A bit of Classical music on this fantastic Friday

Soooooooooooooo…

PANTS!

(Insert “Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s Messiah here.)

(Also picture me doing a happy dance while twirling around my bedroom and hugging the pants with my face buried in the smell of Clifton and then tripping over the dollar store bag and tape on the floor.)

HUZZAH!



Who is super excited and happy right now? ME! That’s who!

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

LOVE,

Dina

P.S. Valerie, you are in HUGE trouble! No photo! You will be punished! Skittles?

Postage, evenings and Tuesdays

Hello there ladies!

There has been a lack of postage on here and I blame it mostly on midterms but also partially on actual postage.

Midterms are finished for this week! Huzzah! I think I aced my Microbio midterm hardcore! I was done in 15 minutes flat and it all felt pretty fantastic! Writing out all your notes works wonders as a studying method, just saying.

“Just saying” seems to be a big thing right now. Have you noticed? I certainly have! During our conversation last night it was said at least five times. I think “just saying” is the next “I’m not gonna lie” and I’m already over it. I can’t wait until Mary (I chose the first biblical name I could think of) gets a hold of this one! Reading that last sentence over again may or may not cause me to die in a waft of my own sarcasm. I am unsure.

On the subject of postage, the pants were supposed to have arrived in Waterloo today and they very well may have but I wouldn’t know if they had because the roommates have not checked the mail and I am not trusted to lay my fingers on the mail key. Of all the things that are regimented in strange ways in this house I could not believe that. Only the one person is allowed to possess the postage key. I look like a bad house-elf right now. Picture it. Therefore I must apologize to Valerie because I am unable to report on whether the pants did, in fact, arrive within two day. I am not a fan of red tape.

Now what should I talk about?

Some relatives of my roommates, who I think are from Mexico (the relatives, that is, because I already know that the roommates are Mexican), have just today discovered Skype and the roommates are talking to them very loudly in Spanish as they sit in the kitchen above my head. I am laying on my bed with my laptop on my thighs staring at the ceiling which seems to oscillate to a disturbing degree with each footstep and loud Spanish explanation as my cup of Earl Grey tea cool on my bedside table, its aroma washing over me….

It’s a pretty regular evening.

Speaking of evenings, Tuesday evening I always go to watch queer movies with the university’s equivalent of the gay-straight alliance and this past Tuesday we watched Better Than Chocolate which was “a factory of awkward” but also incredibly cute and hilarious.

As funny as the movie was the best part about movie Tuesday isn’t usually the movie but the people who watch the movie. My favourite moment from this past week was when a guy walked into the room before the movie started and a girl ran up to him and gave him a huge hug which involved wrapping her legs around his waist and having them stay there while he carried her back to where she had been sitting. When someone else commented on having seen that “position” before the two both looked down between them, back up to each other and then at the person who commented and said “How does that work?”

I tend to laugh a lot on Tuesdays.

I think I have some more work to do now. There’s always more work. University sucks sometimes.

Hopefully I will get the pants tomorrow! If I do, you ladies will hear about it in short order!

Much love,

Dina

My letter to Valerie

Good Afternoon ladies!

This is a copy if the letter that I sent to Valerie with the pants. It's not anything special, but its the thought that counts, right?? :)


Hello!

Soooo... I'm no good at writing letters as I'm sure you know :) So forgive me if this kind of sucks.

I guess the main reason this is going to suck is because I've already told you everything that needs to be told via email, facebook, whatever. Oh, except for that I made the a delicious macaroni and cheese last night. My first time making it from scratch and it was pretty damn proud of the out come!! :P

Ummmmmm.... Have I mentioned yet that I hate readings? Yes. They should not exist. Profs should just tell us everything we need to know in lectures/labs/seminars. No text book readings. I'm telling you this because my psych text book is currently glaring at me, demanding to be read. Blech. Bad. Let's just stick it under the pillow... Okay I'm good now.

So! On to the pants I guess!! Haha, not a whole lot happened since I got them. Although I did get that fab sweater that I'm wearing while wearing the pants!!! It's purple, and it's Ralph Lauren and it was 50% off at Winners!! Totally Awesome!!! So other than that nothing all that exciting to report unfortunately.

