Ashley and Bill's Adventures

2007-01-19T13:42:00.000-05:00

My Life as a Brock Grad...

began in December, thus ending the adventures of ashley and bill. this was kind of sad, but at the same time i am glad not to be at school anymore, since Meghan and Mikey aren't there anymore it kind of sucks, we had the best times together. It was Meghan, my idol, who inspired me to start this blog in the first place. I wish that I could be in North Bay right now having more good times. I am now trying to find a job in the accounting field somewhere. I have been applying to places like mad and have had a few interviews. It's like more school though, because i had to get this freaking huge textbook and STUDY for one of them. WTF??? Anyways, sorry I have been so slacking on getting this posting up. after 8 comments requesting a new post, i think that it is time. I started another one about the kitchen a while ago, but it sucked balls, so i gave that up. I might try to put some pictures up later, but this is most likely my goodbye posting. But don't cry, because i am kicking around the idea of a new blog. Something like The Adventures of Ashley in Workland. This is a rather poignant moment in my life, this posting is potentially closing a chapter of my life that I can't ever get back. Luckily I will still be able to live out the fun times with my good buddy Meghan b/c we are from the same area, I shudder to think what life would be like if me and meghan and mikey all lived very far apart, but we don't, so i don't have to worry about it :D yeahsies! well folks, it's been swell, thanks for going through my adventures with crazy bill with me! You aren't my fans, I am your fan!

Ashley

2006-10-05T08:54:00.000-04:00

So the "problem" that I was having getting the videos to come over to my blog....wasn't so much of a problem as just a very long delay...lol.

I woke up this morning..and every video that I have sent to my blog in the last week was there. I guess that is a good thing.

2006-10-05T02:56:00.001-04:00

Keith Urban - Jeans On

2006-10-05T02:56:00.000-04:00

Pam Tillis - Cleopatra, Queen Of Denial

2006-10-05T02:50:00.000-04:00

Bomshel Stomp - Dance Instructional Video

The best dance ever...I was going to save it for Song of The Week Sundays...but I didnt' want to wait...
It will definitely be worth the 11 minutes to watch it.
I also discovered that we were doing unnecessary "pelvic thursts"

2006-10-04T13:03:00.000-04:00

Coming Soon:
A kitchen.....?

2006-10-02T15:21:00.000-04:00

Song of the Week:

Keith Urban- Jeans On

This song is awesome. I had never heard it before a couple of weeks ago at Cowboys...and the first time I didn't like it...however..I heard it a few weeks later and became quite a fan...i think because of its catchiness. Than I went on a mission to find it. I didn't know who sang it..and I didnt' know what it was called....upon a little tiny investigation I discoverd that it was called "Jeans On"...adn it was sung by none other than Keith Urban. The crazy part is is that the song is on one of his cd's that I have...not his newest one..but the one before that..Golden Road...I guess that just goes to show how well I listen..lol

So..click on the link and you can hear it...and watch Keith Urban preform it.

Also..Keith urban has a "tiger in his tank"...whatever that means...

The lyrics: (in case you can't get them from listening)

When I wake up in the mornin' light

I pull on my jeans and I feel all right

I pull my blue jeans on, I pull my old blue jeans on

It's the weekend, and I know that you're free

So pull on your jeans and come on out with me

Oh 'cause I need to have you near me,

I need to feel you close to me

I need to have you near me,

I need to feel you close to me

You and me, we'll go motorbike ridin' in the sun

And the wind and the rain

I got money in my pocket, I got a tiger in my tank

And I'm king of the road again

I'll meet ya in the usual place

You don't need a thing except your pretty face, alright

I pull my blue jeans on, I pull my old blue jeans on

Aw, here we go mama

You and me, we'll go motorbike ridin' in the sun

And the wind and the rain

I got money in my pocket, I got a tiger in my tank

And I'm king of the road again

When I wake up in the mornin' light

I pull on my jeans and I feel all right

Hey I pull my blue jeans on, I pull my old blue jeans on

I pull my blue jeans on, I pull my old blue jeans on

2006-09-29T09:42:00.000-04:00

Bathroom Update:

After last weeks post about the bathroom, I thought that considering the most recent developments, It required an update. As of Wednesday, the aquatic shower curtain was down, and what was revealed behind it was apparently a broken shower. Seeing as I had been gone all day on wednesday, and had used the shower at 6:00 that morning, I was unsure of what was going on and the first thing that runs through my head is.....shit..what did I do. I think that I did nothing...i'm pretty sure the water was off, adn I think that my shower went find...so whatever.

The next thing to go through my head is....I can't go multiple days without a shower...I like to shower...sometimes I have one when I am bored. Than I discover the note on the door:

Ummm....I dont' know how comforatable I am with that...so yesterday passes and I don't have a shower because well...I think that it is just weird. I think that last night she became slightly concerned about Bill and mines hygeine, as I think neither of us had braved using her shower. So she ammended the sign. The pencil writing..it says..."Early or late Anytime- OK".

When I talked to Bob on Wednesday, well actually when he talked to me because lets be honest...I dont' talk to strangers..lol he told me that it woudl be a couple of days. I'm am still a little bit unsure of what he spent the entire day yesterday doing because it pretty much looked the same as it did wednesday night...oh well. This is the current state of it: From the looks of it, we will be getting some new tile...that is exciting...but I don't think that it is going to be done anytime soon. I dont' think that Bob is really a "quick" worker..however he does like to talk..lol I'm not really overly concerned about it now...I am going home this afternoon and won't be back until Tuesday and I'm pretty sure that it should be done by then.

