#97 - The Last Part: 401 - 500

And here is it, folks - the last part of the 500 things that I love. It took 8 months to complete this list, but alas, it's done. You may wonder why the heck there is a picture of me. Well, there are two reasons:
A) I love myself that much that I wanted to put a picture of myself for this post, and
B) this picture was taken using photobooth on my Mac, and if you read #463, it'll make sense.

I have now completed 14 items from my 101 list, leaving me with only 87 things left to do. Crazy, I know, but the fact that I started this list 8 months ago and have been able to cross of 14 things isn't that bad. And the fact that I'm working on a few all the time is going to make this a (cross your fingers) easy project.

Anyway, for your entertainment (and to write off another 101 things), here is it: the last part to the 500 things that I love.

Lady S.

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The last part: 401 - 500

401. giggling
402. playing with eyeshadow colors
403. discovering my potential
404. having a computer battery that lasts longer than 30 minutes
405. falling asleep in less than a minute
406. the smell of breakfast
407. romance music
408. learning about different composers
409. falling asleep before midnight
410. snow on Christmas day

411. seeing the best friend after not seeing her in months
412. the colors of a sunset
413. hearts on facebook
414. receiving online items at the door
415. watching movie previews
416. driving down a road I have never driven on before
417. a well-fitted bra
418. learning a new computer
419. parades
420. candy thrown at parades

421. learning about the Canadian Constitution
422. Santa Clause
423. holidays that close down the school
424. using wikipedia to learn new things
425. quoting wikipedia as a reliable source
426. selling back school books that I never want to look at again
427. looking at real-estate
428. red nail polish
429. getting a head massage
430. getting my hair permed

431. relaxing
432. seeing the first snowfall of the season
433. seeing the first sign of spring
434. listening to my violin teacher play
435. sitting on a park bench and watching people go by
436. old hollywood style hats
437. masquerades
438. musical cards
439. putting font into italics
440. the smell of a nice cologne

441. speaking in French and not butchering it
442. increasing the contrast in photos
443. paint supplies
444. scrap booking supplies
445. stickers and stickers and more stickers
446. organizing my drawers
447. watching re-runs of favorite TV shows
448. family guy!
449. funny people
450. underground parking

451. buying a new tube of mascara
452. warm blankets straight out of the dryer
453. new faces
454. attending symphonies
455. not running into my hot prof after giving him a post-it note with my phone number on it!
456. catching up on school work in one day
457. being ahead in my readings for class
458. the smell of a new car
459. re-reading old cards I’ve kept from the past
460. getting addicted to new TV shows, ie. Castle!

461. the awkward animals (awkward turtle, awkward koala, awkward moose, and awkward bear)
462. getting to know somebody again after several years of not talking
463. photobooth on my Mac
464. laughing with my parents on the phone
465. walking up with my hair looking perfect
466. clean clothes
467. hair accessories - I’m all over that right now
468. high school year books
469. going to a movie theatre
470.new bedsheets

471. video games
472. looking up words on dictionary.com and feeling smarter
473. discovering new indie bands that I fall in love with
474. thick computer paper
475. the sound of the shower running in the morning
476. losing track of time when I’m having fun
477. paying my last semester’s tuition - yay!
478. using my day planner
479. highlighters
480. receiving packages in the mail

481. watching the early morning news
482. dressing up for an event
483. chocolate milkshakes (so bad for you, but so ultra good!)
484. being first in line
485. boyfriend blazers
486. fridge magnets
487. re-reading books I haven’t read in years
488. falling asleep early (before midnight)
489. scratch lottery tickets that cost you $1
490. christmas ornaments that have a story behind them

491. skyping
492. msning
493. having an organized room
494. blue pens
495. pink gel pens
496. how Starbucks does fair trade
497. the smell after a match has been lit
498. drinking pornstars (the cocktail, people!)
499. being able to get up early without complaing
500. knowing that one day, soon or maybe later, I’ll be in love again

#62 - 1550's Pub

I would have liked to ended this with a classy restaurant, maybe one that cost me $100, but alas, I end #62 with a simple pub.

