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Mar. 29th, 2007 | 11:17 am
location: uptown
music: punk rawk show - mxpx

i want to keep this thing alive so it doesn't get deleted and destroy years of memories (eventually i will get around to printing it and creating a paper journal of it).

that's all for now. i still keep a regular blog at http://katdujour.blogspot.com if you're interested.

word.

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This is It

Dec. 1st, 2006 | 02:01 am

I think it's over. My time here at livejournal. I'm not certain I've completely converted, but I decided to give that blogspot i started back in March another whirl. Like i've said before, I'm tired of it here.

So, if you enjoy reading my ramblings, come check me out at http://katdujour.blogspot.com
I'm still ironing out the details over there, but you should at least be able to read my first, and very unstructured post.

Goodnight. 
And lots of love to my faithful readers (if I have any). 

Katherine Michelle Froese 

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brrrrrrinng! brrrring!

Nov. 25th, 2006 | 10:15 pm

today i woke up at 6 am to a phone call. i missed the call. i checked the clock. i swore. i slept in. 

apparently my alarm was on, but didn't go off. i checked it OCD over and over before i went to sleep. i must have turned the volume down in my sleep.
i was supposed to have been AT work at 5:45am. yeesh. i hate when that happens. this was my first time ever since working at starbucks. 
as i ran out the door and down the street i was very thankful that i moved to the new store this week. from that first shock out of bed to arriving at work dressed and ready to go was only 20 minutes. i couldn't even run to the old one in that short of time.

i miss my old 'bux crew so much. a bunch of us went bowling last night, but since i had to open this morning i couldn' t stay very long.. i was sad to leave so soon. ..

um, well . . that's all really. i felt the need to force myself to write something. the inspiration to write just hasn't been there these days. 

am i getting boring?? 

--- don't answer that.


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i just need to say

Nov. 22nd, 2006 | 09:43 pm

i love my forum and God is so cool!

that's all. i've got a stinkin' huge essay to finish. see ya.

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Leave of Absence

Nov. 19th, 2006 | 08:53 pm
mood: Starbucks Christmas Blend.
music: people talking

In an attempt to get work done and for other undisclosed reasons, I've stayed away from livejournal all week long. I always feel a little wierd coming back after time away, feeling more self-conscious and weary about what I say and who's reading. I'm still, after months and months, contemplating a blog switch.

Life for me these days consists of the same old, plus a few extra happenings. Yesterday was a bit eventful for me. I got paid to give out hundreds of free coffees, $5 gift cards, and sample packs of Cafe Verona during the Santa Clause Parade with some of my favourite coworkers (I know, favourtism is bad.. they're just so fun!). I then worked my last shift at King & University. I am moving up to the new Starbucks this week (#700 in Canada, for the record), which is so close I can practically roll out of bed, down the street, and land at their back door. I can no longer justify the extra calories of whip cream and flavour shots as my walk is being reduced by twenty minutes.

In the evening I went out to Wilfs with some of my now former Starbucks crew. I justified my irresponsible decision to not work on my 10 page essay (like I should be doing right now), because I won't get to see those kids as much. I am really going to miss them. I've never enjoyed retail coworkers as much, especially in the past two months. I've been blessed with my job in so many ways. I hope the new store becomes just as great.

So that's kind of the lastest for me. I need to work some more on this essay, and hopefully put the Christmas tree up with my housemates later. Good night.

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the longer i stay away, the harder it is to write

Nov. 9th, 2006 | 12:40 am

plus, i have to think and write so much these days, it's hard to come here and know what to say. there's so much going on, how do i focus?

all i can say right now is that teacher's college applications are a TON of work. i've probably only done like a tenth (if even) of what i need to do by december first. it's stressful, scary, and overwhealming. i wish i could just let it go. just write my crap, seal the envelope, send it in. why is this any scarier than school work? why do i take my school work so seriously these days? what happened to care-free me?

i know God has been helping me to push through. let me say, there's a lot more pushing to be done.

sometimes i want to throw my hands in the air and say "i give up!" and forget about applying to teacher's college, at least for now. but then i remember the OUAC (Ontario Universities Application Centre) has already charged $255 to dad's visa. besides financial reasons, i think about what the heck i would be doing next fall if i didn't apply, and the fact that i'd regret it like crazy if i quit now.

i don't want to be a quitter. that is a negative pattern i wish to unlearn. in my stress and feelings of complete helplessness, i have to remember, "He is my portion". in other words, it is God who gives me the strength to keep going. i really don't have to worry. and i should just be thankful i even have the opportunity to apply. if anything, it's teaching me to be more disciplined, and to work hard for something i know is beneficial regardless of knowing the outcome.

i am not in control here, not really, so i think that's what stresses me the most. all i can do is my best. the rest is up to God. i do need to give up, not on my application process, but on trying to know it all and take over my destiny.

let's see how things go from here...

