tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54716329506429132662024-03-13T08:15:33.742-07:00Diary of a Bowen girlBowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-24720726821337264542012-11-07T17:37:00.001-08:002012-11-07T17:37:14.592-08:00Congratulations to Obama... I guessSo good news from America - Barack Obama has won a second term.<br />
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I'll be my best honest, I'm not exactly enthusiastic about Obama; in fact, I don't really like the man but I can honestly say that America dodged a bullet with Romney.<br />
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Bigger, better news is that Mary Gonzales, an openly pansexual woman has become a representative from Texas of all places, and that Tammy Baldwin, an open lesbian, has become a senator - both national firsts. So yes, congratulations to America on that!<br />
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More good news is that Todd 'Legitimate Rape' Aiken is gone. I'm not too very sure word can describe just how happy I am about that.<br />
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Not too happy news is that none of the third parties reached real legitimacy, meaning they're stuck with the two-party system for the time being, and war with Iran is still looming.<br />
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Oh well, I'm Canadian, I have the privilege of not having to associate with the decisions they make, haha.<br />
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Love<br />
-HollyBowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-58968968801915000342012-10-30T06:19:00.000-07:002012-10-30T06:19:11.470-07:00SandyJust a quick post to say my thoughts are with those affected by this storm, and to say that you might just hear some first-hand accounts of this as Montreal is meant to get hit in late Thursday/early Friday.<br />
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Please don't worry about me however, when the storm reaches here it's likely to just be heavy winds and rain - the gales of November come early.<br />
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To my other friends in the path of this storm - Sarah, Hannah, Isaac and everyone even if I've never heard of you, my heart goes out to you and I hope everything goes fine.<br />
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Love<br />
-HollyBowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-80236121379606338072012-09-18T14:14:00.001-07:002012-09-18T14:14:34.464-07:00Police Hanging Around...I'm a little scared, there are 'official' looking police going around McGill, and more than you'd expect for anything minor.<br />
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Nothing's been locked down, nothing's happening to make me think there's anything too very serious happening, but something IS happening.<br />
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I'll keep you guys posted if anything big happens.<br />
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Love<br />
-HollyBowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G, Canada45.5042248 -73.582646745.493096300000005 -73.6023877 45.5153533 -73.5629057tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-90841317319723176622012-09-04T15:21:00.002-07:002012-09-04T15:22:24.688-07:00Return To Uni And An ApologyHello everyone!<br />
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As the title implies, I am now back at uni for the semester. You may be wondering what happened in London. Well, I've been trying to write that and it's been in my drafts for a long time, it's just that with life getting in the way I haven't exactly had the time to write it, but rest assured it is in the pipeline, you will have it soon, and it will be long.</div>
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Bowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0Montreal, QC, Canada45.5086699 -73.553992545.3306269 -73.8698495 45.6867129 -73.238135500000013tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-66962314479976238782012-07-19T15:29:00.000-07:002012-07-19T15:29:56.865-07:00London Ho!I'm not sure if I've mentioned it on here before, but me, Mary, Sarah, Mimi and Lia got tickets to the London Olympics a while ago (Women's field hockey, what else?). Anywhom, we depart for London in the early hours of tomorrow morning. We're all packed and ready to go and the excitement is showing!<br />
Mimi's the only one in our little group who's ever been outside Canada, so it's an adventure for us all. The main problem seems to be deciding what to do once we're there. We have around two weeks there, and far more than two weeks worth of things we want to do in Merrie Olde England.<br />
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Whatever we end up doing, I know none of us will ever forget it and with a little luck, we'll get to see our country win something.<br />
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I should add that I likely won't blog from London, I'll be too busy with British things, hehe. Although, I might, you never know.<br />
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Sorry if I'm going on and on, I'm just really excited. LONDON!<br />
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Either way, wish us all luck!<br />
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Love<br />
-HollyBowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-23566692819978638492012-07-16T11:04:00.000-07:002012-07-16T11:04:10.151-07:00Confessions of a Lapsing VegetarianAs I'm guessing you know, I'm a vegetarian type. I've been vegetarian for a while now, yet I'm no longer certain I want to continue.<br />
