Just saying

I really resent people who show up to a 9 AM class with a Tim's cup. It says "look at me, I didn't hit the snooze button ten times so I had enough time to get coffee before class!" good for you. Brat.

Also walked into French class to hear the prof say "I want you to suffer!! Now, who can translate that?"
He was talking about the upcoming test. While conveniently using the subjunctive.

Update on the to-do list

I'd just like to say that I FINISHED MY TO-DO LIST!!! (except for the laundry part).


That's it.

To Do List

So I woke up at noon today- but I was still extremely productive! Get this:

To Do List:

• Return library books. (I actually checked out books from one of the school's libraries. For a translation project from French to English for creative writing. We had a choice, to do that or to write poetry; some people were complaining that they had to do poetry by default, since they didn't speak a second language. Suckers! Bilingualism rocks).
  
• Check out The Notebook (this one didn't happen. Because of the eight gazillion books the libraries have, this is not among them. Okanagan, however, has it. Wow).
  
• Laundry (still have to do this. Sheets and stuff. I'm really bad at laundry. Like, I've forgotten it for 4 hours and someone else evicted it from the washing machine, I've put money in the wrong dryer, I've forgotten detergent... mixing up colours just wasn't creative enough for me, obviously).
• Vacuum (Not that it did much good. Lame vacuum).
• Grocery Shopping (This is an incredibly interesting experience. My grocery list is pretty random: wheat bread, sponge, dish soap, itunes card, popsicles, frozen stuff, chocolate chips, like eight kinds of fruit. Lots of healthy stuff; think of the person in front of you in line who's got all the healthy stuff who makes you want to kick them in the shins. It's like that).
• Econ homework (Done! Four labs for one week was a lot..)
• French reading (I love surprises, really. Finding out I have to read 25 pages of an old French novel for this week if I want to be done in time for the test? Freaking awesome).
• Geobio lab (something to do with population indices? By the way- the plural of index isn't just indexes, it's also indices, and that sounds cool).
• French workshop thing (done and done)
• Video game character (character write-up. As usual, I got overly psychological on mine. Used the Kübler-Ross model of grief as a reference, despite the fact that the video game we're making up wouldn't even give my character a speaking part. But a backstory is important- and psychlogy is really, really important!)
• Subjunctive worksheet (still avoiding this one. I failed a subjunctive test seven times in high school French. It's a tough unit- and makes no sense! Why oh why do the French need so many nuances to their verbs, and yet don't want more nouns?)
• Clean room somewhat (Done! The 'somewhat' is a key term here, by the way)

So I got a lot of stuff done today. Only have French and geobio left. Cool stuff.

And check out the awesome laces I got! Yellow's the colour of ... um... giverism!
(To 'giver', by the way, is to like, give it your all. Just to clear that up. Because this reminds me of the time I said 'i'm going to the grocery store atm' and it was assumed I was going to the ATM as well. And, no. I meant atm- at the moment. Just. So we all know).



Also! Heard this, and it's funny:

"A city built on rock and roll would be structurally unsound"

hahaha :)

The Top Five's Of The Week

Remember this format? Awesome stuff.

Top 5 Lies of the Week:

1. Again, this is not a weekly list.

2. "No, I can't see a movie tomorrow. I'm busy. Yeah, all day. Like, the entire day. All of it. Sorry."

3. "Sure, take my spot on defense. I don't mind."

4. "Yeah, I find this lecture topic really interesting too."

5. "My room is clean right now."

Top 5 Quotes of the Week:

1. "Vehicular manslaughter is not my cup of tea"

2. "I want a koala on my head!"

3. "Can't we take a bus instead of walking 10 blocks?" "Walking keeps me warm!"

4. "I am never wrong" (French prof)

5. "Can I see your desk lamp?"

Top 5 Places To Go Of The Week

1. The gym. Although going the day before a hockey game isn't a good idea. Neither is the day before a hockey game that's two days before a super early game so it's like having an intense workout three days in a row without really sleeping at all. Yeah. That.

2. G-Max Sports. Ten times. Because seriously, how have the yellow laces I want STILL not come in? It's been a month!

3. The ice rink. Two times a week.

4. The common room on my floor. For three minutes, until I realize that there's no wifi, and my homework is entirely online.

5. Econ lab, which, by the way, is canceled. Thanks for telling me ahead of time.

Top 5 Lessons/Screw Ups of the week

1. When checking a schedule, ensure that it is for the correct day.

2. Ensure that the class you assume is happening is actually happening.

3. Sometimes, the snow makes buses and the Skytrain shut down. Good thing other people remembered that.

4. It rains. Even when the sky is totally clear, it rains.

5. Looking at beachside resorts in the winter is another form of torture.

Top 5 Problems Of The Week

1. Every PC game ever comes out like, six months after the x-box 360 version. That's favouritism, and it's wrong.

2. Alex's webcam. (That's my laptop, btw). Some random other program opens up every time I skype. Weird.

3. Exam schedule's out- my last one is April 27th, one of the last possible days. Really, UBC? Again?

4. 2 words: YELLOW LACES. And then 3 more: I WANT THEM. Also; wondering if my hockey stick's too short.

