Hey y'all, how's the weekend been? Mine's been a bit busy, in a totally nothing to do, boring yet fun, kind of way. Last I posted, I had gotten into the city, and spent Thursday wandering Vancouvsie. Scott has been pretty busy at the International Broadcast Center (the IBC), and by busy, I mean working about 10 hour days, including weekends. And I don't start working till tomorrow, so I've spent most of my time since I arrived by myself.
It's been surprisingly nice to wander around the city alone, getting to know how to use the public transportation here and how to get around. I did a lot of shopping Thursday and Friday, so I'm glad work starts soon or I'll probably spend all my money before I even earn any. Scott's roommate James was in town for the past three nights, which was cool because he's from Australia and only 28, so we got to hang out and chat while Scott has been working or sleeping. James left to go work in Whistler for the next month today, so hopefully I meet some younger people at work this week to hang out with while I'm here.
Also, yesterday, Scott had to take a trip up to Whistler for work during the day, and I'm not really sure if I will get a chance to get up there again, so he took me with so I could take a look around and do some more... shopping! Whistler was really beautiful, although the weather wasn't the greatest, so the mountain was kind of covered by fog most of the day, and it was super rainy so I had to walk around with my umbrella the entire time.
And not gonna lie, it's been pretty cool wandering around the city and the mountains by myself, being able to do what I want, but if you know me at all, I prefer to do these things with someone. I actually think this is the longest I've ever gone without having someone to hang out with and do things with, which is kind of pathetic. So I guess, that in itself is kind of a new experience for me, so I'm thankful for that. Now, I'm looking for more new experiences and things to learn while I'm up here.
My laptop has been having issues, so I'm going to try to take it into the shop sometime this week if I can figure out the bus system a little better. Till then, I'm using Scott's computer, so I won't have any more pictures up for a little while.
Love you all, my little monsters,
xx,
A
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Watch for it
I went shopping around town today, kind of got a feel of the city. Vancouver has started to get the Olympic vibe!!!
Also, the third picture, with the building that says IBC, is where I'm going to be working for the next month and a half. I'm excited!! And I got my uniform today as well. More pics on the way. :)
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Ryan Reynolds and Pine Trees
I arrived!!! I'm officially a Canadian (at least in my mind), now that I've been here for about 3 hours. I'm at my uncle's place, it's about 7:30 p.m. Canada time (9:30 back home), and to be honest, I just want to go to bed. I didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night, not because I was so excited I couldn't sleep or anything, but I'm mostly just a poor planner. I didn't finish packing my luggage until about 2 in the morning, after I had a couple of friends over to hang out and watch a movie. Probably should have spent that time getting ready, but I'm here, I don't think I forgot anything, and it's alll good!
My flight left at 11:45 this morning from Minneapolis to Seattle, and this is my first trip since I graduated and am now a revenue passenger. I dont liiiiike paying for plane tickets! And I never knew that normal people also have to pay for luggage! 40 bucks for two bags! What kind of crap is that?? At least I'm gonna be making some money up here..
Anyway, I arrived in Seattle, no probs, with about a three hour layover till my flight to Vancouvsie. I made a couple phone calls to some friends, since I have limited phone access while I'm up here, and then decided to get some lunch. So I went over to the airport food court, and there was a Burger King (blech) and a America's Greatest Bagel Co. (or something along those lines). Clearly, bagel sandwiches > gross burgers.
So I picked out the bagel I wanted (asiago and sundried tomato-toasted), what I wanted on my bagel (chicken salad) and the extras (lettuce and tomato). I also wanted to save some money so I decided NOT to get a beverage, and just fill up my water bottle. However, when I got up to the checkout with my bagel sammy, the cashier told me the total was $10.45. Ten dollars and forty five cents for a bagel sandwich!!! Needless to say, I was pretty appalled as I paid her. I don't know if they charge two extra dollars for a toasted bagel, or what is in that chicken salad, but it was quite shocking.
After I ate my overpriced sandwich, the airport had free wifi (yay!) and I scoped out the internet till I flew off to my final destination. It is so warm up here! I was very surprised that I had to immediately strip off my winter jacket for the 4-10 degree Canadian weather (they use Celsius up here, silly!). I guess they are even having issues with some of the mountains because the snow is melting. Yikes.
Another exciting thing today was getting my Olympic accreditation set up, so now I am an official Olympic worker, with an ugly badge with an even uglier photo. But, this lil badge can basically get me anywhere in Vancouver fo' free, including all of the Olympic venues. Pretty sweet eh??
I'm getting super tired now, not only have I been traveling all day, but I've been traveling all day with three large suitcases and a backpack. I definitely looked like one of those annoying traveler/tourists going all over the city dragging my enormous bags of luggage. Little do they know, I can hardly coordinate myself anyway. Not to mention, once I made it off the airplane, through the airport, on the seabus across the river, and on the actual bus to my uncle's street with all my bags, I had to drag them two blocks in the dark to get to his house. Not one of my finest moments.
