to sum up my weekend, i will be in community economic development hell. i truly believe they should blacklist people from being able to take distance ed. i mean, people like jules should take dist. ed. classes cause when you have some self discipline, it's all good. but when you're a slacker like me and leave everything to the last minute, it's no good! i have a distance ed. paper due on tuesday, and have to do all four units this weekend cause i've done fuck all since the start of the semester on this stuff.
anyway, on a brighter note...actually there is no brighter note today.
grumpy,
m.
oh my god. i just finished reading about fifty pages on changes in audience behaviour at paris operas in the late 1700s. now if that isn't thrilling, i don't know what is. man, i'm so tired, but i don't feel like going to sleep yet. i'd read, but i think my eyes would be likely to fall out of my head.
went to visit my uncle today. he and his wife had their first kid a couple months ago, so i wanted to go check out the new cousin. what a cutie!
and the strangest news of the day...after i dropped off a video at rogers, i went into the produce store at kensington to pick up a couple things, and who was in line at the cash register? shawn verrault, lead singer of wide mouth mason and fellow saskatonian. now seriously, what the hell was he doing in a produce land in burnaby? and no, i didn't talk to him, so i don't have the answer. bizarro world.
m.
first off, word to eryn for the excellent discount on the new toaster i got today. the old one kicked it while i was away for the weekend. the trip was a lot of fun--got in friday night and scott's dad bbq'd some sweet salmon steaks, then did a bit of hot tubbing before bed. saturday we went up to silverstar to do some snowboarding--my first time. with a few pointers from scott and many pointers from a group of little kiddos taking a learn-to-board lesson, by the time i gave up i could go forward only down the bunny slope and only bail a couple times. basically i learned that it's not at all true that all short people are natural snowboarders. thanks to another hot tub, only my wrists were super sore, but all in all, i think i'd be willing to give it another shot.
sunday on the way out, we went and hung out with scott's grandparents in penticton for a bit. we took the hope-princeton highway back. i don't think i've had that crazy of a drive for a while. couldn't see fuck-all between the snow, fog, and dark. i'm glad i didn't have to drive it. and seriously, no stops for like 2 hrs--i should've gone pee in meritt, cause man did i hustle when we finally got to a gas station. why do girls have such inferior bladder capacity?
by the way, did i mention how rockin the new toaster is?
m.
la la la...i'm really excited. i've been packing up to go to vernon with scott for the weekend, and now i'm all stoked about it and nobody is awake to tell, so i'm telling the blog instead. aww...
i think i've almost got the grad school app's under control--sent out my plea for a final reference letter tonight, now i just have to finish my departmental applications/write-ups. so much stress! and i already have a paper due wednesday. yeah, go ahead and laugh all you working peoples. plus, if it wasn't my last semester, i'd be making you all promise that next time i mentionned wanting to take a distance ed class, to hit me over the head with something blunt. they shouldn't let me take these! i've hardly done anything and i should be done 2 units already!
anyway, i guess i should try and mellow out and go to sleep. hope everyone else has fun at parvo's big b-day bash this weekend!
m.
This happens every time I take a language class. And it drives me crazy. Anytime that my mind isn't being used for something, it starts filling with spanish words. While I'm eating, in the shower, while I'm trying to fall asleep...all I get are random spanish words and phrases. It's like Sarah's grandma and the scrabble, and it started to drive her crazy, so she had to cut back...only I can't cut back--the homework is endless!
Anyway, much laundry to be done...
M.