A most excellent weekend, if I do say so myself. I saw my Dad and baby sister on Saturday which i don't get to do nearly often enough, and then, to offset the silliness of being tagged with Winnie the Pooh nickname, went to Matt's going-away party that night. We all sat around at the Tribeca being trendy-ish and talking about intellectual things and drinking obscure brands of beer and then we all left at midnight to go home and sleep because we're just that cool.
Yesterday JennJenn and Lisa and Marky and Sean and Mark and Adam and I went to see Pericles at Shakespeare By the Sea...we were late because it takes longer to walk to the park from Spring Garden than a map would have you believe, but oh well. We saw most of it and it was hella fun. I'm going to miss these random adventures when school starts up again!
Melanie's in town for a week and somehow I need to get in touch with her because we're scheduled for a "group hang," if you will, with a bunch of my SU friends etc.
Anyway I suppose I should pretend to do my job. more later, when I encounter something new and interesting.
Monday, August 22, 2005
Friday, August 19, 2005
It's not the heat, it's the monotony
I've been reading abouta book a day for the past few days. I'm almost ready for school to start, just to break the monotony. Almost. The catch is that once school starts I shall once again become a slave to my own keenerness. And that's just a little stressful.
Anyway, yesterday I learned how to make a calendula salve, becuase we got a workshop on healing herbs for the Urban garden Mentors program. And I gave it to my brother because he's having a reaction to some medication he was taking and just completely broke into hives. It's a pretty shitty deal for him.
So I was all happy that I made a salve and it smelled nice and I got some zicchinis from our UGM garden so I went over to Adam's (taking advantage of my free time while I still have it) and made Mexican-y zucchini wraps because I'm one of those hopeless nurturing types and I like to make sure that he gets at least one nutritious meal a day...
Then at the bus stop to go home I saw a little cat trying to cross the road. It tried once, hesitated on the centre line, went back to the side of the road and started running off, and I thought ok good, it'll be safe. But then it tried again...and didn't make it. I saw the cat, saw the car, saw what was going to happen, hoped like hell that I was wrong...and then heard that unmistakeable "thud." Adam covered my ears and hid my face. I had to go and see if it was maybe still alive, but it was nowhere to be seen so I have to assume thatit wasn't. I thought about K.C. and about my cat Nigel who was hit by a car when I was a kid, and I wanted to cry. I thought about it all the way home on the bus and by the time I got to Sackville I thought I was going to be sick. Poor kitty.
Anyway, yesterday I learned how to make a calendula salve, becuase we got a workshop on healing herbs for the Urban garden Mentors program. And I gave it to my brother because he's having a reaction to some medication he was taking and just completely broke into hives. It's a pretty shitty deal for him.
So I was all happy that I made a salve and it smelled nice and I got some zicchinis from our UGM garden so I went over to Adam's (taking advantage of my free time while I still have it) and made Mexican-y zucchini wraps because I'm one of those hopeless nurturing types and I like to make sure that he gets at least one nutritious meal a day...
Then at the bus stop to go home I saw a little cat trying to cross the road. It tried once, hesitated on the centre line, went back to the side of the road and started running off, and I thought ok good, it'll be safe. But then it tried again...and didn't make it. I saw the cat, saw the car, saw what was going to happen, hoped like hell that I was wrong...and then heard that unmistakeable "thud." Adam covered my ears and hid my face. I had to go and see if it was maybe still alive, but it was nowhere to be seen so I have to assume thatit wasn't. I thought about K.C. and about my cat Nigel who was hit by a car when I was a kid, and I wanted to cry. I thought about it all the way home on the bus and by the time I got to Sackville I thought I was going to be sick. Poor kitty.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Silly Email Quiz!
I don't know about anybody else but these are a total guilty pleasure for me. However, to avoid clogging my friends' emails with unwanted mail, I'll post it here so you can read it if you want to and ignore it if you don't.
WHAT ARE YOU READING?
”A Room of One’s Own” by Virginia Woolf
WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
Pinky & the Brain
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?
Risk!
FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?
Ready Made – how to make lots of random stuff from random stuff, like lightswitch plates from beer cans
BABIES?
How did this question get in here? Was there a mistake? I’m confused…
FAVOURITE SOUND?
Lapping waves
WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?
