Ezri's Page of Insanity

So tomorrow I move out, can't say I'm not nervous or a little scared about it, because I am. Mom reassures me it will be fine, and I do trust her. I'm not moving all that far away (my dad will drive past my apartment building on his way to work everyday, and my sister to school). Still, it just feels like a massive step, and I hope I'm ready for it. No turning back really...

Anyone have words of advice?

All I have to say really is: WATCH IT NOW!

Amazing, amazing! Amazing!

Totally unbelievable plot twist at the end! That I could not have imagined in forever!

Also, John Simm's performance as the Master is outstanding! I truly don't know if I can wait a week for Part 2!

So Tuesday was an interesting day....

My exam I felt went well, the professor is pretty straight forward and a couple of other people were done about the same time as me. So I'm sure I'll end up with a decent grade, I just have to wait a few weeks for the marking to be done and be able to put it out of mind. I'm actually somewhat tempted to take Brooks' second term class again in American Lit but focuses on women authors. But to do that I'd have to drop my Japan Through Film course so I'll wait and see.

Had fun with Jess and Katrina afterwards. After Jess gave us her Xmas presents to up (pictures to follow later), we went to the mall to hang out, running into Prof. Brooks there treating his nephew to lunch after he too had an exam. Found the most amazing plushies there too! They are little plushie forms of different viruses! I really want the HIV/AIDS one, which sounds horrible but they are very cute! Also picked out some paint colours I might do for my new room. Its going to be a bright colour I'm thinking at the moment, orange or something.

Came home, nothing excited till Mom came home all excited about something from the van, only to realize that it wasn't there. At the gym she had notice the car next to her window being smashed in and was glad it wasn't her van. Only to realize at home that the driver's side door lock had been punched in, people breaking in and stealing the 6 piece plush holiday band (it plays Christmas songs) out of the back. Given that it was dark and mom uses the toggle anyways to open doors she didn't notice till she got home, and it was my brother that actually noticed.

The saddest thing is, Mom last year thought about getting them (she loves this sort of thing) but when she went to get them they were gone at the hospital gift shop. The past few months she has had to deal with a lot of different issues and is only finally getting better and this was a gift to herself for making it through and now someone has stolen it. It hurts me just as much as it probably hurts her as she was really excited and couldn't wait to show me and my sister, mainly for the joy in how it would annoy us. But I love it anyways.

This took away a little from actually finally seeing the apartment. Which was good, going to have to rethink the double bed in my room as there isn't a lot of space at all. My closest is also real small so I may see about stealing some space from the linen closet considering AJ has tw closets in his room. But it is really nice, not much work needs to be done to it at all, just some capping of the carpets and a good steam clean of the carpets. It should be pretty good. Actually seeing the place (again, pictures to come) is finally making me nervous, that this is actually happening. Still, just another part of growing up.

So now I have to take Mom's van to the body shop to hopefully get fixed, so pictures will be up later. Tuesday just ended up being really mixed...

So I finally got all my Christmas packages mailed out across the world. Only one card was actually for Canada, the rest went to: 1 Japan, 1 Australia, 3 USA and 1 card also for the USA. Though I think I'm getting better at figuring out how to mail packages, as I sent more this year and paid about the same as I did to send last year's Christmas goodies. Although I have yet to figure out why the smaller package for Japan while weighing about the same as the Australia one, was about 2 dollars more to send. Either way, they are all send and should show up next week or early the following week, or so Post Office Lady tells me.

And ladyofshadow I got your package today! Thank you so much Yotan! My anklets this summer broke and I'm happy to have such beautiful replacements, and I will find a place to hang my wind-chime at my new place!

And lastly... I did not miss -20 wind chill AT ALL!

Its hard to try and write in glitter glue and avoid getting some on your hand when you're a lefty. I managed well, but ended up getting some in my hair instead.... oh well...

Craft time completes present madness so hopefully I will have a chance to mail everything off next week and it get there in time for Xmas.

Walking over to the UCC for dinner tonight, I noticed a girl just sit down on the steps by one of the building, and I just knew she was upset. So I looked to Jess and went, "I'm going to see if she's ok." And walked over and asked what was the matter.

Apparently her grandfather is very sick and she was pretty sure she had just gotten off the phone with him for the last time. I just gave her a massive hug and said that I was so sorry, a loss like that is hard. I then suggested if she wanted to go sit inside the building, given it was raining and I had no umbrella with me and she didn't have her coat on even. So we walked her to the doors, I asked if he was in town or not, apparently he's in Chatham (about an hour or so away) and school was keeping her from going. So I gave her another hug and told her I hoped for the best and that she could see him soon. And she smiled and said thanks and I was happy.

I really hope that everything is ok and that she can see him again before he dies. A couple of people passed her and it just seemed sad to me, I walked by and got "Someone needs help!" While others kept walking. Suppose people just don't care to notice others anymore...

