tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53452392011-04-21T18:33:43.586-04:00Bassooner than later...Meh...the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comBlogger1271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-36690893272376435042007-03-18T14:41:00.000-04:002007-03-18T14:54:49.979-04:00The Shins! The Shins!I got to see The Shins! I love The Shins tres tres mucho!! It was pretty fantastic. They sounded like The Shins, but they mixed it up a little, and also played some covers in the encore. The crowd was pretty intense! Oh, good times. They played all the songs I really wanted to hear, so I was satisfied. Hurrah! Listen to The Shins!So, I guess some more music talk. I went to a the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-89538944436272669722007-03-07T23:47:00.000-05:002007-03-07T23:53:02.205-05:00Band is the devil...3 rehearsals left. 3 more. I don't know if we're going to be able to pull this one off. 9 pieces, none performance ready. Yikes. And we played for 3 straight hours this week. My bim was numb, and my emboucher was shot. And my shoulder hurts now from lugging my bassoon all over campus. Man, why do bassoons have to be so heavy! It's really not fair. But I guess I could play barithe ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1170127403123687352007-01-29T22:11:00.000-05:002007-01-29T22:23:23.136-05:00I am firmly entrenched in what one of my classmates has referred to as "MA hangover". The thesis is done and I have buttloads of work to do, but I am not doing any of it. Instead, all I want to do is sleep. It doesn't help that I'm having this odd dizziness... I was going to write a reaction paper for my class, I swear. But I just couldn't bring myself to write two pages of pretentious crap aboutthe ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1169258092451753732007-01-19T20:46:00.000-05:002007-01-19T20:54:52.463-05:00Yaaaaarrrrgggghhhhh!I HATE track changes! Hate, hate, HATE! It is terrible! It may save trees, but I don't think it does anyone's ego any good at all. There's nothing like opening a document to see a sea of red. Fan-tastic.Maybe if I just keep telling myself "this is the last set of revisions" (even though I know it's a lie!) it won't be so bad... I am just so very sick of reading this thing. It the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1169181840362049482007-01-18T23:36:00.000-05:002007-01-18T23:44:00.376-05:00Now, you may want to sit down before you read this, but I am ALMOST DONE my thesis! Yes, folks, that is correct. Almost done. Almost as in a few more minor revisions before I can send it to my subsidiary advisor. Almost as in on Monday I will be officially done! Then I will make $2/hr more TAing and get an extra $3700 from NSERC. This is all kinds of good news. Of course, I have probably just the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1167199486978855102006-12-27T00:47:00.000-05:002006-12-27T01:04:46.993-05:00Shopping lessons...Whew! Another boxing day in the books. I learned some important lessons today:1) Do NOT underestimate the draw of cheap electronics.So Nanaimo is not really that big. I didn't expect huge lineups at all. I was wrong. WRONG! Future Shop, though not nearly as bad as it could have been, say, if I was in Toronto, was still gong show crazy! I left my parent's place at 5:25 or so andthe ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1166207413855730212006-12-15T12:55:00.000-05:002006-12-15T13:30:13.866-05:00Oh. My. God.I'm home, We barely made it alive. No, seriously. I'll share my tale, it's pretty awesome.My day started at 4 AM. So I had 4 hours of sleep, which was fantastic. The cab actually came on time, which was good, so I packed up the dogs and off we went (with only one minor incident... sorry Lady!). We go to the airport and get checked in relatively easily. I fly from Toronto to Winterpeg the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1165541373793810182006-12-07T20:07:00.000-05:002006-12-07T20:29:33.810-05:00Karma's a bitch...I've been haveing a run of the "I hate people"s. This is quite the unfortunate syndrome, whereby the individual who is afflicted has severe homicidal thoughts towards numerous people around them. Usually these people are being retarded in some way, which makes the symptoms worse. In any case, I can trace the onset of my affliction to Tuesday morning, when I spent 40 minutes the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1164082197569613382006-11-20T22:59:00.000-05:002006-11-20T23:09:57.580-05:00Math is fun!UTM + proctoring a 2 hour exam + shuttle bus ride + the dark + home at 9:30 = brain deadness...stilettos + tights + a sweater that diesn't cover your bum + leg warmers = ridiculousThe first math applies to me. The second doesn't. But seriously people, it's cold out there! Tights are not warm... Put some pants on! And leg warmers?!? What the bloody hell. Leg warmers are good for 80's the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1160271254190355672006-10-07T21:24:00.000-04:002006-10-07T21:34:14.203-04:00Am I cool because I saw the new Scorsese movie on opening night???Cara and I took Signy out for belated birthday celebrations. We went for dinner at this vegetarian Chinese place in Chinatown. Boy was it good! Hot and sour soup, fake duck, fake chicken, noodles, spring rolls, yummmmmmmm!!! After gorging ourselves we wandered over to Paramount to find a movie to see. This was difficult, as we the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1160063157313943432006-10-05T11:38:00.000-04:002006-10-05T11:45:57.330-04:00I feel like a criminal...So I check my e-mail today and there's one from Ann (the grad secretary) saying, basically, you didn't hand in your thesis, why not? We need an explanation. When are you handing it in? Yargh! And it was only sent to 5 people, but I know for a FACT that more than 5 people didn't hand in their thesis. Maybe this is some Jedi mind game designed to make us fell shitty and