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I first went vegetarian for health reasons and my reasonably flat stomach proves that it worked. Yet nowadays my willpower is lapsing. Actual meat such as steak, hamburgers, hot dogs and the like don't tempt me at all, yet seafood REALLY does.<br />
Me and my friends went to the Octopuses Garden the other day (It's a Japanese restaurant if you were wondering) and it was all I could do not to steal some prawn tempura from Lia's plate.<br />
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I don't know how everyone out there feels about this, but I feel kind of bad that my vegetarian days may be coming to an end. Even if they do, it's likely that I'll only go pescetarian, not full omnivore however.<br />
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So this is what it is really. If anyone reading this has strong thoughts one way or the other, let me know because I'm really not having an easy time deciding this on my own.<br />
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Love<br />
-HollyBowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-5111061488574339882012-07-03T17:36:00.001-07:002012-08-16T18:23:40.049-07:00In the lee of Bowen IslandThe name may be confusing to non-Lightfoot fans, but all shall become clear very soon.<br />
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As any readers of this blog will know, I've recently returned home from uni. Mary had a surprise for me that I would never have expected.<br />
It turns out she learned to play the guitar (Not to professional level, but well enough), and when I returned, she played me a love song, which I'll be my best honest, made me cry.<br />
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The tune was Christian Island by Gordon Lightfoot, but she modified the lyrics to make it about us. She has a really beautiful singing voice.<br />
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Below are the lyrics as she sang them, if you want to know the original lyrics, Google is your friend, hehe.<br />
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<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">I'm sailing down the summer wind</span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">My mouth is in a grin</span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">And I like the mood I'm in</span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">As I while away the time of day</span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">In the lee of Bowen Island </span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">Tall and strong she dips and reels</span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">Through all kinds of ordeals</span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">And she tells me how she feels</span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">She's a good old boat and she'll stay afloat</span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">Through the toughest gales and keep smilin'</span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">But for one more day she would like to stay</span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">In the lee of Bowen Island </span><br />
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<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">I'm sailing down the summer day</span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">Where the fish and seagulls play</span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">I put my troubles all away</span><br />
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<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">Because once again I'm with the girl of kin</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">From the Algarve and the Highlands</span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">She's a good old ship and she'll make the trip</span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">From the lee of Bowen Island </span><br />
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<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">Tall and strong she slips along</span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">I sing for her a song</span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">And she leans into the wind</span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">She's a good old boat and she'll stay afloat</span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">Through the toughest gales and keep smilin'</span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">When the summer ends we will rest again</span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">In the lee of Bowen Island</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I wanted to post a video of her singing it, but she insisted it was just for me to hear and I'm okay with that, but she okayed me posting the lyrics.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">So that's all really, I just wanted to post this as I found it amazingly sweet.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Love</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">-Holly</span></span>Bowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0Snug Cove, BC V0N, Canada49.379782 -123.33804649.3694445 -123.357787 49.3901195 -123.31830500000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-9402571695193424132012-06-29T16:48:00.001-07:002012-06-29T16:48:25.860-07:00Returning Home Once MoreI know I haven't exactly been active on here and I'm sorry for that... not sure who I'm apologising to really, nobody even reads this thing.<br />
Tomorrow I shall be returning home finally. I don't want to sound like I don't like it here at uni because I do, but I always sorely miss everyone back home.<br />
So soon I shall be blogging from the comfort of my own home... for a bit before I take off to London, but that's another story.<br />