So I guess that's all for now! (I say "so"" a lot don't I? I apologize) I really should get back to my psych reading (I can still feel it's gaze from behind Joe's sexy eyes. I have my Camp Rock pillow case on my pillow now. Just to clarify. Although it would be lovely if Joe Jonas were in my bed just now... :P)

Talk to you later!!

<3 Michele

A short story

Once upon a time there were four ladies…

Actually once upon several times there have been four ladies, some of these foursomes arguably more befitting of the world “ladies” than the four I am talking about but this is not important for the story I am trying to tell.

These ladies met each other at the wonderful place of awesome that is their high school. Most of the time a wonderful place of awesome does not accurately describe the high school experience of teenagers but in this case it was most certainly true. The first time all of these ladies saw and acknowledged the existence of the other three simultaneously happened somewhere in the fall of 2005, their collective freshwoman year.

The loud one, the average-to-boy-obsessed one, the silent one, and the mind reader who was keeping her talents on the down-low so as not to creep out her new acquaintances had no idea how much epic would be contained in the journey that they were about to embark on.

When their eardrums had stopped ringing, the other three found the loud one to be surprisingly insightful in the way of finding a song for every single moment in time—they liked that. It turned out that the boy-obsessed one was crushing on dudes in movies that the other three liked, if not loved, and there was much rejoicing. The silent ones first words in the simultaneous presence of the other three pertained to one of those fandoms that the other three enjoyed immensely and there was much shock and awe at the speech itself and the joint reciting. The mind reader cracked jokes that cracked their way right through feelings of sadness and woe and the other three thought, “We like to laugh. This is good.”

These four ladies grew closer and closer in the four years of awesome that were their shared high school years and, sometime in their grade 12 year, became identifiable as a single entity.

The Core Four.

Huzzah!

Oh, wait… Huzzah was later on. Mostly. Oh well.

At the end of their fourth high school year the mind-reader, because of her name, knew that there was not anymore that the teachers of her high school could teach her that she really wanted to know and set off for university.

Being so far away from the other three of her four was rather difficult for the mind-reader but it did bring some creative ideas, several successful plots, and the solidification of the purpose that created the foundation of this story’s generation—

A pair of travelling trousers.

(We didn’t actually conceive the idea as “travelling trousers” but, when it came to naming this blog, we like it better than “sightseeing slacks”, “driving demins”, “jumping jeans”, or “cruising cargos” so there you have it. Each lady has also professed, at one time or another, to liking British accents… but that had nothing whatsoever to do with the decision. The original idea, of course, was inspired by The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares which we all know and love.)

When all of these ladies were on board with the idea of a pair of stylish leg coverings that would roam between them they set out to find said pair of stylish leg coverings.

Many denims were tried on. Many jeans were flung into change rooms (sometimes from odd angles). Many bootcuts were swapped in unusual patterns. Many employees were mystified.

Several hours passed.

Much was deliberated.

A decision was made.

Pants were purchased.

The pants are Aiko Mid Rise Bootcut Silver Jeans, L9538SAL284, and they will be well worn by these four fantastic ladies.

There is only one rule when one lady passes on the pants to another lady and it is that a letter must be enclosed with the pants containing 1) a drawing or note that the previous possessor of the pants would have written on them if they were doing that and 2) a picture of the previous possessor of the pants looking epic while wearing the pants.

Huzzah!

That is the brief history that precedes the use of this blog besides the “Hey, wouldn’t it be awesome to hear from each other more than every month via snail mail and more thoroughly than via Facebook ‘liked’ statuses?” conversation.

It has been done. I hope you all enjoy this immensely.

Many hugs and giggles,

Dina

things that smell like things

So looking back Valerie noted that the package smelled like Michele's house. So I was thinking about things that smell like things.
most notably today in the line up for tim hortons - which one would assume would smell like coffee, donuts and delicious - I did not smell these things.
Maybe it was the guy in front of me, but SOMETHING IN THAT PLACE smelled like G-Patz's mom's house.

