I know I still owe a report about my trip to the bahamas but, that's being delayed for two reasons.

1: LJ went down right when I came back so I did other things. Other things did not include uploading pictures so, once that's done, a report will follow.

2: Renovating. I mentioned a while ago that there was mold in my room so, my parents got a dehumidifier for the basement because of how it was. Then, structural permits had to be taken care of and in the end it was a giant moment of 'Why not renovate the entire basement?'

Basement is carpeted with drywall everywhere and ceilings made of very flimsy and somewhat ugly paper-ish looking tiles so, we're going to remove the carpet, put in hardwood and just fix everything else that is considered 'dated' Hopefully this will get rid of some of the moisture as well and increase airflow so there will be no more mold.

So, my room is in pieces and i've been tearing it apart and packing it into boxes for the last few days along with anything else in the basement that we've kept in storage. There's old bone china tea cups, learning CDs from when I was five years old, ceramic dogs and cats and...a windows 95 computer tower and monitor that for some reason none of us have thrown out even after we have four laptops.

Might put up a sales post to sell some old things (tea cup sets, silverwear, etc) but for now there will be sorting ahead and packing things away.

I'm not entirely sure where to start with this because I can't remember where I left off. But I need to rant with run on sentences that Twitter just can't provide me.

Large amounts of rain has never really bode well for my house, considering the structure of it is about 50+ years old, and it decided it just wanted to break. The damage report consists of

-Racoons actually bending open the aluminum siding in the roof to make home in our garage where they can have a free meal of all out compost, recycling and garbage. Annoying but, fixable by having concrete bricks on the lids of the containers so they hopefully starve and leave. Holes in the roof and siding, not so easily fixable.

-Broken pool heater so, despite no swimming since the weather's been crap, we have to wait longer because the water is just too damn cold. Had a guy come in, he ordered the part to replace the broken one, said it would take him a day to get it....and just never came back.

-Overflowing eave strophe over a door that has a slight well at the foot of it so it collects at the door and water seeps into the house. There are garbage cans out there to collect most of the water but, when they overflow, I just get drenched trying to move them, dump the water and then rotate to another garbage can.

And finally while cleaning out a closet in my bedroom that is underground, water has seeped into the ground and has left a damp spot in the corner that is now growing mold. Not only that but I had a giant 8 foot painting that I made on masonite board that also has mold on the back of it! We had to get a test for it to make sure its not dangerous but, either way, I'm forced out of my bedroom until further notice.

also mosquito bites swelling the entire back of my right hand make me cranky but, that's just me nitpicking.

Blaah. But, I think once I get out of the house and not worry about any of this, I'll be good. Tomorrow is also my friends birthday who I only see maybe twice a year so, off to waterloo! Sad I'll miss the cosplay picnic (First time I'm missing it since it started!) but, it was one of those things where I went back and forth between options and ended up choosing out of a hat ;_; To everyone going, have lots of fun and I hope you don't get rained on at all!

My brother got mad at me yesterday while I was at home so, instead of talking to me, he started throwing paper airplanes with messages. To annoy him further, I tossed them without reading them but, after he went to sleep, I ended up grabbing them and opening them up. I am translating them from his spelling to actual sentences because his spelling is not the greatest and the :B face is actually a drawing of a person with buck teeth. But, without further ado.

'If you are Kenz, go away :B'

'You are a jerk Kenz aka Meagan aka Macky
PS: You are almost out of ink
PPS: :B Ha ha
PPPS: Now you are out of blue ink. I am using it for extra copies until you read one.'

'I know these are crappy airplanes. sorry
PS: when does this stupid thing run out of ink
PPS: bring money when you take me to school so i can eat afterschool
PPPS: :B
PPPPS: this is not me or you it is some random dude
PPPPPS: I know this is a better airplane
PPPPPPS: Sorry I threw so hard
PPPPPPPS: I can't sleep
PPPPPPPPS: I am out of room to write.'


.....I think halfway through the last one, my brother stopped being mad at me.

Instead of an AN report, for now I'll just make a little point at me caving in

I finally got a twitter.

Conformity! :D

It is @kilazary and I will start doing stuff on it probably after I come back from Colossal since I likely will be without my phone for most of it. But feel free to add me!

I swear, I do use this...just not post on it.

Finished my third year of uni in early April and now my marks came back. Studio art classes are all consistently B range and even my art history marks have gone up (first two years of art history consistently was a C+ average because my essay writing wasn't up to standards) so that means I'll be able to complete my BFA no problem and taking the costuming class had upped my GPA as well with getting A in all three classes. It's just the optional classes that are dragging me down since I have to take a few classes outside of fine arts.

