I finally started on the marking for the into Ling class this week. I have a class list to fill in with marks (and can now work the scantron machine!), and seriously, guys, there are some amazing names on it. My two favourites so far are Harrison Blizzard and- get this- Joaquin Fernando Zobizaretta. Is that not the coolest name you've ever seen ( Read more... )

Small amounts of time, large amounts of work. So equals my life right now. Two things saved my day: 1)Dr. Jeffrey reminded us of the free dinner put on by the Campus Ministry because it's UN Day, so I had an awesome supper and wasn't hungry all through my next class 2)We talked about aid in my Survery of Global Issues class tonight, and a bunch ( Read more... )

For those of you who didn't read my lovely song too closely, allow me to elaborate a little: I fell off a rock on Sunday night and sprained my knee. I didn't think it was bad at first, but it got worse and worse. I spent all Monday morning at St. Joseph's Hospital to have a doctor look at my knee, get me to bend it once, poke it and pronounce it ( Read more... )

I officially started classes twelve days ago and felt an urge to write something creative. here is the result ( Read more... )

Pay only $950 tuition? Yes please! I love scholarships! They chopped my fees wayyy down, and made the student loans lady go from being brusque and efficient to being breathlessly in awe (she said "Wow" at least 12 times ( Read more... )

Just came from my first meeting with Dr. Whitney, my new advisor. He's maybe 60, with scraggly hair on a balding head and thick, shaded glasses. One of his eyes is swollen, and both eyes jitter back and forth disconcertingly (I forget the medical term for that- I learned it once from "House") when he looks at you. He wasn't much help- just took ( Read more... )

I return, after three months of silence ( Read more... )

As all of you know, the utilisation of pesticides and herbicides is no longer allowed in HRM. For your own knowledge, I am including my own natural pesticide recipe, guaranteed to make any bylaw officer pat you on the head happily and go on his way ( Read more... )

Job! I work for Linden Landscapes and Construction now, and they're either going to kill me or whip me into shape. Some days, it feels like killing, like on Tuesday, when I spent the afternoon hauling garbage cans of wet mulch up granite stairsteps. Nearly died. The rest of the time is just doing other peoples' yardwork, though. There are a ( Read more... )

Laura, Vicki and I were studying for our French exam together this afternoon, and there were no tables in the study lounge, so we just sprawled on the floor in the hallway (it's carpeted). They left eventually, and I stayed for another hour. People passed to and fro, and I payed then little heed as I stuffed my head full of la voix passive and le ( Read more... )