prison break.

ok, normally i don't blog about television shows...because...well...i just don't. but...i'm so impressed with this show, that i just can't help it.

justin and i saw a little bit of the fifth episode one night when we were at my place. we were flipping through the channels when we came across this show and it looked pretty good so we continued watching it even though it was already like, half over. by the end we were like, "wow. this show is pretty good!" so justin went and downloaded the rest of the shows so we could watch it from the beginning in its entirety. (which we did, multiple times. heehee.) oh me oh my, i am so glad we just so happened to accidentally stumble upon this gem of a show that night.

i don't watch a lot of television here in waterloo, (mainly gilmore girls and the occasional csi if i have time), but THIS show is definitely one i'm adding to my weekly tv line-up.

honestly, it's just so incredibly good. i can't even begin to explain what makes it so good...everything about it is just so great. even the gory/gross parts that occasionally happen which force me to cover my eyes are good. :P there are so many twists it's unbelievable. the storyline is just so genius and well thought out. it's just so awesome.

oh, and the fact that wentworth miller is so freakin' good-looking is a nice added bonus. haha ;)

anyway, that's my plug. watch it! mondays. 9pm. global.

tagged!

Rules of the game: Post 5 Weird and Random facts about yourself, then at the end list the names of 5 people who are next in line to do this. Also leave a post on their xanga (but do blogspot because it's better) to let these people know.

i know it has taken me far too long to do this (sorry naomi!), but in any case, here we go...

5 wierd and random facts about me:

1. my pinky toes on both feet are a little bit oddly shaped. one of my parents have short pinky toes and the other has curvy ones so yours truly got stuck with a hybrid of both: short curvy pinky toes! one on each foot. it used to bother me a lot when i was younger but not so much anymore. it just sucks when i try on some sandals and it looks like i'm missing my pinky toe because it's too short and it stays hidden. boo. :P

2. i eat slow. now, there are people who eat slow and then there are people who eat SLOW. i belong to the latter group. when i was younger it used to take me on average 2 hours to finish my dinner. (sometimes longer. i think once i dragged it out to like 3 hours.) i remember was so boring and sad. i used to have to sit at the kitchen table and finish my food alone since everyone else finished their food like 1.5 hours before me and were long gone. :P

3. i have perfect pitch. don't ask me how it works because i have no idea. all i know is that i can (99.9% of the time) tell you what note is being played without looking the keyboard or whatever instrument your playing or sing you notes without the use of a musical instrument. (i think in recent years it has started to fade and isn't quite as good as it used to be. liz has said the same thing about her ears too. i wonder why...??) in any case, it's pretty useful sometimes. (all my dictations in first and second year university were SOOOO easy - i had much more complicated and difficult dictations at yamaha when i was 11. no joke.) you can also pick up chords of songs a lot more easily. there are, however, other times it's just plain annoying because it's one of those things you can't turn off.

4. i never wanted to go into music. ever. (i'm in my last year at laurier and i'm a music therapy/psychology student. haha.) even back in elementary school i didn't want to audition for the arts york program at unionville high school. it was liz who basically shoved the application form in my face and literally forced me to apply. then when i auditioned to get into the program i auditioned for both visual arts and music, and really wanted to get into visual arts. (i even told the music department that during my audition.) in the end, i got wait-listed for visual arts but was accepted into the music proram, (i would have chosen visual arts over music if i could.) sometimes i can't help but be amazed when i look back on everything that has happened in my past because even though i didn't know it at the time, there was definitely a Higher Power guiding me through it all. it's funny how things work out in the end. :)

5. i won a chinese school award (or something to that extent) in VBS once when i was younger. you probably don't believe me, but i did! i won it because out of everyone in my VBS class, i was able to write the most chinese characters (i knew "grandmother", "girl" and some other ones but i can't remember them) from memory and nicer than other people. what did i win? a pencil set...and the satisfaction of getting the award over the other people in my class who were all show-offs because they were actually in chinese school and were really vocal about that (i never did). HA! i'm sure when my name was called they were like: :O bah hah. suckers. ;)

alright, i nominate justin, shannon, joanna, chow, and dan!!! *sharon tags them all*

pizza and glutony.

