right now i'm pretty sure that i don't love anything in this world more than the mountain goats' cover of 'the sign'. yeah, yeah, i know i'm super late jumping on this bandwagon and everything but i love the mountain goats and i love the song. download it here.

then, read this dinosaur comic, because, as usual, it's awesome and expresses my near ( Read more... )

it's weird to hear about all the different paths that my friends are taking after graduation. those of us who are going back into school (some of us, i.e. me, probably for a very long time), are going through the same experiences of waiting to hear back about applications and trying not to go crazy not knowing where we'll be in september. but we' ( Read more... )

right now, the disappointment of knowing that i for sure won't be in calgary next year is really sinking in. i miss living there.

writing my goodbye blurb for the artsci yearbook has got to be one of the saddest things to do.

i have heard back from my first grad school. woohoo! if all else fails (or even if other things go well and i decide that this is my top choice), i will have a spot, and some money, in epidemiology & biostats at western. i'm quite excited, and the supervisor seems really nice. i may head out there this weekend for a graduate information fair ( Read more... )

so this is a video for one of my favourite bands, the mountain goats. the song is called 'woke up new.' i don't think it's their best song, or that the video is anything particularly amazing (although i do like that little zebra). in fact, the video is kind of weird. anyway, just watch it first and think about what it's about, before you read on ( Read more... )

title of one of the readings for my buddhism class:

"circumstances by which the purchase and release of turtles produced the karmic reward of being aided by the turtles."

umm, yes please!

My Personality

Neuroticism

49
Extraversion

83
Openness To Experience

49
Agreeableness

84
Conscientiousness

35
You are sociable, outgoing, energetic, and lively. You prefer to be around people much of the time. Stressful and frustrating situations can be upsetting to you, but you are generally able to get over these feelings and cope with these situations. ( Read more... )

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i'm not sure why, but i really like this song. and this video. i know it's kind of weird scandinavian electronic pop, but maybe you'll like it, too. it's bizarre, though--every so often, i think the girl in the video looks kind of like me.

i'm back in the hammer now and it's grand.