So anywyas...the point of the story...this morning I had to bite the bullet and have a shower...so I woke up...and did every other possible thing that I could do before heading downstairs. I was nervous....was I supposed to ask if it was OK....was there another bathroom that I didnt' know about that maybe I was supposed to use....I didnt' know...so I packed up my little basket with all of my supplies..adn headed out my door..i got to the stairs and turned back...maybe I can wash my hair in teh sink?....clean myself off with a washcloth.....No Ashley dont' be stupid...go have a shower..you know you want to...so i walked down the stairs....the office door leading to the bathroom is open and the bathroom door is wide open..so I figure I can just go in....I do...as I walk through the door into the hall I look into the "family" room downstairs and there is Marion just sitting on the couch..I think I may have startled her...because she made a noise...but I continued on..not saying a word...than I got in the bathoom and her clothes for the day were lying out on the counter...ummm..maybe she was just going to have a shower..so I decided that maybe I shoudl ask her....so i open the door..and than i changed my mind..she did say anytime was OK...so I had my shower...however I was very selfconcious of how long I was taking...but I took my time anyways. I was paranoid about getting water on the floor. It was not an enjoying experience, although the shower was a bathtub one, but it was very large I liked it..however the water pressure was not nearly as good as it is uphere in teh shower...

The moral of the story is....dont' be scared..just go have a shower...adn hopefully MY shower will be fixed by Wednesday....because I don't like being brave.

2006-09-27T09:35:00.000-04:00

Garbage Duty

Yesterday was my first day that I had to put out the garbage. Apparenlty it is one of those chores that the landlady thinks we should all share in. I personally believe that she should just do it...we are paying enough money to live in her house...but whatever. By the time that I got back to St. Catharines last night it was 8:00, so I was putting the garbage out in the dark. That is not really a problem. I am not overly scared of the dark, and it is not a bad neighborhood, so I wasnt' afraid of being attacked...lol. The problem being that at the back of the house, there were no lights...or at least not any that i could figure out how to turn on. So I knew that the garbage cans and the "organics" are kept beside the garage outside..so I figured that out all right. However, the one can was full, and I had two little bags...so decided that instead of going through the effort of hauling out the other can, I would just put the little bags beside the full can and that would be good. So I did that. Than I had to find the recycling. This week was teh blue box...because St. Catharines is stupid, and only collected certain things every other week..but that is not the point of this story. I knew that it was in the garage. The garage that I had only ever been into once..adn that was when I was looking at the place. I had tried one other time, but couldn't find where the recycling stuff was, because there is like part of her office back there. So here I was in the dark....i got through the first door...adn than i knew that there was another door on the right...so I felt around...adn found it. Than there was a key in it that I had to unlock. I did that successfully too. Than I was in the garage...now it was pitch black and I needed to find the light switch. So I felt around on teh walls.....and eventually I found it. So I took the blue box out to the road...adn there it sat. I came back and closed everythign back up and went inside to watch tv and go to sleep.

This morning I woke up.....and when I left, I checked the curb to see that good work that was my putting garbage out. Much to my dismay....the little bags were kind of "mauled". There was some loose garbage on the grass and the bags were over on teh other side of the front lawn. Oops. I continued on my way. I didn't want to touch Bills garbage. I figure the garbage people might pick it up...adn if not....I can always blame the nieghbors...lol

What have I learnt about putting out garbage?.....it is important to put the bags in the garbage cans. My next garbage chore is on October 31st...halloween. We will see how that goes. It'll be grey box week that week....STUPID.

2006-09-24T13:56:00.000-04:00

JUST LEDOUX IT!

Alright...no more laziness...I punked my brothers keyboard.although he has now stolen it back but i did some deconstructing and made the space bar work a little bit. I just have to be careful. I will nowchoose a song.

Good Ride Cowboy by Garth Brooks.

I am choosing this song for 2 reasons:

Last night on CMT I did see this song on a Garth Brooks Special and he came out of retirement to record it in memory of Chris LeDoux
Because I jsut found a really cool video teaching a line dance for the song.

So....hear it is

Good Ride Cowboy

I don't have the song hear...but for my loyal readers...if you want it..jsut let me know and I will "hook you up"

The lyrics are:

From the hills of Kaycee, Wyoming
Where life's wooly and wild
There's a Navy brat in a cowboy hat
And that Copenhagen smile
And from buckin' broncs to honky tonks
He always sang a cowboy's song
We were much too young, havin' too much fun
As we all sang along

We sang Life's a Highway
There's only one way you're gonna get through it
When she starts to twist be more like Chris
Pull your hat down tight
And just LeDoux it!
When that whistle blows
And that crowd explodes
And them pickup men are at your side
They tell you good ride cowboy, good ride

From gold buckles to gold records
Once again he was spinnin' 'round
Took the whole world on
And he turned us on to that Western Underground
And from Bareback Jack to This Cowboy's Hat
The songs were stronger than his pain
He would not slow down from town to town
Like children running thru the rain

We sang Life's a Highway
There's only one way you're gonna get through it
When she starts to twist be more like Chris
Pull your hat down tight
And just LeDoux it!
When that whistle blows
And that crowd explodes
And them pickup men are at your side
They tell you good ride cowboy, good ride

We sang Life's a Highway
There's only one way you're gonna get through it
When she starts to twist be more like Chris
Pull your hat down tight
And just LeDoux it!

When that whistle blows And that crowd explodes
And them pickup men are at your side
They tell you good ride cowboy, good ride
When we cross that river Jordan,
With St Peter on the other side
Singin' Good Ride Cowboy, Good Ride!
Say Good Ride Cowboy, Good Ride!

2006-09-24T09:51:00.000-04:00

Song of The Week

This weeks pick is proving to be a challenge for two reasons. The first being that there are not any songs that are popping out at me. And secondly because the space bar on this computer is not working, which consequently is m aking the typing of this post take about 5X longer than necessary. I am doing my best to make it work though...so no worries.

The song choice is.........................

well...i am going to leave it up to my readers. What are your favourite songs?

2006-09-21T17:42:00.000-04:00

STAGNATION!!

