Separate

So, school's definitely back in session. I was actually feeling kind of stressed out the other day even though I had at the time only had one day of classes. Then I realized that I was being silly...

Yesterday was annoying actually. I was told to go home first after my class because my dad wanted to use the car, but then he didn't need it, so I pretty much wasted reading time, only because I can't do work at home at all. It's dumb, but I just can't get anything done here. For example, I'm updating on here from home right now. Then I volunteered in day surgery for the first time in two weeks due to Labour Day.

I ran into Rachel today, and we had a nice catch-up. I hadn't seen her in the longest time. We were supposed to have lunch along with Rose a while ago, but nothing ever came of it. It's just nice seeing people you haven't seen and seeing what they're up to. Although, it sucks how some people disappear from your life completely, and it's only by chance that you ever see them again. On the other hand, if people were really friends, then they'll be in each others' lives.

I must go to sleep now...Actually, the past two nights I've gone to bed around 9:00, 9:30. Hooray for irregular sleeping patterns.

Plants

I went to Mac around 12 yesterday so I could start reading stuff for my classes. To be specific, I finished the first two acts of Midsummer Night's Dream and part of the first chapter for botany. Needless to say, I enjoyed reading the play more...I went to work at 3:00, which is why I had to go to Mac in the first place. It was a really boring set-up as it involved setting up 200 chairs mostly. Then later that night I went over to Jimmy's, and we played some Smash Bros. Brawl. It's such an epic game...

I didn't do much today. It was just grocery shopping and more reading. Apparently, perfect flowers are bisexual...

First Day Again and Turtle Power

Yesterday was the first day of classes, and boy was it boring. Yep. All that happened was the going through of course outlines. It sounds like my two English classes are going to be pretty lax though. Botany (actually Plant Biodiversity, but it's botany.....) sounds like it's going to be pretty annoying though. I had the professor last year, and it seems that all her annoying traits are still there. Then again, it could be fine. Hopefully she will continue to use the overhead and not write anything, as her handwriting is largely illegible. I hung out with Laura last night; another good time at William's.

I had today off, as my lab for ecology doesn't start yet for another week or two. So, I hung out with Kelly. Once again, we went to several places including Coffee Culture, the Food Basics plaza on King George, and the mall. We dueled on New Super Mario Bros. with great enthusiasm, so people around us probably thought we were crazy. I've more or less mastered the Koopa or turtle power-up. There was a turtle at the pet store that actually paid attention to me. I really wanted to take him home, but I can't spend the money on a turtle right now unfortunately...

Lists 2.0

So, daily updates are clearly not happening here. Um, I'll try to do weekly updates, on the same day, but not today because it's the middle of the week. I'm thinking Sunday? Anyways, I'll just list off what's been going on to the best of my memory.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
- went to Cambridge Centre with Kelly during the day
- talks of jackalopes
- went to Dave's at night, last group hangout before everyone left :(
- watched Bruce Lee movie with bad dub
- went to Wendy's after with Tony and Jimmy

Thursday, August 28, 2008
- went McMaster with Tony and then Staples and then mall

Friday, August 29, 2008
- Coffee Culture with Kelly, picked up her textbooks
- she bought two of the same book
- went to Andrew's to see him, we went to Addida's outlet

Saturday, August 30, 2008
- not sure what I did during the day
- went to work at night and saw Tony's dorm room
- all three of my submissions were printed in the Frontline

Sunday, August 31, 2008
- worked at 2:00
- left to go to Chapters and then to see Jimmy at his house
- went back to Mac to work second shift

Monday, September 1, 2008
- went to Toronto with parents
- hung out with Kelly at night, played Scrabble

Tuesday, September 2, 2008
- worked in the morning
- bought some of my textbooks and rented a locker

Wednesday, September 3, 2008
- went to Mac for Clubsfest, thought last year's was better

Weekly updates would be in this list form, so maybe I'll strive to do daily updates...

Lists

Um, let's continue to be lazy on this blog by doing a list of the past few days...