Handed in my first essay of three that are do in a week, probably the most difficult of my topics as I just find history essays harder to write than English. History you have to get your facts write while English is more so your own opinion to be expressed.

Started to pack this week, so the feeling of moving in a month is setting in. I'm starting to get to the nervous phase, but hopefully the excitement comes back. I know I'm not moving far or anything, but it won't be this place I've recognized as 'home' for so long. And there are already plans for one of my siblings to take over my room and I'm not even gone yet. So far most of the stuff packed is nick-nack stuff and most of the books from my book shelf. I hope I can stag another book shelf from the basement, but I plan to store away a lot of my doll collection before I go so that will open a lot of room that isn't currently there.

Back to essays I go. I hope to have Shakespeare (1500 words) done by Friday so I can start my American Lit paper, 'The Awakening', 'The Great Gatsby' and water imagery Friday so its all done by Wednesday when its due (Shakespeare is due Monday). Otherwise, school is still going pretty well.

I am moving out last week of December! It has yet to really sink in, but I'm sure as I start packing things will eventually set in. I'm waiting for my essays to be done before I start to pack everything up. I don't even know really where to start...

I was supposed to go to a Con this weekend but at the last moment decided it was for the best that I don't. I can't write essays the night before, so this weekend I'm devoting to my Tibet essay, and the research for both my English ones. I'm going to spend most of it locked up in the library for the rest of the weekend.

In other news, Mom is pretty sure my brother has N1H1. I swear I'm going to get it before I can get the vaccine. The next group in my area is those 5-19. I'm 21...apparently the general public is those 21-65... Still think the media is blowing the issue up way too much. In the span of a regular flu season in Canada, 1500-7000 people die. I don't think the national death toll has reached 200 yet...

So this morning the monthly started so I told my mom that I was running out to the drug store to get some pads. To which she then asks me where I keep going this week as there was a lot of kilometres on the Equnoix (what I normally drive) this week. And it took me off guard as I tell them exactly where I'm going whenever I go out. And I know I did more driving that usual this week but I told them where I went each time.

Monday - Went to Chapters to get a book for class.
Tuesday - Work
Wednesday - Didn't drive
Thursday - School for a study session
Friday - Class, home, then out to Katrina's.

Only thing I didn't tell them was that I stopped at Lore's on my way to Katrina's but its not out of the way or anything. And Mom's being driving it around everywhere when I'm at school, so the km will add up. Kinda hurtful that they would think I'm sneaking behind their backs.

Still waiting on more info on the moving out front. I'm kinda getting annoyed with AJ and his lack of getting his dad to meet with us to discuss if I am going to be the roommate or not. I really want to know soon, and so does my family as it effects them as much as it does me. Hopefully he'll know this weekend.

Other than that, piles of school work this month, and I'm going to a con next weekend (that in hindsight I probably shouldn't but its the last one I'll be able to go to before Con-G in Feburary.

Since I don't have much time to make an actual post, but someone did this a while ago and I kinda wanted to do it too.

Ask me to take a picture of anything (within reason...) and I'll try and take a picture of it and post it.

I'm going to go hide under school work again.

So I've been buried under school work, managing it pretty good though. Despite being tried all the time this week and not wanting to eat (seriously, I've just been having dinner mostly).

Most interesting development this week is that I may be moving out December-January. Its about 90% sure that I will be moving. AJ's dad got tired to trying to help AJ find a place to live and such and bought a condo which we'd be renting from him. The pictures of the place look really nice, but neither of us have actually seen the place, so we're not 100% sure what our apartment is actually like.

Still its pretty exciting. His dad gets possession on the 15th of December, which AJ seems happy to move then but given how we don't know what work might have to be done before hand, I dunno exactly when I'd move in. Although I'd be happy to pay for paint and such as needed, but why pay rent when I'm not there? But that stuff we still need to work out... I'm just waiting to meet with AJ's dad and see the place before I get the official go ahead.

Lot sooner than what I had been playing (the summer) but hopefully this will work out. Its really close to a bus hub so there are several buses stopping close, I can talk in 5min to work, and its a nice area in general. I also need to work out what furniture we need too...

IT IS SNOWING OUTSIDE!


That is all.

Edit: BTW, I love my friends, even if they have dirty minds...

From Facebook:

My status: THERE IS WHITE STUFF OUTSIDE MY WINDOW!!!!
Friend replies: Say Hi to A.J. for me!

(AJ is both our friends...)

Been having problems getting them to grow up since I'm not as active on forms as I used to be...

And wee... 10hour self inflicted shift today!

Epic Body fail....

Not only sick with nasty cold, the monthly finally decided it would start...today of all day.

I just want to curl back up...

Instead I should at least get this reading out of the way so I can start an essay tomorrow...