I have determined that the relationship between Bill and I has stagnated. We haven't spoken, or seen each other since the 7th of September. I think that he is onto the same avoidance technique as me...so that is going well.

Apparently he is in school now, according to what he told me when we last spoke, but I don't know how true that is, seeing as there doesn't really seem to be much change to his schedule...but maybe it happens when I am not here.

This morning Bill must have been cleaning because he had a big water jug...like the ones for water coolers and 6 bottles of beer outside of his room....does he drink alone????....I've never seen him entertain anyone....I think that he might be a closet Booze Hound

Also...his special "man oil"....is actually something that I seen on the Tyra Banks Show today...it is a weight loss tool....you are supposed to take 2 tbsp's every day. His box was in the garbage this afternoon, and I noticed that it had the same name. Udo's Oil.

That is about as much Bill info as I've been able to gather this week.

2006-09-18T16:49:00.000-04:00

I have determined that because I am spending less than half of my time in St. Catharines with Bill, the adventures are going to be few and far between, so in order to keep things "interesting" in this blog, I am going to have a weekly feature. It is going to be: Song of the Week. Included with the song will be lyrics, and if possible, a link to the song...no guarantees though.

This weeks chosen song is......
Pam Tillis- Cleopatra, Queen of Denile
This now links to the full song and video. It rocks!

This song was introduced to me at....COWBOYS....for the dance Woody or Cleopatra. It is a very crazy/corny dance. It involves some egyptian moves, some "hitchiking", some macarena style moves, some touching of the ground and some ass grabbing...all in all...some fun times. However, my legs are still giving me a great deal of pain, which I am attributing to this dance from friday...but it is all worth it.

The lyrics for this song go something like this:

Well I said he had a lot of potential
He was only misunderstood
You know he didn't really mean to treat me so bad
He wanted to be good
And I swore one day I would tame him
Even though he loved to run hog wild
Just call me Cleopatra everybody, 'cause I'm the Queen of Denial

I knew he didn't have any money
Yeah that's why he couldn't buy me a ring
Oh and just because he bought himself a brand new pickup truck
Really didn't prove anything
And he never had to say he loved me
I could see it every time he smiled
Just call me Cleopatra everybody, 'cause I'm the Queen of Denial

Oh Queen of Denial, buyin' all his alibis
Queen of Denial, floatin' down a river of lies

Well I'm not gonna jump to conclusions
Or throw away this perfect romance
Even though I caught him dancin' last night
With a girl in a leopard skin pants
Yeah, he's probably stuck in traffic
And he'll be here in a litte while
Just call me Cleopatra everybody, 'cause I'm the Queen of Denial

Oh Queen of Denial, buyin' all his alibis
Queen of Denial, just floatin' down a river of lies

2006-09-14T16:44:00.000-04:00

Room of the Week: Bathroom

As per Mikeys request, and the only one...lol, the featured room will be....THE BATHROOM...aka the pork room.

The washing machine is a stackable. It is old, and takes forever, however I think that yesterday I may have determined why my load of wash takes at least 2 hours to dry. The story first: When I came home yesterday, which was not my laundry day I went into the bathroom and discovered a lime green post it on the dryer..it said "take my load out of the dryer, and put the one in the washer in teh dryer if you want to use the machine." This seemed like a good idea considering I still had my summer clothes left to wash...so I did just as the note instructed. I opened the dryer..and found 1 large towel, and about 5 hand towels...adn that was it...in one load of laundry..i didn't think that was crazy because there could have been otehr stuff in with the wash and that is all that went in the dryer. Then I opened up the washer....this is what I saw: I coudlnt' beleieve it...who only puts that much in one load...it was like 15 disch cloths...quite a difference from the loads that I make....and the shocking part (not really)..her stuff only took like 40 minutes to dry...almost normal. So yeah...that is the crazy laundry machine which I am sure that someday I will break...but i'm hoping
not.
The Laundry/Dishwashing Tub: This is where the dishes are done....not me so much because I don't cook in this crazy place because it is just too much work...adn lets be honest...how clean are those dishes really getting. On the faucet you will see the little orange cloth...i'm not sure what that is used for but it is always there. I dont' touch it. There is our seperate dishwashing soaps and the "dishwashing utensils." Also, a box of bounce sheets which are not mine, but I have been using this week.

This is the sink/vanity area. I am in the mirror. It is where the handwashing goes down, adn the teeth brushing. The empty area on the left is where bill used to plug his kettle in and handheld blender, but he seems to have moved them into the kitchen, which I greatly appreciate because they were in the way of teh electrical outlets and caused me to knock over the blender when I used the blowdryer. Working from teh left to the right, there is a little blue toothbrus h holder, which is new, than my soap pump, and my toothbrush/paste. Next, is bills toothbrush which is a little too close to mine, but I am getting more comforatable with that. Than there is his gross blue washcloth..which i try to avoid touching at all costs because of the grossness factor. i don't know what he uses it for....but I don't like it. Than there is his cluster of beauty supplies. The womens shaving gel, the disgusting crest spinbrush, his expensive hair gel, his TWO self tanners, 2 razors, deodorant, cetaphil, and handless brush.

Toilet: It is white, it is normal. When you sit on it, you can see yourself in the mirror. My favorite feature of this area is the toilet paper holder. It is very industrial and you jsut lift the bar out to change it. Much easier than the spring ones. Above the toilet is 2 cupboards. The first shelf is bills. It contains many rolls of toilet paper and lots of jergens soap. My shelf is up above that. It has lots of rolls of toilet paper punked from hotels and the school. There is also some soap, some shampoo and some citreshine curl booster. There is another cupboard above this one, which I would love to look at, but I can't reach it. It is a mystery.

