I am often significantly less stressed the 48hrs leading up to a due date than my peers. Most of the time, this is because I complete my work before hand and apparently everyone I go to school with is an expert procrastinator. However, I thought this weekend might be different. We're on the third and final iteration of our Redondo prototype project (due on Monday), and my group was struggling to solidify our idea. This meant I couldn't start working on my part of the write up ahead of time. Finally, on Thursday we came to an agreement only because we argued that we literally didn't have anymore time to discuss ideas, and had to start working on the write-up and physical prototype. Filip and I were assigned the physical prototype because we were going to be the only ones in Stratford over the weekend. Filip didn't seem too happy about having the physical prototype, but I would take crafting over writing any day. Over the past two days, it took us 8 hours to complete the prototype out of cardboard, and that was on top of 2 hours the group had spent together building the shell of the Redondo. We went through 3 cans of spray paint trying to make this thing look half decent. But on the plus side, I am now done my contribution to the project, and thus have the weekend to myself. Which is where I started this narrative. Still done my work ahead of time :)
My other task for the weekend is 3D printing a bunch of mini pieces of furniture. This is for the GBDA X project, where we're redesigning the Cooper Site. As a part of the 3D model team, I created a blueprint of the building that will eventually printed at 24"x62". The mini furniture pieces will sit on this blueprint. The group became a bit pressed for time because the book/brand team wants pictures of the miniatures for their book. So we suddenly needed our models finished earlier than anticipated. I took one for the team and offered to print them over the weekend. It will be cutting it close. I started one today (a desk and bed) and it's going to take 9hrs to print. I'm just hoping that everything goes smoothly, because I left after about an hour. I will find out tomorrow, fingers crossed.
Other than hoping the 3D printer doesn't break down from continuous operation over the next 48hrs, I don't have anything going on this weekend. All of the M&Ms are away for the weekend. I made chocolate chip cookies this evening. I used to bake because I wanted baked goods. Now I bake to occupy time, and have the added bonus of getting baked goods out of it. I finished The Crown on Netflix today. I really enjoyed it and hope they continue to make episodes (there's some controversy as to whether there will be another season due to comments from the Royal Family). Might do some reading, since I haven't done that in a while. Unfortunately it doesn't look like the weather is going to be great. Although today it was lovely. I was walking around in a t-shirt.
It has been a very slow, motivation-lacking weekend. Luckily, there wasn't much that I needed to get done. That being said, I'm not a fan of having unproductive days. I like to be able to say that I did something. Hence why I'm blogging.
Everybody has been frantically working on their work term report that is due on Tuesday. I had mine done about 3 weeks ago, so I've been doing my own thing. I actually submitted the report, so I officially don't have to worry about it any more. Did some laundry, went grocery shopping, 3D printed a couple more hexes for Settlers of Catan, baked some snickerdoodle blondie bars. Sill slowly hacking away at the list of things I need to do to my website.
This afternoon I went to the Perth Pop-Up market. It was disappointing. The space was very crowded and it was very dark, both of which made it difficult to see what the vendors were actually selling. I doubt I would have wanted much of it anyways. Since walking around the 'market' only took me about 5mins, I decided to pop into a couple of the stores along Ontario St. Again, didn't really want anything they were selling, but it occupied the time and it was nice to be outside. It actually wasn't that bad out today. This cold weather feels like it's come out of nowhere because we had that one weird patch where it was 25C.
On Friday, 6 new episodes of Black Mirror came out on Netflix. It's a great show. I found out about it a couple years ago from a classmate but never looked into it. It's all about technology in the future, in a grim, sci-fi kind of way. It's not hover-boards and time travel; it's eye contacts that film everything you see and implants in the brain that control digital selves. Each episode is a stand alone story, so you don't have to watch all of them or in any particular order.
It came up again in one of our lectures this term and I decided to watch it. At the time, they only had one episode - a Christmas special - on Netflix. Marissa and I watched that one, and we had our minds blown. It was very well done. I then looked into the actual seasons and was surprised to see that it's like Sherlock: there are only three episodes a season. I watched the first season, and while the stories were good, they didn't compare to the Christmas special we had watched. I have yet to watch season 2. Apparently the show was dropped or put on pause, then Netflix brought it back for a third season with 6 episodes. I was very happy to see that these new episodes are on the same level as the Christmas special. The episodes are about an hour long, give or take 10mins. I highly recommend it. Oh, and it's by the BBC!
