Robyn's Realm

Your Life Story In Six Words...

2008-08-18T13:01:00.000-07:00

...That's what SMITH mag is asking of people. They have already published one book of Six-word memoirs and are working on 2 new ones: Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak and Six-Word Momiors.

I have been enjoying reading some of them, as well as trying to think of my own...obviously I can't add to the Momiors yet, but reading is still fun.

Some of my favorites from reading today:

Momiors

Two toddlers. Too tired to type.
by Emily Laber-Warren

Puppies would have been much easier.
by HerminiaB

Three years, three kids, I'm tired!
by Monique Holmes

On Love and Heartbreak

he's weird, but he's MY weirdo!
by kevin rendon

He even liked my granny panties...
by Susan Breeden

Wish love had a "backspace" key.
by Susan Breeden

Wish love had a "backspace" key.
by Susan Breeden

Invited ex to wedding. Should've known.
by Sara Weiner

They're all frogs, Princess. Get hopping.
by 46wits

Men come and go. Sisters stay.
by sisterpoet

One of mine....

Found my diary; missing the past.

You should check out the website. And then comment your own memoir. Can you choose only six words?

Relaxing

2008-08-02T16:09:00.000-07:00

Right now I am getting ready for an audition. It's for a student film, and for some reason, even though I am completely prepared, I have started to feel the nerves. So to help me relax I decided to take a self portrait for all of you out there in Bloggerland.
Enjoy!

Oh Happy Day

2008-07-27T20:19:00.000-07:00

For some reason I am in an incredibly good mood today...and now I feel like watching Sister Act 2.

This picture was taken just over a week ago while I was hanging at the beach with my good friend Jen. I figured a picture from the beach would be a great image for today. That beach has been a really cool place for me recently. Last night I decided to go to the fireworks alone, as everyone else I knew who was going was heading to kits. I grabbed my keys and cell phone and headed down to the beach. As I made my way through the crowds trying to find a place to stand and watch the fireworks, I saw a space and maneuvered my way as quickly as possible towards the spot. The guy beside me started talking to me, and turns out he's from Germany (it's impossible for me to meet anyone who is actually from Canada), and his friends quickly showed up. We ended up hanging out for the rest of the night, had all you can eat sushi, and then they eventually drove me and my bags (I have been house sitting for 2.5 weeks downtown) home...to Burnaby! So here's the cool part (other than getting a ride home!): on a beach of several thousand people, most smoking weed, drinking beer or whatever else, I end up standing with a group of Christians. Yep God is good. I can't wait to check out their church and hang out with them again.

Congratulations Dan and Alexis

2008-07-22T11:44:00.000-07:00

This past weekend I joined my family in Victoria for my cousin Dan's wedding. It was the most beautiful day full of family, friends and sunshine. Everyone was a little bit redder after the ceremony in the sun, but cooled down nicely at the extravagant reception at the CFB Esquimalt Wardroom. The amazing view of the ocean was overshadowed by the beauty of the bride and groom.

"He Loves me....He Loves me not...."

2008-07-15T22:26:00.000-07:00

Taken on the Island at the "G's" a couple of weeks ago.

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Listening To: Kate Nash - Nicest Thing

Hidden

2008-07-08T21:36:00.000-07:00

Ever feel like you have so much more potential than what people see in you?

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Now playing: Hello Goodbye - Here (In Your Arms)

Home

2008-07-07T23:28:00.000-07:00

After two weeks of being away from home, I am finally going to be spending a night in my own bed. It's weird, but I'm looking forward to it. This picture was taken while I was in Maple Ridge recently. The clouds remind me of angel wings.

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Now playing: Damien Rice - Delicate

My Back Yard

2008-06-17T19:21:00.000-07:00

Today after having coffee with my friend Jen, I decided to take me new camera to the "lake" behind my building and take some pictures. Oh I didn't mention I bought a new camera? Well, I bought a new camera! It's a Nikon D60. It's my baby and the best birthday present ever! Thanks mom and dad!

Back to my story....I have been wanting to get out to take some pictures for awhile, but since it is perpetually rainy on my days off I haven't had a chance. So today after it had rained a little and stopped I ran out and took as many as I could before the rain started again. I've uploaded 4 of my favorites. The 5th and my most favorite is my new border.

At some point I hope to take a class and actually learn how to use my camera instead of just playing around and seeing what works. :)

It's Been Awhile

2008-06-13T23:31:00.001-07:00

Everyone seems to have cool weekly posts so I'm making one now....Foto Friday!

All of the following pictures were taken by Benjamin Luk:

I promised I would add pictures from my fake wedding when I got them, so here are a few, and I hope I will get more eventually.

