Date: 2007-08-15 03:22 Subject: Work! Security: Public Location: home Mood: accomplished

So I have a job now. Amazing, eh? Only took me 22 years ... *cough*.

Anyway, I'm full-time days at the Tim Horton's down the street, which is win cause it's like a 5 minute drive or a relatively short walk on a nice day. Although driving means I can sleep in so the Honda wins, as always.

Yesterday was my first day of training, and involved me doing absolutely nothing more than sitting in the break room in front of their computer and watching disc after disc of training CDs. FOR FIVE HOURS. And I was only scheduled to work four. Oops. Today was five hours of learning the cash register which was exciting. God bless the "double/double" button. I'm in tomorrow too, and I think I'm being scheduled for an extra shift on Saturday. Monehmonehmoneh.
Now I think I need a shower cause I reek of delicious coffee.

Date: 2007-07-03 00:54 Subject: I live! Security: Public

Sweet Raptor Jesus in the Jurassic, I'm bad at updating this thing. I'm sure you care.

I am still contentedly coexisting with my mother and Philip and our combined four cats and one gecko in Ottawa. Our plans to pick up and freak everyone out by moving to BC have been postponed, as there's some drama with Phip's family out there that we aren't about to walk into the middle of. SO, good news, we'll be around for Susan's birthday (which is good, I wasn't looking forward to her killing me for missing it) and for the wedding! I was so annoyed that we were going to miss it, and not missing it makes life much better.

Issy the kitten (full name: Issy bo Bissy fo Fissy) is well, and gimpy-eyed. I am still in love with everything Firefly and currently, the show Robot Chicken (available on YouTube, go watch now).

Tomorrow is the start of The Big Job Hunt since we aren't actually going to be leaving for a while. Wish me luck. Phip is taking me out for lunch to that sushi place Susan wishes she could go more often but she's off in lah-dee-dah fancy pants England so we're going without her. Hmph.

Date: 2007-05-20 09:51 Subject: Oops. Security: Public Location: new basement room Music: RJD2 - True Confessions

Forgot to update for a while there.

So.

I am all gradumuated! s-m-r-t. For the rest of my life it will be a bittersweet memory because my grandmother, who travelled from Southern Ontario to be there for Convocation, had a heart attack in Amherst on the Friday before the ceremony, and passed away that night. My uncle was with her at the time, and everyone's been reassuring me that she died doing something she loved (aka travelling and seeing me) but ... talk about cold comfort. The whole time we were there, people kept saying "Oh yeah, and congratulations on graduating!" and I wanted to throw up a little.

So on Tuesday we packed up from Sackville and headed home. 15 hours of straight driving and didn't get in til 4 in the morning on Wednesday. Bleh is all I have to say about that. Then we packed up Thursday morning for the 6-hour drive to Grandma's hometown for the funeral which was on Friday. Philip got to meet my dad for the first time (we bought him a suit for the funeral, he was freakin' adorable) which was full of awkward, but it was okay. The funeral itself was nice, that woman was nothing but love to the whole world and it was obvious that the whole world in return was full of love for her. It was a beautiful day. I got to be a pall-bearer, which was a bit unsettling.

And yesterday we came home! I would say I'm utterly sick of driving except that it's *me* so ... I'm not. But a break is nice. We're going to try to get Phip his learner's permit while he's here, cause it's a lot cheaper than it would have been in Nova Scotia.

We went and bought a wireless router, too, so we could set up our computers in the basement, then we picked up kitten-face so she is back with moi. I missed her gimpy-eyed stare. She missed my computer chair most of all, go figure.

Date: 2007-04-29 22:57 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public

Suze - reply to this or send me an e-mail as soon as you're home. If you don't by tomorrow night I'll have to go home myself to make sure someone's feeding the animals.

Date: 2007-04-25 00:34 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public

Suze - phone Jess K., she's been trying to get in contact with you. Also, Phip and I will be out of here from this coming Saturday (28th) until the following Saturday. You'll have to be here to look after Brannimannishannanigan and kitten-head too.

Date: 2007-03-27 01:10 Subject: Yay! More papers to write! Security: Public

Dear person who wrote the paper that I have to review in order to write my own paper:

"albaillellids" is not a word, there are too many "L"s.

Equally, "radiolarian-spiculitic wackestone" is not a phrase. It sounds racist.

Plz l2english kthxbai.





Best of luck to Lindz on her fantastical trip to Japan-land! <3 your updates.

Date: 2007-03-26 04:34 Subject: Oops. Security: Public

This is really not a good time of day for me to be working on a research report. Now I have to write another paper and its simultaneous presentation both tomorrow. I just want to graduate already so I can go away.

I hate getting myself into these messes.

Bah humbug.

Date: 2007-03-08 12:28 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public

Ugh, you know you've been playing WoW for too long when you're confused about why 'w' and 's' don't make webpages scroll up and down.

I am mucho over the flu, thankfully. Going to the hospital was a serious drag and I ended up missing some cool things (plus a big deadline) that made life a little more annoying.

The only really interesting thing I have to note is that someone's been forging my signature at Movie Experts to rent movies on my account. Bad movies, at that. And they returned one late, which is how I found out. How dumb is that? You don't need to pay for an account there, just give them your phone number and your name. People in this town are silly.

