Privileged Girl Rants About Stuff and Possibly Sounds Insensitive (and Slightly Flighty).

Guys, the summer is coming and I want to go shopping.

Once this week of final essays and exams is over, I only have four days in Ottawa before I'm hitting up the Caribbean. I never buy anything down there. Maybe because Tobago doesn't have a ton of clothing stores, maybe because I'm cheap, and mostly because I really, really don't like sequins/gems on my clothing. Truth.

So I have four days in which to find the time to get a pair of high-waisted denim shorts. It's a stable that I do not have. Must fix. I was actually thinking that I might head on down to the thrift store and maybe just cut a pair of high-waisted jeans, but typically frayed ends drive me mad, so I'm not sure I could handle it. But we'll see how much the real stores want for them.

In that four days I also have plans to go see the new Captain America movie with my brother, renew my German passport, and organize/store all of my stuff that I'm bringing up from Guelph. Plus packing. I'm not sure how long we'll be in Tobago before coming back to Ottawa so I'll just have to pack wisely. Ooooh maybe I'll do a blog post about that!

Side note: apparently some people, perhaps even most people (not quite sure), don't always have a valid passport? As in, if they aren't planning to travel at all they just let them expire. This is extremely weird to me, obviously because of my family's vagabond-esque style of living but also because it seems crazy to let your passport expire and take away your ability to leave a country. Most of the time travelling trips are planned well in advance but what about spontaneity? The freedom to know that at any time you could hit the road (or the airport) when the opportunity strikes is huge! This is sounding slightly fugitive-like, but there are plenty of reasons to travel unexpectedly apart from avoiding the Fuzz. What about a family emergency that calls you yonder? The only reason I could possibly see for letting your passport expire is if you can't afford the extra expense. I get that. I hate how much passports cost to keep updated. The ability to travel shouldn't be restricted by how much cash you've got in your pocket. It's like there's a monopoly on adventure and personal growth. But if you have the money, keep your damn passport up to date!

And another thing- if you have the ability to get dual citizenship- then do so! That paperwork takes time and effort, don't leave it until you actually need it! Part of my life's philosophy is to be ready for anything. What if you get a sudden job offer in Budapest for the summer? Wouldn't you like to go? Then make it so, number one! Don't twaddle with visas if you don't have to. We live in an incredibly inter-connected world, don't leave yourself out of it.

Another thing I have to do in Ottawa is organize my Dad's socks. He specifically asked me to do this because he says he can tell that they're different, but his eyesight isn't good enough to match them up properly. Apparently he would have asked Mom to help, but she wouldn't have cared. Evidently, he assumed that I would be sympathetic to his non-matching sock plight. I am. No one should have to live with two different socks on their feet. No one. I'm coming to help you, Dad!

The Vapors = Walking to School in the Morning

Every time I find some new music, I go through the compulsory few days (weeks) of "OMFG THIS IS ALL I EVER WANT TO LISTEN TO. EVER." before I revert back to normal and add the new stuff to the list of things I listen to. The problem is that listening to music is probably the easiest thing in the world to multi task with. Everyone has songs and such that remind you of other things, but it sucks when you get stuck with a reminder that you really don't want to be reminded of.

Take Billy Talent. Anything and everything Billy Talent immediately brings my mind to FFX. Specifically, Mt. Gagazet. Trying to get up that damn hill with that ungodly encounter rate. Sadly, Pendulum's The Island - Pt. 1(Dawn) fell victim to Tokyo Mew Mew. Owl City's Fireflies makes me think of that one guy I really liked who really wasn't interested. The Beatles' Your Mother Should Know is waking up at 5:30 in Grade 11. Gorillaz's On Melancholy Hill is now the dreaded song of treadmills.

It's like any song that you set as an alarm clock, at first it's all "waking up wont be so painful if I'm listening to this!" then you reach the inevitable stage where every time you hear the song you cringe and think it's morning. Lonely Rolling Star from Katamari STILL makes me paranoid that my phone's going off, and I changed that a few years ago. I suppose the only way to avoid this is to either do nothing when listening to music, or only do really cool things. Make sure you're listening to a good song when you do something awesome.

Otherside by The Red Hot Chili Peppers (one of my favourite songs) has always made me think of Dollhouse. I wasn't watching Dollhouse while listening to it, it just really seems to fit. Less the lyrics and more the sound. Because of that, The Other Side by Pendulum (another favourite) makes me think of Dollhouse as well. This isn't a bad connection or anything, I've just always wondered about it. I think all songs named with something about other sides are automatically awesome.

It's like television and movies and everything. I think children must enjoy watching stuff so much more than we do because they don't have the nagging voice in the back of their mind "I KNOW that guy from somewhere! I'm sure of it!" for the whole thing.