forever young, I want to be forever young!

No matter what you do, you cannot make everyone happy.

Case and point, bday plans are always a disaster. I usually don't do anythin for my bday but for some reason I decided that I should this year and surprise, it's a repeat of the last time I tried to plan somethin. People backin out left and right, tellin me they "might" come, complaining about the places I pick, and askin me "well, how am I gonna get there?" How bout a "happy bday, thanks for inviting me" is that too much to ask?

Well, here's the thing it's my bday. You're not sposed to come because you like the bar, you're sposed to come cause it's my bday.

Here's some pics of our christmas family dinner at my grandparents' house. Pics are of my brother Stephen, my lil cousin Joyce, me with Janice and Gordie (more lil cousins).

The emerging form of hegemonic metroflamer - a divergent branch of the present hegemonic masculinity

At this present time, it is unknown whether this variant form of the hegemonic masculine male is beneficial or detrimental. However, it is currently challenging the dominant form of hegemonic masculinity now culturally exalted.

The purpose of this article is not to pass judgement on the effectiveness of the hegemonic metroflamers, but rather bring their existence into recognition through power of definition.

Characteristics of the metroflamer include
1. Fundamental to the hegemonic metroflamer is accessorizing and overall cohesion of the outfit.
2. The hegemonic metroflamer is aware of and internally concerned with the brand and quality of their hygiene products.
3. Choice of clothing reflects form rather than function. The palate of colors is used to express individuality in the metroflamer realm.
4. The hegemonic metroflamer partakes in the viewing of programs in which emphasized femininity is central such as Sex and the City and Desperate Housewives.
5. Body type is typically lean, tight clothes are worn to draw attention to specific features.
6. The hegemonic metroflamer feels a greater level of social cohesion in a group of emphasized femininity rather than hegemonic masculinity. This is displayed by the larger proportion of their friends being of the female sex rather than the male sex.
7. Finally, the hegemonic metroflamer is commonly mistaken for a homosexual male based on maneurisms - false gender categorization.

It is our theory that the emergence of said hegemonic metroflamer is indeed a reaction formation to the culturally defined dominant masculinity. Society's restrictive definition of the hegemonic masculine results in suppression of expression of self and identity, thus manifesting in a "normally different" branch of the culturally stylized expression.

Recalling the uncertainty of the usefulness of the hegemonic metroflamer form, females are at times perplexed by the behavior of the hegemonic metroflamer, uncertain whether to treat them as the next step in the evolution of the heterosexual or the currently defined homosexual.

Although females have not yet perfected a complementary form of femininity to interact with this hegemonic metroflamer; there is a lack mirroring evident in the emphasized femininity pairing to hegemonic masculinity. We do appreciate the level of effort to putting forth an aesthetically pleasing, perceptual reality of the male form.

This dichotomy in the power of definition rests in the responsibilities of the female to categorize the hegemonic metroflamer in the typical category of a homosexual or a heterosexual male. This bifurcated conflict can only be resolved through analyses in the future.

A true friend wouldn't stay with a guy who's a jerk to all her friends.

Happy New Year.

Hope '06 brings you everything you desire.

Hey party people,

So if you didn't already know, my bday is Jan 17. I'll be turnin the big 20 and I'm still not sure what I wanna do yet. But I'm thinkin it'll be on

********Sat, Jan 14*******

Dinner and maybe clubbing. Keep the night open if you can, I'll post more details when I figure them out.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas List:

A hoody
A black toque that covers the ears
Slippers
A Darwin fish
40 year old virgin
A shower radio

Upcoming events:

Dec 20: my last exam
Dec 25: CHRISTMAS
Dec 26: boxing day - West Ed in the morning, E Centre in the afternoon

Jan 1: new years
Jan 17: my 20th bday

Happy Holidays!

MORE AND BETTER AID. TRADE JUSTICE. CANCEL THE DEBT. END CHILD POVERTY IN CANADA.

So I know wristbands are totally poser now but before they were unfortuneatly ruined, they had purpose. Amidst all the fake ones out there, a few are still authentic and for a good cause. This "makepovertyhistory" one is among them. Check out the website at www.makepovertyhistory.ca

"Are you gonna plagiarize the whole thing for us? Do you have any thoughts of your own on this matter...or is that your thing, you come into a bar you read some obscure passage and pawn it off as your own idea to impress some girls." - Good Will Hunting

I am so sick of people tryin to speak and act as if they've got somethin totally intelligent and utterly original to say. Do not try to convince me that your life is harder than mine, that you're smarter than me or I'll have to prove you wrong.

Lately, I've been listening to Matchbox Twenty and Fall Out Boy... totally addicted and I think that's the name of Radioactive Man's sidekick in Simpsons, wonder if that's where they got the name?
Hmm, life seems a lot less hectic without an impeding oat... course I still have midterms so it's not all rainbows and lollipops.

Random thoughts include:
1. I can't wait for christmas! 3 weeks without school, it's gonna be awesome.

2. Also really excited for my 20th bday, I wanna do somethin really big... bungee jumping? Last yr, I thought I'd really dread turning 20 but now I'm lookin forward to it... could it be because I've been promised a really good present? I'm sure that's a factor and I hope I won't be disappointed.

3. Where should I go on vacation this summer? Hopefully I get some interviews to some optometry schools and while I'm there, I might as well make a vacay out of it. Applying for chicago, boston, new york, philadelphia and waterloo. I really want to go to boston but I really want an interview for new york... solely for vacation purposes and to visit my aunt and lil cousin Jessica (the cutest lil kid I've ever seen).

Wow, my thoughts are very future-oriented...

Wrote my oat.... 6-8 weeks for the results. As expected, I'm having mixed feelings of relief that it's over and anxiety about how I did. All I can do is wait though... in the mean time school will keep me occupied.

The nano is the most beautiful thing I've ever owned.

Yay! I bought the black nano today!
Boo! I'm writing my oat sat...