THE END!
(PS I win for being the first one to use G-Patz in a post)
( PPS this is actually true I swear!!!)
(PPPS  see you tomorrow!)

This post is about noms

Hey ladies,

Today is a pretty slow day. It seems to drag on and on as it simultaneously speeds on. For instance, it seems like forever since I woke up this morning (which was actually a lot earlier than usual) and it will also feel like only a few minutes have passed from now when it’s 7:30pm and I still haven’t made my dinner.

Speaking of dinner, last Friday I had my dinner in the cafeteria at my old residence building. Holy cheese on a cracker (it’s a food that’s been around long enough that any god there is probably did eat it) it was weird to go back! I went with my friend Emily because we were both feeling a little nostalgic and wanted to see if the food was as… we remembered. We were not disappointed. The food was exactly the same mixture of surprisingly tasting and completely revolting that we both remembered.

Noms?

This made me think of you guys. All in first year and two of you stuck in cafeteria grind. I’ll be honest, when I moved into my new place this year I definitely missed the insta-food of rez life. Making my own meals takes so much time! Who knew? Certainly not me! Now having survived, although I’m not sure how given the state of my fridge, on my own food for a month and a half I’m starting to like it. So many options! I hope your food options are bearable. My university is apparently one of the worst for food so you probably have it better than I did. Valerie certainly does!

My entire school bag smells of acetone. That’s right. Today was another organic chemistry lab Tuesday. In case you didn’t know, aside from providing the smell which emanates down the entire hallways from the organic chemistry lab and reeks to epic proportions inside the lab, acetone is also the main ingredient in nail polish remover. It’s a bit hard to keep your thoughts in order when, along with all the other things you’re supposed to be doing, you’re inhaling acetone fumes in various concentrations for three hours. It’s not very conducive to studying for the midterm I have tomorrow. Neither is the huge headache I have. Ah, student life…

My mom just emailed me to tell me that my university has posted the exam schedule for this semester. She always knows these things before I do and it’s just a tiny bit creapy.

Also, when I clicked on this video, START by wheezywaiter at Youtube, the first thing that I thought of when I saw the title was the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and I felt like a total MUN nerd... until I realized that the video actually talked a bit about the treaty! Then I felt like a total validated MUN nerd!

I want to have a nap but instead I will try to study a bit more while I pre-emptively make my dinner and avoid my stomach getting mad at me.

Love y’all!

Kicking some midterm butt!

That's right, 2 midterms down and I THINK I NAILED THEM! Hi - YAH! also got my first essay back with a 76% , not bad not bad! 

so my lovely ladies - I apologize for not chatting on Wednesday but the studying really paid off!

I also feel like I've been slacking in the blog department so I will try to repair that today! 

Sooo - Thanksgiving was cool. I saw Michele which was AWESOME! wish it could've been for longer but we had fun and I adored her smiling face :D Ye Old High School was strange to visit. I really don't miss it as much as I thought I would. I LOVE LOVE LOVED being there.... but I guess I've moved on already. I adjust to change really well :D 

Hmm lets' see. What else is interesting...camping was fun!! I love the outside! Sometimes at school I feel like a hermit trapped in a big box of cement. even when i'm technically outside walking to class etc. I'm not really IN NATURE. There's a nice canal I can walk along - I just really need to do it more often! 

ALSO speaking of outside I went to a farm. Well... a certain someone's farm. I wish I could come up with a witty nickname for blog usage but I'm not good with that stuff :P I guess we could just say " the ginge" or  Malcolm (ya it follows the pattern).  ANYWAYS the point of this story is that I REALLY REALLY DON"T LIKE COWS! he INSISTED that we tour his farm (well ok I kinda wanted to) but we walked though the field of cows and cows are BIG and they STARE at you and it's WEIRD!! I ESPECIALLY don't like when they follow you so you can't see them!! freaky! 

It was really nice to get back to rez. My pod mates are more mature than my sisters. I know sometimes I can be immature I KNOW I KNOW! but they just drive me crazy sometimes. 

Since being "home" I've kicked some academic ass - as previously noted and also gotten LOTS OF MAIL! I feel SO LOVED!!! One letter from Dina ( hip hip hooray!) and 2 letters from camp people. Totally made me smile :) 

In other news I work tonight and will likely be having dinner tomorrow with some other hometowners.

