So this is Christmas...

I'm hiding up here in my room tonight. There's a bunch of old people downstairs right now, and I'm so not in the mood to make small talk about school and such. My only ally has deserted me. boo. The next few days aren't going to be super fun either. For the next three days in fact I'm going to have to deal with the family and perhaps my parents' friends. ick!
-I just deleted the rest of this post an hour after I wrote it.

Snow at my Window

It's strange that back at school my computer's internet only works in certain parts of the house while at home it works everywhere, thus making it more likely that I'll be able to be near my webcam, which I don't like having attached to my computer.

Anyways, so that's what I look like now... in pretty serious need of a haircut if you ask me. It is however my preference to get haircuts done after christmas so that I don't end up with terrible hair for the pictures and for family visits. *how vain*... but honestly, I like knowing what I can and cannot do with my hair, but if I get my haircut before christmas then I may not know how to get it the way I like it. I suppose you could say I'm not brave enough to give it a chance, which is totally true, but in this family one does try to look there best at all times.

Thoughts from the Train

It looks so chilly outside. Thankfully I’m in a cozy warm train right now watching Christmas movies. First was Rudolph the red nose reindeer - such a classic! I totally love the island of misfit toys! Lol, I wouldn’t mind an elephant with pink spots… and I’m sure any little boy would like a water gun that squirts jelly. Although I have to say I have never seen either of those toys in a store. Ha ha, and then there was the train with square wheels, okay, that one is a misfit because it simply doesn’t work! Anyways, Rudolph saves the day with his red nose, even though everyone made fun of him when he was growing up. It’s funny he’s not more emotionally scarred. I’m not even going to comment on the elf that wanted to be a dentist… wouldn’t that be a demanding field in Christmas town since everyone probably eats a lot of sweets? Meh. I just finished watching the Grinch that stole Christmas (the cartoon version). My all time favorite part is when the Grinch’s heart grew three sizes that day after he learned the true value of Christmas. Plus, Cindy-loo-who is super cute as she embodies the innocence of a child.
One thing I noticed in both movies was the animal cruelty. First in Rudolph there was Yukon Cornelius who was a dog sledder that was whipping his dogs. Plus Santa was doing the same thing with the reindeer! But it’s not like that would make the reindeer go any faster, unless you can speed up your flying speed by pushing more air passed you… like the dogs that can actually run faster. Meh. Anyways, all humans in the movie were shown often whipping the animals. I didn’t really notice it, but then when the Grinch came on and I saw how violent he was to his little dog, I was shocked I had never spotted it before. I mean honestly, that dog was being seriously abused but still in the end he came to save the Grinch from falling over a cliff. What a good dog!
So, I really didn’t expect to be sitting on a train ranting about children’s Christmas movies, but what are you going to do when you have nothing to do? … It’s rather strange not having anything to do. It’s been rush-rush/stress-stress this past week. Yesterday I wrote my last exam of the semester and then handed in my take-home. Now I’m FREE!! Actually, I have quite a nice and long break (compared to most years). Let’s hope I make the best of it!

Sugar Plum Fairy Night

Just finished my second exam... and of course there was some things that I didn't know, but all in all I'm sure I couldn't have done that poorly. Now I just have one more exam and a take-home to finish. I'm soooo excited!! Almost done the semester!! WOOT!! So this is my scheduled plan for the next week.


Tonight: I'm going to see the nutcracker with my friend Craig. That will push my christmas spirit into high gear. Plus I love the ballet! (Surprisingly I never talk about it, considering that part of my blog name references it... lol). So you can only imagine that I'm super excited! I've only seen it once before when I was much younger but I loved it!
Saturday: clean up house, go shopping, and then host dinner party for friends
Sunday + Monday: study
Tuesday: study party!
Wednesday: study
Thursday: hand in take-home and write final exam
Friday: freedom!


Can't wait! lol.

It's going to be a long winter

Wind chill of minus 25 degrees?!?!? Are you kidding me? The news is telling me to stay inside because of high frostbite risk... I think I'll stay inside then. Stupidly though, I've already been outside today... and it's quite cold... I'm talking you-can-feel-it-in-your-lungs type cold. ouch! Yesterday probably felt colder though because of all the snow and lack of sun, but it wasn't nearly as bad as today. brrrr.... chilly chilly.
So exams are coming, I only have 5 more classes to attend to and then I'll be in serious exam mode (hopefully... lol). By this time next week I'll only have two more exams and then I'll be done. Can't wait! However that means that this week is going to be pure hell. lol. no wait, hell is warm... so think of a place that has a tortuous name but is equally cold. That's here I'll be.

Snow Blizzard

Okay, it's really starting to look and feel like December/Christmas time. I've got Christmas music in my head and it's a blizzard outside. Not cool. Normally I'd be huddled in bed under the covers for warmth right about now, but today I'm super cheery and feeling productive. This morning I woke up at 7:00am to do some extra studying for my 8:30am midterm. I ended up making a friend in that class and I think I did well on the midterm. Finally I'm done all of those and I can concentrate on assignments and exams (oh joy!) Anyways, I got out of there around 9:00am (yea, 30 minutes to complete the midterm sounds sketchy to me too but you had to be there to understand), and then I went grocery shopping. Came back home, dropped my purchases off, went to the mall, did some clothing shopping... I don't like the new colors for this season by the way... did some book shopping... which was not cool because Chapters didn't have the book I wanted... and then headed off to parliament hill to get a picture of the first snow fall... oh yea, I forgot to mention I did all of this in crazy snow falling. I headed home happy with my productivity (by then it was just past 10am) and went to the other grocery store to pick up a few more things I knew were cheap there.... plus was planning to start some more christmas shopping but a certain specialty store I wanted to go to wasn't open yet. Grrr... so anyways, I made it home just past 11am to watch Martha Stewart (I don't normally, but I wanted to warm up a bit so I watched her make turkey stuffing)... and now I'm thinking I ought to start some of my homework for the weekend. I only have one more class this week, and it's a field trip tomorrow!! I'm super excited because some of my friends and I are meeting bright and early for pre-breakfast... and then we get to go "shopping" after the field trip presentation at the store. coolness. lol. Anyways, I have yet to feel the winter blues.

What's up with you?

It feels like this semester is almost over, when I well know I still have well over a month. I keep looking at the stuff I need to get done between then and now, and as that list gets smaller, I feel so much closer. So I guess I need to remember that now is when most of the weight of my marks is coming in, so I need to be just as focused as before. However, now is when I'm getting tired of the homework stress and want to go out and have fun. I really should find a way of balancing my life... but the fact is, I don't think it would work for me too well because not having loads of time to do my work would just make the situation worse. meh.
Anyways, I have to say I really haven't been up to anything interesting at all... I spend a lot of time helping my friends and classmates with their homework... either forcing them to accept my answers instead of theirs for assignments or by teaching them everything.... lol.
I'm excited by friday with baking with Heather followed by a party at her house.... but friday morning I have a presentation that I'm scared about. So going out friday is like a reward for getting through the presentation... no matter how poorly I do.

Time Switcheroo

Another wasted day. It's getting really cold here... so no adventures either. cold cold cold.
On another note... who was it that decided to move daylight savings back one week... and why did they do that? Actually, I don't want to know because there is probably a scientific answer to that question that I am really not in the mood to hear. Strangely enough, europe switch their clocks this week but america is being weird. I wonder if the deal is that America wanted to switch and thus Canada followed along because we wanted to be in sync for the week.... or perhaps that is not the case at all and I am simply being unfair towards americans. meh.

The movie I never saw

Today I didn't get much work done. Finally did some laundry... I know this seems very wrong, but I haven't done any in a really long time. tsk tsk on me. Not only do I hate that it costs me so much money, but because I don't do it very often, my load gets very full, and then it doesn't dry very well... so basically my room got invaded today with semi-dry clothes that are still drying... sleeping tonight on a wet bed is going to be amusing...