Fun fact: it's called Black Mirror because when the screen of our electronic devices are off, they become a black mirror. I thought that was clever :)
QOTD
370. Ever been on a plane?
Yup. Lots, in fact. At least 18 (wow).
This marks the beginning of my last week as a User
Experience Design Intern at D+H. I originally had a 12 week contract, but that
was extended to 15 weeks (it could have been 16, but I asked for a week off so
I could go up to camp for a week). I can’t really tell you about the projects I
worked on, but I’ve really enjoyed the work I’ve been doing, and I’ll be sad to
leave. Although, there is speak of me potentially working part time through the
school year, which would be awesome (not to mention a foot in the door for when
I’m looking for a job when I graduate).
This week may be a slow one. It’s hard to start working on
projects when you only have 5 days left. Usually the things I work on don’t
take too long, but I often follow projects along and help out when they need
it. Hopefully I’m not sitting idle (and yet here I am, writing a blog post).
One thing that I am definitely going to miss is the desk set
up I have here at D+H. I only ever sit in a hoteling station, but I’ve claimed
this one as my own. I have two monitors (one being the laptop monitor), a
keyboard, and a mouse. It’s great. I plug my laptop into a docking station and
boom; I’m hooked up to everything. I am definitely going to want a desktop
monitor for this upcoming school year now. My laptop screen just seems so small
on its own.
I’m excited to be going back to Stratford and seeing all of
my school friends again. However, I’ve definitely become used to the
work-stays-at-work life, and going back to having to do work outside of class
will be an adjustment. I think the fall will be a very busy time. I have
classes, I might be working part-time, I have to write a work report about my
internship, and a professor at the Stratford campus is running an optional
course called GBDA X. The idea is that it’s a course where we can decide what
we’ll learn to an extent, he’ll give us projects and things to work on, and at
the end of it, we’ll have something to add to our portfolio. It won’t count for
marks or credits, but the hope is that it utilizes a bunch of the technology
and resources that the Stratford campus has, like the 3D printer and Oculus
Rift. I’m really interested in seeing what the professor comes up with.
I’m going to be commuting to Stratford for the first couple
weeks of class. At first, I was really excited, because I love driving. Now, I’m
thinking that this is not going to be the blue skies and sunshine I was
imagining. Aaron and I will be spending some quality time together I’m sure.
Him sitting in the basement playing video games, and me sitting at the kitchen
counter doing homework and watching Netflix. But it should be good. We’re
hoping to go see the London Airshow when it comes to town. And we’ll probably
go out for dinner for my birthday, because the rest of the family won’t be
around. This will be the first time I’ve been home for my birthday in a while.
And then Mom and Dad decided to peace out. Alison will be in Toronto, so it’ll
be me and Aaron.
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
As requested, a blog post. The time is 3:25am and I am currently on campus working on a documentary that is due in 6hrs. I am going to have to wake up 3hrs. I debated not going to bed, but I think I'll take a nap. And I'm going to buy myself a large iced cap before I get on the bus in 4hrs. One of my group members filmed us working and it may just be my favourite video clip. More later.
Also, the PC frozen lasagna is notably better than the PC frozen indian butter chicken.
Welcome to the World of Procrastination! Here, you will enjoy the motivation to do anything but the the thing you need to be doing. And all without any guilt*! Watch as all the little tasks you've been avoiding for weeks finally get done as you avoid the more important tasks at hand. After you've enjoyed your time here, we suggest you go visit Cramming City, where they will provide you with the mindset to finally get stuff done! And once again, enjoy your visit in the World of Procrastination!