AND one last thing - I'm planning on heading home NEXT weekend for some more visiting time. It's commencement weekend and we know cool people who are commencing. Valerie will also be there! So we will TOTALLY HANG OUT! The appropriate people have been notified of the "Chicks before dicks" (alternatively "besties before testies") Rule. That's right.

so basically I love y'all and hope that you don't die from midterms!! :D

Working Wednesday or Humid Hump Day? You decide...

Hello ladies!

I am not very pleased with how fast this week is going by. I’ve fallen victim, yet again, to thinking that today is Tuesday instead of Wednesday and it throws my internal schedule off like mad!

Today being Wednesday instead of Tuesday is mostly a problem because I have a big assignment in Geophysics due on Friday morning. All the Geophysics assignments are big, 10% to be exact, and this makes me creep out a bit. This monster is apparently 200x more difficult than the last one and it has me lulled into a bit of inaction. Even more to this point is the fact that Friday’s lecture, where we would ordinarily hand in the assignment, as been cancelled but instead of this being a good thing like it should be it is a bad thing because this means that I have to get up earlier to get my assignment to the TAs’ office, which is in a location I know not of, earlier than I would ordinarily go to class and then sit around for an hour to wait for organic chemistry! Gah!

There is an upscale at the end of this rant though, and that is that a certain Mr. Lively now has a bunch of home games and will therefore be attending Friday’s lecture and may also be there early. The endearing Mr. Lively saved me a seat in organic chemistry today. Mr. Lively plays on the school hockey team, has a few markings of a proper gentleman, and has broad, perfectly muscled shoulders that flow down to deliciously powerful forearms and delightfully sizable hands that drive me to a not inconsiderable bit of distraction...

I approve of Mr. Lively. I think you ladies would, too.

On a completely unrelated (well, maybe it’s related) note, I have been WAY more easily distracted in class this week. My mind conjures up all kinds of scenarios of insane things that could happen in class to completely disrupt everything. I really wish there was some kind of thought recorder that I could carry with me to record them all because there’s no way I can write them down in all the detail that they appear, especially with my actual class notes to take at the same time. Some of them are quite bizarre and others definitely worth revisiting (for some fanfiction maybe).

I hate that all this creativity comes at a point when I feel like I can do nothing about it. Most of the time I would salivate at the possibility of being to pull ideas from thin air like I have been recently but, of course, now is the time where I have a lot of work to do and have to put it all aside. I can only hope that I remember some of it when I have time to write it down in full… which will probably be on Christmas Day if things go the way I predict. Too much school!

That’s all I can say for now as I have work to do and my lovely morals won’t let me forget it for long.

Love you all!

Suggestions for How NOT to Focus On School Work

So. I feel like Dina has now officially corrupted my mind. Thanks to her and my new-found obsession with fanfiction, I have had one of my most unproductive mornings of my life.

I woke up at 9:30 thinking to myself "OK, I have two online quizzes to complete, should read some of my book for my enviro assignment, and probably do a bit of studying for midterms next week."

First thing I see when I open up my laptop is the page that was open the night before. I.e: fanfiction. So of course I had to finish reading the story that I had started last night. And that was so good I had to check out other stories by that author. And soon enough, 12pm rolls around and I'm thinking, where the hell did my morning go???

So what do I decide to do next? Of course, I check the blog. And then I decide that I need to make an update since Valerie and Dawn both already did, and I certainly don't want to be out of the loop here.

Which brings me to this present moment in time, where I still have not accomplished a single productive thing this morning. Perhaps I really should get down to business and crack open a book or give the chemistry pre-lab quiz a go. But..... I'm not sure I want to yet. My bed is so comfortable to sit on and I am being serenaded by the delicious sounds of Joe Jonas' voice (not a word of a lie, I'm listening to "Wouldn't Change a Thing" from the Camp Rock 2 soundtrack. Yes, Joe is always on my mind. Its just unfortunate that he's dating that vampire girl... Maybe instead of singing him "Just Haven't Met You Yet" when I meet him, I should break out the T-Swizzle... "why can't you seeeeeeee, you belong with meeeeee...")