today after my physiology lab was finished and i was on my home, i decided that i was not going to cook lunch for myself today (thursday). why? because it was already past 1pm and i had my linguistics midterm at 4pm. that and i was too lazy to do so. so, i decided to look for food places on the way back to my place from school, and that was when i saw it: the pizza pizza on university ave.

as i neared pizza pizza, i almost changed my mind and went to mcdonnell village instead (or whatever that place is called) because i thought it might be healthier. but i really had a craving for pizza, so my id told my superego to go away (ha! take that intro to clinical psych!) and i opened the door to pizza pizza and walked in only to see eugene about to pay for what looked like a whole crapload of pizza slices. our conversation went something like this:

me: hey euge!
euge: hey sharon! hey, did you know that pepperoni slices are only one dollar?!
me: *eyes wide open in shock and utter happiness* what??! are you serious? why the promotion?
euge: yah! oh it's their 103 anniversary or something!
me: awesome! is it just for today?
euge: yah!
me: this is the best news i've heard all day!!
euge: yah seriously! i'm buying like fifteen.
me and euge: *grinning broadly like any chinese would due to an incredible deal*

bah hah. i couldn't believe my luck; i had no idea this dollar thing was happening at all!

at first i thought he was joking but no, he did end up buying fourteen. (he claimed they weren't all for him. right.) and the pizza slices were really a dollar. ONE DOLLAR/slice. how sick is that? forget the fact i forgot my labcoat for my physiology lab this morning and had to rent one for $2 which was gross, raunchy and had yellow stuff (don't even want to think of what it could have been) all along the left arm that i had to wear for 2 hours, the dollar/slice thing totally made my day. :)

i bought 2 pepperoni slices of pizza which came to a grand total of $2.17. and i ended up eating both slices for lunch. i then afterwards felt mildly sick. (really, for my standards it was more like 4 pieces, since they slice "one piece" into two...)

how could i help myself? it's not everyday they're selling these gems for a DOLLAR! i had to take advantage and buy two slices, and since they were both there, i had to eat them. both.

ok, so maybe 'gluttony' is a little bit of an exaggeration, but i doubt i'll be having pizza again at least for the next month. :P *sigh* gotta love good deals.

i...love...autumn.

autumn has to be my absolute favourite season of the year. it's the season where mother nature gets ready for winter; bears go to sleep, trees shed their leaves, lakes go from cold to colder and eventually form a layer of ice on top in order to insulate the water within the lake...everything seems to go into "hiding".

and, how can one deny the beauty of this season? autumn colours are generally so warm and inviting, with its warm oranges and yellows, to rich browns and deep reds...i love looking at the leaves change colour; it's so pretty.

honestly speaking though, my love for this season goes beyond the "hiding" and beyond the colours of the leaves. i know for some people autumn brings feelings of sadness, because it makes them think of the dark and dreary months of winter. maybe it's because i'm a fall baby, but for me, autumn brings feelings of coziness, security and warmth. :)

gobble, gobble.

this weekend (since it's thanksgiving weekend) make sure to do the following: stuff your faces with turkey, drink gravy like there's no tomorrow, mash plenty of potatoes (to eat of course) until the cows come home, and eat pie until it feels like your tummy will explode at any moment. but most importantly, take a second, minute or even an hour if you wanted to, and think about all the blessings that have been placed in your life and when you do that, you won't be able to help but feel thankful for them.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone. :)
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since we're talking about being 'thankful' just wanted to say...

thanks to all the cool kids in the world who remembered! thanks for the cards, the e-cards, the gifts, the hugs, the txtmsgs, the company and the smiles!

much thanks to everyone who came out and celebrated with me early this morning. you guys certainly know how to surprise and make a girl feel real special. it really meant a lot that you guys would wake up so early for me! (i'm sorry i kept you all waiting. i didn't know! darn my tardiness.) :( from the bottom of my heart, thanks guys.

a BIG thanks to justin who is probably one of the sneakiest people i know; you rock my world. ;)

and to my family who knew all along (like they do every year) thanks for playing along and making me feel really silly. (liz, your plan was especially brilliant.) haha. :P

i am so thankful for all of you - you guys are a special bunch. :)