Waiting

I am currently waiting to go out. Me and assorted friends from work are going out drinking, well they are drinking, I am the designated driver. I am waiting for the phone call that says it's time to go.

to kill time, movie reviews:

Transamerica
Some friends and I rented Transamerica while I was downtown. The movie was amazing. It was funny but dealt very honestly with the tough issue of gender disphoria. I highly recommend this movie.

Over the Hedge
I have officially seen this movie twice, and it was hilarious both times. Go see it. Now. Go go.

The Break Up
A decent movie. Not the hilarious movie the commericals make it out to be. It was more of a thought provoking look at a painful breakup. I enjoyed it, but I felt that the ending could have been more uplifting.

That is currently all I can remember about movies seen thus far.

Life is good, and hilarious

Life is good here in my world. Work is going well, I make it downtown regularly and I have travel plans. The only drawback is that summer is going too far.

I wanted to share a story from work:

A customer turned a cell phone in to us at customer service, someone had lost it in the store.

20 minutes later (after unsuccesfully searching for a 'Home' contact entry) a man arrived asking if anyone had turned in a cell phone, after describing it he had it returned and this ensued:

CS girl: "You should really include your home phone number in your phone, so if someone finds it they can call and tell you"
Man: "I haven't had a chance yet, the phone's brand new. I got it two days ago because I lost my last one."

Not a good track record.

Somewhere along the way, I became a girl

Previously I was never much for shoes, but latelyI have developed a penchant for them. What follows is a recent thought process:

"Hmmmmm..... these shoes are hurting my feet, I mean really seriously hurting my feet, excrutitatingly painful really, it's good that I only bought the blue ones and not the powder pink ones as well......... oooooh the powder pink ones were cute... I wonder if they're on sale now"

Friday Night

Jocelyn and I attended a movie this evening. Over the Hedge, and it was awesome. I would reccomend it to anyone and everyone.

We also went to Chapters, oooooh Chapters. Jocelyn and I should not be allowed to go there.... we bought many books. Well she bought a few books, and I bought 1. A book filled with such awesomeness I cannot even describe it here. But I will try.

It is an illustrated True Crime Book. Pictures!!! Pictures of Kennedy getting shot, pictures of the Son of Sam. Pictures of Bonnie and Clyde!!! And a synopsis of all the assorted crimes! I am so excited.

Conversation with a Customer

A customer wanted to buy a fishing liscense yesterday, here is the conversation that ensued:

Man: I think my card is expired can I get a new one.
Me: It's not expired so I can issue you a sticker which is cheaper
Man: The card is not expired?
Me: No so I can issue you a sticker
Man: The card is not expired so you can issu me me a sticker
Me: Ummmm...... yes..... did you want a conservation sticker? It's really all you need to fish.
Man: Conservation sticker... it's really all you need to fish.
Me: Yes.......?
Man: I will take one please
LONG TIME PASSES OF HIM REPEATING EVERYTHING I SAY
Me: That will be 13.50
Man: 13.50?
Me: (barely restraining urge to kill the man twice just because he won't understand the first time) yes!

The man was not mentally handicapped, he was just completely and utterly annoying.

forgot to mention

I forgot to mention that my phone works fine now.

It is kind of late. I do not know what time it is because O I am not wearing myy glasse. I litterallly cannot read the words on this screen. So any typos are as a result of that.,

I've tried sushi. I have injested squid.

I'm sleepy.

So maybe it's been awhile

I've writeen 2 of four exams. I finish May 1oth. May 10th people!!! That's forever from now.

I just have to write Crime and Gender and Intro to Learning, two classes that sport what we call a 'cumultive exam'. No good.

The exam I wrote on Friday was interesting. Our proctor told us we couldn't have cell phones or ipods or anything on our desks. Shortly after finishing this speech HIS cell phone rang. AND THEN HE TOOK THE CALL. This happened three times. Someone suggested that maybe his cell phone was the official one they give out to proctors so they can communicate quickly. Except during his first call he had this to say:
"Hi..... nothing much....."

