60. Wear slippers?
When I'm in residence, yes. I have these little bootie slippers. Now that I think about it, they actually belong to my mom. At least, they were given to her. She didn't seem to keen on them though, so I just kind of took them :) And there was a phase last winter where I would always wear my dad's slippers around the house when he wasn't around. And then I would try to continue wearing them once he got home, but he would steal them.
Monday, 6 January 2014
Sunday, 5 January 2014
QOTD #59
59. Take a vitamin daily?
When I'm at home, I take this adult gummy vitamin thing. I'm not actually sure what it gives me, basic vitamins, I guess. But I don't when I'm away at school.
When I'm at home, I take this adult gummy vitamin thing. I'm not actually sure what it gives me, basic vitamins, I guess. But I don't when I'm away at school.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO KNOW (QOTD #58)
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW SHERLOCK FAKED HIS DEATH. AND. IT. IS. KILLING. ME. And the next episode comes out tomorrow and people will know even more and I will stILL BE SITTING HERE DYINGY BECAUSE I KNOW NOTHING. And since there are only three episodes I might as well say that I'm an entire season behind. There is no positive to my current situation. None, I tell you. Because I can't go on tumblr because tumblr should really be read "spoilers" because really what else do you find on there. Since I can't go on tumblr, I decided to go on Pinterest BUT THERE ARE PINERS PINNING TUMBLR POSTS WITH SPOILERS IN THEM OMG i'm done. i give up. theres no point anymore. i might as well go hide in my bedroom until i can go back to residence in which case I will watch the two episodes and then continue to hide in my room because my brain will shut down from all the feels and overwhelming awseomeness that is Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes. (Also, went to see The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug today with my friend Croissant and it was so good and I love Benedict Cumberbatch even more because his voice. That man has no bounds.)
J, this ^ is a good example of being a part of a fandom. It truly is a love/hate relationship with a lot pining and wishing about things that can't be.
moving on, now that I have that off my chest...
Started rereading The Fault in Our Stars today. Seriously, you all need to read it. I was going to reread it in December, but I needed to meet my Goodreads reading goal (which I did reach, 45 books thank you very much) and Goodreads doesn't let a reread count towards your reading goal. I'm so excited for the movie!!!
58. Ever have a deja-vu feeling?
Not one that is particularly sticking out to me. When I try to think back to a deja-vu moment I might of had, I think of dreams. Not any specific dream, but just dreams in general. I don't know if that is because you could dream about a situation you were in or vice versa?
J, this ^ is a good example of being a part of a fandom. It truly is a love/hate relationship with a lot pining and wishing about things that can't be.
moving on, now that I have that off my chest...
Started rereading The Fault in Our Stars today. Seriously, you all need to read it. I was going to reread it in December, but I needed to meet my Goodreads reading goal (which I did reach, 45 books thank you very much) and Goodreads doesn't let a reread count towards your reading goal. I'm so excited for the movie!!!
58. Ever have a deja-vu feeling?
Not one that is particularly sticking out to me. When I try to think back to a deja-vu moment I might of had, I think of dreams. Not any specific dream, but just dreams in general. I don't know if that is because you could dream about a situation you were in or vice versa?
Friday, 3 January 2014
John Green
I think that John Green is an amazing author, and person in general. This was reinforced when I found these answers to questions on his webpage:
"
Q. Stephanie Meyer has said that her characters were real and that they decided where the plot would go. Is it like that for you?
A. So far as I can tell, if you say that, you’re saying one of two things:
1. I have this unconscious mind to which I have no access that can write books, and I just have to shut off my conscious mind and let my unconscious mind work.
or
2. A supernatural force came to me and whispered the words into my ear and I wrote them down.
Saying the second thing seems really presumptuous to me (like, saying that God wrote your book is a very, very bold thing to say). The first seems more plausible to me—I know that for many people the writing experience does not feel like it involves effort or consciousness—but for me that is not the case. I wrote the book. I was conscious of the fact that I was writing a book while I was writing it. I was conscious of the fact that I was using words to try to tell a story that would find life in your mind.
"
and
"
"
Q. Stephanie Meyer has said that her characters were real and that they decided where the plot would go. Is it like that for you?
A. So far as I can tell, if you say that, you’re saying one of two things:
1. I have this unconscious mind to which I have no access that can write books, and I just have to shut off my conscious mind and let my unconscious mind work.
or
2. A supernatural force came to me and whispered the words into my ear and I wrote them down.
Saying the second thing seems really presumptuous to me (like, saying that God wrote your book is a very, very bold thing to say). The first seems more plausible to me—I know that for many people the writing experience does not feel like it involves effort or consciousness—but for me that is not the case. I wrote the book. I was conscious of the fact that I was writing a book while I was writing it. I was conscious of the fact that I was using words to try to tell a story that would find life in your mind.
"
and
"
Q. Where do you get your ideas?
A. I don’t really know. If I had a better understanding of where my ideas came from, I would go there and acquire more ideas. I don’t tend to have big ideas, like, “A SCHOOL FOR WIZARDS!” or “VAMPIRES IN SUBURBIA!” My stories tend to start out with people: a child prodigy who hits the wall of his intellectual talents. A religious but not fundamentalist Muslim in the South. A young woman kept alive but uncured by a novel cancer treatment. These characters mix with questions that interest and/or haunt me: Why are we so interested in leaving a legacy? Can we construct meaning in a world that is so profoundly apathetic toward us? Is it possible to have a full life without having a long life? That’s where my books start, really. They begin at the intersection between people I’m imagining and questions that bug me.
