Today I was on the metro, heading to an interview in NDG.  The train stopped for about 20 minutes at Sherbrooke station, which caused a lot of people to wander out of the train and up the stairs.  Once again, I was reminded of the fact that humans are actually lemings in disguise.  Most of the people standing on the metro platform were facing one ( Read more... )

Time is just something that humans have in their lives for structure, so it seems silly for me to write about making a transition into the new year.

This year was tough, I'm so glad it's over.

October 7th, 2007. (do I really have to re-tell that story?)

October 8th, 2008: actually, sincerely, knowing that (a) I'm way too good for Callum (b) I don't ( Read more... )

my university ( Read more... )

Why was I counting?  Why did I feel like I had to prove to myself that I was happy?  Is it because I wasn't happy at the time?  Is it because I've become naturally competitive?  Why count?  If I was counting, it's because I couldn't find a better way to spend my life in that moment.  I could not think of a way to express myself than to make lists ( Read more... )

Changes from last August:

- - - - Gains - - - -

(a) New job - great place to start my career

(b) New boyfriend.

(c) New school - more like the school.  The only thing that could make this better would be if I got into Columbia for grad school.

(d) New BFF - Arianna's still around...but Jordi's here too, and I'm infinitely grateful for him.  For serious ( Read more... )

losing my sister is possibly the only thing that could be worse than losing the person I loved last year.

...I don't mean 'lose' in the sense that she passed away, I mean 'lose' in the sense that it feels like a brick wall has come between us.  Even though we talk, we don't really talk.  When she needs something or I need something, we talk.  When ( Read more... )

On www.ted.com, there is a lecture given by Martin Seligman about positive psychology and how it's been getting more and more attention from psychologists and other researchers around the world.  I learned a bit about this in my psychology courses over the past couple of years, but not enough to really grasp what it was all about.  Let me just say ( Read more... )

I just drank...an ENTIRE grande americano from Starbucks. My first coffee ever! Oh my goodness. I actually feel like my brain is going to explode or something...I also have a strange pain in the back of my head...and my eyes keep looking all over the room. Eek ( Read more... )

I was just reading over some of my old posts, which are mostly about boys and my dreams, and I thought it was time to write about how much I've been changing recently. In true Emily Mac style, I've concocted a list ( Read more... )

THIS IS COPIED FROM MY FACEBOOK NOTES ( Read more... )