Yes. OK, so moving on from that, I think its time that I log off this thinger and actually do something. Yes, I am aware I've already said that once, but Joe's delicious voice dissuaded me. As per usual.

OK, now I'm really going. I love you all and miss you like crazy, and I can't wait to see you tomorrow Dawn, and Valerie and Dina on Saturday!!!

<3 Michele

Talking Turkey!

No literally, Turkey is delicious. Yes? Yes. of COURSE it is! 

so I don't really have much to say in the blog department since it's 9 am and nothing's really happened in my day yet. One pod mate left this morning at 6. The rest of us are leaving over the course of today and tomorrow. 

Personally, leaving today. and though I won't actually be HOME for long ( or get to see very many people, only Michele from this blog) it will still be fun.

I am going camping and the things I'm looking forward to are:

- Not having to change my fashion statement of sweatpants and hoodies 

- campfires!

- likely jumping in a freezing cold lake (I'm crazy I know) 

- lots of delicious food

- the smell of outside!

- being with my family ( aww how cute)

 - reading comic books

Things I'm NOT looking forward to are:

 - sharing a bathroom with even MORE people than I already do

- not really getting time to visit with many friends

- if it rains.

I've gotten used to rain, but it's no fun if you're camping.

anyways that's it for today! Love you all and have a 

FABULOUS THANKSGIVING!!

Tuesdays are a hot mess

Hello ladies!

I am so tired right now. I had this great plan yesterday that, instead of procrastinating on my chemistry lab for a whole two weeks like I did during the last two weeks, I would start the next lab report tonight because my lab from today is all fresh in my mind.

It’s not going to happen.

Today’s lab was a hot mess and when I say hot mess I literally mean that it was awful and that the words “hot” and “mess” directly apply.

It was a mess because lovely white goop (spell check thinks gloop is a word but not goop, interesting) kept sticking to the stirring rod and all the beakers and flasks and funnels and anything else it came into contact with. Also the compound we were supposed to be drying with suction filtration WOULD NOT DRY!!! It stayed a lovely goopish consistency for its entire existence which, let me tell you, makes it VERY DIFFICULT to get down a capillary tube!

With that we have reached the hot part of this mess which is that we had to take a melting point for our substances and had to stay 12 minutes after the three hour lab period was supposed to have ended because we had to heat the sample to ABOVE 200 DEGREES CELSIUS! That’s really hot and takes a really long time even when you have the MeltTemp on at twice the voltage recommended by the lab manual! Gah!

After escaping the chemistry lab, and it did really feel like escaping, with the lowest possible mark for lab performance (it’s not my fault my unknown had the highest possible melting point on the sheet!!!) I ran to the SLC to get some food and then ran all the way to the other side of campus to make it to my lecture on time. Sad news is that I wasn’t in time to snag a seat where I usually sit beside two awesome people whose names I don’t know but probably should and that, had I managed to snag a seat on that side of the room, I would have been sitting next to the cute software engineer (don’t laugh, they actually exist) that I’d met in the class a few weeks ago because today he was sitting next to my friends who do not yet have names… Darn! *snaps*

I have to go grocery shopping soon, and by soon I mean when I stop typing this, because I have run out of food that I can easily cook and would like to eat and also because the grocery store that I go to gives discounts to university students on Tuesdays.

Now I feel like I should write something about pants even though I have not had the pants yet and won’t for quite a while…

The jeans I am wearing right now make my bum look absolutely fantastic! Dawn, you would appreciate them very much.

DFTBA!

My First Ever Blog Post!!

Soooo this is pretty exciting for me! Haha, here I was online minding my own business when Dawn informs me that we have a blog! How cool is that?? Its such a great way to stay in contact, as I'm sure you all know how terrible I am with "traditional" mail... :) And just to clarify, Valerie, I have not yet sent the pants. (Don't hate me) but they are for sure on their way as of tomorrow. In all fairness, when we talked about it before, I did say I would mail them this weekend, not Friday. Just sayin.