So yeah. I'm not really procrastinating (much) but I thought it would be funny to do a little blurb about it. And it got me thinking, if you procrastinate, but don't like seriously procrastinate, then you might actually be more productive than if you'd just done your work in the first place. I know this doesn't go for everyone, but if you procrastinate by doing other things that you've been avoiding, while not being such a big procrastinator that you leave yourself a decent amount of time to get the important things done, then clearly procrastinating is the way to get things done! This is totally me. But then you start procrastinating by going on Pinterest or tumblr, and let's be honest, once you've hit the Internet, there's no leaving, so you might as well just give up all hope of getting anything done.
I don't have much to do today, but it's all stuff I don't want to do. I have no idea what my TED talk is going to be about. It has to be about something in our "industry". Please, I don't even know what I want to do with my life yet. How will I know anything about my industry?
*this does not apply to everyone
270. Turn off.
- when people try to grow beards but they clearly do not have the ability to do so
- moustaches without beards (whether it be well grown or not)
- rudeness
- acting like he rules the world/he's the coolest
271. Where I want to be right now
At home. (I have been thinking about Christmas a lot over the past week. Like, a lot. A disturbing amount. I get 3 weeks off at Christmas and I'm super excited [47 days till I get to go home for Christmas!] Look, Google knows what I'm asking:
And all this thinking of Christmas and going home is making me miss home. Luckily I get to go home this coming weekend.)
All (ok, most) of my classes are overlapping so much it's ridiculous. I just finished writing a paper about how mobile phones are changing the way we interact with people in the real world. And today I received a new assignment and one of the options to write about is
And did I mention that I got back a different paper I had to do? She said the range of marks went from 70 to 90, most being in the 75-80 range. About 5 people got 70 and only 2 made it up by 90. She was basically giving up a pep talk about how not to beat ourselves up over the mark that we got, and how criticism is a part of the process. She even gave us feed back that she had received on a paper she had written that basically told her to switch professions, to make us feel better. Hearing all this, I was mentally preparing myself for a bad mark. More than that, I was expecting a bad mark. But I got 89 :D So basically at the top of the class. She said she really enjoyed reading my paper. It was a good confidence boost. That paper was worth 10%. But the best part is that with her feedback, we are supposed to revise it and submit it again. She said the only way you could possibly drop your mark was by not handing it in again. Obviously I'm not going to improve a lot, because there wasn't a lot to improve, but the revision is worth 10%, so basically the easiest 9 marks I've ever gotten. I'm feeling good.
But also not good because another assignment was introduced today where I have to come up with a 4-8min long TED Talk about a topic relevant to my field. I am so done with ARBUS. So glad that I don't ever have to take it again.
Also, there's only (basically) a month left of school left, which is blowing my mind. It seems so short, but too long at the same time. Only 63 days till Christmas ;)
I have reached that horrible part of the day where I have told myself that I have so much stuff to do that I couldn't possibly have a moment of spare time, but here I am, with apparently nothing to do. I always do this to myself. I'll have an assignment or something to do and I'll say, "this is going to take forever. No goofing off. No free time." But then I get the thing done, and I am just sitting here in the mind set that I don't have free time. I hate it. Especially this time, because I'm working on this paper, and I've broken it down into parts, so I do so much every day. So technically I'm not done yet, but I've finished today's quota. And I really do not want to do more on it. (I'm not going to, that wasn't me asking for your opinion on whether I should do work or not). Maybe I'll go to bed (but *GASP* it's only 9:30!)
I have a full day tomorrow. Quite literally, and in a way that I've never had before. I have class from 10-11:20, then a break till 1 (during which I'm going to do more work on my paper). From 1-2:20 I have class again, then another 1.5hr break (where I will do even more work on my paper). At 4, I have a lab for 1hr20mins. Then I'm going to go buy dinner (because I refuse to carry around a lunch and a dinner all day) then head over to a 3hr practicum starting at 6. And it's probably not a good idea to wear new shoes on a long day, but I'm going to anyway because I really want to wear them. Wish me luck.
On the plus side, there's only 66 days till Christmas, and 54 days till I get to go home for Christmas break! Send me your wish lists now, because I am in the Christmas mood (which kind of sucks because once reality sinks in, I'm going to realize that Christmas is still two months away :( )
269. Turn Ons
(I am going to take this in a non-sexual direction)
- humour
- confidence
- yeah that's all I got
- I don't know!