Next is the shower. It is hidden behind a very aquatic curtain. I don't know whose item this is...the crazy landlady or Bill....it doesn't really seem like either of them so i don't know....In teh shower there is a squeegee, which I don't know if I am expected to use everyday to wipe the shower down. I don't...I do however use it sometimes if there is hair on the walls. Bill also has some more razor in here...adn a little scrubby brush. In his corner of the shower there is some infusium conditioner, some fructis shampoo, his hair coloring conditioner and some bar soap. My corner has my large costco sized bottles of dove shampoo and conditioner, and the rest of my stuff is in a suction cup bucket on the wall.

2006-09-13T19:25:00.000-04:00

My Life at Brock, and consequently my time with bill will be coming to an end in a very short period of time. I did my best at finding a counter to best take care of my situation, however this was as best as I could do....

My Life at Brock

2006-09-13T18:00:00.000-04:00

Word of the Day: Crotchrocket

From my Strategic Management professor.

Definition: a motorcycle

Apparently back in her hayday...when she was not much younger..but in the 60's this is how they referred to motorcycles.

She said it as if it were nothing. The sentence went a little something like this:
"The guys would come and pick us up with their crotchrockets."...

CRAZY!!!

2006-09-10T19:30:00.000-04:00

Not Bill Related.......

Dixie Beauxderaunt

by Dan Baird or Chris Cummings

This is my new favourite song....I heard it quite a while ago on CMT, and couldn't find it anywhere to download and then I heard it on the radio the other day by Chris Cummings, and apparently it is his new single so I checked again and still couldn't find it to download, but did find the song to listen to. Here it is: http://www.flukiest.com/picture/402853

Then I tried again this morning to download it...and...success....So then I tried to find the lyrics and couldnt' find them anywhere...so I took it upon myself to do the whole world a favour and do my best to get them as good as I can. I know that lyrics are not my specialty..lol..but I tried...there is some spots that i'm sketchy about...and one that I just didn't know.

If you would like to fill in the blanks..that would be awesome. Here they are.

She was born down in Thibodeau, Louisiana
The victim of a short attention span
She stayed in school just long enough to say that she could quit
She got a job working with her aunt, graveyard shift down at the curing plant
She saved up her money bought a greyhound ticket and split.

Come on Dixie, Dixie Beauxderaunt, come on Dixie who says you can’t
Come on Dixie, little Dixie Beauxderant

Down in Pensacola Florida, May of 98
Thinking bought leaving might have been a mistake

When Tina pulled up in a black gated two trans am
Tina said well I hate my boss but I love to party and I know a bar where we won’t get carded

You can Crash at my trailer, my drunk daddy he don’t’ give a damn
Tina said…
Come on Dixie, Dixie Beauxderaunt, come on Dixie who says you can’t,
Come on Dixie, little Dixie Beauxderaunt

Yeah…I want you come on

Well they pulled into the parking lot, and
Saw a sign that said wet t-shirt contest every Saturday night
Well Tina looked at Dixie said one of us can win that prize
Well Tina didn’t win cause she danced to twisted sister
But when Dixie told the DJ give me three steps mister _________

Come on Dixie……….repeat….repeat…

2006-09-07T19:45:00.000-04:00

Bill Encounter

I almost managed to avoid Bill today.....I was bringing the rest of my stuff in from the car, and I had it all in the front room, and I was just going down to get the last basket, and who comes in the door right at that moment...but the infamous Bill. He welcomed me back, and then I went upstairs with my basket. At this point I wasn't really sure what to do, so I took some pop out to the fridge. At that time he decided to tell me that he has started to clean up the place...which I had noticed..he got as far as the bathroom. He said that he meant to do the fridge but didn't get around to it. I'm not sure if he was hinting at me to do it..but whatever..I didn't volunteer. Than he continued to talk about the "stains" on the floor. I didnit' really know what he was talking about....and then I seen them..they are just black marks at the doorway....which he thinks he has to get out...I wouldnt' worry about it....but whatever...

Then we talked..he asked me how my summer was...I said fine....than I asked him how his was...that was about it....then he said that he was going back to school...i was shocked...but then i asked him where...he didn't tell me an actual place I dont' think..but he is going to tattoo school....CRAZY....he so doesnt' take me as a tattoo artist....but I guess his drawings demonstrate his artistic abilities. He was telling me that he had to get a loan, and had to make the decision very quick.....it was weird..he was very open...I wished him luck...adn then at some point I asked him where he works....I'm not really sure what he said...It might have been because I wasn't listening...but it is some shop "down the road"...whatever that is....

Rebel

In other news.....I was rebelious this evening...and although it wasnt' my laundry day...adn I didnit' have permission from the persons whose day it was (those are the rules posted on the laundry schedule)...I did a load anyways...just of stuff that doesn't go in teh dryer...so I could be in and out super quick. When hanging it to dry..I discovered that I have a very serious problem.

From the picture can you guess what the problem is...?

The problem is that my wardrobe is incredibly repetititive. There are two main categories of clothes here....."Essential Bra Tank" and "Emma" T-shirt. There are 7 Emmas, 7 Essential Bra Tanks...and only a couple of other shirts. I also know that there are a couple more Emmas in my closet, and a pile of "Essential Bra Tanks" in my dresser....because I jsut bought 4 more today...there were on sale for $3.90...WOW...a stellar deal from teh regular price of $19.99...I was so excited...and I would have bought more..except for I had all of the ones that they had left...I did buy doubles of the white and black becuase they are essential "essential bra tanks.."...lol...

That is todays update....
Tomorrow there will be no update...as I am going home tomorrow as soon as class is over....and then going to COWBOYS!!!!...so excited.....

2006-09-06T21:49:00.000-04:00

Back in St. Catharines......and I still HATE it.

So...here I am....back in the disgusting city that is St. Catharines. I got here around 8:00...just in time to watch step by step...it is showing on cts, weeknights at 8:00...it just started monday so i am watching it from the beginning. Anyways...I stopped at IKEA along the way..my mom needed a picture frame so I got that and then I also got a new catalogue...i haven't really looked at it yet...but I will.

