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undoing bad habit of pissing away summer is tough. i still got all i needed done, happily. next time out the door quicker and we’ll do the other half of the island. that guy is full on checking me out in this photo hey. get used to it. it’s hard. wedges really do change everything. even though i wasn’t wearing them plus sitting down and more than 2/3 of my body was covered by the door. i turn heads.

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i like to keeps it joaquin. phoenix.

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yellow kitty nails, one pink thumb that just wouldn’t dry yellow (it’s milky) and you just can’t do anything with wet nails. my pinks dry faster. we decided on the bond girl tank two piece bathing suit, v small bottoms. testing jenny’s smaller bottoms theory.

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the line-up was annoying, why enforce structure when we all load on like cattle in thick groupings? why can’t i enjoy my ten minutes the zen way?

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then if you have a bike, you do not have the right of way. anyone with an obstacle, is an obstacle. react and treat accordingly. you slow people down then we get to line-skip.

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tiny on tiny.

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damn those teeth. should we make a list of all my faults and pluses? like if i were in a perfect ten magazine (wouldn’t be).

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can’t tell if my necklace is backwards or not. it does that. i think it is here.

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someone had the perfect nautical outfit on and his shorts totally enhanced the day helping dwell in the fantasy of actually being away.

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haha whatever.

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me and my map. if you’ve ever received a photo of this from the internet that i’ve MS PAINTED red or hot pink arrows outlining our journey, then you are in the island raymi club. i think brosz7kowski has one, maybe brad. cool club. haha.

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flowers are a great cost effective passive way to change and better the landscape without having to involve architecture. aka, flowers are everywhere surrounding centreville, which is where you dump your kids or go to with them. the petting zoo at night is fun, it’s all abandoned and you can walk through a western ghost town and be taller than every doorway. the gondolas of the sky ski chair lift hang overhead with whimsical weeping willows reaching down to say hi. it’s pretty kooky. ideal.

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i was playing look out.

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and acid trip gwen stefani alice in wonderland apparently.

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there’s our girl.

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new shorts here i come! it’s too hot not to and this is the only look i can do. dresses suffocate me, too hot for a maxi. hmmmm maybe. blue or grey?

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these have bad tempers i hear, true?

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they scare me though. i’m neurotic, they’re shifty and you never know where you’re stepping. one snuck up behind me and kept going for my shorts.

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maybe it’s cos i held up my earring and said hey look i’m wearing one of your friends!

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see check that one out. totally up to something.

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tis i getting the lightbulb of suntan lotion from that kiosk. we’re all out. someone took our nice face stuff, i don’t remember taking it anywhere with me. hmmm interesting.

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in the to go we have: vodka soda crystal light with diet coke garbage dump drink. paaartay!

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there’s a pool they let people muck about in now, i think in this heat you cannot stop people, by law. no? the island has a bit of an anything goes vibe to it.

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i like it cos it has a perma-island time forgot feel, stuck in the 70’s. the pier and the buildings. love it.

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aqua dress girl back there got into the fountain and stood like a statue. my mom would have photographed it.

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TIME TO REMOVE MEIN PANTS!

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ahh i love sand grass. sandy grass. that’s what i call it.

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i had visions of a bathing suit walk. still a very long walk along the board, the boardwalk. teacher one by one unbuttoned his shirt til it was open.

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i needed a photo to see what people were looking at ie. too much love handle? this is the suit i was wearing when someone called me hippy. it’s a small. teeny. plus designer. plus bitch got hips right? anyway there is something to be said for this smaller bottoms theory, i’m pretty much ready to wear a thong anyway. i am all about euro sleaze, bring it. speaking of, teacher realized my euro suit fetish and got a nice pair of trunks from AA. not casino royale small, but getting there. see the material bunching down by my hoo-ha? what’s that all about?

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historical wall, evidence of past dwellings. i was insistent on how this could be a field trip for his students. funny, i don’t know shit about this old ass wall.

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i dearly covet one of the houses. i am surf culture for life. no bones about it. taught myself how to longboard on the beach strand in california at 20 and no i will not ever forfuckinget it.

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he said it was very belize.

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that was an odd hipster date couple. his shirt said KURT COBAIN and she was wearing the tightest darkest pencil pants like goths at the beach ridiculous. totally.

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so hot. the sand is great. full sun for hours and hours.

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people watching for one and all and when you’re done you go have drinks and dinner at the rectory, do the whole experience right. bring a nice white linen shirt (resort wear) for dinner so you don’t look like beach trash because there will be stuffy locals and old people staring you down. go like blond punky brewster, as long as it’s all white it’s alright.

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had no idea what we were taking shots of you cannot see your iphone screen from the sun’s glare. good luck.

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the lighting is fantastic though.

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there’s those teeth again.

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yikes. not bad though. no photoshop? yeah.

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i got stretch marks when i had my first growth spirt in my tweens. not so noticeable in real life, but with tan. meh. everyone has them right?

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plus i’m an albatross right. oy jeez nice shot. nothing to the imagination anymore.

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interesting blanket spread. didn’t even use the towel. no towel necessary next time. sun dry in moments. the less you pack, the less you carry, the better your time, oh ain’t that merry.

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make sure you go to the island too.

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see no idea.

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shower break time happy lunch!

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the last time teacher was on the island, he was ten. i dragged him through the raymi island crawl vortex (like no ten year old could even imagine) this is when we got to the maze (it’s a hedge maze to be precise), pretty much like the one in the movie the shining except uberly crappier however it was a gift from the dutch, ooh classy. “Donated by the Dutch-Canadian community of Metropolitan Toronto to commemorate the centennial anniversary of Confederation. 1867-1967″ after a hundred years they were like, here toronto we love you, now get lost. seriously. i think it’s a unique gift. anywhoo, i let teacher guide (lose) us and filmed it. then i took over and wasn’t of much help either. go summer!

and then i ran us into a circle. cool control! it’s a chase video!

i blasted right by the hidden opening to the right way straight off the bat, they were smarter this year and let more brush grow in to overhang. good work. oh and my bathing suit plus shorts don’t mix, i now know that thanks to this video. meh. fattest day of the month and i don’t look too bad.