- do people actually talk about these things?
- I guess it would probably help if I had been in a relationship or something so that I knew what I liked
- he's gotta smell nice
Tonight I made spaghetti carbonara for dinner. I wasn't sure how it would turn out because it calls for:
- minced garlic
- bacon
- the bacon's grease
- parmesan cheese
And I used:
- garlic powder
- bacon bits
- oil
- lets be serious, what university student has parmesan cheese?
And then there's the whole raw egg bit. But I looked it up and the egg cooks when it hits the hot spaghetti, so I think I'm good. Although you should probably keep an eye out for symptoms of salmonella. Anyways, it turned out really good. Seriously good. Like, wishing I had made more so that I can have more. It will definitely be added to my list of regular meals to make. Yeah. That's all I got to say about that.
I bought these really cute shoes yesterday. I'm calling them my gift to myself to help me get through midterm stress.
I went on a walk this morning. I looked on Google Maps to see if there was a park nearby, and there's one just a couple blocks down. So I headed in that direction, only to find the intersection closed for construction. So I had to talk a detour. I eventually did make it to the park, but by that point, I had walked so far that I didn't actually spend too much time in the park, but started trying to make my way back. On the way back I stopped by a store kind of like the old Toy Shoppe of London, but with stuff for collectors as well (like baseball cards, comics, etc). I saw this game called Concept that looks like it would be fun to play. It's about trying to get people to guess a word or a phrase by giving them pictures and colours. (e.g. if the word was "bee", you would give them "yellow", "black", "animal", "small", and "flying"). It seems like it would be fun. The phrases would obviously be much harder.
Now I have to go write another 2 pages for my Digital Culture paper. If anybody has any advice about writing introduction paragraphs, let me know.
268. Age you get mistaken for?
OH HOW I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW! I've always been really curious about this. And you can't ask people who know you, because they take your actual age into account. From people at camp the oldest I got was 23.
I don't know if you guys would have seen this at all, but my english professor, Aimee Morrison, has been in the news a lot recently over a tweet about sexist baby onesies; check it out here. She says that she's done about 10 interviews in the past week. She's pretty cool, I really like her as a professor. (I'm wondering if this post will show up if you search her now? Hopefully not...) Jeopardy also recently had a sexist moment, with a category called "What Women Want" (and the answers were not "What is equality?")
In other news, I can't believe another week is done and I can't believe how much work I have to do over the next 3 days. I'm going to Stratford tomorrow with a couple of friends to see Crazy For You at Festival Theatre.
Last year in our ARBUS 200 class, it became a bit of a tradition in my group of friends for one of us to buy a box of Oreos to eat during class. This week while I was at the grocery store, I walked by some Oreos, and they were on sale, so I bought some to take to class. Then my one friend said (in our ARBUS 300 class), "You know what guys, I think the reason this class sucks more than last year is because we don't have cookies." And I thought to myself, "Perfect. This couldn't be more perfect!" So I reached into my bag and pulled out that box of Oreos. The look on my friend's face was great. She cried out in that way that she does, she was so happy and excited. It was a great moment. (That, my friends, is why we share. It makes you feel so good inside).
Also, my mom got Facebook, which is not only something I thought would never happen, but really funny to think about. (love ya, Mom)
259. Most embarrassing moment.
This might not be my most embarrassing moment, but it's the first one that came to mind (okay, then maybe it is my most embarrassing moment...) When I was a camper at FCC, I went horseback riding. Dallas was leading my horse. I had gone around and was back at the fence, ready to get off. Dallas told me to lean forward and slide my leg over, so I did that. However, as I started to slide off, still leaning forward, my bra got caught on the horn of the saddle. So I was hanging off the side of a horse with my shirt stretched up around the horn of the saddle. I had to climb back up and unhook it. -_-
260. Favourite subject
One would hope that it would be business or digital arts...but it's fine arts (and art history).
