HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY KAS!!!!!

I went out yesterday with Laura and Rachel, and Laura took photos of us playing in the snow. I want her to send me them. There was a broken down bus and I posed with it – I pretended to try to pry open the back doors. We went down to Granville Island to look around and go to BeadWorks. Rachel got beads and hemp and I got beads and tools to make earrings. I made a pair for myself the other day – Bonnie taught me how. It was the day it started snowing – Saturday evening. We went to Country Beads on 4th (just up the street from Las Margaritas).

Here are the ones I made on Saturday:

Dear Streetcleaners,

Please come to my street. The gutters are piled with mushy dirty leaf-mulch. It is supposed to snow this weekend. My car slips and slides in the leaves. The tires get stuck and spin; they don’t grip. My car got beached on a bank of leaves; my father helped dig my car out. Please come clean 26th Avenue… it’s disgusting.

Thank you,
Monica

Here’s a fun drinking game that Vincent taught us:

King’s Cup - Use a deck of cards, everyone has a full glass, and there is one empty in the centre. Lay all the cards out face down. Each person takes a turn and draws the card.

Ace – Waterfall: the person who drew has to start drinking and everyone else has to follow. They are only allowed to stop when the person to their right stops.

Two – Pick someone to give two shots/gulps to. Can be two different people (one each)

Three – You have to take three gulps/shots.

Four - Rule Card. You get to make up a rule such as Quacking after each sentence, or any card higher than 4 you have to get up and then bow to Kas. If you forget AND the person who made the rule catches you (before next card/sentence) you must take a drink.

Five – Theme. Pick a theme, then you go around the circle and say something to fit in it. Such as sex toys, fantasies, board games, nationalities. The first person to repeat has to drink or the first person to hestitate for a while.

Six – Story. One-word-story-game. Each person says one word to make the story. The person who screws up and it cease makes sense has to drink. Or if you hesitate for a long while.

Seven - BULLSHIT! Start counting around the circle. If you’re supposed to say seven, a multiple of seven, or a number with seven in it… say BULLSHIT instead. Don’t and you drink. Hesitate too long and you drink.

Eight – Bathroom FREE card. Did we mention as soon as the game starts… you can’t go to the bathroom? Well you can’t. So here’s how you can! Draw an 8!
Nine – Thumbs. The person who drew it gets to choose a special time to put their right thumb on the floor in front of them (in view). Everyone must follow and the last person to have their thumb down has to drink. Void if someone picks up another nine before they’ve used up their Thumbs.

Ten – “I have never…” Anyone who has done whatever you haven’t, gets to drink.

Jack – Boys drink.

Queen - Girls drink.

King - You get to add something (drinkable) into the cup in the centre. (Usually alcohol). The person who draws the fourth KING gets to DRINK THE ENTIRE CUP!

Friday I went to South Surrey (White Rock) to interview a Bonsai Master. He is amazing, and he has such an awesome place. I hate that my camera ran out of batteries.

Saturday I was totally feeling blah and mush and gross. I woke up around 1pm and talked with CW for a bit. Then he went to bed and I tried watching Breakfast at Tiffany’s but it was a really crackly VHS that I borrowed from RR. Jordana then called and we went to dinner and then dessert with Nigel and Janice.

Today I drove out to Burnaby to interview a Landscape Designer. He is very interesting and quite talkative. I was worried with both gentlemen because their first language is Japanese, but they were very eloquent in their explanations. Both agreed to let me tell the photography department they have photos or material. The Bonsai Master suggested I speak with the Landscape Designer and the Landscape Designer (having already told him I spoke with the Bonsai Master) gave me the number of another Landscaper! Quite useful.

Then I went for coffee with Anna and Kas in Kerisdale. I got a parking ticket! Yay forgetting to plug the meter! It’s not that bad… at least it doesn’t go against my license. That is something to be happy about. BTW Starbucks went Christmas on Wednesday. (That means Chocolate Mint Bliss is back). And I got the Peppermint Hot Chocolate because I was in THAT Kind Of Mood. AND the Cranberry Bliss Bar. Hmm they are good – but the cream cheese icing is rich. Heh.