| classy dinner and Mark's suprise party! | ||||
| 07:46pm 08/11/2008 | ||||
My tuesday dinner went well. We had two people just as no shows and 1 person that backed out w/out telling me and just told her friends she wasn't coming (helpful)...BUUUUT, I had 3 people show up that I didn't know were coming! Yay! anyway...there was tonnes of food...NO ONE was hungry afterwards. there was salad (refills!), pop or juice (refills!), pasta (refills!), main course (chicken and veggies and potatoes or grilled veggies, green beans and potatoes for veggies), coffee or tea (refills!), and then this awesome lemon sorbet kinda dessert. Anyway...everyone had a good time and there was a lot of laughing and socializing. I think that no one regrets going and I've heard only good feedback which is AWESOME. so...SUCCESS! So I realized in class recently that I'm so screwed for a couple of my projects. basicly I have 10 pages of essays and reports w/research and lab work due on the 17th and 24th...and I haven't done anything. lol! next week is going to SUCK. and I have two tests next week so I'm totally studying on campus right now. been studying all day. and will study all day tomorrow...do some research monday after my test, then study more monday til my wednesday test. then do research and lab work...ugh. going to SUCK. and with my and my group's luck, we're going to have our presentation on the 17th and not be ready. Any way...I mentioned how I was going to a friend's suprise party last night...well, it was awesome and he was tooootally suprised. didn't see it coming at all. I went curling with him just before and had to act totally natural and make sure he didn't leave the rink until around 8:30. so I managed that and then I like, got ready super fast and ran all the way to the house I had to be at for the suprise. couldn't find the damn place. it was the stupidest house location to find, I swear. had to have someone come find me on the street. hahaha! but I was there when mark got there, so it was fine. he was like, holy crap...you got here QUICK...and you must have been ready to burst about all this. lol! pretty much. he kept telling me all about the "weekend he was having with nikki" that weekend...which was the fake story. anyway...the limo arrived and it was this like, party bus. it was super nice. had cool lights and awesome seats...really good sound system and two bars with ice so we could chill our drinks. there were cups too! so awesome...and our driver was really cool too. he was super nice and so adorable. nikki had really good music on the way to niagara falls...had some really good oldies and some good dance music too. when we got to niagara we went to the new fallsview casino. my friend malu won like, $20...wait for it...on the 5 cent slots. that's like, awesome. hahaha...I lost 25. hahaha! oh well...it was entertainment for me. then we went to the BP and had a bit of food and a drink. chatted w/mark's friend jay from home. pretty much love him. he's hilar. going to visit him in london when I go to my conference in two weeks...he works at London Tap House, so he'll get us in free and such. woot. VIP! but after BP, most of us went to the strip club and bought mark a lap dance w/a couple of girls. he enjoyed himself. and actually? it was a nice strip club. there were tonnes of strippers and most of them were actually hot. we were impressed. then we went back to hamilton and most of us were falling asleep in the limo. So that's pretty much my past few days. it's going to be hell from now until the end of exams. WES stuff is insane now too. what with trying to organize spa night now and also figuring out tee and tote sales, it's like...I might have to kill myself soon. If you don't hear from me...hopefully nothing's got wrong. just that I'm way too busy to have a life. I shouldn't even be writing in this now. I'm sooo behind in math, it's not even funny. SUMMARY -dinner was awesome...NO one was hungry after it and I've had only good responses to it. WOOT...operation classy dinner: success. -so screwed for my two major projects...due in a week or two and I've done: NOTHING. -mark's suprise party: awesome party limo bus, gambling, BP, strip club w/actually hott girls...good night. *huggles flist* |
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busy| wow...I suck at this game | ||||
| 04:35pm 04/11/2008 | ||||
So let's go over the past month in fast speed! Thanksgiving: awesome. dinner was great and I was happy to see the cuzzies again! Went back a little early since I wanted to get a dress from a store and called ahead to see if they'd be open since it was around Thanksgiving and it's a holliday and all. They assured me they would be open...suprise suprise after coming home early and taking a half hour detour (doubled...) and time from my mum who was cooking thanksgiving dins...THEY WERE EFFING CLOSED. Ended up finding a dress for the gala at a diff store, but still. Jerks. Busy Week. The weekend of the 18th: Started the curling season Friday! Played my first game against my lovely friend Mark who I go to curling with. I lost, but only by 1 point because I missed my shot. damn. lol! Go eng girl on the Saturday was not as awesome as previous years. too much unnecessary talking, too little design project. made LED frisbees (I made on too...*loves*) so that was fun and everyone enjoyed that. But stupid co-op office had a presentation that was shit...especially since the office and our co-op program at mac is junk. Fireball 50th anniversary Gala was that night. it was lovely. My table was made up of my society friends, and we had such a good time. Got to meet and talk with Jay Ingram. I have photo proof! yay! Got to dress up. I felt lovely. The new dress is DAMN sexy. I got to put stuff into the time capsule. And I met all kinds of cool alum. Went to a party for like an hour...lumberjacks and lumberjills. sooo, changed out of the dress (left the hair, jewellery and makeup) and put on jeans and a plaid shirt. That was amusing. Meetings Galore all week. Tonnes of work also... Last weekend: So random necessary rant...I found out on thursday that one of my exec...my promo...had forgotten to put up promotion for an event that I have tonight. This means that most people only heard about the event in the email that I sent out on