Then I got here....and that is when the evening went downhill. I pulled up to the house. I took some stuff out of the car and walked to the door. Put my key in and opened the door. I was greeted with the good ol' smell of herbs and shit....it was gross....exactly what I remembered however I think that my senses must have gotten used to it when I was here because I didnt' remember it being that bad. Then I began my trek up the stairs.....and let me tell you..it was hot....I was sweating...no surprise I guess.

Then I put my stuff in the fridge..that belonged there....and looked around to see what had changed....

There is flowers in the "kitchen"
There is new bathmats
Bill has some new dishsoap..it is orange
There is a new garbage taking out schedule on the fridge....and I am on it...ouch
New Laundry schedule....apparently Graham has moved out and there is two other fellows living downstairs now...and the nerve of one of them..took Thursday as his laundry day...i was planning on doing laundry all day tomorow...guess that isn't going to happen now...

I think that that is it...without going out to look around...Bill just returned about half an hour ago from wherever he was...i think that he is cooking now.

The first thing I did when I opened my door was open the window...lol..then I turned the computer on...then i flipped the calendars to september...from june...then i turned the tv on.

My computer was being crazy cantakerous (?)...finally I made it go..i think it was just making up for all the time that it had been off. Then I hooked up my new gadgets....and USB hub...and a USB phone..since I have no phone..only my cell phone..which i don't like to use cause it is expensive...and i am cheap...I called the fam using Skype..actually my brother only cause everyone else was sleeping...and it worked...and it cost me nothing..so that was kind of fun. And now i am just listening to some tunes and updating my blog...

Hopefully tomorrow will be as bill free as today has been so far.....

2006-09-06T16:13:00.000-04:00

REUNION TIME!!!!

In about 4 hours, I will be back in St. Catharines. Am I excited about this???....

NO!!!

I am hoping that Bill won't be there and then tomorrow i can avoid him, and friday i am leaving early in the morning for school and then coming home for some good ol' times at COWBOYS!!!...

Exciting.....

Lets' see if I can avoid seeing Bill this week. That will be the goal....

Update to come tonight.

2006-08-15T22:38:00.000-04:00

The Upstairs Apartment that I share with Bill

Many of you (lol) are proboably wondering what is so great about this place that made me decided that I wanted to rent it despite the fact that Bill lives there, and I was against that from the beginning....Maybe you are thiking to yourself...WOW..it must be a really great place...spacious...beautiful....all the ammenities one could ask for.....If you have not seen the place and believe this....you would be surprised to learn that Nope..it doesnt' really have anything extraordinary going for it......

This first photo is of the front left corner....it is proboably one of the most important corners in the room.....why you may ask...well...because of the mirror of course...lol..jokes?...well it houses teh entertaiment centre TV/VCR/DVD. The important things in life...also there is a closet on that side...the main closet if you will that houses the majority of my apparell. You can also see my desk chair in this photo..not a great chair..not awful....
This corner if the front right corner...in between the front right and left corners is.....The Door.....no photo..sorry..it is white...is has purses hanging on teh back of it. This corner is essentially the grooming/junk corner...it contains all of my junk, of which there is plenty...as well as any of the tools I use to make myself look beautiful..of which there are also plenty...There is also a dresser and a CD player in the corner....and the other closet, which is not as important however it houses 2 boxes that have not been unpacked, my underwear cart and my shoes...so actually it is important too..it also has a light in it which the other one does not.
This is my computer nook.....also an very crucial corner....My computer is getting up there in age....but i still like it most of the time...it is no longer covered under warranty which is rather concerning for some reason...however i did manage to get some new pimping speakers just before the warrnaty ended so that was good. Also in this photo is my bamboo...which i think will be dead in the next month...I foolishly thought that it would be okay to not water it for 2 months...well...lets just say that when i returned....1 of the containers was bone dry...2 were slightly moist..adn one stem of bamboo was a litle bit wrinkly and brown...i have had this bamboo for 3 years now....i smuggled it into canada from teh united states...i really quite like it...but i guess i will have to part iwth it.....i am trying to bring it back though..miracle grow and water...Also. in this photo is the pink c hair...this was a gift/trade with Meghan...I enjoy it quite a lot...I sit in it sometimes, however it gets kind of sweaty...but it is a fourth seat, adn provides some versatility in teh sitting rotation.
And Finally....the sleeping corner....this matress is very very old, and consequently is ready for the garbage..but I am going to get 4 more months out of it....It is my dads mattress...he got it when he was 8 years old....so yeah...it is old....it also has a spring poking up through themiddle but i just try to sleep on one side of it...adn it seems to be doing alright.....we'll see.....It is going in teh garbage when I move out though.....

So...that is my room....nothing special...nothing that really makes it worth putting up with Bill...but sometimes that is what lazy gets you.....

Next week, I will feature another room....any requets?....I only have really 2 others to choose from...Kitchen and Bathroom.....

I'm not really sure why the text is not wrapping around the pictures ...but it isnt' ...so...sorry.

2006-08-15T22:36:00.000-04:00

The post that follows this is NOT good.....I actually was working on something kind of interesting....and evertime I got a couple of pictures in, it shut down....so....I stopped because after writing it all twice adn losing most of it...it was getting frusturating.....

I will work on it...and try to make it work...adn then post it.....

2006-08-15T22:35:00.000-04:00

Seeing as it has been over a month since my last "update" I thought that it was time (and I told meghan i would). I don't really have a whole lot to discuss and the fact that the keyboard is malfunctioning and typing extra letters and symbols sometimes, and the backspace key is tempremental, doesn't make this an easy task....but I will continue.

With Bills absence, things have been pretty uneventful...no bacon, no weirdness, no crazy landlady...