My fake husband Sean Green is a local comedian. Go see him if you are in town and free on a night he is performing.

This last picture is from a fashion shoot with Ben last weekend. We had a lot of fun in the middle of the night in creep alleyways and abandoned parking lots.

Special Treat

2008-05-14T10:59:00.000-07:00

I did a "Mime Fashion" photoshoot on Friday with Incantico Photography. Above are a few of my favourite from the 60+ photos I got sent.
The whole afternoon was pretty fun. We started late, and the other model never showed up, so the whole story line had to change. Originally it was "Mimes in Love" and it was an opposites attract kind of thing, but buddy never showed up. But we all agreed that it worked out pretty good!
Enjoy.

I am Unique

2008-05-14T00:52:00.000-07:00

Because of Jen I decided to check it out for myself. Apparently I am special :)

HowManyOfMe.com

There are
0
people with my name
in the U.S.A.

How many have your name?

The Stats were

ROBYN

There are 59,292 people in the U.S. with the first name Robyn.
Statistically the 709th most popular first name.
More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Robyn are female.

BONNEVILLE

There are 1,125 people in the U.S. with the last name Bonneville.
Statistically the 24960th most popular last name.

A real post to come soon...I promise.

Moved...again.

2008-04-07T23:44:00.000-07:00

It has only been 6 months since my last move, and although I know I want to move again soon, I really hope it's not really soon! No, the place isn't horrible, it's really nice actually(I haven't gone to the gym yet...I will... eventually), it's just so far away from work. It's easier to get to work than my old place, it just seems longer, although today I zoned out listening to music, and before I knew it I was one station away from my stop!

Ok so in other news, I did get the promotion. I asked my manager what kind of availability I would need, and we worked it out so I could get more hours but still stay available for doing the acting/modeling stuff. It's pretty great, and some people are a little jealous of my schedule...4 days on 3 days off...it's nice.

I have a couple of pictures for you from the last shoot I did...the outdoors one. I think they actually turned out pretty well. The photographer for both of these is Joy Zhao.
I also received 2 emails regarding paying modeling gigs. One is for a portfolio/class assignment with one of the photographers I have worked with a couple time at one of the photography schools, the other is with another student photographer (the one who borrowed glasses frames) who is interested in working with me for a catalog and in store advertisements. I'll let you know what becomes of all that. But for now...I'm off to bed!

I HATE Moving!

2008-03-30T20:50:00.001-07:00

There is absolutely nothing fun about moving! The being moved part and having a new home part is fun, but the actual moving part SUCKS! I think this is mainly because I hate packing. In my life I only know of one person who actually enjoys moving, and she is the reason my last 2 moves were particularly easy. This time she is in Mexico and I have to do this all by myself. It sucks.

I am excited about being moved. My new place has a pool and gym! Which means I might actually get back into shape, which I'm really looking forward to!

Ok so today I had a photoshoot (no there are no photos to show yet). I was really excited as I had been planning what to wear and how to do my hair/makeup for awhile. Most of my pictures so far have been kind of a rocker look, and I wanted something really different. So I wore my pencil skirt, dress shirt and pulled my hair back tight for a "severe business fashion" look. I got to the studio and was informed it was an outdoor shoot. Boo. I had to get changed (thankfully I brought jeans and a tshirt as well...but unfortunately no sweater) and headed outside into the sunshine and wind. It was freezing and I started to cry on more than one occasion over the following 3 hrs. Not because I was complaining and diva, but because it was so windy my eyes just kept watering. I have to admit though that I got some really awesome shots though. One group got some really high fashion looking shots and I can't wait to get copies of them for my book. They looked awesome!!!

To finish off, here is a picture from a shoot at the beginning of this month. The photographer's name is Vivian Chung. She bored optical frames from her Optometry person for us models to wear. This one is my favorite.

Oh and as a side note...no promotion, because of my lack of complete availability due to acting/modeling. But I did get offered another job for extra hours at a restaurant down the street. A customer who works there told me to come in because she thought I was great...so who knows maybe I'll give serving another chance.

PROMOTION!

2008-03-09T20:17:00.000-07:00

Yeah so I got it. It's not official, but I'm 3rd key. Which doesn't mean a whole lot other than I get a key and security code and can open the store. Eventually I will learn how to the paperwork and stuff. It wasn't going to happen for a few weeks, but an emergency happened and there was no one to open the store tomorrow, so I get to. I'm not complaining at all though!

