i thought we could be friends

on friday morning i slept in, and then worked at the elementary school from 11:30 until 12:30. as usual, it was a ton of fun. my favorite kids, the grade 1s, gave me lots of hugs and begged me to go tobogganing with them. i did, and so i'd kneel down on my crazy carpet, and they'd all grab onto me and my sled, and then we'd inch down the top of the hill until we started sliding. there were usually about 10 of us attached together. near the end of recess, kids were just grabbing onto us and sliding down the hill on their stomachs in their snowsuits without any sleds, and some of them would just jump on my back as soon as we started sliding. so fun. i LRT'd downtown to pick up some books from the library, and since i had a little bit of time before class, i decided to have lunch by myself at three bananas cafe. it was amazing. i had been meaning to go there for quite a while, and i'm really glad i finally did. i had a life-changing chicken and jalapeno panini. then i LRT'd back to the university for my cree lab. after cree, i watched "smoke signals" by myself. that evening, i met jessie and her brother eric and her friend cam, who was visiting from thunder bay, at the u of a transit station, and we LRT'd downtown to see doug hoyer and toy singers play at the velvet underground. i keep seeing this dude around shows in edmonton, and i've recognized his face, but could never remember his name. finally, earlier this week, becky or jessie mentioned a name, and i realized that it was this boy's. i remembered that he used to play in a band called audience of one about eight years ago, and that my ex-boyfriend evan used to live with one of the dudes in that band. whew. anyway, the show was fun, and i got to hang out with jenni for a bit, and there were free cupcakes because it was toy singers' cd release, but we had to leave early to make sure we could catch the LRT back across the river and make it back home.

on saturday, i worked at the ledge. i think that two out of three of my tours went. although i like having days when i don't have to do tours, when i do have to do them, i realize that i kind of enjoy doing them. after work, i came home for a bit, and then met jessie, eric, and cam at steeps. we walked/LRT'd/walked to the treehouse, where we saw the joe, orange in the light, and illfit outfit play. the joe was extra entertaining, because:
a) he's just a good rapper,
b) he seems like a super positive, good guy, and
c) there was this one girl who knew all the words to his songs, and so she was singing them and dancing and smiling super hard. adorable.
we LRT'd back across the river after the show. i went home and jessie, eric and cam walked all the way back to jessie's.

on sunday my parents came up to visit me and my sisters for family day. they first bought emily a bunch of groceries downtown, and then they came across the river to buy some more for alyssa and me. we unpacked the groceries at home, and i showed my mom the art projects i've been working on. then we went to the cheesecake café (alyssa's choice) on the west end for lunch, and stopped at michael's so i could get some yarn and embroidery thread. then we went to west edmonton mall, so my mom could buy a bathing suit for the trip she and my dad are taking to mexico in the spring. my sister works at a bathing suit store in the mall, so she had a pretty substantial gift certificate to use up. i scammed her into buying me a cute brown dress. i also wandered around h&m, because i had never been there before and because i wanted to see if i could find a pair of cute red tennis shoes like kaylin has. the store was a total nightmare. there were a million people everywhere, and everything was shoddily made in sweatshops around the globe. ugh. the mall was pretty packed, too. finally, after about an hour, my mom picked out some things to buy, and we headed out, but not before stopping at london drugs, where dad bought alyssa and me a new phone for our apartment. i drove us back to emily's apartment to drop her off, and then mom and dad dropped alyssa and me off at our place. i took "smoke signals" to jessie at her work so that she could watch it, and then i walked to the movie studio to rent a movie. before i went, my dad called and told me i should rent young guns and young guns 2. i'd seen the first one, but not the second. anyway, because i hate shopping or picking movies, and could find nothing i'd rather watch, i rented both movies. i watched the first one and half of the second one that night. i actually like them quite a bit.