5. How come our team captain never shows up to games anymore..? Also- what am I supposed to do when hockey season runs out before the academic season (season? year?) does???

Top 5 Awesome Things Of the Week

1. Started planning for the summer! And it involves BEACHES!

2. Lost my phone and someone turned it in to the office! :)

3. Found out that microwaved bagels are awesome.

4. Lots of cool stuff planned- Giants game was last Sunday, and might go to an outdoor skating rink this week!

5. It's March- that means there's gotta be good weather soon, right?

Top 5 Random Things Of The Week

1. I can make oragami paper cranes.

2. Some jobs actually require you to have a sense of direction. And some require you to have a sense of direction when in the forest. Seriously.

3. Some of my friends print their notes on binder paper. It takes a minute to figure out what's weird about the paper when you look at it.

4. Going 'green' is cool and all (so I'm told) but paper cups> reusable ones, because you can DRAW ON THEM!! (picture to come later).

5. I wish more people had picture text messaging. It's so cool to be able to take a picture to say 'here's what I'm doing right this second, like you were right here too'.

Long blog posts make me feel so accomplished.

Update [uhp-deyt, noun]

(did you know that you stress a different syllable when you use 'update' as a verb than when you use it as a noun? uhp-deyt for a noun, uhp-deyt for a verb. How super useful is that knowledge?)

I've been just weirdly busy lately. The week before reading week* was very busy- I had a French midterm* and and Econ midterm*. Then, that weekend, I went to an Olympics thing downtown with two of my friends. We waited in line for an hour in the rain because one of my friends wanted to see whatshisname*, but it was actually a lot of fun. We also had sushi* for lunch. (I got talked into eating raw tuna. I don't know how on earth that happened- I hate tuna, overly spicy things, and raw things. My friend is alarmingly good at convincing). Then, on Sunday, it was my birthday*, which was great! Then I got to go home for a week, and now I'm already back.
This week has been just as busy. Two hockey games*, and geobio midterm*, and today, my fun phone fiasco. I actually lost my cell phone. I have never, never done that. Ever. In my life. (I don't have an expensive phone, but what wasn't a 'what if I lose it' precaution- it was a 'what if I break this one, too' precaution. I never lose phones- I just drop them. Frequently). Anyways, I looked everywhere- and then found out that someone had turned it in! I credit this to good lost phone karma*. A month ago, I found a guy's blackberry at the geography building, and got it back to him. And now, lo and behold, I lose my phone in the same building, and get it returned to me! Awesome. The weekend looks good, too- all-night jazz cafe* tonight, olympics stuff or a movie tomorrow night, and a minors hockey game Sunday, with front row seats!
And a lot of homework stuff, too, unfortunately, but that shouldn't be too bad.

And that was my explanation for why there isn't been a blog post in forever.


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Reading week: the not-aptly-named vacation week we had. It's right in the middle of midterms season, and no one picks up a book. Not once.

French midterm: Grammar. Lots and lots of grammar, because it's no longer okay to just convey your ideas, now you have to be as grammatically-correct as you are in English. Includes the dreaded translation section, where you will struggle to remember the word for "telescope" and "summit" (no, seriously. I got marks off for forgetting the accents in 'telescope').

Econ midterm: Included math. Unfairly.

Whatshisname: some olympic figure skater. Sorry, I was busy watching them use the ice for a slightly more violent purpose. Namely, USA/Russia/Every other country-dominating. The figure skater- Patrick Chan- was very nice though. It's not his fault they didn't give him a stick/puck for his skating.

Sushi: the newly discovered greatest thing on the planet. Except when my friend convinces me to eat things before telling me what they are. Sure, last time it was just tofu, but what if it's eel next time?

Birthday: Turning 19 in BC was the coolest thing ever.

Hockey games: A loss in one league (just like every other game thus far) and a win in the other (second this season). So a net of zero- unless you factor in all the other games, which puts us at a net of -24 or something. Still very fun though, don't get me wrong :) Even losing 3-11 (yes, that happened) and 5-11 (yes, sadly, that happened too) doesn't make it anything less than fun. Something about feeling incredibly superior to everyone else on Earth just because you can skate well does that to you.

Geobio midterm: one of the greatest disasters ever. Worse than calculus.

Good lost phone karma: When you find someone else's lost phone and go out of your way to return it to them, it ensures that next time you lose your phone, someone else will do the same.

All-night jazz cafe: my friend's new project. She took over part of the commons block lounge, and somehow recruited a volunteer staff to sell homemade baked goods, found enough jazz music to play, got a mic for open-mic time, and arranged to have the lounge for 24 hours.

In which we have a pros and cons list without any cons

Lot's been happening recently, and all of it's good!

1. I moved out of my room! I moved into a single room in another house, so I don't have to deal with my roommate's super late nights (And by "super late" I mean "early morning," like 2 AM)

2. Found out that Tim Horton's takes the meal card- awesome news.

3. I've got friends in every class now, which is very fun and quite helpful.

4. It wasn't quite as cold today, which was really, really nice.

5. Look at what I wore today!
This is my "someone loves me very much" scarf :) My mom made it for me!

Anyways, this was my 'pros and cons' list of the current situation, except there's nothing for the 'con' list, so this was just all good things. Happy days :)