I don't have much else to blog about, but I am going to tell you about two movies you NEED to see. Well the first one anyway. JUNO. If you haven't seen it yet, go see it. I love it. AND I am now in love with 'the song'. "Anyone Else But You" by The Moldy Peaches. Apparently Barbara Walters "doesn't get it", but I love it. My favourite lines from it at the moment are

"Here is the church and here is the steeple
We sure are cute for two ugly people
I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else...but you"
and
" Up up down down left right left right B A start
Just because we use cheats doesn't mean we're not smart"

The other movie I will suggest you see is being released next month. It's called "Young People F---ing" You probably won't want to bring your kids or grandma to this movie, but if you are interested in seeing a Canadian movie that is hilarious then this is a movie for you. Obviously there is a lot of "sexual scenes", but I still think it's pretty awesome. The director was at the screening I went to last month and did a Q&A and it was really interesting to hear what he had to say about the whole process of writing (written by his friend and him over email and msn), casting, filming and promotion of the film. He's been given some free promotion by a guy in politics that is trying to get all Canadian films with noneducational sex scenes banned. You can read more about that in yesterday's National Post if you really want.

Now I'm off to do laundry...yeay!

2 days in a row!

2008-03-07T22:00:00.001-08:00

I know it's crazy! But hey, maybe I can start getting the hang of this again.
I have news!!! I just picked up 2 more shifts a week, which is going to totally make my life financially easier! I am completely excited about this, especially since I will have 4 days in a row! AND one of those days I will be in charge of the floor (which is a hint at possible management training in the future!!!). I'm pretty excited!
AND I have an audition tomorrow so wish me luck!

Here's a little bonus...a couple of pictures from shoots this week:

This one was taken by Johan Bos. I think I look like one of those animals with a big head & little body, but I still really like it :)

The following three were taken by Elaine Wong. I love my tshirt!

Terrible Blogger

2008-03-06T12:30:00.000-08:00

Yes the title would be referring to me. I am sorry for any of you who read this and have been wondering what in the world I have been up to. Truth is...a lot! but I still had time to blog but just didn't.

Ok so since February 7th I have been working at Mantique, done quite a few photo shoots, and worked on my first student film. (I feel like this entire past week has been in front of a camera!)

I have had an amazing dinner at Romano's Macaroni Grill on Davie for Valentine's day, which included lobster, steak, chicken and crab!
I have had to say ~~goodbye~~ see you later to a couple of friends. Pierre has moved back to France for an undetermined time to apply for his dual citizenship and stuff so he can move back to Canada and become a famous and rich actor. We had a day long shindig for him which included BeaverTails in North Van, sushi at Shabusan(Pierre's first taste), a Munny, pool, dancing, frolicking in a fountain of bubbles(found out later it was Tide laundry detergent - definitely paid for that later) and Denny's.
Snejina has gone off to Toronto for Toronto Fashion Week (which is a month long process with casting and then shows), but will thankfully be back at the end of March. But I'm sure if all goes well this month she won't be in Vancouver for long. We got an awesome day at Stanley Park in before they both left. Brendon wasn't up for a picture :)
I have celebrated a birthday(Brendon's) with lots of "free" meals and more pool. Apparently it's now our fun new thing...hey it's cheap!
Oh and I'm moving. Yeah I know I said before everyone else was moving and I was staying, well things happened and I decided living in this environment was not the greatest decision. BUT, I found a place which is right beside a skytrain station and it has a gym and pool! Yeah so hopefully that means that I will actually use them!

So hopefully I will be better at this whole blogging thing and won't wait until next November to pick it up again.

Short

2008-02-07T23:07:00.000-08:00

Day 2 of my training happened today. It was pretty easy. Monday we will see if I actually remember anything!

Yesterday at the bus stop, a nice Italian man offered me his coat, because it was so cold! (All of you Northerners who are laughing at me can shut up now...I've become acclimatized!)

Both of my roommates are moving out within the next month and a bit, so I'm looking for new ones. The house is a mess so I also have to clean it up before having people to come look at it. Oh and the only people responding to my ad on Craigslist are guys...not so cool.

I'm heading to bed now. I'm tired.

My Name is Robyn. I'm Here to Help!

2008-02-03T18:11:00.000-08:00

This weekend I took and passed my Standard First Aid and CPR Level C. It was pretty easy. I was worried going into it that since it has been almost a full year since I was in a "classroom setting" that I might find it hard to keep my attention on the course, but it was so intriguing that the days actually went by really fast. I aced the exam (the easiest ever!). So yeah, now I am terrified that someone is going to have a heart attack or car accident near me and I will have to react and do what I am now trained to do...since by law I now have to help.