"
Basically, John Green hates Twilight just as much as the rest of us :)
QOTD #56 & 57
56. Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid?
- vet (what little girl doesn't?)
- horseback rider
- singer
- astronaut
(the rest are more recent, but I was still considering them at one point...)
- pharmacist
- pharmacy technician
- graphic designer
- interior designer
- landscape artist
- architect
- computer coder of sorts
- secretary (I would still like to be a secretary. Not as my career, obviously, but that is something I'd like to try).
57. Do you believe in ghosts?
No.
- vet (what little girl doesn't?)
- horseback rider
- singer
- astronaut
(the rest are more recent, but I was still considering them at one point...)
- pharmacist
- pharmacy technician
- graphic designer
- interior designer
- landscape artist
- architect
- computer coder of sorts
- secretary (I would still like to be a secretary. Not as my career, obviously, but that is something I'd like to try).
57. Do you believe in ghosts?
No.
Wednesday, 1 January 2014
QOTD #53, 54, 55
53. Is Christmas stressful?
It can be if you make it. I try not to get stressed out about getting people gifts and such.
54. Ever eat a pierogi?
Yup! I particularly like the cheese and bacon ones. And it has to be dipped in sour cream, or else I won't eat them. Also, I'm curious as to why they worded it as "pierogi" and not "pierogis" (or whatever the plural of pierogi is) because one pierogi is not enough for a meal. It would be more like a taste tester.
55. Favourite type of fruit pie?
HA. Well, are pumpkins a fruit? Yup, just googled it and it is. So then pumpkin pie!
Fun fact about "googling": Google is very careful never to use terms like "googling" and "googled" and instead uses "searching". Because that's what it is: searching. This is to avoid their name becoming the term used instead of the actual action. It's too late, a lot of people use "googled" and such. Other similar situations are: facial tissues being called Kleenex and plastic containers being called Tupperware. Xerox worked very hard to shift people away from calling photocopies "Xerox".
It can be if you make it. I try not to get stressed out about getting people gifts and such.
54. Ever eat a pierogi?
Yup! I particularly like the cheese and bacon ones. And it has to be dipped in sour cream, or else I won't eat them. Also, I'm curious as to why they worded it as "pierogi" and not "pierogis" (or whatever the plural of pierogi is) because one pierogi is not enough for a meal. It would be more like a taste tester.
55. Favourite type of fruit pie?
HA. Well, are pumpkins a fruit? Yup, just googled it and it is. So then pumpkin pie!
Fun fact about "googling": Google is very careful never to use terms like "googling" and "googled" and instead uses "searching". Because that's what it is: searching. This is to avoid their name becoming the term used instead of the actual action. It's too late, a lot of people use "googled" and such. Other similar situations are: facial tissues being called Kleenex and plastic containers being called Tupperware. Xerox worked very hard to shift people away from calling photocopies "Xerox".
Happy New Year!
To ring in the new year, I thought it would be cool to create a 2013 in review. Because if I'm honest, it all feels like so long ago and I've probably forgotten half of it. So here is my 2013 in review:
- submitted university applications
- got my G2
- took guitar lessons
- got accepted to 3 universities
- got rejected by one university
- went on a cruise
- bought a new lens for my camera
- graduated high school with honours
- worked at FCC for the summer
- got a laptop
- started university
- saw Justin Bieber's star in Stratford
- turned 18
- became obsessed with tumblr
- folded 87 paper cranes
- improved my guitar skills
- got a new phone
- surprised my BFFLAAT at the train station
- made 3 new friends (and other acquaintances)
- created a gif for the first time
- took my fangirling to a whole new level
- visited my BFFLAAT in Toronto
- saw Catching Fire in ULTRAVAX
- made my first ever animation
- decorated my house for christmas all by myself
- finished term 1 of year 1 of university
- made 14 glitter jars
- started spontaneous dancing
- travelled to Ottawa
- made 226 blog posts
- made 2.5 quilts
- read 45 books
- baked 1500+ cookies (at camp while I was working in the kitchen, and at home. Technically I didn't bake each cookie at camp myself, but it sure felt like it.)
I'm sure I've forgotten lots of things. But this is a lot!
- submitted university applications
- got my G2
- took guitar lessons
- got accepted to 3 universities
- got rejected by one university
- went on a cruise
- bought a new lens for my camera
- graduated high school with honours
- worked at FCC for the summer
- got a laptop
- started university
- saw Justin Bieber's star in Stratford
- turned 18
- became obsessed with tumblr
- folded 87 paper cranes
- improved my guitar skills
- got a new phone
- surprised my BFFLAAT at the train station
- made 3 new friends (and other acquaintances)
- created a gif for the first time
- took my fangirling to a whole new level
- visited my BFFLAAT in Toronto
- saw Catching Fire in ULTRAVAX
- made my first ever animation
- decorated my house for christmas all by myself
- finished term 1 of year 1 of university
- made 14 glitter jars
- started spontaneous dancing
- travelled to Ottawa
- made 226 blog posts
- made 2.5 quilts
- read 45 books
- baked 1500+ cookies (at camp while I was working in the kitchen, and at home. Technically I didn't bake each cookie at camp myself, but it sure felt like it.)
I'm sure I've forgotten lots of things. But this is a lot!
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