Friday. This was super bad. I only ended up getting all my numbers so that we wouldn't lose a TONNE of money today...at like, 1:30. Halloween was Friday! Malu and I decorated the pub again this year! It was really rushed, but it turned out well, i think. Then I went curling before pub that was fun. lost my game painfully, but that's cool. I love curling and I love the people I play with...well, not so much my team members, but the other teams. I talk to the other teams more often anyhow. being a skip, I usually chat with the other skips I'm playing against since we just stand around anyway. lol! Pub was kinda boring. I didn't drink, so I was just surrounded by really drunk people trying to have sex with each other. *sigh* only good thing was awesome drunk malu who was HILARIOUS when she came home (I took care of her and got her ready for bed. lol...mama lauren) and also drunken lindsay who was like, we're so awesome. I love you. *kisses* heh...I love my friends so very much. oh right...I dressed up as Audrey Hepburn from Breakfast at Tiffany's! Was so classy! Got my hair cut saturday! I went with malu to Brampton and visited her salon. I got my hair cut toootally crazy. it's got a mullet feel to it, but TRUST, it's not. I say feel since it's all short layered on top and thinner along the bottom, but I have longer hair all around...think rockstar! lol...it's fun to play with and everyone seems to like it. or claims to. Went out to dinner with Adam Hepburn and a bunch of friends. dinner came slowly, but it was good. we went to kelseys. Adam graduated last year and is now at queen's in kingston, so I don't see him often. he was in town becasue he left for hawaii on monday. Had a lazy sunday. ah. This week so far: So, i was super stressed about the dinner thing for my society, but I have the 25 people now and I just hope they all show. it should be yummy! 4 course meal for $25, but WES is subsidizing it so it only costs $12. That's a damn good deal for an awesome huge meal. That and the restaurant has been so awesome. basicly if you want to have a large group, they'll ask how much you want to spend with tax and they'll make a menu to fit the price. our menu actually came to $29, but they like us so they only charged us $25 a head. *loves* anyway...I'll try to update on saturday. I'm going to a surpise party this friday and am totally pumped for it. we're taking a limo to Niagara falls and partying there!! awesome... SUMMARY -thanksgiving: dinner with parents and cuzzies, awesome. stores that say they'll be open and making a special trip from hamilton to toronto to go and them being closed, not awesome. -curlng seasons started a couple of weeks ago and I played mark first -Go eng girl was not as awesome this year as last. needed more designing to show what fun it can be to be in engineering! -went to the engineering 50th gala...dressed up, ate awesome food, drank free drinks, partied w/my awesome society friends that I don't usually hang out with *oloves* -went to a lumberjacks and lumberjills party after. was amusing. -Halloween: decorated the pub for that night, went curling, went to pub! was boring and i didn't drink, but I judged the costume contest! Also have some really awesome drunk friends. -got a totally crazy funky haircut! So not me. totally different. can't believe I did it. But I love it! -dinner w/adam hepburn and friends. lovely. kelsey's. ah. -WES dinner tonight! almost didn't get enough people for it since my promo forgot to put up promo...people only found out about it on Friday. but I have my 25! hopefully it is good fun. it'll be yummy, that's for sure. Maccheronis has awesome food. and they're giving us 4 courses! *huggles flist* |
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nervous| Dear Slava, ey bay-beh! Love, Lauren | ||||
| 02:21pm 10/10/2008 | ||||
So, I've been doing a tonne of work for next week. I might die, but hopefully not. this means I'll probably disappear...AGAIN. but then again, it might mean exactly the opposite if I start to procrastinate. next week I have: 3 assignements, 2 midterms, a lab and a presentation...and it's a 4 day week. woot. going to be soooo much fun!! Therefore, tonight I'm finishing: 2 assignments, the lab and the presentation. I WILL finish before I go to sleep. it's what I need to do. that way I'll only have 1 assignment and studying to do over the weekend and next week! definately a good plan, I'd say. not sure I'll be able to do the last assignment, but we'll see what happens. usually I don't know what I'm doing even after a tutorial on how to do the questions, but our prof was away this week so we didn't even get a tutorial. can you say screeeewed?! Last night, after I nearly finished one assignment, I went out to tap house with my housemate. After our materials club meeting, we ran into a friend saying he was going there that night, and we were like, YEAH! we've never been...let's go! so randomly, we dressed up and went out. it was a reeeally good night. ran into a bunch of people that we knew and so we would dance w/them for a bit, but mostly it was just me and malu and so it was lovely. we were just having a good time dancing and drinking our MGDs. the bartender knew us as the MGD girls since our first round (we only had three...don't think we're complete drunkards...). The staff was AMAZINGLY nice. like, all of them would smile at you and ask if you were having a good night, and hold doors and chat with you. it was great! I've never had that before. but yes...there was some awesome music. I'm talking good tunes from now, but also good dance music from the eeearly 90's. was faaaantastic! tonight there's a kegger at 51, but I don't think I'll be going. and if I do, it's just going to be me dropping by to say hello. I don't have the time to be sitting around paying $10 for super crappy beer that I don't even like. I'm totally going to nerd it up and just do homework tonight and tomorrow. Thanksgiving being this weekend, I'm going to go back to toronto on Sunday for our dinner that night. normally I'd go for the full weekend, but I get NO work done while I'm there and I can't afford to leave stuff til monday. My cousins are coming over for dinner, which is nice. what is not nice is that niall is bringing his "girlfriend". I say this loosely since they're not official. and I disapprove of her. she's a nice girl, really...but the way they got together, I don't like it. I won't get into it here since I'll end up ranting too much, but meh. So yes...excited for my tofu roast in two days! yay! SUMMARY -work work and more work. next week: 3 assignments, 2 midterms, lab, presentation *sigh* -went to tap house last night on a complete random whim w/my housemate...awesome staff was SUPER friendly *loves*, awesome music and 4 floors to suit everyone -kegger at 51 for the first years...don't think I'll really be going (see first point...) -happy thanksgiving! I'm homebound for a day (see first point...thus staying here for a while) to see my rents and cousins and have a yummy dins. Thats all folks! *huggles flist* |