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Love<br />
-HollyBowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-57634465152174998132012-05-15T18:18:00.001-07:002012-08-16T18:24:04.612-07:00My 18th.I'm not sure how many of you people know this, but I turned 18 yesterday.<br />
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I'm aware that it's traditional to have some kind of massive party for this particular milestone, yet that's not really my style. To be my best honest it was pretty tame, although I did use my new found 'rights' to buy some wine. I figured I should do it while I can since I need to wait until I'm 19 to buy alcohol back home, yet here in Quebec, it's only 18. I got a few cards, some presents from home and of course various congratulations, but truthfully, it barely felt like my birthday. I don't mean to sound ungrateful, I barely know the people here so I'm fairly touched that they went to the effort they did.<br />
Oh! I almost forgot to mention, some of the girls here banded together and made me a cake. The state of the kitchen was... ungodly afterwards, but I always say that the more mess there is, the more fun you had doing whatever you did, hehe.<br />
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I was actually half expecting Sarah to jump out from somewhere again after having gotten here in some overly adventurous way, but no luck. Not that I'm sore about that, she has other stuff going on and I understand.<br />
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All in all, it was actually a pretty good day. That night, me and Mary talked on webcam for a bit (And other stuff I'm not telling you about).<br />
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I don't feel that different now that I'm 18, but then again, you never feel drastically different the day after a birthday. Although, now I can vote, so I'm going to read up on politics a little more, hehe.<br />
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Love<br />
-BowengirlBowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0Montreal, QC, Canada45.5086699 -73.553992545.3306269 -73.8698495 45.6867129 -73.238135500000013tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-90838396044498835662012-04-22T08:51:00.000-07:002012-04-22T08:51:49.041-07:00Happy Earth Day Again!Sorry if this post isn't anywhere near as interesting as the one I posted this time last year but I doubt I'll be doing anything too very interesting this time around, just keeping some lights off. Also, this may very well be the last time I use my laptop today, so from me here in Montreal, have a nice Earth Day all!<br />
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-BowengirlBowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-1400371918820966622012-04-19T15:34:00.000-07:002012-04-19T15:34:30.100-07:00I Can't Believe This Happened.You'll never guess what happened to me today.<br />
I peed myself, really. Now, given my pre-existing condition, this isn't the first time this has happened, but it's the first time it's happened at uni.<br />
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Basically, it happened like this: I woke up this morning, totally and utterly desperate (Not the first time that's happened to me, in fact it happens a whole damn lot). I jumped out of bed and ran out of my room, I was only in my t-shirt and underwear, but that didn't really bother me, most of the girls in my dorm have seen me like this and I like that sense of trust (No, we're not all having naked pillow fights and that kind of like, calm down, hehe). When I got down the hall to the washroom, someone was in there having a shower. People lock the door for showers about 50% of the time, this was one of those times. I knocked on the door and heard "In a minute". Sadly, I didn't have a minute, I felt myself begin peeing and I just froze. I stood there outside the door, half-naked and peeing, I couldn't believe it was happening. Once I was done, I stood there a while longer, frozen in shame, it was at that point I noticed my friend Samantha standing behind me, I had no idea what to do, I just looked at her and burst out crying.<br />
She asked me if I was okay, I couldn't do anything but blubber. Samantha quickly ran into her room and got my a towel, telling me that she wasn't sure what else she could do. I thanked her weakly and told her I would clean up my own mess and used the towel to clean my puddle. She laughed a little and said that the towel was for me, I forced a chuckle back, not really in a very jokey mood.<br />
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I won't keep going with my story, I'm sure I'm boring you all, but yeah, bad day, very bad day.<br />
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Love<br />
-HollyBowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-79021398156900299692012-04-06T13:59:00.000-07:002012-04-06T13:59:53.343-07:00Happy Passover!I just figured I should wish all my Jewish friends a happy Passover.<br />
It's my first one away from home and it's pretty weird not having a Seder with my family but I'm at law school, so there are plenty of Jews here I can celebrate it with, hehe. And no, I'm not making stereotypes, there are a decent number of Jewish people here, interestingly enough, I haven't met another Sephardic Jew in the bunch, not that I really care, it's just odd.<br />
Either way, enjoy the night all, don't eat too very many matzo balls, hehe.<br />
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Shalom<br />
Love<br />
-HollyBowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-15784975985851698082012-03-29T06:57:00.000-07:002012-03-29T06:57:35.766-07:00Another Song For You All.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/1pqttl9aWm0?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>This is the song I have stuck on replay these days. Enjoy!<br />
