dimanche 25 juin 2006

Travelling...



Wow ! Time flew by way too quickly. I am finally leaving for that European tour in only a couple of hours !



That last week was quite hectic ; I had quite a few rehearsals and concerts. I moved (again !) , bought those last minute nik-nak for the trip and ended up using crutches for the last few days because of a stupid tendinitis on my right leg...



Then today was the much dreaded bathing suit shopping. Ouch. What was supposed to be a one stop, 5 minutes thing turned out to be a 3 hours, 20 stores thing. I did, however, find the somehow perfect suit. Yé me !



And I am almost done packing : which was not an easy task, since I am a compulsive list maker : a list the the plane carry on, a list for the luggage, a list for the trumpet gig bag, a list of the lists... hum...



I'll try updating the blog from time to time. I am pretty sure that in between the French Riviera, l'Alsace, Loire, Paris and London, there will be many adventures to tell !! Who knows : I could meet the man of my dreams somewhere in St.Tropez or Paris ?



Have a nice summer ! I'll be back on July 22nd ...Wish me luck !!


mercredi 14 juin 2006

How I feel...

" Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get out ; but they can usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate cake " - Anonymous



That's how I feel this week... I'll leave it to that.

vendredi 9 juin 2006

Rants about love...






I've done it again ! I am another guy new best friend !





It seems to be a recurring thing in my life : meeting a great guy, becoming fast friends and then Bang ! I'm his new best friend and wouldn't it be a shame to ruin that ?





Now that would explain why most of my friends are guys...





I should really have stucked with long term one night stands : random guys that should have stayed in my life for, well, only one night but for some reasons, stayed for a while. I've never had the butterfly effect, the anticipation, the tingling effect. I've never had a real first date neither. Or a real first kiss. Or my heart broken. Maybe it all comes from my constant need to please and to take care of other people : By always putting my needs last, I have less chances of getting myself hurt. I've had my ego crushed and bruised many, many times however ! That should explain my way too long list of exes or why I felt the need of getting restraining orders against 2 of them...





Somebody recently told me that all women have exactly the love life they want. Ouch. In that case, I should really get my act together and really try to figure out what I'm looking for as a partner ! I may have had many boyfriends but I don't recall ever pausing and asking myself what I really wanted : I've always blamed my bad choices men wise on being an artist.





Many people around me have come to the conclusion that I've been looking at the wrong places from the start. You think ?? See, a good friend of mine, Mr. B, has been in LOVE with me for almost 15 years now. Yup, that long. He reiterate his love at least once a year, to make sure I guess, that I don't forget he is there waiting for me... Don't worry though : It's been said and told that I really value our friendship but that I'll never share the same kind of feelings.





What if my friends were right ? What if the guy of my dreams was in fact Mr. B ??





Should I go the easy way and settle for a guy who will make a great lifelong companion but whom I'll never LOVE or should I keep looking for the perfect guy ?



I need a drink...

jeudi 1 juin 2006

100 things you would probably rather not know about me...

1. I believe in destiny.

2. I have a dirty mind.

3. I don't walk "hand-in-hand" with boyfriends. I just don't.

4. My biggest fantasy would be to see some smooching couple fall in the escalator .

5. I have an identical twin sister .

6. I love thunderstorms.

7. I am a shower person. I hate baths.

8. I am a sucker for road trips.

9. I like driving long distance.

10. I am the most patient person in the world... exept when drinving

11. I started to play music at the age of 3.

12. I hold a Master's degree in music performance.

13. I also have an Artist Diploma in music performance.

14. I color my hair every 3 weeks.

15. I cry at sad movies.

16. I am an aries.

17. I'm addicted to Mah Jong.

18. I read my horoscope every morning.

19. I don't like conflicts. They make me very uncomfortable.

20. I won a kissing contest in Grade 4.

21. I don't go to hair salons : hair dryers are just too out of tune and there are way too many at once in those kind of places.