However, I have discovered a new "passion".....that may be a little bit strong...but whatever.....it is LINE DANCING.....at Cowboys...and i'll admit it, sometimes in the comfort of my own home. I will admit, I am not good at it, being as clumsy as I am, but I love it anyways. This friday marks our fourth evening, and let me tell you...I am pumped. Maybe there will even be some pictures to follow......no guarantees. Now that I feel I have mastered the "key lime pie" and have a pretty good grasp on some others, I think i will be a star...lol..well maybe not quite...but you get the point...anyways....that is what I will miss when I return to Bill...however I am considering teaching him some of my moves....I think that he would be a big fan...lol..yeah..not going to happen...that would involve spending way too much time with him..

I will be returning on September 5, so I sure that the exciting adventures will begin again than. I am looking forward to it in a way, but in a lot more ways I am dreading it......however....from then on..only 3 full months and then 3 exams....I think that I will be able to get through it.

To add some interest (?), I will include some pictures of what I am returning to.....

2006-07-13T09:01:00.000-04:00

A Porky Surprise......and other weirdness

On Saturday morning, my last morning in that crazy hell hole, I was taking a shower, like I always do and I was just getting ready to throw my conditioner on my hair, skipping the shampoo, as I had washed it later in the afternoon the previous day, and when I moved the bottle, to make sure it was the conditioner, I noticed something brown and small in between the two bottles. I didn't touch it, but upon closer examination of it, I discovered it was none other than a peice of bacon. Finding this there, has led me to have visions of Bill sitting in a bathtub, with lots adn lots of bubbles and eating bacon and eggs.....????? can you picture that???...gross.

Now, finding bacon in a shower is weird, but not quite as weird as the other events that transpired around that crazy house throughout the remainder of the day. My Lady sleeping on the couch in the front people, a strange woman taking stuff out of one of the cupboards in the "office", a much younger man washing dishes in the sink, two people walking around in towels in teh back room.......CRAZY!!!

2006-07-08T07:17:00.000-04:00

Coming Soon: A Porky Surprise

No Time Now....have to go and right final exam....and then it will officially be summer..!!!!

2006-07-07T18:21:00.000-04:00

Nice 'N Easy Bill

Today, when I was in the shower I discovered a new tube of something in Bills corner in the shower. So I inspected it, being very careful not to actually touch it because...gross. I discovered that it was a tube of conditioner from a package of Nice'N Easy. This took me by surprise because although I guess that I could have assumed he colored his hair from all the products designed especially for the colored hair folk, I always thought that his blonde locks were natural. Although, it is not like I am staring at him often, getting good glimpses of his hair. I think that I also may have assumed that he was the type to go and get it done at the salon. This is not a man that goes to the barber. I guess he takes it into his own hands.

This is the color that I have chosen to be his hair color, so if we take yesterdays picture of mr. lawyer man and put this hair color on him, and a tan....we've got Bill. This is his color...I think. It is 103B Natural Light Champagne Blonde.

Also, as a side note, however this did occur when i went into the bathroom to have a shower, Bill was kind and generous enough to leave some "remains" in the toilet bowl. I am now refusing to use it until he flushes it down. However, I think that he has gone to work for the evening.....so I think that I am going to have to give in and flush his shit down the toilet....maybe I'll leave him some of mine tomorrow...lol..

Also, on a sad note, tomorrow ends my adventures with Bill for the summer. I'm not sure what I'm going to do about teh blog yet....any suggestions....my life, as boring as it is, or just a hiatus?

2006-07-06T16:01:00.000-04:00

I know that to the disappointment of many, including myself, I have not been able to provide a picture of Bill. My attempts at capturing him in a photograph have been poor, i will admit, and when I did try the best I could do was to maybe get the top of his head, but it mostly ended up being tree. Taking a picture of a person without them knowing is a fairly difficult thing to do, especially when you are trying to do it out of your bedroom window.

But today, upon watching the television, a commerical came on for one of the lawyer firms that will take care of your claim blah blah blah...and the head lawyer man came on....and then it hit me....That is who Bill looks like.....

That lawyer is none other than: Kenneth S Nugent

However, there are some adjustments that need to be made....

Blonde Hair
Skinnier
An incredibly strage, irritaing and creppy voice
And the weirdness
and oh yes..we must not forget after yesterdays post...a good tan..LMAO

So hopefully some of the mystery of Bill is now removed and we can put a "face" with the name...sort of...although looking at the picture...I think that this guy is making Bill look more "normal" than he actually is, but we can just imagine more strangeness.

My efforts to caputre the real bill will not be put to an end...however, until September, Ken Nugent will be the best comparison as I am not spending anymore time in this crazy place until then....adn then my efforts will continue...

2006-07-05T11:31:00.000-04:00

BASTARD BILL

So...I just returned back to St. Catharines this morning. I stopped by my place before going to school to right an abizmil exam...but anyways...that is not the purpose of this post.

I just got back from the exam and as I passed the kitchen I noticed a Brita Pitcher on the table. Now, I thought this a little funny becuase I know that he has one, however it always sits on teh table but it is empty and doesn't have the filter part in it and he doesn't use it. But this one was looking like it was fully functioning but empty. And it was a slim one.

So I thought to myself....I have a slim one..but I left it in the fridge, because I remember filling it up before I left, in order to keep the filter nice and moist just like it is supposed to be. But I thought I better see what the deal was with this pitcher....I opened teh fridge....and SOMEBODY HAS REMOVED MY WATER PITCHER FROM THE FRIDGE!!!!!

This does not make me a happy person...in fact it pisses me off a lot, because it is not yours...you should not touch it....and now it is empty, and the filter is being ruined......and obviously some good water has been wasted by what was in there being poured out.....

SO SO MAD.....!
and...it is like 25 degrees, adn it is warm adn I like to drink water when it is hot...but now I have no cold water....what a little fucker....he better fill it back up and put it in the fridge once he realizes that I am here.....He is up now....for some unknown reason..mighty early for him....

I'll keep you all updated on the water situation and how that plays out.....there better be a conclusion pretty damn soon too because i am thirsty.!!!