Tonight Meaghan and I decided to have a life and go out to see a movie (plus my buy-one-get-one-free movie pass was running out of time). So we go to the theater and get the last two seats for "dan in real life"... but when we went into the theater, there was no space... so we got a refund and went home. Now I'm just trying to waste some time and not go to bed crazy early like last yesterday.

POST 450! (Milestone)

Midterms are over for a while. Thankfully. But I'm still waiting for the results. This weekend I just have projects to do... but of course that doesn't mean it's going to be an easy weekend. Soon enough I'll be in November's midterm and project hell. sounds like good times ahead! ;) So my goal is just to be able to make it through november and then december should be worse... but short. I can see the end of the semester fairly clearly even though it is still so far away.

Anyways, that seems rather like a rambling paragraph because I am watching TV right now and not really thinking. I obviously don't want to start on those projects just now. tsk tsk.... motivation needed!

Welcome to midterms

Well, it hasn't been THAT long since I last updated! These past few days have been crazy! Thursday I met up with an old friend who I hadn't seen since last school year, and we went out for lunch and bubble tea. Then I had studied a bit with a mutual friend who had come with us that day for our midterm tomorrow. Then that night I went out with Heather's friends for dinner followed by fun times back at her place. Friday morning I went out with Heather and Steve for breakfast, followed by some intense studying. Friday was our university day, thus no classes. Yah! Saturday was pretty much spend studying also... seeing as how I have three midterms coming up this week. ooch! Today I studied some more and the highlight was when Leslie, Meaghan and I went to the park for a study picnic. Of course it was more us helping Leslie and showing off how much we knew. Which proves how smart we are!! :) Anyways, I'm headed into midterm hell... wish me luck!

90s Night!!

HEY! I have no excuse for not updating the last few weeks... I've just not felt the need to spend my time blogging when I know it can be used for some many other good things. Oh yes, as for this scary photo... my program is having a 90s karaoke night tonight... so yea, it put on the scrunchy, and the hot pink nail polish, the funny shoulder showing shirt, and childish star earrings... lol.. and just think, I have done the scary 90s makeup yet!

Right now I'm listening to my 90s music to the vibe... oh spice girls! backstreet boys! vengaboys! aqua!! Oh my! lol.

I'll hopefully try updating more often, but I've got crazy midterms coming up soon... so we shall see what happens. Of course hopefully next time I wouldn't have the pink scrunchy. ha ha. ttyl!

Sicky

Don't worry, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. I've just been seriously ill. Things started to get really bad almost four weeks ago when I got back from summer school. In that week I went to the doctor's twice and the hospital once. My health was in a really rough condition. The following week, despite my parents' wishes, I moved up here for school. Things were going better once school started and I seemed to be doing well at keeping my health a secret... sure I wasn't perfect, but it was manageable. Then last week, due to my serious loss of blood for weeks, I started to become anaemic. I got kinda scared about that... I was still able to make it to class, but my pale face was starting to give things away. For days all I would eat was food full of iron to keep my energy high enough. Then this week things got bad all over again and I ended up missing school on friday. I can't even remember the last time that I missed school due to illness. I don't know what was worse, missing school or being in such discomfort. Anyways, I think I'm on the mend now... I have some energy back and hope to make it to school on monday. I can't imagine missing more school.

Oh My! I'm Old!

Yesterday was my twentieth birthday, and from the moment I woke up my day went pretty well. First off, I woke up to the lovely smell of fresh cupcakes being made just for me by my awesome roommate. She decorate one with a candle for me... now that's a breakfast! ha ha. Then I went to class, where I got to see most of my friends that I hadn't seen all summer.
For lunch my friend, whose birthday was also yesterday, and I went out to this really cool buffet where we got to eat for free because it was our birthdays. I would say normally that this is a fairly expensive restaurant... so we felt so cool that we got to go there for free! I normally would not have thought of how to abuse my birthday powers... but she taught me that you can get lots of things for free you your birthday. Anyways, we when had stuffed our faces, we came back here to watch a movie.
When my roommate got home we decided to try and sell all the cupcakes... like a bake sale... on our street. So I made a little sign, and she got a little table... and we sat outside like 5 year olds with a lemonaide stand. ha ha. Profit = 20 cents. ha ha. It's sad when we were not able to sell even one for our asking price of 50 cents. Eventually we gave up... happy at least that somebody had bought one from us.
At night we went out for drinks and a really nice walk over to Québec. We failed to sneak into a concert, but I got to see some really cool sites that I never thought I would see.
All in all, it was an awesome birthday... minus of course having to go to school.... but I just wanted to thank everyone for their birthday wishes! You guys are the best!!!

First Day Of School

Okay, so I didn't really solve my Internet problem, but I temporarily found a way to get faster Internet... which was as simple as switching rooms. Anyways, today was the first day of school. I woke up so excited for class, and left ridiculously early. My class happens to be one for first years, and I think everyone in my class was a university newb. It was quite painful to hear when the teacher started explaining the differences between a prof and a teacher... and then about the rules of university. Thankfully this should be the last first year course I ever take. It was funny to see some of the kids looking terrified at being there, while others seemed to fit right in. Today's class really made me appreciate university life. I have to say that even after a super boring class today, my good mood over school should last quite a while. I'm just a nerd.

Summer is OVER

Sorry about the serious lack of updates these past few weeks. At first I was too busy to do much, but then I got quite sick. But I'm much better now, so don't worry. My internet is a little slow right now, so i'm not too sure when my next update will be. Hopefully soon though, because it feels so weird not to update.

Anyways, I'm back at school now and shocked out of my mind that class starts tomorrow. wow. What happened to my summer? ha ha. Oh, and friday is going to be an awesome birthday!

ttyl

It's more like a trip home

well, I don't think I'm going to sum up everything you missed these past few weeks. There were many highs and lows... but all in all it was fun to be in Québec for the summer. Right now I'm home for the moment, but haven't spent much time actually being home. My first three days back were spent reading Harry Potter, along wit running errands for my parents and getting my licence (woot!). Oh, plus yesterday afternoon was really good because Alice dropped by and took me out for ice cream! lol. She's the best! Anyways, i'll be gone again quite soon. This morning I woke up and before I opened my eyes, I asked myself where I was. It took me a while to remember. I can't wait for school to start so I can stop all the craziness and settle down a bit.

shop shop shop

Another very good weekend has been spent here. Saturday was quite productive, I started off doing good deeds for people... but of course this involved a little shopping... then I got a project out of my way before going out for dinner at the best italian place I have ever been to with Alice and Robin. OH! It was sooooo good!! ha ha. Afterwards we headed out to see the last night of fireworks.. but sadly we didn't make it. :( We didn't get there in time, but we were still able to see them in the distance. Then we went dancing downtown as I corrupted my friends... bwhahaha!!! We dragged ourselves home late last night... only to wake up this morning for more shopping!!! :) :) - okay, what is with these smilies today? I never use smilies... what a strange mood I must be in. Anyways, just got back from dinner and now I'm going to try to organize my photos.... plus study... of course!

Mall Love

It's probably been a while since my last post, but the only highlights are that I am doing well in school, that I went to see cirque du soleil, and that I found a super awesome mall. This is no regular mall... of course it has tons of great stores (fell in love with a watch, a pair of shoes, and tons of clothes), but it also has: a Ferris wheel, a carousel, bumper cars, a roller coaster, mini-put, a two story arcade, lots of rides for kiddies, a rock climbing wall.... and separate TWO movie theaters! Did i mention some of my new favorite french stores! lol. There is only one problem.... it takes quite a while to get there. Meh... anyways, I'm totally in love. It's like the coolest place ever!

Well, here starts another week of school. I hope everything goes well.