the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1159735369752943262006-10-01T16:04:00.000-04:002006-10-01T16:42:49.773-04:00I woke up at 1:45 today! I don't ever remember sleeping that late. It may have something to do with going to bed at 4. Just a hunch! Went to Nuit Blanche last night and it was super fun! Tons of stuff going on all night all over the city. I won't pretend that I understood half of what was out there, but it was fun! Definitely an experience. We started out by going to hear literary people read the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1159648827685047882006-09-30T16:34:00.000-04:002006-09-30T16:40:27.696-04:00Happy condo day Michelle!!! Hope you are not working too hard!Tonight is Nuit Blanche. Apparently it's Toronto's attempt at being uber-cool like Paris, London, and Montreal. It's being billed as a 'free all-night contemporary art thing'. Should be fun, hopefully! I'm meeting some friends later somewhere. There's all kinds of stuff going on. Melting blocks of ice, fog in the park, concerts, films,the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1159492879044612692006-09-28T21:16:00.000-04:002006-09-28T21:21:19.056-04:00A new addiction...So one day Cara and I were working really hard. We were 'researching' which is totally not our code word for shopping... Anyway, we went to The Body Shop and lo and behold they had a new body butter smell. Now I'm not usually one for body butter and lotions and things, but man oh man! I opened the delightful tub of golden apple body butter and it was an instantaneous connection.the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1159416091296064982006-09-27T23:54:00.000-04:002006-09-28T00:01:31.323-04:00My sister bought a house!Yes, that's right. She bought a house. She now has a boyfriend, a truck, and a house. It all seems so backward for some reason... What is this strage thing I'm feeling??? Could it be... no... but maybe I am... jealous??? Nah...First band rehearsal was yesterday. It was... interesting. The conductor is nuts. My section is completely antisocial. And we're playing a song I the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1159072364501300282006-09-24T00:23:00.000-04:002006-09-24T00:32:44.520-04:00Thesis schmesis...Hi all... It's been a while, but here's an update of sorts. It's 12:18 on a Saturday night. I'm sitting on the couch. Some dumb movie is on. I was at a friend's b-day party but Cara and I were wiped so we came home. Man... I don't know what is with the tiredness lately, but it's terrible! It could be my cold (yes, another one!) or the thought of impending thesis doom or the the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1152497886075689962006-07-09T22:11:00.000-04:002006-07-09T22:18:06.086-04:00A potential tragedy in the making...A little birdie told me that BSS is going on hiatus after their Fall US tour... This is bad news bears. Hopefully it isn't the end of the road for these guys because I love them to pieces! I know they're all busy doing their own stuff and that they've been really busy with the group lately, so hopefully this is just a short-term thing and not something the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1152381006720070812006-07-08T13:39:00.000-04:002006-07-08T13:50:06.740-04:00Yo ho ho ho...A pirate's life for me! Oh my goodness! We went to see Pirates last night. So we meet at 8, figuring we'll get tickets for the 9 o'clock or whatever, nut it was sold out until 10:30! I don't know WHAT we were thinking, going on opening night, but we got tickets for the 11pm show and headed over to Milestones (which is conveniently located next door...) and had some bellinis and the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1151885888714023822006-07-02T20:03:00.000-04:002006-07-02T20:18:08.726-04:00Oh man. It's really, really hot again. Apparently it feels like 35, but does 35 feel the same to everyone??? If it was 35 in the forest, but no one was around to feel it, would it feel like 35? I dunno... I think it should be really, really hot forever now, which is super news! Because nothing is a bigger motivator than 30 degree heat and 50% humidity, right???So I have a metric ton of work to dothe ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1148959845552019822006-05-29T23:22:00.000-04:002006-05-29T23:30:45.570-04:00Melting...Oh. My. God. It was soooo fricking hot here today! I think the actual temperature was 34. Which means it felt like 700 million degrees. And the air was terrible, which made it really fun to breathe. And I was stuck on a cheesewagon for 1 AND A HALF HOURS (!!!!), one hour of which was spent parked on the QEW because of an accident. And THEN I had to walk home (I usually walk, but it was the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1147712172101836162006-05-15T12:50:00.000-04:002006-05-15T12:56:12.110-04:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHELLE!!!!!I'm trapped at UTM! Stupid summer schedule... Got here before 8 and I'll be leaving at 5. Sucky. It's like having a real JOB or something! Go figure... Not much new over here. Classes are over (thank god) and I'll be testing again soon. Maybe my data will be collected sometime before I'm 80. Maybe. Oooooohhh! Everyone needs to let me know when they won't be in Calgary the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1146714300520936352006-05-03T23:43:00.000-04:002006-05-03T23:45:00.530-04:00Flames in 9???...Crap. Shit. Hell. Damn. That's all I have to say about that. The pain is still too fresh...This day sucked after 4pm. Perhaps details will follow...the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1145932431278485442006-04-24T22:24:00.000-04:002006-04-24T22:33:51.290-04:00Dear Calgary Flames,I'm sorry. I really, truly am. I totally, wholeheartedly apologize for not watching Game 2 last night. It's really not my fault. I bought that concert ticket at least a month before the playoff schedule was out. I bought it even before I knew for sure you were IN the