So what have I been doing... Well, I'd like to say that I have been pouring my heart and soul into my school work and striving to be the best that I can, but to be honest, there are far too many distractions! :) And by distractions I mean riding team, watching movies online that I should have seen but never got around to it (i.e the Titanic. How could I have not seen it??? Its soooo my kind of movie!), and meeting new people. I don't really have any new "friends" per se, but I've met a bunch of cool people, and my biology lab group is pretty awesome. The one guy, Brett (not his actual name, but ts a good one, no??) is in like, all of my classes, and also in one of my seminars, and I see him in a bunch of my lectures as well. Its actually a little weird how often I see him around, considering most of my lectures have 200+ people in them! Anyways, I spend a lot of time with him, and he's super nice, and pretty cute too! ;)

What else can I say... It's crazy how long this has taken me to write so far. Between talking to people on Facebook, watching Dancing With the Stars (I'm just going to say now that that show is atrocious. It should be a known fact that any celebrity willing to be on that show should NOT be dancing. Period. Especially if your name is The Situation. Seriously, WTF???) Anyways, Castle is now on and I loooove this show so much, so I am typing during commercial breaks. :)

I guess thats all I can say now. Dina, you mentioned your fanfiction!!! Thats so awesome! haha, I want to read it! You should send me the link, or tell me how to find it. I will leave you a nice comment or something on your story.

I love you all soooo much and I can't wait to see you again.

Valerie, the pants should be with you by the end of the week. :)

<3 Michele

Third of Four Joining In

Hmm, Sunday night, Dina said check the blog, and I am not quite content to go to bed yet, so I figured I may as well try out our new project.

I did indeed know that the Shopper's Post Office would be closed Dina, yes because Dad was a letter carrier, but also because of some wise words in a book we all love: "No post on Sundays" Though I rather dislike that fact rather than love it.

About the only thing I got up to today was freezing my butt off watching some field hockey (we won at least though), working on a couple letters and reading for class, tres fun stuff. Oh, I vacuumed too, haha even more exciting!

Currently I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of the pants from Michele, who told me she mailed them out on Friday. My mail has taken waaaay longer to get to me than it should though, so I really hope they get here before we're all home for Thanksgiving. I talked with my parents this morning and according to Dad who still has eyes and ears in the Post Office the mail is now being shipped out of the town to Ottawa to be sorted, then back, and only then to where it is actually bound. A bit of a counter productive way to go about it if you ask me...

I will post as soon as I can after I get the pants! And will probably wear them home for Thanksgiving if they are here, put some more miles on them.

Night all, miss you!
Valerie

Let's get down to Business!

So here I am sitting in my room thinking.... I should probably actually write about the PANTS on this thing. and IMAGINE my surprise when I log in to find a post from Dina! How cool was that!? ( answer - very cause she's awesome!)

SO... I'm gonna write about my two weeks with the pants, but I'm thinking someone should write about the shopping expedition. (puppydog eyes at Dina, she's the shopping kind of person). Anyways!

Luckily before I sent my letter & pants off to Michele I photocopied what I wrote! The following is a transcription (more or less) of said letter!

CHRONICLES OF THE PANTS - PART ONE "Frosh Week"