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content| summary entry! | ||||
| 01:08am 08/10/2008 | ||||
-apparently my prof thinks students check their emails at 7 in the morning before a two hour 8:30 lecture that they were told was cancelled...but should check to see if it is in the morning again. *sigh* stupid woman. -baked cookies! bottoms burned though...insides weren't cooking. stupid oven and it's uneven baking-ness! -went to a thanksgiving potluck! was super yummy...I love my friends. They're like my family here at uni!! -got a back massage from chris...maaaan, I'm sooo going back to him all the time. that was greeeeat! no one gives me even SHOULDER massages...best friendship EVER. lol! that's all for now! til tomorrow...FEAR ME! *jumps out window* bahahaha! |
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sleepy| ooo look! a backscattered electron image! | ||||
| 06:25pm 06/10/2008 | ||||
I love my journal so much...why do I suck w/keeping up with it? I started going to meditation two weeks ago and have meditated almost every night since...I'm in a significantly better mood on the days that I do...but the days I don't...I get waaaaay crankier and stressed out. I think the meditation is good for me. I'm going to write my journal after I meditate from now on...well, I say that I'm going to do it...but let's face it, I might not. but I WANT to, so we'll see what happens. I'm really tired...and not focusing on my lecture...and now my friend is poking my arm for some reason...apparently he's "just poking". I love the course I'm in right now. talking about the scanning electron microscope and electron microscopy. it's amusing. I get to use a really big expensive piece of equipment and see things up to a hundred thousand (million on the new machine) times. eee! so cool. I'm a nerd and I love it. *huggles flist* you guys rock... SUMMARY -is this really necessary? -meditating feels sooo good and I recommend it. -SEM's are cool. look them up. |
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| Things I've learned... | ||||
| 01:19am 02/06/2008 | ||||
2. Forcing your body to do more excersize than it's used to...WAY MORE than it's used to...results in not being able to move for a day. 3. I don't understand girls...specifically Malu in this case...but in general mostly. They're too complicated. I hate them. 3.5. If anyone dares say, but Lauren, you are a girl...I will glare. 4. Dodgeball is fun...ever more so in the sand! 5. Forcing your body to do a lot of excersize on the sand results in sore muscles. 6. I suck at school! 7. Living on your own, even if you are alone, is less frustrating than living with your parents. SUMMARY -I wish I were 5 again...things are so simple and your muscles don't really ache. |
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contemplative
annoyed| I am officially in exams | ||||
| 10:39am 13/04/2008 | ||||
Yesterday I spent the day on campus again in 318. Sat in my same seat and studied. Sana, daniel and I were studying together. Sana and I finally figured out that problem that tormented us all of the previous day. We went to the tutor and he solved it for us...mind you, we were doing it right all along. We just used the moles instead of the concentration for our value. A stupid move, but apparently we were going about it the right way! go us! At one point, everyone in the room stopped to play scrabble. very strange... Went to lunch yesterday with my friend IRC Alex. I haven't seen him in ages...ever since I broke his little heart, actually. He asked me to go to a formal with him and I was like, hell ya! that'd be awesome! but then he informed me, "you know I want you to come with me because I like you." and I'm like, crap. You should have made your move SOONER. I gave him every opportunity, but he didn't make his move til months later? what am I to do? wait around? I tried. But now I have a boyfriend, so I had to tell him so and that he shouldn't take me to the formal. Damn. I really wanted to go to that formal. It's the Mac wide formal. and it's always super fun, but expensive and I'd already gone to the engineering formal this year. But anyway, I hadn't really talked to him since that time, so it was nice seeing him. I did like him back a bit, so I was sad to not be talking to him as much as I did. We went to commons...which I usually hate, but it's really the only thing open on a saturday at that hour. sad. food options suck on campus on weekends during exams. So last night was my first exam. Chemistry 1AA3. The second half of the first year chemistry course. This one deals with orgo and such. It's an evil course. But stuff you learn in high school is on it. Just harder. And you don't remember how to do it. lol! It's also taught sort of badly, so it's not easy to learn. ANYWAY...I wrote chemistry last night. So let me tell you about how I'm writing my exams in little closets. At first I thought I was going to be writing in the closet that's by the secretaries with a few people, but no. It's worse than that. I'm writing in a little room that used to be an office. I'm writing in a room where it's only ME and the invigilator. It's kinda cozy. lol! Except it's also kind of creepy and a liiiiittle nerve wracking. Luckily I didn't let it get to me. Here's my convo pre exam and pre finding out what room I was writing in: Me: So, is anyone else writing tonight? Invig: Yes, but they'll be here at 7. You're the only one with extra time. Me: Okay. *walking toward room* Invig: Alright, here we are. room S. *looks in room. It has a