J'étudie Icitte

I thought this was going to be easier than it is. I didn't plan on doing any serious studying this summer! Nevertheless, I do what is necessary, so today I confined myself to my room to make some pretty pink study notes for my upcoming exam... then I started working on my oral presentation. Both I'm totally freaked about cuz I don't know what is expected. I feel like maybe I am working too hard for summer school after a day spent like today, but on the other hand perhaps this is totally normal. All I know is that I'll probably ruin tomorrow with more homework and studying again... this shouldn't be how my summer is going! Oh well, there is always next weekend pour s'amuser.

Gothic?

Quiet night alone tonight. Spent most of my day doing homework, and now pretty much want to die of boredom (homework required me to read sports newspaper articles in French... really not up my ally!).

So tonight I decided to give myself a little mini makeover. I didn't mean to go so gothic looking, it just kind of turned out that way (I blame the lighting). And just think, this is a picture after I took most of the makeup off. lol. creepy? I just have to say that if my skin ever got the white I hope somebody drags me into the sunlight.

Concert

Last night Tacky, Souki and I went to see an Alexisonfire and Billy Talent concert. We were all having a great time until about half way through Billy Talent's act it started to rain. It was already kind of cold and windy, so the rain just made it worse. We sat there huddled under Tacky's umbrella for a while but when we started to go numb and get really wet we decided to head back home. It's a shame we had to miss the finale... but at least we didn't get sick. Meh, anyways, aujourd'hui on espère d'aller magasiner parce qu'on a entendu qu'il va pleuvoir encore. dommage!

Dans Mes Rêves

wow. I have already been in Québec for a full week. At first I was really afraid of getting caught speaking en anglais, mais I think I have calmed down a bit. However, a strange thing has happened, I have started to dream in french again. *curses*. The whole dream wasn't in french, but I definitely had a long speaking role where french came out of my mouth perfectly. This either means that I actually can speak french but psychologically I don't want it to come out, or that I dream of one day being able to speak french fluently. mmm.... dunno which one that could be. If only I could remember the exact words I said in my dream, so that I could see if they made any sense (they did in the dream, but that doesn't mean they would make sense in real life). En tout cas, je commence à croire que j'étais en fait placé dans le niveau approprié après avoir rencontrer quelques camarades de classe. Laisse moi y penser.

La Vie En Français

La vie est assez belle ici. C'est ma 5e jour au Québec (j'étudie ici pour l'été), et j'adore la vie dans la résidence. J'ai peur qu'ils vont m'attraper en parlant en anglais, mais je suis aussi fière de mon niveau de français - même si je ne suis pas certaine si je le mérite. Mes deux amis de l'école secondaire sont ici avec moi, et on s'amuse bien. Hier on a cuisiné ensemble, puis c'était là quand je me suis rendu compte qu'ils peuvent cuisiner! En fait, c'est toujours moi qui ne sait pas comment le faire! ha ha.
Bon, il faut que j'aille! A bientôt!

Hard Words To Say

I have said too many goodbyes lately. I feel like something is trying to eat at my heart. I'm leaving lots of friends behind at work, and although some of those goodbyes were quite challenging, nothing compares to the funeral yesterday. Nothing hurts more than to see your family members is such a state of total wreckage. My uncle died over a week ago, and I felt sick about it all, but I was totally dealing with everything quite well until yesterday when I saw the pain my family was in... I don't even know how I was holding myself together then. Saturday is going to be quite hellish too, but if I can stay strong just a little longer than the rest of my summer should be back to normal.

I have never said so many goodbyes in such a short period of time. Life is real hard right now.

Am I In The 8th Grade? If Only.

Today I saw my eighth grade teacher. She came up to me at work to ask me a question... and I just stared at her. It has obviously been years since I last saw her... but I recognized her right away. She talked to me en anglais - that was the strangest part. lol. Then when I got home I called my friend from elementary school who I haven't seen in forever and we gossiped just like we were thirteen again. ha ha. Right now I really feel like an imature teenie-bopper. Shame things aren't as simple as they were back then. I remember swearing I would never complicate my life single handedly. I never forsaw that the world would do it for me.

Je pense à toi... mais je ne te le dirais jamais. Je ne suis pas forte... mais je te donnerais tout que j'ai pour te guérir. Je veux simplement savoir la vérité en tous moments. Peut-être ceci est impossible... ou bien t'a peur de le dire toi-même. Don't worry - I can take it... I think.

Too Much Sun Getting To My Head?

You will never guess what I did today. I'd give a million guess, and never, ever, would I expect you to think of this one. Today I planted flowers for charity. I had to actually follow a cooworker arounded downtown to the place (got super duper lost!) and arrange the plants before the mass planting. I actually did charity work without any benefits (except free water) for 1.5 hours! Bet you never would have guessed that! ha ha. I did however grumble all day about being stuck doing it, even though I knew it wasn't going to be that bad. meh. It really was okay, in fact, I got to see an old cooworker I missed and see other ones out of normal context. I guess this means I can get out of charity work for another 4 years. lol.

She Got Bangs!

I walked in there not knowing what I wanted to have done... execpt that my hair had to at least touch my shoulders. I had been thinking about it all morning without coming to any conclusions. I secretly did want bangs, but nobody I talked to seemed to agree with me. No hairdresser before now seemed to really care about what would look good, they only wanted to play it safe and give me a shorter version of what I already had. I have to admit that I finally found a good hairdresser that I like. I told her to do with it what she wanted, as long as it was not too short. I said nothing about bangs to her... in fact, she suggested them. Now I am pleased, and I would almost say that that hair salon will be my new fav place - EXCEPT that it happens to be in this small town. You might now believe this but the lady next to me was actually my neighbour from across my street. Seriously! Only here would that happen! I didn't even know that was where she went to got her hair done. Now I know. Normally this would mean that I would have to swear the place off for good... but I don't know if I can. Why do I get so vain?

Last Pic With Long Hair

Another day off without anything to do. Later today I am getting my haircut... which is pretty much the highlight for the day. I never know what I want done... so maybe I'll get something crazy, but more than likely I will just trim it a bit. I'm going to be trying out a new hairdresser because I have a goal to see who is the best in town. ha ha. It's not that I'm picky about my hair at all, it's just that I want to see what someone else can do with it. Personally I wanted to get this done quite a while ago... even though I like my long hair, it's really annoying in the summer.

430 ~ No Change

Happy Belated Birthday Craig!!

I wish I had been in Ottawa to celebrate with you! Sounds like it was an awesome night!

So basically there is nothing new to talk about. I bet that the sens would win the stanley cup, but they didn't, so I owed my friend from work a tomato plant. On saturday I took my bro out for chinese food at my fav. place to go then we went to a local park to eat. Plus that same day my high school friend came to visit me at work. Last night I met up with Tacky at the mall during her break. That sums up my week pretty well. This week at least is going to have a better start because I'm going shopping tonight at a rarely visited mall because my brother needs something. Interestingly I know exactly when I visited it last... and I wish I didn't. Only Tacky could guess which mall that is.

Sting or Bite?

Interesting thing happened to me at work today. Two hours into my shift my left ring finger became itchy, and then it got really hot... so much that running it under cold water wasn't helping. All my other fingers were fine, and I felt fine apart from that. Not long after my finger swelled up quite a bit and was suffering in pain. I didn't know what to do... and after talking to my friend over what I should do, I told my supervisor who gave me an icepack to carry around. My huge finger could not feel the cold from the icepack, although my other finger froze. Oddly it wasn't the whole finger that was suffering, just the middle part - which made it really painful to try to bend. I'm not sure if it was a sting or a bite. Just before I left work I noticed the swelling had gone down and now it feels almost back to normal. The strange thing is that I didn't do anything out of the ordinary today... so I don't understand how this could have happened.

Sunshine Going Down!