Out one day for lunch with RT, he suggested that we try out a pub called 1550's. Normally, I'm not a fan of hitting up sketchy looking pubs, but since I was bored with the options available on campus and surrounding area, I thought I would try it out. Turns out this place has more options on their menu than any other restaurant I've been too. And their drink menu - effin impressive! I don't even know how long it took RT and me to decide what we wanted to order because the menu was *packed* with options. So hint - if you're in one of those moods where you have no idea where to go, try this place out just because it has quite the variety.

In all honesty, the food isn't that fantastic, but it's not crappy. It's like any other pub - not cheap, but not expensive; not dirty, but not elegant. Give it a shot someday - if anything, the drink menu looks fantastic!

And with that, I cross off #62 from my list - try 5 different restaurants in Victoria. As a recap, here's the list:

1. Veneto Dining
2. The Office
3. Brentwood Bay Lodge
4. The Penny Farthing
5. 1550's Pub

xoxo,
Lady S.

#31 - Night At The Oscars

The Victoria Symphony hosted a fabulous night at the Royal Theatre last Saturday night (the 16th). The theme: A Night at The Oscars. To go along with the theme, guests were encouraged to dress up in Black Tie attire and walk the red carpet. Even better were the paid actors that showed up dressed up as actors (ie, Johnny Depp!) And yes, I took a picture with him.... or should I say her, since it was a woman dressed up as Johnny Depp!

The selection of music the symphony played was amazing, from Williams to my absolute fav, Hans Zimmer. But, to make the night even better, they played the theme song to Schindler's List. If you haven't heard this song yet, shame on you! It's a must, so please stop reading this and download the song.

And with that, I have scratched off another item from my 101 list. Yay me!

Love,
Lady S.

It happened once again...

My hopes and dreams were set on starting off 2010 with an on-time flight, a dream which was soon crashed when I entered into YYC and saw before me the longest line of people waiting to drop off their baggage. I swear to goodness, without a lie, that there were *at least* 200 people in front of me waiting to drop off their luggage and go through security.

I arrived at the airport much earlier than expected (about an hour and 45 minutes before my flight), so in my mind I figured I would have enough time to drop my bags off, go through security, and have some dinner. Yeah, no! I can't even begin to explain the panic I started to feel when I saw that ridiculous line up. Not only did I have school the next day, but there was *no* was I was going to stay another night in Calgary. To my relief (and credit to the WestJet people for being super efficient), I only waited in line for 40 minutes, still giving me enough time to go through security and reach my gate. Until I heard the dreaded...

"So, your flight has been delayed. Instead of departing at 6:51, you'll be leaving at 7:20pm."

WTF?! Are you serious?! *Another* delayed flight?! This was now flight #8 in a row that was delayed. Needless to say, not impressed. At all.

Anyway, I dropped my bags off and headed to long-ass-line-up #2: Security. Once again, another 80 people in front of me waiting to go *just* through the doors of security, plus more people in the security area itself. After waiting another 15 minutes, I got through and headed for a bite to eat. Now, this whole time I'm thinking "flight leaves at 7:20. Be at the gate by at least 6:50 for boarding." 6:50 rolls around and I head to the gate.

6:50pm: no plane. 7:00pm: plane arrives. It takes at least 20 minutes for people to get off and crew to clean the plane. No way we're leaving at 7:20pm. 7:20pm: pre-boarding is announced. 7:25pm: general boarding is announced. Great, I'm thinking, we won't leave to late. 7:30pm: people still boarding. 7:35pm: more people coming on. 7:40pm: waiting for some *idiot* that wasn't at the gate on time. 7:45pm: idiot is finally on the plane and they're closing the door. 7:50pm: we leave the gate. we still need to reach the tarmac. 7:51pm: we stop. Plane needs to be de-iced. UGH! 7:55pm: we take off.

Stupid flight was late by an hour, pushing my arrival time back another hour, making my ride wait for me another hour!

I'd like to believe that at some point in my flying life I will have an on-time flight, but something tells me that if I keep flying with WestJet, the likelihood of this happening is around 1%. However, to switch to Air Canada would mean having to put up with the snobbiest people in the flying industry. Delayed flights or snobby attendants? ... That's actually a hard one!

Lady S.