ahhh summer

although i can't exactly say the weather has been summery as of yet, it is indeed summer vacation. i'm done my third year of uni ... one year to go, i can't even believe it! i went home last thursday for the long weekend and had a great time seeing my family and friends. i met my new baby niece (well, my best friend's baby) madison. i haven't seen a baby in so long, i forgot how teeny tiny they are! so cute

proud auntie

stickin' her tongue out

maddy's little foot 

billy (her godfather) and i 

Other notable events that weekend: girls night on friday with all my friends from high school which was really fun! we all got together and just chatted like old times :) easter dinner with my family , and hanging out with one of my besties jess (www.jessicadeeks.com) we got ukuleles for our trip this summer, so she brought hers over and we jammed. learning how to play dog days are over! and then on sunday my friend nathalie came over and we watched a six part series on william and kate aaaaand the made for tv movie about them. i have to say, i was not into all that royal wedding crap before, but they really do have quite an interesting story and now i'm all about it! willz+kate 4ever <3

got back to t.o on monday night, just in time for gossip girl! tuesday was the next gen dinner at brassai. what an awesome night! i went with two of my friends from school Vanessa (@VmHeber) and Allison (@allisonemilyW) art director and account manager and we had a great time! Allison and i were sitting at the advertising table with subtej nijjar, the director of strategic planning at cp+b canada, and leslie ehm, founder of three training, who had run a workshop with us on thursday. it was awesome! sub, whose name he informed us, is jetbus spelled backwards (pretty cool haha), gave us a ton of insight into agency life, and told it like it was. i was one of two creatives at my table, the other being an AD. he told us that he doesn't believe in those titles anymore, everyone is an ideas person. i agree with that up until a point. yes we are all ideas people, but by no means can i go and write a sweet brief or comp up a layout the way an accounts person or art director could. hmm.. i feel like this could be a blog topic for future posts. anyways, i had a great time last night! it was hard to talk to the leaders of the tables because there were so many of us and so few of them! i ended up talking to a ton of students, which was really interesting and i'm glad i got to meet everyone :) 

today, i'm faced with an empty apartment (my roommate spending the summer in edmonton), a fridge with no food and lots of chores... what to do? watch the food network of course!!! not too much coming up, volunteering at the NABS (www.nabs.org) fundraiser tomorrow night at This Is London, you guys should check it out! some work to be done on my portfolio before may 26 ihai portfolio night, and starting work full time on may 24. other than that, hanging out and hopefully trying some new recipes and learning more song on my uke! if anyone is bored and wants to hang out or knows about cool stuff going on in the city, let me know! 

hope everyone's exams went well and that you're enjoying the first few days of freedom!

peace <3

soph

listening: lazy day - beach fossils