And Pamela's bike season officially begins! I woke up feeling sluggish and a bit grumpy this morning and I thought that hopping on my bike and pedaling furiously across the Laurier bridge might help me get out some of my frustrations. I have been so cruel to my poor little bicycle. I left it outside all winter and subjected it to extreme coldness ( Read more... )

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TAKE THAT, WORLD! I just finished giving my ninety minute presentation about Brazilian politics / participatory democracy / race and representation. The best parts were probably the cookies, and my amazing powerpoint presentation complete with silly random pictures and totally irrelevant graphs. But whatever! I was so nervous the entire time, but ( Read more... )

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Signs that I am well on my way to becoming an academic recluse:

Persistent yellow highlighter stains on right hand
Decline in personal hygiene standards
Ever-increasing library fine balance
Temporary blindness when you look away from the computer ( Read more... )

OWWW MY TUMMY!!

Did Govindas start putting tranquilizers in their food or something? What just happened? I remember eating with Tasha. I remember getting on the bus. I know that somehow I came home and made it to my bed where I woke up half an hour ago (three hours later?) in a state that looked a little like this:


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I have been having a lot of random adventures lately (what, with 2am weeknight Elgin Street Diner outings, impromptu sleepovers, and skating on the Canal FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!). All I planned to do tonight was catch up on laundry and get groceries. Instead, there were some ridiculous and random and totally unplanned adventures. Today was all ( Read more... )

I'm in the midst of unpacking and I hate unpacking a lot so I decided to take a break. I arrived in New York with one little suitcase with underpants, a couple shirts and some skirts inside. I came back with a whole lot more. I was much afeared of getting in trouble going through customs but luckily all crises were averted. Phew!


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I'm home! I'm exhausted and dirty and bloated and my vocabulary has essentially been reduced to "cuuuuuute!", "sick", "duuuuuude", as well as "fuck" and it's variants. But I'm home! We had such an amazing time. Manhattan is the most frustrating and disgusting place on earth, but Brooklyn is the new everything. So much good food, so much good ( Read more... )