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Nice to e-meet you! That's internet for Hello. And that's also about as far as I got in planning what to say in this thing...but as a lover of spontaneity and the inability to edit my own words because that would mean actually having an awareness as to the nothingingness that I am about to ramble on about for far too long...I'm just going to go ahead and keep typing. Apparently...

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

If you haven't yet noticed my trend, I tend to like to go walking along the sea an awful lot. Usually by myself. And, well, this week was no exception!!


(I love tulips! sooo pretty!)

Since it's getting closer to summer, and it certainly seemed like summer based on the beautiful weather, all of the hustle bustle and entertainment flocked to the seawall for people like me to enjoy! (On second thought, its actually all for tourists which is not me at all...but I still like to enjoy it anyways!)


 As much as I am anxious to leave Vancouver (at least for a little while) I can't help but appreciate how lucky I am in to live in such a picturesque city. And trust me, my photography skills don't do it justice!


I took some pictures of a few of the random but never the less appreciated "attractions" I saw on my walk. 

This is 'Spandy Andy' 
He is well known in Vancouver for dancing to electronica music and being...well...spandy andy. This time he got a little kid to join in and the two of them put on quite the show!

One of the many bands along the water

A Harp! How perfect.

A real live roller derby game!! Omg are they ever intense! What a crazy game! 


Of course there are many vendors trying to sell stuff along the water. These paintings were gorgeous

A little kid on a unicycle. Clearly I wasn't as stealth in my picture taking as I thought I was being as he is looking directly at me.


A little taste of my city! Perhaps seen through rose colored glasses...

I Need a Touch Up

Pretty much anytime of any day is crazy in the emergency room, but Friday night was particularly bad. I guess it probably had to do with the rainstorm or maybe it was a full moon or something but the trauma’s were coming in non-stop. As morbid as it makes me sound, as a student it’s all really exciting and I love to pop into the trauma room and get up close and center into all the action. That is of course until people don’t realize that I’m still a student and start asking me to do things.


Because the trauma room was so full, we had no choice but to put some of the people who probably should have been in there out in the normal emergency room where the nurses like me get to take care of them!  I got a patient who was just in a bad high speed car accident and had several injuries. Let’s just say that this guy was not a saint and was fairly well known to police. At the accident, he ditched the scene and managed to run about a kilometer from the accident and into a bush. Then, when he heard the police dogs coming he actually climbed up a tree, where he stayed until he was eventually taken in. And this all happened after his car was T-boned about 10inches into the driver side of the car, he was projected through the window of his car, covered in glass shards, very possibly had broken bones, and had gashes so bad that I could see his bones. It made for some good conversation to say the least.


Considering all that had happened, he was actually fairly content. When I was causing him anguishing pain by cleaning up his bloody wounds, he actually said it wasn’t nearly as bad as the times he was shot. Yes he was shot, and yes on more than one occasion. But he said that he deserved everything that happened/was going to happen.

While fixing him up, I took a picture of his thrashed arm/ribs and showed it to him, obviously suggesting this be his new profile picture.

As he had to have policemen at his side at all times, I got talking to them and being about 4 in the morning what better to talk about than video games. So we were comparing all the games we used to play as kids etc. when my patient jumps in and says that the best game ever is Grand Theft Auto. Obviously.

At least he had a sense of humor about it all.
After I got off nightshift at 730am, I managed to sleep for 2 hours before having to wake up and go to Marlee’s hair show. As I got there she was just finishing Danielle’s hair which looked absolutely ridiculously amazing! She made this gigantic sculpture out of her head and it looked crazy good.


Because I was Aphrodite, she styled mine a lot more delicately, and made it very soft and pretty. When she was finished, I went over to the makeup girls and got pampered some more. It was so much fun! There were models all over the place and everyone was getting all done up. Some of the costumes were so cool! I wish I was more artsy like that. There was one girl who was completely naked in the middle of the room getting full body painted. It was crazy! I could never be that brave!

The actual show itself was super fun, we got to walk a little runway in front of all the guests and the judges while Marlee presented us and there was cake and appy’s to celebrate afterwards. I’m so glad I got to be a part of it!


Because this was her class’s final day of school, they obviously wanted to celebrate so everyone went out after and it was a wonderful night! Aside from sleeping only 2 hours out of the last 40.

..did I really just go from talking about bloody bone-exposing wounds to hair and makeup shows?  I should work on my transitions. 

My New Do!

A few weeks ago I was asked by my friend Marlee if I would be her model for her final show in hairdressing school. Knowing that she is an amazing hairdresser I jumped at the opportunity!

I have never ever (yes never) dyed my hair before so I was really excited to see what she was going to do. I left it completely up to her to do anything she wanted (and I meant it!). I've never really had a reason not to dye my hair I just never did so I think it was about time.

Apparently this was a big deal, Marlee showed off my "virgin baby hair" to the other girls.