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apparently today is hotter than yesterday. yikes. good luck with that. brb with some more beach coverage.

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my hair was doing a flock of seagulls thing.

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scary fat tired period ghoul.

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always dictating in photos.

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went for dinner at our fav french resto. bastille day forever.

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someone had to wear specs cos they got jerk sauce permanently attached to their new contact lenses. all taken care of now he picked up his reserve pair while i was on my way home from the gym.

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i love this spot. no one can take their eyes off it so i was on display the entire time. i could tell the french owner got a little crush on me so i had fun with that. they were drinking tallboys in there and i glitzed by on my way back from the ladies and said oh la la edith piaf. heart melting. i am looking forward to dining indoors come fall. so cozy and true french. i think nana and papa and my mom would love it. i know they would.

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overate yesterday as in, too much meat. i am on skinny dieting again. it is never ending. kash taught me some great moves for your pelvis when you are on your period. i’ll teach you.

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gahaha wiener. told you it was the summer of raymi. i am stoked. we got flights for thunder bay for tuesday and getting a hotel room for the night before driving to steph and rye’s cabin house couple hours outside of tbay. want to treat them to city styles where you do 4 phases of extreme things in a day. we have to time the flights so it works out for everyone cos it’s a long drive and they’re going camping the day we leave. so i said have your shit packed ready to go and dump us back in t-bay that day. it will be timed so that no one can get on each other’s nerves in the short duration of time and i have an itinerary that we will stick to. this will be my THIRD summer in a row there so this year if someone wants to have a nice drunkening dog on toronto, now that i am a turbonator, i will fight them. physically. and i told ryan that we are definitely climbing that mountain again i don’t care how hung i get him. you climb this thing hand over foot at some points. there are ropes too. halfway up, a delicious brook to drink out of. ryan’s already forgotten that i’ve been there two consecutive summers. well gosh dungit alert the legion and your bros, we’ll be having a car hole hang and total piss-up. teacher is going to be shown how it is done.

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ahhh where was i. why yes, burnoutington.

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my dad took his shoes off and we fought about it. i said that is NOT patio protocol and that i made fun of someone on my blog for doing that on the go train once. it’s fine if you’re sitting down dad (not that fine) but getting up to walk around like it’s your living room, not fine. i guess in burlington maybe, whatever. anyway the wings were good, not hot enough and our waitress was totally phoney and hot and had all these one liners and never broke facade once. she was flirting with teacher and my dad. fun to watch. we had a very enjoyable time with my pops. good way to end the weekend.

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teacher got me this adorable romper by the way.

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while he was out getting himself a new bathing suit, shorts and a shirt. generous and good style. he bought me a small. daring. fits perfectly, but not til the tide goes out again catch my drift. of course cathy comic blog.

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these shorts made me think of the romper, which is why i mention it. they’re not from AA but i want to get high waisted ones from there. these are shorts, and voila. the chain is linked. i am pushing the shorts in here not my gut. no shorts fight me anymore.

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i dumped the iphone out and found a treasure trove of photos. man we sure do a lot.

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the night we got wasted after the fleet foxes horror story. i’ll blog the rest of those later and maybe the video i took. steph says i should write massey hall and complain. oh and the hotel we’re getting for our night in thunder bay has a massive pool with multi-waterslides. gonna get a poolside room. full throttle it i am on nitro from miami still. tomorrow when the girls come in to town for coug crawl (get at me ladies if you wanna join) we’re getting a hotel room. i know right? i don’t know ONE sane person right now and i love it.

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hey dudes!

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lets go! vroom!

ok beach time now yay you know where to find me. teacher hasn’t been on the island since he was ten! he has no idea. we’ll cap it off at the rectory and then big brother. have a great wednesday friendsday!

oh wait check these photos from a month or so ago that heidi took. she’s awesome. you’re awesome heidi. hi nathan!

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this reminds me of old me and i can easily add black hair to that too. you know what i mean? heidi “found” me.

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you made me the thief of your heart from raymi lauren on Vimeo.

admittedly, this video is weird. the song is all build. also when dancing, never forget control of the face. keep it consistent but don’t let them see you think. the heat does amazing and crazy things to a person. imagine this with the cloak on. i didn’t want to spoil it, or overuse it. it’s my intention to go eyes wide shut with this, and a dash of power of greyskull too. comin’ for ya heman. shera, you’re next.

welp, off to the beach!

loca from raymi lauren on Vimeo.

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hola muchachos!

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papi!

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look how sweaty i am. righteous.

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dopey one from the other day.

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when i watched my shakira video i was like wow, not bad for a fat day. i am a total beast right now. it’s in my head it’s in my head. also i look like the feathered hair girl from mangos i made fun of. outfit too. in the video not here. you’ll see.

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bewbsday booze day tuesday.

looking into creating another showcase today. getting more people involved. there is something here. i wrote a mission statement email to two oldschool friends of mine all about it.

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when the show finished we dressed everyone up. we barely had to twist arms, willing participants. more photos on the hate and heartbreak page. great shots too. can’t wait to see what my aunt has done with her footage and to be able to watch my florence solo without my head tilted to the side.

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beach girl for life.

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ms. muffet has left the tuffet.

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teen spirit. i want everyone in indie moulin rouge.

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i need to work on my megaphone.

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another pupil.

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i went beverly d’angelo.

peep you soon!