Oh hey there!

Big news... I'm going to Vegas!!!

But not just for any typical Vegas weekend.

I'm going to Bloggers in Sin City bitches!!!!

I wanted to go last year but couldn't make it. I wanted to go this year too so I figured why the frick not? I'm only working part time right now since I'm still looking for a job after my broken leg/losing my job fiasco and I have all this free time on my hands. BiSC is an opportunity and I'm taking it!

I can't wait to meet all the other Bad Ass Bloggers and since some of them are new to Who-Is-Mich-land I thought this is a perfect time to (re)introduce myself.

Hi!! I'm Mich!

Mich as in fish, short for Michelle.

I'm from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Don't know where that is? Click here.

I've technically been blogging for about 6 years. I've had personal blogs, public blogs, shared blogs. You name it, I blogged it. Then about 2 years ago I started Who Is Mich?. It was exactly what I needed at the time and every step of the way since. It's where I come to speak my heart and mind. I where ask for advice from other bloggers (who are brilliant by the way!). And most of the time I write about things that in one way or another I simply enjoy.

About a year ago I felt like I needed to re-vamp my blog. It was all black and dark before, and when I started WIM, those colors suited my life at the time. But over the first year I had gone through so many changes and felt like I had become more happy, cheerful and in turn, more colorful. My blog needed to reflect that which is why its now so fresh and so clean, clean! I had also gone through a lot of heartbreaks and broken friendships over that first year and although I don't regret blogging about it, I felt that with the re-vamp I needed to delete the past and move on to better things. Sometimes I wish I saved those posts so I could look back and see how far I have come but I know it was the right decision at the time.

I met 2 of my best friends through blogging.

I am a gift wrapper extraordinaire.

I am the self appointed queen of the board game Apples to Apples and if I have room in my suitcase I'm bringing it. For serious.

You know the crazy person you see singing at the top of their lungs to themselves while driving? That was probably me.

I believe that ice cream is a perfectly acceptable breakfast food.

And I'm probably gonna photobomb a few of the BiSC pics just like this:

Can't wait to meet you all in person!!

Good Movies, Bad Movies, Way Too Many Movies.

6 weeks at home recovering from surgery on ones leg will lead to watching a lot of movies. In my case a disgusting amount of movies.

Here is a list of SOME (yes only some) of the movies I have watched over the last month. I linked all of them so if you don't know of the movie you can click on it and see what I'm talking about.

Angels & Demons

Battle in Seattle

Beauty & The Beast

The Bridges of Madison County (A classic that I hadn't seen before. I fell in love with both Clint and Meryl in it!)

The Color Purple (I had never seen the entire movie before. It is absolutely amazing. One of my favorites by far).

The Crazies

Crossing Over

Despicable Me (LOOOOVED IT!!!)

Due Date

Eat Pray Love

Everybody's Fine

Ferris Buellers Day Off (Claaaaaaaasssic!)

Grown Ups

The Hangover

Harry Potter 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (I hadn't seen them before. They are alright. I talked with an english accent for hours after watching them...)

The Hours

Human Trafficking - Parts 1 & 2 (this was a movie I caught on TV that was so intense and terrifying. It has Mira Sorvino in it and if you ever come across it I highly suggest watching it)

In Her Shoes

Lady & The Tramp

Love & Other Drugs (It had its moments but there was too much of Anne's boobs all up in your face)

My Nanny's Secret (It has Haylie Duff in it... nuff said)

Sex & The City 1 & 2

Star Trek

State Of Play

Temple Grandin

The Town (I didn't think it was all that great... see What Doesn't Kill You below)

Toy Story 3

Unthinkable (disgusting...)

What Doesn't Kill You (this was a way better version of The Town if you ask me)

You Don't Know Jack

My top 5 must see movies from this list are:

The Color Purple

Despicable Me The Minions are my favorite part!

Human Trafficking (especially for women)

Temple Grandin

What Doesn't Kill You

I just did a quick calculation and thats over 70 hours of movies. I swear, once I break free (can walk again) I'm not going to watch movies for a LONG time.

The Inside Scoop on Pirate Beards?

I had this conversation via BBM this morning with one of my BFF's and just had to share it:

Me - Random question - do people with long beards wash them with shampoo?

Her - Hmmmm...