playoffs (not that I ever doubted even for a nanosecond that you'd make it). But I take complete responsibilitythe ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1143475318599208232006-03-27T10:44:00.000-05:002006-03-27T11:01:58.613-05:00It's been a long time...First, this post is for Jess (I miss you too!). I doubt that anyone (except Jess, apparantly) still checks this because I haven't posted in about seven trillion years. I really don't know why I haven't posted... I could blame being busy, but it's much more likely that laziness is to blame. Like now. I should be working on my manuscript (or stats) but I'm watching Ellen andthe ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1133243462231099342005-11-29T00:49:00.000-05:002005-11-29T00:51:02.243-05:00body count: today-2 this week-3 total-3Eat peanut butter and die!the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1133238506871140622005-11-28T23:21:00.000-05:002005-11-28T23:28:26.883-05:00body count: today-1 this week-2 total-2Yes, that's a body count. No, I haven't become a deranged grad student... yet. Ha ha. So these Ontario mice seem to have taken a creepy liking to our humble abode, so we're waging war, snap trap style with a side of peanut butter. Invade my space and you'll pay... with your LIFE! mwahahahaha...In other news, my dogs are so bad. I'm this close to the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1130801801721029342005-10-31T18:34:00.000-05:002005-10-31T18:36:41.733-05:00Wow! This is going to be more than a one line post. But just barely. 1) I hate Air Canada. They are stupid and evil and they should all just go to hell. Like seriously. 2) Who decided people (and dogs) need ligaments? Because I want to have words with them...the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1129348216368966402005-10-14T23:48:00.000-04:002005-10-14T23:50:16.376-04:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMANDA!!!the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1128725184424436362005-10-07T18:45:00.000-04:002005-10-07T18:46:24.430-04:00DUDE!!!! I won an Xbox 360 today!!! Woo!!!the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1128545613982727452005-10-05T16:50:00.000-04:002005-10-05T16:53:33.986-04:00My mom listed the house Sunday night. The house sold today. Holy crap...the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1128394112565416312005-10-03T22:39:00.000-04:002005-10-03T22:48:32.573-04:00Ode to a national funding agency...N... is for how I will never finish this wretched application. Why is this so hard???S... is for how stupid I feel when I have to write about my "most important contributions" to research. Just a thought, but perhaps some people do not have 3 contributions, let alone enough contributions so that they can pick 3 really meaningful ones and maybe your wording the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1128116802809104342005-09-30T17:26:00.000-04:002005-09-30T17:46:42.816-04:00Emily Haines is amazing, wonderful, AND fantastic!I went to my first TO concert on Wednesday night: Metric! It was wonderful, but kind of annoying, because it was an all ages show, so there were like a billion high school kiddies there, generally annoying everyone over 20 with their stupidity. God, I hope we were never that bad at that age. Yikes! Anyway, the concert was at The Phoenix, which is the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1126570169982127462005-09-12T19:55:00.000-04:002005-09-12T20:09:29.986-04:00Hello world!So, on Saturday we finally got internet and cable. Woo! We got the wireless router to work and everything. And we have like 400 channels. More than we need, ever, I'm sure, but we can always downsize later... Right... ha ha.So, our apartment is... interesting. I know Cara's posted on the general state of things, but there are new developments! So, the other day I cleaned the 2nd most the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1125871385916367472005-09-04T17:59:00.000-04:002005-09-04T18:03:05.923-04:00I'm not dead... just temporarily cut off from the world...So, we have no internet until Saturday. I'm at a cafe now, so I can't post too much. I've spent WAY too much money over the last couple of days. I've got LOTS to say about trips and Toronto and the apartment (some good, some bad, mostly bad about the apartment) and stuff, but that'll have to wait. AND my phone has next to no reception in the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1125275964030854892005-08-28T20:30:00.000-04:002005-08-28T20:39:24.036-04:00So, is it possible for three people, two dogs, a u-haul, and a car make it across the country without major incident? Apparently not. The u-haul stalled when we stopped at a stop sign. And then stalled again. And again. And again. Soooo sketchy. So we are currently stuck in Swift Current, Saskatchewan until tomorrow morning at least. Just let me say that Swift Current is in top contention for the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1125108463685398702005-08-26T21:59:00.000-04:002005-08-26T22:07:43.690-04:00Woah! Posts two days in a row! What's going on?!So, the u-haul is loaded. Correction. MY stuff is loaded in the u-haul. Cara is still packing. She has until 4 tomorrow. Can she do it? Only time will tell...Ticketmaster is ass. I went to pick up my FRANZ FERDINAND and METRIC tickets, and girly is all like "there's nothing listed for this card". WTF? There damn well should be. So now I have to go the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1125035181773995542005-08-26T01:39:00.000-04:002005-08-26T01:46:21.776-04:00Oh my goodness gracious! Michelle, if I ever win the lottery, I know what to get you for your birthday. Crazy!In other news, it's almost moving day. Tomorrow, we get the U-haul, and then the fun starts. Yeah, lugging stuff up the stairs'll be SO much fun!It's kinda crazy to think that this is the last night I'll sleep in my room here. Scary stuff. Maybe I'll sleep on the floor tomorrow