Sept. 4 - Moved in! Met my pod-mates and some people from my floor. Kinda loud but mostly cool. Tie-dyed my FIRST FREE T-SHIRT! and won $25 chapters gift card @ bingo.
Sept. 5 -PEP RALLY! free food, soccer game, Vuvuzelas, video dance.
Sept. 6 PANTS DAY! - canal games! lots of yelling and cheering, rain, cold. Slip n' slide! Tug o' war! Shooting baskets (epic fail), dancing, Hard Core Mark jumping in the canal. free shirts! awesome show by a hypnotist.
Sept. 7 - Beach day! Woken up early and LOUDLY. Walked to beach. Cheering, awesome sand sculptures, beach volley ball, free food. Pod girls jealous that I tan and they all burn.
Sept. 8 - Academic Orientation. Free t-shirt! listened to some guy talk about climbing Everest. Met other 1st Year Ling majors ( I think there's MAYBE 30 of us) Concert with Shad and Tokyo Police Club, REALLY GOOD! tons of fun!
Sept. 9 - first classes. Psych and Ling. then MOVIE NIGHT! rode a very crowded bus with a guy who can eat fire! Then watched (and sang along with) Grease!
Sept. 10 - Technically classed today but I didn't have any! woo hoo! bought textbooks though. yay. Then did an Airbands competition with people dressed as KISS, MJ, and Brittany Spears. For my part I did awkward-grade-7-style-slowdancing. Classy.
Sept. 11 - SHINERAMA! Basically spent all day downtown cheering and asking people for money. yay! got yelled at by some crazy people... more free food and free t-shirts!
Sept. 12 PANTS WORN! - Slept in. Did some school work. Went to dinner with people from the hometown. Make cookies, played pictionary, abused the dumb-waiter and the magical fridge! Went to see the lightshow on Parliament Hill. Maria said she felt so patriotic she could bleed maple!
Sept. 13 - Actual classes! Slight panic @ English Seminar. LOLing hardcore in Ling. Job interview. Dinner with Spanish family. ( OM NOM! )
Sept. 14 - More class. handed in first assignment. Shopping with Aunty! Got new funky clothes! someone stole my name tag off my door - Confronted suspects feign innocence.
Sept 15 PANTS WORN! - Class. nothing too exciting. Mail from Dina!!! also IKEA MADNESS! open only to sutdents, all kinds of deals.
Sept 16 PANTS WORN! ZEFRON SHIRT WORN! Slept in! first class @ 1 pm. Auditioned for Glee Club! Donated blood (got a NICE bruise). Dinner with Spanish family again.
Sept. 17 - no class! Slept in till FIRE ALARM at 10:30 am. grrr... Plans to go out with floor people. Mailed pants to Michele!!!!


FROSH WEEK, IT'S BETTER THAN GAMBLING.

A Sunday Kind of Love

Hello ladies!

Seeing as we have this lovely blog thing now I thought I would use it! Huzzah!

Did you know that you can only buy stamps at Shoppers Drug Mart during regular post office hours? You probably did, especially you, Valerie. I, however, did not. I walked over to my local Shoppers this morning intent on buying some stampage so that I could post my letters but was completely thwarted by the “CLOSED” sign.

It totally makes sense when you consider that the post office in Shoppers is still operated by regular Canada Post workers but I was totally under the impression that a regular Shoppers person worked that counter or, if that wasn’t true, then at least they would have regular books of stamps for sale that you could pay for at the regular cash. Alas, it is not so. I will have to go for another jaunt to Shoppers tomorrow. *sigh* Don’t worry though! You’ll get your letters sometime, I promise!

My bed is in the middle of my room today because my landlord turned off the external water supply in our house, the hose, and the turn off thingy happens to be located in the ceiling right above where my bed normally is. It’s weird but I think this makes my room look more like a bedroom. As in, the room is completely defined by this bed right in the very centre, instead of just being a room with a bed in it…

I posted my first piece of fanfiction yesterday, as I’ve told you already, but I have to add that I’m now up to almost 700 hits! Woah! Crazy beans! I wonder what crazy beans actually taste like… probably like Skittles.

Before I end this little update I have to mention that I absolutely LOVE the Lord of the Rings Musical soundtrack! It’s so weird that it was back almost four years ago that I saw the show and I still remembered some of the words to the songs when I downloaded the soundtrack last week! Amazing right? If we ever go to London, which is not quite in our plans considering Dawn stayed in Canada but if we went anyways, I say we put seeing that show on the itinerary!

If you want to sample the soundtrack for the show yourself, check out the production’s webpage where you can get a free download of Lothlórien which is one of the best tracks on the album.

Love you ladies! I'll talk to you soon!

Introduction

So here we are, four best friends off at four universities. I know it sounds like the beginning of a bad teen novel, but maybe that's what it is.
We, like so many before us, want to have some sort of connection. Something cool we can share throughout the year. Fallback option - PANTS. I know I know, It's been done.

But we're doing it anyways. We're unique, we're fun. We can bring something to this old idea that hasn't been brought before.

Or that's the idea anyways.