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Love<br />
-HollyBowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-15626745776010250192012-03-10T07:04:00.000-08:002012-03-10T07:04:38.383-08:00Not So Gloomy Today.Okay, so as you know, I've not been having the best time of things but today really turned that around.<br />
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This morning, I went to the washroom and when I came back, I noticed someone hiding under the covers on my bed. I assumed it was one of my university friends playing a prank, yet when I pulled back the covers, a familiar face was grinning up at me - my cousin Sarah.<br />
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What was she doing there you ask? Well, she had heard that I was having problems so thought she'd come up to see me for a day or two (For those who don't know, she currently attends university in Kingston, Ontario). As for how she'd gotten here, I asked her that, and I'm seriously not joking... she jumped a freight train Lightfoot style. I didn't believe her at first but it turned out that she'd heard about it being done but had never tried it and though it was a good idea. Having her here and hearing that story's really put a smile on my face.<br />
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Thanks Sarah, you're awesome!<br />
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Love<br />
-Holly.Bowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-23282723069486735972012-03-08T06:42:00.000-08:002012-03-08T06:42:32.246-08:00What They Must Think Of Me.<a href="http://themescompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sad-woman-moon-night.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://themescompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sad-woman-moon-night.jpg" width="166" /></a>As you know, my long-distance relationship has recently hit me like a tonne of bricks, I spend a worrying amount of time crying these days, my room-mates probably think I'm some sort of freak but I just can't help it.<br />
Not being with her hurts so bad, I really don't know what to do, I can't just quit university and I can't just break up with her... not that that would even solve the problem.<br />
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I'm sorry that this blog is ever more depressing but I don't really have anything happy to write these days, I'm just barely getting all my school work done and my social life has whittled down to next to nothing.<br />
I really can't wait for summer when I'll see everyone again. Mary, Sarah, Mom, Dad, Joe, Natasha, Lia, Mimi, Beth, Uncle Cameron, everybody whether I mentioned you or not, life's just not the same without you. Even you Rowan!<br />
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Love<br />
-HollyBowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-11601191912282068172012-02-25T04:42:00.000-08:002012-02-25T04:42:37.517-08:00Long Distance Relationships.I'm sure all of you have heard that I'm currently at university in Montreal while my girlfriend's home in Sung Cove. THIS IS KILLING ME! I'm sure our relationship will survive but it's so fricking hard! I just have no idea what to do. Quitting university isn't an option, nor is leaving Mary so what on earth do I do?<br />
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Sorry to rant but this whole thing has really been getting to me lately.<br />
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Love<br />
-HollyBowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-13579102211964780282012-02-14T05:31:00.000-08:002012-02-14T05:31:24.910-08:00Valentine's Day.<span ><span style="font-size: 100%;">So here we are on Valentine's day. Truthfully, it's not a holiday I've usually paid much attention to short of a minor romantic gesture towards my girlfriend. Yesterday was our three year </span>anniversary, yet I spent it on the other side of the country from her. Usually it's the happiest day of the year for me, this time I spent a good chunk of it crying.</span><div><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;">All in all, I think there's some good to this - it proves that we're strong enough to last for months at a time without each other and I'm truly glad of that.</span></span></div><div><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;">Now, before I bore you guys with more details of my love life, I shall go.</span></span></div><div><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;">Love</span></span></div><div><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;">-Holly</span></span></div>Bowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-61513531862777687092012-01-17T07:46:00.000-08:002012-01-17T07:46:35.162-08:00Sorry To Keep Apologising.Again; sorry everyone for not posting much but I haven't been what you'd call 'inspired' lately.<br />
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With a little luck I'll post something more interesting soon. In the mean time, check me out on The Experience Project, that's where I've been mostly hanging out these days. My username is, shockingly, Bowengirl.<br />
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-HollyBowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-16512971130557396102011-12-21T20:43:00.000-08:002011-12-21T20:43:20.802-08:00Home again, home again.I'm home for the first time since leaving for McGill and I have to say, much though I love it there, it's great to be home!<div>Getting off the plane and seeing my friends and family for the first time in way too long was euphoric. Actually holding my girlfriend in my arms again was heaven, there's no other word for it. Then there was smelling the fresh Bowen Island air once more. My face hurt from smiling.</div><div>My cousin Sarah came back from her college too, her plane getting in a couple hours after mine. When she saw me she ran over, picked me up, swung me around then said "Still tiny Holls". I feel silly, but I cried a little at my group's reunion, but seeing as more of us did than didn't, I guess I shouldn't feel too very bad.</div><div><br />