night...the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1121808988338070212005-07-19T17:29:00.000-04:002005-07-19T17:36:28.343-04:00Well, I'm back. Montreal was... hot. Not the good kind either. I've never been so miserably hot in my entire life. It was gross. The conference was cool though. I learned some stuff and Montreal was definitely a lot more fun this time around. But I'm still glad I won't be going to school there.Through some incredible display of willpower I didn't know I had, I didn't pick up the new Harry Potter the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1121286899347073392005-07-13T16:27:00.000-04:002005-07-13T16:34:59.353-04:00I think the credit card people just found out that I graduated...Those credit card blokes are sneaky little bastards. They call up and they're so polite and they get info out of you and you're wondering what the deal is and then *poof* they're submitting your application for approval when you never really wanted to apply anyway and "please allow 2-4 weeks for processing". Argghhh! I neither want the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1121235029157591962005-07-13T01:38:00.000-04:002005-07-13T02:10:29.163-04:00Some things are awesome and some things are... well... not.Awesome thing #1: eBayeBay is great. I've used it a number of times, I've never had anything bad happen, and I've always gotten something great out of it at the end. Most recently, I got a digital camera. It's lovely! And the best part about it was that I got the camera and the case and the rechargeable batteries and the charger and a the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1118360766447543152005-06-09T19:41:00.000-04:002005-06-09T19:46:06.450-04:00I have the BEST sister EVER!!!Thanks to her, I have now joined the iPod club! It's soooo awesome! Now I feel compelled to get more music, my iPod is not nearly full!Convocation was yesterday. It was surprisingly short, only an hour and 40 minutes or so. Impressive! And the tunes courtesy of the Rooster Blues Band were AWESOME!!And our house is no longer leaking at the seams. Woo!Now I'm trying the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1118189011337842532005-06-07T19:59:00.000-04:002005-06-07T20:03:31.340-04:00And in recognition of 4 years of hard work, mother nature gives me... an act of God.I am SOOOOOOOOOOO over the rain. Fuck rain even. Who needs it? Certainly not me. I have PLENTY of it coming into my basement. It's GREAT!!! We're sucking up about 2 gallons or so of it ever ten minutes. And that's just from one part of the basement. I HATE RAIN!!!!! I HATE vacuums??? I HATE being cold and wet. the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1118009538014864632005-06-05T18:09:00.000-04:002005-06-05T18:12:18.016-04:00An amazing thing just happened! My dad said I could actually THROW STUFF OUT!!! Wow! I never thought I'd see the day. So I'm going through his computer manuals and what do I find? 8" floppy disks. No kidding. Like what the hell? I didn't even know those existed! Crazy...the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1117471080934492542005-05-30T12:29:00.000-04:002005-05-30T12:38:00.940-04:00$378.65That was the total haul from the garage sale. Not bad! $21/hour. Too bad I don't get to KEEP the money. Oh well. Garage sale 2005 is over! Thank goodness. It's absolutely amazing what kind of crap people will buy. Now we need to pack up all the stuff we didn't sell for tomorrow. Blah! It's never ending I tell you! Then the dumpster comes on Wednesday. The we can get rid of the OTHER crap. the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1116988421433572992005-05-24T22:18:00.000-04:002005-05-24T22:52:27.476-04:00With every box a new surprise!Did you ever love tearing into a new box of cereal to find the super cool prize (and of course, you had to be first, so your annoying sibling(s) did not beat you)? I did, in my youth. It was always so fun, especially when you didn't know what the prize would be. Or do you remember those card/sticker packs? They came with a book, and you tried to collect all the cardsthe ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1116803966660390282005-05-22T19:06:00.000-04:002005-05-22T19:19:26.666-04:00Dust, dust everywhere...In my hair, up my nose (I can't stop sneezing!), all over the house. Cleaning sucks. Cleaning with the intent of moving sucks even worse. I have NEVER, I repeat, NEVER seen SO MUCH useless CRAP in my entire life. Boys are messy. I've seen gas receipts from 1996, library due date slips from '95, the skeletal remains of several mice, random metal things that make no sense, athe ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1115609932973512332005-05-08T23:21:00.000-04:002005-05-08T23:38:53.003-04:00Why are some people such asses?Parking lots are designed in such a way that there is enough room in between the lines to park a car. If there are no lines, you shouldn't park your car there. Especially if it's right behind someone else's car in a teeny parking lot. Thanks to Michelle and Jess for helping me out of that tight corner (ha ha ha) yesterday. Man, I really did very briefly consider the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1114735292010766692005-04-28T20:35:00.000-04:002005-04-28T20:41:32.010-04:00So the president's news conference has used up 35 minutes of "good tv night". I don't think he's even said anything remotely important. Why couldn't he have had this conference yesterday? Does he WANT to piss off every major network and the entire tv watching population in the US? Okay!What's up with everyone writing letters to the editor bitching about cell phones? Okay, we get it, talking on a the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1114648840620467122005-04-27T20:34:00.000-04:002005-04-27T20:40:40.620-04:00"We don't do connections."WTF? So we pay a shitload of money for a new washer and dryer, they come and take the old ones away and say "you know we don't do connections, right?". No, not really. I do now. What am I supposed to do? Call a plumber to hook up my washer? Shit! @!