAG = Vancouver Art Gallery. Best acronym ever, eh?

I want to have a DS9 marathon. Anyone?

 
 
Current Location: home
Current Mood: contemplative
 
 
layarda
03 February 2009 @ 01:33 am

MEME TIME!

I was tagged by [info]rinygrin  so here goes:

A. People who have been tagged must, if they choose to participate, write their answers on their blog and replace any question that they dislike with a new, original question. Please italicize the new question if you do that.

B. Tag eight people.

If you are reading this, you're it.

Our politicians, they don't have a position )
 
 
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Current Mood: content
 
 
layarda
29 January 2009 @ 11:23 pm


These past few days have been interesting. 

I realized at some point during my half hour phone conversation with Kohjun that my social circle seems to revolve around skinny men. I have no idea how or why this happened. But it did. We had a really great talk, actually. It was nice getting to know him more outside of bowling. We have more in common than I thought.

He asked me why I'm always smiling last night. I was caught rather off guard. I didn't know how to answer it, though I knew what the answer was. Did it make me sad? No, not really. Just kinda shaken. Told him I'd tell him about some other time. Hopefully it doesn't come up again. =\

Been thinking more about the fact that I am actually leaving for Barbados in two months. I'm five parts stoked and one part nervous. I suppose I've the right to be. I haven't really gone anywhere farther than New West by myself. Let alone a 12 hour plane ride. Omg, what if I can't tweet from Barbados? That is very concerning. I might go through withdrawl.>.<

Speaking of twitter, meeting up with the @crew tomorrow evening. I think it will be funtimes. Although, I'm pretty sure [info]danudey  hates me now, but won't say why. I'd like to say it doesn't bother me, but it does. Like woah. Still, with my NEW IPHONE everything should go swimmingly. Erm, I didn't really buy one. I made it out of an internets template. Cut and Paste iPhone ftw!

Blah, I'm tired. Too much on my mind. Probably post on Sunday. So glad I have the Superbowl Sunday off. I don't even like football, but it's a tradition. Can't argue with that logic.

 

 
 
Current Location: home
Current Mood: sleepy
 
 
layarda
27 January 2009 @ 10:49 pm
Guess what guys?

Owlex just booked herself passage out of this city. I'll be leaving for Barbados on April 1st.

Who wants a souvenir?
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Current Location: home
Current Mood: energetic
Current Music: The Beatles - All My Lovin'
 
 
layarda
24 January 2009 @ 09:14 pm


Alright, so here's the dealio.

Some douchebag came into the store and stole twenty-five dollars from us. Very annoying because he insisted that he had handed me a twenty, and when I wouldn't "give it back to him" he grabbed a bunch of money and ran out. I was pretty steamed. No one steals from Owlex and gets away with it. I could have taken him, but I was the only one in the store. Figured that wouldn't be a good idea.

What else?

Meeting some folks for sushi next week. We figured it was about time we got together, as we all live in the same city and have been corresponding for quite some time. It will be funtimes. I hope. They could be jerkfaces in person, but I very much doubt it.

I have Beyonce stuck in my head

Uploading something awesome for you. It will be done in approximately ten minutes. Hold still.

I have to stop eating so much Indian food. I think I've had more Naan in the past few weeks than one should have in thier lifetime.

Okay here we go. This is one of my favourite albums. Some classic tracks. It's a band called Bran Van 3000. Kind of a bizarre hip hop dance mixed with total wierdness. Seriously seriously seriously have a listen. You won't regret it. The files are m4a, but I figure most people use itunes anyways, and I couldn't figure out how to convert. So yeah, there you go.

Love you all like woah.

 
 
Current Location: home
Current Mood: contemplative
 
 
layarda
21 January 2009 @ 03:55 pm

Let's see... 

Been feeling sort of Blegh lately. Sometimes I think I must be bi-polar, the way my moods go. Ecstatic or depressed. There is little in between.

Anyways, just feeling sort of like all these things that I thought I could do, I just can't. You know? Like I'm just not good enough at anything to accomplish what I would like to. I was at a point where I was thought:

"You know what? Fuck marketing, fuck social media, I'm going to work in a hockey stick factory and you can suck it."

Needless to say, I was very discouraged. I'm still feeling very discouraged. Is it time to find a new calling? Maybe. But hopefully not yet.

What else can I talk about that isn't emo shite?

I passed up the opportunity to meet Katy Perry. The woman that sings such pop gems as "I kissed a girl" and "hot/cold". Yeah, I know, she really blows. But still, meeting celebrities tends to be a funtime. Rats.

I had my very first banana split last week. It tasted... surprisingly un-epic. I wasn't all that impressed. 

I had a day off yesterday so I picked up the comics at Elfsar. It was chilly, but sunny, so I walked around downtown for a bit. Rather aimlessly I might add. Afterwards I hopped on the seabus and mosied around Lonsdale for a while. Not very  exciting in the winter. There are no tourists to watch, and it's too cold for ice cream. 

I got back on the boat and made Dan have starbucks with me. The New Years Resolution to stop drinking so much starbucks isn't exactly going so well.

That's all folks.
 

 
 
Current Mood: okay
 
 
layarda
14 January 2009 @ 04:45 pm

My cat is lieing down on a spoon. How bizarre.

Anyways. Things have been going swimmingly lately. Yes, I am very pleased. Maybe I should elaborate, but I just made plans, so I won't.

Although, I have spent more money than I really should be lately. Oh well. As long as I'm not debt, it's all cool.

Starting to plan my next vacation. I don't think I'm going to do Toronto/Montreal after all. I'm thinking something different. Somewhere more... foreign, I think. Oh well, there's lots of time to think about it. Maybe Spain? Or South America. Who knows.

Interesting side note, this is the last thing that made me laugh

That's all!

Oh and I had a premonition last night that I was going to be fired today. I wasn't in any danger o being fired, but still. I was quite relieved that I didn't get a pinkslip in my drawer. :)


 
 
Current Location: home
Current Mood: nostalgic
Current Music: Barenaked Ladies - Light Up My Room
 
 
 
 

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