</div><div>On top of all this, it's my girlfriend's birthday tomorrow so that'll be fun.</div><div>It's too bad I can't afford to come home every holiday, but seeing as this holiday includes Christmas, Chanukka, New Year's and Mary's birthday we all agreed it's the best one to come home for. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Sorry to just talk about how happy I am, but I just had to. Apologies for those of you I bored.</div><div><br />
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</div>Bowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-61996192207973329602011-12-12T09:30:00.000-08:002011-12-12T09:30:34.487-08:00West Coast Port Shut Down.I'm sure everyone's heard about the Occupy protests, I'll be honest, I agree with them, but I don't see myself joining in any time soon.<br />
Anyway, they're planned this event called 'The West Coast Port Shut Down' whereby every major port from Vancouver to San Diego will be blockaded and shut down by protesters.<br />
Why am I blogging this? Because back home, my friend Mimi has convinced my friend Lia and my girlfriend to attend the protest to shut down the port in Vancouver. Mimi's always had that sort of flare to her that makes it not unlikely she'd do something like this, but I'm fairly worried. I've heard about the beatings and the pepper sprayings. Granted it's been mostly in America (We're friendlier up here) but I'm sill hoping nothing happens to them. The worst part of it is, Mimi's an American immigrant. She's here legally, but she's not a citizen yet, so I'm really hoping that doesn't cause any problems.<br />
I can't help but wonder if I was there, would we all be going? I've never really though of myself as my group's voice of reason but perhaps I can be at times. Perhaps I'd go with them, in fact, I'm pretty sure I would, and if Sarah was back home still I just know she'd be right in the middle of it, shouting slogans at the top of her voice, giving the police a look that says "Come on, try it!".<br />
All in all, I really hope something good comes out of all this, and that my friends are okay.<br />
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Power to the people I guess.<br />
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Love<br />
-HollyBowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-81336370281880139772011-11-14T09:57:00.000-08:002011-11-14T09:57:04.824-08:00Sorry to rant.Have you ever had one of those days where everything possible seems to go wrong? I have. Rather than piss and moan about it, I'll just post a picture as seems to be my M.O. these days.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Love</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-Holly</div>Bowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-18513096580320107982011-11-03T10:47:00.000-07:002011-11-03T10:47:52.088-07:00A new word for you all.A while back, me and my long-distance friend in the UK invented a word; Goyid. It means someone who's a goy, but seems like a yid. Anyway, he's recently gotten it submitted to Urban Dictionary. Here's the linky; <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Goyid&defid=6177589">http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Goyid&defid=6177589</a><br />
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-HollyBowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-40376346787966847042011-11-01T10:05:00.000-07:002011-11-01T10:05:33.294-07:00About the recent picture posts.Sorry for the number of pictures I've been posting lately. My new friend at uni has showed me a cool site; www.gelbooru.com. It has somewhat of a reputation as a porn site but it's not that at all. There are many, many lewd pictures on there but there are also loads of perfectly all-family-friendly pictures on there, like the three I've posted so far. I may just take to posting pictures that I like, I'm not really sure but I'm sure it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.<br />
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-HollyBowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-68456875615822077972011-11-01T10:00:00.000-07:002011-11-01T10:00:11.414-07:00Picture Fail.Okay, my pictures failed due to some hotlinking thing, so here they are again... hopefully.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The last one wasn't one of the original two, it's just another picture I saw and liked. Maybe think of it as an apology for the original failures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Love</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-Holly</div>Bowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471632950642913266.post-9993471888583854072011-11-01T07:01:00.000-07:002011-11-01T07:01:30.339-07:00Another Picture.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://img2.gelbooru.com//samples/1054/sample_86a37a5176a8e18ace4ea55f9480303b.jpg?1265152" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" src="http://img2.gelbooru.com//samples/1054/sample_86a37a5176a8e18ace4ea55f9480303b.jpg?1265152" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sorry, another picture here. Kind of reminds me of home in a weird sort of way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Love</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-Holly</div>Bowen Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09116903496489176731noreply@blogger.com0