We looked through magazines etc.and Marlee pointed to a picture and said, I think we should do this! And with a little hesitation I said ARE YOU CRAZY!! okay! lets do it!

She is seriously like Sweeney Todd except that instead of killing people she makes them look wonderful! So I guess not really like Sweeney Todd at all... except for the hairdressing part. (to be honest I've never even seen Sweeney Todd so i'm not even sure that he is in fact a hairdresser) but they are both good looking people! (well the johnny depp version is at least)

Here is before....

And here is the result!!!



(in better light it is actually quite red and underneath are blonde highlights which look wonderful)

And next weekend is her actual show where the theme is Greek goddess's and I am going to be Aphrodite so Marlee will style my hair, and another student from the school will do my makeup etc. and it will be great fun!!!! I can't wait!

Thanks again Marlee!!!
xox

And thanks to Bobby for sending me this :D

Me in Three's

It was perfect timing for Tom to tag me for this little thing because I was pondering what to blog about. So here is a little bit about me!


"Me in 3s."


Three names I go by:


1. B

2. Whiskey, as my name is Brandi, people seem to think this is clever

3. Kise or Kay, because no one actually knows how to pronounce my blog name


Three jobs I've had:


1. An Au Pair, where I looked after 4 adorable children all under the age of 6

2. An extra in films/tv shows

3. Currently work as an employed student nurse in the emergency room



Three places I have lived:


1. Fantasy land – Where I’ve spent most of my life

2. Bristol, England – While Au Pairing

3. Port Moody, BC – Current location. Stalkers encouraged.


Three fave drinks:


1. That banana medicine you get as a kid

2. Fruit Smoothies

3. Happy Planet J


Three TV shows I watch:


1. Peep Show

2. Modern Family

3. Curb Your Enthusiasm


Three places I've been:


1. Alaska, took a cruise to all the different towns and saw the glaciers

2. Maui, Hawaii, basked in the sun.

3. Florac, France. A quaint, pleasant little town in the south of France with less than 2000 people


Three places I would like to visit:

1. India

2. Africa

3. Real life. Or middle earth… Yah, middle earth.


Three favorite retro TV shows:


1.  Little House on the Prairie

2. Walker texas ranger

3. The Jetsons


Three favorite dishes:


1. pasta

2. stuffed Peppers

3. teacups and saucers 


Three things I'm looking forward to:


1. Graduation from nursing school!!!!

2. The day cape’s are in style

3. falling in love


Three people I'm tagging:

Bobby
Risha
Mishieru

An Aston What?

Its been a good week, starting with working my last shift of home health nursing which is where I go visit people in their homes who are dying and needless to say is not my favorite type of nursing, but a good experience. Then Alicia came over and we spent about 3 hours exchanging music with one another which I am super excited about listening to. I met up with an old friend from high school who I haven't seen since and that was a lot of fun because we used to get along really well back in the day so it was neat to catch up.

Last night I went on a date with a gentleman that we will refer to as Moneybags. He picked me up at my place (which I like when a guy does but did feel bad because I am a little out of the way). I came outside to see him in his super sexy car which I was informed was an Aston Martin (and apparently a big deal). Which was amazing except for the fact that I don't often ride in *i don't even have a clue as to a guess how much this car would be worth* kind of cars so I literally had to get him to talk me through opening the door. What kind of car doesn't have door handles!


(I snagged this photo from his FB just for you bobby/shinxy, apparently its an Aston Martin Vantage Volante)


Now even though I really don't care about nice cars, I have to admit that cruising down the highway in this car with the top down going reeeeeeeeally reeeeeeeeeally fast was pretty fun.

He took me downtown to one of his favorite places which was a very posh lounge that we sat at and had a drink and chatted. Although I did not appreciate his constant talk about all of his accomplishments and money, he was actually a really interesting guy. He started talking about how he is having a quarterlife crisis because he is only 26 and he has already achieved/done everything he could have ever wanted in excess and feels like there is nothing left for him to do. It was very intriguing for me to hear a 26 year old multimillionaire talk about being so unsatisfied with his life but in a way it made a lot of sense. Which is why I stick to the belief that money does not bring happiness!

PS he bought his CAT an ipad. Nobody needs that much money. And don't ask me what he does because I have no idea. He explained it to me but it was a bunch of business mumbo jumbo that I just nodded and pretended to understand.

From here we went to a comedy club which his hotel was right beside so he wanted to park there and as we walked through the hotel it was completely crazy because all of the staff greeted him by name and would have literally done absolutely anything for him. It was like he was a celebrity. It was a very strange feeling.

The comedy club was super fun and in my opinion a fantastic date idea! After that he wanted to take to me to an arcade but unfortunately it was closed when we got there. We went to another lounge and chatted some more and then we headed back. He dropped me off at home and we said goodbye, and he leaned over and gave me a kiss on both cheeks. He asked me out again but I haven't decided yet.

It was definitely fun but I just don't know about Moneybags and his numerous bags of Money.