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checking in

Nov. 5th, 2006 | 06:46 pm

i never update because i am too busy....

studying. applying to teacher's college. working. church & related activites. class. you know how it goes.

brandon talked about the environment and christians' repsonsibilities to take care of the earth. i love when environmentalism is preached in churches. we tend to forget (or are ignorant ot the fact) that caring for God's creation is not an option, it's our duty.

and back to work. studying. whatever it is that needs to get done tonight.

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i just died in your arms tonight...

Oct. 30th, 2006 | 11:51 pm
location: my room
mood: dorky
music: christy practising her french

ahahaha that song line was in my head for a brief second. it's one of those stoopid songs that make for excellent - you know what. forget it. i'm wierd. 

so this weekend was great.

part one:  i was supposed to head to a halloween party in unionville with laura g friday night. she picked me up from work ta 5:45, and off we went. unfortunately there was a major accident past guelph, which backed up traffic past waterloo, and we literally crawled the entire way. what should have taken just over an hour, took SIX. we made it to toronto around 12am, and just decided to chill with some of her friends, then crash at her sister's place. as much as we had some good times, and definate good times being goofy in the car, it made me sad to be in toronto, since where we were chilling was about 5 minutes from where tom used to live. i miss my brother. wah! 
anyways, i'd post some visuals but for some reason urls to facebook don't work. poo.

part two: saturday we had to leave toronto at 6am since i needed to be back early to go caving. so, after a 3 1/2 hour sleep, i set out on my first trip with elevation's youth group (i've just recently started helping eli out as a leader). it's a small group, so all 7 of us, including eli, spent the afternoon splunking around the caves at rattlesnake point in milton. picture wedging your body between rock crevices in a hill. it was so cool, though i did feel as though i might plummet to my death in some places. and sometimes i felt like i was in the goonies, crawling into tight spaces in the rocks, with water dripping down from above, or even like i was on the discovery channel. we didn't come accross one eyed willy or burried treasure, though we did find a shoestring and some garbage. YAY!

part three: tyson from bolivia was still here, and his old church held a free bolivian luncheon to help raise awareness and support (donations were welcome) for the orphanige he directs. free food is always great, especially when it's new and foreign, tastes delicious, and is spent with friends. 

part four: julie, christy and i went for a latenight walk, then came home for hot chocolate and cookies, while chilling in the kitchen,  discussing cool things. 

goodtimeees
goooodnight.



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Freedom of Speech?

Oct. 24th, 2006 | 07:16 pm
music: the get up kids, radio head, pedro the lion mix.

How is it that one is allowed to voice their opionions, and encourages others to do so as well, but as soon as another's opinions go against mainstream ideals, that person is told they're wrong, intolerant, and closed-minded? 


>>edit of controversial content, because i know people would freak on me. 

 Freedom of speech? what?

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single & fabulous

Oct. 22nd, 2006 | 07:17 pm
music: reggie and the full effect - thanks for staying

i went to a party last night for people who are "Single & Fabulous". there weren't that many people there. it led me to wonder, is that because my assumptions are true, that there really just aren't that many single people left in this world. more so, there were only two men there. that leads me to believe my thoughts that 'all the good one's are taken', are true as well. either that, or everyone else is just  "Single and Depressed". 

i talk about being content with being single often. i tell people i am happy. and i am most of the time. but at church this morning when brandon was talking about married couples and how they want to have a 100% marriage success rate in our church, and how they're going to support couples through marriages, it made me slightly sad that i currently have no prospects. i guess i am pretty picky, but i really haven't met anyone recently that i can say i would like to get to know more, in that way. every so often a guy will stand out, but they often end up having girlfriends or being gay or something. 

along those lines, with me being "picky" and such, it's more that i'm not one to settle. i'd rather be single my whole life than be married to someone who's not quite right. by that i mean someone who i don't really get along with, or who i find i'm constantly lowering my standards for, or changing my values for. it's important to me that i could be my whole self with someone, and that they could be that with me. 

anyways i am rambling and procrastinating my reading. i suppose this is semi-relevant to it: the chapter i'm on is called "The Institutional Framework of Marriage". It gets into stuff like reasons for getting married, transitioning from being single to being a couple, and how the law is involved in marriages. so back to the books i go. goodnight.

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