Nothing much??? yes you're doin something buddy... you're proctoring my damn exam! Sheesh.
The other great part of the exam was when I asked to go to the bathroom the female proctor asked me if I knew where it was, when I said yes she said I could go right ahead. I don't think she understood that the reason she is supposed to escort me is not to prevent me from getting lost, but so that I won't cheat. In the bathroom was a few people who had finished their exam... they were now going through their textbooks..... damn my morals!

Where to live

I have to sort out where to live next year. I did not get the donship I applied for, nor did I get into the co-op house I applied to. Currently it looks like I am going to be living in residence. I can't decide which building to live in. I can't decide if I should stay in the same building that I am living in now or move to another one. If I move to another one, I'm not sure which one. I have to decide by Wednesday.

In a tragic event my phone perished on Wednesday night. It needs to be replaced. There are currently many road blocks to this. It's quite stressful because I cannot figure out which phone to get, when to get it or which plan I should use. Plus there is the stressful fact that I do not have a phone. I am currently going through withdrawl.

A Couple of Open Letters to Assorted Individuals

Dear Girl Who Sat Next to Me in My Test Today,

When you dropped your Scantron Sheet, and it landed at my feet, there was a reason I didn't pick it up. It was not because I didn't notice until it was too late. It was not because I felt I didn't have enough time to finish the test and therefore couldn't spare the minute it would have taken to lean over and pick it up. It wasn't even because I'm a cold heartless bitch (although you probably now think that I am).

It's because you chose to read every last question on the test outloud to yourself. Including the multiple choice questions and all their possible options.

So don't be mad at me for not picking up your sheet, be happy that I didn't kill you.

Thanks!
-Christine

Dear Person in My Intro to Social Psychology Class,

When the Proffessor said; "80% of marriages end in divorce or seperation"
and you said; "That's over half!"

I was so glad you were there, to blow the lid off that statistic.

I can only hope you use your Powers of the Obvious for good and never for evil.

-Christine

The Day Part of My Brain Died in Shock

I was sitting quitely waiting for my Wednesday morning class to start. I was pretending to read my book, but really I was listening to these three girls have a conversation (the eavesdropping was so not all my fault cause they were really loud). Listening to their conversation I discovered that: Thesis Girl has to present her thesis (hence the name) to a big group of people soon, Waitress Girl is in her late 20s because she takes classes while she waitresses, and that Research girl has a presentation to do. I also discovered that all three of them have been living under some internet rock, probably the same rock Mike K has been living under except his has more bingo.

Here is the conversation that ensued:

Research Girl: I was researching this presentation and the librarian told me to put addition signs in when I search for things
Thesis Girl: Really? Does that help?
Research Girl: Yeah! Cause it means it looks up the one word plus the other word.
Waitress Girl: Wow! That's so neat! I'll use that
Research Girl: Yeah it really helps to narrow stuff down.

At this point my brain was melting. How have these people survived to third year university, how has Thesis Girl managed to prepare a thesis, without being able to Google properly??? Waitress Girl is a very intelligent girl, AND she's hip! Hip people!!! She should be all up on the Google Skillz.

I came home from class and proceded to tell people on my floor this story. I was then shocked to discover that THEY HAD NO IDEA EITHER!!!! I felt like I was in some sort of twighlight zone where it turns out everyone is illiterate but you.

Previously I had always thought that I was a decent Google lookerupper. Turns out I'm awesome, way abover average, I'm going to go as far as saying that my skillz are superb.

You've Come a Long way Baby

Happy Birthday Blog!!!

Today you are one year old.
Thank you for the hilarity you've allowed me to deliver.
Thank you for the steam you have let me blow off by ranting.
Thank you for helping me keep up with my friends.
Thank you for your comment section, that reminds me of everyone out there.
Thank you "I Live in my Head and Sleep in my Bed" your awesome burns stronger than a thousand suns.

In other news; I've had a great week. Last night was amazing because I wrote a test (therefore no more studying) and afterwards went out for cheap martini night. Tonight was wonderful because I ended up going to a sketch comdey show put on by engineering, it was hilarious. Tomorrow will be an enlightening trip to the ROM! I am a dork.

Boggle

I totally downloaded 'Boggle' onto my phone. It has provided me with hours of entertainment, unfortuneatly this has sometimes occured in class. I haven't found 'helipads' yet, but I'm trying.