#$*& !@#$*& !@#$& !@#*$(& !@*&U !@# !@#* !@#U !@#*& !@#!@*&0 ()#$)(# !@)#&) !@$#*&)!@ )!@*#& #*(@. I just wanna wash some the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1114475279444341332005-04-25T20:27:00.000-04:002005-04-25T20:27:59.443-04:00I'M DONE!!!WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1114217976960885102005-04-22T20:51:00.000-04:002005-04-22T20:59:36.960-04:00And then it was... late.Theses were due today. Guess who didn't hand hers in. Yep, my thesis is officially late. I have never, ever, ever handed in anything late. It's a shame I had to cap off my undergrad career with this nonsense. Yargghhh. I'm so sleepy, I really want to take a nap, but I have to study for my final tomorrow. Then I have to do revisions. And study for my final on Monday. Man, the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1112230059858681192005-03-30T19:37:00.000-05:002005-03-30T19:47:39.860-05:00What does it all mean, anyways?I hate making decisions. Anyone who knows me knows that. I can't even make decisions about what movies I want to watch or what kind of ice cream I want. What makes me think I can make a decision about something as important as the rest of my life? Okay, maybe I'm being a tad melodramatic, but seriously. I hate grad school decisions. Every time I think I know what's the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1111901806253380182005-03-27T00:23:00.000-05:002005-03-27T00:36:46.256-05:00Things a person should never do...Well, there are many things a person should never do. Kill someone. Marry someone because they feel sorry for them. Wear pleated front pants. But the thing I am referring to here is something different. A person should NEVER EVER EVER buy a TV show on DVD that got cancelled in the middle of a season. It can't end well. Case in point, Popular. Now, Popular was a the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1111169020679005752005-03-18T13:02:00.000-05:002005-03-18T13:05:49.646-05:00The funniest thing...Check out this site. It's AWEsome! Sorry for using your page Tay, but I figured it'd be funniest!http://sites.gizoogle.com/?url=http://pac-mantis.blogspot.com/the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1111102768873135292005-03-17T18:34:00.000-05:002005-03-17T18:39:28.873-05:00I'm home!It's been a long time. I don't really think Montreal agreed with me. It's really French. And kinda dirty. And I got kind of a funny feeling at McGill. And I'm not sure I want to do aging research at this point in my life. But I've got good news! I've been accepted at schools! I've got an offer from McGill (if it has to come to that) and I'm in at UofT. I'm pretty much in at Concordia, the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1110838499449778232005-03-14T17:11:00.000-05:002005-03-14T17:14:59.450-05:00I'm sleepy...And lonely...I want to come home...Sigh...I'm tired of meeting people...I miss my dogs...I'm questioning my life plans...2 more days...I need some thinking time. But to do that, I need alone time. And I'm NEVER alone! But I'm lonely. Sucky...the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1109737364808186772005-03-01T23:12:00.000-05:002005-03-01T23:22:44.810-05:00Hello all!I figured it was time for an update. It is now March. For those who don't know, March is the scariest of all months. March has the potential to be very very very very very good or very very very very very bad. I guess we shall see. March is the month when we find out about scholarships. Grad schools like scholarships. I mean, they like it when you have one so they don't have to the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1108095316421468352005-02-10T23:13:00.000-05:002005-02-10T23:21:29.323-05:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLM!!!!!Hope you had a good one. And I hope 22 treats you well.On another topic, guess who's going to Montreal in March? ME, that's who! The prof at McGill I applied with wants me to come visit. Yay free trips! Lol.the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1107919972099072132005-02-08T22:22:00.000-05:002005-02-08T22:32:52.100-05:00Ryan:
Regarding your comment:
"Also, Steph, if you convince me that your education will somehow benefit me, either in the short or long term, I'll give you twenty bucks for your tuition(I wonder if that's tax deductable)."
He is how my education benefits you in the short term.
Because of my education and my chosen field, I spend a lot of time with some people (i.e., Cara). We take numerous the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1107791317408248712005-02-07T10:08:00.000-05:002005-02-07T11:10:02.760-05:00Yes, Ryan. What I meant was that many law abiding citizens would jump at the chance to get a free education. And yes, the only reason these law abiding citizens (not poor mother types) are not getting a free law degree is that they are not willing to kill someone. And yes, everyone does have an equal opportunity to commit crimes. But you need to view this in terms of a cost-benefit situation. Do the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1107406196541050692005-02-02T23:39:00.000-05:002005-02-02T23:49:56.540-05:00Seen in the paper:
"Mafioso earns law degree in jail"
Fantastic. So THIS is where our tax dollars go. To putting criminals through law school. Would anyone like to donate their taxes to put me though school??? No, didn't think so. So, not only is this guy living free, with no need to worry about how to pay the bills, but he's earning a LAW DEGREE at the same time? How does this make sense. Lets the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1107314979397525172005-02-01T22:26:00.000-05:002005-02-01T22:29:39.396-05:00If you ever need to be entertained, take transit. It's, by far, the best place to hear stupid people say stupid things.
Today's gem, for instance:
guy2: hey man
guy1: hey
guy2: what's going on?
guy1: i just got fired
guy2: Sweet!