When I'm at work, I want nothing but to be at home. When I'm at home, I almost want to be at work. Today I had a day off, and although it was nice to relax, chill, and basically do nothing all day, I feel like I waisted a good day. Frankly, I was bored today. I didn't know what to do with all this spare time, especialy since I can't sleep in anymore. Well, I have to admit that at least I didn't have to deal with any mean customers today. On saturday I had a really mean one (the meanest I have ever delt with) that yelled at me and cursed my compagnie... she almost made me cry. I was really shaken that day and vey upset (en français je dirais que j'étais boulversée)... and worst of all nobody except my work friends knew about it because I didn't want to get upset about it all over again. It has been a couple of days now, and as I look back, I realize it was totally stupid for me to get all worked up, in fact I should pity that customer for they probably have a terrible life.

La Dia De Mi Coche

Today started off alright... I really didn't want to be at work, but things were going well. I had two major sales that almost made me wish that I worked on commission. Later however, the weather got way too hot... which slowed me down soooo much... I barely did anything, yet when it started to rain 30 mins before the end of my shift, I did more than I had done in the few hours before. lol.
Anyways, last night I had decided that today I was going to look after my car, so I sat down with my parents and asked them what I needed to have done when I went to get it serviced. They gave me a list, and when I got there today I handed the receptionist the list and told her "I want those done". She probably thought I was retarted or something. meh. Then I said "like, how long would that take?" and she said an hour and that I could just sit here and wait... but I said "ummm, actually I'm gonna go shopping"... I knew that sounded bad, because everytime I go there, I look like a complete idiot. Anyways, shopping didn't go well either as I was looked like a stupid person once again trying to buy new wipers. lol. Then on the walk back to the car place it started to rain heavily again, so I returned as a socked idiot with a shopping bag. meh. Hopefully I will not have another dia por mi coche anytime soon.

Finally, A True Night Out

After work yesterday Alice called me up and we decided to go out for dinner when she finishes her work. I did some light window shopping before picking her up... lol, then we went to visit Robin. The three of us hung out in his kitchen while I was analyzing his parents' flower placement... but that is what happens when flowers are all you can think about. ha ha. So yea, we had some of Robin's birthday cake... and I was enlightened about ice cream cakes. Then Tacky and I went out for dinner and ran into a girl from high school that I didn't really get along with. Thankfully she wasn't our waitress, who knows what would have happened... but then again, that was ages ago... on the other hand, I wouldn't doubt that our server talked to her after we left about us. meh... oh the drama. Anyways, then we went out for bubble tea... I loved mine so much, and would probably say it was one of the best ones I have ever had. By that time it was way past my normal summer bedtime, so I dropped Tacky off and headed home. Driving home was the creepiest thing, because it was just after 11 o'clock yet my town was pretty much a ghost town. There was nobody to see for miles! Typical.

425 - Hot Summer

Nothing exciting is happening... the highlights of this week are: monday - grandparents came to visit me at work and brought me chocolate to get me through the day. tuesday - I saw a bunny rabbit at work. wednesday - had to drive around a bunch of geese to get to work... they were blocking my path. thursday - heather bought me a hot chocolate on her way to work super early this morning which really made my day.

It's a Charmed Life

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBIN!!

Enjoy this special 20/20 birthday!

Today I went shopping at my favorite mall... and had mommy buy me a couple of nice shirts. She rarely spoils me so, but this has put me in such a good mood I'm not thinking into it too much. I've been bitter with work so much lately, or simple just too tired to care about anything, so I guess today was really necessary to lift my spirits. Hopefully days like today will get me through the rest of the working part of the summer. Okay, now it's starting to seem like I'm a clothing obsessed little girl who is easily pleased.... meh, that could be true after all.

What Happened To Those Thunderstorms?

The double picture is from yesterday, I didn't know which one to use, or what to write. In fact I didn't do much yesterday... except a lot of cooking. My family has a new rule (lol, another, I know~), that I have to cook one night per week (this is full of restrictions and sub-rules). I chose Monday (to get it over with - I don't procrastinate)... so I made this casserole from a recipe Craig gave me (the one we made at maggie's xmas party)... only I had double the amount of meat... so I ended up having to double most of the other ingredients. In the end, it turned out really well... I would actually make it again to eat. My family enjoyed it too. However, now they have this idea that I can actually cook and expect good meals in the future. This cannot be good... since I actually can't really cook. meh. That sounds like such a pathetic Monday off, but that's pretty much what happened. Anyways, I'm super tired from work right now, I was expecting a nice rainy cool day, but it turned out hot and sticky... not cool!

Dress For Summer And It Will Come

Summer has been a little lousy, just waiting to see my friends. Hopefully this week it will turn around. I haven't been anywhere or done anything yet, but really, who's fault is that? On my days off I just relax... which is pretty sweet! I so badly want to go get my haircut... but I'm unsure of what I want them to do. Side bangs? Just a trim? Cut shorter? Dunno. I hate being undecided. Enough hair talk... I do that way too often. Ummm, right now I'm just hoping that the next 8 weeks go by really fast and that I make lots of money so I can spend the rest of the summer being studious while still having fun (which is much more my forte than this hard manual labor). Anyways, adios.

Working

Haven't posted in a long time. If you lived here you would know why. Anyways, I had my first day back at work aujourd'hui. It was more painful than I expected... even with my scary supervisor off for the day! Grrr... I had to deal with newbs. Patience being seriously tested.... especially when one barely speaks English. When I talk to him, he gets all scared and has no idea what I am saying. This might be because lots of people think that I talk fast. I don't really think that I do, but I certainly do to someone who's first language is not English. Also, I tend to want to make things look perfect, but when my manager tells me to move things over and over again, I start to get a little frustrated. When I put something on a shelf, I make it look nice, but then I am told (sometimes less than an hour later) that it has to be moved. OMG! So then I go and move it... but by the third time, I really lack the will power to make it look as nice as it did the first time.
I am so tired. I hope your summers are going well.

POST 420

Packing up my room was much more fun than I thought it would be - Even though it took two hours to get everything off my walls. No joke. My poor walls are very blank... it is really boring in here now. In fact, I think the insane amount of decorations was actually inspiring (not in the making me get more work done way because I still am motivated, but in the cheery, exciting way). So, what have I done this week. You will be shocked at really how little I did: monday I watched a lot of The Office (season two), tuesday I packed a little and took down all the posters, then went on an adventure with Beckie to the middle of nowhere (it was a little sketchy walking on the side of the highway, but it made for good conversation)... in fact we got honked at! Wednesday I finished Sex and the City (season three) and then went out with some friends for a really nice dinner, followed by some very late night shopping... bless shoppers for being open so late. ha ha. Anyways, today I made a really pretty card for my friend's birthday that is coming up (also a good way to waste time)... then tonight the plan is to go out dancing. I feel bad for my poor roommates who still have exams...
Oddly two of my marks are ready posted online. Two A's. Excellent. One was in spanish... in which we all know I desearved an A+, and the other was in linguistics (quite a shocker... but I'm thinking that the whole class must have failed because he bumped our marks up by 10 percent [that has never happened to me] so that I got 101.5 percent!!)... however, this does justify why I was tutoring my friends in that class. lol... anyways, I would be shocked if I got any more As, I'm expecting three Bs to appear soon.

La Fin Est Toujours Triste.

Officially done this year at university. Impressive. Now I have a little break before I get picked up my the parents. I feel bad for my other roommates that are still going through torture with exams. In fact, I wish everyone who hasn't finished yet good luck.

So, tomorrow morning I have a meeting about my program, then I don't know what I shall do. I guess we shall see where I end up. Wednesday I have a dinner thing to go to with friends, then I think I am going out dancing with other friends on Thursday. I guess I'll be home soon enough. Sadly I really don't want to leave here, but recent developments have made me also really want to go home. I think packing is going to be a little painful... but also fun cuz I like to organize my things! lol. Anyways, life is beautiful right now... I have no school work to do... I could do anything I want. This is the week of freedom. (Let's just see how I waste it).

