It's been a few weeks since my last update and the reason for that is because I had gone up north to visit some friends I haven't seen in a while. Every few months, I drive up just to get away from the city. It's kind of interesting how even the littlest things are so different up north. Even the air is crisper and cleaner. One day, I just decided to drive up to a place called Old Woman Bay. It's about 20 minutes south of a town called Wawa. The place is just absolutely breathtaking (refer to picture).

I spent most of the day there, sitting on the beach looking out to the horizon. It gave me a chance to just sit back and enjoy the moment ... something us Torontonians do so rarely. I looked back at my life in the past year, and reflected on where it's heading and what I want to do with myself in the next year ... the next five years ... even the next ten years. In a sense, it put me back in touch with myself, my friends, and the world around me. It sounds sorta like a cliche, but it was pretty much a soul-searching experience.

I'm the kind of person who likes things set in stone, because anything else has no certainty to it. Ironically, I feel my life has a bit more order to it now and everything seems a bit more clear with my mind, body, and spirit completely recharged and energized ... all this out of a spontaneous thought. So I suggest you try it some time, because it just might turn out to be a good thing.

Ok, so I thought this would be fun to post here. It's one of those questionnaire thingies that got sent to me. Feel free to copy and paste, but be sure to send me your answers too! LOL. Here we go:

1. Are you an innie or an outie?
Innie

2. Have you ever worn bell-bottoms?
Nope.

3. Have you ever written a song?
I have as a matter of fact. Well actually, we had to write our own lyrics to an existing song as a project, but whatever. It was tough.

4. Can you make change for a dollar right now?
I keep my change in my pocket, and yes I can.

5. Have you ever been in the opposite sex's bathroom.
Haven't we all? heheh

6. Have you ever smelled your own feet?
Never really thought about it,hehe

7. Do you like ketchup on or beside your french fries?
Call me crazy, but I usually enjoy them plain.

8. Can you touch your toungue to your nose?
Nah, but I've tried a million times.

9. Have you ever been a boy/girl scout?.
Nope.

10. Have you ever broken a mirror?
Not yet.

11. Have you ever put your toungue on a frozen pole?
you crazy? you must be!

12. What is your biggest pet peeve?
I've got a few, but let's start with bad drivers.

13. Do you slurp your drink after its gone?
Not really, I hardly use straws.

14. Have you ever blown bubbles in your milk?
I still do.

15. Would you rather eat a Big Mac or a Whopper?
Big Mac ... even at BK, it's still a Big Mac. Be careful though coz their staff might get mad at you for calling it that.

16. Have you ever gone skinny-dipping?
Hehe, yup :)

17. When you are at the grocery store, do you ask for paper or plastic?
I don't even get a choice. They only give out plastic.

18. True or False: You would rather eat steak than pizza?
Depends on my mood. I love both.

19. Did you have a baby blanket?
I don't remember.

20. Have you ever tried to cut your own hair?
Uh huh, and was it ever a bad decision.

21. Have you ever sleepwalked?
Am I supposed to know this?

22. Have you ever had a birthday party at McDonalds?
LoL, I think I'm the only one who hasen't.

23. Can you flip your eye-lids up?
No, but my brother did in obssessively as a kid to freak me out.

24. Are you double jointed?
Nah, but still pretty flexible.

25. If you could be any age, what would you be?
14, just to make my high school life a lot easier knowing what I know now.

26. Have you ever gotten gum stuck in your hair?
Mine .... no, other people's ... yes :)

27. Have you ever thrown-up after a roller coaster ride?
Nah.

28. What is your dream car?
A Silver Nissan Pathfinder.

29. What is your favorite cartoon of all time?
Looney Tunes

30. Would you go swimming in shallow waters where, one year earlier, a shark had attacked a child?
I can't swim.

31. How many cavities do you have?
I dunno, but I've got a few fillings.

32. Have you ever eaten a dog biscuit?
No.

33. If you were in a car sinking in a lake, which would you do first:
GET OUT!

34. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?
Not yet.

35. Can you pick something up with your toes?
yeah, my socks all the time

36. How many remote controls do you have in your house?
This is wayyyyyyy into the double digits!

37. Have you ever fallen asleep in school?
I still do and I'm in college! yikes!

38. How many times have you flown in an airplane in the last year?
0

39. How many foreign countries have you visited?
About 7

40. If you were out of shape, would you compete in a triathlon if you were somehow guaranteed to win a big, gaudy medal?
Well considering I cna't swim, it wouldn't be wise to participate in a triathlon, would it?

41. Would you rather be rich and unhappy, or poor and happy?
I think I'd still choose to be rich.

42. If you fell into quicksand, would you try to swim or try to float?
What's the point? You're gonna sink anyway. I might yell for help though.

43. At what age did you first try to drive a car?
15 .... I begged my mom to let me drive it out of the garage. I moved it about 2 feet before I got too scared of scratching it.