Beautiful Bill

On a more humorous note....when I returned this morning, there was a new addition to Bills bathroom counter collection....it is awesome...adn the sad news...I forgot my camera....I made a mental note to remember it too..but I didnt'...so you'll just have to take my word for it....

Guess what the new addition is?.....He already has out on the counter

"Hold My Body" $11.95 hair gel
A can of womens shaving cream
Infusium Leave in Conditioner for permed or color treated hair
Cetaphil
2 Razors
a Disgusting Washcloth that has been there for a couple of weeks at least
A brush with no handle on it
A tube of toothpaste
the most disgusitng Crest Spin Brush
and i think that is it....

The new addition.......SELF TANNER....LMAO....it is awesome....I love it.....I hope you all do to...lol

Thats all for now...however, I think that there will be more revelations in teh next 4 days....

also...teh toilet seat...so gross today.....he better clean it....or else....

2006-06-21T13:43:00.000-04:00

My Lucky Night

So last night, after a brief encounter, something happened....

Bill left....and the exciting/lucky part was that he left his bedroom door open...with the light on. This enabled me to peak in...without fear of being caught. His bedroom has been something that has intrigued me since the first time that i spotted it. You would think that a man of his age...say 30-35, would have a very plain, "manly" room. Well what I seen the first time that he opened his door, definitely didn't fit that criteria.

This is what it looks like:

Alright...so it is not quite as easy to see as I had been hoping..after all..it was evening..and I was afraid that Bill would come dashing up the stairs at any minutes, or that he was hiding in some corner..just waiting for me to snap the photo.

What I found that was interesting:

orthopedic bed with leopard print sheets
CHeetah head on bed frame
Mirrored Screen as head board
Crazy "wrapping paper" walls
Lady Cutout (as seen in the picture)
Crazy neon cat light
"desk" where I think he paints the things that he hangs on his walls

And that was about it....sorry the picture isn't more helpful in displaying any of the crazy features of crazy bills room.

2006-06-20T12:19:00.000-04:00

THE FRIDGE THAT WE SHARE!

So...Bill and I share a fridge..as you could assume from the whole cheese slice incident (read: Theftery!). He keeps a variety of things in there...much more so then me...he eats very weird things....it might just be that he eats "healthy"..i'm not sure.

This is what it looked like last week....

Now the middle shelf is mine..it containes the basics of my life..pudding..parmesan cheese, margarine..and some Diet Coke...and that is about it.

His on the other hand...is the top one AND the bottom one...and i'm assuming the crispers..although i have never looked in them. They have on them...lots of lettuce...as you can see there is two bags of "romaine hearts"..he seems to take one bag every day for his dinner at work. There is two huge things of orange juice...there is some premade dinner things that i think he makes at night when he comes home from work...around 3:00am. There is lots of eggs...2 cartons I believe. Some special "man oil"...i think he uses it to "stay young"..i don't know. There is also some hemp which you can't see but it is the bottle that is sticking up behind the second jug of orange juice.

The fridge pretty much remains in this state, except that usually there is also a lot of yogurt and turkey weiners. These also seem to be staples in his diet.

So..that is the fridge that we share.

2006-05-30T12:41:00.000-04:00

The Official Ending to Ghetto Adventures

Yesterday marked the ending of the adventrues at 378 Vine Street aka...THE GHETTO..I know that technically this is the place for specifically Bills and My's Adventures, but they are interconnected seeing as the ending of those adventures are what brang me to Bill...so to speak.

Anyways, I went and handed over the keys yesterday..It was kind of sad...however, first i went to Giant Tiger...for tradition of course...and I purchased the ususal traditional kind of things..500g pack of bologna, and googoo's.....it was good stuff.

Then I walked over to the apartment, and I went in it...it was empty...very sad, and lonely...I grabbed the remainder of the stuff (a small bag), and eggs, but I forgot the eggs. I then headed over to track down Mary to give her the keys and be hassled about the "mess" that was left. However, that is not how it played out. She was in the little maintenace room, so I said "Hi, can I give you the keys"...she said "Yes" so then we went to her office, where I had to give her my address to mail us a check. While writing it on the peice of paper, I also dripped sweat onto her desk..lol...Then she looked at me and said OK...adn I looked at her and said "Tax Receipts (Bitch)"...minus teh bitch of course...she said.."Oh"...I dont' know what to write them on..I dont' have forms...I said. "what about a peice of paper and then you can just sign it"....she said "oh...I know"...and miraculously she pulled out the "official" form...and was able to complete it with me telling her the numbers to put in. Bright Woman she is....

And then she said what i was hoping she wouldn't....."Did you clean Up?"....I said "Yup"..she said "The Fridge and the Stove"...and I said "Yup".........however, i'm pretty sure that this was a lie...but I wasn't going to say No...and then someone knocked on her door, and she opened it for me to leave..I thougth we were going to go up to the apartment...then she said "go"...adn I said"I'm all done"...she said Yes...and that was it...I walked out of the apartment...adn I will never return.....

And then I went to the bus stop, leaned up against the tree and ate a Goo Goo.....by this point it was pretty melty...so needless to say, I had a signifigant amojnt of chocolate all over me....oh well..it was might tasty.

THE END

2006-05-30T12:26:00.000-04:00

Theftery

ps..he just woke up (12:24)...he's in the bathroom...gross

Anways, the story: When I returned after the long weekend, and took the garbage out on Wednesday morning I noticed that there was a cheese slice wrapper in it...funny I thought...i don't remember eating any cheese slices recently...so on I went with my day...until i realized that I couldn't possibly have...because I had taken the garbage out the previous wednesday morning, and had been in London since then, I knew that I had definitely not eaten any in the last day. "Bill punked my cheese slice"..I thought to myself.