The Night Before My Last Exam

Experiment: I have made study notes for my exam earlier this week but haven't really study off them yet. This whole time I have been having people over to my house to "tutor" them. (Technically I am not a tutor so much as a study-buddy, but with this group of people it's really just me teaching them what to do). Since I have been helping all the people without actually studying from my notes... do you think I will pass my exam tomorrow? Clearly I know what I am doing if I am able to help my classmates, but on the other hand, is that enough? Of course I am going to be spending a lot of time tonight studying on my own, but because I have another study party in a few minutes that probably will last late into the night, the chances that I will get to study as much as I normally would are slim. The experiment is going to be whether doing the problems over and over with my friends and teaching them (and in some cases learning with them) is going to be enough. We shall see.

Groundhog Sighting

It is really nice outside! Today Maggie saw a groundhog. I am jealous. However, this does mean that it is spring. yay! On the other hand, it means that I want to go out and spend time outside. This is not a good idea, as I still have one exam looming in the back of my mind. Anyways, today Maggie and I are going out for French Fries at this place that she claims has the best ones. Then later I am coming back to clean my room for another study group. You can't imagine what my room has been like the past two days. My friends from class are constantly over studying with me... which I love on the one hand because it keeps me studying in a fun way, but on the other hand, I don't study the best with all these people because we go at different paces. Ciela and I study very well together because we both totally get the material and can help each other equally with the problems... but the other girls are so lost and I feel like it's just me tutoring them, instead of us studying together. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with that, especially when they bring me treats as some sort of study food/payment, but still, some people I do not have enough patience for. Anyways, I am afraid of if I continue I might saw something mean. So, hope you all enjoy the nice weather!!

Studyholic

One exam left. That's pretty lucky compared to most of my friends... sadly it's not until Sunday. Normally I would be out shopping in my time off between exams, but this time I am super studious... basically I have been studying all the time. Craig and I wake up every morning and study until lunch. The only reason why I am not studying now is because I'm on study lunch break and have to clean my room for study party this afternoon.

On to the other thing on my mind... I have to say I was a little shocked about the VT shooting. It scared me a little at first, being on campus and all... but I do feel safe here. If I have ever made someone feel terrible about themselves, I am sorry. I think I want to become a more friendly person, to make people feel less alone. But I don't really have that kind of personality... I'm not exactly super outgoing... and while I have known certain people I really could have been kinder to, sometimes I am not that strong. Anyways, my heart goes out to the families involved. I can't believe what has happened.

Post 415 + More Snow

This morning the patter of rain on my window awoke me. Alas, I realized later that it was actually snow. This must be the latest in the year that it has snowed in a few years. I don't think this acceptable! lol, I'm still shocked that there is snow outside waiting for me. boo.

Tengo un examen en Espanol hoy. No quiero estudiar. He estudiado mucho ayer, pero no mucho anteayer. <-- LOOK! Practice! Now I can ignore Spanish a little longer. lol. I swear, it's so painful memorizing irregular verbs. But perhaps more fun then memorizing dates and facts for the french history/culture exam that I have tomorrow... which btw, I haven't actually started to study for yet and will not until after Spanish exam... (thus, tonight after dinner) tsk tsk. Well, I'm not totally screwed as I did spent Saturday re-writing all my notes from that class. At least I have a general idea of what happened now. meh.

Mmmm... maybe I should get on that studying... sounds like a terribly boring plan. ggrrr.... I'm so brain dead already. Boo those who are already done.

Early To Bed This Saturday Night

Fells like it has been forever since I updated. Don't know why I am updating now, I am soo tired and my fingers kill for sooo much note making for exams. arrg. Despite super boring studying today in various locations around campus with Craig, it could possibly have been more painful. Perhaps tomorrow I will create a super fun study game and have fun learning.... I have many doubt of this though. *yawn* night night.

Second Last Day Of Classes!

ACK! I'm so sick of this snow. It was weird when I went home, but as it is still snowing, it is starting to just suck. When I got back up here yesterday it snowed a little bit on my way back to rez, and then today it was snowing on my way to class. Although it is really pretty because it's not too cold, I still wish the weather would just go back to normal. Has the world forgotten that it is spring?!? Grrr.
I just got back from a nice lunch with Ciela. We always have such deep conversations about our respective homes. lol. This was after my one and only class today. (*smile*), no more linguistiques!! Woot! Before class I hung out with Juliane, (same girl who asked me for help on the last assignment.); she is not at all like she may be perceived. So I am planning a massive study party for that class. Should be fun. Adios!

Snow Is Sooo Uncool!

Right now I am sitting on my bed in my parents' house. Yesterday and today were a little crazy. First of all, yesterday I had a morning class at 10:00am, then rushed to the mall to by a birthday present for Alice... followed by rushing off for lunch and class at 1:00, where I had to hand in my last project. That felt very good. Thankfully my teacher let us out really early because it was my last class with him, so then I went back to rez and packed everything up before heading off to my last class. From there I train-ed it home... which was actually fun because I was with my friend from Spanish class, and I helped her with her french homework.. lol, I looked so pro. Our train was delayed almost an hour, so I didn't make it home until midnight. grrr... Then today I could have sworn Alice told me she was at P-Mall... which I headed off to after lunch, and after circling the parking lot with no luck of a parking space, I called her to ask, and then realized she was actually at FMP. oops. I felt stupid for mixing the two up. ha ha. Worse still I had forgotten her bday present at my house. Anyways, I finally met up with her for some shopping, bubble teaing and more shopping. ha ha... I was getting rather shocked that we hadn't seen anyone we knew yet, but sure enough we end up running into a dude from our high school and talk with him for a while. Eventually we headed home.... and I forgot to buy some chocolate for her brother's school fundraiser which I said I would do. Some days we would all lose our heads if they were not attached.
Driving into town was so peaceful tonight. Everything had a light layer of snow... there were few cars to be seen, and it looked like a postcard for a perfect christmas. ... then I realize, it's almost Easter... and that is weird. I don't like this snow thing.... it's creepy! I vote real summer starts NOW!

Post #411

No, there is no second meaning to this blog title, I just don't happen to be feeling very creative right now. Actually, I'm feeling exhausted and just want to sit here and do nothing.... which gets kinda boring after a while, so I don't recommend it. Today I had a presentation en espanol et un examen de mi-session en immersion. Je répète encore que ce n'est pas un cours d'immersion, mais un cours sur le programme d'immersion. lol. So with that last thing done, I have officially finished one of my classes... then I just need to hand in a project tomorrow to be finished a second class. Thus as of tomorrow afternoon I'll only have three classes to worry about... probably none of which will get much attention this weekend. ha ha. Nyways, just wanted to say that I got the summer bursary deal, so I'm headed off to Québec pour l'été avec mes amis. Je suis excitée!!

2 birthdays!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALICE!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CIELA!

~I hope you guys have the best of days!

Bonne fête mes chères amies!!!
Je vous souhaite la plus belle des journées!

I Think About My Hair Too Much

Haven't really had much fun lately... unless you think homework is a blast. lol. Right now instead of blogging I should be looking over the notes from my study group (we have a midterm next week, so we divided the chapters up for everyone to take notes on - I gave myself the most work to do because I like my notes the best, that is why I am adding to the notes they sent me now because they are not good enough - lol) Anyways, apart from that midterm, I only have one presentation, one essay and three exams until the end of my second year. woot!

I need a hair cut. Imagine what could get done if I stopped thinking about my hair soo much. Okay, I don't think about it that much, just when I am looking at the picture I add to the blog. But seriously, I have no idea what to do with it.