So tomorrow I'm off to pick up my uniforms, which I've now seen and are bright blue and make everyone look like smurfs, hah. So I'm heading to bed,and looking forward to starting work on Monday!! Thanks everyone for the good luck wishes and to anyone who's reading this!
Peace, love, and tootsie pops.
A
My flight left at 11:45 this morning from Minneapolis to Seattle, and this is my first trip since I graduated and am now a revenue passenger. I dont liiiiike paying for plane tickets! And I never knew that normal people also have to pay for luggage! 40 bucks for two bags! What kind of crap is that?? At least I'm gonna be making some money up here..
Anyway, I arrived in Seattle, no probs, with about a three hour layover till my flight to Vancouvsie. I made a couple phone calls to some friends, since I have limited phone access while I'm up here, and then decided to get some lunch. So I went over to the airport food court, and there was a Burger King (blech) and a America's Greatest Bagel Co. (or something along those lines). Clearly, bagel sandwiches > gross burgers.
So I picked out the bagel I wanted (asiago and sundried tomato-toasted), what I wanted on my bagel (chicken salad) and the extras (lettuce and tomato). I also wanted to save some money so I decided NOT to get a beverage, and just fill up my water bottle. However, when I got up to the checkout with my bagel sammy, the cashier told me the total was $10.45. Ten dollars and forty five cents for a bagel sandwich!!! Needless to say, I was pretty appalled as I paid her. I don't know if they charge two extra dollars for a toasted bagel, or what is in that chicken salad, but it was quite shocking.
After I ate my overpriced sandwich, the airport had free wifi (yay!) and I scoped out the internet till I flew off to my final destination. It is so warm up here! I was very surprised that I had to immediately strip off my winter jacket for the 4-10 degree Canadian weather (they use Celsius up here, silly!). I guess they are even having issues with some of the mountains because the snow is melting. Yikes.
Another exciting thing today was getting my Olympic accreditation set up, so now I am an official Olympic worker, with an ugly badge with an even uglier photo. But, this lil badge can basically get me anywhere in Vancouver fo' free, including all of the Olympic venues. Pretty sweet eh??
I'm getting super tired now, not only have I been traveling all day, but I've been traveling all day with three large suitcases and a backpack. I definitely looked like one of those annoying traveler/tourists going all over the city dragging my enormous bags of luggage. Little do they know, I can hardly coordinate myself anyway. Not to mention, once I made it off the airplane, through the airport, on the seabus across the river, and on the actual bus to my uncle's street with all my bags, I had to drag them two blocks in the dark to get to his house. Not one of my finest moments.
So tomorrow I'm off to pick up my uniforms, which I've now seen and are bright blue and make everyone look like smurfs, hah. So I'm heading to bed,and looking forward to starting work on Monday!! Thanks everyone for the good luck wishes and to anyone who's reading this!
Peace, love, and tootsie pops.
A
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Time to Go
First, I'd like to comment on the Vikings vs. Saints game, since it just ended, and is still sitting in my thoughts. Good job Vikes, for making it this far, I'm not much of a football viewer, but I was rootin for ya. So, good run, and congrats to the Saints. And for you Packers fans, I'm quite amused with the Vikes/Favre bashing on facebook and twitter, way to keep things classy. I actually think the most amazing part of the night was that I actually watched an entire football game, and stayed pretty into it. SKOL, is it? Nice.
Anyway, I leave for Vancouver in three days (yikes!) and am pretty much freaking out. And by that I mean totally excited. I spent the past week saying farewell to my peeps back in EC, and my other favorites here in Minnesota. I know I'm only going to be gone for a month and a half-ish, but for some reason in my head that feels like forever. It's probably going to fly by though, with working full-time, and getting things Olympic-ready at the last minute.
I still don't know exactly what I'm going to be doing there, but I talked to my uncle Scott today, who actually has been working for OBSV (Olympic Broadcasting Services Vancouver) for two years already, and hooked me up with the job. He says the uniforms just got in and are terrrrible. I know I'm not supposed to be worried about what I look like up there, but how am I going to score the Olympian of my dreams wearing black corduroys and turtlenecks? Hmmm, gonna have to find some way to rock it.
In other news, there is no other news. Hopefully though, some exciting stuff will start soon!
Stay posted.
Tots,
A
Anyway, I leave for Vancouver in three days (yikes!) and am pretty much freaking out. And by that I mean totally excited. I spent the past week saying farewell to my peeps back in EC, and my other favorites here in Minnesota. I know I'm only going to be gone for a month and a half-ish, but for some reason in my head that feels like forever. It's probably going to fly by though, with working full-time, and getting things Olympic-ready at the last minute.
I still don't know exactly what I'm going to be doing there, but I talked to my uncle Scott today, who actually has been working for OBSV (Olympic Broadcasting Services Vancouver) for two years already, and hooked me up with the job. He says the uniforms just got in and are terrrrible. I know I'm not supposed to be worried about what I look like up there, but how am I going to score the Olympian of my dreams wearing black corduroys and turtlenecks? Hmmm, gonna have to find some way to rock it.
In other news, there is no other news. Hopefully though, some exciting stuff will start soon!
Stay posted.
