so I was all excited about the upcoming weekend, friends coming to visit from thunder bay, last minute halloween costume wrangling, but then the following happened: ( honestly, this is kind of gross, don't say I didn't warn you )

dude... just found these shoes on amazon.com, selling for $99:


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In Winnipeg now! the apartment is great. I'm not super excited about the colour of the walls, but it's really spacious, great location. I haven't bought my car yet, but I spent all of yesterday taking the bus around doing errands - what a pain.

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Just found out earlier today - my paper was accepted for publication in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology!!! Sort of shocked, as I thought they were going to turn it down, but so happy!

Plus, I had a fun day hanging out with my mom and grandma. We went to the valley. The apple blossoms were in full view and GORGEOUS. We also went to ( Read more... )

BBC weather forecast for Lagos, Portugal

So my mom and grandma both flew in from taiwan to see me graduate (on friday). got in last night. so happy they could make it. we haven't really done much - it was raining and cold today, and they were both jetlagged. my mom bought 5 lbs of mussels, which I think is a bit excessive. we boiled them up and ate half of them today, and I realize ( Read more... )

a really interesting blog post about the use of counterpoint in pop music.

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Photobucket is not very user friendly... was getting annoyed with this.


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Vancouver was lots of fun. We mostly ate a lot, slept a lot (for some reason, I was tired all week, and took multiple naps per day most days), and did lots of shopping ( Read more... )