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- cave dweller
  
  Posted at 1:49 am by jasminedesirees, on September 12, 2013
  
  While we were in Oregon, and the boys were off doing bachelor things, we decided to embrace our inner adventurers, so a group of us girls set off to check out the lava caves near Bend. We obviously neglected to do any research beforehand, so we arrived to discover that shorts, tank tops and flip flops are not generally the clothing choices of spelunkers the world over, especially as it was below freezing inside the caves.
  
  We also failed to spend the $5.00 necessary to rent a lantern, deciding as a group that the lights from all 4 of our cell phones would more than compensate for the complete lack of light sources inside the caves.
  
  We set out merrily enough, dodging a hive of angry wasps and avoiding the judging looks of the other hikers in their closed toed shoes and winter jackets, with their lanterns shining smugly as they shuffled by.
  
  The first 100 feet went swimmingly, there were plenty of interesting rock formations that could just be made out by the light of my “World’s Brightest Flashlight App”, but things quickly went south. I felt a drop of liquid fall onto my head from the stalactites above that was almost certainly monster saliva (at your own peril will you suggest that it may have been only water).
  
  A few more feet inside, all hell broke loose. The leader of our little band of misfits also got monster slobber dripped on her, and as she turned her arm to wipe it away, something (likely the beady, red eyes of the creature) reflected in the cover of her cell phone case, and she screamed.
  
  That was all it took. The rest of us broke rank and sprinted for the mouth of the cave, every man for himself, as we stumbled blindly in the darkness, all of us hoping we wouldn’t be the one eaten first.
  
  We eventually all emerged from the darkness, bruised, embarrassed and with a stubbed toe or two in the group, but no worse for the wear for the most part. And that’s the story of the time I was nearly eaten by a monster in a cave, for real.
  
  Don’t let the camera flash fool you, it was absolutely pitch black inside this cave
  
  Posted in exploring, life, Oregon | 0 Comments | Tagged Bend, caves, exploring, hiking, oregon
- go
  
  Posted at 9:23 pm by jasminedesirees, on September 9, 2013
  
  Watching this video really makes you want to book a trip. I was kind of on the fence about a trip I was thinking of taking next month, there are always reasons to say no and just stay at home, but I decided to go for it. I read somewhere that if you’re having trouble deciding what to do, you should do what you’ll wish you would have done when you’re 80 years old.
  
  When I’m 80, hopefully playing bingo and skinny dipping every day, I think that it is much more likely that I’ll regret staying at home more than I’ll regret a crazy, expensive weekend in Vegas with my favourite girls, so why not?
  
  Posted in exploring, happiness, inspiration, life, loveliness, travel | 0 Comments | Tagged go, life, travel
- cleanse
  
  Posted at 10:19 pm by jasminedesirees, on September 6, 2013
  
  I’ve had a really great summer, with lots of traveling, concerts, camping and partying. Sadly, all that fun has started to take its toll on my skinny jeans and I’m feeling kind of gross these days.
  
  I’m pretty skeptical about juice cleanses. It seems like a quick fix, and as soon as you start eating normally again, things would go right back to normal. But I feel like it might be a good jump start to get back to eating healthier, and my mom has done this one a few times and she said she had a lot more energy. It’s only a 3 day cleanse but she kept going for 4 more days after the first time because she felt so good.
  
  I decided to try it out. The breakfast smoothie is delicious, the supper one is OK, but the lunch one is pretty gross. They are very filling though, so I didn’t feel hungry, just kind of bored with eating the same thing over and over.
  
  It also says you can do the whole thing for only $16/day. I’m not sure where they were shopping, but it cost me closer to $80 to get all the ingredients.
  
  I do feel better after doing this, but obviously it’s just the first step, and I’ve got more work to do. The best thing about the whole experience was I discovered a new love, and it’s name is Almond Butter. Mmmmm.
  
  Posted in life, nutrition | 0 Comments
- loveliness
  
  Posted at 2:26 am by jasminedesirees, on September 6, 2013
  
  Today was kind of a bad day. Nothing major happened, just nothing seemed to go right. Sometimes it just helps to have a reminder that there are still lovely things in the world.
  