Tots,
A
Friday, January 15, 2010
The Bloggers become the Bloggees.
Ok, so I don't really have an explanation for the title of this post, except that I was watching "Friends" last night, so all you other true fans out there, hope you get it.
I posted the link to this site through my fb status, and will probably put it on twitter, and maybe listed as a website on my fb page, but other than that, I probably won't put it up too many more places or times. I don't really need people thinking I want everyone on the internet to know my every thought and action during the day.
But for those of you who DO want to know, I have been thinking a bit about why I made this blog, and about some of the websites I've been looking at since I've graduated about networking, creating a personal brand, etc. and one that I came across talked about creating a blog to establish yourself. The article described using blogging as a tool to develop skills and knowledge over a period time, and documenting what I've learned. And while I'm up in Canada, I think I'm going to be learning a shit-ton of new things, and since I don't have an exact idea of the kind of work I will be doing there, I can't think of a skill I'd specifically like to develop. However, I do want to document the activities I will be spending time on, and how I'm growing from those experiences. Sound like fun?? K, cool.
Another thought for today, I pretty much realized that other than the time that I will be spending up in Vancouvsie, I'm going to be back home in Minnesota with my parents a LOT. Not that that's such a bad thing, I enjoy spending time with the 'rents, hanging out, getting free, nice meals, you know how it is. However, it just dawned on me that a big reason I love being at home is because my sister is here, too. But she goes back to school in Iya tomorrow, frown face. Gonna miss you, K!
Well that's all for now, peace, love and pop tarts.
A
I posted the link to this site through my fb status, and will probably put it on twitter, and maybe listed as a website on my fb page, but other than that, I probably won't put it up too many more places or times. I don't really need people thinking I want everyone on the internet to know my every thought and action during the day.
But for those of you who DO want to know, I have been thinking a bit about why I made this blog, and about some of the websites I've been looking at since I've graduated about networking, creating a personal brand, etc. and one that I came across talked about creating a blog to establish yourself. The article described using blogging as a tool to develop skills and knowledge over a period time, and documenting what I've learned. And while I'm up in Canada, I think I'm going to be learning a shit-ton of new things, and since I don't have an exact idea of the kind of work I will be doing there, I can't think of a skill I'd specifically like to develop. However, I do want to document the activities I will be spending time on, and how I'm growing from those experiences. Sound like fun?? K, cool.
Another thought for today, I pretty much realized that other than the time that I will be spending up in Vancouvsie, I'm going to be back home in Minnesota with my parents a LOT. Not that that's such a bad thing, I enjoy spending time with the 'rents, hanging out, getting free, nice meals, you know how it is. However, it just dawned on me that a big reason I love being at home is because my sister is here, too. But she goes back to school in Iya tomorrow, frown face. Gonna miss you, K!
Well that's all for now, peace, love and pop tarts.
A
Thursday, January 14, 2010
First. Blog. Ever.
So, I graduated almost an entire month ago, and so far have: applied to four jobs/ internships, played Beatles Rock Band with the family, driven back to EC once, read two books, hung out with my PL faves, and probably most importantly, created this blog. This is my first post ever, and as a PR graduate, I thought, "Hey, a blog may come in handy one day." And if not, then you kiddos can get an inside look into what I'm thinking every once in awhile.
Also, I'm heading to work for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics in... oh yeah... less than two weeks!!! and I have gotten quite a few requests and responses from people who all want to know exactly what I'm going to be doing up there, cause I think it's going to be a pretty sweet gig. So for all you stalkers, I'll be posting on here frequently so you can see what I'm up to in beautiful Vancouvsie (my personal term for that awesome city) and which Olympians' pants I'm getting into, etc. Only joking, of course. But really, I am pretty pumped to be working for their broadcasting company, and actually getting paid for it. Hopefully, once I get back, every potential employer will look at my resume and instantly want to hire me after seeing the Olympics listed. We'll see though... **fingers crossed**
So, hopefully this blog actually gets looked at every once in awhile, if not, I think I'll have fun on here anyway, all by myself.
Well, it is now officially Friday, and I'm going to hit the sack. Another busy post-graduation, no work, no obligation day again.
Signing off,
A
Also, I'm heading to work for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics in... oh yeah... less than two weeks!!! and I have gotten quite a few requests and responses from people who all want to know exactly what I'm going to be doing up there, cause I think it's going to be a pretty sweet gig. So for all you stalkers, I'll be posting on here frequently so you can see what I'm up to in beautiful Vancouvsie (my personal term for that awesome city) and which Olympians' pants I'm getting into, etc. Only joking, of course. But really, I am pretty pumped to be working for their broadcasting company, and actually getting paid for it. Hopefully, once I get back, every potential employer will look at my resume and instantly want to hire me after seeing the Olympics listed. We'll see though... **fingers crossed**
So, hopefully this blog actually gets looked at every once in awhile, if not, I think I'll have fun on here anyway, all by myself.
Well, it is now officially Friday, and I'm going to hit the sack. Another busy post-graduation, no work, no obligation day again.
Signing off,
A
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