1. I managed to sell my courseware that I bought accidentally.
2. I found $20 on the ground.
3. I had nachos and dip for lunch.
4. I saw a Scion IQ in real life.
5. I ate brownies.
6. I ate Rheo Thompson Chocolates.
7. Laundry (ok, I know what you're thinking, laundry can't possibly be a good thing. But there is one thing I like about doing laundry, more specifically: my bed sheets. Remaking my bed, while a struggle at times, guarantees that my bed will be in perfect shape when I go to bed. All the sheet corners will be tight, everything will be even on both sides, and it looks nice :D I love going to bed after I've washed my sheets)
8. I (finally) got my mail key (I had the pleasure of going through almost 2 years worth of mail, because clearly the tenants before us never checked the mail. And out of all of it, only 2 were not advertisements. Also, Rogers needs to calm the heck down).
9. I got two late birthday presents (tea thermos and sushi!)
10. I actually got more done on my to-do-list than I thought.
11. The repair guys (or rather, the guy and gal) came and fixed everything we had listed on our deficiencies list.
12. Only one more day till Summit!
Things That Made Thursday Not So Awesome
1. I had to go to an extra 3hr class this evening.
2. Said 3hr class gave me more reading to do.
3. I missed my bus and panicked to find another one (I still made it on time).
4. Laundry
5. The repair guy did something to the toilet to fix it, but in doing that, created another problem with it.
258. Something you want to learn.
Crocheting (I would like to become good at it). How to use all the settings on my camera. How to force creative thoughts....
The assignment is we have to take an advertisement and alter it somehow, change its meaning.
Here's the original:
And here's what I've done:
Do you think the extra text at the bottom is too much? Or like it doesn't flow? "Taste it all. All the chemicals."
I got a lot done today. Well, not any more so than other days, but I got it done a lot faster. So this evening has been more relaxed, which is nice. But I still have studying to do. I've finished rereading all the chapters and making notes. Now I have to actually make sure I know it. -_-
94. Are you outgoing or shy?
Shy, but I've become less so over the past year or so.
- 2.5 hrs each for econ and business (I'm doing a chapter a day; I thought it would take me 45mins to an hour for each chapter, since I'm just reviewing what I've already read, but it's been taking me at least two hours)
- doing an image for my bookwork assignment for my art class
- which never turns out how I imagine in my brain
- so that just depresses me
- cause my hands are not the artist my brain is
- lack of sleep
- second and third winds, preventing sleep when I can actually have it
- drowning my sorrows in tea and baked goods (Timmies has these really good red velvet muffins right now)
- I like tea better with sugar, I've discovered
- which, you would think, wouldn't be a big deal
- but it is because the caf has sugar
- and I don't. So now if I want tea with sugar, it has to be when the caf is open
- which is never when I feel like tea
- going on an awkward outing with a boy that likes me
- drinking bubble tea on said outing
- which, quite frankly, was disgusting
- the bubble tea, that is
- there's this kind of middle aged man that works at Renison, doing maintenance stuff and odd jobs and whenever I see him, I just smile. Cause he seems like one of those guys that would just be really great to hang out with, like he would always be happy
- tea/sugar update: I've stolen some sugar packages from the caf
- but they're sugar alternatives, so I'm sure it will not be as good
- listening to Coldplay's "Fix You"
- avoiding my 5 hours of studying by writing this post
- oh I also forgot to mention the hour of photoshop tutorials I need to watch
- because heaven forbid I don't know how to use the eraser tool and I need to watch a 5 minute video on it
- complaining to the void (you guys) about my problems
- which are nothing compared to the problems in Africa, which were mentioned in this morning's service
- I'm sitting by a window and these two squirrels keep running back and forth
- two mid-terms, a presentation, three chapter readings, and an assignment all (due) on Friday
- residence weekend brunches are my fav meals of the week because they have baked beans and pastries
- eating said pastries despite the fact that I already had a muffin
- I forgot to mention earlier that the muffin I got from Timmies was fresh baked; that's the pro of being up early, they've just opened and so everything was still warm and soft and gooey on the inside
- listening to Coldplay's "The Scientist"
- this post is taking longer to write that I originally thought
- apparently my time judgement is just completely off these days
- I went to the bank
- but forgot it was Sunday and the morning
- so it was closed
- so I couldn't get the loonies I need for laundry
- so that will be interesting when laundry day comes around (Wednesdays)
- I read on the bus
