Closer..

Hello,

So today has been a more eventful day for me.. More than usual for sure. I woke to my alarm clock.. Looking back i seem to remember me not liking my alarm clock a little more than normal this morning.. I slept in a little.. But then i had to get up because i knew that today i was going to be getting my ACAP Art kit from DeSerres, which i did get and i am very happy with. But.. There is something else i ended up getting that brings me a lot closer to school than i was yesterday. I also got my Nikon Dx60 Digital SLR! And I'm in love with it already..

As of right now i have all my needed supplies for ACAP. I have the art kit, the camera, the macbook, and all the other little things. I believe the only things i need to get now.. Are the books.. my mighty mouse for the mac and all the Macromedia Programs which i will buy from the school i believe. Other than that i think all the big things are taken care of. And I am so happy they are! Now i can actually mentally prepare for the new school year without having to worry about getting everything i need.

The only other thing i was going to do today.. But doesn't look like it's going to happen is go to H&M to find a jacket for fall.. Which i was very excited about.. But i don't think i can complain as i've had a really good shopping day already. :)

AND thats not even the only thing I'm happy about.. Chris gets home tomorrow! Later in the afternoon.. I'm praying that this storm "Danny" goes by quickly so he doesn't get caught in it on his bike.. That would make me extremely uneasy! But.. he will be here tomorrow! And i can't wait at all!

So as you can see today has been a fairly good day so far.. And I'm anticipating that tomorrow will be as well. So.. I hope your as excited as i am for all the photos i am going to post in the future from school and from my own personal days.

Until the day.

tori.

Sprint..

It's Friday, August 28th.. 7:30 A.M.

There is officially 2 days left until Chris gets home for good.. Thats really amazing.. I've been waiting all summer for this time to come, and now it's finally here.. Also there is now 11 days until i start secondary school.. I don't even want to think about that yet, there's still so much to do. I guess now I'm just waiting.. I know it will be Christmas before i know it.. So I'm going to try and enjoy this time i have left. But it does seem that i've come to the end of another race in life.. And I'm almost at the finish line.. Once these 2 days are over.. I'll be happy to say that i survived it. Although i wont have much time to enjoy my victory.. As I'll be starting another long journey. but I'm not sad at all that it will be over soon.. Because just as I'm starting this new journey in few short days.. I'll also be bringing him with me, and we will have our own journeys throughout it all. Thats what makes me the most happy and excited.. Because nothing is ending really.. It's only beginning. I guess when you think about it.. Whenever something ends.. Something begins as well. Always.

So long for now.

tori.

Getting There..

Hey,

So the youth festival is over, it was a great time! I really do wish it didn't have to have ended so soon. Chris cam and went, he's home this Sunday (6 days). So basically it's another week to go until he's home for good.. And I'm a little scared.. I'm so used to him not being here, it might be a little weird going back to normal. But of course i can't wait until Sunday comes. I don't care how weird it may be.. I just want him home.

School starts very soon! Less than 2 weeks i believe.. I'm very nervous for it to get here.. I still need to get a lot of things done before i go.. And I'm sure it will all be last minute. But.. there's no stopping it.. it's coming very fast. I just have to somehow prepare myself. Also.. Chris and i wont be going to the same school.. That also will be a big change that will take some getting used to.. I guess this September will be the most crazy start off to a year ever. A lot of new things.. some scary, maybe stressful at times.. But i will eventually have to get used to it..

Once i get everything i need for school.. know the route for getting there and getting home.. then i should be fine. I'm just the kind of person that needs to have everything ready before hand and to really know how everything is going happen.. and right now i have no clue! That makes me uneasy..

Anyway.. For right now I'm just waiting for this week to be over and for Chris to get home. Then i will really start thinking about school..

It's very true that as you get older.. things don't get easier.. They most certainly get harder.. But at the same time.. They get so much better. It's all so worth it when you think about it.

I'm actually very happy with the way my life is going right now.. I'm going to school for something i love! It's all paid for. I have the most amazing person in my life that helps me and makes me more happy than i ever could be! I have a job.. I have so much to be thankful for! So i guess I'm glad that i have the challenges that i do.. They will always make me stronger.

Until Next.

tori

Design Work 08/09

These are a few projects i have done over the past few years of high school. I would say they are the best out of everything i've done in design and photography.. More so design. Some of these projects were a part of my portfolio that i sent to NSCC earlier this year.

Enjoy.

Middle Man.

Its Wednesday! 7:32 p.m. Today is a very bitter sweet day in general, It's so close to the weekend.. But yet, still so far from it.. So much still has to be done before you reach the peaceful bliss of Saturday.

