Frazzles & Co.

Weekend Music: Soundtracks for the Soul

by Chantelle - 1:30 PM

Well hello! School is back in swing, and things are busy as ever. Hopefully this is my last full year (KNOCK ON ALL THE WOOD), so I'm trying to cram as much in as possible. If you don't see me, I'm not dead, I'm just either in a studio somewhere meticulously crafting a scale model of a wooden floor, or at work, or laying in bed questioning my life choices.

This weekend I'm headed on a field trip to Calgary with one of my classes. We're taking two dozen artistic kids, putting them on a bus, and then forcing them to spend 13 hours together. Fun right? Updates to follow.

I've been finding myself listening to quite a lot of soundtracks lately. I think it's partially because of the cool weather. Or maybe it's my new de-stress thing. Okay, okay. You got me. I just really love soundtracks...

Opening (from Far From the Madding Crowd) - Craig Armstrong

Arrival of the Birds (from The Crimson Wing, also used in The Theory of Everything) - Claseria and The Cinematic Orchestra

A Dark Cloud is Forever Lifted (from The New World) - James Horner

Dawn (from Pride and Prejudice)- Dario Marianelli

The Heroic Weather-Conditions of the Universe, Part 1: A Veiled Mist (from Moonrise Kingdom)- Alexandre Desplat

The Burning Bush (from The Prince of Egypt)- Hans Zimmer

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One Word Stories

by Chantelle - 10:58 PM

The girl I do respite with came up with a fun game to play in the car a few weeks ago. She calls it the one word story game. The rules are fairly obvious. Miraculously, this actually keeps her entertained for long stretches of time. Here was my favourite story from today:

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Sleep Study

by Chantelle - 7:00 AM

I had to go do a sleep test downtown at the sleep clinic last night. I felt like a lab rat. They hooked me up to 1.6 billion wires, and to a machine, and into a wall. As you might imagine, that makes sleeping a wee bit uncomfortable.

Yeah... I was terrified I was going to accidentally strangle myself in the night.

However! I did take lots of selfies, and then sent them to my friends to freak them out, so it wasn't a total loss!

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Shooting Stars

by Chantelle - 9:32 AM

Did any of you catch the Perseids meteor shower this week? My roommate had never seen a meteor shower, so late Thursday night/early Friday morning I took her to watch. Finding a good spot to stop proved to be a bit tricky because Southern Alberta actually has a crazy amount of light pollution. You can't drive very far without seeing a lit up farm or city lights in the distance.

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Weekend Music: En Route to PDX

by Chantelle - 9:37 AM

Three days ago, my best friend and I returned from a roadtrip to Portland. It was so much fun, and I can't wait to share pictures with all of you! With 26+ hours of driving in five days (!!!), we listened to a LOT of music in the car. Somehow, we managed to never listen to the same CD twice! As per tradition, I created a new mix CD for the trip, which we played as we drove through BC.

Listen to the whole mix after the jump!

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Dad Sends a Package

by Chantelle - 11:18 AM

My Alberta grandparents were in need of another walker. Fortunately, there was one at the Homeland that no one was using, so they made arrangements to ship it here on the bus. I was to pick it up and drive it out to Barnwell. Backstory over.

So my Dad calls me up and asks,

"Hey I need to put some padding around this walker. Is there anything you need from home?"

"Well, I'm coming home in two weeks... Mom just brought me a bunch of stuff, and you can't really pad a walker with a sewing machine so..."

"Okay. I'll figure something out."

Figure something out did he EVER. Last week I got the call from the Greyhound telling me the package was ready for pick up. I drove downtown, loaded the massive box into my car, and drove back home. I was too lazy to take it out, so I just left it in the trunk.

Later that evening, I hopped back in the car to head to work when my nostrils were assaulted by a strange smell. The entire car smelled like cheese. And not even a good kind, like herbed havarti. BAD cheese. I thought maybe I'd left a snack behind, but then remembered that I had just emptied the car garbage. Then I saw the box in my rearview mirror.

I quickly pulled the box out onto the lawn and sliced it open.

My dear ingenuitive father had filled it to the brim with old milk jugs. See, in Saskatchewan, you don't get any money for recycling them, but in Alberta you do. He thought he'd do me a solid and send them to me so I could have some extra cash.

Bless his heart.