- because that's the only time I can find to read
- and I've really missed reading
- my tea has gone cold because I've been too busy typing to drink it
- strawberry danish and red velvet muffin down, bread pudding to go
- I was going to try and stop eating to much in the pathetic hopes that I would look half decent in my bathing suit next week
- but to hell with that
- speaking of next week
- I can't even get excited because I have so much stuff to do
- including packing for next week
- which I'm stressing out about
- cause I'll probably forget something important
- like my bathing suit
- and I'm going to have to haul it all to Stratford
- don't even get me started on Stratford right now
- I am just about done with that place
- more specifically the campus/courses/professors
- damn this is taking a long time; listening to Hunter Hayes' "Invisible"
- I just dropped a piece of my bread pudding -_-
- my skind is really dry
- like, never before in my life has my skin been this dry
- the skin over my knuckles is cracking and splitting
- it's not like I needed that skin anyways
- the LEGO Movie got 97% on Rotten Tomatoes
- which makes me really happy
- cause I want to see it
- but now I really want to see it
- just watched The LEGO Movie trailer
- here, you can too:
- yeah and now I'm basically just stalling to avoid work
- oh hey I can do my daily things
- (the squirrels just ran by again)
91. Best room for a fireplace?
a cold one?
Sherlock: Character everyone likes but you don't.
Probably Anderson. Everyone hated him up until season three, where he was the only one who believed in Sherlock. And I really liked learning more about him in this season. But I'm still not a huge fan though.
I'm sitting pretty on the throne / There's nothing more I want / Except to be alone
While my weekend was amazing, it didn't start off that way. The bus was half an hour late, time which I was standing in line outside in the freezing temperatures. Eventually the bus did show up. But then it left before everyone in line was on. The bus wasn't even full. Then I started panicking a bit because I didn't know why it had left. But then another bus showed up, so it was all good. And what a coincidence, I got the same bus driver as I had when I was coming back from a weekend at home. The bus ride was fine, there was hardly anybody on the bus. My BFFLAAT met me at the bus station in Toronto. It was great to finally see her again. It was already kind of late so we just hung out in her room. I also met a lot of her friends and floormates. One of boys (whom I had actual met over skype before) complemented me and said that I was beautiful. I said thank you but I just thought he was saying that to be nice. But then my BFFLAAT said that when he gives a compliment, he really means it. So that was nice :) Too bad he's gay. (When I say too bad, I'm not saying I have a problem with him being gay, I'm just saying that it wouldn't be able to go anywhere, if you know what I mean). I met this other guy as well who gave me a donut, which is always nice, but then I found that he watches Sherlock and we have similar movie and book tastes. We would get along well. On Saturday morning we went out for brunch at one of the caf's on campus with a couple other people. Then my BFFLAAT and I fangirled over Hunger Games characters (actors). We read a special edition magazine about The Hunger Games Catching Fire movie and started watching the first Hunger Games. And then Dylan Sprouse happened. Then we headed out for an early dinner at The Old Spaghetti Factory. When we arrived they told us it would be a 5 to 10 minute wait and so we got one of those buzzer things but after two minutes it buzzed and we were led through the restaurant to our table. My BFFLAAT and I laughed because even though we were told that there would be a 5 to 10 minute wait the restaurant was completely empty. Why would we be told there is a 5 to 10 minute wait if the restaurant was completely empty? It was funny.For those who don't know, The Old Spaghetti Factory was a blacksmith shop a century ago. Inside they have a bunch of cool things hanging from the walls and all the dividers are stainglass windows. They even have a carousel and a caboose train that you can sit in. The dinner was really delicious. There was this ice cream flavour called Spumoni. It is chocolate, vanilla and pistachio all mixed together. It was so good.After we were done we walked back to my BFFLAAT’s residence to pick up her friend and head over to the movie. We were seeing the movie in the Scotia Bank theater which is this really huge theater with a lot of specialized theatres. It was assigned seating so we didn't have to worry about getting there really early which was nice. They have this pre-movie show that was interactive with their mobile app which is really cool but we didn't have their app so we couldn’t play, but it was cool to see the other people do it. The movie was amazing. I can't find anything in it to complain about. Obviously they couldn't fit everything in the book in but