Hangover
FIRST THING YOU THINK OF IN THE MORNING?
I wonder if I could get away with just staying in bed?
HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE
3ish
FUTURE CHILD'S NAME
Dylan and Adrianne. I’m not having any more than 2! Although if I happen to have either 2 girls or 2 boys things might get a little more complicated…
WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN LIFE?
Having faith in something, whatever it happens to be, and making the world a little better than it was before you arrived.
IF YOU COULD PLAY AN INSTRUMENT, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Bass guitar. For some reason I just think they’re really hot.
DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?
I probably would like to if I could drive…but I probably wouldn’t anyway.
DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?
Sometimes, but Jeremiah the Bullfrog is currently in the wash.
WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?
Hopefully it will be a Smartcar convertible
WISH YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME AND TALK TO?
Dr. Bronner (as in, the Moral ABC’s, One-God-Faith soap guy!)
FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?
Dark beer - St. Ambroise, or Horsepower
WHAT'S IN THE TRUNK OF YOUR CAR?
A body.
DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?
Pshhh yeah, who doesn’t?
IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Travelling the world to buy stuff to sell at a cool imports store
EVER BEEN IN LOVE?
"The Greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." Yeah, I've been there.
IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL?
I consider myself lucky to even have a glass with stuff in it
DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS?
og coyrse!
WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED?
Dust bunnies and bobby pins
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE NUMBER?
8. It’s just the random number that I usually pick when I need to pick a random number.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SPORT TO WATCH?
Power Cheerleading
IF YOU COULD BUILD A HOUSE ANYWHERE WHERE WOULD IT BE?
In the middle of Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica – away from the tourists!
BEACH, MOUNTAINS OR CITY?
Beach
TECHNOLOGY OR ART?
technology hates me so I’m going with art
COMEDY OR HORROR?
COMEDY
FAVOURITE TIME OF DAY?
Lunchtime
THE LAST CD YOU BOUGHT?
Lover/Fighter – Hawksley Workman
LISTEN TO THE RADIO?
Usually Q104, although sometimes I just have to turn it off. BagelRadio (Internet) is great when I’m at home and actually have speakers coming off my computer.
WHERE'S YOUR FAVOURITE PLACE TO BE?
Bed
FAVOURITE PLACE TO BE MASSAGED?
On my neck – it’s where I carry my tension, apparently
WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT, STRONG IN MIND OR STRONG IN BODY?
If you’re strong in mind, theoretically you’d have the discipline to go to the gym and work out. So I’ll go with that
WHAT TIME DO YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?
Usually 7, although I’ll take any excuse to sleep in
DO YOU BELIEVE IN AN AFTERLIFE?
In some form, yes
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SEASON
Summer
IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE SUPER POWER, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
The whole Elastigirl schtick
WHICH DO YOU PREFER SUSHI OR HAMBURGER?
Sushi with no fish
IF YOU HAVE A TATTOO, WHAT IS IT?
A faerie silhouette on my lower back
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE DAY
The day after exams
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE CARTOON?
The Strawberry Pancake guy
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE MEAL?
the one that tastes the best
IF YOU COULD TAKE A VACATION ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHERE WOULD IT BE?
If we’re talking vacatiosn as in, relaxing not adventuring, then the Greek Islands. If we’re talking adventure then India.
DO YOU HAVE PETS?
Not until either my parents get another dog or I move in with JennJenn and K.C.
BAM!!! Did you have fun? I know I did.
WHAT ARE YOU READING?
”A Room of One’s Own” by Virginia Woolf
WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
Pinky & the Brain
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?
Risk!
FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?
Ready Made – how to make lots of random stuff from random stuff, like lightswitch plates from beer cans
BABIES?
How did this question get in here? Was there a mistake? I’m confused…
FAVOURITE SOUND?
Lapping waves
WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?
Hangover
FIRST THING YOU THINK OF IN THE MORNING?
I wonder if I could get away with just staying in bed?
HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE
3ish
FUTURE CHILD'S NAME
Dylan and Adrianne. I’m not having any more than 2! Although if I happen to have either 2 girls or 2 boys things might get a little more complicated…
WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN LIFE?
Having faith in something, whatever it happens to be, and making the world a little better than it was before you arrived.