22. I've been giving myself haircuts for the past 10 years.

23. I could walk miles for Godiva ice cream.

24. I am very allergic to cinnamon.

25. I love eggs benedict.

26. I can't stand Black Pudding.

27. My best friend is a "HE".

28. I never sleep more than 4 hours in a row. Never could.

29. I am very critical of myself.

30. I failed the same philosophy class 4 times.

31. I like Peter Cetera's music.

32. I have 4 sisters and a brother.

33. My brother passed away 10 years ago.

34. I was raised by my father.

35. I was kicked out of school in grade 8 for selling hard liquor in a field trip.

36. I went to a Metallica concert.

37. I can have 25 shooters before loosing it.

38. I have childhood memories from age 1 1/2.

39. I was once sick on a bar. Not in a bar. ON the bar...

40. I can recite entire commercials.

41. I like foreign films.

42. I've moved more often than I've had birthdays.

43. I speak English, French and a bit of Creole.

44. I don't taste any difference between Coke, Pepsi and other Colas.

45. My middle name is Jeen. Yes, 2 "e".

46. My mom is a brilliant Psychologist.

47. My father is a retired cop.

48. I have 3 tattoos and plan on getting more.

49. My favorite color is yellow.

50. My dream car is a 1953 yellow beetle convertible with white seats and roof.

51. I put mayonnaise on everything.

52. I hate purses.

53. I can't stand Jack Daniel. The sight of a bottle makes me sick.

54. I can't wear perfume : I smell like a skonk after 5 minutes.

55. I crave sweet.

56. I bite my nails.

57. I do not tolerate humidity very well. I have a hard time breathing.

58. I have an excellent sense of direction.

59. I could live on sushi.

60. I brake a toe at least once a year.

61. My driver's license picture looks like a mug shot.

62. I've been in a serious train wreck. We were stuck in that train for 12 hours before being rescued.

63. I'm easily amuzed by very stupid or childish things.

64. I am a sucker for chick flick.

65. I tend to attract bad guys.

66. I was on a freak accident involving a Ping-Pong table.

67. I've had a chip of green paint stuck in my pincky for the last 12 years.

68. I broke my foot while jumping from the toilet seat at the age of 1.

69. I love riding motocycles.

70. I'm always broke.

71. I have restraining orders against 2 ex.

72. I can't stand the sound of harpsichord.

73. I have a fear of Fog.

74. I am affraid of swimming in lakes.

75. I cannot get out of the house without nail polish on my toes. Even in the winter...

76. I have a tendency of wearing short skirts as tops.

77. I'm addicted to flip-flops.

78. I am addicted to underwears : my drawers contains 78 panties and 39 bras.

79. When a passenger in a car, I am prone to very serious panic attacks.

80. I have no sensitivity in my left pincky.

81. I am a very good seamstress.

82. I finished sewing my bridesmaid dress 4 hours before my twin sister's wedding. I somehow managed to do the exact same thing for my youngest sister's wedding...

83. I have only 1 ovary.

84. I like spur of the moment things.

85. I like practical gifts. Power tools are my favorite.

86. I am way too laidback and easy going for most people I know.

87. I have a passion for fabrics. I can spend hours browsing through fabric stores.

88. I eat lobsters with a hammer.

89. My mother is deaf.

90. I used to bite my toe nails.

91. I was born very, very prematurally.

92. I got 2nd degree burns on 90% of my face after tanning while under medication. Luckilly, the only scars are on my hair line.

93. I collect fake diamond rings.

94. I am not a girly girl.

95. I cannot dance, even to save my life.

96. I cannot sleep with my fingers or toes untucked. It will wake me up instantly.

97. I have a permanent mold of a trumpet mouthpiece on my lips.

98. I have a skin disease. If I scratch my skin, it will itch like hell for hours and leave a mark for weeks.

99. I still have a baby tooth.

100. It took me 3 hours to finish this list.