they were pretty close and it was so amazing. I cried at one point. I loved it so much. I would even go so far as to say it was better than the first movie. Morning we had a lazy morning and went to Starbucks for lunch.Then my BFFLAAT and I watch some Catching Fire interviews with the actors. Then, since my BFFLAAT knew that I missed it, we watch the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special episode.I don't even know what to say about it.It was really well done and I really liked the storyline.However that amazing story line changes absolutely everything.It basically goes back in time and changes one of the main time points in the Doctor’s timeline.I won't going to great detail because I know most of you don't watch Dr. Who and won't understand it but just know that it was amazing but also that it changes everything and I don't even know how to handle it right now. (I'm using this dictation feature on my Mac right now to type this blog post out because I'm too lazy to type it all out so that's why there's a lot of run-on sentences. Sorry). After that we headed out to the bus station. I almost missed my bus because I couldn’t see the bus and I wasn't sure when it started boarding. It all worked out in the end of course. But at every stop I panicked because I was freaked out it wouldn't go to my stop which was unrealistic but, you know, stuff happens. When I got to the bus terminal I was really tired and didn't want to have to wait for the city bus to come around so I just ended up taking a taxi home.(Another note on this whole dictation thing. I never realized how much I say “just”. I've been editing the sentences after I speak them just to make sure that the sentence makes sense and I say “just” so much it's ridiculous). When I got back to residence I talked to my Doctor Who friend about the episode because it changes everything and we also chatted about the Catching Fire movie, which she has yet to see. Then we talked about exam schedules and I realized that I'm going home in eight days, which also means that my Italian exam is in eight days, which I completely not ready for. I've started writing review notes but I havn’t actually started studying for it yet so I’ll have to do that. I also have two astronomy assignments that I need to finish, not to mention studying for astronomy which I'm not looking forward to. Having heard about all the snow in London and thinking about how I'm going to be going home soon I just really want to go home right now. I'm really excited to be at home over December for a good chunk of time. So yeah. That was my amazing weekend with my BFFLAAT. I had so much fun (and once again I apologize for this whole dictation thing, the run-on sentences are really horrible. But using the dictation really sped up the speed of writing out this blog post, so there).
As requested, I am going to give you an idea of what I want to but online. (Just so you know, I'm a women's 9-10 shoe size and generally a medium in shirts, sometimes a large). I am using this post as an excuse to not write more of my astronomy essay, so I am also going to provide you with a link to the websites. Most of these I found through Pinterest.
I actually was going to buy these toms, they were really cheap. But when I clicked on checkout it took me to a different page and it looked sketchy (it wasn't the real Toms site). So I googled the company that they were using for payment and a lot of people were saying that they never got the things they ordered. Needless to say, I didn't buy the toms. But I still really like them.
This jacket is only $15! Most of the other stuff is kind of dream, I want it but it is too expensive. This, however, I would buy. If I had a credit card.
I have wanted on of these backpacks for a long time.
I was going to look for more shirts to show you but I've gotten bored now and may actually do some real work. I might continue this later.
Monday, 7 January 2013
I knew it seemed too easy. I had applied for university the other day and thought it was really simple. But now some of the universities have emailed me and told me of all the other forms I need to send in. Geez. I also need to work on my camp application. And I've just started on my English ISP essay that is due next week. I was majorly stressing out about it, but now that I've actually started I think that it is going to be easier than I expected.
I am in a bit of a sticky situation. My parents started writing Christmas cards today, and I offered to help. The job I do is fold the letter, put the card and latter in the envelope and stick on the stamp and return address. I also have to lick all the envelopes closed. It tastes disgusting. But lots of glue and stickers and general stickiness. My BFFLAAT had her birthday party last night, it was pretty awesome. The theme was Tiffany & Co., so everything was light blue/teal. It was very nice. And a lot of fun, too. On a more depressing note, I have to do an hour long seminar on Tuesday about the book 1984 by George Orwell. Not looking forward to that.