desk with a computer and a chair and one other chair by the wall* Me: Wait, I'm writing in here? On my own? Invig: Oh no dear! I'll be sitting with you too. Me: That's even worse!! Throughout the test, I would occasionally see her staring at me. Most of the time she was playing a sudoku or doing a crossword, but sometimes she would just...look at me. It was akward as hell. As if I needed the exam to be any worse though! It was horrible! Everything I knew seemed to escape me when I needed it. There were literally two questions on the exam that I did as practice questions, but had no clue how to handle on the exam. Sooo, yeeeeah. That exam didn't go so hot. I'm really sad becasue I studied tonnes for it. My phone decided to die today. I got a new phone for xmas and I was suuuper excited about it because I really liked that phone. Recently it had been freezing up, but today it decided to die. and I use it as my alarm clock, so I was pissed. I've had to go back to using my old phone. Not that it's a horrible phone. it's a very reliable little phone, but I just wanted my nice new one! *is sad* I'm going to complain to Fido later...make them get me a new phone...again. I had problems with it previously too and had to get them to send me a new one. geez! Well, I was writing in my journal because I was waiting for my friend Ramiz to show up so we can study, but he's just arrived and it's a half hour later than we were supposed to meet. I could have showered! So I'm off to get some studying done. yesss! SUMMARY -studied all yesterday in 318...went to tutor time to solve problems and had scrabble study breaks. -lunch yesterday with IRC alex. it was nice. I haven't seen him since I told him that I couldn't go to formal with him because I had a bf. *sigh* -wrote my horrible chem exam in a room with just me and the invigilator. very intimidating...kinda creepy. I don't think I did well on the exam. -my new phone (since xmas) decided to crap out on me. it won't turn on. it's frozen dead. I've switched back to my old phone. good old reliable -off to study another day away. *huggles flist* |
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| 02:37am 12/04/2008 | ||||
I'm fucked. *sigh* |
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sad| long days | ||||
| 12:04pm 11/04/2008 | ||||
So, these next weeks are going to be sooo long. I had my first on campus study day yesterday. I didn't even go to campus until around 1.30/2.00 and was in the same room until about 10.00, but it felt quite long enough. Every year during exam time, me and my friends take over a room in one of the buildings. In first year and first term second year, it was always a room in Hamilton Hall, the math building, but of late we've been in some JHE rooms and MDCL...JHE being the engineering building and MDCL being just really nice. It's the newest building on campus (other than a residence or two). Anyway, the group that we study w/has remained the same in the core, but there have been new additions. Some have been new and permanent, but others just come and go. The group of us are: Daniel, Malu, Leslie, Lindsay and the Tron boys (Adam, Alan, Mitch and Tim). Then sometimes we have Mark, Jim, Anne, some of Anne's mech friends, then occasionally boyfriends or girlfriends. Anyway, we just spend HOURS studying. We get distracted by each other sometimes, but usually we're able to keep to ourselves and study. There's usually someone studying the same thing as you so there someone you can ask questions of. This room can get kind of boring though. The lights can get too bright too. Or it'll just suck to be in the same place from 9-whenever. I used to stay on campus everyday from about 9/10am til like midnight or later. It's a long time to spend in one place... I have my exam tomorrow, so I'll let you know how I think it goes! I need a 48% or something to pass...so I'm aiming for a 60% on the exam! I really want to do well. Now I need to do some hard core studying on the subjects that I suck at. hahaha. SUMMARY -starting my long days in one room again...9am-midnight or so. Ugh...But at least I love the people I'm locked in a room with. They can help me sometimes too. -Exam tomorrow! I'm worried and NEED to pass in order to pass the course. Wish me all the luck you have, because I really need it. I'll let you know what I think of it tomorrow night. *huggles flist* |
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| hmph...I'm insulted..."creative"..."unique"...just a kind way of saying "FREAK" | ||||
| 02:00am 10/04/2008 | ||||
*looks at photo* "what the fuck is that?! what the hell...? is that, is that...a platypus?" *reads blurb...or rather, first sentence* "Fuck...it is a platypus! I'm the freaking reject of the animal kingdom!" True story... |
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| classes are over! | ||||
| 12:13am 10/04/2008 | ||||
To start, today was the last day of classes. I waslooking forward to my economics tutorial thinking that we'd get some review done, but the TA informed us that our prof stopped without finishing chapter 17 and so he'd already done all the textbook problems. Therefore, I feel that I know chapter 17 pretty well...it's not my first exam, but it is also somewhat soon! Anyway, I talked with my friend Ramiz and we're going to study econ together on Sunday. I worked somewhat on chemistry today. Unfortunately, I didn't get everything I wanted done. Mostly I just set up everything that I need to do and study. Tomorrow I'm going to go to the library and meet the boys. I know that they'll be willing to teach me whatever they can! they're always pretty awesome like that. I don't know why they're all so nice to me, but I ain't complaining! There is much studying to do! and I still have a couple of hours I can work tonight. It's only 12.18 right now! The sickness I feel is getting better. Yes, I have a horrid sounding cough and sure, I'm a little sniffly, but my head doesn't feel as heavy as it had. so yaaay! Hopefully I'll be better by next week sometime. It'll be a relief. I don't really take amazing care of myself during exams, so I'd rather not be sick to start. hahaha! This does put a damper on my idea of going to the gym serveral times during the exam weeks. I can't really run while I can only semi breath...or at least