Homework Prince, Please Rescue Me!

Despite clearly stating that I needed to lock myself in my room this weekend, last night was great! Heather, Craig and I went for bubble tea... I'm still wondering why I got both jelly and tapioca pears in mine when I only asked for the latter. OH well! It was interesting having them both in there. Meh, afterwards we left and bought popcorn + pop for a movie night. Ending up watching Home Alone II... which equals the first Home Alone for sure. Movie makers should learn from it because it's one of the few sequals that don't suck. Anyways, I love that movie, but sadly we didn't get to watch the end because my dvd screwed up. grrr.... now we will never know if sweet Kevin finds his family in time for christmas! ha ha, but we made it far enough to know that the bad guys we caught. Which restored my morals of course. After the movie (around 2am,) Craig went to bed, but Heather and I stayed up and talked... and talked... and talked some more, until I realized it was nearing 7am! Yup... just sat in my room and talked for hours. I have actually never seen the sun rise without falling asleep first. I was midly impressed with myself... although I thought that my first all nighter would have been due to school work. OH well, this was way more fun!!! I just thought you would like to know I had my first all nighter.... lol.

Had many complements about my hair today.

Happy day shopping today. In fact that's a new black shirt I bought today. All in all it's been a super good day. Woke up with lovely blonde curls in my hair, dressed nicely, did makeup and everything for my morning class. Then my early afternoon class was cancelled, so I went shopping with Craig before coming back to hang out with Leslie. Such a great lifestyle I have... lol. Well, I shouldn't have done that anyways, because the rest of the weekend will be me suffering like crazy from my overload of projects and midterms to prepare for. I don't know where to start. grrr. Stressfulness ahead. At least I lived carefree today. :)

How is this Possible?

Btw - there are five people sleeping in my living room right now (trust me, I didn't know that five could fit, but somehow it must be possible). Every time I go out there I recount and find another person. This is weird. My roommate has some explaining to do.

You Got Me For A Second

Linguistics assignments are hard - especially for my friends... I on the other hand am considered one of the smarter ones because I understand what the teacher is doing in class (probably because I am better at math than they are). Anyways, so yesterday we had a group assignment helping luncheon, where I was clearly the smartest one there. lol - not to sound narcissistic, just that if there was a vote, I would have won (plus I was the only one who had a solution, the other girls had no idea what they were doing). Anyways, one of the girls who came this time was really having problems, but she was smart normally... (Tacky - think a Christyn type person cuz this girl is pretty and popular too). So yea, I helped my stupid friend, another girl, and this popular girl (who had talked to me a couple of times while we were alone waiting for class, and whom I have known for quite some time, but who tends to ignore me once her friends come). At the end of the helping session thing, were I basically showed them all how I had done the problem and hoped they thought I was right, I got up to leave for my next class and then the pop. girl looked at me with the biggest eyes and thanked me in the most sinseer way I have seen in a very long time (from anybody). I felt so good for a few seconds cuz I knew she really appreciated the time I spent trying to help her understand... but then I thought for a second, and realized she was probably going to shear those answers with her stupid friends - which made me quite angry because I hate it when people get free answers without having to work for them.

The Great Project Cram

Weekend was pretty okay. Friday night Craig and I went to Heather's to watch remember the titans, as Heather and I were pretty shocked that he had never seen it. Saturday morning I spent working on my very pretty poster. It's good now, but it could be so much better .... I just don't know how. Maybe if I haven't screwed it up before I hand it in then I will take a picture of it. Sunday, Danielle came over to work on that project, when she left Maggie and I had a long fight, and I definitely said some things I should not have. I just need to learn to keep my mouth closed - lol, Tacky, I still haven't learned that one...

Okay, wanna know something uber creepy that I discovered yesterday? Tacky's bday and Ciela's bday are the same day (it's coming up soon too!) and if you rearrange the letters in their names you get the other's name. Ciela = Alice. lol. Okay, that's not the weirdest part - yes they have the same letters, the same birthday and are the same age, but it's gets weirder. Ciela's best friend is Leslie, Tacky is mine. Do you want to know Leslie's birthday? Same day as mine. .... wow. Yea....

First Day of Spring! Yipee!

Today was a rather interesting day. While eating breakfast this morning an older male student came up to me and sat across from me in the lounge / sofa area and started randomly talking to me about what he had supposedly done this morning. It was a rather detailed story about his efforts to see the sun rise this morning. While I believed it at the time, I walked away thinking it was probably all b.s. -lol.
Classes were dull as usual... later Craig and I went to the gym, but left during a fire alarm. Afterwards I started making letters for an amazing poster I have to make for a presentation next week. I can't believe how much time I am putting it in... and it's looks like nothing right now! Grrr. Honestly I spent 3-4 hours today, and all the results can be held in my hand. That's just a little depressing. Although I must say that I think what I have done looks really cool. Hope my groupmate thinks so too.

Free Coffee! It's my lucky day!

Today is turning out to be such a good day! :) Haven't had to many of those in a while... Yesterday was pretty good too though. Anyways, today I only had one class, in which almost all my friends are in, plus I won a free coffee from Tim Hortons! That's like the first time I won anything. Afterwards I hung out with Ciela for lunch and much discussion. On my way back home I ran into two more people I knew... it's starting to get creepy that everywhere I go on campus I see people I know. Anyways, now I need to finish my essay thing... so I'm off to go do work.

Btw - c'est la fête de ma cousine aujord'hui! Ceci est la première fois que j'ai eu la chance de lui dire bonne fête dans mes 19 ans. Ca c'est triste! Tous le monde devrait savoir que j'admire mes cousins d'une distance (même si je ne dirai jamais cela en anglais) depuis quelques ans mais j'ai réussi a en contacter une récement donc je suis plus que contente.

Stick on tattoos are the coolest!

Happy St. Patrick's DAY!

You can't really tell in this picture b/c it is small, but I have some fake tattoos on my wrist and cheat of clovers to celebrate. Sadly I am not wearing green, but that's mostly because this is a new top, but also because of all the painful years in my childhood of being forced to wear green on this day. I was always embarrassed for some reason to wear green, so today I'm keeping it real with blue!

Last night was lots of fun... Craig and I had a midnight adventure on campus as a conclusion to what started as a super fun dance party, although neither one of us danced... so it later progressed into us just sitting around. lameness. Sadly of late we haven't been dancing at these super fun dance parties... and we really need to find something to do instead, because they are getting unspecial. We seem to have one almost every week!

Anyways, people are getting excited as school is almost over, but I can't seem to see an end in sight. From where I stand I still have two midterms, one small assignement, two presentations (one major, one minor), two essays, and one major project. Only upon completition of those will I get to study for exams.

The big 400!!

This is my blog's 400th birthday. Impressive.
So my brother and his friend came up Monday afternoon for march break. After a two hour delay with their transportation due to the derailment of a train in front of them, they finally made it to my house only to be shocked and scared at the mess I live in. Not that it's really my fault, I just have one really messy roommate who doesn't clean. They were equally amazed that we have no cups, plates or anything to eat with in our kitchen, as they are all in messy roommate's room. wow. Anyways, as I had class after I picked them up from the train station, I left them alone to wonder the city. Then later Monday night was spent playing pool and watching saving private ryan. Tuesday Ry and Nicholas went to Carlton and hung out with Nick's family and even went to a class. ha ha. Later Maggie came over and the four of us wondered downtown again... without my success in finding something super fun to do. Wednesday Nick went to quantum physics at Carlton then the boys went to the war museum. Sounds like I got a lot of work done in their absence... nope - Maggie and I started to watch a movie when I was finished class. Later on we all went out for dinner in the market and more beavertails. yummy! Followed by more pool and air hockey that night.
So now they are about to leave and I am super tired. Sadly I'm going to have a painful weekend ahead of me as Saturday is st. Patrick's day, but I have an essay and midterm on Monday (essay finished but needs revision) while midterm hasn't started to be studied for, and a essay/synthesis due Wednesday that I haven't even started! boooo.