I sit here on this Halloween Eve in my one-si. (I dunno how you're supposed to spell that...) I watched DW this afternoon and then Canada's Worst Driver this evening. And then part of another DW episode that I had already seen. :) Don't worry, I also did some homework. I was going to have two tests tomorrow but then my biology teacher decided to move the test till Thursday. Yesterday I carved my pumpkin. On one side it is the DW logo. Didn't turn out too well. On the other side it is the crack in time, also from DW. I am really tired, I need to head to bed. I am in the process of redecorating my room. I am finally getting rid of that light fixture (so if any of you are interested, lemme know) and (trying to decide where to) hang pictures. I'm not dressing up tomorrow. I would like to, but I never think of an idea in time to execute it. I must say that David Tennant is now my favourite Doctor. I can't remember if I've said that already. I feel that my English class is too overwhelming right now. (I might have already mentioned this too). We have the standard class work, then an ISP project where we have to read two books and do assignments on them for between middle on November to middle of December. And now we've just started Literature Circles. We have to read (yet another) book and do an assignment each week. So much to do! And there is always that overhanging dread of trying to decide what I'm going to do after high school. And also driver's ed. My friend says that I need to call them to schedule in car driving time even though they said they would contact me. I hate talking on the phone, especially to people I don't know. Talking in general, really. And to finish it off, the ball on my cartilage earring fell off. The ball fills in the hole in the hoop so it doesn't fall off. It shouldn't have come off and I don't know how it did. So I'm going to have to go back to Perfect Image and see what they'll do about it. Afnivosanbhbi'naehb;hfdgipkmrawgjbf;dhbjp'otemshlstnth;luibrhesljz;pgfo/jvm;s/orlhmnajlegj. Life.
My ear hurts. Where I got is pierced, that is. I really hope its not infected. I'm working on my sketchbook right now. Well, I'm blogging right now, but I was working on my sketchbook moments ago. I watched two episodes of DW today. I'm on a new season, so that means a new companion. I like her. It's funny, I read somewhere about the companions of The Doctor: "Funny how he has all of time and space in his hands and everybody he meets is British." I laughed at it, because its true. And I think I like the Tenth Doctor more than the Eleventh. I thought Eleventh was my favourite, but that was just because he was the first one I'd seen but also that I hadn't seen the others. I didn't like Nine, and I still like Eleven, but Ten is now my favourite. I've been comparing them, and I realize now that Eleven is acting like a big baby. Ten is more mature (but we are talking about The Doctor, you can only get so much maturity) and Ten has more feelings I think. Have I mentioned before that I've been watching Elementary? I told myself that I was only watching it to see how it compared to Sherlock. But now I'm telling myself that I'm only watching it to fill the space between Sherlock seasons. I have a feeling though that I am going to be a true fan of Elementary. Don't tell anybody though. I could be held to being a traitor. Oh well. And I also must mention that after an oddly long time away from Discovery Channel, that CANADA'S WORST DRIVER IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How I've missed thee. It comes back next week. I'm so excited :)
Last week our art teacher told us that instead of him teaching us art history, we would each choose a time frame and teach the class about that time. And, being me, I choose the second earliest time slot. So that means I present second, which means this Friday. So I've been spending a lot of my time working on that. My friend is going first, tomorrow. The only positive sides to this are that I get it over with and he said that he would mark us easier because we've had less time. Some people won't have to present until late December. How much you wanna bet that there will be some people who completely forget? Or the people who've had two months won't be any better than the people who've had two weeks? I'm looking forward to that. What I'm not looking forward to though is presenting. I do not like public speaking. Thankfully the lesson doesn't have to last the entire period. That would be a nightmare. I also have a sketchbook due tomorrow, a bio lab due on Friday and two tests next week. I'm really happy it's a long weekend. I'm going to go watch DW.
I've been thinking about a lot of if's recently. Sometimes when I'm doing homework I think about if I went to this school or that school. Or if I hear an announcement or there is a electronic sign I think about if loops from computer science. I'm actually doing that a lot now, imagining the code for how different things operate. It's made me think that that's maybe what I should go into since I'm thinking about it so much.