it doesn't seem like a good idea. hahaha! I made dinner tonight! Yes, I actually cooked! I cut up some tofu into cubes and then rolled them in flour, egg and breadcrumbs and then fried them up. They were delicious. Definately filled me up happily. I cut up some peppers on the side too. I ruined the heathly dinner thing though later tonight. I had a cream soda float and skittles. Ugh...now I feel fat and gross. Oh well...I'll just...study it off? something like that. I got two emails today from people at CSA (canadian space agency)! One of them wants me to send him my current CV and the other told me a site that I can apply through since there are still openings. I'm really hoping that I can get a job there. Even if it isn't a co-op job, I figure just working there might help me when I apply again for a co-op next year. My maman and dad are looking over my resume tomorrow and I'm going to look up info about the jobs that are available (I couldn't find them tonight, and I don't really want to look more right now...). So that is good news, I'm hoping. I got another midterm back today...a fail. *sigh* going to have to ace the exam...or at least do really well. On the brighter side, I found out that it's possible to get a 12 (equiv to a 4, or an A+) in one of my courses because of the way he's going to mark the exam. There are going to be three questions from each of the three tests' topics, and then one question from the material after the most recent test. He's going to compare the percent you get on the three questions to what you got on that test and take the higher grade. So if I can manage to ace that exam, I'll ace the course! I hope that Ramiz and I get some good work done on that. I'm off to calculate what I need on my chem exam! hahaha, don't know why it matters...just interested, always. SUMMARY -last day of classes today...classes were boring and useless. -I'm still sick, but I think I've finally crossed over to getting better. I just sound awful now. This is getting in the way of me going to the gym several times during the exam weeks. -made delicious dinner: breaded tofu cubes, peppers...followed by delicious by grossness: cream soda float and skittles with my housemate. -Got a couple of emails from the canadian space agency today! one of them wants me to send him my CV and the other said that there are positions available, but I'll have to apply through the government work site. prospects!! -failed another test...but found out I can possible ace another due to a new marking scheme! yay! *huggles flist* looooves yous. |
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| my return! | ||||
| 01:43am 09/04/2008 | ||||
So, I was talking with my friend adam, and I decided that I wanted to start writing in my LJ again. I guess I'm tring to avoid the assignment sitting next to me. I can't really focus due to poor timing of being sick. I don't even know who still looks at this, but I suppose it's for my own satisfaction. There are so many lost memories that I have now...well, I mean that I lack. I loved writing a journal! So now I will gladly take my return to the journal-ing. I don't even know where I should start. I suppose I shouldn't try to update everyone on what's been going on for...I don't know...two years...but I will at least say that they've been interesting. First year was definately the craziest, but I've noticed that over the years I've been becoming more and more bitter and less and less laid back. I used to get along with everyone, and now I'm noticing more and more people make me angry. I'm not as happy a person as I used to be and that makes me sad. I need to figure out a way to become what I was...not saying that I want to live in the past, but I know it was just a better time and I need to figure out how to adapt that me to what I am now. I'm pretty sure I've been depressed several times these past two years, which is noooo good. I've never been so upset with life as to feel anything like depression. There were several times where I felt so alone and uncared for. I realized that I don't have many friends that are close to me...and at one point none of them were talking with me. Not because they hated me, just because they were finding friends in other people. made me sad that people didn't talk to me and release to me...I am so used to it, I didn't know what I was here for. I felt so secluded. The most secluded time I found was just before and once I got one of my boyfriends. For some reason, during this time, my close friends just weren't talking with me. I have a feeling that one of them was just upset that I had a bf and thought she couldn't talk to me. I'm not really sure. Just happened. I suppose the worst time though was right after I broke up with him. my housemate started going out with him veeeery shortly after the break up. I didn't even have the opportunity to choose to go back to him like we'd discussed...sooo, that was kind of a downer, but hey. Am I a bad person if I felt happy that their relationship wasn't as good as mine was? I don't know...anyway, that's really all I have to say on that. I know there's more that I could say, but nothing that I can think of saying. So, exams are just around the corner! classes end officially tomorrow and my first exam is on Saturday. my exam schedule is pretty good. I mean, it's a mixed blessing. They're really spaced out. This means I get a good enough amount of time to study for each, but it also means that I'm writing exams until the last day and I start on the second day...it is as follows: April 12--Chem 1AA3: intro to organic chemistry April 15--Econ 2GG3: intermediate microeconomics April 21--Stats 3Y03:...stats... April 26--Matls 3F03: High temperature materials processing April 29--ChemEng 2A04: Heat transfer So ya...they're all going to be super crappy exams, but meh. I'm writing in suuuuch a crappy room for all of them. it's like, a small hole in the wall in the basement of our student centre. ugh...oh well...I do not want exams to be here at all. I have so much studying to do and no focus for them. Like I said, I'm sick...this means I have a lack of energy and enthusiasm...this makes for poor exam studying. I also have one assignment due tomorrow that I need to finish. I wanted to be done it yesterday so that I could get studying