Depending on the class, that could boost my grade or lower it and, Intro to economic geography was probably not the greatest on my part with minimal experiences in both graphing and just reading newspapers. This is probably my biggest fault when it comes to current issues and I know it's something I should start going 'this is really important. I should pay attention' but it doesn't hold my interest long enough like history would.

Either way, taking the class for economic geography was completely reliant on my dad's knowledge in the subject because he has recently got a Masters in business with a lot of classes in economic geography to almost get himself a minor in it as well. He was basically guiding me along in trying to figure out what the hell I'm reading and what I should be trying to understand. Either way, the end result was a D in the class which means I pass and, at this point in time where I'm so close to finishing my degree with one year left, that really is good enough for me.

I probably should mention AN as well coming up but, at this point in time, it's not really at the forefront of my mind because I have been going so long that it's become part of a routine for me. I haven't made a costume for it in a lot time since I have skit show and masquerade most of friday and saturday but, this week I've kinda been making a costume. I wouldn't really call it one since, for the most part, I'm making a coat and wearing it over regular clothes but, I've started to make it and it should be done for the con if I keep working on it consistently through the next week.

I do look forward to seeing everyone at the con. Stage ninja duties makes it pretty easy to spot me when I'm not wandering around aimlessly during the day so, good luck to those finishing up costumes.

Not many people know this but, one of my hobbies happens to be reading recipe books. I don't cook a lot because cooking for my family is impossible since everyone is either picky or have different tastes so, these recipes that I look up just go unmade until recently because I just went 'fuck it' and started to cook. Recently, I make things that I know will please the least picky member of my family. That just so happens to be my mother who is not only lactose intolerant but will not eat red meat. Every one else (sister, father and brother) are far more fussy when it comes to food but, because of my moms dietary restrictions, I've been making a lot of vegan food.

And here's one of my favourite recipes to make called Curry Sweet Potato Soup. Dead simple to make, takes about half an hour to forty five minutes to put together and has a lot of really good and unique flavours because it's spicy from the curry but sweet as well because of the coconut in it.

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I probably have been procrastinating to get this done…or I’ve been doing my schoolwork and therefore this has been shoved further and further back on the ‘to do’ list. But here is my Germany and Switzerland trip experience from last month!

Image heavy and some of the pictures are not resized so they'll be quite large but, for anyone who's curious, the entire album is here. There aren’t any pictures of me in these locations though because I was by myself for almost all of it and my dad took lousy pictures (I deleted them all cuse they were either backlit or blurred to the point of me being unrecognizable.)

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Arrived in Zurich last night and right now just waiting for dad to get back from lunch so we can explore the city. Already had my experience in Germany, had beer and pretzels and lots and lots of pudding.

I already did some exploring earlier here in Zurich and found both starbucks and mcdonalds. (starbucks happened to be in a book store.) First off I don't drink coffee so the starbucks trip was useless to me and I just ventured into it for the sake of familiarity. Mcdonalds was also for that familiarity and I was debating eating there as well.

.....a big mac with fries and a drink is 11.50 franc. (about 12.15 Canadian) Burger on its own would have been 6.50

This city is expensive.

I went to get a sandwich for 5 bucks at Sprungli (A chocolate store) instead. I'm not exactly sure what meat was in it because the translation was a little off and I didn't fully understand it but it was like ham and bologna or something along that concoction.

Pictures and a full report will come upon return to Canada. :3

Almost ready for my trip to Europe tomorrow. Have been recovering from a cold that has been off an on since the beginning of the new year so my carry on bag for the flight is filled to the brim with various medications and vitamins along with books and other things to hopefully pass the time.

Flight isn't the greatest in terms of timing. Plane leaves at 8:00 pm, which means I'm still going to my 8:30 class tomorrow morning, and I've never slept on a plane before so I don't know how that'll be like. Flight is about 8 hours and we land into Munich at around 4am our time and then we stick around there for about four hours until we get the 1 hour connecting flight that will take us to Paderborn. Camera is in my bag, batteries are going to be bought so I can use my camera for the whole week and I'll try to get a full report with pictures of buildings, people and food when I come back.

See you guys in February!

I'm posting what I sound like and answering questions. Those who see me semi regularly don't have to listen because I believe you're all aware of how I sound like.

Listening to myself talk is weird ._.

» What's your name?
» How old are you?
» Where are you from? Are you living there right now?
» What's the time?
» Is it cold where you are?
» What are you wearing?
» What was the last thing you listened to?
» What was the last thing you ate?
» What was the last thing you watched on TV?
» What's your favorite TV show? Why?
» Quick! Find a book, or something with text on it! Flip to a random page and read some of it! GO!
» What was the last movie you saw? How was it?
» Do YOU think you have an accent? Talk about that.