More Updates

It`s 12:48 am right now...finally got time to update this, even though I should since I am a house manager right now with Rebecca (going well, yes). Anyways I should go to bed, so point forms on what happened prior to this (yes I am getting lazy, too bad...)

- went to a fashion show (Rebecca`s work, recycled clothing), had a very good conversation with Cynthia regarding group dynamics and other things...that`s when I learnt 1) Maxime is leaving the group (more on that) 2) Cynthia, upon casual web surfing, found my blog a long time ago (February)...but she doesn`t remember the address anymore. Shocked? Most definitely. But much more impressed with her. Oh Christ that means others may know too.
- Zach got a haircut (with Stephanie/Maxime/Rebecca) doing the cutting...slightly surprised because he likes his hair a lot, but being in Katimavik means you are broke and experimental...speaking of that
- Cheryl and Charles got a tattoo (they both got the same one - Chinese character "raw"...look at Lindsay Lohan`s CD cover if you don`t know the character). Cheryl has a small one on her neck, while Charles has it on his arm. Talk about spontaneity, man...and I think Maxime is upset about that because apparently Charles and Maxime were supposed to get it together, not Cheryl...hmmm
- Mike did dye his hair...it was supposed to be blue but it turned green, haha. Now he is trying to get people to redo his hair (make it blue)
- I "technically" got a verbal warning (one level below a CTI) for...get ready...not coming home on time for dinner (rolls eyes)
- Mike is back on his Ritalin (a medication that he had to take throughout his whole life but he stopped 2 weeks after he started Katimavik)...I am against him taking this medication because a) I think it does nothing for him and b) he may have a dependency towards it. But hey, I am not the doctor, and at this point I think Valerie is using that as a last resort...how sad.
- Saturday: Volunteering at Cynthia`s workplace, outside clean-up...the weather was fabulous. Afternoon we went to Chicoutimi and all the groups (Alma/Jonquiere/Chicoutimi) were there...there was supposed to be a Capture the Flag/80s party...none of those happened, and people just hung out and did nothing...I got to chat with Robbie from Elliot Lake/Chicoutimi and got along with him really really well (he was the guy that cleaned up Cynthia`s barf on the first day, and I have always wanted to get to know him). Found out some drama (2 guys left in their group..."violence" and "love triangle" involved) in his group and realized our group is super tame...Maxime didn`t come with us because her grandmother was sick in Quebec and she requested permission to visit her (hence the "leave"...not the group for good, just temporary...whew!)
- Sunday: Group went back to Alma early to attend this volunteering appreciation thing...boring because I couldn`t understand what was going on, plus I was sitting at the back. Free lunch, and we went back home to celebrate Earth Day - cleaning up the yard (yes you guys can stop laughing now). Long group meeting (we ended at 10 pm, haha), and other fun stuff.
- I had to write 2 letters in French, one to invite Alexandre Cloutier, another to get recycling for my workplace. After Lucie`s editing, I sent the first one out already...no replies so far (grrrr). Recycling one...man the email address doesn`t even work, which means I got to call...merde.
- Tuesday night I hung out with everyone except for Mike and Cynthia in the shack outside the house, having a beer (I still don`t see how people like that crap)...got to talk to Maxime about her views of Quebec, and find out lots of interesting things about Charles...if I have the opportunity perhaps I will share them...good time, although the beer was totally unnecessary on my part.
- Went to work today because my boss needed help and wanted me to make tips...a horrible 3 hours time...everything that could go bad at work went really, really bad. I am not going into the details, ask me if you want to know.
- 2 "epidemics" spreading in the house, I find...one good one bad. The good - vegetarianism. Now there is 5 vegetarians - Zach/Rebecca/Cheryl/Charles/Maxime. The bad - smoking. Charles/Cheryl/Maxime are now full-fledged smokers. And apparently Valerie does it a bit too (rare, but the fact that she does....hmm hmm hmm). It must be a Quebec thing.
- And last but not least, it`s Stephanie`s birthday tomorrow. We will see what unfolds...

*And this has been your midnight news. Good night/morning...*

(Additional Updates)
- During Zach and Mike`s week as house manager, Zach came up with the idea of dressing up as another person in the house for one night during dinner. That was hilarious, as there was some hilarious combinations (Mike as Rebecca...actually that was more disgusting with him wearing Rebecca`s tight fitting clothes plus his mohawk...). Zach as Maxime was super funny, as he wore her mini jean skirt/tank top/bra/leather boots...and he kept posing in skanky positions, which irked Maxime quite a bit =). Maxime was very much into being Stephen, saying his phrases such as Howdy and Take`er Easy, plus declaring that he/she loves country music (Maxime hates country music, how ironic). But the most funny thing is that Maxime pretty much pretended that she was a pervert and kept staring at Zach`s boobs and saying how hot Zach/Maxime was. As well, she later moved on to Cynthia (being Cheryl) and kept snuggling against her and saying that he cannot ever leave her...quite funny to say Stephen`s reaction to Maxime`s behaviour...overall it was fun, and perhaps if I can upload the pictures...I was Valerie, and Valerie was me, by the way.
- There was this night where the whole house was awoken by someone screaming in the house and running around around 1 am ish...when I got woken up by that my first thought was What the Hell...and then I concluded that it was either Maxime or Cheryl goofing off so I went back to bed. But apparently the next morning Cheryl asked everyone whether they heard the noise...Cheryl and Stephanie got woken up by it and they both went downstairs to check what was going on, as did Stephen, who did not find the person. Everyone pretty much got a bit freaked out (depending on the person the freaked-out factor increases/decreases)...until Zach found out from an email from Bonnie Jean in the Chicoutimi group that their group did that (So Zach, did you get woken up by a girl screaming and running around in your house?). I think the funniest thing is that the majority of the people th0ught it was Maxime or Cheryl that screamed and therefore ignored it...Cheryl was slightly annoyed about that.