Yeah, getting fired is TOTALLY cool. EVERYONE should aspire to this level of greatness... Right...
the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1107133573260898942005-01-30T19:51:00.000-05:002005-01-30T20:06:13.260-05:00So, it's been awhile. Not much to say. School is back in. My classes are dull and irrelevant. Thursdays are veeeeeery long and my absolute least favorite day of the week (except TV wise... lol!). The thesis is coming along research wise. I've started my 4th experiment. Hopefully it will turn out well. Please... I haven't started writing anything yet, which is not good, but maybe after I finish mythe ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1104006830375957202004-12-25T15:16:00.001-05:002004-12-25T15:33:50.376-05:00MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Merry Christmas all! Hope your day is great and that you're surrounded by people you love. And if you have to be around people you don't like, well, may you be surrounded by good food at least!
I'm dubbing this "The Last Christmas". After this Christmas, things will never be the same. Not that that is necessarily a bad thing, but things will be entirely different next year. To the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1103855065543520542004-12-23T21:23:00.000-05:002004-12-23T21:24:25.543-05:00Woah... That's it, just... Woah...the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1103597175849647862004-12-20T21:21:00.000-05:002004-12-20T21:46:15.850-05:00On the subject of jobs...
Recently, there has been some discussion about jobs and what jobs should be. So here's my two cents. My parents have always said that they don't care what I do, as long as I'm happy. I appreciate this immensely, and I think it is a good way of looking at things. In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't really matter what "job" you do, just as long as you enjoy it in the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1102830406184753622004-12-12T00:38:00.000-05:002004-12-12T00:46:46.183-05:00Just thought I'd post so no one thought I was dead or anything. I've had quite a lot I've wanted to post about in the past little while, but alas, I didn't have time to post then and so the moment has passed. I hate how that happens. I had a couple of really good rants. Oh well, that's all right.
School's over (thank god), except for this paper I have due by midnight on monday on problem solvingthe ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1099811892650765442004-11-07T03:09:00.000-05:002004-11-07T02:18:12.650-05:00I HATE Canadian Studies!!
Whose #!@*$&@ idea was it to take this stupid @##$*@# class?!?
I really don't even know if I've learned anything. What a waste of some perfectly good Saturdays. And $450. And this class is going to bring down my GPA. Stupid papers lacking any instructions that provide any CLEAR direction as to what to do. Maybe I'm just bitter because this class is hard for me to wrap the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1097299891014903582004-10-09T01:22:00.000-04:002004-10-09T01:31:31.013-04:00#^@&^#% TV shows...
Okay, so I am addicted to TV. I admit it. I watch way too much of it, and I watch way too many stupid TV shows. However, there are some shows that I truly could not survive without watching. One is Gilmore Girls. I love that show. I don't know why, but I do. Another was Popular. I was devestated when it got cancelled (but I just got the first season on DVD, yay!). Another the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1097112605011138842004-10-06T21:23:00.000-04:002004-10-06T21:30:05.010-04:00I should be doing my CCD presentation...
Funny how most of my posts start like this... "I should be...". Yeah, well, what can you do. I guess I could stop procrastinating and just do it, but that's no fun!
I've been suddenly struck by this urge to buy electronics, namely a digital camera and an iPod. I dunno why. I don't need either of them. But I WANTS them... my precious... lol!
I can't the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1096339138164113312004-09-27T22:29:00.000-04:002004-09-27T22:38:58.166-04:00Well, it's nearing the end of September. Pretty crazy. 7 months till graduation. That's a really scary thought. And being in the middle of grad school and scholarship apps makes it seem so much more real. Here's a question... it's all fine and dandy to pick grad schools to apply to, but when it's all said and done, how do you pick? If all 4 school's I'm applying to accept me, how on earth am I the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1095827823151202502004-09-22T00:23:00.000-04:002004-09-22T00:37:03.150-04:00I should be doing my NSERC... or sleeping... or reading..., but no, I'm blogging.
I can feel the breakdown coming. If I'm expecting it, does that make it better when it gets here? I'd like to think it's too early in the year for a breakdown, but Jamie had one yesterday, so at least I can get some comfort in the fact that I'm not alone. But still... it's not good.
Take band, for example. Today the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1095378894161725342004-09-16T19:49:00.000-04:002004-09-16T19:54:54.160-04:00So, second week of school and already it's OUT OF CONTROL!!!
I thought I was in for an easy year. Pffft... right. Ha ha ha. Boy was I wrong. Deadlines are already looming
(i.e., NSERC, I'd hate them if it wasn't for the fact that they'll be funding my research for the rest of my life... hopefully). And what is up with the music department?!?!?! If they don't want me in Wind, just say so, don't the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1094937669652763942004-09-11T17:13:00.000-04:002004-09-11T17:21:09.653-04:00@@^#&*(&@ fish...
So it's getting cold and I thought I'd help my mom by moving the fish from the pond to the tank inside. Simple enough idea, right??? Wrong. So I go out there with my bucket and my fish net and start fishing. My those little buggers are smart! And they can move a lot quicker than a net in water. So I caught some and realized I'd have to make several trips inside as they the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1093746062137920332004-08-28T22:08:00.000-04:002004-08-28T22:21:02.136-04:00Hello all!
Well, it's August 28th. More than a little bit freaky if you ask me. I cannot believe how fast the summer has gone. Odd, as ever day seemed to drag on, but then *poof* it's the end of August and it's almost time for back to school. Sigh... And it's really really really really weird to think that this time next year I'll be living somewhere else. Time flies...