IF YOU COULD PLAY AN INSTRUMENT, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Bass guitar. For some reason I just think they’re really hot.
DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?
I probably would like to if I could drive…but I probably wouldn’t anyway.
DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?
Sometimes, but Jeremiah the Bullfrog is currently in the wash.
WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?
Hopefully it will be a Smartcar convertible
WISH YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME AND TALK TO?
Dr. Bronner (as in, the Moral ABC’s, One-God-Faith soap guy!)
FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?
Dark beer - St. Ambroise, or Horsepower
WHAT'S IN THE TRUNK OF YOUR CAR?
A body.
DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?
Pshhh yeah, who doesn’t?
IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Travelling the world to buy stuff to sell at a cool imports store
EVER BEEN IN LOVE?
"The Greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." Yeah, I've been there.
IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL?
I consider myself lucky to even have a glass with stuff in it
DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS?
og coyrse!
WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED?
Dust bunnies and bobby pins
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE NUMBER?
8. It’s just the random number that I usually pick when I need to pick a random number.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SPORT TO WATCH?
Power Cheerleading
IF YOU COULD BUILD A HOUSE ANYWHERE WHERE WOULD IT BE?
In the middle of Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica – away from the tourists!
BEACH, MOUNTAINS OR CITY?
Beach
TECHNOLOGY OR ART?
technology hates me so I’m going with art
COMEDY OR HORROR?
COMEDY
FAVOURITE TIME OF DAY?
Lunchtime
THE LAST CD YOU BOUGHT?
Lover/Fighter – Hawksley Workman
LISTEN TO THE RADIO?
Usually Q104, although sometimes I just have to turn it off. BagelRadio (Internet) is great when I’m at home and actually have speakers coming off my computer.
WHERE'S YOUR FAVOURITE PLACE TO BE?
Bed
FAVOURITE PLACE TO BE MASSAGED?
On my neck – it’s where I carry my tension, apparently
WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT, STRONG IN MIND OR STRONG IN BODY?
If you’re strong in mind, theoretically you’d have the discipline to go to the gym and work out. So I’ll go with that
WHAT TIME DO YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?
Usually 7, although I’ll take any excuse to sleep in
DO YOU BELIEVE IN AN AFTERLIFE?
In some form, yes
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SEASON
Summer
IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE SUPER POWER, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
The whole Elastigirl schtick
WHICH DO YOU PREFER SUSHI OR HAMBURGER?
Sushi with no fish
IF YOU HAVE A TATTOO, WHAT IS IT?
A faerie silhouette on my lower back
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE DAY
The day after exams
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE CARTOON?
The Strawberry Pancake guy
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE MEAL?
the one that tastes the best
IF YOU COULD TAKE A VACATION ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHERE WOULD IT BE?
If we’re talking vacatiosn as in, relaxing not adventuring, then the Greek Islands. If we’re talking adventure then India.
DO YOU HAVE PETS?
Not until either my parents get another dog or I move in with JennJenn and K.C.
BAM!!! Did you have fun? I know I did.
Saturday, August 13, 2005
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Listening to Kenney's music
It's another hot one in the C-Store, and I'm eatinh a whole-wheat multi-grain bagel and listening to the CDs that the Students' Union general manager left here. Kenney's one of those really interesting people to talk to...you know the type. he has something like 4 degrees and one of them is in Shakespeare or something like that, and he was involved in the Toronto theatre scene and he writes plays and walks around singing along with the singing/dancing Shakira inside his head. So I'm listening to some CD called "God Made Me Funky." The best way I can describe it is disco hip-hop. It's kind of fun.
So on Saturday I went to a BEAUTIFUL wedding at the Acadia University Botanical Gardens and then woke up around noon on Sunday morning with a vicious headache, most likely a combination of too much sun and too much wine. But somehow, JennJenn convinced me to go to the beach and what do you know, my headache went away. We did a little swimming and mostly sat on the beach tanning (I know, I'm SUCH a girl) and eating lots of junk food. Well, tortillas and salsa and peanuts and crackers and Nibs and carbonated fruit juice on my part. But that counts because the people around me were eating REAL junk food. Then we went to the Buskers and instead of actually watching any buskers we shopped for jewelry at the random Buskerfest vendors and ate cotton candy and sat around the Grand Parade looking at the trees and stars.