  Posted in art, loveliness, photography, quotes | 0 Comments | Tagged art, loveliness
- montana
  
  Posted at 9:17 pm by jasminedesirees, on September 3, 2013
  
  My most recent trip to Montana. I hadn’t seen my niece and nephew since Thanksgiving last year, so it was so much fun to hang out with them. We spent tons of time out on the boat, and just relaxed. I’m pretty sure Montana is my favourite place in the world, and I wouldn’t be surprised if I end up living there one day.
  
  cross eyed
  
  sisters
  
  first timer
  
  There is literally nothing better than bubbles. True story.
  
  Posted in family, life, love, Montana, USA | 0 Comments | Tagged family, flathead lake, Montana, summer
- Wedding date
  
  Posted at 3:34 am by jasminedesirees, on September 3, 2013
  
  Me and The Boy at my best friend’s wedding in Oregon. He cleans up pretty well right? I think I’ll keep him.
  
  Posted in life | 0 Comments | Tagged Bend, oregon, weddings
- Lava lands
  
  Posted at 1:21 am by jasminedesirees, on August 31, 2013
  
  I’m in Oregon for the long weekend for my best friend’s wedding. It’s so beautiful here and I’m having a blast so far. I could definitely get used to this view.
  
  Posted in exploring, life, Oregon | 0 Comments | Tagged Bend, exploring, landscapes, lava, lava lands, life, nature, oregon
- lacma
  
  Posted at 9:14 pm by jasminedesirees, on August 27, 2013
  
  Last time we were down in L.A. I dragged Derek to LACMA. I like doing things like that, just going somewhere I’ve never been before and seeing something new. Some of the pieces in there were really neat, and now I’m even more eager to go to some of the amazing museums in San Francisco.
  
  The only bad thing was that a lot of the exhibits were closed when we were there, and they had almost one whole building closed off for a Stanley Kubrick exhibit that you had to pay twice as much to get into.
  
  But I did get to see the unnecessarily large amount of light poles outside, so all in all, not bad.
  
  it’s right beside the La Brea tar pits, so you find random tar bubbling up here and there
  
  Posted in art, exploring, travel | 0 Comments
- sleepy bear
  
  Posted at 10:31 pm by jasminedesirees, on August 26, 2013
  
  This is me today:
  
  My sister is here visiting, and we had a really fun weekend, including a birthday party, a wedding, some power shopping, and a marathon binge session of “American Horror Story”. Possibly as a direct result of that last activity, I didn’t sleep very well last night, and I hit snooze for an entire hour before I managed to grudgingly drag myself out of bed.
  
  I talked to my sister at lunch and she was cuddled up watching TV on the couch. I don’t want to be at work today, I want to stay home and bake cookies with her.
  
  Posted in family, life | 0 Comments | Tagged family, sleepy. gif, weekend
- homesick
  
  Posted at 5:38 pm by jasminedesirees, on August 23, 2013
  
  I met up with a new group of ladies last night, and we were getting to know each other and talking about where we are from. We started talking about winter and the leaves turning colours and it made me really homesick.
  
  Then today I saw this:
  
  “A Canadian can be English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. A Canadian can be Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, Arab, Pakistani or Afghan. A Canadian may also be a Cree, Metis, Mohawk, Blackfoot, Sioux, or one of the many other tribes known as native Canadians. A Canadian’s religious beliefs range from Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or none.
  
  In fact, there are more Muslims in Canada than in Afghanistan. The key difference is that in Canada they are free to worship as each of them chooses. Whether they have a religion or no religion, each Canadian ultimately answers only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God.
  
  A Canadian lives in one of the most prosperous lands in the history of the world. The root of that prosperity can be found in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms which recognize the right of each person to the pursuit of happiness.
  
  A Canadian is generous and Canadians have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a thing in return. Canadians welcome the best of everything, the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best services and the best minds. But they also welcome the least – the oppressed, the outcast and the rejected.
  
  These are the people who built Canada. You can try to kill a Canadian if you must as other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world have tried but in doing so you could just be killing a relative or a neighbour. This is because Canadians are not a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, can be a Canadian.”
  
  I can’t find the original link where it’s from, but I wanted to re-post it anyway. Obviously this is idealized, Canadians aren’t perfect, but they are pretty great and I’m proud to be one of them.
  
  Excuse me while I go sob in the corner and hum the national anthem in French. Humming is the same in every language (probably?).
  
  Posted in Canada, thoughts | 0 Comments | Tagged Canada, homesick, nationality, pride, thoughts
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