44. Do you ask for directions when you are lost?
All the time.

45. Have you ever had a Mexican jumping bean?
What are those?

46. Are you more like Cinderella or Alice in Wonderland?
I dunno ... probably Alice.

47. Would you rather have an ant farm with no ants or a box of crayons with broken points?
Box o' crayons.

48. Do you prefer light or dark bread?
Light

49. Do you prefer scrambled or fried eggs?
Scambled for sure.

51. Do you talk in your sleep?
Apparently I do.

52. Would you rather snovel show or mow the lawn?
shovel.

53. Would you rather be bitten by a poisonous snake or constricted by a python?
Gross, I hate snakes.

54. Have you ever played in the rain?
I still do.

55. Which do you think is more dangerous: an angry bear or a hungry white shark?
Shark.

56. Would you climb a very high tree to save a kitten?
I might.

57. Can you tell the difference between a crocodile and an alligator?
I don't really care.

58. Do you drink pepsi or coke?
Coke. Pepsi tastes like Diet Coke.

59. Whats your favorite number?
2 or 3 ... only coz of skating orders.

60. If you were a car, would you be an SUV or a sports car?
SUV .. even though they guzzle up gas like crazy.

61. Have you ever accidentally taken something from a hotel?
What's there to take? Lil bottles of shampoo? Smelly towels?

62. Would you blow your nose at the dinner table?
I don't eat at the dinner table.

63. Have you ever slipped in the bathtub?
Nope.

64. Do you use regular or deodorant soap?
Bodywash

65. Have you ever locked yourself out of the house?
Nah, I've been locked out many times though.

66. Would you rather make your living as a singing cowboy or as one of the Simpsons voices?
I'd be a Simpsons character all the way.

67. If you could invite any movie star to your home for dinner, who would it be?
Probably Julia Roberts .. I love her laugh.

68. Have you ever made a semi truck honk?
All the time in elementary school on the buses.

69. Which would you rather live with: a huge nose or crossed eyes?
The nose.

70. Would you hang out with someone your best friend didnt like?
Uh huh ... my friends understand it's nothing against them.

71. Would you hang out with someone your best friend liked, but you didnt like?

I'd be civil.

72. Have you ever returned a gift?
I don't think so.

73. Would you give someone else a gift that had been given to you?
I don't think so.

74. If you could attend an Olympic Event, what would it be?
DUH! Figure Skating!

75. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
4

76. If your grandmother gave you a gift that you already have, would you tell her?
No, coz it's the thought that counts.

77. Do you sing in the car?
indeed .. badly mind you.

78. Would you rather jump into a dumpster or into a vat of honey?
Neither.

79. What is your favorite breed of dog?
The dog that was on Full House.

80. Would you donate money to feed starving animals in the winter?
Probably.

81. If you were a bicycle, would you be a stingray or a mountain bike?
I"d be a tricycle.

82. What is your least favorite fruit?
Kiwi

83. What kind of fruit have you never had?
I dunno ... passion fruit.

84. If you won a $5,000 shopping spree to any store, which store would you pick?
I dunno .... something fancy like Versace or Dolce & Gabana. I"m a sucker for nice clothes.

I LOST A FEW OF THE QUESTIONS HERE

87. Among your friends, who could you arm wrestle and beat?
I"m the weakest of the bunch.

88. If you had to choose, what branch of the military would you be in?
I'd be in something like the CIA.

89. Would you ever parachute out of a plane?
Nope.

90. What do you think is your best feature?
lol

91. If I were to win a grammy, what kind of music would it be for?
Cheesey ballads, haha.

92. What is your favorite season?
Fall

93. How many members do you have in your immediate family?
5 including moi

94. Which of the five senses is most important to you?
Probably sight

95. Would you be a more succesful painter or singer?
I'm good at neither but I'd say singer coz i love music.

96. Have you ever ridden a tortoise?
Can you do that?

97. How many years will/did you end up going to college?
3

98. Have you ever had surgery?
Nope.

99. Would you rather be a professional figure skater or professional football player?
I already AM a figure skater.

100. What do you like to collect?
Anything sentimental.

Alrighty, I'm now part of the TIG network, lol. I really don't know what to write here, but I do know I wanted to get the first update on here. The heatwave over the past few days have finally died down. I guess summer wanted to come in with a bang this year. I was not very fond of the weather.

The 416 labour strike isn't helping either with garbage mounting everywhere, not to mention that unpleasant garbage odour. Frankly, I'm quite upset about this strike because it's affecting my training schedule. Ice rinks are closed because the support staff are part of the union. Where am I supposed to train? This could serious affect plans for the upcoming competitive season. I guess what really upsets me is that people don't realize how good they have it, and then go on to complain and whine about not having enough. I'm sure there are tons of joblesss or homeless people out there who'll jump at the chance for a good job ... any job for that matter ... so they can pay their bills, have a warm meal, or even a roof over their heads. If you ask me, the strikers have no clue just how good they have it. Arg! Rant over, lol.

It's gotta get better than this. The summer's just begun.