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It's only like the fourth week (or something) and I am tired of being here. Maybe that's the trouble with moving into the same place you just lived in, it just feels like a continuation. The monotony of everything is getting to me... classess, homework and the meals! Oh my how I hate the meals. Why did I have to be born so picky?? Why must I hate corn and peas and potatoes (unless they're in chip or french fry form)??? Why don't I like fish? Or pork? I'm really tired of going to sleep hungry. I pay approximately $9 a meal, I should not leave unsatisfied!

Maybe it's just because I haven't been getting enough sleep lately and that's made me grumpy, whatever it is I am tired of being unpleasant to be around.

Shashi, one of the main functions of walksafe is to walk people back from class. We're there to make sure people feel safe in their everyday life.

There is a party tonight, I will be attending and I will hopefully be having a good time. I guess that is all for now.

WalkSafing

I am currently walksafing. I have realized that perhaps I have never explained what goes on.

My shift starts at 7:00 on Tuesday nights. We start at the U of T campus police department. From there we get put into teams of two (each team always has at least one girl). We get coats and windbreakers. We get told of any walks that were prearranged for the night then we set out. We basically walk around campus for five hours (shift ends at midnight). We wander around doing 'building checks' and letting the police know where we are every half hour. If a call comes in to request a walk dispatch dispatches one of the teams and we walk them to where they need to go.

Tonight's building checks have consited of:
Syd Smith: Where I read the latest issue of our campus newspaper.
Gerstein Library: Where I checked my email and my walk partner got movie reviews for the movie he wants to see on Sat.
Pita Pit: Ok technically this was while we were on break, but pita pit was damn safe while we were there. I did get to find out that I don't like onions.
Hart House: Where I read this month's issue of Time Magazine. Does Time actually claim to be a hard hitting news magazine? Cause it's not.
WoodsWoorth residence: Where I fell asleep by accident on the common room couch.
Robarts Library: Where I am currently blogging.

I know this sounds like crap but we are doing an actual job. We keep our eyes open for suspicious stuff, for example last week one of the walksafers broke up a fight. And we also act as a walking billboard for the walksafer service. We also provide directions for people... that's right, I'm out giving directions to people, and they're actually good directions.

In other news, I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but Angus and I are heading to Jon Stewart on October 7th. He's doing stand up at Massey Hall. The event, I can only assume, will be the pinnacle of my life.

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I am off to my physilogical psych class. It's all about the workings of the brains, axons and dendrites and the like. After that is yoga. Yoga is quite relaxing but then all my muscles are pulled. Then dinner, then walksafe. I'm not sure if I can keep doing yoga all year, because it means that from about 1:40-midnight I'm not getting any homework done on Tuesdays. I have a wednesday morning class that I don't think I'll be able to do the readings for. Meh, I'll just see if it works out and stop going if I have to.

I finished an assignment for tomorrow's soc of language class. It's supposed to be about a moment where the intracacies of language touched my soul. I wrote about doing crosswords puzzles with Janet in physics class.

Rez life continues to be interesting. It seems we have picked up where we left off last year, with secrets and the telling of those secrets. And of course there are old animosities that are still floating around. I appear to have been flagged as neutral ground, so I get info. from all sides. I have no desire to tell these secrets because the shit is disturbed enough around here.

I still can't decide if I can do this literacy program thing (where I help adults learn to read). I'm not sure I will have enough time for everything.

bah, I have to get to class.

exhausted

Today seemed like a very long day. I was up till 4 last night just chatting with a girl who lives on my floor. I was very tired today, and grumpy. So I avoided most public involvement. I am off to bed now. so sleepy.

Sleepy

I am so sleepy. Yet I am blogging.

Things have been going great. Classes are good. Walksafe is amazing! Did I mention I signed up for pilates? So exciting. It starts in October.

So much news, yet so sleepy. Just know that I am alive and quite happy.

Walk Safe!

I walksafed! It was great. We had one call. We walked her good. I get a police notebook, and a radio, and a blue jacket, and id! And I met a lot of cops. And it was cool. We walked a girl across campus. My partner's name was Vlad. He was quite nice. He is also in crim.

A very exciting night. Now my legs hurt so much.

Good night!

First Class Done

The staff party was fantasic. There was dancing and drinking. The best part was the dancing. Who knew I would love dancing?

Last night I had Perception (psychology). It went for the full three hours, and apparently it always will. It was quite interesting, most of class was spent debunking Naive Realism. The last hour really dragged because we were talking about refraction and lenses and a whole bunch of other angle related crap.

Soon I am off to Physiol. Psy. I don't even remember what Physiol is a short form for. It's also three hours.

Tonight I WalkSafe!!! I will be in charge of the safety and securtity of someone. I'm really excited, although I have no idea what it's going to be like.

I'm also hoping to do this literacy program thingy with the libraries. Where I help someone learn to read. Then maybe a class at the University Gym.

Anyway, I am off, to learn, to grow, to nap.

Frosh week update

OK so frosh week not as scary as expected. Actually it's been quite good.

I'm a little sniffly right now with a cold, or maybe alergies. But the headache I have seems to be cold related.

I'm working on redecorating my room. I covered my bulletin board with cool wrapping paper so now it's all artsy and fun.

Anybody else have any room decorating ideas? I hope to hit poster sales next week, but I want something big and colorful.

I've reunited with a lot of old friends. I've gone out a few times. Oh! White Russians and Black Russians (they are drinks). They are most delicious! White Russians are just chocolate milk. That's it. So delicious.

Tomorrow is a staff party. In honour of someone I don't really like. But on the upside I like everyone else, and everyone else will be there so... PARTY!.

moving in

I thrive on comfort and routine. Big chunks of undefined time are frightening to me. I know this does not make sense, because a couple months from now, when everything is running at full steam, I will be begging for some extended free time. But right now Frosh week looms at me terrifylingly empty. It's causing a free floating anxiety. I move in tomorrow and am quite nervous.

My anxiety sort of multiplies on itself because I focus on it and that makes everything worse.

Logic dictates that things will go well. And even if they don't go well, they won't be awful.

OK so the plan is to focus on not freaking out.