Post 399 ~ Before a very long weekend...

Wow... next post will be a big one... a milestone in fact. I think I remember starting this blog seriously wondering how long I would be able to keep it up. Wow, that was quite a long time ago. grade 11? or twelve? I don't even remember... but it's been quite some time. ha ha.

Anyways, today is the beginning of a busy weekend. Tonight I promised a friend I would go see a play she wrote and directed... so I'm going to that with some other friends, then Craig and I are having a super fun dance party when I get home. ha ha. We have been adding to our terrible music collection lately... I must say that we have some pretty crappy songs on the list now. lol. Somehow I need to find the time to get other homework done, even though I have most of the weekend. Sunday however is going to be dedicated to the cleaning of this uber messy apartment so my brother and his friend don't have to sleep in filth. Yea, they will be coming up next week for a couple of days. Which reminds me of how much I miss march break. ggrrr....

BTW - I forget to add...

P.S. It's my half birthday today!!
Not that i'm excited about being on the down slop towards twenty, but it's still something to celebrate.

The brown is definitely fading... boo.

Even though it was pretty much to be expected, I did super well on Spanish midterm... although not as well as I could have done if I hadn't made some stupid mistakes. ggrrrr.... Anyways, don't want to boast.

My brother called me last night and is going to come up and visit me during his school break. Exciting! He's bringing a friend which I am actually feeling good about because then he will not be alone while I'm in class. So next week is going to be amazing! However it means I need to get lots of things done this weekend. Thus it's going to be a boring weekend... perhaps only a super fun dance party to cheer me up after whole days of homework? ha ha.

Post 396!

Yesterday was a pretty uneventful day, besides the billions of facebook emails I kept receiving... ha ha. But all in all it was a great weekend, and I am not looking forward to another week of school. I still can't believe how few there are left before the end of the year - which of course I am not looking forward to. I want to stay as far away from home as possible right now... and as far away from something else if you know what I mean.

Anyways, movie night tonight with Ciela! Exciting!

Ack! I think I can already see the blonde showing through my beautiful brown hair! (or is that just in this pic that it looks weird?) Well, as long as my hair neve goes back to it's natural color, everything will be just fine.

Something Different?!

First of all, I'm sorry for not blogging lately, I had some things to deal with that are still bothering me... like my poor broken baby. Yea, that has been on my mind 24/7. It may have been the reason I haven't done anything lately and never felt like saying much. Oh well, something fun finally happened since coming back here - and I don't mean some of the kick-ass midterm grades I got! (two 85s and a 95!... and a 68... but we can ignore that one.) So yea, yesterday no homework got done, that was okay as I got to hang out with friends. First I went to Maggie's house were Beckie dyed my hair... did you notice a difference??!?! ha ha! I love it! Thanks a ton Beckie! Anyways, then Maggie, Craig and I went to the Cabin... which was good... but there really wasn't anyone there - strange... so we ended up leaving pretty early to have a super fun dance party in my room. ha ha. Great night!

-BTW, Maggie doesn't think that coloring my hair brown made me any smarter... shame.

It's lent again... no more ice cream

Reading week is not going perfectly as planned... Tuesday was actually laundry day... Wednesday was fun, and now i'm being snowed in on Thursday. arrg. So yea, yesterday Jenny and I went to a sandy lion sticker outlet store. Amazing! Something told me to buy stickers... and I did.... spent 11 dollars on stickers! Insane! ha ha. Then we went clothing shopping... Jenny got some things but I held back. The deals were not good enough! ha ha. In total, Jenny and I went to three malls yesterday... plus the sticker place! ha ha... that is mad skill! We both stared at the animals in all three pet stores for sooo long. We fell in love with a cat that we both wanted... and there was an adorable guinea pig and some dwarf hamsters I could have taken home with me if my parents allowed other pets. Grr! They are sooo cute! Anyways, for dinner we met up with Sharon and Henry at Pickle Barrel. yummy! Followed of course by more shopping. Afterwards we were trying to think of somewhere to go, but realized we were stuck in the middle of nowhere! GRR! I hate this town sometimes and which we could have just gone downtown. oh well. Hopefully tomorrrow will be fun with Tacky!

Kung hei fat choy!

Pig! mmmm... I should look into the pig / rabbit relationship.

So I like totally thought that I was doomed to spend another boring night in rez before going back home... but then my friend Leslie from class called me and asked me to go skating with her and Meaghan. I said that I would love to come, but wasn't going to be skating... which was fine. ha ha... so that was my third time without skates. lol. Umm, so then the three of us went out for dinner... which was really yummy! After which we went back to Meaghan's to hang out with her roommate and some other friends to watch a movie. ha ha, I really didn't get what was going on... maybe we were talking too much. What a good night though... except nearly freezing to dealth.... which sucked a lot.

Is there something to the right?

Okay, this picture is way better! I didn't really notice a huge line right down the middle of the picture where I glued the two together this time. ha ha. Anyways, just wanted to say that I'm pretty excited about my plans for next week. Sounds like a lot of good times.

Arg, starring at this picture makes me really want a haircut. Which reminds me... brown hair after the break! Yup, after the break I'm dying my hair brown! It's my plan at least... i'm sick of my two colored hair right now as the top of my head looks almost brown, and the lower half is still rather blonde. grrr.. that's the life of a half blonde for you, the lesson is that no matter how hard you try to be a real blonde, the world will never let it become true.

Stuck Where it is Cold!!

First of all, we know I'm no art genius... so please, do not enlarge this photo. You will only see the terrible quality gluing together of two pictures done by paint - the only program on my computer that does anything close to something useful. So, you might wonder what possessed me to make it. Well, I am exceedingly bored! I'm still at school, and will be for the next few days, as I assumed that I would be overloaded by homework and would appreciate time alone on campus to get it all done so that when I go home I will be free. ha! I actually ended up with almost nothing... and as my midterms are mostly all over with for a while, I really have nothing to do. Well, technically I am still here to get together with my group members to work on our presentation that is due after the break. Yep... group meeting tomorrow! Sounds like a blast! ha ha.

As I refuse to relive any of the midterms I did this week, I'll just talk about the fun stuff I got to do that I never blogged about. Monday... study group with Leslie for Linguistics. Tuesday, study group with Leslie again, but for another course. In fact it lasted so long that we turned it into a Gilmore Girls study party. ha ha. Wednesday I was feeling too stressed and studied very little on my own. Thursday finished all midterms for the week. Today I went out to lunch with Leslie - mardi gras buffet baby! ha ha... let's just say I found most things except dessert a little too spicy for my taste... Tomorrow: group meeting with Danielle and Meaghan! Goodie!

I study a lot on valentines day

Happy Birthday Beckie!
+ happy vday to everyone

Awww... my teacher gave us chocolate during our midterm. lol, how kind. This means I only have one more midterm this month. Exciting!

Broke a Treasure

Stress growing. Very upset today because I somehow broke my ring. If you don't know which ring I am taking about, shame on you, it's the only ring I ever wear. Three midterms this week... plus a project to conclude the week. I'm not ready of any of them. I just wanted to share the sadness of my ring. It's really bothering me b/c I keep expecting it to be there every time I rub my fingers together. Plus my parents might be angry when I tell them b/c this is the like 6th / 7th time I broke it. That's what they get for giving it to me sooo long ago... wow, now that I think about it, I have probably had it for at least 10 years... no wonder my finger feels such a loss.

Frustration + Stress = bad combo!