today, but that didn't happen. I WILL start studying tomorrow. I'm determined. I have a lot to learn and I'm convinced that my chem exam will be my most demanding exam. Somehow, first year courses are far more evil than my other courses that are all upper year. I really want to do well on this set of exams. I have to work hard. I need to pull my grades way up! I've been looking for co-op work. I still have no work experience and am turning 21 this summer. I'm pathetic. I dropped the ball on finding a co-op for this summer. I'm thinking I'll just have to go for working at the icecream place next to my parents condo. well...if I get that job. lol! I'm looking for a job in the space industry...this is very difficult to do in canada. there aren't many companies here that are involved in that sort of thing. there's about 5 that I can really think of. I'm going to have to work really hard next year to get a co-op at one of them! sucks more that one of the big ones is laying people off meaning that they aren't hiring any co-op students. ugh. one set back after another. But everyone wish me luck in finding a job...co-op or otherwise! Oh! I'm a redsuit again this coming frosh week. it will be my third year as a rep. I'm starting to be one of the old reps! kind of scary thinking that I'm going into my fourth year (if I pass my courses and don't get kicked out...*sigh*) of university! unfortunately I'm in a five year program so it's not really the light at the end of the tunnel...but it is for a lot of people I started with, so next year will be a little sad. As it is, a bunch of my close friends are graduating this year. I had a couple of good friends leave last year too and luckily I still chat with them regularily, so it's not the end! But yes, I'm really excited to be doing frosh week again. I pretty much love it to death. I love being able to meet new people and get incoming frosh comfortable with their new environment. I'm also trying to get a position as a leader for horizions again this year. I don't recall if I talked about horizons before. it's a leadership conference for entering first years. I was a delegate before my first year and last year I was a leader. It was an awesome weekend. Let's see...as for my clubs, I'm the president of the women in engineering society next year. this year I was the co-vp social and the year before I was treasurer. I'm hoping to be able to get a better and bigger name for the club. going to do a bunch of work on it in the summer and in september. I'm the new secretary for the materials club. I was a rep for the past couple of years, but this year I was sorta...given the job as secretary. I'm also on the social committee for our engineering society. That means I plan a lot of the big events for our faculty. next year will be my second year doing that too. this past year I was also the theme captain for concrete. it was awesome, but I didn't get that again this year. I'm kind of sad, but in a way, I'm glad I didn't get it. it's a lot of work and responsability and I'm doing a lot already. I'm going to help out a lot, of course, but I can do a bit less. But everything went well this year. I love my clubs! also, I'm going to hopefully pick up my curling again! I missed it this year. My friend mark and I joined a club in dundas and had a great time curling last year. this year he didn't want to curl because he was the mes vp-social so it was a big job...but he missed it enough that we're going to start up again next year! It is really hot in my room right now. finally spring has arrived! ugh...I guess I should go to bed so i can get up early and finish my assignment. I should be going to classes tomorrow morning, but frankly, I don't really want to...which is bad since they're the last classes, but I'll get the notes from my housemates. I just need to go to my 1.30 and 3.30 tomorrow. I need to hand in my assignment at 1.30 and I have to trade notes and get exam info in my 3.30. I shall update again tomorrow or the day after! ah...it feels good to write. SUMMARY -I'm back! I missed writing journals, so I'm going to try and update again. -a large paragraph about my mentality change and how I greatly dislike it...basically I've been depressed this year and more angry and upset and it's never happened to me...I don't like it one bit and want to be the easy going happy girl I used to be. -exams are coming! I start on saturday and have exams periodically (five exams) until my last on April 29th. They're going to suck. greatly. -I need a job. I'm a lazy bum who's never had a job. I really want a co-op job, but will soon settle for just ANY job. *sigh* -I'm a frosh controller again! third year running! I also want to work at horizons...another first year orientation event. -clubs update...Second year: WES treasurere, materials second year rep, curling with Mark. Third Year: WES vp-social, MECTT theme captain, materials third year rep, MES social committee. Upcoming fourth year: WES president, materials secretary, MES social committee, curling with mark! -Need to get to bed to go to classes tomorrow...however much I don't want to. Goodnight! *huggles flist and loves all* |
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| past two weeks... | ||||
| 11:52pm 02/09/2006 | ||||
holy no entries, batman. it's been a while all! let's see...I'm going to try to cram everything in a short post because I need to get to bed. gotta be up and out for an 8.30 meeting tomorrow morning...yeeah. good times. so let's see...on the 23rd, I went to barb-a-curl that recruits new members to join the club w/a curling membership. got to see family friends. After the barb-a-curl we went home to wait for the cousins to arrive. they arrived on time and so my uncle and twin cousins stayed and actually haven't yet left (thought I did). they're starting at waterloo this year which isn't too far from where I go to school! so ya...we all chilled together, watched a lot of house and such. it was nice to see them. they're growing up so fast! lol... so for my mum's bday, we went to a restaurant under our new condo. it was a good dinner and my mum and I got cake w/candles on it. lots of pretty gifties too. I got a jean jacket and a really nice purse from linds, a coach purse and little hollywood nick nacks from ali, gold and peridot and