Such weekends make for rough Mondays. Even more so when you have to put a convenience store BACK TOGETHER after other people have been painting it. So I was cranky. Tired and cranky and hot and Monday-ish. But then Adam came to see me because that's what awesome boyfriends do. We had planned an LSATs-and-Buskerfest date but it turned into a nap-and-LSATs date because we were both exhausted and he wouldn't let me get out of studying. At least one of us is responsible.
Anyway I now need to recruit for my mid-week pub crawl. My cousin Nick from Calgary leaves on Thursday and is staying at our house on Wednesday night so I've been charged with the responsibility of making sure he has a fun night downtown. Unfortunately everybody has to work and shit so it's not turning out to be a big group. But, here's hoping that it'll work out...
So on Saturday I went to a BEAUTIFUL wedding at the Acadia University Botanical Gardens and then woke up around noon on Sunday morning with a vicious headache, most likely a combination of too much sun and too much wine. But somehow, JennJenn convinced me to go to the beach and what do you know, my headache went away. We did a little swimming and mostly sat on the beach tanning (I know, I'm SUCH a girl) and eating lots of junk food. Well, tortillas and salsa and peanuts and crackers and Nibs and carbonated fruit juice on my part. But that counts because the people around me were eating REAL junk food. Then we went to the Buskers and instead of actually watching any buskers we shopped for jewelry at the random Buskerfest vendors and ate cotton candy and sat around the Grand Parade looking at the trees and stars.
Such weekends make for rough Mondays. Even more so when you have to put a convenience store BACK TOGETHER after other people have been painting it. So I was cranky. Tired and cranky and hot and Monday-ish. But then Adam came to see me because that's what awesome boyfriends do. We had planned an LSATs-and-Buskerfest date but it turned into a nap-and-LSATs date because we were both exhausted and he wouldn't let me get out of studying. At least one of us is responsible.
Anyway I now need to recruit for my mid-week pub crawl. My cousin Nick from Calgary leaves on Thursday and is staying at our house on Wednesday night so I've been charged with the responsibility of making sure he has a fun night downtown. Unfortunately everybody has to work and shit so it's not turning out to be a big group. But, here's hoping that it'll work out...
Thursday, August 04, 2005
long-awaited update
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't August supposed to be all laid-back and stuff? Because here I'm looking around and thinking HOLY SHIT I HAVE SO MUCH TO DO and it's bothering me. Bah!
Ah well, I got to Mahone Bay last weekend to do some sailing and take trips to the beach and spend time with my cousin from Calgary so it works out. Now I'm back in the Cornerstore with the incompetent suppliers and the humidity and oh God, help me find the strength to resist that jar of frosting.
So on the to-do list: write those 3 articles for the Mount paper, get my shit together for CPSSA, get my driver's licence and sequester myself in my bedroom until I'm ready for the LSATs. And work and eat and occasionally sleep and maybe even catch a few episodes of the Daily Show or even (gasp!) have a social life. It's not gonna happen. I'd have to be superwoman. And I'm not. I'm just Cornerstoregirl. My superpowers include keeping my temper when Scotsburn messes up our order every week, running with world using nothing but my wits and a cell phone, getting free drinks at bars for doing absolutely nothing and riding the bus 4 times a day withoug going mad. Most excellent skills, to be sure, but sleep is definitely beyond my capabilities.
Ah well, I got to Mahone Bay last weekend to do some sailing and take trips to the beach and spend time with my cousin from Calgary so it works out. Now I'm back in the Cornerstore with the incompetent suppliers and the humidity and oh God, help me find the strength to resist that jar of frosting.
So on the to-do list: write those 3 articles for the Mount paper, get my shit together for CPSSA, get my driver's licence and sequester myself in my bedroom until I'm ready for the LSATs. And work and eat and occasionally sleep and maybe even catch a few episodes of the Daily Show or even (gasp!) have a social life. It's not gonna happen. I'd have to be superwoman. And I'm not. I'm just Cornerstoregirl. My superpowers include keeping my temper when Scotsburn messes up our order every week, running with world using nothing but my wits and a cell phone, getting free drinks at bars for doing absolutely nothing and riding the bus 4 times a day withoug going mad. Most excellent skills, to be sure, but sleep is definitely beyond my capabilities.
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