Freelance time

As it has come to my attention that I finished school nearly a year ago, it's time to get my butt into gear and get some freelance work done, I am applying for every online writing job possible, I need to get some work in, I need to make some money, I need to get back to being a Journalist.
Wish me luck

Artistic

As of late I have found myself in the company of a number of models in my area, there conversations have gotten me thinking about attempting to do some shoots myself, The idea is intriguing. "Every girl should have a photoshoot at least once in their life," one of them told me, I guess it's a good way to make yourself feel better, up your self esteem I suppose.
It's tempting as is taking some more photos, no matter what I decide my creative urges are taking over, I need to do something artistic, something creative or I am going to explode... Time to start keeping a journal I think. I never remember to do it, but I think i will force myself this time... Would be a nice thing to have. Well here I go, let's see if it works out

Tis the Season...

Last week I was feeling overly festive, I finished my Christmas shopping, set up my tree, and began wrapping gifts, o did I mention I painted Garfield and Odie in my front window and put up lights outside.

This week; the sun is shining, the snow has melted and I'm beginning to wonder if I peaked early on this holiday season like I did with Halloween. I certainly hope not.

I have been trying to think of things that can keep me in the holiday mood, perhaps I should make myself a list of things to keep me festive, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated:

Bake Christmas Cookies
Finish Wrapping presents
Watch Christmas movies
Download and listen to Christmas music
Do good deeds for those less fortunate(everyone likes random acts of kindness)
Go to the Wildlights at the Wildlife park
Go snowboarding at Sunpeaks
Night ski or tubing at Harper
Ice Skating with my cousins
Spitit of Christmas train
See the Wizard of OZ (I know not very seasonal but still fun)
Visit the Brightnights display at Stanley Park

Well it's a start, now to find some friends to join in the activities, that shouldn't be too hard to do :)

Feeling very nostolgic

"Change your Facebook profile picture to a cartoon character from your childhood and invite your friends to do the same. Until Monday (December 6), there should be no human faces on Facebook, but an invasion of memories. This is a campaign to stop violence against children."

In lieu of the fact that nearly everyone on my friends list on facebook has changed their profile picture to a favorite childhood cartoon character, I have been reminiscing about my childhood.
Cartoons were so much better back in the good old days, so much simpler, or at least in my recollection they were.
I chose Scooby Doo, as he has been and always will be my favorite. There is no reason in particular that I have this obsession with Scooby Doo, though it is quite evident given the fact that a large stuffed version of him sits in the back window of my car, and has sat in every car I have driven since I was sixteen.
Now this particular scooby doo was not one that came along with me through my childhood, no my mother bought him for me for my 16th birthday. Don't worry my dad bought me the usual 16th birthday gift, a car, though it never ran and never would, it was parked in our garage for four years. I miss that Volkswagen beetle, certainly was a shame.
Now since I have been reminded of all the great shows from my childhood in viewing friends profiles, or even my daily feed informing me that "so and so" and " 25 other people have changed their profile picture." I think It's time to sit down in front of my TV and watch some cartoons

Saving a cat from the cold

About a week ago my boyfriend and I got a call from his father, informing us that he had found a cat nearly frozen in the snow. The Temperature on this particular day was -15, certainly not acceptable for a pet to be outside in such temperatures. At the time we were shopping at the Harley Davidson store for a Christmas present for his father, so needless to say Gavin was a little spooked when the phone rang.
As we were paying for our purchase the girl at the counter overheard what we were talking about, as we were headed to meet his father at this point. "You're going to keep the kitty right?" The cashier asked. "If you take him to the pound they'll kill him," she pleaded. "They have to many cats there."
With that thought in mind we headed to Inks Lake road to meet gavin's father. The cat was freezing, we picked her up with very little fight, she was so starved and cold the chances of her possessing enough energy to run away were unlikely.
Sitting in the truck on the way to gavin's parents I fell in love with the furry creature wrapped in a blanket in my arms.
"What do you think about softtail," Gavin asked. "Softtail?" I replied. "Yeah it's a type of Harley, what do you think about it for a name for the cat."
Smiling to myself, I attempted to think of other types of Harley names, knowing that my boyfriend too had fallen in love with this creature."
"How about Dyna," I asked. "Like a Dynaglide."
So it was decided that this poor creature would be called Dyna and as long as she got along with our Dog Foxy she was welcome in our home.

Gavin's dad wrote a letter to the editor of both the local papers about the event. The articles can be found in both the "Kamloops Daily News" and "Kamloops this week."

Time goes by so slowly

Tick Tock, Tick Tock. I am going to kill this clock. The longer I sit here and listen the more insane I think I am going. What they say about watching paint dry, is also true for watching time go by at work. I work part-time at a bowling alley, Falcon Lanes to be exact. Seconds quickly seem like minutes, minutes drag on for hours, and hours unbearably appear like days.
In the four years I have worked at this bowling alley I have come to the understanding that summer hours are boring, it is not peak bowling season by any means, and if I have more than 10 customers through it is considered a good day.. at times one customer can be a good day. I have often wondered why exactly this is. We have air conditioning in here, we sell cold drinks, we are an entertaining place to take the family, yet from May till September we sit like a ghost town.
I understand that people would much rather go to the beach, but what does one do when they have had too much sun, swallowed to much water or burnt far to much, perhaps they should go bowling, to escape the heat.
I am being productive, in my mind that is, my boss would not see what I have spent the last 5 hours doing as beneficial to their company. Yet he does not care, as long as I sit here awaiting the customers he hopes will suddenly magically appear.
During my time here I have blogged, Tweeted, Face-booked, updated my profile on LinkedIn and sent out a number of Resume`s to potential employers. I have no intention of leaving my current part-time position I simply need something full time to fill up the rest of my time and pay my bills.
Some would say what I spent that time doing was slacking, however on the contrary I was being far more productive than many people are during their entire day at work.
For a Journalist, Networking is a very important task in their career. If you have no social media presence I am sorry to say that you will not be very successful in this day and age.
I resisted the soft chirping coming from my friends Twitter accounts but finally caved in and decided that I too should Tweet like a bird, It is a great way to make connections and to keep up to date on what is going on in the world, for both entertainment and work purposes.
My goal now is logical, I must find myself a following, must branch out and make connections, must some how make the world aware that I am here in it and need to be heard. If you have any suggestions on how I might go about doing this please feel free to contact me in whatever way, shape or form you see fit.

Articles from July 15th Merritt News

So these are from my last week working at the Merritt News. I am certainly going to miss it. Actually I have missed it. Being unemployed in the summer isn't that bad, except when you've got bills to pay or feel like eating, which seems to happen on a daily basis. Alas employment I will miss you, Hope we can meet up again some day soon.

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