diamond earings and ring from the rents and then a dilbert book from niall, a cool puzzle from kevin and a puzzle calendar from uncle mike. at the end of dinner we all got free sambuca shots...w/the coffee beans in them and lit on fire. I had like, 4 shots...only me, linds and my dad did the shots. everyone else are wusses. lol! after dinner we picked up ali who stayed for a day. was nice to see her. friday I went to a farewell party for erica who's going away to UBC. it was nice. got to meet a lot of people as well as see old friends. it was pouring and I got a little soggy. linds and my dad picked me up and dunbar had arrived too. so now we have like, 9 people staying overnight at my house and we have like, no furniature because we're moving. hahaha...so good. I had a lovely lunch w/missy sat last week. we chatted for a while and decided we have to plan for prophecy. after meeting w/her I went downtown to meet the fam to go to buskerfest which is a festival downtown for street performers. sooo fun! monday I came back to hamilton. since I've been back here I've pretty much been chilling, seeing friends and working a LOT on my redsuit. it's ALMOST done now. tuesday I got my eyebrown pierced and went to decorate my suit w/the girls at lindsay's house. wednesday there was a party for ash and moffat's bday at ash's place. that was good times and me and kelly (ash's housemate) got a cake for them. it was a random party and reeeeally chill. watched people play a lot of supermario that night. lol thurs there was a luau at club elixer...so I went to that. it was cold, but that was fun. it was for welcome week slash frosh week reps. me, leslie and alex (and alex's friends) went together... friday there was a welcome week rep mixer. it was like a whole bunch of reindeer games to get to know people. that was fun. everyone was dressed in their welcome week suits...overalls and painter suits of all colours and decorated all crazy like. today frosh week started and it was POOOOURING! we were moving people in all day and getting soooaked to the bone. I was outside for most of 8 hours...omg...never been so wet in my life and I was freezing too because I'd taken the arms off my redsuit. gah! tomorrow I'll wear more and it's supposed to rain then too! at least it's only for moving people in that it's supposed to rain. gah...but ya. the engineers, whom everyone always snubs and doesn't want around for frosh week saved everyone's asses! we were pretty much the only people still outside in the terrential downpour to move the new frosh in! they MUST appreciate us. gah... anyway...time for bed now because it's late and as I said I get to move more frosh in early in the morning...in the rain. FUCK YA! |
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tired| bday extravaganza, mac | ||||
| 11:26am 19/08/2006 | ||||
Got up today later than usual and had breakie w/the rents, then came down here to see if I was in my program yet...and I'm not. so I'm going back to mac in about a week but don't know if I'm IN anything! fucking school isn't leaving me much time for options. grr...I'd like to know NOW, but I won't know anything til at least monday. ugh! I'm calling then... SUMMARY -amazing bday extravaganza w/a good turnout and luckily 2 very nice locales...neeps did some good internet research! I was impressed... -still haven't heard back from mac to know if I'm in a program or about my appeal. I'm still locked out from registering for any courses. fuuuucker. I still haven't read my flist since last weekend...I guess there's no catching up, but I'll read a bit perhaps later. I'm off to clean more... |
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| pic of L^4 in reds! | ||||
| 10:50am 15/08/2006 | ||||
( REDSUITS! ) off to see Meaghan today...haven't seen her in prolly 6 years at LEAST. I think it's more like 8. lol! oh...and I haven't looked at my flist entries in a looong time. I'll have to get on that, but you guys write so much...when I'm bored, I'll do it. *huggles flist* let me know if I missed anything you want me to comment on or know! |
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| SAUUUUUBLE! | ||||
| 11:18pm 13/08/2006 | ||||
SUMMARY/HIGHLIGHTS--each point other than the first is a cut. -my weekend was FUCKING AMAZING!!!!!! ( -up at 7.45 on fri, got car keys from linds and then went w/malu to get leslie and then alcohol before heading back to my place to pack linds' car. ) ( -roadtripped w/my craaaazy girls (jokes and pictures are awesome) and got to the campsite around 4.30 then bought food and hunted for a styrofoam cooler before finding something suitable at the first place we were at ) ( -cooked dinner, finalized L ranking (linds L^1, me L^2, malu L^3, and leslie L^4), mingled and drank w/people before freezing and heading to the campfire for the rest of the night...drank lots, smoked a bowl w/my friend, then I was forced to chug at midnight for my bday...I went to bed about 2hrs later and passed out QUICK. ) ( -woke up on saturday to exploding water bottles that had dry ice in them and people singing wild thing, then went to the beach...had a pretty chill time, felt pretty sick and decided not to drink on my bday night *tear* ) ( -came back to camp around 5, ate and went to redsuit ceremony where we learned all the new reds' names...leslie's Tonsil Tango, I'm TNT (which means Ten Mintue Titties..), MaryLuz is Berry Lube and lindsay is Go Deep (in honour of her hometown deep river...I swear) ) ( -had a boat race of new reds vs. old reds. old reds won of course. then the dirtiest redsuit contest went on and me and the girls socialized ) ( -hung out by the campfire and watched some drinking chess before I was told by a flipping out leslie that malu was really not cool. ended up taking her to the hospital where she got some gravol and warm blankets because she was close to having hypothermia! she was fine though...we just put her to bed ) ( -spent all night by the campfire...didn't got to bed at all...I drank a lot more and talked w/people and passed out at some point and woke up because I was moved into a truck w/loud pounding music which made me puke. gah...dammit. I spent a lot of time in this truck and went around w/people in the morning blowing up water bottles before we were told by a very scary steve to stop fucking around so we went back to the fire, had breakie and chilled ) ( -packed up, road trip home was quiet...I was sleeping for a lot of it. dropped off leslie, them malu then I helped lindsay put in gas, vacuum the car and get it washed before heading home to get the rank smell of smoke and soot outta my hair...gotta wash all my clothes tomorrow. and now I need to sleep since I haven't other than my 5hr nap today. ) Maaaan...this entry seriously took me about 2 hours...*dies* |