I wrote the GRE on the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1091391926650259492004-08-01T16:03:00.000-04:002004-08-01T16:25:26.650-04:00Well, yesterday was my last day of work at the lab. It's weird, because both of my jobs were at labs... Oh well, only one job now. It was a good last day; I didn't even have to go to Strathmore. It was like someone was smiling down on me... It was sad though. I really did like that job, and the people were nice, and it wasn't really hard. But the call of better pay for more relevant work was to the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1090112323947615862004-07-17T20:43:00.000-04:002004-07-17T20:58:43.946-04:00Well, so stuff has happened recently, and I thought I'd update.
Tuesday was my birthday. I'm 21 now and feeling very old. It was pretty low key, which was good. Some of my friends and I went to Shakespeare in the Park yesterday to see the Taming of the Shrew. It was good, but toward the end my bum got numb, which was uncomfortable... After, we went to Amanda's and had ice cream sundaes and sat the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1088991199249924932004-07-04T21:17:00.000-04:002004-07-04T21:33:19.250-04:00So, I'm feeling guilty about having not posted anything in over a month, so time for an update...
So, what's new with me... well, not q whole heck of a lot. I work in a basement for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, then I drive around in traffic, cursing at the tourists for 5 or 6 hours on the sixth day of the week, then, it's Sunday and I have one day to do everything else that needs to get done, the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1085444361227887682004-05-24T20:04:00.000-04:002004-05-24T20:21:23.640-04:00Have you ever thought how crazy it is that changing one tiny (or not so tiny) thing in your life can alter the course of it in profound ways? Like if you were going to go to see a movie, but changed your mind at the last minute, then heard that there was a terrible accident that happened on the road you would have been on at the exact time you would have been there. So it can be good. Or it can the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1085344328618105892004-05-23T16:12:00.000-04:002004-05-23T16:32:08.616-04:00So, it's been awhile. I've been busy with work and stuff. And not just one work, 2 of them. I would never recommend having 2 jobs. And Jessie has 3. I honestly don't know how she does it! So life at the university is pretty good. I'm learning stuff (gasp!) including how to program using Hypercard. I never in a bazillion years would have pictured myself programming. I'm more of the mindset that the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1084047380971092642004-05-08T16:16:00.000-04:002004-05-08T16:20:43.543-04:00About time for an update I think.
So, school is over. It all turned out fine and dandy. Music prof are lazy bastards though, it's the only mark that I don't know. Grrr...
Started a new job. So far, very boring. Who knew that making stimulus sets could be SO EFFING BORING?!?!?! My GOD!!! Three of us have spent a combined 55 HOURS on it and we're not done. GAH!! Let me tell you, the life of an the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1082490901296945722004-04-20T15:42:00.000-04:002004-04-20T15:58:59.450-04:00Amanda's questions: (happy now?! :-))
1) If you could take a road trip across the country with anyone in the world, living or dead, who would it be and why?
2) If you could go back in time, where would you go and would you change anything?
3) What reality TV show would you go on and why?
1) This is a hard question. I'm not sure why, but it is. Hmmmmm... I know! I'd go with my great Uncle Knobby.the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1082399861076386152004-04-19T14:37:00.000-04:002004-04-19T14:41:38.106-04:00Questions from Michenn:
1) If you could be in any other faculty, besides Psych, which would it be and why?
2) Do you like penguins?
3) How and where do you see yourself in 15 years? (You should probably be done with school by then, right?)
1) Hmmmm... Picking another faculty/department. I'd have to say music. As you may know, I did flirt with being a music major at one point. I realize I'm notthe ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1082394618977596562004-04-19T12:58:00.000-04:002004-04-19T13:14:16.293-04:00Colm's questions:
1) if you could pick two era's of your life (elementary, jr. high, university, fetus etc. :P) which one's would you consider your fondest and most enjoyable, and on the flipside, the most trying. why?
2) What do you consider your greatest accomplishment so far in life? how so?
3) we all know that we are born with gifts, naturally gifted at doing certain things in life, or the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1082341708278429552004-04-18T22:18:00.000-04:002004-04-18T22:32:24.530-04:00Ah, the first weekend of (relative) freedom has come and gone. Nice! It felt so good to be able to sleep in this morning and not feel guilty about sleep taking time away from doing work. Ahhhhh!
And how about that Flames game?! I hated hockey until about 2 months ago, but now, now I realize that there's just something about it that makes it fun to watch. I really don't get it. I think initially the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1082041257138681842004-04-15T10:49:00.000-04:002004-04-15T11:04:49.153-04:00Ah, another school year is almost at its end. What a nice thought! This year has been busy, hectic, stressful, busy, long, busy, nerve-wracking, busy... I think you get the picture. The last class I'm going to is today at 5. I have to hand in a paper. It's not quite done yet... So what am I doing? Procrastinating as usual. Stupic consciousness. It has been the single largest contributor to my the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1081526784558314052004-04-09T11:54:00.000-04:002004-04-09T12:10:08.640-04:00Well, I'm procrastinating, so I'll post something! Surely blogging is much more fun than writing a paper about positive mood and disease, right?