I really need to buy new shoes for the summer. My current non-winter shoes have no lining left in the heel, so it's just hard plastic, slowly grinding away my feet's will to live.

I also need to buy new jeans, because my favourite pair of jeans finnaly have up the other day. There is no a huge rip in them, in the buttocks region. Meaning that I have to choose; lose the jeans, or lose my dignity.

I have a test tomorrow so the big plan for today is studying. Child Development, why are you so boring sometimes?

Oh! I made myself brushetta on Friday! I'm getting kind of good at this whole 'cooking' thing.

Stuff that sticks in your head

I was walking somewhere the other day and I realized that there is a lot of random stuff that is stuck in my head, that comes up at random times. Unimportant stuff that sits with me and comes up, and I ask myself; "Why in the hell do I still remember that?" I was going to post a long elaborate list of such things that I think of, but right now I can only think of one.

At the end of last school year Whitney (for the uninitiated, Whitney happens to be the younger sister of Angus, but more importantly, she is a very nice and friendly girl) posted in her blog about she was looking forward to in spring. She listed nice warm weather things, like wearing skirts, and I think flip flops also made the list. Now, when I look out the window, I think about her post. I want to wear skirts and flip flops. Tank tops and bathing suits. I'm looking forward to the days when my feet stop being cold on such a permanent basis. Maybe Whitney will think it odd that I, on occasion, read her blog. She will probably think it even more odd that, quite frequently lately, think about what she wrote. Well Whitney, I don't know what to say, other than; I am an odd person.

Angus pointed out the other day, that when I describe people, I describe them as nice. He said to me, people are either nice or not nice. I respond in this fashion because I don't often see a point in articulating more accurately. When asked about Alex I usually respond with; "She's nice, I like her". I was going to list here reasons why I like Alex (to prove to Angus that I have more complex opinions of people) but I realized that Alex may not enjoy such a touchy feely ode to her, so I have cancelled my plans.

Quiet night to wrap it all up

I'm having a quiet night tonight. I'm trying to get rid of this cold that has been following me around since Monday. So tonight I packed up the three laundry baskets full of laundry, cleaned out my email and hung out with Michael. Nice and quiet. Everything is organized for me to go back to school tomorrow, this will make me a lot less stressed tomorrow. I am enjoying a nice conversation with Jon on MSN. I have promised him, that if I die, he gets my iPod. Sorry everyone else who was hoping they had dibs.

I had an excellent reading week. I picked up a couple shifts on top of my usual weekend. I also got to hang out with my parents and Michael a lot. Oh, and coffee with Jon, Randeep and Shaun.

I went to a concert on Wednesday with Mike. We went and saw Jann Arden in Barrie. It was amazing. She's very good in concert, highly hilarious. I was surprised at how funny she was.

On Friday Angus and I went snowboarding. It was great. Painful, but great. I fell, a lot. But near the end I got kinda ok at it.

In summation, the week was great. Which is good, because I will spend the next week in the library for my midterm next week.

yay me

ow

Went snowboarding today with angus. too tired and too sore for proper typing. i hurt. very fun though..... ow. oh jann arden concert on Wed with mike. amazing it was

Naps

Janet asked me awhile ago for some advice about napping. I felt that, as a nap expert, I could give a general note about napping, as a public service.

Tere are many ways to nap, personally when I plan on napping, I go full out and put on pajamas, but that is certainly not required. Sweatpants are more than all right. Anytime is good for naps, but once you get into evening, you may find it hard for you to fall asleep, or the complete opposite you may just sleep clean through to the next morning.

The most important part of napping is to set an alarm. Please do not full yourself into believing that you will wake up after a quick 10 minute nap. You will not. You will wake up three hours later, groggy and confused.

That's the other important thing, a time limit. Through research and personal expereince, 1 hour is a good nap limit. Such a limit usually leaves you feeling refreshed, around the two hour mark you will be groggy. There is an exception though. Say you sleep from 1 till 3. After 6 you will probably start feelig less groggy. So if you need to have a late night, I recommend such a nap.

That's really all you need to know about napping, I hope you all put this info to good use.

