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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!

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hot sweaty summertime mess.

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i am comatose.

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i remembered my jean rip.

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adolescent angst. ooh scary! hehe i love her.

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ugh i hate my life dear twitter ahaha.

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hot. a ten. someone said so.

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we had a great handler.

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hi lil sis!

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i liked this place. forget the name, or where it was. girls don’t have to think! update: f-stop. good joint. bring your a-game set.

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hair is caught in my brains.

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we got right on down. dance attack city.

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ooh her shoes. good call bethanie.

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i like how my hair looks like a bouffant here. jen and i were black and white spy vs spy, respectively.

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trouble versions 1 and 2 point oh.

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i can’t remember what the rest of his shirt said. UPDATE: (from the mouth of mike) when i die just keep playing the records -hendrix. seems pretty apt though. dude’s a straight baller though. good times. update redux: aaand now i just realied the first picture spells it all out. i am a few cards short a deck today.

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gahahah oh nothing bad could come of this.

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someone’s pointing at us.

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i think i kept trying to leave? we had chinese food after this. jenny’s sister and i pigged out. we got to skip ahead of the wait line and everyone LOVED THAT!

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ahhahaha well at least i am skinny.

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we have our own little lilo before she went cuckoo bananas.

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a dedication to elegance.

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bottle of water time, that’s a great sign.

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check giant earrings over there, hi my entire outfit is on my head, what’s up? no i liked them but it was so dark in there it was mysterious. i complimented her as i moved in on her dance turf. meanwhile who am i now suzanne summers pebbles? cool.

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can you still not figure out his shirt? i know me either.

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if i don’t get my fluorescent nailpolish back soon i will barf.

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another crappy makeup face night for me. whatever like i said i can’t top her.

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i’m still cute too though.

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lethal.

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and a good time was had by all good night.

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hot kid. jenny’s pissed about who got the jugs in the fam and who didn’t.

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ahhah cutest circus misfits. poor handler man. poor his fucking ass right? dudes wanted to claw his eyes out. no kidding. or am i? i dunno i am losing a lot of blood right meow, the tide is in.

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capped off sunday right. i like my new scuba watch.

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i’m be a veronica in betty’s clothing.

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do these people look unhappy to you? why would you fuck with that? this is on the way up, we were pumped.

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consolation prizes. heehee.

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except i don’t really know how to tell time anymore nor really ever require needing to know it. who said it was 16 o’clock the other day? rhonda? yeah it was. that shut us down for like 5 minutes trying to figure out hahaha.

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my gino rasta shades. lots is going on.

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i like it in the backseat. we switched on the way back from the pub. teacher also liked the backseat better. the front is “cooler” but in the back you can just totally be retarded and you feel like you’re being dragged around super fast, especially if you’re a bit buzzed. wheeeeeeeee!

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maybe we should go back and stay for two nights. my dad’s a/c is way better than ours here. i did that last summer a lot, mooched up air conditioning.

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we had jack and cokes and tv. good way to ease out of the weekend. i am looking forward to watching two episodes of big brother when teacher gets back from an errand.

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hope i don’t jinx someone into actually drowning.

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haven’t been spending enough time up there. the hibiscus have pretty much hi-bit the dust. when we go to t-bay i bet they’ll burst into flames. i’m going to water them now and then attempt to unpack. don’t start!