Question, why do my dogs have this compulsive need to destroy every toy they own??? I'm so careful to make sure they each have their own set of toys, but they still fight over the same ones! They've destroyed at least 3 toys in the last 3 days. the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1081458543376814342004-04-08T17:06:00.000-04:002004-04-08T17:12:46.373-04:00Wheeeeeee!!!! I FINALLY got the much anticipated letter. I am officially in Honours officially working with Dr. Bodner! Life's grand. That's pretty much it.
PS- When opening mail, make sure the envelope is empty before you freak out about stuff. (and no, I'm not the idiot I'm referring to, it was a fellow comrade. He he...)the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1080843584963972872004-04-01T13:19:00.000-05:002004-04-01T13:23:20.483-05:00So, 11 days of school left. Wait, strike that. 9 days of school left! I can count the days on 2 hands!!!!! This translates to 5 465 classes, 1 465 lab, 4 411 classes, 2 411 labs, 4 497 classes, 4 211 classes, and 2 437 classes! The semester spawned by Satan himself is almost over!!! Yippee!!!!! I can hardly wait. Soon, it will be summer. Maybe I'll even have a job and be making money. What a the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1080078704202490002004-03-23T16:48:00.000-05:002004-03-23T16:55:05.750-05:00It's Tuesday again. I HATE Tuesdays. They are the suckiest day of the week. Only 3 left though... That's good.
I'm really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really bored right now. I can't stop yawning. *Yawns* I just need to type the word "yawn" and I start yawning. Silly dogs are wearing me out... Just watcing them makes me tired...
Anyways, my lab is starting soon, so I should the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1079635444368700562004-03-18T13:44:00.000-05:002004-03-18T13:47:19.000-05:00I'm bored and at school waiting to do an experiment, so I figured I'd do an update.
Another movie review:
1) School of Rock - freaking hilarious. I wasn't expecting it to be good, but it was great! I definitely recommend.
2) Cold Creek Manor - one of the creepiest movies I've ever seen. Honestly, it was gross, I'm surprised I didn'yt have nightmares! It was good though, if you like that sort ofthe ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1078889996959725512004-03-09T22:39:00.000-05:002004-03-09T22:43:00.263-05:00Oh, and Michenn, you were wrong...the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1078889049749623932004-03-09T22:20:00.000-05:002004-03-09T22:27:13.280-05:00Life's not fair. I know no one ever said it was supposed to be, but it really isn't. Today sucks... This week sucks... March is a sucky month...
Now I get to study for another midterm. Lucky me...
I hate Tuesdays most of all...
And in case you didn't get it before, life's not fair...the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1078597946334907382004-03-06T13:32:00.000-05:002004-03-06T13:35:40.890-05:00I'm bored...
Homework sucks.the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1078458065743936932004-03-04T22:37:00.000-05:002004-03-04T22:44:02.436-05:00Hello to everyone out there in cyberland!
So on Tuesday in Consciousness, we were talking about weird stuff (as per usual) and I got to thinking that I'd never asked any of my friends about something. Does anyone (you or someone you know) see or hear or taste things in colours or shapes? This girl in my class can. Shapes, numbers, and letters all have specific colours for her, like t's are greenthe ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1076893562385119072004-02-15T20:06:00.000-05:002004-02-15T20:08:35.610-05:00Movie Review:
As I've watched 4 movies in the past 24 hours, I thought I'd post a little review to spare some of you from watching some really shitty movies...
1) My Boss's Daughter: Overall, not a bad movie. Good for some laughs. Dumb, but what can you really expect...
2) Lost in Translation: Now, I was expecting this to be really good. After all, it won some Golden Globes and Sofia Coppola the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1076862506251599532004-02-15T11:28:00.000-05:002004-02-15T11:30:58.700-05:00Well, it finally happened. I really can't believe it, but she's managed to do it. Chloe (my dog) has managed to wrap her little tail around every member of this house. My dad was the last hold out. The he started sharing food with her. Then, on that fateful day about a week ago, Chloe was invited by my dad to sleep on his bed... It was a big moment, let me tell you. She's accomplished so much, the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1076560413419425592004-02-11T23:33:00.000-05:002004-02-11T23:36:03.763-05:00Ah, tomorrow is the last day for me this week. I'm very grateful. Yay for profs going to conferences! But boo for papers. Too many papers. Writing papers sucks. A lot. And why do option classes have to be so hard? They should be easy. Stupid humanities options, ruin lives they do. Ask Cara. She'll give you an earful about that. And damn some profs for being so frickin' popular (but not really). the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1075436983468936202004-01-29T23:29:00.000-05:002004-01-29T23:31:53.983-05:00Woo woo! Guess what Stephanie got today?!?! Her POWERBOOK!!! Yes indeedie folks, I'm now a Mac owner. I have to say, my powerbook is soooooo pretty (in spite of the minor scratches on it). And it came with an extra battery! Yay! Double the battery life, double the fun. Now I need to get Office X and a case and I'm so set!the ex-roomienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345239.post-1074401046915798902004-01-17T23:44:00.000-05:002004-01-17T23:46:01.576-05:00Ah. One week down, 12 to go. Is it a bad thing that I'm already counting down the weeks???... This IS after all, my 16th straight year of school. It makes it seem much worse put that way... Oy. 6 and a half more to go. But I like school... I think... I'm just sleepy. Too many late nights at school.
I went to see a really good movie. It's called Big Fish. It was fabulous, happy, sad, and touchingthe ex-roomienoreply@blogger.com