MIA

I feel like I have been missing in action. Where this feeling started I do not really know. Maybe it's because I am no longer checking blogs on a daily basis. Maybe it's because I feel like I don't update enough. Maybe it's because I'm never online. I just feel like I've disconnected. Case in point: I had no idea that Angus got a job with Apple. Usually this is information I am up on. But I was not, because of the whole never online thing. Because I've been spending all my time studying and stuff. I am not complaining per se.... really I'm just trying to say that I still care, I do, I'm just doing my best to do well in school.

To all those of you who were worried (and there were many of you), no I did not delete any of you off of MSN. You can all sleep soundly now.

I have heard of this thing MSN Geeks. I am opting not to get it though, sounds like it could become a needless hit to my ego, and I would spend much too long thinking about it.

Things that I miss:
- lying around reading books for fun
- hanging out with Angus, Jon, Randeep and Angus
- talking with Heather online
- wearing skirts

Things I am enjoying:
- That I rocked my Development Test
- Fencing (I'm getting good at lunges)
- Walksafing
- The Tulips I bought myself at work
- the new white mittens I bought myself.

OK so that's all for now.

wooooooo

I could not come up with a better title, so I went with woooooooooo. Deal with it.

I rocked a test last night. I was worried because it seemed really easy, I was wondering if there was something I was missing, like that time in grade 9 english, when I was done in like 20 minutes and it turned out the question that I answered with 2 sentences was actually an essay question.
A bunch of people started leaving early so I decided that I hadn't missed anything and the test was just that good.

I delted someone off of MSN today, a surprisingly liberating experience.

Tonight is perhaps the greatest night of the year. It is called; The Chocolate Buffet. $3 gets you in. There is no end to the chocolate. It's a room filled with multiple kinds of chocolate; many different cakes, chocolate fondue, chocolate bars, lindt chocolate, smarties, ferro roche, fudge.... everything. And all the profist go to Out of the Cold. So really I have to go, it's the chairtable thing to do.

I have three tests next week and a paper I would like to finish. So there will be much studying.

Assorted rambles and thoughts.

I have a developmental psychology test to study for. Quite frankly I'm not feeling it right now, I really just want to lie around and do nothing.

I haven't taken a nap since last Saturday!!! My goal for this week was not to nap, and quite frankly I have done well for myself.

I got a haircut today. It was my first tie having my hair cut by a man. He was quite fun, although he lectured me that you should never wait two years to get a hair cut. He only took like half an inch off, and apparently he added some layers. Whatever, it went up in a pony tail like 20 minutes after he did it, because he didn't put in enough gel to stop me turning into a fuzzy poof ball.

I also bought new shoes today... they're pretty. I believe I will wear them to my friends concert tonight.

This week

It has been a really good week. I guess I should start with Sunday to truly make this a week in review.

Sunday I got reflexology done on my feet. They massage your feet and put pressure on them to help fix assorted ailments on your body. A friend of a friend is training for it and needs to practice on people, I graciously stepped up, and took a free foot massage for the team.

On the same day I hooked my friend up with a statcounter for the website she runs for our college, she, and the whole student council of our college apparently, thinks it's amazing. They have been quite happy to find out that people are actually using the site. I like being helpful.

Monday was of course my glorious walksafe shift, wherein we got only 1 walk! (See previous post).

Tuesday I donated blood. It made me all sleepy and dizzy but it was still fun. Peter and I watched "March of the Penguins" while donating. This movie is pretty much the saddest movie ever. Don't by fooled by the people who tell you it's about love and happiness.... it is not.

Tuesday was also my first fencing class. Thereby making Tuesday super cool. My instructor is an adorable no nonsense kind of guy. He kind of scares me, but he can teach me about the joys of fencing, so I've decided to fear and revere him.

Wednesday was quite busy with three classes. And my presentation!!! It went ok I think, I just have to wait to get the marks back.

Thursday brought the second fencing class of the week. I got to use to the foil!!! I wore the mask and the vesty thing. It was amazing!! So much fun. Thursday night I hung out at a friends house where a bunch of us watched two episodes of CSI. I don't want to spoil the episodes for anyone who taped it but... there were dead bodies. It's true! I am not making this up.

Lets see if Friday and Sat will be as fun.