I hope so.

Hahahaha

Me - Hmmm I wonder.

Her - I love you. You just made my whole day.

Me - Next time I see someone with a long pirate beard I'm gonna ask them.

Her - Do it!!

I'm going to ask my dad later. He has lots of biker friends.

Me - Perfect! An inside scoop!

My question was answered this afternoon:

Her - Long beards need shampoo.

Me - How did you find out?

Her - My dad!

Me - Your dad is a brilliant man. Full of important knowledge.

Her - I know!!

Me - Now I know that if I ever decide to grow a full beard I will need to stock up on extra shampoo.

The more you know...

A dream is a wish your HEART makes??

For the past few weeks I have been having the strangest dreams. Before, I was able to blame them on the pain killers I was taking for my leg but I'm not on them anymore so now I have nothing to blame except my own crazy brain (or my heart according to Disney).

Crazy Dream #1 - Last week I had dinner with my housemates and the conversation led to talk about "end of the world" situations, religion and how society would deal if something huge ever happened. Later that night before bed I was watching a movie about human trafficking. Needless to say I had a very disturbing dream and although I can't remember many details now I felt very uneasy the entire next day.

Crazy Dream #2 - A few weeks ago I had a dream that I went to my Junior High School reunion (Junior???) and decided to walk back to my old house to remember the good old days or something stupid like that. Along the walk I saw my best friend in her car... in a lesbian make out session with her co-worker. Both of which are not gay and both live with their boyfriends and will probably be getting engaged by the end of this year. Strange.

Crazy Dream #3 - Friday night I had a dream that it was my wedding day. It was at a theatre or some place with balconies (you all know how dream details are a blur sometimes). Well, I was wearing a HIDEOUS poof-ball of a dress.

I didn't even want anyone to see me in it. For some reason I had to come out and stand at the alter before my groom (???) and everyone was giving me crazy looks because of my ugly dress. I was standing at the alter with out a veil on and was very upset about it. Apparently I left it up to one of my friends to find me a veil so when I was standing at the alter they finally brought it to me and it looked something like this. But poofier. Awesome.

Next thing I knew my groom, who is actually my ex boyfriend from 5 years ago who I most definitely would NOT be marrying in real life, burst into the room. He announced in front of everyone that he didn't want to marry me and then just walked out.

Crazy Dream #4 - When I was at the hospital with my broken leg, they had to put me to sleep to set the bone before I had my surgery the next day. When they woke me up from that I was disoriented and turned to my parents and said "Noooo!!! Put me back to sleep. I was just dancing with Ryan Reynolds and Scarlet was no where around!" My parents were laughing at me but I was serious. Then I said "and Johnny Depp was waiting for me too... I need to go back!!!!".

Pro's and Con's

Here I am. Still jobless and still unable to walk.

Yet the whole situation has its pro's and con's. Lets break those down shall we?

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Pro - I don't have to wake up before the roosters anymore and I get to sleep in all day if I want.

Con - As fun as that sounds, it gets boring as hell. I'm not the kind of person who sits around all day and does nothing. I went from working 2 jobs, working out 4 to 5 days a week and having a very active social life to NOTHING overnight.

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Pro - I don't have to go to work and deal with all the crap I had to deal with before.

Con - The lack of money coming in.

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Pro - I don't miss an episode of Oprah or Dr. Phil.

Con - I've noticed a lot of my sentences are now starting with "Well, Dr. Phil says..."

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Con - The lack of socializing has put any dating life on hold for the time being.

Pro - I have no stress about dating. There's no "OMG! What if he doesn't like me?" or "What does he mean when he says this or that?" or "I hope he calls". I have none of that right now and its great! All my time is spent on ME!

Hmmm... maybe that also has something to do with the Dr. Phil-isms....?

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Pro - I have all this time right now to really think about what I want to do with me career/job situation. I feel like this is the time to take chances and really go for what I want in life. It can't hurt right?

Con - I'm still not clear about what I actually want...

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BIG PRO!! - 2 more weeks and I can start to try walking again (with the support of crutches still) and once I can walk and drive again I am going to focus more on my job hunt. I'm seeing the glass half full now and focusing on the fact that I'm THAT much closer to being back to a normal life instead of sulking and feeling sorry for myself.