In other cool interest news. If you have ever lost your camera, found a camera or found film, you should check out this website Found Cameras and Orphan Pictures. It's a pretty neat idea.\

Oh and I quit my old job and found a new job this week. I walked into my new job with a resume, got an interview within minutes of talking with the manager, and was hired at my interview. I'm excited to start training.

Also, check out The Satellite Nation if you haven't heard of them yet. Great band. Just got signed with Universal. The bass player is my new manager.

I agree with Jessica Simpson on one thing...

2008-01-28T15:18:00.000-08:00

...Proactiv is amazing stuff AND it works! I just started using it this week, and already my skin is nicer! and by nicer I mean more clear and soft!

Ok so what a way to start a post after several weeks of silence right! Ok so I'm going to add another title right here:

Vanity

That's because I'm going to share some pictures with you guys. I was asked to do a photo shoot at one of the photography schools and over the past week I have been receiving photos from some of the photographers. Here are 3 of my favorites:

Photo by Rob Hebden

Photo by: Naomi Maya

Photo by Wayne Wiens

The other exciting event that has happened in the past couple of weeks was the Canadian Figure Skating Championships. Mom flew into Vancouver with some ladies from work to see them, and bought me a ticket for the final day. I saw the Ladies Freeskate, the Parade of Champions, the Medal Ceremonies and the Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame induction of Jamie Salle and David Pelletier. After the Parade of Champions Jamie and David skated. I recorded it one my little digi cam. So it's not the greatest of quality, but special.

(The video that was supposed to be here refused to load, so I'll try loading it later)

I also got to see Shae-Lyn Bourne and Victor Kraatz (the MCs for the PoC) do some hydro blading and such. That was also pretty awesome because they are hilarious and haven't skated together in quite awhile!

Well that's enough from me for today. Other than to say if you haven't seen the movie Juno yet...GO SEE IT!

Happy New Year!

2008-01-09T15:32:00.000-08:00

I'm Back!

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season! I sure did. I spent a few days in Kamloops before heading up to Hazelton for almost a week (Valemount was cut from the trip). I actually enjoyed my time at home. It was great to see my parents and my brother, although he was there for maybe 5 hours :) I even got to see a friend from high school who moved to New Brunswick and was back for Christmas! It's been about 6 years since I had seen him, so I was pretty excited. I also got to visit with some of my guy friends from highschool and my "little sister" Meaghan. Oh and I watched a LOT of television! And I do mean a LOT! There was a Roswell marathon on Boxing Day. It was many hours! Mom kept asking me questions about the series (we used to watch it when it was on tv) that I couldn't remember. My roommate Jen has the Roswell series on DVD so I am pretty excited to watch them all again! Especially now that I have seen a few of them!

After Haz I went back to Kamloops for about a week. I spent a couple of days at Pam and Brents and then headed over to Brendon's family's house. New Years Eve was spent at my friend Chantal's house. We had a nice little party with some of my friend's from church. We played a game at around 11 to help us with "resolutions". We were all given a piece of paper with a resolution and a task on it. The first person to get their task completed won a prize. My resolution was to be more observant. I had to photograph 15 boats around the house. I won. I guess I am pretty observant after all.

The rest of the trip was pretty much spent with Bethany, Brendon's sister, playing games and shopping. Oh and we saw Alien vs Predator Requiem on Bethany's birthday. I don't like scary movies. But it was alright. I would recommend to any women who are pregnant or are planning on being pregnant not to watch it. There's one scene that just wasn't nice. That's all I am going to say.

So now I am back in Vancouver. The night I came in I spent about 2 hours talking with Jen. I missed her :) It's nice to be home.

oh and PS

De-lurking Week will be January 8-12.

That's right now. So leave a comment, let me know who's come by. Just say hi if you want :)

Heading Home

2007-12-19T14:55:00.000-08:00

Today is the first lag of my journey. So before I leave I thought I would leave you with a couple of pictures from the past couple of days.

We had a "Secret Santa" gift exchange at my house that really wasn't so secret. Jen got me this "Spi-dog" that I can plug into my ipod and it will play music and light up and move it's head to the music. That part is really cool. It also needs love and attention apparently, I just turn it off, but Micah loves it. It has become our house's favourite babysitting trick.

The other night Brendon and I went to see the lights in Stanley park, but we got there too late to get any tickets for the train, so we just walked along the seawall and looked at all the boats instead. The names of some are pretty funny, and some annoying: "Just Because" made us think that it belongs to some rich person who thought one day "I don't have a boat! I should go buy one!"

Here is a picture from some of the lights we did see while in Stanley Park. These ones you didn't have to pay to see! This is my favourite one of the ones I took:Well I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!