Today was a bad to start off, I'll say that much. I didn't sleep a wink last night, Could barely fall asleep to begin with, so when i actually drifted off i get a "loud" text message from my friend Annie saying, "Tori! Are you still awake? It's an emergency!" It was 1 30 a.m.. Of course i didn't respond and rolled over hoping to fall back to sleep.. But that didn't happen for a long time. I tossed and turned for at least an hour.. And the heat wasn't helping either. Then, at around 2 30 a.m i hear that my mom has turned on her t.v across the hall and opened my door for some strange reason.. I was up until 3 20 a.m, that's the last time i looked at the clock anyway. So then.. about 4 hours later, i hear my alarm going off, It was time to get up and catch the bus to work.. All day.. So i think you can guess how my day went! Wrong!! My day went by actually very well considering my lack of sleep and enthusiasm for living. I was very surprised at that.

Anyway.. I'm happy to say that I'm laying in my bed comfortably waiting for Yes Man to finish downloading. (Yes, I'm going to watch it alone in my bed with, you guessed it! Popcorn! mm)

So, as of right now there is 1 1/2 days until the Youth Festival on Friday.. And also until Chris gets here! It's so much closer now that today is finally over. I just have to get through tomorrow night's shift, which wont be that hard. Then! It will be here! I'm thinking i wont be able to sleep Thursday night, only because I'll be so excited!! :)

So.. Now i guess it's goodbye until tomorrow.

Night :)

Tori

Listen (Listen, Listen) : Wintersleep

And even if the words don't sound right,
I will love you till the day my heart dies,
till the day my heart dies.

And even if this ain't the right light,
you're prettier than anything,
you're prettier than anything that I'd
prettier than anything that I'd write.

There's something in the way our lips touch,
there's something in the way we're stuck together
and they don't build love like that no more.

You said you'd like it when the thunderstorms came,
said you'd like if the thunderstorm just
pulled you piece by piece away.

How Slowly Can Time Go?

Its Tuesday, 11:47 a.m. There is 4 days until Friday, which means there is 4 days until Chris gets home.. And even if it's only 3 days he will be here until he leaves again.. I don't care! Those 3 days will be worth it! Just seeing him will be all i need. But, I have hope because a week after he leaves, he will be coming home for good! That is what I'm really counting down to, 11 days now. It's been a long, lonely, summer without him. Everyone said it will go by so quickly, it will be good for you guys.. They were right, but i will also say that i am never going through this again! It was the most bittersweet summer i've ever had. And I'm happy to say that I'm looking forward to September and beyond, because i know i will be by his side, and him by mine.

Today is going to be another day of nothing. Lately i haven't been sleeping very well, i think it has something to do with the intense heat at night.. I just keep tossing and turning and get no sleep at all. And if i do, i just keep on waking up throughout the night. Some people have said it might be because of my diet, more people have said its because I'm in love or that i miss Chris to much, Haha. I guess i will never know..

Tonight i have a "pointless" work meeting to go to.. Which really does mess up the whole day that i've dedicated to being lazy. I'm praying it will be short.. But that probably wont be the case. And i have to work 10 - 6 tomorrow.. That, I'm sure, will put into the hating life category! But! Once tomorrow is done and over with.. i will know that there will only be 2 days left until Friday! And i know it will go by quickly then. I just have to make it that far.

Well there's the brief summery of my week.. I'm sure there will be more to report in the upcoming days.

tori.

No Sleep : Sam Roberts

No sleep
I haven’t slept for a week
And I’m cold
Yeah I’m so cold
She’s right
I should do something of my life
But I’m old, I’m old I’m getting old
Those eyes
She said they don’t recognize me
Those lips
They’re never calling my name
It feels so heavy
Feels so heavy, heavy
I’m waiting for a Saturday
Waiting for a Saturday
And I’m too young to be old
Une fille jolie
Passér tout pres de moi
Elle arreter le temps
Au coin de St. Catherine et St. Laurent
Elle me regarder
Et elle souriait
Elle ma fait penser a rien en ce moment
Et comme le vent elle s’en aller
Et moi j’suis reveiller
Ouai moi j’suis reveiller

Let's Start Over..

Its August 16th, 2009. Today is a Sunday, as i write this it's 9:43 p.m.. As i lay here in my comfortably hard bed and listen to the fireworks in the distance on this hot, hazy night.. I am just waiting, waiting for a lot of things. At the moment i am waiting for Chris Lowe to call me from where he is, miles away. In general i am waiting for September to come, I will start a new chapter in my life.. Going to NSCC for "art" (Graphic Design, Photography, Illustration, New Media). It's coming so soon! I hardly know what to think about that. Other than those important things, I am waiting for my life to start.. Although i've heard that it already has.. But it hardly feels that way just yet.

I guess why i wanted to start a blog, other than the obvious reason.. To much time.. Is that i wanted to maybe document my work over the next year of school.. And of course my life.

Everyday will be a marvelous journey! I know there will be hard days, and I'm positive there will be amazing days! There already have been a lot of both. But i will be here through it all.. And although I'm sharing all of this with strangers, i know that i am more doing this for myself.

Until tomorrow! Rest Easy.

Tori..