Punctuation Please.

"Let's eat Grandma!"
"Let's eat, Grandma!"

Punctuation saves lives.

Hahaha, I'm one of those people who tries to write emails and texts in proper English. Obsessive? Maybe, although personally I prefer "fastidious".

Anyway, I read the above and it made me laugh. As for what's actually going on in my life? Finals are starting. I already wrote my Geo Lab exam, and my last day of exams is December 16th, and then I'm free! Free as a bird! Until January anyway. But who looks that far ahead?

Oh Christmas Tree.

Today I was looking around my poor, non festive dorm room and trying to figure out a way to holiday it up. I only had one piece of coloured paper (green).

Then I realized I still had all the fliers from my orientation package in my filing cabinet! I cut all the red and green ones into strips and made a festive paper chain, which now hangs across my ceiling! Now that's what I call recycling! Although my garland does have such things as "The Pita Pit!" and "Mr. Submarine!" and "Campus Copy!" written on it...oh well...

I also made a little Christmas tree from that one piece of paper, some paint, and a crocheted string:

Why University is like Preschool:

1. You cry for your mother.

2. You cross the street without looking for cars.

3. Nap time is a necessity (as is snack time).

4. You bundle up for the outdoors without caring what you look like (because
everyone else looks just as stupid as you do).

5. You wear big mittens (possibly with strings attached).

6. You wear your backpack on both shoulders.

7. You never eat what you are supposed to eat.

8. Playing in the snow is a legitimate activity.

9. Your parents are smart again.

10. You can't remember all your classmates' names.

11. Someone else prepares all your meals.

12. You prefer books with pictures instead of words.

Parade of Lights.

Geoff, NM and I went to the annual Chronicle Herald Parade of Lights on Saturday night! It was lovely, if a little cold and wet. In any case, it really put me in the holiday mood!
*sigh*
I can't wait until exams are over...

Years Pass Like Seconds Out Here.

I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but my goal in going to university is first to get my BSc, then go to Vet College and become a DMV. Seems a little weird that I've been keeping this blog for more than half a year and I never wrote about my career goals, but there you go, haha.

Anyway, today I went to career counseling to see what exactly needs doing. The list is staggering:
Take following courses:
Genetics - nope.
Microbiology - nope.
Two Animal Biology Electives - no.
Math General - yes!
Math Statistics - not yet.
Organic Chemistry - nope.
Two Chem Electives - nope.
Physics - as of right now? ...nope.
English Composition - yes!
English Elective - no...
Three Humanities or Social Sciences - once again, no.
Five Electives - 2/5 done.

Waaaaaaaah!!!! T_T

Oh well, if it was easy everyone would do it I guess. I'll still do my best! *fist pump*
And if nothing else, I'll be an exceptionally well educated dog walker. *sigh*



P.s: I know this is repetition, but seriously - I LOVE turtles. Sorry the picture is small, that was the biggest I could make it...

Sunny Saturday.

My pretty puppy with forest-floor eyes. You can't really see them in this picture, but her eyes are quite beautiful.



Mum planting bulbs for spring. Wind flowers I think...?




Little chickadee on his way to the bird feeder. I'm crouching in the woods behind a tree stump. Good stalking skills Livi...

Soeul Restaurant.

On Friday JY and MC and I went to a Korean place in the downtown core. I drove. It was nerve wracking. Well, for my passengers anyway. *cackles*

The food was too good! Both MC and I are a little wary of the spicy, MC more so than me. Especially since JY sneak attacked us with kimchi and the old 'it's not that spicy!*looks innocent*'. Ha. ;)

Anyway, I got something I can't pronounce, it started with a C. I think it was sweet potato noodles with veggies and ground beef in a sesame seed sauce. Loved it.

Then, after some directional confusion, we picked up Geoffrey from school and went for coffee before splitting for the evening.

It's days like this that make me smile.

Doppleganger.

CBC's Tom Murphy on the phone:



The Emergency's Joel Plaskett on the phone:



Tom Murphy interviewing Joel Plaskett "At the Table":
http://www.cbc.ca/atthetable/

Now that's creepy. Clearly one of them is a face stealing shape shifting alien. Or they're related. Or it's a coincidence. View the evidence, decide for yourselves.

News to Me.

So apparently the people in charge of inservices at university aren't total jerks after all. I always thought it wasn't fair, how my little brother gets all these random days off!

But today I learned that this week is only three days long!!! That's right, on Tuesday I realized my last class was Wednesday...Out of the loop much?

I did know Remembrance Day was a holiday, but Friday is an official 'Study Day' (study for what I don't know, but I'm not complaining!). So I take back some of the nasty, sarcastic comments I made about the sometimes stingy department-of-random-days-off. Maybe. ;)

Have I mentioned I LOVE Chinese food?

Mum ordered Chinese food from our favourite restaurant on Sunday night as a surprise for Dad when he got home from work. Geoffy and I drove in to get it, despite the rain and wind.

The Great Wall on Bedford Row has been a crowd pleaser at our house for years. The owner (I believe his name is Patrick) is very personable, and the food is delicious. Not especially healthy. But delicious. I recommend the number 12.

Also earlier today Mum Geoff and I went to the Halifax Shopping Centre. I got some jeans. I know you were wondering! ;)

Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November...

Those lines always haunted me when I was little. I didn't know where they were from for a long time. I thought Remembrance Day was on the fifth probably until I was nine. I still don't know a lot about Guy Fawkes, or the bonfires in England. But I like the poetry of them all the same.

It's raining hard tonight. If anyone tried to light bonfires in Halifax, I think they're probably having a hard time. Geoff and I took the dog for a walk this afternoon in the downpour. Our whole walk was spent discussing the motto for Playdough and applying it to various other objects:
Zombies! (Fun to play with, not to eat.)
Shoe Polish! (Fun to play with, not to eat.)
Dust Bunnies! (Fun to play with, not to eat.)
Poison! (Fun to play with, not to eat.)
You get the idea. It was most amusing.

Tonight we watched 'V for Vendetta' for the first time on a whim. Didn't know it had anything to do with November 5th. How's that for a freaky coincidence? In other news, it's now one of my favourite movies.

In conclusion: Happy Guy Fawkes Day from a girl who has never been to England and whose entire knowledge of the holiday comes from two lines of a poem, the aforementioned movie, and the old computer game 'Pink Panther: Passport to Peril', which actually had a huge impact on my formative years. (This perhaps explains a lot...'I can't believe it's not yak butter!')

Hello Again. Fancy Meeting You Here.

Eh, sorry about the lack of posting. I have a few on back order as I call it, meaning I've started them and have yet to finish them. Which I will do presently. Be on watch.