Know the shows like 'Dancing with the Stars' and such? Well Canada has decided to have its own, 'Battle of the Blades'. It takes Canadian world class figure skaters and pair them up with hockey players.

AND ITS AWESOME!

So funny to see some big tough hockey players doing pairs figure skating, and mostly in hockey stakes too. I do have to give huge props to the ones that did try and skate in figure skates. They had issues with the toe pick, which everyone in my family expected.

Still I think the couples did well. The oldest two were voted off, half expected. I don't think Tie Domi will go anytime soon. One girl (I don't know her name) is really small, and I'm just waiting for her hockey player to really throw her. So no favourites yet, I'm waiting till this week's episode to start picking them.

But can anyone think of a more Canadian show?

So it feels like I'm getting the cold that has been going around my family. I'm getting all stuffed up and drowsy. I'm hoping that its just some allergies from being at the fair all day but I doubt it.

Hopefully I can figure out how to access my one class's podcasts soon... I missed Wednesday's class so I'm not sure if he said anything about them that class.

For now sleep, its freezing, 3 blankets plus one just for my feet....long crappy shift at work tomorrow. I hope no drive thru..

Thought that 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' would make an interesting musical really needs help. Seriously it exists and the entire class burst out in laughter.

In other news because I am very sleepy right now:

- Wish my time digitalizing an old minuet book in the archives didn't last long enough, I could have stayed for another 2 hours if I didn't have class. Only real problem was my partner didn't grasp the 'we will crop the edges out part' for a good hour. After that things went a bit more quickly.

- The Rebuild of Eva was amazing, the first one didn't have any major changes, but some are coming in the next movie. Still it was good, I also got attacked by a penguin in the eye. It really hurt.

- We are babysitting a family friend's dog until sometime this weekend as there was a death in the extended family and they had to go to the Sue for the funeral. Ben is liking having a playmate, but at the same time, three dogs is tiring, especially for Mom who is on sick leave from work as she had some kind of mental breakdown I think... so yeah, I'm the one that gets woken up early tomorrow to look after them...

So crashing now.

So the panic that is resulting around swine flu is getting kinda tiresome. Although I am happy to see at the current rate, I'll only have to deal with one needle this winter and not the three Mom said I'd likely have to face.

Anyways, a lot of discussion has been going on about how to keep sick students at home instead of in class making everyone else sick. As goodness knows if Rachel got sick, she would still be going to class. So my Classic Myth prof has decided to start a podcast of his lectures. This way you still get the lecture without having to be there. His powerpoints are not detailed at all so you really need the lecture to understand the course. I hope that some profs at Huron do the same thing, while my classes aren't as big as my Classics course (its about 300 people, Huron is more like 20-40) still one sick student can make all of those people sick and it just keeps spreading. And when you are a student, deciding to NOT go to class can be tough. Unless you have nervous break downs in that class... but thats another story.

In other school randomness, it hailed today as I left Classics to walk back to Huron! I tried looking for my wallet (which I later found at the very bottom of my one bag) for my bus pass as the 2 was right there, as it stops right in front of Huron. So I started walking and noticed hail! I ran into the Social Science building and used the tunnel to get from there to the UCC and the new Student Support building, by then the rain had stopped. Still really random...

Off to reading for me now though.

Sleeping In!

I'm excited.

And karaoke was a lot of fun tonight too. Meant that no reading got done tonight, shall crack into it tomorrow.

For now...SLEEP!

School is back in and I'm so far happy with my classes. The only class I haven't had is my American Lit. class which is only on Wednesdays (school for some reason starts on Thursdays and term ends on Wednesdays...). My Classic Mythology class on Main is MASSIVE! I guess the room sits between 250-300 students and almost every seat was taken and I got there on time. I still managed a seat but it was hard to find. Still its good that I can make the run in time, considering I have to go from Huron to the Natural Science building, which is more of a 15min walk.

Other than that, glad to have Prof Hyland again for English class, Shakespeare too, such a laugh. I also have Dr. Fang again, who I like most of all because he talks slowly so its easy to follow him. He messed up requesting what hours he needed for his class so to get a tutorial hour he split the class into two alphabetically, I just making it into group 2 with Katrina since N was the start of the second group. Monday's lecture was supposed to be 2 hours but instead the second hour will be used as a tutorial hour, and the groups will alternate.

Books...expensive as ever. After buying a set of three books, I realized that I could have borrowed them from a friend. Live and learn I suppose.

My every quick trip to Ottawa last week was good but way to short. Better than nothing when it comes to seeing my grandparents. Good news though, my Grandma who is needing knee replacement should be able to have her surgery late November, early December. Excellent news considering originally it was thought she would have to wait upwards of sometime next year to have her surgery.

Anyways thats the current wrap up. I have a lot of pictures I need to get up online that I have to do at some point... but for now I'm crashing. I get to sleep in for the first time in 2 weeks on Saturday!