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| 10:28pm 10/08/2006 | ||||
alright...I won't be checking my LJ prolly much more other than tomorrow morning, so keep stories for me over the weekend...I might or might not get the chance to read my flist on monday after I get back from saaaauble. however, you'll get a nice looooong update, I'm SURE so today I cleaned up the crap in my house for the cleaning ladies, then my mum and I went out to the doctor where I got a prescription and a slip to get some blood work to figure out if I have some bad disease or issue w/my joints. woot! mum and I went shopping for a bathing suit for me at bikini bay...found a loverly bunch to mix and match. ended up w/the sportsy bikini top and the ring sided bottoms. sooo cute. it's a pretty bright blue...the top is floral too. after that I got new shoes to replace my champions that I've loved to death...serious...deeeath. my mum has wanted me to throw them out for a good long time now. and so I've replaced them...they're ready to toss *sniff*. after the shopping mum and I went out for a nice lunch at milestones and then I got my blood taken. she hurt me...I think it's going to be bruised. hopped on a train after that and came on back to the hammer. ashwin was already here when I got home, so that was nice. lindsay came over a bit later and stole me away to look at the little amount of room she has in her trunk for 3 more bags and sleeping bags as well as alcohol. we decided at that moment we'd buy food up at sauble. lol! so then we went out for drinks...and when I say drinks, I mean an italian soda for linds and a cranberry spritzer for me...aka non alcoholic...but that's fine, because I'm NINE-FUCKING-TEEN and LEEGAL in less than TWO days! woot! going to saaaaaaaaaauble tomorrow! SUMMARY -might or might not catch up after this weekend on LJ, so let me know if I miss anything -went to the doc and got prescription and papers for blood work for my fucked up joints -bought a bathing suit, shoes to replace my old champions and lunch w/my mum -got blood taken for my blood work and now I have a bruise -came to hamilton, was met in my house by ashwin then linds came over and showed me her trunk which is already really full w/out three more bags and stuff...ugh. -went out for some non-alcoholic drinks w/linds...because I'm still underage...for TWO DAYS! -going to sauble tomorrow!!!!11!!02!!1111!booooyah!!!! |
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bouncy| cd swap update... | ||||
| 08:27pm 09/08/2006 | ||||
my appologies to my immy cd swappers! I PROMISE I'll send them out soon!!! |
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| my busy busy day. I'm a busy beeee! | ||||
| 09:47pm 08/08/2006 | ||||
sooo...today was lazy...I started it off by doing some work for WES...looking up printing costs and that jazz so I can make bookmarks to hand out at clubsfest during welcome week at mac. then I moved on to making phone calls to neepa (wasn't home) and tanya (invited me over). so I had time before going to tanya's so I started looking at some of the economics courses I can take if I'm still in engineering after these two courses *cries* I REALLY hope I pass. I'm going to call the school to find out if I can start registering for classes...because really? they say that summer marks will START coming out on the 18th...oh motherfucker NOOO. I need those marks now. I was told that matls would be out in a week. that means THIS week. *shakes head* jerks. aaaanyway...tanya called again while I was looking at the courses and I dropped my hard work and went over to her place. we watched some fruits basket, then a bit of pirates as we played crazy eights. soon tanya asked if I wanted to go to suzy's, so off we went to buy popsicles and chips. with that done, we sat on her back porch and ate our food, had some tea and just talked...it was loverly. the weather was GORGEOUS! it wasn't too hot, the sun wasn't burning and the wind was nice and cool. it was the PERFECT summer weather. I could have sat there aaaall day. Then we went inside and looked at some of the stuff in tanya's box from japan. she had textbooks and letters and pictures. heh...it was fuuun. she also gave me a study charm. she had exam ones too, which I realize I should have taken since I'm waiting on my exam results, but I think the study one is good for all times. *sigh* it's pretty. I am happy. so then I headed home and called neepa back (I'd missed her call while at tanya's) and we discussed some ideas for our joint bday party. we started this last year when we suprised everyone with a picnic on toronto island. heh...this year our ideas include dinner, second city/comedy club or the ex...but dinner is pretty much for sure. it's what we do before or after that we haven't confirmed. I wrote up the email invite today and sent it to neeps for her to look over. things are rolling! after calling neeps I called bri to ask her what she wanted to do about our picnic tomorrow. she's coming over around noon and we're going to make our sandwiches and then go over to greyabby park w/a frisbee and some board games. there's actually ZERO percent precipitation tomorrow. insanity! now I'm off to eat some gelato! SUMMARY -spent the morning working on bookmark ads for WES, course selection for my econ minor and calling neeps and tanya -went to tanya's and watched a bit of tv and played cards, then went for popsicles and chips...ate outside in the PERFECT summer weather...then we looked at some stuff from her trip to japan. she gave me a study charm...veeer pretty. -called neeps back when I got home and we discussed our plans for our joint bday party. so far it's dinner, then maybe the ex or a comedy club -called bri and organized our picnic tomorrow! so excited... |
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