I don't know if it is caused by all the midterm stress that i'm under, but lately I have not been the most friendly. I'm angered by all the fights I'm having with my dad these days. Every single time I talk to him lately I can't help but argue how unfair he is being with my bro and I. My parents are usually very fair, but it's not fair that my brother is getting all these things so easily that I had to seriously fight for. When I wanted voicemail for me phone, my parents refused... even though I use me cell all the time.... I finally got it this year only because it's my life line... but even still, it was a struggle that lasted many years. Recently I found out they just gave it to my brother, who doesn't even use his cell!! arrg. Plus when my parents go on a vacation this summer, my brother is going to me left alone in the house all by himself. That NEVER happened to me! My parents said that they are only allowing him because they 'know' that he will not have a party. As if! It was way more likely that I was not going to have a party at his age b/c all my friends lived soo far away! Are you kidding me dad, you are leaving him alone for a weekend with money and a car?!?! Don't you see that's not cool, cuz his friends live so close... it's a recipe for a party! How can they trust a 17 year old like that and yet never trust me!! I was way more innocent at his age anyways! ARRG! FRUSTRATION!! That news came last week and yet I am still so pissed about it. I don't understand why they are soo good to him. Dad told me it was because I get to do whatever I want while I am away at school. True enough, but I never got to have a party at home without my parents being there with my friends from back home. Maybe you can see the fairness of this, after all being first born has a lot of downsides as well as positives, but my mind is so blocked with frustration that I'm not thinking clearly.

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Stuck in the mid of midterm time. I know you understand how not fun that can be. Today was my first midterm, and it was ever so easy. I was happily shocked that I finished it sooo fast cuz I knew most of the answers. *smiles*, if only all the midterms could be like that. It helped of course that I got a little study card to use - that was in fact the first time that happend to me. Normally my midterms are devilish. Arg, i'm done for the week, but next week is insane... three midterms and a project! oh my! I don't know if luck will cut it, I really need to study.

Make A List!

This morning I woke up early (this is happening too often it seems), and went to the gym with Heather, Lindsay and Christelle. The last two were new to Heather’s and my new little routine. It was fun though. Then I went back home and Craig and I decided to go the library to get some work done. Ha ha, we weren’t there very long before he started starring at the people skating outside on the canal (we can see them from the library windows), and he suggested to go get some beavertails. Feeling weak willed as one gets while doing boring homework, I agreed. Of course, on the way over, we just HAD to stop in to the mall to see Maggie and do a little shopping. So finally we make it to the canal and decide the first beavertail store’s line up is too long… so we go to the next, which turns out to be much farther than predicted. We finally make it, but it turns out to be closed, so then we head back to the first one, because by that time we were hungry for some sort of lunch, and we end up waiting in the massive line up. arrg. No problem though, as we eventually get our yummy beavertails, which we went back to the mall to eat. lol. It was there that we decided that we never stick to our plans, and thus we need to create a list from which we must not deviate. While at the mall we go back to visit Maggie to show her out cool list… but then head back to the library (a different one this time – as we had written on our list) and get back the that homework. Eventually we get kicked out and have to go back to the original library. For dinner I had another first (#1 being on the canal), Craig and I went out for shawarma… which was okay, but not as good as I had heard. Now we are back in the original library again to get more work done. Perhaps tomorrow will be a more productive day. No worries, won’t be here much longer, soon it will be time for super fun dance party!

GD Celebrations

Hey! Happy belated groundhog day to all those who didn't celebrate the awesomeness of yesterday! Groundhog day was such a good day, almost as sweet as my birthday. ha ha. well, what other day do I get cards and presents (thanx again Maggie!!), and good news about spring??!? Sure some people thought I was weird when I wished them a "grand groundhog day", but it still brought many smiles to people's faces. :) Thanx to everyone who made yesterday a special day!

Something funny that happened yesterday was there was an international fair at the school that my friend dragged me to in order to try some food from around the world. We had some Taiwanese bubble tea (now I know that I like bubble tea warm and cold!), but when we got to the chinese table, they asked me to try some green tea. My friend had some, but I said no thank you. They looked at me like I was chicken or something. As my friend stayed at the booth looking around for a while, the lady asked me why I would not like to try some. To her shock, I told her that I already had tried it. It shocked her even more when I told her that I liked green tea ice cream much more than the actual tea. ha ha... you should have seen her face!!! She like freaked on me cuz she probably assumed that I was an uncultured little white girl. She proceeded to give me directions on how to get some up here and wanted to know where I had gotten it from. lol.

Then last night, Maggie came over for a girls movie night and we watched 'curious george' (very cute!), and 'never been kissed'. Good times!! Thanx again for awesome groundhog day maggie, but next year Heather said we could watch the gd movie!!

Sweet Spring!

What a great way to wake up this morning. I had to be up early anyways for class, so I turned the TV on and waited for the groundhog day report. I love Wiarton Willie for predicting an early spring! sure this winter has been short, but it was harsh at many points. Oh, Wikipedia has stated that the top groundhogs are in agreement: Punxsutawney Phil, Staten Island Chuck, Wiarton Willie and Shubenacadie Sam are all for an early spring!

This has really cheered me up!! It's good news for spring :)

Tonight maybe some groundhog day celebrations with Maggie and Heather? dunno. Maybe they will even let me watch the movie. ha ha... okay, I will not push my luck... I know that movie is annoying... but it's just cool too.

Countdown to Groundhog Day Continues!

Not much has changed since my last post. Except today was fun because I got to have a quick dinner with Lindsay, whom I haven't really spent much time with before but seems very cool. Oh yea, and we are significantly closer to groundhog day (Feb 2). I pity those who don't recognize GDay as a major holiday! I don't believe that we should have school then and we should learn to worship the almighty groundhog. okay, that's a little much, but I do think that more people should recognize the coolness of this day!!

It's almost Groundhog day!!!

Sunday ended pretty well - ha ha, another degrassi and salad party! After Maggie left, I tried to finish off season 3 of junior high... but couldn't stay up that late, so ended up waking up early Monday morning cuz I just had to know how it all ended.

So I'm sad that it is almost the end of January because that means it's time to get serious in February. I have a ton of projects and midterms right before the break. Then some right after I get back, so I had to make the decision to cut my break short to get back up here to finalize my projects. How cruel!

Can't wait for super stressing in February!! NOT! However, groundhog day is this week!! Maybe I'll get some good news about the end of this stupid season!!

Three Library Trips!

Posting from the library… cuz that is where Craig has dragged me to get our homework done. lol. This has been a pretty good weekend, not overly productive, but I have gotten quite a few things out of my way for the moment. Friday I hung out with an old amiga, and we went for hot chocolate. Afterwards Craig and I helped our other roommate clean up the apartment. I vacuumed! Impressed? Ha ha. The three of us hung out for a while, I hadn’t really spent the time to get to know her yet, so that was good – perhaps a little late but better late then never as they say. Then two of them ganged up on me and made me try a coup. C’est pas pour moi!

Saturday morning woke up early and went to the gym with Heather and Craig. Then went home and got into the homework mood. Later Craig and I went to Heather’s place to visit her and Lindsay. The four of us went to the local grocery store and bought a brownie cheesecake. Split that five ways (Heather’s brother) and had a nice late night desert. None of us were successful in finishing the massive slices, although Lindsay came pretty close. Ha ha, Craig’s was so huge that it was like three times larger than mine. So we followed that with a little DDR. I pretty much suck at that, but they didn’t let me leave without playing a game. Which I passed! ha ha. I less proud of that then it would seem.

This morning Craig woke me up during the weirdest dream I have had in a while (something about being the lead in a Swedish play and having tons of people loving my performance even though I was making it up as I went). Anyways, so ya, we went to the library this morning to get lots of homework done. We actually were so early that we had to wait for it to open. lol. After lunch I took another stab at the other half of my extra cake – so now I’m down to like 1/4 of the original amount. Anyways, Craig and I noticed we were not getting much done and so here we are again at the library.