I'll Be Home For Christmas

2007-12-15T22:52:00.000-08:00

Yep that's right, I am heading back to Hazelton for Christmas! It's been awhile since I have done that; the last two Christmases I have spent in Kamloops and Valemount. This year will be a lot of traveling, but it should be worth it since I will be spending time with all of my families. I'm starting by heading up to Kamloops for 2 days, then heading to Valemount for 3 days to spend with Brendon's family, and then heading to Haz for 5ish days to spend Christmas with my family, and then back to Kamloops for about a week to spend some time with my family there. Oh and there will be the trip into PG on Boxing Day with my brother for some shopping! I will be on the road a LOT over the holidays, so please keep me in your prayers! As most of you know, BC roads are not the best in the winter!

hmm...what else can I share with you...today I got my Christmas shopping finished. Brendon and I went to Metrotown today...it's a Saturday...it was a tad nuts!

I decided to do some experimentation with my kitchen skills again tonight. I tried these thanks to Jen. I haven't tasted them yet post chocolate dipping, but the dough tasted pretty good as I was making them :) I'm going to serve them to the girls tomorrow at our house gift exchange. We drew names for a secret Santa. But we know who got who...Jen got me, I got Jen, Ashley got Kim and Kim got Ashley. It's kinda funny. But yeay I get to open a present tomorrow!!!

Concerts and Private School

2007-12-08T22:17:00.000-08:00

The last 3 days have been insane! I have had so much fun! On Wednesday I was in "Metropolis" at a One Republic concert, Thursday I was a student in an advanced English class at the prestigious private school "Douglas Academy", and Friday I cheered our home team at the "Douglas Academy Pep Rally" as a cheerleader! Oh and I got paid enough in those 3 days to make rent!

So if you haven't guessed already, I was on set for three days. Wednesday was for Smallville, and Thursday and Friday were for a TV movie called The Room at the End of the Hall. It's a thriller starring Sarah Rue. Although I may never see it, I really want to. The story actually sounds pretty cool, and hey I have camera time as a cheerleader!

"The Room" was pretty fun and the crew was really awesome. For the bonfire/pep rally scene it was -5 and, well, we were in cheerleading costumes! It was a little cold. So they got a tent for us with 2 heaters, and as soon as the director yelled cut we ran to that tent! All my years as a figure skater cure paid off though, I was not nearly as cold as the other girls!

Well I was just informed that my roommate now owns all the seasons of One Tree Hill, and since we have only a month to watch them all before the new season starts we better start now!

MIA

2007-12-04T16:06:00.000-08:00

I had the best of intentions to post after November, but then life happened. It has been absolutely nuts these past couple of days. I have had some crazy adventures in the snow, played lazer tag, and had an awesome Christmas party.

On Saturday it snowed. And not just a little bit...it SNOWED! This was really funny, because Vancouver has no idea what to do when it snows. The buses were 15-45 minutes late, people were freaking out at all the shoe stores(getting winter boots). It was a riot. Well we drove to Superstore and picked up a Christmas tree. It's big and beautiful and REAL! It's my first real Christmas tree ever! So I was pretty excited. Actually by this time there wasn't a lot of snow yet. It really started to come down that night. We went to Denny's for a farewell party for Pierre, since he is heading back to France for a month. Then we headed down to the seawall for some snowball fights(which started the moment we stepped out of Denny's). A few passer byersmay have been hit in the process. :) It was crazy fun (and cold) and we lost track of time and almost missed the last bus home. If it hadn't of been snowing we would have, but the bus was 45 minutes late!!! So while I was trying to call a cab, 2 buses show up, neither let us on the bus to warm up, and after waiting for like 10-15 minutes more in the cold we finally get on the bus and head home.

On Sunday, Brendon and I had tickets to the Avirl Lavigne concert. The concert ended up to be pretty rad. I was very cold, very wet, but still had a blast. ~~Here's a video.~~ no video today, Blogger won't let me If you are on facebook check out the video on there.

Last night was our Christmas party. I'll get pictures of that up eventually.

PS If anyone can tell me how to keep the background fixed and only the text scrolls please let me know!

The End is Here

2007-11-30T17:56:00.001-08:00

30 days hath November...and it's over! This concludes my postings for NaBloPoMo, and hopefully I'll win a prize, but if not it definitely got me into the habit of updating this thing. Thank you to all of you who read. I hope you enjoyed this peek into my life. I will try my best to continue updating on a regular basis. And if you notice an absence let me know, all comments get sent to my email so I will be notified! For those of you who are leaving my realm now that NaBloPoMo is over, have a wonderful holiday season!