Christy Does Vancouver

Wait a minute... is that the name of a porn title? Just kidding, I already knew it was... I'm just a dirty old (wo)man. Anyway, I've arrived in Vancouver! It's actually very nice here. All the people are really friendly and nice! It's weird. So I woke up this morning around 8:45 (oops, I meant to wake up at 8), got ready, and was picked up by Super Shuttle at 9:45 am. I was pretty early to the airport, but whatever. Got an early lunch around 11 am from this Japanese place near my terminal (I got teriyaki salmon and it was decent). Boarded the plane a bit late and arrived safely at YVR (Vancouver Airport) at 3 pm. I was semi-lost since I had to go through customs and tell them why I was there. I was a bit lost, but made my way through. Also, I never realized how that Vancouver is HELLA HUMID. I was sweating. It was a bit gross.

Cabbed over to my hotel and arrived around 3:45 pm. I sat down, checked email, then put my flip flops on and began my Canadian shopping adventure! I forced myself to avoid all US stores that I can visit anytime I want. So instead I went to lots of Canadian stores. Although, they MIGHT be US stores and I just have no idea. But they all were brands I had never heard of. I got a really cute white shirt from this one store called RW & CO., a cute brown deep v-neck sweater from this store called Plenty, and then some MAC stuff. I never knew that MAC was from Canada. Hm. I got my usual brown eyeliner, a really cute peachy pink lushgloss (aka, lip gloss with lip plumper... although I think my lips are pretty fat already), and a dark brown eyeshadow. Very naice.

After I walked around the Vancouver Mall (Pacific Centre) and had dinner in the food court (Thai food... it was OK, not great). But I had this weird craving for Thai food. After dinner, I started walking back into the mall and realized it was all closed. CLOSED at 7:30 pm (the food court was closing as I was eating, but I thought they were just closing the food places). Apparently, the mall closes at 7 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. Weird. Must be nice to work retail in Vancouver. Also, everything here is kinda expensive. After dinner I walked to the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Company and got a waffle cone with Rocky Road ice cream! So yummy. It was funny, I was waiting in line to pay and the cashier asked everyone if they wanted a sample chocolate. She asked me and I said, "umm... I think I've got enough here, thanks" and then all the line people laughed and the guy in front of me let me go ahead of him. YES. haha. That was weird. Anyway, now I'm watching Robot Chicken in my hotel room. I wish I called and made sure I would get one bed. Now I have two twin beds when I could've had one KING bed. Assholes. Whatever.

Tomorrow is the conference and I have to be there at 7:30 am. Unfortunately, I'm wide awake and the fact that it's still sunny outside is f'ing with my brain. I feel like Robin Williams in that movie Insomnia... but not crazy. Hm.

Oh yeah! Weekend updates... Friday: hung out with Cheech, Brian, and Ty. We ate Costco pizza and chicken wings, watched Pulse (which was terrible), Jackass 2 (which was hilarious), and The Office (which was awesome, of course). Fell asleep there, woke up on Saturday morning, went to Costco and bought HARRY POTTER, went to Target, went home, did a shit load of laundry, cleaned the house, and read read read. I actually read pretty much the rest of the day until about 4 am. Sunday, woke up and went to the Stonestown Mall, got my nails did, bought a cute hat and earrings from Nordy's, met up with Rebecca in Hayes Valley, walked around and chatted, went home and read Harry Potter. I actually finished the book last night (technically this morning) at 3 am. Which explains why I woke up a bit late today. I admit, I did cry a bit in the end of the book... but overall, it was a great ending to the series.

Tribute to Brian:

We'll miss you, Mother F'in Brian (aka Vlad, aka The Nintendo Godfather of Terror). Good luck with law school and don't forget about us cool people in CA. Don't worry, we'll come visit and harass you. That'll give you something to look forward to in the new year. Woooo. Take care, Brian... you dirty old man.