spent american thanksgiving in texas. i had lots of fun, though it really was different down there. i was also highly aware of the fact that i am not white. but i'm probably just ultra-sensitive because of my shyness in the first place. we went to an african safari, which was great! not as big as african lion safari in ontario, but i did get to ( Read more... )

fun vocab game

it also supposedly helps give rice to needy people. which is always good. but i do it more because i'm a nerd. so even if it's a scam, which is kinda doubt, i still enjoy playing the game. my top vocab level is 47. apparently there are 50.

today tim and i are going to the field museum to look at maps. i love maps. yay!

In Evanston. Laying on the futon in the living room. Tim's asleep beside me. Believe me it was hot.

i got my ears pierced. the lady said that the weird shape to my ears was "cute" and wasn't thrown off at all. i still think they're funny shaped ( Read more... )

joyful news: i passed by my old sunday school kids this morning when i was putting stuff away for my new kids and they ran over and yelled hi and gave me big hugs! they all grew over the summer. the girls that is, at least 5 inches each. crazy. i love them and miss them so much! but the change is good for all of us. and kevin is a great teacher for ( Read more... )

i just read a long email full of "u", "ur", "shud" and a complete lack of apostrophe use for her contractions. i now have a headache. argh

but no longer have a baby quite so immediately ( Read more... )

i have a new favourite. jin! his music's so adorable and fun i can't help but smile. move aside justin timberlake! haha. i really should be studying neuro instead of listening to his songs. oops... =)

so last night after i dragged myself away from the computer, i read most of the way through the book of daniel again. most of the way because at the end there are a bunch of prophecies that are confusing and i was sleepy by that time. anyways, daniel served under multiple kings: nebuchadnezzar, belshazzar, darius and cyrus. and the statue that his ( Read more... )

i seem to crave making new and good friends, but it's near impossible for me. the other 1st year grads are forming cliques already, and as pathetic as this seems, i sorely wish to be part of one of them. i don't think i would have survived in one of those stereotypical high schools of thousands of kids... i had decided that i would make more of an ( Read more... )