Date: 2007-02-26 23:07 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public

Yay for Convention! And yay for Convention OVER. Hehe. All the staff know they're awesome.

Sadly, I'm all flu-d up. Barfy barfy fever for the loss. Especially when I have a big paper due tomorrow and a presentation to do to strangers on Wednesday night. /emo.

Date: 2007-02-12 12:49 Subject: Success. Security: Public Music: Goober is staring at me.

Woooo, home from Grand Manan / Grand Banana / Grand Marnier / Grand Banarnier (thankyou Susan and Philip for bastardizing the Maritimes). It was a fun trip, the people there are amazingly nice and we're thinking of taking a short vacation-y trip back between the end of exams and Convocation. If I never have to see the mushy scenes from Jerry Maguire again, it'll be too soon o_x

Wrote my Classics midterm this morning which went okay (my own fault for not studying on the island :[ ) and I got some stuffs from the drug store on my way home. It smells like spring outside :DDD

The new kitten is the sweetest little thing, I will try to go snaffle her away from Susan momentarily (muahaha).

Now I am going to drink pepsi and be lazy for a bit before freaking out about my Enviro Science class.

Date: 2007-02-07 16:44 Subject: Update Shmupdate Security: Public Mood: cold Music: Castlevania Soundtrack

Eeeeeeeek, going to Grand Manan tomorrow. Will be interesting, but cripes I have lotsa work to get done. I'll be gone until Sunday, so obviously missing anime staff meeting. Suxxors. Lindsay and Bill have already heard my blab about video game/console boxes though, so now I just need to hear back from any more forum-ites about XBoxes and such. Honestly, why would you want a console Microsoft built? Hayabusa and DoA3 are the only valid reasons.


EDIT
Just got back from Borat, and hocrap that movie is so weird. WEIRD. Americans are WEIRD.

Date: 2007-01-29 23:18 Subject: I'd rather be gaming. Security: Public Mood: busy

Gah ... too much stuff going on right now to coherently list and/or organize mentally.

All my classes this term want papers, some short and on obscure topics, others very long and on topics which will require me having to conduct multiple interviews with strange men (aka drunk fishermen in a bar ... *shudder*). I have a presentation in my seminar tomorrow night that I am in no way prepared for, unless she wants a hastily slapped-together 5 minute article barf. After that (but no less worrisome) is convention stress, and finally stress of the "what am I doing with my life?" variety. Because really ... what am I doing with my life? Gah.

Day 27364272. No aquasaurs yet. Not 70 yet. STILL IN SCHOOL.

Date: 2007-01-27 11:17 Subject: This Update is for Kimothy Security: Public

( Random babbling for Kim to read when she's bored at work )

Date: 2007-01-05 09:26 Subject: Oops ... Security: Public

So. Long time no update.

What is new?

Oh yeah. LAST TERM EVER AT MOUNT A! ( !!!!!!!! )

My schedule is great this term, or so I like to think. My earliest class all week is at 11:30, so I don't have to pretend I'm a morning person.

Phippy is also living with me now, he got a job at Tim Horton's, so there is practically never a need for me to take the dreaded bus trip back to New Glasgow. Muahaha.

I am getting my butt in gear sorting out video game lists/tournaments for the convention at the end of next month.

Aaaaand ... thassit. Nothing else interesting, I think. Ooh, I got Aquasaurs for Christmas, so I'll keep you biology-minded folks updated on their happy little progress once I actually get around to trying to hatch some. Score.

Date: 2006-12-01 14:39 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public Mood: iz ded

Last class of the term today ... I'm almost sad =(




Almost.




Here is my list of upcoming STUFF that is either due or I have to do:

Dec. 1st - Transport Paper
Dec. 4th - Biogeography Lab Report
Dec. 5th - Geography of Japan Term Paper
Dec. 6th - Biogeography Exam
Dec. 7th - Transport Exam
Dec. 9th - Geography of Japan Exam
Dec. 11th - Philosophy Take-Home
Dec. 12th - Enviro Studies Reasearch Proposal


Obviously, these thing are so important that I'm sitting here updating this and filling out teaching surveys on WebCT instead of working on them. HaHA ... procrastination.

Date: 2006-11-17 11:08 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public

Ack, how the time flies. Just over 2 weeks of classes left and so much left to get done ... which won't happen this weekend, since I'm being whisked away to Grand Manan in a couple of hours to schmooze with the locals about lobster-fishing. Yeah. Won't that be fun.

I hope everyone has a good weekend :D

Date: 2006-11-06 10:51 Subject: Ararararar Security: Public Location: craziness.

Man, life is so busy right now it's not even funny. Phip came to visit over the weekend which was fantasmagical, but he left yesterday morning so now I'm a sad panda =(

I have stuff to do every weekend up til the end of the month, at which point I have a bajillion and one things due and then it's straight into all four of my exams in the first week of the exam period.

I'm really just posting so I can postpone the inevitable chilly march to Avard Dixon where I will pray to the rocky gods of geography that WebMail is back up and drop my biogeography presentation onto my M: drive or pray his computer can read my CD.

Anxiety, anyone?

EDIT It snows it snows!! All is well with the world because IT SNOWS!!