Saturday, August 23, 2008
- hung out with Wainman around Brantford (mall, William's, Silver Bridge, Glenhyrst, etc.?)
- got eaten by mosquitoes
- alien crop circle is actually a labyrinth (one created by the aliens though)
- went to Kelly's, watched gross television (Kenny vs Spenny), and had pizza

Sunday, August 24, 2008
- went to A Song for Guatemala at St. Mark's
- people are really, really, really talented
- went to William's after with Tony, Laura, Wainman
- used my video camera for the first time since last year

Monday, August 25, 2008
- first shift at Mac at 9:00 for setup staff
- easy job, but hard to move giant round tables because I'm short and weak
- went to Lime Ridge for a bit with Christine, Amber, Grace
- saw Jessica, Becca, and Jaimie at Lime Ridge
- volunteer shift at 4:30 in Day Surgery; there were two of us, met another student volunteer
- went to Dairy Delight with Brittany and Eden (her sister) for a bit; she's back in Ottawa now

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
- hung out with Jimmy around Brantford (Staples, Future Shop, Quiznos, Wal-Mart)
- bought lunch box, paper, and Heroes: Season 2
- Tony joined us, drove through construction and missed outlet
- went to flea market, Dairy Queen, and mall
- family came and visited

Yeah, I only have pictures from Saturday...

IKEA

I went on an adventure with Kelly today. We started by going to Coffee Culture for food because we hadn't had breakfast/lunch yet. Kelly wanted to get her student card, so we headed over to her student center, but the lady wasn't there so she couldn't get it. There was a jazz festival or something in the park, but we totally missed it. We also went into the old library, which is now being used for lectures I think. We also sat in Kelly's bedroom in the lounge if she doesn't make it to her bus. After a very long time on Colborne due to construction, we stopped by her house to print off Google maps for IKEA because we decided to go there as I had never been. That place is ridiculously big. We decided that we're going there when we win the lottery. That's right, WHEN we win the lottery. Anyways, I almost bought shelves but didn't. Coming back, we stopped at DQ for ice cream. Oh, we also played The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny many, many times in the car, and now we're going to learn the lyrics so we can sing it at random times. Yay.

Oswald

Let's begin with Tuesday night, in which I did nothing because I stayed home, but it was really boring. Alright, Wednesday I volunteered in the afternoon in Transport. It was the busiest shift I've had since we actually got a decent number of calls. I didn't work with Ray this time, who I worked with last week, which was too bad, but Irn (sp?) is nice as well. I went to William's with Jimmy in the evening, and he installed Microsoft Office and Photoshop on my laptop, so I'm pretty much all set now. Thanks! I watched part of the Olympics opening on his laptop, and it was pretty awesome. After that, we went to Wal-Mart for Jimmy's back-to-school shopping. I acted like a child there and told him to buy everything we came across.

I applied for another job at Mac, as part of the setup staff for the student center. This time though, I got a response Wednesday morning (I had applied late Tuesday night), which was really surprising because I never get a response, and it was super quick too. Anyways, I had my interview Thursday morning at 9:00, which meant that I was going to be partially unaware and really tired, but I ended up getting the job. Success! I go in Monday morning for training/shift.

I ran some errands at Mac before I headed back for Brantford, where I went to the mall to visit Tony and Laura and to get a sub. I went home and wolfed it down before going to the hospital for another shift in Transport. It was really boring this time though as we only got three calls in the entire three hours, and they were all short trips. I think this might have been my last shift in Transport too unless I get called in again.

Around 4:00, I left to go to Lime Ridge with Tony. We wandered around there and got some Yogen Fruz, which I thought was delicious. He bought a laptop bag, and I bought an Oswald the Lucky Rabbit figure for only $5.00, because it was on sale from $44.50. Yeah, there was no way I wouldn't have bought it. After Lime Ridge, we went to Jackson Square. I used to go there a lot when I was younger, so it was like a trip down memory lane, except some things I remembered differently. We then walked down the street downtown Hamilton before going to the Tea Hut. I ordered different stuff this time - a freeze or whatever and spring rolls-, and they were good. We stayed until 10:30-ish before heading home. Well, I had a good day yesterday.