And then when I came home from school I decided to check the fridge...maybe he has some, I just never noticed them....they also dont' really seem like the type of food that he would eat..but whatever...and sure enough, in the little butter holder section of the fridge was 3 or 4 cheese slices...which I thought an odd number to have, but nevertheless, there they were, however they were not in a package of any sort....funny..i think so.

This morning, since I couldnt' sleep (another problem I will deal with in a second), I awoke at 5:15, and couldn't get back to sleep. So I decided to make myself a grilled cheese sandwich, which in hindsight wasn't the best plan, seeing as I burnt myself..oh well...anyways..back to the story...and I decided to "reconcile" my slices of cheese....

It was a pack of 24
I had had 3 sandwiches after this mornings (2 slices each)
I had eaten 1 slice on its own
Bill ASKED to borrow 1
So...there should be 19 left
The pack is split so that 12 are on each side
One side was completely empty

This has led me to the conclusion that Bill had indeed punked some slices of cheese earlier and stashed them in teh butter container so that I wouldn't find out....

These things aren't cheap...I bought them myself at the local "Basic Food" when they weren't onsale...the were 4.50...that is approximately 20 cents each....so if Bill has taken 7 that means that I haven spent $1.40 on him...adn I don't even like him...what a jip....oh well..

On to the topic of the hot weather....IT IS HOT!!!...the Air Conditioning doesnt' really function up in this part of the house...EXCEPT...if I leave my door open.....tough call...do I want Bill to be able to look at me all he wants, or do I want to shut myself off from him....I think that we all know the answer to that, so i've had to make a tradeoff....and it SUCKS..oh well...

2006-05-28T09:23:00.000-04:00

Seeing as I've neglected to keep my adventures up to date, I felt that it was time that I disclose some more information about Bill.

Since moving in, Bill and I have had very few encounters. There have been the brief running-ings in the hallway, but that is about it. We had a short, i'll call in conversation for back of a better word, my second day living here, in regards to the hot plate working, but that has really been it....until last evening.

In order to fully comprehend the weirdness that was the "situation", you really have to understand the weirdness that is bill, but since you can't i will just inform of the details of the "incident," and you can appreciate it for that alone...unless of course you know Bill....lol

So, it was about 7:30 last night (saturday), and I am just sitting at my computer reading the episode guide for season 1 of Reba, which my mother has just purchased for me, and I cant' wait to watch but it is in London and I am here.....anyways..i hear a faint knocking at my door. So i get off my ass to go and "answer" it. I open it, and there standing in the doorway of the kitchen is what appears to be an almost naked Bill. I say "Hi" in as friendly as a tone as I can, And he kind of looks at me, and responds with a very quiet "Hi". and then some silence.....at this point i'm not sure if i really had heard knocking...but then he finally begins to talk. "Could I borrow a slice of cheese?"......ummm..me..."sure, you know where it is." and then i start to close the door. but he keeps talking. "Do you want to know something interesting that I learnt today?"....i respond with "OK"....(obviously not really meaning it) and he tells me "the library is having computer problems so you can take out DVD's for two weeks".....how am I supposed to respond to this. I say "oh yeah"...and then it was kind of awkward. and i'm not really sure what either of us said next, but I do konw that he got 2 seasons of CSI from the library.

The real "kicker" to this story is that I dont' know if he knows of my love for TV Shows on DVD, but I thought it a little coincidental that not only was I reading about the episodes that I would soon be watching of Reba on DVD, but I had also spent the previous two days watchign full house on DVD, and had just gotten off the phone with my mom telling her I had been watching Desperate Housewives on DVD. fishy.....????...I think so. (and yes, I have no life..lol)

So, that was the major event of the weekend.

And apparently, Bill thinks that he knows my schedule. On Thursday, i was in the kitchen "cooking"...it was like 4:30, and he says to me "you're home early today".....how do I respond to that when 1. I had been home for a couple of hours. 2. I was actually home late for a thursday. 3. It is just creepy that he thinks he knows my schedule.

It is going to be a long summer...Bill is weird..

2006-05-01T19:57:00.000-04:00

The "Real" Bill

This evening, Mikey and I went to "My Lady's" House to pick up my key, which she (my'lady) seems to think is important for me to have. I personally feel that it was her way of getting my rent for the month without coming out and asking for it, which I guess is legitimate.

We arrived there this evening and rang the doorbell, no anwser, so we continued to ring the bell, and then began to bang on the door. Upon figuring out that she wasn't there, we continued to wait for her...by ringing the bell and knocking. Then the door opened, and on the other side was a man that I had not seen in my previous visits to her house. He was not the old man that was there before. He was still old, but younger than the other one, and there was no accent. He was weird. We chatted for a little bit, he seemed concerned when I told him that I was going to be living upstairs with him, but whatever. Then I think that he offered me his key, but then i never actually seen it. It was a weird couple of moments. Then he said that we could go up. So we did.

I went into my room, becuase I had taken some stuff with me...some laundry (dirty of course). And in my room, I was expecting it to be empty....but was it?....NO...instead it had someones very personal items hanging to dry. It was a little weird....so I left my stuff and we left.

I still don't have a key and I didn't leave my cheque for her. So neither of us won !

2006-04-13T12:35:00.000-04:00

Update:

The official adventures of Bill and Ashley will begin May 13, 2006.

Stay Tuned!

2006-03-28T10:52:00.000-05:00

Who is Bill?

Well to be truthfully honest I don't know exactly who Bill is...the official adventures don't begin until May 1, 2006, but in the meantime I have some initial knowledge of him.

What I do know:

He is Old(er)
He has children who are boys...who sometimes visit him
He is from Toronto
He is kind of messy

Now, I may have seen this mystery man Bill, but I am not completely positive that it was him. If it was then I also know that:

He has an accent
He is OLD

On May 1, Bill and I will officially become not house mates, not roommates....maybe bath/kitchen mates.....I guess that is what I will call it. It should be interesting....I will keep you updated.